Boston Celtics come through in the clutch, take 3-0 ECF lead
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- The Celtics came out strong but the Indiana Pacers matched them shot for shot early on and then took off in the second quarter, hitting an ungodly amount of shots. They built up an 18 point lead but the Celtics kept chipping away and, after Joe Mazzulla refocused them in the third, they started to defend better and close the lead. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal gets into all that, the big closing kick that won Boston the game, Jrue Holiday's steal, Jayson Tatum's pass, and so much more.
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Anyone saying “well the Celtics only won by 3,” should just cancel watching sports entirely. This was a great road ECF win, period.
Especially since the Pacers were undefeated at home since 3/18... it took the Celtics to end Indy's home court winning streak!
@@Robin-xt7yo since march?! Damn. Love it.
THAT’S THE JT I LOVE. He hinted before the game too saying “I LOVE game threes…” 36 points, 10 rebs, 8 asts & 0 to’s. Never been done-by anyone ever in a playoff game. And to have the balls to throw that behind the back pass to Al in that crucial moment? Jrue and Al were Gods tonight. Horford defying age & burying 8 treys, blocking shots and Jrue with that steal, great defense and he & Al just inspiring the fck out of their teammates. Jaylen had yet another solid night with 24 and some electrifying plays that kept my hope alive when I really felt like turning it off. I’ll admit I spent most of the night cussing at the missed threes, Hauser looking just awful and the at times porous defense. But when the chips were really down and Boston saw blood in the water, they attacked & were ruthless. What a win. HOLIDAY WEEKEND BABY. Jrue Holiday that is! Finish it Monday boys. Thanks John! ☘️🔒
Felger and Mazz in sports radio will come up with a way to bash Tatum lol
It's why i despise F and M. I'll listen to John, Tom W, Eddie H, Chris F and the Aussies any day. @Animals_And_Nature_Lovers
@@Animals_And_Nature_Loverssaid the other day that “Jaylen brown never hit that shot before in his life”
COMPLETE AND UTTER BLASPHEMY!!
The fact that they played together and kept pushing was definite growth from previous teams. I felt you about cussing about the missed shots! I was doing the same 😂
@@Robin-xt7yo yup, I listen to locker on Celtics every day with John.
Felger and Mazz know nothing about basketball
Can I just say - I have never seen a team so focused on the end goal in the last 4 minutes. They never gave up and it showed. Congratulations Celtics. You have proven how tough you are to win a game.
This a testament to this team being DIFFERENT this year. Last season they prolly would’ve folded Game 1 and this Game 3 but they followed through and showed that grit everyone loves trying to say they don’t have. It was a good watch overall
The Pacers had not lost a game at home since March 18th until the Celtics came. The Celtics broke Indy's home win streak 😤🍀
Havent the celtics also been undefeated on the road this postseason? I trust the boys more than the pacers in a battle of undefeatedness and it worked out for us
@mattpassos5689 Yes indeed!
This is the only show I was waiting for after a win like that! Nothing like Locked on Celtics after a tough Playoff win. Thanks for given life while I work the night shift ☘️☘️☘️💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾!
I'm here for you
Don’t even listen to the media just listen to this podcast and it makes life so much more enjoyable
Mazzulla is an amazing coach. He is going to be one of the greats when it’s all said and done. Not only is he brilliant but the team trusts him. He can inspire and speak life into them.
Very true I like him yet. You got so-called fan saying that he can’t run the team and draw a play. But it’s so annoying how people say that the only reason why he is doing well because of talent.
That steal by Jrue was incredible. Chef's kiss
MFn champion Jrue Holiday. I've Been saying that to myself a lot the last few games.
I feel like we got to a series that ended in the word finals and he like oh hey guys remember me? Beast.
Very clean steal by Jrue. Pacers want to whine, but it was clean. (Watched it several times).
@@Robin-xt7yo yep clean asl
he really turned a flu game into the jrue game 💯
I thought this was Tatum's best playoff performance since his 51-point game last year.
That behind the back pass is one of the most iconic plays I have ever seen. Huge nuts to make that pass down 5 in that moment.
@@subliminakeys1674i was in deisbelief the pass even made it to Al and i could only watch in sikence until it dropped 😂
Man, in that 4th quarter they just kept giving me what i was asking for over and over.
"Brown where is that beast mode dunk energy from game 2, we need you man..."
