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00:00Is it done tonight in Dallas will championship number 18 be headed back to
00:06Boston the Celtics and the Mavericks in game number four of the 2024 NBA finals
00:13or might we extend the series at least until the next time we speak Donnie
00:17right side that would be on Monday night for game number five back in Beantown
00:22here's where it stands entering this fourth game of the NBA championship set
00:27unlike when we spoke yesterday with Dallas and ever so slight favorite to
00:33finally win a game in the NBA finals the line has flipped past zero now in favor
00:39of the C's it's a very short number in favor of Boston just one point on the
00:44spread minus 112 that live and updated number on the fan duel sportsbook that
00:50shows 14 cents of distinction now it is only eight pennies of difference between
00:56the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks do you put any stock in the
01:01idea Donnie that the Celtics were an underdog in game three opened as a dog
01:05for game four at least a small idea that Dallas would not be swept and yet
01:11Boston on game day Friday morning for game number four is now the favorite I'm
01:17not surprised at all because you had to figure you know sometimes baking into
01:20that line a lot of public money going to move around with the Dallas Mavericks
01:24figuring that is a must-win game and it really was we said it many times here if
01:28you go down to 30 or oh three in the series can you still come back
01:31mathematically yes you can has anybody ever done the NBA no they have it the
01:35series is over at that point and also we were worried about okay first two games
01:39a guy that made a direct impact on the court on his home court was Chris
01:43Stapps Porzingis he wouldn't be available for game number three how
01:46would that reaction happen and we also knew that you were probably going to get
01:50the best out of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving because the season was on the
01:53line Luka gave you an interesting effort which gave you a lot of scoring
01:57some rebounds and assists but fouling out early didn't help them Kyrie Irving
02:00was sensational in that basketball game and they still lost so if you are the
02:03odds maker and or the betting public you're looking at this going well we
02:07know Dallas can't win is pride on the line is that enough to bet at this point
02:10or the Boston Celtics can just smell that championship and they're not gonna
02:14let it get away you took three good punches from the Mavericks and every
02:17time you came away with a victory I don't see how this is gonna be any
02:20different and I agree with the fan blue sports book Ben that minus one for the
02:24Boston Celtics that's appropriate yeah the what-if game you could play all day
02:30long what if Luka Doncic does not foul out due to frustration what if Luka
02:35Doncic is there for the final four minutes of regulation with the Mavericks
02:39comeback effort being down by as many as 21 early in the fourth quarter have been
02:45different it's the what-if game it did not happen Boston has a three games to
02:50none lead in the 2024 NBA Finals in the Celtics still opened up a 21 point lead
02:57in the fourth quarter of a must-win can't lose game on Dallas's home floor
03:02in game number three Donnie I think it's pretty easy to look at the opening two
03:07games of this set and simply say what the difference had to be for the Mavs
03:12returning back home to the Lone Star State Kyrie Irving and the rest of the
03:16supporting staff but mainly Kyrie had to be better to help out Luka Doncic to
03:21win a game in this series although we didn't really expect seeing the first
03:25two games inside TD Garden that Dallas could actually contend with Boston at
03:30this point to come all the way back and win the NBA title if you're the Mavericks
03:35and you see game three play out the way it did what is that redeeming quality
03:41that you hope to change tonight is it just your motivation is it just being on
03:47the brink of elimination is there anything more that we can quantify in
03:51terms of actual stats or X's and O's that changes your perception on the
03:55Mavericks not really but also like we had the formula in game number three it
04:01was laid out by the Dallas Mavericks get Kyrie involved early and get him going
04:05checkmate get an early lead to bring that crowd into the game checkmate here
04:10and by the end of the first quarter all of that momentum went away because there's
04:14only a one point lead for the Dallas Mavericks and you saw the way they came
04:17out in the third quarter it was clear that the Boston Celtics were ready to
04:20sort of wrap this series up early but if you're looking for this like again
04:24entering this game first quarter double-digit lead by the Mavericks up we
04:27saw this could play out before but you still have to do that it can't be like
04:30well they got a ten point lead in the last game been early maybe they go down
