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00:00The Celtics host the 76ers, our coverage brought to you by Kia.
00:05Ninth Game 7 between these two franchises, nobody's played more in the playoffs
00:09than the Celtics and the 76ers, and we are ready for action.
00:13The building is on file already at TD Garden, but no Jason Tatum for the Celtics.
00:19He is out with a late knee injury that came released earlier today.
00:23James Capers has gone double digits in his Game 7 experience as an official.
00:28Tyler Ford and Gennemanis Petritus in their first.
00:31And we are underway. Winner moves on. Loser goes home.
00:36The DoorDash starting lineups, and what a change for Boston.
00:38Look at what Joe Mazzulla has done.
00:40White, Harper, Charmin, Brown, and Garza, three of them have never started a playoff game.
00:46Yeah, but the three of them have started games this year, so this moment won't be too big.
00:51Yes, I do know it's Game 7, but being at home in this building,
00:55they're used to the confines of home being in this Celtics starting lineup.
01:00What a start for Joel Embiid, who has completely changed the trajectory of this entire series.
01:05Returning in Game 4, and then leading the team to Game 5 and 6 wins, both here and back at
01:12home.
01:13Jalen Brown comes up short, and Embiid corrals the first rebound.
01:16Get it up ahead for the talented rookie, DJ Edgecombe, who takes it coast to coast.
01:20And that's when he's at his best, when he is attacking downhill, get into the basket.
01:24Always do it for Young Clare to make their first basket.
01:27Number 77 in his first Game 7 at just 20 years old has been a huge litmus for this Celtics.
01:33This 76ers team in this series.
01:35He hits the deck as White missed the three.
01:38The struggle from the outside continuing for Derek White, and a blocking foul is going to be called on Garza.
01:43Yeah, I thought that was a good foul there, everybody.
01:46Good call there by the official Tyler Ford.
01:48Looked like Garza was still moving.
01:50Yeah, right there.
01:52Still moving to his right.
01:55Just got to wonder,
01:58Joe Mazzula, this lineup changed.
02:01Coach, to me, you know, I love when coaches take risks.
02:03This is Game 7.
02:04No Jason Tatum.
02:06This is a lineup that Nick Nurse
02:10and the Sixers,
02:12they didn't even envision
02:13going against him starting with.
02:16Part of what Mazzula wanted
02:17was to change the vibe, change the feel,
02:19and change the look for the 76ers.
02:22Stars off the mark on the open three.
02:23And you see right from the start, the Celtics' first three possessions
02:26have been three threes.
02:27They know what they have to do
02:28to take control and try to take advantage of the situation.
02:32Paul George attacks and slams.
02:35PG getting upstairs on his 36th birthday.
02:40Recovering now defensively as Brown goes to work.
02:43And nobody was home.
02:44Out of bounds.
02:46I think that surprised Jalen Brown.
02:48Was he expecting Garza?
02:50And look out on the bench there.
02:52A technical foul has been called against the Celtics bench.
02:56Delay of game.
02:58It is a delay.
03:00That's demonstrative
03:01in the way that it was called.
03:03But just a warning
03:04for the next one will be a full technical.
03:07What a start here.
03:08You're Nick Nurse.
03:10Enfield.
03:11Game 7 on the road.
03:146-0 run here to start this game.
03:17Back down Embiid.
03:18Outside Edgecombe.
03:19George.
03:20Arupa wasn't ready for this to turn over.
03:22Boston on the run with White.
03:24Looking to get on the board with Brown.
03:26Good defense by George.
03:28Get it up ahead.
03:29And being knocked away by Harper.
03:32Shireman.
03:33And a foul is called on the pass.
03:36White was hit.
03:38And he wants a transition take foul.
03:41And Jamal, how about the play there by Ron Harper Jr.
03:44Yes.
03:45Getting his start here in game 7.
03:49Talk about giving up your body.
03:51Nice deflection to come up with that steal there for Boston.
03:58Wow, that's beautiful.
04:01Those are the plays you have to make when it's a game 7.
04:04You can leave no stone unturned.
04:05And that's out of bounds off of Brown.
04:07Kelly Oubre, who just picked up that personal foul,
04:10has played some outstanding defense in this series.
04:12That's what he's out there for.
04:13I play with Kelly and Phoenix,
04:15and defense has always been what's got him on the court.
04:17Now he's taking it up a whole other low.
04:21Tyrese smacks the average of 26.3 points per game in this series
04:25on 44% from the floor,
04:27playing in his third game 7.
04:29Bounce a breadcum, and he sticks the tray.
04:33Every win the Sixers have had.
04:36Hedgecombe has hit a three-pointer.
04:38He hits one early.
04:39He has gone 0 for in those three losses,
04:41but he has had some huge performances,
04:42including 30 and 10 in the game 2 win here at TD Garden.
04:47Miscommunication with Shireman and White.
04:49Boston still just trying to get on the board here in Game 7.
04:51Shireman outside, 4 to 2.
04:53White lets it fly, and he knocks it down.
04:57But again, though, that three, that was a struggle three.
05:01Shot clock running down and almost a desperation shot by White.
05:05Maxie doesn't have the response.
05:06Embiid couldn't corral it.
05:08Brown knocks it up in the air.
05:09Numbers the other way if they hurry.
05:11It's Harper on the outside.
05:15And now numbers back the other way.
05:16Embiid on his high horse.
05:18Bounces it for Maxie.
05:21Already two transition baskets for Philly.
05:24Philly, the team wants to get out and get some easy ones
05:28before the Celtics can settle up defensively.
05:32Brown pulls.
05:33And he missed the pull-up J.
05:35Rebound to Maxie.
05:36Peyton Pritchard's going to check in next to that ball
05:38and expect a heavy diet of him offensively here tonight.
05:41Oubre.
05:43Was all alone in the corner.
05:46But Derek White, who has really struggled shooting the ball,
05:49but he's talked about remaining confident.
05:51Literally all the little things.
05:52Oh, he nearly traveled,
05:54but he was fouled on the way up by Edgecombe.
06:01Look at this pump fake here.
06:03Comes to a complete stop.
06:04There's the contact up high there by Edgecombe.
06:09How about the tap here by Embiid finding Maxie.
06:20Jason Tatum missing this game seven.
06:22The last time that these two teams faced off in a seventh game
06:25was 2023,
06:27and Jason Tatum had 51 points,
06:30a game seven record in the NBA
06:31to help his team advance past the Sixers again.
06:34As White misses on his first free throw.
06:36This was the delay of game.
06:37Watch your self-expense athletic training staff
06:40grabbing the ball,
06:41and B's trying to get there.
06:43And there was the delay of game called by Tyler Ford.
06:46So again, if they have one more,
06:47it will be a technical.
06:51As White goes to the free throw line,
06:52and Harper checks out for Pritchard.
06:56A little chicken is going on here early on, Jamal.
06:59Game seven.
07:02Derek White now with all four for Boston.
07:06One for seven start for the Celtics,
07:08a one for five three point start,
07:10as the Celtics have really started
07:12the last two games from three,
07:13and that's going to be a foul on Maxie.
07:15Good bait move there by Baylor Shireman.
07:19As soon as that DHL happened,
07:21runs straight into Maxie.
07:25That's a bait call right there.
07:27Yeah, I don't think that should have been
07:28offensive foul at all.
07:32I don't think that's going to be a foul on the other side.
07:33I'm going to do a little active job.
07:35Third turnover already here for Philadelphia.
07:40Two turnovers against Boston.
07:41Make it three.
07:43I'm going to find a little
07:46initial action themselves
07:47between Pritchard and Garza.
07:50Two-man game.
07:51Maxie and Embiid bounce it.
07:53Obrey behind the defense.
07:56What a start here by Philly.
07:59Talk about calming the nerves on the road.
08:02Great execution here.
08:03And all five starters
08:05now in double figures for the 76ers.
08:08Can Brown find an easy look?
