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00:00:00I'm making shots.
00:00:00Just a matter of making shots.
00:00:01Yeah, you gotta make shots.
00:00:02So that'll be the question for 76ers in the second half.
00:00:06We'll see. Either way it goes.
00:00:07Right now, they lead the regular season series 2-1.
00:00:10Celtics trying to tie it up.
00:00:11That's one of the main shots by the Celtics.
00:00:1462-50 is their halftime lead.
00:00:17Shire wins.
00:00:17I'd like to celebrate some Tuesday.
00:00:20Rez.
00:00:23We're turning back the clock for the Spurs and Sixers
00:00:25on Tuesday with a special throwback night
00:00:27as we celebrate the iconic 90s and early 2000s
00:00:30era of NBA on NBC.
00:00:32Make sure you look out for the return of some special guests
00:00:34and, of course, plenty of flashbacks
00:00:36from deep way, way, way back in the vault.
00:00:39All right, let's check in with our friends
00:00:40from DraftKings Sportsbook.
00:00:41Here's a live same-game parlay
00:00:43featuring the two All-Stars in tonight's game.
00:00:46You can jump in in the action
00:00:47if you think Jalen Brown and Tyrese Maxey
00:00:49are gonna fill it up in the second half.
00:00:51You think they got it?
00:00:52Yeah, they got it.
00:00:53I think Maxey's gonna have a big half.
00:00:55Yeah?
00:00:55Think it's gonna stay aggressive?
00:00:56He's gonna mix one in.
00:00:57He better.
00:00:57He got 18 to tip something.
00:00:5818 more tips?
00:01:00Absolutely.
00:01:0118 more tips.
00:01:0118 more tips.
00:01:02We'll see you close, K.
00:01:05Give me a hug.
00:01:10Come on, come on.
00:01:12A little less conversation.
00:01:14A little less conversation.
00:01:15A little less conversation.
00:01:19Don't procrastinate.
00:01:21Just navigate.
00:01:22I can simply wait.
00:01:25What's the name?
00:01:28Satisfy me.
00:01:30Come on now.
00:01:31Satisfy me.
00:01:32Come together.
00:01:33Satisfy me.
00:01:39Back in the TD Garden in Boston.
00:01:41Time for the third quarter of Sunday Night Basketball here on NBC.
00:01:44The Celtics leading the Sixers 62-50.
00:01:49Mike Tirico, Jamal Crawford, Reggie Miller, Nora Stephenson.
00:01:53Our studio crew did not get enough airtime, so Vince decided to jump in.
00:01:57He saw Andre Drummond hitting those corner threes.
00:02:00Vince knocked down three in a row.
00:02:02You see his spin was timing when it went through the net.
00:02:05He was laughing and smiling at the same time.
00:02:07Like he just knew.
00:02:08Took half an hour and half an hour.
00:02:10Maybe we need a veterans division with a three-point shooting contest at All-Star Weekend next
00:02:16year in Phoenix.
00:02:18My money's on red, man.
00:02:19My money's on red.
00:02:20My money's on red.
00:02:21No, I've been dethroned because I got handed to today at Equinox.
00:02:28Oh, you did?
00:02:29Oh.
00:02:29You played today?
00:02:30I shot today.
00:02:32Excuse me a sec.
00:02:33I got out shot today at Equinox this morning.
00:02:37No, I don't believe it.
00:02:38Bye.
00:02:39Our own Zora Stephenson.
00:02:40No, she did not.
00:02:41She did not.
00:02:42She did not.
00:02:43She put on a clinic.
00:02:43You got to jump around.
00:02:45She put on a clinic versus me today.
00:02:47White for three.
00:02:49And the Celtics have opened a back-to-back threes after a terrible start shooting threes in
00:02:53this game.
00:02:55Terrific run.
00:02:56Zora, we give you the floor.
00:02:58We'll interview you now post-game since you've been put on the show.
00:03:01Reggie didn't mention that he didn't miss more than one in a row.
00:03:05Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:03:07Oh, Drummond almost his third three of the night.
00:03:09Could've bring the house down.
00:03:11Zora, what Nick Nurse tell you there at halftime?
00:03:13Well, he said the Sixers are just trying to manufacture some offense, right?
00:03:16He said, we've gotten good shots, we just haven't scored the ball.
00:03:19Tyrese Massey, four for 18 in that first half.
00:03:22He said, I hope he takes 18 more shots.
00:03:25I hope he makes more of them, though.
00:03:26And they need him, right?
00:03:28You know, without Embiid, and again, Joel Embiid with the injury be evaluated after three
00:03:33games.
00:03:34And he's just another in the series of adjustments.
00:03:37He breaks stepped out of bounds.
00:03:39With a strained right oblique this time.
00:03:44And Philly is getting the shots they want.
00:03:46You have to know at some point Maxie's gonna get in the rhythm where he hits three or four in
00:03:50a row.
00:03:55Boston, 39 and 20.
00:03:58As both teams play game 60 of the regular season.
00:04:02Drummond, the hands to joint Maxie on the takeaway, and Maxie's in the basket.
00:04:06See one going, maybe get him going.
00:04:09And that's how you have to score against Boston.
00:04:12Turn him over, which is very rare, very hard to do.
00:04:15And then get out in transition.
00:04:18Kane off the 16.12 rebound.
00:04:21First half.
00:04:22Rolls to the goal.
00:04:23Gonna pinch it.
00:04:25And hows it out.
00:04:26Pits the three.
00:04:27The Boston started two of twelve from deep.
00:04:30They are seventh of eleven since.
00:04:35See if Edge can use that drumming screen to get free.
00:04:38Three plus one.
00:04:41Derek White knew it right away.
00:04:42This young man plays with so much toughness.
00:04:48And Jamal, you and I, as we were getting ready to come on and they were warming up.
00:04:53Who was he warming up with before this game?
00:04:57To me, this is why VJ Edgecombe is a notch above and different than most rookies.
00:05:02Kyle Lowry.
00:05:03Kyle Lowry, yep.
00:05:03I mean, to have a Hall of Famer in waiting at your disposal and always, like, leaning on every word
00:05:11that comes out of Lowry's mouth.
00:05:13What a luxury to have when you're a 19, 20-year-old rookie.
00:05:16Well, he was warming up with Kyle Lowry and making his four-point play like Reggie Miller who used to
00:05:21be the old four-point play record holder.
00:05:23Yes.
00:05:23Until he broke it, Jamal.
00:05:25It's not about that right now.
00:05:26It's not about that right now.
00:05:27It's not about that right now.
00:05:28Give yourself kudos, man.
00:05:30I remember you coming over and saying, I'm sorry, dawg.
00:05:32Yeah.
00:05:32I had to do it.
00:05:34Reg.
00:05:35Reg taking hits here.
00:05:37Everard.
00:05:38At Equinox today.
00:05:39Foul here on Hauser.
00:05:41Jamal all-time on the three plus ones.
00:05:44Hauser the foul, so a couple free throws here as Philly tries to chip into this lead.
00:05:48I'd love to go back to Edgecombe, guys, at age 20.
00:05:51The number three overall pick in this draft out of Baylor.
00:05:54Born and raised in the Bahamas.
00:05:56One year at Baylor.
00:05:57He's the Big 12 freshman of the year.
00:05:59And in talking with Nick Nurse before the game, let's talk about how Edgecombe earned the trust right away.
00:06:04A couple days after the draft, what did he say?
00:06:06Hey, maybe try to work on your shot.
00:06:08We noticed this.
00:06:09And then what happened?
00:06:10He canceled trips the rest of the way.
00:06:12He did whatever was needed to perfect what the coaching staff wanted for him.
00:06:16And that's a level of trust, a level of maturity, and that's why he's going to be a star.
00:06:19He has a level of focus that young players don't usually have when they come into the league.
00:06:24His demeanor fits that.
00:06:25And he has his teammates' trust as well.
00:06:27Eight straight now.
00:06:29Four of the Sixers.
00:06:30Maxie gets a couple at the line.
00:06:32Edgecombe fighting around that brown screen.
00:06:34Look at that.
00:06:35And takes it away.
00:06:36Three on three.
00:06:37Basketbound.
00:06:38V.J.
00:06:39Didn't finish.
00:06:41Fighting Houser's got it.
00:06:43Sees come back the other way.
00:06:45Jalen Brown.
00:06:46Going to drop contact.
00:06:48Gets no call.
00:06:49But he does to the outside.
00:06:52Problem with crew chief.
