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00:00He tends to show out in this building.
00:02He's back in the lineup next to his running mate, Paul George,
00:04who's been excellent in green,
00:06as the Celtics take on Nas Reed and the New Look Hornets.
00:10Next.
00:26This is the Emirates NBA Cup.
00:30Welcome to Spectrum Center in Uptown Charlotte.
00:33Is the court teal? Is it blue?
00:35We may never know, but we know there's a lot of green in the house
00:38as the Celtics visit the Hornets.
00:41Can't wait to watch it with you alongside Brian Scalabrini and Abby Chin.
00:45I'm Drew Carter and Scal.
00:46Namish Keita continues to transform into an even better player.
00:49Yeah, his rate of improvement since the time he got here
00:52is going to a whole other level this season.
00:55His basketball IQ is off the charts,
00:57and I'm not sure we're winning this game in the fourth quarter
01:00without Namish Keita out there.
01:02Defensively, he was controlling the paint.
01:04Offensively, he's hitting the offensive glass.
01:06There's so many ways on the floor that he's beating other teams,
01:09whether it's a short roll position at the rim,
01:12and even sometimes the jump shot.
01:14On the other side of it, Derek White was making plays late,
01:17and we are so used to Derek White making huge plays in the fourth quarter.
01:21It's good to see him get back to that.
01:23When Derek White needs to do more,
01:25he has no problem making big plays, doing more, and doing clutch things.
01:30The NBA Cup today, Celtics versus Hornets.
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02:02All right, I'm here with Coach, and you've got another Cup game.
02:05You talked about the duality of the Cup and the season.
02:09What's it like with the second game?
02:11Yeah, I mean, I think it's the same, right?
02:13At the end of the day, this is the first time in the last three games
02:16that we've had our team, you know, Orlando.
02:18We're missing some guys in Houston, missing some guys in Milwaukee.
02:21And so really, we're just trying to pick up where we left off after the Orlando game.
02:24Obviously, tonight you have, you know, the emotion of the Cup game,
02:28you know, which plays itself.
02:29At the end of the day, we just want to pick up where we left off from Orlando.
02:33You know, play connected basketball on both ends of the floor,
02:35knowing that Charlotte presents a ton of challenges on both ends.
02:38Yeah, I want to get into that.
02:39It's like, without LaMelo Ball, it seems like they have a hard time, like, creating advantages.
02:43It doesn't mean they're not dangerous.
02:45So going into that, like, what do you need to do defensively to slow down a team like that?
02:49Yeah, I mean, their advantages come in small, small pick and roll.
02:52They do a great job of generating little gaps for pocket threes.
02:54So we have to be ready to communicate that.
02:56Obviously, Miller, you know, he's responsible for 25% of the team's points.
02:59We've got to do a great job on him.
03:01So small, small pick and roll, Miller awareness, off ball, you know, defense,
03:05our communication and our physicality.
03:06It starts with those three things and, you know, competing.
03:09Appreciate the time, Joe.
03:11Jason Tatum has been an absolute beast down here in Charlotte.
03:14Almost 30 points a game, and he's back for an NBA Cup game.
03:19Oh, yeah.
03:21George the steal.
03:22Peachy leads the break.
03:24And one!
03:26Rollins going back to work, and Kata says, not my house.
03:30Being able to have guys step up into different roles, having guys knock down big-time shots
03:36and having different guys handle the ball and make right reads,
03:39I think we did a pretty good job at that and came up with the win, too.
03:42So, whatever it takes, we're just hiding for it.
03:45Tommy points everywhere!
03:51NBA Cup Game 2 for the Celtics, trying to stay undefeated in group play.
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04:04For the Celtics, Jordan Walsh back in the starting five next to White, George Tatum, Kata.
04:09For the Hornets, Kobe White, Brandon Miller, Grayson Allen makes his team.
04:12His first start of the year, Nas Reed and Ryan Coltrane are with no Moussa Diabate.
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04:22Didn't Brendan Miller call Paul George his GOAT?
04:25That's why he's the key matchup!
04:27They're going against your childhood hero?
04:29The guy you had in your game after?
04:32We want a key matchup that has that type of drama.
04:35Yeah, before Miller got drafted three years ago, second overall, he said Paul George is my GOAT.
04:41And Paul didn't deny it.
04:43A lot of young guys love watching Paul George, including Jason Tatum,
04:47who's talked about how he had to be the first one with the new PG Shoes.
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04:59The Hornets are down to nine active players tonight.
05:03Continental react and aggravated a handspring injury.
05:06They're going to need a lot from Kobe White, who missed his first shot.
05:09Grayson Allen's on to a heater to begin his Hornets tenure, but they start 0 for 2.
05:14One thing you're going to have to do is guard that three-point line.
05:17Whoa, Nas Reed on Jason Tatum.
05:19Interesting matchup.
05:20It's JT for 3.
05:22I'm not sure that that's the way to go, but how else are you going to match up?
05:28You've got to deal with George and Tatum.
05:30Seems like Miller and George is the matchup.
05:34Jason Tatum tends to fill it up when the Celtics play in this building.
05:38The numbers are remarkable.
05:39We'll show them to you later on in the show.
05:41This is Grayson Allen on the drive and kick out to White.
05:45Missed again.
05:46He's off to a tough shooting start.
05:48This is just his third game of the season coming back from injury.
05:50Now 1 for 12 from outside the arc.
05:53D. White coming off his best game of the young season with 24 points and a couple of blocks.
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05:59Tony Brothers, the crew chief.
06:00Murat Kogut, Brent.
06:03George off the mark.
06:04And he is Kata on the glass.
06:06George tees it up again.
06:07Sticks it from the corner.
06:08Kata picking up where he left off in that Milwaukee fourth quarter.
06:12Doing it on the offensive glass.
06:15Big time shot by Paul George.
06:17Nimi had 9 points, 12 rebounds, couple of blocks in 29 minutes the other night.
