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00:01The road trip continues for the Celtics as they visit Atlanta and a Hawks team
00:06that's playing well led by Jalen Johnson but they just lost to the Celtics a
00:10couple of days ago and now Jalen Brown is back in his hometown where he had 41
00:14earlier this year and Peyton Pritchard is piping hot. Celtics and Hawks for the
00:18fourth and final time this season next.
00:36And welcome to State Farm Arena it's the Celtics final game in March and it's
00:41the last meeting with a Hawks team that's won 15 of its last 17. We can't
00:46wait to watch it with you alongside Cedric Maxwell. I'm Drew Carter. Abby's filling
00:50in for Max on the radio tonight and Cedric we got a good one between two all NBA
00:54Jalen's in this game. Well you definitely look at it and what you see is see
00:59Johnson. Johnson's been outstanding. This jump shot falling away I think the
01:03thing the Celtics have to do is be physical with him. You see a couple of
01:07these plays right now this essentially is a layup. Next play down comes around the
01:12corner essentially a layup nobody touches him so the physicality has to be there
01:17to knock him off the ball. Now this is dude right here is special. Brown has been
01:22exceptional take the ball towards the hole. Here he is again I said this before
01:26looking like you in Minnesota puffing it on somebody and this is what I love. Got
01:32Shea on Shea and then looked over at the camera and start laughing. That's when you
01:37know you're a big time player when you can do those kind of things.
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02:15All right Joe you're playing the Hawks again you just saw them a couple of days
02:17ago this is the fourth time you'll play them this season. What do they do that
02:21provides challenges? Yeah obviously will be a little bit different you know
02:25different lineups different there there but the challenges still remain of you
02:28know we got to own our space on the offensive and I think the way to defend
02:31them starts with attacking them they do a great job getting live ball turnovers to do a
02:34great job forcing into difficult shots. They make you own your space they make you
02:38execute and so we got to be able to make sure we get you know own our space
02:42offensively get good shots sprint back and keep it five on five and then
02:45rebound the basketball. You guys have eight games left including this one
02:48tonight. This is the last game of March. How do you approach you know keeping guys
02:52rested for the playoffs versus trying to win every game you can? Yeah I mean I think
02:56at the end of the day you're always asking yourself what's best for the team
02:58what's best for each individual player and that answer is always going to be
03:01different depending upon the environment and the situation that you're in and
03:03you're just trying to keep it to to those two things. And last time we were
03:06here Jalen Brown had 41 this is obviously a bit of a homecoming for
03:09him do you think we might see an extra level from him tonight? I mean I think
03:13so I mean I think he's just the kind of guy who can take it to another level
03:16you know especially at that big moments and I'm really excited to have him back
03:20and really look forward to seeing you know just his approach to the game
03:23tonight. All right thanks Joe. Thank you. Well Jalen Brown back home huge game last
03:28time they played the Hawks here at State Farm. See if it's the same thing
03:31tonight as the Celtics and Hawks tip it right after this.
03:36Not going to have every guy play every game so that means you need a whole roster and
03:40every guy shows up every game ready to compete and help winning so
03:44it's definitely the culture we built here.
03:46Walsh hits the deck. That's a Tommy point. Three on one now. Harper fires. Hits the three.
03:53This stay ready group they're awesome. You know you hear people say gap year all the time and now that
03:58might have been extra motivation but we already had enough motivation to come in and prove people that we belong
04:03at Ohio State Farm.
04:03I love them and we're ready to keep on winning.
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04:20Jalen Brown returns for the Celtics. He's in the middle of a starting lineup that has spent three minutes together
04:26all season. We'll see how it looks tonight for the Hawks. They've got their preferred five. McCollum, Alexander Walker, Daniels
04:33Johnson, and Okonwu. Key matchup presented by Subaru of New England. There's a lot to love about driving a brand
04:39new all-wheel drive Subaru. Good to have Derek White back.
04:42Well, Derek White is exceptional student basketball. We know what he can do. But on the other side, Mr. Walker,
04:49he can put it down in the hole. So you have to identify and know where he's at all the
04:53time.
04:54Alexander Walker, the most improved scorer in the NBA.
04:57It's scary when you have three names. I mean, like, you know, Alexander, we all do, but nobody pronounces. What's
05:03your middle name?
05:04William.
05:05I did not know that.
05:07What about you, man?
05:08Brian.
05:09Brian, huh?
05:09All right, we'll call each other middle names tonight.
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05:15Hawks almost fully whole with the exception of Jock Landell for the Celtics.
05:19No Kata, no Tatum, no Vujovic.
05:21Harper Jr. out with that ankle he twisted last night in Charlotte.
05:25So another chance for the Celtics to flex their depth, especially in the frontcourt.
05:31Here's the hometown hero, Jalen Brown.
05:34Had 41 last time in this building.
05:36Starts with a miss, Okonwu the rebound.
05:38Good matchup for him that time.
05:40Just can elevate when he wants to.
05:43J.B. has missed the Celtics' last two games.
05:46Back-to-back absences for the first time in what has been a remarkable season for J.B.
05:52There's Jalen Johnson, also having an all-NBA type year.
05:56The fadeaway is true.
05:57But he wants to get to that little post area.
06:00And the thing the Celtics have to do is be more physical with him.
06:06There's Jalen Johnson, now Toluca Garza, making his fifth start of the season.
06:10Finds the cutting Brown.
06:12Walsh on the interior for two.
06:15Nice.
06:15And this is a great thing by Brown.
