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00:00The New York Knicks stun the Celtics!
00:05Oh my God!
00:07The time is here to be tested for the champions.
00:10Force is the language.
00:12Time to speak up!
00:13You don't get into the journey for it to be easy.
00:15You just gotta tap into your darkness.
00:17Go to first punt. Go!
00:23Celtics playing with desperation.
00:25Playing with force.
00:26This was clearly a championship response.
00:29Gotta bring it. Just win.
00:32You need to play with more sense of urgency.
00:34The Knicks gotta continue to fight.
00:35We've been here before. Come on.
00:37Here the Knicks come again.
00:43Defending champion, you can't relax at all.
00:46It's not supposed to be easy.
00:47You gotta beat us four times, not twice.
00:53Game four is here.
00:55The Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks
00:58as we welcome you to the NBA playoffs.
01:01Presented by Google.
01:02It's the conference semifinals delivered by Chipotle.
01:06Spectacular view outside of New York City.
01:10There's also a spectacular view inside Madison Square Garden.
01:14Courtside where the celebs are.
01:16Spike Lee, of course, in his usual spot.
01:18So many long-time Knicks fans.
01:20John Leguizamo as well.
01:22Natalie Dress.
01:23Susie Espin.
01:24Been here all season long watching Knicks games.
01:27Tina Fey making an appearance here in game four.
01:31Tracy Morgan here every single night to watch his Knicks.
01:35And Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner seem to be loving life right now.
01:40And they're setting up for game four.
01:42Ben Stiller as big a Knicks fan as you can find.
01:44Our starting lineup is brought to by Mountain Dew.
01:48So Al Horford will start his third consecutive game.
01:52Kristaps Borzingas coming off the bench once again.
01:56Meanwhile, Karl-Anthony Towns injured that hand in game three,
02:00but wasn't even listed on the injury report.
02:03So he is set and ready to go.
02:05And it's going to be fascinating, Richard Jeffery,
02:07to see the response after the Celtics completely manhandled the Knicks in game three.
02:12That's my favorite part about the postseason is the responses.
02:15Are you down?
02:16Are you up?
02:17How professional are you when you have a team against the ropes?
02:20That's what we get to find out about these two teams today.
02:23And Doris with Boston.
02:25They get that victory, but they're still behind in the series,
02:27so there can't be any drop in that hunger.
02:29No, and both coaches talked to us pregame about pace.
02:33Because the Celtics were playing off misses and getting cross matches in transition,
02:37they'd like to see that again with their defense.
02:40Last touch by Holliday.
02:43And the Knicks will get it.
02:44Of course, the crowd fired up just like they were for game three.
02:48And that changed quickly.
02:50It was just the ultimate championship response in that opening quarter.
02:54Celtics came out like gangbusters.
02:58And led the entire game.
03:00A wire-to-wire dominant victory.
03:03Jalen Brunson pulls up.
03:05His first shot won't go.
03:06Tatum with a rebound.
03:09The Knicks talk so much about the slow starts in these games.
03:15As White knocks down his first three-pointer.
03:17They hit six of their first seven the other night.
03:19Well, even watch that.
03:20Off a simple transition, there's ball movement.
03:23The Knicks were not matched up in that, and that's why there is an open three.
03:27You've got to get locked in and know who you're guarding, especially in transition.
03:31Tatum, who's done a really good job defensively throughout the playoffs.
03:35And here on Karl-Anthony Towns.
03:36Now, Holliday comes up on him.
03:37Downs rustic.
03:38Couldn't get at the fall.
03:39Tatum the rebound.
03:40He's also been a beast on the boards.
03:432, 1, 2, 3.
03:44One, two, one, three.
03:45Three, two, three.
03:46Two, three.
03:47Southond's fall movement the other day in Game 3 was spectacular.
03:50As Jalen Brown knocks down that shot.
03:53Last game, Jalen Brown, to me, mixed his perimeter game with his ability to get downhill.
03:58If he's below the free throw line, and has a small defender on him, good night.
