November 7, 2024 • 14 mins
Jason Timpf reacts to Steph Curry, Draymond Green, and the Golden State Warriors' 118-112 win over Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. Jason discusses Steph's big night, what went wrong for Boston, and what's next for both teams moving forward early on in this NBA season.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (01:31):
Slash b ball All right, welcome to you tonight. You're
at the volume heavy Wednesday. Everybody ball. You guys are
having a great night.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Well, I wasn't planning on working tonight, but my wife
ended up having to work late. I was watching the
game Warrior Celtics, a very very entertaining primetime game and
a good showdown between two teams that entered into the
game with very good records.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Obviously a little bit.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Different with some of the guys out, with Jalen Brown
out for the Boston Celtics, but still by far the
biggest test for the Golden State Warriors to this point
in the season, and they passed it with flying colors.
And so I'm going to get more into this game
tomorrow with some film, but I just wanted to go
for like maybe ten minutes or so and just give
you guys my initial impressions on the game. You guys
(02:25):
know the joke before we get started. Subscribe to Hoops
Tonight YouTube channel so you don't miss any more of
our videos. Follow me on Twitter at underscore json lt
so you guys don't miss you announcements. Don't forget about
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so we can keep hitting them in our.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Friday mail bag. All right, let's talk some basketball.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
So I actually recorded a mail bag earlier today that's
coming out on Friday. So when you hear some stuff
in that mail bag that seems a little outdated, that's
when it came from where it came from. But one
of the questions that I was asked was from a
Warriors fan just simply, hey, Jason, what's should we look
for with the Warriors in this next four game stretch,
(03:04):
and that's the stretch where they play Boston and I
think they go to Cleveland next, and then I think
they go to Oklahoma City and then they come home
and I think they play Dallas if I remember correctly.
I think that's the four games, right, all very different
types of challenges, right, Like Boston is this very perimeter
oriented team that can space them out, but they also
have the perimeter defenders to make things more difficult on
Golden State's perimeter defenders, right. And then there's also Cleveland
(03:27):
and what they present is like this really big frontline
and then the Donovan Mitchell problem in ball screens. Right.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
You go to Oklahoma City and it's kind of like.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
A different version of Boston with a lot of five
out spacing, a lot of really talented offensive players on
the floor, and then Luka Dancic and everything that he
presents as an issue with rim protection behind him with Dallas, right,
So like it's kind of an interesting little stretch for
the Warriors. Well, what I said in the mail bag,
which you guys will hear in more detail on Friday,
is basically I'm just curious to see how their defense
(03:55):
will look. Right, Like, by far the most exciting part
of what Golden State is uplish to this point in
the season, as they've demonstrated clearly to the rest of
the league that they are incredibly deep with fast and athletic, long,
you know, quick, smart defenders, right and what they do
is they just come at you in waves. Whether it's
the starting group or it's the bench group, whether it's
(04:16):
in the front quarter, it's in the back court, it's
just everyone's fast, everyone's on a string, everyone's bought in.
And then Steve Kurr is one of the best defensive
coaches in the league. Brings a lot of the modern
schemes that you see around the league in terms of
like switching and containing, staying home off the ball, trying
to force turnovers. And I just wanted to see how
it looked against these different types of offenses, right because Steph,
(04:39):
you know, I didn't expect him to be as good
as he was tonight. He's coming back from an injury,
still kind of getting his engine revving this year, and like,
I think Steph's gonna get better and better as the
season progresses. And then we don't know what this Warrior's
roster will look like in the long run, right, So,
like I was mainly focused on the defensive end of
the floor, and holy shit, was that an incredible defensive
(05:00):
performance from the Warriors. Now, obviously there were some stretches
where Boston broke through. They had a forty one point
third quarter, they wanted a run in the early fourth,
and they took a seven point lead. They're the Boston Celtics.
Even without Jaylen Brown, They're one of the most talented
rosters in the league. They're going to present you with
some issues. But in the first half, with what they
were able to do to build a lead and to
(05:21):
breed a little bit of uncertainty in Boston, and then
down the stretch with the stops that they were able
to get, they got out of there with the win.
