Did the Pacers blow a chance at winning the series? Stephen A. says NOT SO FAST! 👀 | First Take
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- Did the Pacers blow a chance at winning the series? Stephen A. says NOT SO FAST! 👀 | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Austin Rivers and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo react to the Indiana Pacers’ 133-128 overtime loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
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0:00 Did the Pacers blow any chance of winning the series?
3:45 Mad Dog reacts to Pacers’ loss
4:50 Austin Rivers says that was a pivital game the Pacers needed to win
6:00 Do you feel better or worse about the Celtics after last night?
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If our offense is awful scoring 133 points I’d love to see how many we’d score if we’re playing great offense 🤣☘️☘️
155 again lol.
They acting like Boston supposed to blow everyone out by 40
NBA fans: Celtics need to win a close game im tired of these blowouts. I don’t trust them in the clutch.
Also nba fans: Celtics trash how did they not blow this team. They just got lucky😂
They should the level of talent is crazy to be going OT vs scrubs
@@erraticentertainmentthese are the same pacers that gave a lot of teams problems during the regular season: including the healthy bucks which were supposed to be the Celtics only east 'arch rival' so your dumb argument is invalid
No, but nobody is expecting them to get blown out as well.
No cap I’m a lakers fan but they be doing the Celtics so dirty. They expected to go 16-0 thru the playoffs nd every time they lose it’s a huge topic but if they win tight games “they not playing good basketball “
One of the most clutch buckets from Brown
Remember when they was saying how the Celtics fold in clutch moment now once we do well there no credit at all
Exactly. They hadn't been tested, they sucked in clutch time. Then they grind out a gutsy win and all they can talk about is Indy. FOH ESPN
Pacers Lost the game, Boston didn't WIN it
NBA fans: Celtics need to win a close game im tired of these blowouts. I don’t trust them in the clutch.
Also nba fans: Celtics trash how did they not blow this team. They just got lucky😂
Correct me if I’m wrong, but pretty sure the series is 1-0 Boston? That would mean they did in fact WIN it. Pacers did choke but acting like the Celtics had no role in that (Jrues defense on Hali for the turnover, JB chasing down Pascal for the steel, hitting the shot, etc) is just stupid. You Celtics haters will do anything to discredit them
They literally folded and the pacers folded even worse. Not folding would be if JT made that initial 3 or that turn around midrange to only be down 1. And then tie the game after the free throws. Not Pacers up 3 with a timeout forcing a backwards pass with JB all over siakam to even give them a shot at tieing. Celtics will literally get destroyed by the mavs or timber wolves
Austin Rivers doesn’t trust the Celtics and says they have not played a good game yet…… But the Celtics are 9-2 in the playoffs and most of it without Porzingis who makes our offense almost unstoppable. Only person in the media that have given the Celtics props has been Rachel Nichols.
The criticism against the celtics is crazy this year, and they are 9-2 in this playoffs actually
Stephen A hating on Tatum and the Celtivs even after that big win, but will praise Edwards and call him the next MJ after shooting a horrendous 6/24 from the field in an elimination Game 7 LUL That's how you know these ESPN bums really hate Boston. Perkins is not even here but the aroma of hate is already strong
NBA media: Celtics need to win a close game im tired of these blowouts. I don’t trust them in the clutch.
Also nba media: Celtics trash how did they not blow this team. They just got lucky😂
The hate is well deserved. The Celtics have repeatedly shown that they wet the bed when it matters most. I don't expect this year to be any different.
@@vaheed7518 ah yes because more wins then any other team over the last few years is definitely shitting the bed ok pal
Facts !!
@@vaheed7518 so you hate a team who goes to the ECF 6 out of 8 years but love a team like the Lakers who misses playoffs and can't make it out of the first round? Nice logic clown 🤡
The hate for the Celtics has gotten so corny at this point. Why is Stephen A acting like the Celtics have so many holes in their game? They went 64-18 this year and won the east by 14 games. Pacers played really well last night, and the Celtics had an average game at best and still won
They showed a clip of Brown throwing down a dunk on someone during the half time commentary last night, and one of the ladies says "Thats what he do!" and I am 99.99999% sure I heard Stephen A under his breath say "Sometimes"....absolute unabashed hater and they don't try to hide it.
That's the problem. The Celtics become average when it comes to the playoffs.
OMG God forbid anyone mentions the obvious fact that Boston loses games they shouldn't lose regularly in the playoffs. Because they beat themselves. It's happened for years. That's why they're .500 at home in the playoffs. It's not hate it's facts. Their biggest opponent can be themselves, that's actually a compliment saying when they're goo they are so good no one can beat them. They get away from their system and start jacking 3s . As a Celtics you have to know that! Been seeing it for years with this team
You Celtics fans are so sensitive! Can't accept an obvious criticism of your team Lol
@@JanPeterSpecht-jf9pgthey are 9-2 these playoffs goofball. That’s not average. Will probably be 12-3 heading into the finals or who knows maybe 12-2
Pacers lost the series in Game 1. You don’t get a game like that back….
