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00:00To the halftime break
00:06Well, I did they stayed attached they finally made some shots and it took the lead yeah, that's exactly what
00:11happened making those shots man
00:13You got to make shots give you some opportunity
00:17Their point was the tip of the spear with 18 points to lead the way in the first half
00:23Celtics 5-4 the halftime show
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00:45TV Celtics use a 12-0 run to take the lead and they're up by four at halftime
00:51Here in Phoenix welcome back courtside Betty house
00:55I'm Drew Carter and Eddie you talked about how the Celtics seemed like they were doing everything right except
00:59Making shots and then they started to make them yeah, they started making remember I said about the five-minute
01:04mark
01:04I think we're down 11
01:05I said let's close this quarter out and try to just be down to or maybe be up a little
01:09bit and right now
01:10We are up four points and it all started with we knocked down shots
01:13We got our 13 assists, you know, we're on pace when we have 25 or more assists
01:18We always usually win the basketball game
01:20So I'm looking at it in that way and we held them to only 20 points in that second quarter
01:26Celtics defense which has been elite as of late doing that in the second it's time now for the experience
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01:38Abby chin, what you got?
01:39Tony Dobbins just running on the court the assistant told me we cannot get discouraged offensively
01:45He said I know we got a lot of good looks we've got to continue to do what it takes
01:50to get those
01:51Generating quality looks keep crashing the board and getting good shots
01:56He said defensively we did a pretty good job but we could be more solid on guarding tendencies and don't
02:01foul their jump shooters
02:03Thank you, Abby a nice job getting that right before we start action here in the third quarter
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02:15Injured better phones don't those offensive rebounds, Eddie. Yeah 13 offensive rebounds got 22 points in the paint
02:22I was harping on that saying hey, you need to we need to attack and get to the get in
02:27the paint and score
02:27He need to finish that there's offensive rebound 14 and 15, but it doesn't lead to points for to me
02:33if kata
02:3713 offensive rebounds in the first half by the way is one off the Celtics season high they had 14
02:42of them against the bulls in early january
02:47Think they're gonna get that
02:50I almost did they could still set a season high for a whole game two seconds to shoot for gillespie
02:56hauser comes in with a late challenge
03:00More great defense from the seas and hauser buries a three on this end yaka
03:09What it takes nothing but draws
03:16Offensive foul on williams set the screen
03:27Check this out. They've been doing the legal screens all day. You can't move you got to give the defender
03:31opportunity to at least try to get over it
03:33Give him a step
03:36Shireman's great at drawing those fouls on the screens because he works so hard. Yeah
03:41And he gets two over here
03:45See how that works good defense leads to good offense
03:50That is green attacking and he gets foul
03:56He's got a foul
03:57Files on kata that is his second is jill agree takes an extra second first
04:02Coming off the pick right there in that drop coverage
04:06They're so worried about kata getting that lob you got the opportunity to get the free throw line pull up
04:11and knock down the shot
04:13I'm gonna love to play in this era with that drop cover we didn't have that it was hard shows
04:18it was blitzes
04:19They would down you i liked it down because down was kind of on the side and it was
04:24Or white or blue what they call it it's kind of on the side and it almost mimicked a drop
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04:43But nowadays they drop in everywhere top of the key
04:47Yeah, I'm gonna love that free throw line live in the mid-range
04:52What I love you just come off the screen and just shoot that thing yeah
04:57Oh nice pass from kata to hauser the role reversal there
05:06See how kata just yell ice right there that was like the same what i'm talking about
05:14That drop coverage
05:21It's green erased by kata
05:26But you see how hard he has to work for his shots it's like he
05:31Pounding the air out the ball nobody else is touching it and that's fine
05:34But look at kata come over and tell him get that down
05:40And then harper might have gotten a piece of that gillespie shot he thought he was fouled
05:44Did not get the whistle. Celtics have tightened the screws defensively
05:48It's been the theme for the last month
05:51White drops it off kata is fouled
05:54Perfect example of what i'm saying is that in that drop coverage you're worried about kata with the lob they're
05:59worried about kata
06:01They're worried about d white with the floater
06:05Let's look at this vision right here
06:08Hey good back don't cut
06:11I'm gonna finish with the nice left
06:13And good look from the dunking cam it's all about the dunk
06:18That finish from hauser that was nice showing off the hang time
06:23Get him in the dunk contest
