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00:00Субтитры делал DraftKings.
00:01Player tracker Jalen Brown 28.7
00:03per game this season when you
00:05include the playoffs Tyrese
00:06Maxey just a little bit less
00:08than that.
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00:18Reggie Miller game four and
00:20Joel Embiid joins the
00:22conversation.
00:22What are you looking at early
00:23on with his return.
00:25Number one his conditioning.
00:26We'll get into the minutes as
00:28this game goes on.
00:29But what level and how much
00:31conditioning prior to tonight's
00:34tip and obviously there's going
00:36to be emotions too.
00:37But if you're Nick Nurse I'd much
00:39rather have the big fella on the
00:41floor to throw him the ball.
00:43That's a huge target for the
00:45Sixers.
00:46You see the story.
00:47This ends up 3-1 with a Celtics
00:49win tonight.
00:50History says series over.
00:53Josh Tibbetts is our crew chief
00:55and the boy Mark Lindsay also
00:56working again.
00:57Kata begins with an emphatic note.
01:02Well that was a hard show there
01:03by Embiid again.
01:05They're going to put him in a lot
01:06of pick and rolls to get to see
01:09how his conditioning is.
01:11Nice job by Kata.
01:13Screen set by Embiid on Brown.
01:16Maxi getting inside.
01:18Embiid first touched to the
01:19basket and he draws a foul on Kata
01:22and foul dribble on Amish Kata.
01:24The Celtics starting center.
01:26A story in games 1-3 this year.
01:30Look at that extra dribble by
01:32Tatum.
01:33Late rotation over.
01:35Nice find.
01:37With his heart screen on Brown.
01:40Again this was what I wanted to
01:42see was that first contact.
01:43That first hit Kata laid some wood
01:46on him in the paint.
01:47And Embiid responded.
01:51These fans they have been
01:53clamoring to see the big throwout.
01:57The 2023 NBA MVP and in the
02:01three years since he's only played
02:0396 regular season games.
02:06But returns here.
02:08Remember he played the playoffs
02:09a couple of years ago against
02:10the Knicks.
02:11An average 33-11 in that
02:14six game series.
02:15So no stranger to it.
02:18He's got both.
02:19Zora will give you the details
02:21as we go through this first
02:22quarter about Embiid's
02:24return to play.
02:26After the surgical procedure
02:28done on April 9th.
02:30Tatum.
02:30Hauser faked for a three and
02:32a Hauser two is off.
02:34They're rare.
02:34So many of his shots are
02:35from the Kelly Oubre Jr.
02:37who was a question in the
02:38lineup tonight.
02:38with his injury gets the start
02:41for Philadelphia.
02:44Embiid screens again with
02:46Maxine.
02:47Embiid thinking about it.
02:49Taking it.
02:51Rebound by Tatum who played
02:5342 minutes in game three.
02:57It's less than a year after
02:59the Achilles surgery.
03:01The rupture.
03:02The repair.
03:03The return.
03:04Round from the top.
03:08That's a good look there by Brown.
03:12Again, Joel Embiid.
03:13These high screen and rolls.
03:15We saw him show on that first
03:17time where Kata got the dunk on
03:19that one with Brown.
03:20He was in a drop at the free
03:23throw line which gave up that
03:24wide open air ball look for
03:26Brown.
03:28Paul George no rebounds in game
03:31three.
03:31Working from the outside.
03:33Taking White.
03:34Edge come out of the corner for
03:35three.
03:36Houser on the rebound for
03:37Boston.
03:38You look at this Philly team on the
03:40floor.
03:40It's a good team.
03:41Oh yeah.
03:41It's a really good team.
03:42They just haven't been together
03:43much.
03:44Can they bring it together on a
03:46moment's notice?
03:47White works inside.
03:47Kata two dunks.
03:49Both Boston baskets.
03:51What I love what Boston has
03:53done in the Missoula era.
03:55I mean these big guys like
03:58White and
04:00Dan Brown they're so good in the
04:02high screen and the rolls of
04:03Kobe in the defense.
04:04Look at that.
04:05Look how many pump picks there
04:06is right there by Joel Embiid.
04:08Trace him greatest intended in
04:09the free game Joe.
04:10It's just a difference.
04:11Like the ball just not going up
04:12and down the floor.
04:13Kata the screen now tough and
04:15Embiid fouls him on the way to
04:16the basket.
04:17He got Maxi.
04:18Maxi got knocked down.
04:20And Kata had the free pass.
04:24He gave it to Oubre instead of
04:26Embiid.
04:26Oubre coming over first.
04:30So his first and Bias Kata
04:31will come to the free throw
04:32line.
04:33Oh much better start than Kata
04:35remember he did.
04:36Or had already picked up two
04:37fouls the last two ballgames and
04:39was on the bench.
04:41He does have that one foul but
04:43this has been the Kata show.
04:45Look at this screen here.
04:46Never sees the back the back pick
04:49from Kata.
04:52Tyrese Maxi to the floor here.
04:54It has to be on a swivel.
04:57Kata puts the pair towards the
04:59rebound.
05:01Speed of Maxi and Edgecombe is so
05:03much a part of what the Sixers do.
05:04Embiid joins the play against
05:06Tripp.
05:06Gets found.
05:12Conversation here.
05:13Mark Lindsey and Eddie Molloy.
05:15It's two on Kata.
05:17Luchavich already at the table to
05:18come in.
05:20The three officials in conversation
05:22about the active shooting or not.
05:27It'll be two shots.
05:30There you go.
05:31What they were questioning was he
05:33in the active shooting or should
05:34have been a side out.
05:36He felt that he was going up
05:37before the trip.
05:39Two free throw.
05:40Two more free throws for Embiid.
05:43So all of two and a half minutes
05:45before Kata gets to the bench
05:47here in game four.
05:49And this is what Embiid brings to
05:52your team.
05:53This is a guy that's going to help
05:54your team get into the bonus.
05:56Because he has such a paint
05:57presence down low.
05:59He is such a big guy that
06:00commands double and triple teams.
06:03This is pregame, Reggie.
06:04The wrap that he is wearing to
06:06protect after the surgery.
06:09Back earlier than, quote,
06:11most athletes are for that type
06:13of surgery.
06:14Zora will have those details here
06:15in a bit.
06:17He is padded up.
06:19We've seen that right there.
06:19Look at his knees as well.
06:22This is a guy that's playing
06:24through a lot of injuries.
06:26And he's out here being a gamer.
06:28He has over the years.
06:29But you know the talent.
06:31Seven times an all-star.
06:32Five times all-NBA.
06:33In addition to the MVP we
06:35mentioned earlier.
06:36Uchevich curled as he's in
06:38now for Kata.
06:40Kata from the outside working
06:41off Paul George.
06:43Spins.
06:44Turns.
06:45Side off the mark.
06:46And beat the board for Philly.
06:50Here is Oubre.
06:52Settling in for three.
06:55Jalen Brown's got the board
06:56for Boston.
06:58Philadelphia nothing from
06:59the field yet.
07:000-4-4.
07:02Celtics 2-5 early on.
07:06Want to watch White as threes.
07:08Been cold from deep during the
07:09season and the series so far.
