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00:00Беливая секвенция.
00:0280 первых половых points
00:03for Boston.
00:04Whatever the game requires,
00:05he's willing to meet it.
00:09So the fifth half this season
00:11with 80 plus points
00:13for Boston.
00:14You saw that graphic
00:15hitting 14 threes,
00:17tying the most in a half.
00:18They had 11 in the first quarter
00:20and had those 14 with about
00:22five minutes to go in the second quarter
00:24and didn't make another one.
00:25So they go in the lane to start the third
00:27and have a chance at an old-fashioned
00:29three after just two free-throw
00:31attempts in that first half.
00:34Wait, Hauser, like,
00:36he's made every right decision.
00:37Remember in the first quarter
00:38he had to, they ran him off
00:40the three-point line.
00:41Nice, efficient one dribble
00:42into the mid-range.
00:44Now he knows it's Hauser,
00:45I mean, it's Hero checking me.
00:47He's trailing the whole way.
00:48He just made the right rim read.
00:52And a rare miss free-throw
00:53for Hauser, who's an 89% shooter.
00:56He's got 19 points,
00:58had 17 in the first quarter.
01:01Pella Larson on the spot up.
01:03Spins out on the three,
01:05rebound pinballs to Kata.
01:07Boston at 50 wins on the season,
01:10the fifth straight year.
01:12As Kata gets the slam,
01:13great find by Brown.
01:15It's the first time the Celtics
01:17have won 50-plus
01:18in five consecutive seasons
01:19since the Larry Bird-led Celtics
01:22from 1984 to 1988.
01:25Kata got the block,
01:26but a foul.
01:31It's on Hauser.
01:33He's just talking about
01:34his processing speed,
01:36like he's playing
01:38with a quick mind, right?
01:40He's under duress
01:41of two different defenders,
01:43and he's just calmly like,
01:45okay, where are my options?
01:47There's two on me.
01:48I've created the advantage
01:49my team was looking for.
01:50Now where can I go next?
01:52You think about
01:53when he was at Cal,
01:54he used to get his offense
01:55by just bigger and stronger
01:57than everybody.
01:57He just put his head down
01:58and drive.
01:59Early on in the NBA,
02:00got sped up easily,
02:02but he is going at a pace
02:03and getting to
02:04wherever spot he wants
02:06on the floor now.
02:07It's a big reason
02:08why he's an MVP candidate.
02:09And I think everybody,
02:10rightly, Dave,
02:11came back with the idea,
02:13okay, when Tatum comes back,
02:14that's a reset
02:15on that relationship,
02:16the much-discussed relationship.
02:17Give these two young men credit.
02:19They just keep putting
02:20that storyline to bed.
02:26Tatum has four assists
02:27to go with 13 points
02:29and 12 rebounds.
02:30Derek White took just two shots
02:31in that first half.
02:33He missed a three there.
02:34But I do think
02:35that's the kind of shot
02:36he's going to get.
02:36Of all the guys
02:38whose shot profile
02:39will change
02:40with Tatum's return,
02:42to me,
02:42it's Derek White.
02:43Three is good
02:44for Wiggins.
02:46And you need a lot of those
02:47to climb back into this,
02:49but this is a heat organization
02:50with pride,
02:52and they will keep playing.
02:54They don't have Norman Powell.
02:55He is out for the third
02:56straight game due to illness.
02:58He is their leading scorer
02:59on the season.
03:0122 points per game.
03:02Hero is close to that
03:04at 21 and a half,
03:05but obviously played
03:05fewer games.
03:07Tatum with three to shoot.
03:09Fires a three.
03:12Front-winded.
03:12Kata,
03:13offensive rebound.
03:14Missed the putback,
03:15but he'll go to the line.
03:16Wiggins on the reach-in.
03:21You and I were just talking
03:23before we started
03:24the second half
03:24about the minutes
03:25that Kata has given
03:26Boston this year
03:27and how that could translate
03:28to playoff success.
03:31Yeah, listen,
03:32I thought it was interesting
03:34down the stretch
03:35of the Oklahoma City game
03:37that Tatum was at the five.
03:39And I do think,
03:40if you remember
03:40their championship season,
03:42how often Jason Tatum
03:44was put in a position
03:45to have to guard up,
03:48he was physically
03:48and mentally up
03:49for the challenge, Tatum.
03:51What Kata and Garza
03:52have done at the five spot
03:53for Joe Mazzu
03:54is a tribute to everybody.
03:56The organization
03:56for the growth
03:57of these players,
03:59for Kata's commitment.
04:01You know,
04:02he averages, what,
04:03about 24 minutes?
04:05Would that go to 21
04:06depending on how often
04:07Tatum closes at the five?
04:09I just think
04:10the reason everybody
04:11thinks the Celtics
04:12are dangerous
04:13is you have two now
04:14elite guys,
04:15the wings,
04:15you had them
04:16when you won the championship.
04:17The role players' roles
04:19are defined,
04:20everybody knows,
04:20you know,
04:21what their contributions are
04:22as Iroh gets another three.
04:25Derek White
04:26remains elite
04:29defensively.
04:31Offensive foul
04:31on Jalen Brown.
04:33I think what's
04:34the most amazing thing
04:35about this team
04:36is you're without
04:37Jason Tatum
04:38for the first 62 games.
04:40You make a couple
04:41of midseason moves
04:42after losing
04:42four key guys
04:43off a championship team.
04:46They bring in
04:47Nikola Vucevic
04:47who's only played
04:4812 games.
04:49They're expecting
04:49to get him back
04:50before the playoffs start.
04:51That was a key move
04:52for them in the offseason.
04:53Yet,
04:54whether Pritchard starts,
04:55it comes off the bench,
04:56Tatum sits or plays,
04:58it just doesn't seem
04:59to matter.