04:33ten they can chase down the Celtics you know that's not a recipe for success the
04:37better the start the better the chance of victory we understand that but I
04:40guess it's just as simple as Kyrie I need that same effort from you early and
04:44to be attacking at the rim but also at the same time Luca just focus on the
04:48game let the game come to you don't worry about the referees don't try to
04:52take charges 30 feet from the basket and have a challenge and lose that challenge
04:55and end up fouling out just give me what you have because there's a reason why
04:59the Boston Celtics been knowing that they're going to win a championship
05:02aren't 14 and a half point favorites night because why should Dallas even
05:05play nobody comes back from oh three we get that here right I need that same
05:09performance in the first quarter but I need a six or seven point lead at the
05:13end of one don't just let it slip away it's hard to say what you need the
05:18Mavericks to do because quite frankly they did exactly what they needed to do
05:21in the last game and they still lost and I think that's the tough pill to swallow
05:25for the Mavericks right now the formula the recipe was there get off to a great
05:30start okay 25 to 12 midway through the opening quarter Boston rallies all the
05:36way through the final six minutes of that first quarter one point difference
05:40at the end of that one point difference at the halftime break and then the
05:45Celtics took the third quarter by storm okay we need Kyrie Irving to score at
05:50least 20 probably 25 hey how about 30 how about the game's leading score with
05:5435 and yet they still lose by seven as a three-point home favorite that's the
06:01difficult dynamic for Dallas entering game number four tonight in one of the
06:07narratives entering this series Donnie was the idea that could the Mavericks be
06:12the first team to remain fully healthy and truly test the Celtics on this run
06:17to the NBA championship and potentially NBA title number 18 and the idea was
06:23Dallas would be that team maybe it's just been Boston all along the preseason
06:28co-favorites to win an NBA championship the short solo favorites midway through
06:33the NBA regular season and odds-on favorite to win the NBA championship in
06:38round number one of this NBA postseason and now we see the Celtics with a chance
06:43not only for the most NBA titles in NBA history tonight if they win number 18
06:48but a historic postseason to boot to get championship number 18 this would
06:54be just the 10th sweep and NBA Finals history the third in this millennium it
06:59would be a 16-2 playoff record overall with a victory in only eight games that
07:05would be the fat fifth best all-time playoff performance based on overall win
07:10percentage and tonight is game number 100 this season for the Celtics they
07:15would win 80 of them with a victory over Dallas regular season record
07:20playoff record 11th best in the history of the association based on overall win
07:27percentage it could be a historic cap to a historic NBA championship for Boston
07:33and sometimes need some breaks along the way they didn't even face any adversity
07:38here Ben in the Eastern Conference playoffs going through teams that were
07:40injured and certainly inferior at the same time then you thought uh-oh what
07:44was that measuring stick we're going to use like yeah they really dug down deep
07:48the Boston Celtics to come back from a two-to-one deficit in the Eastern
07:51Conference finals now they're in the finals we didn't get that we were also
07:54talking about which team was going to show up for the Celtics when quite
07:58frankly we were trying to say who was there around one two and three is that
08:01the team we're gonna see in the finals and they didn't play anybody so how's
08:04that gonna be when they face a real team in the Dallas Mavericks now we're finding
08:07themselves about the sweep to Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals and also it's
08:11like hey Dallas got really lucky to get there no Dallas was a really really
08:15good basketball team second half of the NBA season and in the playoffs here
08:18this is a monumental run for the Celtics and again even though I'm not a fan of
08:22them at least we're not going to get that well everybody was injured in the
08:26Eastern Conference and they got lucky in the finals like now you can say that
08:28about the Eastern Conference playoffs we still have to win those games the fact
08:31that they sweep the Dallas Mavericks and don't give me that well Lucas getting
08:35injections here Lucas dropping 30 and 10 every single night so I'm not worried
08:39about that but that vantage point of what were we going to get in the finals
08:42if they sweep that man what a great season for the Boston Celtics as they
08:45pull that off tonight minus 8,000 now the updated number for the Celtics to
08:51win NBA championship number 18 it is only a matter of time it might not be a
