NBA GameTime | Jayson Tatum outplays Zion Williamson as Celtics blowout Pelicans – Isiah Thomas

NBA GameTime | Jayson Tatum outplays Zion Williamson as Celtics blowout Pelicans – Isiah Thomas

D man I you never know his athleticism that’s Smitty that’s Zeke I’m Chris Miles and breaking barriers is powered by Shopify start selling today at shopify.com sltv and here’s the biggest part of this game the third quarter remember the warless Pelicans held an 11-point advantage but then Boston hit that

Buzzer beater at the end of the half in the third quarter they really took control of this game Zeke you felt like at that point okay this is it Boston’s back well you you you knew they were going to keep firing from the three-point line and and the way they

Shoot the basketball home in on the road I mean their their three-point attack is devastating and when they knock down two three in a row then they get on the roll and then they start spreading the ball around and and then they they’re unselfish enough not only to just take

The three but they’ll take the open two they’ll hit a free throw so they they actually try to put a point two or three on the board every time down court because they’re that efficient offensively you know when I hear efficient offensively right you see starters combined for 87 points but when

You see that sometimes you think 30 30 20 right no all five starters were basically double figures at the half right Derek white was the only guy not there everyone scored 13 or more so when you say balance attack that’s truly the definition of it uh it is and I I take

Every guy in the a starting lineup at some point like we all but this team truly had guys was first option Drew holiday in college and then when he played for Philly and New Orleans was a first option Derek white at times was becoming the first option we know the

Other three porzingis so I like the sacrifice that they’re saying they’re not really looking at their numbers because a game like this it was like okay everybody talks about the Hawks let’s go there get a win a win one of those wins where we don’t have to go out

There and get 301 person we going to spread around we going to find the mismatches that’s what they did yeah and when we have a team like the Boston Celtics that have one of the best N Net ratings in NBA history we go okay they

Lost two in a row so we think we found a in the armor right and we go rebounding in defense seems well Chris Taps poring said hold on I got us team uh 10 rebounds four blocks two steals that part of the game and we were all

Saying like man he’s scoring around the basket as well it was the way he played more so than just the box score for me is you know when he came in here that day you know we got a chance to talk to him yeah he called you small and he did

But what I what he did tell me was he said I’m happy yes when you when he said I’m healthy and I’m happy yep you you’re healthy and happy and this is one of those good fits for him I I mean we talk about it trying to fit in with a team Al

Horford is a type of guy wants to help Jaylen Brown unbelievable individual even though Jason TBL is a star they allow you to still be who you are alongside them playing along playing alongside those guys yes so the way that Chris porzingis is playing it’s different than we saw in

Dallas remember in Dallas it was oh can he post up can he score in the paint as we saw in those clips dunks around the rim it’s protecting the basket really doing things we haven’t really seen before in his care yeah all those things you just described he’s doing it all and

And not only is he shooting the three ball and stretching the defense out you know from the perimeter but then he’s able to go inside and and knock down you know shots from from inside he’s a good passer and and when you look at the league right now you know the those kind

Of players the Unicorn players because of wiim Bama right the the rest of the league and if Boston wins it this year you’re going to have to find a guy like this to be on your team you know we talked about you know Kevin Durant but

Now everybody has sized up so the wimes and porzingis is they’re going to be the the the people that people are going to have to match up to defensively not that they’re so dominant but their impact is so great Isaiah Chris I mean you you remember a long time ago we were at

Small ball yeah how tall is porzingis yeah 73 and then Jason Tatum’s about what 69 Jaylen Brown’s 68 what is Derek white 66 67 Drew holiday 64 65 that’s a pretty big lineup Zeke and and all of them athletic and there you know this small ball stuff I mean it’s it’s g i

Mean this is the biggest team in the league and when you look at the the Eastern Conference in the Western Conference the teams who have the most size are the teams that are really like you know leading their divisions yeah great points that you make here is christops porzingis with Abby

Chin christops the defense went to another level after that first quarter what changed for you guys we just knew we couldn’t be in cruise control uh you know these these teams are hungry they need these wins maybe we at this point of the Season don’t need them as

Much but still we want to come out here and compete at at a high level every night and and uh once we we we hit another gear the game just flipped you had a double double to go along with four blocks how were you able to get

Some Advantage with your size yeah I feel like uh last game just I didn’t play up to my level uh on on all aspects of the game and even tonight you know the three ball wasn’t falling for me uh but uh but there are so many ways how me

And and us as a team we can impact the game if things are not going perfect for us and uh and that’s what I did tonight I just also turned up another another notch and uh and that’s what we’re going to need uh rest of this regular season

Then even more in the postseason you said yourself you guys may not need these wins and Joe told us pregame the temperature in the locker room hasn’t changed but why was it important to get this one for you guys ah we just we just don’t want to we want to be hungry team

No matter what we want to you know we haven’t done anything and um and and then back toback losses to Atlanta it’s not our our DNA you know and it just didn’t sit right with us so uh we came out here tonight and and got us a dub

Question about it Kristof thank you congrats thank you that’s Chris dzingis and just a final note on him he was one for six from three-point range and we’re pointed out how great of a game he had because really Diversified that portfolio on the other side of it New Orleans came out

And they struck the first blow right they had an 11-point lead Zion scored 12 points in the first quarter he finished with 25 CJ McCullum finished with 24 it felt like in the first half oh New Orleans Pelicans taking control of this one but we look now crucial for them in

The standings because it’s the Dallas Mavericks on their heels Zeke and we see how well Kyrie Luca Gafford and Derek L that whole group is playing Dallas is playing great basketball and and Kyrie and and and Luca are playing exceptionally well together not only are they playing well together but the trade

They made at the deadline you know that they made with Washington they got bigger in size and we just talked about how teams are playing bigger and not only are they playing bigger but we talk about Luca right like you know Luca’s like point guard so forth and so on but

He’s like what 610 he like like 610 250 you know I mean so so everyone is playing big and I like that teams are playing bigger now you know small ball was cute right but right now I think the big guys are coming back and I do think the officiating is

Allowing those big guys to play a little bit more aggressively so I do think like you know inside the paint particularly in the playoffs it’s going to be you know good basketball play Down Low Smitty we got to make sure the audience hears this there’s something you noticed

About New Orleans at the very end of the game they lose and it’s the way that they were reacting when they realized they were going to lose to the Celtics what did you notice about this yeah I think they were down you know double digits about a minute and 11 goal and

Usually teams just say okay they just started coming out they were still picking up playing hard still touching guys I think that’s the culture that Willie Green has built in New Orleans and I saw guys when the buzzer went off looked mad see yeah to me that tells you

Where they are they lost this game well let’s not forget they were missing Brandon Ingram that’s 25 points he would create four or five open shots for somebody else because of his talent so and Jose Alvarado is a guy that just junks up the game from a from a point

Guard defensive standpoint so you got to play who’s in front of you but when you’re missing that type of Firepower that that doesn’t help when you’re playing the Boston Celtics I just like how you wrote that down as you were saying it like maybe 25 2 plus another

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NBA GameTime | Jayson Tatum outplays Zion Williamson as Celtics blowout Pelicans, 104-92 – Isiah Thomas