And there was a lot of really interesting stuff. So
let's get a little bit further into it. First of all,
they held Boston a forty three percent from the field,
thirty five percent from three, forced him into a lot
of contested threes immediately out the gates with Steve Kerr,
(05:43):
I thought was a really interesting kind of defensive strategy
in the sense that like there's a lot of emotional
baggage in this game, right, Like, Jason Tatum is the
guy that Steve Kerr slided with Team USA this summer,
not playing him in a bunch of pivotal games, and
there's all of this like kind of like feeling like
this is a revenge game and a lot of sorts.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Right.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
So, like one of the things I thought that was
really smart that Steve Kurr did and it was dangerous.
This is a dangerous thing to do. But he decided
to do a lot of aggressive coverages on Jason Tatum
early in the game. Blitzes, hard hedges, aggressive switches, a
lot of just attacking Jason Tatum early in the game.
Why is that dangerous? Because that's how Boston beats you.
(06:21):
Boston beats you by getting you in rotation and driving
and kicking you to death because they're so good with
their spacing and everybody on the floor knows had a
dribble shooting pass right now, A little different again with
this Celtics team, with the way they're playing, especially without
Jaylen Brown, there's a lot of slow footed centers on
the floor, so that's a lot of opportunity to handle
Boston on both ends of the floor in a way
(06:42):
that's different than when they're completely healthy. Right, but still
I thought that was really smart. Jason Tatum had four
turnovers in the first half. The Warriors scored a lot
in transition off of those turnovers. I think I can't
remember the exact number they had, like forty points in
transition in this game. They did a ton of damage
in I think it was thirty. They had thirty points
in transition in this game. Ton of damage in transition. Again,
(07:04):
by fostering chaos at the beginning of those possessions could
have been uglier had Boston handled it with a little
more poise early on. And they did, and they got
going in that third quarter, right, but that was the
initial stretch that changed the tenor of the game. Now
you're going into halftime with a lead. Now everyone for
Boston's feeling a little uncomfortable, and again it's about keeping
it late. Boston went on their run. They're a champion,
(07:26):
They're gonna even without Brown, They're going to go on
a run.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
And they did.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
But you kept the game close enough so that you
can in the half court slow down at the end
of the game, hope that your star can out execute
Jason Tatum, and he did. Steph Curry scored or assisted
on fifteen points in the final five and a half
minutes of that game. He was magnificent the rim pressure,
consistently getting the defense in rotation by getting down him
(07:52):
manufactured six quick points at the three point line right
after Boston went up seven. That pulled it back to one.
Right theble penetration, getting in rotation again. The offensive rebounds
like Kevin Looney gets two big offensive rebounds late. A
lot of that comes from the chaos that happens in rotation.
You're flying around chasings and screens. Looney slips along the backside,
gets a little offensive rebound. Steph gets dribble penetration. He
(08:14):
gets right to the front of the rim. Your rim
protector goes after it and he misses it. Who's gonna
be waiting if their rim protector goes after the ball
and he doesn't get it. Your center, who's trailing to play?
Kevon Looney easy offensive rebound, put back the little dribble
drive at Jason Tatum at the end of the game,
and Jason Tatum, I thought he settled down and actually
(08:36):
played pretty well after the start obviously put up a
monster stat line, but that first shift was really the
stretch where he struggled. But when he down the stretch,
he took a really bad shot in that mid range,
trying to grift for a foul around the elbow. Then
on the next possession, he got caught ball watching as
Steph was driving right at him. Buddy, he'll bat cut
him to the right corner. Steph made the pass, Buddy
(08:58):
made the shot that was basically the dagger. Now they're
celebrating and we're out of there, right, So like that's
kind of the formula, right, That's what we talk about,
is the formula to beat the Boston Celtics. You have
to switch contain play, passing lanes, force turnovers right, get
the game close slate, and then if you're close slate,
hope that your star can out execute Jason Tatum. Right,
(09:20):
And that's what happened. By the way, that's why I
talk so much about the Warriors in there, the need
to get to really invest in this particular season, you
are actively demonstrating to the world that you have a
like not just a good defense, but like a transcendently
good defense based on a simple principle that I've been
keyed in on a lot this year, which is perimeter speed.
(09:42):
Perimeter speed is so important because about twenty percent of
these games is being played in transition now. So your
ability to contain the ball with ball pressure, to run
up and down the floor, and transition covering ground into
cover ground and rotation are three of the most important
elements to guarding these modern pace in space NBA offenses. Right,
So you're demonstrating the world you have this elite defense.
