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00:00:00But you have to stay attached, contest from behind.
00:00:03I'd love to hear from BG, who's played for Coach Maz.
00:00:05Do you think they'll throw out the drop coverage?
00:00:07Or do you think they'll just make detailed adjustments?
00:00:09No, I think that's their formula.
00:00:10I think you're exactly right.
00:00:12In a game like this, you don't throw out a formula because of a bad night.
00:00:17So get up into the ball, fight harder, just do what you do better.
00:00:21And sometimes game one, you win by a large margin, come back, you get punched in the
00:00:25mouth game two.
00:00:26It sort of turns that thing back on.
00:00:28They're like, hey, we've got to lock back in and be who we are.
00:00:30So that ball pressure, refusing to get screened,
00:00:34pick up points earlier, fighting over, just scrapping.
00:00:37That is what they do.
00:00:39So I don't look for many adjustments
00:00:41besides turning that ticker up a little bit and playing harder.
00:00:44Yeah, I agree.
00:00:45Just fighting over the screen a little bit harder,
00:00:47not get hung up so long.
00:00:50Do rearview contests or tough in this league to shoot on.
00:00:53And then maybe the big comes up a little bit.
00:00:56I'm not talking about all the way up to the screen.
00:00:58They did a bit late.
00:00:59Yeah, just make the shooter think a little bit about it.
00:01:02And, you know, you can always go small if you really get hammered on the pick-and-roll.
00:01:06Maybe even switch it late.
00:01:08Switch some of the pick-and-roll action.
00:01:09So we'll see what Coach Maz goes to.
00:01:11But as you guys said, he doesn't do a lot of adjustments.
00:01:14This is the Celtics' way, and they're going to hammer that home.
00:01:16Yeah, and if you're the Celtics, the pull-up threes are one thing.
00:01:19But you can't give them both.
00:01:20Those guards were able to get downhill sometimes, too.
00:01:22So the reason for the drop is to keep them from getting downhill.
00:01:24So you can't give them the pull-up threes and the downhill.
00:01:27So you have to take away one.
00:01:28I think they'll do a better job of taking one of that pull-up threes and contested it.
00:01:31We'll see if they get downhill tonight.
00:01:32Yeah, because really can't discount just how aggressive B.J. Maxx were.
00:01:36You know, I like that little combo.
00:01:37B.J. Maxx, I can't take credit.
00:01:39I can't take credit.
00:01:40I see what you're doing.
00:01:42But they were incredible.
00:01:43I mean, Edgecombe, first rookie to have a 30-point double-double in the playoffs
00:01:46since Derrick Rose in 2009.
00:01:48So they really are beginning their kind of Philly era right now.
00:01:51On the road.
00:01:52I mean, he's one of the better clutch players in the league.
00:01:54Not just as a rookie, but as a player in this league.
00:01:56And I love the fact he hit the clutch three and winked at him like that.
00:01:59On the road.
00:02:00There's no better feeling than the cry of the crowd.
00:02:02That was a good wink, UD.
00:02:03All right, we've got a triple header of game threes tonight on Prime.
00:02:06Celtics and Sixers started off.
00:02:08Then it's the Lakers and Rockets from Houston.
00:02:10And game three of the Spurs and Blazers.
00:02:12That series tied up at one game each.
00:02:14Thanks for watching.
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00:02:20Our first stop tonight is in Philly for game three of the Celtics and Sixers.
00:02:24Boston won game one.
00:02:26Philly bounced back to take game two.
00:02:27Tip-off just a few minutes away with Eric Collins, Dale Curry, and Christina Pink right after this.
00:02:35You're watching a special presentation of the NBA on Prime.
00:02:42I am the noise.
00:02:45Slash!
00:02:46Slash!
00:02:46Oh!
00:02:47Beautiful!
00:02:48Oh, my goodness!
00:02:49So what if you embrace me?
00:02:51What if you became me?
00:02:53Open three.
00:02:54He's got it!
00:02:55It's the catapulted in.
00:02:57He has been so tickled.
00:02:59Putting it down.
00:03:00Rock in the rim.
00:03:01Oh, man.
00:03:02Just built up.
00:03:03The chemistry on display.
00:03:07Celtics.
00:03:08Sixers.
00:03:09Game three.
00:03:10Let's go!
00:03:11Do the noise.
00:03:15There is nothing common about it.
00:03:18Welcome back to the NBA playoffs.
00:03:20Presented by Google with first-round coverage on Prime.
00:03:23Presented by Lilly.
00:03:25They have come en masse here to Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
00:03:30They are dreaming big dreams because of what happened on Tuesday when the Sixers stole one from the Celtics.
00:03:38Moments ago, the new Flavor of the Month here in Philadelphia.
00:03:42Their first-round pick yesterday.
00:03:44Makai Lemon ringing the bell.
00:04:01That's how they do here in Philadelphia.
00:04:07Big game three of this best of seven.
00:04:10The Boston Celtics sure do know it.
00:04:13This is a proudful bunch.
00:04:14They were not happy to have one stolen away from them on Tuesday in Boston.
00:04:19This will be the five that Joe Mazzula trots out there.
00:04:21Familiar names them all.
00:04:22Jason Tatum, Jalen Brown.
00:04:24Doesn't get any bigger than that.
00:04:25Namiya Skata is the center.
00:04:26Sam Houser wearing number 30.
00:04:28Better be able to shoot it.
00:04:29And Derek White coming off a bit of a stinker a couple of days ago.
00:04:33For the Philadelphia 76ers, so much confidence.
00:04:36Even without Joel Embiid.
00:04:38Paul George, the veteran.
00:04:39Been around for a long time and done it at a high level.
00:04:42The lefty, Kelly Oubre.
00:04:44Adem Bono will play a ton.
00:04:45We'll probably see a lot of Andre Drummond.
00:04:47That's not news.
00:04:48V.J. Edgecombe and Tyrese Maxey rounding out the five.
00:04:51Nick Nurse won a championship back in 2019 for the Kawhi Leonard-led Toronto Raptors.
00:04:57The next year, he was the coach of the year.
00:04:59Wow.
00:04:59What a two-year run for Nick Nurse.
00:05:01He'll be matching wits with Joe Mazzula, who is as intense as they come.
00:05:07Every day he is.
00:05:09Third most coaching wins all time in his first handful of seasons.
00:05:13And he's doing it at a record clip.
00:05:15Joe Mazzula, folks, how about this?
00:05:16Through four years has the best regular season winning percentage
00:05:19in the history of the NBA.
00:05:21He inherited a really, really good team, and he made them better.
00:05:25Opening tap is won by the home team.
00:05:33Maxey crosses the timeline.
00:05:35That backcourt of Maxey and Edgecombe had 59 points on Tuesday in Boston.
00:05:43Derrick White hits the deck.
00:05:44He's still on the ground.
00:05:47Sixers can't take advantage.
00:05:49Crushing screen by Bona.
00:05:51Got Maxey.
00:05:52Wide open three.
00:05:53Couldn't catch it in.
00:05:54White is still not his normal self.
00:05:58Knocking out the cobwebs.
00:05:59And now finally back into the play.
00:06:02Brown.
00:06:03That was on its way down when it was touched by Bona.
00:06:06Score the two for Brown.
00:06:08Yeah, Brown.
00:06:08One of the best ISO players we have in the NBA.
00:06:11Look at this screen right here.
00:06:13Just runs head first right into it.