06:26Couldn't have been worse than it was three point contest how about both
06:30Three point contest lead the dunkers to the dunkers the dunks to the dunks
06:40This is the celtics largest lead of the game up by eleven
06:47This is going back to the first half the run which included a 12 nothing spurt
06:54Turned a 11 point deficit
06:57Into a lead sons have scored seven points in the last nine minutes
07:04Here is shireman from the corner finds kata
07:08Into the body of williams and goes to the lefty hook and the footwork
07:13Just the footwork there and then the soft touch with the left hand
07:17That's me the dream yeah, he didn't he has got so much better i've never seen him in summer league
07:22and you know when sacramento let him go
07:25What a jewel we found oh yes
07:31Mark williams gets two
07:33williams having a nice season
07:35Here in phoenix remember the lakers
07:38Tried to trade him he had some medical issues ended up back in charlotte now with the suns
07:44He's upset here as that stays with the celtics
07:51Just check the footwork we call that feet work look at it uh pivot pivot um go through step through
07:57left hook
07:58easy money
07:59I got the entire self expansion excited or not going to challenge this call
08:05phoenix's first challenge of the game will have to call when you come back to phoenix
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08:29Boston Celtics you just heard the call from nick booker here's the replay
08:34Nice strip right there i mean he did go off his hands right there
08:39Good hands by williams saving the possession because katie's getting ready to finish that
08:46So phoenix ball and they retain the right to challenge
08:51Williams has done that a few times tonight with that strict down
09:00Here's jalen green who's just four of 13 has not been shooting it efficiently lately and can't score past kata
09:08there
09:09He's playing real good defense on now
09:12hauser
09:13Cass
09:16I'll say it again yakup
09:19You just love watching great shooters i do i do i mean it's so pure you see the trajectory
09:27Rotation on the shot that's a tough one right here
09:31But the rotation that he has on it and the way it goes through the basket beautiful thing to watch
09:37He's three for five from deep tonight
09:40It's different from two-point range there
09:53The suns have gone cold offensively Celtics defense deserves a ton of credit for that
09:59Swarming on jalen green four on the 24 for gillespie lost the handle i think white was in there first
10:07Talk about guys playing hard
10:11I can't catch it in on this end, but he keeps it alive ridiculous play and then shireman stepped out
10:18of bounds before he got hit
10:27Pritchard back in there for the seas replaces ron harper and look at pritchard's pickup point
10:35That was great action
10:36Jamari booyer will have to deal with him for 75 feet
10:39five minutes into the third celtics lead it by 12
10:43Pritchard went down on the williams screen kata snares the rebound he's got 14 and nine looking for a second
10:51double double in a row
10:56How's her the flair
10:58How's her the flair
10:58But i can't write out from downtown true that was great action he came past the ball to d white
11:04went
11:05uh
11:06Go screen and he got the flair from kata easy basket right there
11:10That was a great call great play
11:16Richard hit the deck booyer got it back greens the open man he missed the shot
11:25Richard looks a little banged up
11:29One of his hands should be giving him some issues but hauser he's hunting his shot right now
11:36Why not?
11:39Richard wincing will check on him when we return but right now hauser cooking the sun 16 points timeout phoenix
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12:04It's been
12:06Sam hauser show here in the third quarter any that's my step up guys
12:10Took off and i just felt like he was going to be able to get off tonight
12:14i was looking at how he was shooting the ball in warm-up
12:16How they were going in how how he felt super comfortable
12:20And he shot all of these shots right here in warm-up and this right here that's when you know
12:24that he's feeling really good
12:25When it's not just a catch and shoot and he goes off the dribble to the fuller
12:30Sam hauser at three points in the first half he's got 13
12:33Here in the third five for seven from the floor
12:38Shireman goes down grayson allen missed the shot
12:42Vucevic on the rebound
12:47Now Vucevic fires
12:55Celtics still just 31 percent from deep but leading this came by 17
12:59It's because of this side of the floor
13:03Green stopped
13:05Just as you're talking about it another block
13:08Vuce got him that time
13:10Hauser missed it Vucevic is fouled as he's working for a position
13:15And he's trying to say it should be a shooting foul because he's trying to tap it in
13:21The Vuce being in that drop coverage is still coming over from help
13:25And getting that block on jalen green knowing that he's going to the other side of the rim trying to
13:29protect the ball
13:31But still gets that thing knocked down
13:34And hauser on that shot right there he hesitated just a second i think he should have just let it
13:39go
13:40Got every reason to be confident right now he is rolling
