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00:02You're watching a special presentation of the NBA on Prime.
00:42There is nothing common about it.
00:45Welcome back to the NBA Playoffs.
00:47Presented by Google with first-round coverage on Prime.
00:50Presented by Lilly.
00:52They have come en masse here to Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
00:57They are dreaming big dreams because of what happened on Tuesday when the Sixers stole one from the Celtics.
01:05Moments ago, the new Flavor of the Month here in Philadelphia.
01:09Their first-round pick yesterday, Makai Lemon ringing the bell.
01:14Makai Lemon!
01:29Once again, Makai Lemon!
01:30That's how they do here in Philadelphia.
01:34Big game three of this best of seven.
01:37The Boston Celtics sure do know it.
01:40This is a proudful bunch.
01:42They were not happy to have one stolen away from them on Tuesday in Boston.
01:46This will be the five that Joe Mazzula trots out there.
01:48Familiar names them all.
01:49Jason Tatum, Jalen Brown.
01:51Doesn't get any bigger than that.
01:52Namiya Skata is the center.
01:53Sam Houser, wearing number 30, better be able to shoot it.
01:56And Derek White, coming off a bit of a stinker a couple of days ago.
02:00For the Philadelphia 76ers, so much confidence, even without Joel Embiid.
02:05Paul George, the veteran, been around for a long time and done it at a high level.
02:09The lefty, Kelly Oubre, a demponer.
02:11We'll play a ton.
02:12We'll probably see a lot of Andre Drummond.
02:14That's not news.
02:15B.J. Edgecombe and Tyrese Maxey rounding out the five.
02:18Nick Nurse won a championship back in 2019 for the Kawhi Leonard-led Toronto Raptors.
02:24The next year, he was the coach of the year.
02:26Wow.
02:26What a two-year run for Nick Nurse.
02:28He'll be matching wits with Joe Mazzula, who is intense as they come.
02:34Every day he is.
02:36Third most coaching wins all time in his first handful of seasons.
02:40And he's doing it at a record clip.
02:42Joe Mazzula, folks, how about this?
02:43Through four years, has the best regular season winning percentage in the history of the NBA.
02:48He inherited a really, really good team, and he made them better.
02:52Opening tap is won by the home team.
03:00Maxey crosses the timeline.
03:02That backcourt of Maxey and Edgecombe had 59 points on Tuesday in Boston.
03:10Derek White hits the deck.
03:11He's still on the ground.
03:14Sixers can't take advantage.
03:16Crushing screen by Bona.
03:18Got Maxey.
03:19Wide open three.
03:20Couldn't catch it in.
03:21White is still not his normal self.
03:25Knocking out the cobwebs.
03:27And now finally back into the play.
03:29Brown.
03:31That was on its way down when it was touched by Bona.
03:33Score the two for Brown.
03:35Yeah, Brown.
03:35One of the best ISO players we have in the NBA.
03:38Look at this screen right here.
03:40Bona just runs head first right into it.
03:43Wow.
03:44That'll shake the cobwebs out or either put them back in.
03:47It's the best screen ever set by someone wearing the number 30.
03:50Oh, goodness.
03:52And now number 30 is called for a bad screen.
03:55Bona got too physical with Jalen Brown.
03:59It's been a physical series and it continues at the start of this one right now.
04:04Bonus job is to set good high ball screens in the middle to get Maxey going either way.
04:12That game on Tuesday.
04:15Philadelphia led basically from the second quarter on.
04:18They won 111-97.
04:20They shot a blistering ball from both 2 and 3.
04:24On the other end of the spectrum, Celtics were cold.
04:27Exceedingly cold.
04:30Here's White.
04:32And we're going to have a foul called on Philadelphia.
04:38It's on Kelly Oubre.
04:40Both teams trying to feel their way to how physical the officials are going to let them guard their opponent
04:47at the start of this game.
04:51So they're going to give Derek White free throws.
04:57And White is still not comfortable.
05:15Maybe these free throws will get Derek White going.
05:17He has struggled so far in two games.
05:197 of 22 from the field.
05:21Only four made threes.
05:23He's really been struggling from three since January.
05:2631% from three since January.
05:29So that's not a blip.
05:31That's a trend.
05:32It is.
05:35And now he's pulled back.
05:40So the coaching staff for Boston, there is a level of concern about Derek White.
05:43Maybe that will calm him down a bit.
05:45He splashes too like a gentleman.
05:47Yeah, they want to make sure he's okay because he is a big deal on this end of the floor
05:51for the Celtics.
05:52When you're talking about trying to slow down the guy with the basketball right now.
05:58Edgecombe.
06:00Kings in the air long enough to hit it on top of Kada.
06:03Look at the bounce, the athleticism, and the strength to keep his body control after the bump.
06:11And a bad screen this time set by Boston.
06:14It's on Kada.
06:16Kelly Oubre lets this crowd know that, yeah, it's going the other way.
06:21Look at the body control by this rookie right here.
06:24Hangs in the air, delivers the blow.
06:26It's softly off the window.
06:27And there's Oubre, a fan favorite.
06:30He's going to always keep the fans involved.
06:3720-year-old Edgecombe.
06:39Lost it, got it back.
06:40Doesn't fall.
06:45Celtics the two-seat.
06:47Only the Detroit Pistons are the better regular season record in the East.
06:51White, the misfire.
06:57Maxie hasn't pulled up there yet.
07:00Oubre.
07:01Three ball for Kelly Oubre.
07:04Maxie attacks Hauser, and it draws the help.
07:08It gives Oubre a clean look right in front of his bench.
07:12Here's White, catch and shoot.
07:23Maxie working against a tough customer in Tatum.
07:26Gets help from Bona.
07:28Off-balance floater.
07:30And a push-off going for the rebound.
07:32The foul's going to go against Boston.
07:36Oh, this is Tyrese Maxie at his best.
07:38Head down early in transition.
07:40Oubre, a catch and a quick trigger.
