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00:00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:00:05 Can you say hard hats, folks?

00:00:07 Hard hats, lunch pail, steel tool, boots.

00:00:10 Anything short of a championship this year is a failure.

00:00:12 Look at this boomer right here.

00:00:14 You've just got so much talent here.

00:00:16 Somebody said we need to apologize for Jamie.

00:00:18 Can I pull the John?

00:00:19 What are we apologizing for?

00:00:21 What did we say?

00:00:22 What did we do?

00:00:22 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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00:00:30 Super Bowl, Jimmy.

00:00:32 Amit Slotkin didn't give us the rolling.

00:00:34 Super Bowl--

00:00:34 That's all right.

00:00:35 Amit shouldn't be here.

00:00:37 You know what?

00:00:38 It's sad that-- it's a sad day that the Pats

00:00:40 are in the Super Bowl.

00:00:41 We should get used to it.

00:00:41 But I still have my Tom Brady shirt on.

00:00:43 Clear eyes, Tom Brady can't lose.

00:00:45 I want Patrick Mahomes to remember

00:00:47 that Tom Brady still owns him.

00:00:48 If Patrick Mahomes wins tonight, all the talk show hosts

00:00:52 tomorrow will be like, is he the greatest?

00:00:53 Is he the greatest?

00:00:54 The answer is easily no.

00:00:56 Tom Brady beat him in the AFC Championship.

00:00:58 Tom Brady beat him in the Super Bowl.

00:01:00 Tom Brady will always have his number.

00:01:03 And he will always have the Super Bowl number two.

00:01:07 Mahomes is going to get what?

00:01:09 Three if he wins tonight?

00:01:11 Yeah.

00:01:11 Two, three?

00:01:12 Which is-- listen, that's great.

00:01:13 That's like now you're in Ben Roethlisberger's territory.

00:01:16 You're not in Tom Brady's territory, OK?

00:01:18 So let's just put that to bed.

00:01:21 I mean, he would be over the same course of time

00:01:22 that Brady got his three.

00:01:23 Sure, but he has to do it--

00:01:25 I said this on the last show.

00:01:27 He's on track, but he has to have two more careers

00:01:32 than the one he's going to have if he wins tonight.

00:01:35 Tom Brady has done what Patrick Mahomes has done 3x.

00:01:39 Not three more-- he's had three of Patrick Mahomes' careers.

00:01:43 Tom Brady had three of Patrick Mahomes' careers.

00:01:45 Tom Brady can go into the Hall of Fame

00:01:47 if you divide his career up into three.

00:01:49 So Patrick Mahomes is one third of the way there

00:01:50 if he wins tonight.

00:01:52 I don't want to have Brady-Mahomes debates.

00:01:54 I will not be entertaining any Brady-Mahomes debates going

00:01:57 forward.

00:01:59 That being said, Niners tonight.

00:02:01 I'm taking it to Niners.

00:02:02 OK, all right.

00:02:03 And yes, I have my Brady shirt on.

00:02:05 Yes, he does.

00:02:06 Yep.

00:02:06 And backward hat Jimmy means Super Bowl Jimmy.

00:02:09 Means Jimmy's hosting a Super Bowl party was nice enough to--

00:02:14 I can hear--

00:02:15 I can hear people walking into my play.

00:02:17 I don't know what's going on down there.

00:02:19 It's going to be a mess.

00:02:20 I was half-- I had half my eyes--

00:02:23 I had one eye on the game, one eye trying

00:02:25 to make my place presentable.

00:02:26 So apologies in advance if I'm a little bit off.

00:02:29 Appreciate you.

00:02:30 Brian Space has no time for this Brady talk.

00:02:33 Let's move on to the game.

00:02:34 Which we absolutely do.

00:02:35 I had to talk Brady a little bit.

00:02:37 That's fine.

00:02:38 We will.

00:02:38 We're going to talk about your food spread, too.

00:02:40 I'm also going to talk about your head might be a little cut

00:02:42 off at the top there.

00:02:43 So we want to see all of you.

00:02:44 Yep, there we go.

00:02:45 Here we go.

00:02:46 All right.

00:02:47 So the game, I know what the argument is going to be.

00:02:51 Is it going to be good win or crap win against a team

00:02:56 without Butler and Rozier and Celtics let them hang around?

00:03:01 I'm going to go with good win.

00:03:03 Though still, I'll tell you, it's twofold.

00:03:06 Good win in the sense that you lose this game.

00:03:09 Here's what we say all the time.

00:03:10 Prior versions of the Celtics lose these games.

00:03:14 You know what I mean?

00:03:15 We see that.

00:03:16 We do see that.

00:03:17 That's good.

00:03:17 And yeah, I mean, I get the all wins are good wins.

00:03:19 Ultimately, in that moment, at that time, whatever is going on,

00:03:23 you have to make more plays.

00:03:24 Pop out Blorp.

00:03:25 All wins are good wins.

00:03:26 Save it.

00:03:26 Just save it.

00:03:27 Nah, Blorp doesn't always do that.

00:03:29 He doesn't have to cop out.

00:03:29 No, Judah does that.

00:03:30 I know he doesn't always, but that is a cop out comment.

00:03:33 John, they were like four points away from a horrible loss.

00:03:37 So how can you say good win?

00:03:38 I know, I get it.

00:03:40 Let me get through it all, OK?

00:03:41 I will say--

00:03:42 Of course.

00:03:43 I will say good win in the sense that you lose this last year

00:03:47 or in years prior.

00:03:49 When you're in it, you're in it.

00:03:50 Whatever's happening, sometimes it's a little mucky

00:03:53 and it's not working out great.

00:03:54 And you just have to get--

00:03:55 you just have to do what--

00:03:59 hey, what happened to me there?

00:04:00 How does that happen?

00:04:03 Hey, congratulations.

00:04:05 The fire--

00:04:06 I don't know if the viewers do that or Ahmed.

00:04:08 I can never figure it out when I get the balloons going.

00:04:11 There's a hack.

00:04:11 There's definitely a hack.

00:04:12 But, but, but, but, but, what I'll always say

00:04:16 is it's all about the habits and what happens in the playoffs.

00:04:22 Does it still-- do you still pull this off

00:04:25 against good teams playing full strength in the playoffs

00:04:28 when you kind of dip in and out of stuff?

00:04:30 I don't know.

00:04:30 That's kind of what it all comes down to.

00:04:32 Everyone's flooding us with these record against this

00:04:36 and blah, blah, blah, that.

00:04:37 Ultimately, you just want to know,

00:04:40 when everybody else mans up, are they going to--

00:04:42 I think they win all these games because of talent.

00:04:45 That's the difference, right?

00:04:46 And no, I don't do that.

00:04:49 This is not what we want.

00:04:51 It is just simply, you want a clear indication.

00:04:53 Why?

00:04:53 Because we don't know.

00:04:54 They have better talent than everybody else.

00:04:58 So they can have games where things are--

00:05:01 you can have a six turnover Jalen game

00:05:03 when you have Holiday hitting all of his threes.

00:05:05 You can have these things that happen

00:05:07 because they have so much more talent than the other team.

00:05:09 Look at Miami on the other side.

00:05:10 They didn't have a lot going for them today.

00:05:12 That's fine.

00:05:13 It's just in the playoffs, it's going

00:05:16 to be a little bit different than that.

00:05:17 So that's what you want to feel better about.

00:05:19 So there are good wins in the sense

00:05:20 that you lose them last year and you lose your mind over it,

00:05:23 right?

00:05:24 Oh my god, how did they lose to this team?

00:05:26 And they made good plays.

00:05:27 They made a lot of good plays late.

00:05:29 Winning plays, late offensive rebounds, good stops,

00:05:32 ramped up the--

00:05:33 ratcheted up the defense where they need to.

00:05:35 That's what you got to do in those situations.

00:05:37 Make more plays than the other team.

00:05:38 So I like it.

00:05:39 You just don't like them drifting in and out

00:05:41 of bad habits, as they have pretty much since January

00:05:44 in a lot of games.

00:05:45 You're not seeing clean games start to finish.

00:05:47 It's not about blowing every team out.

00:05:49 It's just trying to see them play

00:05:50 like that kind of complete form of basketball

00:05:52 all the way through.

00:05:53 That's all.

00:05:54 But it's a tougher version of them

00:05:57 that I like seeing where they don't wilt and crap

00:06:00 themselves.

00:06:01 That's why I think it's a good win.

00:06:03 They don't crap themselves in these games anymore.

00:06:05 Not like they used to.

00:06:07 So I guess for me, it comes down-- it's a win.

00:06:10 And yeah, I guess you can shade to the good side.

00:06:13 Every win's a good win.

00:06:15 I like the way they execute down the stretch still.

00:06:17 They're not-- like you said, they're not falling over

00:06:19 themselves late in the games.

00:06:20 Miami's a tough team.

00:06:22 They're coached well, obviously.

00:06:24 These comments drive me insane.

00:06:25 Guys, we have fire.

00:06:27 I know, we get it.

00:06:28 Guys, it's not about the best regular season record.

00:06:31 It's about feeling good about the team in the playoffs.

00:06:34 Nothing about-- whether they get 58 wins, 54 wins, 61 wins

00:06:38 in the regular season, none of it

00:06:39 matters if they play awesome or horribly in the playoffs.

00:06:43 None of it.

00:06:44 So the win is a win is a win is stupid.

00:06:46 It absolutely matters in the playoffs.

00:06:49 Now it doesn't matter.

00:06:50 You're looking for good habits, playing well, good execution,

00:06:54 and being able to execute in critical situations late,

00:06:57 which you got some of tonight.

00:06:58 That's why I'm putting it in the good win category.

00:07:00 No, and that's fair.

00:07:01 That's definitely fair.

00:07:02 I mean, I think when you look at just a team like Miami,

00:07:05 they're not going to--

00:07:06 they're always going to play hard, regardless

00:07:07 of who's taking the court.

00:07:08 So at some point in this game, they realized, OK,

00:07:10 we're playing hard enough, and we can actually

00:07:11 make a comeback here.

00:07:12 Bam had a really good game for them.

00:07:14 He always seems to bring it against the Celtics team.

00:07:17 He was doing it against-- when Rob was on the team,

00:07:20 he was always out playing Rob.

00:07:22 And he's still doing it.

00:07:24 So that Miami team is going to be difficult.

00:07:26 You do not want to see them in the first round.

00:07:28 And that was without Butler tonight.

00:07:29 And again, the Celtics did beat them pretty easily

00:07:32 when Butler was in the game.

00:07:33 But they're a team that's going to bring it in the playoffs.

00:07:36 They already know how to beat you.

00:07:37 They've done it before.

00:07:39 They clamp down on the defensive end when things really matter.

00:07:44 And in a seven-game series, find me a better coach

00:07:48 than Coach Spoh that's going to be able to win

00:07:51 that part of the matchup.

00:07:54 So yeah, it's a win.

00:07:56 And everyone--

00:07:57 Did you say Coach Joe?

00:08:00 Close.

00:08:00 I said Coach Spoh.

00:08:01 But I can see how you would get confused there.

00:08:04 I like it.

00:08:05 Oh, but Tatum had a decent game.

00:08:10 I loved a couple of timely shots by Holiday there in the fourth

00:08:13 as Miami tried to really take it to the Celtics

00:08:17 and complete that comeback.

00:08:19 But those are the big shots that are

00:08:22 the difference between this year and maybe last year's team.

00:08:24 Or a couple of years ago, his team is better.

00:08:26 And guys stepping up in big moments and hitting timely shots.

00:08:29 So the Celtics-- Miami's too good regardless

00:08:32 of who's in and out.

00:08:33 They're too good to just roll over and die.

00:08:35 The Celtics jumped out to a 10-point lead.

00:08:37 And it felt like they were relatively up,

00:08:40 like, what, 6 to 10 points all game.

00:08:43 But Miami just kept going.

00:08:46 They kept fighting back.

00:08:47 And in that fourth quarter, you knew

00:08:48 they were going to make some sort of run.

00:08:50 They did.

00:08:51 And the good win part of it comes in late in the fourth.

00:08:54 Celtics did not crap the bed.

00:08:56 They ended up hitting those shots.

00:08:58 And they ended up staving off that heat comeback.

00:09:00 So in that sense, it was a good--

00:09:03 Yeah, the--

00:09:04 Zero fear.

00:09:04 That's a little crazy to me, having zero fear.

00:09:06 So that's the next question I'll ask.

00:09:08 The next question I'll ask is this.

00:09:10 And again, like I said, I'm putting this--

00:09:11 I'm checking the box in the good win category

00:09:13 because I like the late game execution.