04:02is money in his pocket and an obie lines up three-pointer way off ball knocked out
04:09of bounds last touched by Brown so the Knicks with nine on the shot clock is
04:13who all year Jalen Brown has made a point of getting to his post-up game or
04:18if he's matched up small as he is against Brunson just play below the
04:22free-throw line he's gonna be able to elevate over the top
04:26so nine left on the 24 Knicks shot just 40% in game three they've missed their
04:33first three shots here in game four
04:39shot clock at five heart nice speed inside Towns gets it a go nice banker from
04:44Karl-Anthony Towns on a pretty feed from Hart Brown on the spin rises up his back
04:50shot won't go Towns the rebound quick outlet Josh Hart likes to push the pace
04:55beautiful bounce pass on an obie knocked away and taken by Tatum excellent
05:00defensive way from Jason Tatum
05:07made him telling offered to go down finds Drew Holliday Brown extra pass
05:13everybody touching it and what he knocks down another three and the reason why
05:16you tell Jason Tatum great direction the reason why you tell him to go in the post
05:20is because you know they're gonna have to rotate so before the pass even happens
05:24they start to rotation Brunson gets inside lowers the shoulder and
05:29holiday backs off and he gets his first field goal for Jalen Brunson
05:39this time Horford sets the screen
05:41Anthony Towns one-on-one coverage white quick release again knocks down another
05:48Derek white red hot to start spacing all over the floor with shooters at every position if you're not
05:55there on the catch and don't have a great contest could be a long night yeah but you can't give up that
05:59corner three it doesn't matter if you're helping out not from the strong side
06:02corner and a foul call on Josh Hart as he ran over Drew Holliday first foul on
06:07Hart I know Jason Tatum has a one-on-one matchup of town so look at how far look at
06:12how far bridge is over you can't be that far with Derek white in the strong side
06:16corner and then here watch this he's trying to the rotation happens before he
06:20even throws the ball and that's why the Boston Celtics are able to get a wide open
06:24three just because of the direction of Tatum Tatum the drive blocked by Bridges
06:28terrific defensive play and it's going to be Nick ball so already seen some
06:33excellent individual defensive plays art brings it up Brunson looking to go back
06:39door good ball denial from Holliday
06:43Mark Tatum takes it away another excellent defensive play from Tatum sidestep layup is good
06:54they don't sometimes talk enough about his defense
06:57Mike he's cross positional he's had to check Carl Anthony Towns a ton and Tom Thibodeau
07:03has seen enough but you're right I mean in route to the championship he was guarding up consistently
07:09you can put them at any position they're switching a lot he jumps anticipating where
07:14Josh Hart wants to go this guy is so smart
07:16Chipotle during the regular season the key to their success the Celtics set all-time marks
07:27in threes made and attempted and then here in this series well they started off against the
07:33Knicks games one and two three-point disasters but then you look to game three
07:38and it was a three-point clinic 20 of 40 and they've hit their first three
07:43and look this is where the ball rotation the ball movement look at this the ball barely sticks
07:49Derek White gets that first three it is very very difficult to guard him because they have five
07:53that can shoot threes
07:55White who really struggled from three the first couple of games like everybody on the team
08:01was three of six in game three and now three for three dangerous pass ball deflected Tatum gets it throws it
08:09behind his back but like the bridges bridges pulls up his short shot rolls around drops off
08:15won't go then Jason Tatum is absolutely everywhere on the floor Brown pulls up three-pointer
08:22this glances the rim heart comes up with it it's clearly trying to push the pace rather than playing that half-court defense from the Celtics
08:30towns against white there's the double team on Karl-Anthony towns
08:36heart to bridges bridges sets cannot hit Knicks now two for eight to start they missed their first three threes
08:43Tatum fires away his three-pointer
08:51if you get Karl-Anthony towns double-teamed you got to hit those shots out that's what the Boston Celtics did
08:56you double-team Al Horford and they beat you with a three you got to be able to beat them if you're
09:01going to double-team towns runs it up top the bridges swings at the Ananobi white closes immediately
09:07Ananobi on the drive pulls up from the baseline got it to go
09:11he only had two points the entire game three after that gem in game one
09:17endorse the Knicks will need somebody besides Jalen Brunson to have a big game offensively
09:21they feel like a different team when O.G. Ananobi scores 20 Mike in that stretch of game
09:26he was averaging 25 without Brunson he's very capable
09:30speaking of being very capable Brown steps back his second field goal they've hit six of their first nine from the field
09:37now that's their fourth three-pointer
09:44Bridges caps out of three let's get their first three to go
09:53nominate goes right at Jalen Brunson kicks it back out Tatum a nice clean look can't get back
09:59the ball
10:07Bridges one-on-one with Derek white
10:08pull up
10:09so consecutive plays when they've been in the half court to get O.G. a look and Mikel a look
10:20it can't be just Carl Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson I like those sets
10:24Orford he gets a clean look at three point one goal Brunson grabs the rebound puffed away by Holiday
10:31Jalen Brown goes inside offensive foul
10:36first foul on Brown Brunson amongst the NBA leaders in the regular season of drawing charges
10:43you see Brunson gets the gets the rebound but through holiday so good but to your point though