07:12Brown.
07:13White.
07:14Three.
07:15Not even puts.
07:17He has been struggling in all
07:18series.
07:19Look at that.
07:19Five for 26 now.
07:22For White.
07:24Paul George working on White.
07:26Taking a little step back too.
07:30Yeah but I like it.
07:31That was vintage Paul George in
07:33that mid-range area.
07:35Brown starting it inside.
07:36Got hooked by George.
07:37A lot of contact.
07:38No call.
07:38Three sixes the other way.
07:39Oubre M.B.
07:50And the place is alive with
07:52everything he does.
07:54All right.
07:55Hedge out on Tatum.
07:56Lucevic rolls.
07:57Clock at eight.
07:59This one off the back plate and
08:01in for Boston's third field goal.
08:03All three from their center.
08:07Only one shot for Edgecombe and
08:09Maxie.
08:10Maxie their top score.
08:14Top five score in the league.
08:19Different field offensively here
08:21from Philadelphia.
08:22Oubre on the spin on Houser.
08:23To the basket.
08:24Can't finish.
08:25Last touch.
08:25Roachman.
08:26Philly ball.
08:31Again.
08:31Been inactive.
08:33We don't know how much time he has
08:34had actually running the floor on
08:38any live ball competition.
08:39And here indeed with the run and
08:43finish.
08:44What a start here for Joel.
08:47He's the first four and a half
08:48minutes out to bump White.
08:50Edgecombe one more.
08:51Oubre Trey.
08:53Philly has opened one of eight
08:55from the field and they've missed
08:56all four from deep.
08:59George and Tatum physically in
09:01with each other.
09:02Look over at Mark Lindsay by Paul
09:04George.
09:04The official said you're playing
09:05physical too.
09:07Lucevic.
09:07No.
09:08Second try.
09:09Yes.
09:10How good was the Vooch in game
09:12three.
09:14Off the bench with those early
09:15foul troubles.
09:16With Keita.
09:1831 minutes.
09:20George and Embiid a little two-man
09:22game.
09:22Embiid can go out.
09:24That's too easy.
09:25Too easy for the big fella.
09:28Just establishing dominance in
09:31that paint.
09:32He has all eight of the sixer
09:35points.
09:36It's not a balance.
09:37Off Boston.
09:38Philly ball on the other side of
09:39this time out of the house is alive
09:41in South Philly for game four.
09:46Joe L.M.B.
09:47He returns the process back in motion.
09:52Get the feel in this series.
09:54Complexion may have changed a little
09:55bit.
09:58Welcome back into Philadelphia everyone.
10:00I'm Zora Stevenson.
10:01You wouldn't know what Joel Embiid has been
10:02to face on these first few minutes but
10:04he's been ramping up the last few days
10:06leading up to this return.
10:08It all started with weights and
10:09conditioning.
10:10That had then evolved to shooting and
10:12one-on-one eventually live basketball.
10:14And once doctors gave him the okay it was
10:16all about seeing how he came out of
10:18activities.
10:18And Nick Nurse doesn't know how long
10:20Joel Embiid will be able to go tonight.
10:21Guys on average NBA players miss 23 days
10:24due to an appendectomy.
10:26Joel Embiid is just 17 days removed from
10:29the emergency surgery he had on April
10:309th but so far so good right?
10:32Absolutely.
10:34You know the days of positionalist
10:36basketball regs.
10:37Every point in this game has been
10:38scored by a center.
10:39Whether Vucevic and Keita for Boston
10:42or Embiid for Philadelphia.
10:44It remains that way after the George
10:47miss but will stay down here.
10:49What was your sense?
10:50We talked to Nick Nurse.
10:51The window was open as he went from
10:52doubtful to questionable.
10:54It felt like we weren't sure even
10:56Nick how he was going to use it in
10:58this game tonight.
10:58Well the good thing that Coach Nurse
11:00had in his pocket is that they played
11:02a lot of games without him.
11:03And inserting him is a little bit
11:04easier because he's such a huge
11:06target down low.
11:08Here again look at all the attention
11:09that comes his way once he gets two
11:11feet in the paint.
11:12With Brayden no.
11:13Peyton Pritchard checking into the game
11:15for the Celtics tips it out.
11:16Pritchard a good game three.
11:18He's so important for Boston
11:19with Brown, Tatum, White, Vucevic.
11:22A lot of attention to Brown.
11:24Pritch deep three.
11:26Nope.
11:27White the back tap.
11:28Brown the read tee.
11:31Celtics surrounded that three-point line.
11:33Edgecombe got a hand on it.
11:34Five on four advantage.
11:36Boston late clock.
11:37Vucevic.
11:38Rebound.
11:39Pritchard inside for two.
11:40Lillis guy on the floor cleaning up
11:43the glass here.
11:45Already.
11:47Something that if you're Joe
11:49Mozilla you know you're going to
11:51take anywhere from 45 to 53.
11:53The threes aren't falling early on
11:55for the Celtics.
11:56Edgecombe with a fake.
11:57Use the attention to Embiid.
11:59Made that an easier shot for the rookie.
12:02Yeah definitely having number 21
12:03on the floor here for the Sixers.
12:05It's going to open up some pockets
12:06for Edgecombe and Maxey.
12:10The switch here.
12:11It's the other way around
12:12and Edgecombe has to take the foul
12:14on Vucevic inside.
12:16Look at this fake here from the rookie.
12:17Right?
12:18Gets into the free throw line.
12:21And again a little pump fake back.
12:23Kind of fooled Pritchard all together.
12:27Embiid will come out.
12:29So a good six and a half, seven minutes
12:31to start this ball game.
12:34Philly Faithful appreciating
12:35the effort early on.
12:37Eight points and a rebound.
12:40Luka Garza will come in
12:42as Vucevic will check out
12:44for Boston.
12:45Reggie how difficult
12:46on the rest of the Sixers.
12:47This is a go-go team.
12:48It feels like they're playing
12:49at half the pace
12:50when you watch the Sixers
12:51on most nights.
12:53Well the good thing about
12:54playoff basketball
12:55it slows down
12:56and becomes a little bit more
12:56half court.
12:57So that will favor
12:58having Embiid back.
13:00And Boston plays
13:02at the slowest pace
13:03in the league.
13:03Tatum was held
13:04and that's Edgecombe's
13:05second foul here
13:06in a matter of nine seconds.
13:10Important piece of this
13:11Philadelphia team.
13:13Had 30 in game two
13:15held in check
13:15with 10 points
13:16in game three.
13:18And Justin Edwards
13:19will come off
13:20the Sixers bench
13:21to get Edgecombe.
13:22And his two fouls.
13:26He's a rookie
13:27in a polite conversation
13:28with veteran official
13:29Ed Molloy.
13:30You can tell that's a
13:30rook right there.
13:31So nice.
13:33Cordial.
13:33Sir.
13:35I mean,
13:36Ed Molloy would probably
13:37love in that conversation.
13:40Richard working inside.
13:42Bounce to Garza.
13:43Let everybody go by
13:44and got hit.
13:45And some quick fouls
13:46here on Philadelphia.
13:48What about this
13:49if you're Joe Mazzulli?
