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00:00Tonight, from lovely downtown Cleveland, the Cavaliers play host to the Celtics of Boston.
00:10This matchup features two of the most lethal scorers in the game today.
00:15Donovan Mitchell has been roaring along at 30 points a night,
00:18while Jalen Brown is coming off a 41-point performance just yesterday in Minnesota.
00:23He leads a hungry Celtic team into Cleveland this evening.
00:27When you get back, you've got to turn around, you've got to direct traffic, get people in the right position.
00:32If you're a smaller guy, you've got to stop the basketball.
00:35Understanding that and communicating that is important.
00:38Peyton Bridgett wastes little time firing up a three, just eight, went down to the wire.
00:42They dropped a 119-115 decision yesterday to Minnesota as Tyson will open up guarding Brown.
00:50Brown fades away and hits a little difficult.
00:52Cavs did a good job giving up one shot.
00:54He's also playing against a team in the Celtics that they only have 10 turnovers a game.
00:58He's nearly 250 threes of 41%.
01:01This season, his numbers have been much more modest from long range.
01:04Mobley dumps off by Hunter.
01:06Hunter fades away and Hunter gets the Cavs on the board.
01:10Nice job by Evan.
01:11Good find right there under the basket.
01:13Tough pass.
01:14Didn't have a good shot.
01:15Nice job by DeAndre to keep moving.
01:18Good big to big pass right there.
01:19Pritchard, got it again.
01:22Through Evan in the middle of that lane.
01:24Nice job passing it in.
01:26Good pass over to Tyson.
01:27That's the shot you want.
01:29Walsh for three.
01:31It was tipped by Walsh.
01:33Eventually, however, squeezed by Evan Mobley.
01:36Long lead pass finds Hunter.
01:37Hunter for three.
01:40Brown now is badgered by Mitchell.
01:43Brown bounces inside to Walsh.
01:45Walsh got slapped.
01:46He puts it up and in, and Houser can shoot the three.
01:49Not that time.
01:50It's wide right.
01:51Tillman grabs another big rebound.
01:52It's fast to Houser.
01:53It was tipped away eventually by Jalen Tyson.
01:56Mitchell fires.
01:58Got it.
02:00Great to have you with us here inside Rocket Arena.
02:04Hunter for three.
02:05He's got it.
02:06He's got the hot hand, John.
02:07We've got to keep going to him in the back.
02:08Well, it's something that's bothered him since the playoffs last season
02:12as Pritchard, meanwhile, knocks down a short jumper and gives the Celtics,
02:15but can't necessarily handle that pressure and that defensive attention.
02:20Jalen Brown seems to be proving that he can.
02:22He absolutely can because he can get his own shot.
02:24He's explosively strong.
02:26And he is.
02:27Anthony Simons with a driving layup.
02:30He's given the Celtics this 23-13 lead.
02:32He approached the four-minute mark as Mitchell and Mobley have returned.
02:36Dean Wade pockets a corner.
02:38The Celtics end of the Pistons' 13-game winning streak.
02:41And Naquan Tomlin got a hand in there, knocked it away from Brown.
02:44The Cavs have numbers.
02:45Here comes Mitchell.
02:46Hallyu for Tomlin.
02:47And Tomlin lays it in.
02:48Naquan is on guard.
02:49Everybody on the floor.
02:51The Naquan experience continues.
02:53Don't get him.
02:53Don't get him, young man.
02:55Simon Spiroitz.
02:56Tough shot.
02:57Tough shot, yeah.
02:58Tough, tough shot.
02:59But, again, got to get him out of that 8, 9, 10-foot range.
03:02That's where the Celtics live.
03:03And then Pritchard just blasts you with those three.
03:06Mobley over Williams.
03:08What kind of shot is that?
03:10Mobley's third board.
03:12Evan steps into a three.
03:15Passed it.
03:16Good by Porter.
03:17Porter in among the trees lays it in.
03:20You talked about hustle plays at the top of the telecast.
03:24And that is what Craig Porter brings every time he's on the floor.
03:27And Simons nails a long three.
03:29Those 50-50 balls, the block shots, you know, the extra rebounds.
03:34That's what he does.
03:34Mitchell blows past Walsh.