10:48No DB what I'm seeing so impressive is Jalen Brown gets a little finish there
10:53And then obviously the charge from Brunson what I am seeing from the Knicks is that
10:59The Celtics have two players
11:01They but they have a team around them it can't just be Carl Anthony Townsend Brunson the McHale and
11:07OG they've got to be locked in with them
11:09Brunson three corners good Knicks cutting the two Jalen Brunson his second field goal
11:15Joe Mazzola wants a timeout after eight straight Knick points
11:22this crowd so desperately wants to be involved tonight he's got to get this oversized
11:28hold your form on the money Jalen Brunson on the job
11:32it's two original NBA franchises meeting in the playoffs for the 16th time in this long-standing
11:41rivalry the first time they met in the postseason was back in 1951 the Knicks and Celtics met five
11:48times in the 60s twice in this or in the 50s twice in the 60s 70s and 80s this series is the first time
11:54they faced each other in the playoffs since the 2013 first round and the last time the Knicks and
11:59Celtics met this late in the playoffs was all the way back in the 1984 eastern conference semifinals
12:06the all-time playoff series record boston leads eight series wins to seven 36 to 33
12:14is the total game playoff record mike all right lisa well that 84 series bernard king
12:20was magnificent at 44 points in game six to force of game seven and then larry bird had a 39 point
12:26triple double and the Celtics went on to win the title that year hart knocks it away from brown
12:31brown again hart all over him contested the shot beautifully still got off a good shot here comes
12:36hart pushing it up hart loves to go coast to coast kicks it out and an obia three got it to go
12:45the Knicks in the first three games had led for a total of 12 minutes in those first three games
12:52and they have their first lead tonight of course did not lead at all in game three
12:58tatum nice fake kicks it out in the corner white tries again white hits again derrick white four for
13:04four from three-point range how many times have we seen derrick wright hit big shots clutch
13:12shots when they need a bucket it doesn't matter if it's first quarter or fourth quarter it seems to end up in
13:16his hands brunson tries another three can't get that to fall brown the rebound
13:23first steps for zingus in the game he's played a little bit more each game of this series still
13:28battling though that illness tatum tried to get it inside kicked and a side out for the Celtics
13:37and that's why you're so hesitant those early mistakes allow a player like derrick white to get a rhythm
13:42he gets a couple easy shots because of missed rotation now something like that the basket is wide open
13:48he's got four threes in seven minutes eight for 27 in the first three games from three but
13:56has always been a good three-point shooter as one of the quickest releases of the nba
14:01tatum against carl anthony towns pull up jump shot that's good second field goal for tatum
14:08he's played such stellar defense last game he has six assists on threes but it's not been efficient you
14:14wonder if that wrist isn't play at all for tatum but that one looked clean and pure holiday all over
14:21brunson shot clock already down to eight that's part of why holiday such a great defensive player
14:26hart steps back he tries a three that won't go tatum tips it right to holiday
14:30nice feed inside brown missed the layup but buffalo is good i think they're going to call a foul on the
14:39initial shot so no basket and brown will shoot two the crispness with which the ball moves sometimes for
14:50the celtics that little hostage dribble is you've got somebody on your back and this to me you're working
14:57against the big but knicks are switching more than they typically do and he just gets to that medium
15:03range jump shot joe brown who really set the tone to start game three at 17 points in the first half
15:10just so aggressive at attacking and the suffix coming up by 16 after one it's time for tonight's playoff
15:16schedule brought to you by pnc bank tnt tomorrow night indiana trying to eliminate cleveland game five at
15:23seven eastern and then the nuggets and the thunder all even at two apiece game five from okc at 9 30
15:30eastern what a series that has been
15:34mitchell robinson in the game how quickly do they go to the hack of mitch
15:39that has been one of the story lines robinson has had such an enormous impact in every area but the
15:45free throws have hurt the knicks the lack of making them obviously so robinson's inducement pride also in and
15:52they have zero team fouls mike
15:57again can only do it until there are two minutes left in each quarter
16:03mayton pritchard's in the game pritchard was magnificent the other night
16:07got hot knocks down the three so the knicks also shooting well four of nine from three-point range
16:12suffix five of ten brown fakes
16:19spins offensive foul on brown hart now that's twice has done an excellent job on jalen brown who has two
16:26fouls you know what josh hart is going to bring you the defense the toughness the extra effort that is so
16:33impressive guarding a much bigger jalen brown in the post but that three in the corner those are the
16:39difference makers when josh hart is knocking down shots and getting offensive rebounds he's a huge
16:44different maker for this knicks team hearts now six of 16 from three in the series knicks now trail by
16:54two celtics open up a 10-point lead early brunson gets inside leans falling away shot is up and good
17:00well it's a tough angle and the game is tied brunson with seven early points
17:12and an ob and tatum that's a fun match up to watch elite offense versus elite defense
17:18they lob it into porzingis has the height advantage certainly on hart leans in hart
17:22almost pokes it away and a whistle and a foul
17:25hart is not thinking from our angle it didn't look like he made contact on the way up but that's going