13:50You're down to your
13:50third center.
13:51Think about
13:52the Celtic team.
13:54They're playing
13:54nine,
13:5510,
13:5511 guys.
13:55You've gone
13:56with the starter
13:57Keita who picked up
13:58two quick fouls.
13:59You went to the backup
14:00in Vucevic
14:02and now
14:02Luka Garza
14:03manning the middle.
14:07Boston Celtics
14:08made history
14:09when they selected
14:10Chuck Cooper,
14:11first black player
14:11drafted into the NBA
14:1276 years ago
14:14yesterday,
14:15back in 1950.
14:16We proudly honor
14:17along with the NBA
14:18Chuck Cooper
14:19and the pioneers
14:20who paved the way
14:20for generations
14:21of players to come.
14:23They QR code there
14:24at NBA.com
14:25You can learn more
14:28about those players.
14:30Garza splits the pair.
14:31Celtics lead by two.
14:33Boston winning game
14:33one by 32.
14:35The largest game
14:36one playoff win
14:37in Celtics history.
14:38That's saying a lot
14:39in so many series.
14:42Philly comes back
14:42with a 14 point
14:43game two win.
14:44George had a good
14:45win in that one.
14:46Knocks down a three
14:47here.
14:48The Sixers on top
14:49after Boston
14:50beat them here
14:51by eight
14:52in a tight game three.
14:54Pritchard three
14:55for three.
14:56Got them all!
14:57Peyton Pritchard.
15:03It feels like a difference
15:04maker, Rich,
15:05when he's on the floor
15:06and he's going.
15:07Feels like those are
15:08the nights the C's
15:08get it done.
15:10Actually has not
15:11taken a shot yet
15:12here in this first quarter.
15:15The good defender,
15:16Jordan Walsh on him.
15:17Tatum guarding Oubre.
15:19Corner pitch,
15:19a corner three
15:20for Drummond.
15:22He had the dagger three
15:23that clinched the
15:24playing game
15:25to slide Philadelphia
15:26up to the seventh spot.
15:28Bridget feeling it.
15:30Do it again!
15:33He's looking right
15:34over here.
15:35He is back!
15:37Why didn't you,
15:38Bridget,
15:39why does everybody
15:40hit the dagger three
15:41look at you?
15:41Oh, wait,
15:42I know why.
15:43They've watched you
15:44do it on YouTube
15:45a thousand times.
15:47Paul,
15:47George tried to do it
15:48again.
15:50Tatum to rebound.
15:51Celtics move.
15:52Court.
15:53Tatum spinning,
15:54feeling it.
15:55Tatum to the basket.
15:57Timeout coming
15:58for the Sixers.
16:00Eight straight
16:01for Boston.
16:02Pritchard and Tatum
16:03getting it done.
16:04And it was these two
16:05down the stretch
16:07in game three.
16:08Peyton Pritchard,
16:09look at all the space
16:10that Drummond gives him.
16:13Knocks down the three.
16:15And here's the one
16:16in transition.
16:17And it's Michael Chirico.
16:19It's Sunday night basketball.
16:21This is why these guys
16:22step up, my friend.
16:26Look at tonight's
16:27DraftKings player tracker,
16:28Jalen Brown,
16:2928.7 a game.
16:30Tyrese Maxey just a
16:32notch below.
16:33Right now,
16:33Brown, one shot.
16:34Maxey, none.
16:36Neither has scored.
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16:45Here is Maxey
16:46drawing the attention.
16:48Still can't get a clean
16:49look at that first shot.
16:50Great defense here
16:52by Walsh,
16:53initially.
16:53Jordan Walsh,
16:55good defender.
16:56Give it Maxey.
16:57Oh, he can handle.
16:58Little fade and fling.
16:59Nothing.
17:00Shotgun violation.
17:01Jordan Walsh gets
17:02a checkmark on that trip.
17:03This is how you earn minutes
17:05in tough playoff games
17:07on the road.
17:08That is absolutely
17:10outstanding,
17:11Jordan Walsh.
17:12Twice.
17:13Not once,
17:13but twice.
17:17No ground.
17:19Tatum leads the charge.
17:21Pritchard's been good
17:21off the bench.
17:22In fact,
17:23Celtics bench
17:24has 13 with Austin 20.
17:26Tatum stepping back.
17:27Got fouled.
17:28Drummond's second.
17:30Sixers over the limit.
17:31Tatum to the line
17:32for three.
17:34Once Tatum recognized
17:36that he had to switch
17:37on Drummond,
17:38he told everyone
17:38to get down
17:39to a 1-4 situation
17:40and it was time
17:42to dance.
17:44Look at this.
17:45Here's the release.
17:47But look
17:47where the foul
17:48occurred right.
17:52It is already even.
17:53Ball was still
17:54in his hand.
17:56Chance for Boston
17:56to go up 10
17:57with his trip
17:58to the line.
17:59All of us,
18:00as you see,
18:01Embiid come in.
18:01All of us want to
18:02send our best
18:02to Dante DiVincenzo
18:03of Minnesota,
18:04the torn Achilles.
18:05And much like
18:07DiVincenzo
18:07is going to the hospital
18:09for special surgery
18:10in New York
18:11according to the reports
18:12to have his Achilles
18:13operated on
18:14by Dr. Martin O'Malley.
18:15That's what happened
18:16with Jason Tatum
18:17after his injury
18:18on May 12th
18:19at Madison Square Garden
18:20during the playoffs
18:21last year.
18:22And getting that surgery
18:23right away
18:24was so important.
18:25And as somebody
18:26who tore their Achilles
18:26about a year and a half ago,
18:27you understand more
18:28about the injury.
18:29That's some of the new
18:31medical procedures
18:32and practices
18:33that really help
18:34elite athletes
18:34get back quicker.
18:36It's amazing
18:37to watch what Tatum's
18:38doing on the floor
18:39in these plays.
18:40Yeah, in my conversations
18:41with Jason,
18:43that's exactly what he said
18:44what the doctor informed him
18:46because it was almost
18:47like the body
18:48had not known
18:49that a major trauma
18:50had happened
18:50by having the surgery
18:52so quickly.
18:5412-3,
18:5510 beads out.
18:56He's back in
18:57and Maxie
18:58got a clean look
18:59at a three
18:59because MP
19:01was a screen on wall.
19:02That's exactly it, Mike.
19:04That nice,
19:05solid screen there
19:09by the big fella
19:10cleared up Maxie.
19:12Lujibich was flashing
19:13inside,
19:13had a size advantage.
19:14Pritchard couldn't get it to him,
19:15but he went in
19:16for two of his own.
19:18Play with him, Pritchard.
19:20Play with him.
19:20Payton Pritchard
19:22pacing everybody
19:23with 10
19:23and the Boston 25.
19:27And beat Maxie again,
19:29same deal.
19:31Maxie leaving for Embiid,
19:32coming our way.
19:35You see Walsh,
19:37the pursuit,
19:38not giving up on the play.
19:39That was another
19:40hard screen by Embiid.
19:43But look,
19:43Walsh continues
19:45to pursue
19:45the behind-the-back pass,
19:47just kind of loses
19:48its target
19:49to Joel.
