Are the NBA Finals over yet? | The Big 3 NBA Podcast

A. Sherrod Blakely and Gary Washburn discuss the fallout from Game 4, look ahead to Game 5, and Boston’s chances of closing out the series to secure Banner 18.
0:00 - Game 4 Breakdown
13:50 - PrizePicks
16:09 - Frustration with Tatum
20:34 - Unselfish play critique
23:27 - Offensive positioning strategy
25:10 - Patience against Luka
27:50 - Gametime
29:30 - Lively as the Difference Maker
32:19 - Celtics' mental adjustment
34:21 - Playoff game unpredictability
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[@CleanMusicLover229]

If Kristaps Porzingis can't play, The Celtics should give Neemias Queta some early minutes or play double bigs. They need rebounding and a big with size that could frustrate the Mavs' bigs. In games 1 and 2, Kristaps' size alone altered a lot of shots, because they couldn't shoot over him.

[@gzilla8023]

The most Celtics thing was to get blown out in game four, now let’s conquer demons and get ONE MORE WIN. Keep up the great work CLNS

[@mysticsofthemaya]

It was terrible. Either they all decided to win it in Boston, or they're really that stupid. I'll tell you one thing, the Refs were clearly playing for Dallas

[@jzamo1990]

Did the ref pay you guys to miss shots too or? I’d love to know 😊

[@mysticsofthemaya]

@@jzamo1990 in addition to the fact

[@nicholasbrandoli2736]

There was around 18-20 missed Celtics FT that just weren’t called yet Luka can jump into someone’s body’s and get the foul which is no longer s legal move… they changed the rule when Harden was in the 76ers unless I’m wrong! It’s really not that bad of a loss considering we shot abysmally and didn’t get any fouls for 2 qts so that 30 point deficit really shoulda been like 6-8pts min 12-15 pts max

[@nicholasbrandoli2736]

The first two quarters were ridiculous one sided with the foul calls idk how you can watch that and say it’s not

[@sodapop1850]

The entire team played like they all went out Thursday night and got shitfaced. The only positive we can take from game 4 is that nobody got injured.

[@dhobbsrule76]

Celtics in 5.. Gentlemenly Sweeping Luka's🤔🏀💯🍀💪🏾.

[@a.sherrodblakely4324]

💯

[@ITHINKTHEREFOREITIS]

Could Jaylen be deferring to JT trying to get him going? He seemed to be ok with the ECFMVP. It seems they almost knew NBA would try to extend the game via the zebras or maybe they just wanted to win it sorrounded by Celtics fans at the garden?

[@ericplnc1]

Teams don’t just give up games like that on purpose. They thought Dallas was going to roll over and they didn’t. They didn’t match the intensity and got blown out as a result

[@vinniedeluca2188]

If there was anything to blame maybe it was Tatum being selfish trying to win the Finals MVP and once he knew he was off once again he played selfishly which immediately shifted the momentum of the team. The Celtics are in extreme danger, I would love to see them win at home tomorrow night but I can’t pretend that the Celtics have any players with a kill or be killed mentality, the Mavs have 5+ players that do so unfortunately this series is going 7 and if the Celtics can’t figure out a way to turn into killers they will lose the series

[@ericplnc1]

@@vinniedeluca2188 pretty sure Jaylen Brown is a killer. Holiday is a champion. It was over at 3-0. Just a matter of whether it will be in 5 or 6 games. No team has ever come back from 3-0 for a reason. And lastly, the Mavs don’t have 5+ players who are killers cuz if they did they wouldn’t have gone down 0-3. The delusion is real.

[@a.sherrodblakely4324]

I hope that's not what happened. I'm hoping they just didn't lock in and focus because they thought the Mavs would just roll over and obviously they didn't. But it does feel right to have this thing end at the TD Garden, right?

[@ericplnc1]

@@vinniedeluca2188 how that work out??? Hahahaj

[@KCcanSing]

Maybe Luka got to his spots because we kept switching… PP, Sam and Al guarding him… need to fix that sh*t! Fight thru a damn pick for a change. Ask Joe about that please. Appreciate ya!

[@lovelutionalive]

It's like they threw the game to win it in Boston

[@chungkingexpress94]

Cs hadn't lost a game in like a month. They were due for a bad game

[@user-ky6ew6vv6l]

Everytime they make a big deal about any winning streak, tgey end up losing the next game🍀

[@smantie]

Hey Sherrod, did you miss a brilliant chance to berate Gary and ask if he has kids on Father's Day?

[@TerrancePotts-ws3gy]

Who cares about thm being All-Time greats. The players certainly dnt care about tht stuff

[@oneyedthing]

Kyrie and Luka will be trapped and struggle again. At least Kyrie will...

[@jimgaines6437]

Luke Kornet Luke Kornet Luke Kornet

[@TerrellHicks]

The Celtics were meant to lose Game 4. Stop stressing.

[@vinniedeluca2188]

Ya they were meant to trail by 50 in the 4th and lose by 40 😂😂. Get ready for an extremely stressful 3 more games

[@TerrellHicks]

@@vinniedeluca2188 Yes they were meant to trail by whatever they trailed by. Whether they lost by 1 point or 100, a sweep was never in the cards, and the only way for Dallas to win that game was for it go the way that it did. Same thing when the Celtics lost game 2 during the Heat and Cavs series. The Heat had to have a history shooting night to be them by 10. The Cavs (w/ D. Mitchell) had to have an extremely great shooting and defensive night to be them by 25+ points and the Celtics won both series. So, at the end of the day, Friday’s game was meant to be lost period whether by 1 or 50.

[@26pctfrom3]

Joe & Brad Both deserve their credit.... They're still proving the detractors wrong. Great season Celtics Organization....!!!!,🍀🍀🍀🫡

[@jbbrolic]

They need to finish it. if they lose 4 straight biggest choke ever they have to blow it up.

[@26pctfrom3]

@@jbbrolic I disagree my man.

[@jbbrolic]

@@26pctfrom3 I think they are going to win game 5 I'm saying the detractors talk about their clutch "killer instinct" etc if they don't win this series the detractors are right.

[@26pctfrom3]

@@jbbrolic Fair, but I don't think it will mean they need to break up the J's though.

[@a.sherrodblakely4324]

The players will always get the bulk of the credit cake, but the job that Brad and Joe M. have done - in that order - calls for them to get a bigger slice of the credit cake than most GMs and coaches deserve. Both have been exceptional this season.