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00:00Joe, we've got an absolute banger of a marquee matchup on this Tuesday in Beantown.
00:06It's the reigning NBA champs in the favorites to win the NBA Cup and the NBA Championship
00:11this year, the Boston Celtics, who, oh, by the way, are still 11-3 against the undefeated
00:18Cleveland Cavaliers.
00:19A perfect 15-0 beginning to this 2024-25 season, the fourth ever 15-0 start in history of the
00:28NBA.
00:29So, a marquee matchup on night number three of the NBA Cup inside TD Garden that sees
00:37the Celtics as a five-and-a-half point home favorite and a total of 236.
00:43A couple of trends from my perspective, perfect 15-0 start for the Cavs.
00:48They have been an underdog only twice.
00:50Of course, they have won outright in both of those games as a dog.
00:54The Celtics, 11-3 straight up this year, a favorite in all 14 games.
01:00Joe, so favored to do everything this year, the Celtics, they have been not only booked
01:04as a favorite in all 14 NBA games this year for Boston, they've only been a single-digit
01:11favorite five times out of those 14 games, often laying double digits.
01:17They're three-and-two against the number in those five games, laying only a single digit.
01:23A marquee matchup tonight in Beantown.
01:26What do you like?
01:29It's kind of hard not to be totally impressed with what Cleveland is doing.
01:35But at the same time, Ben, can we all just agree that quietly what Cleveland is doing
01:40is how you build dynasties.
01:43When you guys take into consideration what they signed over the last year, they come
01:49in and bring in a new head coach, plenty of success during a regular season.
01:54It was nothing to complain about for Cleveland during a regular season.
01:56They would fall apart during the playoffs.
01:59So what did they do?
02:00They went out and extended Mobley, Donovan Mitchell, Isaac Okoro, Jared Allen.
02:06These guys are all signed for the next five years.
02:11Now you got Darius Garland and Max Struess under the next three years under team control.
02:16That is how you build championships here, Ben.
02:20It's no surprise to me that they're having this kind of start, because these guys have
02:24already been together for how long?
02:26It's the same thing with Boston.
02:28What's going to win this game is going to be who is better at shooting the rock from
02:33three.
02:34And ultimately right now, I don't think anybody is better than Cleveland, 42% from deep.
02:40And that is impressive.
02:41Will the defense of Boston be able to do something?
02:45They're allowing just 33% from three this year.
02:48To me, that's what this is all about.
02:50If the Boston defense beats the Cleveland Cavaliers three-point shooting, Boston will
02:56win.
02:57If they don't, Boston gets run out of the gym tonight.