04:59The Celtics
05:00just roll right along.
05:01And here's the thing,
05:04you know,
05:05I don't know
05:05what the perception
05:06is out there.
05:07It felt to me
05:07like in Joe Mazzoula's
05:09first year
05:10in the championship year
05:11that,
05:11oh,
05:12well,
05:12you inherited
05:13a great team.
05:14Indeed.
05:14Indeed.
05:15You still have to
05:16coach that team.
05:17Still got to beat
05:18the opponents
05:18in front of you.
05:19And ain't nobody
05:21questioning Joe Mazzoula's
05:22coaching jobs
05:23after this season.
05:24Not a soul.
05:25Got a chance to win
05:26Coach of the Year
05:27would be the first Celtic
05:28since Bill Fitch
05:29in 1980.
05:31He's got right now
05:32the best.
05:33Granted,
05:33it's only four years,
05:35but still 72%
05:37win percent
05:37is the best in history
05:38as Brown
05:39is up to 25 points
05:41now in the ninth.
05:44When you think about
05:45his first year,
05:47they're playing Miami
05:47in the conference finals.
05:49They get down 3-0.
05:50That game three
05:51was actually the last time
05:52Boston's lost here.
05:53They won nine in a row
05:54since.
05:55They won two games
05:56that series.
05:57Forced to game seven
05:58back in Boston.
05:59Lost.
05:59A lot of people
06:00were questioning
06:00Joe Mazzoula.
06:01But the very next year
06:02to win the championship
06:04and all that
06:05chatter stuff.
06:09Mitchell driving
06:10out to Larson.
06:14Wiggins left alone.
06:16Three is good.
06:17That's their offense
06:18right there.
06:19This is the new
06:19system incorporated.
06:20There wasn't a single
06:22on-ball screen.
06:23It was individual.
06:25Can I get past?
06:26Can I get an advantage?
06:27Can I make the next play?
06:29Mitchell rips it away
06:30from Brown out of bounds.
06:32We'll stay with Boston.
06:33I mean, you watch
06:33NBA nightly.
06:35You're accustomed
06:35to seeing two-man action.
06:37That is not who
06:37the Heat are.
06:39Eric Spolstra
06:41consorts with Noah LaRoche
06:42and they change their whole system.
06:45That is it in a nutshell.
06:46You're spaced.
06:47It's five out.
06:49Create an advantage
06:50and then get a shot.
06:51Brown rises up.
06:53Trains a three-pointer.
06:5429 for Jalen Brown.
06:59One point away from his
07:0134th 30-point game
07:03in 67 play
07:05out of Ayo
07:07back to the line
07:08where he's two for six.
07:10Okay.
07:11I mean,
07:12let's just look at
07:14Jalen Brown
07:14make this three
07:15from the corner, folks.
07:16Nick,
07:18Nimi Kata
07:18just trying to make
07:20that path,
07:21that route
07:21for the defender
07:22a little harder.
07:23But Jalen,
07:24this is just beautiful.
07:25I mean,
07:28one-legged
07:29three-point jumper.
07:31Stop it now.
07:32You're hurting him.
07:34Adebayo gets the free throw.
07:36He's got 18 points
07:36and 10 rebounds.
07:37His 30-second
07:38double-double.
07:40Jalen Brown's got 29
07:42and this felt easy.
07:48In the first quarter,
07:49he came out
07:50in attack mode.
07:51He scored the first
07:5111 points for Boston
07:54and
07:55was able to get
07:56deep into the paint
07:57every time
07:58and we'd see
07:59hang and finish.
07:59We'd see
08:00a decelerate
08:01and then speed up quickly,
08:03reverse layup
08:04and now we see
08:05a three-pointer.
08:08Brown
08:09draws the contact
08:11out the basket
08:12and one
08:12and then he screams
08:13to the crowd.
08:1631 points
08:17for Jalen Brown
08:18in 21 minutes.
08:20This is only
08:21his fifth free throw.
08:22He hasn't needed it
08:23tonight,
08:24but again,
08:25you can attack
08:25Tyler Hero.
08:26They're going to go
08:27at him on every possession.
08:29You were talking
08:30about the diesel move.
08:31He's deep in his bag
08:32tonight.
08:33Just think about
08:33the free throws
08:34this guy has taken
08:35over his last
08:36four games.
08:38This is number five
08:39but 14,
08:4014,
08:41and 11.
08:42That gives you
08:44some sense
08:44of the kind
08:45of aggression
08:46he's playing with.
08:47He scored the last
08:49eight.
08:49He does have
08:50a 50-point game
08:51this year
08:52and five others
08:54where he scored
08:5440-plus.
08:57out of Bayou.
08:59Wow.
08:59Kata got a piece
09:00of that
09:00and out of Bayou
09:01still had the strength
09:02to get it up
09:02and score.
09:03Did he lose
09:04control of it
09:05there for a second?
09:06Looked like
09:07Kata got a hand
09:07on it.
09:10A 24-point lead
09:12for Boston.
09:13Almost at 100
09:13points already.
09:18Here's Brown
09:18again.
09:19Doubled.
09:20throws it up.
09:23Was hoping
09:24to get a call
09:24and did not.
09:28Really his first
09:28wild shot
09:29of the night.
09:30Larson's three
09:31is good.
09:33He's hit a couple
09:34now here
09:35in the second half.
09:40If Miami
09:41doesn't come back
09:42the Heat
09:42will be in the
09:43tenth spot.
09:43Now they were
09:43in the tenth spot
09:44last year
09:45and won two games
09:46and made it
09:46out of the play-in.
09:49Brown drives
09:50through the lane
09:51hands for Kater
09:52shot clock down
09:53to three
09:53and Kater puts up
09:55the air ball.
