Celtics collapse vs Cavaliers, Suns survive Nuggets, Lakers title contenders? | NBA | THE HERD

Celtics collapse vs Cavaliers, Suns survive Nuggets, Lakers title contenders? | NBA | THE HERD

And as I bring Chris Bruce Ard in Coos first things first crushing it that game last night I’m not gonna criticize teams for blowing leads because Denver Phoenix the NBA now is a game of runs right that’s just what it got teams you can

Score 16 points you can go to a 16 and four run you get one guy that gets hot so I’m not going to blame him for losing a lead on the road that doesn’t bother me but I do think 18 seconds Jason Tatum’s ball with a pick coming up you

Watched it that’s not good enough 7in height Advantage don’t I have a reason y to be concerned when I’ve seen this over and over for five years absolutely I mean first of all you’re talking about the history certainly like the reason they’re putting up numbers they’re the best

Offensive team we’ve ever seen as far as ratings um defensively they’re second in the league but why are people still hesitant about going all in on the Celtics it’s because of theory history you just said we’ve seen them fail time and time again so until they do it we’re

Not going to believe in them that’s fine but there were some things and I’m with you last night one of 82 they won 11 straight they were due for a loss it happens but there were things you saw that are patterns for them that scare

You if you’re a Celtics fan as you said they struggle in close games now they’re winning games by an average of 11 points right so they’re great blowing teams out but when it’s close what you saw last night that’s one reason they’re two and three in overtime games and four and

Five in games decided by three points or more right Jason Tatum I love him I love him but he’s one of the worst clutch Shooters this season he’s fourth worst in clutch field goal percentage in the in the League this season 32% in clutch moments he’s a great shooter 48% overall

But in clutch moments he’s not delivering and they’re interesting Colin in that they’ve said you know what we’re going to shoot more threes than anybody we’re going to have Five Guys on the court at pretty much all times who can shoot the three and spread you out and I

Think they’re an interesting test case because it’s kind of like baseball with with the analytics and baseball the analytics will work over the 162 on average but you get in the playoff and the analytics aren’t always what you know what they were in the regular season I wonder if the same could be

True for Boston they’re going all in on these analytics let’s just shoot more threes than everybody else and it’s working but when you get in the playoffs with a team that has a week to prepare for you sees you every other day and the Defenders are better and all of this and

That then then will the analytics still stack up and work for them I think if they work you’re going to see a bunch of copy cats around the Le if it doesn’t work then I think people have to recalibrate yeah I mean you’re they looking at a small guard in Darius

Garland a small guard not just a guard and Tatum is a long athletic Wing who can put the ball in the deck and he’s settled instead of leaning in no shot Garland’s going to block that shot he leaned away that’s psychology that’s above the shoulders that’s just not

Austin Reeves isn’t half as long or athletic he leans in on everything SGA by the way a thin guy he gets to the free throw line constantly some guys create contact Tatum in that moment didn’t so I want to talk about Phoenix so they have been not what I thought now

Some of it is nobody’s ever healthy but they beat Denver last night again it was a game of wild swings I I don’t it’s just it’s the NBA there’s 82 games I don’t take a ton uh Durant beat in overtime he’s great your takeaway I thought Phoenix

Would be better jmck never bought into him his takeaway is Beal’s never healthy KD gets hurt what is a disappointment if they win two playoff series lose in the Conference finals are you satisfied because I don’t think I don’t think anybody matches up perfectly with Denver but what what are

You looking for to make that KD move redeemable and defendable I think we’re satisfied with a run to the Conference Finals now because we have been disappointed with them from what they did last year once once KD D got there and then what they’ve done this year so expectations

Have been lowered if you had said when KD was traded there or when they traded for Bradley Bill after that they’re going to get beat in the Western Conference Finals we all would have said oh my gosh what a disappointment it’s Championship robust for this team when

They put it together but because they haven’t been what we expected now our expectations have lowered uh but really it’s still should be Championship or bus not finals or bus they were in the finals a few years ago Kevin Durant won a champ two championships it should be Championship robust and their problem

Obviously the health but let’s just say if they could get healthy they still have a problem in that they’re the worst fourth quarter team in the league in several metrics which is an insult and an indictment on Frank vogle the coach on Kevin Durant Devin Booker who are two

Of the greatest players in the league and even Bradley Beal why can’t they get it done in the fourth quarter one thing is they don’t have a point guard now I you can look at Devin Booker averaging seven assists all you want or 6.8 and Kevin Durant and Bradley Bill can get

