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Sound off with me, folks, on the Boston Celtics proving
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for the first time this season that on the road,
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they can respond after a very slow start and flip
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the script to grab a win. That's exactly what they
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did tonight in a 117-97 win over the Milwaukee Bucks
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out in Milwaukee. And as I said, this was not
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a great start for the Boston Celtics, but they figured
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it out. This is the Sound Off Postgame Podcast presented
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by Xfinity Mobile. Let's dive into just how they figured
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it out. And it was as if a switch flipped
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for the Boston Celtics. They are down 20-6 out of
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the gates. And then they start to find their rhythm.
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They find their energy. They find their effort. They start
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playing with the skill that has made them great. And
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so from down 20-6, they respond with a 52-25 run
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the rest of the first half, and that's what gave
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them a 13-point lead at the break. And much of
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the reason why they did find the rhythm during the
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first quarter, when as a team they shot 33% from
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the field, Jason Tatum was the guy leading the offense.
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16 points during the first quarter, four of nine from
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the field, four of six from three-point range, and made
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all four of his free throw attempts during that opening quarter.
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Also dished out two assists, also grabbed three rebounds. Jason
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Tatum was at the center of the Boston Celtics' starting
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to regain their rhythm. And then after that, it was
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his wing teammate, new teammate this season, Paul George, who
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did the exact same thing. And I literally mean that
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exact same thing. He scored 16 points during the second
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quarter as the Boston Celtics began to pull away for
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this win. So the two longtime stars on the wing
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go 16 points in the first quarter, 16 points in
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the second quarter. and them surrounded by strong play by
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the rest of the Celtics out on the court is
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really what turned this game for the Celtics. So you
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see the individual plays, but then also, as I said,
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as a team, the energy ticked up, the effort ticked up,
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and the Celtics began taking advantage of the skill that
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they have showcased in every game so far this season.
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The other person that certainly has to be outlined in
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his performance, not only during the first half, but in
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this game in general, is Mitchell Robinson. He was right
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at the front of the line of helping the Celtics
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turn things around. He finishes this game with 12.7 rebounds,
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four of those offensive to go along with two assists,
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four steals, one block. He is one of the most
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important reasons why the Celtics keep getting better and better.
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Because as we know, he didn't look like himself early
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in this season. But for three straight games now, he
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has looked like the Mitchell Robinson that the rest of
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the league hated playing against in the past. He is
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building chemistry with his teammates. He is starting to be
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totally comfortable in who he is within this offense and defense.
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The Celtics are learning how to best use him. And
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you add those things together and you find the exact
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guy that the Boston Celtics had out there on the
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court tonight, which is a seven-foot menace at both ends
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of the court. He is stepping into the role the
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exact role that the Celtics envisioned for him. The same
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role that he had in New York, that is out-energy everyone,
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defend at a high level, finish around the rim, and
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be the best offensive rebounder in the game. That's the
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type of player that Mitchell Robinson has looked like for
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the past three games, and I believe that that's the
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Mitchell Robinson that we are going to see full-time here
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moving forward. He's finding his rhythm. He's finding his comfort zone.
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He's finding his chemistry with the rest of his teammates.
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A beautiful alley-oop dunk that came off the hands of
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Jason Tatum tonight. These are just
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some plays that you
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weren't seeing early on because the guys just didn't have
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any chemistry. And now it's starting to build, not only
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between those two guys, but really between Mitchell Robinson and
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all of his teammates. So that is a huge development
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for Boston because as many around the NBA believed when
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the Boston Celtics signed Mitchell Robinson this offseason, that that
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maybe was the best and most impactful signing in the league.
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The Celtics haven't had a guy like him in a long,
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long time. And throwing him into the mix with a
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team that, for the most part, ran it back with,
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you know, obviously they made the trade of Jalen Brown
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going out and Paul George coming in, but The rest
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of the roster pretty much stayed the same. So you
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add a guy like Mitchell Robinson to the lineup that
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is a completely different type of dynamic that the Celtics
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can utilize on a nightly basis. Everyone around the league
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thought that that was going to be a great addition
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for Boston. It didn't look like that the first few
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games of the season, but certainly it is starting to
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round into form, and Mitchell Robinson is looking like the
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exact type of guy, making the exact type of impact
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that everyone around the league, especially the Boston Celtics, believed
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was going to happen when he did sign with the
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Boston Celtics. All right, we're going to dive into a
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couple comments from our fans. First up, and hey, I'm
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just going to throw this out there, a couple comments
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here that we're getting to that are not really necessarily
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supportive of the Boston Celtics, much more critical, which is
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surprising after the Boston Celtics just pulled off another blowout win,
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this one by 20 points. But let's dive into it.