You're demonstrating to the world that you have tons of depth.
(10:04):
Brandon Pazemski wanted to play today, Steve cur didn't let them.
They're so deep that they're like, dude, if you're not
even feeling like, if you're feeling ninety five percent, take
that extra day, come back tomorrow one hundred percent. Because
we're so damn deep. We'll bring Lindy Waters in. He'll
play fourteen minutes.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Right.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
So it's like that's kind of the process with the
Warriors there this year. They're so incredibly deep that they
have rotation players to burn, so to speak. And so
when I look at it and I go elite, transcendently
great defense, that's elite at all. Levels right, Like they're
elite on the perimeter, and you have Draymond Green anchoring
at all as one of the best defensive anchors in
the league. You have Steph Curry on your team, who
(10:42):
tonight again and it remains to be seen if you
can maintain it. But this was his best game of
the season. Twenty seven point seven rebounds, nine assists. Looks
like a top tier superstar in this game. If you
get that out of Steph Curry, Now just imagine if
he had this, like really truly reliable, dependable number two
and guy stepped up tonight Andrew Ways hit a big
pull up jump shot that gave the Warriors the lead.
(11:02):
Late Buddy healed four to seven from three to sixteen points.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
He was plus twenty in this game. Had hit a
bunch of big shots.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
But like, if you had just one more guy that
could reliably create offense for you off of Steph Curry,
That's where I think this starts to get exciting. A
couple other guys I wanted to shout out Kyle Anderson.
Those back to back to back pull up I think
one of them was a catch and shoot, then the
other two were off the dribble those back to back
to back threes that he hit in the first half
(11:31):
completely changed the dynamic of the game because the Warriors
defense got it close. But that was what built that
first like real margin. Gary Payton the second his first
shift was what completely changed the game. He was flying
around everywhere, blocked to Peyton Pritchard on a three on
the left wing, was digging down and getting loose balls.
He had a huge diving loose ball recovery in the
(11:52):
fourth quarter. I thought he was incredible. Jonathan Minga hit
a huge three in the first half of that game
when they were trying to build that first initial margin.
A lot of really good performances from the Warriors. Again
on the Celtics front, I thought they got a little
bit spooked by the blitzing in the early part of
the game, but outside of that, I thought they managed
it pretty well. I thought the Celtics played a really
(12:12):
good game outside of that first half, right, and you.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Were in a position to win.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
You went cold late and sometimes, you know, sometimes you
get Steph curried, and that's what happens.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Right.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
I'm not worried about them in the big picture. One
of the big things again for both Warriors fans, and
for Celtics fans, when you look at them as a
five out team and you're looking at Drew, Derek Tatum, Brown, Horford,
they do a lot of switching with that group.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Right.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Then they have Porzingis as they're like real rim protector,
but they trust Howser to switch, they trust Pritchard to switch.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
They do a lot of switching.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
They contain, right, they have a lot of speed, So
like it's one thing to do it against nimas Quetta
and Louke Cornette, right, but it's a little bit different
when you're facing the version of the Celtics that is
more focused on their perimeter speed. And so again it's
I think the Celtics are smart to continue to take
it this way, take it slow, make sure Jayalen Brown
(13:04):
gets healthy, make sure that you're not, you know, chasing
wins in the regular season at the expense of the
ultimate goal at the end of the at the end
of the season, and for the Warriors, really big win.
But again, as I said, there are stretches in this
game where you really struggle to score. And again, like
when it comes to the big picture, this to me
seems like a team that has some special potential. I
think it's worth investing in, and I'm really curious to
(13:26):
see how it goes in the long run. Again, I'm
going to tomorrow do another breakdown of this game after
I've rewatched it, looked into some film, and then we'll
also have a film breakdown of it at the tail
end of the show. We're also gonna hit a bunch
of other games. The Lakers just completely shit the bed
in Memphis tonight, fun little John Moran, Lebron James battle
in the tail end of the first half, crazy game
between the Detroit Pistons and the Charlotte Hornets. A bunch
(13:48):
of stuff we're going to get into. I hope to
see you guys there on YouTube tomorrow. It's always a
sincerely appreciate you guys, and I'll see you then. The
volume
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All thirty teams split into six groups every Tuesday and Friday,
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in season tourney culminating in the NBA Cup Championship in Vegas.