00:06:54Nick Booker.
00:06:58Dominic Barlow with the call.
00:07:00And Barlow's upset because he felt that he was fouled on the potential putback on that miss by Edgecombe.
00:07:10He felt that this was just incidental contact versus Jalen Brown.
00:07:15On Barlow his third.
00:07:16Crew chief has the ability to call all the way across the floor and make a call from the other
00:07:22side.
00:07:22Booker does there.
00:07:23Shireman missed the three.
00:07:24Got another one.
00:07:26Missed that one too.
00:07:28Shireman is not shy.
00:07:30No.
00:07:30In terms of getting that ball up on the rim.
00:07:33If you're starting to see these Sixers' guards more aggressive get to the basket.
00:07:37Matching leaves that one short.
00:07:38But him and Edgecombe are trying to bring some positive energy to get them back in the game.
00:07:42Kaden says, let me re-assume my position.
00:07:47It is my night.
00:07:50It absolutely is.
00:07:52He has been the most impressive player so far.
00:07:58One shy of his career high.
00:07:59Edgecombe challenged by White.
00:08:01No call, clean block rule.
00:08:05White fans out.
00:08:07Using Kaden's screen.
00:08:09Nope.
00:08:12It's Shireman.
00:08:13Put it on the deck.
00:08:14Got two.
00:08:16Timeout Philly.
00:08:18Shireman with their White.
00:08:20The Sixers edge back in it.
00:08:21Back to back hoops by Boston.
00:08:23They're back up to their halftime edge of 12.
00:08:27You buy progressive protection that gives you home court advantage.
00:08:31And by Xfinity.
00:08:33Crowd partner of the NBA.
00:08:35You look through the years.
00:08:36Some of the great Celtic Sixer matchups over the years.
00:08:41Including a record 22 playoff series.
00:08:45Boston winning most of them.
00:08:4615-7.
00:08:48On the way to hang some of those banners.
00:08:50Including a series win in 1981.
00:08:52And then the Celtics went on to win the finals.
00:08:54And Cedric Maxwell was the MVP of those NBA finals.
00:08:59He was honored before the game here.
00:09:01There with the great Sean Grady.
00:09:02The terrific tandem we call the Celtics games on the radio.
00:09:06So great to see the standing ovation that Cedric got.
00:09:09Just one of the many big names over the years that have been part of the Sixers against the Celtics.
00:09:15Drummond inside.
00:09:16Fouled by Keita.
00:09:17And he'll come to the line.
00:09:24Of course the Celtics have been here since the beginning.
00:09:27The Sixers moved.
00:09:29And these teams have been in the same division since 1949.
00:09:32But that division was Boston and the Syracuse Nationals.
00:09:35Syracuse Nats.
00:09:36The team that eventually turned into the Philadelphia 76ers.
00:09:4263.
00:09:42Back to the day.
00:09:44Brings back instant memories, doesn't it?
00:09:46Oh, I remember being in my dorm room at UCLA watching.
00:09:49It was great.
00:09:5180s rivalry.
00:09:53And look.
00:09:54No one got ejected.
00:09:56No one got.
00:09:57You want to see some more of that red?
00:09:59What's that?
00:10:00You want to see some more of that red?
00:10:01I want to see what.
00:10:02We've been seeing some of that recently.
00:10:04The last two or three weeks of the United game.
00:10:07Imagine if you re-officiated some of those games in the 80s.
00:10:10How often they weren't upgraded to a flagrant to be used.
00:10:13Yeah.
00:10:14It's from Houser.
00:10:15Better block Edgecombe.
00:10:16It's kept alive Boston.
00:10:17Five to shoot.
00:10:19Ironman triple.
00:10:21But you've got to come up with a play.
00:10:24After the huge block by B.J.
00:10:27You're not able to secure the rebound which leads to a three.
00:10:30Maxey.
00:10:30Maxey got it going.
00:10:31Gets to the elbow there.
00:10:33Now it's down two.
00:10:34He's got 19.
00:10:35Six in the quarter.
00:10:36But even with a score like Maxey.
00:10:38That's why the mid range is still so important.
00:10:40He doesn't have it going from three.
00:10:41He's been getting to the basket.
00:10:43But that mid range can help get in the room.
00:10:45Houser knows Shireman trying to go weak side to keep it alive.
00:10:48He's going to be the other way.
00:10:49See if the Sixers can get it down to eight or seven.
00:10:53Here in the next couple of trips just keep this game close enough.
00:10:57The lead other scores than their two guards.
00:11:00Kelly Oubry Jr.
00:11:01Tries to do that.
00:11:03Houser the boy.
00:11:08Something's played tomorrow night in Milwaukee.
00:11:10They're going the other way.
00:11:12Marlowe's it up.
00:11:14Dominic.
00:11:15Marlowe.
00:11:16Now has not.
00:11:18Right at his average.
00:11:20And you know he's been the guy that's been plugged in because of the Paul George absence
00:11:25to suspension.
00:11:26A three there by Vucevic.
00:11:30Marlowe.
00:11:30Great minutes in that starting role.
00:11:3415 years in the league.
00:11:36Hasn't seen a lot of the playoffs.
00:11:37Was a rookie with the Sixers.
00:11:39Was their 16th overall pick in 2011.
00:11:42White and the Celtics have numbers.
00:11:45Brown couldn't get space.
00:11:47Free from Edgewood.
00:11:50New brain lurking with a double.
00:11:52White's three.
00:11:56That three right there was generated because White pushed the ball through to a spot.
00:12:01He got to a post up position where he had a matchup.
00:12:03They had to help.
00:12:04He threw the double team.
00:12:05He made the play.
00:12:07Seven assists for Brown on the evening.
00:12:11Barlow and Hauser.
00:12:12A little body contact.
00:12:13And the finish by Barlow.
00:12:16Hauser took the worst of it.
00:12:1812-12 was on the number 30.
00:12:21Right there the double team by Brown.
00:12:24Gets it around.
00:12:25He encourages the double team now because he knows he can find open teammates.
00:12:31Playing through contact right there for Barlow.
00:12:34Double figures now.
00:12:36Headed to the free throw line.
00:12:37Two guys checking in out for both teams.
00:12:39Peyton Pritchard.
00:12:40Guseig in the first half.
00:12:41They need his offensive production.
00:12:43Seven out of ten games he's averaged.
00:12:4622 plus games coming off the bench.
00:12:48And Quinton Grimes.
00:12:49Guseig.
00:12:50Yeah.
00:12:51For the Sixers.
00:12:52Another guy expected for his offense off the bench.
00:12:56The pitchers only taking one shot.
00:12:57That's the thing.
00:12:58They've done a good job on him.
00:12:59He has to be more aggressive as well.
00:13:01They've also got a tiger stripe with a scratch.
00:13:05It crosses back.
00:13:06Klucevic for back-to-back triples.
00:13:09Rebound by Barlow.
00:13:11In double digits now with 11.
00:13:14Averaging eight a game.
00:13:15Edge come a triple.
00:13:17Knocked it down.
00:13:18What a game.
00:13:19Remember.
00:13:19First game of the year.
00:13:21First game of his career.
00:13:22We're high 34 here in this building in the big win opening night.
00:13:27This next foul on Boston is Philly's in the bonus.
00:13:33The ground's drawn to.
00:13:34Bono is a body underneath.
00:13:36No call.
00:13:36Hit ahead.
00:13:37Maxey chase down.
00:13:38Great couldn't get him.
00:13:40They want the hit on the head too.
00:13:41He'll get the basket and the timeout will be taken here by Boston.
00:13:46Celtics looking for the foul on the other end.
00:13:52Maxey complaining about getting hit in the head.
00:13:54It's that time of year everybody's looking for a call.
00:13:58Sixers trying to climb back in.
00:14:00Down eight.
00:14:02A game seven usually provokes a lot of anxiety on both sides.
00:14:06We're going to win game seven.
00:14:07Well it's not quite Babe Ruth calling his shot.
00:14:10Or Joe Namath guaranteeing a win in Super Bowl three.
00:14:13But when the question was put to him directly Michael said sure we're home.
00:14:16We're the champs.
00:14:17We'll win.
00:14:18Isaiah Thomas is here.
00:14:20So too is Doug Collins.
00:14:21A Bulls win may be likely.
00:14:23But what's likely doesn't always happen in sports.
00:14:25What time is it?
00:14:27Game time.
00:14:27Woo!
00:14:29Well Bob Costas at the microphone.
