NBA Countdown | “Jayson Tatum is MVP right now!!!” – Perkins on Celtics shut down Mavericks 138-110

NBA Countdown | “Jayson Tatum is MVP right now!!!” – Perkins on Celtics shut down Mavericks 138-110

Studio alongside Zack low Brian wior Kendrick Perkins I’m Malika Andrew the Boston Celtics they keep on rolling 10 consecutive wins for Boston now this is pretty impressive right that three-point shooting that they have is just devastating you have to hope that they have an off night shooting to even have

A chance in the game and they’ve got so much redundancy so many different things that they can go to Dallas was right in this game in the third quarter they had the there was a ball in the air where they could have gone ahead and within minutes they were round 10 timeout they

Never smelled the lead again it’s the best team in the NBA doesn’t mean they’re going to win the title necessarily but they’re my pick they’re the best team in the NBA and what I loved and perk you’re going to love this too when things got a little tight in

The third quarter Jason Tatum put his head down and started going to the rim and he didn’t make shots every time but two of them he missed porzingis put one back Horford put one back that’s another thing that happens when he go to the rim offensive rebounds Tatum got to the line

And then he made one you and I have been talking all year they’re going to be nights where it ain’t pretty where you don’t make 21 threes or whatever they made tonight that’s what they’re going to need in some of those ugly Mucky playoff games Tatum made Luca call

Stanley Steamer cleaners and get that and pay for the mud that he tracked up in the first half that’s all I was ask him for out of Jason Tatum was the fight back and you know what happened when he started to come out in that second half

And be aggressive we saw separation and all of a sudden the Dallas Mavericks couldn’t recover this is how good Jason Tatum is when he wants to impose his will and be a threat at the basket and be a threat offensively and show why he’s one of the most skill players in

The game this is this Celtic team goes to another level also I want to point out Christal porzingis right the the revenge tour he smacked the Knicks a couple uh games ago and felt proud about that and tonight he came out he was aggressive in the first half he was

Protecting the rim rebounding at a high level and you just see him playing with such joy and I just think if the Celtics keep continue to have that balanced attack of using post UPS attacking the basket and knocking down those threes that that damn show go have

A definite chance of winning the NBA Championship 25 points for brown 32 for Tatum 24 for Chris ABS porzingis I should point out that 10 consecutive wins is the longest streak by any team in the NBA this season coming into this game perk you picked two and a half

Right teams in the Western Conference POS two in a possible half that you liked over the Boston Celtics after watching that do you care to revise that no no I mean look the Dallas Mavericks are you know are not a top four team in the western conference right you still

Got the the top dogs which is the Clippers the Timberwolves and the defending champs the Denver Nuggets and look I wouldn’t be surprised if the Celtics win a championship I wouldn’t be shocked but I’m saying is is this they’re still in a weaker conference they playing great basketball but let’s

Not lose the fact that they’re in a weak weaker conference so my fast math here is that the Celtics starters scored five points Dallas as a team scored 110 Zach okay well that doesn’t seem great for the Mavericks and look I’m not going to panic about this if I’m the MAV this is

A tough team on the road Luca played great Kyrie didn’t make shots the Celtics made a million threes you did not they were nine of 34 Dallas from three but one little thing they traded a first round pick for Daniel Gafford played six minutes tonight he didn’t

Play at all in the second half this is the second time in a row he’s barely played in a game Dan Gafford is a good player he makes sense on their team another lob threat but that’s a lot of resources to give up for a guy who’s

Kind of already becoming like a luxury item for them that they don’t use fascinating thing about that is they had a deal worked out for Kyle kozma and the Wizards gave Kyle kozma the option to not accept the trade even though that was not contractual he doesn’t have a no

Trade clause he said I don’t want to go to the Mavericks I want to stay here and be a core member of this team and they pivoted and did a Daniel Gafford trade instead it was going to be two first round picks for Kyle kman instead they

Ended up with PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford and Washington did have a good game and he has been playing well but if you’re talking about what ifs especially in the playoffs especially when you see a game like this where you could have used another piece of Firepower Kyle

Kozma is here playing across the street tonight against the Clippers well I think when you look at that situation with Gafford you’re looking at it as an insurance policy and also that competition inside the locker room right you want Derek livley to be uncomfortable in a good way to make sure

That that’s fine but what he’s saying is they gave a first round pick for aot they gave up a lot and look time like they’re going to need Daniel eord at some point there’ll be moments where he plays 25 28 minutes a game it’s just resource allocations it’s a lot to give