10:04Celtics with six games
10:06left after tonight
10:07pretty much locked
10:08into that two spot
10:09in the East.
10:10They were the two seed
10:11last year
10:13after 61 wins
10:17Mitchell
10:18buries a three.
10:19We're going to need
10:20a few of those.
10:21Joe Mazzullo right away
10:22has seen enough.
10:24That's episode
10:24inside of 20.
10:26We'll be back
10:27on the other side.
10:38This is Asian
10:39longest tenured
10:40active head coach
10:41in the league.
10:42Head coach now
10:43of U.S.A. basketball.
10:46We were talking
10:47with him before
10:47the game
10:49about the reports
10:50of his good friend
10:51and assistant
10:52on Team USA
10:53and Gonzaga head coach
10:54Mark Few
10:55getting into the
10:55Hall of Fame.
10:56He and Mark Few
10:57go back 35 years.
10:59Eric Spolster
11:00was playing at Portland
11:01and Few was a
11:02grad assistant
11:02at Gonzaga.
11:03He's very happy
11:04for Mark Few
11:05a guy that
11:06Spolster says
11:06he has nicknamed
11:07Yoda for all the
11:08lessons he's learned
11:09over the years
11:10from Few.
11:10Anybody who knows
11:11Mark Few
11:12despite sustained
11:13success
11:13and an appropriate
11:14induction into
11:15the Naismith Hall of Fame
11:18the guy's never
11:19changed
11:20through all
11:21the success
11:22and you know
11:23he's one of those
11:24guys coaches
11:24to say
11:25he's a coach's
11:26coach.
11:26I remember covering
11:27him at college
11:28and saying
11:28he had multiple
11:29offers to go
11:30big spots
11:31and he'd be like
11:31no
11:32Gonzaga
11:33suits me
11:34just fine.
11:35He's a guy
11:36that has the
11:37demeanor to coach
11:38at this level.
11:39Yes.
11:40But chose to stay at
11:41Gonzaga's
11:41Tatum gets at the
11:42fall.
11:43He's got 17 points
11:4413 rebounds
11:45and 5 assists.
11:47He too
11:48has made the game
11:49look easy.
11:52Oh is that a double?
11:53Yes.
11:54That is a double
11:54dribble.
11:55The turnover
11:55Hero's saying
11:56it got deflected
11:57by Boston.
11:59In fact
11:59all the Heat
12:00players are saying
12:00that but
12:01it's not
12:02the official saw.
12:03So let's go back
12:04to Tatum.
12:04He's working on
12:05Andrew Wiggins
12:05uses that right arm
12:06just gets his balance
12:07right into the jump
12:09shot.
12:09Nice soft touch.
12:11I mean just
12:11you know
12:12I read his comments
12:13that when he first
12:14came back
12:14he's like
12:15I felt like
12:15I had to be perfect
12:16I wanted to be
12:17first team Jason
12:18like you did not
12:19play for a full year
12:20it will take
12:21a little bit of time
12:22and that's all it took
12:23was a little bit of time
12:24because he's playing
12:25like that now
12:26as Jalen Brown
12:26is up to 34
12:28and another assist
12:29for Tatum.
12:33Actually did not
12:34give an assist
12:35there to Tatum.
12:39Lead back to 22
12:4099 points
12:42for Boston
12:4380 at halftime
12:4453
12:46in the first
12:46they do now
12:47give the assist
12:48to Tatum
12:48a sixth.
12:49I was wondering
12:49I mean the move
12:50was spectacular
12:51but he didn't deck it
12:52at all
12:52one little hand
12:54to pass
12:54one dribble
12:55which still counts
12:56as an assist
12:57and
12:58that spin
12:59to the fade
13:00he's giving you
13:01a little bit
13:02of everything
13:02in his arsenal.
13:0413 of 20
13:05from the floor
13:05for Tatum
13:07or for Brown
13:07rather
13:0834 points
13:09Tatum
13:09was 17
13:10he's got
13:117 double-doubles
13:12look at how
13:13he's almost
13:13at the top
13:14of the Celtics list
13:15already
13:15and closing in
13:17on maybe a triple-double
13:18tonight
13:20Jalen Brown
13:20has three triple-doubles
13:22this year
13:23good defense
13:24by Mitchell
13:26Brown on the step
13:27through
13:27got caught
13:28in the air
13:28and hits again
13:3036 for Jalen Brown
13:32Boston
13:32already in triple-digits
13:34come on
13:35this is absolute
13:36folks
13:36Dan Deion Mitchell
13:38walls him up
13:39stops him on the first one
13:40is in decent body position
13:42on the second one
13:43but when you got it going
13:44like Jalen Brown's got it going
13:46it don't matter
13:47Davey on
13:47this thing's still going down
13:49NBA Wednesday
13:50double-header
13:51Victor Wembanyama
13:52and the Red Hot Spurs
13:53looking for their
13:5410th straight win
13:55as they face
13:56the Golden State Warriors
13:59when March
14:00tipped off doors
14:00you and I were in
14:01San Antonio
14:02and felt like
14:03with about 20 games left
14:05that Victor Wembanyama
14:06had a chance
14:06at one last push
14:08to get deep
14:09into the MVP conversation
14:10he was already in it
14:11but to get a little deeper
14:12for it to be real
14:13it feels real
14:14right now
14:15it does
14:16and honestly
14:16you were the first one
14:17to me
14:18who kind of drove
14:19that conversation
14:20and you know
14:21he made the point
14:22about defense
14:23like
14:23he shifts the floor
14:26in a way
14:26that nobody else
14:28is doing
14:28by far
14:29as Hakez
14:30does a nice job
14:31getting in lane
14:32but if you're asking me
14:33who my MVP right now is
14:35he has not taken it
14:37out of Shea Gilt
14:37or San Alexander's hands
14:38like if I had to vote today
14:41I'm voting SGA
14:43I mean