17:32to be his second foul i actually thought the foul came on the first time he lifted it i thought this
17:37here was the foul although he gets a good piece of the ball first he's coming across his arm
17:44so hart with two fouls brown with two fouls trying to get an explanation from james williams
17:55jaylen brunson just so good his ability to stop start change direction now you're talking about the
18:05footwork that extra step derrick white one of the best shot blocking guards in the league so that
18:10little step to the right that gives him enough space to get off that little floater
18:15hart sits down so it's the double big or top the bit of those knicks towns and robinson in together
18:22losing is the former nick lottery pick misses the second he's sizing up because the celtics are going
18:27their double big brunson looking alley up to robinson perfect connection there and the next back up by one
18:40brunson seven points three assists
18:45and an obi trying to fight excellent screens set by pritchard
18:48white tries again and is fouled on a three-point attempt
18:55oh first foul by brunson and derrick white what an impact offensively here in the first
19:01well we're talking about being there on the catch right challenging on the catch he absolutely hits
19:06his elbow and that's going to affect the shooter's ability to get it close
19:12boy and db you talk about that's the second jump shot that they had fouled on josh hart had one
19:18right there for dingus and now brunson those are little mistakes those are the margins that you
19:22just can't have eric white now in his fourth year with the celtics as brunson tries to get an
19:28explanation why he could have played with koozie and russell he could have played with havlicek and
19:33cowans with bird and mikhail you know if tommy hankson was still alive the great celtic broadcaster
19:38derrick white would be getting a lot of tommy points
19:46well Celtics have missed three free throws three of six knicks have yet to beat to the line
19:53brown sitting with the two fouls and hart sitting for the knicks with two fouls
19:58white here 14 points 14 of their 25 as we approach the two-minute mark
20:12and an obi gets away from white goes inside all the way in missed the layup robinson the rebound
20:17finds towns and banks it home a lot of contact in the paint there
20:29tatum picked up by brunson now
20:33tatum pulls up jump shot soft touch and bounces forward jason tatum now at six points
20:45richard trying to stay with brunson brunson gets inside the floater's good
20:51nine early points for brunson and this is the moment in the game in each quarter
20:55where joe mazula they try and win the end of quarters they look at it the last 90 seconds can
21:00they win the last 90 seconds of each quarter tatum hoisted up got a three jason tatum from downtown
21:07and the three ball falling once again for the celtics he is hunting either brunson or cat
21:12every single trip up the floor
21:16and an overusing a screen he's going to try the three-pointer get the answer
21:20for zingas halls in the rebound final minute here in the first tatum way outside got it again
21:27tatum from way downtown his second three-pointer now the celtics back up by five
21:36they're seven of twelve they were six of seven
21:41in the first quarter of game three brunson good defense by tatum and a turnover
21:47he forced brunson to change what he wanted to do
21:50richard fires away and hits a three eight three-pointers here in the opening period
21:57incredible shooting from the boston celtics
22:05pounds puts it on the floor back out brunson
22:08pounds looks up at the shot clock one-on-one with horford pounds goes across the lane
22:12and tatum with a rebound tatum 12 points five rebounds two assists and a couple of steals
22:21shot clock turned off nicks two have a foul to give
22:27adams step back long three-pointer puts it in jason tatum lighting up the garden celtics once again
22:34knocking down three after three mcdrive
22:37comes up short and the celtics end on a 12-hole run nine three-pointers here in the first quarter
22:46well jason tatum has not shot the ball well but 15 points here in the first quarter i better pipe
22:53down about him being inefficient because he's coming to play tonight he's hunting brunson he's hunting big
22:59cat and he's saying you don't have enough teeth to guard me i'm rolling in new york
23:07my eyes delivered by chipotle joe you talk all the time about winning the end of quarters what you
23:12like about the way you close out that first uh the way we close it out was good the way we started
23:15it was not we got to be better defensively we've got to be more intentional in our help reads uh just
23:19got to be better defensively uh the entire time derrick white four for four from three just what's been
23:24the key to his early success yeah when he's aggressive uh we're at our best whether it's
23:28in transition and a half court he's the key to what we do but we got to be better defensively thank you
23:33mike all right lisa meanwhile as white now resting on the bench oji ananobi appeared to
23:40hurt his hamstring he's not on the nick bench right now we're going to try and get an update on that
23:45pritchard with mitchell robinson step back fires over the seven footer can't get it to fall
23:49towns the rebound luke cornet getting his first minutes tonight
24:00bridges drives on cornet doesn't fight on the fake towns against tatum blocked by horford
24:08and they're going to count it go then hesitation on the call but it appears to be the right one
24:14here's the play from ananobi right after this as he was going up the floor watch him grab
24:20the back of the left leg and a little bit of a wince
24:27that is not a good sign for for the knicks fan og is one of those players he has the ability to guard
24:33bigs to guard tatum and brown that's a key piece for them
24:36ball kicked again and an obi last year in the second round got hurt and that was a big difference