Up for in insurance policy the Boston Celtics get the win in this one I do want to take a look at some of the action that’s going on around the association because we know that every in the Western Conference there are tectonic plates that continue to shift

In the west as you look at this weekend Z is there something in the west before we shift to the lake game that that you were keeping your eye on the Kings the Kings the Kings because they’re the team that the Warriors we just saw all those cool Warriors highlights the Lakers we

Talk about all the time they’re the team they’re looking up at and they’ve been up and down up and down shaky lately and the Lakers play them twice in the next 10 days the Kings have to start stringing together some wins but the what this is going to be the thing you

Just said about leap frogging it’s going to be every day just wake me up when the when the play in starts I’ll know who’s in it I’m not going to be able to keep track of these you can’t sleep cuz you got to work here with me but look when

You I’m with you on that with the Kings and I’m looking forward to watching the Kings take that next step defensively right we saw them you know put the world on notice last year but defensively you know they still they should be better too much athleticism at the Garden Wing

Position you know sabonis is not bad in the pick and roll I I just feel like this team need to buy in a little bit more like they do on the offensive end Pelicans are having a terrific performance tonight in Indianapolis they getting their leag back yeah Zion’s not

Even playing that well tonight Trey Murphy and Brandon Ingram playing well and like like you said Malika like you’re in a road game situation against a playoff team like Indiana that becomes an important game and the Pelicans are delivering especially Pelicans just slammed the uh the Mavericks the other

Night so that’s a nice win it’s uh it’s a playing out for the every single result it feels like has an impact on particularly that very perilous play in tournament in the Western Conference all right let’s get to the Milwaukee Bucks and the Chicago Bulls the late game here

As I mentioned the Bulls have lost 20 of their last 25 meetings against the Bucks and W said it earlier Bri yes the last 20 of the the last 25 meetings they were outscored by an average of nine and a half points okay that’s not good across those games

Particularly it’s particularly bad Zach because the Bucks are starting to round into form they’ve won four in a row their defense is really tightened up in the month of February and over these last couple of games and this is the Milwaukee Bucks we have been waiting to

See wo reported earlier that all of a sudden teams are starting to look over their shoulder at Milwaukee and say oh okay they are only a half game back a game but a half game if they get this one back for the two seed in the Eastern Conference yeah things can potentially

Shape up pretty well for the BS first I me Yannis has been unbelievable all season long they need Middleton back to round out their offense and have enough shooting around the D Yannis pick and roll but this is a really good team and they’re going to get deeper and if they

Just sort of stick in that two3 slot they’re in the right part of the bracket to avoid Boston for as long as possible get healthy get chemistry and look Giannis is going to be the best player potentially in every series that they have in the Eastern Conference and

That’s some that’s a nice place to start third game in four nights for Milwaukee and it’s a road game and you know the Bulls are coming off of a really strong win over the Cavs and double overtime so you know I think Chicago has a chance

Here to take advantage of maybe a mildly tired team and you know try to play from in front because you know once the Bucks keep going they’re playing with a lot of confidence right now you don’t want to have that happen keep hearing footsteps baby in the

Dark them footsteps the rest of the league see it the Milwaukee Bucks are starting the MCH right they’re starting to play some great basketball right now under the tune under Doc Rivers and a mixture of Patrick Beverley we’re watching Brook Lopez and Giannis get back to looking like that defensive uh

Tandem of old anchoring that defense protecting the basket guarding the pick and roll those two guys are going to be key because they lack perimeter defense no disrespect to Damen Lillard Malik Beasley and J Crowder but it is what it is and so long as Giannis stayage along

With Brook Lopez they’re going to be perfectly fine also the playmaking of Dam of Dame D jannis trusting their teammates you know again last game six guys in double figures I I do want to see them against the better teams they have coming up cuz not to be the turd in

The punch Ball but they’re only seven and seven under they’re only seven and seven under they’re only seven and seven under Doc and the last three wins have been Charlotte Charlotte hold on hold on but we’re not we’re not going to dismiss the fact that they beat the defending champs and they

Went down to Minnesota firstes in Minnesota so I mean they got some signature wins under Doc Rivers they also laid an egg in Memphis so don’t don’t forget they still have to remind everybody that they don’t they don’t play and they they’ve moved that out of their system they won three straight

Yeah they won four straight four straight now four straight yeah they’re start they really are starting to way they wck look against the Bulls I was going say gu this is uh 20 out of 25 my God Bulls come on could just be a slice of pineapple in the punch bowl instead

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NBA Countdown | “Jayson Tatum is MVP right now!!!” – Kendrick Perkins on Celtics shut down Mavericks 138-110