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00:00Coast swing continues for the Celtics here in Phoenix.
00:03It was 80 and sunny today, so the new BFFs,
00:06Baylor Shireman and Ugo Gonzalez, are dressed accordingly.
00:09Peyton Pritchard, always ready for business.
00:11He has been smoking hot coming off the bench lately
00:14as the Celtics take on Jalen Green and the surprising Phoenix Suns.
00:18Next.
00:23Got it!
00:35And welcome to Mortgage Matchup Center here in Phoenix,
00:39where the Celtics, winners of eight of their last nine,
00:42take on the Phoenix Suns, who are down a couple of their top scores.
00:46We can't wait to watch it with you.
00:47Alongside Eddie House and Abby Chin, I'm Drew Carter and Eddie.
00:50The Celtics playing some great basketball lately.
00:51What's been the formula?
00:53Well, it's been a couple things that's been the formula,
00:55but it all starts with defense.
00:56Defense leads to offense.
00:57But look at the pressure right there to pick a point at half court.
01:01Look at the hustle, getting back into play, not giving up on the play.
01:04Mimi Cater, not giving up on the play.
01:06Everybody's hustling.
01:07Guys getting down on the floor for loose balls.
01:10I mean, these are the things that lead to winning right here,
01:12and this is the reason why they have been winning.
01:15And then Peyton Pritchard is the other reason.
01:18He's been out here just balling.
01:20I call it EBK.
01:22Everybody killer because everybody can get it.
01:25You know, it doesn't matter who it is, the size of the guy on him,
01:29anybody can get work from Peyton Pritchard,
01:32and he's in a great rhythm right now.
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02:13All right, Joe, Peyton Pritchard has come off the bench in seven games.
02:15He scored 24 points in six of them.
02:17His scoring is through the roof right now.
02:18Do you see him being more aggressive in this new role,
02:21or is this just more of the same from him?
02:22It's just more of the same from him.
02:23I think it can be done whether – I don't think he really cares whether he starts
02:27or comes off the bench, I think he's just a competitor,
02:28and he has the ability to give the game what it needs, you know,
02:31regardless of the situation.
02:32So he's had games where he's been high in assists.
02:34He's had games where he's had double-digit rebounds.
02:36We obviously know what he can do for scoring.
02:37So regardless of what position he's in, he's a competitor,
02:40and, you know, he gives us a chance to win every night.
02:42You're playing the Suns tonight, a team that's elite at forcing turnovers.
02:45You guys have been the best in the league at protecting the ball all season.
02:48Is that more of an emphasis in a game like tonight?
02:51I mean, it's an emphasis every night,
02:52but it's knowing where they force their turnovers.
02:54You know, they're great at the point of attack with their ball pressure.
02:57They're great at the level of the screen.
02:58And they do a great job in their shift activities.
03:00So we just have to have an understanding how they force them,
03:02and we've got to make sure we execute against it.
03:03And they've got a first-year coach in Jordan Ott who's doing a terrific job.
03:06They've been surprising this season.
03:08When you watch them on tape, do they do anything that's unique in the NBA
03:11that's letting them have this success?
03:13I mean, he's a great coach.
03:15You know, I think they're a well-coached where they play really hard, you know,
03:17and then they do a great job of dominating the margins.
03:20Like you were saying, the turnover, the offensive rebounds,
03:22the way they run their offense, you know, they do a great job of understanding
03:24what the coverages are, what the reads are, how to attack that.
03:27So I expect it to be a hard play in the physical game tonight,
03:30and, you know, a lot of that has to come with how they play.
03:32All right. Thank you, Joe. Good luck.
03:33Thanks.
03:34Well, coming up, the Celtics have been excellent on the road all season.
03:37This West Coast trip is off to a great start.
03:39We'll try to keep it rolling next.
03:47Over to Pritchard and launches.
03:49Hits from way outside.
03:52Me and Peyton share the same mentality, dog.
03:54So, like, when I see him and he's got that,
03:57you just get the hell out of the way.
03:58This is Pritchard time.
04:00In the lane.
04:01Catches out.
04:02My man is cooking.
04:04I think we have a lot of underrated players that people didn't know
04:08that were this good, and we're ready for the moment.
04:10Now it's about what can you do next.
04:19Well, if you don't know, now you know.
04:21The Celtics have crushed two teams already on this trip trying to do it again tonight.
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04:32Ron Harper Jr. gets a start for the Celtics in place of Jalen Brown,
04:35missing his sixth game of the season.
04:38Jalen Green is the top scorer for a Phoenix team, missing Brooks and Booker tonight.
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04:49Jalen Green is going to have to be the guy for the Suns tonight, Eddie.
04:52Yeah, he's definitely going to have to be,
04:54but I think we're going to throw a bunch of different bodies at him like we always do.
04:58Baylor Shireman will get some of that.
04:59Derek White will get some of that.
05:00I think Hauser will get some of that.
05:02And Peyton Pritchard as well.
05:04Think about all the guys the Celtics threw at Luka Doncic in that win over the Lakers on Sunday.
05:10Ugo got some run.
05:12Jordan Walsh, Baylor Shireman.