06:18When you let somebody else get involved in the game early on, it helps them down the line
06:23because now they have confidence.
06:24That's a great point, Brian.
06:28Thank you, William.
06:31Here's Johnson, who's a really well-rounded player, having a breakout season.
06:35Just like Dyson Daniels did last year.
06:37The reigning most improved player has a chance at an and one.
06:40He wants that particular move.
06:42This time kind of going towards the baseline.
06:44You get a chance to see this particular move.
06:48This time kind of just spins around as him and just goes up and you hit him on the arm.
06:53And he, it's not a traditional shot, but what it is, it's an effective shot
06:57with him going up with that little flip shot from 10 feet away.
07:01Daniels has carved out a nice roll for himself, even though he is not a good three-point shooter.
07:06But he's a defender.
07:07Oh, yeah.
07:08Defender.
07:08Exceptional.
07:09And he gets into the paint and finishes around the basket.
07:13This is a 61% free throw shooter.
07:16Can't convert the end line.
07:18Now defending Brown.
07:20At the dotted line.
07:22Kicks it out.
07:22Shireman.
07:23Defended by the veteran CJ McCollum.
07:25That looping pass picked off Okonwu.
07:28Watch out.
07:30But he read the eyes of the passer now.
07:36Celtics like that play with that little flare screen.
07:44D. White zips it inside to Garza who got the whistle on McCollum.
07:48And that's a, that's an early twirl of the finger not even two minutes in.
07:52I don't know if you're going to give him.
07:54I don't know if you're going to give him that one.
07:55I don't think you want to get that particular play.
07:57And we got a chance to see it right here on TV.
07:59Does he hit him on the arm?
08:01Goes up.
08:02Little tap on the arm.
08:03Yeah.
08:04He said that would be a foul.
08:07I think I love about Garza though.
08:09When I watch him play.
08:11And, and, and I say this affectionately.
08:13Crash dummy.
08:14Because he, oh you know what crash dummy, you go back that far.
08:19Crash dummy essentially that, that thing they put in the vehicle and it just goes.
08:22And it goes a hundred miles an hour, boom.
08:25And it gets out, boom.
08:27It gets out.
08:27He throws his body in with, with no abandon.
08:32He just goes in there and I love that.
08:35I remember seeing those in commercials.
08:38I said look how safe this car is.
08:40The crash dummy was okay.
08:45Luka's effort and intensity has been awesome to watch this season.
08:50Just over two minutes in, Hawks with a two point lead.
08:53Here is Alexander Walker, chased by Brown.
08:56Goes to the left hand for the floater.
08:59Now white tightrope's the baseline to keep it alive.
09:04Brown the crossover.
09:06It was kicked.
09:10He had beaten his man essentially with that crossover dribble.
09:14But then just that big foot got out and kicked the basketball away.
09:18James Williams made the call.
09:20He's our crew chief tonight with Andy Nagy and Ntay Hwang.
09:26Now white got Alexander Walker on his hip for two.
09:30Nice job.
09:31Just getting to that little soft spot and just releasing it nicely.
09:43Johnson from that mid-range is it too.
09:46He set you up nicely then.
09:47That was he was so in control.
09:51Johnson putting up massive numbers this season.
09:55His fifth in the NBA out of Duke.
09:57Don't say the word Duke right.
09:58He lost the game yesterday.
10:02It feels good saying Duke.
10:05They lost yesterday.
10:06Here's Brown.
10:08Thought he was fouled.
10:09Sam Cassell at his hands in the air.
10:11So did Joe Missoula.
10:12No whistle.
10:13Now McCollum.
10:15Coming out.
10:19Garza all the way goes to the de-cell step and rolls at home.
10:23What?
10:24De-cell step?
10:25That's the de-cell race.
10:27Okay.
10:29That's one of Scouse's favorite things to say.
10:32Sure.
10:32The de-cell.
10:33The de-cell.
10:37Turnovers on both ends.
10:38Hawks ball.
10:40I want to see this de-cell you're talking about.
10:43Boom, boom, boom.
10:44In my day, I think they're going to walk in the college.
10:48De-cell.
10:49Deceleration.
10:50Okay.
10:51The crash dummy and the de-celleration slammed on the brakes.
11:01McCollum professional score for a long time.
11:06Thirteenth year of the pros.
11:08Grown the kick out to Walsh.
11:12Garza on the drive from the arc.
11:15Luka Garza spins it in.
11:18The dummy comes in.
11:20Two steps laying it up softly.
11:24Luka Garza carrying the load offensively.
11:30It's Daniels.
11:31He likes that little move.
11:34Went right across his body again.
11:39He's got to keep him in front of you.
11:46White at the free throw line.
11:47The stop and pop is too strong.
11:50Yeko, Kongwu, the rebound.
11:52Kongwu has hurt you.
11:53Rebounding the basketball.
11:54I see him in several games.
11:56He's been outstanding on the glass.
11:59Last year at the guard when the Hawks won the game, he had that offensive rebound on a free throw
12:03line.
12:03That was critical.
12:05Oh.
12:05Good shot.
12:06And Shireman pushing tempo.
12:07Gives it up.
12:08Luka Garza to the rack again.
12:10Eight points for Luka.
12:12Look at the side step of this man then.
12:17McCollum just swings it toward the basket looking for a whistle.
12:19Didn't get it.
12:22Let's get the ball to 52.
12:24How about 55?
12:26Shireman off the mark on the free.
12:27Watch Shireman all the time.
12:30Such a great defender.
