All In | The Boston Celtics | Episode 3 | presented by @FanDuel

All In | The Boston Celtics | Episode 3 | presented by @FanDuel

good [Music] yep way off this crowd is very nervous right now being a champion is a desire to achieve aad pass a lot of people want to be in that big moment but they’re very fearful what comes if they don’t get it done the way they want the mindset is always no fear the fre throw line no rebound Turner gets it away 10 seconds ago Celtics have to give the foul and the Pacers are going to get game one and to prove to everybody how much they trust each other how much they care about one another looking find seak knocked out of bounds cix B and to prove the desire they have to accomplish something that nobody will ever be able to take away from you and how many chances are the Pacers going to get the Celtics basketball guys have to come in in a minute when you fail when you lose and things don’t go your way any form of adversity is when you know you got to make a decision when you have these huge moments right in front of you sometimes it can make you want to freeze in those moments embrace it don’t think about the future don’t think about the past just think about right now [Music] now brown down the to TI the game the people that you rely on to pick you up when you’re knocked down that’s your Brotherhood you’re going to have that bond with each other for the rest of your life R there are good ball players they’re are great ball players and then they’re the greatest ball players what makes the greatest ball player it’s the ability to perform under dire situations in other words what does he do in a clutch what is he won forget about all the stats Russell would rise to occasions hav kozi h i go on and on my they would rise to occasions there a lot of athletes when it comes to taking that last shot where you win or lose they shy away from it like the guy who’s going to say give it to me I’ll take that shot and that’s what makes [Music] greatness got to go [Music] when you’re born and raised in Boston you’re a fan your whole life when I was a young teenager watching that era cowens and havich and Jojo and it was spectacular followed them of course through the 80s and then 2002 I had the idea set a partnership with 23 partners and we’re still the owners of the Celtics 21 years later we’re all still together the first thing we did was we brought back red arbach to be the team president and truly he was a mentor he became one it was a great honor we hired some PhD students to look at the stats of the teams that had won the previous 25 NBA championships we’ve moved way past that kind of analysis now obviously but that was an early thing that we did to sort of of justify the strategy that Danny and I and others there were working to execute at the time when they ran the numbers 24 out of those 25 teams had actually had one characteristic in common they each had a big three concept and Danny said in 3 years we can maybe get Kevin Garnett from Minnesota so let’s get ready for 3 years Captain Paul Pierce the newest member of the Boston selers Kevin Garnett Ray Allen Danny a while he was very open to the analytics he’s looking for intangibles and guys like he like tough players he like guys who had that that dog in them as they say these days ready yeah let’s go God timing is important we got Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen right when those guys were ready to win everybody’s been tested everybody’s been questioned everybody’s been in trade rumors and now it’s like here go the window right now this is the window opportunity right now we circled around that blank Banner in practice and literally said we going to restore order to this franchise because we got to be the ones to do it if not us then who when we went to Italy how we linked together we just started getting closer and closer and closer we did everything as like a family it was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced with an NBA team we do everything together we had a phrase umu meaning I can’t be all I can be without my teammates being all they can be so you know you got to sacrifice yourself for the team every single person on that team was just tough and competitive and kind of crazy the most competitive group top to bottom on the court off the court true right now ra up cut after the game we had a crazy mentality like that we was all fighting with each other so Paul Pierce came up with this idea he call it the gunit runs it’s no fouls blood it’s okay people walked out with nose bleeds people walked out black eyes people walked out there sometimes couldn’t walk out of there we did it every day that’s what really happens behind the scenes man it can get kind of nasty out here you know what I’m saying so sometimes you need to be nasty to get where you want that’s who those guys were and they loved the physical challenge of it they love the mental Warfare of it that to me is what separated that team people start messing with kg in the game kg a run Sprint pass doc put my pit bulls in the game start to get ready lace them up the entry leono catches flies in two hand slam and the foul we were just some dogs back there uncontrollable dogs but doc occasionally kept us calm but we was going to mix it up we was going to talk a lot trash if you want to fight we just going to fight we was going to do anything anything we had to do to win the ball game I don’t care how many games SS we got to go through we going to get there we mentally tough we don’t know how long a team can stay together we don’t know what can happen with injuries there so many things that comes into winning you have to be good and lucky the 2008 Eastern Conference Champion Boston Celtics fast forward to this team right now look how life work comes back around how long has been since we won a championship it’s been a while right since’ 08 this team now has that same opportunity you know what we got a chance to restore order there is only championships here that is always the goal you know what the standard is here you walk into a building where the ghosts and the Championships are over your head literally all the time fundamentals win basketball games just as the Celtics are doing now the Celtics are a fast breaking hard driving team that hustles to score with the fan it offers speed excitement and an exhibition of almost unbelievable skill and accuracy it may sound odd for the coach of one of the highest scoring teams in basketball history to say this but defensive Tactics get as much stress in selfish practice sessions as any other phase of the sport but if you look a little deeper than the Flash and excitement of the game itself you find the NeverEnding attention to details that make Champions physical conditioning good mental attitude the will to win but it’s the team with the Mastery of fundamentals that’s the winning team Jaylen was there any motivation after a hearing that you didn’t make an all NBA team I mean we two games from the from the finals so you know honestly got the time to go and Jaylen drops 40 in game two you listen to the National commentary right oh yeah yeah they get no credit nationally they have more questions and answers and more sort of things to pick at than to feel confident about it’s like I feel like that’s almost unanimous for various reasons you know I feel like uh I don’t get the the the credit or respect that I have earned and uh I just I’m at the point of my life where it just I don’t give a you know I could uh I might never get it and I’m okay with that um I am who I am I do what I do and I I believe in what I believe in so the ones who with me let’s rock and roll and