06:22The Hornets have taken exclusively threes.
06:24They've missed them all.
06:26But Reed gets the steal on this end.
06:30Nas Reed starting for the Hornets after he was one of the best bench players in the NBA in Minnesota.
06:36Look at that block by George.
06:38He is everywhere defensively.
06:43Now it's Tatum.
06:44Tries it again.
06:45That's too strong.
06:47White swords for the offensive rebound.
06:50Seltz off to a 6-love start.
06:52Here in game 2 of the NBA Cup play.
06:56Miller runs it down after Allen deflected the pass.
06:59Here's Reed, that Euro, and Kata rejects him.
07:03Unbelievable.
07:08I keep saying it just keeps getting better.
07:11Look at him time this thing up.
07:12Get the block.
07:14He's an absolute force down there.
07:17George went down on the screen by Kalkbrenner.
07:19Miller couldn't hit the three.
07:21Scramble for it.
07:23Kalkbrenner hits the deck in a tie-up.
07:25It'll be the two centers, Kata and Kalkbrenner.
07:36Ryan Kalkbrenner at 7-1.
07:38Second-year pro from Creighton.
07:42You want to get him in action, but be careful.
07:45Because he's a big-time shot blocker at the rim.
07:47Get him away.
07:48That's why Tatum had those two pull-up threes.
07:51He's going to be in drop coverage.
07:54Yeah, Kalkbrenner won Defensive Player of the Year in the Big East four times.
07:59Patrick Ewing, the only other guy who can claim that.
08:02Pretty good company.
08:03But in the NBA, you try to move him around the perimeter.
08:05It's not quite as easy, but he can make plays like that.
08:09Kalkbrenner!
08:10I like Kalkbrenner.
08:13Defense!
08:16White, the pocket pass for Kata.
08:18Goes over Kalkbrenner.
08:20There's where he's effective defensively.
08:23The Hornets struggling offensively to open this season
08:26as White takes a spill on the baseline.
08:29Celtics can push.
08:31White runs to a spot.
08:33Burries the triple.
08:34And that's great timing from Jason Tatum over to Derek White.
08:39Hit him on time, on target, and he knocked down the three.
08:43Former Celtics assistant Charles Lee needs an early timeout.
08:479-2 C's, three minutes in.
08:50Did you know today was national?
08:56Woo-hoo!
08:57Woo-hoo!
08:58Woo-hoo!
08:59We back, Dave.
09:00I'll let...
09:03This is the whole drill that you're talking about.
09:08It's being dynamic in this.
09:09Yeah.
09:13Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:14Yeah, I'm long.
09:15If he doesn't go, you can fly off that.
09:17So when I bump back, get out of the way?
09:21Woo!
09:21There you go.
09:23Get out!
09:24Quick, quick!
09:25Hey, quick!
09:27There we go.
09:28Oh!
09:30I got it out.
09:32We're good.
09:33Oh, my rebound!
09:35Oh!
09:35From where I was at this time last year, and how tough that was for me.
09:39You know, last year was like abnormal for me.
09:41And now, getting back into the rhythm and the flow is just like a normal NBA season from start to
09:46finish.
09:46I'm excited, you know, just for the process of it.
09:49It's a man with these guys going down.
09:51Tatum at the top of the team.
09:53Right here.
09:54It is.
09:55Inbound to him.
09:56Jason Tatum for the win.
09:58Yes, sir!
10:06All right.
10:07Jason Tatum gets a catch to match up.
10:10This guy going well, but that much space, you can call it a.
10:39Back in Buzz City, the Celtics up seven early here.
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10:48Namiya Shkeda bringing the heat to that starting lineup.
10:51Averaging 11 points a game.
10:53Nearly 9 boards shooting better than 58% from the floor.
10:55He leads the team in net rating.
10:57And check out that offensive rating.
10:59The Greens scoring almost 122 points per 100 possessions with Nimi on the floor.
11:04He's hitting threes this season and he's actually doing a little more playmaking.
11:09Nimi told us this morning at Shootaround,
11:11the game is starting to slow down for him.
11:13He's getting more and more comfortable with the ball in his hands
11:16and he understands where his teammates need it to go.
11:20He said, obviously, it's not going to be perfect every time,
11:22but I like where it's headed.
11:24I think Joe does too.
11:25That area of growth is so important for the way Missoula wants to play offense this season.
11:30Big fella, University.
11:32We get the guy at the scrap heap from Sacramento
11:34and he's turning into an unbelievably impactful player on both ends of the floor.
11:42He's kind of forced his way back into the starting lineup.
11:45That's where that was his role all of last season.
11:48Mitchell Robinson started the first few games for the Celtics.
11:50Cata now started three in a row.
11:53There's Brandon Miller from the free throw line, man.
11:54He cannot buy one to start this season.
11:57Brandon Miller's streaky, though.
12:00There he is defending his favorite player, Paul George.
12:03White around the Cata screen.
12:05George rises.
12:09Miller leaks out.
12:10White is back there.
12:11Derek White got another one.
12:13Oh, come on.
12:14Called for the foul late.
12:16Derek White, nod of approval.
12:18He said he got him on the hand.
12:21But just watch this play.
12:23He backs up.
12:25Yeah, he got him right there on the arm.
12:32Like, there are things in the NBA that, like, if you're not an avid hoop fan,
12:36you don't know about, Derek White playing defense in transition is a sight to see.
12:41It's must-see TV.
12:43Two words.
12:44Derek White, defense in transition.
12:46Must-see TV.
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12:51Celtics a heavy favorite tonight.
12:53You know that reference, Scout?
12:55I do.
12:56Charles Barkley.
12:57Steve Nash and Chris Paul must-see TV.
13:00Two words.
13:03Nine to four Celtics lead early here.
13:07Look how much harder Charlotte's playing so far.
13:09Look at Charles Lee loving it.
13:11Oh, Derek White and one.
13:13He gets it right back on this side and is greeted by his teammates.