00:14:31And Bob will be with us Tuesday night as he calls the Spurs and Sixers game that we'll have for
00:14:37you here on NBC.
00:14:38And Peacock a throwback night.
00:14:41Jalen Brown gets two.
00:14:43Big at 82-72.
00:14:44He'd bring out the old graphics too for NBA Coast to Coast Tuesday.
00:14:48The Spurs and Sixers.
00:14:50The coverage will be a big game today.
00:14:53And the stars are today.
00:14:54But the voices will bring you back to the earlier NBA on NBC era.
00:14:59Czar Mike Portillo and Doug joining Bob McCall.
00:15:02Edgecombe missing on the three here.
00:15:04And Hannah Storm.
00:15:05Borrow Hannah back from ESPN to join us and lead the studio crew.
00:15:10They'll get started on Peacock at 7 Eastern time.
00:15:13Be with you at the half as well.
00:15:15Mike, if you could have felt Regis' energy when they were saying Michael was going to guarantee that win.
00:15:20Regis dropped his head and started shaking.
00:15:22And PTSD is a real thing.
00:15:24You know, I barely noticed that they picked Bob's game of both paces.
00:15:30Out of all the archives that we have here at NBC, we are going to pick that moment.
00:15:36There were so many other games that featured Bob Costas and Doug Collins and Mike Portillo.
00:15:42But they're going to pull out games that just the torch removed it.
00:15:46It was a unanimous vote by the rest of us.
00:15:48Here is Brian.
00:15:49They're going to call a foul back here.
00:15:51They're going to call a blocking foul on Hugo Gonzales.
00:15:54The contact with Barlow on the other side of midcourt.
00:15:57Hugo Gonzales is under 28.
00:15:58Hugo Gonzales is his first.
00:16:00Team limit.
00:16:01First on Gonzales.
00:16:02Team limit.
00:16:02Free throw's coming.
00:16:08Hugo Gonzales...
00:16:10Reacts much like the 19,000 here at the Garden.
00:16:13By Barlow at the line.
00:16:153-2.
00:16:21To Boston over the limit.
00:16:22Barlow to the line.
00:16:24To try to cut into the 10-point lead.
00:16:32Watch Jalen Brown talking to Peyton Pritchard and showing him like, no, you can't do that.
00:16:38You got to do this.
00:16:39That's part of the leadership that we don't always hear about.
00:16:42And that's his growth area.
00:16:43Look, they're having some discussion.
00:16:44It's healthy discussion.
00:16:45But that's his leadership.
00:16:47And that's where he's grown.
00:16:48And that's what's needed for this team right now.
00:16:50Yeah.
00:16:50Great pick-up.
00:16:52Peyton Pritchard has to get going.
00:16:54I mean, he knows what he needs to.
00:16:56He's the second leading scorer on this team coming off the bench.
00:16:59And he has been playing great over the last month.
00:17:04But tonight, get the Sixers a lot of credit.
00:17:06Bottling him up.
00:17:10Grimes defensively.
00:17:12The conversation leads to this.
00:17:14So, Buttigieg, Buttigieg's three is off.
00:17:17Gonzalez chases down.
00:17:20Brown on the attack.
00:17:22At our angle, you can see Jalen Brown's eyes.
00:17:25They were as big as basketballs.
00:17:27Look at the Pritchard.
00:17:28Get me the ball.
00:17:29Get me the ball.
00:17:32Barlow having a nice quarter.
00:17:34And a foul called.
00:17:35More free throws coming.
00:17:37Did somebody grab the rim?
00:17:40The Sixers won the go-to.
00:17:46First on Walsh.
00:17:48That's the ground.
00:17:50Attacking the basket.
00:17:51Pump fake.
00:17:52Two feet.
00:17:53Fundamental slowed the game down for him.
00:17:55Allowed to get the space for the shot.
00:17:57So, guys, we started tonight talking about Tatum.
00:18:00Here's the rim grab.
00:18:02This is after the foul was called.
00:18:04It was Bona who grabbed the rim.
00:18:05Whistle had already blown.
00:18:06But we talked about Tatum and on that return to play pace off the Achilles.
00:18:12Hope you saw in Basketball Night in America the feature.
00:18:15Jason Tatum with the cameras following him.
00:18:18Through the surgery and the process.
00:18:20Happened that surgery within 24 hours.
00:18:22There's another piece of that five-part series.
00:18:24More to come after the game time permitting.
00:18:26As we go through the next few weeks.
00:18:28It's fascinating to go through that rehab journey with Tatum.
00:18:32But now is the question.
00:18:34Here as we enter the final quarter of the season.
00:18:36Will Jalen Brown have Jason Tatum as a teammate on the floor.
00:18:39Down the stretch.
00:18:41Brown says too small.
00:18:44Gets up to 22 points.
00:18:45�PN MD takes a three points.
00:18:48Gets up to 80 points.
00:18:4824 points.
00:18:54Gets up to 20 points.
00:18:55Go to 30 points.
00:19:02That's real цвет points.
00:19:02Gets down to 16 points.
00:19:07RG or Safes or Fabric Hall?
00:19:08Go to the rebrand.
00:19:10I'm going to say the same point for Ben hmmmm.
00:19:10So in the qualifying賤,
00:19:12player willud veal.
00:19:15when you get to the playoffs, foul on Barlow on the outside.
00:19:18And just to give him a certain peace of mind
00:19:21if he were to potentially come back
00:19:23to know that he's good, getting action
00:19:25to get thrown to that kind of fire.
00:19:28Well, I'd hate to be that man right there, Joe Mazzulla.
00:19:30Right now, we talked about in the open,
00:19:32there's a balance and synergy between the starters and the bench.
00:19:35Everyone knows the rotation, minutes.
00:19:38Now you're going to add an all-NBA first teamer to the mix.
00:19:43Does that mess up the chemistry a little bit?
00:19:46I think Tatum is a plug-and-play guy.
00:19:50I don't care. I take his five minutes on this team.
00:19:54Late plug here. Good screen.
00:19:56Brown to the basket.
00:19:57Bona knocked it away.
00:20:00Six-tenths of a second stays down here.
00:20:02Talk about beating up a basketball.
00:20:05Damn Bona, look at this.
00:20:07Give me all of this.
00:20:11The Celtics want it as a goaltend or the ball hit the rim.
00:20:16They get neither.
00:20:17Six-tenths to trigger.
00:20:19Brown to Vucevic.
00:20:21Nope, but Brown gets the rebound.
00:20:23Another offensive rebound, an opportunity here for Boston.
00:20:28And he's 13.
00:20:29Offensive rebounds.
00:20:31Pritchard to try to find the basket here.
00:20:34Gonzalez almost got it.
00:20:36Maxey on the hit, that grinds, launch, triple.
00:20:40Six-point game.
00:20:43You can feel it.
00:20:44Philly is playing with a different energy.
00:20:46You see Maxey's pace.
00:20:47He's in rhythm now.
00:20:48He doesn't remember that he was struggling in the first half.
00:20:50He is igniting his team, getting baskets, getting his teammates baskets.
00:20:55Philly down six.
00:20:56Natalie Sago thought something wrong with the clock.
00:20:59Reset properly.
00:21:01That's a 12-point halftime lead has been halved by Philadelphia.
00:21:07Pritchard and Vucevic playing a two-man game.
00:21:10Brown joins.
00:21:16Jalen on his own.
00:21:18Short, but he got the ball.
00:21:25Pritchard trying to get in close.
00:21:27Walt, Walt.
00:21:30Rattles it in.
00:21:32Walt.
00:21:34I thought that three right there Pritchard was going to shoot.
00:21:36He two.
00:21:37I thought that's the one that you have to shoot when you're this good of a score.
00:21:41He's not shooting bad.
00:21:42He's just not shooting enough right here.
00:21:44He's not aggressive at all.
00:21:46Those 14 offensive rebounds have led to a plus 14 second chance points.
00:21:51End of the quarter.
00:21:52Maxey!
00:21:53Oh, man, a three.
00:21:55All right, Pritchard time.
00:21:562.2 left.
00:21:57All the sixes bench yell and get on 11.
00:22:01Brown's going to throw at the length of the floor.
00:22:03Be careful.
00:22:04That's out of bounds.
00:22:04And inbounded down here now.
00:22:06No one touched it.
00:22:06That's a big mistake.
00:22:08That's huge.
00:22:10And that's a lot of time for a catch and shoot.