12:31Knows the game in a way that is just crazy.
12:37Kongwu the miss.
12:38Yeah, Shireman's really blossomed here in year two.
12:41Two end of the first round picks by Brad Stephens and company.
12:44He and Gonzalez both great.
12:46Brown lost the handle as he was trying to rise up.
12:49And that'll take us to immediate timeout.
12:51How about Luka Garza, Max?
12:52Yeah.
12:53Look at the speed here.
12:54This time up, under, like Dr. J.
12:58Or Dr.
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13:04Luka Garza in takeover mode here.
13:07I love it.
13:08You watch these little moves he's able to make.
13:10Sometimes going back across his body.
13:13I like that.
13:14But I didn't, that D-cell step this time.
13:17Like Dr. J going to the other side with the finger roll.
13:21I'm not sure he had that much elevation.
13:26Luka and Dr. J, similar.
13:30Finishing around the basket.
13:32Both are men.
13:34That's what you say.
13:35Both high flyers.
13:37I'm not sure about high flyers and Luka Garza.
13:41He averages seven and a half points per game this season.
13:44So he's already surpassed that.
13:46And we're not even midway through the first.
13:48And when you got Vooch, he went to the bench.
13:50Vooch gets hurt.
13:52He comes in and he's played a critical moment for this team.
13:55And Garza on the bench now.
13:57Amari Williams getting some first quarter run here with no Vooch, no Kata.
14:01Alexander Walker comes up short.
14:03There's Okonwu on the boards.
14:04Sam Hauser in the game.
14:06Coming off the bench for the first time in a while.
14:08And Johnson with a miss.
14:10Yeah, gotta box these hearts out.
14:12They will hit that glass on you.
14:15Kick and roll.
14:16And it's Pritchard and Williams.
14:19Peyton Pritchard has been sizzling as of late.
14:24Brown has been sizzling all year.
14:26High Arker won't go.
14:28Hugo on the offensive glass.
14:30That didn't surprise me at all with him.
14:32Now it's Pritchard.
14:34Eyes the shot clock.
14:35Going right at Dyson Daniels.
14:37The first team all defense last year.
14:40Pritchard drops it in.
14:41Oh, you go at a guy like that individually.
14:45I'm starting to call Pritchard scoring in the paint.
14:47Moses the Pritchard.
14:48He's just killing them right now.
14:52He's been elite in that area all year.
14:56Three ball won't go for Alexander Walker.
14:58One of the most prolific three-point shooters in the league.
15:01Top five in makes.
15:05Pritchard bumps.
15:06No way.
15:07What?
15:10He got tripped.
15:12And then Johnson for three.
15:14That's horrible.
15:16That is horrible.
15:17I mean, he got the contact, got the arm.
15:19I thought he was looking for N1.
15:21He's throwing his hands up like,
15:23get a chance to see it.
15:24We're going to let you guys be the judge of that one.
15:27That was Daniels, one of the elite steals guys in the league.
15:32Brown, good effort to contest the shot.
15:36And Daniels behind the plate.
15:38Numbers for the Celtics.
15:39Brown is fouled by Okongwu.
15:41That should be two shots.
15:44You got a chance to see this Pritchard play,
15:46and you tell me if this is a foul.
15:48Boom.
15:49You bumped him.
15:50But does he create the contact,
15:52or does a defender create the contact?
15:54I think it was more like Pritchard.
15:58Sometimes officials start looking at things you do,
16:01and they go back to that room,
16:03and they start judging things.
16:04They break you down.
16:05They say, well, Pritchard is creating a lot of this contact himself.
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16:34With that Pritchard play, Max,
16:36I feel like they might have both initiated contact,
16:39but the shooter always gets that call.
16:42Absolutely.
16:43You never see the shooter not get that contact.
16:46I think that's why Joe Mazzula and Sam Cazale
16:48have a cat over there.
16:54You know, it's all right if they don't want to call that
16:56and keep it a play on,
16:57but that's just not how it's been called all season.
16:59Amari Williams on the rejection of Jalen Johnson.
17:03Now JB pushing the pace,
17:06can't lay it in,
17:06but Williams on the cleanup.
17:08What a sequence for the rookie.
17:10Man, coming in, making big plays.
17:12Joe Mazzula, give you more time like that.
17:16The stay-ready Celtics.
17:19Jonathan Kaminga's in the game,
17:20defended by Pritchard.
17:22He thinks that's a mismatch,
17:24has to get off the ball.
17:26Johnson puts it up way short.
17:28Kaminga should be dominating
17:30at that position with his athleticism
17:32against Pritchard.
17:37Pritchard, a long one.
17:39It goes!
17:40He got the roll on the road.
17:42Can you beat that good
17:44and then get the extra bounce?
17:46That's crazy.
17:48Oh my goodness.
17:49Daniel's the bump on Williams
17:50just kind of moved him out of the way.
17:52I don't like that play.
17:55During the 80s,
17:57someone got flipped down with Jonah.
18:01What if they've shoved your team in like that?
18:04Yeah, if they shoved you like that.
18:08Nice move from Brown to create some space.
18:11His first bucket.
18:12That last look,
18:14a couple plays we've seen,
18:15we've seen the same kind of push-off
18:16by both teams.
18:19Good ball movement by the Hawks,
18:21a team that leads the league in assists.
18:24It leads to a timeout from Joe Mazzula,
18:26who is not happy
18:27with Hugo Gonzalez
18:29and his team's defense there.