13:17So when you play defense like that and Derek White makes the big-time shot,
13:22it's demoralizing to your squad.
13:24Derek White gets bumped.
13:26And maybe the Milwaukee game in the second half
13:30and him having to make some big-time plays will unlock Derek White.
13:34I want Derek White to be aggressive.
13:42He's now 17-for-17 at the free-throw line this year.
13:48Hornets trying to snap a five-game losing streak.
13:52They're currently in the play-in in the standings as it goes out of bounds off a read.
13:57Joe Mazzullo wants a quick reset.
14:01Charles Lee's team last year from January 1st on.
14:04Best net rating in the league.
14:05White was pulled by Miller.
14:07Yes, a chance at four for Derek White.
14:12I didn't think they saw it.
14:14That ball was halfway down before they blew the whistle.
14:21But take a look.
14:22On the pump fake, Brandon Miller flies by, grabs the jersey.
14:25Ooh.
14:28Could have been on the floor.
14:29Yeah.
14:29It doesn't matter.
14:30Now he has the ball.
14:31You can't challenge that.
14:33Even, this is one of those weird ones where if you challenge it and you win the challenge,
14:38like, if it's a foul on the floor, you lose your challenge.
14:42Right.
14:42Because the foul is a foul.
14:44So it's kind of a dangerous one to challenge because you end up losing it,
14:48even though you're quote-unquote winning it.
14:50Over and back is the call on Kobe White.
14:53The Hornets really struggling offensively as they have all season to this point.
14:59They're 1-for-10 shooting, 0-for-6 on threes.
15:09Tatum gets it back after the miss.
15:11Oh, he loves this.
15:12Eyeshoe in the corner.
15:13Allen shaded over.
15:16Right back to Tatum against Brandon Miller.
15:20Shot clock down to three.
15:22JT drives.
15:23Bakes it home.
15:25Great spacing by the Cs.
15:27And I love Tatum on that right block.
15:40Walsh eyeing up White.
15:42George contested the shot as well, but Kobe White drops it in.
15:45That's a big shot.
15:47Charlotte really struggling.
15:48That's not a great offensive possession, but big-time shot making.
15:52Tatum right back at you.
15:54Duke answers Carolina.
16:00What a start for the Celtics.
16:0221-7.
16:04Miller hangs.
16:05Can't hit.
16:06George keeps it alive.
16:08Cs are 5-for-7 from the promised land.
16:16Get a whistle on the other side of the floor.
16:19Brandon Miller is not happy with Brent Haskell.
16:22This is the inexperience of Charlotte.
16:24Why they turn the ball over.
16:26Let's go back to Jason Tatum.
16:27Just playing through contact.
16:29Hot floater off the glass.
16:30Boston foul on the game begins, Tatum.
16:33This works.
16:34Are they going?
16:36They called the foul on Kato.
16:37What?
16:40I thought it was on Miller, because he was chatting with the official, but it's going the other way.
16:47So, first foul on to Miyashkata.
17:03Miller floats it in.
17:06I don't know why Kato didn't drop down on that.
17:10While George had him going to the baseline, you think Kato would rise up and try to block that.
17:14Oh, Reed with good hands, knocked it away from Tatum.
17:17And Pulp Renner stepped out of bounds.
17:19It's going to stay here.
17:25I think Pritchard and Mitchell Robinson subbing in together here.
17:32I look at those two as like, as the season progresses, those two are going to have a good one
17:36-two combination in that pick and roll.
17:39Once Pritchard gets a little bit more aggressive, and Mitchell Robinson knows how to read him, excellent screen setter, and
17:44Pritchard just needs a sliver of space.
17:58Tony Brothers and Joe Mazzullo having a dialogue.
18:02Brent Haskell is over at the scorer's table.
18:06Talking about something.
18:12Good to go, and Tony Brothers will allow Derek White to inbound.
18:17Robinson and Pritchard out there.
18:18Good to see Peyton Pritchard is back on the floor after he got scratched in the eye and left the
18:23game early the other night.
18:27I thought he was going to have goggles on.
18:29I was ready to go.
18:29Oh, we were both loaded up for that.
18:32Prescription pee.
18:36We prepared all day for it.
18:39Pupil pee.
18:45Good to have Pritchard back on the floor.
18:47Tatum a tough one.
18:49Reed the rebound.
18:50Now is Reed at his size.
18:516'9".
18:52So skilled.
18:55Not that tough.
18:57Sometimes the announcer jinx works during play.
19:01You know what?
19:02To Drew's credit, he is.
19:03You guys got a nasty handle.
19:05You can shoot the three, but man.
19:09That was like Bob Uecker, just a bit outside.
19:19Reed the centerpiece coming back here from Minnesota in the Lomelo trade.
19:23It's got a lot of draft capital in that deal as well.
19:28Mello makes a lot of money, but so far the early returns on their offense without him, not positive.
19:33Kata Drew, too, using that double big lineup with Robinson.
19:37Shot clock down to five.
19:38Ooh, Neem the Dream almost hit that, but White cleans it up.
19:42Second chance for the Celts.
19:46Tatum likes the matchup against the rookie, Christian Anderson.
19:50It's late for Pritchard.
19:52Ooh, bullseye.
19:57That's against Sion James, big-time defender.
20:06And James can't respond.
20:08Kata blocking out Kolfbrenner.
20:09Ends up with Anderson.
20:11He flips it out to Reed for three.
20:16First three points for Nas Reed, a fan favorite for the Timberwolves.
20:21And they already love him here in Charlotte.
20:27Pritchard, yeah, around Robinson, snaking that dribble handoff.
20:32A lot of action here for the Celtics.
20:34Nothing toward the basket yet.
20:36Tatum has to bail him out.
20:38Oh.
20:39Oh.
20:40Oh.
20:40Oh.
20:40Oh.
20:41Oh.
20:42Oh.
20:44Upstairs for Miller.