24:45in the knicks losing to the indiana pacers that was in game two of last year's eastern conference semifinal
24:56opening minute here on the second suffix with a barrage to end the first period 12-0 run
25:02tatum put away by bridges picked up from cameron payne five turnovers for the suffix pain way off
25:10robinson tipped it back down steps back can't hit the three tatum battling for the rebound robinson just
25:16out hustling everybody mcgride throws it up and knocks down the three there's the impact of mitchell
25:23robinson it's the value of the double big mike if you looked at the knicks numbers in this series in
25:29particular the double big has been its best when cats on the floor alone it's been a struggle for them
25:35and you saw an an obi coming out back at the knick bench
25:40made him guarded by mcbride mcbride an excellent defender but huge height advantage tatum
25:44takes care of that can't get the shot to fall towns with his fifth rebound
25:52pounds off the bounce goes inside alley-oop robinson comes down with it again
25:56mcbride hoist up at three and a whistle that won't count tatum's gonna pick up a foul
26:06mitchell robinson there was so much about this knick team that you really couldn't decide until they
26:11got mitchell robinson back he is such a difference maker even here on that make he's going in for
26:16another offensive rebound he knows his job and he does it at an elite level i will say this about
26:22og ananobi if he is does have some hamstring tightness sitting on the bench he's got to stay
26:27on the bike he's got to do something you don't want to get staggered in that position they're
26:31working on it right now on the bench wrapping it up mcbride drives on orford kicks it out pain
26:37three pointers up shot won't go towns the rebound back up and in mixon done a good job on the boards
26:44selphics still lead by four they're dominating the paint and they're doing that because there's times
26:51where there's cross matches pritchard cannot check out on the weak side against them brown
26:55getting whacked all the way to the rim and a whistle blows more free throws from jalen brown big men
27:01struggle look at him pushing off luke cornet and then all of a sudden you see carl anthony towns that's
27:06that double big lineup cornet is busy there going against mitchell robinson and that leaves a small
27:12on carl anthony towns and he does what he's supposed to do be big around six early points the longest
27:18tenured self it sometimes it's hard to believe it's already his ninth year in the nba
27:24he had the interesting comment that he said i mean it's it's so right because a team has to beat us four
27:31times that is a difficult thing to do nick's getting those first two games in boston
27:36and then the celtics bouncing back a lot of playoff experience you saw there
27:48celtics now six of nine from the free throw line nicks have not taken a free throw brunson
27:52had a good first quarter currently on the bench
27:54down says two pigs hanging around cornette looking to help now towns with horford
28:06towns very aggressive shot is good no they're gonna call an offensive foul tom philodon furious
28:13he's looking at that back line did carl anthony towns commit an offensive foul he leads with that right
28:24elbow that's a easy call for the official just watch al goes up the floor holding the right side of his
28:32face surprised he didn't lose a tooth with that surprising he's not taking a look at that
28:37those elbows above the shoulder holiday poked away by pain gets it back up top orford
28:47cornette sets a great screen brown nearly lost it though orford tries his three-pointer that's good
28:54three-pointer number ten and tom thibodeau's very close to getting a timeout
28:58i mean a technical i should say screaming at james williams going up the floor
29:03but he feels all series that towns is not getting a good whistle mike
29:09ridges comes up short orford quick outlet to pritchard
29:13runs it down the spin move from pritchard scoop plan what a sweet move from peyton pritchard
29:18peyton pritchard it's just so smooth with it under control knows his role and does it with enthusiasm
29:25a pride his jump shot high arcing shot won't go robinson another offensive rebound towns winds up
29:33picking it up and towns stepped out of bounds
29:36he just talked about it richard the pace with which richard plays i think just elevates the
29:46celtics he's always looking to get you on your heels and that sets a tone for his team
29:53reaching foul on mitchell robinson that'll be his first
29:57again there's just so many places that he's had an effect the reigning sixth man of the year
30:02he sees a one-on-one opportunity and just the confidence to know that he can step in there
30:07doesn't matter if there's all nba players this is my moment and i'm going to be efficient with it
30:11he said his mindset before game three was stay confident let it fly and he let it fly
30:18this best scoring playoff game of his career the 23.
30:23richard drives on towns pulls back nearly lost it shot clock at five he'll try again gets inside
30:29on towns layup won't go porzingis comes flying in and throws it down nine straight points by the
30:35celtics the largest lead of the first half
30:41so it's been an up and down postseason for christoph porzingis he's trying to get his wind
30:47his timing all back but boy when he's there richard the rim protection and the rim threat is real
30:52pain pushes it up holiday stays with him pain tries a three-pointer that's no good pain 0 for 3 on his
31:00three-pointers down the other end was it deflected no so micks get it on the sixth turnover by boston
31:11well don't miss a playoff moment with the nba app download the app today latest scores highlights and
31:16behind the scenes access to all the drama now this series has had plenty of drama two thrilling
31:22comebacks and a blowout and this one fun early but the celtics up 13.