05:14And there is Shireman with great defense.
05:16Look what I found on the steal.
05:19Trying to hit the baseline cut.
05:21Whites the trailer for three.
05:22It's good to get the party started.
05:24That's a great way to start the game, man.
05:26I was talking to Baylor earlier, and I was like, you know, make some misses happen,
05:30but continue to play hard like you are, and you'll stay on the floor,
05:34and you'll stay in this league.
05:36Defending Green here, and he rattles in a triple.
05:42Playing only his 11th game of the season.
05:45He came over from Houston in that Kevin Durant trade,
05:48where they also got Dylan Brooks, who's been awesome for Phoenix this year,
05:52but he is out with a broken left hand.
05:55Here is Hauser for three.
05:57Leaving him alone, not a good idea.
05:59What I told you in pregame, I told you, draws.
06:04No rim.
06:05No rim.
06:05That's how it was looking the whole time he was shooting in pregame.
06:10Kato with a block on green.
06:12That Celtics ball last touched by Phoenix.
06:16I just love our activity on the defensive end.
06:19It's not, you know, nobody's ever given up on the play.
06:21Nobody's allowing anybody to get anything easy.
06:24They're making it work for every single shot that they have to take.
06:27That's a winning recipe.
06:29Celtics have held seven of their last 11 opponents to 100 points or under.
06:34There's Shireman on the offensive glass, setting up Harper.
06:41The Celtics are all about controlling the margins, getting more shots than the opponent.
06:46They do that by being best in the league and protecting the ball.
06:49Few turnovers.
06:50And then hitting the offensive glass, creating extra possessions.
06:54Green inside to Colin Gillespie.
06:56And he's bumped by Harper with seven on the timer.
07:01Resetting to 14 for the Suns.
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07:10Celtics trying to win without both Jays tonight for the Suns.
07:14Booker and Brooks both out.
07:16Goodwin also recently got hurt.
07:17Haywood Highsmith hasn't played all year.
07:22Here is Gillespie, who's had a breakthrough season for the Suns.
07:25Good defense from Harper.
07:30Two minutes in, more good defense from the Seas.
07:36Just didn't make that shot, but I love the space.
07:38The space and wide open shot.
07:40Everybody has space to operate if they needed to.
07:43And Shireman shooting with a lot of confidence right now.
07:48Mark Williams hands it off to Green.
07:51Watched by Hauser.
07:52Mid-range pull-up.
07:54Tata fighting for the rebound.
07:55It ends up with Ryan Dunn, the second-year pro from Virginia.
08:02Suns also do a good job on the offensive glass.
08:05They're led by first-year coach Jordan Ott.
08:08The self-turnaround, it seemed that was anemic last season with bigger names on the roster.
08:13White, the fadeaways off the mark.
08:15Harper on the corner, crash, and then Kata third times the charm.
08:19And you were just speaking about the offensive glass right there.
08:21And you look at Harper got one, Kata gets one.
08:24We just, we outwork teams.
08:26And you can see it.
08:27And I think that's the Joe Mazzula mentality rubbing off on this team.
08:33Green gets the home roll.
08:36He's got five of the seven for the Suns.
08:42White gives it up to Hauser.
08:44Closed out by Royce O'Neal.
08:48Now it's White getting to that right hand.
08:50Lops it to an area.
08:51Gillespie with the steal.
08:56O'Neal from the corner.
08:58Passes out for three.
09:00One, two, three, and one, two, three.
09:03Shooting almost 40% from downtown this season.
09:08The Suns' identity is to turn you over and then run.
09:12Shireman loads it up.
09:14Comes up short.
09:15White out of nowhere for the offensive rebound.
09:17Harper for three.
09:19But there's what you were talking about, Eddie, just outworking teams.
09:22But I think right there, Harper didn't have to take that shot.
09:25They're getting the easy shots that they want.
09:28You don't have to force it.
09:29Just keep putting pressure on their defense.
09:31Because right now, what I'm seeing from the Suns, their defense is not that great.
09:38Look at Harper just outworking.
09:39Gillespie and then Kata going up there and finishing.
09:43Just never stopping on the play.
09:48And for as good as the Suns are on the offensive glass, their bottom five in defensive rebound rate.
09:55Which was an issue for the Celtics at the start of the season.
09:57They have more than cleaned it up.
09:58Now, one of the best rebounding teams in the league, both sides of the floor.
10:02Two to shoot for Green over Kata.
10:06Offensive rebound done, and he scores again.
10:08Right there, D. White got to keep his body on, done.
10:11You know, kind of just let him go and anticipated that Houser was going to get that rebound.
10:17Got to clean the play up, finish the play with the rebound.
10:21Both teams hammering the offensive glass early.
10:25White on the ball, tried the pocket pass.
10:26Williams kicked it.
10:2914 seconds on the timer.
10:35Joe Mazzula's team has won eight of the last nine, three in a row.
10:40Excellent on the road this season, 19 and 10.
10:44Wrap up this four-game West Coast road trip in Denver tomorrow night.
10:48Tough back-to-back.
10:49Houser catch and shoot.