00:09:15 I like being able to make the plays.

00:09:17 I like being able to kind of pull it together,

00:09:19 even though it did get a little--

00:09:20 they got a little sloppy and rushed.

00:09:22 And they let them get back in it a couple of times.

00:09:24 Fine.

00:09:24 It's fine.

00:09:25 That's all good.

00:09:26 But fully healthy Miami team and a definite playoff atmosphere

00:09:30 tonight kind of gave you a taste of what

00:09:32 you could expect if you get this team in round one, which again,

00:09:36 I know we had a comment here that nobody fears them.

00:09:39 But you got to be kidding me if you don't fear them.

00:09:43 Yeah, I don't get that.

00:09:44 And I think Joe treated this like a playoff game.

00:09:46 If you notice, no Cornette in the--

00:09:49 he played a playoff rotation in the second half.

00:09:51 They were down to eight.

00:09:52 It makes me wonder whether Tillman and--

00:09:55 oh, it's not going to come to me, is it?

00:09:58 Who?

00:09:59 The other guy.

00:10:01 Kada?

00:10:02 No, the other guy.

00:10:03 The guy they got at the trade deadline.

00:10:07 Tillman.

00:10:09 The other guy.

00:10:10 Springer.

00:10:12 What about-- why are we talking about Springer?

00:10:14 Whether they can crack a rotation because I think Luke's out.

00:10:18 I don't think Springer's a part of the plan.

00:10:20 No chance?

00:10:21 This year.

00:10:22 I mean, maybe I'm wrong, but I mean, different positions

00:10:26 regardless.

00:10:27 I think Tillman's definitely a guy that they see contributing.

00:10:33 Yeah, Springer.

00:10:33 Jaden Springer.

00:10:34 There you go.

00:10:34 Yeah, Joe doesn't remember his name either.

00:10:38 But no, that spot has been up for grabs all year, John.

00:10:44 Regardless of what Joe has said and what

00:10:46 Bobby has tried to brainwash everybody into thinking,

00:10:49 that spot has been up for grabs all year.

00:10:51 And that's one of the reasons why they went out and got

00:10:52 a guy like Tillman.

00:10:53 Because they know it's up for grabs.

00:10:54 And it's through this X amount of games

00:10:56 that everybody were in now, they know

00:10:58 that that's a spot in the rotation,

00:11:01 at the end of the rotation, that they

00:11:03 could use a little boost in.

00:11:04 And so they went out and made a move.

00:11:06 I think just based on what I've seen from Tillman,

00:11:08 again, in limited clips, and in his highlight reels,

00:11:13 you can see that he can play.

00:11:15 He can defend all five positions, which

00:11:17 is something that Brad obviously loves.

00:11:19 He wants five tight ends out there.

00:11:22 And he can run.

00:11:24 He's athletic.

00:11:24 He can pass for a big guy.

00:11:26 And he's going to be physical.

00:11:27 And he's going to be--

00:11:28 seems like a type of guy that plays with a little chip

00:11:30 on his shoulder.

00:11:31 He'd be perfect for a game against Miami.

00:11:33 I know he was hurt in this one he was going to play.

00:11:35 But that's the type of player you

00:11:37 want in a physical matchup, not bam down.

00:11:40 So make these guys a little bit more uncomfortable

00:11:42 and go toe to toe with them.

00:11:44 So I think that's one of the reasons why they got him.

00:11:47 I like it.

00:11:48 I like people talking about Tillman as a Giannis stopper.

00:11:51 Tillman's not going to play enough minutes, no matter what,

00:11:55 to be an anything stopper.

00:11:56 If everyone's healthy.

00:11:58 But it's a nice kind of supplemental person

00:12:00 to put in there.

00:12:02 Sure.

00:12:02 And you've got a guy like Porzingis, who's hopping around

00:12:05 out there half the time.

00:12:06 You don't know.

00:12:07 You might need a guy like Tillman

00:12:08 to play more minutes than you originally anticipated.

00:12:12 Yeah.

00:12:14 Jimmy, I just want to put this one up for you here.

00:12:18 That is hilarious.

00:12:18 Patricia, don't make me ban you, because I have that power.

00:12:22 I can ban you right now if I want to.

00:12:23 I won't, because I'm a nice guy.

00:12:25 I bet you--

00:12:26 Do not trigger me.

00:12:27 This is like a Krzyzewski name where the K is silent, right?

00:12:30 It's going to be like--

00:12:32 It's Matt Patricia.

00:12:33 Matt Patricia.

00:12:35 Lizette--

00:12:35 Leszczynski.

00:12:38 Sorry, Patty.

00:12:39 You're wrong.

00:12:39 And your opinion means nothing to me.

00:12:41 Next.

00:12:41 I grew up-- I'm a Patriots fan.

00:12:43 And I think that, yes, the Patriots probably

00:12:45 did cheat in every Super Bowl.

00:12:46 And too freaking bad.

00:12:48 You didn't catch them.

00:12:49 You're not cheating.

00:12:49 You ain't trying.

00:12:50 Yeah, you didn't catch them.

00:12:52 You didn't catch them.

00:12:53 So a couple other things to look at from this game.

00:12:56 The Porzingis effect-- again, I think healthy, clearly

00:13:02 the number two.

00:13:03 Sometimes number one option, just simply

00:13:05 when you have the mismatch, you're

00:13:07 just going to beat on it here on this team.

00:13:09 If you go back to our before the season conversation,

00:13:12 where's Porzingis going to get his?

00:13:13 He's going to get his right after Tatum gets his.

00:13:15 And I think that's basically-- that's the game plan here.

00:13:18 It's starting to happen now, John.

00:13:20 They're going to look to feed him whenever they can.

00:13:22 And again, he had another big first quarter

00:13:25 and getting involved.

00:13:26 Then he got tweaked again.

00:13:27 I swear, man, I was never one of these put a guy in bubble wrap

00:13:34 sort of things.

00:13:35 I am kind of getting there with Porzingis.

00:13:37 I think it's never been more clear that he's obviously

00:13:41 the difference maker.

00:13:42 Everything that you can say about this team this year

00:13:44 versus last year, I think almost all of it

00:13:48 comes back to Porzingis.

00:13:50 Like the major differences.

00:13:51 I would say, yeah, like 80%.

00:13:53 I think I'll give Holliday a little bit of credit, too,

00:13:55 because I think he has stepped up in some moments.

00:13:58 And just his defensive presence out there,

00:14:00 ability to defend the opponent's best player.

00:14:03 But Porzingis, to your point, is going

00:14:05 to be the reason they either win or don't win the title this year.

00:14:09 Because he's the main--

00:14:11 I'm not saying that he's their MVP.

00:14:13 But if they're utilizing him and he's

00:14:15 playing the way he has been recently, John,

00:14:17 and if you go look at the last handful of games,

00:14:20 call it like 10 games, they're finally

00:14:24 making a concerted effort to get him the ball.

00:14:27 They're looking for him.

00:14:28 At the beginning of the year, we were saying,

00:14:30 why is he only taking like seven field goals or nine field goals?

00:14:33 Why aren't they looking to him?

00:14:35 This is a seven foot unicorn that

00:14:36 can score from all over the court.

00:14:39 And he's not a part of the offense yet.

00:14:41 It's almost like they're treating him like Rob out there half

00:14:43 the time.

00:14:44 Now, obviously, I'm exaggerating.

00:14:45 But now, if you go look at the last handful of games, call it 10,

00:14:48 the field goal attempts are where they need to be,

00:14:52 upper teens to low 20s.

00:14:54 And that doesn't include him going to the line, which

00:14:56 last game, John, Friday night, I think

00:14:59 he went 14 to 14 from the line on top of somewhere

00:15:02 around 20 field goals attempts.

00:15:04 So that was number one on the whiteboard

00:15:08 in the locker room on Friday was get Porzingis the ball,

00:15:12 exploit mismatches, and let him do its thing.

00:15:15 Everybody watched and stepped back and watched.

00:15:17 So he's a huge, huge, huge get for them.

00:15:21 And yeah, to your point, he is the main difference

00:15:25 between last year and this year.

00:15:27 Yeah.

00:15:28 And yeah, and also to your point, wrap him up.

00:15:31 I mean, he still needs to play enough

00:15:32 where he is in the flow of things, and he's comfortable,

00:15:35 and the team's getting in the right groove together.

00:15:39 But as we near the playoffs, take those minutes down,

00:15:44 really think about back-to-back situations and stuff like that.

00:15:48 There's no need for it.

00:15:50 I think he plays like three games in April, for real.

00:15:53 I mean, it's crazy because he gets--

00:15:58 look, this was our fear, right?

00:15:59 Big guys have lots of parts, and they can get hit everywhere.

00:16:03 He got hit in one of those parts today,

00:16:06 I think for the second time against Miami this season.

00:16:09 And it's amazing the lengths broadcasters

00:16:12 will go to avoid saying that someone got hit in the nuts,

00:16:14 but he did.

00:16:15 But he also took a shot to the back.

00:16:18 Oh, looks like some extracurricular activity

00:16:20 there.

00:16:21 Thanks, Richard Jefferson.

00:16:22 Just say he got hit in the sack, man.

00:16:24 It's unbelievable.

00:16:25 But he also took a shot to the back,

00:16:27 and then he lands weird sometimes.

00:16:30 And then there's times he just looks like he's hobbling back

00:16:32 up the court.

00:16:33 I'm always worried about it.

00:16:35 I mean, we held our breath with Rob.

00:16:38 This is like that times five.

00:16:41 Totally, because of what he's--

00:16:44 his importance on that offensive end.

00:16:46 Rob had zero.

00:16:47 It's night and day.

00:16:48 Yeah.

00:16:49 Absolutely.

00:16:50 You can't afford to just lose Porzingis.

00:16:53 When you lost Rob, you were obviously pissed.

00:16:55 And it was a--

00:16:59 obviously, it had an effect on the team.

00:17:02 But they were still able to make do.

00:17:04 If you just lose Porzingis, knock on wood, again,

00:17:07 this is dark.

00:17:07 We're getting dark here.

00:17:08 But if he was, for some reason, not

00:17:11 able to play for an extended period of time, you're screwed.

00:17:14 Yeah.

00:17:14 And you could say that for a lot of teams that are contending.

00:17:17 If they lose their top two guy, they're screwed.

00:17:19 I mean, it's not unique to the Celtics,

00:17:20 but it just goes to show how important he's been.

00:17:23 He makes them, in my opinion, better than the rest.

00:17:25 So if he's gone, you're now in the middle of the pack.

00:17:28 You're going to still fight and claw your way to maybe

00:17:30 a--

00:17:32 you can claw your way to something special still.

00:17:35 But you're no longer the favorite.

00:17:36 Nowhere close.

00:17:37 That's the thing.

00:17:38 And so in years gone by--

00:17:40 I mean, this is so obvious.

00:17:41 And I know we're saying it's just--

00:17:42 you just really see it again and again.

00:17:44 Porzingis last kind of--

00:17:45 I mean, just in the early parts of February so far,

00:17:49 through five games, 27 points a game, 57% field goals.

00:17:53 But his last few games, 25, 34, 31, 26,

00:17:58 he's clearly emerging as that, as we said,

00:18:02 is those games with like six, five, seven field goals.

00:18:05 Yeah.

00:18:06 But you guys forget that you had--

00:18:08 you guys forget that you had him, because sometimes they do.

00:18:11 And that's always the cheat code,

00:18:12 where if you have games where Jalen Brown remembers

00:18:15 that he can't dribble--

00:18:16 I'm not going to say forgot how to dribble.

00:18:17 I don't think he's ever known how to dribble.

00:18:19 But when he remembers that he can't dribble

00:18:20 or he dribbles too much, Tatum's getting blitzed,

00:18:23 or the three isn't falling.

00:18:24 And you just throw it to Porzingis,

00:18:27 and he's the cheat code.

00:18:28 And it changes everything.

00:18:29 And you're right.

00:18:30 You mentioned holiday too.

00:18:31 The holiday numbers are staggering from three.

00:18:34 He leads the league among qualified people

00:18:37 in corner threes.

00:18:38 But also his threes since like midway through December

00:18:41 is like 50 something.

00:18:43 It's unreal.

00:18:44 He's getting wide open looks.

00:18:46 And he's hitting them.

00:18:47 --period in the entire league since before Christmas.

00:18:50 So he's--

00:18:53 And it's when he hits them too sometimes.

00:18:54 You know what I mean?

00:18:55 Like tonight, for example, two huge ones.

00:18:57 You know what's funny, John?

00:18:58 He leads the league in corner threes.

00:18:59 Christoph Porzingis has yet to hit a corner three this year.

