NBA GameTime | Shaq reacts to Tatum shine 31 Pts helps Celtics defeat Bucks without Giannis 122-119
Eight games still underway and plenty more to do I feel like feel like we scared Deon Harris a little bit tonight the NBA allar is in the building you feel better now I feel good yeah the proud yeah I’m used to that the proud Wisconsin Badger is here uh are you a
Proud Yellow Jacket these days of course I mean we didn’t make the tournament I mean it’s transition year Damon St you know first year he had to take over the leftover call leftover players so now he had a chance to recruit his players as they say got so we’ll we’ll judge him
Next year he is 3D Dennis Scott I’m Jared Greenberg we are here Devon for the next 8 hours hope you’re prepared for this one tonight uh we’re going to go over everything that happened tonight in the NBA and really excited about this this showdown one versus two in the
Eastern Conference I know you were locked into that let’s take a look at the highlights tonight and check out what happened between these two no yacht historically talking about the greatest offense potentially in the history of basketball according to many of the metrics but they really struggled in the
Fourth quarter in particular Bobby Porters and Lillard combined to score more points than the entire Celtics Team 25 to 21 but how about Derek white how was this guy not an All-Star tonight without Drew holiday 23 points for white eight assists no turnovers with the go-to guy again and maybe we start
Talking about solidifying his spot on First Team all NBA Jason Tatum 31 points eight boards and here he is with casty hubber you all led by his tonight right obviously we got the the starters and those guys but but um it’s really the guys off the bench or you know the fifth
Starter what you want to call it that really makes the impact on the game um it’s a long season you need that we’re going to need that down the road those guys are big tonight a long season that you guys have been in the lead for a
While 10 straight home win you now have an 11 game lead in the East the magic number to clinch the one seed is now three how playoff ready is this team right now uh I mean we’ve been playing great all season um but we still got a
Long way to go and I just I like the way that we’re trending right uh we just really focus on getting better every single day we not skipping steps we not looking towards past anybody we not looking to the playoffs uh we got a game on Friday against Detroit and that’s the
Mindset that we got to have just trying to get better every single day breaking barriers powered by Shopify start selling today at shopify.com sltv Boston just won its 10th consecutive game at home and take a look at these numbers this season they’ve only lost three times on their home
Court one of them was that mystifying game when the Lakers didn’t have ad and LeBron you thought maybe tonight without Giannis a little bit of a let down as well but they were able to hold off Milwaukee back with Devon in 3D here uh Devin how how sold are you on this
Boston team right now I mean they are the deepest team in the NBA they have certified their starting lineup is is tremendous they defend they shoot the ball well they really only have in my opinion one really weakness and sometimes it’s shot selection time and score especially in the fourth quarter
Like we talked about a little bit too reliant on the three-point shot sometimes but other than that I don’t see a lot of teams especially if they get the they’re going to get the number one seed not many teams are going to beat this team at home yeah I mean we
See it right no Drew holiday tonight uh you you see what you get out of pton Pritchard and Derek white they’re impressive that’s thr Xavier tman there is another big body for goes small or if porzingis gets banged up again because we know he’s you know time and time
Again he’s been hurt but to your point and to your question J they’re deep enough to play any style of basketball and tonight what I like was if you missed a few threes you saw tatl and brown not yourself for the corner three putting the ball on the floor for the
Scoop shot you talked about late in the game JT got skills and drills got all way to the bat for his left hand layup chart when you look at The Scouting Report you look at everyone else he can have a great game like tonight we just
Saw Sam Hower just the last week 10 threes guy off the bench who benefits from you know three and four guys that able to space the floor now he’s able to eat constantly with the three-point shot sharing the basketball it was a big knock on those two guys early in the
Careers they didn’t want to share they want your turn my turn didn’t really work in the playoffs they’ve matured since then and really become a real threat to win another championship all right let’s dive deeper though into this Reliance on the three-point shot they hit their target number tonight of 40
Attempts this season 47 and seven when they make at least 15 threes that’s the positive the negative is when they shoot less 32% or less from three they’re five and 10 so Devin are they capable particularly you know we know they’re going to be the one seat right they’re