00:06:16Wow.
00:06:17That'll shake the cobwebs out or either put them back in.
00:06:20It's the best screen ever set by someone wearing the number 30.
00:06:23My goodness.
00:06:25And now number 30 is called for a bad screen.
00:06:28Bona got two physical with Jalen Brown.
00:06:31It's been a physical series and it continues at the start of this one right now.
00:06:36Bonus job is to set good high ball screens in the middle to get Maxey going either way.
00:06:45That game on Tuesday.
00:06:48Philadelphia led basically from the second quarter on.
00:06:51They won 111 to 97.
00:06:53They shot a blistering ball from both two and three.
00:06:57On the other end of the spectrum.
00:06:59Celtics were cold.
00:07:00Exceedingly cold.
00:07:03Here's White.
00:07:04And we're going to have a foul called on Philadelphia.
00:07:10It's on Kelly Oubre.
00:07:12Both teams trying to feel their way to how physical the officials are going to let them guard their opponent
00:07:19at the start of this game.
00:07:24So they're going to give Derek White free throws.
00:07:30And White is still not comfortable.
00:07:48Maybe these free throws will get Derek White going.
00:07:50He has struggled so far in two games.
00:07:52Seven of 22 from the field.
00:07:53Only four made threes.
00:07:56He's really been struggling from three since January.
00:07:59Thirty-one percent from three since January.
00:08:02So that's not a blip.
00:08:04That's a trend.
00:08:05It is.
00:08:07Del Payton Pritchard went to the scores table.
00:08:10And now he's pulled back.
00:08:15So the coaching staff for Boston, there is a level of concern about Derek White.
00:08:18Maybe that will calm him down a bit.
00:08:20He splashes too.
00:08:21Like a gentleman.
00:08:21Yeah, they want to make sure he's okay because he is a big deal on this end of the floor
00:08:26for the Celtics.
00:08:27We are talking about trying to slow down the guy with the basketball right now.
00:08:33Edgecombe.
00:08:35Kings in the air long enough to hit it on top of Kata.
00:08:38Look at the bounce, the athleticism, and the strength to keep his body control after the bump.
00:08:46And a bad screen this time set by Boston.
00:08:49It's on Kata.
00:08:51Kelly Oubre lets this crowd know that, yeah, it's going the other way.
00:08:56Look at the body control by this rookie right here.
00:08:58Hangs in the air, delivers the blow.
00:09:01It's softly off the window.
00:09:02And there's Oubre, a fan favorite.
00:09:05He's going to always keep the fans involved.
00:09:12Twenty-year-old Edgecombe.
00:09:14Lost it, got it back.
00:09:15Doesn't fall.
00:09:20Celtics, the two-seed.
00:09:22Only the Detroit Pistons are the better regular season record in the East.
00:09:27White, the misfire.
00:09:31Maxie hasn't pulled up there yet.
00:09:36Oubre, three-ball for Kelly Oubre.
00:09:39Maxie attacks Hauser, and it draws the help.
00:09:43It gives Oubre a clean look right in front of his bench.
00:09:47Here's White, catch and shoot.
00:09:58Maxie working against a tough customer in Tatum.
00:10:01Gets help from Bona.
00:10:03Off-balance floater.
00:10:04And a push-off going for the rebound.
00:10:07Foul's going to go against Boston.
00:10:11Oh, this is Tyrese Maxie at his best.
00:10:13Head down early in transition.
00:10:15Oubre, a catch and a quick trigger.
00:10:18That was a pretty good contest there by Tatum,
00:10:20but Oubre had a good look at the rim.
00:10:23Oubre had two of the 19 made three-pointers
00:10:26for Philadelphia in Tuesday's win in Boston.
00:10:31Three-point shooting, such an important statistic
00:10:34so far in this series.
00:10:35Yeah, and normally role players shoot it better
00:10:38in their field.
00:10:39Right place, right time.
00:10:41Bona clings it up.
00:10:42Oubre drawing a couple of defenders,
00:10:44and there's Bona right there.
00:10:46They'll say, I'll help you out.
00:10:47Throw that one down.
00:10:497-0 run for the home team.
00:10:51Answered by a flush by Kata.
00:10:53The old Statue of Liberty here in Philadelphia.
00:10:56Yeah, nice delivery in the paint right there.
00:10:58Kata goes up quickly.
00:11:01Back and forth early in this one.
00:11:05Look at the score.
00:11:067-6 if you look at it a certain way.
00:11:08Maybe it's a sign.
00:11:11Boston on the run out,
00:11:13and Kata just barely crossed over the timeline.
00:11:17Tatum up.
00:11:20Hauser, a rare rebound,
00:11:21and it's blocked away by Edgecombe.
00:11:23The awareness by Edgecombe to block that away,
00:11:25knowing Hauser's going to try to tip that in.
00:11:28Hauser wants that back.
00:11:32Maxie, a whole bunch of dribbling.
00:11:33Had it knocked away.
00:11:35Still a ton of time on that shot clock.
00:11:37Bona.
00:11:40And a foul.
00:11:46As a rookie, this guy has his poise as it comes right there.
00:11:49He sees that Hauser's going to tip that back in.
00:11:54A clean block before he could do it.
00:11:57That is just IQ awareness.
00:11:59You can't teach that.
00:12:01Hauser thought he was by himself in the backyard.
00:12:03We casually tried to tip that in.
00:12:06Not on Edgecombe's watch.
00:12:10So a foul called on Kata.
00:12:12Puts Bona to the line.
00:12:17Anything you get out of Bona is really gravy right now for Nick Nurse.
00:12:20He's got a veteran in Andre Drummond who has performed well so far in the series.
00:12:24He is always waiting.
00:12:28There he is, Andre Drummond from money-earning Mount Vernon, New York.
00:12:32We'll see him sooner rather than later.
00:12:38Two for two for Bona.
00:12:41Nikola Vucevic has come into the game.
00:12:43He'll be the center for the Celtics.
00:12:48We're going to need Vucevic to give a good minutes now with Kata having two personal fouls.
00:12:54Wow, Vucevic just checked into the game.
00:12:55Fires it up there.
00:13:02The Celtics are going to have to hit.
00:13:05It's imperative that they hit their open threes.
00:13:09They had two of them right there that were not close.
00:13:15Maxie.
00:13:22Paul George has not shot the ball so far for Philadelphia.
00:13:26Four and a half minutes into our game.
00:13:29Maxie.
00:13:30Shot clocks at one.
00:13:32Edgecombe.
00:13:38Tatum trying to post up the youngster and what happens?
00:13:41It will stay with Boston.
00:13:44He's got, that was a mismatch right there.
00:13:46Tatum had Edgecombe in the post.
00:13:48He's got to throw that in.
00:13:50He's trying to bounce it.
00:13:51It gives the rookie time to try to get around it.
00:13:53Nick Nurse says, yeah, we're going to look at this.
00:13:55We think it should be our basketball.
00:13:59So the nurse wants a second opinion.
00:14:02We'll have the diagnosis when we return.
00:14:09After review, the ball is last touched by Tatum prior to the ball going out of bounds.
00:14:14Therefore, the on-code rule has been overturned.
00:14:16It is now Philadelphia basketball.
00:14:18The challenge is successful.
00:14:21So a coaching challenge victory for Nick Nurse and his staff.
00:14:24The ball was last touched by Jason Tatum.