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First one is from Frank Ricard on Boston's schedule difficulty
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so far. And then we've got another comment from Ben,
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who's got a surprisingly critical comment about Jason Tatum. It's
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All right, first comment coming in from Frank Ricard, who says,
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Schedule has been really easy so far, and the two
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losses were to two of the only three good teams
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that we have played. All right, not a lot of
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false information there. The schedule has been easy. I believe, actually,
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ESPN has it ranked, I think, 29th in terms of
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actually the second easiest schedule in the NBA so far.
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Two of the three losses... were two teams that were
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the only real good competitive teams that the Celtics have
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played so far this season. However, I think there's a
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lot more nuance to this conversation than Frank, you are
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really letting on right here. So first and foremost is
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the fact that one of those losses was to the
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Detroit Pistons in the opening game of this season. And
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during that game, the Boston Celtics led by 20 plus points.
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So it's not like the Celtics didn't have a chance
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to win this game. It's the same thing I view
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that the same as games that are separated by like
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five points during the final few minutes. You might lose some,
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you might win some. That's not really a significant reflection
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upon a team. Now, if they lose for the whole
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season in five-point games and close games down the stretch,
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that is a reflection about what a team can bring
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to the table. But just because you lose a couple
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of those types of games is not a referendum on
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that team. So getting back to that opening game, just
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because the Boston Celtics lost that game, I don't think
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is a referendum on what they can do and how
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they can perform against really good teams. In fact, they
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performed at an extremely high level against the
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for most of that game, and then they just went cold,
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and that was in the first game of the season.
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So I don't think that that one was necessarily a
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referendum on the Boston Celtics. I'm like, oh man, doesn't
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look like they can compete with the best. And I'm
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going to say the same thing about that loss to
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the Houston Rockets. The Celtics didn't look like themselves. They
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looked like dead men walking out there. And I don't
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know necessarily why. Obviously, they did play. That was the
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second night of a back-to-back. They had played the day
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before down in Orlando. It was a 3.30 tip in Orlando.
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They won pretty comfortably in that game, at least for
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most of it. At the end, it got competitive, and
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their guys had to be out there to finish it off.
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for a good portion of that second half. But that loss,
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to me, those are ones that you can look at
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and be like, that happened because the Celtics didn't look
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like themselves. I don't look at that as like, the
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Celtics can't compete with really good teams, or the Celtics
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can't beat really good teams. That's not how I view that.
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So two losses to two really good teams, I personally
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don't feel like Those are referendums on how competitive the
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Boston Celtics can be against great teams. We're going to
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figure that out soon. The schedule is not going to
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be like this forever. The Celtics are going through a
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really challenging November on their schedule. I think they have
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a back-to-back every single week of November. Nearly all of
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the games in November are on the road. I believe
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it's a franchise record for the amount of home games
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during a single month. But Celtics are going to be
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playing really good teams. That starts Tuesday. when they take
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on the East leading Philadelphia 76ers. So we're going to
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learn a lot more about them, but in the time being, like,
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I just don't think that you can look at the fact, Oh,
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Oh yeah, they played some easy teams. Yeah, sure. You
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play the teams that are on your schedule and the
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Celtics lost two games against really good teams. One of
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them kind of was like, they didn't show up. And
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I think that was a physical thing. They just didn't
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look like themselves. And that was the Houston loss. And
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the other one, they led by 20-plus points against a
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really good team that won 60-plus games last season, 60
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games last season. And that team got hot, and the
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Celtics went cold, and things went the wrong way during
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the final minutes. So, again, I understand what you're saying here, Frank.
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I think everything that you said was factual. But I
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don't hold any of those facts against the Boston Celtics anymore.
