How the Celtics countered Miami’s suffocating defense 

unfortunately it’ll be Mavs in 7

@@CharlieMilne2 sure

I will love the adjustment of 2 coach in 7 series 🫶

@@CharlieMilne2 if mavs win in 7 I'll actually pay pal you £20 hold me to that

@@alexstroud4665 And if the warriors win in 6 you'll paypal me 20 bucks right bro

They've always been important. People only seem to notice them when things are going sideways

@@Marmalada180 of course but it just seems once the opposing team made an adjustments to a previously working scheme if you can't adjust you'll get blowouts

@@yunan9610 Maybe the coaching pool is stronger than it's ever been? More strategic, less inflexible in their approach

I think it's because there are backup coaches in the two organizations (Brad and Pat). I wonder why so few organizations have this kind of setup.

@@ray101892 what do you mean by “backup coaches”

You could’ve just typed out head coach.

@@samhartje723 you're a fun guy

@@samhartje723 why would something like that even bother you lmao

@@Hi-sf8jm I honestly don’t know. I think it’s just the fact that HC isn’t even a ubiquitous acronym for head coach, so it was jarring for me to read at first.

​@@samhartje723 I mean, we all know what HC is. He saved like a second and a half typing it out, but you wasted his gain by making him read your comment. You owe him 2 seconds of his life back

Best example of this is the Boooklyn Buzzer-beater. Smart would of made the shot in the corner, but baited 2 Brooklyn defenders allowing a clear passing lane for Tatum to score on the final clock.

They have had a good passing game for some games in the second half of the season. That’s their next goal to do that consistently ala Spurs 15

yeah Ime Udoka has completely turned this team around is such a short time. Great offensive and defensive system.

How they beat the heat game 7

Yeah, since the Isaiah era, bro.

Nah. Not always. /

I've been saying this since 2018 We were so close to a Warriors v Celtics Finals but instead we got freaking Warriors v Lebron for the fourth time in a row, it would've been nice to see Kyrie and a young Celtics team go against the Superteam version of Warriors But I guess it was for the better, now we have Warriors reborned after two sad seasons and a more developed Celtics with better defense and hungry for their shot a title since 2010

@@bryancordero6532 kyrie wouldn't have played in that series lmao

@Seanus Patricus I think so too. I think when Boston goes big with Al and Rob, they are gonna give the warriors problems. Them and Tatum have got length. Then with MS just stalking curry. Idk, I’m no expert tho

lmao

Damn true

White is averaging just over 2 3PA/game in the conference finals. Stop digging him.

@@tim.noonan while this comment is exaggerating, White is averaging 7 points a game in the playoffs, on 36%fg and 20% on 3 attempts per game from deep, his offense kinda deserves digging at

In Game 4 and 5 White was amazing, he carry the offense with big Al when JT and Brown were struggling. In defense White Is always very important. I think he's a very important piece in this team. 🍀

since he preaches defense we are!

Overrated. His players grew as he got signed and GA took em to 7 wo Middleton. Stevens was so good he became president

@@rockysalvatore435 what?!! How could you say that?!

@@fishifyjenkins1379 truth that's how

@@rockysalvatore435 not truth

Kerr's IQ was already exquisite even as a player, but Kerr and Udoka learning from Pop has been the best. Thanks to Pop, them and we the fans got two great coaches duking it out.

That was pretty much the same thing the Lakers did in 2020 during the finals

@@jdelgado216 exactly. How hasn’t spo adjusted to this

@@2kolbe010 Spo has to play zone because they bleed way more playing a more attached defense. They do not have any way to contain both tatum and brown at the same time with their guards being undersized or defensively challenged. Bam has to challenge, which allows the celtics to dunk or get the rebound. This already happens with the zone but atleast with the zone the heat have a chance to cause a turnover. Also just as big an issue for the heat is their offense. They almost cant drive at all and have terrible spacing issues, tending to bunch players together towards the sides of the court. During the bubble they would screen away from the ball so it would allow passes to the side or top, which in turn opens up the drive. But now they are super stationary and ball watch.

@@swiftbluedragon Also doesn't help everyone is injured, Bam looks very off. Just a literal hell of a series

I still think they'll give those lobs early and often in a game. No Center has lobbed miami to death in a win. I feel like it gets the stars out of rhythm on the other teams but i could be completely wrong because spo will keep the trap/help home eventually but I don't remember a center minus embiid dropping 30+ on this team.

x team want it more

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@Don't read profile photo Ok I didn’t bye

The Celtics have a right to be gassed after going through the Nets and the Bucks. I have no clue why the Heat is gassed, unless Boston's defense is making them work too hard for points.

@@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641 Nah, so ever since the Play In was established schedules have been getting more cramed as they are on the same schedule but have more games now. These teams are getting very little rest in these series. That's partially to blame for the high injury count in this and previous years. With this crammed schedule the wear on player's bodies is getting worse.

@@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641 bucks? Yes Nets? They swept them so had a lot of rest

@@jdelgado216 you think playing defense against KD and Kyrie isn't difficult?

so you're saying he's the best on the team?

@@AJ-iu6nw he literally said that isn’t him saying he is the best

I feel like Al has been a bit more impactful and consistent, imo. JB has been a bit frustrating at times.

@@AJ-iu6nw Do you have trouble reading?

@@therealcapartist1690 you really think he’s serious

its not just cuz coach is great w his content, its also cuz all the media does is talk shit and youtubers focus on popular topics. Us true fans of the sport like real breakdowns, not all that damn criticism and highlights

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your comment aged poorly

@@ianjamesindignation9136 I think you need to read the up update. And I said if.

