NBA TODAY | “Boston are a frauds!!!” – Perkins on Celtics choking 30-Point lead in loss to Hawks

NBA TODAY | “Boston are a frauds!!!” – Perkins on Celtics choking 30-Point lead in loss to Hawks

To NBA Today presented by Levis Kendrick Perkins is beaming in from htown Brian wior is here the one and only cha gum I’m Malika Andrews last night’s slate it had 11 games but two of them they were pretty stunning losses I think it’s hard to overstate just how much of a mammoth

Loss Phoenix had at the hands of the victorus San Antonio Spurs was it their worst loss of the Season here Brian it might be one of the worst losses in the NBA this season all right we’re going to get to all of that but Phoenix has lost

To s Antonio three times already only 19% of the Spurs wins this year yeah 19% of the Spurs win coming into done so maybe that wasn’t so shocking but today what happened to the Celtics last night in I mean that was a stunner so the first seated Celtics taking on the 10th

Seated Hawks the Celtics get up going back and forth the third quarter though a few minutes into the third the Hawks all of a sudden and what you see is that they Chip Away Chip Away chip away until they realize they actually have a chance

And that’s when they did their most d so you’ve been in this position not me but should Jason tat be moving a little more on that possession uh a lot more because anticipating that pass he could have had an easier look inside but he settled for

The three story of the Celtics lives and fans will rolling around on the ground there all right going ahead the four ready to give the Celtics back the lead here in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter but would it be quite enough well the at Atlanta takes the lead with

A minute 35 at the start of games but the biggest Mark is the fourth quarter and they felt pre to that once again yes they did uh Atlanta had some questions about Hunter taking the shot but then it went in and it was all great you look at the the

Looks kind of around the crowd like o is this going to one of those no no no no no no no yes yes yes yes yes okay we’re here’s Jason Tatum after this brutal loss I mean it’s tough you want to win every game we play you know for us we

Never like people think we never should lose um and you know we was up a lot and we kind of we F the game up um and we we know that we all the adults and the professionals and we know we didn’t do the things necessary to win um and I

Think that’s sometimes easier to fix when you know if you do the right things and play the right way how we supposed to we know usually what the outcome is going to be okay so here’s the deal the Celtics they were up really big and then they

Gave it all away the 30-point blown lead is the largest for the team in the play-by-play era which in case you didn’t know goes back nearly 30 Seasons this is also the second loss of this magnitude for the Celtics this month alone they gave up a lead of 22 in the

Fourth remember to the Cavaliers that was on March 5th those are their two largest blown leads for the Celtics all season long clearly teams don’t just go up 30 and lose right since tracking began teams that were down by 30 were five and 2,66 that means they came back less than

1% of the time 0.002% of the time Kendrick Perkins any team can lose on any given night it is just one game I’m not trying to overblow that but this isn’t a team that’s judged by what they do on March 25th they’re judged by what they do in April in May

In June all of that considered how concerning is this loss for you well number one let me say Wendy I’m glad you pointed out Joe Missoula with his timeouts because this has been a habit for him you know going home and watching the movie eating popcorn with

Two timeouts he’s been taking them home for since he’s been the the head coaching it’s been mindboggling to me number two right my high school coach used to always say before I used to go on my a trips hey perk before you step on the floor you never know who’s

Watching and why do I say that because we’re in that time of the year right now where you never know who’s watching NBA Scouts are all over the stands because teams are gearing up for the postseason and if you’re a scout that may have to

Face for a team that may have to face the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference at the top of your list in the Scout how we could stop them you look at the Denver Nuggets a team that the Celtics should use as a measuring stick they’re not vulnerable they’re

Going to win games teams don’t know how to stop them and so when you look at this recipe and they continue to shoot these threes the ball continue to get stagnant and especially when they’re in close games this is a habit and teams are looking at them and saying you know

What if we do those things we actually could beat them and they do not fear the Boston Celtics you know perk I’m going to bring it back to you here because on paper the Boston Celtics look at all those Miss threes right there on paper the Boston Celtics are flawless right

They have two young stars that are all star they have an X Factor in presing that has helped them improve they brought in some more defense and Leadership from Championship pedigree with Drew holiday but the biggest hole that they’re missing is not on paper it’s who’s their dog who’s going to hold

Them accountable and I think that’s why you’re you’re highlighting okay coaches are supposed to hold you accountable but also help you win games that lack of time out to change the tra trajectory of what you’re running towards the end we’ve been talking about it all year

Long why is it not addressed all right that’s one but also if the coach is not going to address it or maybe he has his own plan on the floor who’s going to hold you accountable we just listened to Jason Tatum who was just is very calm

Collected he’s not a high energy guy based off of you know how we see him interact he’s not going to get up in your face Jaylen Brown is a little bit of the same way he’s cool right these guys compete at high levels but you sort

Of need that one person who used to be Marcus Smart that used to get in front of everyone’s face and say like this is the game plan but y’all we need to deviate and get this win like that is what they’re missing that’s what perk has always alluded to all year long who

Is their dog because they’re going to need someone to pick them up because sometimes your best players can’t get out too uh you know too emotional right so it has to be someone else that that helps him up all right two things real quick one Dereck white and Drew Holiday

Point cards were out in this game yep so I’m not going to freak out about this individual loss secondly there have been a bunch of games this year with the Celtics where they’ve had a big lead and they’ve put the game away they have a great record for a reason and there’s a

Lot of games where Joe Missoula didn’t need those timeouts but the problem is is that there are times where this team allows this to happen and they don’t have a recourse offensively and they fall into those bad habits and I know that if you’re a Celtics fan and you’re

Watching this game it’s not like that you’re super worried about losing to the Hawks on March whatever you’re also thinking about losing to the Cavs last month where you blew that 22-point lead and that what happens is is that because Boston does that they’re going to get

Into a playoff situation and I’ve seen this repeatedly with this group and I know perk has two over the last couple years where there’s a playoff game that they should win and they have the better team and they have a better situation and they don’t win it because this is

What this team does they fall into 77 game series which should be five or six and they’ve let themselves get put out of position and this is why because they have this habit at the end of the game where they allow the other team who shouldn’t be in it to have an

Opportunity to beat them yeah and they can’t deviate from their natural plan of look look at the assists right there 17 in the first half third quarter we go ISO and then they also really struggle fourth quarter against isolation plays that they initiate but more importantly

Like I’m not trying to overreact I think just having someone that holds them accountable will help them in the malays of an 82 Game season but overall this is the number one overall seed in the NBA right and I think they have a six or

Five or six game lead on the Nugget to a number one in the west they know that they pretty much locked this up they know that it’s a tough joou has started nine different lineups last 10 games he’s messing around a little bit but that doesn’t change the fact they have

These bad habits which I know I know are going to come back at the worst time well and until they win it all the doubt is going to we’re going get this a littleit but I do want to shoping story out of the NBA Raptors forward Porter is under

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NBA TODAY | “Boston are a frauds!!!” – Perkins on Celtics choking 30-Point lead in loss to Hawks