08:56four game sweep tonight but it is only a matter of time don't believe me how
09:01about a hundred and fifty six all-time NBA playoff series in a best of seven
09:06round where a team has held a 3-0 series advantage all 156 the team that
09:13was up 3-0 won the series this is number 157 between the Celtics and Mavericks
09:19more for game four next game number four of the 2024 NBA Finals tonight in Dallas
09:25is this the last game we will see of the 2023-24 NBA season the oddsmakers think
09:31so if even ever so slightly Boston a now one-point favorite for game number
09:37four minus 112 on the money line minus 104 on the other side for the Mavericks
09:43we're talking eight cents with the updated numbers on the FanDuel sports
09:47book but the Celtics are favored on the road they were an underdog winning
09:51outright in game number three 106-99 and what an effort it was out of the Jays in
09:57that third game Jason Tatum Boston's leading scorer he had 31 Jalen Brown
10:03also 30 points 38 and 8 and a plus minus of plus 13 to pace all of the five
10:11starters for the Celtics which is made maybe the only interesting thing left in
10:16this NBA championship set the race for the hardware not the Larry O'Brien
10:21trophy but the NBA Finals MVP trophy minus 340 Jalen Brown now the hefty
10:28odds-on favorite when Donnie it was Jason Tatum who entered game number three
10:34at plus 140 as the favorite 15 cents in front of Brown yeah by the way I'm
10:39taking Jason Tatum at this point because there is no discrepancy that's so crazy
10:44like well Donnie I mean look Jalen Brown three straight games in the finals a
10:47triple-double and Jason Tatum hasn't played all that well if you want to say
10:51they're both playing at the top of their game maybe you can't make that argument
10:54but where's the argument for being that big of a favorite over Jason Tatum and
10:58we joked about it yesterday it's just the hate but no sports books don't run
11:01on hate like oh yeah we're just gonna put this guy because we don't like Jason
11:04Tatum that's nonsense at this point now everything that I know about these two
11:08is even though they're great players in the same team and the common goal is
11:12yeah we're friends we want to win a championship but these guys are
11:15competitive between each other you saw the Eastern Conference finals Jalen
11:18Brown got that MVP it's like okay that was an interesting mild upset there in
11:22the finals it's probably gonna be Tatum if it's close these two guys are very
11:26close in their statistics over the first three games it looks like it's a runaway
11:29for Brown so I joke like you know Brown's gonna go in for an open dunk and
11:33Jason Tatum's gonna block him at the rim saying uh-uh it's gonna be my MVP award
11:37but the one thing I do know about Jason Tatum it's not gonna be shy in this game
11:41it's not gonna be and again reverberation around the locker room hey
11:44by the way check the famous sportsbook guys looks like a heavy favorite for
11:47Brown ah congratulations you won this they're competitive here I expect 25 plus
11:52shots taken from Jason Tatum tonight and I would take the plus money on Tatum
11:56because it is gonna come down to who's the better player in game number four if
11:59they close it out I believe that I don't think this price should be that
12:02high I really don't listen this core in Boston is defined by these two guys
12:08Jalen Brown first round pick number three overall in 2016 first round pick
12:15number three overall in 2017 for Jason Tatum neither selected by the Celtics
12:20but the rights were traded on draft night to Boston so both of these guys
12:25have only ever played inside TD Gordon in Beantown this is the core that is
12:31defined by winning an NBA championship so when that happens in the Celtics win
12:37number 18 who takes home the hardware as the NBA Finals MVP and this could
12:43very likely be the final game of the NBA Finals of this series so it makes the
12:49props a little bit more intriguing in this head-to-head matchup between
12:54teammates 27 and a half the points prop for Jason Tatum the higher of the two
12:59numbers Jalen Brown now at 24 and a hook Tatum was terrible in the first two
13:04games six of 16 from the floor in game one six of 22 from the field in game
13:09number two Jalen Brown was steady Boston's leading score in game one
13:13finishing with 22 also had 20 in game two but he wasn't lighting the world on
13:18fire and we had said Donnie that if you gave out a game one MVP it was probably
13:23Chris Dobbs Porzingis if you came out of the game to MVP for Boston it was
13:27probably drew holiday so who wins the MVP of the NBA Finals if this is the
13:33last game could be decided in the head-to-head matchup between the Jays
13:36tonight yes and and it will be that's what's so intriguing about why it's
13:40running away I still think it should be plus 140 plus 140 maybe even even match
13:44up between those two because what is going to be the deciding force and what