00:22:12A catch and a dribble for Maxey.
00:22:14Maxey, this is a lot of time with a three here.
00:22:20And again, go back, Reg, to what Joe Mazzullo told this pregame.
00:22:23Maxey at the end of quarters.
00:22:24Yes, yes.
00:22:25In their first three meetings hurt them a lot.
00:22:27So he gets a three.
00:22:28Now he's going to get another chance here.
00:22:30They'll bring in Drummond for Bona.
00:22:33And watch this little screen here.
00:22:35And Drummond, he's already made two threes tonight.
00:22:38Don't be surprised here.
00:22:402.2 to go.
00:22:44Maxey to trigger.
00:22:45Got to get it in.
00:22:47Back towards Drummond.
00:22:48He's got it.
00:22:49Drummond's got to shoot the three.
00:22:51Off the rim.
00:22:52It's the third quarter.
00:22:53Comes to an end.
00:22:57Filly outscores Boston by six.
00:23:00After three.
00:23:02Here in the Garden of Boston.
00:23:04Celtics 89.
00:23:05Sixers 83.
00:23:07You're watching Sunday Night Basketball presented by Xfinity.
00:23:13Brought to you by Hyundai.
00:23:16The backcourt.
00:23:18Tyrese Maxey.
00:23:19Jalen Brown.
00:23:20Top five scorers in the league.
00:23:21Doing what they do.
00:23:2326 for Maxey.
00:23:2424 for Brown.
00:23:26So they're both proficient in the third.
00:23:29As Philly, one of the poorest, the poorest, third quarter scoring team in the league.
00:23:34Put up 33.
00:23:35Six above their average.
00:23:36To make this a game.
00:23:38Boston 89.
00:23:39Philly 83 as we begin the fourth.
00:23:41Jamal Crawford, Reggie Miller, and Zora Stevenson.
00:23:44Mike Tirico.
00:23:45Sunday Night Basketball here in Boston.
00:23:48This has to be Peyton Pritcheton.
00:23:50He has to be aggressive.
00:23:51He hasn't scored yet.
00:23:53White's been good for...
00:23:54And he's got another one.
00:23:56I mean, that was a logo three there for Derek White.
00:24:0021 on the evenings.
00:24:02Five of eight from downtown for White.
00:24:0626-footer there for a guy who's shooting pretend has dipped this year,
00:24:11but showing signs of coming out of it.
00:24:13Maxey staying hot.
00:24:15Talk about showing signs.
00:24:17That was a great play, though.
00:24:18You see how they got him around on some misdirection,
00:24:21miscommunication by the Celtics because Maxey over three.
00:24:25Maxey had 13 in the third.
00:24:28It's going quick here in the fourth.
00:24:32I'm giving Pritchard no room.
00:24:33But you've been trying to help.
00:24:34He's hit a couple of threes.
00:24:37This is that one.
00:24:38Maxey's got it.
00:24:39It's got to be a heat check time right now for Maxey.
00:24:41Oh, you don't have to tell me twice, Pritchard.
00:24:43I'll be check anywhere.
00:24:53Not as hot.
00:24:54White back the other way.
00:24:57How's around the pitch?
00:24:58Pritchard out of the corner.
00:25:00Deep corner.
00:25:01Shired it.
00:25:02Tough angle.
00:25:03How good to pitch.
00:25:05Almost volleyball to back in.
00:25:10It's an intriguing piece, guys.
00:25:12Kane is playing terrific in that first half.
00:25:14Only two points in the second half.
00:25:1518 for the game.
00:25:16But Edgecombe off the screen for three.
00:25:21That's why we love these guards.
00:25:22They carry this team at times.
00:25:2649 combined between those guards.
00:25:28Ezcombe and Maxey.
00:25:30And they are 9 for 17 combined from three.
00:25:34Again, that's the services of Joel Embiid.
00:25:41Go to lifted high as Pritchard comes out.
00:25:44White again.
00:25:45At that time, the rebound from Grimes.
00:25:48And here come the Sixers.
00:25:49Chance to make this a one-possession game.
00:25:51Spinning and twirling.
00:25:52And a foul called on the end of that spin.
00:25:55And Grimes a little dinged.
00:25:58As White is called for his fourth.
00:26:01Watch the misdirection.
00:26:02And it goes to the post.
00:26:04Maxey comes around that hook screen right there.
00:26:06No communication.
00:26:08They can only watch.
00:26:10And then the other screen from Edgecombe.
00:26:12Two dribble left pull-up.
00:26:13That's what he's working on, Reg.
00:26:14To your point with Kyle Lowry before the game.
00:26:16Those one and two dribble.
00:26:17Three-point shots.
00:26:19Foul made it pass.
00:26:20Foul's on the pass.
00:26:22Maxey and Edgecombe.
00:26:23Foul made it pass.
00:26:25Must score duo for the Sixers to be successful.
00:26:28Stay out to start the fourth.
00:26:30Grimes.
00:26:31Hauser falters it.
00:26:33As he went up for the block from behind.
00:26:40Shire and Swain.
00:26:42Hauser put it on the deck.
00:26:43Got two.
00:26:45That close out there by Quinton Dryas.
00:26:48I know you're trying to run Hauser off the three-point line,
00:26:51but you just don't run right by him.
00:26:52No, that was a tough shot.
00:26:53He may look easy, though.
00:26:54That was a touch.
00:26:56Great touch on that shot.
00:26:59Bona looking for somebody.
00:27:01I've got a dribble handoff if you want it.
00:27:04Trying to watch for a chicken.
00:27:08Bona inside in trouble.
00:27:12Vujovic standing tall.
00:27:14Puts him down there digging as well.
00:27:18Three for three, Vuj.
00:27:23Can Vuj be that piece that Al Horford was when he came here with the same type of effect?
00:27:30I think he does everything Al Horford does.
00:27:32I think Horford was a better defender than Vujovic.
00:27:36It's numbers busted.
00:27:39Timeout coming if they get a hoop here.
00:27:42White.
00:27:43Good recovery defense by Philly.
00:27:46Sure was.
00:27:47Really good.
00:27:48Foul.
00:27:49As Vujovic was diving into the basket.
00:27:52Thought there was no chance that Boston wasn't going to score on that trip.
00:27:56And your trails can big.
00:27:58And they can shoot the basketball like that.
00:28:00What a weapon it is for the Celtics.
00:28:04Big time trade.
00:28:06Bringing in the Vujovic.
00:28:09Guy who can play with his back to the basket.
00:28:11Good hands.
00:28:12Can pass the basketball.
00:28:14You talked about the Al Horford comparison.
00:28:18Now you've got two bigs that are very serviceable and different on this Boston team.
00:28:24And matchup depending.
00:28:26That impacts the season.
00:28:28This is going to go out of bounds.
00:28:29Off of Boston.
00:28:31Andre Drummond got the worst of that with his ankle in the way.
00:28:35Getting that 32-year-old body.
00:28:41Limber it up after White fell off.
00:28:45Time out here for Boston.
00:28:497-54.
00:28:50Remaining in regulation.
00:28:5210 points.
00:28:53Celtics lead.
00:28:56Akira, if you were not with us earlier, it was Namesh Kata.
00:28:59Quantum Kata.
00:29:01Wow.
00:29:02Tyler Durrell and our graphics team on fire with that one.
00:29:04It's great.
00:29:05It was a Boston three-party after a poor shooting first quarter for the Celtics as usual.
00:29:10And Vijay Edge from the Rook doing it again.
00:29:1216th, 20-point-plus game.
00:29:15Third most amongst rookies.
00:29:17Some of how we've gotten to a 10-point Boston lead.
00:29:19And as we went to break, it was a Celtics challenge.
00:29:23It was last touched by Drummond to a successful challenge.
00:29:27Ball belongs to Boston.
00:29:28How's it missed the three?
00:29:30And the Sixers have possession.
00:29:31And then.
00:29:32And Joe Pizzou would play a little game with Captain Mouse right there.
00:29:35He had Paige Pritchard standing right at half court just to take away that 10-point.
00:29:42Shireman deflection.
00:29:44Stays with Philly.
00:29:4513 to shoot.
00:29:46Shireman's been great defensively.
00:29:48All game long.
00:29:50Deflection.
00:29:51Steals.
00:29:52Moving his feet.
00:29:54Positioning.
00:29:57Back to a cut.
00:30:00Edgecombe.
00:30:00Vijay Edgecombe.
00:30:0222 now for Vijay.
