Celtics Listed Favorites Over Knicks in Boston Garden Clash

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00:00Let's get to the Garden, not Madison Square Garden,

00:02the Boston Garden, the Knicks and the Celtics tonight, Joe.

00:05Now we have a one-point favorite at a lot of outlets here

00:08for the Boston Celtics live in a total of 230.

00:11What's that quick spread line on this one for you?

00:13Line flip, Donnie.

00:15Last night, Knicks opened up as a slight favorite in that game.

00:19The total has been getting bet up all night long, up over 230 now.

00:24Your Celtics are now the favorite.

00:26Oh, we spend a lot of time talking about NCAA football and NFL football,

00:30and rightfully so as those teams are looking to make playoff surges

00:33in both the NFL and also in college football.

00:36We've got to get to some hoops action.

00:37It's Donnie Wright said it's Joe O'Neary.

00:39Let's bring in the coach, our coach, James Young.

00:42And there is a lot of topics to get to today, Coach J.Y.

00:45How are we feeling this morning?

00:46Good, bad, cold?

00:47What is it?

00:48A little cold, but that's all right.

00:50I got my hot coffee, so I'm ready to roll.

00:52But, I mean, you want to talk about Monday night football.

00:53How about Monday night madness in the NBA with all these upsets

00:57that took place last night?

00:59I got to tell you, Coach, yesterday on this show,

01:01I like to do a public fade every day.

01:03I was like, you know what?

01:04Some don't look right here.

01:05One team won by 30 the night before.

01:07Looks like another easy victory for Houston.

01:09We were on the Jazz yesterday.

01:10An outright victory, which is the question I want to ask you here.

01:13It seems, Coach, to me, we have a real high top end right now in the NBA

01:18and a real low bar for some teams that already look like they're done

01:23on the season, Coach.

01:24OKC 20-1, the Pistons 17-4, the Lakers 15-5.

01:29We got some great stuff at the top, but some bad stuff at the bottom here.

01:33Well, we have some bad stuff at the bottom.

01:35And one of the teams that was at the top was the Rockets,

01:39who gave up 133 points to a Utah Jazz team.

01:42And I want people to understand this with Utah.

01:44We're going to see what happens with Laurie Markkinen.

01:46I fully expect Danny Ainge to putt and trade him because Danny Ainge trains

01:50everybody, and he's always in a rebuilding mode.

01:52But he's got to get a little bit of credit for Keontae George.

01:56He's really come on to his own.

01:5728 points last night.

01:59This guy was a walking bucket at Baylor for Scott Drew.

02:02He could be that ace in the hole for them in the backcourt.

02:07If they move on Markkinen, give a little bit more time to Ace Bailey,

02:10and then you're looking at that NBA draft, whether it's DeBanza,

02:14or is it Boozer, or is it Peterson?

02:16Those are kind of those top three guys.

02:18But at some point, Utah, even though they're giving you some good numbers,

02:21especially at Laurie Markkinen, I still expect them to be traded,

02:24whether it's at the trade deadline or during the summer,

02:26because they're just going to keep hitting the reset button.

02:31Coach, I mean, I don't want to consider it an upset,

02:34but, I mean, the Lakers have been very, very good,

02:38even with LeBron coming back, but they've beaten all teams under .500.

02:43Then they met the Phoenix Suns last night in the second of a back-to-back,

02:46and it didn't work out all that well.

02:48Nobody thought Phoenix would be this competitive.

02:51Are you shocked here, and are the Lakers just really good

02:54against bad teams here?

02:57Stunned.

02:58I'm stunned.

02:59And when you look at Phoenix, I'll look at this team,

03:01and all these teams are a hot mess.

03:02I mean, think about this, guys.

03:03They score 125 points, and tell me if you had this on your bingo card.

03:09Booker gets 11.

03:10Gillespie gets you 28.

03:12Brooks gets you 33.

03:14Oh, and you would buy 17 points.

03:17That's like, oh, you know, whatever.

03:19And 45.

03:21I never got that on my bingo card.

03:24So, to me, what a performance by those guys,

03:27and you have to give them credit.

03:28And Matt Ispey, the owner, kind of went after people, me including.

03:32But I was like, this team's going to be terrible.

03:35But they're competing.

03:36They're playing well.

03:37And the Lakers kind of took advantage of their schedule a little bit

03:41in regards to the teams that they've beaten.

03:43So, not all of these long winning streaks are equal.

03:48You can even look at Detroit winning a close game last night.

03:51Right?

03:52They had that 13-game winning streak.

03:53Guys, only four of those games were against teams over 500.

03:58Only one game was against a team that's top six in the East.

04:02So, when you look at, yes, teams are playing well.

04:05But you've got to look at who they're playing, how they're matching up,

04:09who's available, who's traveling, so on and so forth.

04:13How about this, Coach?

04:14I want to focus on OKC because they're doing something remarkable right now.

04:18Here's a tweet from the NBA that they put out.

04:20Like, SGA scored 20-plus points in 93 straight games.