10:52It was on line, but too strong.
10:54He got his own.
10:54Harper from the corner.
10:56That one comes up short as well, but already five offensive rebounds for the Celtics.
11:03Early post up for Williams.
11:05Keita came in there with a help, and so did Harper.
11:08Seize with a takeaway.
11:10Swarming defense.
11:12Harper keeps it moving.
11:18They're getting good looks.
11:19They're just not knocking them down.
11:21They have a good ball moving right there.
11:22Passed up a shot for a better shot.
11:26Shireman 0 for 3 to start.
11:28Here is Williams on the catch.
11:30Short on the shot, though.
11:32Keita protecting the rim.
11:33Shireman leads the break.
11:35White is all alone.
11:37That one's in and out.
11:38Hauser got a tap.
11:40Harper the rebound.
11:41Back out to Sam.
11:43Keita drives it.
11:45Up fake.
11:45Out to Hauser.
11:47Five to shoot.
11:49Good defense from the Suns here.
11:51Harper's going to have to make something happen.
11:54Gillespie cleans it up.
11:57These are two of the hardest playing teams in the NBA.
12:00AR, that's why both of these coaches are up for coach of the year, possibly.
12:06Gillespie for 3.
12:07And the Suns lead is 5.
12:12You mentioned that both of these guys are top 5 in terms of coach of the year odds.
12:17Odd in his first season in Phoenix.
12:20Zoula in year 4 with the Celtics.
12:23He's done a remarkable job.
12:25White on that little push shot.
12:26And that's where Derek White has to take advantage of that right there with that drop coverage.
12:32Exciting start.
12:33Both teams playing hard.
12:34Suns by 3 midway through the first.
12:40On 3, which means it's Pritchard time.
12:43Jalen Brown said it best the other night telling us Peyton Pritchard has raised his level.
12:48He has gone to an all-star level.
12:50And this team trusts him to run the show.
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12:58Since shifting back into that six-man role, Peyton's actually averaging more minutes a game than he was as a
13:04starter.
13:04And he's scored at least 25 points in six of seven games off the bench.
13:09All of that while still leading the NBA in assist to turnover ratio and field goal percentage in the paint.
13:14He has been incredible.
13:17Peyton said himself the other night, I've been on a good stretch, making the right reads.
13:21But this is something that should scare the rest of the league.
13:24Peyton told us, I still feel like I'm evolving and there's another step I can get to.
13:28I don't know about you guys, but I'm excited to see what that looks like.
13:32I'm excited to see it.
13:33I don't think the rest of the league wants to see that.
13:35No, they definitely don't want to see that.
13:37What'd you call him earlier?
13:39EBK?
13:40Everybody kill it.
13:42He's got buckets for everybody.
13:44Especially for the Lakers on Sunday.
13:46He took that game over.
13:48Here is Grayson Allen back off of injury, not the starting lineup.
13:52And the Celtics give up an offensive rebound to Green.
13:55But look at the line change right there.
13:56You've got Jordan Walsh in.
13:57You've got Ugo, Butch, and Peyton Pritchard.
14:00The only guy that stayed out there was Houser.
14:06Walsh tries it from the wing, and that's good.
14:09Celtics got up to a cold start from downtown.
14:11That'll help.
14:12Well, I love Jordan Walsh because of this reason right here, what he's doing.
14:16See his pickup points.
14:18See what he's doing.
14:20Now look at them getting their shot clock.
14:21They're getting in their offense with 13, 12 seconds.
14:24That's being a disruptor.
14:27Ryan Dunn from the corner is not known for his long-distance shooting, just 31% on the year.
14:33But you're not supposed to leave the corner.
14:35You know, the help comes from the other side.
14:37The other side is baseline.
14:39So even a guy like that in the scouting report on a great three-point shooter?
14:44No, I just – I wouldn't leave the corner because that's where they can knock down those shots.
14:47And then before you know it, they're pros.
14:49And they see one go in.
14:50Next thing you know, another go in.
14:52They mess around and have 15 points, and that could cost you a game sometimes.
14:56That's the most efficient shot.
14:57Basketball at corner three.
15:00Pritchard missed it.
15:01Gonzalez nearly had another.
15:02Celtics have eight offensive rebounds, which is their season high for a first quarter.
15:08There's still more than four minutes left in it.
15:12Walsh again, guarding the ball with Jalen Green.
15:16Spent a lot of time dribbling it tonight for the Suns.
15:20That three is no good.
15:22He don't like that pressure right there, and I love what Jordan Walsh is doing.
15:25He's picking him up.
15:26He's making it work for everything that he has to do, and this is great.
15:29Vujovic gets it back and finishes off a great pass from Hauser.
15:34But it's really – it's amazing.
15:37These young wings the Celtics have, they come in, they play so hard,
15:40and they take turns against the opposing team's best players.
15:44Well, you know where that comes from.
15:45That comes from how hard Jalen Brown plays.
15:46They see Jason Tatum working so hard trying to get back,
15:49and they see all the other guys that play.
15:51Joe Mazzula is a no-nonsense kind of coach.