13:44Richard defended by the rookie rashir
13:47Fleming picks up the dribble throws it toward the basket
13:51That'll be a 24 second violation
13:55Like one of the worst possessions we had all night that's probably the
13:59Yeah the worst possession we had all night but
14:02Sometimes it happens like that
14:06Frustrated with the whistle or lack thereof at different times tonight just one for ten from the floor
14:13Been an incredible stretch for pritchard lately fleming from the corner missed it shireman boards it leads the break
14:19You get shireman pushing tempo hausers the trailer
14:25Even with the miss shireman's pace there into an open shot
14:33Allen left it short
14:36Phoenix just 7 of 25. Allen is 0 for 7
14:40From beyond the yard this is a guy who led the league in three-point percentage a couple years ago
14:45shireman great cut boots and it's found him for two and that was joe right there joe called that play
14:50right there you can see him
14:51Calling it and cued everything made sure that he had the ball
14:55That good read by everybody that was involved that celtics ball last touched by the suns
15:05This is the second time we've seen this and everyone will leave me cater on the back door to sam
15:10hauser
15:10So this is the second time they ran that joe sees something the cheek in their defense
15:14He's not going to burn it out, but he's going to use it when he has to
15:25change the call here suns ball 15 to shoot
15:31Igodaro has to rattle out gonzalez the rebound
15:35Hugo played three minutes in the first half put some run here in the third
15:44Harper off the rim boots of it's working hard, but he's the last to touch it. It'll be suns ball
15:52Hauser will get a breather here and he earned that rest
15:56Yeah, he did he's big big part of the reason why we stretched this game out the way we did
16:01this quarter
16:04Back in after a brief break
16:13There he is with a rebound he's got eight of those to go with six points
16:18Sireman's rebounding has been really a revelation lately
16:22He's established himself in the starting lineup
16:27Sons of physical defensive team on the perimeter five to shoot for Vucevic
16:34Seize it posts it tough shot is good
16:40A smooth fade away for a dick fellow like that
16:44He's one of the most skilled big guys we'll see in the league
16:54Fleming mister we're making them so uncomfortable
16:58Using our defense like
17:00We're attacking them
17:03We're attacking them every which way we're out working them on the offensive glass
17:06We're out working them our pickup points are high we're just making this team super uncomfortable when it wasn't like
17:11that early on
17:12Pritchard again frustrated with the whistle
17:15Booye blocks
17:17Get that out of here
17:19Ron Harper jr out of nowhere
17:24Ugo drops it in on this end
17:30It is all celtics here in phoenix
17:38Devin fun yet
17:40Points in the third
17:41Ron harper jr
17:43How about this block with the defense
17:45But they the chairman going straight up making him change his shot and then ron harper jr
17:50Not stopping on the play and going up there and beating that thing into the glass
17:54That's called a spike
17:56He spiked it
17:59His head was almost at the rim
18:02But that's showing how good we are defensively right now
18:05We're not giving up on any plays guys are hustling in the backcourt get to the frontcourt to make sure
18:09that they get stopped
18:11Allen trying to take matters into his own hands the celtics are playing
18:16Unbelievable defense right now they're winning this third 25 to 6 make it 28 to 6
18:21This is a clinic in the third
18:24It definitely is but it all starts with the defense man look how hard they're playing defense
18:32Fighting over screens guys talking
18:35Yeah, Celtics ball, yep
18:39It's all it tells you go gonzalez
18:41Vamos let's play fast
18:49Charbon missed a long one and Vujovic puts it in
18:58They've got ugly pretty quick didn't it
19:01They are blowing them out of their own gym right now gillespie for three
19:06To end the scoring drought which was over six minutes
19:13They have put the clamps on the suns
19:22That was that same play right there that they ran
19:26Twice and it worked big man trying to hit the cutter
19:31The godaro left it short
19:33I don't think I seen him hit one of them all game he might need to put that in the
19:37bag
19:38So for three for the game the celtics also
19:42Are doubling up the suns on the glass 50 to 25
19:46They've been a plus double digits in each of their last three games and this is going to be even
19:50more than that
19:51Harper inside Vujovic got to put it up
20:01Here is Allen chased by white
20:04And godaro banks in
20:09So that's 11 points in the quarter for the suns which
20:13Matches what the blazers scored in the first quarter a month ago and that basket right there was on a
20:19broken plate
20:21Like they've been having a hard time playing against our set defense
20:28There's a foul to give by Allen
20:31Side out for the season with four seconds left in the third richard and hauser
20:36Will return
20:47Gonzalez and harper take a seat
20:49Both guys playing extremely hard
20:53Shireman's the inbounders richard pops free this is his time instead gives it up hauser fires