31:33you buy coors light db joe mazula challenges jason tatum to affect the game with more than just his
31:39scoring he has been absolutely everywhere the steals the rebounding the ability to push and get into
31:45pace we know they match up hunt so he's been seeking out carl anthony towns and jalen brunson
31:52that that three ball with separation has been on point tonight came in tonight talking about he
31:59hasn't been efficient with his shooting yet he's six for nine and three for five and richard just across
32:05the staff board man is an absolute stud when you look at that 14 minutes 15 points and like you said
32:11across the board that's what superstars do and that's why he's a little bit different let's check
32:16in with lisa yeah and i could shoot around this morning drew holiday was talking about how huge that
32:22matchup is between jason tatum uh defending carl anthony towns and the impact uh of tatum accepting that
32:29challenge and wanting that challenge how that has fueled the rest of the team on the defensive end i i
32:34wanted to ask richard about that if teammates really do feel that way because holiday said when your best
32:39player is playing on both ends of the court the rest of the team feeds off of that he said in that
32:44regard he believes that tatum leads the celtics in a way that he believes other star players or on other
32:50teams just don't do oh and lisa that's a great point it did when i was fortunate to play with jason kidd
32:56he was our best defensive player and he ran our office even if you look at defensive plays that
33:01lebron james or other players make having your star player be a two-way player that is a complete
33:07difference maker for the makeup of your team they're all bridges trying to be a difference
33:12maker for the dicks two excellent plays shot blocked by towns
33:18bridges on the drive lost it momentarily gets it back out to brunson brunson and mcbride open
33:23three-pointer it's good timeout joe mazula
33:42for sure it has nothing to do with the stanley cup play i'm so happy about that continues tomorrow night
33:46jets stars game four eastern dallas up two games to one coverage begins with the point at 7 30 eastern
33:52and the knicks we talk about defense to offense carl anthony town that is a big block in a one-on-one
33:59matchup against jalen brown and then watch brunson that quick pass getting your teammates open shots
34:05what that does is that will open up the floor and allow you to work later in the game
34:10in the game even outside on the watch party you can hear the fans deuce miles mcbride become a
34:18very popular player second round pick played at west virginia tough physical didn't play a lot of
34:23minutes early because he wasn't a good offensive player in terms of shooting from the perimeter
34:28he's tuned into an excellent three-point shooter approaching the midway point here in the second
34:33one-on-one
34:35brunson guarding white robinson helps brunson now on for zingerson wants the ball but brown
34:41left wide open and can't hit the three bridges the rebound
34:45and an obi set the check back in that's a good sign for the knicks
34:50towns against tatum pounds inside lays it up and in nine straight points by the knicks back within four
34:59white good closeout from bridges but tatum is left wide open and hits another three
35:06the 11th three-pointer of the first half and there's still five and a half to play in the second
35:11just like coming out of the gates to start the first period you've got to match up to the three-point
35:16line if you're playing the boston celtics og is at the scorers table we'll watch how he moves when he
35:21comes back in robinson to towns again tatum closes down drives in offensive foul on towns that's going to
35:33be his second derrick white also so adept to join charges again i think carl anthony towns he has not
35:41got the benefit of the whistle there i think there's a little bit of frustration where he's trying to force
35:46it derrick white is standing there all day he's got to be able to see it then watch this they're still not
35:51matched up this is jason tatum you got the kill bridges trying to guard two players
35:56that's the double big lineup that's why they brought og in to get one of the bigs out
36:01porzingis on the catch surrounded wild pass white corner three or zingas offensive rebound back to
36:09white off the bounce drives past towns and that's going to be the third foul on carl anthony towns
36:14derrick white took it aggressive to the goal he'll shoot free throws there is not a doubt in my mind
36:20that he knows cat has two and he's got to close out to 15 feet and manage as a seven foot two guy
36:28to stay in front of me derrick white there's so much subtle nuanced understanding to who he's matched
36:35up against and what the game situation is well foul trouble again for carl anthony towns
36:41this will be the 10th and 11th free throw for boston they miss again they're six of ten nicks have not
36:49taken a free throw yet here in the first half well it's very tough for carl anthony towns right
36:57to close out to that distance richard preaching to the choir here you had to do it as a player
37:04but to do it with choppy steps and do it against a smaller guy he had trouble doing it as well yeah
37:10and i was smaller but to your point the knicks have not shot a preco i understand some of the
37:15frustration that's going on with carl anthony towns and they just got to keep attacking and let it
37:20swing the other way by the way the celtics defensively they were number one in the nba in
37:24opponent's fewest free throw tests they don't foul a lot that's one of their real strengths as a
37:30defensive team as bridges drives pulls up morzingis good contest tatum knocks it away from robinson boy
37:37tatum's doing a little bit of everything here in the first half holiday kicks it up morzingis is going
37:44to try a three-pointer josh hart with a rebound hart had early foul trouble eight point game four and a half to
37:52play here in the second and an obi his three-pointer got it
37:59that's the key to him i mean he and mckell were the top two corner three-point shooters in the league
38:06all year celtics have made a concerted effort to take him away when you get a clean look in your og
38:11you are thrilled holiday on the bounce drives robinson right with him tatum gets a running start
38:17whips it back to holiday chased off the line brown three-pointer oh but it's good
38:23another open three-pointer in the corner and brown now in double figures with 11. they're 12 of 22 from three