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NBA Cup at plus three seventy. The Oklahoma City Thunder
have the second best odds at plus six hundred, and
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Or visit CCPG dot org.
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Speaker 2 (01:31):
Slash b ball All right, welcome to you tonight. You're
at the volume heavy Wednesday. Everybody ball. You guys are
having a great night.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Well, I wasn't planning on working tonight, but my wife
ended up having to work late. I was watching the
game Warrior Celtics, a very very entertaining primetime game and
a good showdown between two teams that entered into the
game with very good records.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Obviously a little bit.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Different with some of the guys out, with Jalen Brown
out for the Boston Celtics, but still by far the
biggest test for the Golden State Warriors to this point
in the season, and they passed it with flying colors.
And so I'm going to get more into this game
tomorrow with some film, but I just wanted to go
for like maybe ten minutes or so and just give
you guys my initial impressions on the game. You guys
(02:25):
know the joke before we get started. Subscribe to Hoops
Tonight YouTube channel so you don't miss any more of
our videos. Follow me on Twitter at underscore json lt
so you guys don't miss you announcements. Don't forget about
our podcast feed wherever you get your podcast under Hoops Tonight,
and keep dropping mail bag questions in the YouTube comments
so we can keep hitting them in our.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Friday mail bag. All right, let's talk some basketball.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
So I actually recorded a mail bag earlier today that's
coming out on Friday. So when you hear some stuff
in that mail bag that seems a little outdated, that's
when it came from where it came from. But one
of the questions that I was asked was from a
Warriors fan just simply, hey, Jason, what's should we look
for with the Warriors in this next four game stretch,
(03:04):
and that's the stretch where they play Boston and I
think they go to Cleveland next, and then I think
they go to Oklahoma City and then they come home
and I think they play Dallas if I remember correctly.
I think that's the four games, right, all very different
types of challenges, right, Like Boston is this very perimeter
oriented team that can space them out, but they also
have the perimeter defenders to make things more difficult on
Golden State's perimeter defenders, right. And then there's also Cleveland
(03:27):
and what they present is like this really big frontline
and then the Donovan Mitchell problem in ball screens. Right.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
You go to Oklahoma City and it's kind of like.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
A different version of Boston with a lot of five
out spacing, a lot of really talented offensive players on
the floor, and then Luka Dancic and everything that he
presents as an issue with rim protection behind him with Dallas, right,
So like it's kind of an interesting little stretch for
the Warriors. Well, what I said in the mail bag,
which you guys will hear in more detail on Friday,
is basically I'm just curious to see how their defense
(03:55):
will look. Right, Like, by far the most exciting part
of what Golden State is uplish to this point in
the season, as they've demonstrated clearly to the rest of
the league that they are incredibly deep with fast and athletic, long,
you know, quick, smart defenders, right and what they do
is they just come at you in waves. Whether it's
the starting group or it's the bench group, whether it's
(04:16):
in the front quarter, it's in the back court, it's
just everyone's fast, everyone's on a string, everyone's bought in.
And then Steve Kurr is one of the best defensive
coaches in the league. Brings a lot of the modern
schemes that you see around the league in terms of
like switching and containing, staying home off the ball, trying
to force turnovers. And I just wanted to see how
it looked against these different types of offenses, right because Steph,
(04:39):
you know, I didn't expect him to be as good
as he was tonight. He's coming back from an injury,
still kind of getting his engine revving this year, and like,
I think Steph's gonna get better and better as the
season progresses. And then we don't know what this Warrior's
roster will look like in the long run, right, So,
like I was mainly focused on the defensive end of
the floor, and holy shit, was that an incredible defensive
(05:00):
performance from the Warriors. Now, obviously there were some stretches
where Boston broke through. They had a forty one point
third quarter, they wanted a run in the early fourth,
and they took a seven point lead. They're the Boston Celtics.
Even without Jaylen Brown, They're one of the most talented
rosters in the league. They're going to present you with
some issues. But in the first half, with what they
were able to do to build a lead and to
(05:21):
breed a little bit of uncertainty in Boston, and then
down the stretch with the stops that they were able
to get, they got out of there with the win.