13:48are they going to be voting on because what happens if Jason Tatum drops 35
13:51points tonight and Jalen Brown drops 30 and it's like okay well what about the
13:54rebounds well Tatum had a little bit more rebounds and they were similar in
13:57assists why would it be going to Jalen Brown overwhelmingly and also when we
14:01take a look at typically it's the best player on the team that wins it and I
14:05know it's only supposed to be the finals which is what you're judging it on but I
14:08know sometimes that regular season and postseason before the NBA Finals does
14:12leak in here that's why it was surprising that Jalen Brown got the
14:15Eastern Conference Finals MVP and maybe it would just roll back to Jason Tatum
14:19but it would be interesting if it's Brown and then Brown again fresh off of
14:23the snub from all those NBA teams that he missed out on here over the summer
14:27and was angry about doing that and even more so like use it's like hey who's
14:31gonna win the series I think it's a formality that we understand the Boston
14:34Celtics will do that the most intriguing market you're right right now is the
14:37MVP of the finals because of those price points and those numbers that are coming
14:42back and also what happens tonight Ben what else if we get 27 points at a drew
14:45holiday here it's still up in the air we're not dealing with seven games it's
14:49like the cream is gonna rise to the top it's only four games here where if you
14:53already had a good game in the first four and then you cap it off in game
14:56number four that'll be interesting to see I can't wait to watch this play out
15:00it's a great market there's only four guys listed with an NBA Finals MVP price
15:05the two J's Jason Tatum Jalen Brown Luka Dodgett whose number reflects if the
15:10Dallas Mavericks can come back from an o3 hole and win the NBA championship
15:14Andrew holiday at 65 to 1 what a true holiday goes off for 30 tonight is
15:19Boston's winning score in two of the four games half of the NBA championship
15:24series would he be in consideration I will say if true holiday is the best
15:29Boston player tonight but Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum are both pretty good
15:33probably goes to Jalen Brown Jason Tatum has to be better than Jalen Brown
15:37tonight to win that hardware they combined for 61 points in game three
15:43only Derek White scored in double figures he was the only other Celtics
15:47player to reach double figures he hit four triples he has been great from
15:53three his points prop tonight 15 and a half for the Boston Celtics and again
15:59we have talked about the recipe the formula for Dallas it was Luka Doncic
16:04and Kyrie Irving that dynamic Dallas duo outscoring Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum
16:09they did and Luka missed the final four minutes of regulation they had 62
16:15combined as we look at the props for the Mavericks tonight yeah no it's one to
16:19keep an eye on also how about the biggest prop overall basically was gonna
16:23be who's gonna win this game and who is actually going to win the MVP but at the
16:26same time seven out of ten tickets you're coming in on the Boston Celtics
16:30night the public has stated this series is over a bet that's what the science
16:35was game number four of the 2024 NBA Finals tonight in Dallas is it over will
16:42it be a Celtics sweep or can the Mavericks win their first game of this
16:46championship set and at least extend it after the weekend to a game five back in
16:52Boston on Monday our coach James Young JY is here to give you his scouting
16:58report for what still remains at least game for tonight in the NBA Finals and
17:03maybe anything beyond JY thanks for being here on this Friday morning
17:08gentlemen good morning hopefully this is not the last time we're talking NBA
17:13Finals but we need another team to show up and all of them and some people stay
17:19away from the referees yeah that necessarily needs to happen for the
17:24Dallas Mavericks this is the only time in the NBA Finals that we will see just
17:28one day between games if it is extended because we will change venues from five
17:34to six six to seven it would be multiple days off this is the only time just one
17:38day in between so yesterday JY you weren't here or were you here with us I
17:42can't even remember all the days playing together you were not here with us
17:46looking back on game number three so let's get some thoughts on what we saw
17:51and what it means for game number four you mentioned taking some of your
17:56frustration away from complaining at the officials that was Luka Doncic on
18:01Wednesday night fouling out with four minutes and 12 seconds remaining in
18:05regulation his frustration overwhelming his greatness and picking up a couple of
18:10bad fouls including time trying to take a charge nearly 30 feet away from the
18:15basket against Jalen Brown that was his sixth and final how would you