Yeah maybe, but you never know with the Cs
No you don't, but the series also doesn't end after 1 game. It's a 7 game series for a reason.
One game? Ok Paul Pierce. I bet you still had Lakers in 6 after they lost the first game to the nuggets. 🤡
Nah they still got it. They been tested this season
That statement has absolutely no root in reality
Brown made a clutch shot
Thanks captain obvious
@@luisc5323 no thanks private a-hole
What’s next? Are you going to also inform us that Boston won the game? 😂
😊😊k@@luisc5323
Lol assholes 😂
ESPN trying so hard not to give the Celtics any credit for this win. The Celtics have lost ONLY 20 games this entire season. The way they talk is like they blow 30 point leads every night and lose. They just had 6 days of rest, obviously a little rusty, but after a game like last night, they have all momentum on their side in game 2.
That's because pacers gave it away in tragic fashion
Just say y'all actively root for the Cs the lose. The hate is crazy, media puts unreasonable expectations, Cs meet them and then they move the goal post. Literally outscored the best offense, Stephen A "There offense is awful." Cs havent blown a bunch of leads this year, just factually incorrect.
In the past 76 years you’re really wondering why the Celtics are hated? Your comment and being oblivious to it is literally the reason why
You’re definitely 16 years old go read a book kid
Stephen a has no idea what he’s talking about, best offense in history and it’s “awful”
@@chimpc123cope
@@supadupa39 I'm not wondering why anything, I have yet to have someone give me a reasonable take. Feel free to tell me why they're hated, will some actual solid reasoning. Cause it seems like hate to just hate.
Celtics win by 20: they haven’t been tested by a good team. Can’t say they’re legit
Celtics grind out a clutch win: why is it so close? Why aren’t you blowing them out?
Celtics lose their 1 game every 2 weeks: they suck and they will lose the finals
The media is getting caught up in their predictable narrative
Please start giving Haliburton the Harden treatment. That stepback is a 5 way flight type of travel
That part
Imma borrow this, unless trademarked 😂
Glad someone else noticed that too. 😂
Him & Jaylen brown was traveling like crazy
@@greatone9102Jalen travels and carries quite a bit for a professional basketball player
I’m tired of the Media talking about the Celtics home court on the playoffs over the past 3 years. We are a different team. We won’t have Smart or Rob Williams anymore. We have Holiday and Porzingis. We are 5-2 at home this year! 9-2 overall in the playoffs. This year.
yall still not winning a chip lil bro
@@jm18803if you’re so confident let’s see the bet. Easy money no? Go ahead throw a grand or 2 on the Celtics into winning if you’re SO confident.
@@jm18803we’ll see
Bro not confident in mazzulla cause he's trash when it really counts
@@jm18803you calling someone lil bro on social media dont give you any cool points you dweeb 😂😂😂
ESPN: Celtics don't win clutch time minutes.
Also ESPN: Celtics have no business letting this be a close game.
Boston scored how much? Didn’t they score MORE than that prolific Pacer offense?
How is that awful offense the best scoring offense ever, beating the Pacers playing at Indy’s pace?
Y’all discredited Boston way more than you did the Pacers, and the Celtics beat the Pacers playing Pacer ball.
Your hate is ridiculous.
Man just said the Celtics offense was awful against the number 1 offensive team in the nba , and still won ….. I want someone to actually deep what Stephen A JUST SAID
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I do too they might get swept. They their chance yesterday
Nobody is talking about how they are still missing Porzingis who unlocks there offense Celtics in 5
I’m a Celtics fan but to be fair they’re missing Mathurn who I’ve always thought is a dawg. I think KP is more important to us than he is to them. I don’t like AL against the pacers because they play so fast, gotta give Indiana credit they much better than I thought
They’re missing this they’re missing that they’re already stacked as is they should be blowing teams out with that roster 🤡 pacers in 7
Lmao we talking bout porzingis? They still play 5 out without him yeah he is a great piece but he not the main guy maybe he is more of a dawg than all Ur stars and that's why U really miss em
@@elvisrolon1862if pacers don't take game 2 after giving the Celtics game one it'll end in 5. The coach took the blame cus it he didn't players would be pointing fingers for sure. Hopefully they'll be ready mentally
@@elvisrolon1862 Celtics aren't stacked tho. They have two stars who aren't quite superstar. AD/lebron , KD/Booker is stacking
Give Boston a break, they haven't played since the 15th until last night 😂
Nah I want them to win but they playing like trash they need to hear it. Hopefully this motivates them to prove the media wrong
The national media narrative around the Celtics is honestly just pure comedy at this point
Right, because they've won a championship with this roster. Oh wait, they haven't. Who'd they lose to last season?