21:01Off balance but what a quarter for the boston celtics
21:08amazing
21:11They outscored a 30 to 11 in the third 30 to 11
21:19That's how you suck all the life right out of an arena on the road the weather is beautiful
21:24And so is that third quarter for the celtics 80 to 57 is the score as we start the fourth
21:29time for the road to victory
21:30Brought to you by sullivan tire we're always here to get you there what you got it continue to play
21:35defense
21:35They only have 31 points in the second and third quarter combined
21:38And don't give up the threes that's the only thing that could get this team back into the game
21:42Grayson Allen tries to hit the three and he airmailed it he's 0 for 8 from beyond the arc tonight
21:47One of the best three-point shooters in the league is the last couple of years stats through three by
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22:0121 rebounds that's getting stops closing out the possession with the rebound
22:08Richard nearly had the board on that hauser miss
22:12Here comes gillespie plop it up a good door for the gym
22:16That's more of this yeah, yeah, right there at round and ramp is a dunk pooping the alley
22:26Shireman's got 10 rebounds in this game Celtics are a plus 23 on the glass
22:36Late shot clock for white
22:39Tried to get the foul on allen no whistle and a shot clock violation it'll be sunfall
22:46But think about what the celtics did against the lakers sunday held them to 89 points
22:51lakers shot 39 percent which was
22:55Their lowest since game seven of the finals in 2010 against the celtics
22:59And now the suns have 59 points early fourth quarter
23:03This is stuff you really don't see in the nba in 2026
23:07Are you going and that's a tough shot right here right about that but it all starts with our defensive
23:13effort
23:13We have to play defense the way we've been playing it probably like the last eight nine games
23:18And it always leads to good offense
23:22There's a strip and out of balance off of vucic
23:26So the suns with some signs of life here to start the fourth
23:33I hope things go hand in hand man i've been saying this forever
23:36Joe uh that if we lock in defensive we look at that pickup point look how we fight we're switching
23:42we communicate
23:43Those things right there lead to easy buckets and good offense
23:48Allen finally made one and joe mazula will take a timeout before the suns get too close
23:56Two minutes into the fourth still a 16 point self accept
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24:22the defense to offense here
24:26nice block did ugo with the finish look at it touch everything when you live in right shots like that
24:31go in
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24:49the sun's off to a good start here in the fourth they've scored the first seven points of the quarter
24:55the south extent stem the tie here maintain the lead pritchard in the lane can't get it to drop grayson
25:01allen the rebound
25:05after the seas won the third quarter by 19. suns need a big comeback here in the fourth
25:12rookie rashear fleming
25:1431st pick at the draft this year first pick of the second round now it's allen off the handoff fires
25:20and he got fouled by white
25:23it's crap he stays getting fouled ball
25:30it's the first foul on white of the game
25:35working hard trying to fight over the screen and
25:38yeah you make contact with him they're going to call that every single time but
25:42the big fella is setting the legal screens they're allowing him to do it he's moving he's not any he's
25:46like throwing his hip-hop a little bit
25:50and here's a message from zenny
25:57basketball is all about vision
26:01seeing things on the court and sending your sights on something bigger
26:08clear vision is everything
26:12the illegal screen seems sort of like holding in the nfl where you probably call it on every play
26:19yeah you can't believe it's late
26:26whatever it was there alan made all three free throws
26:31it's a 14 nothing run for the suns dating back to the end of the third
26:41it's a 14-year-old
26:41white matched up against the big man iguodaro keeps it shoots it
26:46shireman with his 11th rebound of the game he is all over the glass
26:54richard just won for 11 in this game trying to get to his spot
26:59tosses it out and a travel
27:03you haven't won them rough games tonight it'd be like that sometimes so now you find other ways to
27:09to help your squad help your team if the shot's not falling you know pick up defensively
27:17make classes make your teammates better it's just one of those games
27:25jaylen green and royce o'neal back in the game for phoenix
27:30trying to make things interesting in a game they trailed by 20 hates
27:35green turns the corner o'neal great three-point shooter
27:40missed at that time k to the box out green saves it out to o'neal
27:47green gets it back
27:49missed again kata this time secures the rebound 14 points and 11 boards for namish kata
27:55yeah that was the drone man rebound right there too
27:59back-to-back double doubles for him at 10 and 12 against the lakers
28:04something's trying to win their fourth in a row and make it nine out of their last ten
28:10white gets by fleming puts it up and puts it in you needed that right there you needed that bucket