00:14:26Yeah, it's just good how he needs to be thrown without a bounce so Tatum can hold off Edgecombe
00:14:32and get a good post up there in transition.
00:14:35Sixers stay as is, but Boston goes deep into the bench.
00:14:38They bring in Jordan Walsh, also into the game for the first time,
00:14:40as last year's sixth man of the year, Peyton Pritchard.
00:14:44Pritchard has started a whole bunch this season,
00:14:46but coming off the bench in this series.
00:14:51Brown.
00:14:53Sluchivich.
00:14:54Pritchard, his first touch.
00:14:59Pritchard's working on Bona.
00:15:00Dumped down to the big man.
00:15:03Pritchard's first shot, bottom of the well.
00:15:05Inside-out basketball.
00:15:07Those two guys have good symmetry between them right there.
00:15:11Throw it in the boots.
00:15:13Defense relaxes.
00:15:14Pritchard gets an open three.
00:15:16Bona blocked away.
00:15:19Edgecombe has it for Philadelphia.
00:15:23Tough chance.
00:15:25left it short, batted around, cleared by Pritchard.
00:15:36Almost halfway through our first quarter.
00:15:38Both teams still in double digits.
00:15:43Blocked again from behind.
00:15:44This time it was Maxey.
00:15:46Maxey wants to run.
00:15:49First three-pointer for Maxey.
00:15:52When he's at his best, he led the league at fast break points in the regular season.
00:15:57Only seven in the first two nights, first two games in this series.
00:16:01That was a big one right there.
00:16:03Tatum can't answer.
00:16:05Pritchard, smallest man on the floor, comes up with the ball.
00:16:09And Brown catches in with a triple.
00:16:12Second chance points.
00:16:14Big for the Boston Celtics right there.
00:16:16The little scowl on the floor.
00:16:18Pritchard putting his head in and creating an opportunity for Brown.
00:16:22Nick Nurse going to this five.
00:16:24Through the first six and a half minutes.
00:16:26Paul George has yet to shoot the ball.
00:16:29Doesn't have a rebound.
00:16:30Doesn't have an assist.
00:16:32Now he's got an assist.
00:16:34Bona with a dunk.
00:16:35First touch by George.
00:16:37He shows his veteran leadership right there.
00:16:39Don't force it just because I have not taken a shot.
00:16:41Put my head down.
00:16:43Draw a crowd.
00:16:44And nice dish to Bona, who's living above the rim in this quarter.
00:16:48Some bonus points for Bona.
00:16:49He's got two dunks.
00:16:53Oubre got a hand on it.
00:16:56Tatum.
00:16:58Paul George can still play some defense.
00:17:01Oh, my goodness.
00:17:02Look at that.
00:17:03It started with George and it's ending with Bona.
00:17:07Yeah, George has done a pretty good job in the series so far,
00:17:10making Tatum work for everything that he's got.
00:17:13You're not going to stop Tatum.
00:17:14You just got to make him work.
00:17:15And then you expect help on the backside.
00:17:18And that was a message sent by Bona on that rejection.
00:17:22And Bona's going to get a hero's welcome as he struts back to the bench.
00:17:28Andre Drummond replaces him as the man in the middle and immediately gets a rebound.
00:17:35Four starters and Drummond on the floor right now for Philadelphia.
00:17:39If you're just joining us, no Joel Embiid.
00:17:41Hasn't played so far in this series.
00:17:43Maxey, super fast.
00:17:45Really good screen right there to get Maxey to turn the corner.
00:17:50Maxey's averaged 25 points in this series.
00:17:51Just 13 of them have been out of a pick-and-roll scenario,
00:17:54so they're going to continue to milk that play.
00:17:58Vucevic.
00:18:00First triple for the veteran center.
00:18:02He began his career as a Philadelphia 76er many moons ago.
00:18:06Austin started 0-4 from 3 in this game.
00:18:10Have hit three of the last five attempts.
00:18:15Maxey.
00:18:16Drummond got hit.
00:18:18He is down on one knee.
00:18:20Sixers have two guys down right now.
00:18:23This is going to be a five-on-three for Boston.
00:18:25Now Maxey and Drummond able to make it back defensively.
00:18:32Brown got caught pushing off Kelly Oubre.
00:18:37Kelly Oubre doing exactly what Nick Nurse wants him to do.
00:18:42Stay in front.
00:18:43Don't try to reach and steal the ball.
00:18:45Just move your feet.
00:18:46Stay in front of the defender and then get a contest.
00:18:49You see the extension of the right arm right there.
00:18:51Easy call by the official.
00:18:59Crushing screen set by Drummond, and he's called for it.
00:19:04Drummond barks at Brown as he goes back to his defensive position.
00:19:10Let's check out our live update presented by FanDuel.
00:19:14Boston relatively healthy on the road, a favorite, giving away six and a half.
00:19:19There's your over-under.
00:19:20That's low.
00:19:21But we've had a low-scoring first quarter.
00:19:23Boston has been a good road team all season long.
00:19:26Why?
00:19:26Because of their ability to shoot the three, and they play good defense.
00:19:30It travels wherever they go.
00:19:34Celtics down a point and a whistle away from the ball.
00:19:39It's on Quinton Grimes, who's just checked in.
00:19:41So 10 seconds into his night, he has a personal foul.
00:19:45Quinton Grimes says, well, when I was on the bench, that call was not being called.
00:19:50Everybody was grabbing and holding.
00:19:51You're going to call it on me?
00:19:56Pritchard hands it off to Tatum.
00:20:00Now Tatum has Drummond in front of him.
00:20:05Wow.
00:20:06Tatum put it right on top of Drummond for three.
00:20:08He's got really good range and fades away up top to get that three over top of any big guy.
00:20:16Flying through the air.
00:20:18It's Oubre.
00:20:19And Philadelphia ties this game at 18.
00:20:24When Kelly Oubre has the ball, only one thing's going to happen.
00:20:27It's going to go toward the rim.
00:20:29Left-hand layup for Oubre.
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00:20:54All right, let's check in now with Christina Pink.
00:20:56Well, the Sixers missing their own man in the middle.
00:20:59It's been 15 days since Joel Embiid had an emergency appendectomy.
00:21:03He ruled out for tonight's game, but the team says he is working hard to return to play,
00:21:07intensifying the encore work.
00:21:08He did meet with the medical staff this afternoon.
00:21:11Doctors are pleased with the progress he's making, but not clear to return just yet.
00:21:16But they're looking forward to him getting back out there.
00:21:19As Tyrese Maxey told me, that'll be the biggest lift there is.
00:21:22Good golly.
00:21:23No doubt about it.
00:21:23Former MVP.
00:21:25Thank you, Christina.
00:21:26I think everyone just wants good basketball, everyone to be healthy.
00:21:29No doubt.
00:21:30See Embiid back out here.
00:21:31You're getting Embiid back in.
00:21:32That's a game changer.
00:21:34You absolutely must game plan around that big fella.
00:21:38All right, final three minutes of our first quarter.
00:21:41We are tied at Dave Collins.
00:21:44Good on number 18.
00:21:45Retired Boston Celtics lore.
00:21:49Tatum, Vucevic, Walsh, Pritchard, and Brown playing together for the Seas.
00:21:57Shot clock's already down to six.
00:22:00Brown settles for a 16-footer and switches it.
00:22:04Wow.
00:22:04He's so good at creating for himself in isolation plays,
00:22:08especially when that shot clock is on his back.