00:30:08Man born and raised in the Bahamas.
00:30:14Pression just trying to find something offensively in the Sixers.
00:30:18He's done a great job taking them away tonight.
00:30:20White too deep.
00:30:22Stays down here.
00:30:23Got a break.
00:30:23Off the Sixers leg last.
00:30:27Balls in.
00:30:28Touches the rim.
00:30:29Number seven.
00:30:29Jalen Brown back in Chile.
00:30:33Replace in Sam Hoser.
00:30:36Good call.
00:30:37But that's the one that Coach Schoenner can have on tape.
00:30:39Saying we got to finish plays.
00:30:40We got to finish possessions.
00:30:41We can't take for granted.
00:30:43We're just going to get the rebound.
00:30:45Buffer ball in there.
00:30:47He's bouncing off of legs.
00:30:49White.
00:30:49Gates.
00:30:50Beat the clock.
00:30:51Didn't make the shot.
00:30:52Tapped back out by Vujovic to keep the triple on.
00:30:56Reset clock down to 10.
00:30:57There's Pritchard.
00:31:01Knocked away.
00:31:02That clock's down to four.
00:31:03From deep.
00:31:08Sixers within eight.
00:31:13Kelly Oubre.
00:31:14No Trey.
00:31:16No Trey.
00:31:21No Trey.
00:31:25No contact.
00:31:26No Trey.
00:31:26No Trey.
00:31:30No Trey.
00:31:44It's certain matchups.
00:31:45Certain nights.
00:31:46Who are brown.
00:31:47And Vujovic gives you another offensive option on the floor.
00:31:50He gives you space as well.
00:31:52So if he's making shots.
00:31:55Like that, right?
00:31:56He's going to give you space.
00:31:57He's going to set the pick.
00:31:58And you're going to stay a little closer with him.
00:31:59It gets brown the space he needs to make shots.
00:32:02So to your point, Mike, he can absolutely be a finishing piece.
00:32:07Max is so, so smooth.
00:32:09He loves watching him on a regular basis.
00:32:1231 now for Max.
00:32:13Yeah, he's starting to click right now.
00:32:14He's found his rhythm from the offensive line.
00:32:17Yeah, but he did it to get layups and pre-throws.
00:32:19And he just weathered the storm.
00:32:23It was that same rhythm driven.
00:32:25Yeah, right.
00:32:26Pritchard thought about stepping into one.
00:32:28Shireman corner.
00:32:29Short on the three.
00:32:31Rebound by Drummond for Philadelphia.
00:32:33Passed halfway in this nine-point game.
00:32:36A little drag action with Drummond up here.
00:32:39And Maxey.
00:32:41Trying to Drummond contact.
00:32:43He's going to go the other way.
00:32:44He's on the floor.
00:32:45Foul.
00:32:45Foul on Shireman.
00:32:48And, Reg, you brought up a great point.
00:32:50You said Drummond's reinvented his game.
00:32:53And right there, getting Maxey open.
00:32:56He's reinvented himself.
00:32:57He was a star player.
00:32:58He has a clip out there.
00:32:59He was talking to young kids saying,
00:33:01Hey, I could have made $100 million,
00:33:02but I would have been buying in my role.
00:33:04I'm buying in my role now and reinvent what I'm doing.
00:33:07The numbers for Maxey.
00:33:0911-29 from the field.
00:33:11He's got 31.
00:33:12Trying to keep Philadelphia in this one on the road.
00:33:18Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
00:33:20Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe.
00:33:22Match made in comedy heaven.
00:33:23Fall and rise of Reggie Dinkins.
00:33:25New tomorrow on NBC and Peacock.
00:33:29We'll see Tracy probably in a couple of weeks, guys.
00:33:31Well, Sunday Night Basketball at the Garden.
00:33:33Warriors in MSG.
00:33:35Next week, we're in San Antonio.
00:33:36See Houston take on the Spurs.
00:33:39As we've got Sunday nights the rest of the way.
00:33:44We get closer to the playoffs here.
00:33:46Final quarter of the season beginning.
00:33:49Go to the 18th.
00:33:50Edgecombe's shot.
00:33:51Out of bounds.
00:33:52It's out of bounds to Boston.
00:33:55V.J. trying to claim he's touched.
00:34:01To no avail.
00:34:02The backcourt of Edgecombe and Maxey.
00:34:0553 of the Philly.
00:34:0793 here tonight.
00:34:09Look at our head from fights over that screen.
00:34:12That's something you don't usually pick up with.
00:34:14You learn the tricks of the trade.
00:34:15You're two or three.
00:34:16You learn that Cata's going to knock you down.
00:34:19Oubre gave Cata a knock as well.
00:34:21And the foul is called on Kelly.
00:34:25Taking care of his rook.
00:34:27Let's see.
00:34:28We're going to get.
00:34:28We're getting here.
00:34:29Woo!
00:34:30That's laying some wood right there.
00:34:32You're Cata on the rook.
00:34:34Oh, and Oubre says, I got my brothers back.
00:34:38And a little words being exchanged here.
00:34:40Nick Bookert right in the middle of it.
00:34:42We're going to take a look at it.
00:34:43Yeah, send everybody back and get the replay center involved on that one.
00:34:48Common foul.
00:34:49But they'll probably call a tech.
00:34:51Because Oubre came over and kind of pushed him in the back.
00:34:57So Nick Bookert will check in with the replay center in Shekakis.
00:35:01Here's the good screen by Cata.
00:35:04And then the check foul there by Oubre Jr.
00:35:07The last play on the court is at the review for a possible flagrant foul.
00:35:11We'll see if that will be upgraded on Oubre.
00:35:14In today's game, he'll get a flagrant one.
00:35:18You say that with such resignation, Reg.
00:35:21That was a common check foul.
00:35:24I'm just saying.
00:35:25That's what you're supposed to do.
00:35:27A big man is rolling down to the middle.
00:35:30You check him and get back to your man.
00:35:33And any little extra emphasis because of the hard screen up here on his rookie?
00:35:38Yep.
00:35:38He saw him go to the ground.
00:35:40No call.
00:35:42Check.
00:35:42Get back to mine.
00:35:44It's a foul.
00:35:45I'm not saying it's not a foul.
00:35:46It's a foul.
00:35:47But I don't know if it rises to a flagrant one.
00:35:50No, that shouldn't be a flagrant one.
00:35:51It will be, though.
00:35:53You think so?
00:35:53Yeah.
00:35:54It sounds so miserable about it.
00:35:57No, it won't.
00:35:58Okay, watch.
00:35:59Let's listen here as you look at the rules.
00:36:01Here's Nick.
00:36:01The call on the floor is upgraded to a flagrant foul penalty one as the contact to the back
00:36:05is unnecessary.
00:36:07The wind-up and impact into the back.
00:36:09I can't hear you, Jamal.
00:36:10The flagrant foul will shoot two free throws for Cato.
00:36:11Is his microphone working?
00:36:12It'll be Boston's ball on the sideline with 24 on the shot clock.
00:36:15Reggie, that's Nick Bookert's moment.
00:36:18I know it's not Bill Kennedy level of explanation of the upgrade, but Nick Bookert, the 15-year veteran
00:36:25in the league for Chiefs here tonight came to the reason.
00:36:29Again, I've been kissed harder than that.
00:36:32Now, look at Kelly O'Brien.
00:36:34Kelly O'Brien said to Cato, my back.
00:36:37I actually like that.
00:36:38He walked up to him and said, my back.
00:36:39Yeah, I like that because the 11-year vet took care of his rookie.
00:36:41Yes, he did.
00:36:42That's what I love about him.
00:36:43He did.
00:36:43Right?
00:36:44And his rookie knows he has his back.
00:36:49So Cato will come to the lines with a quiet second half.
00:36:53This is the first free throw of the second half for the Celtics.
00:36:57And Cato, a 69% shooter.
00:37:00So right now, he has matched his career high.
00:37:04We're going for the record right here.
00:37:06He's happy.
00:37:06Hold on.
00:37:07Hold on.
00:37:09Why?
00:37:09Why?
00:37:10He got five minutes left.
00:37:11Did I do it to him?
00:37:12I did it to him, right?
00:37:14There's no reason to go there.
00:37:16Red, you did it.
00:37:16See, Red, I'm sitting right here on 19.
00:37:19I'm going to wait for it to go in and say, there is his career high.
00:37:22Oh, my goodness.
00:37:23I did it to him.
00:37:24Why?
00:37:27Ten-point game.