the ones who aren’t like can kiss my ass pretty much you don’t shut it out you use it at fuel you fuel your fire you know people say oh you don’t hear anything you don’t no you’re going to react you’re a human you’re a human being my mom used to always say you got to have thick skin people going to throw rocks arrows everything at you and you got to let that have that bounce off you and you got to keep moving I was able to endure that it’s where it never bothered me the time where I I I was successful now I’m looking at everybody like what now what now thanks baby what do you think p in the finals baby this is where I say oh are they ready here in the city of Boston the beat La Chance started about an hour ago it seems like old times as the Lakers and Celtics battling against here in two I just remember [Music] just telling myself what I wanted to accomplish when I knew it was so far out of reach at the time and I think that goes to show I think the power of the mind you know if you believe something and and you really work toward wan to be that you can accomplish it being in the finals you just got to believe you believe in yourself believe in your team the fire that you need to try to win a championship is on a whole another level and and we seen that Firs hand on the floor this is Paul Pierce grabbing that right leg he looks in some pain this is what we’re talking about adversity you overcome it Nothing Stops us this is the site that the sub fans want to see huge Ovation as their captain and leading score returns Rondo to Pierce Pierce for three bang Rondo back to pierce another three puts it in backto back three-pointers for Paul Pierce Celtics take game one game two man that was a good night that was a good night right there I just felt good I felt the energy that day I’m always ready when my numbers call to the basket again Leon for the game of his life and we was feeling relief we was feeling happy the buzz was was good but you know anytime you in a match up with Kobe you you you take nothing lightly you won two games but he like man we going to have to get one over there too down 20 20 plus points and collecty as a group just buckle down I know that sounds so cliche and whatever but it really was just like one possession at a time on to the next if we don’t make the shot we got to get a stop it was methodical we just kept pushing we kept believing in and before you know it PJ dunks it at the buzzer we look up we down two coach said all right we’re going to drop a play crucial part of the game we got kg we got Ray Adam got Paul Pierce on the team right I haven’t shot the ball all game Leon you on the post right there I want Paul to throw it in clear it out I even said hold on hold on hold on and he’s throwing it into me in a clear out he said you heard me you heard the play Do You Believe In Yourself you believe everybody believed in me and I don’t think that would be said for a lot of other teams big game back at Boston in game two backs in jump shot B it in and the sub come back from 24 down to tie the game you finally took the lead in the fourth quarter I made the shot on the right wing we never looked back after that at that point we knew we was winning the championship yeah I mean it was it was everything it was mental toughness it was the heart you know you get tested let’s go that’s a great win but this again this is not our goal to win three games our go is to win four games all right to win big and Boston is to win a championship not get to the Conference Finals or get into the finals and loseing you got to Win It 1 2 that’s why you come here that’s why you join a team like the Boston Celtics it’s their time [Music] now I think often times when you win big you have a tendency to stay the same but the reality is is changes being made on the other side will allow the other team to play better and believe more and you have to counter [Music] that right now full of belief running the floor the Pacers are the under they have nothing to lose they lose the series everybody’s like well you play [Music] well if they win it be up in arms right now because the Celtics lost is series for this team for this group they know that they have to get to that next level out of throughout the course of the year we’ve had deficits and been able to come back the consistent theme of those situations is individually when we stay poised can we stay together as a team look at the score EX supposed to ex can we keep the right mindset so that we can take advantage of the opportunities that the game [Music] presents all the lessons that they’ve learned throughout the course of their careers of playing together hopefully they help us in that moment suddenly the within three time out [Applause] [Music] Indiana I think the the type of calm that we have as a team I think it’s different we know that challenges are going to [Applause] happen but we know that we can withstand any punch stuned right now but know their team still has a chance has it r car says go sometimes you get punched in the mouth then you got to get up and punch Backes the knocked away and stolen by holiday no matter how long it takes and no matter what it takes get it done and the Celtics have done it they come from 18 down expectations are high especially when you’re a good team there’s pressure that comes along with it in everybody told the Boston Celtics this year is a failure unless you get to the NBA finals they can check it off train yourself mentally to be able to handle those external States but do the things that matter regardless of what type of game it is can you use this particular experience as a driving force collecty as a group you come together even more you you pull one another even more you know I feel like this year there’s definitely another level of focus of execution everything is hiding a little more I everything means a little more you work your ass off to put yourself in these positions and now we’re moving into the final moments how present can your mind be uh whether we’ve been up whether we’ve been [Music] down the group finds a way nowers are f for their TI game we want the last shot these guys from first there training camp say they want to be Champions the game ain’t over to 4 zeros on the clock just show the heart of a champion trusting one another try to make a play be ready for the moment back lost the ball got it back kcks it out white Corner three Derek white from downtown Celtics by three being EAS conf champion this this it’s a awesome feeling but the trophy is silver trophy we want the gold trophy all they don’t remember the the conference champions could home they remember the world champions and that’s our goal to be the world champions the Boston Celtic Sonic basketball team it’s a way of life that quote says it all this team has been around a long time before and it’s going to be le a long time after and for the time that we’re all in charge of this thing it’s making sure we’re living up to the values of it carrying on the responsibility of what it’s meant to be a sub the entire time what Bill Walton talked about character toughness being a great teammate it’s who you are that Arena has seen it all and you just got to take it all in got to hear the banners screaming and yelling you got to hear it feel everything that b Arena has been through and you have to bring it [Music] [Applause] this is why we do what we do the situation that we’re in right now battling for as long as we need to battle for you have to get it done bleeding sweating not being able to walk never leaving the arena however long it takes whatever it takes [Music]

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