38:31brunson searching shoots over for zingus again mitchell robinson yet another offensive rebound lines up bridges can't connect
38:48brown drives on robinson gets inside layup missed it and that follow won't count
39:00as brown was fouled on the initial shot mitchell robinson will pick up his second personal
39:05interesting mike no hack of mitch here in the first half something we saw in prior games
39:12he took a career playoff high 12 free throw attempts
39:17i find it interesting not going to it here richard you know of doors because they don't they only
39:23committed three fouls the entire half so they'd have to come in a bunch to get to that point
39:30i mean celtics considering how well they're defending how tough they've been to only commit three personal
39:36fouls well and that's where you give a compliment to joe mazula there is a strategy behind it
39:40if you've got three fouls right now and just 322 now you can do it because it's one two possession
39:46but if you have one or zero it's very very difficult to get that on
39:53brown hits another you know tom thibodeau at halftime is going to look at the
39:57stat sheet and see 13 free throw attempts to none and he's not going to be very pleased
40:02run some drives nice pass on the corner hart left wide open hart can't get it to go and another
40:11offensive rebound from mitchell robinson that's his fourth and a sarcastic cheer from the crowd
40:16no no a whistle was called against the selvics
40:22only the second team foul only the fourth foul of the whole half
40:26and prazingis has to be locked in like he's having to face guard luke cornett it doesn't matter
40:32whatever big is out there is having to face guard mitchell robinson and it's really not working
40:37and an obi hart gets knocked down and an obi puts up the three can't get to the fall another
40:42offensive rebound that's now for robinson five offensive boards hart the spin falling away blocked by tatum
40:50and it goes out of bounds
40:54gosh hart was complaining about the no call for spike lee not the james williams there just jason tatum
40:59what a complete basketball game recognizing okay jalen brown stands him up i'm going to contest from
41:06behind great close second block for tatum shot clock winding down bridges has to hoist one up can't get it
41:16hart deflects it but right to brown tatum able to get it and brunson knocked into one picked up by brown
41:22and a loose ball fall against tatum well that was bizarre looked like brunson initially with the foul but
41:29i guess they felt that nobody had possession
41:35oh yeah i think that's a foul on brunson i don't blame the frustration from tatum it's absolutely a foul but
41:41jason tatum also has to be careful he just waves at the official kind of dismissing him you're not
41:46allowed to do those hand gestures i know fans don't like it players get frustrated but those are the
41:50rules you wave your hand to me when i tell you to button your shirt and i get frustrated too i try to
41:56get the people what they want mike meanwhile foul call
42:03it's holiday that's going to be his first all of a sudden something's
42:07uh 14 000 with 231 to go so now do you do hack a mitch here yes there that's what i believe they're
42:14going to do it and tom thibodeau tried to get towns in no he's going to send in pressure to
42:19chew with towns has three fouls so he didn't want to take a chance of picking up a fourth
42:23so what chew is going to come in mitchell robinson meanwhile five offensive rebounds in 13 minutes
42:30and it gets them off the floor they knew the strategy coming it was the perfect time to do it you got 30
42:36seconds in a smart counter by new york
42:40robinson saying the other day it shows i'm a threat they won't be off the floor
42:45but he's got to start hitting free throws heart up top ananobi thought about a three now drives goes
42:50inside achua just off the bench couldn't get it to fall paid him with six rebounds he's third in the nba
42:58playoffs and rebounds for games drives on achua falling away baseline won't go barzingas tips it in
43:08over ananobi and it's back to double figures
43:11drops and drives the float is up shot no good holiday pushing
43:24nicks get back holiday falls down ball batted around several times white picks it up another broken play
43:30and a foul on the pass mixer in the penalty
43:34so more free throws for boston so easy defensive rebound on one end mitchell robinson's off the
43:40floor so what's going to happen chris stapps porzingis is going to easily get the tip in
43:46that's a defensive rebound if that's mitchell robinson
43:49so robinson's going to come back in now that it's under two minutes can no longer play the hacker mitch
43:58and for those unfamiliar with the rule once it gets under two minutes in each quarter or overtime
44:03it becomes an away from the play foul and anybody on the floor can shoot it it's one shot and possession
44:09white hits that one halftime presented by hyundai coming up malika windy
44:16it's going to be there tatum turns up in the first half shanae as well
44:23everybody goes by just one names now you notice that no richie richie
44:29no but look this is a big big minute 45 the last 90 seconds of the first quarter the celtics go on
44:36a 12-0 run how are the knicks going to respond in this last minute 42 going into halftime
44:42borzingis here in the first half 12 minutes five points four rebounds
44:49and slowly trying to increase his minutes and feel better his stamina white sensational first half
44:57hit his first four threes cornettes played four minutes mike and
45:04athletically robinson is going to be a challenge for him to deal with on the backboard so can the
45:09new york knicks get a couple of chances if there's a missed shot
45:14another celtic run as equals the largest lead of the half brunson back up top to bridges shot block at seven
45:23bridges on the bounce white stays with him finds brunson brunson gets it off bank shot won't go
45:28but holiday just picked up his second foul and another sarcastic cheer from the nick fans
45:38this will be the first free throw attempts of the half for the knicks
45:46just trying to be in his airspace on the catch he's so crafty though and what if we're not even talking
45:52about the stop the starts the the pivots the footwork also being a left-handed player throws
45:57players off so much just because of where it is on your body
46:04brunson now in double figures with ten four zingas will come in for the final 120.