19:51Nick Nurse
19:52was looking defensively
19:53to get some attention
19:54on Pritchard.
19:55It's Oubre
19:55guarding Tatum.
19:57And Pritchard
19:57setting the straight
19:58and Tatum
19:59high arcing three.
20:00Baylor Shireman
20:01in the game.
20:02Pritchard with the rebound.
20:04Going to pass
20:05off the rebound
20:05by Shireman.
20:07Six to go.
20:11Walsh,
20:12one more.
20:13Vucevic.
20:16Warren hits the deck.
20:18Celtics get another shot.
20:20Tatum for three.
20:23Shireman,
20:23Ritchie,
20:24one more.
20:24Tatum,
20:25Pritchard,
20:26corner three.
20:28Four tries
20:29for Boston.
20:31Stays down here
20:32with the Celtics.
20:33What is Nick Nurse
20:33tells it?
20:34Yes.
20:35It's the second
20:35and third looks
20:36that killed us
20:38in game three.
20:40We cannot give up
20:41so many offensive
20:42rebounds
20:43to a lethal
20:43shooting
20:44Boston Celtics team.
20:46Boston has six
20:47offensive boards.
20:48Philly has none.
20:50Lucham inches foul.
20:51They're over the limit.
20:52So in the act or not,
20:53he comes to the line.
20:56Walsh has been everywhere.
20:57Defensively
20:58on the offensive glass.
20:59Look at this pursuit.
21:00He was between
21:01two black jerseys
21:02and comes up with the
21:04offensive glass.
21:05And the bench
21:06absolutely loving it.
21:14and comes up with the
21:15Jackson by the Sixers,
21:1616th overall pick
21:17in 2011.
21:18So much of the Vucevic time
21:20with Orlando,
21:21Chicago,
21:22and now finally,
21:24after not many chances
21:25to taste the postseason,
21:27coming up from late
21:28green finger injury
21:31in this regular season
21:32to be a part of this
21:33postseason,
21:34but misses both
21:34free throws.
21:36Dominic Barlow
21:37in the game
21:37for Philadelphia.
21:40Going Edwards,
21:41Maxie,
21:42Oubre,
21:43and Embiid.
21:45Embiid sees two
21:46and he lost the ball.
21:47Pritchard,
21:48good move to get out
21:49of traffic.
21:54Gain him at Barlow.
21:56Shireman,
21:57a 3-3.
21:58Lefty knocked it down.
21:59Celtics bench
22:00with 18 points.
22:03More than the Sixers,
22:0516th.
22:06That's been the defense
22:07for Boston.
22:08Creating turnovers
22:09off to the races.
22:10Offensive foul on Embiid.
22:12Good call.
22:12The elbow is high.
22:14Good call right
22:15in front of us.
22:17First on Embiid.
22:19Look at this.
22:20High screen and roll.
22:21But again,
22:22Walsh fighting over.
22:23Yeah,
22:24that's a high elbow,
22:25right?
22:25To the shoulder,
22:27chin area of Walsh.
22:33Richard Lees,
22:34Ruchovich.
22:34One more.
22:35Walsh and Tripple.
22:37The Celtics bench.
22:39What a start
22:40in this one.
22:41It is an 8-0
22:42Boston run.
22:43It kind of sounds
22:44last night like
22:45in Atlanta,
22:46all the Knicks fans.
22:47Boston has traveled
22:48well down here
22:50to Philly.
22:55into the corner.
22:56Now the gift for the Seas.
22:59Maxi
22:59to Embiid.
23:01Philly needs it.
23:03Embiid got it.
23:05Goal and 10.
23:07Final six and a half.
23:09Pritchard time.
23:10So good at the end
23:10of quarters.
23:11Is he going to do it again?
23:13Is he going to do it again?
23:15He did it again!
23:20And barks at the Sixers
23:22on the way back
23:23to the Boston huddle.
23:25Mike,
23:26is there anyone better
23:27with the shot clock
23:30running down
23:31than Peyton Pritchard?
23:33Look at this.
23:34He knows exactly
23:35how much time is left.
23:36And then to add a degree
23:38of difficulty,
23:39one-legged.
23:39Boston 34,
23:42Philadelphia 18.
23:43You're watching
23:43Sunday Night Basketball
23:45presented by Kia.
23:48To the NBA playoffs
23:50presented by Google.
23:51Second quarter here
23:52in South Philly
23:53in Xfinity Mobile Arena.
23:54Mike Tirico,
23:55Hall of Famer Reggie Miller.
23:56Zora Stevenson,
23:58the Celtics
23:59continue their first quarter
24:00dominance
24:01in this series
24:02as they have taken
24:04a 34-18 lead
24:06on Philadelphia.
24:08Defending right second
24:09and shattering it
24:10lingering in the lane
24:12too long.
24:13And Paul George
24:14will come to the line.
24:15Reggie,
24:16the good news is
24:16Joel Embiid comes back
24:18and he has 10 points.
24:19The bad news is
24:20the rest of the team's
24:213 of 13 for 8 points.
24:25Flipside for Boston.
24:26Think about this.
24:27You've got
24:27Jalen Brown
24:28who will be a first-team
24:30All-NBA player
24:31averaging 29 in this series.
24:33Goose egg.
24:34Sam Hauser,
24:35a starter.
24:35Goose egg.
24:36Derek White,
24:37a starter.
24:38Goose egg.
24:38And you're up
24:3916-plus.
24:41I mean, amazing.
24:43That shows you
24:44the depth of Joe Mazzoula
24:46in this Boston team.
24:49Grimes checking in
24:50for Philly.
24:51Embiid is 3 of the off.
24:54Rebound by Jalen Brown.
24:55Only one shot
24:56so far
24:57in this game.
24:58Pritchard had the hot quarter.
25:00Tied his career high
25:01for first-quarter points.
25:02That time the length
25:04of Barlow
25:05able to deflect it.
25:07The hit ahead
25:08to Barlow.
25:10Had nothing.
25:11Embiid joins the play.
25:13Rimmed it out.
25:19All-George the guard
25:20on Browns.
25:21Hayden played
25:21the whole first quarter.
25:22Brown had a long break.
25:24Doesn't make his second
25:25attempt of the night.
25:265-on-3 the other way.
25:27If Philly goes.
25:30George,
25:30bumped by Hauser.
25:32One more to Edgert.
25:34B.J. off on the 3.
25:37Continues to struggle
25:38from 3.
25:38Was 0 for 7
25:39in Game 3.
25:40Started 0 for 2 9.
25:450 for 5
25:46in Game 1.
25:48That's a good game
25:49in Game 2
25:50with 30 points.
25:51That's where he found
25:53his stroke.
25:536 or 10
25:54from downtown.
25:55Shireman
25:56stepping back.
25:58He missed the 3.
25:59Embiid the board.
26:02Embiid George
26:03Edgcumbe the starters.
26:04Boynton Grimes.
26:06And Barlow on the floor.
26:08As Embiid misses again here.
26:10Now 3 of 8.
26:13You know,
26:13let's hear the phones
26:14ringing on WIP
26:16Philadelphia Sports Talk.