18:20categorize Luka Doncic's performance in game number three when the Mavericks
18:24needed it most disappointing at best when times were needed you the most and
18:31I think when you look at the situation I want people to understand this from a
18:35coach's standpoint me personally I if you think about the play right the block
18:43charge I don't want to get into Ben whether it was a block or it was a
18:48charge when you are the star player when you are the face of the franchise and
18:54you have five fouls especially the way you don't play defense and you're
18:59getting exposed on that end of the floor that is one chance Ben you can not take
19:05now if he thought that Brown had five fouls and he had five you want to take a
19:10chance I'm gonna send it a little bit but when you're the star player when you
19:14finally got Kyrie Irving to be playing at least in the first half fantastic
19:18basketball you have no poor Zingas you have drives to the basket you have the
19:22ability to finish games to me a bang bang play with four minutes left to go
19:27in a game is not worthy of you trying to win it there you're not gonna win the
19:32game there you could lose the game there and that's what happened and to me Ben
19:37even bigger than that I have a bigger problem with the press conference
19:41because what I saw is a player that showed no accountability and no
19:46responsibility for his action how he was how he treated the benches the quorum it
19:51was a disgrace and if Luka Doncic is going to be a winner a true winner in
19:56this league and win championships he's got to stop worrying about the officials
20:00but more importantly he has to be committed to the defensive side of the
20:05ball at all times it starts and ends with you on both sides of the floor
20:11Mavericks need a win coach to attend extend this series but if we take a look
20:15at the Celtics with a win and what that means to them the 10th sweep in NBA
20:19Finals history and also a 16 and 2 playoff record which would be the fifth
20:24best of all time talk to us here about if we do see the series end in four
20:29games what that means towards the Celtics franchise and this team's legacy
20:33loves to getting a championship number 18 where it's going to be all important
20:37for them right I think that's that's an important thing that would for any
20:40franchise to win to me what what a sweep does Donnie is it shuts everybody up
20:46with the oh well they played the first round and it was no Jimmy Butler oh they
20:52played the second round two games without Donovan Mitchell oh they played
20:55the conference finals Tyree Taliburn misses two and a half games well you
21:00just played Dallas Mavericks with their entire team and you rolled them in four
21:03games so it kind of puts together a way to narrative including yours truly with
21:07who have they played leading up to this point so I think that is the important
21:12thing you take from this is the fact that if they sweep it's a great great
21:17run for a team that let's be honest whether they sweep or winning five or
21:22winning six or winning seven which I think I think it's probably over tonight
21:26I I'm going back and forth it is a team that is young and if their window ain't
21:32closed it is wide open for the next number of years with Brown and Tatum
21:38being so young a historic playoff run for what would be a historic NBA
21:43championship 18 of them in being down there first since 2008 those 18 NBA
21:49championships would surpass the LA Lakers for the most in NBA history and
21:55this season was going to be defined by this core led by Jason Tatum and Jalen
22:00Brown winning not just the Eastern Conference but the NBA title and Larry
22:05O'Brien trophy as well it could come to a close tonight
22:09JY when you have been here looking at the first few games of the NBA finals
22:14the main thing that you pointed out after the opening game the first two
22:17games in Boston Kyrie Irving simply had to be better that was the biggest change
22:23that Dallas needed entering game number three Boston as of right now is a minus
22:298,000 favorite to win the NBA championship but if we remember just
22:33about 48 hours ago Boston entering game three just minus 770
22:38Kristaps Porzingis not going to play likely out for the remainder of the NBA
22:42finals there was a sliver of hope the Mavericks could do something to make
22:47this series even slightly more competitive Kyrie Irving Irving goes out
22:51and pours in 35 points and yet Boston still wins game 3 by 7 106 99 so knowing
23:00all of that from a coaching perspective what does Dallas fall back on tonight in
23:05game number four simply put Ben they have to win the three-point line or at
23:12least like lose it close if you look at every game if I'm not mistaken but it's
23:17at least 20 points I think it was 24 points that Boston got more for the
23:22three-point line in this day and age in the NBA you have to be able to shoot the
23:26three and you have to be able to defend the three you cannot be a team that's