15:54And when you have guys like that that are setting the tone,
15:58when you have guys that set the tone, then guess what ends up happening?
16:02Everybody follows suit.
16:03I can remember when KG set the tone for us.
16:06You know, he come in and – hey, we're going to watch this right here.
16:11And just look at Jordan Walsh hustling, trying to get to the ball.
16:15And that's all right.
16:16That's all right right there.
16:18You get that foul or that ball goes out of bounds, you don't care.
16:21You're just working and you're hustling.
16:23But KG, you come in there and he'll be full of sweat 30 minutes before –
16:2740 minutes, hour before practice, I should say.
16:30And it just set the tone for everybody.
16:33There is Allen from the elbow.
16:36Phoenix's lead back to five.
16:44Vucevic's pick-and-pop.
16:47Hauser almost had another one for the Celtics, but it'll be Suns ball.
16:54Under three minutes left in the first.
16:57That's another media timeout.
16:59Joe Mazzula's team trailing by five late first quarter here in Phoenix.
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17:19Abby?
17:20The Suns, one of the brightest stories to start this season,
17:23but their hopes for a good playoff position now clouded by injuries, too.
17:26Their best player in Devin Booker and their culture center in Devin Brooks.
17:30Dylan Brooks, excuse me.
17:32All-star Booker strained his right hip on Thursday against the Spurs.
17:35He's already missed time this season.
17:37He will be re-evaluated later this week, though.
17:39Meanwhile, Dylan Brooks broke his offhand on Saturday.
17:42He's had surgery.
17:43The team announced he'll miss four to six weeks.
17:45First-year head coach Jordan Ott, who's been an assistant in the league for a long time,
17:49isn't looking for any sympathy, though.
17:51He said tonight, simply, this is how the NBA works.
17:55We've just got to play better than we have been.
17:57They're doing that tonight so far.
18:01The foul is on the floor.
18:04This is Oso Iguodaro catches the lot.
18:07Pritchard got him before he caught the ball, so not a shooting foul.
18:10No shot.
18:11That's a good foul by Pritchard.
18:12Otherwise, that would have been a basket, and Pritchard was late on his tag.
18:18First foul on Pritchard.
18:19Fourth on the Celtics.
18:20Next one will put Phoenix in the bonus.
18:22As Amir Coffey brings it in from the mid-range.
18:26You saw Jordan Ott.
18:28He's a really interesting guy.
18:29He's from McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, south-central part of the state,
18:33from a town of just over 1,000.
18:35There were more cows living there than humans.
18:38And look at him now, head coach of an NBA team.
18:40That's crazy.
18:411,000 people in a town?
18:45I've never went to a high school that had only 1,000 people.
18:49Yeah, he graduated with about 70.
18:52Their downtown is two stoplights at a McDonald's.
18:58Don't know how you do it.
18:59I'm a city boy.
19:03They're proud of him.
19:06Jordan Ott, everyone who knew him growing up says he hasn't changed a bit,
19:09despite being a head coach in the NBA.
19:12And they should be proud of him.
19:13He's doing a fantastic job, by the way.
19:16He's got them at 33 and 25.
19:18With those injuries that Abby laid out,
19:20going to be tough sledding for them for at least a few games.
19:24Allen's passed to nowhere, but he got it back.
19:27Inside two minutes left in the first.
19:30Coffey missed it this time.
19:31Walsh the rebound.
19:36Richard's still looking for his first points.
19:390 for 2 start for one of the hottest players in the league.
19:43Switched on to the big man, Iguodaro.
19:46Inside, it's Vucevic likes the matchup on coffee, and for good reason.
19:51They worked that out, worked that out, got the matchup they wanted.
19:54Throw it inside.
19:55You hear everybody yelling three seconds, but it wasn't three seconds.
19:58It was a deuce.
20:01Jordan Allen was saying before the game,
20:02when Vucevic is out there as Allen shoots,
20:06it's a little bit like when the Celtics had Porzingis or Horford
20:09because of the different element he gives them stretch in the floor.
20:13And also punishing mismatches in the post, which we just saw him do.
20:18Pritchard somehow keeps the dribble alive and gets his first two.
20:22I'm telling you, Peyton Pritchard is such a nice guy off the court,
20:26but when he gets between them lines, he's a gangster.
20:29I'm sorry to say it in that way, but he is.
20:35He's a bad man.
20:36Yeah.
20:40He was ruthless in L.A.
20:43See if the Celtics try to go two for one here.
20:47Pritchard uses the Vucevic screen, steps behind the line.
20:51Off the heel, Harper gets another offensive rebound.
20:55White loads it up.
20:56Too strong.
20:59Try to get it.
21:00That was almost what it.
21:01It's going to be a three for one right there.
21:04Because we got two shots off.
21:07Just a three-second split now.
21:09I'd much rather just get a good shot right here, though, to be honest with you.
21:13Jamari Bouye on the ball here, away from it.
21:16Harper's called for the foul.
21:18It'll be the fifth on the Celtics in the quarter, so free throws for Phoenix.
21:24Second foul on Harper.
21:25You know what?
21:26Those are the that you got called up from the G League fouls right there.