07:43That was a pretty good contest there by Tatum,
07:45but Oubre had a good look at the rim.
07:48Oubre had two of the 19 made three-pointers
07:51for Philadelphia in Tuesday's win in Boston.
07:56Three-point shooting, such an important statistic so far in this series.
08:00Yeah, and normally role players shoot it better in their gym.
08:04Right place, right time.
08:06Bona clings it up.
08:07Oubre joined a couple of defenders,
08:10and there's Bona right there that say,
08:12I'll help you out.
08:12Throw that one down.
08:147-0 run for the home team.
08:16Answered by a flush by Kata.
08:18The old Statue of Liberty here in Philadelphia.
08:21Yeah, nice delivery in the paint right there.
08:23Kata goes up quickly.
08:26Back and forth early in this one.
08:30Look at the score.
08:317-6 if you look at it a certain way.
08:33Maybe it's a sign.
08:36Boston on the run out,
08:38and Kata just barely crossed over the timeline.
08:42Tatum up.
08:45Hauser, a rare rebound,
08:46and it's blocked away by Edgecombe.
08:48The awareness by Edgecombe to block that away,
08:50knowing Hauser's going to try to tip that in.
08:54Hauser wants that back.
08:57Maxey, a whole bunch of dribbling.
08:58Had it knocked away.
09:00Still a ton of time on that shot clock.
09:02Bona.
09:05And a foul.
09:11As a rookie, this guy's poise as he comes right there.
09:15He sees that Hauser's going to tip that back in.
09:19A clean block before he could do it.
09:22That is just IQ awareness.
09:25You can't teach that.
09:26Hauser thought he was by himself in the backyard
09:28the way he casually tried to tip that in.
09:31Not on Edgecombe's watch.
09:35So a foul called on Kata.
09:38Puts Bona to the line.
09:42Anything you get out of Bona is really gravy right now for Nick Nurse.
09:45He's got a veteran in Andre Drummond
09:47who has performed well so far in the series.
09:49He is always waiting.
09:53There he is, Andre Drummond,
09:55from money-earning Mount Vernon, New York.
09:57We'll see him sooner rather than later.
10:03Two for two for Bona.
10:06Nikola Vucevic has come into the game.
10:08He'll be the center for the Celtics.
10:13We're going to need Vucevic to give us good minutes now
10:16with Kata having two personal fouls.
10:19Wow, Vucevic just checked into the game, fires it up there.
10:28The Celtics are going to have to hit.
10:30It's imperative that they hit their open threes.
10:34They had two of them right there that were not close.
10:40Maxie.
10:48Paul George has not shot the ball so far for Philadelphia.
10:51Four and a half minutes into our game.
10:54Maxie.
10:55Shot clock's at one.
10:57Edgecombe.
11:03Tatum trying to post up the youngster.
11:05What happens?
11:06It will stay with Boston.
11:09That was a mismatch right there.
11:11Tatum had Edgecombe in the post.
11:13He's got to throw that in.
11:15He's trying to bounce it.
11:16It gives the rookie time to try to get around it.
11:18Nick Nurse says, yeah, we're going to look at this.
11:20We think it should be our basketball.
11:24So the nurse wants a second opinion.
11:27We'll have the diagnosis when we return.
11:33After review, the ball is last touched by Tatum
11:37prior to the ball going out of bounds.
11:39Therefore, the encore rule has been overturned.
11:41It is now Philadelphia basketball.
11:43The challenge is successful.
11:45So a coaching challenge victory for Nick Nurse and his staff.
11:49The ball was last touched by Jason Tatum.
11:51Yeah, that's just good hustle by the rookie right there.
11:53Again, that ball needs to be thrown without a bounce
11:56so Tatum can hold off Edgecombe
11:59and get a good post up there in transition.
12:02Sixers stay as is, but Boston goes deep into the bench.
12:05They bring in Jordan Walsh also into the game for the first time
12:07as last year's sixth man of the year, Peyton Pritchard.
12:10Pritchard has started a whole bunch this season,
12:13but coming off the bench in this series.
12:17Brown.
12:20Vujicic, Pritchard, his first touch.
12:25Pritchard working on Bona,
12:27dumped down to Pritchard's first shot, bottom of the well.
12:30Inside-out basketball.
12:31Those two guys have good symmetry between them right there.
12:36Throw it in to Bucs.
12:37Defense relaxes.
12:39Pritchard gets an open three.
12:41Bona blocked away.
12:43Edgecombe has it for Philadelphia.
12:48Tough chance.
12:50Left it short.
12:51Batted around, cleared by Pritchard.
13:01Almost halfway through our first quarter, both teams still in double digits.
13:07Blocked again from behind.
13:09This time it was Maxie.
13:11Maxie wants to run.
13:13Got it!
13:14First three-pointer for Maxie.
13:16When he's at his best, he led the league at fast break points in the regular season.
13:22Only seven in the first two nights, first two games in this series.
13:26That was a big one right there.
13:27Tatum can't answer.
13:30Pritchard, smallest man on the floor, comes up with a ball.
13:34And Brown catches in with a triple.
13:37Second chance points.
13:39Big for the Boston Celtics right there.
13:41The little scout on the floor.
13:43Pritchard putting his head in and creating an opportunity for Brown.
13:47Nick Nurse going to this five.
13:49Through the first six and a half minutes.
13:51Paul George has yet to shoot the ball.
13:54Doesn't have a rebound.
13:55Doesn't have an assist.
13:57Now he's got an assist.
13:58Bona with a dunk.
14:00First touch by George.
14:01He shows his veteran leadership right there.
14:04Don't force it just because I have not taken a shot.
14:06Put my head down.
14:07Draw a crowd.
14:08And nice dish to Bona, who's living above the rim in this quarter.
14:12Some bonus points for Bona.
14:14He's got two dunks.
14:18Oubre got a hand on it.
14:21Tatum.
14:23Paul George can still play some defense.
14:25Oh, my goodness.
14:27Look at that.