18:31Still a three-point lead
18:32with three to play in the first quarter.
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18:51And it's all about Peyton Pritchard,
18:54who's averaging 32 over his last two games,
18:57both over the weekend,
18:58one off the bench
18:59and then one as a starter.
19:01And look at that net rating.
19:03Pritchard a massive plus.
19:04And he's made a huge difference
19:06for the Celtics
19:06over the last few weeks, Max.
19:08He's been exceptional.
19:09Early in the year,
19:11his confidence was kind of down.
19:13And now you can see Pritchard
19:15back with that swagger.
19:17And when he has that swagger,
19:18he has that look about it.
19:20He feels like he can take on anybody.
19:23All the points he scores in the paint
19:25to me is crazy.
19:26In his size.
19:28At 6'1", 195,
19:30Pritchard,
19:31it seems like he always surprises people
19:33with his strength.
19:34I mean, we just saw it with Kaminga
19:35trying to post him up.
19:36Here is Jalen Brown for three.
19:38He's made two in a row.
19:39Coming off that pick,
19:40Kaminga slow at getting there.
19:46Celts by six.
19:48Here is Gabe Vincent,
19:50who everyone's tired of seeing,
19:51playing against the Seas.
19:54Play with the Heat,
19:54and then the Lakers.
19:56Off the Williams rebound,
19:58here comes Pritchard.
19:59Five points for him already
20:00in four minutes off the bench.
20:07Brown and Kaminga matched up again.
20:10JB going to work.
20:11The spin blocked by Kaminga.
20:13You see the athleticism.
20:15It's off the charts for him.
20:17Yeah, it was.
20:18A great offensive move.
20:20Spin move on the paint.
20:22Kaminga comes back
20:23and catches it
20:24before Brown could get that ball
20:26under the glass.
20:28Alexander Walker to the hole.
20:29Another miss for him.
20:30He started 0 for 4.
20:32He's doing a nice job
20:33of protecting the rim
20:35and challenging.
20:38Steele by Vincent Hawks.
20:40Elite at causing turnovers.
20:44And Vincent lays it in.
20:47Atlanta won the turnover battle
20:4915-4 on Friday night
20:53at the Garden,
20:53but the Celtics still beat him
20:55thanks in large part
20:56to the rebounding.
20:57They were a plus 17 on the glass.
20:59That's an offensive foul
21:01against Pritchard.
21:03Yeah.
21:05Not getting calls
21:06and then getting calls himself.
21:09With little elbow
21:10as he got by the defender.
21:13It's like,
21:14it's funny
21:15how physical
21:16he's become
21:17from the guard position.
21:24Zachary Resachet
21:26makes some string music
21:27last year's
21:28number one pick
21:29from Prince.
21:31He certainly like him
21:32a lot more.
21:32He's certainly getting
21:33a lot more confident
21:34in what he can do.
21:36Got a lot of guys
21:37on the wing.
21:37Good action.
21:39Gonzalez stolen by Vincent.
21:41Another Celtics turnover
21:43that's already 7.
21:44Alexander Walker,
21:45a bad pass
21:46for Resachet.
21:48Celtics on the counterattack
21:49led by Ugo.
21:51Into a crowd
21:52up and in.
21:53Make a good play,
21:53young man.
21:54This time went right
21:55to the body
21:56of the defender.
21:59Now Kaminga in the last
22:01minute of the first quarter.
22:03Alexander Walker
22:04gets off the ball
22:05and Resachet
22:06has made a couple.
22:08Doesn't feel confident
22:09about his game.
22:11They talked about him
22:11being a great shooter.
22:13Now the Southern
22:14coming to his own
22:15in the second year.
22:16About 37%
22:18from downtown
22:18this season.
22:20Pritchard launches
22:21two-for-one opportunity
22:22and Pritchard buries it.
22:24And that's the way
22:25to read the clock.
22:26Clock.
22:26Man.
22:27Jeff.
22:28Man.
22:32Pritchard three-for-four
22:34from the floor
22:35in the first.
22:38Six-second split shot
22:40clock and game clock.
22:41Alexander Walker waits.
22:42Now goes with five
22:43to shoot.
22:45Gonzalez defends.
22:48Alexander Walker
22:49gets the bounce.
22:51This is Pritchard
22:52time.
22:53Final second to the quarter.
22:54Pritchard puts it up.
22:56That might have been
22:57deflected as he was
22:58in a thicket of
23:00Hawks defenders.
23:04Nice quarter though
23:05for the Celtics.
23:07Stay close.
23:08That's what they keep
23:08telling you to do.
23:12Pritchard and Garza
23:13leading the way
23:14with eight points
23:15apiece.
23:17Hugo getting involved
23:19as well as the Celtics
23:20and Hawks lock horns
23:21for the fourth
23:22and final time
23:23this season
23:24and second time
23:25in a few days.
23:26Seized by one
23:27after one.
23:29Wilkins.
23:30Boom.
23:31Outside State Farm Arena.
23:33Seasley the Hawks.
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23:50Injured?
23:50Better phone stone.
23:53Max, you didn't take a
23:54picture with the
23:54Dominique statue
23:56for the game tonight.
23:57Huh?
23:58O'Connor.
23:59O'Connor.
23:59Somebody's played
24:00against you
24:01take a picture
24:02of the statue.
24:03That's not
24:03not to
24:04want me to snap
24:05what are you guys
24:06about?
24:08Dominique in the house
24:09doing
24:10Fox TV, I believe.