08:11Pritchard was a star in game four on the road,
08:13and he gets right to the left.
08:15He's going to have to score
08:17and score big, Jamal.
08:19He's going to have to.
08:20He is their second-best scoring option
08:21as Embiid gets fouled
08:24on the ground.
08:25And it's two on Garza.
08:27This has been a theme in this series.
08:29The big man against Joel Embiid
08:30in foul trouble.
08:34Kelly Obrey,
08:35Derek White just turns his head,
08:37does the correct thing.
08:38As soon as White turns his head,
08:40cut off his back,
08:41and there's the foul on Garza.
08:44They did call the foul on the floor,
08:46so no free throws here for Philadelphia.
08:48But the two fouls now on Garza,
08:50something to monitor
08:51the rest of the way
08:52in this first quarter.
08:53Me and Payt had started
08:54every game prior to this one.
08:56He'll come off the bench.
08:57A bounce pass, George.
08:58Right back to Embiid.
09:0010 to shoot.
09:01He's got the mismatch on Showerman.
09:03Back him down.
09:03Double comes.
09:04Embiid looks for the open man.
09:06Obre extra.
09:07Edgecumbe with another three.
09:09And it's in and out.
09:10Rebound fought for.
09:12And finally,
09:13claimed by Showerman.
09:14Knocked away.
09:15And out of bounds.
09:17Going the other way.
09:19Already, gentlemen,
09:20we're seeing the desperation
09:22of a seventh game.
09:24Look at all the guys on the floor.
09:25Baylor Showerman,
09:27his activity,
09:28keeping Joel Embiid.
09:29And I think Nick Nurse
09:31would like to talk it over.
09:32He'd like a...
09:35Nick Nurse is vivid here.
09:38Like a Showerman
09:39battling Embiid off the glass.
09:42Garza to the floor.
09:43Showerman to the floor.
09:44PG wants to get involved here.
09:48And it's going to be off
09:49Jalen Brown.
09:50This should be overturned
09:52and head to Philly
09:53when we come back.
09:54Challenges.
09:54That was all for Jalen Brown.
09:56And the extra possession
09:57results in a deuce
09:58for BJ Edgecombe.
10:00Philly is playing
10:01without hesitation.
10:02Everything has so much
10:03force behind it.
10:03They know exactly
10:04what they want to do
10:05and how they're going to do it.
10:06Full rotation
10:07for the 76ers.
10:08They've got seven assists
10:09on seven and eight field goals.
10:11Boston playing
10:12without Jason Tatum.
10:13But they do have
10:14Peyton Pritchard
10:15who comes up short
10:15on a corner track.
10:17Garza late to recover defensively.
10:19Let's see if Philly
10:19can take advantage
10:20with Maxey.
10:21Garza's playing
10:22with two fouls.
10:23He's still in the game
10:24against Embiid.
10:25Embiid wants to go to work.
10:27White hat Garza.
10:28Inside.
10:29Goal break.
10:31Target practice out here
10:32for Embiid.
10:34Yeah, he knows exactly
10:35what he wants to do.
10:36I'm going to hesitation
10:37dribble, come double-team,
10:38cut, get behind the defense,
10:40get a basket.
10:41Joel Embiid is 0-3
10:42in game sevens
10:43in his career.
10:44Garza flings it
10:45a little too strong.
10:46He's got two points,
10:47three rebounds,
10:48and four assists
10:49in the first six minutes.
10:51Oh, what a pass!
10:52Now Oubre couldn't finish it
10:53and it's out of bounds
10:54off Oubre.
10:56When Nick Nurse
10:56was raving about
10:57Oubre's ability
10:58to play off of Joel Embiid
11:00and we've seen it
11:00in full force
11:01these first six minutes.
11:05Look at all the green eyes
11:07on Joel Embiid
11:09and once again
11:11is Oubre sneaking in
11:13on that baseline side
11:15behind the defense.
11:16Here comes Kata
11:18who is the normal
11:19center starter
11:20for this Boston team.
11:22But he has dealt
11:23with foul trouble
11:23and Joel Mazzola,
11:24Celtics head coach,
11:25has said it's been
11:25the stupid ones,
11:27the silly ones
11:28that, you know,
11:29the 80-foot mark
11:30near midcourt
11:31that have taken him
11:31out of games.
11:33Richard looking outside
11:34for White.
11:34Deep three is up.
11:35And down.
11:38I'm telling you,
11:38this is a welcome sight,
11:40though,
11:41for Boston fans
11:42to see Derek White
11:44knocking down threes.
11:45He has really struggled
11:46in this series.
11:47That was Peyton Pritchard
11:48with the snake dribble
11:49with Embiid
11:50and the drop coverage
11:50to have the lane
11:51to pass it to him.
11:53Embiid too smooth.
11:56I don't know
11:57how you guard him.
11:58I really don't
11:59because he can get
12:00that shot anytime he wants.
12:02Brown still looking
12:03for his rhythm
12:04and he finally finds one.
12:07But you see the Celtics
12:08are touching the paint first,
12:09either taking the mid-range
12:10or spraying it back out
12:12for threes,
12:12different from their
12:13first possession.
12:14Maxey,
12:16outside Oubre,
12:17good,
12:17but he can't hit the three.
12:21So Brown finally
12:22on the board,
12:22out there with
12:23Pritchard, Kata,
12:24White, and Shireman.
12:25Brown pull it.
12:26And he's fouled by Maxey
12:28and that's going to be
12:28number two
12:29on Tyrese Maxey.
12:31Now question marks
12:33for Nick Nurse.
12:35But he's an all-star player
12:36picking up his second foul.
12:38And he's already used
12:39the early challenge.
12:46Looks like he got them
12:47both down low
12:48and maybe even on the elbow.
12:49Meanwhile,
12:50Quentin Grimes
12:50is going to check in
12:51but Maxey looked back
12:52to Nick Nurse
12:53after the foul was called
12:53and waved him off.
12:54And no,
12:55I'm good.
12:55I can stay on the floor.
12:56See how much trust
12:57he truly has on him.
12:59And it will be
13:00Paul George who sits.
13:01So Maxey stays out there
13:02with two fouls.
13:03Hauser checks in
13:04for Boston
13:05and replaces Shireman.
13:07I was Joe Mazzula.
13:08I would put Maxey
13:09in every high-screener
13:11role right now
13:12with those two fouls.
13:13Make him move.
13:14Maybe he picks up
13:15with a third cheap foul.
13:17But he would be
13:18in a lot of action
13:19right now.
13:19He's got some DHOs.
13:21But this is where
13:22the trust has come in
13:23with Coach Nurse
13:24and Maxey.
13:25Hey, I'm okay, Coach.
13:26I promise you
13:27I will not get another foul
13:28throughout this quarter.
13:30Jalen Brown was such
13:31a huge piece.
13:33An MVP candidate
13:34for this entire season
13:35up until Jason Tatum
13:36made his return
13:37and even through that
13:38through the regular season
13:39just put up
13:40phenomenal numbers
13:41as the bona fide
13:42number one.
13:43We saw him do it
13:44after Tatum got hurt
13:45last year
13:45when he tore the Achilles
13:47in that loss
13:48at Madison Square Garden.
13:49Boston came back here
13:50and Brown had 12 assists
13:52and a very clear-cut win
13:55for the Celtics.
13:56They're going to need
13:56that type of performance
13:57to stave off
13:58a 3-1 blown lead.
14:00They're 32-0
14:01and leading 3-1
14:02in the series.
14:03The Sixers are 0-18.
14:05They can make
14:05some history tonight.
14:07And Bade
14:07can't hit the three.
14:11Boston staying afloat
14:13after the early avalanche.
14:14Edgecombe stays
14:15in front of Brown.
14:16Oh, the step away
14:17by Brown
14:18but he comes up short.
14:20Rebound to White.
14:23Reload now
14:24with Pritchard
14:2410 to shoot.