00:19:02 Has yet to hit.

00:19:02 Isn't that funny?

00:19:03 He hasn't taken very many.

00:19:04 No, he's just not over there that often.

00:19:05 He's not up there.

00:19:06 He's always above the break when they're

00:19:08 playing that pick and drop thing.

00:19:09 Right, where he needs to be, by all means.

00:19:11 Keep doing what you're doing.

00:19:12 You don't need to take a corner--

00:19:13 The two that he hit, his foot was on the line.

00:19:16 But it's just funny.

00:19:18 It's kind of-- I guess it's just like a fun fact.

00:19:21 Yeah.

00:19:21 But--

00:19:22 All about fun facts here.

00:19:23 But things like this reminds me--

00:19:30 games like this reminds you--

00:19:31 the Porzingis effect, obviously, which

00:19:33 we're reminded of all the time.

00:19:35 But the holiday thing is--

00:19:37 it's, again, even if he hasn't quite found

00:19:42 his role in this offense and he's trying to still--

00:19:44 he's figuring himself out in terms

00:19:48 of how he's supposed to fit here.

00:19:49 And he's deferring to more people.

00:19:51 And there's some games people are like, I don't know.

00:19:53 Holiday, I don't know if I love it.

00:19:55 He's on the decline in this and that.

00:19:56 If Holiday does nothing other than play smart defense,

00:20:00 defend multiple positions, and then hits those threes,

00:20:03 it's a Marcus Smart upgrade.

00:20:04 Why?

00:20:05 Because who's taken those threes in years past

00:20:08 when they're forcing it out of Tatum's and Brown's hands?

00:20:10 Marcus.

00:20:11 At a 31% clip.

00:20:14 That's the difference.

00:20:15 So true.

00:20:15 That was so tight.

00:20:16 So true.

00:20:17 Yeah.

00:20:18 It was knocking him down at a much higher clip.

00:20:20 Plus, he's able to create on his own, too.

00:20:23 And a lot of guys can't do it.

00:20:24 Has he been an offensive juggernaut?

00:20:26 No, and they haven't really needed him to.

00:20:28 And I know you get a mixed room a little bit on Holiday

00:20:32 and how good he's been.

00:20:34 I think he's been everything that you were hoping

00:20:35 he was going to be.

00:20:36 What else is he supposed to be on a team like this?

00:20:38 He's not supposed to be taking 17, 18 shots a game.

00:20:42 No, absolutely not.

00:20:43 And that's why he's been--

00:20:45 And I agree.

00:20:46 The Tatum passing today, low key,

00:20:48 he played a very patient game today.

00:20:50 Very patient game.

00:20:51 OK, but this is--

00:20:52 Yeah, no, I agree with this, too.

00:20:54 But let's be real.

00:20:55 If you watch Friday's game, we specifically

00:20:57 talked about Tatum in the third quarter,

00:20:59 his vision in that third quarter in his game on Friday night.

00:21:03 So you're right.

00:21:04 He is passing well.

00:21:05 But also, we are talking about it.

00:21:07 We're not slandering him.

00:21:07 So I don't know why people feel the need to say that.

00:21:09 We're not.

00:21:10 It might be the chat.

00:21:10 We'll be back and watching to see.

00:21:12 Sometimes I feel that we think it's coming at us,

00:21:14 and it's not.

00:21:14 They're responding to each other.

00:21:16 And that's fine.

00:21:16 But I think in this case, he was saying no word on it.

00:21:19 Yes, to your point, DeCimili, Tatum's passing

00:21:25 has stood out to me, at least over the last few games.

00:21:27 And tonight's another example.

00:21:29 And that's the difference between-- we've always

00:21:31 said that's what's going to separate Tatum and Brown,

00:21:33 really.

00:21:34 And it's true, is that Tatum's able to affect the game

00:21:36 in more ways than just scoring.

00:21:39 And that's whether it's with passing,

00:21:41 sometimes it's with rebounding.

00:21:43 I'm not going to go as far as to say playmaking,

00:21:45 because I've been anti-trying to make them out to be playmakers.

00:21:50 They're not.

00:21:51 But he has elevated that aspect of his game, for sure.

00:21:55 Yeah.

00:21:56 Brown, this has to be Louise changing her name.

00:21:59 That's OK, Louise.

00:22:00 I don't mind.

00:22:01 We're now going to call Louise Lord of Fatum.

00:22:04 Yes, Berner spotted.

00:22:09 Yeah.

00:22:11 But that's all good.

00:22:15 Brown, again, sloppy ass game, too much dribbling, fine.

00:22:20 But I liked it after the Duncan Robinson.

00:22:27 I don't care.

00:22:28 I'm not like, oh, don't--

00:22:30 yeah, it was unnecessary, but who cares.

00:22:32 He, to the moment he got frustrated, he tossed Robinson.

00:22:35 I don't care.

00:22:36 I actually kind of like it.

00:22:37 I like it.

00:22:38 Yeah.

00:22:38 I mean, don't be dirty.

00:22:40 I don't want dirtiness, but I like being emotional,

00:22:43 being physical, giving back to these guys.

00:22:45 Make them think twice about something.

00:22:48 And what happened right after it, not great results.

00:22:52 But the next possession, he absolutely just

00:22:57 murdered Bam on defense.

00:22:59 He had him in the post, and Bam was trying to back him in,

00:23:01 and Brown murdered him.

00:23:03 OK?

00:23:04 He could not-- he was just physical, quick hands.

00:23:09 Bam wanted nothing to do with it.

00:23:11 Couldn't get-- and then he gets the ball back,

00:23:13 and he works a mismatch, and he gets to the line.

00:23:16 And I was like, here we go.

00:23:17 Jalen's angry.

00:23:19 And then he missed two free throws.

00:23:20 But--

00:23:21 Angry Jalen.

00:23:22 He's capable of being angry.

00:23:23 But I loved angry Jalen.

00:23:25 Yes.

00:23:26 Because when he gets locked in--

00:23:27 Better than anybody else in the team.

00:23:28 And that's the thing is like--

00:23:29 and this is what we talk about.

00:23:31 When you get angry Jalen, who plays like that,

00:23:34 and then you don't, when we say we'd

00:23:37 like to see Jalen more aggressive,

00:23:38 that's what we're talking about.

00:23:40 Because there's a level when he's super focused,

00:23:43 and locked in, that he can impose his physical will

00:23:48 on people just by being the athletic freak that he is.

00:23:51 The James Harden game in the playoffs is one great example.

00:23:53 Like, fuck it.

00:23:54 I'm picking him up full court, and let's go.

00:23:57 And that's like, oh my god.

00:23:58 Can you do that 80-something times in a season?

00:24:00 No.

00:24:01 But when you see it, and you know that it's there,

00:24:03 when you don't see it, you're like, yeah,

00:24:05 it seemed like a passive game, or one of those--

00:24:07 come to me.

00:24:07 Well, that's why we're like, wait,

00:24:08 where was Jalen Brown this whole quarter?

00:24:10 He's way better than just standing in the corner.

00:24:12 And now--

00:24:12 And I think it was floppy, but yeah.

00:24:14 When something-- when the switch is flipped,

00:24:18 and he gets into that mode, people

00:24:20 don't want to get in his way.

00:24:21 People will get up--

00:24:24 and when Jalen Brown is coming down the lane,

00:24:27 nobody wants to be on the other end of that.

00:24:29 So yeah, angry JB.

00:24:31 He does need to hit the free throws.

00:24:32 That has been one thing about Jalen,

00:24:34 that he has been able to kick his--

00:24:37 he'll go for two at the line.

00:24:39 Like, I'm sure we can all remember multiple occasions

00:24:41 that's happened in bigger moments.

00:24:43 So that's probably something that

00:24:46 needs to continue to work on.

00:24:47 But now I'm getting hit from people in the comments saying,

00:24:49 Jalen Brown passes too.

00:24:51 It's like, guys, OK, everybody passes.

00:24:53 Everybody does everything great.

00:24:55 What do you want?

00:24:58 Yeah, look, man, everybody's--

00:24:59 Angry stepchild treatment.

00:25:00 It's like, OK, we don't say something nice about Tatum

00:25:04 than we do.

00:25:04 And then, oh, well, you better say something nice

00:25:06 about Brown too.

00:25:07 It's like, guys, we're all watching the same game.

00:25:09 We see what's happening.

00:25:11 This isn't a third grade Valentine's party

00:25:13 where everyone gets one, OK?

00:25:15 It's selective, OK?

00:25:17 I'm going to give Valentines to the people

00:25:19 who I want to give Valentines to, OK?

00:25:21 I don't care.

00:25:22 We're not worried about--

00:25:23 These guys don't get their flowers

00:25:25 when they do something great.

00:25:26 Like, give me a break.

00:25:27 Yeah.

00:25:28 So every once in a while, John came home

00:25:29 with a few Valentines short of a few other people.

00:25:32 That's OK.

00:25:34 Everybody gets a medal, I guess, John.

00:25:36 Four weeks of crying, and then I was over it.

00:25:39 It's fine.

00:25:39 Yeah.

00:25:41 In the Newton school system, I'm just

00:25:42 glad the kids are going to school

00:25:43 and they can have a Valentine's Day party this year.

00:25:45 Are they still doing Valentine's Day parties?

00:25:47 Or do they get rid of those too?

00:25:49 They allow kids to have Valentine's Day parties

00:25:51 anymore, John?

00:25:53 Wait, what?

00:25:53 Who said we need a show?

00:25:55 And then why are you saying we don't need a show?

00:25:57 You guys do not need a show.

00:25:58 This is absolutely terrible.

00:26:00 OK.

00:26:01 Thanks, Albert.

00:26:02 There's a little X in the top right corner of the screen.

00:26:05 You could hit the X and go.

00:26:06 Go ahead and hit that.

00:26:07 Keep on your way.

00:26:09 Is somebody holding a gun to your head

00:26:10 and watching our show?

00:26:12 You can go.

00:26:14 Yeah, Brownie.

00:26:16 The Brownie Awards have been canceled.

00:26:18 Yeah.

00:26:20 They've been canceled.

00:26:21 Imagine living like that guy, just

00:26:23 forcing himself to do things that he hates

00:26:25 and just complaining about it.

00:26:27 No, I didn't have to talk with them.

00:26:28 They just had to fill out 18 Valentine's Day.

00:26:30 And I'm like, I just don't--

00:26:32 I was like, do you even like this kid?

00:26:33 And she's like, no.

00:26:34 And I'm like, then don't freaking give him one.

00:26:37 Oh, come on, John.

00:26:39 No, I'm just kidding.

00:26:40 Everyone gets one.

00:26:41 Everyone gets one.

00:26:42 I actually fully support it.

00:26:43 But I was like, it's just funny they were making Valentine's.

00:26:46 I was like, didn't you say this kid sucks?

00:26:48 And she's like, yeah.

00:26:49 And I was like, yeah.

00:26:50 Those are the ones that I secretly

00:26:51 have a crush on, though, right?

00:26:53 The ones that are like the mean to you?

00:26:56 At least that's what I used to tell myself.

00:26:58 I used to tell myself.

00:26:59 Every girl is so mean to me.

00:27:01 I can't believe they all like me this much.

00:27:04 Isn't it weird?

00:27:05 Anyway, as we said--

00:27:06 None of these girls would talk to me.

00:27:07 It's embarrassing how much they like me.

00:27:08 Guys, you don't have much more time

00:27:10 to insult me and Jimmy or the tandem of me and Jimmy,

00:27:13 because eventually someone else is going to get on the show.

00:27:15 And Jimmy's going to go do what he was supposed to do today

00:27:17 and host a Super Bowl party.

00:27:19 Those of you looking to get in on some of the action--

00:27:21 and you can't get in on Jimmy's action.

00:27:23 You can't eat some of the vittles over there.

00:27:25 But you can get in on this action

00:27:27 if you want to get in on some props.

00:27:29 Taylor Swift has made it.

00:27:30 So every prop is live right now, OK?

00:27:33 Is she performing?

00:27:34 Get him in.

00:27:34 Do you think she's going to jump out there?

00:27:36 Taylor, absolutely 0% chance.

00:27:38 I think she jumps out there and does--

00:27:39 There's 0.0.

00:27:41 She's not going to upstage Usher.

00:27:43 Usher and Alicia Keys, she's not going to upstage them.

00:27:47 She's coming out.

00:27:48 Report that Alicia Keys is going to be up on stage with them.

00:27:50 She's not coming out.

00:27:52 I like Alicia Keys.

00:27:54 I do too.

00:27:55 Yeah.

00:27:56 So head to fanduel.com/boston if you want to get in.

