Around the Horn | Celtics break another NBA record in Thunder win; Knicks lose Julius Randle

Around the Horn | Celtics break another NBA record in Thunder win; Knicks lose Julius Randle

Lou jacqu Woody pige last night’s brawl between the Rangers and Devils everybody knew it was going to happen they didn’t have to wait long because here’s video of the guys getting smelling salts before the opening puck drop drop the puck drop the gloves let’s go around the horn UFC broke out UFC fight

It was Full Line fighting everybody was Full Line fighting look at this eight ejections in the game cheers from the Madison Square Garden crowd through it all as I said everyone knew this was going to happen the history between these two teams the history of this season hockey has moved away from

Brawling and goonery National panel you know this but hockey fans clearly love this last night Kevin clar Around the Horn to you can the NHL love it too as the former enforcer for the junior Orlando Solar Bears for about 5 years I’m solar bear to speak on this uh

This is how you generate casual attention um I there’s all sorts of great story lines in the NHL this season Austin Matthews is chasing 70 goals but this is the thing where all my friends who are not hockey fans are texting me about avalan Red Wings from the 9s what

Do you remember these line brawls these dudes that hate each other it’s the shortest way to to generate quick Superstars I love this I think you can’t have fighting every period that’s just not sustainable we had that in the old days of the NHL but you can have two

Teams hate each other and generate interest from that M so you think the NHL should lean into this uh by the way that mustache cooler than a solar bear’s toenails love it today KC Woody Paige I go to you can the NHL lean into this uh should mass mass suspensions

Particularly one to a guy who was healthy scratch for three consecutive games and just suddenly is put back into the lineup at the beginning to start fights uh this reminds me of the old six te league in the National Hockey League that was the kind of uh enforcements

That they did back then and the hockey fans really did love it and they still won’t part of it and that’s why they go to games hoping this will happen just like people who go to NASCAR want to see Rex every once in a while but last night

That got completely out of hand it was beyond Uh Kevin the the wings and the and the Avalanche in the old days in the 90s but I I think that the league has to take some serious action here and realize that a guy that they had suspended for three games that wasn’t

Enough another five games for him and one the the great Fighter for the Rangers who had I think it was a four game suspension previously all right so you think the NHL should want some distance from this Marcel Louis Jac you yeah it’s it’s probably not going to make their marketing campaign when

They’re you know playing commercials to the league and advertising playoffs coming up but it’s kind of The Quiet part because we all know hockey fans love this stuff like this is what you live for the fans who did not see the fighting who are missing these eight

Players who are ejected they’re not mad because those eight players are gone they’re mad because they missed the brawl like this is the this is the admission here this is the ticket here they love that like and it’s Unique to hockey no other sport do you get to

Fight and get your anger out like that and get more than a slap on the wrist you’re going to get suspended you’re getting fined you’re getting in a lot of trouble maybe even cut or traded in hockey it is kind of encouraged so now I don’t think this is something the NHL is

Going to lead with but we all know thatle yeah first of all Tony give yourself some points for that Outcast reference I heard that and I respect that but I think there’s two different conversations going on right right now across Sports media landscape we’re having this discuss discussion of who’s

Allowed to do what and by whom in this case we’re talking about fighting and there was a New York Post column today that said rimpy did just fine in the bout we know we can’t have those similar type of conversations in other sports but the other conversation is yeah as

Marcel just said they won’t lead with this but this is this is part of the culture of that Sport and when you look at the backstory of this we knew a fight was going to happen rimpy dished out two concussions to De Devils over the course

Of the season so it’s natural for the Devils to want to get their lick back and as as rimpy’s walking off the ice he’s gassing the crowd up with the bloody mouth saying let’s go so this is just great for the Rivalry in in terms of this specific rivalry and for the

Rangers uh comeback win a win that they wanted and needed a play off bound and and moving around in the standings so we’ll take a horn there we’ll move on Celtics now clinching home court in the NBA last night let’s talk about it they Detroit and destroyed Oklahoma City

There’s six games left in the season and they’re 13 up in their conference we haven’t seen a lead that large since the 96 blls Justin what does it mean look 60 wins is impressive regardless of the history in previous season home homec court uh advantage throughout the playoffs is always

Impressive this is a team that had 16 of those 6 wins by 25 or more points that’s the most in the season in NBA history so and they’re healthy going into the playoffs if you’re a Celtics fan this is the best possible scenario but they know

60 wins is that 60 wins is nice but the last 16 are the ones that actually count they know this is the difference between being Remembered in history as a what if or somebody that cemented their own chapter and that’s what the Celtics know more than anybody Kevin Clark um what

The Celtics have done this season the clinch threw out already yeah there’s all these basketball take nihilists who say nothing matters till June well it’s not June we can only look at what’s in front of us and right now the Celtics have the fourth best point differential in NBA