14:25Calling for the screen.
14:27White will use it.
14:29White will step in
14:30and it's an offensive foul
14:31and that's the type of foul
14:32that Joe Mazzula
14:33has been frustrated
14:34with Namish Keita.
14:36Why?
14:36I mean,
14:37it is such a simple
14:40and silly foul
14:41by Keita.
14:42All he has to do
14:43is keep his body
14:45straight.
14:50Now he's potentially
14:51going to pick up
14:52another one right here
14:52trying to guard Embiid.
14:54Double being shown
14:55by Hauser
14:55and Embiid still goes
14:57right to work
14:57with a change for two.
14:59Nothing you can do.
15:02Absolutely nothing
15:03that Celtics
15:04can be able to do.
15:06So you double ribbed?
15:07What do you do?
15:08They are doubling.
15:09He's picking them apart.
15:10And now Maxi
15:11on the run with numbers.
15:12Bounce it.
15:12Edgecombe
15:13who can fly inside
15:14for two.
15:15Nice finish.
15:17The transition
15:18and fast break points.
15:20Huge here
15:20in this first quarter
15:21for Philadelphia.
15:23Back up to a
15:23ten point lead.
15:24Philly led by
15:25as many as 11
15:26early on.
15:27Brown
15:28and attack a slam.
15:29Green!
15:31Green!
15:32Green!
15:32Brown!
15:33Well,
15:34being aggressive
15:34he knows
15:35he has to set the tone.
15:36Rotate him out there.
15:37Leave your teammates
15:38confidence
15:38by going to the basket.
15:40Maxi floats it in.
15:44Good start for Tyrese Maxi.
15:47Two of three
15:47from the floor.
15:48The four points
15:49but six assists.
15:50He and Embiid
15:51have a combined
15:52ten assists
15:53in the first nine minutes.
15:55It's like
15:55too strong.
16:00And it's those threes
16:01I don't like for Boston.
16:03Just a simple
16:03high screen and roll
16:04and you chuck.
16:05I like the threes
16:06when they penetrate,
16:08get into the paint,
16:09collapse the defense
16:10and knock out.
16:11No one knocked out of bounds.
16:13It'll stay with Philly
16:13after this timeout.
16:152.38 to play
16:16in the first little head
16:18one-on-one
16:19in game seven.
16:22Take a look at
16:23tonight's DraftKings
16:24player tracker.
16:25Tyrese Maxi
16:2628.2 points
16:27per game this season.
16:29That includes
16:29the playoffs
16:30for Jalen Brown.
16:30That number's
16:31at 28.4.
16:33We'll keep an eye
16:33on both of those guys.
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16:432.38 to play
16:44in the first.
16:44Let's check in
16:44with Zora Stevenson.
16:45Well guys,
16:46let's talk experience.
16:47When you add it all up,
16:48players on both
16:49these rosters
16:49have been in a combined
16:5045 game sevens.
16:5245.
16:53Jalen Brown
16:53leads the way
16:54with eight
16:54and this will be
16:55Tyrese Maxi's
16:56third game seven.
16:57While he's never
16:58won a game seven,
16:59he told me
16:59he is confident.
17:00At shootaround today,
17:01he was just ready to play.
17:03He said that
17:03over and over again.
17:04I am just ready to play.
17:06The guys on that floor,
17:07they're not new to this.
17:08Well, it's Paul George's
17:09sixth game seven
17:10and he looks
17:10real comfortable early.
17:12Hope you guys
17:13played in five of these.
17:14What is it
17:15about getting ready
17:16for the game
17:17as Walsh fires
17:17and comes up short
17:18Brown with a hard crash
17:19and Edgecombe turns it?
17:21What is it about
17:22these games
17:22that's different
17:23from the rest?
17:23It's the unknown,
17:24right?
17:25Because now
17:25we talk about the playoffs
17:27bringing out the warts
17:28in your team.
17:29Now in the game seven,
17:30every possession
17:31matters.
17:32Every loose ball,
17:33missed free throws,
17:34missed assignment.
17:36Not voting,
17:37rotating to Joel Embiid
17:38at the free throw line.
17:39And all these things
17:40now get magnified
17:41in a game seven.
17:42How do you settle in
17:44with chaos?
17:45All this emotion
17:45knowing that you're winning
17:46or going home
17:47to balance that
17:48and still be productive
17:49and be free on the court.
17:51Again,
17:52if you're just joining us,
17:53no Jason Tate,
17:53but there is Jalen Brown
17:55who sticks the mini.
17:57But it looks like
17:58the Celtics are working
17:59so hard for their points
18:00when Philly's just
18:01coming up clean.
18:02One pick,
18:03throw it inside,
18:03Embiid gets doubled.
18:04They can get what they want
18:05on their terms.
18:07Paul George has said
18:08he's found his joy
18:09in playing again.
18:10And on his 36th birthday,
18:12he has it knocked away.
18:14Pritchard on the run.
18:16Walsh, the open man.
18:17Soap to it up.
18:19And Embiid with a box out.
18:21When you're at home,
18:22those are the type of buckets
18:23you need in transition
18:25when you're shorthanded.
18:26A superstar like Tatum.
18:27He caught it in his wheelhouse
18:29anyway.
18:29That's where he wants to be.
18:30George, not that time.
18:33Well, Peyton Pritchard
18:34seven minutes off the bench
18:35so far as one for three.
18:37He does have two assists.
18:39Brown now up to eight points
18:41on three of seven shooting.
18:43Two for one opportunity
18:44if they play it right here.
18:49Tate up with a screen.
18:50Pritchard.
18:51Love it.
18:51Tate up does the rest.
18:55Embiid got caught
18:56in between no man's land.
18:58Should he stay with Pritchard
19:00or should he protect the rim?
19:01Nice find there by Pritchard.
19:03But you see a clear message,
19:05Reg, by the Celtics.
19:06They're going to involve Embiid
19:07in most situations
19:09when they want to generate
19:09some scoring.
19:11Third assist for Pritchard.
19:1314-second difference
19:14between the clocks.
19:15Embiid running to Keita
19:17and he bakes it home.
19:18He thought he was going to get
19:19the foul call
19:20instead of just take the bucket.
19:22How is that skill
19:24that big like
19:25Pritch?
19:26Look at all his catches
19:27though.
19:27They're right at the free throw line.
19:29And a clock issue here.
19:31Actually, no, it's the net.
19:32It's the net.
19:32Yes.
19:33It was after that flush there
19:35by Keita.
19:36And got caught up.
19:39Here's the alley
19:40and here's the oop
19:41by Keita.
19:43And just stayed there.
19:46Ten seconds left.
19:47This is where Pritchard
19:48has had so many
19:50incredible moments.
19:51End of clock.
19:52Four seconds.
19:53Pritchard drives on George.
19:54Stops on a dime.
19:55Lost the basketball
19:56and he won't get a shot off.
19:58The Sixers stifling defensively.
20:00Hold Boston to 19
20:02first quarter points
20:03and lead by 13
20:05as we head to the second
20:06in Game 7.
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20:27This is basketball
20:28like you've never seen it before.
20:3132-19.
20:32Third straight game
20:33that Boston has been held
20:34under 20 in a quarter.
20:36That was the fourth quarter
20:37of Game 5
20:37and the third quarter
20:38of Game 6.
20:39Now the first quarter
20:40here in Game 7.
20:41Ugo Gonzalez has played
20:43just six minutes
20:44in the series
20:45but is in there
20:46to start the second
20:46for Boston.
20:47The 20-year-old rookie
20:48from Spain.
20:50Derek White
20:51on the bounce.
20:52Stop.
20:53And a foul
20:54is going to be called
20:54on Drummond.
20:55White's trying to argue
20:56that he was in the act
20:57of shooting
20:57and we'll see what
20:58Tyler Ford
20:59and Gettomenis Petritus
21:00eventually come up with.
