TIM LEGLER TOUCHSCREEN 👏 Breaking down how the Celtics OUTSMARTED the Mavs 👀 | SC with SVP

TIM LEGLER TOUCHSCREEN 👏 Breaking down how the Celtics OUTSMARTED the Mavs 👀 | SC with SVP

it’s the sixth time that the Mavericks have trailed a series 2 nothing over the last decade and a half if history is an indicator they’re fine they’ve won four of the previous five and have three Series wins all time when down two games to none which is tied for the most in NBA history now I was giving white the credit for the block all the time Brown definitely got it as well Jason kid wants to know was there a foul on that all right questions for Coach we’ll start here with Mike in the front Mike Curtis Dallas Morning News Jason what was your interpretation of the fast break with PJ that led to the block by Derek white there at the end my interpretation um it looked like a foul but it wasn’t called so it wasn’t a foul that’s a that’s a pretty black and white assessment of things they didn’t call it so it wasn’t a foul I kept saying in the Highlight over and over again I thought it was clean cuz I was looking at the ball right was there was there a hand oh yeah another question there was a hand in right into his back that if if that was a type of play that had been able to be reviewed at that time that’s going to be called a foul because there was absolute contact on the part of Jaylen brown right in the middle of PJ Washington’s back prior to going up and blocking it and you really didn’t see it until they showed the uh the slow motion replay from a different angle when you could really see that hand get into his back okay well then I that’s on me I I’m giving all the credit for the clean block up top but that that left hand you certain you certainly see that there as far as the the the issues that Dallas has had in totality if there’s been a consistent issue that they faced in these two games what do you got for us can’t keep the ball in front of them and when they get broken down off the dribble I just think they go intoa chaotic mode on the weak side they’re not really disciplined in their rotations here’s an example of what I’m talking about and we’ve seen this quite a bit and actually the initial again the initial defense by luk isn’t bad you’re trying to keep the ball to the middle does a pretty good job of cutting jayen Brown off but when he spins out and gets down in here that’s when you’re going to start to have some problems now on the weak side with these three guys you get into the paint stop right here take a look at Josh Green I I don’t know when you should ever be on the weak side of the floor and just completely turn your back to the two players that are on that side because he has first pass you’re on that side of the Court there are two players over there you’re going to have to take first pass wherever it comes out and you’re going to see a second what’s going to happen he goes but so does PJ Washington he’s also going to go on this kickout so it’s an undisciplined rotation all caused by getting broken down off the dribble so when both guys go there’s one more swing great read here by Tatum he sees Lucas coming out really hard and high so here’s another undisciplined play Scott you put it back down here for Tatum if you’re Kyrie Irving you can’t come off the strong side corner it’s not your responsibility to stop this penetration you’ve got to stay with the shooter that’s why you you got a shot Blocker on the floor he’s coming and then you’ll get a sink down here that’s what the rotation should look like instead you’re going to see Kyrie he sells out to the drive and you end up with a wide open three and this Len bosta didn’t shoot well for the three so you give them a wide open look in that situation just can’t do it one more example here you get the switch and again surprise again beaten off the dribble so now you’re going to get rotation on the weak side look at the weak side Defenders both again staring at the ball they’re not really in tune with who’s on the weak side of the floor they do a decent job on the first two Closeouts the problem is against Boston you’re probably going to need a third and you can see Daniel gafford’s relaxing right here he needs to be in dead Sprint now before that basketball gets passed it comes to Tatum here his first made three at a game only made three at a game right there out of Jason Tatum two clean looks now one other thing about those two possessions none of Dallas’s possessions look like that where it’s in the paint out around the horn somebody toes up a wide open look it feels feels like every pass that Luca makes is deeper into the clock or it’s a pass cuz he’s gotten two guys he’s expecting that shot to happen right now off one pass so someone’s either going to take a three or they’re goingon to he’s going to hit a big guy rolling to the rim Boston even though they didn’t shoot well tonight they’re still making the pass that’s supposed to be made to the next guy and trusting it it always gets back to your point about the balance and the trust of the number of guys that can shoot on this team and score that that’s a typical Boston possession what I’ve seen through two games Dallas has very few Poss possessions that look that way well and the luxury of the depth of scoring options that Boston’s got just shows itself again and it has all year [Music] [Applause] [Music] long is

Tim Legler joins Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter to react to the Boston Celtics’ 105-98 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals. He breaks out the touchscreen to deep dive into the Mavericks’ lacking defense.

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