20:45The guy can fly.
20:47Joe Mazzulli can sense the crowd getting into it.
20:49He takes his first time out.
20:53Still a ten-point lead for the Celtics, but fans here in Charlotte love that last play.
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23:18All right, so Peyton Pritchard checks in.
23:21A little bit up against the clock right here.
23:22Look at that footwork step back.
23:24And then here's what Charlotte's trying to do.
23:28Is out on the rebound, watch him get out and run.
23:31Brandon Miller's streaking up the floor.
23:33And look at Nas Reed.
23:34And that's when Drew talks about his skill.
23:37He is so versatile at a 6'9 guy that can play the 4 and 5 position.
23:46A little more energy in Spectrum Center than we saw at the beginning of the game.
23:50The Celtics let it 21-7.
23:53Hornets put together a bit of an answer.
23:56Joe Mazzulla timeout.
23:57And he gets Baylor, Shireman, and Sam Hauser in there next to Pritchard, Tatum, and Robinson.
24:06Game 2 of the NBA Cup group play action for the Celtics this year.
24:10They beat the Bulls by 14 in the opener.
24:13Hornets are 0-1 in group play.
24:16There is Tatum, rolls it home.
24:18Just too big.
24:19And also, Mitchell Robinson on the weak side is keeping the big occupied.
24:24Jason Tatum's gonna have a field day, or Mitchell Robinson's gonna get the dunk.
24:30On is Steinbach, the rookie for the Hornets, on the follow.
24:37Big Mitch came over to help block the shot.
24:39Someone's gotta put a body on Steinbach.
24:41Steinbach led the country in rebounds last year as a freshman.
24:46Tatum too strong.
24:47Steinbach, another rebound.
24:49Here is Reid bringing it up himself.
24:52Hauser picks him up top of the key.
24:53Pritchard comes over and gets the deflection.
24:58All right, so on this drive, keep an eye on Mitchell Robinson.
25:01As he rolls, look at Steinbach, really worried about Mitchell Robinson.
25:05If that's how you guard Jason Tatum, you're gonna be in trouble all night.
25:16Hornets have two rookies out there right now with Anderson and Steinbach, both first rounders this year.
25:24Reid, a long one, won't go.
25:26Pritchard with a nice box out on James, who's built like a linebacker.
25:31Steinbach picks him up.
25:32Oh, he has him.
25:33Pritchard loves it here.
25:33Shireman, no dip, threes.
25:35Caps.
25:36And the juice is down.
25:40It's not juice, it's cherry Pepsi.
25:43His favorite.
25:50Shireman switched on to James.
25:51Now Pritchard dealing with Reid.
25:54Wants to clear it out.
25:56Has to give it up to Anderson.
26:00Robinson claims it for the Celtics.
26:04Into the hands of Tatum.
26:06Pritchard trails and fires.
26:12Yeah, I didn't like his footwork on that, but I do like this.
26:17Look at the no dip three right here from Baylor Shireman.
26:20He's not just using that low clock now.
26:24Pretty comfortable shooting that shot.
26:27He's right around 50% on the season from long range.
26:33Shireman continues to improve in year three.
26:37230 to play in the opening quarter.
26:39It's a 13-point Celts lead.
26:41Reid threw it to some fans sitting on the wood.
26:46Yeah, Royce O'Neal probably should have dripped the corner on that.
26:49That's a good example of just not playing together enough, right?
26:54When a guy drives, you should be drifting corner on that.
26:59No con can nipple.
27:01Played his first game of the year the other night against Brooklyn,
27:04which was the Hornets' fifth loss in a row.
27:06Re-aggravated his hamstring.
27:09Hauser.
27:15I think he shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
27:18The Hornets are struggling.
27:19They traded LaMelo.
27:20They have no con.
27:21Kobe White missed the beginning of the season.
27:24Their backcourt has been depleted.
27:26Open Anderson can help him out.
27:29I mean, second-chance points in transition have been their best option.
27:41Luka Garza into the game.
27:43Missed a three.
27:44Shireman fighting for the rebound.
27:47A foul on Charlotte.
27:48Baylor, Shireman drew it.
27:52You gotta love the effort.
27:56I'm gonna say it all year long.
27:57The reason why you crash the board is you just don't concede because you never know
28:01what's gonna happen.
28:02Baylor's fighting for it.
28:03There's a little grab by Deion James.
28:05And it's up to get another possession.
28:08And that's what, it's all about that for this team.
28:12Can we get more shots than you?
28:14And if we do, they feel like they're gonna win the game.
28:20Anderson takes a seat.
28:21Liam McNeely into the game for Charles Lee.
28:30Inside Tatum.
28:32On the block against McNeely.
28:35Steinbach looks to help.
28:36Tatum ducks through.
28:38And he'll go to the line.
28:42Smart play by Jason Tatum.
28:44The guy who just checked into the game is gonna be over-aggressive.
28:49Han was in front of Jason Tatum.
28:52He goes to that Tim Duncan rip-through.
28:54He's gonna get two free throws out of it.
29:05Jason Tatum already in double figures in the first quarter.
29:10This is his first trip to the line.
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29:22Last eight games, Jason Tatum is averaging more than 36 points in this building.
29:27Jeez.
29:28He had a 50 ball?
29:30Yes, he did.
29:31Yeah.
29:31As you call this Cameron South.
29:35In the same state as Durham where JT played a year.
29:39James, Zion James also played at Duke for a season.
29:42He was off balance that time.
29:43Here's Tatum attacking around.
29:46Miller and one.
29:55I want to see more Baylor Shireman hitting the defensive board, leading the break,
29:58and then Jason Tatum to the basket, showing off the left.
30:06The man's got 14 points on the line for 15.
30:10Looking well-rested after he missed his first game of the season on Wednesday.
30:14He got 15 points in this first quarter.
