The C’s are transport as much as Boston tied 1-1 with the Golden State Warriors, a really perfect begin to the NBA Finals… proper?
Mike, Josh and Adam talk about the primary two video games of this Finals sequence, taking inventory of how they’re feeling after the C’s stole Sport 1 earlier than getting blown out in Sport 2. Is the sky falling? Is all the things puppies, sunshine, and lollipops? Are they someplace in between?
The Delight crew evaluates how the C’s performed in every of Video games 1 and a pair of, and search for encouraging and troubling indicators, as they be aware the 2 completely different variations of the C’s persevering with to indicate up. One model strikes the ball shortly and effectively, resulting in open photographs and permitting their league greatest protection to constantly get set. The opposite model shortly and effectively turns the ball over, permits the opposite crew to get quick breaks and momentum – and to set their very own elite protection.
Then, Mike breaks his personal code to not talk about the refs by lamenting the absurdity of a number of the calls that favored Golden State – and Draymond Inexperienced specifically. Adam calls Mike out, however he’s decided to make his case. Josh challenges Mike to assert the NBA should be rigged… does Mike take the bait? At minimal, Mike asks the referees get extra suave when granting favor to at least one crew over one other.
Then the blokes look forward to Sport 3 and discuss what changes they assume the Celtics have to make as they head residence. Persist with the 2 huge lineup or shift issues round? Totally different offensive initatiors? Extra – or much less – time for position gamers like Grant Williams and Payton Pritchard?
And at last, Josh asks Adam and Mike whether or not they consider – as younger Josh as soon as did – that protection wins championships or has this sequence, and their NBA fandom in recent times, shifted that perspective?
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About Celtics PRIDE Podcast: Co-Hosts Adam Motenko, his an identical twin brother Josh Motenko, and their pal Mike Minkoff couldn’t cease speaking in regards to the crew. Now they provide your want for Boston Celtics content material with their common podcast on CelticsBlog.
They are going to discuss nerdy to you, dissect the gamers on and off the court docket, and bicker like solely opinionated New Englanders can. It’s like if CelticsBlog made a BasketballJones / Dunc’dOn lovechild.
You’ll get the coach’s perspective, the capologist’s view, and a wholesome dose of superior and conventional stats that breakdown all the things that occurred and will occur with the #1 dynasty within the NBA. If you happen to usually end up reminiscing in regards to the gamers you grew up watching, otherwise you simply want reminders about what “being a Celtic” means to you, that is the podcast for you. That is Celtics PRIDE!