21:30They're not used to seeing him.
21:32Not going to give him those fouls and things like that,
21:35going against a veteran.
21:39I hate when the refs ref like that.
21:41Just let him play.
21:42Let him play.
21:44You think they know the name, Harper.
21:46Ron Harper.
21:47Oh, they should know.
21:50Sam Houser returns for Walsh.
21:53Houser replaces Walsh for this final offensive trip of the quarter.
21:57Great minutes by Walsh, by the way.
22:00He says it.
22:07Year eight for Grayson Allen.
22:09Career high more than 17 points per game.
22:12Best him to do a lot since the departures of Durant and Beal in the offseason.
22:20Celtics trail by five.
22:22Three seconds left in the quarter.
22:23Pritchard all the way to the rack.
22:26And that's how the quarter comes to a close.
22:29Pritchard thought he was fouled.
22:31Does not get the whistle and the C-shoot just 32% from the floor in the opening 12 minutes.
22:38But the deficit's only five.
22:41Here in their only trip to Phoenix.
22:43Of the C-shoot trying to stay rad hot.
22:45Work to do after one.
22:50Lead the Celtics 26-21 after the first quarter.
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23:13Nine of our 15 rebounds have been on the offensive end.
23:16We're just not making shots right now.
23:18We're shooting 32% from three and 20 from, 20 from three and 32 from the field.
23:23And you look at what they're doing.
23:24They're at 40, over 40 in each, in each of them one of those categories.
23:28So we're going to have to get stops.
23:31And then we're going to have to start making shots as well.
23:33When you think about the shot margin that Joe Mazula always talks about.
23:37Celtics took seven more shots than the Suns did in the first quarter.
23:41That's how, despite those percentages, they're only down by five.
23:45Shireman on the baseline.
23:48Whistle blows and it is a foul.
23:51Against the Suns, Rasheer Fleming, rookie from St. Joe's.
23:56Team's on number two.
23:59Rodney Mott was delayed making the call because he was talking with Sam for a second.
24:03Yes, Sam.
24:04We talk about call to foul in.
24:08Rodney Mott said, I'm getting to it.
24:12Late shot clock here for Shireman.
24:15He was stripped and Joe Mazula can't believe there's no whistle.
24:18Suns on the run out.
24:20Coffee can't finish him.
24:22But at this point it seems like they're letting him play a little bit.
24:25So you have to adjust the way the referees are calling right now.
24:28They're letting it be a little bit physical.
24:29So you get physical with him.
24:31The only call that I think has been kind of questionable was the Ron Harper calls.
24:34Because he, you know, doesn't, he has the name.
24:38But he's not, hasn't been in the league.
24:40Good job right there.
24:41Deep white get into the basket.
24:44And just one foul called against the Suns in the first quarter.
24:49And then two in the first minute of the second.
24:52And White with the block.
24:53Best guard in the league at it.
24:55You're playing for the other team.
24:57You always have to know where number nine is.
25:02Shireman Turles gets to that strong left hand and puts it in.
25:05And I think we've got to start doing that.
25:07We've got to start attacking the paint.
25:08Because looking at it right now, I mean,
25:11they don't really have a bona fide shot blocker out there.
25:13Especially with Vooch out there.
25:16The shot blocker is stretched.
25:18So you have opportunity to get to the basket.
25:21Shireman second foul.
25:23Husty White here.
25:24Had to fight over the screen.
25:26And that's a moving screen, by the way.
25:27But never giving up on the play and blocking the shot right there.
25:30Those are the worst ones when somebody comes from behind and blocks your shot.
25:34Because even if they don't block it, you feel it.
25:36And so it kind of changes your shot.
25:38It changes the way you're looking at the rim.
25:40At times.
25:43D.Y.
25:44Will be getting back to his hometown tonight of Denver,
25:48where the Celtics play the Nuggets tomorrow.
25:54He's pleading his case here with Derek Collins.
25:57It looks like this will be a shooting foul.
26:01Grayson Allen to the Suns 3-0 line.
26:03So the foul on Shireman puts Allen at the line.
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26:32Now at an 85% free throw shooter made of both.
26:36Suns lead back to five.
26:38I mean, we're down five points and we haven't been playing particularly well in the offense.
26:42I mean, I think we've been getting good shots.
26:43We've been playing well, but we haven't been making shots, I should say.
26:49There is Vucevic out the block.
26:51Iguodaro pulled the chair, got called for the foul.
26:55Suns are apoplectic.
26:56They might want to challenge this.
27:02Let's check this out.
27:04Bang.
27:05Bang.
27:06Oh, yeah.
27:06That's definitely he wrapped his arm around his waist and pulled him down.
27:10I don't know why he's arguing with that.
27:12That was clear cut right there.
27:16That was easy to see.
27:18That was an easy call right in front of the referee.
27:19Yeah, Jordan Ott agrees with you because he didn't even look over at his bench.
27:23Asked him to check the monitor for a potential challenge.
27:26And then whistle blows again.
27:31Fouls on Ryan's done.
27:33So that's four fouls already on Vucevic.
27:35Not even two minutes into the second.
27:37That bodes well for us.