10 they’re 11 games Up Down East once they get to the postseason if the three-point shots not coming are we looking at Houston of 2016 or are we looking at a team that’s going to find other ways to create offense I think you they’ll find other ways to create
Offense and plus this team is deep we talked about it if the first two guys aren’t making threes they got guys that can make threes Off the Bench so if you look at the the breakdown and how many threes they’re taking it’s just not you know they’re top two guys they got other
Guys that can definitely fill it up Drew holiday you know porzingis Al Horford you know Pritchard we just saw tonight so if they’re not making it I think defensively they’re effective enough to still shut teams down as well so they can find other ways to still win games
Yeah I still go back to JB and JT I think to your point early in their career we looked at them as my turn your turn I think they’ve grown from from then understand now they have to attack the defense and get their others easier
Shots you think they need to do more of that no that’s what they showed tonight not when when the when the three is not going you saw them put the ball on the floor and get to the basket now the defense has to make a decision and they
Shared the ball tonight that’s why guys like PR can play well like he mentioned that’s how how they got the 10 threes the other night right their their offense as I mentioned offensive rating is right now they’re on Pace to be the greatest offensive rating in the history
Of the NBA of course a lot of that is attributed to how the game is played now don’t we say that about guys every year is isn’t it yeah but but here’s the kicker but they also are so much better than the second place team at offensive
Rating in the Indiana Pacers you know coming into tonight Boston is at 122.1mi with the game the way it’s played the deepness of of you know you can’t just load up on Tatum you just can’t load up on on Brown they got guys they’re big man Horford porzingis they
Stretch the floor five out it’s it’s a tough game with them because you don’t know where the offense is going to come from you know Tatum and and brown they set the table but they have other guys that really step up and and make shots and they’re going to take a ton of
Threes defensively they get after you and they play a fast-paced game too so it’s you can pick and choose you know where they want to attack from and defensively every night J from back in our day where you always had at least maybe one guy post up where they don’t
Have no guys that really post up and even when JT he’s more of than the mid post or the or the elbow your fiveman porzingis is at the three-point line and now Al Horford your four five Elder Statesman is at a three-point line so that’s why the draw and kick game is so
Big for them when they’re not shooting the three ball well or the draw and kick game gets them easier uncontested threes and that’s when the percentages get better three and a half weeks till voer do in you looked at me a little strange when I said is Tatum solidifying his
Spot on First Team all NBA I I I thought you you were talking about white oh no and I was like I was like wait what no I think JT yeah I think you know with the way that they they’ve grown since last year his ability to lead I know there
Been some talk about his fourth quarter and him not really kind of showing up but his team’s so good he doesn’t necessarily need to a lot of the times but I think he’s having a phenomenal year right but to your point I think the voters may have gotten one wrong because
I remember when the Hawks you know had that big uh season years ago and they have four guys like being on an Allstar I thought Derek white should have been Allstar this year yeah well to me that was the coach screw exctly the whole the whole process the whole process Dereck
White has been allar yeah I I think Tatum is is absolutely going to be first team all NBA right now it probably comes down to him and Kevin Durant for that fifth spot why Leonard if they come on maybe comes on strong Anthony Edwards obviously with what he’s those three
Guys are are going to be the guys right yeah and I think once again you know you’re going to look up at the stand we’re going to start rewarding guys now being consistent winning all year long I think it’s going to help out this year it is an8 game Wednesday night and
Don’t so L For for Good C First Blood your team has destroyed a tower An ally has been defeated an ally has been defeated An enemy has been defeated double kill watch out an ally has been Defeated Fore Victory V got So Go H h h H First Blood yeah your team has destroyed a tower you have defeated an enemy An ally has been defeated you have been defeated here we go an enemy has been defeated An enemy has been defeated you have defeated an enemy
NBA GameTime | Shaq reacts to Tatum shine 31 Pts helps Celtics defeat Bucks without Giannis 122-119