History eight of the top 12 teams in in that stat who have had double- digit Point differentials have won the NBA Championship they’ve had thir more 30o leads than 10o deficits this is a historic team blowing everybody out controlling the game this is history and I think we need to appreciate it inste

Instead of saying doing the playoffs they’re gonna Woody pige home of the champions in Denver do you see this Celtics team as the lock on favorite here with all those accolades and superlatives yes even over the Denver Nuggets but if you look at the the the numbers behind the numbers and I’m

Talking about Point differentials that Kevin Clark brought up uh they’re one and two in the league and that and they are one and two in a number of different percentages of shooting and and playing defense efficiency so I think that would be a great series but the Celtics do

Have the edge and what I liked about watching them last night was Port zingas played all out they went all out they weren’t just coasting into uh the end of the season last five or six games they’re they’re really trying to hone what they want to do however you got to

Remember even though they’ll have the homec court advantage throughout the playoffs uh remind the Miami Heat what happened they lost at home last year yeah right um Woody 21 years working together you still surprise me I would have had you locked down saying you’re underestimating the heart of a champion

Yada yada yada you can’t be disrespecting the Denver Nuggets like that you believe the Celtics are the favorite right now Marcel L jacqu I’ll ask the same question look and it’s not just the 60 wins that are impressive it’s the 33 and3 Mark at home they’re not just protecting home court they are

Dominating it with an iron fist they’ve played 27 games since the last time they’ve lost that home they’ve won 23 of them all 11 of their games at home wins and not just wins by an average of 25.3 points these are blowouts Tony of course they deserve their praise they

Are probably the favorite for to win the NBA Finals but you got to remember last year they were 32-9 at home in the regular season they were 5- seven at home in the playoffs so to Kevin’s point it does matter what happens in the playoffs it does matter what happens in

May and June the 73 and9 Warriors do we talk about the regular season or do we talk about the fact that they blew a 3-1 lead in the finals you have to finish you were setting me up there you were talking about all the great things but

Now you you do believe that it doesn’t matter that they’ve had such a strong season because the history Woody I’ll give you the last word here the history doesn’t suggest so for them at home well Boston’s healthy the BR the nuggets are not healthy without Jamal

Murray they can’t even get to the finals much less look at Woody lowering expectation right before he has to make his pick for I see what you’re doing here we’ve been horned we’ll move on One More Story it’s the baseball news the day Oakland A’s move announcement and the announcement

Is they’ll be playing the next three seasons in Sacramento beyond that a plan and as some of you have called it the scheme Las Vegas Oakland fans heartbroken today Sacramento’s ballpark seats 10,000 that grassy null in the background allows for more standing room or sitting on the grass in the

Outfield Marcel does this make sense does this make it better or worse first of all Tony I got to say I’m happy for the city of Sacramento this is something bringing an MLB team specifically the A’s is something that have been talked about locally for probably the past 20 25 years shocking

To know that this Stadium topic is not a new topic uh in Northern California appreciate that Sacramento born and raised you can understand Oakland fans it’s a great Vue may feel like that is dancing on a grave here so please from a macro standpoint no it’s a

Terrible look for the for the MLB and it’s sad to see that this is how far the Oakland and the Athletics relationship has become this is how untenable it’s become that they cannot come to an agreement you know to lease a stadium for another few years or even just sell

The team it’s embarrassing when they move to Vegas to it’s not going to improve the actual franchise a terrible organization a terrible situation all P oh it’s a terrible decision if you were going to not go to Las Vegas because you got to wait on them building

A ballpark you go to San Francisco across the bridge right across the bridge and play there and the Oakland fans could still come to the the games if you don’t want to do that come to Denver we’re looking for a major league baseball franchise here and we’d like to

See that shared Co all right I know what you’re doing here but I would just say this that Marcel you want them there so badly change the nickname from the A’s to the pentos Sacramento pentos I think and you’re going to share the stadium with the Min league club I bet the Min

League club outd draws the A’s Kevin Clark we’ve talked about this for a year for two years the the malodorous stench of these negotiations throughout all how Oakland A’s fans have feel stabbed in the back what is today’s news well first of all to piggy back off on Marcel’s Point congratulations to

Sacramento because the a will be leaving in four years they won’t have to deal with this um I don’t know why baseball’s priority is coddling bad owner Sean Fischer today said uh that that this was the most intimate ballpark in baseball that’s true it’s also the most embarrassing now there’s an argument to

Be made he’s also leaving the most embarrassing but the through line is fer is embarrassing the other leagues who have done this uh the San Diego moving into a soccer stadium in Los Angeles the coyotes moving into a college Arena uh to play at Arizona State there’s at

Least been a plan there in Los Angeles they were developing a ticket base they were just getting some semblance of fandom Arizona is trying to work out their their their Arena situation with this this is just aimless this is embarrassing and it cheapens a sport Justin tidley this is embarrassing on the likes