Out give out some assists that doesn’t make you a point guard they don’t have the guy that in the fourth quarter when every possession matters that can get the ball to the right guy that can get it to him in the right spot that can settle everybody down that can control

The tempo they don’t have that they just got guys that can yeah they can dribble it up the court and make a good pass here or there but they’re not point guards that’s why they’re bad in the fourth quarters and that’s a problem for them so I said this even though in the

Last two years the Lakers have played Denver 11 times and they’ve lost most I find that the games look very similar that the Lakers have the size and experience to go toe-to-toe with Denver they just don’t have four talented first round guys in their Prime yic second rounder but Jamal Murray Porter uh

Gordon these are first round talents these are these are guys in their Prime joic second rounder developed into the best player in the league I can make an argument the Lakers only have one player one Elite player in their Prime and that’s ad and he’s an old 30 because of

The injuries and so I think they’re DLo away if DLo was a consistent 18-7 player I think they could beat Denver maybe in seven if they got some breaks but I think the Lakers are funny they won the inseason tournament because they’re very good in one game situations it’s why

They can match up with the Boston or Denver I may not trust him in a series but I do think they match up with Denver better than Golden State better than Phoenix better than young o KC which doesn’t rebound particularly well I don’t know I I have been very not

Anti-er but uh pessimistic but 80s healthy Austin Reeves is a very nice contributing piece LeBron’s still an elite offensive player I I kind of buy them is facing Denver in the Conference Finals what say you is that too optimistic yeah I I think well I think it’s too optimistic to say they’re right

There with Denver now you’re right all these games that they lose I think it’s eight straight now they do play them close and then Denver controls the fourth quarter and wins a fairly close game that’s what they did throughout that sweet last year so I don’t think

They can beat Denver in a series they just can’t all right and I but what I do think is that they could potentially beat anyone else in the west like the only Denver’s the only team definitively that’s better than the Lakers in the west even though the Lakers are the

Ninth seed I mean Phoenix not that Phoenix couldn’t beat him but you’re not scared of Phoenix you’re not scared of Dallas Sacramento uh who’s had their way with the Lakers recently but still you’re not afraid of them because of the experience OKC is inexperienced all right they

Their future is bright but they are too inexperienced I I would take the Lakers in the series over them the Clippers the Lakers have had their number recently the last couple of games after the the Clippers own them for a while so I I like I agree with you as far as being

Optimistic that the Lakers could make a deep playoff run but I don’t think they can beat Denver I I think the nuggets are too good for for the Lakers I think they have to hope they avoid the nuggets and someone else like the Clippers or some other team upsets Denver and then

They don’t have to beat them to get to the finals but I think it’s a long shot for the Lakers to get to the finals but um Denver’s only team definitively better than him in the west by the way they match up Lakers match up with OKC

Pretty well have you seen wemi and person oh very well have you seen wemi in person yeah Wilds Nick and myself went to a game in at the Garden Madison Square Garden a few months ago not his best game all right so so it wasn’t really much to write home about but I

Love when Colin we haven’t seen anything like this this guy is this guy I think is going to dominate The League it’s all going to come down to as far as where he ends up being ranked all time is how much he wins and you don’t know what is

He looks like he’s got the dog in to me like he wants he wants to shoot it he wants to play all the time he works hard like I think he’s got the right attitude but you don’t really know how someone’s going to react in those huge moments

Until they get there I never thought we’d see LeBron struggle like he did against Dallas in that finals in 2011 but that was the weight of all the pressure on him kind of coming to bear on him so how will wimy be when he gets to those huge moments with everyone

Expecting him to be awesome so that’s what we have to see but the tools everything is there I think this off season he just works on getting stronger and I think next year he comes back definitely as a top 10 player in the league yeah I don’t think there’s any

Question defensively he already is Brew first things first after us best Dress Man on cable TV right there buddy good seeing you again you too Colin thanks all right J Mack hi everybody it’s me Uncle Colin subscribe here to get the latest from the herd including exclusive behind the

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The Boston Celtics blew a 20 point lead in the 4th quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers in a 105-104 loss. Colin Cowherd and Chris Broussard discuss if Jayson Tatum can be relied on, as well as the Phoenix Suns holding on against the Denver Nuggets despite almost blowing a 22-point lead. Plus they ask if the Los Angeles Lakers are title contenders after they beat the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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