Inside The NBA | “Stop criticizing Jayson Tatum now” – Shaq reacts to Celtics beat Bucks 122-119

Inside The NBA | “Stop criticizing Jayson Tatum now” – Shaq reacts to Celtics beat Bucks 122-119

In the history of basketball according to many of the metrics but they really struggled in the fourth quarter in particular Bobby Porters and Dame 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 bard Wards and here he is with Cassidy Hubbert you all L obviously we got the

The starters and those guys 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 focused on getting better every single day we not skipping steps we not looking towards pass 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 Bost 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 Payton Pritchard and Derek white they impressive that’s thr Xavier Tillman there as another big body for when they

Go 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 Jared they’re deep enough to play any style of basketball and tonight what I like was if you missed a few threes you saw

Tayman Brown not your settled 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 a fourth or fifth maybe on the depth chart when you look look at The Scouting Report you look at everyone

Else you can have a great game like tonight we just saw Sam Hower just the last week 10 threes another 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 went 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 A 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 theyve grown from the from then and 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 that’s when when the when the threes 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 P can play well like he mentioned that’s how how they got the 10 threes the other night right they 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 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 in offensive

Rating in the Indiana Pacers you know coming into tonight Boston is at 122.1mi yeah I mean 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 tat 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 Jared 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 then when JT he’s more of than the mid post or the El 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 votes are do in you looked at me a little

Strange when I said is Tatum solidifying his spot on First Team all NBA I didn’t I I thought you you were talking about white oh no and I was like I was like wait what no think JT yeah I think you know with the way that they’ve 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 season years ago and they had four guys like being on an Allstar I thought Derek white should have been an All-Star this year yeah well to me that was the coach screw

Exactly the whole the whole process the whole process Dereck white should been all star 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 kawh 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 an eight game Wednesday hello for foree for fore fore speech fore fore speee foreign speee for foree spee fore spe foree foree

Inside The NBA | “Stop criticizing Jayson Tatum now” – Shaq reacts to Celtics beat Bucks 122-119