04:24And if you don't know how hard that is to do,

04:26the second longest streak in the NBA behind only Wilt Chamberlain,

04:29when it's you and Wilt Chamberlain doing something right.

04:32But answer me this question.

04:33You see what SGA and Golden State are doing right now.

04:36And I just told you the standings.

04:3720-1.

04:38Sometimes you take a look at the regular season and say,

04:41yes, it's about winning a championship, which they did last year.

04:44Talk to me, Coach, about setting records and that mindset for OKC,

04:47which every victory they get, pressing that needle down.

04:50Hey, you're usually going to take a night off next Tuesday.

04:52I don't want to take a night off.

04:53Like, we're doing something historic.

04:54What is OKC's finish line point this season, Coach?

04:59What is it?

04:59Can they break the all-time record for wins in an NBA season?

05:03They absolutely can.

05:04And it doesn't matter that J-Dub missed the first whatever 18-so games of the season.

05:09It doesn't matter if Hartenstein missed time.

05:11It doesn't matter if Chet missed his time.

05:12Number one, as long as SGA is healthy, that's key.

05:16But we have to get our flowers to Sam Presti.

05:18I mean, you want to talk about Bingo?

05:20Let's play again.

05:21Isaiah Mitchell giving you, what, 15.2 points per game.

05:25Wiggins giving you 13.2.

05:27You know, Isaiah Joe stepping up.

05:29Keeson Wallace stepping up.

05:30Lou Dorr.

05:31I mean, it's literally like, roll the dice.

05:35Who's the five?

05:35All right, you guys go in and go play.

05:37And they don't beat teams.

05:39They smoke teams.

05:40That's the interesting thing about the NBA.

05:41In a league where it's pros, and you're looking at teams and saying,

05:44okay, anybody can beat anybody.

05:48You literally go into game.

05:50And it's almost like the 96 Bulls or that 73-9 Warrior Sheep.

05:55It's not like, are they going to lose?

05:57It's like, well, how much are you going to buy?

05:59Or are they going to cover the spread?

06:01Because they just have too many weapons.

06:03And this is just, honestly, guys, the beginning of what I think could be a run

06:08that could go on for almost a decade.

06:10Crazy.

06:11Yeah, well, and the schedule helps, too,

06:13because they played a whole lot of just absolute garbage.

06:16And they're winning those games rather easily.

06:19Listen, your Knicks, coach, I mean, come on, man.

06:22Brunson averaging, what, 28-29 a game.

06:25They're playing defense.

06:27They got some depth.

06:28And yet the market has flipped in here.

06:31And now, all of a sudden, we're looking at the Celtics,

06:33a favorite tonight in Boston against your Knicks.

06:36You got to like what you're seeing from the Knicks so far, no?

06:39Yeah, I like what I see out of the Knicks so far.

06:41Boston's played better, but when you look at New York,

06:43it's just a different style of basketball, right?

06:45The ball's moving.

06:46The people's moving.

06:47Not just, even though Brunson's had a big week,

06:50Eastern Conference Player of the Week,

06:51they're getting contributions from everywhere.

06:53And here's a key guy to look at.

06:55His minutes are very small.

06:58Look at Mitchell Robinson.

07:00I think he's up there for rebounds per minute.

07:01If they hang that number at 7 1⁄2, I'll tell you right now,

07:06it does not matter.

07:07He will give you, last game, he had 17 minutes and 15 rebounds.

07:12So, look at Mitchell Robinson's numbers.

07:15It's close to game time.

07:16If he plays, it's about 7 1⁄2.

07:18Look to take the over.

07:20Coach, quick update here on the NBA Awards market with the MVP.

07:23Tight knit with the top three.

07:24SGA, Jokic, and Doncic.

07:26Who is your MVP early in the NBA season?

07:29Honestly, none of the three.

07:32If they stay number one, Cade Cunningham should get considered for MVP.

07:3750-1 shot there.

07:39Coach has handed out 50-1 tickets.

07:41Pay your Christmas presents.

07:42Give me a fadeaway to the break, Coach.

07:44Pump, pump, pump, pump, pump it up, baby.

07:48Let's do a break.

07:49Thanks, Coach.

07:50All right, let's get busy here.

07:52In the NBA, a little public fade action.

07:54I say, nobody wanted the Utah Jazz, except your boy here,

07:56taking the points but still winning the game outright.

07:59I'd love to see it for you, Tom.

08:00For me, I'm going with the New Orleans Pelicans.

08:03Look at this line.

08:04Opened up at 9, now sits around 10 at most marketplaces.

08:07Only 35% of the bets coming in on the Pelicans.

08:10That's where I'm going.

08:11I quoted a movie earlier, Joe.

08:13I'm going to quote the same movie right now.

08:15Fly, Pelicans, fly.

08:17Hey, another Scarface reference for your boy here.

08:19As the Pelicans, getting double digits at home,

08:22closes out a 2-0 night for us again tonight, Joe.

08:24You're not going to quote the main idea.

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