03:36Oh, mercy.
03:37A vicious dunk by Donovan Mitchell.
03:40The basketball this season.
03:41They've turned it over fewer than 11 and a half times per game.
03:45The Cavs for six Celtic miscues in the first quarter as Mobley elevates it.
03:52Now it's Shireman.
03:53Shireman had an open look.
03:54Didn't want it.
03:54He'll creep into the paint and float and score.
03:57And Baylor Shireman, the second-year man out of Creighton,
04:00gives the Celtics a 30-28 lead.
04:03Mobley, Tyson, Proctor, Mitchell, and Tomlin start the second quarter
04:09as Jalen Tyson buries a three.
04:11Love the fact.
04:13Those turnovers have been huge against a team like we talked about.
04:16It just usually takes great care of the ball.
04:18Mobley down the lane.
04:20He took some contact from Shireman.
04:21And you will, but pronounces it Ugo.
04:25Those Gonzales ears.
04:26Tillman, he squares up for a three and ties this game at 33.
04:33Thomas Bryant sees his first action.
04:35Go ahead.
04:35No, I was just saying you can live with that.
04:37You want to get these guys taken out.
04:39Got to get the Celtics.
04:40Nice job again.
04:41Jalen's starting to find a little bit of rhythm there.
04:43That's a good, good sign for the Cavaliers.
04:46Now comes this defensive end.
04:47Don't give up anything easy.
04:49Tyson has taken six shots all threes as Simons banks it up.
04:53Cam said another good look.
04:55Good defense by the Celtics.
04:56Stymieing up Evan a little bit there.
04:58Simons.
05:00He didn't score that basketball, John.
05:02Man, he could score.
05:03Simons is just a pure scorer.
05:05And he's not afraid to take shots at any time.
05:08So I'll pay a little bit more attention to him.
05:11Simons is five of seven.
05:12Proctor drains a three.
05:14Tyrese Proctor.
05:16Simons comes and gets it.
05:19Simons backs up.
05:21Draws an attention from Bryant.
05:23Now a knife to the rim and lay it in.
05:25Yeah, Bryant.
05:26They got there.
05:26Nearly got clothesline.
05:28Proctor's on the run.
05:29Here's Garland.
05:30He'll fire.
05:31Hey.
05:32Knocks it down.
05:33Pritchard couldn't quite turn that corner without shoving him away.
05:38Porter quickly attacks Pritchard.
05:40Porter got him.
05:41He's no dummy.
05:42Right at him.
05:43Right at him.
05:43Put the pressure on him.
05:44See if you get that fourth foul.
05:46Man, that's Craig's sweet spot.
05:47He loves that little shot right there about 12 feet in the basket.
05:51Hauser cuts.
05:52He lays it in.
05:53Porter's ahead of young basketball players.
05:57Brown.
05:58Off it goes to Pritchard.
05:59Pritchard long range.
06:01Tell you what, that was good.
06:02Browns is one for six here in his first half.
06:05Pritchard, however, is five for six.
06:07Make it six for seven as Payton.
06:09We want to out-execute them.
06:10Make them work.
06:12Got to get the advantage.
06:15Pritchard fires over Hunter.
06:18Payton, Pritchard is red hot.
06:21We told you.
06:22Garland works on Walsh.
06:23Hunter, does he have an answer?
06:25The long rebound is grabbed by Porter.
06:27Back to Garland.
06:28Hey, he's got it.
06:29We are on the rebound.
06:31Eventually, it's grabbed by Mitchell.
06:32Out leaks Mobley.
06:36Has a really bad shot.
06:37Goes on the brakes.
06:38He works on.
06:39Simons uses a Tyson screen.
06:40Goes over the top to Tyson.
06:42And that's blocked by Walsh.
06:45Brown parts it down the lane.
06:47He lays it up and in.
06:48Brown pulls up.
06:53Long rebounds grabbed by Walsh.
06:54Another offensive rebound by the Celtics.
06:57Here in his first half.
06:58Found an angle.
06:59The shot, however, doesn't go.
07:01Brown has time.
07:02Brown needs a trailer.
07:04Simon.
07:07Nice job by Terry.
07:10Tillman, who made his first start of the season with the steal.