00:37:28Five-10 to go.
00:37:33Fritchard turns the corner.
00:37:34That's not his night.
00:37:36Good tee there, Vibrams.
00:37:38That was off Fritchard's leg.
00:37:40That was off Fritchard's leg.
00:37:41Natalie Sago's coming in to tell Ray Acosta,
00:37:44no, I had that off of Fritchard's leg.
00:37:47And the call is corrected.
00:37:48Good job by Natalie.
00:37:56Let's see what Edgecombe and Maxie, as they are known,
00:38:00VJ Max in Philadelphia.
00:38:03I like the name.
00:38:04I mean, too.
00:38:06Combination to the backcourt.
00:38:12That's a good five to shoot.
00:38:14Grinds out of the corner.
00:38:15Dancing.
00:38:16Shoot.
00:38:17Making two.
00:38:18Ooh.
00:38:19Toe on the tape.
00:38:19It's two, but a nice one.
00:38:21He got to his rhythm.
00:38:23Go back right.
00:38:24Danked it to his left.
00:38:26Nice little, very shot.
00:38:34Ground, discard it.
00:38:35It's good.
00:38:36He finally got one.
00:38:36The rook finally got one.
00:38:38He got one.
00:38:39But he was talking through that timeout,
00:38:41talking to the rest about the first one he thought he should have got,
00:38:44but he didn't get.
00:38:49Sometimes you got to play the role.
00:38:51That's how you played it perfectly.
00:38:53That's how you were acting in that commercial.
00:38:54You saw that throwback commercial.
00:38:56I'm the cool cat.
00:38:58The cool cat.
00:38:58Cool cat.
00:38:59103.95.
00:39:00Boston by 8.
00:39:014.18 to go.
00:39:03Maxie.
00:39:03Oh, it's a beautiful change in direction to get to the basket to make it.
00:39:07103.97.
00:39:09Austin's messing with fires tomorrow right now.
00:39:11Because they are.
00:39:13There are two guys who have it going.
00:39:16And it's a two-possession game here.
00:39:18You can't think about it.
00:39:19Pushing's knife in the game.
00:39:20They took him out.
00:39:21He's winning a closer.
00:39:25Joyce.
00:39:27He's up the dribble.
00:39:28Five to sheath.
00:39:28Oubre on Brown.
00:39:31Jalen.
00:39:33Rebound.
00:39:34Drummond all over it.
00:39:37All right, it's good and roll.
00:39:38Let Maxie dance up top for a three.
00:39:41One left.
00:39:42Take three.
00:39:45Edgkamp hustling into the second row.
00:39:48Diving into the second row.
00:39:51And just two steeds away from us.
00:39:54Tremendous job.
00:39:55One by Edgkamp to go.
00:39:57Into the stands.
00:39:58And thank God he jumped into a Philly.
00:40:00Six and six.
00:40:01Yeah.
00:40:02With his Philly's jersey.
00:40:04Sitting next to a Celtic fan.
00:40:06Over a lady sitting right next to us here.
00:40:08And making sure she's okay.
00:40:10And gave her a hug as well.
00:40:12Oh, that's a class.
00:40:12That's a good job.
00:40:13That's a class young man.
00:40:16And we are getting a second look at this here.
00:40:20Look at this.
00:40:20Look at Edgkamp.
00:40:21Edgkamp on the full dive here into the waiting arms of a Sixers and Phillies fan.
00:40:26Checking everybody out.
00:40:27We have a challenge coming.
00:40:30Well, the play's being challenged.
00:40:32There's the fan who's sitting here in the first row.
00:40:34He took the Edgkamp worst of this as he dove.
00:40:39She turned the other way.
00:40:40And Edgkamp fully lays out.
00:40:42Then gets his foot hitting her as he dove by.
00:40:46Edgkamp diving into the...
00:40:48Look at that hug that he gets there from Vijay.
00:40:52Diving into the arms of Justin.
00:40:54Sitting two seats to our left.
00:40:56With his college buddy, Jeremy.
00:40:58They both went to South Carolina.
00:41:00And she's showing off that now she is a full NBC and Peacock primetime star.
00:41:05Shows she's a little bit worse for the wearer.
00:41:07But looks like she's going to stay in the game.
00:41:10She is a tough, tough lady.
00:41:12I love this.
00:41:13Let's get her name.
00:41:14Let's give her a shout out.
00:41:15I'm going to shout out Justin and Jeremy sitting behind us.
00:41:18Justin with these full catch.
00:41:19Full catch of Edgkamp.
00:41:21How lucky is he to jump into the arms of a Philly fan in a Maxine jersey.
00:41:26And watch the ball as we're checking.
00:41:28It's off the leg of Hauser and then out of bounds.
00:41:31As you watch the dive, the kick.
00:41:33But watch Justin catch Edgkamp.
00:41:36Next to his buddy Jeremy.
00:41:39And Kristen is the woman who is sitting here.
00:41:42And that's Kristen.
00:41:43Kristen has come over.
00:41:44My name is Kristen.
00:41:45She wanted her to know that.
00:41:46She's okay.
00:41:46You're okay.
00:41:47You're okay.
00:41:47You're okay.
00:41:48Tell all your family Kristen's okay.
00:41:50All right.
00:41:51Meantime, the game is a six-point game.
00:41:53The replay center is looking at this.
00:41:55To determine who is B.J. Edgkamp's waving over to her.
00:42:00Well, you tell Kristen B.J.'s trying to get her attention.
00:42:03We'll get her.
00:42:04Kristen.
00:42:05B.J.'s looking for you.
00:42:07I'm sorry.
00:42:08See?
00:42:09That's good.
00:42:10Humble young man.
00:42:11Humble young man.
00:42:12I like it.
00:42:13Great young man.
00:42:14Yes.
00:42:14Great fan, Kristen.
00:42:17Everyone's happy right now.
00:42:18Everyone's happy.
00:42:18Let's see this review here to see where the ball's going to end up.
00:42:21As Edgkamp is going out of bounds.
00:42:22To me, how about the guys in the back that caught him?
00:42:25Oh, we got him.
00:42:26Look at this.
00:42:26Look at E.J.'s left.
00:42:28Left.
00:42:29Flipboard.
00:42:29Yeah.
00:42:31Is he inbounds there?
00:42:33Because if he's in, he saves it before the right comes out and it's off of Hauser's right knee.
00:42:40And there is the, I'm sorry to Kristen, from B.J.'s.
00:42:44Mike, if that was Reds in New York and he tried to save a ball like that, but they all
00:42:48caught him like that or they would have just let him,
00:42:53just let him, just let him fall in the tears of questions, don't need answers.
00:42:56You're right.
00:42:57You're right.
00:42:59Self-explanatory.
00:43:00Well, the replay center taking.
00:43:02This is a big call right here.
00:43:04Yes, it is.
00:43:05And a great challenge by the Sixers bench here on the call.
00:43:12Take your time because you want to get it right.
00:43:15It's hard to tell if his foot was on the white line or not, or if his other foot had
00:43:21touched as he was throwing it.
00:43:23After review, Edgecombe is legally able to save the ball and throw it off of Hauser's leg.
00:43:28This is a successful, excuse me, an unsuccessful challenge.
00:43:32It will be Philadelphia's ball.
00:43:34They will not get this timeout back as this is the second timeout in the second challenge.
00:43:38So Boston was the team to challenge.
00:43:40They take a timeout down from them, which could be important down the stretch.
00:43:44And it's the save of the year.
00:43:46It is the save of the year.
00:43:48Inbounds, touch, save before the right foot comes down and the dive into the second row.
00:43:54That is awesome stuff.
00:43:55On multiple levels, right?
00:43:57Save.
00:44:00Maxey on the drive.
00:44:02Drummond and Oubre on the glass.
00:44:05Maxey keeps it alive.
00:44:07Kata with the block, but Drummond's got it.
00:44:11And here is Edgecombe, five to shoot.
00:44:14Kristen's new favorite player, Vijay Edgecombe.
00:44:16Deep, three.
00:44:18Kata, a terrific job defensively.
00:44:21Twice on that trick.
00:44:26Kata free inside.
00:44:27Edgecombe fighting.
00:44:31Fandlung.
00:44:32Kata and one.
00:44:41What's his new name?
00:44:43Quantum Kata doing it at both ends.
00:44:47Big defensive effort and then gets the ball down low.
00:44:52Say it, Rich.
00:44:53It's been a Kata day.
00:44:55No, say it.