28:20it just seems like he is the guy to call on
28:24he had 18 in the first half those his first two of the second half he's also got eight assists
28:29seven
28:29rebounds maybe he was offended we didn't pick him as our step up guy i know right
28:35he's still kind of tough now o'neal out to gillespie and he beats the buzzer
29:02shireman keeps the dribble out to harper bullseye from downtown
29:07down there's a good play right there collective defense we keep continuing to try to get into the
29:14paint because we collect their defense they don't have great shot blocking we could get what we want
29:26richard with the rebound celtics by the way have 22 assists magic number is 25 the magic number is 25
29:35we have 25 or more assists you want to know what our record is tell me i'll give it to
29:41you right now
29:4124 and 2 with 25 or more and if we get the 29 or more oh derrick white and one
29:51and if we get to 29 or
29:53more we're 11. let's see deep white right here drop coverage taking advantage of the big man and the
30:01drop coverage again just go with that floater and there's a nice little smooch off the glass
30:06look at that touch though
30:15this is his first trip to the line it's that line he's working on
30:25can't complete the end one harper battling and gillespie ended up with it
30:32white also has a steal and a block as he typically does and just one turnover
30:37that's what we've been doing all night tonight is taking care of the basketball not really turning it
30:41over that much
30:44data set very turnovers for both teams and there's white tata challenging done at the rim
30:50who gets the block they split it shire
30:58that might be the daggers 5 48 left but phoenix with a timeout the celtics
31:07back in control of this game
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31:44tomorrow who gets the block here give both of them a block d white came over got it first it
31:49looked like kato finished it off let them both get a block i think yeah i'd be cool with that
31:54i don't know if that would break the system over there the scoring system feel like a glitch in the
31:58matrix but uh they did give it to kata but it looked like white might have been there a split
32:03second
32:03earlier either way great defense from the seas again that's been common story last couple of weeks
32:10here coffee puts it in it's still a 20 point celtics lead
32:19jordan not has emptied the bench kobe brea is in the game and baylor shireman puts it in
32:27for another double double got 11 and 11 ball
32:33do you know the plays i mean you know you do every game you see joe calling them you don't
32:38have to call
32:38out what they are but when he does his signals do you know what's coming well for at least one
32:42of
32:42them yeah spain pick and roll action seems to be part of the bread and butter for the celtics they
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32:56good hustle by kato right there we just outworked them all night
33:01shoot it maybe i thought he would pass it up he shot a couple this year hasn't made one yet
33:08made
33:09some for portugal in the summer pritchard to the basket he gets the role you know what's so slick
33:15about that not the spin rule but once he got him on his side he kept him on his side
33:19he created space
33:20and then the english that he had on the glass over get in into the basket the angle that he
33:25took
33:29we're about to have a celtics debut here as john tonje gets off the bench and heads to the scores
33:36table he's joined by luca garza and delano banton won't be his celtics debut but it will be his debut
33:42in this stint joe mazula takes some time out to get these guys on the floor we'll take it with
33:48him
33:48god for a minute don't go anywhere back to phoenix in 60 seconds
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34:35insurance here for new england sports fans here for good it's time now for the fw web assist
34:46this is that nice action that they ran about three times and they were successful in it twice
34:50and look at the hang time by how they're at a nice finish with the lefty
34:54the hang time on that one from hauser for a great assist every time
34:59come to fw web where the customer is always number one that was part of a 13 point third quarter
35:06for sam hauser where the celtics outscored the suns 30 to 11 and just buried them
35:14so a new five here for joe mazula including number eight john tonje making his nba debut welcome to the
35:24league top of your screen he's the 528th different player to suit up for the celtics all time out there
35:31with garza gonzalez delano pant making his debut in his second stint with the celtics
35:36the paint pritchard out there as well
35:42tonje was a certified bucket getter at wisconsin he was a second round pick by the jazz
35:48this season something's traded for him around the deadline
35:52now on a 10-day deal there's kobe brea who was maybe the best shooter in college basketball last season
35:57in kentucky
36:05here is ben gets to the hole the basket won't count though garza's called for the foul
36:10offensive fouls number 52 luka garza's first personal subs basketball