07:13He goes all the way and lays it in as Xavier Tillman rumbles to the basket.
07:18Opening minute, third quarter.
07:20He's given the Celtics the 60-54 lead.
07:22Mobley fakes the three that time.
07:24He threw Tillman.
07:25And he lays it in.
07:26Great footwork by Abbott Mobley.
07:28Gave a nice little pump fake.
07:30Jab step.
07:31Both feet.
07:32Nice job.
07:32Left hand layup.
07:33Excellent.
07:35Pritchard twists inside.
07:36His nice night continues as Peyton Pritchard now is eight of nine from the field.
07:41Mobley sizes up a three.
07:48And Evan Mobley has his second triple here early in this third quarter.
07:53He then came off the bench every game up until this one.
07:57He's filling in for Derek White.
07:58As White is out of the lineup.
08:00Tillman's in there from Namiya's Kada as Walsh with an offensive.
08:04These teams start the second half the way they started the ball game.
08:07Here's Jalen Tyson.
08:08Tyson does not hesitate as Tyson's bit reason.
08:12Pritchard works his way to the foul line.
08:14He's got Garland in the air.
08:15Garland, though, got back and blocked the shot.
08:16However, it's collected by Walsh.
08:18Pritchard has to hurry.
08:20And he got it off in time.
08:21And his floater is good as Pritchard.
08:23Brown's tenth rebound.
08:25He's also dished out six assists as Jalen Brown.
08:28Brown's three is good.
08:30He got collapsed upon and lost the ball.
08:34Brown, Hauser.
08:37Celtics by ten.
08:39Here's Pritchard.
08:40Off it goes to Walsh.
08:42Oh, that's red by Donovan Mitchell.
08:44And Mitchell with a big-time play right there.
08:46Gavs are looking for a spark.
08:47Mitchell off to Tyson.
08:49Tyson for three.
08:51Hey!
08:52Knocks it down.
08:53Goes all the way back near that timeline.
08:55Two to shoot.
08:57Brown stops.
08:58Tillman's there.
09:01Another offensive rebound by the Celtics.
09:04Pritchard is the high man of the ballgame with 22.
09:08He works on Porter as Pritchard gets there.
09:12And Garland can't get it to go after he got inside.
09:15Pritchard sends it ahead to Hauser.
09:17Hauser's three is good.
09:18And the Celtic lead comes exclusively off the bench
09:21in three NBA seasons with the Timberwolves.
09:24He's made nine starts this season
09:26as Pritchard continues to fire away.
09:29That's his fifth triple as Pritchard now has 27.
09:35Mitchell tears to the basket.
09:37He lays it up and in.
09:40Here's Mitchell.
09:42That's what we're going to try out of it.
09:43Step back long.
09:45Two over Walsh.
09:47There's a rebound by Mobley.
09:49As Mobley cruises inside and thumps it home.
09:51Mitchell rebounds.
09:54315 to go here in the third.
09:56Donovan has his head up.
09:57Donovan slices and lays it in.
10:00Here's Donovan Mitchell.
10:01Thanks, Jimmy.
10:01Congratulations.
10:03Here's Baylor.
10:03Shireman, meanwhile.
10:05He'll send it back to Simons.
10:07Shireman.
10:08Got it.
10:08To the floor.
10:10Wade rescues.
10:11Around the horn it goes to Tyson.
10:14Mobley out of the corner.
10:15He'll work on Walsh.
10:16Shovel back to Tyson.
10:18Jalen.
10:18Tyson nails another triple.
10:20That's number five.
10:21Evan Mobley started this possession out on Mitchell.
10:24As Mitchell turns Simons inside out.
10:26Off it goes to Tyson.
10:27Mobley grabs the offensive rebound.
10:29Lost.
10:29Gets it back and hammers it home.
10:31Not the fact that Evan Mobley there is.
10:33The Cavs have trailed by as many as 21.
10:36Mitchell works on Walsh.
10:38Stops at the elbow.
10:40Mobley for three.
10:41Evan Mobley with a triple.
10:43Mitchell now resets.
10:45Eight on the shot clock.
10:46Proctor got Minot in the air with a good pump fake.
10:48That deals to Tomlin.