30:17And he said a couple years ago, wherever we go on the road, there's a bunch of kids in there
30:22with my shoes and my jersey,
30:23and just because we're playing Charlotte on NBA League Pass on a Monday night doesn't mean I'm not going to
30:28play.
30:28That was the example he used.
30:30He's backed it up.
30:31You saw the numbers when he's playing here.
30:33Miller drops it in.
30:35Miller's coming up limping, but that was a heck of a move.
30:41Two-for-one chance here for the Celtics.
30:44Royce O'Neal, an NBA veteran defending Tatum, who rises.
30:48X splapses at three.
30:54McNeely smoked a layup on this end.
30:56Another two-for-one.
30:57Yeah, if they really hustle.
30:59Hauser sees it.
31:02Fire that one from the Spectrum Center logo.
31:04Pritchard's got it.
31:05Shireman in the corner.
31:07Looked like he was checking for approval.
31:09Can I shoot this thing?
31:10Gives it back to Tatum.
31:13Oh, look at Tatum up top with a double tee.
31:15Hauser again.
31:17Whoa!
31:2440-20.
31:27The Celtics have hit nine threes in the first quarter.
31:29They got a chance for more.
31:31Tatum to Shireman.
31:33Relocates.
31:34Oh, man.
31:38The Celtics fans here, of which there are many, would have lost their minds if that went in.
31:44But still, unbelievable.
31:47Doubling up the Hornets.
31:5140-20 after 12 minutes.
31:5518 points for Jason Tatum.
31:57Baylor Shireman having fun.
31:59Good start to come.
32:01Game two.
32:02Charlotte.
32:03The Celtics hammering the Hornets on the scoreboard brought to you by Toyota.
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32:15Derek White starts with a rock in the second quarter.
32:17For the Celtics, a season-high nine threes in the opening frame.
32:22And Mitchell Robinson starts the second with a hoop and a horn.
32:26Got to feed the big dog once in a while.
32:28Little cross screen to get Mitch going.
32:31By the way, the Celtics have 19 points, whether it's transition or second chance.
32:36Now the big dog inside goes up strong.
32:39And I love it.
32:41Those guys are going to have to do the work, right?
32:43They set the screen.
32:44They're in the drop coverage.
32:45They're the ones making multiple efforts.
32:46They're hitting the offensive glass, the defensive glass.
32:49To throw them a bone once in a while, Drew.
32:51Robinson's first bucket tonight.
32:56Mitch had ten rebounds Wednesday in the win over Milwaukee.
33:01Celtics built a big lead in the first half.
33:03They led by 21 at halftime.
33:04Bucs came back to take the lead.
33:07Celtics responded and won the game 109-102.
33:11Tijan Salah missed a three, defended by George.
33:14What a horrible shot.
33:16We saw him in the preseason.
33:17He will not hesitate to let that thing fly.
33:21That's a better shot.
33:23George too strong.
33:25Almost fell right to Robinson.
33:27McNeely boards it for Charlotte.
33:29This team is injury riddled.
33:33The Abate is out.
33:34The nipple is out.
33:35Kobe White coming back.
33:36Offensive fouls the call on McNeely.
33:41Yeah, I mean, I said this earlier with this team, the Charlotte Hornets.
33:46They don't do a very good job of creating advantages.
33:50So when you watch them, everything's a struggle.
33:55Steinbach was out of bounds.
33:58Stay here.
34:0024 to shoot for the Celtics as Steinbach can have possession long enough to flip it back.
34:05That was one of those plays where, remember when Luke Cornett, you pitch that ball and then get out of
34:10the screen early?
34:11When a guy like Pritchard is flying off of the hand back, you want to get it to him early
34:17and start going to the basket.
34:19That'll keep Steinbach engaged and Pritchard will end up getting a layup or an alley-oop.
34:27Cornett was a maestro.
34:29All of his early pitches and getting out, that's what he became really good at.
34:36Hugo Gonzalez is on the floor for the Seas to open the second quarter.
34:39He fires.
34:41Robinson is there.
34:42The offensive rebound.
34:45That's a good screen.
34:47Pritchard freed up.
34:49Robinson almost had another.
34:50Pritchard's got it.
34:51Shot clock never reset.
34:53Pritchard.
34:54Oh, my goodness.
34:55Robinson is everywhere on the board, but it's out of bounds.
34:58Yeah.
34:59Pritchard had Robinson on the weak side.
35:02Mitchell Robinson got out quick.
35:05I mean, eventually you're going to have to kind of go with that gunslinger mentality and throw that ball up
35:09to the big fella.
35:15Joe Mazzoula said the greatest thing you can give to a guy like Mitch is to empower him and ask
35:21more of him.
35:23Sometimes it takes a little bit of time on a new team.
35:27They have a lot of faith in Mitchell Robinson.
35:30Here's Kobe White.
35:31Again, missed a three.
35:32And again, Robinson the rebound.
35:34He had ten of those the other night.
35:35He's so much more engaged in their running action for him once in a while.
35:46White comes to get it.
35:48He's White defended by White.
35:50And Derek White missed the three.
35:54Again, some confusion about whose ball it should be.
35:57Charlotte ball.
35:58That's the call by Brett Haskell.
36:00Took him a second.
36:03But the Hornets, just like in the first quarter, off to a slow start here in the second.
36:15And they are dead last in offensive rating at this point of the season.
36:19They're last in pace.
36:20Last in effective field goal percentage.
36:22It has been a rocky start.
36:26Celtics, meanwhile, are 6-2.
36:285-0 at home.
36:29Just 1-2 on the road.
36:30And a turnover as George and Robinson were trying to connect.
36:51Kobe White tries it again.
36:54Ends up short again.
36:55Teton Salon.
36:56He's got size.
36:57And he was a high draft pick a few years ago to the line he goes.
37:07All right, take a look.
37:08This is what the Celtics feel.
37:09I'll show you how Charles Lee was prepared for it.
37:11Peyton Pritchard jammed up.
37:13Brandon Miller didn't even put the ball down on the floor.