24:15Atlanta in the driver's seat
24:17after that O'Connor
24:19who don't
24:19here's Pritchard
24:20loves these moments.
24:21Another block
24:22by Kaminga
24:22that's two.
24:23Kaminga active
24:25legs.
24:28Kaminga still
24:29just 23 years old.
24:31Native of
24:33the Congo
24:33Warriors
24:34traded in
24:36that was
24:36an untenable
24:37situation
24:37as McCollum
24:39puts it
24:40right down
24:40the hatch.
24:42He could not
24:43Steve
24:44Steve Kerr
24:44could figure
24:45that one out.
24:50They got
24:51pushed up
24:52Porzingis
24:52in that deal
24:53and Buddy
24:53Heal
24:54came back
24:54to Atlanta.
24:57He's white
24:58off the mark
24:59got his own.
25:04Bristle
25:05and a
25:05shot clock
25:05issue here.
25:07I think he's
25:08trying to say
25:08it should be
25:09set back
25:10to 14
25:12but I'm
25:13a little
25:13surprised
25:13that
25:14he had to
25:14get that
25:15basketball
25:15and white
25:16stepped
25:16from out
25:16of bounds
25:17to get
25:18that
25:18basketball.
25:22You know
25:23technology
25:24is good
25:24as it is.
25:25How do
25:25we get
25:26to these
25:28situations?
25:31With the
25:31shot clock?
25:32Shot clock.
25:33Any
25:33any clock.
25:34Anything
25:35in the world
25:35right now.
25:42It's down
25:43to two.
25:46never hit the
25:47rim.
25:48An erroneous
25:49reset.
25:50Pritchard has
25:50to launch.
25:53Walsh
25:54active hands
25:55but Okongu
25:55comes away
25:56with it.
25:56Atlanta
25:57loves to play
25:57fast.
25:58Oh.
25:58Nice move.
26:00What a nice move
26:01that was.
26:02Side-stepped
26:03his man.
26:04Beautiful move
26:05going back
26:05and enjoys
26:05the basket.
26:18That guy's
26:18playing tough
26:19deep and tough
26:20work.
26:22Right in the middle
26:23kick it out.
26:23Walsh
26:24stepped on the
26:25baseline.
26:25That is eight
26:26Celtics turnovers.
26:27To your point
26:28Max,
26:28these guys
26:28got a lot
26:29of steals.
26:30And we get
26:30a chance
26:31this
26:31Kamika
26:32move.
26:32What's he doing?
26:33This is that
26:33Euro step.
26:35Boy,
26:35he took
26:36Wright to
26:37school with
26:37that move.
26:38Wright thought
26:39he was going
26:39left,
26:40went back
26:40to the right.
26:44there's no doubt
26:44about his talent.
26:48Daniel is the
26:49kickout
26:49Okonwu.
26:50It was a threat
26:51to shoot.
26:52So is McCollum
26:53off the heel.
26:54As the Hawks
26:55have opened up
26:56a six-point lead
26:57here.
26:59White fires.
27:02We're home.
27:04A foul on Atlanta
27:04will go against
27:05Reese's Shea
27:06as Garza.
27:07Sheeper position.
27:08You already knew
27:08who was in the
27:09middle of that
27:09big team.
27:10I already knew
27:11Garza was in there.
27:12You're mad.
27:13When it's like that
27:14you know
27:15good and well
27:16what's happening.
27:17Watch the inside
27:17of the paint.
27:18Reese's Shea
27:19just pull it down.
27:20But he couldn't
27:21even pull it down.
27:22He was so strong.
27:23Yeah.
27:24Reese's Shea
27:24ended up on the track.
27:27Luka had a
27:28massive first quarter
27:29with eight points.
27:31Didn't miss a shot.
27:32Three for three.
27:37Late shot clock
27:38again.
27:40Pritchard to the rescue.
27:41Boy.
27:42He is.
27:43He's saving your
27:43bacon right now.
27:44This time a nice
27:45little 15-footer.
27:47And his defender
27:48on his side.
27:49He's the first player
27:50in double figures
27:51tonight.
27:51O'Connor left it
27:52short.
27:53Look at that
27:53box out by Pritchard.
27:54Boy, you couldn't
27:56have spoke better.
27:56I was about to say
27:57that.
27:58White fouled by
27:59Kaminga.
28:00When you can't jump
28:02or you're not a
28:03leaper, what you do
28:04is create contact
28:06on the back side.
28:07Not let the defender
28:08come over your back.
28:10That was a great play
28:11then by Pritchard.
28:12Keep that basketball.
28:17These are the moves that
28:18kill you when you think
28:20about all the things you
28:22see guys going to
28:24come out of the game.
28:25a touchdown like that.
28:26Didn't need to do it.
28:30Second team foul on
28:31Atlanta in the quarter.
28:35Garza loves that spot.
28:37That's his money shot.
28:38Hey, money ball, buddy.
28:40That's a beautiful shot
28:41from the top.
28:42Nicely done.
28:47A four for four start
28:49for Luka Garza.
28:50He is the top scorer
28:51in the game with 11.
28:53Almost at a block
28:54on Johnson
28:55but Okongwu
28:55on the double clutch.
28:58Atlanta is big
28:59and physical
29:00in the paint.
29:01Oh, it's down.
29:04Howser frustrated.
29:09There's Derek White
29:10fancy dribbling
29:11around the arc.
29:13Now Pritchard
29:14trying to save again.
29:15A shot clock again.
29:17Pritchard trying to
29:18deal with Daniels.
