TEAMS DON’T FEAR BOSTON 🗣️ – Big Perk reacts to the Celtics blowing 30-PT lead vs. Hawks | NBA Today

TEAMS DON’T FEAR BOSTON 🗣️ – Big Perk reacts to the Celtics blowing 30-PT lead vs. Hawks | NBA Today

Happened to the Celtics last night I mean that was a stunner so the first seated Celtics taking on the 10th seated Hawks the Celtics get up to a huge lead in this one right we’re going to pick it up in the in the second quarter the Celtics up 65 to 38 Al

Horford puts it up for three can’t quite get it to go but you know what take one more shot at that Al oh yes he’s still got it buses right yeah little conversation here with the the referees going back and forth the third quarter though a few minutes l into the third

The Hawks all of a sudden they’re making this a little bit interesting here the Celtics the other way can’t get that one to go Hawks getting out and transition here chenet and all of a sudden we have an interesting game yeah the starting five really showed up for the Hawks and

What you see is that they Chip Away Chip Away chip away until they realize they actually have a chance and that’s when they did their most damage so you’ve been in this position not me but should Jason Tater be moving a little more on that possession uh a lot more because

Anticipating that pass he could have had an easier look inside but he settled for the three story of the Celtics lives and fans ly rolling around on the ground there all right going ahead cut the floor uh I enjoyed the pink sweater as well Jason Tatum throws

It down with authority to give the Celtics back the lead here in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter but would it be quite enough well the Atlanta Hawks now down by two check out the number of times the ball moves here on this this possession check time and

Score chenet would you like to check timeouts thank you and also their defense is fully set up great help rotation right there staying on the nail and then now they get an even easier look on the other end all of a sudden Atlanta takes the lead with a minute 35

Left to go here Atlanta up by one still two timeouts for Joe Missoula still two see right under the 116 there you can still see it Jaylen Brown has the ball Jason Tatum getting tied up a little bit in traffic here poring is trying to make something happen not a lot of passes

Once again here Chen a lot of and that’s been their CP tonight down the stretch they rely on isolation at the start of games but the biggest question mark is the fourth quarter and they felt prey to that once again yes they did uh Atlanta had some questions about Hunter taking

The shot but then it went in and it was all gravy you look at the the looks kind of around the crowd like o is this going one no no no no no no no yes yes yes yes yes okay we’re actually here’s Jason Tatum after this brutal loss

I mean it’s tough you want wi every game we play you know for us we never like people think we never should lose um and you know we was up a lot and we kind of we the game up um and we we know that we all adults and the professionals

And we know we didn’t do the things necessary to win uh and I think that’s sometimes easier to fix when you know if you do the right things and play the right way how we supposed to we know usually what the outcome is going be okay so here’s the deal the Celtics

Over up really big and then they gave it all away the 30o blown lead is the largest for the team in the play-by-play era which in case you didn’t know goes back nearly 30 Seasons this is also the second loss of this magnitude for the Celtics this month alone they gave up a

Lead of 22 in the fourth remember to the Cavaliers that was on March 5th those are their two largest blown leads for the Celtics all season long clearly teams don’t just go up 30 and lose right since tracking began teams that were down by 30 were five and

2,66 that means they came back less than 1% of the time 0.002% of the time how concerning is this loss for you well number one let me say Wendy I’m glad you pointed out Joe Missoula with his timeouts because this has been a habit for him you know going home and

Watching the movie eating popcorn with two timeouts he’s been taking them home for the since he’s been the the head coaching has been mindboggling to me number two right my high school coach used to always say before I used to go on my a trips hey perk before you step

On the floor you never know who’s watching and why do I say that because we’re in that time of the year right now where you never know who’s watching NBA Scouts are all over the stands because teams are gearing up for the postseason and if you’re a scout that may have to

Face a for a team that may have to face the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference at the top of your list in the Scout report you’re writing vulnerable they are very vulnerable and they shouldn’t be at this point teams should say you know what I don’t know

How we could stop them you look at the Denver Nuggets a team that the Celtics should use as a measuring stick they’re not vulnerable they’re going to win games teams don’t know how to stop them and so when you look at this recipe and they continue to shoot these threes the

Ball could continue to get staggered and especially when they’re in close games this is a habit and teams are looking at them and saying you know what if we do those things we actually could beat them and they do not fear the Boston Celtics you know perk I’m going to bring it back

To you here because on paper the Boston Celtics look at all those Miss threes right there on paper the Boston Celtics are flawless right they have two young stars that are all stars they have an xfactor and porzingis that has helped them improve they brought in some more defense and Leadership from Championship

Pedigree with Drew holiday but the biggest hole that they’re missing is not on paper it’s who’s their dog who’s going to hold them accountable and I think that’s why you’re you’re highlighting okay coaches are supposed to hold you accountable but also help you win games that lack of time out to

Change the TR trajectory of what you’re running towards the end we’ve been talking about it all year long why is it not addressed all right that’s one but also if the coach is not going to address it or maybe he has his own plan on the floor who’s gonna hold you

Accountable we just listened to Jason Tatum who was just very calm collected he’s not a high energy guy based off of you know how we see him interact he’s not going to get up in your face Jaylen Brown is a little bit of the same way he’s cool right these guys compete at

High levels but you sort of need that one person who used to be Marcus Smart that used to get in front of everyone’s face and say like this is the game plan but y’all we need to deviate and get this win like that is what they’re missing that’s what perk has always

Alluded to all year long who is their dog because they’re going to need someone to pick them up because sometimes your best player can’t get out too uh you know too emotional right so it has to be someone else that that helps him up all right two things real

Quick one Derek white and Drew holiday their point guards were out in this game yep so I’m not going to freak out about this individual loss secondly there have been a bunch of games this year with the Celtics where they’ve had a big lead and they’ve put the game away they have a

Great record for a reason and there’s a lot of games where Joe moula didn’t need those timeouts but the problem is is that there are times where this team allows this to happen and they don’t have a recourse offensively and they fall into those bad habits and I know

That if you’re a Celtics fan and you’re watching this game it’s not like that you’re super worried about losing to the Hawks on March whatever you’re also thinking about losing to the Cavs last month where you blew that 22-point lead and that what happens is is that because

Boston does that they’re going to get into a playoff situation and I’ve seen this repeatedly with this group and I know perk has two over the last couple years where there’s a playoff game that they should win and they have the better team and they have a better situation

And they don’t win it because this is what this team does they fall into 77 game series that should be five or six and they’ve let themselves get put out of position and this is why because they have this habit at the end of the game where they allow the other team who

Shouldn’t be in it to have an opportunity to beat them yeah and they can’t deviate from their natural plan of look look at the assists right there 17 in the first half third quarter we go ISO and then they also really struggle fourth quarter against isolation plays that they initiate but more importantly

Like I’m not trying to overreact I think just having someone that holds them accountable will help them in the malays of an 82 Game season but overall this is the number one overall seed in the NBA right and I think they have a six or

Five or six game lead on the Nuggets who are number one in the west they know that they pretty much locked this up they know that it’s aough Joe moua has started nine different lineups last 10 games he’s messed around a little bit but that doesn’t change the fact exctly

They have these bad habits which I know I know are going to come back at the worst time well and until they win it all the doubt going toep after GES like This

Chiney Ogwumike, Brian Windhorst and Kendrick Perkins join Malika Andrews on NBA Today to react to the Boston Celtics blowing their 30-point lead in loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

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