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They don't make me think that this team can't compete
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and beat really good teams. I think the Boston Celtics
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are going to compete with and beat a lot of
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really good teams this season. I think that's why they
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got a chance to finish potentially atop the Eastern Conference.
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So let's see what happens the rest of this month
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beginning Tuesday night. That is the first night of a back-to-back,
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the middle game of a three games and four nights stretch.
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So let's see what happens in that game. Let's see
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what happens the rest of this month. I think we'll
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have a pretty good idea of where this team stands
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in terms of how it can compete against really good opponents.
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I think we're going to have a pretty good idea
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of that by, let's say, early to mid-December. All right,
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our second comment of the night is coming in from Ben.
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All right, this comment, like I said, coming in from Ben,
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who says, JT put on all that muscle for no reason.
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Still doesn't go up off two feet and is weak
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around the rim. Okay, Ben, first and foremost, I don't
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think Jason Tatum put on a ton of muscle. He's
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looked like this for years, like a beast out there
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with his upper body strength and his core strength. That's
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the first thing that I'll say to kind of disagree
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with what you're saying here. The second thing is that
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have you been watching all season long? Because Jason Tatum
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has been getting to the rim and getting to the
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free throw line at the highest rate of his career
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and at the second highest rate in the NBA. And
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you don't do that without playing with strength. If he
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was just this weak player around the rim who's not
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playing at all through contact, can't absorb any contact to
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still stay on his line of his drive or be
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able to fight through to get a shot off, he
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wouldn't be second in the league in free throw attempts
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and free throw makes. So these two things cannot be
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true at the same time. One of them is factual,
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which is the fact that he's been getting to the
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line at an all-time rate for his career and the
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fact that he's been at the top of the NBA
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in free throw attempts and makes. this season. The other
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is seemingly a swayed opinion based off of, I'm not
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quite sure, because Jason Tatum has been great at playing
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with strength, getting contact, and getting to the free throw line,
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which is how you become a super duper duper duper
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star that's at the top of the MVP conversation. That's
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how you get to that level. And Jason Tatum seemingly
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is playing with that this season. So no animosity here
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towards you, Ben. You're fair to have your opinion, but
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I think the facts disagree. I think the facts say
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that this guy, he's so strong that he is getting
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through contact and getting shots off to get to the
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free throw line at the rate that he is getting
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to the free throw line. If he was just weak
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around the rim or weak in the mid-range, whatever, he
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wouldn't be drawing the fouls. He would just be taking
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shots that are super challenged because he can't play through contact,
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but that's not true. He is getting through contact. He
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is initiating contact, and that is what is getting him
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to the line at an all-time rate for his very
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impressive and what is on pace to be a first
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ballot Hall of Fame career. All right, that is a
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wrap for tonight, and folks, it's finally on the docket.
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Tuesday night, 8 o'clock Eastern, you better have appointment viewing.
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You better clear your schedule because a game is coming
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up Tuesday that if you are an NBA fan, if
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you are a Boston Celtics fan, you cannot miss this game.
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It is the Boston Celtics visiting the Philadelphia 76ers who,
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I might remind you, have Jalen Brown, they have LeBron James,
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and that's to go along with Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid,
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Vijay Edgecombe, some other good depth players that they acquired
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this offseason. That's happening for the first time Tuesday. Jalen
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Brown plays his first game as a professional in the
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regular season against the Boston Celtics. This is going to
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be must-see TV. Two great teams. In fact, the number
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one and number two seeds in the Eastern Conference. Philadelphia
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will enter as number one. Boston will enter as number two.
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And these two teams will collide for the first time
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at 8 o'clock Eastern Tuesday night. You got to watch it.
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And then after the final buzzer, check out my post
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on X. Reply with your thoughts and reactions. And I'll
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take a couple of your comments in the next episode
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of Sound Off presented by Xfinity Mobile. Thanks for giving
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us a listen tonight. Another Celtics win. They are up
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to 8-2 on the season. Pretty great start to the season.
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Now we're going to find out what they do against
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some really good opponents beginning Tuesday night. And that's exactly
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when I'll see you. Have a great Monday, and I'll
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see you Tuesday night.