29:19Walsh is going to
29:20have to put it up.
29:22Garza on the
29:23offensive glass
29:24almost had another one.
29:25Forced a bad decision
29:27by Okongwu.
29:28Jordan Walsh
29:28slices in
29:29and gets fouled.
29:31Keeping the basketball
29:32alive.
29:34Now,
29:34we're saying it
29:35affectionately.
29:36the dummy comes in
29:37attacking that rim.
29:39What does it get to?
29:40Here's a foul
29:41going right to the body.
29:43But this is how you
29:44keep the basketball
29:44alive.
29:45Just keep it alive.
29:46Don't let the
29:46opposition get it.
29:48And then all of a sudden
29:49what happens?
29:50Walsh attacking the rim
29:51with a strong move
29:53going back towards the
29:53basket.
29:55He didn't score it in
29:56Charlotte.
29:57But we're going to
29:57later on,
29:58we're going to show you
29:59a play that he made
30:00that was a
30:01Tommy Heintzen special.
30:04I bless you so.
30:05This is the play
30:06that Tommy would have
30:07loved.
30:10And Walsh is
30:12done a little bit of
30:13everything when he's
30:14gotten the chance to
30:15play.
30:16And his calling card is
30:17his effort.
30:17Yeah.
30:18Isn't that something?
30:19You don't play at all
30:20and you don't sit in
30:21salt,
30:21but you get into a
30:23position where you're
30:24ready to play.
30:25Scala said that the
30:26get ready team,
30:27the get ready team
30:28is ready.
30:30Give credit,
30:31of course,
30:31to the players and
30:32the Celtics player
30:32development staff,
30:33the front office put
30:34together this group.
30:36Charles Bassey in the
30:37game for the Celtics
30:38getting some first half
30:39run for the first time
30:40in green.
30:42Jalen Johnson
30:42offensive rebound.
30:48It's Alexander Walker
30:50missed another and
30:51Hauser secures the
30:52rebound.
30:52Bassey running the
30:53floor.
30:55It's Hauser.
30:57White the offensive
30:58rebound.
30:59And no look pass
31:00back to Sam.
31:04White on the
31:06relocation,
31:07missed it.
31:08Bassey nearly had
31:08the offensive board.
31:10And Joe Mazzula
31:11dipping into his
31:13bench with no
31:14Keita and no
31:15Vucevic still.
31:23Defense!
31:26White,
31:27Bassey pick and roll.
31:29Switched Okongwu onto
31:31White.
31:31Walsh left alone.
31:33Can't put it in.
31:43Johnson might use his
31:45size.
31:45Bassey comes over on the
31:46help and a foul on Hauser.
31:50Sam is like, how did I
31:51commit the foul then?
31:54Oh my goodness.
31:57He's incredulous.
31:58He's incredulous.
31:58Come on!
31:59He's in Phoenix with the
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32:06Confetti is for some
32:07reason raining down on us
32:08here in the broadcast.
32:09I'm riding my
32:09shoulder.
32:11I appreciate that.
32:11Good chance to see this
32:12play though that Walsh made.
32:14Unbelievable.
32:15Comes down.
32:16And I told him before the
32:17game I was going to
32:18feature him tonight.
32:19Diving on the floor.
32:20This time it's the ball out of
32:21control.
32:22Who wants it?
32:23What man wants it?
32:23Dives gets burnt there and
32:26then just throws his ball
32:27down.
32:27This makes a three-point
32:28play.
32:29This is ideal and this is
32:31what Tommy Heinsohn used to
32:32preach about.
32:33Who wants it more?
32:35And that time he wanted
32:36it more.
32:37Yeah, that was worth a
32:38couple top points for
32:39sure.
32:44Alexander Walker finally
32:45hits one.
32:46He had started 0 for 3
32:48from outside the arc.
32:52Hawks lead is 4 as White
32:54drives.
32:56Bassey on the tap back.
32:58Celtics doing an excellent
32:59job with their beets on the
33:01inside just keeping the
33:02basketball alive.
33:05Garza got the start then
33:06some Williams and now some
33:08Bassey.
33:10Kuminga off the rim and
33:11Bassey called for the foul.
33:13Don't mind that.
33:14Alexander Walker going for the
33:15rebound.
33:15Imitate why you don't mind
33:16that because if a small guy
33:18comes in the pan and you
33:20hit him with the body and
33:21knock him down, what you're
33:22doing, you're making him pay
33:23the toll.
33:25Bassey just inside out.
33:27Fingertips on the
33:28basketball.
33:29I think it was out of the
33:30rim.
33:30I think so.
33:31It was a good look from the
33:31dunking cam.
33:32It's all about the dunk.
33:33You could see from the dunking
33:35cam that the ball had just
33:37left the ceiling.
33:38Man, I just love our
33:39sponsors.
33:43You get all the perks,
33:44right?
33:44Yeah, you got your free
33:45donuts.
33:46Free dozen donuts today.
33:48Still waiting on mine.
33:50Here's Kuminga.
33:51Oh, rejected by Bassey.
33:53Get that out of here.
33:55Not in my dunk on the
33:57house.
33:58A white for three.
34:00That's Celtics basketball.
34:02That's how you punish them.
34:04Stop the dunk on one end.
34:06And then, here you go,
34:08mama.
34:09A three for you.
34:14Try it again.
34:15Try it again.
34:16Bassey with another
34:17rejection.
34:19Hey, good fella.
34:20Calm down.
34:21I like what he's doing,
34:23though.