And there was a lot of really interesting stuff. So
let's get a little bit further into it. First of all,
they held Boston a forty three percent from the field,
thirty five percent from three, forced him into a lot
of contested threes immediately out the gates with Steve Kerr,
(05:43):
I thought was a really interesting kind of defensive strategy
in the sense that like there's a lot of emotional
baggage in this game, right, Like, Jason Tatum is the
guy that Steve Kerr slided with Team USA this summer,
not playing him in a bunch of pivotal games, and
there's all of this like kind of like feeling like
this is a revenge game and a lot of sorts.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Right.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
So, like one of the things I thought that was
really smart that Steve Kurr did and it was dangerous.
This is a dangerous thing to do. But he decided
to do a lot of aggressive coverages on Jason Tatum
early in the game. Blitzes, hard hedges, aggressive switches, a
lot of just attacking Jason Tatum early in the game.
Why is that dangerous? Because that's how Boston beats you.
(06:21):
Boston beats you by getting you in rotation and driving
and kicking you to death because they're so good with
their spacing and everybody on the floor knows had a
dribble shooting pass right now, A little different again with
this Celtics team, with the way they're playing, especially without
Jaylen Brown, there's a lot of slow footed centers on
the floor, so that's a lot of opportunity to handle
Boston on both ends of the floor in a way
(06:42):
that's different than when they're completely healthy. Right, but still
I thought that was really smart. Jason Tatum had four
turnovers in the first half. The Warriors scored a lot
in transition off of those turnovers. I think I can't
remember the exact number they had, like forty points in
transition in this game. They did a ton of damage
in I think it was thirty. They had thirty points
in transition in this game. Ton of damage in transition. Again,
(07:04):
by fostering chaos at the beginning of those possessions could
have been uglier had Boston handled it with a little
more poise early on. And they did, and they got
going in that third quarter, right, but that was the
initial stretch that changed the tenor of the game. Now
you're going into halftime with a lead. Now everyone for
Boston's feeling a little uncomfortable, and again it's about keeping
it late. Boston went on their run. They're a champion,
(07:26):
They're gonna even without Brown, They're going to go on
a run.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
And they did.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
But you kept the game close enough so that you
can in the half court slow down at the end
of the game, hope that your star can out execute
Jason Tatum, and he did. Steph Curry scored or assisted
on fifteen points in the final five and a half
minutes of that game. He was magnificent the rim pressure,
consistently getting the defense in rotation by getting down him
(07:52):
manufactured six quick points at the three point line right
after Boston went up seven. That pulled it back to one.
Right theble penetration, getting in rotation again. The offensive rebounds
like Kevin Looney gets two big offensive rebounds late. A
lot of that comes from the chaos that happens in rotation.
You're flying around chasings and screens. Looney slips along the backside,
gets a little offensive rebound. Steph gets dribble penetration. He
(08:14):
gets right to the front of the rim. Your rim
protector goes after it and he misses it. Who's gonna
be waiting if their rim protector goes after the ball
and he doesn't get it. Your center, who's trailing to play?
Kevon Looney easy offensive rebound, put back the little dribble
drive at Jason Tatum at the end of the game,
and Jason Tatum, I thought he settled down and actually
(08:36):
played pretty well after the start obviously put up a
monster stat line, but that first shift was really the
stretch where he struggled. But when he down the stretch,
he took a really bad shot in that mid range,
trying to grift for a foul around the elbow. Then
on the next possession, he got caught ball watching as
Steph was driving right at him. Buddy, he'll bat cut
him to the right corner. Steph made the pass, Buddy
(08:58):
made the shot that was basically the dagger. Now they're
celebrating and we're out of there, right, So like that's
kind of the formula, right, That's what we talk about,
is the formula to beat the Boston Celtics. You have
to switch contain play, passing lanes, force turnovers right, get
the game close slate, and then if you're close slate,
hope that your star can out execute Jason Tatum. Right,
(09:20):
And that's what happened. By the way, that's why I
talk so much about the Warriors in there, the need
to get to really invest in this particular season, you
are actively demonstrating to the world that you have a
like not just a good defense, but like a transcendently
good defense based on a simple principle that I've been
keyed in on a lot this year, which is perimeter speed.
(09:42):
Perimeter speed is so important because about twenty percent of
these games is being played in transition now. So your
ability to contain the ball with ball pressure, to run
up and down the floor, and transition covering ground into
cover ground and rotation are three of the most important
elements to guarding these modern pace in space NBA offenses. Right,
So you're demonstrating the world you have this elite defense.
