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00:00Four assists in the first half of game one doing it all getting to the rack
00:08Been a pest defensively throwing it down healthy and effective
00:15Halftime show with the fellas coming up next
00:26Welcome back to the NBA playoffs presented by Google
00:29We're in Boston for the first round presented by Popeyes
00:32Red Panda doing her thing at the half here at TD Garden
00:37Yeah, delighting the fans who are also enjoying the scoreboard
00:41As we take a look at our first half stats brought to you by Popeyes
00:44The Celtics an 18-point lead
00:47They've held Philadelphia to 2 of 16 shooting from 3
00:52Brown and Tatum doing their thing for Boston
00:55Let's take a listen in to sounds of the game with Tyrese Maxey
01:03Hey, I was in, so I had to run out
01:05No, there's no need for you to go in
01:07Why were you going in?
01:08No, because I was cutting
01:09You cut
01:09I just wanted to give you that space on the set
01:12Yeah, but you got no choice
01:12I'm going by Hauser and Jason Taylor
01:14I just wanted to give you that space so you can have oxygen
01:17It's okay, it's okay
01:18You're doing a hell of a job
01:19Don't let that, you know what I'm saying?
01:20Every bucket matter right now
01:21You're good
01:22Hey, stay the course
01:23Stay the course
01:24Stay the course
01:27That's what Tyrese Maxey had to say
01:29How about what Nick Nurse had to say at the half?
01:32Let's check in with George Sedano
01:33Guys, he gave me two things
01:34Defensively, he said that they got to do a better job in their straight line defense
01:38The Celtics are just blowing by them every single time it felt like
01:41And then offensively, he did like their shot profile
01:44But he said they just got a knockdown shot
01:46They shot under 35% from the field
01:49Under 15% from three
01:51And that's the first time since 2023
01:53They did that in the conference semis against this same Celtics squad, Ryan
01:57All right, George, thank you very much
01:59Ryan Rucco, Jay Billis
02:01George Sedano with you
02:03Game one of this best of seven first round series
02:05As Maxey can't hit
02:07Well, Maxey got a good shot
02:09But the rear contest from Derek White
02:11Was what made it so difficult
02:13That affected the shot
02:14And to George Sedano's point
02:16One thing Philly's got to quit doing
02:17Is turning the ball over
02:18They had nine turnovers in that first half
02:20Kato with the throwdown
02:23Namish Kato
02:26Three fouls as he begins this third quarter
02:31Jalen Brown
02:32With three as well
02:34Kato's mobility
02:36His athleticism
02:38Setting those screens
02:39And just rolling so hard to the basket
02:41Oubre on the attack
02:43Spins it in
02:44Meanwhile, Philadelphia with Andre Drummond
02:47And not a damn bonus
02:49Starting the second half at center
02:52Bonus staying in
02:54Excuse me
02:54Drummond staying in drop coverage
02:56And that just gives White so much space
03:00When he comes off that screen
03:03White take it full advantage
03:05Plus the foul
03:07And that's number three on Tyrese Maxey
03:12We were talking to Joe Missoula
03:14Before the game about
03:15Derek White
03:17And just what he appreciates most about
03:20Derek White
03:21And he said that he is truly
03:23Like another coach on the floor
03:25He said the way
03:26He processes things
03:28In real time
03:29Is incredible
03:31And that he is probably
03:32One of the smartest players
03:34In the league
03:34Well his point about processing
03:36In real time
03:37I think is the key
03:38There are a ton of players
03:39That are unbelievably smart
03:41About basketball
03:42But doing it
03:43At speed
03:44When things are coming at you
03:47Boy really smart
03:48By Paul George
03:49To go right into Kata
03:50He was in the restricted area
03:52Had his arms down
03:53Just picked up that foul
03:55That was unnecessary
03:56For Kata to pick up
03:58And number four on Kata
04:00To your point
04:03Anytime that Maxey
04:05Or George
04:06Get guarded by Sam Houser
04:08Whether it's on a switch
04:09Or straight up
04:10They're going to try to drive it
04:17So George to the line
04:19And right away
04:19Vucevic comes in
04:22For Kata
04:27As George
04:28Completes the three point play
04:31Philadelphia
04:32Has not led
04:33In this game
04:36Boston is led
04:37By as many as
04:3823
04:39It's currently
04:4017
04:42Here's Tatum
04:43Through the lane
04:44Out of contact
04:46No whistle
04:47Stays here
04:48As Andre Drummond
04:50Says
04:50Wait I didn't touch that
04:52And
04:57The officials
05:00Look at it
05:00Confer
05:07Philadelphia debating
05:08Whether or not
05:08So challenge
05:09And now they will
05:10Award the basketball
05:11To philadelphia
05:14And
05:17Boston is going
05:18To challenge
05:20And
05:21Big boston's
05:22Probably going to say
05:23There was