34:23This time,
34:24we got the swadometer.
34:26I mean,
34:26I know we'll have a
34:29add for that.
34:31That could be sponsored.
34:32Absolutely.
34:36Brown trying to get contact.
34:38They're not calling that today.
34:41JB just two for eight.
34:42But Bassey didn't get a block there,
34:45but bothered the shot by Kuminga.
34:46Four-on-four.
34:56Oh, man.
34:58Brown.
34:59No whistle as Vincent went down.
35:02They are letting them play.
35:05Jalen Johnson gliding to the basket.
35:10Man, musicality again.
35:12Brown might get up in the face
35:13with a little elbow,
35:14and they didn't make the call,
35:16though.
35:17Brown's getting a little
35:18frustrated out here.
35:22A whistle and a foul
35:23on Alexander Walker.
35:26But watch this, boy.
35:28You're talking about
35:29Elevator coming in here.
35:31Not in my house.
35:32Uh-uh.
35:34Next one comes down.
35:35Bassey comes back
35:36on the second side.
35:38Trying to be sneaky?
35:39Hey, let me knock it
35:40off your head this time.
35:41That is called
35:42closing the door.
35:45They say that a lot
35:46of minutes.
35:48You're home, Tim.
35:54Bassey, a hard screen.
35:56Alexander Walker,
35:57Pritchard.
35:57Fancy moves.
35:58Got a good shot.
35:59Missed it.
36:00Shireman.
36:01Reload for Pritchard.
36:02And that one's good.
36:03Tell you what,
36:03he is ready,
36:05locked, and loaded.
36:06If he sees any daylight,
36:08he is firing that
36:09basketball.
36:16Promingo follows his own.
36:18And now he's getting
36:19frustrated with the lack
36:20of a whistle.
36:23He's getting more and more
36:24physical as it goes on.
36:31Richard with a fancy handle.
36:34Keeps it alive under the
36:35basket.
36:35Shireman with a really
36:36tough angle.
36:38He saw that.
36:39He was essentially
36:39shooting that behind the
36:41back wall.
36:41I think he's going to
36:42take a seat here.
36:43Joe Mazzullo points down
36:44the bench.
36:45Daniels, a 15% three-point
36:48shooter.
36:49What?
36:49Knocks it in,
36:50which leads to the timeout.
36:52You are kidding me.
36:53He is.
36:54Oh, my goodness.
36:56The lowest percentage
36:57of unqualified shooters.
36:58In the history of the game.
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37:18So Joe Mazzullo has been
37:20the Celtics coach now
37:20for four years.
37:22All four years,
37:23the team has won at least
37:2450 games and counting
37:25this season.
37:26If you look at all-time
37:27win percentage in the
37:28regular season,
37:29he is number one among
37:30NBA coaches.
37:31No qualifier necessary.
37:33Any coach who's coached
37:35at least one game is
37:36eligible for this list,
37:37and Joe's at the top
37:38by a lot.
37:39Joe has been sensational.
37:40I think he has such a
37:42belief that after what
37:43happened with D.E.
37:44May, Tabako, all of a
37:46sudden he's put in this
37:48position, and he's never
37:49really looked back.
37:52You can tell his
37:54fingerprints are all over
37:55this team.
37:56The Celtics have saved
37:57more than $350 million
37:59in payroll, and here they
38:00are, number two in the
38:02Eastern Conference.
38:04Brad Stephens has a lot to do
38:05with that team.
38:06Of course.
38:07Alexander Walker, bothered by
38:09White, at the rim.
38:11Go to rim protection from the
38:12Celtics guard.
38:14That's shot blocking guard in
38:15the NBA.
38:17Here's JB, six points, five
38:19boards, four assists,
38:20finds a cutting.
38:21Garza, who's five for five.
38:22Garza's just walking down the
38:24middle of the lane, ready to
38:26catch and release because
38:28they're putting so much
38:28pressure on Brown.
38:32JB now on pace for a triple
38:35double.
38:37Here's McCollum navigating,
38:38O'Connor pick and pop.
38:40Missed the shot.
38:41A foul on the Celtics.
38:43As Alexander Walker went
38:45flying, it's on D. White.
38:46I love when you get guys
38:49from the opposing bench who
38:51haven't played yet, start
38:53pointing things out.
38:54I used to love to go with
38:55those guys.
38:56I'm like, why don't you sit
38:57down?
38:58I got a great story I'll tell
38:59you about Pat Riley that I
39:00told him one time with those
39:01guys yelling at me.
39:05It's, it's, it's, you know,
39:07it's, it's natural.
39:09It's nothing better.
39:10He looked at me like.
39:13Wait a minute.
39:15Johnson smoked the layup but
39:16got the whistle.
39:18When was Pat Riley yelling
39:19at you?
39:19Pat Riley wasn't yelling.
39:21There was a couple guys on
39:21the bench who were yelling
39:22and screaming.
39:23The ball goes out of bounds
39:24in front of their bench.
39:26I grabbed the basketball and
39:27give it to the official.
39:28He's about to hand it back
39:29to me.
39:29And I said, hold on, wait a
39:31minute, one second.
39:32He said, Pat, do me a favor.
39:33Put one of those guys on the
39:34bench, on the bench, in the
39:36game.
39:36Okay.
39:37Gets one of the guys at the
39:38end of the bench, comes in
39:39to guard me.
39:39I score about 10 points.
39:41And then as it's going back
39:42to the bench, I said, the
39:43next time you have a free
39:45seat, shut your mouth and
39:47watch the game.