21:02But if you're the Celtics
21:03you did the right thing
21:04because you want to
21:05involve Tyrese Maxey.
21:06If you can get him
21:07a third foul
21:07before this quarter
21:08is over with
21:09it can pay off
21:10for you long term.
21:15And they call this
21:16on Tyrese Maxey
21:16and Nick Nurse
21:17is going to have
21:17to challenge this.
21:19Tyrese Maxey
21:20doesn't do it.
21:21Tyler Ford
21:21is going to change it right.
21:22All right.
21:22There you go.
21:24But the Celtics
21:25are trying to get
21:25Maxey in action.
21:27He switched up
21:27a couple different times.
21:28They said bring him up here.
21:30Let's try to get him
21:30a foul
21:32to get him back
21:33to the bench.
21:33Tyrese is just
21:34laughing it off.
21:35Meanwhile,
21:35we talked to Joe Mazzola
21:36before the game
21:37and he said
21:38something interesting
21:39for Stevenson
21:40and asked him
21:40about the starts
21:41and especially
21:41in the game seven
21:42getting off to a quick start
21:43and said look
21:44we've started
21:44a lot of these games
21:45great.
21:45In fact,
21:46their point differential
21:47is a plus 44
21:48in the first quarter
21:49of games one through six.
21:50But he said
21:51just because we score
21:52the first two points
21:52doesn't mean we're
21:53going to win the game.
21:54Case in point,
21:54he said game five
21:55when they were up
21:56at home by 13
21:58in the third quarter
21:58and eventually
21:59were down by 17
22:00in the fourth.
22:02Very reminiscent
22:02of last year
22:03in that Knicks series
22:04in those games
22:05one and two
22:06when they were up
22:06big and the Knicks
22:08walked them down.
22:09The team
22:11needs to settle
22:12at times.
22:14They were 24 minutes
22:16away from ending
22:17the series
22:17in game five.
22:18The defense
22:19from Gonzalez.
22:20Maxey on the second
22:21effort.
22:21Tough fader
22:22goes down.
22:24That's just talent.
22:25That's just
22:25I got game.
22:26I got some game.
22:27This is
22:28great D better.
22:31That's why I said
22:32defense was overrated
22:33when I was playing red.
22:34I knew the offense
22:35would be good.
22:36I mean look at the
22:38hustle here by
22:38Gonzalez.
22:39He forces this
22:41you thought was a
22:42turnover by Maxey
22:43but Maxey's like
22:44well hold on now.
22:45Settle down.
22:47And almost did the
22:48same move twice.
22:52Philadelphia with Justin
22:53Edwards, Andre Drummond
22:54and Clayton Grimes
22:54out there with Maxey
22:55and George.
22:56White Pritchard,
22:57Kata Hauser and
22:58Gonzalez the five for
22:59Boston.
22:59White on the attack.
23:01Stop on a dime and
23:02float it in.
23:03Well now the offense
23:04is starting to wake up
23:06a little bit for Boston.
23:07My question is
23:08can they stop anyone?
23:10But it's less ISO
23:11reds.
23:12They're going side to side
23:13and then attacking so
23:13they're getting cleaner
23:14looks.
23:15Joe Mazzola said our
23:16defense with
23:16Oh!
23:17That's an offensive
23:18foul on Paul George.
23:19Ugo Gonzalez pumping
23:21him up.
23:23Right now
23:24Joe Mazzola just going
23:26deep in his fans.
23:27Gonzalez played a lot of
23:28games early on in the
23:29season.
23:30Kind of fell out of the
23:31rotation once
23:32as Tatum came back.
23:39White with another
23:40finish.
23:43Derrick White being
23:45more aggressive bringing
23:46this crowd in the game.
23:4813 of the 25 for
23:51Derrick White.
23:51A guy who has
23:52struggled through these
23:53first six games.
23:57Now it feels like game
23:58seven at T.D.
24:00Garden.
24:01Maxey with seven to
24:02shoot.
24:03Fend off.
24:04Bounce.
24:05Edwards no space.
24:07Two to shoot.
24:08Edwards tough one.
24:09Desmond's gone.
24:15White thought about it.
24:17Now it's Kata on the
24:18outside.
24:19Oh the drive and Kata
24:20hit.
24:26You got a backwards
24:27delay right there?
24:28It was the fake.
24:29He faked out Andre
24:32Drummond.
24:32Thought it was going to be
24:33a D.A. Joe.
24:35Look at the fake right
24:35here.
24:37There's the first foul
24:38there on Paul George.
24:40Gonzalez getting this
24:41Boston faithful involved
24:44here.
24:45Derrick White here.
24:47Again hesitation stopped
24:48with the bucket.
24:50And look at the fake here
24:52by Kata.
24:53Kata doing a Jamal
24:55Crawford special here.
24:57off the glass.
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25:11Boston has brought some
25:12energy.
25:13They've attacked the basket
25:14already matching their paint
25:15points from the first quarter
25:16here in the second.
25:17As George is fouled on the
25:18outside by Derrick White
25:20who by the way has his most
25:22points in a game this series.
25:24Just 14 minutes into game 7
25:26he's got 13.
25:27And that 13 felt like 20
25:28because they needed him in
25:30that storm.
25:31He gave him confidence.
25:32He settled them.
25:33And now they're back in the
25:34game.
25:36Billy looking to regulate a
25:38little bit here.
25:38With Embiid still on the
25:39bench.
25:40It's George.
25:41On the face up.
25:42George will try.
25:44There's been a good balance
25:46to Paul George game in this
25:49series.
25:51That's good work.
25:52He made you think he was
25:53driving for sure.
25:55Seven points now for PG.
25:57White's the crowd
25:58momentarily.
25:59White a lot of movement.
26:01A lot of energy.
26:03Looking at back for Kata.
26:04Instead White's going to
26:04fake.
26:05Can't make.
26:06And the rebound of
26:07Drummond.
26:08Andre Drummond has played
26:10sparingly since Embiid has
26:11returned.
26:12But his minutes have been
26:13valuable as Maxi floats it up
26:15with short.
26:16That looks like a Noah Eagle
26:17type of shot.
26:18Look at that little flip up
26:19right there.
26:20Yeah, it was just because
26:21that was so small.
26:22That was crappy.
26:24It's Burchard on the outside
26:25against George.
26:26Off the screen.
26:27Snakes his way through.
26:28Kata.
26:30Patience and a slam!
26:31How about the find by
26:33Kata.
26:35And he snaked through.
26:36He took two white jerseys
26:38with him.
26:39Kata got big.
26:40Good hands.
26:40Better finish.
26:42Five assists now for
26:44Pitchard.
26:45Step back Edgecombe.
26:46Well short.
26:48And Edgecombe saying it
26:49was tipped.
26:50Ugo Gonzalez says no way,
26:52but it'll be sixer ball.
26:53And Gonzalez is all the way
26:55back in his bench trying to
26:56implore them to challenge it.
26:57But they're saying you got to
26:58get back in the play.
26:59And doesn't look like it
27:00necessarily was hit.
27:03Meanwhile, Shireman's going
27:04to check in for Hauser.
27:06And they just saw the replay
27:07here.
27:08Joe Mazzullo is considering
27:10looking towards his bench.
27:12He's going to run out of time
27:13to challenge and doesn't look
27:14like he's going to take it.
27:18Maxey in for Grimes.
27:20Quick trigger.
27:21In and out.
27:24A little drag action.
27:26Kata Pritchard right here.
27:28Cross.
27:30Pritchard's shield.
27:32Shovel.
27:33Oh, Kata.
27:34It was fouled before the shot.
27:36On the floor.
27:36On the floor.
27:37It'll be just a third team
27:38foul against Philly.
27:40And number two on Andre
27:42Droman.
27:43Watch the snake dribble by
27:44Pritchard.
27:45Just gets in there and gets
27:46patient.
27:47As he's patient, the defense
27:48collapses.
