Perk impressed by Celtics CRUISE to a game 3 win to take a 2-1 series lead against the Heat

Perk impressed by Celtics CRUISE to a game 3 win to take a 2-1 series lead against the Heat

is fighting for their playoff lives third quarter 13-point lead on Denver that’s Anthony Davis down low going to work against the big fella The Joker and La led by 15 Midway through the third ruy hachimura the Miss back out to DLo who went scoreless in game three he buries that three moments later look at LeBron Jamal Murray lost him on the Baseline LeBron throws it down but Denver has not gone quietly Michael Porter Jr the three and his play continues La A little sloppy cavius called well pop saw it stole it throws it down it is a 12 13-point game now over on ABC for the Celtics in the Heat game three in this series if you were looking for the Difference Maker it wasn’t necessarily a person it was a period of time the second period in this particular quarter here Jason Tatum obviously a big part of that Tatum knocking down the three the Celtics were up 12 then it was 15 make it 18 with that drained three 8 minutes left in the second quarter Celtics up 37-21 like it’s not a three but it had some distance to it he had 13 second quarter points and he would finish with 22 he’s now ahead of Tony Parker for the third most career playoff points age 26 are younger Tatum is great but so was everyone else Derek White’s the Miss there kristof’s porzingis is the putb he had 18 he had 12 first half points after scoring six in game two D Brown the layup in the foul for couple of his 22 when when asked what the difference was between game two and three he said it was a mindset they said but efficis on the defense apply offense as well Jason Tatum Whit’s also involved with 16 points Celtics ran away with the second and then they ran away with the game 104 84 I think some of it was turnover some of it was our transition and our pace and uh just able to get some easy shots uh able to move the ball get to the second side they’re a tough team to play against when uh they can set up their defense so getting stops and being able to run and transition find cross M cross matches and things like that um so answer we got stops and everybody knows how talented we are you know can we be the tougher harder playing Team you know you combine that with our talent level think it’s going to be hard to beat us um but you know can we start off every game you know essentially punching first and and and not reacting um that’s a a test for us that we got to be up for every single night so the Celtics won by 20 which doesn’t make them special at least not today because they’re the third team to to do it today it’s also the three teams that did it today it’s the fifth day in NBA postseason history that three different games were decided by 20 or more the last time was April 17th 2016 for more on what we have seen so far Malika Andrews and the countdown crew Boston Celtics now up two games to one on the Miami Heat he is Stephen A Smith Michael wilon Kendrick Perkins I’m Malik Andrews we start with our resident Boston Celtic because after game two you were getting a little little nervous there Kendrick I wasn’t nervous I I was pissed off because I’m like you know what just finish your food you supposed to sweep this team you’re it’s night and day for as the personnel and it’s really like that with the rest of the Eastern Conference when it comes down to the Boston Celtics the Boston Celtics the game planning uh you know the strategies whatever you want to do it should be you know 20% of the time they should worry about that they should focus on them playing their game long as they could control what they could control and that’s being the best version of them they’re going to run through the Eastern Conference well I like how perk started off the segment by talking about how perturbed he was even though he used a different PW the reason why is because he used the expression you got to finish your food he still doesn’t recognize that not too many people finish their food the way perk does you’re going to have to understand that my brother it just doesn’t happen that way Boston struggled in game two after stomping him out in game one came back in game three and remind them that there’s levels to this and I think it’s Boston’s way of saying you better get Jimmy Butler back out here you you better get T Rosier back out here and that probably ain’t going to be enough but y’all better get all the help y’all can get cuz we ain’t going to sleep on y’all like we did in game two Tyler here ain’t going to have 24 and 14 bam out of B going be averaging 22 and 60% we put an end to that well okay I’m going Grant you everything you just said sure why does Boston have to get to that point remember going into this we we were talking about what would stand in the way of the Boston Celtics the Celtics right and this is what bothers me I had a a friend who’s a Celtic Maniac for 60 years text me and say you know this is a statement I’m like statement why do they have to get to the point pushed to the point where they make a statement only when it’s necessary shouldn’t they be making these statements cuz they’re the superior team everything perk said is true about them 80% of this is just on them no matter who the opponent is play your best got it all the time should take a page out of Minnesota uh book that’s how they should approach the game kill mentality that’s what you want from T saying that for a while I would say this though I do give people credit when they show up in Miami and produce distractions and they stay focused game four is on Monday 7 o’ Eastern you think I know where Stephen A was going there uh backs against the wall the Bucks may be short-handed for their pivotal game for Sunday against the Pacers Damen Lillard is doubtful with an Achilles injury and Giannis is doubtful as well with a cast strain that’s kept them out of the entire series Dame was wearing a walking boot following the team’s film session Saturday afternoon Indiana leads the series 2 one hoping that Dame will recover soon the Bucks have struggled without the first uh year Allstar in Milwaukee at least his first year there they’ve won just one of the nine games he’s missed and with Giannis still curing that calf injury they’ both missed just one game all season and then there is the injury news regarding Clipper star kawh Leonard who’s considered questionable for Sunday’s game four against the Mavs Leonard is dealing with inflammation in his surgically repaired right knee an injury that sidelined him for 22 days prior to his game two return he played 25 minutes in game three before admitting the KNE has not responded the way he had hoped and at this point I think we can call this e too I mean they play tomorrow however the Timberwolves have yet to allow them to win a game and the fans at home for the suns are booing their own team to which Kevin Durant has said they deserve to react how they want to react it’s on us players to use the booze as fuel here’s more well we don’t like where we’re at but we do have an opportunity to do something that’s never been done you know and that’s something that we’re going to embrace uh we don’t have to win four games we got to win tomorrow night and that’s where our focus is got to battle those guys you know we got a you know ball containment is a is a big thing when you talk about the the boards um they hurt us on the boards obviously we can contain the basketball better that will help us um and we got to box out better we got another opportunity tomorrow seize it take advantage of it goth play extremely hard Kevin Grant Booker and Beal have averaged the most minutes per game among trios this postseason the problem is they also are tied for the worst plus minus the trio they’re tied with happens to be another Phoenix Squad of KD Booker and Royce O’Neal still to come while the Rockies usually play at the highest elevation in the majors that was nothing [Music] [Music] [Music] spee for for for e for for on fore

Perk impressed by Celtics CRUISE to a game 3 win to take a 2-1 series lead against the Heat