14:28It started with George and it's ending with Bona.
14:31Yeah, George has done a pretty good job in the series so far making Tatum work for everything that he's
14:37got.
14:38You're not going to stop Tatum.
14:39You just got to make him work.
14:40And then you expect help on the backside.
14:43And that was a message sent by Bona on that rejection.
14:47And Bona's going to get a hero's welcome as he struts back to the bench.
14:53Andre Drummond replaces him as the man in the middle and immediately gets a rebound.
15:00Four starters and Drummond on the floor right now for Philadelphia.
15:03If you're just joining us, no, Joel Embiid hasn't played so far in this series.
15:08Maxey, super fast.
15:09Really good screen right there to get Maxey to turn the corner.
15:14Maxey's averaged 25 points in this series.
15:1613 of them have been out of a pick-and-roll scenario, so they're going to continue to milk that
15:21play.
15:24Vocevich, first triple for the veteran center.
15:27Maxey began his career as a Philadelphia 76er many moons ago.
15:31Boston started 0 of 4 from 3 in this game.
15:35Have hit 3 of their last 5 attempts.
15:40Maxey.
15:41Drummond got hit.
15:42He is down on one knee.
15:45Sixers have 2 guys down right now.
15:47This is going to be a 5-on-3 for Boston.
15:50Now Maxey and Drummond able to make it back defensively.
15:56Brown got caught pushing off Kelly O'Bray.
16:02Kelly O'Bray doing exactly what Nick Nurse wants him to do.
16:07Stay in front.
16:08Don't try to reach and steal the ball.
16:10Just move your feet.
16:11Stay in front of the defender and then get a contest.
16:13You see the extension of the right arm right there.
16:16Easy call by the official.
16:24Crushing screen set by Drummond, and he's called for it.
16:28Drummond barks at Brown as he goes back to his defensive position.
16:34Let's check out our live update presented by FanDuel.
16:38Boston relatively healthy.
16:40On the road, a favorite, giving away 6.5.
16:43There's your over-under.
16:44That's low.
16:46But we have added low-scoring first quarter.
16:48Boston has been a good road team all season long.
16:51Because of their ability to shoot the three, and they play good defense.
16:55It travels wherever they go.
16:59Celtics down a point and a whistle away from the ball.
17:03It's on Quentin Grimes, who's just checked in.
17:06So 10 seconds into his night, he has a personal foul.
17:09Quentin Grimes says,
17:10Wow, when I was on the bench, that call was not being called.
17:14Everybody was grabbing and holding.
17:16You're going to call it on me?
17:20Pritchard hands it off to Tatum.
17:25Now Tatum has Drummond in front of him.
17:30Wow.
17:31Tatum put it right on top of Drummond for three.
17:33He's got really good range and fades away up top to get that three over top of any big guy.
17:41Playing through the air, it's Oubre!
17:44And Philadelphia ties this game at 18.
17:48When Kelly Oubre has the ball, only one thing's going to happen.
17:51It's going to go toward the rim.
17:53Left-hand layup for Oubre.
17:58Tonight's fit check presented by Lexus.
18:01Look at LeBron James.
18:03Woo-hoo!
18:05NBA's all-time leader in career playoff points.
18:07Regular season points as well.
18:09And always been a fashion icon.
18:11All right.
18:12Alprin, Sengun.
18:13That's how they're rolling.
18:14Istanbul, apparently.
18:15Come with it, Sengun.
18:16The young Turk.
18:18All right, let's check in now with Christina Pink.
18:20Well, the Sixers missing their own man in the middle.
18:23It's been 15 days since Joel Embiid had an emergency appendectomy.
18:27He ruled out for tonight's game.
18:28But the team says he is working hard to return to play, intensifying the encore work.
18:33He did meet with the medical staff this afternoon.
18:36Doctors are pleased with the progress he's making, but not clear to return just yet.
18:41But they're looking forward to him getting back out there.
18:43As Tyrese Maxey told me, that'll be the biggest lift there is.
18:46Good golly.
18:47No doubt about it, former MVP.
18:49Thank you, Christina.
18:50I think everyone just wants good basketball.
18:53Everyone will be healthy.
18:54No doubt.
18:54See Embiid back out here.
18:55You're getting Embiid back in.
18:57That's a game changer.
18:58You absolutely must game plan around that big fellow.
19:02All right, final three minutes of our first quarter.
19:05We are tied at Dave Collins.
19:08Good on number 18.
19:09Retired Boston Celtics lore.
19:13Tatum, Vucevic, Walsh, Pritchard, and Brown.
19:17Playing together for the Seas.
19:21Shot clock's already down to six.
19:24Brown settles for a 16-footer and switches it.
19:28Wow.
19:28He's so good at creating for himself in isolation plays,
19:33especially when that shot clock is on his back.
19:35He'll make a two-point field goal for you.
19:38Quinton Grimes, his first shot of the game.
19:42Vucevic contested rebound.
19:48Just amazing how Tatum is moving so well.
19:51This is a guy who missed the first four months of the season.
19:54Coming off an Achilles tear.
19:56Wouldn't know it.
19:57Grimes a rebound.
19:58Gets it out to Maxey.
20:00Full-on sprint for Maxey.
20:02Look at him go!
20:04Faster than a small-time rumor.
20:06That's what he does.
20:08Head down, attacks anybody, especially when you've got him in retreat mode.
20:12That's five fast break points for Maxey.
20:15There's ten with the answer.
20:17Word.
20:18I love it how we just showed Alan Iverson.
20:20He's the only person in the building who wasn't impressed by Maxey's speed.
20:23This guy used to do that.
20:24That's right.
20:29Three-point game.
20:32Celtics the lead in the ball.
20:35Final minute and a half of our first quarter.
20:38Tatum a long one.
20:47Oubre waits for everyone to set up.
20:58Maxey's hit by his own man.
21:00Friendly fire.
21:01Both Drummond and Maxey down on the floor.
21:04Numbers advantage for Boston.
