How the Celtics outsmarted the Mavs | NBA Finals Game 3 analysis 

I never realized how every single one of their starters can bring up n handle the ball--how is this the first time I’ve ever seen something like that. Wow

@@hollister2320 This is what i was telling my brother. This is where the NBA is going. Every player should be able to bring up the ball or handle the ball and defend.

@@hollister2320the pacers almost got something similar to that it’s the future of the nba, role players are going to be even better in the future.

@@homomagii same with OKC.

It helps when every player is a legitimate scoring threat. On teams like Dallas where the role players are sporadic at best or simply looking to return the ball back to Luka or Kyrie, you can space all you want the defense just needs to focus on kyrie, Luka, and the center.

Let’s be real no intelligent basketball analyst or fan actually had the Celtics losing this series. Just cause most ppl wanted the mavs to win doesn’t mean majority thought they would.

They are good but they also faced an injured clippers team, super young okc team that lacks size, and Minnesota is really good but a bad matchup as Dallas bigs were playing better than twolves and edwards couldn’t get to the paint like he could vs Phoenix and Denver. Boston is extremely good but they also had a cakewalk in the east.

@@Camb2rthat only speaks to how rotted sports media has become. We now their hot takes are fake. Why even call it a “prediction” anymore if you don’t believe it and only want to be biased or get a hot take W

Anybody who wanted to discredit the rest of the east so that Boston would look less impressive can stop talking now.

@@Camb2r it was always meant to be them against the nuggets too bad they choked away their opportunity

Agreed I thought his first year was rocky but with the guidance of Brad I think he found his niche

he was always good, Smart just had to get out of the way. it was the same way with Rondo when Brad came in. Rondo just wasnt the guy for that situation & neither was Smart, as fun as he was to watch. that allowed everyone to buy into Joe’s system & Jaylen to become the vocal leader amongst the players. Jrue was the last piece, along with guys like Sam who helped Joe get this team right.

Joe and his coaching staff.

It's not one thing. The moves made last off-season brought in talented, high IQ players. And the ones that were here have bought into the coaching. And I think the coaches have gotten the experience.

And how teams should focus less on former players becoming coaches

That was a lot of pointing that you miss when watching in realtime!

Seriously ! Loved how no one had ego and everyone gave direction to someone else it wasn’t a one person calling the shots like Lebron

Best ball channel 💯

I can recommend channel Awful Coaching for a more insane analysis.

Simp

​@@Edd-zd5wb How does it feel being turned into a NPC by the Internet?

​@@uncledraw7050Second Awful Coaching, he's very objective.

@@jugo1944 Im not a virgin gamer so I have no idea what you mean

Some teams switch everything which makes running plays more difficult but gives up mismatches, which might have been what people were seeing Boston do and tricking them into thinking there wasn't any organization

Who's media 😂😂

Honestly, the C's kept some stuff in the bag down the stretch of the regular season - entire sets disappeared, stuff, especially with KP, got way less intricate - they bogged down a lot more. I think it was to ensure there was as little tape as possible to gameplan for. And, you know, hero ball did still happen.

Never heard the media say such a thing...about the mavs..yes, not the C

They're doing a lot of the same defense OKC did, but they don't have a weakness like giddy and the guys that were going crazy like PJ have been ice from three this series.

Fr he was thrown into the job at the last minute and still helped them get to game 7 of the ECF and the very next year he's coaching the hottest NBA team with a record of 79-20, one win away from #18. Him and Brad have been an incredible pair.

I don't think many people hate him anymore. I understand the frustration with him last year. He was definitely thrown into the fire pretty much of of nowhere, so it's completely understandable why he struggled a bit. And some of his philosophy decisions weren't great. Like how he wanted the team to play through bad stretches instead of calling timeouts. But he's fine in this year having reworked all of that, and he actually has defensive schemes instead of just playing pretty much straight up all of last season. If Most Improved Coach was an award, he definitely earned it. He's made himself into one of the best coaches in the league.

​@@geordiejones5618 that wasn't a lot of us honestly we like Joe a lot and we knew he was under a ton of pressure being the hc of a team like Boston

@@geordiejones5618Would’ve completed the comeback if Tatum didn’t roll his ankle 😢

​@@jakeferreira1211all of yall Owe Jaylen Brown a Big Apollo for the last two years of disrespecting Him he's the Bus Driver

Amen brother!

The coach cannot make the shots. His goal is to get good looks.

The mavs didn’t play like that vs other opponents or was the run was just a fluke for pj and lively and djj lol

@@Dachoseone2546 they did play like that but defense was easier because those teams had nonshooters that they could hide defenders on. Gobert and Slomo or Giddey for example. Everyone on the celtics has to be respected so their spacing gets fucked

@@crung so like I said Pj and djj corner threes vs wolves and okc was a fluke

Celts dont have great 1 on 1 guys..mavs do..but lukasucks on d so celts win

exactly

He’ll be fired in 2 years. It’s Boston.