27:49And then Kata dunk like Bill
27:51Russell used to back in the
27:52day.
27:53Put the tongue out like
27:54Jordan.
27:55The hook dunk.
27:58You said the tongue out like
27:59Jordan.
27:59Did you just see it?
28:00Yeah, you did.
28:01I was looking at the hook
28:02dunk though.
28:03Meanwhile, a delay of game
28:04warning against Philly.
28:06So now each team with a delay
28:07of game warning.
28:07Oubre and Embiid back on the
28:09floor.
28:10So we saw that Boston made
28:11the run with Embiid on the
28:12bench.
28:12Let's see how they respond
28:13here.
28:15Get it in for Pritchard.
28:1613 on the shot clock.
28:18Guarded by the rookie
28:19edge cone.
28:21Pritchard.
28:22An array of moves.
28:23Cross on Embiid.
28:24Pump.
28:25Second time.
28:26Flooded up.
28:26Put it down.
28:28I like it.
28:30And to me, with Tatum
28:32out tonight, Pritchard and
28:34Jamal, I'm talking, he's
28:35got a 15 to 20 field goal
28:37attempt.
28:37He has to get him up.
28:38He is the threat out there.
28:40He knows how to get a bucket.
28:4310-2 run.
28:44Embiid outside Oubre.
28:46Open look.
28:48Embiid had a hand on it and
28:50a foul is going to go against
28:51Namish Keita.
28:53And that'll be number two.
28:56So two on the starting center
28:58tonight, Garza, and two now on
29:00Namish Keita.
29:01Face guarding him.
29:02If he would have turned around
29:04and tried to block him out,
29:06he would have had a case.
29:08Look at the move here by
29:08Pritchard.
29:09A little pumping.
29:10All the white jerseys jumping
29:12by him.
29:14Embiid on Gonzalez.
29:15Oh, in between two, a wild attempt.
29:19A chance to make it a one-possession game
29:21here for Boston.
29:22It's White.
29:23Two-three!
29:26What a first half for Derek White
29:29who has struggled with his shot
29:32all series long.
29:34Five of eight from the field.
29:3616 for White.
29:38And the Celtics are doing this
29:39with no ground on the court.
29:40Offensive foul.
29:42Oubre picks it up.
29:46And the Celtics have awakened.
29:50And a lot of this has to do
29:51with the rookie, Gonzalez,
29:53once he came in.
29:54His energy.
29:57But they're doing this.
29:58No Jalen Brown on the court.
29:59Yes.
30:00No Jason Tatum in uniform.
30:02This is just all heart
30:03and figuring it out.
30:07A chance to tie
30:08or take their first lead
30:10of game seven.
30:11White is fouled by Oubre.
30:13Hit him in the face.
30:14And that's number three
30:16on Kelly Oubre.
30:18Bad foul right there
30:20by Oubre Jr.
30:22He's going to need his defense
30:23later in the game
30:24and that's why he's probably
30:25about to be subbed.
30:26Watch the foul.
30:28Up fake.
30:30Yeah.
30:30Just grazed him.
30:31Just a little bit.
30:32Just grazed him.
30:36And look at the crowd.
30:38They knew.
30:39This is why you played
30:40the regular season games
30:41to get a game seven
30:42in your building.
30:45Pritchard escapes.
30:46Boston leads.
30:50And here he is.
30:52Peyton Pritchard coming alive here.
30:55They have simplified the game.
30:56They were just putting
30:57pick and roll
30:58and go to work.
31:01And B can't respond.
31:03Grimes couldn't corral it
31:04and a foul on the floor.
31:06It's a loose ball foul
31:07against Boston.
31:08And Derek White is saying,
31:10my bad,
31:11about the blockout
31:12that allowed Grimes
31:13to come all the way in
31:15and get that offensive rebound.
31:16It is an 18-4
31:19Boston advantage
31:20in this second quarter.
31:22Here it is on the right side.
31:23You see Shireman coming in
31:24and crashing hard.
31:26That'll be
31:27number one on Shireman.
31:29Third team foul against Boston.
31:32And Bidson's coming back in
31:34quiet.
31:35After that
31:36warring
31:37opening court.
31:39Maxine.
31:39And a foul's going to go
31:40on Gonzalez here.
31:42But hold up.
31:42This is what I like
31:43about this rookie.
31:45Watch after the foul
31:46what he does.
31:47This is a vet move.
31:49The way he looked down
31:50on Joel Embiid.
31:53You can't teach this.
31:54Look at this.
31:55Okay, I'll take one.
31:57Throws in there
31:58and then looks at him.
32:02I like this.
32:07Shireman's going to sit.
32:10Jalen Brown will check in.
32:13Ugo Gonzalez.
32:14Look, he might just be
32:1520 years old,
32:15but he played for
32:16Real Madrid.
32:17One of the top clubs
32:17in the entire world.
32:18And Grimes got three
32:20for a slam.
32:22Miscommunication right there
32:23by Pritchard and Brown.
32:25Sixers had missed
32:26six in a row
32:27prior to that easy one
32:28for Quentin Grimes
32:30to go back and front
32:30by one.
32:31Now it's Pritchard again.
32:33Looking at a shield
32:33on Grimes.
32:34Spin.
32:35Step back.
32:36Pritchard just in and out.
32:37Rebound.
32:38Tap to Maxey.
32:39Embiid got hit in the face.
32:41Four on five.
32:42Edgecombe loads it up.
32:44Edge sticks a three.
32:45Man, this rookie
32:46is fearless.
32:47And he's had some big games
32:49in this building.
32:51Opening night
32:52and game two here.
32:55Can the youngest player
32:56in NBA history
32:57have a playoff game
32:58of 30 points
32:58and 10 boards.
32:59He was magnificent.
33:01Brown kicked.
33:03Pritchard with eight to shoot.
33:04He's been the go-to guy
33:05along with White
33:06in the second quarter
33:07in a crowd.
33:09Squeezes through.
33:10Brown has to fire.
33:11And Barry's a triple.
33:15And the Celtics
33:16have a very clear plan.
33:18They're putting Maxey
33:19or Embiid
33:20in every action
33:22to try to get one
33:23with Jalen Brown
33:24knocking down a big one.
33:26Embiid.
33:26And he goes for the contact.
33:28Has a chance for three.
33:30The process is too big.
33:33What an action here.
33:35And a pass by Grimes.
33:39So well, Embiid.
33:43How about the slip down?
33:44Look, Reg,
33:45the slip down,
33:46the footwork.
33:46I'm not sure
33:47if he closed his eyes
33:48or told lies,
33:49but he got it.
33:49The process is a problem.
33:53Meanwhile,
33:53this is going to be
33:54the first free throw
33:55for Philadelphia.
33:55And because of the foul trouble
33:57with Oubre,
33:58George needs a break.
33:59So they're going to get
34:00Dominic Barlow in the game
34:01who was really important
34:03for the majority
34:04of the regular season.
34:05He played in 71 games,
34:06started on a two-way contract,
34:08and was converted
34:09to a standard deal
34:11where he has really
34:12provided a pop defensively
34:14and with his hustle
34:15started 59.
34:19And Embiid's going to
34:20always hear it
34:21here in Boston.
34:22He has talked
34:24very openly
34:24just that I've been
34:26playing against these guys
34:26for so long.
34:27I'm tired.
34:28I like that.
34:29I'm tired of losing to them.
34:32Five minutes of play
34:33in the second.
34:34Brown drive.
34:35Kick.
34:35White.
34:36The hot hand
34:37doesn't stay that way.
34:38Pritcher tracks down
34:39a long ball.
34:42Now it's right out of Barlow.
34:44Go right at him.
34:44Fresh mean.
34:46Skip it for Pritcher.
34:47Six to shoot on Edgerton.
34:48Off the screen.
34:49Pritcher.
34:50Oh, the head fake.
34:51He couldn't squeeze it in.