21:05For the second time in this quarter, both those guys have hit the deck.
21:08And it costs the Sixers three as Pritchard nails it.
21:13Pritchard with a nice ball fake.
21:16One dribble relocates to his right.
21:18Gets good rhythm and he's got two triples.
21:20Now, 16 years in the short pants for you.
21:22You didn't run into a lot of screens, did you?
21:23No, I did not, no.
21:25There's way more middle screen set than back in the old days.
21:32Maxey is fouled and he'll go to the free throw line.
21:39Tyrese Maxey.
21:44Maxey has improved his scoring average down every single year he's played.
21:47Went from 8 to 17 to 20 to 25 to 26 to 28 this year.
21:51And Nick Nurse continues to tell this guy, be selfish.
21:54We want you to have that ball and we want you to take shots.
21:57Don't worry about getting everybody else involved.
21:59They'll get theirs.
22:00We need you to put the ball in the rim.
22:03Two free throws coming for Maxey.
22:05Let's take a look at the upcoming playoff schedule.
22:08Tomorrow, four games scheduled on Peacock at 1 o'clock.
22:13You've got the Pistons and Magic.
22:14Then you've got the Thunder and Suns, Knicks and Hawks.
22:16That's a series and a half.
22:18And then the nightcap will be Nuggets and Timberwolves, game four from Minneapolis.
22:23For more on these games, please go to NBA.com or visit the NBA app.
22:26The play-in was a good appetizer for what the playoffs was going to be like.
22:31And it has been outstanding early in the playoff this year.
22:36Good eating.
22:38All right, this could be one of those two-for-one opportunities that Pratton Pitchard excels at.
22:43Pretty good weapons right here in Brown, Pitchard, and Tatum.
22:48Derek White back into the game, slips it over to Brown.
22:51Hot potato basketball, Pitchard.
22:56And a push.
22:57That'll be on Tatum.
23:00Kelly Oubre, being the smart veteran that he was, he forced the official to blow the whistle.
23:06Tipped that ball to himself.
23:09Running out of real estate, and as soon as he filled that little nudge right there,
23:13he says, you're either going to call a foul or it's going to be Celtics ball.
23:17So we'll go 90 feet and have free throws for Kelly Oubre.
23:23Tsunami poppy.
23:25Over 1,000 career threes, over 600 career dunks.
23:29That's hard to do.
23:30That's a rare combination.
23:31We're talking like Durant and LeBron and guys of that ilk with those type of numbers.
23:40Energy guy, whether he starts or comes off the bench, Kelly Oubre is going to give you energy, excitement, and
23:48shot making.
23:49And about the most left-handed of left-hand players in the NBA.
23:52Yes.
23:52You can sit on that left side.
23:54He's always going to come back to you.
23:57Right hand's just for show.
24:00Splashes a pair.
24:02So we've got ourselves a two-point game.
24:05Probably the final possession if Boston plays it right here in our first quarter.
24:10Justin Edwards has come in defensively.
24:12He will shade Derek White.
24:15Brown's got it.
24:18White thought about it.
24:20Still nine seconds on the shot clock.
24:23Brown back out.
24:24Vocevic.
24:25Got it.
24:26Matches for the veteran.
24:28Left some meat on the bone, though.
24:30Eight seconds remaining in the quarter.
24:35Maxey, can he answer?
24:38He cannot.
24:40And that will do it for our first quarter of play.
24:45Boston started the first quarter 0 for 4 from behind the arc.
24:48They finished at 7 for 12.
24:50Five-point game at Philadelphia.
24:52You're watching the NBA playoffs presented by Google.
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25:04Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city of brotherly love.
25:07That is not Ben Franklin.
25:08That is William Penn.
25:10High atop City Hall.
25:11Center City.
25:12Game 3 at this best of 7.
25:14Celtics and Sixers with Dale Curry.
25:16I'm Eric Collins.
25:17Christina Pink is doing her thing.
25:20Celtics are going to try it out.
25:21Peyton Pritchard run the point.
25:22Baylor, Shireman gets some tick along with Luka Garza.
25:26Garza wears number 52.
25:28Second best Luka in the NBA.
25:30Jason Tatum, Derek White rounding out the five.
25:32A long second.
25:34Here's Garza.
25:35Man, we're talking about.
25:38V.J. Edgecombe, so bouncy.
25:40He just tips it to himself.
25:42It's going to be Edgecombe, Drummond, George, Edwards, and Grimes.
25:47Look for this guy right here to get more aggressive for this unit on the floor for the Sixers.
25:51Playoff P.
25:53Oh!
25:54George, his first bucket.
25:56He is not going to force anything.
25:58He's going to let the game come to him.
26:00In this lineup, he's going to look to get shots on goal.
26:05Nick Nurse was raving about Paul George and what he has meant to this club down the stretch.
26:10Talked him before the game.
26:11Peyton Pritchard from the free throw line.
26:13Left it short.
26:14Luka, a rebound.
26:21And Tatum, bothered by Drummond, it will stay with Boston.
26:27There are five seconds on the shot clock.
26:30George did a good job of getting his hand on that ball to break up that open shot Celtics had
26:35in that right corner.
26:36Paul George has one of the best bodies for a wing defender, and he's got instincts that are probably even
26:41better than the body.
26:43Scheider, Medellin never let that ball pass his ear.
26:45How about that?
26:46His first shot of the game, a difficult one.
26:48Never brought it down.
26:49I'm here to tell you, he made that look easier than it is.
26:53Best ever come out of Hastings, Nebraska.
26:55There he is.
26:57Five-point lead for the visitors.
26:59And that will be a kickball on Tatum.
27:03Celtics bench has 15 points early in this game.
27:07Look at that driving kick right there.
27:08Look at that.
27:09Never brought it down and had the audacity to line the seams up before he let it go.
27:15Second-year man, played at South Dakota State and Creighton, Baylor Shireman.
27:21Probably best known as a high school quarterback.