**Jb goes in for a monster dunk**
"DWhite you been cold all night man , we need those clutch 3s buddy"
**boom, D White for 3**
Buckets and Stops boys lets go. Buckets AND stops. We need both get greedy.
**couple beast stops in the paint**
"Tatum, its superstar time. Build that legacy man"
** Tatum hits clutch 3, makes most beast mode pass I have ever seen in such an important part of the game (where I also said "Al man, you want that chip you gotta hit that shot man") GOT IT!**
"Come on Jrue, i know you feeling ill today man, having a rough shooting night, its champion time...."
** Jrue bully's them in the paint and 1, then proceeeds to make the incredible defensive steal in transition and makes Both free throws after getting fouled **
That was Fn awesome.
What an INCREDIBLE game! JT responding to all the ridiculous slander with an incredible game. Not only scoring in the first half, but making so many big plays including that AMAZING behind the back to Al for a 3 that saved us late :) Then big shoutout to PLAYOFF AL and Jrue who made big plays all night and especially when it mattered most.
Funnily enough (and I know this is weird but whatever) - what I loved most was how after the Pacers final shot missed, instead of celebrating, Jaylen Brown and Derrick White immediately got to talking about how Nesmith got open. Take a look at it again and you see them immediately going to each other to talk through how it happened.
Thats a team that has its eyes on the prize. They weren't going nuts celebrating. They were saying 'yoooo how did he get that good a look? Thats on us.'
I see what he does in the finals I don't care about this other crap like J Brown said He wants to win the championship
@@bryonstevenson1084 obviously we want to see a championship but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate JT's performance today. He played incredible. Lets enjoy that
@@jayceltics9345 agree 100%. IMHO, Tatum might be somewhat overrated(he's a very good player but has some flaws that still need to be addressed), but tonight, he was at his best. He deserves the flowers for a super game that helped The C's most importantly get the W!
@@carolinadnm17ask yourself this question…. Over rated by who? 🤔
Need him to keep this up
My heart is not cut out for these games anymore haha! Was jumping around my home office trying not to wake my wife up haha
Watching Al hit those 3 and Holiday steal the ball i always jumping of my seat wow what a game
I really enjoyed this W because it demonstrated the resilience and the mental strength of the team. Resilience and mental strength are crucial ingedients for a championship team. Give Brad Stevens a ton of credit for adding Jrue Holiday to this team. He's a real warrior on the floor with a significant impact on both sides of the floor. Celtics won this trade with the Trailblazers easily. Experience really matters at this stage of the playoffs. The inexperienced Nembhard with two decisive mistakes in the final minute of the game in games 1 & 3. I am kind of relieved to see Tatum hitting the 3PT shots again after his 3PT scoring slump over the last few games.
Great win, jrue was clutch and that no 👀 look behind the back pass to Big Al in the corner gives me chills 🧊, Tatum was cold blooded wt that pass! True Celtics Basketball 🏀 🍀🍀🏆🏆🏆
The Celtics are being tested by this high powered offense. They keep fighting!
Jrue is worth EVERY PENNY!!! Lets go!!!
I think the finals will be against the Mavs...we need KP for that series...WE NEED HIM!
I was happy to see Jaylen continue to stop the bleeding. Each time the Pacers went on a run he would score to slow their momentum. He and JT then started to get everyone else going. I was actually upset with Jrue at first because he started to hold on to the ball too long but it all worked out. Good game!
Wow amazing performance by Boston Celtics and the whole team that has sacrificed so much for their team and their teammates they totally deserved this win by the way they played this game and this game one . If they keep playing like they played this series and elevating their game to adjust to their opponents they will definitely win the championship this year. And it definitely starts with winning the second round of this series Amazing and good job by the whole Celtics on the defense end and the offense end of the floor.This is what the Celtics is supposed to do if they want to keep advancing to the third and fourth when the NBA championship including beating who is awaiting them in the later rounds. This was a great night for Jaylen Brown,Derrick White ,Jrue Holiday And Al Holford who has a record of 7 3's for the oldest in player this recent game three. Al came out big tonight to help the Celtics this game three. They deserved the win tonight on both ends on the floor.
Man, what an awesome game! Very proud of the Celtics.
Great win, give the Pacers credit, they were hitting everything the first half. Boston D finally showed up and fueled the comeback win !!!