05:23Approximate foul
05:25Down
05:33NBA playoff action
05:34Continues next on
05:36ABC
05:36First round
05:38Game 1
05:39The reigning MVP
05:40And the reigning champs
05:42Shea and the Thunder
05:43Taking on the Suns
05:45From
05:46OKC
05:47Meanwhile
05:48This was an
05:49Unsuccessful challenge
05:50Jay
05:51Which
05:51I think we were a little
05:52Surprised about
05:53They said there was
05:55No proximate foul
05:56There on Drummond
05:57Ball clearly hits
05:58Tatum last
05:59But
06:00Looked like Drummond
06:01Wrote him out of bounds
06:02And Joe Mazzullo
06:03You can see
06:03Kind of
06:04Indicating that
06:06With his right arm
06:07And
06:08Scott Foster
06:10Deeming the contact
06:11Legal
06:12From Andre Drummond
06:13It was the
06:14Unusual
06:14Play from the start
06:16Because
06:17Boston had been
06:18Awarded possession
06:21With the official
06:22Saying the ball
06:23Went off Philadelphia
06:23And then they
06:24Just kind of
06:24Reversed it
06:25After the players
06:26Complained
06:26Said nobody
06:27Touched it
06:29Usually those
06:30Deliberations
06:32Aren't
06:33Recognized by the
06:34Court
06:34But in this case
06:35They were
06:37Another
06:38Point blank
06:39Miss
06:39For Philadelphia
06:40Right at the
06:41Basket
06:42That wasn't
06:42Defense related
06:43That was just
06:44Poor offense
06:46Here's George
06:52George
06:52Three for six
06:53From the floor
06:54Wow
06:54Shakes
06:55Brown
06:55Kicks
06:56Oubre
06:57And at the
06:58Three
06:58Got a wide
06:59Open look
07:00And
07:02It's out of bounds
07:03And going to stay
07:04With Philadelphia
07:06As Drummond and
07:07Houser go down
07:09And Drummond
07:10Grimacing
07:15Houser did a nice
07:17Job to battle
07:18Andre Drummond
07:19To try to get that
07:20Long rebound
07:20Gave a little push
07:21There to get the
07:22Space
07:22And Drummond
07:23Just rode him
07:24Right out of bounds
07:25That's not a healthy
07:26Situation for either
07:28Player to be in
07:30I don't think
07:31Anybody wants
07:32Any human
07:33To fall on them
07:34But there are
07:34Certainly
07:35Power rankings
07:36And Andre Drummond
07:37Has to be near the
07:38Bottom
07:39Of people you want
07:40Landing on you
07:47Here's Hedge
07:48Comey traveled
07:49And Philadelphia
07:50Turns it over
07:51For a tenth time
07:53I thought
07:54They were going to
07:55Go in
07:56To Paul George
07:57Who had
07:58Sam Houser
08:00On him
08:00In the post
08:02And just try
08:03To take on
08:03That matchup
08:04Feels like
08:05They're going to
08:06Need more
08:06Field goal
08:07Attempts
08:07From George
08:08Just six of them
08:09In this game
08:10Philadelphia
08:11Without
08:11Joel Embiid
08:12After his
08:13Happendectomy
08:15Still recovering
08:16Not ruled out
08:17For the series
08:19Brown
08:20Ableton
08:22Fading away
08:23He wanted
08:24That all the way
08:25Boston
08:26Just ran a little
08:27Zoom action
08:28Philly switched it
08:30When he saw
08:30Maxie was on
08:31Him
08:31He just waved
08:32Vucevic away
08:33And said
08:33I'm taking this
08:33On my own
08:35Maxie
08:37Giving it up
08:38George
08:39Seven to shoot
08:40With the cross over
08:41The take
08:41And the hit from three
08:43What separation
08:45With that little cross
08:47Side step
08:48By Paul George
08:51Here's Vucevic
08:52Center of the lane
08:53Brown
08:54Had the three
08:55White will take
08:56And tip
09:00Busset's just not
09:01Forcing anything
09:02Jalen Brown
09:03Could have easily
09:04Taken that shot
09:05Off the pass
09:07Out by Vucevic
09:09But
09:09Just shows
09:11Great patience
09:12To get it out
09:13To get it out to
09:14Derek White
09:15Butchovic's playing
09:16Way off
09:16Drummond
09:18Edgecombe
09:19Able to nail it
09:20As he's found
09:22His rhythm
09:23Offensively
09:24Started
09:25Towards the end
09:26Of the second
09:27Tatum
09:28Back ironing off
09:29Oubre the rebound
09:31Even that last shot
09:32By Edgecombe
09:33Was such a tough shot
09:34Because of that rear
09:35Contest from
09:35Derek White
09:37Oubre
09:38Bodies in
09:39Doesn't get the roll
09:40Does
09:40Get the tip
09:44It's a 15 point game
09:46As Philadelphia
09:47Has shaved
09:48Eight points
09:49Off the deficit
09:50Right now for Philly
09:51It's about getting
09:52Consecutive stops
09:53Not enough to get a stop
09:55They've got to get
09:55Consecutive stops
09:59Brown
10:03Guarded by Maxie
10:04Four to shoot
10:05Shovels over to Tatum
10:07Two to shoot
10:08Tatum
10:08Difficult look
10:10Way off
10:11And there's a stop
10:12For the Sixers
10:13Trying to build
10:14A little momentum
10:15In this third
10:24Against Orlando
10:25In the play-in game
10:27Philly used
10:28Kelly Oubre
10:28As a screener
10:30At times
10:31For some pick and pop
10:32Action
10:32But
10:33Philly's not gone
10:35To that
10:35Because
10:36Boston will just
10:37Switch it
10:43Hedgecombe
10:44Kicks
10:44Oubre
10:46Short on a three