00:22:11He'll make a two-point field goal for you.
00:22:14Quinton Grimes, his first shot of the game.
00:22:18Vucevic contested rebound.
00:22:24Just amazing how Tatum is moving so well.
00:22:27This is a guy who missed the first four months of the season.
00:22:29Coming off an Achilles tear.
00:22:31Wouldn't know it.
00:22:33Grimes a rebound.
00:22:34Gets it out to Maxey.
00:22:36Full-on sprint for Maxey.
00:22:38Look at him go!
00:22:40Faster than a small-time rumor.
00:22:42That's what he does.
00:22:43Head down, attacks anybody,
00:22:45especially when you've got him in retreat mode.
00:22:48That's five fast-break points for Maxey.
00:22:51There's Tatum with the answer.
00:22:53Word.
00:22:54I love it how we just showed Allen Iverson.
00:22:55He's the only person in the building who wasn't impressed by Maxey's speed.
00:22:58This guy used to do that.
00:23:00That's right.
00:23:05Three-point game.
00:23:08Celtics the lead in the ball.
00:23:11Final minute and a half of our first quarter.
00:23:14Tatum a long one.
00:23:22Obray waits for everyone to set up.
00:23:34Maxey's hit by his own man.
00:23:36Friendly fire.
00:23:37Both Drummond and Maxey down on the floor.
00:23:39Numbers advantage for Boston.
00:23:41For the second time in this quarter, both those guys have hit the deck.
00:23:44And it costs the Sixers three as Pritchard nails it.
00:23:49Pritchard with a nice ball fake.
00:23:52One dribble relocates to his right.
00:23:54Gets good rhythm and he's got two triples.
00:23:55Now, 16 years in the short pants for you.
00:23:57You didn't run into a lot of screens, did you?
00:23:59No, I did not.
00:24:00No.
00:24:01It's way more middle screen set than back in the old days.
00:24:07Maxey is fouled and he'll go to the free throw line.
00:24:15Tyrese Maxey.
00:24:19Maxey has improved his scoring average down every single year he's played.
00:24:23Went from 8 to 17 to 20 to 25 to 26 to 28 this year.
00:24:26And Nick Nurse continues to tell this guy, be selfish.
00:24:30We want you to have that ball and we want you to take shots.
00:24:33Don't worry about getting everybody else involved.
00:24:35They'll get theirs.
00:24:36We need you to put the ball in the rim.
00:24:39Two free throws coming for Maxey.
00:24:41Let's take a look at the upcoming playoff schedule.
00:24:44Tomorrow, four games scheduled on Peacock at 1 o'clock.
00:24:48You've got the Pistons and Magic.
00:24:50Then you've got the Thunder and Suns, Knicks and Hawks.
00:24:52That's a series and a half.
00:24:53And then the nightcap will be Nuggets and Timberwolves, game four from Minneapolis.
00:24:59For more on these games, please go to NBA.com or visit the NBA app.
00:25:02The play-in was a good appetizer for what the playoffs was going to be like.
00:25:06And it has been outstanding early in the playoff this year.
00:25:11Good eating.
00:25:14All right, this could be one of those two-for-one opportunities that Priton Pritchard excels at.
00:25:19It's pretty good weapons right here in Brown, Pritchard, and Tatum.
00:25:23Derek White back into the game, slips it over to Brown.
00:25:26Hot potato basketball, Pritchard.
00:25:31And a push.
00:25:33That'll be on Tatum.
00:25:36Kelly Oubre, being the smart veteran that he was, he forced the official to blow the whistle.
00:25:42Tipped that ball to himself.
00:25:45Running out of real estate, and as soon as he filled that little nudge right there,
00:25:49he says, you're either going to call a foul or it's going to be Celtics ball.
00:25:53So we'll go 90 feet and have free throws for Kelly Oubre.
00:25:58Tsunami poppy.
00:26:01Over 1,000 career threes, over 600 career dunks.
00:26:05That's hard to do.
00:26:06That's a rare combination.
00:26:07We're talking like Durant and LeBron and guys of that ilk with those type of numbers.
00:26:16Energy guy, whether he starts or comes off the bench, Kelly Oubre is going to give you energy,
00:26:21energy, excitement, and shot making.
00:26:25And about the most left-handed of left-hand players in the NBA.
00:26:28Yes.
00:26:28You can sit on that left side.
00:26:30He's always going to come back to you.
00:26:33Right hand's just for show.
00:26:36Splash is a pair.
00:26:38So we've got ourselves a two-point game.
00:26:41Probably the final possession if Boston plays it right here in our first quarter.
00:26:45Justin Edwards has come in defensively.
00:26:47He will shade Derek White.
00:26:51Brown's got it.
00:26:54White thought about it.
00:26:56Still nine seconds on the shot clock.
00:26:58Brown back out.
00:27:00Vucevic.
00:27:01Got it.
00:27:02Matches for the veteran.
00:27:04Left some meat on the bone though.
00:27:05Eight seconds remaining in the quarter.
00:27:11Maxey.
00:27:12Can he answer?
00:27:14He cannot.
00:27:15And that will do it for our first quarter of play.
00:27:21Boston started the first quarter 0 for 4 from behind the arc.
00:27:24They finished at 7 for 12.
00:27:26Five-point game at Philadelphia.
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00:27:44High atop City Hall.
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00:27:46Game 3 at this best of 7.
00:27:48Celtics and Sixers with Dale Curry.
00:27:51I'm Eric Collins.
00:27:51Christina Pink is doing her thing.
00:27:54Celtics are going to try it out.
00:27:55Peyton Pritchard run the point.
00:27:57Baylor Shireman gets some tick along with Luka Garza.
00:28:00Garza wears number 52.
00:28:02Second best Luka in the NBA.
00:28:04Jason Tatum, Derek White rounding out the five.
00:28:06A long second.
00:28:08Here's Garza.
00:28:09Man, we're talking about.
00:28:12VJ Edgecombe so bouncy.
00:28:14Just tips it to himself.
00:28:16It's going to be Edgecombe, Drummond, George, Edwards, and Grimes.
00:28:21Look for this guy right here to get more aggressive with this unit on the floor for the Sixers.
00:28:26Playoff P.
00:28:27Oh, George, his first bucket.
00:28:30He is not going to force anything.
00:28:32He's going to let the game come to him.
00:28:34In this lineup, he's going to look to get shots on goal.
00:28:39Nick Nurse was raving about Paul George and what he has meant to this club down the stretch.
00:28:44Talk to him before the game.
00:28:46Peyton Pritchard from the free throw line left it short.
00:28:48Luka, a rebound.
00:28:55And Tatum, bothered by Drummond, it will stay with Boston.
00:29:01There are five seconds on the shot clock.
00:29:04George did a good job of getting his hand on that ball to break up that open shot.
00:29:08Celtics had in that right corner.
00:29:10Paul George has one of the best bodies for a wing defender,
00:29:13and he's got instincts that are probably even better than the body.
00:29:17Shireman, Dilley never let that ball pass his ear.
00:29:20How about that?
00:29:20His first shot of the game, a difficult one, never brought it down.
00:29:24I'm here to tell you, he made that look easier than it is.
00:29:27Best to ever come out of Hastings, Nebraska.
00:29:29There he is.
00:29:30There he is.
00:29:31Five-point lead for the visitors.
00:29:34And that will be a kickball on Tatum.
00:29:37Celtics bench has 15 points early in this game.
