Celtics Pull Away From Magic in 2nd Half: Game Analysis

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00:00The bottom line here is that we don't want blowouts,

00:03and we got one between Boston and Orlando here,

00:07and it was a surprise one here because, again,

00:09Tatum was hurt for a little bit there.

00:11Derek White was the big surprise, 30 points,

00:14seven three-pointers, Gilbert, in this game,

00:17and so Orlando wins by 17.

00:21I'm going to guess that some games with Boston and Orlando will be close,

00:26but is it only going to be back in Orlando at this point?

00:28Because, I mean, that couldn't have gone any better for the Magic

00:31to sort of have to rely on Boston's third option to score,

00:36and they still couldn't keep it close.

00:38I think that's going to be what we see throughout the series.

00:41I mean, the Magic went into halftime with the lead.

00:43This is a very good defensive team.

00:46Jamal Mosley gets those guys buying in,

00:48and they execute their defensive game plan.

00:50Offensively, they just don't have enough firepower at all.

00:53Big games from Paolo Bencaro and Franz Wagner,

00:56but didn't get much else.

00:57Even those guys actually combined to outscore Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown.

01:01And if you told me that, any other team's top two players outscore

01:03Boston's top two players, they probably do have a good game,

01:07have a good chance to win.

01:08But like you mentioned, Derek White, Peyton Pritchard,

01:10Drew Holiday even stepped up in big moments for Boston yesterday.

01:13So I think if Orlando has a chance to win one game,

01:16I expected them to lose this series in five,

01:18is going to be back in Orlando because role players play better at home.

01:22But otherwise, I really don't think they have much of a chance in this series

01:24just because they don't have the firepower to keep up with Boston offensively.