Bucks vs. Celtics: Game Preview, Injuries, and Tactics Analysis
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00:03 But if you look at the graphic coming up on the screen,
00:05 minus five and a half points, David, here for the Boston Celtics, a total of 235.
00:10 I'm looking at my odds board right now, Davis,
00:12 when FanDuel, they just locked those lines.
00:15 So what are you telling me here?
00:16 Giannis is out, Lillard's out, Jalen Brown's out.
00:19 What's going on here?
00:20 Why is this line locked?
00:21 We don't know.
00:22 But if we talk about the game tonight, these are the two teams we expect to be
00:25 standing tall in the Eastern Conference when it's all said and done.
00:28 What's your look tonight?
00:29 Fox, Celtics.
00:31 >> It is, I mean, it is one of those spots.
00:34 I don't know why it would be locked because Beauchamp,
00:36 Lillard are both listed as probable.
00:39 So I'm gonna get, I mean, maybe they just took a huge bet at the FanDuel sports
00:43 book and they're trying to figure out if someone knows something that they don't
00:47 know.
00:47 This is, I mean, this is probably an Eastern Conference finals preview,
00:51 no disrespect to the Philadelphia 76ers.
00:54 I would actually love if the 76ers finally did make it happen.
00:58 I don't have a rooting interest against any of these teams.
01:01 I actually like that the Bucks, I like that the Bucks went for it, man.
01:05 I thought that was a good move.
01:08 Clearly, if you watch them in the playoffs at any given point,
01:11 their number one problem has been just a total lack of ability to score
01:15 in the half court when things slow down.
01:18 It's been a big problem for them, Damien Lillard.
01:21 It's been uneven.
01:23 They are 10 and 4.
01:24 But the defense, they're 20th in the NBA in defense, points per 100 possessions.
01:30 If you have Giannis and
01:31 Brooke Lopez, two of the ten best defensive players in the NBA,
01:35 you should have a top ten defense minimum.
01:37 Part of that has been Middleton's banged up,
01:40 part of that has been figuring out, okay, how do we hide Damien Lillard?
01:43 Cuz remember, their whole defense before,
01:46 they used to have Drew Holiday at the point of attack.
01:48 Drew Holiday, one of the best on-ball defenders in the NBA.
01:51 Something to watch out for, I think, with the Celtics is that Tatum on the court,
01:57 they are plus 16 net rating.
01:59 Tatum off the court, so that means Porzingis, Jalen Brown, Drew Holiday,
02:04 all these guys on the court, they are, I believe it's a negative four
02:08 points per 100 possession differential.
02:10 Tatum is really the only one who's kinda keeping it all afloat.
02:13 Giannis is a pretty good Tatum defender.
02:16 I think this is a super interesting game.
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