00:29:41Look at that driving kick right there.
00:29:42Look at that.
00:29:43Oh.
00:29:43Never brought it down and had the audacity to line the seams up before he let it go.
00:29:50Second-year man, played at South Dakota State and Creighton, Baylor Shireman.
00:29:55Probably best known as a high school quarterback.
00:29:58Left-head throwing quarterback out of Nebraska.
00:30:01Numbers game for Boston.
00:30:03This is a four-on-three.
00:30:06White, the man who's open.
00:30:08Had to hesitate, Dill.
00:30:09Didn't really want to fire that up there.
00:30:10Really did, yeah.
00:30:11I think his confidence is weighing a little bit.
00:30:14Talk to him, not shooting that three-ball very well.
00:30:21Two minutes into our second quarter.
00:30:26Boston lost at home on Tuesday.
00:30:28They do not want to stub their toe in back-to-back games and all of a sudden be in
00:30:32a real pickle.
00:30:38They called a foul on Edwards.
00:30:41Justin Edwards, about as local as it gets.
00:30:44He is a Philadelphia native.
00:30:45Getting an opportunity just three years ago.
00:30:48He was Mr. Basketball in the state of Pennsylvania.
00:30:50Now playing a playoff game here in Philadelphia.
00:30:58Shot clock's down to four.
00:31:00Tatum.
00:31:04Shireman.
00:31:05Big-time offensive rebound.
00:31:08And it results in three for White.
00:31:10Talked to Sam Cassell before the game.
00:31:12He said failing.
00:31:13Shireman is unafraid.
00:31:15He's stuck his nose in anywhere.
00:31:17Got a big-time rebound right there and found White for an open triple.
00:31:21Went for the steal and he bumps into Drummond.
00:31:27Boston's bench continues to play well for Joe Mozilla.
00:31:31How about that tough rebound?
00:31:32No hesitation in that three by Derek White.
00:31:37That's the first three-pointer for Derek White.
00:31:39A couple of days ago, he was two for ten from behind the arc.
00:31:46Edgecombe on top of Garza.
00:31:49Just put him in that middle screen roll like they do Maxey.
00:31:53Let him go to work.
00:31:54Bounces into a really nice float game.
00:32:00Tatum says no to the screen.
00:32:03Now he'll take the screen from Garza.
00:32:06And Drummond keeps hitting the deck.
00:32:08It's like he's on skates.
00:32:09And it cost him three.
00:32:11Garza a triple.
00:32:13Ten threes by the Boston Celtics so far in this game.
00:32:17Tatum wanted to get Drummond in that screen.
00:32:20He's in drop coverage and that opened up the three for Garza.
00:32:25Grimes.
00:32:26And a foul.
00:32:28Quinton Grimes will go to the line.
00:32:33Ten assists for the Celtics.
00:32:35They trust each other.
00:32:36They move that basketball.
00:32:37Whoever's open is expected to take it and make it.
00:32:41Garza right there says good pass, buddy.
00:32:44You know, threes so important so far in this series.
00:32:49Boston and the loss on Tuesday.
00:32:52Uh-uh.
00:32:52They missed 37 of them.
00:32:53Can you imagine missing 37?
00:32:55No.
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00:33:08Those 37 misses the second most misses all season long for the Boston Celtics.
00:33:17They have the mentality, we're going to continue to take open shots.
00:33:20We're going to get open shots against the Sixers.
00:33:22Let's knock them down and trust what got us here.
00:33:26And Joe Mazzulli was not sweating it.
00:33:28He called it variance.
00:33:30It's just going to happen.
00:33:31Shooting variance.
00:33:32Sometimes you're going to make them.
00:33:33Other times you don't.
00:33:35Shireman.
00:33:36Finds his spot.
00:33:38Matches for the lefty.
00:33:40Baylor Shireman.
00:33:41He was open upon the catch.
00:33:43Didn't like his odds.
00:33:44One dribble to his right.
00:33:46Pull the trigger on the left hand.
00:33:48Last four field goals for the visitors have all been threes.
00:33:54Playoff peak.
00:33:57Oh yeah.
00:33:58Paul George along the baseline.
00:34:00Spins away from all the trouble and the gravity fade away on the baseline.
00:34:05He's been doing that his entire career.
00:34:07Edwards calling for the personal.
00:34:09Bumps into Derek White.
00:34:11Paul George did not score in the first quarter.
00:34:13This is his offense right now.
00:34:16Look at that quick spin against a really good defender.
00:34:18White had nothing to do with that shot.
00:34:22You'd think he'd be long in the tooth.
00:34:23He's 35 years of age.
00:34:25He's the only remaining guy from his 2010 draft class.
00:34:29But Paul George has still got a deep bag.
00:34:31Yeah.
00:34:31He should be fresh, Mr. Louse.
00:34:33Edgecombe!
00:34:35Oh!
00:34:36Oh!
00:34:37The kid can fly!
00:34:44How about Vijay Edgecombe?
00:34:47He's got bunnies.
00:34:49And I'm talking about hops.
00:34:51Dropping the hammer here in Philly.
00:35:01Rookie of a bounce and the awareness that has had the internet buzzing coming off of game two.
00:35:07And another example of that awareness.
00:35:09How about this moment, the dagger three in Boston and then the perfectly timed wink to the camera.
00:35:16Now, not to break everybody's heart, but Vijay says that that moment was actually just a coincidence.
00:35:21Look at him roaring here.
00:35:23He said, I was actually just winking at a teammate.
00:35:26But I can tell you, talking to Kelly Oubre, he's a young guy, he's always playing to the cameras.
00:35:32Awesome stuff.
00:35:33Thank you, Christina.
00:35:34After the timeout, Jalen Brown gets into the paint and drops it home.
00:35:38Yeah, I'm with Kelly.
00:35:39I'm not buying it either.
00:35:40All these guys know where the camera is at all times.
00:35:43Both sides have made a change to the center spot.
00:35:47Bona comes in for Philadelphia.
00:35:50Kata comes in for Boston.
00:35:54White, Kata, Pritchard, Shireman, Brown.
00:35:58Five on the floor for Boston.
00:36:02Seven minutes to play.
00:36:04First half.
00:36:06And a foul is going to be called on Edgecombe.
00:36:19Nurse is saying that Jalen Brown once again pushed off with that off arm.
00:36:28Boston leading the ball.
00:36:29Up by eight.
00:36:30Pritchard.
00:36:34He saw Paul George in front of him, said, uh-uh.
00:36:38Now George picks up the loose ball.
00:36:40One man to beat.
00:36:42What?
00:36:43Oh, look at Brown from behind.
00:36:46Saves the day.
00:36:52White.
00:36:55Last touched by.
00:36:59This is winning basketball.
00:37:01This is how you win series and win championships.
00:37:03Turn it over.
00:37:04Don't quit.
00:37:04You run back.
00:37:06It's next play mentality.
00:37:07Get a chase down block on Paul George, who knew he was there.
00:37:11Couldn't do anything about it.
00:37:13Both ends of the floor for Jalen Brown.
00:37:15It's been that way for a long time.
00:37:17Now, 10th year.
00:37:19All with the Celtics.
00:37:21All with the Celtics.
00:37:30Shot clock.
00:37:31Shot clock's nine to five.
00:37:32Shot clock's nine to five.
00:37:32Pritchard slips inside.
00:37:36It will be.
00:37:37Fill it off your ball.