27:38Now you just stay attacking.
27:40Now they're shot blocked.
27:41They have no shot blocking.
27:43Stay getting into that paint.
27:45Put pressure on the defense.
27:47The Suns do foul more than 21 times a game, which is bottom five in the league.
27:52They could be foul-prone at times.
27:54Here is Vucevic.
27:56Spinning on Iguodaro.
27:58Too strong.
27:59White's got the offensive rebound after Shireman tapped it to him.
28:04Inside Vuce again.
28:06Can't finish again.
28:07And O'Neal keeps it alive.
28:12Finish that down there, big fella.
28:17Oh, the O'Neal on this end, passes out for three.
28:23This is the largest lead of the game.
28:28They're shooting 45 from three right now, so they're knocking their shots down.
28:31We've got to run them off that line.
28:37White can't answer.
28:38Shireman, corner crash again.
28:40This one's good for D.Y.
28:41And O'Neal.
28:45Two-four dollars.
28:48You can stay in a game where you're not shooting too well if your offensive rebound like this.
28:56Hey, Godaro, that little push shot, Vucevic gave it to him.
29:00And here comes Shireman already with three rebounds.
29:03We'll put the big in action right now.
29:05He's going to play a drop coverage.
29:08And you can get to your push shot right there.
29:10Or the switch.
29:12And a foul.
29:14Yeah, but he didn't blow the whistle.
29:15Instead, it's Harper for three.
29:17That goes in and out.
29:18Shireman nearly had another rebound.
29:20Come on, man.
29:21That was a clear-cut foul right there.
29:22That was the same foul that we've seen earlier.
29:24Ooh, Gillespie with a nice move.
29:33Joe Mazzula takes a timeout early second quarter as the Suns stay out front here.
29:41Down seven at the moment.
29:44This is game three of a four-game trip.
29:45So far, the Celtics 2-0, and they've done it with defense.
29:49Here's to the doers.
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29:52You know that you can grab a burrito with full-court flavor.
29:57The Celtics have been picking up full-court, and we've seen the results.
30:01In the last 11 games, the Green has held teams to 100 points or less seven times
30:07by leading the NBA in opponent scoring and field goal percentage
30:11with the best defensive rating in the league.
30:14I got a chance to speak with Nimesh Keita this morning,
30:16and he told me our ability to pick up full-court gives us all the leverage.
30:20We're able to command teams in the paint and then get in the passing lanes
30:23because that it makes everything easier for me.
30:26And hopefully the Celtics can get back to that here tonight, you guys.
30:31Yeah, seventh in the league in defense for the season,
30:34which is kind of where you expect them to be.
30:37The last few years under Joe Mazzula, elite on both ends of the floor.
30:44Gillespie for Curry.
30:45They're just knocking down shots.
30:47We're not making them right now.
30:49I think we got to get back to getting into the paint,
30:52see some go in, and then we can play inside-outside basketball.
31:04Richard working on Iguodoro in the lane.
31:08I don't see a miss many of those.
31:10No, you don't.
31:11He got right to his spot when he wanted it.
31:22Gillespie throws a bullet to the court side seats.
31:27Looks like he was throwing a pass out of bounds
31:30to stop the clock in football.
31:40Iguodoro avoids the sack.
31:42Celtics with the ball, trailing by 10.
31:46Five minutes into the second quarter.
31:50Richard got a step on Fleming,
31:52and then a foul stops the play.
31:56This is the thing right here,
31:58is that they've been inconsistent tonight, the refs.
32:01It's times they give you that call,
32:03then it's been times they haven't given that call.
32:06Richard, they give calls the same way.
32:08They've been calling the same way inconsistently,
32:10and that's so hard to play as a player
32:12because you don't know exactly what to do.
32:19Celtics in the bonus already here in the second quarter.
32:22Richard at the line.
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32:30So the Celtics on Sunday completed the California sweep.
32:354-0 in games played in California for the third time in franchise history.
32:40Also did it in 2011 and 1991.
32:42They also have a chance, if they beat the Warriors at home,
32:44to go 8-0 overall against teams from California,
32:48which would be the first time in Celtics franchise history they would do that.
32:53But it always feels good to beat those teams from California.
32:57You know what, Drew?
32:59It's always good to beat any team wherever they come.
33:03Love that winning.
33:06Including here in Phoenix,
33:07but the Suns are off to a good start here in the first quarter and a half.
33:11They lead by 11.
33:13Celtics have swept the season series against them two years in a row.
33:16As Pritchard digs inside and gets fouled again.
33:21Those are back-to-back trips to the line for Peyton Pritchard.
33:24I want to see more of this right here.
33:26Just put pressure on their defense, get into the paint.
33:28You know, sometimes it doesn't necessarily have to end up being in a shot for yourself.
33:33Great play by Peyton right there to get to the free throw line.
33:36But also you can create for your teammates by collapsing the defense.
33:42Jordan Walsh returned for Boston.
33:44Mark Williams, Grayson Allen, Jalen Green returned for the Suns.
33:50What was it for Ryan Dunn?
33:52He was just flipping out.
