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00:00 Saturday night, we saw Celtics Pacers and a 3-0 series lead now for Boston.
00:09 114-111, Pacers cover, no Tyrese Halliburton. And the Celtics are, I think,
00:16 becoming one of the more nuanced, necessary teams that I can remember.
00:23 Celtics fans, specifically, are livid that they are never given credit for their wins.
00:34 It's either, "Wow, they're so dumb, how'd they lose?" or, "Wow, they're so dumb, why is it close?"
00:40 or, "They beat a team without a pulse." And I understand why that would be frustrating.
00:46 If you want me to handle the credit part of this, okay, we'll get that out of the way.
00:52 The Celtics in the second half were defensively fantastic. It felt like they contested everything.
01:00 Did a great job closing out possessions on the defensive glass. Jason Tatum was phenomenal.
01:08 Finally got the three-point shot working at a high level, 5-plus for the first time all postseason.
01:14 Chipped in not just the 36 points, but 10 boards, 8 assists. One of those assists
01:19 being one of the best playoff passes I've ever seen.
01:23 Pump drive behind the back, bounce pass to Allen in the corner. Phenomenal.
01:29 Drew Holliday with the steal. Was it a foul? Who cares?
01:33 Andrew Ramhart's dribbling out of control. He's not gonna get that benefit of the doubt.
01:36 They won this game with Derek White playing poorly. Christophe Torzingas hasn't played since Miami.
01:43 Boston is very good. Have we handled that now for people? Boston's very good.
01:51 They've been very good. They finished 14 games up, the next closest team in the East.
01:58 And yet we sit here with a Boston Celtics team who's a win away from going to the NBA Finals,
02:06 feeling unmoved. Like they're... And why is that? It's not really Boston's fault.
02:16 It's... Boston has played three series where the opponent's best player hasn't been out there.
02:26 That's not the Celtics' fault. But we can't ignore that when we're grading how impressive this is.
02:34 I mean an 18 point comeback on the road is great. Why the hell were you down 18, Andrew Ramhart?