23:31gonna put yourself in a 24-foot point hole at the three-point line that is
23:36something that teams have to think about not just Dallas but moving forward in
23:40the future you have to be able to guard the three and that you have to be able
23:44to defend the three if you're able to do that that takes away the equalizer of
23:49the three-point shot the NBA game is so much different than it was in the 80s
23:53and even early 90s even early 2000s the game used to be won on the interior Ben
24:00you could say now the NBA is won and lost at the three-point line it's really
24:07interesting to think because it is the ultimate equalizer at this point and we
24:10just need to seize much much better shooting from some of those role players
24:13there for the Mavericks coach if we're looking at this series and could it be
24:17extended there is some money to be made if this series ends tonight in four
24:20games it's a minus 115 price if we do get the five games back in Boston it's a
24:25plus 170 price but you're looking at some pretty good numbers in game sixes
24:29and sevens with a 12 to 1 price and a 9 to 1 price is there any chance that we
24:34can see not only a game number five but even get to a game six or a game seven
24:39in your opinion if you're gonna ask me plus money I like it to go in five I
24:53could see Dallas kind of finding a way grinding their way and then Boston going
24:57home and celebrating in five games that's why I would look at it because to
25:02me if you're Dallas you should be desperate you there is a there is a path
25:05to success and it's your two-star players playing well it is yours one
25:10star player staying away from the referees and it's being better at the
25:13three-point line and I don't think Porzingis plays again so you just keep
25:17attacking the basket there's a pathway to do it the bigger issue is Donnie can
25:23they do it yeah plus 170 that number right now both on the series going five
25:29and Boston winning in five because it's only the Celtics who can win this series
25:34in five at plus 170 again this is the 157th all-time NBA playoff series where
25:41a team has had a 3-0 series advantage and a best of seven the previous 156
25:47have all been decided and won by the team that had the 3-0 series lead so
25:53what do we see in game four break it down next all right so let's dive deep
25:58into game number four tonight in Dallas of the 2024 NBA Finals our coach James
26:04Young gave you his assessment that if anything maybe we see five but maybe not
26:10more than that could it only be four could it be a Celtic sweep going
26:15victorious on the road tonight in the Lone Star State
26:19JY as of yesterday the Mavericks were still booked as an ever so slight home
26:24favorite minus 112 on the money line again a very slight home favorite as of
26:29this Friday morning the line has completely reversed it was minus 116 in
26:34favor of Boston updated numbers on the fan dual sports book minus 112 in favor
26:39of the C's let's start with the numbers first and foremost Boston a three-point
26:45underdog in game three they went out right now at least as they will be noted
26:51the favorite in the game for do you agree with the odds movement I agree
26:57with the odds movement because we haven't had a team in Dallas show up and
26:59play a complete game yet you haven't had the two superstars do what they're
27:03capable of so it does make sense that Boston is a very slight favorite because
27:08you can also look at the fact that can you see a team in Dallas with all due
27:12respect do they just pack it in knowing that it's so hard to in no one's come
27:16back from a thrill deficit in the NBA final so to me that that is that is
27:21something that is you know gonna be tough for them but if you're Jason kid
27:25like I don't you
27:30hmm all you believe we're having some technical just extend it for a couple of
27:35more days so I think that is what is gonna be the issue here is trying to
27:39just extend it for one more do I think if you can hear me we're having some
27:42technical difficulties with your picture it looked as though oh and now
27:46maybe he's back yeah listen do I ain't done
27:50Dallas might be done tonight in the NBA finals but young is not so Donnie you
27:56want to take this next question since he was kind of responding to mine in the
27:59natural flow of things yes as we're so good at doing you would just jump in
28:02with the next question exactly now if we're taking a look at the side of the
28:05game we'll see and maybe it is going to be Boston as we said seven out of every
28:09ten tickets at the fan blue sports but currently coming in on the Boston Celtics
28:13how about the total coach 211 and a half I always like to say in closeout game
28:17situations boy that fourth quarter it's gonna be out defense defense and more
28:21defense what are we looking at for that 211 standpoint do you see this game
28:25going over have a tendency possibly to stay under here I this is the one that I