14:44look at their record
14:45with all the pressure
14:47being applied
14:49by San Antonio
14:50they are 16-16
14:51Oklahoma City
14:5337 wins
14:55in the brutal
14:55Western Conference
14:56that's five more
14:57than the next closest team
14:59and I'm sorry
15:00did Shea have to play
15:02however many games
15:04he had to play
15:04without Jalen Williams
15:06you're second in command
15:08and you
15:09all-star last year
15:10and you see the level
15:11he's playing at
15:13somebody's going to have
15:13to rip it out of Shea's hands
15:15and in my mind
15:15that hasn't happened yet
15:16it's a great point
15:17when you consider
15:18that for the last two months
15:19San Antonio's only got
15:21with it
15:22one game closer
15:22in the standards
15:23and the Spurs have lost
15:26two games
15:27in the last
15:28three weeks
15:29they've won nine in a row
15:30they've had a couple of
15:31lengthy win streaks
15:32but Oklahoma City
15:33is at 60 wins
15:34as Hawkins banks it in
15:36that's a tough move
15:36by Hawkins
15:37but JJ Redick
15:38made a good point
15:39about Luka Doncic
15:40that he doesn't know
15:41if he's ever seen a month
15:42like that
15:42Doncic has really played
15:44great all years
15:44as an air ball
15:46for three
15:47but he got Jokic still
15:48he got Jalen Brown still
15:50Kate Cunningham
15:51although he may not get
15:51to 65 now
15:52don't know 65 games
15:54you have to get there
15:54to be eligible
15:55for the awards
15:56may not play the rest
15:57of the regular season
15:59Mitchell
16:00three is good
16:01they keep competing
16:02five quick points
16:08Pritchard in the corner
16:09history is good
16:1317 threes for Boston
16:15they had 11 after the
16:16first quarter
16:17Miami's got 16 threes
16:23Hawkins
16:24and another triple
16:25for Miami
16:28first three of the game
16:30for Hawkins
16:31trading triples
16:32with Boston
16:3219 point game
16:34three minutes to go
16:35sorry
16:35if that's not a strength
16:36of Hawkins
16:37that's the next step
16:39in his development
16:41Tata between the legs
16:42scores up for three
16:44another assist
16:45for Jason Tata
16:48that's eight
16:49he could get a triple
16:50double here
16:51because you're trying
16:52to maximize his minutes
16:53right
16:53he's got to play
16:54you were making the case
16:56earlier about
16:58Jalen Brown
16:59like Jalen Brown
17:00the minutes
17:01over the last eight games
17:02have gone from like
17:0334 to 38
17:04it's playoff time
17:05folks
17:05we're stretching
17:06those minutes
17:07both those guys
17:08right now
17:08right around 27 minutes
17:10Tatum and Brown
17:13Shireman
17:13and that's good
17:14on the floater
17:16another assist
17:18one assist away
17:19from his first triple
17:20double of the season
17:21in his 12th game
17:22and coming off
17:23arguably his best game
17:26on the fallaway
17:27Hawkins no
17:32Tatum to Shireman
17:33who fumbles it away
17:34by the way Tatum
17:35also has 14 rebounds
17:37tying a season high
17:38he's had
17:38a handful of games
17:39of 10 plus
17:40Mitchell back rimmed
17:42the three
17:42kept alive Hawkins
17:48Boston led by
17:49as many as 27
17:50was up 20
17:51after the first quarter
17:52another three
17:53for Hawkins
17:54he's got two here
17:55in the last two minutes
17:59eight threes
18:00in the quarter
18:01for Miami
18:12Tatum
18:13stopped the dribble
18:14out to Garza
18:16the three in and out
18:17though
18:17that would have been
18:18assist number 10
18:19for Tatum
18:20Mitchell
18:21into the lane
18:22at the feet
18:23of a teammate
18:24and he gets it
18:25back out to Ware
18:26three-pointer
18:27for Khalil Ware
18:29giving up a lot
18:30of threes
18:31of your Boston
18:33now to 16
18:34with a minute
18:35to go
18:35in the third
18:37Miami
18:38back to the zone
18:39now
18:43Fritchard
18:44in and out
18:45rebound Ware
18:49Miami
18:50pushing tempo
18:51Hero
18:52on the drive
18:53out to Mitchell
18:54wide open
18:55triple
18:55got it
18:56it's down
18:57to 13
18:59this is the variance
19:01this is the great
19:02equalizer
19:03right
19:03changes everything
19:04in the NBA
19:06Tatum can't answer
19:07on the 30-footer
19:08out of bounds
19:11and they're saying
19:13it's off
19:14of Miami
19:14so Tyler Hero
19:16gets the corner turn
19:17it forces
19:18everybody in
19:19what
19:20Damian Mitchell
19:21goes from a guy
19:22who was
19:23you wouldn't guard him
19:24in Sacramento
19:25at the three-point line
19:27he's four for eight
19:28tonight
19:30meanwhile
19:31Yakichona's checking
19:32in for Miami
19:33first time
19:34we've seen him
19:35Brown and Tatum
19:36will go to the bench
19:37now to get
19:38a little extra rest
19:39Eric Spoelstra
19:40is challenging
19:41the ruling on the floor
19:42of out of bounds
19:43off of Miami
19:45hit it
19:46out of bounds
19:47for Boston
19:48Zach Zarb
19:48of the crew chief
19:49still looking at it
19:50along with the replay
19:50center right now
19:51it feels like Garza
19:52definitely got his
19:54fingers on it
19:55but to me
19:56it looked like
19:56Pella's
19:58fingertips
19:58were the last
19:59to touch it
20:00but it's
20:01very close
20:04meanwhile
20:04Miami has hit
20:05ten threes
20:06in the quarter
20:07after nine
20:07in the first half
20:08they're ten of fourteen