34:53And the rebound
34:54scooped up by Maxey.
34:55If Maxey makes out
34:56this quarter route
34:57another foul,
34:57the Sixers are in great shape.
34:59The Celtics are already
35:00back in this game
35:02and have momentum.
35:04As a dangerous pass,
35:05Gonzalez is going to pick up
35:06his second foul.
35:12So now look,
35:13the Sixers are in
35:14the bonus
35:15and you're going to see
35:16a lot of this.
35:17Joel Embiid
35:18being more aggressive
35:19because
35:21the rebound
35:22hits Joel in the head.
35:26And then he said,
35:27y'all calm down.
35:28I'm me.
35:29I'm the one
35:30mismatched out here.
35:31Relax.
35:34It's his fourth game seven,
35:360-3
35:37in his first three appearances
35:38that included
35:39the 2023 Boston Series
35:41in which Tatum had
35:4251 points
35:43in this building.
35:46This is a moment
35:47of truth, Reg,
35:48because right now
35:49Philadelphia can
35:50extend that lead
35:52past four
35:53while being in the bonus
35:54and the Celtics are saying,
35:55you know what,
35:55we're going to keep
35:56your main guys in action
35:57to create offense
35:58for all of us.
36:01Jason Tatum on that Celtics bench
36:03in this series,
36:0423.3 points,
36:05but maybe more importantly,
36:06averaged 10.7 rebounds per game.
36:09On the defensive side,
36:10his defensive rebounding
36:11was arguably the best
36:13of his career
36:13since coming back
36:14from the Achilles.
36:15and also leading this team
36:16in assists as well.
36:17So you lose a lot,
36:18obviously,
36:19with Tatum
36:19not in action tonight.
36:22There's going to have
36:23to be a plethora of guys
36:24to pick up the action
36:25for him.
36:26And beat again
36:27on triple-double watch.
36:29Now it's Brown
36:30on Barlow.
36:31Wants to go to Wolves.
36:32Brown, spin.
36:33Brown, score!
36:35That's what I wanted him
36:36to do the possession
36:37before.
36:37Barlow had just checked in.
36:41Put the pressure on him.
36:45Maxey in the paint.
36:46The open man is etched gone.
36:48Can't hit on that three.
36:49Leak out Brown.
36:50Couldn't get it to him.
36:51Now Shireman slows it down
36:53for White.
36:55Brown tried to post up
36:57on Maxey.
36:57Oh, they left him.
36:59Maxey recovers.
37:00Had it swiped away.
37:01Brown scoops it back up
37:02with ten to shoot.
37:05Eight to work with
37:06for White.
37:07Spin on Barlow.
37:08White all the way
37:09to the rim.
37:10Couldn't get it to go
37:11with a right.
37:12Got numbers.
37:14Grimes.
37:14Oh, the fake.
37:15Grimes.
37:16Wild attempt.
37:16No.
37:17Embiid the board
37:18and finish.
37:22And a timeout
37:23called by Joe Mazzullo
37:25with 3.34
37:26to play in the first half.
37:28Boston at one point
37:29trailed by 15.
37:31They have gotten
37:31this thing rolling
37:32in game seven.
37:37Three tonight.
37:38Five of ten.
37:39Three of six
37:40from downtown
37:41and Azorah.
37:42This has to be
37:43a welcome sight
37:44for Celtics fans.
37:46They have been waiting
37:47for Derek White
37:48to get going.
37:49Well, Reggie,
37:49even as Derek
37:50was shooting
37:50below his averages,
37:51everyone on this team
37:52had so much confidence
37:53in him.
37:53After game three,
37:54Jason Tatum said,
37:55we need him.
37:56Head coach Joe Mazzullo
37:57saying, I'm always going
37:58to double down
37:59on his competitive character.
38:00And when I talked
38:01to Derek, he said,
38:02it's so cool to hear
38:02everyone staying behind me.
38:04Now I've just got to
38:05hold up my end
38:05of the bargain.
38:06Yeah, he's doing
38:06just that right now.
38:07And so the other thing
38:08Joe Mazzullo said
38:09before game six
38:10is he told Derek,
38:11if we were going
38:12to go away from you,
38:12we would have done it
38:13by now.
38:13So just go play your game.
38:15Play three
38:15as he misses
38:16that one short.
38:17Got it to the outside.
38:19Edgecombe has it.
38:19George back on the floor.
38:21Embiid runs
38:21and Maxey
38:22will round out the five.
38:23That's in help.
38:24Shireman trying
38:25to guard Embiid.
38:26And that's not
38:27going to work,
38:27but he does get
38:28the miss
38:29from Embiid.
38:30That's a fortunate miss.
38:32Hauser, three ball, money.
38:36And now in the second
38:37quarter, the threes
38:39now are starting
38:40to fall for the Celtics.
38:43Hauser's just the fifth
38:44Celtic player to score
38:46here in game seven.
38:48But the threes
38:48are coming off
38:49the transitions
38:50or multiple passes.
38:52Embiid lost it.
38:53Oh, he went for the body
38:55and White comes up
38:57with a block.
38:58Stevan to shoot.
38:59Outside George.
39:01He's going to have
39:02to let it fly.
39:03And he finds the bottom.
39:06Man, Paul George
39:07has been shooting
39:08lights out.
39:09That's what he has.
39:1054% in this series.
39:13That's a huge three.
39:14Gonzalez looking
39:15for the answer.
39:16Not there.
39:17Shireman the offensive rebound.
39:19Gonzalez the cut
39:20to Embiid
39:21and he's fouled.
39:22And Embiid
39:23is going to pick up
39:24his first.
39:27Great hustle
39:28by Shireman.
39:29on the offensive glass.
39:35One of the best
39:38block
39:39guards
39:40ever in the game.
39:41Derek White here.
39:42What a spectacular
39:43rotation
39:44to come up
39:45with that block.
39:49So, Gonzalez
39:50going to the free throw
39:52line for the first time.
39:53Seventh and eighth
39:54attempts
39:54of this first half
39:56for the Boston Celtics.
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40:16Now on Out of Bounds
40:17will go to Philly
40:19with Gonzalez
40:20missing both free throws.
40:21But boy,
40:21he has changed the energy
40:22in this game.
40:23He's a plus eight
40:24off the bench
40:25for Boston
40:25which is the best
40:26on the team.
40:26Yeah,
40:27but you're wondering
40:27if fatigue is starting
40:28to kick in now too.
40:29He hasn't played
40:30a lot of minutes
40:30in this series.
40:31He's been tapped
40:32and carting Jarrell
40:33and beating the colors
40:34and that's going to go
40:35the other way.
40:36Edgecombe barrels
40:37over the top of White.
40:43All the way out
40:44of the restricted area.
40:46Great defense
40:48by Derek White
40:49and now on the opposite end
40:51look for the Celtics
40:53to put one of the smalls
40:54from Philadelphia
40:55in action.
40:56Put them in some sort
40:56of pick and roll.
40:58Looks like White
40:59has some blood
41:00potentially on his left wrist
41:02bottom of the hand.
41:03Meanwhile,
41:04he had been called
41:05for a defensive belt.
41:06That would have been
41:06his third.
41:07So it's a small lineup
41:09on the floor
41:09here for Boston.
41:11Embiid's going to have
41:12to guard someone.
41:15Brown looking to drive.
41:16Cross on Jordan.
41:17Drop.
41:17Gets to the rim
41:17but he can't finish.
41:18And Embiid is hit
41:20by Gonzalez.
41:21That's going to be
41:21his third.
41:22and free throws
41:23but McSnickson's
41:24are on the bonus.
41:28So Joe Mazzola
41:29has loved what he's
41:30seen out of his rookie
41:31but now some mistakes
41:32piling up.
41:33Oh yeah.
41:34There's a push
41:35in the back
41:35right there for sure.
41:39Oh look at that.
41:40Maybe a blister
41:40that or something
41:42some kind of floor burn.