26:17Was it right to bring him
26:18back already?
26:19Foul.
26:21On Brown.
26:23This is a city that
26:24is straightforward.
26:25It's honest.
26:26And it's hard for Embiid
26:28to come back after the
26:29two and a half weeks
26:30from the appendectomy.
26:31But you can just tell
26:32he's frustrated
26:34this portion of his return.
26:36He hasn't picked up
26:37a basketball other than
26:38whatever conditioning
26:39Zora was talking about.
26:41So there is going to be
26:42a little bit
26:43of a level of frustration.
26:46But you've got to play
26:46through it.
26:48And as a player,
26:49there's one thing that
26:51especially on the road,
26:52I never wanted to be up
26:54early on the road
26:55because that gave a team,
26:56especially a home team,
26:58so much time
26:59to find their rhythm.
27:00Now they've got to start
27:01going to the W
27:03for the right things.
27:04They're getting stops.
27:05But offensively,
27:06their rhythm will start to go.
27:08But it's sometimes
27:09a best sense
27:09when you're up early
27:10because it gives the team
27:11a lot of time.
27:12A lot of missed free throws
27:14here early on by Boston.
27:15Boston has missed six.
27:17They're 5 of 11,
27:18as you see at the line.
27:19And if Jalen Brown
27:20to miss a pair,
27:21an 80% shooter,
27:23grabs your attention.
27:25Gore stays a jar.
27:26But here it's George.
27:27He's off.
27:28The Sixers
27:29hold from the field.
27:316 of 23
27:32to start this one.
27:34Brown is mad.
27:35He wants to take matters
27:36into his hands.
27:38Shireman off on the 3.
27:39His quarter has started
27:41with two cold teams.
27:44Brown tries to change it.
27:46And he does.
27:5418-point Boston lead.
27:58Embiid swings it.
28:03Hauser guarding.
28:05The rookie, Vijay Edgerton,
28:06doing work.
28:08Cannot find it.
28:10One of four
28:11from the field here tonight.
28:1615 minutes,
28:1719 points for Philadelphia.
28:19Not enough
28:20in a game four
28:21when you're down 2-1.
28:23Brown.
28:23Boston.
28:24Got it back.
28:25Six to shoot.
28:27Pritchard
28:28doing the dribble dance.
28:30Triple time.
28:32Not right.
28:33This kid is not right tonight.
28:36Peyton Pritchard
28:38is on a heater,
28:40ladies and gentlemen.
28:43Look at this.
28:45The through the lace.
28:46The double step back.
28:49The follow through.
28:50Nothing but wetness
28:53for Pritchard.
28:56The moves are brought to you
28:58by Kia.
28:59And we talk about a guy
29:01with moves,
29:03Peyton Pritchard.
29:04There is a whole generation
29:05on YouTube
29:06that follow this young man's,
29:09his dribbling,
29:10his step back moves,
29:12and of course,
29:13his ability to drain the threes.
29:16He's one of those players
29:19from Oregon
29:19that four state championships
29:22in the state of Oregon
29:23to help down goes Drummond.
29:25As the three is hit from outside
29:26by Bryce Drummond
29:28to the knee to the thighs
29:29behind the play
29:30trying to go.
29:32Five off four
29:33and the foul is given by Maxey.
29:35There was a knee
29:35or some other type of injury.
29:37He grabbed at it right away.
29:39The foul is called.
29:41The question is going to be
29:41take foul or just side out foul
29:43that Maxey took
29:44as immediately they come out
29:45to check
29:46on the veteran Drummond.
29:48And I love what Maxey's
29:49doing right now.
29:50Faking like he's tying his shoe
29:51to buy him some extra time.
29:54Looks like a damn bonus
29:56getting ready to come in
29:58for him anyways.
29:59But that's a smart move
30:01by Maxey.
30:01Just buying extra time
30:03from the officials.
30:05Kevin Johnson,
30:07Sixers trainer.
30:10Here's the...
30:10Do you hit?
30:12Like a hip check
30:13a little bit?
30:14Yeah.
30:16And in a ton of pain.
30:20And as Kevin Johnson
30:21walks down there with him
30:22and you mentioned
30:22Adem Bona
30:23who started
30:24the first three games
30:25in this series
30:26with Drummond coming
30:27off the bench.
30:28Bona checks in.
30:29Drummond heads
30:30to the locker room.
30:31Oh man.
30:32Inside for Moore.
30:33He straight moved Bona.
30:36I mean,
30:36you're talking about a guy
30:37at six foot
30:39and I'm being generous
30:41moving a seven footer.
30:45Richard has 18.
30:47Part of a great start
30:48by the Celtics bench.
30:50Although he is
30:50the sixth man of the year
30:51and often will close games
30:53from Joe Mazzullo.
30:55Maxey is trying to get
30:56some rhythm
30:57inside for Bona.
30:58Uh-uh.
31:00Turned it over
31:00on Boston ball.
31:05This is some of the dribbling
31:07expeditions you see him
31:09on YouTube doing.
31:10Doesn't even bring the ball
31:11to his left hand.
31:13You mentioned it, Reg.
31:16West Blinn High School
31:17in Oregon.
31:18Four state titles.
31:21College star
31:22in the Pacific Northwest.
31:23That time
31:23White has it taken away
31:24by Grimes
31:25to the basket.
31:28Quentin Grimes
31:29trying to get something
31:31going here
31:31for this Sixers team.
31:33The six points
31:35here in the first
31:36five and a half
31:36of the second quarter.
31:39Richard left free.
31:41That one off.
31:42Slacked out by Kato.
31:44Sanchez Vaughn.
31:45On the heat check
31:45there for Pritchard.
31:48Would you endorse?
31:49Yes, I do.
31:50When you're that
31:51white hot, yes.
31:54Oh, yes.
31:58Ask him the chef
31:59if he likes food.
32:00Of course he does.
32:01Ask Reg if he likes
32:02a heat check.
32:03Absolutely.
32:04Come on.
32:06Okay, give the Sixers
32:07get some flow
32:07in offense.
32:08Grimes had a dunk.
32:09Missed the three.
32:10Bona crashed the glass.
32:11That's what's taken away
32:12by Derek White
32:14and Boston.
32:15Trying to get back home
32:16of 3-1.
32:19Brown sees two.
32:22Pritchard again.
32:23Close out comes.
32:24He goes to the lane
32:25and finds Brown for three.
32:30Edgecombe nearly had it
32:32taken away
32:32by Jalen Brown.
32:35Maxey and Edgecombe.
32:36Not a lot of shots.
32:37Just six for them
32:38in the first quarter
32:40and a half.
32:41That's eight possessions
32:42on some Sixer nights.
32:45George.
32:46Oh, George.
32:48One of six.
32:50George, Edgecombe,
32:51and Maxey.
32:52Each has one field goal.
32:54Can't win a playoff game
32:56like that.
32:58Houser lines it up.
33:01White keeps it alive.
33:02Offensive glass
33:03killing the Sixers.
33:05Houser a three.
33:08Death sentence.
33:09That's exactly what
33:10Nick Nurse says.
33:11You can't give up
33:12offensive rebounds
33:13which results
33:13in threes.