00:28:00 What?

00:28:00 This is the wrong one.

00:28:03 That is the wrong one.

00:28:04 I don't know why that one's there.

00:28:05 I did the same thing on Friday.

00:28:06 It's further down the list.

00:28:07 It's a little bit further down.

00:28:09 There you go.

00:28:09 That one.

00:28:10 fanduel.com.

00:28:11 That's the promo.

00:28:12 It's even more money.

00:28:13 fanduel.com/boston.

00:28:15 200 in bonus bets if your first bet of five or more wins.

00:28:18 So you've got to sign up and win a bet.

00:28:21 You don't have much time, folks.

00:28:22 You don't have much time.

00:28:24 Yeah.

00:28:25 That's a $5 bet on it.

00:28:28 Yeah.

00:28:28 So they said, Jimmy, what's your bet on Usher's first song?

00:28:31 I'm going, yeah.

00:28:32 Come out.

00:28:32 [HUMMING]

00:28:35 That's a good way to get the people going right off the bat.

00:28:38 Hook them.

00:28:39 Usher's like your generation, huh?

00:28:40 Like, you feel good-- like, that's

00:28:42 a wheelhouse sort of guy for you?

00:28:44 He was one of my favorite singers growing up.

00:28:46 He was by far--

00:28:46 I mean, I think if you're an R&B fan,

00:28:48 you know that from like 2000 to like 2015,

00:28:54 he was probably like the guy.

00:28:55 Maybe 2000.

00:28:56 Yeah, like around that time.

00:28:57 He had hit after hit.

00:28:58 And he's a performer.

00:29:00 So he'll do like--

00:29:01 he'll have choreographed dancing and stuff.

00:29:02 It'll be a good show.

00:29:03 It's not going to--

00:29:04 I don't think it's going to be like all time.

00:29:06 What's your favorite halftime show of all time?

00:29:08 Do you have one?

00:29:10 Yeah, I mean, the Prince one, I think,

00:29:12 is the standard there when it's raining in Miami.

00:29:16 And he just rips it.

00:29:18 Mine's U2.

00:29:20 And the U2 one, because of the moment and the time

00:29:22 and the Patriots aspect of it.

00:29:24 And just like-- it's just that just had like a--

00:29:28 you know, goose bumps sort of stuff.

00:29:31 In terms of the ones I've seen in person, hard to say.

00:29:37 The Lady Gaga one was actually pretty good.

00:29:41 There's no way if you're a Pats fan

00:29:42 you remember a second of that.

00:29:44 If you're a real Pats fan, you don't

00:29:45 remember a second of that Lady Gaga halftime show

00:29:46 because you were miserable.

00:29:47 Because you were furious.

00:29:48 But I was there.

00:29:50 Katy Perry was good.

00:29:51 Tom Petty was pretty cool.

00:29:52 Katy Perry came out on like a--

00:29:54 Even though it was a mellow show, but yeah.

00:29:55 Robotic elephant or something, Katy Perry.

00:29:59 I infamously hit that bet I picked your first song.

00:30:02 I was at the Timberlake--

00:30:04 the Timberlake-- the nip slip one.

00:30:09 You were at that?

00:30:10 Yeah.

00:30:12 That's the first Super Bowl I covered.

00:30:15 And I'll tell you this--

00:30:18 Little Timmy's got on TV.

00:30:19 I've never seen any--

00:30:21 I've never seen people care less about anything

00:30:23 than that entire halftime show.

00:30:25 As soon as it went on, it wasn't like buzz

00:30:27 and everybody's there.

00:30:28 People were like-- they were singing and people were just

00:30:30 talking to each other.

00:30:31 Like nothing-- it was so tame in there for that whole thing.

00:30:36 If not for what happened, that people caught on TV,

00:30:39 that would have been the least talked about one.

00:30:40 Also, you can't go wrong with the--

00:30:41 I think the Snoop Dogg--

00:30:42 And Dre--

00:30:47 Oh, that one was good.

00:30:48 A lot of people liked that one.

00:30:49 --in LA was freaking cool.

00:30:51 I actually think if you want to--

00:30:52 I wouldn't think it was going to be good, and it was.

00:30:54 If you want to reach the widest range of people,

00:30:56 you're talking a big swath of people who liked that music

00:31:01 back then and then people now who still recognize it like,

00:31:04 OK, yeah, that's cool.

00:31:06 That stuff's cool.

00:31:07 I think you reached a massive range of people with that one.

00:31:10 It was so good.

00:31:12 I just wish it was nighttime.

00:31:13 But it was-- the setup was cool with the cars

00:31:15 and the vintage this.

00:31:16 I thought it was awesome.

00:31:18 And then it was just like one guy after another after--

00:31:20 it's like, oh, oh, oh.

00:31:21 It was cool.

00:31:22 Then 50 Cent is upside down.

00:31:25 You know?

00:31:27 Oh, that was good.

00:31:28 That was good.

00:31:29 Anyway, head over there, Fanduel.com.

00:31:31 You can get some bets in, a lot of fun--

00:31:33 What's your bet, Jon, before I go?

00:31:35 What's your football-- like the main bet

00:31:38 that everyone talks about, the money line, the spread?

00:31:41 I have zero time thinking about this game,

00:31:44 because all year long, I've thought

00:31:51 the Niners were the best team by a considerable margin,

00:31:56 talent-wise.

00:31:57 So there's a world in which I think they come out and just

00:31:59 stomp them.

00:32:01 Who did Kansas City get killed by that one year

00:32:04 where that wasn't even close?

00:32:06 Tampa.

00:32:07 Was it Tampa?

00:32:09 Who was that?

00:32:10 Tampa beat Kansas City, but it was close.

00:32:13 No, maybe it wasn't close.

00:32:15 Tom Brady, yeah, Tom Brady had his way with them, as he should.

00:32:21 It was just the defense.

00:32:22 There was just too much going on there.

00:32:24 And the other team was just too good,

00:32:25 and they just weren't good enough.

00:32:27 I'm on San Fran.

00:32:29 What's your answer?

00:32:30 So my mind says San Fran, but I think there's a version--

00:32:36 I think there's a world in which--

00:32:37 You are horrible.

00:32:39 What is your answer?

00:32:39 Make your bet.

00:32:40 I'm both--

00:32:41 31 to 9 was that one.

00:32:42 It's the Brock Purdy factor.

00:32:44 When Brock Purdy plays bad, when Brock Purdy plays average

00:32:49 or doesn't have a good--

00:32:50 San Fran's a dead average team, so he can really

00:32:52 lower the level there.

00:32:53 So gun to my head, I'm staying San Fran,

00:32:57 but I might flip it right at kickoff.

00:32:58 I really don't know.

00:33:00 I really don't know.

00:33:00 I'm taking San Fran, and I'm betting Christian McCaffrey

00:33:04 MVP, because if San Fran wins, it's

00:33:06 going to be because of McCaffrey.

00:33:07 Even though typically a quarterback does get the MVP--

00:33:11 typically, not always--

00:33:13 I think McCaffrey, he could end up with three touchdowns

00:33:16 tonight.

00:33:17 So that's my pick.

00:33:18 I'm taking San Fran.

00:33:19 I'll even take him with the spread, minus 2 and 1/2.

00:33:22 The Chiefs are playing better than they

00:33:24 were in the regular season, but they just weren't a dominant

00:33:27 team this year.

00:33:29 You really just have to do a couple of things.

00:33:31 Get past that.

00:33:32 Get past that.

00:33:34 So San Fran's D-line's equally--

00:33:37 break through that Chiefs O-line.

00:33:39 Don't let Mahomes get in front of you, obviously,

00:33:41 out and scrambling, because that's where you can do damage.

00:33:43 But then just take care of Kelsey.

00:33:45 Be physical with him.

00:33:46 Don't let him roam around.

00:33:47 He's a great freelancer.

00:33:48 Do not let Kelsey roam around.

00:33:50 And I think San Fran will be OK.

00:33:52 That's where I'm at.

00:33:53 Chiefs have good corners.

00:33:55 I don't know.

00:33:58 I might flip it before you go.

00:34:01 Are they close, John?

00:34:02 I get the F out of here.

00:34:04 Yeah.

00:34:05 Hold on.

00:34:06 Who do the Celtics have next?

00:34:14 I don't even know.

00:34:15 Oh, New York?

00:34:16 Is it Brooklyn?

00:34:18 Brooklyn, yeah.

00:34:20 Ben Simmons playing yet, or is he hurting it?

00:34:23 I don't know.

00:34:25 Depends on the day, I guess.

00:34:27 I think it's the same thing as--

00:34:29 I stopped caring.

00:34:30 This guy doesn't trust Purdy either.

00:34:32 A lot of people don't trust Purdy.

00:34:33 I mean, even the Niners didn't trust Purdy.

00:34:35 They tried to sign Tom to start the year.

00:34:37 But he got him there.

00:34:38 Purdy got him this far.

00:34:41 I will say this.

00:34:43 Debo's my favorite player in the NFL.

00:34:45 Debo's awesome.

00:34:46 You can just score in so many different ways.

00:34:50 He's your favorite player, huh?

00:34:51 I love him.

00:34:54 Like, a receiver--

00:34:56 It's love, huh?

00:34:57 --snarl of a frigging short yardage running back,

00:35:03 he is just nasty in the open field.

00:35:05 He is so fun.

00:35:07 And I got one of my little ones who never got out of jammies

00:35:11 today.

00:35:11 Let's say hi.

00:35:12 Bring her on.

00:35:13 Bring her on.

00:35:14 No, she's not going to.

00:35:15 Pick, let's get her pick.

00:35:17 She's been staring at me through the glass the whole time,

00:35:19 though.

00:35:20 You guys, you cooking anything for the game, Joe?

00:35:23 Nah, man, very chill.

00:35:24 We had a dinner party Friday, and I did some cooking there.

00:35:27 And we have no--

00:35:29 it's a very chill, very, very chill.

00:35:32 And yes, Pats could have, could have, should have drafted him.

00:35:38 Like, you can say that for a lot of wideouts at the--

00:35:41 Well, you know the whole story behind that, right?

00:35:44 I don't think so.

00:35:45 Everyone in the room wanted Debo.

00:35:47 And Belichick was like, yeah, I hear what you're saying.

00:35:51 But he went with Nakil because he liked his interview.

00:35:55 Yeah.

00:35:55 That sounds baffling to me.

00:35:57 I don't think Nakil would even be a good interview.

00:35:59 Real quick, I offloaded all my cooking this year.

00:36:06 I'm not doing any cooking.

00:36:07 Not even your buffalo dip?

00:36:09 I had somebody do it for me.

00:36:12 We ordered pizza from this place called Leone's, Sicilian

00:36:15 Pizza in Somerville.

00:36:16 It's supposed to be the best--

00:36:17 Oh, you just buy a big, big dish?

00:36:18 Two trays.

00:36:19 Two trays, cheese pepperoni.

00:36:22 I got wings from the pub in Somerville.

00:36:25 Drove down there today, walked in, got two big things

00:36:29 of wings, supposed to be--

00:36:30 well, actually, we've had them before, unbelievable wings.

00:36:33 We got the honey hot and barbecue.

00:36:35 Got the buffalo chicken dip that somebody made.

00:36:38 And that's pretty much it.

00:36:39 Couple of chips and dip options floating around.

00:36:41 Other than that, not getting too crazy with it.

00:36:43 Keeping to the-- playing the hits.

00:36:45 We're just playing the hits.

00:36:46 Pizza and wings and guacamole.

00:36:50 You can't really go wrong.

00:36:51 And then we get some desserts floating around.

00:36:52 But that's really it for the Super Bowl.

00:36:54 It's not a packed Super Bowl, so it's not a holiday over here.

00:36:57 But we'll have some fun.

00:36:58 It's weird.

00:37:01 I worked 10 Super Bowls, whatever

00:37:04 it was the Patriots were in.

00:37:07 So I'm so used to it, not enjoying--

00:37:10 I only enjoyed one as a fan, and that was the first one,

00:37:13 which was the best one.

00:37:15 And every other one I worked for.

00:37:17 I only went to one, and it was probably

00:37:18 the best one of all time.

00:37:20 The Patriots-Seahawks.

00:37:21 The best game.

00:37:23 Toscano and Zanis covering it.

00:37:25 I sat next to Curran.

00:37:26 I sat next to Curran, and we--

00:37:29 I'll never forget.

00:37:30 Phil was on my other side.

00:37:31 I sat next to Curran, and I had to do the game story.

00:37:33 Oh my god, that game story was a disaster.

00:37:35 Generate that game story.

00:37:37 Delete.

