NBA Today | Celtics are ready to make deep run in playoff! – Perk on Jayson Tatum beats Dame, Bucks

NBA Today | Celtics are ready to make deep run in playoff! – Perk on Jayson Tatum beats Dame, Bucks

Welcome to NBA Today presented by Levis if you’re getting some big birthday energy from this corner that’s because it is our girl Chen aum’s birthday happy birthday sis Kendrick Perkins Austin Rivers I’m Malika Andrews you good Kendrick yeah I’m trying to Center my tie a little it’s good it’s solid you

Didn’t go to big Larry’s this morning get all well we’re going to start in Boston because they’re running away with the East but no Giannis for last night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks you would think this should have been a layup right this should be an easy win well

Not so fast Jason Tatum the Celtics hosting Damen Lillard and the Bucks Chris Middleton playing yes Damen Lillard playing yes Giannis stayed back in Milwaukee missed a second straight game with a hamstring issue here’s the deal CH Tatum entered Wednesday shooting 49 from three in March 49% that is and

Picked it up right where he left off let me tell you I love the aggressive nature that Jason Tatum starting this game with because that’s what they’re going to need come fourth quarters that has been their issue but he started off off the Jump he’s been shooting off the dribble

Extremely well do I like that mentality okay kiss it just kiss for his work behind the art he his 16th 2 second most behind LCA donic but porzingis throwing off his athleticism Kendrick he he’s growing on me that was a good move Celtics up 6956 at the half

Then the start of the fourth quarter here the Celtics up big up at 18 pton Pritchard watch him here Derek white maneuvering kicks it back out Pritchard knocks down the treay ball here things looking real bad for the Milwaukee Bucks but then all of a sudden just over 3

Minutes to go go the Bucks are down nine bobby poris gets the ball throws it up knocks down the three and then bucks down six at this point Damen Lillard why not let’s try Bobby pis again Chan look I know that we’re waiting for Chris Middleton to come back and he’s done a

Good job but it really feels like you saw a little bit of the hierarchy Dame Bobby and then spot up with Chris but right there down the stretch he was able to separate Tatum that was his first Basket in a while Austin this is what we’ve been wanting to see from Tatum

Down the stretch sort of taking it over there oh that’s what I’ve been wanting to see out of Chris porzingis clean up on a poring what is it the leprechaun big leprechaun yeah the the big lucky the big lucky that’s right big lucky Dame Lillard hitting a big Dame time shot

There Bobby poris he was fantastic all game and one continuation all game but head to the free throw line so now it’s a four-point game this is a guy who you want the ball in his hands maybe just trying to do a little something different can’t quite get it high off

The glass to go Boston escapes with the win 12219 so with the win the Celtics they reached 55 wins that is before any other team in the East has reached 45 they’re only the fifth team to do that in the last 45 years three of the previous four

Teams won at all including LeBron james’ heat Michael Jordan’s Bulls Moses Malone’s 76ers this is a team though that is measured in the postseason so with that in mind Kendrick Perkins I hear you spied something I’m Kendrick Perkins better known as Big perk and nothing gets past me

Just when you thought it did get past me there I am I spy a problem I spy it all car the hell off I get it right and I hate to keep beating on a dead horse but damn it on this show with me we’re Petty and I got

To look at every single thing I understand Jason Tatum had 31 but I fired a problem last night and here it is in the second half right not really looking to be aggressive you got Pat cson on you you settle for a fade away shot here it is right here Chris midon I

Understand he’s a pretty good Defender he gets the strip right here but look I will say this late in the game Jason Tatum Malik Beasley guess what he oh he attacks the basket but look since they cut it out Jason tat him in the fourth last night and the first 9 minutes and

54 seconds goose egg zero points the last two minutes of the game eight points 6 for six from the free throw line one for two from the field this is what you need out of Jason Tatum if you’re the Boston fan base in the organization you need him to show up

When it matters the most when Milwaukee made a run to get back in the game he finished the mission sorry we cut you off a little bit there Kendrick you were just you were cooking it was too hot for us we we had to hit pause for one second

Because you’re right the Celtics they’re they’re dominating at a historic level really all of this season but that doesn’t mean there aren’t questions it feels like these are the types of games they really could stomp out any questions we have and yet they’re outscored by 15 in the fourth quarter so

Will the success carry over Austin to the postseason well you hope so um you know there were some with that zone last night I don’t know if you peep that I did peep I did peep got a little weird out there um I surprised that I was

Surprised do even put that out there I would have I would have kept that you know in a regular season game where you don’t have Giannis it didn’t seem like that game was meaningful enough to really put that out there for me but some emotions tied to that you know he

Back in the guard that was he wanted that win he wanted that win for sure um yeah listen uh we talked about it yesterday there’s a gap between the two teams Boston’s a better team we talked about Boston closing better in crunch time um that’s what you want to see from

Jason you want to see him be aggressive I like seeing him get to the free throw line and not rely on that jump shot all the time we talk about it with other players let’s talk about it with Tatum I know he’s fully capable sometimes a gift