10:47Had a great look there
10:51Get those wide open shots
10:53You've got to knock
10:53Those down
10:54But it's been tough
10:55For Philly to find
10:56Any kind of rhythm
10:57In this game
10:57Now three
10:59Of 19
11:00For three
11:01He told you
11:02About their struggles
11:03Especially over
11:04The last month
11:05And a half
11:07March first
11:08On
11:08They were
11:09Last
11:10In the NBA
11:10In three point
11:11Percentage
11:13As Peyton Pritchard
11:14Will check in
11:15For Sam
11:16Houser
11:17For Boston
11:24Brown
11:25Three to shoot
11:25Trying to escape
11:27With George
11:27Brown
11:28Forces it up
11:29And off
11:29Drumming the rebound
11:31To get ahead
11:32Deflected by Brown
11:35Brown
11:36And open
11:37Three
11:37Is good
11:43That is just
11:44Crushing
11:45For Philadelphia
11:46They get a stop
11:47And then throw it away
11:48Turns into a three
11:50An 18-1
11:52Advantage
11:53For Boston
11:53And points off
11:54Turnovers
11:55George
11:56No
12:01White gives it up
12:04Vucevic
12:05You bet
12:06All three
12:13Time up
12:14To Philadelphia
12:18These have been
12:19Important minutes
12:20For Nikola Vucevic
12:22Coming off
12:22Missing a month
12:23With a broken finger
12:25Getting back into it
12:26After several days
12:27Of good practice
12:40Celtics and the Sixers
12:51Celtics and the Sixers
12:58Because that leads to easy baskets
13:00For Boston
13:01Going the other way
13:02Boston
13:0318-3 advantage
13:04And points off
13:05Of turnovers
13:06In this game
13:08Pritchard secures
13:09The rebound
13:10Here comes Tatum
13:125-30 to go
13:14In the third
13:16Tatum
13:17Swivels
13:17Drives
13:18Finishes
13:20Finishes
13:20There's those
13:21Glow-bys
13:21That George
13:22Was talking to us
13:24About that
13:24Nick Nurse
13:24Was emphasizing
13:25At the half
13:26Well especially
13:27The secondary defender
13:28He's not only
13:29Shaking his defender
13:31Off the ball screen
13:32He's getting by
13:32The secondary defender
13:35Tatum 23 points
13:37Nine rebounds
13:38Four assists
13:40Maxine with space
13:41Little teardrop
13:43Banks off
13:43He's going right
13:45Into Vucevic
13:46Playing drop coverage
13:47Off Andre Drummond
13:48He doesn't have to worry
13:49About Drummond
13:50Picking and popping
13:51What a great
13:51Cut
13:53Brown the flush
13:54On the delivery
13:55From White
13:58Just a dribble
13:59At backdoor
14:00And you keep
14:01Focused on the ball
14:03Jalen Brown
14:03Just a fabulous
14:04Cut
14:0510-0 Boston run
14:07They have their
14:08Largest lead of the day
14:09It is 25
14:10George gets fouled
14:12By Tatum
14:14And Paul George
14:16Is going to shoot
14:17Two
14:19Derek White
14:20Just dribbling
14:20Right at Paul George
14:22Just a little step
14:23And go
14:23And nobody there
14:25There on the weak side
14:26To come over
14:27This
14:28Threaded beautifully
14:30Between two defenders
14:32With the bounce pass
14:37Brown upset
14:39About the foul
14:39Call on Tatum
14:41As George
14:43Will go to the line
14:44He leads
14:45All sixer
14:46Scores
14:46With 15 points
14:49It was just a James
14:51Harden-esque move
14:52Into the outstretched
14:53Hand of Jason
14:54Tatum
14:55To pick up
14:55That foul call
14:57Paul George
14:5853 career
14:59Playoff wins
15:00Fifth most
15:02Among active
15:03Players who have
15:04Not won
15:05A title
15:07James Harden
15:08Tops on that
15:09List
15:13Harden's
15:14Cowboys got out
15:15To a 1-0
15:16Series lead
15:17On the Raptors
15:18With a win yesterday
15:20Donovan Mitchell
15:21Was great
15:21In that game
15:22I think he had
15:2332
15:23But didn't have
15:24A big time
15:25First quarter
15:25And still able
15:26To put up
15:2632 in game one
15:28And Max
15:28Struess
15:29With 24
15:29Off the bench
15:30A player
15:31You didn't know
15:31If Flippen
15:32Would get back
15:32At any point
15:33This season
15:35Vucevic
15:36Gives it up
15:37Tatum
15:38Into the corner
15:41Six to shoot
15:42White
15:44Can't it to three
15:45Grimes the weak side
15:47Rebound
15:48Beautiful
15:48Get ahead
15:49And Edgecombe
15:51His spring
15:52Is just remarkable
15:54Well he's a big time
15:55Athlete
15:57He's had such a great year
15:59He's averaged
16:0034 minutes a game
16:01To go along
16:02With those 16 points
16:04And four assists
16:04And his respective
16:05Field goal percentage
16:06Is up over 50%
16:08And he's one of only
16:09Five players
16:10In the last 50 years
16:12To reach those numbers
16:13In a rookie season
16:15I thought it was
16:16Interesting
16:17Nick Nurse
16:17Talking to us
16:18Before the game
16:18Said
16:19You know
16:19Going into the year
16:20He said
16:20I'll evaluate
16:21How Vuce
16:22Edgecombe's rookie year
16:24Has gone
16:24Based on minutes
16:25And he said
16:26Yeah well
16:27He's averaging 35 a game
16:30Let NBA
16:31Rookies a minute
16:31So pretty good
16:32Brown
16:33Able to snake