00:37:38 Paste delete again.

00:37:40 Blasting through it.

00:37:41 Picking the end zone.

00:37:42 I'm like, oh my god, this game story

00:37:43 is not going to be in on time.

00:37:45 Here's why Falcons was not the best one, OK?

00:37:48 Falcons was not the best one because the game

00:37:49 sucked for like 43 minutes.

00:37:53 Like, you know, it sucked.

00:37:55 So that's the thing is like what happened in the Falcons

00:37:58 is historic, but the game sucked until they scored

00:38:03 to make it 28 to 10 with three minutes left in the third.

00:38:07 So you went 30 plus 12, 42 minutes of the game sucking,

00:38:12 and then everything happened.

00:38:13 So no, pound for pound, the best thing

00:38:16 about Seattle and the Patriots was they were consensus

00:38:19 the two best teams in the league.

00:38:21 Back and forth.

00:38:21 Both potential dynastic teams, like a power in the NFC,

00:38:26 power in the AFC, and it went blow for blow the entire game

00:38:30 of high level football the entire game long,

00:38:33 extremely high level football.

00:38:35 And then possibly the most--

00:38:38 the biggest flip in win probability

00:38:41 in the history of championship sports

00:38:43 happened and the single greatest play

00:38:45 in the history of championship sports.

00:38:47 So it's not even close for me the Seattle--

00:38:50 It's not.

00:38:50 I mean, that game was--

00:38:51 It's not even close.

00:38:52 People are only going to remember the pick

00:38:54 in the end zone, and rightfully so.

00:38:55 But so many big plays happened in that game.

00:38:58 The touchdown drive that Pats had right before that

00:39:01 was unbelievable that Brady took them down on.

00:39:04 And then the catch that--

00:39:06 who made that catch?

00:39:07 I already forget his name for Seattle.

00:39:09 It was blind.

00:39:11 Yeah.

00:39:12 Oh my God.

00:39:12 It was all over again.

00:39:13 Just flashbacks.

00:39:14 It was a helmet catch all over again.

00:39:15 Yeah.

00:39:15 It was helmet catch all over again.

00:39:17 And then--

00:39:17 Sick to my stomach.

00:39:18 Unbelievable game.

00:39:19 The emotional--

00:39:19 Edelman had an unbelievable catch.

00:39:21 Yeah, Edelman had some unbelievable catch in that

00:39:23 game.

00:39:25 But his podcast with Gronk is awesome.

00:39:28 I don't know if you've had a chance to check any of it out,

00:39:31 but it's really good.

00:39:32 It was--

00:39:33 Patriots porn.

00:39:34 It might be one of the best football games.

00:39:36 That's the best game.

00:39:37 Yeah, totally.

00:39:38 We got 100 of these things.

00:39:42 Oh, Sweden.

00:39:43 Did you get this one?

00:39:44 Did I miss it?

00:39:44 I've never seen Sweden.

00:39:47 Is that a lot--

00:39:48 is that-- are we rich?

00:39:51 It's OK if we're not.

00:39:52 It's OK if we're not.

00:39:53 Retire.

00:39:53 How do we get it up there on the screen?

00:39:55 Oh, there it is.

00:39:55 How's that?

00:39:57 What's up, Sweden?

00:39:57 Early '80s.

00:39:58 Sweden.

00:39:59 I can jam.

00:40:00 I can jam.

00:40:01 I wonder what he thinks of this team compared to the '80s Celtics.

00:40:05 There's a debate going around if this team could beat the '86 team.

00:40:09 John.

00:40:10 I just-- I think you can't compare anything anymore.

00:40:14 You know, if we joke about, like, plumbers and stuff like that,

00:40:18 playing with Kuzi, you know, back then, like, it's just too different now

00:40:23 to compare anymore.

00:40:25 It's too different.

00:40:26 They're all dribbling around.

00:40:27 They all look like Bobby back then, dribbling around.

00:40:30 One handed.

00:40:30 When they go left, they're still dribbling with their right.

00:40:33 Yeah.

00:40:33 Yeah, exactly.

00:40:35 Do, do, do, do, do.

00:40:36 Just doing, like, a little circle.

00:40:37 Yeah.

00:40:38 That's what my daughter's team does.

00:40:39 By the way, I got a quick, shameless promo if we're going to talk about it,

00:40:42 OK?

00:40:42 Oh, my god.

00:40:44 This weekend, OK, you're coaching.

00:40:47 Coaching the sixth grade Sparks, Newton girls basketball.

00:40:51 And, you know, you can't, like-- you can't come back from deficits

00:40:55 in these games, like, late.

00:40:57 You can't foul and send people to the free throw line.

00:41:00 Like, it just doesn't work that way.

00:41:01 And the clock is running, so it's horrible.

00:41:03 If you foul somebody, it knocks a minute off the clock

00:41:06 while they shoot their free throws.

00:41:07 Right.

00:41:07 It's ridiculous.

00:41:08 Oh, that sucks.

00:41:09 So they're down, like, five points in the last period.

00:41:11 It's impossible to get that many buckets.

00:41:13 The scores of these games are, like, 24-22.

00:41:15 So they literally had the pitchers shut out, and then get a bunch of baskets.

00:41:19 And they're still losing.

00:41:21 And I'm just telling them, I was like, you have to get a steal every time down.

00:41:24 And they just went bananas.

00:41:26 My daughter, I think, must have had-- so I took my daughter to the Memphis game,

00:41:29 Celtics fans will like this, OK?

00:41:31 And I was telling her, I told them in a timeout heading into the final period,

00:41:36 is I was like, you know, Marcus Smart, you guys know who that is, right?

00:41:40 My daughter had just seen the Marcus tribute video at the Memphis game.

00:41:43 And I was like, what he does, it's called the Cobra Strike.

00:41:46 And he sits back, and he sits back, and as soon as you expose the ball,

00:41:49 bang, he takes it.

00:41:51 What do they do?

00:41:52 They had, like, eight steals in the last quarter, kept getting the ball back.

00:41:56 And again, layups at this age are like a one in four--

00:41:59 Oh, yeah, totally.

00:42:00 --possibility.

00:42:01 So they're down by one point with 28 seconds left.

00:42:07 And the other team's dribbling up.

00:42:08 And all they had to do was just stand there,

00:42:10 and there's nothing we could do.

00:42:11 And I'm just, I'm like, you got to steal it.

00:42:13 You got to steal it.

00:42:14 And my daughter pokes it free, length of the court, frigging going to her left,

00:42:19 because she ended up on that side of the court.

00:42:21 Puts it up there.

00:42:22 Boom, it drops.

00:42:24 Let's go.

00:42:24 14 seconds left, and that was it.

00:42:26 The other team never got a shot off.

00:42:27 Did you go crazy?

00:42:28 And that was the end of the game.

00:42:28 Did you go crazy?

00:42:29 Did you have to contain yourself?

00:42:31 The girls went crazy.

00:42:32 That's good.

00:42:33 That's all that matters.

00:42:33 They went crazy.

00:42:34 I kept it relatively chill out of respect for the other team,

00:42:38 because that was tough.

00:42:39 You didn't want to be that dad.

00:42:41 Didn't want to be that guy.

00:42:43 So Jimmy, I'll let you go.

00:42:45 And I'm either going to decide to continue this--

00:42:47 I'm not going to let you go, so--

00:42:49 I'm going to end this stream.

00:42:50 --Joseph Senna's hopping on his--

00:42:51 Yeah, it was like, Santa stole the ball.

00:42:53 Santa stole the ball.

00:42:55 Dude, it was awesome.

00:42:56 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:42:56 It really was.

00:42:57 She was doing it all game long.

00:42:58 She was just waiting, waiting, waiting, and just, boop,

00:43:01 just popping it away.

00:43:02 And she's smaller, and she would just sprint ahead and go.

00:43:05 It was great.

00:43:06 We got a future player on our hands here.

00:43:09 I don't disagree with this.

00:43:11 I'm saying you can't compare, because physically, it's

00:43:13 so different now.

00:43:14 Because I do think the bottom of the league

00:43:16 back then didn't have the level of athletes you have now,

00:43:19 and the level of shooting, and the level of skill.

00:43:21 But also, the game called for different things,

00:43:24 because it was played a little bit more down low

00:43:25 and a little more physical.

00:43:27 But yes, the best thing about modern day basketball is--

00:43:31 the best thing about modern day basketball, Jimmy, for me,

00:43:34 is-- for Larry Bird fans, boomers like me from the '80s--

00:43:37 is definitively, Larry Bird would

00:43:40 have been an absolute monster in today's NBA,

00:43:42 because of what all that he could do.

00:43:44 He would be the greatest stretch four who's ever played.

00:43:48 He would shoot 10, 12 threes a game.

00:43:50 He'd average 30, 32 points.

00:43:51 He didn't shoot threes.

00:43:54 But he would also probably--

00:43:57 he would probably have to shoot threes, wouldn't he?

00:44:00 He would be a monster.

00:44:02 You talk about point forward, oh my god.

00:44:05 Would he be like--

00:44:06 would he be like--

00:44:08 who would he be like today?

00:44:10 Would he be kind of like--

00:44:11 Luke is a good comp.

00:44:13 No.

00:44:14 You know?

00:44:14 Why?

00:44:15 No.

00:44:15 Luke is--

00:44:15 Because he'd have the ball in his hand a lot.

00:44:18 He'd play a lot of point forward.

00:44:21 OK.

00:44:21 But I feel like Bird plays more of a big man game.

00:44:25 He's a cross between Bird and-- he's

00:44:26 a cross between Luka and Jokic.

00:44:28 Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

00:44:29 Which, yeah, that makes him-- I guess that makes him pretty good.

00:44:32 And you've already seen, like, one

00:44:34 of the least athletic guys in the league,

00:44:35 Jokic is the most dominant player.

00:44:37 So you don't have to worry about Bird's--

00:44:38 you don't have to worry about Bird's athleticism.

00:44:40 It's proven that a guy right now can do it.

00:44:42 And Bird, honestly, was probably the same level of thinker

00:44:46 or better and shooter and passer.

00:44:49 Yeah.

00:44:50 All of that stuff, and rebounder.

00:44:52 Just amazing.

00:44:53 So Jokic is Bird reincarnate, just in a slightly larger body

00:44:57 in the way that he does things.

00:44:59 I think that that's pretty much--

00:45:00 that's the best comp.

00:45:01 But I also think he's a little bit more agile and nimble.

00:45:04 He wasn't athletic, but he could move better than Jokic could.

00:45:07 He could move a lot better than Jokic could move.

00:45:09 And he would have been probably in better condition

00:45:13 because their diet consisted of, like, 18 Budweiser's a night

00:45:17 back then.

00:45:19 You would find Bird at Sullivan's tap after the game.

00:45:22 Dude, the inspiring story about the '86 team

00:45:25 isn't that they worked out and blah, blah, blah,

00:45:28 and got in the best shapes of their lives.

00:45:29 It was after a Christmas Day loss to the Knicks,

00:45:38 they decided to give up beer for the rest of the year.

00:45:40 That was their big sacrifice.

00:45:42 We're not going to drink.

00:45:43 Or something's not working.

00:45:45 Yeah, this guy, something's not working with our play here.

00:45:50 That's funny.

00:45:50 Yeah, do wish that I was able to watch Bird play,

00:45:53 because I only hear legendary comments about those days.

00:45:58 Yeah.

00:45:58 We're going to bring in Joe Sway.

00:46:00 We're going to make sure the Wi-Fi is good.

00:46:02 The scoreboard just went into the ceiling.

00:46:05 So finally, I'm good to go, man.

00:46:06 Tag me out, bro.

00:46:08 Tag me out.

00:46:09 Tag me out.

00:46:11 Jimmy's got to go.

00:46:11 Jimmy's got to quit.

00:46:12 All right.

00:46:13 Hey, boys.

00:46:13 Have a happy Sunday, everybody.

00:46:15 Thanks for watching.

00:46:15 And go Niners.

00:46:18 The Homes, best quarterback ever.

00:46:19 Def the Chiefs.

00:46:21 OK.

00:46:24 Yeah.

00:46:24 What's going on, buddy?

00:46:25 So it sounded like a fire alarm.

00:46:27 But it was-- they just-- it took a while for them

00:46:29 to put the scoreboard all the way up.

00:46:30 I can't really show you guys right now.

00:46:32 But it's all the way up there.

00:46:33 But yeah, that delayed my appearance.

00:46:35 What's going on, Joe?

00:46:36 Nothing.

00:46:37 We were talking about my daughter's basketball game

00:46:39 over the weekend, which she used Marcus Smart as inspiration

00:46:43 to come up with a game-winning steal.

