00:00Thunder coming off of a rare two-day off break at home after the game on Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies.
00:07And Boston last night was in Milwaukee, so this is a back-to-back for the Celtics.
00:12Maldonan sends it down to Roby.
00:15So Thunder moving with alacrity here as Dort lines up that three from the sideline and is able to knock it down.
00:24Thunder switched defensively there.
00:26Brown again off from three and the Thunder want to get out and run.
00:29As Dort, does he have to step on Tatum?
00:30Able to finish with the left hand.
00:33Good fast break there by OKC.
00:35It's pretty impressive.
00:36I thought that's what really took the Bucs out and took away their eight-game winning streak.
00:41Maldonan finds the open man and taking advantage there as Dort as he sticks another three.
00:46Good start.
00:48And the men in blue.
00:49Very frigid start.
00:51One for ten as there is Brown inside, muscling his way up for the slam.
00:55Showed out there on that particular possession as Brown got in low and sort of nudged away the body there of Rope.
01:08As Marcus Smart spins and shows the nice touch.
01:14Marcus Smart.
01:16Williams inside.
01:17Short.
01:18Pritchard on the Thunder in the vicinity, but Pritchard comes up with it and floats it up and in.
01:25But Taco Falls and Moses Brown.
01:27And, you know, you can tell that Brad Stevens brought him in when Brown left the floor.
01:32And there is Taco Fall.
01:36Had a really good college career.
01:37Won a ton of games.
01:38As the Celtics have sort of inched back.
01:41As there is Mihailuk.
01:43Ames fires and hits from downtown.
01:45Rich Williams and Ropey on the floor.
01:48It's Mihailuk.
01:49Had a no-look pass over to Maldonan.
01:51Trying to drive.
01:52Not a lot of airspace.
01:53Still somehow got it over Nesmith's arm.
01:57So Brad Stevens going deep into his bench here late in the first quarter.
02:01And Williams, just like he's done all season long.
02:05Exactly what you wanted.
02:05He was wide open.
02:06There wasn't a defensive player within 15 feet.
02:10As Pritchard had to step and will fluidly score the bucket there at the rim.
02:15Trying to take that same mentality here to the NBA.
02:19Mesmith closed out on Jerome.
02:21Then tried to scoop it up and he somehow got it to go in.
02:25Except you could throw a squad up in the seat.
02:28Unless you tie Jerome.
02:30It goes into the bucket.
02:31I-I-Q basketball player.
02:33That is a tough shot from Jason Tatum on the baseline.
02:35But the reasons why, he's an all-star in the Eastern Conference.
02:41Williams got by one.
02:43Evades another inside.
02:44And there is Moses Brown again.
02:47And then when he does get the rebound,
02:49his ability to finish with all those dunks.
02:52Pritchard wisely put it up before Brown came over to block it.
02:56You know, just said, all right, I'm going to figure this out.
02:58I was talking about SGA doing that a lot.
03:01It's so.
03:01And a contested run of that time by Wagner.
03:06Recent addition for the Celtics.
03:09As Mihailuk, burst of speed, ran into Williams.
03:11Offensive rebound inside.
03:13And Moses Brown once again.
03:14Well, it's something that we saw on full display in Chicago as all these teams start to go smaller and smaller as Peyton Pritchard.
03:23Well, the Celtics are now one out of 14 from three here in the first half.
03:30Mihailuk gets the flyby.
03:31Has the feet set.
03:32Eyes the three.
03:33And got the three.
03:34And Taco Falls out there for a few minutes as well.
03:38And it just didn't work.
03:40I mean, he still continues, you know, to play around the basket and create.
03:45In the first half, Josh Hall had his pocket picked by one of the best defensive players in the NBA.
03:50And Smart sends it back outside.
03:52And there is Tatum off the deck with the three.
03:54A double-double before halftime.
03:59Bogushevsky.
04:01Straddling that baseline.
04:02And Brown works his way inside again.
04:05And here comes OKC.
04:07Dort waiting for the convoy.
04:09Stutter step.
04:10Chiseling his way down the lane.
04:12And Brown, an identical finish to the previous play.
04:16All right, thank you so much, Paris.
04:17Celtics are able to maintain that lead throughout the first as Moses Brown climbs the ladder
04:22and scores it all over Williams.
04:25You know, so that's a wash.
04:27It's going to come down to can you continue to score the basketball
04:29and stay aggressive on the glass
04:32as Williams comes up with an alley-oop of his own for the Celtics
04:38to get them started here on the board in the third quarter.
04:43And Bogushevsky shows that stroke off right there on the left elbow.
04:46The locker room being accompanied by some staff there
04:50as Maladon had a three in the first half.