00:37:38You've got to play screen roll with Pritchard with Edgecombe on him.
00:37:41Edgecombe's too good.
00:37:42His feet are too quick.
00:37:44Pritchard's not going to be able to get around him on his own.
00:37:46You've got to come up and set a screen.
00:37:48Give him some help.
00:37:51Here's George.
00:37:52Had a nice second quarter.
00:37:53Both ends of the floor.
00:37:55And he keeps on keeping on.
00:37:58Eight quickies by Paul George in this second quarter.
00:38:04He's known as PG-13 for years.
00:38:06He's won 13.
00:38:07Can't do that here in Philadelphia.
00:38:09Number retired.
00:38:10Wilt Chamberlain.
00:38:11That's not coming down from the Raptors anytime soon.
00:38:14George is hit in the midsection.
00:38:16And it's going to be an offensive foul on Brown.
00:38:23There's talk about Paul George.
00:38:25He does it on both ends of the floor.
00:38:27Look at his defensive discipline on this play.
00:38:30Not to bite on the Brown hard ball fake.
00:38:35I think he got him good.
00:38:36He did.
00:38:37Yeah.
00:38:38When a guy lays there without moving, he got him good.
00:38:40Look at his discipline.
00:38:41Don't bite on that ball fake.
00:38:42Oh.
00:38:45Yeah.
00:38:47Maybe look at this.
00:38:52Oh, man.
00:38:53That's where it hurts for real.
00:38:58Oh, goodness.
00:39:06So, Paul George, slow to his feet.
00:39:13This is a guy who has had some devastating injuries in his career.
00:39:18Also had a suspension this year.
00:39:19Missed 25 games.
00:39:22But he's a gamer.
00:39:23Yeah.
00:39:23I was trying to allude to how fresh he should be before Edgecote punched one in and went to break
00:39:29him.
00:39:29Yeah.
00:39:30Early in the year, missed a lot of time with the knee and then the 25-game suspension.
00:39:34So, he is fresh for the playoffs.
00:39:36All right.
00:39:37So, the call on the floor was just a regular common foul on Jalen Brown.
00:39:41But the official is looking to see it.
00:39:43But this is a flagrant.
00:39:45Flagrant one.
00:39:46Two shots.
00:39:46Ball back.
00:39:47That's unnecessary contact.
00:39:49Flagrant two.
00:39:51Two shots.
00:39:51And the ball back.
00:39:52And automatic ejection.
00:39:53I don't think it's anywhere close to that.
00:39:55I think it's definitely, in my opinion, unnecessary contact.
00:39:58But the problem was Brown was so low when he came to that jump stop and he never came up.
00:40:04That Paul George did not bite on the ball fake.
00:40:06So, in order for him to try to create any kind of separation, he was so low.
00:40:10That's the only place he could hit the defender.
00:40:13So, we told you Flagrant one's defined as unnecessary contact.
00:40:16Flagrant two's defined as unnecessary and excessive contact.
00:40:21And there's no possible way that's going to be a flagrant two.
00:40:24There's no way that Jalen Brown will be dismissed.
00:40:30Want to give a shout-out.
00:40:32A lot of announcers in the league, when they're looking at rules,
00:40:34they look at a sheet that was submitted to them.
00:40:36Every announcer got it every single year.
00:40:37There's a legendary announcer here in Philadelphia named Mark Zumoff.
00:40:41He was one of the all-time greats, Hall of Famer, in my opinion.
00:40:44After review, there is no wind-up prior to Brown initiating contact and no follow-through.
00:40:51Therefore, the author who stands as an offensive foul.
00:40:55That's a tough pill to swallow for George.
00:40:58My goodness.
00:41:00He's like, what?
00:41:01Ugh.
00:41:10So, just a common foul.
00:41:14Look how low right there.
00:41:15Oh, my goodness.
00:41:18Stunning to me that Paul George is standing and smiling.
00:41:22That is one tough hombre.
00:41:25He is going to chill for a bit.
00:41:26No, he's going to stay in the game.
00:41:30He is tougher than Walrus Gristle.
00:41:40That's two fouls on Jalen Brown.
00:41:43They'll tune in for game three in the West's first round as LeBron James and the Lakers
00:41:48going to take on the Houston Rockets, tip off his minutes away at 8.08 Eastern time.
00:41:55Simultaneous games.
00:41:56One in the Eastern Conference, one in the Western Conference.
00:41:58Maxey.
00:42:00He had options.
00:42:01He could have left it for Bona.
00:42:04Pritchard.
00:42:06Relocates.
00:42:09Kata fought for it.
00:42:11Picked up by Shireman.
00:42:12And a loose ball foul.
00:42:14That's going to go against Bona.
00:42:20Better bring your hard hat.
00:42:23We're going into the paint against either one of these guys.
00:42:28That could have went easily either way.
00:42:32So, Kata's going to go to the free throw line.
00:42:35Oh, no, they're not going to get the free throw.
00:42:36Sorry about that.
00:42:39Boston, the lead in the ball.
00:42:40Up by five, closing in on the five-minute mark of our second quarter.
00:42:45Shot clock's down at four.
00:42:47Shireman.
00:42:50Bona, the rebound hits the deck.
00:42:53Trying to keep it away from Kata.
00:42:55And it'll be a tie-up.
00:42:59Man, it's a physical Eastern Conference game.
00:43:01Isn't it, Doug?
00:43:01Tell you what, it's...
00:43:06NFL draft, that looks like a fumble on the floor of both guys.
00:43:10Just trying to recover the ball.
00:43:14So, we will have an international face-off.
00:43:17You got Kata, the best to ever come out of Portugal.
00:43:20Yes, he is.
00:43:21Taking on the Turk, Nemeas Kata.
00:43:27And Tatum has it.
00:43:29Fresh shot clock for Boston.
00:43:32Tatum missed a layup.
00:43:34But nothing bad ever really happens to Tatum.
00:43:37Ball stays with the Celtics.
00:43:43Brown.
00:43:47And a foul on the backcourt as Edgecombe hits the deck.
00:43:53Frank Brown threw that up, expecting a whistle.
00:43:56He thought he was being fouled, so just throw it at the rim and try to steal a couple of
00:44:01free throws.
00:44:02No whistle.
00:44:04Philadelphia's getting all the loose balls right now.
00:44:07Trip right there.
00:44:09Didn't mean to.
00:44:11Third foul on Kata.
00:44:15Let's go, BJ.
00:44:17Well, you think of the Boston Celtics as a team that wants to space the floor and fire up threes
00:44:21and score a bunch of points.
00:44:24They're going to throw up their sleeves if they're going to win this game on the road.
00:44:26They are.
00:44:27They're going to have to dig in defensively and not allow open threes like that.
00:44:49He's one of the best in the league to fight through any kind of physicality when he has a live
00:44:54dribble.
00:45:00George likes this matchup.
00:45:06Maybe he shouldn't.
00:45:08Missed everything.
00:45:09Ball stays with Philadelphia.
00:45:11Edgecombe.
00:45:12And a foul.
00:45:13No.
00:45:13Just for the goal.
00:45:15He was flexing like he got fouled.
00:45:17And do we have a turnover?
00:45:19Yes.
00:45:20Paul George playing the inbound pass.
00:45:24The fight by Edgecombe to get that offensive board, lay it up.
00:45:28I agree with you.
00:45:29A foul could have been called there.
00:45:31It was not.