46:09you know jay wright i heard him speaking on a villanova podcast
46:14when he was talking about jalen brunson at villanova
46:16right said i thought i was the most driven person in a villanova program and then jalen brunson came
46:22along and he drove me even more that's pretty high praise from a hall of fame coach i think he's played
46:29an incredibly patient half of basketball ten points five assists really efficient shooting
46:36and he's lurking as the clutch player of the year you've talked about it you got to keep game pressure
46:42on the boston celtics and give him a chance late well there's another villanova grad who's now the
46:47leader of millions around the world but he has been the leader jalen brunson here in new york over the knicks
46:58tatum splits the defense beautiful move gets inside it just blocked by robinson and they call a goaltend
47:04ball hit the rim before and that was a great read what watch this split he's under
47:12understanding mitchell's closing i can attack that body that's a big time move right there
47:19and this is a big time first half for tatum 20.6 rebounds couple of assists couple of steals couple of
47:25blocks and he'll play 20 of the 24 minutes here in the first half
47:37bridges on the drive keeps that dribble alive looking for somebody finds josh hart
47:42hart passes up the shot bridges gets it back
47:45finds robinson and porzingis comes up with a steal
47:49mixed with their eighth turnover
47:56hart trying to poke it away tatum way outside and an air ball
48:01time for a two for one there
48:10i often feel some coaches who too the two for one sometimes ridiculous because that first shot is
48:16usually such a horrible shot yeah i agree but it's also who shoots the two for one that you allow jason
48:21tatum you give him that luxury
48:27there's about an eight second different shot clock and game clock
48:32brunson falls down and horford call for a foul
48:35he doesn't believe it more free throws for brunson
48:42yeah he's going against the big taking his time and then those little missteps you see him kind of
48:48wincing at the ankle you don't know if it's kind of just like that false step
48:52but jalen brunson is going to continue putting pressure on you for 48 minutes
49:00so after no free throws for the first 23 minutes of the half
49:04knicks getting to line a couple of times here down the stretch
49:10compared to the what happened in game three knicks are playing so much better
49:16and they're still down a dozen well and that's the it's the three-point shot that's the difference
49:20the boston celtics came out with a three-point barrage and they've maintained it
49:24but the knicks have answered much better than they did in that game three
49:29brunson hits a pair
49:30shot clock turned off no fouls to give
49:40white hands off to brown lost it momentarily steps back
49:43mark tries to avoid the contact and that will end the first half the celtics
49:49another three-point clinic 12 of 24 here in the first half
49:54jason tatum with 20 points in the opening two quarters
49:58eight of 13 from the field four of seven from three not just 20 points did it on the defensive end as
50:04well celtics trying to even up this series at two games apiece
50:08halftime of game four celtics up 11.
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50:34jason tatum will be filling in for superman jason tatum is crushing it as substitute superman
50:39in crunch time he transformed into super jason
50:42that was his ankle
50:44yo he posterized that giant
50:46i told you he's got that dog in him i am not filling in for lex luther
50:51stop asking me that jason you saved the day but why would superman need a day off
50:56i think he just wanted to watch the playoffs
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51:08the nick fans still hopeful of the outdoor watch party they had some good things to cheer about
51:14but the celtics
51:16overall once again with a double figure lead here in game four first half stats brought to you by
51:22great goose vodka db once again it's the three ball nine for 14 on open threes some of these open
51:28shots completely unacceptable richard out of the gates you said they weren't matched up they weren't
51:34matched up and if your number one goal is to give away not give up threes that is not how you want to
51:39start and then a guy like jason tatum gets going to watch the ball move they're throwing it across not
51:44matched up mikhail bridges is trying to guard derrick white and jason tatum they've got to communicate much
51:50better than that so again 11 point lead for the