20:09from three in the third
20:10and they're back
20:11in the game
20:11I said it in their
20:12you know
20:13first half
20:14Dave
20:14like there's culture
20:15here
20:15they're not going
20:17to quit on the game
20:18regardless of the time
20:19and score
20:19and that three ball
20:23they're giving up
20:24too many threes
20:25for the Celtics too
20:26but closing the gap
20:28with their ability
20:29taking a long time
20:30on this one
20:31Zach Zarb
20:32of year 23
20:33as an NBA referee
20:34has worked 16 NBA finals
20:37one of the best
20:38refs in the league
20:41after review
20:42it's been deemed
20:42Larson was the last
20:43to touch the basketball
20:44it remains Boston ball
20:46it's an unsuccessful
20:47challenge
20:47they lose the time out
20:48and the right to challenge
20:49in the future
20:50so there's the explanation
20:52so
20:53the Celtics will get
20:54possession with 28.1
20:57on the game clock
20:58and 14 on the shot clock
21:01nine nothing Miami run
21:04Paquez with a couple
21:05threes
21:05Davion Mitchell
21:08as well with a triple
21:13I've been doing this here
21:15with Bam out of Iowa
21:16on the bench
21:20both Brown and Tatum
21:21getting rest now
21:22for the Celtics
21:24Heat in this zone
21:25you can see
21:26they're very active
21:28and a high level
21:28of communication
21:29Richard able to keep
21:31the dribble low
21:32and misses the mid-range
21:33shot
21:34plenty of time
21:34for the Heat
21:35to get one final shot
21:37but Mitchell going right away
21:38and missing the layup
21:40out of bounds
21:42off Boston
21:44they're going to get
21:45Kata back in
21:47since they're going to
21:48stay on this end
21:48of the floor
21:49for defense
21:51Mitchell can't believe
21:52that he missed
21:53the layup
21:57he's given them
21:58such great minutes
21:59I know he's frustrated
22:00but he's five for ten
22:0114 big points
22:02five assists
22:05in his fifth NBA season
22:07out of Baylor
22:07former top ten draft pick
22:10six seconds to go
22:11in the quarter
22:12Jaquez to Hiro
22:13with three
22:14Hiro gives it up
22:15Mitchell at the buzzer
22:17it's good
22:18on the three
22:20it's a ten point game
22:22with one quarter to go
22:24Boston hit 11 threes
22:26in the first
22:26Miami
22:27Wednesday presented
22:29by State Farm
22:30with Eric Spolstra
22:31incredible grit
22:32and shooting
22:33in that quarter
22:34what allowed you
22:35to generate those shots
22:36I mean it's been
22:37wild changes
22:39in this game
22:40they've been shooting
22:41the heck out of it
22:42and we just wanted
22:43to stay the course
22:44and make it a little
22:44bit tougher
22:45end of the second
22:46quarter we were
22:47defending better
22:47so we felt like
22:48it was moving
22:49a little bit more
22:49in our direction
22:50but it always helps
22:51if you're making
22:52a few shots
22:53Eric thank you so much
22:54okay thanks
22:56can you see that
22:56most threes
22:58Doris in a quarter
22:59in team history
23:00they're on a 12
23:01nothing run
23:02they scored 45
23:03in the third quarter
23:04Hauser ends the run
23:05with a jumper
23:06to start the fourth
23:08he just
23:08he has been
23:09he's 8 for 10
23:10and multiple of those
23:12have come off the bounce
23:13into the mid range
23:15meanwhile Spolstra
23:16keeping the five
23:17on the floor
23:17that made the run
23:19in the third quarter
23:20without Bam out of Bile
23:21heroes three
23:22no good
23:22Cato with the rebound
23:24so Tatum
23:25starting the fourth
23:26Jalen Brown
23:27on the bench
23:28to begin the fourth
23:29Tatum
23:30one assist shy
23:30of a triple-double
23:31long two for Tatum
23:33no good
23:35Larson
23:36knew it was off Miami
23:37so he tried to save it
23:38and does
23:39Hero pushing tempo
23:41pulls up for three
23:42in transition
23:42good
23:44Tyler Hero
23:45gets Miami
23:46with a nine
23:5121 threes for the Heat
23:53a 15-2 run
23:55Tyler Hero
23:56has had one
23:57heck of a year
23:58shooting the basketball
24:02and Boston scored
24:0353 in the first quarter
24:05they hit 11 threes
24:06Miami on the third
24:08Houser with a couple
24:09of jumpers here
24:09on the fourth
24:10I mean he's just
24:11playing within himself
24:12and he understands
24:13they're running me
24:13off the three-point line
24:14oh that's a brutal
24:15turnover by Hero
24:16I just could not
24:18be more impressed
24:19by Sam Houser
24:21and the efficiency
24:22how calmly
24:24he is absorbing
24:26the runoff
24:26the three
24:27one dribble
24:28into the mid-range
24:29it's happened
24:29multiple times
24:3117 of his 23 points
24:33came in the first quarter
24:36Tatum's got 17 points
24:3810 assists
24:3914 rebounds
24:40he's fouled by Ware
24:41so in game 12
24:43of the season
24:44Tatum has a triple
24:45double
24:45and will be at the line
24:46for the first time
24:47tonight
24:47so Houser takes over
24:4990% of his field goal
24:51attempts from three
24:51so what do you think
24:52they're doing
24:53they're saying
24:53well you know what
24:54do something else
24:55in order to make us
24:57believe that you can
24:58put it on the deck
24:59and here are the
25:00prior two
25:01he understands
25:02okay well
25:03Kahlil Ware is
25:047 foot
25:04hyper-athletic at the rim