@@markbartoszek8585they lost to a team that they beat handedly in this year’s playoffs… your point?
still hating on the celts man
Bro that team strash
@@kapsoneskidlol
ESPN has become pro lakers and anti Celtics
Because Celtics are better everytime than the Minneapolis Lakers or LA Lakers.
How@@BlackBeardPT
nothings changed lol
They love Boston. Fym. Why do you think the nba rigs it for them every year? There is literally evidence to support that
No they're not,they read comments and like you stalkers anything that has to do with bron they have to mention it😂😂
As a Celtics fan, I gave them a C last night, and they still dropped 130 and outscored the high-scoring Pacers team WITHOUT Porzingis. They hate the Celtics lol
You gave them a C, so why are you complaining about the media?
@@jstdunSmartest Celtics fan
Continue to complain about the Celtics. In the playoffs a win is a win man and this one is quite demoralizing for the pacers. Ain’t nobody trying to hear about udoka they just won 64 games with mazzulla and we try to act like the offense wasn’t awfully stagnant under udoka in the finals. Also not sure if they make the move for KP under udoka which might mean they wouldn’t have even gotten Jrue stop it.
I’m tired of people acting like ime udoka has this unbelievable coach. The Celtics choked in the finals and blew multiple games in the playoffs and no one ever talks about it
Why do yall always bring up the 64 games as if that means anything in the playoffs😂
@@mattsell2361facts nobody really remembers Ime is the coach who decided to play drop coverage on the greatest shooter in NBA history in the finals lol
Here's my ultimate take on this series after watching last night's game: Pacers showed us 100% of their capabilities, Celtics only played about 50% (and without KP). If the Celtics don't wake up, it'll still be 4-2 C's
how is that their best when they turned it over 22 times but i agree ,i and most think the celtics are just 1000s times better
Porzingis will return tho
The pacers were not playing 100%. I love how people show that they haven't been watching the pacers because it's obvious. The pacers have done this all season. High shooting percentage. Hitting all kinds of shots. The turnovers were the issue. Reason or record wasn't better is because of our defense. Before ot Boston was below there scoring average. We played solid defense against a very good offensive team. The pacers were at about 80% I would say Boston played about 60% due to kp not being there. Not saying we will win. But we aren't the type of team to just lay down. We figure you out and we adjust all while scoring over 120 a night
I’m sorry but the Celtics needed a game like this it’s been too easy now the media needs to relax and ease on the Celtics because every game the Celtics have bad or they almost lose where is the same energy when they beat a team by 20 so when Boston wins by 20 are we giving the same energy.
Not even. Celtics kill this in 4 or 5 games and I honestly can’t stand them. Pacers are lucky to even be in the ECF because everyone they faced was heavily injured and thin
ESPN with the ultimate glazing of the pacers 😆
they hate Boston. If Boston lost that game, you'll hear all kinds of derogatory terms from Stephen A
They just tryna prop up the Lakers
Bruh the pacers never get talked about all year long they are finally forced too now
Celtics deserve this criticism
ESPN and all sports media literally disown the idea of talking about Pacers all year.
SAS called the Celtics offense "pathetic" in their win, but lays on praise and optimism on OKC on their loss. SAS is full of it.
Mad dog bringing up games from
1943? 😂😂😂
Those that don't know their history are doomed to repeat it. Literally if they just watched that game and that play.... And when they were in that moment wouldn't have done the exact same thing that caused the previous two teams no matter how far back.
@@TCrimson05t man shut up lmaooo
These "commentators" have been lying and gaslighting us about the Celtics all year that their narratives make less and less sense the further we go. We are 9-2 in the playoffs so far and Tatum almost had a 40 piece double double last night, but Tatum needs to step up and the Celtics are unreliable. Yeah, sure buddy.
The thing is buddy .. you expect for Tatum to consistently drop a 30 piece… at times brown or white have been playing exceptionally better than him … it doesn’t help when all the Celtics wanna do is shoot 3s ! Don’t get me wrong I expected the Celtics to make it to the finals from the east … but at times they tend to let the other teams catch up ! Cmon cavs almost pushed it to 6 games and with game 2 if I’m not mistaken they won by more than 10 ? Same thing with the Miami series almost got pushed to 6 games … I was expecting Celtics to make 2 sweeps just because of the “ superstar “ they claim Tatum to be
@@moneymark404
"Almost got pushed to 6 games" We still won both in 5. Hypotheticals mean nothing.
"We let other teams catch up" Yes, because these are the best basketball players in the world. You expect us to blow every team out every game?