16:35His way inside
16:3619 for Jalen Brown
16:38Just the size
16:40And strength
16:40Advantage
16:41Over VJ Edgecombe
16:43Down in that low post
16:45Maxi explodes
16:47Swivels it in
16:48Plus the foul
16:50Just curling
16:51That screen
16:52And when he catches
16:53It on the run
16:54With his speed
16:55And athleticism
16:56Good luck
17:01This curling
17:02Catching it
17:02That's a stampede
17:03Catch
17:04Catching it
17:04On the run
17:06And you're not
17:07Stopping that
17:08And especially
17:09With Namias
17:09Cata
17:10Not there
17:10To protect the rim
17:11This is more
17:12This is more a paint
17:13Protection defense
17:14Without Cata
17:15Rather than a rim
17:16Protection defense
17:18Maxi with 16 points
17:22Georgia 17
17:24Edgecombe with 13
17:25Those are the three
17:27Sixers in double figures
17:29For Boston
17:31Jason Tatum
17:32Leads the way
17:32With 23
17:33Brown with 19
17:34And then Derek White
17:36Is 10
17:37Even though Maxi
17:38Has 17 points
17:39Boston's made him
17:40Work for everything
17:41He's had 17
17:42Field goal attempts
17:43And he had 33
17:44In a game earlier
17:45This year against Boston
17:46But had to take
17:4734 shots to get it
17:49Brown
17:51Looks like he might
17:52Have gotten hit
17:53No call
17:54Walsh comes away
17:55With a rebound
17:56And gets the whistle
17:58And now
17:59The derisive cheers
18:01From the crowd
18:01Here at TD Garden
18:05Jordan Walsh
18:06Has such a live body
18:07Another guy
18:08That can come in
18:10From the perimeter
18:11On the offensive glass
18:14So you gotta hit
18:15First against him
18:16If he gets a run up
18:17He can get a tip dunk
18:20And another role player
18:21Who had an elevated role
18:23This season
18:23And delivered for Boston
18:26Garza
18:27In and out on a three
18:29Long rebound
18:30Back to Garza
18:31Pritchard
18:32Pennix
18:35Credit Jordan Walsh
18:37For that
18:37His activity
18:39On the offensive glass
18:40Keeping it alive
18:41Got an extra possession
18:43For Boston
18:43That resulted in that three
18:46Boston 10 for 26
18:48From three
18:49Philadelphia
18:50Just three for 19
18:51And Walsh guarding
18:53Maxie now
18:53With his athleticism
18:55And length
18:55He did a great job
18:56On him
18:57In the last game
18:58These two teams played
18:59Bona can't hang on
19:01It squirts out of bounds
19:02Off of Bona
19:03And will be Boston
19:06Basketball
19:1388-65
19:16The Celtics lead game one
19:19Under two and a half minutes
19:20To go in the third
19:21Ryan wouldn't you say
19:22That Boston
19:23Their role definition
19:25Is impeccable
19:26Like everybody knows
19:28What their job is
19:29And they do it
19:30Seemingly without complaint
19:31No question
19:34And the ability
19:36To continually dig
19:38Deeper and deeper
19:40Into the roster
19:41And maintain
19:41That definition
19:43As well as the execution
19:44For the roles
19:46It's just
19:47It's incredible
19:48I mean
19:49All of those
19:50Role players
19:51You see on your screen
19:52Played a critical role
19:54In getting Boston
19:55The two seed this season
19:57And everybody
19:58It seems like
19:58Within the organization
20:00Improves
20:03And you have to give
20:04Great credit
20:05To Joe Mazzula
20:06For the job
20:07He's done this year
20:08Coaching
20:08I think everybody
20:10By now knows
20:11The story
20:12That Derek White
20:13Told on his podcast
20:14That on his birthday
20:16In July
20:17Joe Mazzula
20:18Called him
20:18Ostensibly say
20:20Happy birthday
20:20But he says
20:21Everybody thinks
20:22We're going to suck
20:22I love it
20:23And just hung up
20:27Newsflash
20:27They don't
20:28They don't
20:31Brown
20:31Buries the three
20:3322 points
20:35For Jalen Brown
20:36Largest lead
20:39For the Celtics
20:40Oubre
20:41Gets that one
20:42To slide in
20:47But after the load
20:49That Jalen Brown
20:50Has carried all year long
20:51Averaging about
20:5229 a game
20:53And he's going to be
20:54First team
20:55All-NBA this year
20:57But he and Jason
20:58Tatum
20:59What they've combined
20:59For 55
21:00In this game
21:03Brown
21:04Nuzzles
21:04They take hits
21:06Jalen Brown
21:11He's been excellent
21:12From the mid-range
21:13All season long
21:16Maxey's runner
21:17Drops in
21:1919 for Tyrese
21:21Maxey
21:21Jalen Brown
21:23With 14 in the quarter
21:26Pritchard
21:27Will fire
21:29Back ironing off
21:31Barlow left alone
21:32For the rebound
21:33Under a minute to go
21:34In the third
21:35It is all Celtics
21:37Here in game one
21:40Taken away by Pritchard
21:42Has running mates
21:44Brown lobbing it up
21:45Walsh
21:46The catch
21:47And gets fouled hard
21:49By Barlow
21:51Well that's been a
21:52Microcosm of this
21:53Entire game
21:54For Philly
21:55Maxey gets a switch
21:58Gets Brown
21:59Off the floor
22:00Then cuts to the
22:01Basket
22:01He's wide open
22:02And Philly
22:03Mishandles it
22:04And all of a sudden