41:44A heck of a floor burn
41:46right there.
41:46He's trying to
41:47he's trying to
41:48cool it down.
41:49Whatever he can do.
41:54I can hear
41:55protective mothers
41:56all over America
41:57saying get a bandaid
41:58on that.
41:59The ball has germs.
42:02But the bandaid's
42:03not going to stay
42:03right there.
42:05Not on the palm of your hand.
42:07Maybe a full bandage.
42:09Take a look at the
42:10upcoming playoff schedule
42:11tomorrow on ABC.
42:12We've got our second
42:14of three game sevens
42:15in the Eastern Conference.
42:16Magic at Pistons
42:17at 3.30 Eastern.
42:18Then tomorrow
42:19NBC and Peacock.
42:21Raptors and Cavs
42:22in Cleveland.
42:23Game seven tipping
42:24at 7.42 Eastern.
42:26For more on these games
42:27please go to NBA.com
42:28or visit the NBA app.
42:30Pretty remarkable
42:31that we have
42:32three game sevens
42:34in this first round
42:35most since 2014
42:36in the best of seven format
42:38since it began
42:39in 2003
42:40in the first round.
42:41That year
42:42the Detroit Pistons
42:43the top seed
42:43came back from 3-1 down
42:45on the Orlando Magic
42:46the eighth seed
42:47history could repeat itself
42:4823 years later.
42:52Embiid missing
42:52on that second.
42:53Al-Qaeda
42:54to the rack.
42:56Another Portuguese
42:57punch in Boston.
43:01Quite sure
43:02what Embiid was
43:02going for.
43:03I don't even know.
43:05He gave Kada
43:06a free one to the basket.
43:09Bounce it.
43:10Embiid
43:10right into Kada.
43:12Maxi on the outside.
43:14Edge come in the corner.
43:16Can't hit the three.
43:17And it's out of bounds.
43:19Oh, another foul.
43:20If it's on Kada
43:21that's going to be his third.
43:23And if it's Houser
43:25that'll be a sigh of relief.
43:27No.
43:28Oh.
43:28Kada
43:28number three.
43:31That coached the Celtics.
43:33Kada was bringing
43:33so much energy.
43:41Oh, he held down
43:42Embiid's left arm
43:44right in front of the ref.
43:47So the
43:48Embiid free throw
43:49is starting to pile up
43:50in this second quarter.
43:51Sixers didn't take
43:52a single free throw
43:53in the first.
43:53Embiid has now
43:54taken all five
43:55with two more coming
43:56in the second for Philly.
43:59Coming up,
44:00it's American Express
44:01at the half.
44:02We've got the whole
44:03gang in the building.
44:03Maria Vince,
44:04Mello, T-Mac
44:05right here in TD Garden
44:06will take you through
44:07everything from the first
44:0824 of this game seven.
44:11It should be.
44:12It's game seven.
44:14Hasn't been locked up
44:15and time for them
44:17to get out.
44:18Back to back.
44:19Get out.
44:19I love when they're out
44:20because we get better food
44:21at half.
44:22That's going right back.
44:24I'm trying to,
44:25the boss is upstairs.
44:26I'm trying to throw it out there.
44:27So, we get fed too.
44:29One of you is very stealth.
44:30The other one just went right
44:31by the face.
44:34White with Garza
44:36back out there.
44:37Lloroz.
44:38And hit the three.
44:41And that shot
44:42is going to be there
44:42as long as
44:44Embiid is in the drop coverage.
44:46They'll get the shots.
44:47They just got to knock him down.
44:4819 for White.
44:50Maxey a blur to the bucket.
44:51Had it blocked by Brown.
44:53Talk about not giving up
44:55on the play.
44:56Maxey thought the screen
44:58was good enough
44:58from Embiid.
45:00Jalen Brown
45:01continued to pursue
45:03from the back.
45:05And there's the block.
45:1012 to shoot for Embiid.
45:12Now Maxey.
45:14Embiid going right at Garza
45:16with seven.
45:17Two on the ball
45:19and a deflection
45:20out of bounds.
45:25Four point five
45:26on the shot clock.
45:30Philly led by as many
45:31as 15 points.
45:33But what a second quarter
45:33here for Boston
45:34to get themselves back
45:35into it.
45:36Get the crowd involved.
45:37Embiid jab.
45:38Jumper.
45:39No.
45:41Two for one.
45:42If they want.
45:44And they'll go for it.
45:45It's Brown.
45:46Oh.
45:48And Embiid
45:48met him at the summit.
45:52Brown tried to pack it on him.
45:54And Embiid was having
45:56none of it.
45:57Five second difference.
45:59Shot clock and game clock.
46:02Defense.
46:03George goes to set the screen
46:04with eight on the shot.
46:06Defense.
46:07Maxey on Hauser.
46:08Defense.
46:09Maxey step away.
46:10He got it for two.
46:15That was nice by Maxey
46:16right there.
46:18Gets to a step back.
46:21Big shot to almost
46:22close this quarter.
46:23Six point nine seconds
46:24left here.
46:25It's Brown with four.
46:26Up ahead.
46:27White with three.
46:28Drive with two.
46:29White in traffic.
46:30Got it back.
46:31Trying to put it
46:32over the backboard.
46:33But it was late anyway.
46:34And that's how this
46:35first half will come
46:36to a close.
46:36Joel Embiid.
46:3819 points.
46:39Five rebounds.
46:40Five assists.
46:4112 for Edgecombe.
46:42And what a block for Joel.
46:45That block by Joel.
46:48Had no regard
46:50for getting dunked on.
46:52Helping close
46:52a great second quarter.
46:55Let's go to Zora.
46:57BJ, it's a game of runs.
46:58It's a game of runs.
46:59Even when Boston
47:00gains some momentum,
47:01how do you think
47:01you all responded?
47:03I would say solid.
47:04I'd say they're a really
47:05good team.
47:06They're going to make shots.
47:07You know, you say it's a game
47:08run, so I'd say solid.
47:09So that's what we do.
47:09You're a rookie right now.
47:11In your first game seven
47:12on the road,
47:13how did that first half
47:13feel different than others?
47:15I mean, the intensity's high.
47:16But it's been like that
47:17all playoffs.
47:18So, I mean,
47:19it's a little higher
47:19right now.
47:19But, I mean,
47:21I'm ready to hoop,
47:22so it don't matter.
47:23One word,
47:23most important thing
47:24for the second half?
47:27Discipline.
47:28Love it.
47:28Thank you.
47:29Noah?
47:29All right, Zora.
47:31Philadelphia had the big lead
47:32after one,
47:33but Boston outscores them
47:3431-23 in the second quarter.
47:37It's Philly by five at the half.
47:38Maria and the Hall of Famers
47:40next.
47:45Joel Embiid said,
47:46I've been playing these guys
47:47for a long time.
47:48I'm tired of losing to them.
47:49We can do something special.
47:51He's halfway to a triple-double
47:52in the first half.
47:5376ers up 55-50.
47:55Here's Your Game You Can Trust
47:56presented by American Express.
47:58The leading scorers
47:59from each team,
47:59Joel Embiid and Derek White,
48:01they both have 19 points.
48:03Let's hop into what we've seen
48:04from Joel Embiid.
48:06We're here on the sidelines.
48:07Maria Taylor,
48:08the Hall of Famers,
48:09Carmelo Anthony,
48:10BC,
48:10and Tracy McGrady.
48:12He's had his way.
48:12We've seen him
48:13hitting some jumpers.
48:14We've seen him get to the basket.
48:15Joel Embiid all day
48:16on the offensive side
48:17of the ball for Philly.
48:18And that's what I said.
48:19I mean,
48:19they're gonna feature him early.
48:20And it wasn't just scoring.
48:22It was also assisting.
48:23Hustle plays.
48:24We saw him get a great block
48:25on Jake,
48:25from Jalen Brown.
48:26But here,
48:27just a heads-up play.
