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00:00the final.
00:03Last night, the Boston Celtics took care of business against
00:05the Dallas Mavericks. They're up 2-0 in the NBA finals. So,
00:09certainly, the Mavs up against it but can they get back in it
00:11as this moves to Dallas? 105 to 98, the final yesterday. A push
00:17in some spots, six and a half, seven and a half, really close.
00:20Matt, the odds maker certainly did a great job handicapping
00:23this game and setting the odds. I guess what I would ask you is
00:26that with a couple of nights to sort of go back, take a look,
00:30and determine what they did wrong, can Dallas get themselves
00:33back into the series because I would guess if they don't win
00:36Wednesday night, the series is over. It's just a matter of
00:39when, not if.
00:42Yeah, that's certainly what it seems like. It's very similar
00:45to their last series only in reverse.
00:48You know, I think in this case, though, Boston's just a better
00:50team. We're seeing it. They're deeper.
00:53They play sound defense. They're more experienced than the
00:57Timberwolves, which is allowing them to overcome some of the
01:00things Dallas is doing defensively.
01:03They're certainly playing better defense on the pick and roll.
01:06They're, you know, Luka was great last night, but he had
01:08eight turnovers and the rest of the team wasn't hitting threes
01:12and they were missing free throws and that's just going to
01:15be a recipe for disaster. I mean, Boston didn't play that
01:18well offensively. They didn't shoot the ball well from three
01:22and Jason Tatum wasn't really scoring and he was passing well.
01:26He was setting up his teammates well, but that was the game
01:29they needed to steal. They didn't do it. They really weren't
01:32that close in the long run. They made that late push and yes,
01:36there was a foul at the end. They could have been called.
01:38That would have made things a lot more interesting, but it
01:40wasn't and Boston was, you know, kind of had a nice lead all
01:43second half. So I think if you're Dallas, you're really hoping
01:47the home crowd and your role players being better at home
01:50and hitting some of those open threes is what propels you
01:54because right now it just looks like where do you go?
01:56How do you beat this Boston team? They're doing too many
01:59things well against us defensively and they haven't even played
02:02that great offensively. At least they didn't play that great
02:05offensively last game. So it's going to be quite the uphill
02:08battle. They need Kyrie to join the party for sure. And I
02:12don't know if Boston's defense is going to allow that.