Becky Hammon talks NBA Finals picks & who matches up w/ the Celtics?! | SportsCenter

Becky Hammon talks NBA Finals picks & who matches up w/ the Celtics?! | SportsCenter

I 100% believe that we are legit title title contenders this season I don’t see any team out there that we couldn’t be obviously the cars got to fall in place obviously a lot of things got to go your way obviously you need some luck that’s just the nature of winning championships

But I don’t see any team in the NBA that we can’t beat and compete for a title and Mama we still got that man H any team you can’t beat the Warriors did lose to the Nuggets last night in fact the nuggets have beaten the Warriors all four times that they

Have faced so far this season as we say hello to our NBA analyst Becky Hammond and so do you disagree or agree with Draymond Becky that the Warriors are indeed contenders in the west well I mean Draymond should believe you know he doesn’t lack confidence that’s for sure but I think anytime you

You have uh Steph Curry on the floor you always feel like you have a chance legit title Contender I don’t know I I I think they get in they make the the the com the uh the tournament the playoffs but I don’t think um you know maybe second round I I don’t think

You want them you know do you want to be matched up with that I don’t think anybody wants them in that first round but I do think they squeak in um I don’t think they’re going to be in the west finals okay yeah you just don’t want to

Face a team that’s so veteran lated like the Warriors are right in the postseason Warriors by the way play in Washington tomorrow night at 7 Eastern meanwhile the Lakers they’re a half game ahead of the Warriors as it stands right now in the west so do you think La will make

The playoffs this coming season I mean this year I mean you know I I see these teams being in the play in what they do after that I think the Lakers have proved um they can be a formidable uh opponent um they won the the the inseason tournament um but then they

Went on a skid I mean they have multiple faces that they’ve shown us I don’t think they have won consistently enough um but in the playoffs again you don’t want to draw either of these teams not when you have LeBron James or Steph Curry on the other side of the the ball

Cuz you know just mentally as teammates as some of you you play with every day you always feel like you have a chance and a lot of times in the playoffs you know that belief a and the experience quite frankly makes a huge difference well a good litmus test will be when

They face the Clippers on Wednesday night 10 Eastern right here on ESPN because the Clippers have been pretty consistent so far this season Becky we’ll see you in a little bit back to the NBA some bad apples right now than for never better New York when the Knicks strung together a nine game

Winning streak in the middle of January early February found themselves among the Eastern conference’s best now a bit of a skid they’ve lost five of the last six but get the worst team in the league tonight in the eight- win Pistons that should do it Nick still sit fourth in

The Eastern Conference standing ases we bring back NBA analyst Becky Hammond all right Becky maybe easier said than done how can the Knicks write the ship I mean the biggest factor is their health right when does Randall come back when does OG come back after that once

They get those guys back um I think they’re going to make a big run um in the East um I don’t probably have them in the East finals um come playoff time but they’re going to make some noise I love the additions that they made uh at

The at the trade deadline um always been a big bogdanovic fan I think he provides a much needed shooting stroke from the outside and uh and then added the defense with the earlier trads look and as you know the NBA season’s abs and flows they were playing really really

Well they’re not playing so well at this point maybe he went against the Pistons tonight can jump start things for the Knicks and on the other side of their struggles the dominant Boston Celtics who took athenic Saturday to make it eight straight wins for the Seas Jason

Tatum has been dominant but the Emergen of Chris Taps porzingis has the Celtics seven and a half games clear of the Cavs for the top spot in the East so the Celtics continue to stay hot this is what they have over the next six games though worth pointing out Sixers Mass

Warriors all at home then they hit the road next week and it’s not going to be easy they travel to Cleveland to take on the Cavs they second in the conference before they take on Nia yic and den Denver followed up by KD and Devin Booker in Phoenix so Becky which of

These teams when you look at the Celtics best matches up with them and why well luckily they start you know with three team tough uh tough teams at home but uh the Mavs to me just because uh offensively I mean if they get it going they just are an absolute handful

They got two professional scorers on the other side of the ball and as great as uh Boston’s defense is um you know a Drew Derek go down the go down the line um this is the NBA you can do it all right and they still score the score is

Not going to be you know 12 to 10 um but those two can really heat it up um and just take over a game offensively so I think they get the biggest struggle from me um going into into Boston yeah we’ve talked about the Dallas Mavericks bonafides of late they’ve been playing

Some really good basketball Kyrie and Luca seem to have figured out that chemistry which could present anyone a problem in the postseason much less the Celtics if those two were to get that far Becky Hammond thank you

On SportsCenter, Becky Hammon joins to talk through the Golden State Warriors’ NBA Title hopes, Lakers’ playoff hopes and a look around the NBA Eastern Conference, in particular the Boston Celtics’ upcoming schedule.

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