33:16The most technical
33:17second chance points
33:18you see on the screen.
33:20Grimes.
33:21Nice feet.
33:22Under Depp.
33:22Bono.
33:23Second year man
33:24at UCLA with the finish.
33:26Gets it back under 20.
33:29Joel Embiid
33:29coming back to the table.
33:30This has been a long rest
33:31for Jason Tatum as well.
33:33Played that full first quarter.
33:36Getting ready
33:37to check in himself.
33:39See if he gets Pritchard.
33:41Pritchard's pass
33:41for Brown.
33:42Maxey guarding.
33:44Houser still time
33:45on the clock.
33:46Sam inside.
33:49Celtics bench
33:50wanted the call.
33:52Sixers the other way.
33:54Grimes.
33:55Bumped by Pritchard.
33:56Behind the back
33:57to Bono.
33:58Over Kato.
34:00And Joe Mazzola
34:02will take a timeout
34:03and take that time
34:04to ask Ed Molloy
34:05why no foul inside.
34:08The Sixers
34:09trying to climb back
34:10in here
34:10and Embiid on the floor
34:11when we come back.
34:15Player Spotlight
34:16is brought to you
34:17tonight by
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34:19and we focus in
34:20on Jason Tatum
34:21and Jalen Brown.
34:2225 plus points
34:24each in a playoff game.
34:25Doing it the other night
34:27for the 20th time
34:28at all time
34:29in NBA history.
34:30Some great duos
34:31and combos there.
34:32There are Tatum
34:33and Brown
34:34on their way
34:34to their own
34:36level of greatness.
34:37But Reggie tonight
34:38only 8 points
34:40combined 2 of 9
34:42for these guys
34:42yet Boston
34:43is up 17.
34:44Shows you the depth.
34:46That's something
34:46that they've hung
34:47their hat on
34:48all season long
34:49playing 11, 12 guys
34:51developing guys
34:52especially during
34:53the absence
34:54of Tatum early on.
34:56Gives me a moving screen.
34:58Vujovic walking down
34:59the lane.
35:00Let's go to Zara.
35:01Guys in that last
35:02Sixers huddle
35:03Nick Nurse
35:03was pleading
35:04to his team
35:05over and over again.
35:07Rebound.
35:08We have got
35:09to rebound.
35:10Multiple choice words
35:11there as he was
35:12telling them
35:13and it's exactly
35:13what he told us
35:14right in our meeting
35:15earlier today.
35:16We've got to rebound
35:17the basketball
35:17and I go back
35:18to the first quarter
35:18when the Celtics
35:19had like four
35:19offensive rebounds
35:20in a row.
35:21That's not something
35:22he wants to see.
35:22No doubt Zara.
35:23The offensive rebounds
35:24tonight are Boston 8
35:27Philadelphia 0
35:28and the Phillies
35:29had plenty of chances
35:30for offensive rebounds.
35:31They're 10 of 30
35:32that missed 20 shots
35:34on the night.
35:35The foul is on Tatum
35:35just first.
35:37Kelly Oubre
35:38comes to the line
35:38for two.
35:41But Boston
35:41has out-rebounded
35:43them in every game
35:45this season.
35:47Or excuse me
35:47this series.
35:50Dive in some of those
35:51second chance points
35:51Reds here in game four.
35:53And from a team
35:55that is so lethal
35:56from behind the arc
35:57if you give a team
35:57two or three different
35:58looks
35:59this is how they're
36:00going to make you pay
36:01because they're so good
36:02at shooting that three.
36:05And what did
36:06Nick Nurse say?
36:07One, maybe two.
36:08We gave up five
36:10in game three
36:12from those
36:14offensive rebounds.
36:16Tatum with Vucevic.
36:17Oh, nice pace.
36:18But Tatum!
36:19Embiid's second effort.
36:20Step back to the line.
36:21Can White get hot?
36:22Yes, he can!
36:24I've got a guy
36:25who's been struggling
36:26with this shot.
36:285 of 26 from deep
36:30until that one
36:31and add to the second
36:32chance points
36:33after the Embiid deflection.
36:3618-point game.
36:38Joe Ubray inside.
36:40His second effort.
36:41Busted on the glass.
36:43And with a pep in their step
36:45and Tatum lost it.
36:46Pushed to the ground
36:48as he got hit and contacted.
36:50Stayed out here.
36:51Now, when we first did
36:52a few of Tatum's
36:54early games
36:54and his returning back,
36:56he would never make
36:57a move like that.
36:58Because you don't know
36:59subconsciously
37:00was he thinking
37:00about the Achilles.
37:02But now,
37:03he's almost 20 games in.
37:05He is making
37:05some of the same moves
37:06he made last year
37:07during the playoffs.
37:09Exactly.
37:10We're at 20 games.
37:1116 of the regular season.
37:12Game 4 now here
37:13in the postseason
37:14for Tatum.
37:16Browns still looking
37:17to get going.
37:17Still struggling.
37:191 of 5 on the night.
37:20Tatum's 1 of 6.
37:22Boston's plus 18
37:24in this game 4.
37:25Maxey.
37:26He can't get goal
37:27with the up foul.
37:28Luchamage hits him
37:29on the way to the goal.
37:31That'll be his second.
37:34But he and Kata
37:35have two for the Celtics.
37:36A little give-and-go
37:37action right here.
37:38Nice back cut
37:39by Maxey.
37:41There's the contact
37:43from Vucevic.
37:49Maxey at the line here
37:50for two.
37:5189% shooter.
37:52As he does that,
37:54we'll tell you
37:54the playoff schedule
37:55continues next
37:56on NBC
37:57and Peacock.
37:58A-4 the Lakers
37:59and the Rockets.
38:00Lakers going
38:01for the sweep.
38:02Try to be the first
38:03to the final eight.
38:04Tomorrow on NBC
38:05and Peacock.
38:06Orlando tries to go
38:07up 3-1 at home
38:08against the one-seed
38:09Detroit.
38:09The one-seed
38:10Oklahoma City
38:11tries to close out
38:12Phoenix.
38:12That game's on Peacock
38:13and NBC-SN.
38:15And then on NBC
38:17after Detroit-Orlando,
38:18it's Minnesota-Denver
38:20in game five
38:21of that headline-making series.
38:23Tatum of three
38:25is off.
38:27More on the games,
38:28all those games,
38:28all those series,
38:29NBA.com,
38:30the NBA app.
38:31Keep you updated
38:32as we get busy here
38:33tonight,
38:33tomorrow night,
38:34and Tuesday night
38:35at the Garden
38:35for Nick's Atlanta
38:36game five.
38:37It is three on one.
38:39Brown to the basket.
38:40Can't finish.
38:42What a start
38:43from the Celtics
38:43or Strugwick.
38:44Can the Sixers
38:45take advantage?
38:46Embiid!
38:47Denied!
38:48The great blocking
38:49effort of White
38:50continues,
38:51thinking about a challenge
38:53on the Phillies side.
38:54How great was that block
38:56from the backside
38:57from Derek White?
38:58They're going to challenge
38:58this here
38:59by Nick Nurse.