What should be embarrassing for Major League Baseball who has had that their fair share of embarrassing scandals over the years but this really points to Rob Manford th this rest on your resume this rest on your legacy sir and I hope you understand that because now this is an

Orphan franchise but you know who I really feel bad for the city of Oakland they’ve lost their NFL NBA and MLB MLB teams within the last decade and that’s really heartbreaking if you’re an Oakland resident seeing The Fan Festival last month and the support from the locals in Oakland and then that being

Falling on hard ears John fiser and the ownership GR the A’s have turned the mentions off for most of the last month effectively erasing their fans so I’ll give the last the rest of the season in playoffs he’ll get surgery on his dislocated shoulder tried to rehabit

Over the last two months Ian Begley reported he was devastated when the specialist told him he wouldn’t be able to get the Shoulder to a level where he could play again this year Nick’s hanging on to the five seed in the two months he’s missed Kevin what to buy what to

Sell yeah uh I’m selling this Nicks team now it’s a basketball tragedy that this Knicks team doesn’t get to be complete going to the playoffs and now they have a playoff match up against a very complete Orlando Magic team Palo B Caro last night with his 10th 30o game that

Is the most by any magic person Dy Howard 13 years ago there’s a special team who at this point should should beat the Knicks in the first round much like I said to Marcel I appreciate your hometown Orlando getting a shout out some might say you’re dancing on the

Nicks Graves here um all right on the decision here that we’re going to have Randle out for the year what does it mean Justin Tinsley I mean it’s it’s expected but it’s still absolutely brutal you don’t replace 249 and five in the playoffs and the thing that really hurts if you’re a

Knicks fan when Brunson Randall and OG played together they were 12- one so yes this is a huge blow to their play playoff future but guess what players play hard for tibs I’m not making some Grand Proclamation they play hard for them so don’t expect them to roll over

Come the playoffs because they absolutely will not yeah building on Justin’s Point not only were they 12-1 in the 13 games with their big three together but they were the top defensive team in the NBA they led the NBA in defensive rating and overall net rating without Randall in

The lineup they are 15 and 14 I am selling them as a contender in the East the worst question to ask in the world is what if and that is what Nicks fans are asking for the next calendar year and Woody Paige they were going to be a hard out

Now this makes some strikeout I think however I watched him the other night against the nuggets and I I think they’re at least trying to come together and although Kevin Clark off the air viewers says we when he refers to the or Orlando Magic I’m thinking that you

Kevin Clark will have a struggle against the Knicks because your team hasn’t figured out how to win the playoffs for what 10 years give me a break I’ll go for Clark he going to be paying for those courtside tickets you’re going to get for every game I imagine

50 Off the Bench last night you ever seen that before this is his third team however the guys who had done it previously Off the Bench were both uh starters for much of their career so this is a great accomplishment for a young man that is being kind of shoved

Around the league Woody I’ll give you a chance for bonus points you alluded to it who are the two players 50 Off the Bench you call them starters I don’t know if one of them is but go ahead please well Kenny Anderson was in and out of Nick Anderson Nick

Ah Nick Anderson you’re already going the wrong way that’s your magic shout out the other anyone know I’m giving free points away Jamal yes not that’s the bench leader of all time there Jamal Crawford good job tins Marcel how impressive is 50 Off the Bench individually it’s incredible not

Only did he drop the 50 piece he led Detroit in points rebounds assists and steals it’s awesome but I can’t break my attention away from the fact that they still lost this game Tony and it wasn’t just a lot they L by eight they’re down

By 22 at one point in a season already marred by this lengthy losing streak they keep finding ways to hit new lows in a way that is uniquely pistoni pistoni H as a Tony I resemble that remark um Tinsley now the idea is 50 is incredible 50 Off the Bench it blows

Your mind but if you consider the way points are being scored in the NBA now how impressive is it I’m still calling it impressive he’s the only player in NBA history to drop 50 off 50 Off the Bench while still shooting 70% from the field put that on my Tombstone now the

Flip side as Marcel just said if you’re a Pistons fan you mean to tell me the highlight of our season was a 50 piece and it came in an L how the hell is how the hell does this get better I don’t know Tony I don’t have the answers to that and Kevin

Clark yeah I liked the confidence this morning when he said this was not a fluke it is a fluke I’m sorry to say Malachi because he is the 5.2 points is the least by a 50 point score in history by two full points Terrence Ross is on

That list Cory Brewer is on that list Tony Delk it is not an illustrious group of guys who average single business in their career and still scored 50 points but I love this it’s a great accomplishment for him congratulations Malachi Woody pige firing on one piston today there you go take off the

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Around the Horn | Celtics break another NBA record in Thunder win; Knicks lose Julius Randle