27:24Left-handed throwing quarterback out of Nebraska.
27:27Numbers game for Boston.
27:29This is a four-on-three.
27:32White, the man who's open.
27:33Had to hesitate, Dale.
27:35Didn't really want to fire that up there.
27:36Really did, yeah.
27:37I think his confidence is weighing a little bit.
27:40Talking to him not shooting that three-ball very well.
27:47Two minutes into our second quarter.
27:52Boston lost at home on Tuesday.
27:54They do not want to stub their toe in back-to-back games and all of a sudden be in
27:58a real pickle.
28:04They call a foul on Edwards.
28:07Justin Edwards.
28:08About as local as it gets.
28:09He is a Philadelphia native.
28:11Getting an opportunity just three years ago.
28:14He was Mr. Basketball in the state of Pennsylvania.
28:16Now playing a playoff game here in Philadelphia.
28:24Shot clock's down to four.
28:26Tatum.
28:30Shireman.
28:31Big-time offensive rebound.
28:33And it results in three for White.
28:36Talked to Sam Cassell before the game.
28:38He said Bailey Shireman is unafraid.
28:40He's stuck his nose in anywhere.
28:42Got a big-time rebound right there and found White for an open triple.
28:46Went for the steal and he bumps into Drummond.
28:53Boston's bench continues to play well for Joe Mazzulla.
28:57How about that tough rebound?
28:58No hesitation in that three by Derek White.
29:02That's the first three-pointer for Derek White.
29:05A couple of days ago, he was two for ten from behind the arc.
29:12Edgecombe on top of Garza.
29:15Just put him in that middle screen roll like they do Maxey.
29:19Let him go to work.
29:20Bounces into a really nice float game.
29:26Tatum says no to the screen.
29:28Now he'll take the screen from Garza.
29:31And Drummond keeps hitting the deck.
29:34It's like he's on skates.
29:35And it cost him three.
29:37Garza a triple.
29:39Ten threes by the Boston Celtics so far in this game.
29:43Tatum wanted to get Drummond in that screen.
29:46He's a drop coverage and that opened up the three for Garza.
29:51Grimes.
29:52And a foul.
29:54Quinton Grimes will go to the line.
29:59Ten assists for the Celtics.
30:01They trust each other.
30:02They move that basketball.
30:03Whoever's open is expected to take it and make it.
30:07Look at Garza right there says good pass, buddy.
30:10You know, three is so important so far in this series.
30:15Boston in the loss on Tuesday.
30:17Uh-uh.
30:18They missed 37 of them.
30:19Can you imagine missing 37?
30:21No.
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30:33Those 37 misses, the second most misses all season long for the Boston Celtics.
30:43They have the mentality, we're going to continue to take open shots.
30:46We're going to get open shots against the Sixers.
30:48Let's knock them down and trust what got us here.
30:52Joe Mazzulli was not sweating it.
30:54He called it variance.
30:56It's just going to happen.
30:57Shooting variance.
30:58Sometimes you're going to make them.
30:58Other times you don't.
31:02Shireman finds his spot and matches for the lefty.
31:06Baylor Shireman.
31:07He was open upon the catch.
31:09Didn't like his odds.
31:10One dribble to his right.
31:12Pulled the trigger on the left hand.
31:14Last four field goals for the visitors have all been threes.
31:20Playoff peak.
31:23Oh, yeah.
31:24Paul George along the baseline.
31:26Spins away from all the trouble and the gravity fade away on the baseline.
31:30He's been doing that his entire career.
31:33Edwards called for the personal.
31:35Bumps into Derek White.
31:37Paul George did not score in the first quarter.
31:39This is his offense right now.
31:42Look at that quick spin against a really good defender.
31:44White had nothing to do with that shot.
31:47You'd think he'd be long in the tooth.
31:49He's 35 years of age.
31:50He's the only remaining guy from his 2010 draft class.
31:54But Paul George has still got a deep bag.
31:57Yeah, he should be fresh, Mr. Wallace.
31:59Edgecombe!
32:00Oh!
32:02Oh, the kid can fly!
32:10How about Vijay Edgecombe?
32:13He's got bunnies.
32:14And I'm talking about hops.
32:17Dropping the hammer here in Philly.
32:21He's got a big one.
32:23I'm talking about this.
32:26The big one.
32:27Impressive outing so far from the Sixers rookie.
32:30The bounce and the awareness that has had the internet buzzing coming off of game two.
32:35And another example of that awareness.
32:37How about this moment, the dagger three in Boston,
32:41and then the perfectly timed wink to the camera?
32:45Now, not to break everybody's heart,
32:47but Vijay says that that moment was actually just a coincidence.
32:50Look at him roaring here.
32:51He said, I was actually just winking at a teammate,
32:55but I can tell you, talking to Kelly Oubre,
32:57he tells me, I'm not buying it.
32:59He's a young guy.
33:00He's always playing to the cameras.
33:03Awesome stuff.
33:03Thank you, Christina.
33:04Kata, after the timeout, Jalen Brown gets into the paint
33:08and drops it home.
33:09Yeah, I'm with Kelly.
33:10I'm not buying it either.
33:11All these guys know where the camera is at all times.
33:15Both sides have made a change to the center spot.
33:18Bona comes in for Philadelphia.
33:21Kata comes in for Boston.
33:25White, Kata, Pritchard, Shireman, Brown.
33:29Five on the floor for Boston.
33:33Yep.
33:35And a foul is going to be called on Edgecombe.
33:48Nurses saying that Jalen Brown once again pushed off
33:52with that off arm.
33:57Boston's lead in the ball.
33:58Up by eight.
33:59Pritchard.
34:02He saw Paul Jordan from sitting.
34:05Uh-uh.
34:07Now George picks up the loose ball.
34:09One man to beat.
34:10What?
34:12Oh, look at Brown from behind.
34:14Saves the day.
34:20White.
34:21White.
34:23Last touched by.
34:27This is winning basketball.