I know I’m about to sound like a fake fan, but I was really tired and down 18 I was ready to go to bed, but I am so glad I fought the sleep and watched that glorious comeback and performance by Jayson Tatum God I love the Celtics and I love this podcast
WE GOTTA GIVE MORE LOVE TO RJUE HOLIDAY!!! Man!!! He’s a SOOO IMPORTANT TO THIS TEAM!!! 💚💚💚☘️☘️
Jrue
Its Jrue, and remember when this guy was saying he should come off the bench?
John, absolutely love the show. My favorite part is your calm demeanor and you dont immediately hate on everyone who had a bad game, you keep the respect to the team, make me feel better when we lose...
You know what though, if we get a win like that.. we need you fired up!
I'm so amped 12 hours later still and your calm approach to this phenomenal ending is not the vibe I need right now 😂
Love the show, just messing with you, sort of.
Watching it live and seeing the tweets and hate towards this team FROM THEIR OWN FANS! I knew that if it came down to single digits in the 3rd we were going to win. Despite some questionable calls and missing wide open shots, Celtics really put their heads down and dug deep to pull a win. Just some absolutely amazing plays down the stretch from Al’s 3, Tatums contributions and Jrues and1 and steal. Just pure grit and grind. I’d say the pacers hurt more after today’s loss rather than game 1, they really showed heart and played well as a team. But the Celtics, like you said John, are a different team this year. I’m so glad I watched this live to see the entire game. Go Celtics! Thanks John!
Was it the Jrue game? The Al game? The Tatum game? Such great performances by those guys
Basketball gods blessing Celtics this year. They keep winning games they should have lost and their opponents keep getting injured. You must seize every opportunity and the Celtics have done that. Critics will say Cs got lucky I say Cs have shown Championship level resilience and are being rewarded with wins. 11-2 in the postseason. 5 wins to go. ☘️💪🏆😊
Respect to the pacers foreal they were playing amazing barely missing
Thanks, John, excellent perpective as always. Awesome comeback against the Pacers and the refs. Thank-you also to the Buck's & Blazer's front offices, for obvious reasons.
Good to see you Lee! OG Celts fan right here 💯
@@KWAPT Back atcha buddy!
Tatum channeled his in Larry Bird with that behind the back pass.☘️☘️☘️
Funk out of here he's been doing that since high school. Larry Bird 🤣😂🤣😂
This Boston Celtics team show resilience and mental toughness what a game one more and we're in the finals let's go baby Championship championship
How did I just randomly wake up to the drop time!? Let’s go Cs! 5 more
Red’s ghost tapped your shoulder & woke you… 🤫
WCF is going to Dallas next. And I feel like John wasn't hyped enough after this win. Incredible resilience from the team.
Boston turned a corner tonight and became a Championship team. This was a huge win. 5 more like that and the banner is theirs. ☘️💚
Glorious comeback!
Condolences to X!
Let’s go to the finals tomorrow!
Got to go to this game and it was so awesome for first game getting to see the Celtics
Jaylen made some clutch plays too that poster on turner is not talked about enough and that jumper he made with 2 mins left was a classic “No no no…Yes!” Shot lol shot out Jaylen. Tatum vs Luka will feed families
Good job, John.
FYI: The first two games were in Minnesota. The Mavericks are going home with a 2-0 lead and an opportunity to sweep.
Even KP himself will not know if he is 100% until he plays at game speed for a few minutes. I hope Joe plays him just enough to find out.
Im curious how Stephen A and that football guy were gonna downplay this Celtics win
You also have to give credit to Xavier Tillman
I love the Celtics And glad that Tatum showed up one game at a time be honest I want us to win the championship I believe this is the year 😤🔥
Impressive win! I agree, it had all the feel of a Celtic comeback that would come up short. Indiana is up and coming but BOY do they make alot of mistakes...once they eliminate TO's they will be a handful to deal with.
I have to admit, I’m not sure I was 100% convinced that I’ve had my -“this is why we got Jrue” moment
But after this weekend he’s now 100% won me over !
It’s a Holiday weekend!! 💚 ☘️
after that steal I said thats why we got Holiday lol that reminded so much of that steal on smart in game 5 the one at half court
@@Averagedre 100%
Stayed up for this video! You're the best john!
no.... you are!
Defense wins championships, this Celtics team can clamp teams down and rain shots with the best of ‘em. The Pacers are young and have only one gear.
4 points from the bench is wild
With 50% of that coming from XT who's just back from his dad's passing.
Jrue stole his lunch money to win the game 😀
Stops and shots! LFG! 🍀
Pacer’s 100% free throws?? WOW!!! Tatum had two backward passes to BIG AL!!!