37:16He kicked that ball ahead right away.
37:18So, obviously, they're prepared for that because Pritchard had been jamming up that dribble handoff.
37:24They were ready for it.
37:26You don't see a lot of guys come off a handoff and pitch the ball ahead like that to a
37:30wide-open shot.
37:33Tijon Salon, the sixth pick in the draft a couple of years ago, his playing time has decreased.
37:38But he's still 6'10", only 21 years old.
37:45I'm getting, like, mixed signals.
37:46A lot of people walk around here and they say they like him.
37:49But then you watch and they don't play him that much.
37:54What do you think when you watch him?
37:55I mean, I didn't like that shot in the corner.
37:57I know that.
37:59They're going to need him tonight with so many guys out.
38:02George, high off glass, wouldn't go.
38:05Here is Salon.
38:15George got a deflection and another steal.
38:20Salon was on him and George touched it last.
38:25You got to give Tijon Salon a lot of credit for that play.
38:30Yeah, so Celtics super active.
38:32There's Paul George.
38:33We've seen that before.
38:34Now Paul George hits the deck.
38:37I think they'd be able to get this, but I didn't think you would be able – I didn't think
38:41you could pickpile onto a guy like that.
38:43I thought that was an automatic foul.
38:46You saw deflections.
38:48Paul George is first in the lead.
38:49Top five in steals as well as Kobe White will head to the stripe.
38:55He needs to do more with this group.
38:58And I think they thought he would come in and do more.
39:01He was hurt.
39:02Now he's starting to get a little bit back.
39:04There he is with that pump.
39:06And then he goes to the other side.
39:10But he's a – he's a dynamic offensive player.
39:14He just probably needs to get his legs underneath him.
39:18Here's a message from FanDuel.
39:21And the slam.
39:22The NBA is back.
39:24You ever miss it, Blake?
39:25Miss it.
39:26I'm playing right now.
39:27Scoring points, getting blocks, grabbing boards.
39:29Training threes.
39:31This guy gets it.
39:32Huh.
39:37I think the Hornets feel like they can turn this thing around.
39:39They were 4-14 to start last year.
39:42And from January 1st down,
39:44they were statistically the best team in the league.
39:46They got in the play.
39:48Miller the rebound.
39:55Gonzalez called for the foul as Grayson Allen was trying to get through.
40:01Now, did you know that the mascot for the Hornets is named Hugo?
40:05I did when I got here.
40:07It's not like I thought about that going into it.
40:10But that's like a – it's a battle of the Ugos.
40:13It's Ugo versus Hugo, the Hornet.
40:15I told Ugo he's got to pull a Robin Lopez and fight the mascot.
40:21And he said he wasn't going to do it.
40:23Kemba Walker's over there.
40:25Former Celtic on the Hornets coaching staff.
40:28Now, there's a lot of Celtics influence on that staff.
40:31Of course, Charles Lee, one year with the Seas.
40:33A couple of assistants as well.
40:35That's a great example.
40:37What Kochbrenner just did right there with the dribble handoff.
40:40He kind of flew out of it before.
40:42And he had an advantage.
40:44That was going to be an alley-oop if Peyton Pritchard didn't come in and bump.
40:47So watch how he – see how he just kind of – kind of ghost screams it.
40:51Mitchell Robinson needs to add that to his repertoire.
40:56That's bag work for a big man.
40:59Screening angles, ghost screening, tap screening.
41:03Oh, you thought all screens were alike.
41:05That's when they're in the lab.
41:07That's when the big men are in their bag.
41:09That's when they're working on it.
41:11Oh, man, that hit the glass twice on the rebound.
41:14Charles Lee frustrated, saying, grab that thing.
41:17It's Celtics ball.
41:31D. White launches and hits.
41:35Back, baby.
41:40White with 24 points Wednesday against Milwaukee,
41:43but still just one for seven from downtown.
41:46Tonight he's three for four.
41:48Grayson Allen, a great three-point shooter.
41:50White got a piece of that.
41:51That's a block for Derek White.
41:54Yeah, he's right.
41:56Derek White looking at the bench to make sure that they know that he got a blocked shot.
42:01They don't keep the stats on the bench.
42:03Yeah, but he's just making sure that they know.
42:05Yeah, you guys see that?
42:09George leaning forward, and Charles Lee wants a timeout,
42:12but before that, a foul was called.
42:20Let's see, was that before?
42:22Oh, it's on the Celtics.
42:24It's on Cato.
42:24Yeah, Cato on the offensive board.
42:31Charles Lee was going to call a timeout.
42:35So, Celtics have five team fouls.
42:39That's an interesting call.
42:42I've never seen this, I don't think.
42:45Offensive fouls should not.
42:46No, but the shot counts, so it's kind of like a loose ball foul.
42:50Interesting, yeah.
42:51Yeah, I don't know if I've ever seen this, but this should be two shots.
42:54You got it, yeah.
42:56So, they're counting the bucket.
42:57They don't wave it off.
42:59There's Cato.
43:00Watch him.
43:04Oh, man.
43:05I mean, you got...
43:08I'm not sure that was a foul.
43:10A little embellishment from the Frenchman.
43:13Well, I thought we're getting away from...
43:15Ugo got hit harder than that.
43:17He got a tech for flopping.
43:18Twice.
43:20You think Tijon Salon put a little Dijon mustard on that bad boy?
43:25For sure.
43:29He's at the line.
43:30We remind you, tonight after Post Game Live, we catch another edition of Celtics Post-Up.
43:35Caleb Burton and Chris Forsberg take a look at the lighter side of the Celtics in the NBA.
43:39It's presented by Eastern Propane and Oil.
43:41They're in your neighborhood.
43:43You know, Chris, right when he's done, right to the clubs.
43:47The golf clubs, or...
43:50You know, man, you don't know about Chris Forsberg.
43:53Oh, I do.
43:55I guess at Bentley University, everybody knows Chris Forsberg.