10:49And Tomlin lays it in.
10:51Terrific point.
10:52Now, just right back in this ball game.
10:54Take advantage.
10:55Minot stumbled.
10:56He wanted a foul call.
10:58Proctor leaks out.
10:59He'll lay it up and in.
11:02Great job by the Cavs.
11:03Just attack, attack, attack.
11:05Proctor appears a little bit shaken up.
11:08He went flying into the seats.
11:12Simons responds.
11:14Mitchell here as Mitchell bounces off to Tyson.
11:17Tyson fires.
11:18It's short, but he gets his own rebound.
11:20Tyson floats it up and floats it in.
11:22Jalen Tyson.
11:24So here's Proctor.
11:25The Cavs have authored a 20-6 run.
11:28Hunter.
11:29Pressured by Hauser.
11:30Proctor.
11:31Big time shot.
11:33Big shot by Proctor.
11:34That kind of down here.
11:35Good defense by the dads.
11:39Mitchell gets inside.
11:41Boy, got him and Mitchell carved his way to the rim.
11:43Which was the reason for the quick delay.
11:46Hunter reaching at Trichard.
11:48Prichard sheds him off.
11:49It goes to Gonzalez for three.
11:51A big triple.
11:52Free throw miss right there.
11:54You get three teams.
11:55Jesus Lensons, that's right.
11:56I'm heading up there.
11:57I'll be right back to get my free teaser.
11:59Garland midrange.
12:01Long, and that's grabbed by Prichard.
12:04Prichard again has his head up.
12:06Back it goes to Brown.
12:07Brown can't penetrate.
12:08He got stymied by Mitchell.
12:09Prichard pulls up and nails a three.
12:11That's his sixth as Prichard Brown from the Cavalier logo waits for a Hauser screen.
12:17Got a half step on Hunter.
12:19Dumps underneath to Prichard, and Prichard puts it up and in.
12:22And the Celtic lead.
12:23Went to the Cavalier locker room.
12:26Naquan Tomlin in the ball game.
12:28This three doesn't go.
12:29Tyson got a hand on him.
12:30Then he saves it.
12:31Big play there by Jalen Tyson.
12:32A no-look pass.
12:33Tomlin inside.
12:34And Tomlin lays it up and in.
12:36The Cavs trail by nine.
12:38Three and a half to go.
12:39Garland tears down the lane.
12:41Puts it up and puts it in.
12:43Good job, I dare you.
12:46Prichard has a season-high 32.
12:49Now 34.
12:51Mitchell twirls around Walsh.
12:53Mobley to the nail.
12:55Now Garland.
12:57Garland works Hauser off a screen.
12:59He'll cruise to the basket and lay it in.
13:02Brown works on Garland.
13:03Lost the ball.
13:04Goes and gets it back.
13:05Draws a crowd.
13:06Finds Walsh underneath.
13:08He's done that tonight.
13:10What he's done tonight.
13:11He's done that tonight.
13:12Garland in the corner.
13:14Sidesteps Tillman.
13:15And buries a three.
13:16Pratt, if you don't have it going from the field,
13:19make yourself useful in other ways.
13:21He's had a triple-double just by playing hard.
13:24Garland, no.
13:24Mobley, yes.
13:2650 seconds to go.
13:29Garland with his head up.
13:30Picked up by Tillman.
13:32Now it's Mitchell.
13:33Hey!
13:34Knocks it down.
13:36And it's a three-point game.
13:37Trying to get the mismatch.
13:39Just crowds it full throat.
13:40Pritchard.
13:42In that kind of a night for Peyton Pritchard,
13:45who now has 40.
13:47It's a five-point game.
13:49Mitchell.
13:50Long three.
13:51Got it!
13:5220 seconds to go.
13:56Mobley triggers.
13:58Garland.
14:00Fires.
14:01Got it!
14:02One second left.
14:05Donovan to trigger.
14:07And it goes to Mobley.
14:09Mobley at the buzzer.
14:11And the Celtics hang on.
14:13Cass fought really hard, John,
14:14to get back in this basketball game.
14:16You can learn a lot.
14:17I keep saying that.
14:18It's going to be important.
14:19I keep saying that.
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