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00:00So Porzingis comes back the other day, you look pretty good, where do you think the Celtics have missed him the most?
00:06Definitely on their rim protection, that's been one of the biggest issues for them is the points in the paint for opponents
00:12and you look at it, they had 11 blocks in this first game back, they hadn't had a double-digit block game all season before then.
00:18Why do you think that turned into like a team-wide thing? Because he only had two, I think.
00:21It's more so just having him back there that they're allowed to play a little bit more aggressively
00:25and they can also play different coverages because of his versatility, which is just huge for them.
00:29So you saw him make an impact there right away and I know Clippers obviously had, I think it was still like 54 points in the paint,
00:36which isn't great, but a lot of that was from Zubac, so that's going to happen, but he definitely shored that up an area that they really needed help in.
00:42You know, we were talking about this, how Brad Stevens was on the broadcast and you could tell he was annoyed every time they gave up a layup,
00:48but my kind of theory is Mazzullo's probably good with it, like doesn't want dunks and like super easy points,
00:54but every time the opponent takes a two, I feel like Mazzullo thinks that's a win.
00:58Yeah, it depends on the type of two it is, like some of them they're willing to let opponents take.
01:03They're really analytical in that sense of who they're allowed, who they're willing to let take certain shots and whatnot,
01:09and I am with you because they like to take, if you want to play the two-for-three game, they'll do it.
01:13It's all about the Celtics and look at, they hit 15 threes in the first half and 12 in the second quarter alone on Monday,
01:21so you're not going to beat them by scoring twos if they're shooting lights out like that.