Inside The NBA | Tatum & Brown are still a top duo in NBA. – Shaq on Celtics beat T-wolves 127-120

Inside The NBA | Tatum & Brown are still a top duo in NBA. – Shaq on Celtics beat T-wolves 127-120

Run that 45 points ties Tatum season High 26 of them after the third quarter to move the Celtics to 18 and0 at home Jason you let a 90 run to tie the game in regulation then scored 12 points in overtime to seal the win what comes

Over you in winning time what are you seeing what are you feeling what are you thinking uh man just when you just get in that moment you you live for those moments you want to do whatever you can to help your team win and uh you know in

The back of my mind I ain’t want to lose at home yet right we still undefeated the crowd got behind us uh the energy you know got going so uh that was a fun ball game towards the end this is now the longest winning streak at home to

Open a season in Celtics franchise history to what level yes did you guys go to defensively in that OT uh I think we were just playing sluggish in the first half uh even though we was winning by one or was tied uh we didn’t like the

Way we was playing we had to pick up the intensity uh we just start getting stopped being locked in and uh you know our offense are the pick ups this was a hard fought physical game against the number two team in the NBA Joe talks about lessons all the time what did you

Learn about your team here tonight uh I learned a lot I mean I know that we a really good team and it’s a lot that we can work on but uh you know we play the right way on both ends of the floor pretty tough to beat no question about

It Jason thank you congrats thank you well this was a fun game and second final meeting of these two teams Minnesota won the first one in overtime at home Celtics get the second one in overtime on their home floor and the difference really was Boston’s defense late in regulation in particular and

Jason Tatum yeah Jason Tatum on offensive end for sure and defensively he had a a good game but we all know people but now he also been able to Euro Step I love him off p and rolls and then anything downhill I’m a fan yes starting off downhill is unfortunately for Carl

Anthony towns he is trying but when they they got to find a way when you have a switch with a big he definitely takes advantage the same thing understands as he has Carl Anthony towns but then I love this he’s able to play through contact and whenever I see him in double

Digit free throw attempts Matt I know is he’s in the right mindset 13 for 13 well 13 for 14 J Jaylen Brown was 13 for 13 so together they had 27 free throw attemps they were 26 for 27 this is against The Bigs Nas Reed Carl Anthony towns and he continues to attack

Wonderful game by him they had 27 free throw attempts the Minnesota Timberwolves as a team had only 20 again they were a little short-handed but uh Celtics come out with the win and it’s easy sometimes to overlook Jaylen Brown a little bit who has been so good Celtics didn’t overlook him with

The contract they came in this past off season and he was all NBA but with Tatum out there sometimes you forget how good Brown is yeah well the luxury you have to have two guys who are capable of carrying the load at different times in the game Jaylen Brown was the starter

Tatum maybe the finisher but he came out aggressive hunting a shot you know and the team finding him that’s the thing about a smart team aware aware of the matchup who’s going and then this is where I think he’s improved his decision making not forcing things making the

Right read hitting that three-point shot we know he can get to the rim get out and transition and then that mid-range game against a smaller opponent so you have sort of two guys who were more than capable you know Jaylen sort of set the tone early and and and Tatum finish and

What I like about these two is they’re both young they’re both Stars uh but they they have a respect for one another they can coexist they’re not they’re not feuding over who’s getting the more shots or who’s being featured they just want to win so there’s a a maturity

About them uh they know they need each other to accomplish what they want to do in s wi Championship you tell me if one of you two disagrees I think most of the folks who follow the NBA would agree Boston is the favorite right now pretty

Easily the best team team in the NBA so far certainly by record Minnesota’s lead in the West Falls to a half game tonight because Oklahoma City won on the road in Miami but they forced overtime on the road in Boston without two starters tonight hit 19 threes on the road what

Do you make of the Timberwolves as a playoff Contender when the time comes I I really like this team I thought last year with all the issues they had cat had been out for a while goar really kind of hadn’t jelled uh Cat Came Back at the end wasn’t himself McDaniels was

Out in the playoffs they gave Denver the toughest series I thought in Denver’s playoff run last year Anthony Edwards emerged as a star as a superstar uh you know last season and so they’ve come back and they’ve learned from that and they’ve improved I I I think this team