22:04It's a three-on-one
22:05Going against him
22:06The other way
22:09Yeah
22:09Twelve turnovers
22:10For Philadelphia
22:11That Boston
22:12Has turned into
22:13Eighteen points
22:14See Walsh
22:15Career highs
22:16In minutes
22:16And points
22:17This season
22:18That's what we're
22:19Talking about
22:19All of these guys
22:20Who have been
22:21Sprinkled in
22:21In recent years
22:23Expanded roles
22:24This season
22:25And they have all
22:25Delivered across
22:26The board
22:27While Brown
22:28Was playing
22:29At that all
22:30NBA level
22:31Now you combine
22:32That with
22:33The return of
22:35Tatum
22:35Looking like
22:37Tatum
22:37And that's why
22:38So many people
22:39Are projecting
22:40Boston to go
22:41To the finals
22:43Obviously the big
22:44Story
22:45For the season
22:46Was Jason Tatum
22:47Having ruptured
22:48His Achilles
22:49In the playoffs
22:49Last year
22:50But
22:52Boston's overcome
22:53More than that
22:53I mean
22:54They no longer
22:55Have Drew Holiday
22:56They no longer
22:56Have Christoph
22:57Forzingis
22:58Al Horford
22:59Cornette
23:00Luke Cornette
23:01Went to the Spurs
23:02You know
23:03There's been a lot
23:03Of transformation
23:04Among this roster
23:06And still
23:06They won 56 games
23:07And you have to
23:08Look at the Celtics
23:09Right now
23:10Especially the way
23:11They've been playing
23:11I mean they won
23:1256 games
23:13In the regular season
23:14But they're looking
23:15Every bit the favorite
23:16In these Easter
23:17Conference playoffs
23:18Along with the
23:19Detroit Pistons
23:22About a 7 second
23:23Difference game
23:24And shot clock
23:26Brown looking for
23:27A little more
23:28On the drive
23:30The fade
23:31He got it
23:3416 in the quarter
23:35For Jalen Brown
23:3726 on the day
23:41Maxie
23:42Two seconds left
23:44Maxie lays it
23:45In at the horn
23:47Counting
23:48But Boston
23:49Takes a 24 point lead
23:51Into the fourth
23:53Jalen Brown
23:55With the last
23:567 Celtics points
23:5816 in the quarter
24:0026 in game one
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24:19Start of the fourth
24:20Quarter
24:20Game one
24:21Celtics
24:22A 95-71 lead
24:24On the Sixers
24:24This first round
24:25Matchup
24:26As Grimes
24:29Puts in his
24:30First points
24:30Of the day
24:32Ryan Lucco
24:33Jay Billish
24:33George Sedano
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24:36First of two
24:37On ABC
24:38Next up
24:39It'll be the Thunder
24:41And the Sun
24:41There game one
24:47As Pritchard picks up
24:49His second personal
24:50The Mias Kata back into
24:52The ball game
24:53Game with those four fouls
24:55And that gives Boston
24:57Some real rim protection
24:58With his athleticism
25:00And length
25:00And shot blocking
25:01Ability
25:03Brown begins the fourth
25:04On the bench
25:05After 16 points
25:06In the third
25:07Edge
25:09The Mias Kata
25:12Kata is right there for most improved player on the season
25:15Would you say
25:16I say so
25:17As Hauser buries the three
25:21He's three for three
25:22He's three for three from three
25:23Hit two early ones
25:24And now that one to start the fourth
25:35Barlow able to spin around Kata
25:37Couldn't finish it again
25:38To miss layup
25:39They must have missed
25:40Seven or eight layups
25:41In this game
25:42That is deflating
25:44And it's going to affect your defense
25:47Tatum
25:47No
25:48Shireman
25:49Keeps it alive
25:50Hauser
25:51Off the bar
25:53Pritchard
25:53Got in there
25:55And Grimes
25:56Last hit it
25:57There's that corner crash
25:59Again on the offensive glass
26:01By Baylor Shireman
26:02Just coming out of the right corner
26:05And
26:06Your instinct is
26:07To turn and go rebound
26:08But when
26:09Boston is crashing that hard
26:11Out of the corner
26:12So they don't even have to get the rebound
26:13They can just keep it alive
26:18Richard
26:20Can't hit
26:26Here's Edwards
26:28Edwards trying to skate his way inside
26:30Couldn't finish it
26:31There you go
26:31Kata on the contest
26:33They just stayed straight up and down
26:36Hauser
26:37Again
26:42He is allowed to shoot it from the catch spot
26:45He's making it
26:47Kata comes in
26:48But a goaltender is called
26:53He could see Joe Missoula saying run the blank back
26:59Takeda and was riding him up the sideline after that
27:05Maybe a 25 plus point game for the fourth quarter but that's not going to stop
27:11Any coach from coaching as Kata
27:13Kata cashes in on the other end
27:16He's so difficult to deal with in that middle of the floor action because he just rolls right to the
27:22rim
27:23There's just no help to be able to pick him up and tag him
27:2611 points for Kata he's 5 for 5
27:30Tatum the rebound is 11th
27:3255th playoff double-double for Tatum who's three assists away from a triple-double
27:38Tatum slips in
27:40Timeout Philly
27:42Largest lead of the day for Boston