36:17it's pretty remarkable when you think about it this is the third game of the road trip
36:22every time the celtics have opened up enough of a lead where they can put in guys from the end
36:26of the
36:26match at the end of the game and they're going to be playing hard they expect them to play hard
36:31they've been sitting there waiting to get in finally got their opportunity it's a chance again i always
36:36say you auditioned for 29 other teams as well
36:41booye missed it common malawaj their 10th overall pick this year from duke got the offensive rebound and
36:47garza claims that one final three minutes here as the salts look to put the finishing touches on
36:55this one before heading to denver tomorrow night if they can win that game and then beat brooklyn friday
37:01they will join the all-important 40 20 club here is garza for three heats up in a hurry
37:09stay ready so you don't got to get ready you got to say
37:15stay ready for the celtics for the stay ready group for the celtics
37:17follow watch and one
37:28put the rookie from south sudan who spent most of his childhood in uganda at the line
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37:51you know a lot of times doing this time people just go out there they try to shoot but i
37:55like how
37:56we're still executing and running our stuff that's how you're supposed to play you're
37:59sharpening your what everything that you're going to be doing how you're playing
38:04don't just go out there and start jacking it up looking at the time on the clock like okay
38:08games don't rock it let's get my shot
38:10time j got fouled there
38:14you hear those chants i knew it was nothing yeah you called it let's go celtics chance
38:28final two minutes of regulation garza fires
38:34it's amazing to hear how the opposing team tries to drown them out
38:39sons went to the super loud defense chant i know right you can still hear the let's go celtics
38:45i want to say we were maybe we're in stack last year and they started saying let's go celtics let's
38:49go
38:49celtics and then they started playing the music extra loud yes you you know the guys in the back just
38:56pushing that that knob up that's what he doing right now is that loud music again
39:08trying dumb for three
39:18here comes band
39:19i mentioned the 40 20 club
39:23you want to be a contender for a championship most teams come from that group that won 40 games before
39:30they lost 20. pritchard finds garza another pick at top
39:35offensive rebound to pritchard
39:37only three teams in the league have hit that mark so far celtics are the only other team that can
39:42join
39:42the thunder piston spurs lake shot clock for pritchard
39:50loose ball foul it's going to stay here
39:58and coming up after the game it's postgame live presented by the new england for dealers
40:03it'll be another happy edition of postgame live as the seas
40:07will win their fourth straight and ninth in their last test
40:10what a stretch it's been for this team
40:14it all starts with the defense man i keep saying and keep harping on it i'm not going to stop
40:18harping on it and you got to think about the young guys that come in and give us minutes even
40:22if this
40:23four minutes five minutes they give us great minutes tanji
40:28rattles out cars of the offensive rebound model watch the block might have been on the way down but no
40:35the goal tending is gone get a rest ready to go
40:39model watch for three
40:44but was that duke team loaded or one cooper flag con can nipple this guy see on james all got
40:50drafted
40:51seemed like it was always low including this year back up to number one
40:57and loser ball the Celtics will hold it here get a well-deserved ovation from the substantial amount
41:07of Celtics fans in the house here in phoenix
41:19the defense has been sublime lately for joe mazula's team they stay perfect on this road trip they win
41:26their fourth in a row and ninth in their last ten
41:32second and third quarters for the separators right there their defense they ratchet it up their
41:37defense they started knocking down shots knocking down threes 24 assists they didn't get to that 25
41:44number but they got 24 assists and they took care of the basketball they held the sons to 31 combined
41:51points in the second and third quarters the road ahead is presented by planet fitness
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42:02up next the nuggets tomorrow night in denver back-to-back at altitude against nicola jokic that is
42:08going to be a tall task the celtics are rolling right now then friday at home
42:13against the brooklyn nets we'll see you for that one on nbc sports boston
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42:22new models are arriving weekly secure yours today to me is kato with a double double
42:26yeah kato was out there going to work i mean he was out working there big men he was getting
42:31his
42:31offensive rebounds he was getting boards and finishing at the rim setting great screens just
42:37playing great overall basketball up next for the celtics tomorrow against the nuggets our pre-half and
42:42post-game coverage starts at nine o'clock with pre-game live presented by td stream all our coverage on
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