34:29This is how you win series and win championships.
34:31Turn it over.
34:32Don't quit.
34:33Wow.
34:33You run back.
34:34It's next play mentality.
34:36Get a chase down block on Paul George, who knew he was there.
34:39Couldn't do anything about it.
34:42Both ends of the floor for Jalen Brown.
34:44It's been that way for a long time.
34:46Now, 10th year.
34:47All with the Celtics.
34:55Maxie back on the floor for the 76ers.
34:59Shot clock's down at five.
35:02Pritchard slips inside.
35:04It will be.
35:05Fill it off your ball.
35:06You've got to play screen roll with Pritchard with Edgecombe on him.
35:09Edgecombe's too good.
35:11His feet are too quick.
35:12Pritchard's not going to be able to get around him on his own.
35:14You've got to come up and set a screen, give him some help.
35:19Here's George.
35:20Had a nice second quarter.
35:21Both ends of the floor.
35:23And he keeps on keeping on.
35:27Eight quickies by Paul George in this second quarter.
35:32He's known as PG-13.
35:34For years, he's won 13.
35:35Can't do that here in Philadelphia.
35:37Number retired, Wilt Chamberlain.
35:40That's not coming down from the Raptors anytime soon.
35:43George is hit in the midsection.
35:45And it's going to be an offensive foul on Brown.
35:51There's talk about Paul George.
35:53He does it on both ends of the floor.
35:55Look at his defensive discipline on this play.
35:58Not to bite on the Brown hard ball fake.
36:03I think he got him good.
36:04He did.
36:05Yeah.
36:06When a guy lays there without moving, he got him good.
36:08Look at his discipline.
36:09Don't bite on that ball fake.
36:10Oh!
36:14Yeah.
36:15Everybody look at this.
36:20Oh, man.
36:21That's where it hurts for real.
36:26Oh, goodness.
36:34So, Paul George, slow to his feet.
36:41That's the guy who has had some devastating injuries in his career.
36:46Also had a suspension this year.
36:48Missed 25 games.
36:51But he's a gamer.
36:52Yeah.
36:52I was trying to allude to how fresh he should be before.
36:56Edgeco punched one in and went to break.
36:58But, yeah.
36:59Early in the year, missed a lot of time with the knee.
37:01And then the 25-game suspension.
37:02So, he is fresh for the playoffs.
37:05All right.
37:05So, the call on the floor was just a regular common foul on Jalen Brown.
37:09But the official is looking to see it.
37:11But this is a flagrant.
37:13Flagrant one.
37:14Two shots.
37:15Ball back.
37:16That's unnecessary contact.
37:18Flagrant two.
37:19Two shots.
37:19And the ball back.
37:21And automatic ejection.
37:22I don't think it's anywhere close to that.
37:23I think it's definitely, in my opinion, unnecessary contact.
37:27But the problem was Brown was so low when he came to that jump stop.
37:31And he never came up.
37:32But Paul George did not bite on the ball fake.
37:35So, in order for him to try to create any kind of separation, he was so low.
37:38That's the only place he could hit the defender.
37:41So, we told you flagrant one is to find his unnecessary contact.
37:44Flagrant two is to find his unnecessary and excessive contact.
37:50And there's no possible way that's going to be a flagrant two.
37:53There's no way that Jalen Brown will be dismissed.
37:58Want to give a shout out.
38:00A lot of announcers in the league, when they're looking at rules, they look at a sheet that
38:03was submitted to them.
38:04Every announcer got it every single year.
38:06There's a legendary announcer here in Philadelphia named Mark Zumoff.
38:09Yes.
38:09He was one of the all-time greats, Hall of Famer, in my opinion.
38:12After review, there is no wind-up part of Brown initiating contact and no follow-through.
38:19Therefore, the All-Going Stands is an offensive foul.
38:22Hmm.
38:23Oh, that's a tough pill to swallow for George.
38:27Ha, ha, ha, ha.
38:28My goodness.
38:28He's like, what?
38:29Uh.
38:39So, just a common foul.
38:42Look how low right there.
38:43Oh, my goodness.
38:46It's stunning to me that Paul George is standing and smiling.
38:51That is one tough hombre.
38:54He is going to chill for a bit.
38:55No, he's going to stay in the game.
38:59He's tougher than Walrus Gristle.
39:08That's two fouls on Jalen Brown.
39:12They'll tune in for game three in the West's first round as LeBron James and the Lakers
39:16are going to take on the Houston Rockets, tip off his minutes away at 8.08 Eastern time.
39:23Simultaneous games.
39:24One in the Eastern Conference, one in the Western Conference.
39:27Maxey.
39:28He had options.
39:29He could have left it for Bona.
39:32Bona.
39:33Pritchard.
39:34Relocates.
39:38Kata fought for it.
39:39Picked up by Shireman.
39:41And a loose ball foul.
39:42That's going to go against Bona.
39:48You better bring your hard hat.
39:51When you're going into the paint against either one of these guys.
39:56That could have went easily either way.
40:01So, Kata's going to go to the free throw line.
40:03Oh, no, they're not going to give a free throw.
40:05Sorry about that.
40:07Boston, the lead in the ball.
40:08Up by five.
40:10Closing in on the five-minute mark of our second quarter.
40:13Shot clock's down at four.
40:15Shireman.
40:19Bona, the rebound hits the deck.
40:21Trying to keep it away from Kata.
40:23And it'll be a tie-up.
40:27Man, it's a physical Eastern Conference game, isn't it, Del?
40:30Tell you what, it's...
40:34NFL draft, that looks like a fumble on the floor.
40:37Both guys just trying to recover the ball.
40:43So, we will have an international face-off.
40:46You got Kata, the best to ever come out of Portugal.
40:48Yes, he is.
40:49Taking on the Turk, Nemeas Kata.
40:56And Tatum has it.
40:58Fresh shot clock for Boston.
41:01Tatum missed a layup.
41:03But nothing bad ever really happens to Tatum.