Is a curse when you can shoot so well off the dribble you relying it too much let’s not forget you 68 and explosive so when he gets to the basket he gets to the free throw line and he closes games him and Jaylen Brown they are that best

Team that we see all in the regular season you want this to carry over in the playoffs we want to see that that matchup I would like to see this match up at some point with the full healthy Milwaukee it was hard to take a lot out

Of that game without Giannis in the picture though yeah when we speak about Jason Tatum and we all know this as players like often times we know that great players have go-to moves y but the best players have counter moves to those moves you know what I mean and I feel

Like we’re waiting to find out what exactly is his game because he’s so good off the dribble now he’s shooting threes he’s so good at getting to the mid-range turning around it’s nice but like when the game’s on the line I think the big question for the Celtics is they don’t

Really know what to expect they’re trying to figure it out in real time and I think it’s a little bit unfair because they win and we critique they lose and we critique but they’re still pacing the entire NBA at the end of the day this is

A team to me that will come out of the East this is a team that is built to win a champ ship if they are healthy and this is a team that Jason Tatum has to figure out in those big moments because as much as we want to say Jaylen Brown

Has done better the last five or so games that Chris at porzingis has really been The X Factor it’s going to come down to him and I think once he solidifies when I you know we think about the great Steph’s going to get a three just find him on the arc LeBron

James is going to attack the basket or he’s going to hit you with the signature I think figuring out what his go-to move is in those dire moments will help well well let me say this the one thing that we have raised like a question about is

Their dep of their bench last night Payton Pritchard put the world on notice this is this was a guy that was out of the rotation last postseason and without him they don’t win that basketball game last night what he bought from a tenacity standpoint getting the crowd

Fired up along with getting buckets this young man been getting buckets since he’s been in since he’s been at Oregon like this is a bright spot for the the Boston Celtics no Drew holiday all of a sudden this man come in have 19 points off the bench and and everyone has been

Questioning like do they have the depth outside of Al but if you’re the Milwaukee Bucks you come in to Boston without Damen or excuse me without Giannis and tentac kmo you only lose this game by three do all of a sudden you walk out with a little bit more

Confidence that at least you could give these guys some trouble in a five in a seven game series you’re damn right they do you know why one Chris millon looked damn good last night he’s looked good since he’s come back from injury number two I think doc found something with

Bobby porise and not just in that game but his ability to stretch the floor Brook Lopez was getting cooked last night whether it was in the pick and roll in the drop coverage him switching now all of a sudden you’re able to see this and you’re like if you’re doc

You’re looking like oh we match up against the Celtics I throw Yiannis at the five with Bobby space in the floor I got more now Dame has more room to operate and it’s a much better offense for the for um for the Milwaukee bucko yeah you feel damn good walking out of

There I think the buck stumbled into a beautiful Synergy because Dame down the stretch was trying to take over the game and in some ways he did he hit some really big tough shots but then the Celtics started double teaming him and then he kicked it to Bobby and Bobby

Felt like he was ready for the moment so that we learned that he again is a championship caliber player in the way that they sort of missed Drew holiday Chris Middleton being on the floor as an xfactor you insert Giannis now we know that it’s not a foregone CL conclusion

That the Celtics can just win it’s going to probably be a war versus the Milwaukee when healthy and the seven games that am signing up absolutely that wasn’t the only battle though that we had in the Eastern Conference last night another showdown in Cleveland here this

One against the Miami Heat the heat had lost five of their last seven games the Cavaliers entered Wednesday one game back in the Milwaukee Bucks for second in the Eastern Conference Jimmy fire to start the fourth quarter here offy buckets that’s what he does Timmy buckets this is his time of year chanet

Yeah Madness right here I mean it’s crazy he just turns the switch in his head mentality wise and no one can guard him it just feels like he hits tough shots Darius Garland backs up hits the three Garland had 20 points nine assists in this one now it’s a one-point game

All of a sudden kicks it back out to the perimeter beep beep here comes the minivan floater adds up two after some made free throws then under two minutes left to go here the heat down by four Terry Rosier tough bucket Scary Terry that’s why they bought him in for tie

The game at 100 here under 50 seconds to go same score Jimmy Butler going to work briefly loses the ball elevates look a nothing you could do you can’t Scout that Butler at 30 points good pass nice Cut there Allen 25 and 20 Kendrick Perkins the game tied at 102 the final

Second tier Rosier step back three that’s why they brought him in he had 24 points the Heat win 107 104 Rosier and Butler They Carried the offense in the fourth quarter they combined for 17 of Miami’s 24 points while making six of their seven shots including a pair of

Threes that we just saw from Rosier just that was an incredible game down to the Very Victory N I Oh [Applause] Oh So Follow me into the endless of This First Blood you have been defeated out of my way an enemy has been defeated an ally has been defeated you have defeated an enemy enemy double kill great enemy triple kill an ally has been Defeated your tower has been destroyed time to kill out of My my loyal subject he my call the you have defeated an enemy enemy onl enemy double kill follow me into the endless Abyss enemy dominating enemy double kill enemy triple our base is under attack See

NBA Today | Celtics are ready to make deep run in playoff! – Perk on Jayson Tatum beats Dame, Bucks