28:31can't get a read on but to me it's more about if you're asking me I don't want
28:37the whole team total I want until game I want the team total I'm looking at
28:42105 and a half I keep saying I need Dallas to get to about 110 right I think
28:48it was 107 and a half and last game it's now 105 and a half they gotta find a way
28:53to get to 108 to 110 that to me is that magic number so to me the ask more than
28:58anything not the whole overall total I'm gonna just say Dallas to go over 105 and
29:04a half on the fan dual sportsbook is the way I would be looking at the game
29:07in the total just in case it's a blowout one way and maybe Missoula kind of sits
29:12his guys a little bit they got to feel good about themself offensive Dallas and
29:16if they're gonna win they're not gonna win scoring a hundred or hundred and two
29:20they got to get to 108 110 plus one of the sneaky storylines of this story of
29:27this series excuse me the Mavericks have not reached the century mark yet in the
29:32NBA Finals 89 in game 198 in game two nearly there but finishing with 99 in
29:39game number three in fact the Mavericks have now played 12 playoff games
29:43throughout this postseason that have featured a total greater than 210 10 of
29:48the 12 have stayed under including all three so far in this NBA championship
29:54series in game number three it was the Jays both stepping up Jason Tatum
29:59Boston's leading scorer with 31 Jalen Brown pouring in 30 the only other
30:05Celtic player to get the double figures was Derek White he finished with 16
30:10nailing four triples JY we'll get to the NBA Finals MVP conversation in just a
30:17moment but if you're back in Boston props where does your eye go first in
30:20game number four tonight well I think you have to look at Jason Tatum see if
30:25you can come out to a big start I think that's one thing you're gonna look at is
30:28you know can your star player and I've been really big and I like this last
30:33game it's first quarter points right now Jason Tatum is over seven and a half
30:37points of plus 108 if you are gonna try and slay it and try and finish it early
30:42you want to get the crowd out of the game as quickly as possible you don't
30:45want them to believe so that means Jason Tatum has to go off over seven and a half
30:50points of plus 108 in a fans of sportsbook that's all I look at a guy
30:54that struggled the first two games really came on in game number three does
30:59he carry the momentum into game number four Jason Tatum over seven out points
31:03in the first quarter I think there's gonna be points early on in this game
31:06and I'm really looking at the three superstars three or four superstars to
31:11try and go off early especially the fact that not just Tatum but Kyrie and Luca
31:16all of their first quarter props are plus money now let's take a look at the
31:21Dallas Mavericks too because again it always starts with the two superstars
31:25how many points they can get in the last game you got exactly the start you
31:28wanted out of Kyrie Irving so if I'm gonna ask you coach between Luka
31:32Doncic and Kyrie Irving if we look at the point structure here Luka is 32 and
31:35a half at Fandul you take a look at Kyrie Irving 25 and a half if you had
31:38to bet one of those players to go over their totals or under their totals which
31:42one would it be if Luka wants to kind of have any kind of narrative change Luka's
31:48got to go absolutely off yeah but if the start the game I think it's Kyrie
31:54that's gonna be going off early his points prop was at four and a half in
31:58game number three he smashed that thing early in game number three a day just
32:03moved it up to five and a half plus 108 Kyrie Irving who knocked down four threes
32:08in the last game should come out firing because I keep looking at the fact that
32:13with no Porzingis if he doesn't play there goes the shot-blocking presence
32:18so either you have to sit off of him and give him the three or you get up on him
32:23and he gets the lane with no rim protector Kyrie Irving plus one away
32:26over five and a half points in the first quarter hmm
32:290 for 8 was Kyrie in the first two games from deep of this NBA Finals made four
32:36triples in game number three his three-point prop tonight two and a half
32:40one thing kind of lost in the conversation of game three is actually
32:45the Dallas's duo outscored the Jays despite both Tatum and Brown reaching
32:50the 30-point benchmark at least on paper that is the recipe for success for the
32:56Mavericks and Luka would have also probably gotten a 30 had he played the
33:00final four minutes of regulation and not fouled out due to frustration so it's a
33:073-0 series lead for Boston we've talked about any hope in game four maybe the
33:12most intriguing debate who wins NBA Finals MVP so I think it bears repeating
33:20this is the 157th time an NBA playoff history in a best-of-seven series a team
33:26has held a 3-0 series advantage in the prior 156 the team up 3-0 has won all