00:44:56No, say it.
00:44:57His career high right now for Mr. Kata.
00:45:0421 points.
00:45:06Wait, was I just hearing MVP chants?
00:45:08I was just hearing MVP chants.
00:45:12Eight-point game.
00:45:13Edgecombe great attack to the basket.
00:45:14Kata is waiting.
00:45:16Hard contact.
00:45:16And his left hand came down awkwardly as well as he was bracing for the fall.
00:45:21Foul called on Kata.
00:45:22So that drive was different than the one where Edgecombe got the shot blocked.
00:45:26When the ball came out to him with eight seconds left, he waited on the pick and roll.
00:45:29If he were to attack like that the first possession, he probably would have got to the basket.
00:45:33Makes the adjustment the second time down.
00:45:39Edgecombe coming to the line.
00:45:41His backcourt duo.
00:45:4255 of the 97 for Philadelphia.
00:45:45Pinching the nickname that they have earned this year, Vijay Maxx.
00:45:50One more coming.
00:45:52Peacock tomorrow night.
00:45:53Clippers and Warriors on the bench tonight.
00:45:5510 Eastern time.
00:45:57Throwback game with the Spurs and the Sixers.
00:46:00Bob Costas, Doug Collins, Lazar, Mike Fratello on the call.
00:46:04Sons and Kings also.
00:46:06More on these games.
00:46:07NBA.com or visit the NBA app.
00:46:11That Vijay Maxx nickname.
00:46:13I give credit to Kate Scott who calls the Sixers games.
00:46:17Does a great job on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
00:46:19K to come into the basket gets fouled by Grimes.
00:46:23K told me today, group project, all the Sixers fans pitching in after the opener here.
00:46:30And they've come with, they're also being thrown out of the box office backcourt.
00:46:34But I like T.J.
00:46:35V.J. Maxx.
00:46:36V.J. Maxx.
00:46:37I still shot for T.J. Maxx from time to time, so I like that one.
00:46:41But right now, Philly's going to have to make an adjustment because Jalen Brown's getting
00:46:46downhill and Kane is able to play two-on-one every single time.
00:46:52So now do they go underneath and make Brown shoot or do they trap it and rotate fully out
00:46:57of it?
00:46:57But when you trap it, now you're opening up Pandora's box because of the ability of Boston
00:47:02to shoot those threes.
00:47:04As Nick Nurse said, that's what they didn't want to do.
00:47:11Love seeing nights like that.
00:47:12Kane up 22 points, three over his career high.
00:47:17The lead is nine, two and a half to go.
00:47:20That's good.
00:47:21A little mid-range.
00:47:22Nope.
00:47:24Fighting for the rebound.
00:47:26It's last touch by Philly.
00:47:29And Kelly Oubre Jr. says to Nick Nurse and Company Challenge.
00:47:33They look to the back deck as they check.
00:47:35Challenging it.
00:47:36And they will challenge as well.
00:47:38And the Sixers, for what it's worth, second-best challenge record in the league at 35-12 this
00:47:44season.
00:47:45Second to Billy Donovan in Chicago.
00:47:48Challenge timeout for the Sixers.
00:47:49Down high.
00:47:5315 minutes or so.
00:47:55This appears to us to be last off of Edgcumbe of Philadelphia.
00:47:59It would be Boston ball.
00:48:01Philly will see the challenge record go down to 35-13.
00:48:06After review, the ball last touched Edgcumbe's thumb prior to going out of bounds.
00:48:11Unsuccessful challenge.
00:48:12The game clock and shot clock are both correct.
00:48:15It'll be Boston's ball on the baseline.
00:48:18After the media review, it has been an unsuccessful challenge.
00:48:22You'll see the Sixers, as mentioned, Tuesday against the Spurs.
00:48:25Then they play Utah on Wednesday.
00:48:27There's a couple of back-to-backs that they'll anxiously wait to find out the medical update
00:48:32on Joel Embiid and the strained right oblique.
00:48:35They go to Atlanta and Cleveland after that.
00:48:37The Celtics, as mentioned, first of the back-to-back, they play Milwaukee tomorrow.
00:48:41Then they've got the other two top-scoring rookies in the NBA.
00:48:45Edgcumbe here tonight, number three.
00:48:47The Confidentical and the improved Charlotte team comes in on Wednesday.
00:48:52And Dallas on Friday.
00:48:54White missed the three.
00:48:56Shireman the rebound.
00:48:57And the Celtics three-tier.
00:49:01Here's Dallas bringing Cooper's flag from New England.
00:49:04It'll be a homecoming game for him.
00:49:06Round.
00:49:09Kata!
00:49:10Yes!
00:49:13What did I say?
00:49:14My number, what, 4-0?
00:49:1625.
00:49:17Isn't that what my friends tomorrow close?
00:49:1925 on the dot.
00:49:2225 and 15.
00:49:25For Namiya Shikala.
00:49:28Give it 40 left.
00:49:29Edgcumbe.
00:49:30Good defense, Shireman.
00:49:32He lets out a yell.
00:49:34This defense has been good here tonight.
00:49:36The Celtics' 18 offensive rebounds have led to the 28 second-chance points.
00:49:46Shireman got it back.
00:49:47Kate Egan!
00:49:49Egan again!
00:49:50Oh!
00:49:59Nine straight.
00:50:03Maxie missed the three.
00:50:06It is a 30-plus point game for Maxie.
00:50:08Only the second sixer to have four straight 30-point games in Boston.
00:50:13Allen Iverson is the only other one.
00:50:16But it's not going to be enough on this night.
00:50:17King Kata get three more rebounds for a 20-20 game.
00:50:23Shireman tonight.
00:50:25He's got it.
00:50:27And Iverson is the three for Jalen Brown.
00:50:32But don't go anywhere.
00:50:34Marie and the guys in the postgame coming up.
00:50:35So hang with us.
00:50:36See your local news.
00:50:39Edgcumbe.
00:50:39That is off.
00:50:40How is your the rebound?
00:50:43These teams are going to split the regular season.
00:50:49And at the 60-game mark of what was supposed to be a gap year
00:50:54without Jason Tatum, the Boston Celtics will be 40-20.
00:50:59Wow.
00:51:01And we've got to give Coach Mizzoula some credit as well.
00:51:03He's got to be in that Coach of the Year conversation.
00:51:05Yes, absolutely.
00:51:07Absolutely.
00:51:08You saw the reminder, the road to recovery for Jason Tatum.
00:51:12This terrific series behind the scenes.
00:51:15The next piece of that is coming up right after the game.
00:51:17So if you've seen the first couple, stay through for that.
00:51:20If you haven't, NBC Sports' YouTube channel among the places,
00:51:23you can check it out.
00:51:24It's a fascinating look at the rehab life that Jason's going through.
00:51:29On K tonight in Boston, Celtics by 16.
00:51:33In the triple game, Celtics win the final score.
00:51:39The Boston Celtics won the two.
00:51:41So he's up in the 60s.
00:51:4327 points, 17 rebounds.
00:51:48Here's Keita, the 39th pick in the 2021 draft by Sacramento.
00:51:53His first couple of years with the Kings.
00:51:56Signed a two-way deal with Boston in 2023.
00:51:59Had the best night of his NBA career here tonight.
00:52:03That's Maxi with 33 and Jalen Brown with 27 put on their usual scoring shows.
00:52:11It's one of those joyous sports nights.
00:52:13You don't know who's going to have a big night.
00:52:15It was the Mays' Keita tonight.
00:52:17That's the beauty of this Boston Celtics.
00:52:19You talk about it was supposed to be a gap year for them without Tatum.
00:52:23Other guys have stepped up, including Keita tonight.
00:52:27Here is Zora.
00:52:29Oh, good play, man.
00:52:32Jalen, first three matchups against the Sixers were decided by a total of four points.
00:52:36What allowed you all to create more separation tonight?
00:52:40We're a different team than when we played them earlier in the season.
00:52:43So, you know, a lot of our young guys have gotten better, developed.
00:52:47Nimi came out here and dominated.
00:52:48Like, that's what I like to see.
00:52:49And we just playing good basketball right now.
00:52:51Yeah, let's have a moment for Namiya's Keita.
00:52:54Big plays, career highs, double-double.
00:52:56How did he impact winning?
00:52:57I think this is the best game of his career.
00:52:59You know, at least a part of what I've seen.
00:53:01So, like, we continue to empower our guys, continue to keep getting better.
00:53:04And Nimi had a great game tonight.
