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00:00I don't know. You think other teams take note of the Magic being physical with the Celtics in one game?
00:04I've said this consistently. Orlando is not talented enough to take advantage of the Celtics, even without Tatum tonight.
00:10Like, I think they'll win without Tatum. So the Magic are not the team to take advantage of it.
00:15But is it possible a team like New York, Detroit, Cleveland, OKC, maybe even the Lakers, they take note and they say,
00:23Oh, the Celtics play way too comfortable night in and night out. They're way too comfortable.
00:28This is a way to make them uncomfortable. It was only one game.
00:31But is there a possible thing to glean from this if you're a future opponent, a blueprint, if you will, on how to play the Celtics going forward?
00:40I mean, physicality is how you win in the NBA playoffs. Like, I don't think that's independent to the Celtics.
00:45Like, that's how you win. You have to up the physicality.
00:47Listen to any player or coach talk about NBA playoff basketball. The first thing they bring up is physicality.
00:52That's the biggest change in the game from the regular season to the postseason.
00:55So I don't think that's necessarily independent of the Celtics.
00:58In the past, they have struggled against these physical teams, these more – like, look at Orlando, for example.
01:02Like, this has been their DNA for a couple seasons now, and they were 4-6 against Orlando entering the playoffs this year in the regular season over the last three years.
01:10And that's because they're physical, they play hard, and they have a lot of length.
01:13And in the past, those teams have given the Celtics issues.
01:16I just don't see it with this iteration of the Celtics because they – one, they can match that physicality.
01:20And I think Drew Holiday does a great job in setting that tone.
01:23Jalen Brown has come out more and done that.
01:25Kristaps Porzingis can do it.
01:27They can all do it.
01:28And also, you can just – they can hurt you in so many different ways.
01:30Like, look at game one, for example.
01:32You had Drew Holiday, Peyton Pritchard, and Derek White.
01:35You had your guards doing it.
01:36And this was a series that was supposed to be all about the wings, right?
01:39It was supposed to be Boncaro and Wagner versus Tatum and Brown.
01:42And Tatum and Brown – and Porzingis, for that matter, as well – struggle efficiency-wise, and the guards pick them up.
01:47So the Celtics just have so many different ways to hurt you now, and I think they all do a good job of responding to physicality because they've been there.
01:53They've done that, and they understand that's what it takes to win.