⁠@@92alpha13 You have Boston confused with LA. We prefer to keep our coaches

@@tastyexecutioner4817LA keeps LeCoach too lmao😂

​@@92alpha13bruh are you slow in the head? Or just a hater?

@@92alpha13yeah sure we only had Doc for almost a decade

8:30 whole gameplan was to target tubby boy and his cinderblock feet

and best GM

Good team chemistry as well. Nobody is trying to be a hero

Difference is traffic cones sometimes get stops.

ALL the time. Their whole defensive scheme is based on hiding his laziness. The way he defended that J.Brown dunk just pissed me off. You're down 2-0 and double digits in game 3, and you just stand there as a lethal slasher dribbles past you because you don't want to get embarrassed. Go home, Fluka.

Luka? On defense? I didn’t even see him, he was practically invisible!

Bruh he has multiple injuries give him a little slack. He has played a lot of good defense in these playoffs

The funniest thing about Fluka's defence is that he FOULED OUT in the 4th. He has barely improved his defence and his stamina since first joining the league and Jaylen Brown fouling him out when Fluka was out of energy show was what proved it to the crowd and his team. Fluka's team needed him in that 4th quarter cause their offence kind of stalls when he gets taken out.

You know what you're talking about sir. Thank you.

yeah don't let people use the nba's own words and rules along with film tape to give you educated analysis. instead listen to this guy who has no evidence proving players today are just soooo athletic. a league where curry jokic doncic harden dominate

Its not just about atheltic. Everybody can shot. Its almost impossible to defend with these rules a 5 out team

@@Edd-zd5wb this is a fat lie 🤣 the warriors have beaten this same celtics team and the rockets who shot even more 3s

Yeah but you actually have to maneuver around a traffic cone

On most teams Hauser would be a starter. One of the best shooters in the game with very decent defense and hustle. He's an amazing +103 in just 81 playoff minutes.

and his contract is 3million/year so the production has massively exceeded the cost, love Sam so underrated

He is rated as one of the most efficient defenders in the league.

​@@michaelschaefer1904 but somehow in this series, I see Luka and Kyrie targetting him in isos. You would think after Game 2, they would know better.

One more season in Boston before he's too expensive. He's so much better in this series. The Pacers were a little too fast.

Agree. Milwaukee's decision keeps looking worse with every great game by Jrue.

Jrue just wasn't a good fit in Milwaukee, a player like Giannis needs a team full of shooters to be at his best. While Jrue the much better defender Dame is one of the greatest outside scorers ever and pairs much better with Giannis.

Jrue shooting over 40 percent in the regular season and playoffs from three pal.

@@Geb1439Dame is a great fit offensively, unfortunately Jrue completely held together their defensive system

​@GurtonBuster07 he's shooting better this season/playoffs but last year vs miami he shot 40 % fg and 28.1% from 3. So yeah them trading for a shooter makes sense. Also we know playoffs are where teams/fans overreact the most after a lost.

Yes it is. He is on another level in this one

Want to see a better team play? Watch 2014 Spurs when they beat LeBron's Heat.

I feel bad for mavs fans having to watch Jason Kidd mumble through post game and pre game interviews yall deserve better he is not it lmao. There’s a reason he already got fired, twice.

@@GurtonBuster07 Yea. He has gotten better, but he's nowhere near elit level HC. And poor Luka, dude has had to carry entire teams since day 1.

I feel for anyone that has to watch kidd ball. That timeout when yall were on a 22-2 run or something killed you completely and he wasted his challenge on an obvious call cause Luka told him to. Such a waste

​​@@zoobugs5056You don't get to the Finals without being a good team. Yeah the role players have mostly disappeared in the Finals but that's mostly due to the Celtics defense but as an OKC fan they definitely carried the Mavs through that series. Luka is obviously amazing but this isn't a carry job, Mavs would have lost in both round 1 and 2 if it was.

@ctoaun23 idk about lost in round 1 and 2, but those role players are inconsistent and have been from coming together at trade dealine. Now they've disappeared totally

Yeah he must rewatch some of these plays 5-10 times

Relax won 1 legit series this year and its just hunt luka...we all can do that with this roster

everyone was fooled by mazulla which includes me

@@xavierb9061 I think you misspoke, what you meant to say is "They've lost only 20 games in the last 9 months, 0 games in the last 30 days, and Joe Mazzulla has the highest coaching winning percentage in NBA history"

@@KingJerbear inherited team that lost in nba finals. Gm added 7ft3 20ppg and team usa player...year before down 3-0 to 8th seed

@@xavierb9061 over 2 years, last year with a significantly worse roster, Joe Mazzulla has the highest winning % of any coach in NBA history in both the regular season and playoffs. You just watched a video showcasing his incredible adjustments mid game. Y’all tell me every single day Tatum sucks, Brown is overrated, Celtics aren’t that good, “Mavs in 5” but when they win at an elite level the narrative changes to “anyone can win with that roster” which is it? Cause either Tatum is a top 5 guys and Brown is top 15 or this isn’t a superteam. You can’t have it both ways.