I think people, John included, slept on the end of the 2nd quarter run. The Pacers were up 18 late in the 2nd quarter but quickly trimmed it down to 9 before that last second three by Niemhard. Without that run it would’ve been a disaster. A complete blowout would’ve occurred in the 3rd without that 2 1/2 minute run before the half.
Great job JK! Must see TV.
Waiting for this John thanks
Nice W
Haters have been ragging on the Celtics for winning against hobbled teams and getting lucky. Every championship requires luck and luck only favors the prepared mind. Never apologize for winning.
to be fair, we've been in the ECF 5 of the last 6 years. Yes this year has been advantageous in terms of opponent injuries, but its not like we weren't already the #1 seed in the league with 64 wins who has been there nearly ever year in the last 6 years.
Also, we've had our fair share of injury pain. IT in 2017, Kyrie/Gordon in 2018, Gordon again in 2020 with the ankle, JB out for Playoffs with wrist in 2021, then Rob/Marcus missing time in the 2022 Playoffs and then of course last year JT goes down with the ankle injury first play of G7 against Miami.
We've been hurt by injuries before. Its about time we got a little luck in that regard and remember, even this year we haven't had KP and who knows how he'll play when he gets back after this time off
I mean we do have a four leaf clover to represent us lol 🍀
Jrue > Smart
When he stole the ball from Nembhard last night, I had a flashback to 2022 game five Celtics versus Bucks, when Marcus was bringing the ball up the court in the final second, and Holiday stole the ball from him and the bucks won.
As much as I was sad when we lost the veteran heart and soul of the team, I praise Brad for his trades. Amazing.
@@Robin-xt7yo other Celtics weren’t he was annoying on offense taking a lot of bad shots and tried to be the hero and he missed unfortunately
game 3 is in Dallas
Cool comp to make between Butlers INT + Holiday’s steal. The superbowl implications obviously makes that play more impactful - but in a vacuum it felt similar. In both games at those moments you thought the other team was gonna win a hard fought battle at the very end until *it was snatched right from them.
This is what Holiday gets paid to do though. Butler got paid because he did it.
Please put us Pacers fans out of our misery game 4
Hows that for clutch and facing pressure
w pod
Dallas won the first two games in Minnesota. Game 3&4 are back in Dallas
do you think that series is over or can the wolves win 1 on the road? I think they will win one on the road and dallas ends that in 5
LFG 🍀🏀💪!!!
All we had to do is play off of them on defense. Nobody on that team besides turner wants to shoot 3’s. We have to dare them to shoot 3’s and play the drive. Go under all pick n rolls. Once we started doing that late in the 3rd quarter we turned it around
KP out for game 4 he must not 100% yet
Mavs are going to Dallas they went up 2-0 in Minnesota
You're right... My brain wasn't working in that moment
Barefoot of chat sports said the same thing about being down
Best closing line ever!!!!!: “Everybody else can say what they wanna say, but everybody else would trade positions with the Boston Celtics. And that’s all you need to know.” 👌🏼👌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼☘️☘️
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Mic drop 🎤
They really need Porzingis back though. They will not win the finals without him.
John Mavs are going home, they stole 2 games in Minnesota. That series might end in 4 or 5
5 more wins and i cash out that ticket
☘️☘️☘️
Derrick White is a step slow defensively during this game but made up for the 4 blocks. But man Nembhard and TJ is getting their way a lot versus White.
Also the pacers pulled a Celtics from last few years lmaooo
It’s going to be an embarrassing 4:0 win
You mean Minnesota is going to Dallas
... And here comes Porzyngis!!!!
Typical Celtics …..how can you let them shoot 75% ? That’s a big problem…finally Cs woke up and played
I don't think KP should come back this series even if he's 100%. It's not a coincidence that every team that plays the pacers gets injured. They injured like 3 bucks players and put the knicks entire roster in the hospital. They'll take out KP for sure. Especially Nesmith and his dumbass vendetta against the Celtics because of some made up perceived slight against him. The dude sucked, so he couldn't get playing time, and he blames the celtics for it.
I liked Nesmith when he was with us. Dude hustled like a mad man and I could tell his shooting was going to come around. I was bummed when we traded him, but at the time getting Brogdon was the right play. I don't think he should have a vendetta against us, but oh well. The guy clearly didn't suck though. We were just loaded.