00:46:45 And that-- because she was at the Memphis game,

00:46:47 saw the tribute, was thinking, I'm going to be like Marcus.

00:46:50 That's what's up, man.

00:46:52 And we were talking about Larry Bird

00:46:53 and where Jimmy ordered his food from.

00:46:55 So we reached that portion of the show.

00:46:57 If you want to infuse a little basketball talk into it again,

00:47:00 you can.

00:47:01 Yeah, man.

00:47:03 I really, really like this game.

00:47:04 Really enjoyed this game.

00:47:05 It's unfortunate.

00:47:06 You know, no Jimmy Butler.

00:47:08 Unfortunate injuries to-- injuries, I should say,

00:47:11 to Terry Rozier and something.

00:47:15 His name was the guard.

00:47:16 The guard who got hurt in the first quarter.

00:47:18 Excuse me.

00:47:20 But the Celtics still did what they were supposed to

00:47:23 in terms of executing.

00:47:24 They didn't get caught up into the physicality,

00:47:26 which Joe Mazzullo talked about after this game.

00:47:29 He enjoys it.

00:47:29 It's not something that he encourages.

00:47:31 He's not saying go out there and knock people out or whatever.

00:47:34 But he enjoys the fact that the Celtics

00:47:36 are able to respond to the friction.

00:47:37 And obviously not lose their head

00:47:39 in the sense of game planning and execution, which

00:47:41 I thought was phenomenal.

00:47:43 I mean, on both ends of the floor,

00:47:44 you could say that about Jason Tatum.

00:47:46 I thought what Kristaps Portzingis was doing, man,

00:47:47 was just causing fits down low in the paint.

00:47:50 Al Horford, when Portzingis wasn't in there doing a good

00:47:52 job on Bam out of bile.

00:47:53 He did get scored on a couple of times.

00:47:55 But I just think that constant resistance really, in fact,

00:47:57 really impacted the game, especially when the Miami

00:48:01 Heat just couldn't get that run to pull ahead.

00:48:03 But they certainly made it interesting

00:48:05 in that fourth quarter.

00:48:05 And this crowd had their back the entire way.

00:48:07 So yeah, I mean, playoff type environment,

00:48:10 I would say for sure.

00:48:11 But you just wish Miami had more of their guys

00:48:15 to finish out than they had when they started.

00:48:19 But yeah, man, Celtics did a really good job.

00:48:21 And the whole back and forth between Duncan Robinson

00:48:24 and Jalen Brown, particularly the confrontation

00:48:29 at the free throw line.

00:48:30 Missoula loves that, which I thought

00:48:33 was a great response to the question where

00:48:35 Gary, of all people, asked him about this whole generation

00:48:41 swapping jerseys, taking pictures,

00:48:43 everyone's friends with everybody.

00:48:45 He loves that Jason Tatum is dialed in and doesn't

00:48:49 get into that, obviously.

00:48:50 And when you see that chippiness between Jalen and Duncan

00:48:53 Robinson, the Celtics didn't back down.

00:48:55 It's about adapting to this type of environment

00:48:59 and obviously not straying from the game plan, which

00:49:01 Celtics did a really good job of, if you ask me,

00:49:04 and Joe Missoula in this fourth quarter.

00:49:06 And it's closed out the game the way they were supposed to.

00:49:08 Yeah.

00:49:09 That was what we were talking about in the beginning.

00:49:12 It was like, is it not a great win

00:49:13 because you struggled against a team that was missing?

00:49:16 Obviously, Butler to start the game,

00:49:18 Rozier goes out, Richardson goes out.

00:49:20 You really only had--

00:49:21 they mentioned this on the broadcast, too.

00:49:23 Richardson.

00:49:23 That was the guard.

00:49:24 Sorry.

00:49:25 Slipped my mind.

00:49:26 One guy who could handle the ball, and that was Hero.

00:49:29 And they just kind of put it on him.

00:49:30 And he did a great job in the second half.

00:49:33 I mean, the fact that they were able to stay that close,

00:49:35 Hero was excellent.

00:49:37 Yeah, man.

00:49:38 He was cooking.

00:49:39 Is it a bad game because you should have blown this team

00:49:41 out, or is it a good game because even when things

00:49:43 weren't going great for you, you made enough plays late to win,

00:49:46 and it was tough, and it was gritty,

00:49:48 and you made those winning plays?

00:49:49 And I settled on that.

00:49:52 I actually liked this game, too, because I

00:49:54 like to be able to tough out a game on the road

00:49:59 in a hostile environment.

00:50:00 Again, we say hostile.

00:50:02 It is Miami.

00:50:03 It was 30% empty, and the other 70% was half Celtics fans.

00:50:07 A lot of green.

00:50:08 Yeah.

00:50:08 Somebody put it in the comments here.

00:50:10 We can't tell if this is Josue after the game

00:50:12 or in the first quarter with the stands behind him.

00:50:14 But--

00:50:15 [LAUGHTER]

00:50:16 That's funny.

00:50:17 That's accurate, too, man.

00:50:18 They even do--

00:50:19 That's what it looks like.

00:50:20 They still do the countdown at halftime.

00:50:22 Like, come on, guys.

00:50:23 Go back to your seats.

00:50:24 The game's about to start.

00:50:26 Stop hanging out with your friends in the hallway.

00:50:28 Because that's the vibe in here.

00:50:31 It's much more about, hey, we're at the game.

00:50:33 Check us out.

00:50:34 Posting on social media.

00:50:36 But in the fourth quarter, you got that playoff environment,

00:50:39 I think, for sure.

00:50:40 And like you said, a lot of Celtics fans in here.

00:50:42 A lot of people made the trip.

00:50:45 You got that vibe from the airport, essentially.

00:50:48 But I mean, this is that rivalry, man.

00:50:50 I'm hoping these two teams meet each other in the playoffs,

00:50:52 because it would certainly be fun.

00:50:53 But I also feel like we missed out on Terry Rozier.

00:50:57 Maybe Richardson gets going a little bit more

00:50:59 in that second half.

00:51:00 Maybe it gets a bit more interesting,

00:51:02 especially with what Miami has to deal with right now,

00:51:05 with Jimmy Butler having to take time to spend it

00:51:09 with family, with things that he has going on

00:51:11 in his personal life.

00:51:13 But yeah, man, Celtics responded.

00:51:16 I think that's accurate, John.

00:51:17 The way you just described, it's a good thing

00:51:20 that they were able to crawl this one out, as opposed

00:51:22 to winning by 20.

00:51:24 I don't think that was certainly in the cards, because the Miami

00:51:26 Heat, they're always going to give you that effort.

00:51:28 And the Celtics, on matinees and in general this season,

00:51:33 when a team is missing one of their top guys,

00:51:35 those are interesting games for one reason or another.

00:51:38 So I mean, look, it's great.

00:51:41 The Celtics, I think with Joe Mazzullo in particular,

00:51:45 this whole expectations for the Celtics team,

00:51:48 night in and night out, a lot of it

00:51:50 has to do with this team and what happened last year, right?

00:51:53 What happened in this building, essentially.

00:51:54 When the Celtics went down 3-0 in the Eastern Conference

00:51:56 Finals.

00:51:57 And I just think a lot of the times,

00:51:58 Joe Mazzullo just really wants to prep these guys for anything

00:52:01 and everything, right?

00:52:02 Which he always says, no expectations and all that.

00:52:04 Because I think he looks back on that experience thinking, man,

00:52:07 that happened quickly.

00:52:08 And we lost all three of those games differently,

00:52:11 three very different ways.

00:52:12 So I mean, that's how fast it happens in the playoffs.

00:52:16 Yep.

00:52:17 Yeah.

00:52:18 So that is good.

00:52:19 So the other question is, Miami's

00:52:21 shorthanded tonight, Joe Sway.

00:52:23 No, this Wi-Fi is just spot on right now.

00:52:26 Miami's shorthanded in the playoffs.

00:52:28 Do you want to play this team or not play this team?

00:52:31 I want the Celtics to play this team.

00:52:36 Because that's the ultimate battle test,

00:52:40 whatever you want to call it.

00:52:41 I mean, if we're talking about the Celtics

00:52:44 are the very best team in the Eastern Conference,

00:52:46 then that should be a win.

00:52:48 Honestly, going into the NBA Finals,

00:52:50 whoever's waiting for you on that end is obviously--

00:52:53 or at least we've all agreed that that's

00:52:55 sort of the scariest team the Celtics team should face.

00:53:00 So I'd say bring it on, to be honest with you, man,

00:53:02 especially if they're shorthanded.

00:53:04 I was muted.

00:53:09 Bobby's going to join us in a second.

00:53:11 We're also going to add Duncan Robinson.

00:53:12 Here's Duncan Robinson about the Jalen play.

00:53:15 I want to hear this.

00:53:16 Little bit salty.

00:53:17 I just thought it was a dirty play, to be honest with you.

00:53:21 That's how people miss entire seasons.

00:53:26 Knock on wood, obviously, but those types of plays,

00:53:28 I mean, you've seen before and throughout the history

00:53:32 of the NBA, guys suffer really bad injuries from instances

00:53:36 exactly like that.

00:53:38 So I just thought it was dangerous, unnecessary,

00:53:40 and excessive.

00:53:41 Yeah, well, when you play with a fire drone,

00:53:46 I mean, those type of things happen.

00:53:48 And what I mean by playing with fire is doing those wraparounds,

00:53:51 doing these moves, these slick moves that

00:53:54 makes things restrictive for the opposing player.

00:53:57 He was doing that, John.

00:53:58 And look, I have to see the play again with Jalen Brown.

00:54:01 I mean, not the play that triggered the flagrant foul,

00:54:04 but before that, because you saw plays in the first quarter,

00:54:08 especially--

00:54:09 or no, excuse me, in the second quarter,

00:54:10 when Chris Despercengas was complaining about--

00:54:13 or before he was complaining about what

00:54:15 happened with Bam Adebayo, which I really

00:54:17 wanted to ask Joe Mazzullo about,

00:54:18 but I didn't get a chance to.

00:54:20 That's something that should be brought to the NBA.

00:54:22 I mean, that kind of stuff shouldn't be allowed,

00:54:23 obviously.

00:54:24 But also, there was one play in particular

00:54:26 where Bam did something similar again,

00:54:28 and then when Porzingis popped out,

00:54:32 Duncan did almost like a wraparound,

00:54:33 almost like he didn't want to let him get into the play,

00:54:35 and then he let him go.

00:54:36 It's like these slick little moves that he does.

00:54:38 And I feel like a lot of the times, we don't see it.

00:54:41 The referees obviously don't see it as well.

00:54:43 So it goes both ways, John.

00:54:45 In that moment, yeah, maybe Jalen sort of snaps,

00:54:48 but it wasn't the first time.

00:54:51 I would be really surprised.

00:54:54 Looking at the tape, he does that stuff off the ball,

00:54:57 these slick moves to restrict Jalen from getting back

00:55:01 into the play and stuff.

00:55:03 So you think Robinson brought it upon himself?

00:55:06 I do.

00:55:07 I really do, because I saw him do it to Porzingis.

00:55:09 I saw him do it to Jalen in that play.

00:55:12 But again, I don't know if that was the very first time.

00:55:15 I really don't think it was the first time.

00:55:17 I just don't.

00:55:18 I just think Jalen snapped because he was like, listen,

00:55:20 man, you keep doing this.

00:55:22 Yeah, and that's the thing is you get a lot of those guys

00:55:26 who kind of play the who me game.

00:55:29 For sure.

00:55:30 For sure.

00:55:30 Like, whoa, what?

00:55:32 Kind of plausible deniability when

00:55:33 it comes to that kind of stuff.

00:55:35 Like, what are you talking about?

00:55:36 I'm just playing, man.

00:55:37 Right.

00:55:38 I'm just trying to fight the screen.

00:55:39 It's like, no, that's not how you do that.

00:55:41 Yeah, exactly.

00:55:42 Grab somebody.

00:55:42 And that's what happened with Porzingis.

00:55:43 He was trying to fight through a screen.

00:55:45 He sort of like when Porzingis was trying to make a play,

00:55:48 he sort of hung with the percentage.

00:55:49 And Porzingis looked at the referee again like, hey,

00:55:52 he's doing it again.

00:55:53 I just-- I don't know, man.

00:55:55 Duncan's got to-- it goes both ways.

00:55:58 And obviously, Jalen reacted the way-- it was warranted.

00:56:00 I get that.

00:56:01 I was afraid that he was going to get tossed.

00:56:03 But Flagler won.

00:56:03 OK, that's fair.

