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00:00Inside TD Garden, the Celtics, even without Tatum, a four-and-a-half point home favorite tonight in game number five against New York.
00:09The total stands now at 2-0-8.
00:12DRS, you posed this question to JY, so I'll ask you the same.
00:17Is the right side favored in game five tonight between the Seas and the Knicks?
00:21Based on the algorithms, yes, but what has told you in this series?
00:25Now, understand this.
00:26Boston's a very good team, even without Jason Tatum.
00:28They probably would make the playoffs, obviously, in a regular season without their best player.
00:32So there's something to be said for that.
00:34And they're home, and it's hard to win games on the road, specifically in the playoffs, and also in a closeout situation.
00:39Not for you as the Celtics, but to get closed out by the New York Knicks.
00:43So they will play with a lot of energy, a lot of emotion, and a lot of heart, but understand this too.
00:48Hey, let's fight back and win this.
00:49Awesome, Ben.
00:50We're on to the next round.
00:51No, you're not.
00:52You've got to win two more games just to get to the next round at this point.
00:56So I want to see that when we talk about closing time for the Knicks and what that means.
01:00Does that mean we lollygag around there and get down 20 points again and make a comeback?
01:04Or does that mean we step on their throat immediately in this game and not even let that building even get excited where the possibility of an extended series could absolutely happen?
01:14And also, where's the extra scoring come from?
01:16I just told you.
01:17Like, they still have a quality team for the Boston Celtics, but your lead dog is not there that gets you bucket after bucket with the ability to drop 40-plus points in Madison Square Garden.
01:27Is it Jalen Brown's team?
01:28Does he shoot 27 times from the floor tonight?
01:31Does Porzingis wake up from this illness and feel much better for the game tonight?
01:34Is it Derek White, who's wide open for every three-point shot, who might not be wide open for every three-point shot because Tatum is not covering for basically a double team and we're a shadow player near him at this point?
01:45Who is stepping up for the Boston Celtics?
01:47That's the key for me tonight.
01:48And I don't know who it is, but you know who I know is going to step up tonight?
01:51That's the New York Knicks.
01:52That's Jalen Brunson.
01:53And a healthy starting five that, oh, yeah, boy, it's hard to win the Boston.
01:57It is.
01:58But correct me if I'm wrong.
01:59How many games has Boston won so far in this series on their home court?
02:02It's zero.
02:03So for me, it's the Knicks and only the New York Knicks tonight, Ben.