41:05Ball stays with the Celtics.
41:11Brown.
41:14What?
41:15That almost fell.
41:17And a foul on the backcourt as Edgecombe hits the deck.
41:21Think Brown threw that up, expecting a whistle.
41:24He thought he was being fouled, so just throw it at the rim
41:28and try to steal a couple of free throws.
41:30No whistle.
41:33Philadelphia's getting all the loose balls right now.
41:36Trip right there.
41:37Didn't mean to.
41:39Third foul on Kata.
41:44Let's go, BJ.
41:46What do you think of the Boston Celtics as a team
41:48that wants to space the floor and fire up threes
41:50and score a bunch of points?
41:52They're going to throw up their sleeves
41:53if they're going to win this game on the road.
41:55They are.
41:55They're going to have to dig in defensively
41:57and not allow open threes like that.
42:01Pritchard saves it to Tatum.
42:09Vujovic didn't even look at the rim.
42:14Brown all the way to the cup.
42:17He's one of the best in the league to fight through
42:19any kind of physicality when he has a live dribble.
42:28George likes this matchup.
42:34Maybe he shouldn't.
42:36Missed everything.
42:37Ball stays with Philadelphia.
42:39Edgcomb.
42:40And a foul.
42:41No.
42:41Just scored a goal.
42:43He was flexing like he got fouled.
42:46And do we have a turnover?
42:47Yes!
42:49Paul George playing the inbound pass.
42:52The fight by Edgcomb to get that offensive board
42:56and lay it up.
42:57I agree with you.
42:58A foul could have been called there.
42:59It was not.
43:01And then Boston just gets sloppy
43:03on the inbound pass.
43:07So it's a five-point game.
43:08Boston's led by as many as ten.
43:11Philadelphia briefly led by four.
43:13That was back in the first quarter.
43:16Shireman quickly back on his feet.
43:22Bona is pushed from behind
43:24and lands awkwardly on his left wrist.
43:33He was trying to catch his fall, Dell,
43:35and landed on that right wrist.
43:38Or left wrist.
43:39It's a really good catch on that interior pass right there.
43:43Power dribble.
43:44Maybe he should have went to the other side.
43:46He stayed on the right side.
43:48Got a foul.
43:49But, yeah, lost his footing
43:50and landed hard on that wrist.
43:53And it's his left.
43:54He shoots at his right
43:56when he's not two-handed dunking.
44:06And Nick Nurse.
44:07That's a quality nurse right there.
44:09Nurse notices an injury
44:10and says, I want to look at it.
44:12He's probably got a liniment
44:13or a band-aid
44:14or whatever nurses carry
44:15to take care of him.
44:16We'll be back in a moment.
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44:30Folks, we are showing you
44:31the 1982 Eastern Conference Finals.
44:33That is the last time
44:35the Sixers defeated
44:36the Boston Celtics Dell.
44:37Wow.
44:38In the postseason.
44:39Look at that.
44:40It's been a while.
44:42At 82 team head,
44:44the good doctor,
44:45Double D, Darrell Dawkins,
44:46Chocolate Thunder,
44:48Lionel Hollins,
44:48Bobby Jones,
44:49Mo Cheeks.
44:50Do you want to go deep?
44:51Caldwell Jones.
44:52Don't forget, folks,
44:53Lakers and Rockets,
44:54Game 3 in the West.
44:55It's just underway.
44:56Lakers lead the series
44:57two games to nothing.
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45:08to watch Celtics Sixers
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45:12side by side.
45:13That is cool.
45:17What else do you want
45:17in your life?
45:18Two games at once?
45:20Only thing better is three, right?
45:21Only thing better
45:22is sitting here calling one.
45:26Bona at the free throw line.
45:28He has been a modern day
45:30Dolph Chase today.
45:31He's perfect three for three.
45:32Ah!
45:35That is the first miss
45:36at the free throw line
45:37for Philadelphia as a club.
45:39They had made their first nine.
45:42White, Brown,
45:44Butchovic, Tatum,
45:45and Hauser
45:46playing together.
45:48320 remaining
45:49second quarter.
45:50Tatum gets to his spot
45:51and finishes.
45:53Tell you what the defense
45:54gives you right there.
45:56Edgecombe says,
45:57go away,
45:58I'll guard him on this one.
45:59Tatum says,
46:00come with me,
46:01I'm going to give you
46:01a mid-range.
46:04Maxine, Bona,
46:06Oubre,
46:07George,
46:07and Edgecombe.
46:12And another bad screen.
46:14This has become an epidemic.
46:18Third foul on Bona.
46:19As a ball handler,
46:20you absolutely just have to
46:22weigh that extra count
46:23to let that big guy
46:24come up and get set.
46:25And then the big guy
46:26can't roll out of that screen
46:27too quickly.
46:28Right there,
46:29that last little extra nudge
46:31with the right arm
46:32is what got the official's attention.
46:35So Bona will go to the bench.
46:37He's replaced by the veteran,
46:39Andre Drummond.
46:42Drummond's played eight minutes.
46:43Bona's played 13.
46:44That's about par for the course.
46:46No Joel Embiid.
46:48So those two are sharing
46:49the center spot.
46:50And a quick give back.
46:52It's a foul called on Vucevic.
46:54The big right now for Boston.
46:55Identical offensive fouls
46:58by each team's center.
47:00Vuce did the same thing.
47:01That little right nudge
47:03with the right arm right there
47:05gets the official.
47:06The defender embellishes
47:07the contact.
47:08It gets the whistle.
47:10Sixers down six.
47:12Maxey splits a double team.
47:15Touched from behind.
47:1714 seconds to shoot
47:18for the Sixers.
47:20White got a piece of that.
47:22He's best guard in the NBA
47:25at blocking shots.
47:26And it's not even close.
47:27No.
47:28Best got to do it
47:28since our own
47:29Dwayne Wade.
47:30That's big company.
47:37Drummond gets it to Maxey.
47:39And another block.
47:41White took it from him.