27:45It's 30 here in game one
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28:22The Suns and the Thunder
28:24Second game of our ABC double-header
28:27First playoff meeting
28:29Between these teams since the Thunder moved to OKC
28:32The Thunder the number one seed for a third consecutive season
28:36And the Suns thereafter defeating the Warriors in the play-in tournament
28:43The Phoenix Suns another team that totally got past expectations this season
28:50As the offensive foul is called on Maxie his fourth personal
28:57After Maxie gave the ball up he just picked off Baylor Shireman who was guarding the ball
29:03I think Maxie saying wait a minute I was the cutter
29:10Richard sees the seams and a lot of that today
29:16Boston getting downhill and nobody there to help at the rim for Philadelphia
29:26Devin Booker SGA up next on ABC
29:32Here's Maxie giving it up
29:33He turns the corner
29:35Peyton Pritchard was right there with nail help
29:42Grimes able to hit the three
29:44Seven points for Grimes all in the second half
29:48Maxie's got those 21 points but has taken up 21 field goal attempts to get it
29:53That's exactly what Joe Pizzou was hoping for
29:56Shireman pulled the string
30:03Here's Maxie
30:04Trying to get the whistle and
30:06Gets it extraordinarily late
30:09And
30:10It'll be a sign out of bounds here
30:14From Philadelphia
30:17Baylor Shireman is just trailing off that action got picked off by the screen
30:21Looks like he just grabbed
30:22The two ants
30:33On up the reason for the whistle
30:378 05 to go in this fourth
30:41Drummond given a world of space
30:45Grimes
30:46Kicking it out
30:48Edwards denied by Keita
30:51And a shot clock violation
30:53And Keita did a nice job off that
30:55Handoff action to just
30:58Place center field
30:59He dropped off basically dared Andre Drummond to shoot that when he got the ball
31:03And then there to protect the rim and block the shot
31:12He just died
31:20Dating
31:26And then there to play
31:29He went down to each other
31:34Dating
31:34He was a close
31:34He was a close
31:34He was a close
31:35Boston just a plus one, that was the number one point of emphasis for Nick Nurse.
31:41Everything else has gone the way of the Celtics, including the turnover battle.
31:45That's a 15th turnover for Philadelphia.
31:49And Boston a 20-3 edge in points off of turnover.
31:53That's been a huge difference in the game, but your point about rebounding,
31:58and Philly's got a lot of offensive rebounds because they've missed so many shots.
32:03You see the ovation for Tatum as he checks out.
32:0625 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists in 32 minutes.
32:13And his afternoon may be done.
32:17Kata doesn't get the roll, does get the whistle.
32:20And Namiya Shkata will shoot two.
32:25Well, Kata was a really good prospect coming out of Utah State.
32:30But his improvement from last season to this season has been incredible.
32:36Played with Sam Merrill at Utah State.
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32:48Both Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum have had excellent games.
32:52And Jalen Brown with that 16-point third quarter where he went 7 of 9.
32:58It didn't matter who Philly had on him.
32:59He just overpowered everybody.
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33:13Under 7 minutes to go in the fourth.
33:17Grimes shovels to Bona.
33:19Bona able to flip it in.
33:21First field goal of the game for Adem Bona.
33:27So much of the attention, I'm sure, for Philly fans after today will shift to whether or not there's any
33:33possibility
33:33Dwell Embiid will return in this series.
33:37Has not been ruled out as Watford and Kata get into it a little bit.
33:42But also there's no clear path as to when he will return as Embiid recovers from an appendectomy.
33:52That's what's been incredible.
33:54Obviously Embiid has dealt with a cornucopia of injuries throughout his career.
33:59But at playoff time, he's now had to deal with Bell's palsy a couple years ago and an appendectomy this
34:05year.
34:06There's so many difficult things for Joel Embiid.
34:09I mean, he's only played in 38 of the 82 regular season games.
34:13In the last three years, what did he go?
34:1539.
34:1639 games.
34:1819 games.
34:19And then 38 this year.
34:22And he spent more time not playing than playing.
34:26And this year with Embiid, Philadelphia is 24-14.
34:30Without him, just 21-23.
34:34Obviously essential to what they hope to accomplish as Oubre can't finish.
34:41Rebound, tipped out of bounds, and it last hit.
34:45Philadelphia.
34:45Philadelphia, it's Boston basketball.
34:48Even though you could argue Oubre should have made that.
34:51That was well defended by Boston.
34:55Even when they get caught in a switch, they fix it and challenge everything.
