Boston Celtics Playoff Magic vs. Orlando: Analysis

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00:00I'm going to start with the defending champs, though.

00:01That's the Boston Celtics.

00:04Going through this series was really interesting,

00:09and there's just something about Celtics magic

00:14that has me hooked.

00:18I am on Orlando at plus 14 for game number one,

00:21and I think that Orlando will hang significantly more

00:24in this series than the books think.

00:28I could be wrong.

00:30That's fine, and it is not as much anti, well, maybe it is.

00:37I am lower on Boston than I think everyone else

00:40entering this postseason.

00:43Boston earned a lot of, you know, I respected Boston a lot

00:45entering last year's postseason, right?

00:48I am not as in on this group,

00:49but I also think Orlando off of last year's seven-game war

00:53with Cleveland, there is a bit of toughness to him.

00:56I think Palo's been playing much better heading into the postseason.

00:59I think Franz can have a good series.

01:01I do.

01:02I think this Orlando team winning a game

01:06is going to be the expectation for everyone.

01:09where I am maybe, again, going to go crazy is I think they win two games.

01:15The correct score, Boston 4-2 plus 680.

01:19Again, they are viewing the magic as a team without a prayer,

01:24and I don't view it that way.

01:26I know it's in the early process, Coach, of breaking this series down,

01:30but where are you right now on Celtics magic?

01:32I am on exact score 4-1 for Boston.

01:36Okay.

01:36I look at this series, you got to remember, folks,

01:39and Kevin was big on Boston, and so was I.

01:42They were overwhelming favorites in the Eastern Conference.

01:46Yeah.

01:46They did not get a sweep in the playoffs until Indiana.

01:52And that Indiana game, Indiana should have stole game one,

01:56then they lose Halliburton series was over.

01:59So why am I saying it's 4-1?

02:02Because of the fact of the ability of the magic to guard the three-point line

02:09versus a team that I personally believe falls in love with the three too much.

02:16Can Orlando catch a game where they don't shoot the ball well?

02:22Well, you look at 108-104 in November, they shot 24% from three.

02:28So to me, my best bet in this series is exact score 4-1.

02:34I think Orlando steals one.

02:37I don't think they steal two.

02:39But I don't think these scores are going to be like they're going to lose by 30 points a game.

02:46I think this is going to be tough.

02:49I think Boston's going to be a tough five-game season.

02:53I think they're going to work them and really lean on that defense to kind of keep them in the game.

02:58Although I know that Boston wins in five.

03:00Yeah.

03:01So let me say this with Boston, okay?

03:03There will be at least one game in the series that they win by 25 points.

03:07Okay?

03:08But last year, Boston, round one against Miami, a team totally drawing dead.

03:13Now they lose game two.

03:14Last year against Cleveland, right?

03:16A team that lost Donovan Mitchell.

03:19I know at one point in that series, I don't remember if it was game two or three, but nevertheless, they lose Donovan Mitchell.

03:23Okay, they lose game two.

03:24At home.

03:25At home, they're losing games.

03:27You go back to two postseasons ago.

03:30Round one, an Atlanta team that was supposed to have no prayer.

03:35Take them to six games.

03:37Jalen Brown's not healthy.

03:38I don't have as much faith in this moment, in a lot of the pieces that surround Tatum, just not as much.

03:47They're going to win the series.

03:49There's no doubt in my mind they're winning the series.

03:52This, a lot of it is going to come down to Tatum.

03:55I love Tatum to be the leading point scorer in this series, a plus 145.

04:02JT has been so good for this team in their biggest games.

04:05He has been so good for them.

04:06I'm wondering and waiting to see if he can finally get through a series without having a terrible game.

04:15It happens every series.

04:17It's usually the game they lose.

04:19Well, again, and I don't think this team is built to win the, ooh, Tatum scored 18 on 20% shooting games.

04:25It happens every series.

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