Celtics Sweep Pacers, Advance in NBA Playoffs 2024

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:03 - Let's talk about NBA now, Cam.

00:04 We'll go to the Celtics last night.

00:06 As we know, sweep away the Indiana Pacers.

00:09 I gave you that number earlier in the show.

00:12 90% plus win probability in four,

00:16 in three out of the four games in this series

00:19 in the fourth quarter, including last night.

00:22 They had a big lead early in the fourth quarter,

00:24 but they blow it.

00:25 We're tied at 102, under a minute to go in this game.

00:29 Derek White on ESPN sending them home.

00:32 - Brown on the drive, pulls back,

00:33 lost the ball, got it back,

00:35 kicks it out wide, corner three.

00:37 Bang!

00:38 Derek White from downtown, Celtics by three.

00:41 - And there was like, I guess it was like 45 seconds left

00:45 in the game, Cam.

00:46 So Indiana had a couple of opportunities.

00:49 They even got a stop.

00:50 They just, they ran out of time.

00:51 They couldn't get any quality shots.

00:53 And here's what was kind of surprising to me, Cam,

00:55 in this whole series of these four games.

00:58 I thought the biggest advantage

01:01 Indiana had in this series was coaching.

01:05 I thought that Rick Carlisle over Missoula

01:08 was a major advantage that Indiana would,

01:11 if games were close late,

01:13 were gonna be able to exploit.

01:15 And guess what, Cam?

01:16 Couldn't have been further from the,

01:17 I mean, could, not even close.

01:19 I was on that assessment

01:20 'cause I thought Carlisle did an awful job

01:23 in all three of these melt games

01:25 that they had in this series.

01:26 Whether it was game one,

01:28 did an awful job not moving the ball up.

01:30 They had no play.

01:31 They knocked the ball out.

01:32 They lost.

01:32 You had game three where he didn't call the timeout

01:35 with Nebhard running up the court with seconds ticking off.

01:39 I thought Carlisle was awful, Cam,

01:41 in the final minute, two minutes of these games.

01:43 And that was part of,

01:44 big part of the reason why Indiana lost.

01:46 - Astute observation, Carver.

01:47 You're absolutely right.

01:48 And you think he'd outdo Missoula with Carlisle's experience

01:51 but they had no plays coming out of timeouts.

01:53 And that's the problem.

01:54 That's the sign.

01:55 When you do this stuff,

01:56 why even call a timeout if your play's gonna suck?

01:59 They're all discombobulated.

02:00 It was brutal, but great call by you.

02:02 Boston got it done.

02:03 And Indiana really threw away opportunities in this series.

02:06 It should have been a lot damn closer than it was,

02:08 but that's life.

02:09 Boston moves on and we'll see, man.

02:11 Whoever they, hey, if they meet Dallas in the West,

02:13 I think the Boston Celtics,

02:15 ah, you beat all these lesser lights in the East,

02:17 you gotta deal with a real team in the West.

02:19 So we'll see what happens, buddy.

02:21 - Oh, I'm on Dallas, Cam.

02:23 And I know that's not just me.

02:24 I know I'm letting the future do the talking

02:26 a little bit there.

02:27 I understand that.

02:29 If I didn't have the ticket on the Mavericks,

02:32 I would still be, I would be backing them now.

02:34 I'd be jumping in plus 200, right?

02:36 I'd be going in on Dallas.

02:37 I might go in for even more, Cam.

02:39 Double dip, take another trip to the window on the Mavericks

02:43 'cause I do think that they're gonna beat the Celtics

02:45 if that ends up being the matchup.

02:46 Jalen Brown was the MVP of the East finals.

02:51 He had 29 points in the closeout game last night.

02:54 Of course, there was a lot of talk about him

02:56 the last few days, not being named to the all,

02:58 any of the all NBA teams.

03:01 He wasn't named to this team.

03:03 He wasn't named to that.

03:04 Here he is last night, Cam, still seeming,

03:07 I guess not that happy, not that thrilled,

03:10 even though he won the MVP of the East.

03:11 Here's Jalen Brown.

03:12 - I think I'm one of the best two way wings, guards,

03:15 whatever you wanna say in this game.

03:16 You know, I thought this year I've taken a level

03:19 and I've increased it.

03:20 I took the matchup.

03:21 I picked up guys full court.

03:22 I chased guys off screens.

03:24 I battled with bigs and I felt like

03:26 I should have been all defensive.

03:28 And that probably hurt me the most

03:30 'cause that's one of the things that I set out

03:32 in the season that I wanted to be.

03:34 But you know, as time has gone by and I got to this point,

03:37 like I just, I stopped caring and I just embrace.

03:41 I don't care who sees what,

03:43 as long as my team knows my value,

03:44 my city knows my value, my family.

03:46 That's all I really care about.

03:48 But you know, I like to set my hat on

03:52 just being a versatile two way wing

03:54 and can do both at any point in time.

03:58 And the last kind of four minutes of this game,

04:01 kinda, you saw that.

04:03 - Wow. - You know,

04:05 look Cam, I think Jalen Brown's a really, really good player.

04:10 - Agreed.

04:11 - He's completely lying to you right there

04:13 and telling you that he doesn't care about all this stuff

04:15 because he's the one who brings it up a lot of the time.

04:19 - He's just complaining about it for a few minutes.

04:20 - So for him to say he doesn't care about it.

04:21 - But obviously you care about it.

04:23 No, you're right.

04:24 - He cares about it.

04:25 And I don't blame him.

04:26 You know what Cam, he should care about it.

04:28 That's fine.

04:29 If that's what's fueling the fire

04:31 and is gonna help him lead the Celtics to a championship,

04:34 by all means, go ahead and do it.

04:35 But don't sit there and say you don't care

04:37 because you clearly do care.

04:39 You're showing that you care.

04:40 - Great call, Carver.

04:41 But another thing too, is it's a team game.

04:43 You got to worry about everybody else on the team

04:45 and give them credit too.

04:46 You take care of your business, but you're right.

04:48 You mentioned it off the top.

04:49 You don't mention something you don't care about,

04:51 but the bottom line is keep doing what you're doing.

04:52 Sometimes you need motivation for stuff, as you said,

04:55 and if it pisses them off and makes them play better,

04:57 so be it.

04:58 - Let's hear next from Jason Tatum.

05:02 Of course, the Celtics, Cam, will be taking this group,

05:05 we should say, will be taking their second trip

05:08 to the NBA finals.

05:09 They lost to the Warriors a few years back.

05:12 Tatum never taking this stuff for granted,

05:14 loves that they're back with a chance to win a title.

05:17 - Obviously going back to the finals,

05:18 special accomplishment for you guys.

05:20 What's, is there a difference?

05:21 Is it kind of like the same type of emotions?

05:24 What's that like for you?

05:26 - It's special, right?

05:27 Even though we've been there before, most of us have,

05:30 you don't take it for granted, right?

05:31 We were excited.

05:33 It was the hell of a team we just played.

05:35 They made us earn every single game

05:37 and we're extremely grateful to move on to the finals.

05:41 - You know, they're a very good team, Cam.

05:46 I'm not going to sit here and try to tell you

05:47 that the Celtics aren't as good,

05:49 'cause I know there's a lot of people trying to do that,

05:52 but you are going to hear a lot over the next 10 days

05:56 until they finally play these games,

05:58 that they beat Miami without Butler,

06:00 that they beat Cleveland without Mitchell,

06:02 that they beat Indiana without Halliburton.

06:05 Indiana basically threw up all over themselves

06:07 the end of those games.

06:09 (upbeat music)

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