04:53He's got one here in the second.
04:55Tatum tries to get his game going here
04:57as he had just seven points in the first half.
05:00Puts up the three.
05:01That one's a high arker and it's good over the outstressed arm of Brown.
05:05A jump ball, as you said, partner.
05:08How about this?
05:09This is clearly a steal here.
05:10And Williams this time is not going to be denied.
05:13Brown on the corner.
05:14And he just telegraphed the pass right into the arms of Maladon
05:18who's trying to turn on the Jets.
05:19Can he get down the floor?
05:20He can as he's able to finish in stride at the rim.
05:25Looking through enough offense.
05:28But they're going to have to put up a shot here.
05:30It's at one.
05:30Maladon, top, step back, fade away.
05:32And it did not matter.
05:33He's able to splash it home.
05:35Oh, Pokaszewski, fake the pass,
05:42bisects the lane and throws it down.
05:46Well, it didn't appear to happen on the dunk.
05:48It had to happen on the defensive end
05:51as Brown single-handedly trying to carry the load.
05:55Locking shots.
05:56Well, it's creating opportunities for his teammates as well.
06:00As Jalen Brown shows you why he scores a lot of buckets around the paint.
06:07Thunder players in the vicinity for that rebound.
06:11As Maladon, nifty move behind his back,
06:13realizes he's got some space and puts it up and in.
06:16It's a nice little step back
06:17just to evade the length of Robert Williams III.
06:22And Maladon now with 17 in the game
06:24as Brown just keeps the offense pumping here.
06:28Good record in the Western Conference
06:30in fact, one of the best teams in the West.
06:34At 30 and 14.
06:36And there is another three.
06:37This time it's tied Jerome from downtown.
06:40No four-point lead.
06:42Jerome, a nice pass.
06:44Snaps it over.
06:44Williams perfectly executed.
06:46The one-handed pass and the three-point finish.
06:4818 points in just 23 minutes.
06:53Tatum returns and immediately goes inside
06:57muscling up that shot.
06:58Thunder had some well-timed threes.
07:00Boston, though, hanging in there
07:01as it's back to a two-point game.
07:05Boston's got a big boost from its bench
07:06as Jerome gets the friendly hop off the front of the rim.
07:10It's created in quarters two and three.
07:12And really, Mike, when you look at the numbers of the third quarter
07:14as Tatum starts off the fourth with a slam there from Cornette,
07:17gobbles that one up and is able to rip it away from Marcus Smart.
07:21But the Thunder, another turnover as it is Tatum in transition.
07:25Tall.
07:27Couldn't knock it free from Williams.
07:30So the Celtics, who have not yet led tonight,
07:33will on that three from Cornette.
07:36Cornette in his size.
07:39Going a little bit taller of a wall.
07:42So the Celtics getting a big boost off the bench.
07:46Luke Cornette.
07:49Of course, Williams doing his best to bottle up Tatum
07:52as Mihailuk tried to ambush Smart there momentarily.
07:56And Smart able to stay with it.
07:57And that left-handed hook banks in.
08:02And Tatum keeps the barrage going here for Boston in the fourth.
08:06Oh, that stutter step.
08:08Maladon, as he's not able to get that pass through,
08:11it's going to lead to another fast break opportunity for the Celtics.
08:15Probe it with the basketball.
08:18When there's all, you know, five white shirts looking at you
08:20as Tatum continues.
08:23Well, he was quiet at halftime.
08:25He had seven points at the half, but 20 here in the second half.
08:29And a nice two-man game there between Williams and Robey.
08:33Atlanta and the Knicks would be ahead of the Celtics.
08:36Coming up on the end of March, what would you say to me?
08:38I wouldn't believe it.
08:39As Ketlin's win, knocks down a big three.
08:42I would have trouble believing that.
08:44Yeah, okay, you're going to just leave me hanging.
08:47I love you, man, but you left me hanging.
08:51I was going to defer to the expert.
08:55Brown, I believe, is going to get credit for another rebound.
08:58Maladon will step into the three.
09:01He's got himself another one.
09:03Leading score for OKC with 22.
09:05In a ball game.
09:09Neesmith and Taco Fall right there.
09:12Didn't have to get much elevation on that rebound.
09:14Jumped OKC offensively as Maladon stripped it away.
09:21Boy, nice pass.
09:21There is Moses Brown with the slam.
09:25Thanks to a huge offensive fourth quarter.
09:28And blitzing OKC going 35-14 to the fourth.
09:32To not only catch the Thunder, but to take the lead and hold on.
09:36We'll see you next time.
09:37Thanks for listening.
09:37Thanks for listening.
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