25:06let me stop right here
25:09Ware picks up the foul
25:10his first
25:12first on Miami
25:13Tatum now with 18 points
25:14now what's interesting is
25:17we've talked in the first half
25:18about how much zone
25:19Miami plays
25:20all of a sudden
25:21against a team
25:22they haven't done it much
25:23you have seen it
25:25consistently in the third
25:26and here in the fourth
25:27and what happened
25:29against Philly was
25:30it didn't bite
25:31until the fourth period
25:33and let's see
25:34does it bite the Celtics
25:35here in the fourth
25:36great job by Tatum
25:37to get the middle
25:38of the zone there
25:39Hawkins 3 no good
25:44Boston ball
25:45up 13
25:49Tatum around the
25:50K to screen
25:51fires
25:51and his 3 is good
25:53Jason Tatum
25:54stretches the lead
25:55back to 16
25:56and a quick
25:57heat timeout
25:59oh boy
26:00if I'm in the east
26:02and this is the team
26:04I'm living
26:04one seed
26:04South Carolina
26:05taken on UConn
26:06and Texas
26:07and UCLA
26:07with Gabriella
26:08Hawkins
26:09Jaime's younger sister
26:11that's in game
26:12two of the Friday
26:13night doubleheader
26:15meanwhile Mitchell
26:16ends a 7-0
26:17Boston run
26:18out of the timeout
26:20Jalen Brown
26:21just gets up
26:22off the bench
26:22he's at 28 minutes
26:24he's been playing
26:26about 38
26:27so this is going to be
26:28you know
26:29he'll finish here
26:29now the rest of the way
26:30and I think
26:32Kata with the basket
26:33inside
26:35Tatum has played
26:3631 minutes
26:37has 11 assists
26:38now after that
26:39last one
26:40to go with 22 points
26:4114 rebounds
26:42the free goes
26:43for Ware
26:44he can make that
26:45he's hit over 80
26:47on the season
26:47that young man
26:48intrigues me
26:49he's got big time
26:51talent
26:52just curious
26:53how quickly
26:54he develops
26:55Tatum driving
26:57swatted away
26:58by Ware
26:59but a foul called
27:00on Wiggins
27:03Wiggins saying
27:04Tatum initiated
27:05the contact
27:05but it's called
27:06the defensive foul
27:07so Kaleel Ware
27:08is 7 foot
27:09230 pounds
27:10and he
27:11can flat shoot
27:12the basketball
27:13remember the drive
27:14he had
27:14in the first half
27:16on the deck
27:16from about 20 feet
27:18and then this is
27:19the opposite end
27:20where Tatum just goes
27:21right to the body
27:22of Andrew Wiggins
27:24who's still paying
27:25a price for it
27:28and now 3 of 3
27:30at the line
27:32he's stacking now
27:33good game after good game
27:35as Jalen Brown returns
27:36and I think that's what
27:38should have the Celtics
27:39fans most encouraged
27:40is as the season winds down
27:42Tatum is getting better
27:44and better
27:44he's ascending
27:45with the playoffs
27:47just a couple of weeks away
27:49most people thought
27:50he wouldn't play
27:51at all this year
27:52after
27:53tearing the Achilles
27:55on his right leg
27:56in game 4
27:58the conference semifinals
27:59but not only is he back
28:01and he's been back now
28:02for almost a month
28:02but he's playing
28:04at a terrific level
28:08Mitchell's had a good night
28:09able to shake
28:10Pritchard
28:11and missed the shot
28:13and it's poked out
28:14to White
28:15Miami
28:16trailed by 27
28:17got it down to 10
28:18going into the fourth
28:22it was cut to 9
28:23but Boston back up big
28:25and now Brown going to the line
28:27he's got 36 points
28:29and is 5 of 5
28:30at the strike
28:31there's a process
28:32to closing out games
28:33in the NBA
28:35one of those
28:36is playing with the lead
28:38and then getting yourself
28:39to the free throw line
28:40I remember Paul Pierce
28:41talking about that a lot
28:42like he's coming down
28:43the stretch
28:44I want to draw fouls
28:49Celtics didn't get
28:49to the line much
28:50in the first half
28:56time for tonight's
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29:02Pistons host Minnesota
29:03the Lakers are in OKC
29:05NBA TV Friday
29:07Bulls at the Knicks
29:07but NBA.com will visit
29:09the NBA after more
29:11Minnesota and Houston
29:1246-29
29:16Brown missed them both
29:18yeah those two teams
29:20right now are tied for fifth
29:21in the West
29:23trying to get to four
29:25so they get
29:25home court in the first round
29:27but Denver right now
29:28is a game up on those
29:29two teams for four
29:33four minutes into the fourth
29:34here in Miami
29:35don't forget Spurs
29:36Warriors up next
29:37Steph Curry not back yet
29:39but the Warriors put out
29:41a release
29:42he's expected to scrimmage
29:43again this week
29:44so potentially a return
29:45before the season ends
29:47Graham with a rebound
29:48hesitates
29:49goes up
29:50and scores off the window
29:51just a little communication
29:53between Tatum and Brown
29:55on that
29:56they're clearly attacking
29:58Hero
29:59there's just a subtle look
30:00like Tatum's like
30:01you want this right
30:02and he got him
30:03the basketball
30:04the smart basketball
30:07both guys with very high
30:09basketball IQ
30:11shot clock down to five
30:12out of Bios three
30:14is short
30:14Pacquiao's offensive rebound
30:19now Bam on the drive
30:22now Bam on the drive
30:22now Bam on the drive
30:22Kata
30:23good contest
30:24but the basket goes
30:25that's tremendous touch