35:01Phil and Terry getting some minutes along with Watford here for Philadelphia as they go deeper into their bench.
35:10And a whistle here against Philly.
35:1823rd meeting all-time in the playoffs between the Sixers and Celtics.
35:23Most in NBA history.
35:25But it has been a while since Philadelphia has beaten Boston in the playoffs.
35:2982.
35:32Six straight series wins for Boston since those 82 East Finals.
35:37Hauser.
35:39Short.
35:41And a whistle on the glass.
35:44He's going to go against Boston.
35:47Looks like they got Kata going over the top.
35:53And that's number five on Kata, who has a new playoff career, I-13 today.
35:58Previous playoff I had been four points as he had not been a rotation player in the past for Boston.
36:06And he got those 13 in just 15 minutes due to foul trouble.
36:13Pretty efficient when he was on the floor.
36:17So Kata checks out.
36:20Garza in.
36:28Edwards.
36:29Off to Watford.
36:35Edwards is able to drop it in.
36:417.6 rebounds in 16 minutes.
36:45Or Justin Edwards.
36:56Richard.
36:57Wheeling.
36:58Dishing.
36:59Walsh.
36:59Way too much on it.
37:03Here's Terry.
37:04Up ahead to Watford.
37:06Watford in the crowd.
37:07Couldn't finish it.
37:08Looked like Walsh might have gotten it from behind.
37:11What allowed that was Baylor Shireman stayed in front the entire time.
37:15Just made it difficult and slowed the advance.
37:18So that other defenders could come from behind and affect the play.
37:25Shireman's strong.
37:27He started his college career at South Dakota State and then transferred to Creighton.
37:33He was a big time high school quarterback.
37:35He could really sling it.
37:37And we saw that via assists this year, Jay, where he had some big time assist performances this year when
37:45Shireman was getting a little more run.
37:47Well, he was basically a point forward at Creighton playing for Greg McDermott, who was a college teammate at Northern
37:53Iowa, Nick Nurse.
37:55Look at you bringing it all full circle here.
37:58Yeah.
37:58Nick Nurse played at Northern Iowa for Eldon Miller.
38:02They're having a good team.
38:07I think he might be jealous of Greg McDermott right now.
38:09He's just retired, thinking, you know, Greg's playing golf right now.
38:14Even though they're happy to be here in the playoffs after beating Orlando in the play-in game,
38:22this has not been a pleasant game for Nick Nurse to watch from the sidelines.
38:27Grimes.
38:29Richard digs up the rebound with 4.40 to go in the fourth.
38:34Richard finds Hauser out of bounds to Philadelphia.
38:43A reminder, the Suns and Thunder, game one.
38:47Booker and SGA up next here on ABC.
38:53Terry short.
38:55Hauser the rebound.
38:58Gets it ahead to Walsh.
39:00Walsh flings it off the backboard.
39:03Unable to hit.
39:06Philadelphia quickly down the other end.
39:08Terry gets fouled.
39:10Baylin Terry will shoot two.
39:16Hauser picks up the personal.
39:23Hauser going to reenact it for Scott Foster, who I'm sure appreciates the performance.
39:30With all the advocacy after a call is made, I still haven't seen one overturned, except for that out-of
39:36-bounds call.
39:36That actually was overturned.
39:38It did work.
39:40They want to show you the upcoming series schedule Tuesday on Peacock.
39:45It'll be game two of this series then.
39:48Friday on Prime.
39:50Game three.
39:51Game four Sunday on NBC and Peacock.
39:55And they have networks to be determined for games five, six, and seven should they occur.
40:05And everything you need to know throughout the playoffs when it comes to game time and networks, and we know
40:10it's a different landscape this year, you can always get it on the NBA app.
40:14Just go to the NBA app.
40:16All the information you need will be there throughout this playoff run.
40:24Walsh, cut it.
40:26Nine to three.
40:28That Spain action, the little ball screen, back screen action.
40:33That brings everything into the paint, and then Walsh was just wide open in the corner.
40:40Terry can't hit the three.
40:43Shireman the rebound.
40:45The Celtics with ten different players who have played ten-plus minutes in this game.
40:56Richard stepped back.
40:58Won't go.
41:00Walker the rebound.
41:08Barlow lays it in.
41:11The fans trolling the Philly fans there, saying we want Boston.
41:15That's right, trolling the Sixers.
41:18If they're letting them know.
41:19Playing chance.
41:20You got Boston.
41:21What do you think?
41:23Under three minutes to go, Ron Harper Jr. had his own nice moments this season.
41:29Collides in for two, and all 11 Celtics who have seen the floor have scored.
41:38Barlow up under and off.
41:42At least the we want Boston chant is better than the overrated chant.
41:46I've never understood that.
41:47Why, when your team's winning, you'd want to call the other team overrated.
41:51Keep them down.
41:55Harper buries the three.
41:59A lot of high fives in the crowd at TD Garden today.
42:03Harper was really good in one of his last regular season games against Orlando.
42:07He wound up with 27 in that game.
42:10That's the thing, right, Jay?
42:12When these guys have been called upon, they have delivered deep down the bench all season for Boston.
42:18Almost every starter was held out of that game.
42:22But Garza was fantastic.
42:24Shireman.