Um is a dangerous team a team boards three assists two Steals and a block Anthony Edwards 29 and this one Carl Anthony towns 25 but it wasn’t enough as the Celtics bested the te- wolves in their second and final meeting of the regular season 12710 and as for the

Celtics well now they are 18 and 0 at home that is the longest home streak to start a season in franchise history well oh well it was a battle of the best of the best the best in the west taken on the best in the East and

This is the one that literally split between both of their matchups and now we are joined by CBS Sports NBA analyst Tim Doyle as we dive into this matchup Tim this was Prime entertainment if if are you not entertained after watching this matchup between both of these teams

And I want to just kind of start off with looking at what the product that we saw on this court one that took us into overtime for the second straight meeting what did we learn about both of these teams in this matchup yeah this was an

Amazing game as you said I mean it’s a regular season Wednesday night game in the NBA we all know the NBA season goes on and on and on but it was highly anticipated now we didn’t see the best of Minnesota they didn’t have their leader on the floor Mike connley they

Didn’t have the best defensive player in the league Rudy goar out there oh and by the way they were on the second half of a back to back oh and their flight couldn’t fly from Orlando to Boston last night because of weather so they flew in

Today and count they were up nine with three minutes left I mean they had the game it was all like a Sil platter against the Celtics and they gave it away now I think they can come into the locker room and be like all right we already beat

Them once at home with porzingis we easily could have won this game tonight we didn’t have Conley or goar uh this could be could be a key word the NBA Finals match up I think Minnesota has still some learning to do obviously a game like this got to be able to shut

The door up nine points with 330 left in the game they weren’t able to do that Rudy goar we’ve seen him in the postseason before really valuable in the regular season then in the postseason gota kind of sit him on the bench so I’m going to watch some growing paints here

With the t- Wolves I thought they put up a great fight and as you said this was Prime Time Entertainment well Tim you look at the overall stats from field goal percentage to thre rebounds turnovers through most of this contest I feel like this game was fairly equal on both ends but what

Was it for Boston that helped them pull away in those final minutes of overtime yeah it’s just that experience right like even when they were up nine we kind of watching that game and we’re like n they’re still not completely out of it and then Tatum just goes boners know one

Of the primier offensive players in the thought that was amazing it was like WWE style the way he was able to celebrate electric environment awesome regular season game but Kiana I do have one really big concern when Boston doesn’t have kristos porzingis they’re really good when they have Kristof porzingis they’re the best

Team in the NBA problem with kristos porzingis is you know he’s always in the tub the cold tub it’s often hurt did not go tonight Boston was somewhat lucky to win this game yeah on the other side the Timberwolves they won that first meeting 114 109 that was in Minnesota like we

Mentioned on November 7th that one also went into overtime this one another close Victory also obviously going into overtime but what do you think is the Timberwolves ceiling after watching this game I I I think they’re learning how to be um you know beautiful it’s not easy

You know lady bogs and she’s all that okay all she did was just take off the glasses she was always beautiful that’s what I’m watching with the Timberwolf they could win it they certainly have the talent I was really disappointed with Carl Anthony tals in the fourth quarter because he just like disappeared

Now he started off the overtime he had a big three-point play he flexed he hit a three-pointer I was like all right Carl Anthony towns is back see the difference between Tatum is like he never left like I just watched Anthony Edwards kind of flowed through he was important that he

Wasn’t important um Alexander Walker made some amazing shots and then I don’t know where he went CAD had like I said a moment and then he kind of floated away uh great players they don’t just float away like they always are great they’re always making plays uh Tatum made all

The plays but what a great learning experience I think M sort of leaves this game even though lost beat Orlando last night took Boston right down to the wire this gives them the confidence that obviously On Any Given night they can beat anybody you know what Tim I wanted

To wrap this so bad by just asking you did you think that this could be a finals preview and you already gave me that right off the bat confidence in both of these teams and it’s certainly like we both have mentioned this was Prime Time television on a just a you

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Inside The NBA | Tatum & Brown are still a top duo in NBA. – Shaq on Celtics beat T-wolves 127-120