43:58They read all of his articles.
44:01You know, it's true.
44:03He's not going to the clubs at Bentley, is he?
44:05Here's Paul George for three.
44:06So, I'm saying he had more street cred than you think.
44:10Now, Forsberg, he's about it.
44:13Again, the Celtics are doubling up the Hornets.
44:16It is 50-25.
44:21Grayson Allen can't get two on this side.
44:24Paul George's got it going right now.
44:29So does Derek White.
44:31Out to Luka Garza.
44:33Oh!
44:35That's called living right.
44:37You want to know who's living right?
44:39Who's in the gym, shooting thousands of shots?
44:41Who's getting their sleep at night?
44:43When you get a role like that, that man's Luka Garza.
44:45Living right.
44:57Both of these teams seem very up right now.
45:00They've got to calm down a little bit to hit their stride.
45:03When you do it too much, because the referee then becomes offended by it.
45:07And outside the end of Luka, the single coverage of Harper, Pierce.
45:1312 points for Pierce.
45:158 to shoot.
45:17Paul Pierce is on fire!
45:18One of the greatest players in the league today and one of the greatest coaches.
45:21They've got to find a way to get along.
45:23They've been able to shoot.
45:24They've been able to get in and get an easy basket on the surface defensive board.
45:27Paul Pierce.
45:29They're banking on the key.
45:30Shot clock at five.
45:31Under seven to play.
45:33Paul Pierce.
45:34Every chamber is filled for Paul Pierce.
45:38Paul Pierce, Walter McCarty, and Antoine Walker.
45:41It's Paul Pierce again.
45:44You've got to feel okay right now if you're Phil.
45:46He's scored 43 points and Pierce has just been on fire.
45:49There's no way he can keep it up.
45:50What?
45:52For the whole game.
45:53Shot clock at three.
45:54Pierce, double team.
45:56Meet his repeat.
45:58To extend that defense and put a little pressure on him.
46:00But this is the guy that you've got to keep cool.
46:03You can't let him do this.
46:05Oh, it's good to pick it up.
46:07They're swishing down the lane.
46:09With pressure.
46:10They've got a lot of guys that can put the ball on the floor.
46:12That makes it difficult to press there.
46:14Oh, what a good piece.
46:17It's good to play for the transition.
46:19These guys are just purely shooting behind the line.
46:22It's the game when they made 15 threes.
46:24But tonight they're getting a lot of contribution from a lot of people.
46:27Oh, my goodness.
46:28Paul Pierce has 45 points.
46:33It was Paul Pierce with 46 points.
46:36The Celtic tradition has been rekindled.
46:54Welcome back to Celtics Up Big.
46:56The reliable replay is presented by Xfinity.
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47:01Xfinity, imagine that.
47:02On this day, 45 years ago, our predecessor, Prism New England, launched with a Celtics win over the Pacers.
47:10Mike and Tommy were on the call.
47:12Larry Bird with the steal.
47:13Great steal as he went around Johnson.
47:15He's looking for him.
47:16Oh-oh.
47:17I'll tell you, Indiana is totally intimidated on their offensive end.
47:20We have seen one great quarter of defensive basketball.
47:24Bird with the reject on the other end.
47:26He's on the right side.
47:27He gets the ball to Floyd.
47:30Larry Bird is putting on a clinic.
47:37So good.
47:39Larry Legend had a double-double with three box that night.
47:42You guys, that's the first of a 40-year broadcasting relationship with Mike and Tommy.
47:49I miss them so much.
47:51My favorite stat from that game, though, guys, guess how many threes the Celtics took?
47:56One.
47:57One.
47:58One.
47:59With Larry Bird.
48:01That blows my mind.
48:04Mike and Tommy, we love you.
48:06Yes, we do.
48:07Good job, Abby.
48:09Incredible tradition, and it's an honor to try to carry it forward.
48:13It's great to watch guys like Luka Garza.
48:16Tommy would have loved Luka.
48:18Oh, no question.
48:20All over the offensive glass, but a rare empty possession for the Celtics there.
48:28Here's the rookie, Anderson.
48:3018th pick in the draft out of Texas Tech.
48:32Sets up Royce O'Neal for three.
48:34I feel like Royce O'Neal makes every corner of three.
48:37For, like, the last ten years.
48:39Yeah.
48:43Oh, that's that arm bar.
48:44Nice.
48:46George Colton after the offensive foul.
48:52By the way, Jason Tatum's checking in.
48:54In the first quarter, Tatum accounted for 30 points between points and assists.
48:59The second most prolific quarter of his career, 32 in 2021, in the playing game against Washington.
49:09And Washington has been tanking ever since.
49:14They're good now, though.
49:15I think they're up.
49:16And they're in our cup bracket, right?
49:18Yeah, they are.
49:19Yeah, they beat the Hornets 95-79 in their first group play game.
49:25The Wizards are currently down 10 in the second quarter.
49:31Atlanta always gives us trouble.
49:34Yeah, especially in the NBA Cup.
49:39Oh, let's see.
49:40Tony Brothers blows the whistle.
49:43Oh, can I see that again?
49:45Defensive three.
49:46Garza said he worked on his dance move and got that back leg out.
49:52All right, let's see if Garza's footwork comes over.
49:57Oh, you've got to go back a little bit more.
50:02It was like a soccer kick.
50:04Yeah.
50:05Like Messi.
50:16After O'Neal made the free throw, it's a 22-point Celtics lead.
50:19They get it back.
50:20That's something so small, but it's huge.
50:23Luka Garza was pressuring the ball.
50:25Forced a turnover.
50:26He didn't have to do that.
50:27Just a little bit extra makes their offense, makes the Charlotte Hornets turn the ball over.
50:38Here's Anderson.
50:42Leaves it for O'Neal.
50:47The Hornets have a 0 and a double 0 on the floor.
50:50The Celtics have a 0.
50:51Go figure.
50:54Steinbach tapped it last.