39:04There's the missed
39:04opportunity
39:06on the break,
39:07but look at the block
39:07here on the backside
39:08from White.
39:11Oh, I think this is
39:12a bad challenge.
39:14I don't know
39:14if that was Grimes
39:15or Embiid.
39:17Looks like both,
39:18so right away
39:19they went for the challenge
39:20on the phone up your side.
39:21Boston Phillies
39:22call timeout
39:23to challenge that ruling.
39:25Josh Tiven
39:25tells you that,
39:26so I'll tell you,
39:27we'll be back
39:27after this.
39:32The challenge
39:32is unsuccessful
39:33for Philly.
39:34They lose this timeout
39:35and they have
39:35no further challenges.
39:36It'll be Boston ball
39:37on the baseline.
39:38All right,
39:38so Philly out of challenges
39:40as you hear from
39:40Josh Tiven
39:41working with the replay center.
39:43Courtney Kirkland
39:43and company there
39:45in Secaucus, New Jersey
39:46gave a clear look
39:48to Josh
39:49and the crew here
39:49in South Philly
39:50that it was last touched
39:51by the Sixers
39:53and no foul as well.
39:55On the way inside,
39:56you see everybody
39:57working tonight.
39:57John Butler's also
39:58in the replay center.
39:59The experience
40:00of these officials
40:02both in Secaucus
40:03and a lot of the guys
40:04who are in the rotation
40:05for the playoffs
40:06going through the replay center
40:07as well
40:08as these eight
40:09first-round series
40:10continue.
40:11You talk about
40:11the ultimate man cave.
40:13That's the ultimate
40:14man cave right there.
40:15Reg,
40:16we have a game
40:17in New York
40:17on Tuesday.
40:17I can send you
40:18to the replay center
40:19tomorrow night
40:19if you'd like.
40:20I'm sure the officials
40:21would be thrilled
40:22to have you
40:22hanging out with them.
40:24Hang out with my guy
40:26Monty McCutcheon.
40:27Love him.
40:27Look out.
40:28Garza.
40:29A three.
40:30Headline tonight,
40:31the depth of the Celtics
40:33and their bench
40:34doing a job.
40:36That is the seventh
40:38different Celtics
40:39that has made a three
40:41in this first half,
40:42Mike.
40:42And their bench,
40:43Reg,
40:43has 32.
40:44And the Sixers
40:45have 32.
40:47Garza foul
40:48on the side.
40:49I'll just tell you,
40:50go back to that
40:51first quarter
40:52for Boston.
40:53Their bench
40:54had 24 points
40:55as you watch
40:57the Garza three
40:58in the play-by-play era.
40:59So that's the last
41:0030 seasons
41:01going back to
41:0296-97.
41:03It's the most
41:04bench points
41:05in a first quarter
41:06in the last three decades.
41:09So the Boston bench
41:10doing some
41:11landmark stuff
41:12here tonight
41:12to help this
41:1319-point hit.
41:14But again,
41:16Pritchard,
41:16two feet in the paint,
41:18collapsed the defense,
41:20and Embiid
41:21a little bit slow
41:22rotating back out
41:23to Garza.
41:26Embiid has played
41:2715 minutes.
41:28He's got 10 points
41:29to lead Philly.
41:30He's got a nice pass
41:30in there.
41:31They'll get Tyrese
41:32Maxey's second field goal.
41:35He has Maxey's ability
41:36to do that dribble
41:37handoff with Embiid.
41:39Those threes
41:40are wide open.
41:41And you can give
41:42and go.
41:44That's twice
41:45Embiid has found Maxey.
41:502-0-9 to go
41:52until halftime.
41:53Maria Taylor,
41:54Carmelo Anthony,
41:55Tracy McGrady,
41:56Vince Carter
41:57relaxed back there
41:58in the studio
41:59set to join us
42:00for American Express
42:01at the half.
42:02Get their thoughts
42:03on the first two games
42:05tonight.
42:05Our game here
42:07and the Lakers
42:07going for the closeout
42:08in Houston.
42:10Tatum
42:10on the three
42:13on Garza
42:15goes the other way.
42:22Philly can get
42:23a little momentum
42:24just a shade
42:24under two minutes
42:25left here.
42:27They can get this
42:28down to 12,
42:2913 points.
42:31Have a little momentum
42:32going into.
42:34No, I'm smiling
42:35because I was about
42:36to ask you
42:3710 seems unrealistic.
42:3912 or 13 feels
42:39about right
42:40if you're Philly.
42:41Yeah, the way
42:41teams shoot the three ball.
42:44Paul George
42:45gets it to 15.
42:48Final 100 seconds.
42:50Tatum and Browns.
42:52Two of 14 combined.
42:56They get something going.
42:58E20 can just see.
42:58Trying to find ways
42:59to get their game going.
43:01Tatum baseline spin.
43:01Embiid comes.
43:03Baseline takeaway
43:04by Oubre.
43:05Did he have control
43:06of it before
43:07he went out?
43:08We're going to ask
43:09about the shot clock here.
43:11Nope.
43:12Reset to eight.
43:16Oh, look at this.
43:17That might have been
43:17a foul there on Embiid.
43:19You see that right hand
43:20around the neck?
43:22of Tatum.
43:25Pritchard reestablished
43:26inbounds.
43:27Missed the three.
43:28His first step
43:29was out of bounds.
43:30He was turning the corner
43:31but got him back in
43:32in time.
43:34See if they can go
43:35to 13 or 12.
43:36Embiid at Garza
43:37and come to the line.
43:39The free throw attempts
43:40five and six
43:41on the night.
43:43To me, they're just
43:44hanging around here,
43:47Mike.
43:48Look at this.
43:49Doesn't have his
43:51normal post moves
43:52but just kind of goes
43:53into the body of Garza
43:55and picks up the foul.
43:57Garza's got three.
43:58Vucevic and Kata
43:59have two each.
44:00Garza will go out.
44:01Vucevic in.
44:03Bridges will get
44:03to the back end
44:04of the half.
44:0417 minutes for Embiid.
44:06Three of nine
44:07from the field.
44:08Free throws five
44:09and six coming up here.
44:13He's got ten points.
44:16Making 11.
44:16You can check him out
44:17and everybody else
44:18on Peacock.
44:19Peacock's performance field.
44:20A whole new way
44:21to watch real-time stats.
44:22Live shot data.
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44:23Dime deeper into the action
44:25on Peacock.
44:26What's your thoughts
44:27on the first half
44:27that Embiid has had
44:28for Philly?
44:29Well, again,
44:29these are his first points
44:31since that seven-minute
44:32stretch in the first quarter.
44:34So he got off the gates
44:35quick.
44:36Looked like he got
44:37a little bit winded
44:38when he came back in.
44:39That's the shooting
44:40struggles.
44:40But again,
44:42working out the kinks here.
44:44And now he's up to 17 minutes.
44:47One of two.
44:48And that possession
44:49down to 14.
44:58Top pocket 10.
45:00Tato looking inside
45:01on Oubre.
45:02Covered.
45:02White comes together.
45:06Brown stepping back.
45:09Jackson three.
45:09What a tough shot there
45:14by Brown.
45:16My goodness.