42:26Shireman off on that one.
42:29Grimes trying to save it.
42:30It does with under two minutes to go in game one.
42:35Watford, the crossover and the lay.
42:39Watford had some impactful performances earlier in the season for Philly, including a triple-double.
42:45I know we express surprise and a little bit of awe at what Boston's done this year when maybe outside
42:52expectations
42:54were not for this kind of season and then being a prime contender to get back to the NBA Finals.
43:00But I'm not sure we should be surprised.
43:02I mean, when you look at the track record of Brad Stevens and then the mindset of Joe Mazzullo,
43:08you know, when Mazzullo was in college, he was injured really badly.
43:12He had a shoulder injury, and he was a backup his senior year in 2010 playing behind a guy named
43:20Truck Bryant.
43:22Bryant got hurt on like a Tuesday before the Sweet 16.
43:26And Joe Mazzullo went in.
43:28He's the starter.
43:29And he was most outstanding player of the East region at 17 points against Kentucky, you know, stepping in.
43:36Like, he's not going to settle for less.
43:39Defying expectations for a very long time, and his team about to be up 1-0 in this series.
43:45And we're only one and under the wheels, two.
43:49For our good hands play brought to you by Allstate, Jalen Brown this afternoon, 26 points, led the Celtics in
43:57scoring.
43:57And Jalen Brown, you may remember, after the devastating Achilles injury to Jason Tatum, promised the Celtics fans that this
44:05would not be the end.
44:06And not only did he put himself in the MVP conversation this season, leading his team on the floor, but
44:11he did it behind the scenes as well in the locker room.
44:14The Celtics were going to need contributions from their role players and young guys.
44:18Brown learned every single aspect about his teammates.
44:21Likes, dislikes, heck, even their astrology signs.
44:24A couple of examples include rookie Hugo Gonzalez from Spain and third-year player Jordan Walsh.
44:30Gonzalez told the media recently that any questions he had about anything on or off the floor, Brown was there
44:37to make sure he knew the answers for it.
44:39And meanwhile, with Jordan Walsh, a seldomly used player prior to this season, there were some moments that he was
44:49doubting about what his role would be.
44:51And there was a moment during a plane ride where he said, hey, we're going to need a guy to
44:55defend the best player on the other team.
44:57And Jordan Walsh took that role on this season, guys.
45:00Great stuff, George.
45:02And Hugo making a big block just as you told that story.
45:11As Dalen Terry trying to knock it away, last hits him.
45:15One and a half seconds on the shot clock.
45:19Harper will eat the violation.
45:23It is all cosmetic at this point.
45:32Just a dominant performance, especially defensively, by Boston from the opening tap.
45:38What a statement to make in game one of this series.
45:41The Celtics with their largest margin of victory in a playoff opener ever.
45:50A 1-23-91 destruction of Philadelphia in game one.
46:05Complete domination from Boston today against Philadelphia.
46:12Tatum with 25 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists.
46:15Jalen Brown with 26 points.
46:20Four more Celtics in double figures with Pritchard, White, Kata, and Hauser.
46:28And the Celtics dominant defensively as they hold Philadelphia under 40% shooting.
46:36And Jason Tatum is with George Sedano.
46:38Thanks, guys.
46:39Jason, you guys get a win today.
46:41But for you, what is it like to be back on this stage in the playoffs?
46:46It's an incredible feeling.
46:48You know, not too long ago, I wasn't even sure if I was going to be able to play this
46:51season,
46:52let alone get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.
46:55So, you know, today was probably the most excited and, like, relaxed and grateful I've been about, you know, my
47:02nine years of being in the playoffs.
47:05You know, I'm just super happy to be able to be out here and play.
47:07First day of school vibes, certainly.
47:10But let's talk about the regular season because that was certainly a toll, too.
47:13You had to get through certain markers in the regular season to feel good about the postseason.
47:18What was that like, the regular season?
47:21It was a long journey.
47:23A lot of hurdles I had to get over.
47:25A lot of benchmarks I had to hit to get clear to play.
47:28And then, you know, I played 16 or so games to ramp up to give myself enough time to get
47:34ready for the postseason.
47:35And then lastly, your running mate for so many years, Jalen Brown, an incredible performance.
47:40What is it like for you guys to get another run at this and potentially another championship run?
47:45It's incredible.
47:47You know, you never want to take things for granted.
47:49And, you know, just to have another opportunity to share the court with him and my other teammates
47:54and compete for something bigger than ourselves, you know, couldn't be happy.
48:00Jason, congratulations.
48:01Thanks for the time, as always.
48:02Appreciate it.
48:03Ryan?
48:03All right.
48:04Thank you, George.
48:05Thank you, Jason.
48:06Big time performance from the Celtics today.
48:09You take a 1-0 series lead on Philadelphia.
48:12Game two of this series will be Tuesday night on NBC and Peacock.
48:21Once again, the final score, the Celtics 1-23 and the Sixers 91.
48:27Boston leads the series 1-0.
48:30Suns and Thunder coming up next on ABC for our producer, Lori Privatera.
48:36For our director, Adam Bryant, Jay Billish, George Sedano, and our outstanding crew, I'm Ryan Rucco.
48:41Thanks so much for watching the NBA playoffs on ABC, home of the NBA Finals.
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