Yes

Boston would lose Kristaps and Horford to other Olympic teams, so they would have to be replaced by AD and Bam. But yeah I agree that team would be easily better than whatever all-star team is actually assembled by virtue of having a strong team identity and great synergy. Also it's so much easier for a coach to do their job when there is that level of familiarity and respect.

I am in agreement. I wouldnt be mad if Jrue wins it either.

anyone but Tatum idc if Derrick White get it

@@BigA678u just a Tatum hater

With this team I don’t even care about who ends up winning fmvp tbh. Such a great group, even with their 3rd option being sidelined. Unbelievable

It’s Boston fam. He win the chip this year and will be on the hot seat next year.🤣

@@92alpha13 nah. He got leeway even after crapping the bed with an 8th seeded Miami Heat. He will stick around.

@@hectorirene763 It's not "leeway," he coached the entire year without being able to hire his own staff. He had to use the leftovers from Ime Udoka and still got to the conference finals. You're supposed to fire a coach now for finishing the season as a top 4 team in the league..?

People have GOT to give coaches time. It’s embarrassing how quick the media is to throw coaches under the bus.

Awful Coaching is leagues ahead of this channel .

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Exploiting Payton Pritchard was a big part of it.

Well said.

He won’t this channel sucks . You want real deep analysis go watch Awful Coaching .

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@@GroovyJ007 true, that channel has very deep analysis. team wins: great coaching. team loses: awful coaching

Luka is a big crybaby. He complains about every foul. Admit your fouls and shut the F up.

It's called box and 1

The box and 1 is a 4 man zone (the box) with one free roamer my man 😅

Somewhere Nick Nurse is doing his patented crab walk looking for a foul call

@@edwinblack-rw5xk😂😂

@@edwinblack-rw5xk it's the opposite of the box and 1. Where on a box and 1 you have 4 guys running a zone and 1 playing man defense, the 1 and box is a 1 man zone and 4 guys playing man

That was different because they talked about it on ESPN. Also "you can't make that kind of call late in the game"... except that one. Only Mavericks are allowed to foul in the last 5 minutes.

Tatum should have had like 3-4 and-ones

Luka aka the matador defender.

Do you mean the Franchise ? Cuz the team is the sum of these great players. I dislike the Celtics, but I love watching them play.

I just love that Tatum and Brown have gotten better every year and now they seem to have addressed their biggest issues. With Tatum it was the turnovers, bro had like the most ever the year we lost to the Warriors, now he’s around 2.5 a game which is amazing considering his playoff averages are 25-10-6, then for Jaylen it was his handles(specifically with his left) and something that always bothered me with him was how he’d go off for like 16 in one quarter but then only take 5 more shots for the rest of the game…it was always so baffling because when he was trying to score, he scored easily at a high percent but it’s like he would ball out, then next quarter miss a couple shots and just decide not to keep shooting…and this run has been spectacular for him in general but specifically in this regard. And now that they should be champs, their confidence is gonna sky rocket.

@@jordancave3089 Warriors/Denver had cakewalk to the finals. Thats why they beat Celtics. East teams are better than West teams.

Denver has never beaten the Celtics

@@GurtonBuster07 You mean Celtics has never beaten Denver. But what happens in the regular season means nothing. My Knicks was 1-2 vs Pacers and injured Knicks almost eliminated them.

My guess is he will have Luka ranked 4-5. I think he would rank Jokic, Embiid, and Giannis over Luka and he might have AD over him as welll(Ben is extremely high on AD).

​@@Matthew-xl5bcmaybe not Joel honestly he's never healthy

Yes joel, man put up 33 on half a leg, and half a face, stop the disrespect

@@newcastleenjoyer69 True but Ben always ranks Embiid pretty high despite the injuries. I guess he will see when makes his list.

LOOOLL I can guarantee you Luka will not be below AD lmao.

I totally agree, Mavs having less points than Celtics, made Boston win games against Dallas

@@antinapay you know hoops 🫡

The major adjustment that the Celtics did was they started scoring more than Dallas.

Dallas should really try to score more next game. I think that scoring more would be a game-changing adjustment.

@@Oldmanstillgotit definitely. Two hoops, one ball, two teams.

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