39:48Quiet.
39:49So, those guys who are
39:50sitting at the end of the
39:51bench, you're making all
39:53that noise, I hate that.
39:56Wait a minute.
39:56You told Pat Riley to put
39:58someone in and he actually
39:59did?
39:59He actually did.
40:01He actually did.
40:02And that was one of my
40:03highlights of my career.
40:05I told Pat later on there,
40:07I said, thank him.
40:07He's like, wow, yeah, I do.
40:09I remember I did that.
40:11That's what he made it to
40:12JJ Reddick the other night.
40:14He said, put him in.
40:16I don't know who he's
40:16talking about, but I don't
40:18think JJ applies.
40:19He's a bad thing.
40:20Brown the kick, five to
40:22shoot.
40:22Hauser, the push dribble,
40:24hangs and hits.
40:25What is going on?
40:27Hauser hanging in the air.
40:30Garza hanging in the air.
40:33He said, Hauser hang time.
40:34Yeah, I mean, this is
40:35Float-o-tron or something.
40:38Floating to the basket like
40:40that's a Chick-fil-A floated
40:41down to you up here in the
40:42broadcast.
40:45You split that gift card
40:46with me.
40:47Call him on the miss.
40:49Garza the rebound.
40:54Tie game under two to play
40:55in the second.
40:56Here's Hauser.
40:58Hauser.
40:59They've been looking for him.
41:01Just set him up for his
41:02shot.
41:02He hasn't had any good
41:03looks.
41:05Remember, last time we
41:06were here, Sand hit 10
41:07threes.
41:09He was 10 for 21.
41:11Missed his last six as he
41:12was trying to tie Marcus
41:13Smart's franchise record.
41:15A travel by Johnson.
41:17Tom just slid that back
41:20foot.
41:20Good chance to see this
41:21Hauser drive here.
41:23Hauser coming to his own
41:24hang time.
41:26Goes up and under the wing
41:27of the defender.
41:36Brown and Daniels matched up
41:37again, now switched on to
41:39McCollum.
41:40There's a matchup you want if you're
41:41Brown.
41:42Clears it out.
41:45Oh.
41:47That's the ball.
41:49And Daniels gets two out of it.
41:52Daniels who doesn't score as many
41:54points.
41:55That's right.
41:55He's been exceptional so far in
41:57this game.
41:58Turn the basketball over, he gets
41:59tough in trouble.
42:01Daniels with a team high 11.
42:03Why, great finish.
42:05These Euro steps these guys are
42:07doing.
42:07We used to call them walks, but
42:09this time gets towards the
42:10hole, lays it in softly, a little
42:12contact, but not enough for the
42:14officials to make the call.
42:16How many travels do you see in
42:17an average game?
42:18Uh, 20.
42:20How many are called?
42:23Oh.
42:23Uh, hardly none.
42:28Alexander Walker hits on a triple
42:30to tie the game again.
42:32Already ten ties and nine lead
42:34changes in this first half.
42:36Two for one, it's White.
42:40Garza was on his way to get that
42:42basketball if he hadn't been
42:44chucked a little bit.
42:45Still got the rebound even though
42:46it was out of bounds.
42:47You count that?
42:48I'll give him half.
42:50Game leaders are brought to you by
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42:52Here for New England, here for
42:53good.
42:54It's out of bounds.
42:56You count that as a half.
42:58You know how many of those
42:59would they have?
43:00They had a million.
43:02I don't count those in 10-ston.
43:06Alexander Walker, a late shot clock.
43:10White goes down.
43:11He was fouled by O'Connor.
43:14And they can call there almost
43:15any time.
43:16O'Connor just put the back
43:18leg out and White just runs
43:20over his foot.
43:21Now you get the last look at
43:23this thing.
43:24Stay tuned for Celtics
43:25Halftime Live with Giles and
43:26Eddie.
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43:29And think about it.
43:30He really didn't try to trip
43:31him.
43:32Their feet just got hung
43:34together.
43:37Now to the self-in-chief, you want
43:39the last shot.
43:40Don't leave any time on the
43:42clock at all.
43:44They got Pritchard back in the
43:45game.
43:45This is his specialty.
43:49O'Connor sets the screen.
43:52Pritchard out to Sam.
43:54Fires.
43:56He was off balance with
43:57Alexander Walker kind of
43:59underneath him.
43:59We got a tie game at halftime,
44:01Max.
44:01Yeah.
44:02Good start.
44:03That's how you want it to be.
44:04If you're on the road and it's
44:06tied like this, this is a good
44:08thing for the team on the road.
44:10Outstanding defense.
44:11Now don't turn the basketball over
44:14if you're the boss in Celtics.
44:1654 apiece.
44:17Halftime show coming up.
44:26All the way goes to the
44:28Ditzel snap and rolls it all.
44:32Garza on the drive from New York.
44:34Luka Garza gives it up.
44:35Luka Garza to the rack again.
44:39Oh, rejected by Bassey.
44:42Try it again.
44:43Try it again.
44:44Bassey with another rejection.
44:46I like what he's doing.
44:49Sights and sounds.
44:51Brought to you by TDs.
44:53We're here in Atlanta.
44:54We got ourselves a tie game.
44:55All square at 54.
44:57The Celtics getting
44:58contributions from everywhere.
44:59Garza and Pritchard each leading
45:01the way with 13 apiece.
45:02And then Charles Bassey and
45:03Amari Williams both getting
45:05some minutes here.
45:06And...
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