The Celtics BETTER keep their eyes on the 76ers – Brian Windhorst 👀 | NBA Countdown

The Celtics BETTER keep their eyes on the 76ers – Brian Windhorst 👀 | NBA Countdown

Welcome inside our Los Angeles studio with a win tonight the Boston Celtics Chan they can clinch homec court advantage for the entire postseason until they win the conversation is going to go something like this well are they really serious is this going to be the year for Boston who is the biggest

Challenge to the Boston Celtics so we’re going to have that conversation once again right now okay so I’m going to put a Twist on it the biggest threat to the Boston Celtics are the Boston Celtics based off of the expectations that they have set because everyone looks at the

Distance between 1 and two and it’s 12 games in the East people expect them to come out of the East now going up against the West the only circumstance to me the Denver Nuggets going long distance in a final series that people will be like okay we had a semide decent

Successful series but overall when I look at Jason Tatum Jaylen Brown a team that has improved like the expectations perk the last time they have a championship was when you had a jersey on you know if this doesn’t work it’s going to force some very very difficult questions

So outside of the Boston Celtics okay who’s the biggest threat tell me this Giannis Dame Chris milleron what other teams in the Eastern Conference have a better big three I’ll wait not one they’re the best big three outside of the Celtics okay if you want to go down

The line Bobby Portis six-man Off the Bench what other team in the Eastern Conference outside the Celtics have a better six-man it’s not one if you want to talk about having an elite three-point uh shooter because we all know shooting is important when it comes down to in the postseason Malik Beasley

Can anybody find one that’s shooting a higher percentage or having a better career for us shooting the three ball so the answer is the Milwaukee Bucks it’s the Milwaukee Bucks who are coming off a loss to the Washington yeah but they also have signature wins after the

Allstar break that then beat some quote unquote contenders including the defended champ do you trust them getting to the position to even play the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals right now perk yes yes the East is very vulnerable let’s be hon let’s be honest the Celtics haven’t looked over their

Shoulder in weeks okay the teams the teams that are behind them are all banged up you know Dame is out Donovan is dealing with his knee problems the Knicks don’t know when they’re getting their lead players back but then something happened last night we saw Joel embiid comeback and Joel embiid

Looked very very good to me now he obviously was going to be facing some conditioning issues but he moved well he got lift he got to his spots I think Joel embiid’s got a good chance to get back into that Rhythm by the time the playoffs come and they are sitting there

In the eighth seed and they’re they’re two games plus out of the tie break from six and seven the the Celtics better just keep an eye on those Sixers well let ask you a question about Joel andb what has been the biggest knock on Joel andb availability no not just

Availability when it comes to the postseason well he’s never made it to the Conference Finals because he hasn’t delivered in consistently in but you know who has Yiannis why you here doing his homework for him because you know that’s a brother I’m a sister I get what he’s

Saying but at the end of the day I believe more in the Celtics versus the fields the East versus the Bucks versus the we all agree with you on that but they got to face somebody right and you guys are doing the Texas Texas twep over

Here and I think we all agree it’s just that until the Boston Celtics are that team the last one standing because that man Jason Tatum is still in his his mid 20s really and has been to four Eastern Conference Finals has been to the finals has never won it this is the

Conversation that it’s going to come up again and again and again until it doesn’t particularly because he has a contract looming that could make him the first 300 million doll and they’ll have some real questions if they don’t win [Applause] [Applause] p

Brian Windhorst, Chiney Ogwumike and Kendrick Perkins join Malika Andrews on NBA Countdown to discuss which Eastern Conference teams pose the biggest threat to the Boston Celtics.

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