48:29Understanding he can't get the ball.
48:30Let me get it to my guy.
48:31He's in a one-on-one
48:32with Garza.
48:33But their guys know
48:34once they go to double-team,
48:35you see
48:37defenders not looking.
48:38Oubre,
48:39backdoor,
48:40easy play.
48:40So he's making the right play.
48:41He's patient.
48:42There's a couple of plays
48:43I've wanted to see him aggressive.
48:44But here,
48:45I always said,
48:45when he sets a great pick,
48:47he's able to do this.
48:48I don't know how the heck
48:49he made that.
48:49That's your horse shot.
48:51But at the same time,
48:52Joel Embiid is being aggressive.
48:54He's making the right plays.
48:55He understands
48:55where the double-team is coming.
48:57And that's what they need
48:58to get this win,
48:59particularly on the road.
49:00Yeah,
49:00the difference in this game
49:01has been shooting.
49:02I mean,
49:0265% was what Philly
49:03shot it in that first quarter.
49:05For the first time this series,
49:06they actually won the first quarter.
49:08Then it flipped.
49:09What do you think changed
49:10for the Celtics,
49:11shooting it over 60%
49:12in that second quarter?
49:12They stopped playing
49:13analytics basketball
49:14and just played basketball.
49:16Okay.
49:16Right?
49:16They got playing basketball.
49:18And it was good to see
49:19the bench come in
49:19and give that effort.
49:20I like how he just
49:22switched up the lineup,
49:23right?
49:23Throw a little wrinkle
49:24in there.
49:25But Pitcher came in the game
49:27and kind of changed
49:28that energy.
49:29Probing a little bit,
49:30right?
49:30Getting downhill,
49:31getting two feet in the paint,
49:33getting catered involved,
49:34getting easy baskets.
49:35They came in
49:36taking quality shots,
49:38right?
49:38They have to take
49:39quality shots
49:40when you're playing
49:40a team like this.
49:41When you're taking
49:42those ill-advised threes,
49:44it causes, you know,
49:46for those guys
49:46to get out on the transition
49:48and get easy baskets
49:48on the other end.
49:49They stopped taking
49:50those threes.
49:51They got mid-range.
49:52They got layups
49:53in the game.
49:54You know,
49:54they came back
49:55in the game.
49:56What did you notice
49:57in the second quarter,
49:58I guess,
49:58for the Celtics
49:59to get back
49:59into this one, Noah?
50:01It did go back
50:02to what Peyton Pitcher said,
50:03the energy change,
50:04especially in that second,
50:05I don't want to say
50:06the second unit,
50:07but the other five
50:08that came off the bench,
50:09the bench guys
50:09that came off,
50:10they brought a different
50:11energy, a different mindset
50:12to what was going on.
50:14The pace was different
50:15when Pitcher came in.
50:16And again,
50:17once Pitcher,
50:17Pitcher is such in the paint,
50:18getting two feet in the paint,
50:20shots is going to come
50:21for Boston.
50:22Melo, real quick,
50:22that energy was coming
50:24from made shots.
50:25Absolutely.
50:25They were making shots.
50:27Pitcher was getting
50:28in the paint,
50:29making shots,
50:29finding guys,
50:30they started hitting
50:30a couple threes.
50:31When you see the ball
50:32go in, you feel better.
50:33That's just what it is.
50:33And you get energy.
50:35You find your energy.
50:37Jalen Brown played
50:3818 minutes
50:38in that first half.
50:39He actually spent
50:40some time on the bench.
50:41We saw Hugo Gonzalez
50:42come in and provide
50:43some of that energy.
50:44It was interesting
50:45to see the different lineups
50:46providing something,
50:47but you kept saying
50:48they've got to get
50:49TD Garden involved,
50:50T-Mac.
50:50And we saw that
50:51in the second quarter.
50:52Yeah, it was too quiet
50:53in here.
50:54And that was because
50:55of Philly.
50:55Philly got off
50:56to a great start.
50:57And it was back
50:59to those threes, right?
51:00Lunch in those threes,
51:01Philly getting out
51:01of the break
51:02and getting those
51:03easy baskets
51:04and keeping the crowd
51:04up.
51:05But once the crowd
51:06got involved,
51:06that's where your energy
51:08comes from
51:08and they fed off.
51:09Yeah, and listen,
51:10Tyrese Maxey dealt
51:10with a little bit
51:11of foul trouble,
51:12so that could be
51:12the difference
51:12in the game as well.
51:13Philly has to do
51:14what coming out
51:15of the locker room
51:16in order to secure
51:17a win on the road?
51:17Another fast start.
51:18I played through
51:19Joel Embiid once again.
51:20It depends on who
51:21they have because
51:22Kata has three fouls.
51:24Garza, you know,
51:25I think he has three fouls.
51:27I want to see them
51:27go after them,
51:28which opens up
51:29everything Philly wants
51:30on offensive end.
51:31All right,
51:31we'll see what answers.
51:32They come out
51:33of the locker room
51:33with Nick Nurse
51:34right now dialing it in
51:35for Philadelphia.
51:36Meanwhile, JB,
51:38he's dialed in right now.
51:3913 points for the
51:41Boston Celtics
51:42playing without Jason Tatum,
51:43but down five points
51:44at the half in Game 7.
51:51We got two more Game 7s
51:52coming your way tomorrow.
51:53First, the Pistons
51:54looking to complete
51:54their comeback
51:55from being down 3-1.
51:56That'll be 3-30 Eastern
51:58on ABC.
51:58Then at 7-30 on NBC,
52:00it's Game 7
52:01between the Raptors
52:01and Cavs.
52:02The home team has won
52:03each of the first
52:04six games
52:05in the series.
52:06Cleveland hoping
52:07that trend continues.
52:08Let's take a look
52:09at DraftKings Live
52:10player props
52:10for the second half.
52:11It's not too late
52:12to still get in
52:12on some of this action.
52:13Joel Embiid,
52:1419 points in the first half.
52:15That's his most
52:16in any half
52:17in this series.
52:18Can he get to 33,
52:19though, by the end
52:20of the night?
52:20That's how many
52:21he had in Game 5.
52:22That's the last time
52:23these teams played
52:24here at TD Garden.
52:25Joel Embiid,
52:26you think so?
52:27Joel Embiid,
52:27Derek White will get that.
52:29He already had 19.
52:30Already had 19.
52:31JB,
52:32that's a tough one.
52:3332.
52:34That's a tough one.
52:35Meanwhile, PG,
52:36all he wants
52:36is a win
52:37on his birthday.
52:38He has 10 points
52:39in the first half.
52:40Philly,
52:41one half away
52:42from winning a series
52:42against the Celtics
52:43for the first time
52:44since 1982.
52:49Let's move over
52:49to Boston Arena.
52:50Each team
52:51has won three games.
52:53Oh, the Celtics
52:54all over.
52:55It's all over.
52:57who ever had
52:58the most guts
52:59and the most determination
53:00was going to win
53:00that game.
53:02Good.
53:03It's done for Julius.
53:06Rondo.
53:07Got it!
53:08Winner moves on.
53:10Loser goes home.
53:12Brown,
53:13the attack and slam.
53:14Maxey floats it in.
53:16Richard,
53:16love it.
53:16Keita does the rest.
53:18Every possession matters.
53:20Brown, spin.
53:21Brown, score.
53:22Now it feels like
53:23game seven.
53:27Ninth game seven meeting
53:29between the Philadelphia
53:3176ers and the Boston Celtics.
53:33The Celtics,
53:346-2 in game sevens
53:35against Philly.
53:36The last time
53:37the 76ers beat the Celtics
53:39in a playoff series
53:40and in a game seven
53:42was 1982
53:43here in Boston.
53:44No Eagle
53:44with a Hall of Famer,
53:45Reggie Miller,
53:46and the three-time
53:46six-man of the year,
53:47Jamal.
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