You're demonstrating to the world that you have tons of depth.
(10:04):
Brandon Pazemski wanted to play today, Steve cur didn't let them.
They're so deep that they're like, dude, if you're not
even feeling like, if you're feeling ninety five percent, take
that extra day, come back tomorrow one hundred percent. Because
we're so damn deep. We'll bring Lindy Waters in. He'll
play fourteen minutes.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Right.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
So it's like that's kind of the process with the
Warriors there this year. They're so incredibly deep that they
have rotation players to burn, so to speak. And so
when I look at it and I go elite, transcendently
great defense, that's elite at all. Levels right, Like they're
elite on the perimeter, and you have Draymond Green anchoring
at all as one of the best defensive anchors in
the league. You have Steph Curry on your team, who
(10:42):
tonight again and it remains to be seen if you
can maintain it. But this was his best game of
the season. Twenty seven point seven rebounds, nine assists. Looks
like a top tier superstar in this game. If you
get that out of Steph Curry, Now just imagine if
he had this, like really truly reliable, dependable number two
and guy stepped up tonight Andrew Ways hit a big
pull up jump shot that gave the Warriors the lead.
(11:02):
Late Buddy healed four to seven from three to sixteen points.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
He was plus twenty in this game. Had hit a
bunch of big shots.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
But like, if you had just one more guy that
could reliably create offense for you off of Steph Curry,
That's where I think this starts to get exciting. A
couple other guys I wanted to shout out Kyle Anderson.
Those back to back to back pull up I think
one of them was a catch and shoot, then the
other two were off the dribble those back to back
to back threes that he hit in the first half
(11:31):
completely changed the dynamic of the game because the Warriors
defense got it close. But that was what built that
first like real margin. Gary Payton the second his first
shift was what completely changed the game. He was flying
around everywhere, blocked to Peyton Pritchard on a three on
the left wing, was digging down and getting loose balls.
He had a huge diving loose ball recovery in the
(11:52):
fourth quarter. I thought he was incredible. Jonathan Minga hit
a huge three in the first half of that game
when they were trying to build that first initial margin.
A lot of really good performances from the Warriors. Again
on the Celtics front, I thought they got a little
bit spooked by the blitzing in the early part of
the game, but outside of that, I thought they managed
it pretty well. I thought the Celtics played a really
(12:12):
good game outside of that first half, right, and you.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Were in a position to win.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
You went cold late and sometimes, you know, sometimes you
get Steph curried, and that's what happens.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Right.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
I'm not worried about them in the big picture. One
of the big things again for both Warriors fans, and
for Celtics fans, when you look at them as a
five out team and you're looking at Drew, Derek Tatum, Brown, Horford,
they do a lot of switching with that group.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Right.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Then they have Porzingis as they're like real rim protector,
but they trust Howser to switch, they trust Pritchard to switch.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
They do a lot of switching.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
They contain, right, they have a lot of speed, So
like it's one thing to do it against nimas Quetta
and Louke Cornette, right, but it's a little bit different
when you're facing the version of the Celtics that is
more focused on their perimeter speed. And so again it's
I think the Celtics are smart to continue to take
it this way, take it slow, make sure Jayalen Brown
(13:04):
gets healthy, make sure that you're not, you know, chasing
wins in the regular season at the expense of the
ultimate goal at the end of the at the end
of the season, and for the Warriors, really big win.
But again, as I said, there are stretches in this
game where you really struggle to score. And again, like
when it comes to the big picture, this to me
seems like a team that has some special potential. I
think it's worth investing in, and I'm really curious to
(13:26):
see how it goes in the long run. Again, I'm
going to tomorrow do another breakdown of this game after
I've rewatched it, looked into some film, and then we'll
also have a film breakdown of it at the tail
end of the show. We're also gonna hit a bunch
of other games. The Lakers just completely shit the bed
in Memphis tonight, fun little John Moran, Lebron James battle
in the tail end of the first half, crazy game
between the Detroit Pistons and the Charlotte Hornets. A bunch
(13:48):
of stuff we're going to get into. I hope to
see you guys there on YouTube tomorrow. It's always a
sincerely appreciate you guys, and I'll see you then. The
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