00:56:05 But you just keep playing.

00:56:07 And it's part of the game.

00:56:09 It was a fair call.

00:56:10 It was a fair call.

00:56:11 I was just-- again, I just--

00:56:13 I don't think it would have been fair if he got tossed.

00:56:15 And I was afraid that was going to happen.

00:56:17 Yeah, I agree with that, too.

00:56:21 I agree with that, too.

00:56:22 I can't tell if Bobby wants to come on or not.

00:56:24 Yeah, he flashed for a second, right?

00:56:26 I guess he wasn't ready.

00:56:27 Do you want to come on, Bobby?

00:56:28 I can't tell.

00:56:29 Yes, no?

00:56:30 I don't think so.

00:56:31 I don't think he's ready.

00:56:32 That face, I don't think he's ready.

00:56:34 Yeah, intent Bobby face.

00:56:39 Yeah.

00:56:40 I mean, I don't know, man.

00:56:43 I just really want to know the series between these two teams.

00:56:45 I love the chippiness.

00:56:47 I love what happened last year, obviously.

00:56:51 Southwest Sports game seven after being down 3-0.

00:56:54 Obviously, didn't go their way.

00:56:55 But what a heck of a series that would be if these two teams

00:56:58 were to meet up again.

00:57:00 Yeah, we do have Bobby Buckethead in the house.

00:57:02 Again, I don't know until Bobby tells me or gives me

00:57:06 a thumbs up or the middle finger if he wants to come on.

00:57:10 Pop him off.

00:57:12 What's up, Bobby?

00:57:15 Great win.

00:57:16 Love that one.

00:57:18 Another late game finish, crunch time victory

00:57:22 with some execution down the stretch.

00:57:25 You felt the effect of Porzingis in this matchup again.

00:57:28 Dust ups throughout, as I'm sure you guys talked about there.

00:57:32 We did.

00:57:32 And Bobby, I do have Jalen.

00:57:34 I do have Jalen talking about it.

00:57:36 Jalen's response.

00:57:38 Yeah, I can put Jalen's up and then we can talk about it

00:57:40 on the back end.

00:57:41 Here you go.

00:57:42 [INAUDIBLE]

00:57:46 Nope, too loud.

00:57:47 I'm not going to use that one.

00:57:49 We'll fix that and we'll bring it up to you.

00:57:51 But anyway, go ahead.

00:57:53 I have another version of that.

00:57:55 We'll cut it and we'll put it on the air.

00:57:56 Go ahead, Bobby.

00:57:57 You were saying about the game?

00:57:59 Yeah, it was a tough one, I felt like,

00:58:02 because you did get two huge runs from Miami out

00:58:06 of the time out in the third quarter.

00:58:08 I think that was the 13 to 2.

00:58:10 And then out of the altercation in the fourth quarter,

00:58:14 where I think Miami pulled as close as two there.

00:58:17 So you had to withhold those runs.

00:58:19 They run this great dribble handoff offense

00:58:22 that was able to get them shots going downhill.

00:58:25 But then the key, I thought, was some awesome stops against BAM

00:58:29 after that run by Tatum.

00:58:32 I think Horford had one or two.

00:58:34 Jalen.

00:58:35 Jalen had one as well.

00:58:36 So Miami shifted to trying to attack some wings with him.

00:58:40 And that just blew up in their face.

00:58:42 Some horrible sets for the Heat there,

00:58:44 where the Celtics completely blew it up.

00:58:46 Tatum's was the best of them all.

00:58:47 Probably one of his best defensive plays of the season.

00:58:50 Dislodging the ball twice there and forcing, I think,

00:58:53 what was a miss at the end of that.

00:58:54 So this is a defensive win, defensive game.

00:58:58 Porzingis had some stops.

00:58:59 I thought Horford played great defense off the bench.

00:59:02 You saw him switching a bunch, changing matchups

00:59:05 and out of bounds plays.

00:59:06 So you saw the Celtics' defensive might

00:59:08 in this game alongside their ability

00:59:10 to go after some of the weaker Heat defenders,

00:59:13 figure out the zone.

00:59:14 The Heat were running zone right from the tip.

00:59:16 And the Celtics were able to get pretty good quality shots off

00:59:19 against it.

00:59:19 And a good balance game.

00:59:21 Holliday was in the wing shooting.

00:59:22 Brown and Tatum both got pretty much an equal amount of shots

00:59:25 off.

00:59:26 Throughout, Brown finished a little sloppy,

00:59:27 but started the game strong.

00:59:30 White more in facilitation mode in this one, it felt like.

00:59:33 And then Porzingis, just a monster game

00:59:37 against the smaller back line.

00:59:39 And pulling Bam up to the top of the three-point line,

00:59:42 even on the phase where he wasn't involved.

00:59:44 Yeah, it made a big impact on the Celtics' ability

00:59:46 to get to the rim.

00:59:47 I think the Celtics started like 9 of 16 inside in this one,

00:59:50 or something like that.

00:59:51 So they were able to get their bunch.

00:59:53 Finishing, still a little bit an issue at times.

00:59:56 But I like the approach in terms of getting

00:59:58 downhill against this team.

01:00:01 Same, man, same.

01:00:03 That healthy balance and just finding the switch.

01:00:07 Tatum doing his best two-way game impression.

01:00:11 I shouldn't even say that anymore,

01:00:12 because this is part of who he is now.

01:00:16 Just affecting that side of the floor,

01:00:18 it just makes a huge impact.

01:00:19 And obviously, it gets everyone going.

01:00:22 I thought the same thing could be said about Derek--

01:00:25 not Derek White, a little bit of Derek White,

01:00:27 but more Drew Holliday.

01:00:28 Just getting his hands in the passing lanes

01:00:31 and just disrupting the Heat's offense.

01:00:32 I just thought that stuff went a long way, man.

01:00:34 But yeah, man, just a great win.

01:00:37 Porzingis also said his back's fine after the game.

01:00:40 He did take a shot to the groin as well.

01:00:44 Who else asked that but Gary Josue about the hit

01:00:48 to the top spot.

01:00:49 And Kristoff wanted to challenge it.

01:00:51 Did he talk about it?

01:00:53 Yeah, Kristoff wanted to challenge it.

01:00:54 But I guess Missoula felt like he still bumped Bam

01:00:58 a little bit on the front end of it,

01:00:59 so they weren't going to win it.

01:01:00 And maybe they would have got a free throw out of it

01:01:02 or something.

01:01:02 But they held on to it.

01:01:04 I don't think Joe saw the replay, man.

01:01:05 The replay we saw.

01:01:07 Because we didn't see it in real time.

01:01:09 It was the replay where you can see

01:01:10 what Bam was doing down there.

01:01:12 You may even get a hostile act off of that.

01:01:13 So to speak, yeah, that's very hostile.

01:01:16 I was uncomfortable watching that video.

01:01:18 Very uncomfortable, very hostile.

01:01:20 Yeah, you might have had a situation where it's still

01:01:22 an and one, though.

01:01:24 It's just not the way you're taught to defend, right, guys?

01:01:26 For going back to the basics here.

01:01:30 Well, they did end up challenging an offensive foul,

01:01:32 which wasn't successful, which is a weird play to challenge

01:01:36 to.

01:01:36 You don't usually see that.

01:01:38 The screen, moving screen, and the moving pick.

01:01:39 Yeah, in the third quarter.

01:01:41 You don't see that very often.

01:01:42 So I just feel not a good use of it.

01:01:44 I hate all of these.

01:01:45 I hate all of these.

01:01:47 The first one was so obviously winnable.

01:01:50 People keep--

01:01:50 You just take it.

01:01:52 People keep tweeting Joe's--

01:01:54 here's the thing.

01:01:56 Everyone's tweeting his record on challenges.

01:01:59 Just show me the record of the ones

01:02:02 that you wish you had a challenge left over for.

01:02:04 You know what I mean?

01:02:05 That's really what it comes down to.

01:02:07 First quarter ones, I just don't think

01:02:10 there's any circumstance, unless it's

01:02:12 like something that draws a third foul on a key player

01:02:16 or something like that, where it has enough long-term impact

01:02:19 to warrant a challenge.

01:02:20 You know what I mean?

01:02:21 But that's the thing, John.

01:02:22 An out-of-bounds play is ridiculous to me to challenge.

01:02:25 Those are the type of plays that should be challenged.

01:02:28 That's when-- look, when this whole thing started with the NBA

01:02:32 and doing the challenging thing, I was like, OK, great.

01:02:34 Because there's so many plays that happen so quickly.

01:02:37 And then we see it on replay on TV.

01:02:39 And it's never brought up to the refs.

01:02:41 It's never-- you know what I mean?

01:02:43 I mean, maybe they see it after the fact.

01:02:45 But no one's penalized most of the time.

01:02:47 And maybe this one would be different.

01:02:48 But that's a flagrant, John.

01:02:50 I mean, that's-- you be grabbing people like that.

01:02:52 What's wrong with him?

01:02:53 I just think that's the kind of stuff that--

01:02:55 No, I meant the first quarter one.

01:02:56 --you'd be correct right away.

01:02:57 No, no, no.

01:02:58 I know what you mean.

01:02:58 But like--

01:02:59 I don't challenge that ever.

01:03:00 I don't challenge that ever.

01:03:02 Even though it's an automatic win,

01:03:04 I don't challenge it later.

01:03:06 Because I just want to save him for critical moments.

01:03:08 It's just a possession early in the game.

01:03:10 I never challenge that.

01:03:11 I just think that's something that if the referees review it,

01:03:14 they're not calling him foul on Port Zingas.

01:03:17 You know?

01:03:17 Like, it's just-- that's the type of stuff

01:03:19 I think is worth reviewing.

01:03:21 Yep.

01:03:24 Fair enough.

01:03:25 Bobby, what else you got?

01:03:26 You been talking to the guys?

01:03:28 Yeah, I love Joe the most.

01:03:30 You get a lot from a game like this, I feel like.

01:03:33 Late game execution, going through some runs, crowd,

01:03:37 noise, all that kind of stuff.

01:03:39 And I feel like the Celtics even got banged up at times

01:03:42 and had to probably play through some stuff.

01:03:43 There was a play where Horford stopped Bam at the rim,

01:03:46 looked like he banged up his right hand on that play,

01:03:48 was able to stay in and finish the game strong.

01:03:51 You had some adjustment throughout.

01:03:53 There was a stretch, I think, second quarter.

01:03:55 Cornett's in there with a double big look.

01:03:57 They shifted to Brissett quickly when

01:03:59 they saw that wasn't working.

01:04:01 So this felt like it had a playoff

01:04:03 level of execution, adjustments, and intensity by the two sides.

01:04:09 And I know the Heat are going to come out

01:04:11 of this pretty frustrated, as Duncan Robinson was there,

01:04:13 with some of the physicality.

01:04:15 Two awful injuries for them in this one, too.

01:04:19 Took a massive hit out of their ability to win the game.

01:04:21 So if we're doing Heat postgame here,

01:04:23 you're just saying you lose Roger.

01:04:25 You don't have Butler.

01:04:26 And you lose Richardson as well.

01:04:27 You're just not going to win this game.

01:04:29 So this probably is a moral victory for Miami coming out

01:04:32 of this one.

01:04:33 To go down to the final possession or two

01:04:35 with a fully loaded Celtics team when

01:04:37 you're missing all three of your ball handlers

01:04:40 is a pretty encouraging feat if you think about it.

01:04:42 You really only had Hero who could handle the ball.

01:04:44 So that was--

01:04:45 Yeah.

01:04:45 And he did a pretty good job late getting to the basket

01:04:47 still, getting his shot off.

01:04:48 And that's why you end up going to Bam late in the game.

01:04:53 Because you don't have those other guys.

01:04:54 Guys, I got to check out for a minute.

01:04:56 I may pop back in.

01:04:57 But I'll let you guys talk amongst yourselves

01:04:59 for a little bit.

01:05:00 Yeah, how's John just going to bounce on us like that?

01:05:02 You know?

01:05:03 It's not cool.

01:05:03 I can come back at any point in time.

01:05:05 But I got a situation.

01:05:08 So you guys take it.

01:05:10 If you're not here when I come back, so be it.

01:05:12 Just say bye to everybody.

01:05:15 Isn't that something you text us?

01:05:17 But all right.

01:05:18 Yeah, we got this.

01:05:18 Bobby, what happened in that locker room?

01:05:21 What else?

01:05:22 Yeah, we had a little tatum talking

01:05:24 the physicality of the game.

01:05:26 Yeah, pretty similar conversation

01:05:28 of what we've talked about here overall.