47:42And it's finished by Drummond.
47:44Blocked right into the lap
47:45of Drummond.
47:47A ball fake.
47:48He waits for the traffic
47:49to clear.
47:50And he flushes it with two.
47:51Drummond's first playoff dunk.
47:54He's been one of the best dunkers
47:55in the NBA
47:56for the last 14 years.
48:02Vucevic.
48:03Back of the rim.
48:05Maxey.
48:07Surrounded by Celtics.
48:14George.
48:16Hauser knocks it away.
48:19Exactly two minutes.
48:21Two minutes remaining
48:22second quarter.
48:24Derek White.
48:25Look at the fight right there
48:25to deny the ball
48:26and then not give up
48:28on the play.
48:28The chase down
48:29and then right into
48:30the hands of Drummond.
48:32Kelly Oubre
48:33gets himself a dunk.
48:36Back-to-back hammers
48:37for Philadelphia.
48:41Everybody's eating
48:42for Philly.
48:43Oubre with nine.
48:44George eight.
48:45Bonus seven.
48:46Edge could eight
48:46and Maxey with nine.
48:50Tatum keeps the dribble alive
48:51working on Oubre.
48:55Slips it over Vucevic.
48:56And a whistle.
48:57The ball hit a foot.
48:58It'll be a kickball.
48:59Shot clock is headed to 14.
49:01Kelly Oubre right there
49:03just gets a good screen
49:05by Paul George.
49:07No communication
49:08that he gets
49:09a two-hand chin-up.
49:12Oubre's got nine points.
49:1417 minutes of court time
49:16here in the first half.
49:19Brown turns the corner.
49:22White.
49:23Didn't have a clean catch.
49:25Oh, look what I found.
49:27Vucevic pops it back up
49:28and in.
49:29Oh, both centers
49:29that get called
49:30for identical
49:31offensive fouls
49:32and then they get
49:33identical,
49:34look what I found,
49:35buckets.
49:39Low scoring first half.
49:42It'll be interesting
49:43to see if anyone
49:43can get to 100
49:44total for the game.
49:46Maxey
49:46didn't like his odds.
49:49Not much
49:50Drummond's going to do
49:50out there.
49:51Oh, no.
49:52It's a mistake.
49:52Here comes Boston
49:53with numbers.
49:55Hauser
49:57cashes in.
49:58Number 30
49:59with a three.
50:01Hauser spaces out
50:02and a good pass
50:03by Tatum
50:04to get Hauser
50:05right in his pocket
50:06and in rhythm
50:07to get his first three
50:08to go down.
50:09You're wearing 30,
50:09you better be able
50:10to stroke right.
50:11Doesn't wear it for Curry,
50:12though.
50:12Where's it for Terry Porter?
50:14Doesn't matter.
50:15Stevens Point,
50:16Wisconsin.
50:16Shout out.
50:17He could fill it up,
50:18too.
50:20Two for one opportunity
50:21for Philadelphia.
50:23Blocked away.
50:24Vucevic waiting arms.
50:25Oubre!
50:27Serendipity for the lefty,
50:29Kelly Oubre!
50:30First 76ers
50:32to reach double digit
50:34scoring is Oubre
50:35now at 11.
50:37Wow.
50:38Pressure fence
50:38on that one.
50:41Only one Celtic
50:43in double figures.
50:44That's the guy
50:45with the ball,
50:45Jalen Brown.
50:46He's got 11.
50:48Shock locks down
50:49to three.
50:51White.
50:51Very casual.
50:53Knocks it up and in.
50:54Four seconds remaining
50:55in our first half.
50:57Edgecombe has to hurry.
51:01And he almost
51:02banks it home.
51:04But he doesn't.
51:05So it is a seven-point lead
51:07for the visitors.
51:08The Celtics on top,
51:1054-47
51:12through the first
51:1324 minutes.
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51:25Yeah, it's been everything
51:26we thought it could
51:26possibly be.
51:27A series tied at one,
51:29a pivotal game three
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52:04So far, so good
52:05for the visitors
52:06from Boston
52:07here in Philadelphia.
52:09It is the Celtics
52:10who have themselves
52:11a seven-point
52:12stiff arm
52:13on the locals,
52:14the 76ers.
52:15Let's take a look
52:16at our encouraging
52:17movement presented
52:18by Lilly.
52:19And, Del,
52:19we're going to talk
52:20about ball movement.
52:22Boston's been doing it
52:22all year long.
52:23That's how they get
52:24open threes.
52:25They've got to move
52:26that basketball.
52:27The drive and kick game
52:28has been there
52:29all year long.
52:30Look at this movement
52:30right here.
52:31Starts with White
52:31over to Brown.
52:33He draws a pair
52:34back to White.
52:35He fakes.
52:36He draws a pair
52:37back to Brown.
52:38Hesitation.
52:39Draw and kick.
52:40And there's Vucevic
52:41off the bench
52:42with a quick catch
52:43and release.
52:44Boston has
52:45a ton of assists
52:47in setting up
52:48their three-point shots.
52:50Now, this is a pivotal
52:50game three.
52:51Each side has won
52:52a game so far
52:53in the series.
52:53Del, what would you
52:53take away
52:54through the first
52:55two quarters?
52:55It was the bench
52:56of the Boston Celtics
52:57that came in
52:58really strong,
52:59aggressive on both
53:00ends of the floor,
53:01kind of separated
53:02themselves from
53:03the 76ers bench now
53:04and took control
53:05of the game
53:05in the second quarter.
53:06And that's a former
53:07sixth man of the year
53:08talking about bench play.
53:09All right, let's end
53:10it over now
53:10to Christina Pink.
53:11Well, the Sixers
53:12would love to get
53:12the three-ball going
53:13as well,
53:14just four of 14
53:15from beyond the arc.
53:17Talking to Nick Nurse
53:17at the half,
53:18he said,
53:18well, I thought our guards
53:19got some good looks,
53:20but they're winning.
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