33:33156 sets only 12 times have we seen a team in an o3 all even when back-to-back
33:39games to force a game 6 only 4 times have we ever seen a series like this go
33:457 I'm throwing out these facts and figures because the series is over the
33:51Boston Celtics are going to win an NBA championship if we see something for a
33:55historic first clip this off and share it I would love for that to be a part of
34:00my resume so j-y maybe the intriguing conversation is not who wins the Larry
34:06O'Brien trophy but who wins the NBA Finals MVP and right now it's a battle
34:12it would seem between Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown we're entering game three
34:17both guys in plus money but Tatum a slightly shorter price than that of
34:22Brown plus 140 for Jason plus 155 for Jalen after game three despite Tatum
34:29scoring more points 31 to 30 Jalen Brown's now a minus 340 have the odds on
34:36favor to win NBA Finals MVP so entering game number four are the odds correct is
34:43Jalen Brown going to scroll into his second consecutive MVP award first in
34:48the ECF now in the NBA Finals it would be amazing because I feel like if they
34:53do this like Jason Tatum has been the anointed one out of the two he's always
34:58been the anointed one right and if you think about it in the 22 NBA Finals
35:03versus Golden State who is better Jalen Brown he's took off with finals this
35:07year who's been better Jalen Brown who's been better in the finals probably Jalen
35:11Brown because of the fact that Tatum struggled the first two games he scored a ball
35:14but I don't think it's as wide as this Ben and I think that is what is
35:19interesting is can you see a pathway of Tatum coming back and stealing it yes
35:26let's say Tatum goes out and gets you you know a double-double or close to a
35:31triple-double which is something he has come close to in this then I would say
35:35yeah there's a pathway here for that so I'm not gonna bet Brown to do it if I'm
35:40gonna take a chance I'm gonna take a chance on Jason Tatum a guy that is
35:45averaging you know why he's been pedestrian only 21.7 points per game is
35:49getting 8.7 rebounds 7.3 assists so he's doing other things if you can put
35:55together a big scoring game a 30-35 point game tonight Brown struggles a
35:59little bit I could see a pathway especially if he does the rebounding and
36:03the assists as well if we are looking at those two players and again that's a lot
36:08of you know for the future of the franchise to say we won the NBA
36:12championship is important but also getting that hardware is the MVP in the
36:16finals if you are looking at those two players which side would you actually
36:20take you know would it be an assist wrap would it be a rebound prop would it be a
36:24points prop which way would you go on this I would go the scoring proper Tatum
36:30I think I just I feel like if he's gonna try if I'm saying that I would have a
36:34value of Tatum you know winning this MVP a plus 270 that I have to be looking at
36:39he's gonna have a 30-point game like right because that's the only chance he
36:43gets if he goes off and he has a big scoring game tonight and it's someone
36:47let's be honest guys he is more than capable of doing so if you want to look
36:51at another thing look at maybe look at the three-point volume it's up he's had
36:54seven seven and thirteen shot attempts from the three-point line so you could
37:00look at a fact could Tatum be looking at his three-point prop it's another way
37:03that he can get on it right now Jason Tatum's three-point prop is over three and a
37:07half at plus 138 seven attempts a game 13 and one of them he's gonna get the
37:12attempts it's the points yes but that over three and a half plus 138 is mighty
37:17enticing he made four threes did Jason Tatum in game number three again Boston's
37:24leading scorer with 31 let me just throw in this wrinkle because a couple of guys
37:28have been added to the NBA Finals MVP conversation as of this Friday morning
37:33on the FanDuel Sportsbook Kyrie Irving and Derek White
37:37JY if Boston wins tonight is there any chance anybody not named Jason Tatum or
37:44Jaylen Brown wins the NBA Finals MVP award I mean if you look at the 2611 a
37:50true holiday hadn't he goes off and does another monster performance maybe but to
37:55me you know we're we're not gonna run it to the Andre Iguodala thing of years
37:59past I think it's one of those two guys is gonna win the MVP I think you know
38:04obviously Brown is leader to come out but if I think Tatum like I said it's
38:07gonna have a 30-plus point game then I'm looking at that it's why tonight is so
38:13important because it could be the last game of the NBA season and we might only
38:17have another one after it even if the Mavericks stave off elimination is this
38:23the final fadeaway to the break of the NBA season could it be I mean there's
38:27NBA draft talk to get into the day in October coach but it is the final fade
38:32away to the break