30:27footwork was elite by Bam
30:29and it needed to be
30:30I mean
30:30and Kata's still there
30:32Dave
30:32he got a great contest
30:34on that
30:34and Miami's still within
30:37striking distance
30:37down 14
30:38with 7 to play
30:42Pritchard
30:43corner 3
30:43is up
30:44and it's down
30:45Peyton Pritchard
30:46with another 3
30:47for Boston
30:48that's 20 now
30:49he's got 4
30:55Wiggins
30:55can't answer
30:581 and done
30:59for Miami
31:00on that possession
31:01lead back to 17
31:03for the Celtics
31:06trying to win
31:07for the 8th time
31:07in their last 10 games
31:09an inch closer
31:10to wrapping up
31:11that 2 seed
31:11reaching foul
31:12on Mitchell
31:14fourth
31:15in the quarter
31:16on the heat
31:17so Miami's defense
31:19is loaded up
31:20with eyes
31:21and vision
31:21on
31:22the guy with the basketball
31:24you see Bam
31:25right
31:25he's in the bottom
31:26part of that zone
31:27Pritchard wisely
31:28saying okay
31:30everybody's eyes
31:31are on the guy
31:32who's got the
31:32isolation mismatch
31:33we want
31:34so Bam's just
31:35going to cheat over
31:36the dead sprint
31:37to the corner
31:37beautifully done
31:39by Pritchard
31:41Brown fires to
31:42Kata
31:42who lays it in
31:44another assist
31:45for Brown
31:46that's now 5
31:49Kata's got 9 points
31:5010 rebounds
31:52back to a 19 point lead
31:54heroes floater
31:55is there
31:57he's got a lot
31:58of offensive game
31:59this guy
32:0218 tonight
32:03at 30
32:04in each of the last
32:04two games
32:08he's got a lot of
32:11Brown
32:12with a jab step
32:13now the fall away
32:15no good
32:16almost tipped in
32:17by Kata
32:18a great hustle
32:20a great hustle
32:20by Kata
32:22and he's fouled
32:23come on
32:24this guy's doing
32:25so many good things
32:27the group loves him
32:29Joe loves coaching Kata
32:32this is a
32:33he is a delightful
32:35young man to talk to
32:36folks
32:36watch him work here
32:38just like
32:40I'm gonna outwork you
32:42out tough you
32:43whatever is required
32:44and it's a lot of
32:46thankless stuff
32:47right
32:47it's screen after
32:49screen after screen
32:50to defend the rim
32:53we had a chance to
32:54speak with him early
32:55in the season
32:55just a bright young
32:57man great to talk to
32:58speaks four languages
32:59thankfully for us
33:00only spoke one
33:01otherwise we would
33:02have been lost
33:02but just a joy
33:05to talk to
33:05and as you said
33:06he is beloved
33:07in Boston
33:08by everybody
33:08players coaches
33:10fans
33:11his 15th
33:12double-double of the
33:13season
33:1411 points
33:14and 12 boards
33:16and Boston
33:17back in full command
33:18at the midway point
33:19of the fourth
33:21Aquez penetrates
33:22and is able to score
33:23as Kata was trying
33:24to block it
33:27Kata had an awkward
33:28landing
33:28he's a little slow
33:29jogging back up
33:30the floor
33:31might also just be
33:33exhausted
33:33right
33:34I think it's the
33:35pace of the game
33:37you can see how
33:38high up this zone
33:39pushes out
33:39like these
33:40those guards
33:41in the front of that
33:42zone
33:42that pushed
33:44way
33:44way
33:45to the top
33:46of the floor
33:46nifty move
33:47by Tatum
33:48and got the
33:49bank shot
33:50he's got 25
33:51points
33:5216 rebounds
33:53and 11 assists
33:55hero
33:57another rebound
33:58for Tatum
33:59that's number 17
34:00we were talking
34:01with Joe
34:01Missoula
34:02before the game
34:03about the scoring
34:04and the no turnovers
34:04for Tatum
34:05against Charlotte
34:06in his last game
34:07and Missoula said
34:08he's got to rebound
34:09better
34:09well
34:09he's responded
34:11tonight
34:11as
34:12Keita gets the bounce
34:15they're just
34:16they're carving it up
34:17now
34:18right
34:18they're just
34:19quick decision making
34:20touching the weak spots
34:25out of Bayou
34:26got a three
34:28his fourth three-pointer
34:31might be too late
34:32at this point
34:3318-point game
34:34nearly four minutes
34:35to go
34:48and out of bounds
34:50to Miami
34:54Joe Missoula will keep
34:56Tatum and Brown on the court
34:58for now
34:59Brown two points shy
35:01of 40
35:12Larson penetrating
35:13out to Wiggins
35:15bumping Tatum
35:16and now falling away
35:17off the back iron
35:18and rebound number 18
35:19for Tatum
35:20his career high
35:21is 19
35:21I want you to keep in mind
35:23when Boston was struggling
35:24out of the gates
35:25where did they start
35:25one and four
35:26and I can't remember
35:27they had double digit losses
35:28before I think
35:29double digit wins
35:31one of their main weaknesses
35:33was defensive rebound
35:35and to their credit
35:36it has become a real strength
35:38and now that Tatum's back
35:39it's like good night
35:40between Tate and Tatum
35:41you're not getting
35:42an offensive rebound
35:43he were effective
35:44early they're getting
35:45some offensive boards
35:46they've tightened that up
35:47Tatum has been
35:49an excellent rebounder
35:50now for many years
35:51yes
35:51and
35:52in the games this season
35:55he's averaging
35:55right around 10 rebounds
35:56per game
35:58Larson
35:58Larson commits the foul
35:59his second
36:00free throws for Kata
36:01and it's his optionality
36:03we think about him
36:04as a gifted offensive player