33:53Walsh and White back in there for Joe Mazzoula.
33:57Uchovic and Shireman sit for Pritchard.
34:00He's already tied for the lead lead in 25-point games off the bench.
34:05He's done it five times.
34:07The difference between him and the other guys he's tied with is
34:10Pritchard just started coming off the bench seven games ago.
34:14It's been half a month for him coming off the bench,
34:17the role he won sixth man of the year in last season.
34:20He is putting up some ridiculous numbers.
34:23And if he was able to qualify for sixth man of the year,
34:27he'd probably have an opportunity to run another.
34:30He'd get 101 out of 100 votes if he were qualified for it.
34:34He got mine if I have one.
34:36I'd still try to vote for him.
34:40Be a write-in option on my ballot.
34:42Again, in the teeth of the defense.
34:44Good strip from Williams.
34:46Out of bounds.
34:46It'll stay here.
34:47I mean, that's a hack right there.
34:50That is a hack.
34:51I don't know how that's not a foul that's called right there.
34:54He created, he slowed, you know, scale, call it the decel, right?
34:58He slowed up and used his body and got hit upside his head and all of his body.
35:03Come on, man.
35:05That's what I'm talking about, the inconsistency right now with the rest.
35:11That was a long one.
35:12Richard left it short from 34 feet.
35:15He has made more shots from 30-plus feet than anyone else in the league this year.
35:19Not that time.
35:20Celtics were just 4 for 20 from downtown.
35:23Here's Jalen Green.
35:24That's too strong.
35:26Walsh cleans it up.
35:29Nine-point game just past the midway point of the second quarter.
35:33We just closed this quarter out right here, strong, you know, possibly get it to 1, 2, or even take
35:40the lead because it's only 9 points.
35:41A lot of time left.
35:43We'll be feeling good right here, going into halftime.
35:47White backs it in from downtown.
35:49That is not an easy shot.
35:51No, it's not.
35:52Falling back, big fella in front of you, draped over the top, trying to block your shot.
35:58You know what, Drew, sometimes those are the shots that you make a little bit better
36:01because you have to focus a little bit more on what you're shooting.
36:07Pritchard gets the steal.
36:09No numbers, so he peels back out and gives it up to Hauser.
36:16Inside, it's Kata on the jam and a nice 5 from White.
36:19Time out Phoenix.
36:25Get more into what Eddie just said about you've got to focus more on that type of soft shot.
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36:41These are one of the toughest shots to make right here.
36:43You've got a big fella.
36:44He's in the drop coverage, but he steps up on the step back.
36:47And you've got to get it all the way over the big fella.
36:50You've got to make sure you snap that wrist.
36:51And then right here, just making the right play at the right time,
36:55taking advantage of the Phoenix Suns' defense.
36:57I would like to see us get in the paint a whole lot more like that right there
37:01and put them in compromising positions.
37:04Well, you said something before we went to break Eddie about how that contested shot that D. White hit.
37:09Sometimes it could be easier than an open shot.
37:11What do you mean by that?
37:12Oh, got hit upside his head.
37:15Yeah, that's an offensive foul.
37:18It's on Jalen Green.
37:20You know, he's frustrated.
37:21I'm going to tell you why.
37:22He's frustrated.
37:23Walshman picking him up.
37:25Everything has been, look, he's inside everything right there.
37:27Those are the little moves that you, the subtle moves you're doing in basketball
37:31to make it look like you're not doing it on purpose.
37:33But that was definitely on purpose.
37:35But back to the D. White shot, it's just sometimes you just focus a little bit more.
37:41Here is Walsh.
37:42Oh, what a play by Jordan Walsh right after he got rocked in the face.
37:46And did you see Kata with the holdoff, with the screen over there to make sure
37:51pinned Vic Fela so he couldn't come over and block the shot?
37:56Walsh is engaged tonight.
37:58You can just sense it.
37:59Good defense there on O'Neal.
38:01Ends up with Pritchard.
38:03Celts can tie or take the lead here.
38:09Pritchard keeps coffee on his hip.
38:11Out to Walsh.
38:14White top of the keys, the top score in the game with 13.
38:17Make it 16.
38:18Check your pockets.
38:19Derek White gives the Celtics the lead.
38:25They click it now.
38:26Offensively, the shots are going in.
38:28Their defense is humming.
38:29They're on a string, on that proverbial string that you talk about defensively.
38:35One and done for them.
38:40The tide has turned in this game.
38:42Celtics on a 12-0 run.
38:45Pritchard at the wheel.
38:47Snakes the ball screen.
38:48In the paint.
38:48Back out to White.
38:49He's got the hot hand.
38:54Against the big man, Williams, another strip by him.
38:59He said, he hit my arm.
39:01Pritchard looking for a whistle.
39:021.4 to shoot.
39:04But look, a pass to get a good shot.
39:06Pump fake.
39:07They bite on it.
39:08And look how Kata held off.
39:11And then D-White just letting it go.
39:13You know, he said, let me just let that go.
39:14Ain't nobody guard.
39:17I'll take that three.
39:20Lob it up.
39:21Kata.
39:22Oh, he got fouled.