@@13JacksonMr doesn't matter

I don’t think they’ve played against a full strength warriors yet though. Looking forward to a matchup with two of my favorite teams though.

This is a stupid Boston fanboy stat no other games played outside this season matters… tryna sneak past season match ups in there lol 😂

@@johnhendrix28 thats a stupid comment, GSW were even stronger with KD and full strength Klay Thompson.

To be fair to them, last game they nearly had the worst 3 point shooting percentage in NBA playoff history on 30+ attempts or something like that. It's a make or miss league. But if they were shooting even 30% on their 3's (I'll concede Boston's been somewhat cold too, but the Heat have been HISTORICALLY cold, after leading the league in 3 point % this season), some of these games wouldn't have been even close. Credit where credit's due, but the blueprint to winning the series is still relatively simple if they're not historically cold.

(if they are historically cold, they just will have to sit there and lose. No two ways around it)

@@kunalmishra9463 Yeah it's definitely them missing 3 pointers. absolutely NOTHING to do with Boston's #1 rated defense in almost every category in the last half of the season

@@THROWBACK_Sports did you listen to what I said? All credit due and whatnot, but this isn’t the same conversation if they’re shooting “coldly” instead of literally “worst shooting of all time coldly”. Potentially on the other side too - Jaylen is shooting out of his mind this series against an equally good defense… is that sustainable too?

Warriors has never faced playoff Jimmy

The breakdowns are so good that I actually want to watch a full game instead of just the highlights.

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Lol

very fine milk that tastes a lot like aged wine

@@TheDonUrbas the Celtics didn't figure out the heat still they got lucky butler missed

@@Fuegopaintrain Heat got lucky game 6 and 7 to keep it that close

@@TheDonUrbas obviously not because game 7 was close the heat were just as good as the Celtics

and lost

jesus christ

he's injured

@@genaldgalicia5834 is he?

Let me know his stats game 6

and now?

1d1ot

Mozarella has no idea how to coach

Spo is out of reply options. If he has the gappers drop back and play more honest D, the lanes for Tatum / Brown drives become huge. The zone worked OK in G4 for a bit, but it seemed like Boston had a reply ready within a few possessions.

@@Denzera yeah man. Just gotta love Ime

MJ wouldn't whine, he would feast in todays game. Theres a reason NBA avg scores were 10-15 point less during his era. Not sure how young you are, but imagine Kobe, but better.

@@pittbos2567 anogher guy who didnf watch the game. Back then zone defense was illegal. Mj bulls was whining non stop please. Allen ivsrson,kobe tmac, shaq, kg tim duncanand mj himssld All were complaining when zone defense came back. Mj even took it to magazine. Lmao here you telling me he didnt whine. piston bad boys couldnt stop mj. They resort to 2 things. One hard fouls. 2. Playing zone which was effective in stopping and slowing down mj 1on1. This bothered mj for 2 straight years in fhe playoffs. When that year bulls finally beat piston. Mj and phil jackson were whining and crying to refs ears. They are running zone. Call fhat illegal defense. Usimg the refs to ensure piston cant run zone defense and allow mj to play 1on1. Same thing happend when pacer and knicks ran zone defense. Bulls were crying abouf basic zoning. Imagine more tricky and hybrid zoning?

@@pittbos2567 10-15 pts lesser becauss theres ALOT MORE 3pt shooting and the pace was alot faster. Back in bulls( gold standard in 90s) day, they focused on getting a shot as close to the basket as possible. Ideally the paint. They would pass up on open 3s, going under screen etc using the most out of 24 sec. Nowadays by gsw(kd) gold standard, as long as its open. You take it. And you have alot more and higher quality shooters. Which increased the pace, in same amount of time, less time were used for team to take a shot which meant overall more shots were taken. Thus contributed to higher scoring. Bruh. Dont come telling me ur grandfather overrated tall tales. Your not even at that level yet you wanna talk baskerball🤡🤡

@@WestbrickFansGotNoBrains LOL, you ever heard of the hand check? The year after it was prohibited avg scores went up by four points. When the zone was reinstated the avg score went up by .7 then dipped by point .4 the year after that. And the 3 point shot only makes sense if teams avg 10-15 more makes per game. BTW GSW avg 14.2 and they are obviously higher than the avg... so 🧢. Not knocking hybrid defense, just your silly example of MJ complaining about zones like he had nothing better to worry about.

@@pittbos2567 ah old head with his wheelchair knowledge. wheres the handcheck when suns played mj bulls in the finals? that defense suns put up is worse than harden in playoffs. zone was reinstate, which in turn promoted more passing out of paint lmao. which contributed to team started seeking more 3pt shot, specially cross court pass to corners. inside-out game. that's what shaq kg timmy all said lmao. your point mj didn't complain. iverson, kobe, tmac, kg, mj (wizards), timmy, were all complaining. back then social media wasn't a thing mj took it to the magazine to complain. here you are telling me "mj wouldn't whine" bulls, mj and phil jackson was whining all playoffs for refs to call that illegal zone. which stopped mj from proceeding to finals twice as they failed to get pass piston. they faced the same defense pacer and knicks ran, again the bulls cried to the refs. do even watching the game?

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maybe next year

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yeah......no

@@kghd2647 I was wrong 🤷🏾‍♂️

@@pedroaugustocosta2533 lol was wrong 🤷🏾‍♂️

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