01:05:29 And yeah, he got asked about needing to defend yourself

01:05:33 at times out there, how much he talks to guys.

01:05:35 He said he's not really a talker out there on the floor

01:05:38 in games like this.

01:05:38 Guys that he knows he'll talk with,

01:05:40 he said he was going back and forth with Bam

01:05:42 a little bit during this game.

01:05:43 So he's one of the guys that I think

01:05:45 needs to get a little bit more comfortable in these kind

01:05:47 of situations too.

01:05:48 Being able to bang with guys, trash talk a little bit,

01:05:55 go back at some guys, be there for Jalen on the floor.

01:05:57 I mean, he got asked about the Jalen play

01:05:59 and basically said he didn't really see it.

01:06:01 Didn't have much of a comment on Duncan calling it dirty there.

01:06:04 I'm sure we can get that clip in just a second from Ahmed here.

01:06:07 But this to me is beneficial for everybody.

01:06:11 Everybody needs to learn from this on the Celtics side.

01:06:13 This matchup, still Joe Sway to me,

01:06:16 is going to be there in May.

01:06:17 Somehow, some way, the Heat are going to get healthy.

01:06:20 They're going to rally late in the season,

01:06:22 whether it's through the play-in tournament or a late season

01:06:25 push above that line.

01:06:27 And they're going to figure out a way

01:06:29 to get into the second round.

01:06:30 And maybe it's a first round series between this team

01:06:33 this time around.

01:06:34 It obviously came very close to happening last spring

01:06:37 when the Heat lost that game to the Hawks.

01:06:39 And then Atlanta moves on to Boston in that spot.

01:06:41 So you've got to be ready.

01:06:43 Because no matter who's out there on Miami's side,

01:06:45 as long as Butler's there and being aggressive,

01:06:48 you see they have all the makings, and coaching,

01:06:51 and the ability to keep these games close.

01:06:55 And Porzingis is going to be that difference maker, right,

01:06:57 Joe Sway?

01:06:58 I don't think there's any way that he can beat them.

01:06:59 Such a huge difference maker.

01:07:00 But honestly, Bobby, halfway through this game,

01:07:03 I'm loving the game plan, going inside, the physicality,

01:07:08 and all that.

01:07:08 But then remember when Porzingis checked out,

01:07:12 goes into the locker room.

01:07:13 And I'm like, where did he go?

01:07:14 And then I start thinking, oh, wait.

01:07:16 That's the risk that you run, right,

01:07:18 if you keep putting Porzingis in the paint, physicality.

01:07:19 Because look, I love that matchup between him and Bam

01:07:21 out of bio.

01:07:22 But you wonder how much of that throughout the course of a best

01:07:26 of seven series would impact him, right?

01:07:30 I mean, physically, his health, all that.

01:07:33 And we've got two people limping off the floor

01:07:36 in the first half of this.

01:07:38 Well, not the first half, but that's the kind of game

01:07:42 that you're going to get, kind of series you get when

01:07:45 these two teams match up.

01:07:46 And I don't think either one's going to let up.

01:07:47 So you wonder what that looks like.

01:07:49 And before you hopped on, John asked me

01:07:52 if you would love to see that happen,

01:07:55 even if you knew that he were shorthanded with injuries.

01:07:58 Would it be great for the Celtics

01:07:59 to match up with them in the best of seven series?

01:08:01 And I encourage it, because I feel like the Celtics,

01:08:03 if you're the very best in the Eastern Conference,

01:08:05 then you take on all challenges.

01:08:07 And you see who's waiting for you

01:08:10 once you reach the NBA final from the Western Conference.

01:08:12 And I still stand by that.

01:08:14 But you wonder how much of that would

01:08:16 affect Christophe Porzingis and that type of series.

01:08:18 Because let's face it, Celtics are at their best

01:08:20 when you're having that combination down low.

01:08:22 And that's part of it, right?

01:08:23 You're going to get a lot of physicality down

01:08:25 the paint between Bam Adebayo and Christophe Porzingis.

01:08:28 And he won't be the only one.

01:08:29 There will be guys coming off the bench doing

01:08:31 the same thing against Christophe.

01:08:32 So you wonder how much of an impact

01:08:34 that would make in a best of seven series in terms

01:08:36 of his health.

01:08:38 Yeah, and I asked him a few minutes ago

01:08:41 why he's having success in this series.

01:08:44 And I think we got, thanks to the Heat's great PR staff

01:08:47 here, Joe Sway, some cumulative stats from this series

01:08:51 for the season.

01:08:53 And as far as the Celtics go in the Celtics-Heat matchup,

01:08:58 Tatum came out of it 47% from the field, 35 from three.

01:09:02 The assist to turnover ratio, 18 to four.

01:09:05 So those are just some incredible numbers

01:09:07 for Tatum in this matchup.

01:09:08 Brown came out 53 from the field, 44 from three,

01:09:12 eight assists, 13 turnovers.

01:09:15 So this is still a challenging one for him.

01:09:16 And we can get to him to end the show here.

01:09:18 But Porzingis, to cap it off for him,

01:09:22 20 for 35 against the Heat this year, 57%.

01:09:25 Seven for 14 from three, 14 to 17 at the line,

01:09:32 22 rebounds in three games, five assists, two turnovers,

01:09:37 along with three steals and three blocks.

01:09:39 This is the matchup we looked at coming in.

01:09:41 I think I wrote even in the preseason training camp, Joe

01:09:43 Sway, that this is the matchup he's going to impact the most.

01:09:46 Bobby, this is the matchup that triggered the trade

01:09:49 to begin with, if you ask me.

01:09:50 Yeah.

01:09:51 Sorry, go ahead.

01:09:52 I mean, if you're Brad Stevens and you're

01:09:54 looking at how to beat the Heat or what's

01:09:56 the best way to match up against them in the series,

01:09:59 all equations point--

01:10:01 all solutions point to us getting someone

01:10:03 like Chris Dasporzingis.

01:10:04 And I think that's a big reason why

01:10:06 he was such a priority during the offseason.

01:10:09 So you love what Tatum's doing here, especially recently

01:10:12 with the passing.

01:10:13 You love what Porzingis is doing.

01:10:14 He's playing his best basketball of the season.

01:10:16 Jalen here, tough one.

01:10:21 Forget the altercation.

01:10:22 And we will get Tatum's reaction to the altercation

01:10:24 in just a minute here.

01:10:28 13 turnovers in this matchup.

01:10:29 We obviously know the story from these finals, the way

01:10:32 they guarded him.

01:10:33 Tonight, some erratic play, especially late,

01:10:36 that go-ahead pass.

01:10:37 I think it was that Highsmith grabbed in the corner

01:10:40 to nowhere.

01:10:41 That's a tough play in crunch time.

01:10:44 And those were some of the empty plays, the ones with the ball

01:10:47 going through him.

01:10:49 The transition plays, he got blocked a couple of times

01:10:51 at the rim by Bam.

01:10:53 I liked his aggression early in the game,

01:10:55 but that aggression went into a little bit of overdrive late

01:10:58 and ended up hurting the Celtics.

01:11:00 So this is still a tough matchup for Brown.

01:11:02 And they have to find the balance of where they utilize

01:11:05 him on the floor, how much ball time he gets.

01:11:08 And for him, it's the awareness, knowing

01:11:10 that some guys are going to come at him

01:11:11 from some untraditional spots, especially when Bam's out there.

01:11:14 And he's going to be a guy who chases you down in transition.

01:11:17 Not many players defend transition like Bam does.

01:11:20 Yeah, no, no.

01:11:25 I mean, that's the difference.

01:11:28 I mean, forcing Bam to go out there and defend him

01:11:30 at the 3, I mean, he picked up fouls quickly as well.

01:11:32 I mean, same time, though, who had three fouls at halftime.

01:11:36 So I love the matchup.

01:11:38 But I think because of the other guys in the starting five

01:11:43 that Chris Hapsen turned to, it's

01:11:46 a lot for the Miami Heat.

01:11:47 Clearly, they made this one still interesting

01:11:49 in that fourth quarter.

01:11:50 But between Tatum and Brown, I mean,

01:11:53 between Tatum and other guys like Derek Wyatt and Drew

01:11:56 Holliday that can get going, it'll

01:11:58 make for an interesting series.

01:11:59 But the way they defend Jalen, it's just--

01:12:02 not a lot has changed compared to what we

01:12:03 saw in the Eastern Conference Finals.

01:12:04 So you wonder what kind of adjustment

01:12:06 Jalen needs to make in that regard.

01:12:08 But this one really did come down to the wire.

01:12:10 He missed two big free throws as well.

01:12:13 I think if this game were ever to go to overtime or so,

01:12:15 a lot of the pointing would be at Jalen.

01:12:19 Let's be honest.

01:12:20 What happened in that fourth quarter where

01:12:22 he couldn't take care of the ball

01:12:23 and he missed a couple of key free throws.

01:12:26 Made a big play down the stretch as well.

01:12:28 But yeah, the Miami Heat, I just feel

01:12:31 like they really do disrupt his offense.

01:12:36 We are going to wrap here.

01:12:37 Yeah, man.

01:12:38 Because it is Super Bowl Sunday.

01:12:39 I'm getting bounced right now.

01:12:40 Let's do one--

01:12:40 Yes.

01:12:42 I'm not going to pull a Jimmy here and do game talk.

01:12:44 But I'll get your prediction real quick, Josue.

01:12:47 Who do you got?

01:12:48 Oh, man.

01:12:50 I don't want to pick the favorites.

01:12:51 But up until this morning, even-- actually, no.

01:12:56 Even the last couple of days, I keep

01:12:57 thinking that maybe they won't blow it.

01:12:59 Maybe they could.

01:13:00 But I'm going KC, man.

01:13:01 Give me the Chiefs.

01:13:03 If I was a betting man, I would say that for sure.

01:13:05 Who do you got?

01:13:06 Actually, the underdogs on FanDuel by a point and a half

01:13:09 last I saw.

01:13:09 Are the underdogs on FanDuel?

01:13:11 Oh, man.

01:13:11 Well, then give me the underdogs then.

01:13:13 Yeah, certainly.

01:13:14 And I think that's how everybody feels.

01:13:15 They're like, Chiefs are underdogs.

01:13:17 Mahomes, Velva Parity.

01:13:19 But Niners do have that complete team.

01:13:24 Right, they have the complete team.

01:13:25 And everybody's picking the Chiefs.

01:13:27 The way Mahomes-- I don't know, man.

01:13:28 I feel like this could be that game where you're like, OK,

01:13:30 Mahomes is going to do it.

01:13:31 Because you look back at the battle against Brady,

01:13:34 and times where you feel like he's going to--

01:13:39 times where you feel like the other team could

01:13:40 get the best of them.

01:13:42 But maybe this is that one game where he puts it all together.

01:13:45 We'll see.

01:13:46 Yeah, I'm going to go Niners just because it

01:13:48 feels like the whole world's picking the Chiefs here.

01:13:51 And they do have a very complete roster.

01:13:53 I know McCaffrey from MVP, too.

01:13:55 Maybe he's going to come through and have an all-time game

01:13:58 in the Super Bowl.

01:13:59 It's certainly an exciting stage to see him on.

01:14:01 We're going to go figure out a way to watch it here in Miami

01:14:03 just the way.

01:14:03 Anyone has a recommendation, throw it in the comments.

01:14:06 Miami Super Bowl spots.

01:14:07 Yeah, man.

01:14:07 Hit us up.

01:14:08 Or hit us up on Twitter.

01:14:09 Let us know.

01:14:09 Yeah, tell us on Twitter, too, here.

01:14:11 And we are going to go record a quick hit, write a quick recap.

01:14:15 And we are off to watch the big game.

01:14:17 But this one was awesome to watch as an appetizer here.

01:14:20 Celtics beat the Heat 110-106, 18th crunch time

01:14:24 victory for the Celtics this year, who continue

01:14:26 to be great in that spot.

01:14:28 They are now--

01:14:28 1-1 wins.

01:14:30 18-8, tied for the most crunch time wins with the Bucks

01:14:34 and Nuggets in the NBA this year.

01:14:36 Ginormous difference over last season.

01:14:37 They're on to New York.

01:14:39 The Nets on Tuesday.

01:14:40 Josue and I are heading up there.

01:14:42 We'll have shoot-around coverage Tuesday morning.

01:14:44 Make sure you check that out.

01:14:44 Celtics all-access.

01:14:46 CLNS Media, all the post-game coverage going up on CLNS

01:14:48 right now from both sides.

01:14:50 Thanks to John.

01:14:51 Thanks to Ahmed.

01:14:52 And we will see you Tuesday.

01:14:54 See you, guys.

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