45:19Celtics 27
45:20of their 45 shots
45:22threes.
45:24The foul here
45:24as Embiid was setting
45:26the screen.
45:28Tom Brown
45:31hit this shot.
45:32Oh, there's the foul first.
45:34And hit this shot.
45:35Look at this.
45:36Paul George is
45:37all over him.
45:38Step back.
45:39Great contest.
45:42Does better offense.
45:48Clean up the wet spot
45:50on the floor
45:50as Embiid
45:52comes back to the line.
45:53It's been such a shame
45:54the talent that he has.
45:57You feel in some ways
45:59sad for him
46:00that he's gone through
46:01so many of the injuries.
46:02But when he has played,
46:03you see the passion
46:04he plays with.
46:05Even this year,
46:06his last game
46:07before the appendectomy,
46:08he had 34 and 10.
46:09San Antonio.
46:10Wait a minute.
46:11Put him back out there
46:13with George.
46:15Maxie.
46:1632nd here.
46:17This fight is bleeding.
46:19And all of a sudden,
46:20this team can look
46:20pretty special,
46:21let alone V.J.
46:22Edgekin with the work he has done.
46:24When they had
46:24that group together,
46:25they were 11 and 9
46:26on the season.
46:27But as you saw them
46:28in those last games,
46:30you thought,
46:30well, maybe they'll be
46:31a tough matchup.
46:32And you can just see
46:33the talent of Embiid
46:34come back in front of us
46:36here tonight.
46:37Well, there was a stretch
46:37right after the New Year
46:38that he went on and games
46:40played and his numbers
46:41were through the roof.
46:43And again,
46:44we're talking about
46:44a former MVP.
46:46That's so far removed.
46:48So when healthy,
46:50when right,
46:51this team,
46:52especially in the Easter
46:53Conference,
46:54would have been a load.
46:55But again,
46:56Nick Nurse
46:56and the injuries,
46:59it's been so difficult.
47:01All-star year
47:01for Tyrese Maxey again.
47:03And let's not forget
47:04the 25-game suspension
47:06to Paul George.
47:07Exactly.
47:07He was out of the mix
47:09for a long time as well.
47:10Violating the NBA
47:11anti-drug policy,
47:13he returned late
47:14in the season.
47:16This has not been
47:17a regularly scheduled
47:19cast for Philadelphia
47:20as this season has gone on.
47:22Embiid splits the pair
47:23for the second straight time.
47:25So it's a 16-point game.
47:27Two for one perhaps
47:28for Boston.
47:29Frichard bumped.
47:30Round launches.
47:33Louvre the rebound
47:34for Philadelphia.
47:36Sixers get themselves
47:37a good shot here.
47:47And beat the screen.
47:48The roll.
47:50Missed it.
47:51Last shot time, Boston.
47:53And all eyes go to 11
47:54and green.
47:56Peyton Pritchard hit a heartbreaker
47:58at the end of the first.
47:59Jalen Brown says,
47:59I might take this
48:00in my own hand.
48:01And he does!
48:02Still time to fill it.
48:044.9.
48:05Lean is up to 18.
48:07And his largest 21
48:08for Boston.
48:09The rookie,
48:10Vijay Edgecombe,
48:11got some space.
48:12Launches the three.
48:13That's the end
48:13of the first half.
48:15Philadelphia shot
48:1633% from the field.
48:18Boston hit 11 threes.
48:21Well, they out-rebound the Celtics,
48:23or out-rebounded by the Celtics,
48:259-0.
48:26Star of the half,
48:28Peyton Pritchard.
48:2919 minutes,
48:3018 points,
48:32and standing by
48:33with Zora.
48:35Peyton,
48:35you've talked to me before
48:36about dancing with the Rock.
48:37We saw it there
48:38in that first half.
48:39You finished with 18 points.
48:40How do you continuously
48:41create space for yourself?
48:42You guys just try
48:43to be aggressive,
48:44find gaps.
48:45Obviously,
48:46when I have my shot,
48:47be aggressive with it,
48:47but, you know,
48:48we gotta just find a way
48:49to win this game
48:50on the road.
48:50So,
48:51going to half,
48:51we finished half well,
48:52but we gotta start
48:53to half well now.
48:54Yeah,
48:54let's talk about defense.
48:55How did you hold
48:55the Sixers to 38 points?
48:57I mean,
48:58just being in our shifts,
48:59playing solid defense,
49:00I still think we gotta
49:01clean up a couple things,
49:02but a solid first half,
49:03but we gotta do it again.
49:04Thank you.
49:04Thank you.
49:05There's always room
49:06to improve, right,
49:06Maria?
49:07Never enough.
49:08Back to you.
49:08Always room to improve.
49:09That's all we try to do in here.
49:10Coming up on American Express
49:12at the half,
49:12we're gonna talk about that guy,
49:13number 11,
49:14Peyton Pritchard,
49:15coming off the bench,
49:15scoring 18 points.
49:16Huge for the Celtics
49:17in the first half.
49:23Game four,
49:24it's the Celtics
49:25and the Sixers.
49:26The NBA playoffs
49:27continue on NBC.
49:29Three Sixers the other way.
49:30Uber and B.
49:32The house is alive
49:33in South Philly.
49:34Pritchard feeling it.
49:36Do it again.
49:37Here we go.
49:38For 39.
49:40He's gonna do it again.
49:41He did it again.
49:43This kid is not right tonight.
49:46Satisfy me.
49:50Peyton Pritchard
49:51in an 18-point first half
49:52in an Xfinity Mobile Arena
49:54here in downtown
49:56or South Philadelphia,
49:57I should say,
49:58to be proper.
49:59Boston leads 56-38.
50:02Looking to take a 3-1 series lead
50:04in his best of seven
50:05Eastern Conference
50:06first-round series.
50:07Tyrese Maxey
50:08reds only three field goal attempts,
50:11his fewest in a first half
50:12this season.
50:13Yeah, I'm gonna give all the credit
50:15to the Celtics.
50:16They were blanketing him
50:18starting with Derek White,
50:19but off the bench,
50:21Jordan Walsh was all over him
50:23creating those
50:26opportunities defensively.
50:29Would you say
50:30it's the Boston defense?
50:31Is it the focus
50:32on getting Joel Embiid
50:34involved early on?
50:35It's a combination of both.
50:37I see that right now
50:38they're trying to play
50:39through Embiid
50:40and that's taking a little bit
50:41of a shine away
50:42from the guy
50:43who leads him in scoring
50:44and Tyrese Maxey.
50:46Fifth leading score
50:47in the league.
50:4721-29-31
50:49in the first three games
50:50of this series
50:51and they're ready to roll
50:52here in the third quarter.
50:56Got a 15.
50:58As Reds likes to remind you,
50:59usually a couple of runs
51:00in a team,
51:01especially a home team
51:02in the playoffs.
51:03Let's see it.
51:03Philadelphia starts the half
51:05with one,
51:05tightens his baby up.
51:07Tatum.
51:08Here's the goal.
51:09One leg.
51:10And one.
51:10Oubre on the arm.
51:13Little Dirk Nowitzki
51:14stepped back.
51:16Move right.
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