39:26It'll be on.
39:31It'll be on Jamari Boye, who kind of hip-checked him in the air.
39:38Yeah, you can't do that.
39:39You can't box him out while he's in the air.
39:41That's called an undercut.
39:43For those that are watching at home, that do know that.
39:47For some that don't know that, that is an undercut right there, by definition.
39:55It's Mimi at the line.
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39:59Here for New England.
40:01Here for good.
40:02D-White is the only starter with more than five points right now.
40:09Carrying the offensive load for the Celtics.
40:11Now Mimi up to six.
40:13Going for the Suns in double figures.
40:20Almost four minutes without a point for the Suns as the Celtics defense finds a new level again.
40:28Allen, after the pump, got away with a double dribble and maybe a travel as well.
40:33Five to shoot.
40:35Green back to Grayson Allen.
40:37And he gets bailed out.
40:40Jordan Wall says, I didn't touch it.
40:42Grayson Allen is really crafty at drawing fouls, and he tried to draw one on a pick that Kata did.
40:48He put his arm underneath.
40:51But here, right here, let's see.
40:55Well, Joe Mazula's going to challenge this.
40:57Oh, yeah, he did.
40:57He threw his hip out there.
40:59That's easy.
40:59Green light special.
41:00We should win this one.
41:04Joe Mazula talking to Jordan Wall.
41:07Walsh, better be right, timeout on the floor.
41:12The elbow of the shooter as he's in his upper shooting mode.
41:15This is an unsuccessful challenge.
41:18Since this is the third timeout of the quarter, they will not get their timeout back,
41:21and they will not have a second challenge later in the game.
41:26So the challenge is unsuccessful.
41:29Foul stands on Walsh.
41:31It's his second.
41:34Let me take a good look right here on the dunk and replay cam.
41:38He touched him a little bit.
41:40He did.
41:41He got it.
41:41That's why I was short.
41:44So I was wrong.
41:45I stand corrected.
41:49And as a result, Jordan Wall is now on the bench.
41:55Right when Nick Booker announced that call, Joe called for Ron Harper to come in the game.
42:01And Grayson Allen at the line for three.
42:03And it's not that I don't even know Grayson Allen from a can of paint, okay?
42:07So the thing with me is when he was at Duke, he did some dirty things.
42:12He did some dirty things here.
42:13I just don't like when players are dirty and they act like they're not.
42:17He's having a hell of a year this year.
42:19I thought he cleaned some things up from that.
42:22But at the same time, I don't know.
42:24It's just.
42:26I think.
42:28It's hard to forget that history.
42:30Yeah, you know.
42:39Well, Allen ties the game at 44.
42:41Two and a half to play in the first half.
42:44The lob to Kada couldn't handle it.
42:47And then he stops it with the left.
42:48That most Malone gets the stats, patches the stats, get you off as a rebound real quick.
43:00There is Green, got to his spot, launched it, missed it, K to the rebound.
43:05Four boards for Nehmey to go with eight points.
43:08Two minutes remaining in the corner.
43:10He white with 16 and three assists.
43:12Pritcher, too strong.
43:17One for nine from the floor, 0 for four from Dean.
43:25Allen in the paint, puts it up, won't go.
43:29Richard with his third rebound.
43:35White keeps his eyes up, shoots it himself, and scores.
43:39He's got a soft touch right there.
43:44The Celtics this season are 4-0, and White has 16 points and three assists in the first half.
43:499-0 in his career as a Celtic.
43:52Leading it by four here as he's got 18 points and three dimes.
43:59Green flies in.
44:02He's four for 11 from the floor.
44:04He's going to get his shots up, especially with no Brooks and Booker.
44:08Ain't no question about that.
44:16Richard behind the back.
44:20Kata got it back and scored again.
44:23Relentless effort from Nehmeys Kata.
44:26I think it's contagious.
44:27It started off in the first quarter.
44:29Everybody attacking the glass.
44:30Ron Harper Jr. attacking the glass.
44:32Derek White attacking the glass.
44:34Before you know it, everybody, Sam Hauser, everybody starting to get in on that.
44:45Three, trying to go two for one.
44:48Four for 12, one for six from downtown.
45:03D. White has been the guy in this first half.
45:07Almost got that one to drop.
45:08It was in and out, five seconds left.
45:11Allen navigates, flops, and gets the call.
45:17Boston fouls on the 88, the BXK.
45:21He's out working, hustling, not stopping.
45:24You know, push shot, follow your shot.
45:26You know it's short.
45:28Go get it.
45:29Hey, go sit on that thing.
45:36Hey, stay tuned for Celtics' halftime live with Kaelin Scal.
45:40It's presented by DraftKings Sportsbook.
45:45Scal missed some nice weather here in Phoenix.
45:49Yeah, he sure did.
45:50I feel terrible for him.
45:51Do you?
45:52So bad.
45:53Here's Allen.
45:55And the Celtics will take a four-point lead.
45:58And the Celtics will take a four-point lead.
45:59And the Celtics will take a four-point lead.
45:59And the Celtics will take a four-point lead.
45:59And the Celtics will take a four-point lead.
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