00:45:32And then Boston just gets sloppy on the inbound pass.
00:45:38So it's a five-point game.
00:45:40Boston's led by as many as ten.
00:45:43Philadelphia briefly led by four.
00:45:45That was back in the first quarter.
00:45:48Shireman quickly back on his feet.
00:45:53Bona is pushed from behind and lands awkwardly on his left wrist.
00:46:04He was trying to catch his fall, Dell, and landed on that right wrist.
00:46:10Or left wrist.
00:46:11That's a really good catch of that interior pass right there.
00:46:15Power dribble.
00:46:16Maybe he should have went to the other side.
00:46:18He stayed on the right side, got a foul, but, yeah, lost his footing and landed hard on that wrist.
00:46:25And it's his left.
00:46:26He shoots with his right when he's not two-handed dunking.
00:46:37And Nick Nurse, that's a quality nurse right there.
00:46:40Nurse notices an injury and says, I want to look at it.
00:46:43He's probably got a liniment or a band-aid or whatever nurses carry to take care of him.
00:46:47We'll be back in a moment.
00:46:51A medicine company by CarMax.
00:46:55Want to drive?
00:46:57And by Google.
00:46:59Folks, we are showing you the 1982 Eastern Conference Finals.
00:47:03That is the last time the Sixers defeated the Boston Celtics Dell in the postseason.
00:47:08Look at that.
00:47:09It's been a while.
00:47:11That 82 team had the good doctor, double-D, Daryl Dawkins, chocolate thunder, Lionel Hollins, Bobby Jones, Mo Cheeks.
00:47:20Do you want to go deep, Caldwell Jones?
00:47:22Don't forget, folks, Lakers and Rockets, game three in the West.
00:47:24It's just underway.
00:47:26Lakers lead the series two games to nothing.
00:47:28Don't forget, Prime, as you cover, to watch more than one game at a time.
00:47:30Using the multi-view feature available on most devices.
00:47:34To access, click down on your remote for options.
00:47:36And select multi-view to watch Celtics Sixers and Lakers Rockets side by side.
00:47:43That is cool.
00:47:46What else do you want in your life?
00:47:48Two games at once?
00:47:49Only thing better is three, right?
00:47:51Only thing better is sitting here calling one.
00:47:56Bona at the free throw line.
00:47:58He has been a modern-day Dolph Chase today.
00:48:00He's perfect three for three.
00:48:04That is the first miss at the free throw line for Philadelphia as a club.
00:48:08They had made their first nine.
00:48:12White, Brown, Vucevic, Tatum, and Hauser playing together.
00:48:173.20 remaining, second quarter.
00:48:20Tatum gets to his spot and finishes.
00:48:23Tell you what the defense gives you right there.
00:48:26Edgecombe says, go away.
00:48:28I'll guard him on this one.
00:48:29Tatum says, come with me.
00:48:30I'm going to give you a mid-range.
00:48:34Maxine, Bona, Oubre, George, and Edgecombe.
00:48:41And another bad screen.
00:48:43This has become an epidemic.
00:48:48Third foul on Bona.
00:48:49As a ball handler, you absolutely just have to weigh that extra count
00:48:52to let that big guy come up and get set.
00:48:55And then the big guy can't roll out of that screen too quickly.
00:48:58Right there, that last little extra nudge with the right arm
00:49:02is what got the official's attention.
00:49:04So Bona will go to the bench.
00:49:06He's replaced by the veteran, Andre Drummond.
00:49:11Drummond's played eight minutes.
00:49:13Bona's played 13.
00:49:14That's about par for the course.
00:49:16No Joel Embiid.
00:49:18So those two are sharing the center spot.
00:49:20And a quick give back.
00:49:21It's a foul called on Vucevic.
00:49:23The big right now for Boston.
00:49:25Identical offensive fouls by each team's center.
00:49:29Vuce did the same thing.
00:49:31That little right nudge with the right arm right there
00:49:34gets the official.
00:49:35and the defender embellishes the contact that gets the whistle.
00:49:40Sixers down six.
00:49:42Maxey splits a double team.
00:49:45Touched from behind.
00:49:4614 seconds to shoot for the Sixers.
00:49:50White got a piece of that.
00:49:51He's the best card in the NBA at blocking shots.
00:49:56And it's not even close.
00:49:56No.
00:49:57Best got to do it since our own Dwayne Wade.
00:50:00Oh, that's big company.
00:50:07Drummond gets it to Maxey.
00:50:09And another block.
00:50:10White took it from him.
00:50:11And it's finished by Drummond.
00:50:13Blocked right into the lap of Drummond.
00:50:16A ball fake.
00:50:18He waits for the traffic to clear.
00:50:19And he flushes it with two.
00:50:21Drummond's first playoff dunk.
00:50:23He's been one of the best dunkers in the NBA for the last 14 years.
00:50:31Vucevic.
00:50:32Back of the rim.
00:50:34Maxey.
00:50:36Surrounded by Celtics.
00:50:44George.
00:50:46Hauser knocks it away.
00:50:48Exactly two minutes.
00:50:50Two minutes remaining second quarter.
00:50:54Derek White, look at the fight right there to deny the ball and then not give up on the play.
00:50:58The chase down and then right into the hands of Drummond.
00:51:01Kelly Oubre gets himself a dunk.
00:51:05Back-to-back hammers for Philadelphia.
00:51:11Everybody's eating for Philly.
00:51:12Oubre with nine.
00:51:13George, eight.
00:51:14Bonus, seven.
00:51:15Edgecum, eight.
00:51:16And Maxey with nine.
00:51:19Tatum keeps the dribble alive, working on Oubre.
00:51:24Slips it over Vucevic.
00:51:26And a whistle.
00:51:27The ball hit a foot.
00:51:28It'll be a kickball.
00:51:29Shot clock reset it to 14.
00:51:31Kelly Oubre right there just gets a good screen by Paul George.
00:51:36No communication that he gets a two-hand chin-up.
00:51:41Oubre's got nine points.
00:51:4417 minutes of court time here in the first half.
00:51:48Brown turns the corner.
00:51:51White.
00:51:53Didn't have a clean catch.
00:51:55Oh, look what I found.
00:51:56Vucevic pops it back up and in.
00:51:58Oh, both centers, they get called for identical offensive fouls, and then they get identical, look what I found, buckets.
00:52:08Low scoring first half.
00:52:11It's going to be interesting to see if anyone can get to 100 total for the game.
00:52:16Maxey didn't like his odds.
00:52:18Not much Trumman's going to do out there.
00:52:20Oh, no.
00:52:21It's a mistake.
00:52:22Here comes Boston with numbers.
00:52:26Hauser cashes in.
00:52:28Number 30 with a three.
00:52:30Hauser spaces out in a good pass by Tatum.
00:52:34Get Hauser right in his pocket, and if you're wearing 30, you better be able to stroke.
00:52:38Right.
00:52:39Doesn't wear it for Curry, though.
00:52:40Where's it for Terry Porter?
00:52:41Doesn't matter.
00:52:42Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
00:52:44Shout out.
00:52:45He could fill it up, too.
00:52:47Two for one opportunity for Philadelphia.
00:52:50Blocked away.
00:52:51Vucevic waiting arms.
00:52:53Oubre!
00:52:55Serendipity for the lefty, Kelly Oubre.
00:52:57First 76ers to reach double-digit scoring is Oubre now with 11.
00:53:04Wow.
00:53:05Pressure friends of that one.