00:53:06You talked about this team being different than back in November.
00:53:09What's the evolution of it been?
00:53:11What's the identity right now?
00:53:13We just, we've grown.
00:53:14A lot of our players have improved.
00:53:17We've got an identity.
00:53:19Defensively, we've been able to get after it.
00:53:20We added Vucevic as well.
00:53:22So, I think we're playing good basketball right now.
00:53:24Appreciate the time.
00:53:25He had 27.
00:53:27It was Keita's best game.
00:53:28Keita's the first Celtics since Robert Parrish, 89, to have 25 points and 10 offensive rebounds in a game.
00:53:34He had 17 total boards.
00:53:36Next Sunday night, Sunday Night Basketball, San Antonio and Houston.
00:53:40Our coverage begins at Basketball Night in America at 7 Eastern time.
00:53:44After the break, Maria and the guys will have the final word here from Boston.
00:53:47NBA Showtime, including the latest on the Jason Tatum series on his return.
00:53:51With Reggie Miller, Jamal Crawford, Zora Stevenson, Frank DeGrace, our producer, our director, Pierre Moussa.
00:53:57Our Sunday Night Basketball team, Mike Tirico.
00:53:59Celtics win by 16.
00:54:01Thanks for watching Sunday Night Basketball presented by Xfinity.
00:54:13So, it's a 16-point victory for the Celtics over the 76ers.
00:54:18Jalen Brown, all he had, just a cool 27 points, eight rebounds, eight assists.
00:54:24They get the victory.
00:54:25Now we're all tied up in the regular season meetings, two and two.
00:54:27What's up, Maria Taylor, still here with the Hall of Famers.
00:54:29We got Melo, Vesey, and T-Mac.
00:54:32And since the only one actually holding a box score is Vesey.
00:54:35Hey.
00:54:36Let us start with you on the breakdown of what you saw from this game.
00:54:39He got a lot of things circled over there, too.
00:54:40He does. That's all I'm saying.
00:54:41You know, first of all, it's Keita all day.
00:54:44I mean, 10 for 14, 10 offensive rebounds.
00:54:46Wow.
00:54:46For a total of 17 rebounds, 27 points, he had himself a game.
00:54:50I mean, we talked about him in the first half with his ability,
00:54:54just understanding how he can score and make the game easier for everyone else.
00:54:58Peyton Pritchard didn't have the game, but he understands.
00:55:01Everybody's gonna gravitate to him, so if I run a rim run and do this defensively,
00:55:05good things are gonna happen for me.
00:55:07And look at this runway.
00:55:08You have shooters everywhere, so he's understanding.
00:55:11I take care of business.
00:55:12I run to the middle of the paint, and I eat the glass that things happen.
00:55:17Three blocks for Keita.
00:55:18We add that to it.
00:55:19We told you at halftime his career high was 19.
00:55:21He was well on his way to beating that.
00:55:23Finishes up with 27 points, 17 rebounds.
00:55:25That's his 11th double-double on the season.
00:55:28And you heard Jalen Brown talking to Zora Stevenson after the game.
00:55:31Just talking about the identity of this team.
00:55:33They continue to find it.
00:55:34They continue to work through it.
00:55:35And defensively, it's certainly a part of their core.
00:55:37I mean, they did it.
00:55:37They showed it to nice.
00:55:38I mean, first half, they was trying to, you know,
00:55:40they were still trying to figure out their momentum, their rhythm,
00:55:43what they was going to do, the adjustment that they was going to make.
00:55:46Halftime, obviously, they made the adjustments, and everybody stepped up.
00:55:49I mean, it wasn't just JB.
00:55:51We talked about Keita, you know, having a double.
00:55:53He had a double-double early in the first half.
00:55:55So for him to continue that play in the second half.
00:55:57And then the guys, just everybody else on the team played the Missoula basketball way, man.
00:56:01Play fast, get up and down the court, shoot threes.
00:56:04But guess what?
00:56:05We're going to defend, we're going to stomp you,
00:56:07and we're going to make it pretty tough for you to get a basketball.
00:56:09That's what it was.
00:56:10This is a defense of game that Boston displayed on the defensive end.
00:56:15Locking them down, making every shot tough, contested,
00:56:19making them work for everything.
00:56:20And when you're making shots on the offensive end,
00:56:24you're going to have more energy on that defensive end.
00:56:26They were flying around on that defensive side.
00:56:30Philly, being a depleted team, had a rough night shooting the ball.
00:56:33Yeah.
00:56:33Right?
00:56:34Maxi, 34 shots, only made 12.
00:56:3725, so.
00:56:37I wanted him to be extra aggressive.
00:56:39He showed that.
00:56:40He just didn't have any help.
00:56:41And a lot of those shots were contested.
00:56:43It was tough for him tonight.
00:56:44Boston did what they were supposed to do.
00:56:46They're a better basketball club, and it showed tonight.
00:56:48Yeah.
00:56:49And real quick, also 19 bench points.
00:56:51That's it.
00:56:52Only 19 bench points, but their defense showed up.
00:56:55And Peyton Pritchard, 0 for 4, no point.
00:56:57And they got that.
00:56:58That messed up your parlay.
00:56:59It did.
00:57:00It did.
00:57:01That just shows how deep and good this basketball team is from top to bottom.
00:57:07You know, Peyton Pritchard is their guy coming off the bench,
00:57:09but they got it from everyone else.
00:57:10Yeah.
00:57:10Let's talk about the 76ers a little bit more.
00:57:13As we told you before, Joel Embiid out at least three games.
00:57:16Obviously, they'll look back at that right oblique and see if he's able to come back after that.
00:57:20But next up for them, the Spurs.
00:57:21Spurs coming off a tough loss to the Knicks.
00:57:23I mean, what do they have to do in that matchup to maybe get a win at home?
00:57:27Because it's very, every single game matters right now.
00:57:29We're at the 60th game of the season.
00:57:30They're trying to hold on to that sixth seed.
00:57:32Well, you got to make shots, right?
00:57:34Spurs is a great offensive, well-oiled machine, ran through Victor, who I think is,
00:57:42when you look at his production, he doesn't score a lot of points.
00:57:46Yeah.
00:57:46But he's very timely in his baskets and defensive stops.
00:57:51And if I'm Maxey, if I'm Philadelphia, I'm putting him in a lot of picking roles,
00:57:55keeping him away, keeping him on the perimeter, keeping him out of the paint,
00:57:58and making him work that way.
00:57:59If you're not going to have him on the perimeter,
00:58:02I mean, if you're not going to have him on the perimeter,
00:58:04and he's going to be the anchor of that defense,
00:58:06you're going to have tough getting shots off.
00:58:07Yeah, sure.
00:58:08Well, the Celtics, they get a victory here at TD Garden.
00:58:11And one of the questions that we all had coming in is,
00:58:14when Jason Tatum is going to return to the starting lineup or the lineup in general?
00:58:19Earlier today in our pregame show, we actually showed you a feature
00:58:21as he was preparing for surgery.
00:58:23We want to bring you part three, where he actually goes to the rehabilitation process
00:58:28as we continue to chronicle his journey back to the court.
00:58:34The days after the surgery really had some tough moments,
00:58:38so I really thought it was over.
00:58:43You know, them first couple days, it was like, I couldn't move.
00:58:48I need help scooting up the steps.
00:58:50I needed help, like, with just everything.
00:58:55I just never been in that position before.
00:59:00Early on, there was times when he would say stupid stuff like,
00:59:03I might not play again.
00:59:04And I would be like, what?
00:59:07You know, there's all this negative talk around Achilles injury,
00:59:10and people are like, you'll never be back, you'll never be the same,
00:59:13and I'm sure all that was flooding his mind.
00:59:15Aye, aye, aye.
00:59:23Good.
00:59:23There you go.
00:59:27Doing okay?
00:59:29Mm-hmm.
00:59:29Now there's going to be pulling.
00:59:31Yeah, so weight barrier with it,
00:59:33let that tendency a little bit of stress,
00:59:36then a little bit more stress.
00:59:37You could just see, you know, there'd be moments where he'll just kind of
00:59:40have this, like, blank stare.
00:59:42Yeah.
00:59:43It was so tough to see somebody, you know,
00:59:45that you care about just be, you know, at an all-time low.
00:59:50The toughest part of my day is taking a shower.
00:59:56Everybody asks me, like,
00:59:57when you coming back, you miss basketball.
00:59:59I just want to walk.
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