36:06appropriate
36:08I just can't hammer home
36:09enough
36:10the role he played
36:11on the defensive end
36:12of that championship team
36:14and his
36:16excellent defensive rebounding
36:18allowing you to play
36:19him at the five
36:20Draymond Green
36:21and the Warriors
36:22trying to hold it down
36:23until Steph Curry
36:24comes back
36:24and they climb the standings
36:26right now they're in 10th
36:27in the west
36:27they've got San Antonio
36:29up next
36:29they're a game back
36:30of Portland
36:31for 9 and 2 back
36:32of the Clippers
36:33for the 8th spot
36:34and Shams said
36:35Steph Curry cleared
36:37for 5 on 5 scrimmaging
36:38that's a big hurdle
36:40likely another scrimmage
36:42coming
36:42end of the week
36:43for Curry as well
36:44as he ramps up
36:45with the hope of returning
36:48for
36:48at worst the play
36:50maybe even before then
36:5424 threes now
36:55for Miami
36:59fourth time
37:00they've made
37:0024 threes
37:01in a game
37:02in franchise history
37:03and the second time
37:04this season
37:04Tatum's pass
37:05too hot to handle
37:06for Kato
37:07and then out of bio
37:08he just
37:09had that slip
37:10through his hands
37:10as he tried
37:11to throw it down
37:11court to Larson
37:17Tatum launches
37:18can't get it
37:21falls to the ground
37:23along with Hero
37:26after Kato
37:28skied for the rebound
37:29he's up
37:30Hero is not
37:35an injury filled year
37:36for Hero
37:37hopefully he's okay
37:37back in a second
37:47closing in on
37:48Havlicek and White
37:49for second
37:51Kato gets the free throw
37:54so Hero has been taken
37:56out of the lineup
37:57hopefully he's okay
37:57after that fall
37:58Kato
38:00staying in to shoot
38:01the free throws
38:04so Boston will improve
38:06to 10 and 2
38:08with
38:09Jason Tatum
38:10on the floor
38:11Tatum and Brown
38:12play together
38:13they were plus 64
38:14coming into tonight
38:15and that will go up
38:16after this game
38:20Larson
38:21is three
38:22no good
38:22and a loose ball
38:24foul on Boston
38:26it's on Kato
38:27or Pritchard
38:28trying to contend
38:28with
38:30Bam
38:30yeah
38:38six games left
38:39after tonight
38:40for Boston
38:40four those
38:41are home
38:42they have two more
38:43road games
38:43the next ones
38:44at Milwaukee
38:45Friday
38:46also have a big one
38:47against the Knicks
38:48although it looks like
38:49Boston will hold them
38:50off for the two seed
38:51they do right now
38:53lose the tiebreakers
38:54that could be a key game
38:55for them if
38:57Boston does stumble
38:58between now and then
38:58the Knicks do not have
39:00an easy out
39:01either
39:01though
39:03so that
39:03that differential
39:05in the lost column
39:06is pretty weighty
39:07yeah
39:08it's three
39:09with six games left
39:10hard to make that up
39:12Larson completes the
39:14three-point play
39:14after the Shireman foul
39:19Miami has five games left
39:21after tonight
39:23and the Heat
39:24will be in the 10th spot
39:26right now
39:28which means
39:29if you're
39:30in 10th
39:31you only get
39:33you get the one game
39:34in the play
39:35and on the road
39:36if you win that
39:36you get another chance
39:37if you lose
39:38your season's over
39:39Joe Mozilla
39:40keeping Jalen Brown
39:41on the floor
39:41trying to get 40 points
39:42he just ripped the three badly
39:44now on the baseline
39:45he rises up
39:46can't can it
39:47kept alive though
39:48by Shireman
39:51they want to get it
39:52to Brown
39:53to see if he can
39:53get his 7th
39:5540-point game
39:57Brown driving
39:58puts on the brakes
39:59falls away
40:00hits it
40:00Jalen Brown
40:01with a 40-point night
40:02the 7th of the year
40:04for Brown
40:05and 142
40:07for the team
40:10playoff is good
40:11for Mitchell
40:24Brown looking
40:25for more
40:29sidestep
40:30three
40:31another one
40:32for Jalen Brown
40:33that was tough
40:34he's got 43
40:39Hawke has swatted
40:41but got it back
40:41and scores
40:48Jalen Brown
40:4917 of 29
40:50from the floor
40:514 of 10
40:52from 3
40:5343 points
40:54they're going to
40:54double him
40:55to force him
40:55to pass it
40:59White
41:01shovels to Brown
41:02with a shot clock
41:02at 5
41:03Brown doubled
41:04gives it up
41:04White a clear path
41:06to the hoop
41:06and the bank
41:07drops for Derek White
41:16Mitchell
41:17no good
41:19rebound
41:19Kata
41:2251 wins
41:23for Boston
41:24and the Celtics remain
41:28three games up
41:29on the next closest team
41:31for the two spot
41:34in the Eastern Conference
41:35playoff picture
41:40Boston will take a 24 second
41:42violation here
41:42then Miami will just dribble
41:43out the clock
41:46it was a wild night
41:48it started with the Celtics
41:49hitting 11 threes in the
41:50first quarter
41:51leading 53 to 33
41:54Miami hit 11 threes
41:55in the third quarter
41:56to cut it to 10
41:57but the Celtics
41:58open the game back up
41:59early in the fourth
42:00and roll the victory
42:03behind 43 from Jalen Brown
42:05and a triple double
42:06by Jason Tatum
42:08his first
42:08since returning
42:09from the Achilles injury
42:10a month ago
42:11final score
42:12Boston 147
42:14Miami 129
42:18Celtics improved
42:19the 51 and 25
42:21might
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