00:53:08Only one Celtic in double figures.
00:53:12That's the guy with the ball, Jalen Brown.
00:53:14He's got 11.
00:53:15Shot locks down to three.
00:53:18White.
00:53:19Very casual.
00:53:20Knocks it up and in.
00:53:21Four seconds remaining in our first half.
00:53:24Edgecombe has to hurry.
00:53:28And he almost banks it home.
00:53:32But he doesn't.
00:53:32So, it is a seven-point lead for the visitors.
00:53:36The Celtics on top.
00:53:3854-47 through the first 24 minutes.
00:53:42Stay tuned for the half presented by AT&T with Taylor Rooks,
00:53:46Blake Griffin, Dirk Nowitzki, Udonis Haslam, and Steve Nash.
00:53:52Yeah, it's been everything we thought it could possibly be.
00:53:55A series tied at one, a pivotal game three in the crosshairs.
00:53:59You're watching first-round coverage on Prime, presented by Lilly.
00:54:10Half, presented by AT&T.
00:54:14Halftime in Philly.
00:54:15Boston led by as much as 10 early in the second quarter, but the Sixers stayed in it, and they
00:54:20are down seven at the half.
00:54:22Welcome on in.
00:54:23And I'm Taylor Rooks with Dirk, Steve, BG, and UD.
00:54:26And after a game two where the Celtics shot just 26% from three, Joe Mazzulla said his team was
00:54:32going to keep shooting because the proof is in what they've done over time.
00:54:36Classic Mazzulla, of course.
00:54:38You know, BG.
00:54:38And so far, it's a much better night, Dirk.
00:54:40That's what they do.
00:54:42They're going to keep sticking to it.
00:54:44They're shooting three-ball really well, and here we see a couple how they created them.
00:54:48It's been inside out.
00:54:50Here's a little post to pass.
00:54:52Vooch out.
00:54:53Pritchard for three.
00:54:54The other two of off draw and kick.
00:54:58Here's JB getting in the lane.
00:54:59Good kick out.
00:55:00Vooch.
00:55:01There he is.
00:55:03And this is a tough one here with Pritchard getting in the lane.
00:55:07Sharman, the no-dipper.
00:55:08Barely bend his knees.
00:55:10Keep it high.
00:55:10He's got a wet ball.
00:55:11Keep it high.
00:55:12So they're creating better threes.
00:55:14They already have 12 at half.
00:55:16They only have 13 in all of game two.
00:55:19So this game is going the Celtics' way, and we'll see if they can keep it up.
00:55:23And as we talked about pregame, the Celts did a much better job in pick and roll coverage.
00:55:28They got into the ball, higher pickup points, were much more difficult to screen, taking away those easy kind of
00:55:34dribble-in rhythm threes they got in game two.
00:55:37You can see here they're up in physical.
00:55:39Now that's a pretty good shot for him, but there's a late contestant.
00:55:42You can see them just trying to stay into the ball.
00:55:44There he forced him inside the three-point line, make him go to a second action, decides to go under,
00:55:49fight back over.
00:55:50Just that type of intensity and activity has them falling over each other.
00:55:56Outstanding defensive half from the Celtics.
00:55:58Yeah, you can kind of see it was a point of emphasis for both teams, really, to play more physical,
00:56:02right?
00:56:02I think they've both done a good job of making it hard on the other team.
00:56:06But, you know, the Celtics, like we said, when they shoot the ball like this, they're at their best.
00:56:11So you know what I always say?
00:56:12Don't confuse a bad night.
00:56:19We got someone else who always has some one-liners.
00:56:23UD, your thoughts on the Sixers?
00:56:25Oh, man.
00:56:26I mean, I love the way they're playing the game of basketball.
00:56:28But I'm looking at the half-court game, and I'm saying, you've got to get Paul George more touches in
00:56:32the half-court.
00:56:33I mean, he can come off the screen.
00:56:34He can shoot the pull-up three, as you see right here when we go to the film.
00:56:37We come off, we get a little space.
00:56:38You want to be low on us?
00:56:39We can shoot the pull-up three, too.
00:56:41Once again, we get it in the post.
00:56:42He's super efficient down here, two for three down here in the post today.
00:56:45Once again, another pull-up three.
00:56:47As I look at Vijay Edgecombe and I look at Tyrese Maxey right now, these guys are seven for 26
00:56:52combined.
00:56:53They're one for eight combined from three.
00:56:54I'm looking at Paul George in that half-court.
00:56:56Get him touches as much as you can in that half-court.
00:56:59Settle the offense.
00:57:00Get the touches you want every time.
00:57:01No wasted possessions.
00:57:02Even if you miss the shot, get the shot that you want every time in the half-court.
00:57:06Yeah, you know, hey, playoff P always liable to show up at any time.
00:57:09I know a little bit about playoff P.
00:57:10Bet presence on the floor there for the Sixers.
00:57:12But Vijay Edgecombe scored 30 in the Sixers' game to win.
00:57:16Like UD said, got eight in the first half tonight.
00:57:18Sixers down by seven against the Celtics.
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00:57:33Our triple header.
00:57:34It's the Spurs, it's the Blazers.
00:57:35They split the first two games in San Antonio.
00:57:38And the series moves to Portland for a big Game 3 tonight.
00:57:42Now, right now, we're going to take a live look in at Game 3 of Lakers' Rockets.
00:57:46A reminder, you can watch more than one game on Prime at the same time.
00:57:50Just click down on that remote, select multi-view, but now let's listen in with I.N. Eagle, Stan Van
00:57:55Gundy, and Cassie Hubbard.
00:57:56We're tied at 21.
00:57:59Smith is going to be on that bench for an extended period of time.
00:58:05And right now, the Rockets have to go a little deeper with Dorian Finney-Smith, the former Laker.
00:58:12And Finney-Smith's first appearance of this series.
00:58:17The Lakers have seven field goals, they have seven assists.
00:58:20Smart.
00:58:21Denied by Thompson!
00:58:27Little men, Thompson, you said it earlier.
00:58:30I am just an outstanding defender.
00:58:33If Victor Wimbanyama were not in the league or didn't make it to the 65th game, he would have been
00:58:40my defensive player of the year.
00:58:41Lakers retain possession, Hayes attacks and flips it in.
00:58:46Again, what they're getting from the center spot right now between the combination of Aiden and Hayes has been just
00:58:53an added bonus.
00:58:55Thompson misses on the floater and he's going to the free throw line.
00:58:58Well, Hayes has always had this great agility and ability to adjust when he catches those short roll passes.
00:59:05He's got his outstanding finish there.
00:59:09Made over 75% of his attempts on the year.
00:59:15Amen.
00:59:16Thompson going to the free throw line after Jackson Hayes picked up the first.
00:59:21All right, close one in Houston.
00:59:23Rui Hachimura with a game-high 11 points so far, and he has not missed yet.
00:59:29All right, right now we're at the break in Philly.
00:59:33What's the entertainment we got here, Dirk?
00:59:36Good core strength, that's what that is.
00:59:38Red, red.
00:59:40Flexible.
00:59:41Second half coming up after.
00:59:42Red man-dub.
00:59:44We saw him in London, remember?
00:59:45Red man-dub.
00:59:46We saw him in London.
00:59:47He's standing on 85 chairs.
00:59:51The Half is presented by AT&T.
00:59:54Connecting changes everything.
00:59:59To the checkup flag, ready to do.
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