50:56It'll be Celtic's possession under five until halftime.
51:02All right, how about our center of attention against the Bucs?
51:06These guys combined for 23 points, 27 rebounds, 13 offensive, three blocks.
51:11And Luka Garza, by the way, three of four from three.
51:16He hit a couple from the corner.
51:18He's 6-for-8 on corner threes this year.
51:21Keep an eye on 52 in the corner.
51:26Tatum seeing a lot of attention.
51:28Bounce it inside for White.
51:29Right back to JT.
51:31Bumps it.
51:31Takes it.
51:32Makes it.
51:34He is operating at a ridiculous clip right now.
51:43Anderson can't get the roll.
51:45Steinbach on the glass.
51:46Had it taken away by Luka Garza.
51:55O'Neal in the passing lane.
51:56Tatum thought he was fouled before he let it go.
51:59And Derek White transition defense again.
52:02Plus CTV.
52:04Pritchard into the corner for Hauser.
52:07Right back to prescription P for three.
52:10Knocks it down.
52:12Celtics running in transition.
52:15Sharing the ball.
52:16Everything clicking on all cylinders.
52:19Seems like his vision is okay.
52:21We were watching him warm up.
52:22It seemed like he barely missed.
52:25Go.
52:26Go.
52:27Go.
52:27Go.
52:27Go.
52:27Go.
52:28Go.
52:28Go.
52:30Go.
52:32Go.
52:32Go.
52:32Go.
52:32O'Neal finally missed one from the corner.
52:35The Celtics with a rock and a 28-point edge.
52:38Still over three minutes to play in the first half.
52:41Remember, point differential is critical in the NBA Cup.
52:47The skip to the corner, Hauser one-boards it for Tatum.
52:50Jason Tatum can't be stopped.
52:53Man, he is stacking these points.
52:58Well, he showed you in his last eight games in this building, he averages more than 36 points.
53:04He's got 24 in the first half.
53:06Nice move by Anderson with the shake.
53:08Hauser rebounds the miss.
53:13Hornets have 31 points, and the Celtics lead by 31.
53:17It's going to stay here with 237 left in the second quarter, Scal.
53:21This is a show for JT.
53:22We're seeing it all from Jason Tatum, whether it's run, pick, and roll, get other people involved.
53:27And how about this one?
53:28Ball moving into the catch and shoot.
53:31Tatum's on fire.
53:32They're Celtics rolling.
53:39Getting ready for a half-time.
53:41He's going to get all sorts of ready.
53:45The debut of perhaps the most heralded rookie in the NBA in quite some time, number 32, Shaquille O'Neal.
53:52But Miami probably wanted to get two for one.
53:54Corchiani wrap around the Royal Miss.
53:56O'Neal wins.
53:58O'Neal runs the floor.
54:00Takes it all the way.
54:06Falling away.
54:07Won't go.
54:08Rebound O'Neal.
54:09He's going to put her on the floor again.
54:11No look to Burry.
54:13Is he seven foot away?
54:15My goodness.
54:17Before the game tonight, he doesn't care if Shaquille comes out and scores 50 points.
54:21As long as the Heat win, that's what he wants.
54:24Anderson spins.
54:25Fires.
54:26Off the glass.
54:27Won't go.
54:27O'Neal's tap is good.
54:30There's Blake to Roy.
54:31This is for the three.
54:34Brandon Roy with a three-three on the faces.
54:40I think the Rockets in overtime.
54:44That's why when you have a shooter and a score like Brandon Roy, you're never out of it.
54:52The Celtics and the St. Louis Hawks had split the first six games of the series.
54:56Rookie of the Year Tommy Heisman found the range early on.
55:00High-scoring Hawk Bob Pettit drove on another Celtic rookie, Bill Russell.
55:04Russell blocked the shot.
55:05Ran up court.
55:06Finished off a give-and-go by jamming the ball home.
55:10With one second left, the Hawks missed two shots in close, and the buzzer sounded to end the game.
55:16Bill Russell jumped for joy, and the Celtics dynasty was born.
55:39Welcome back to Charlotte Celtics.
55:41Still doubling up the Hornets, 62-31.
55:44The game-changing drive is presented by New England area Audi dealers.
55:48You know we're going to Jason Tatum on this one.
55:51He's back in Charlotte or North Carolina, and he's doing his thing.
55:55Early on, they give him a walk-in three.
55:58Then he goes to post work.
55:59Here he is in the pick-and-roll.
56:01They're going to play him single coverage with that.
56:03Not sure about that defense.
56:05And then aggressive.
56:07Left hand going to the basket.
56:10He's not done yet.
56:11But there he is again, and that's a rising fire three.
56:16Man, it's destroying this team right now.
56:20The Celtics challenged the out-of-bounds going to the timeout and won the challenge.
56:25So it's going to be Celtics' ball here.
56:28No, it isn't.
56:33Wait, what happened?
56:34Who just challenged that?
56:38The Hornets' challenge?
56:40Tony Brothers made an announcement.
56:46Yeah, I don't know what happened.
56:48Was it an unsuccessful challenge?
56:53Nas Reid for two.
56:58By the way, Hornets' ball out of the break.
57:04Well, there's the matchup.
57:16Allen, like he kicked it.
57:18Tatum has to recover.
57:25This has been an exhibition from the Celtics.
57:28Both ends of the floor in the first half.
57:30Nas Reid knocks down a three.
57:32He's got ten.
57:33And that's what I think Nas Reid is great at.
57:36Just moving around, getting his footwork down, and then letting that ball fly.
57:55White late in the shot clock.
57:57A foul is called by Tony Brothers.
58:00It'll be on Royce O'Neal.
58:03It's amazing how the Celtics are moving that ball around and attacking from all these different locations.
58:09Here's Derek White now, top of the key.
58:12And he got hit right there.
58:14That should be on the side.
58:26Derek White for three.
58:29Another assist by Jason Tatum.
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