"...because of the "superstar" they claim Tatum to be" -he almost put up a 40 piece double double in a game we all agree wasn't his best.....
Also, Porzingis will be back soon and he is our X-factor.
The games in Indiana will determine the series… Boston is undefeated on road in the playoffs… the pacers are undefeated at home … if Boston get 3 or 4 series is over
StephennA starting to sound like Skip Bayless
Why do analyst hold rookie and second years against Tatum and brown ? They don’t do it for no one else in the league
Yes they do, KAT only started getting appreciated last series against the nuggets
@@hobonolen KAT didn't get close to what Tatum and Brown did in their rookie and second years
They hold every season of Luka's career against him and had the nerve to say he has the most pressure this playoffs as if he hasn't been in the league for only 5 years. It's not only Boston.
@@statik4961 that’s cap … we talking about the playoffs …
@@hobonolen kat hasn’t been in the playoffs and he’s getting more praise than Tatum and brown
The Celtics offense looked terrible, but Indiana’s offense looked amazing…. But Celtics won scoring 133 points. The media hate on Celtics is just wild
Celtics lost a total of 2 games in the playoffs and people acting like Indiana has a chance lol
They CLEARLY have a chance. Pacer’s unbelievably choked last night, but it’s one game at a time. This Celtics core has a knack for being soft in hard moments. KP is going to be rushed back as well.
the pacers are the only team in the eastern conference that can actually keep up with Boston so yeah they do have a chance
@@gibranleon8221 Indiana won’t play like that again. They played their best, Celtics played close to their worst and still took the W, essentially a spirit bomb for Indiana. Last night was Indianas biggest opportunity they will get this series. Celtics in 5, if not 4, mark my words. Indiana put it all out there last night and came up short, the teams in experience really showed down the stretch and Indiana just doesn’t have the talent. Why couldn’t Indiana close it out in OT? - because they got outplayed. Chalk it up to what you will, but winning doesn’t discriminate between almost, choking, etc.
Pacers will always have a shot unless they go down 3-0 in the series
@@gibranleon8221yet they just showed you they weren’t soft 🤡🤡🤡
Why is stephen talking like the celtics played a bad game...
They didn't play a great game defensively but him saying our offense was horrendous is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
@@paulauger2609 right…
Score 133 points but the offense looks offense. Not to mention Ime ‘s offense was way worst lmao. These dudes are clowns
They blew their BEST chance, but they didn't blow ANY chance
Feels like I'm watching Indianapolis Sports Net 😂 The level of hate for the Celtics is insane. Especially from so-called "unbiased" "analysts"
Yeah...the media favors Indiana 😂 Every round of the playoffs the media predicts the Pacers will lose. Stop it
How when everyone else talks about the Celtics and been talking about them. The facts is yall played good defense but pacers let that go bc no one has ever lost a game points btw game with two clueless turnovers over with in a game of 10 seconds left in a a post season. This is going to game 7
Saying no ball movement is crazy when Horford is getting wide open looks cos they are moving the ball. Problem is it’s Horford taking shots that usually porzingis takes
Exactly. Horford had 12 open 3s and only made 3 of them. If you watch when jt and jb drives they get double team and that creates open shot. Espn just hating like crazy.
literally bru. stephen A n shannon dnt b knowin what dey b tammat
Every time horford shoots im just like imagine if porzingis was shooting that 😂
Boston will SWEEP this team. Things are a bit different when you’re not playing a hospital team for once. Pacers are about to get a rude awakening 🔥
All the pressure is on Boston sorry to burst your bubble
Sure lol. They got a gift while shooting 20 more free throws than the Pacers. The pacers haven’t lost a home game since early March, but they will get swept
Sports media is so terrible... So much criticism goes to the Celtics even when they win.. 9-2 in playoffs btw and both games they lost the other team had their best shooting nights. Edwards can go 6-24 on an Elimination game and claim he had Murray on "lock" (He had 35pts btw) Sports Media praises him. Jason Tatum gives you a 30+ double double with a win and he gets scrutinized...
Make it make sense.
"once again they blew a double digit lead this is what Boston does" 😂
Except everyone has dropped double digit leads these days. It happens all the time to every team these days
@@jammer9941yeah losing a ten point lead in todays nba honestly means nothing and should not be criticized at all
yup, when you live and die by the 3 and when al horford thinks hes a jump shooter step curry, yeah they're lucky they didnt lose this game, because the pacers are playing with house money, they're young, healthy and their bench actually puts up 20+ a night, unlike other teams, pacers play non selfish team basketball,. 40+assists, 6 guys with double digits, NBA is A TEAM SPORT, people still don't understand that.
the FT disparity is once again crazy. knicks went to the line 66 more times vs indy. in game 1 boston had 30 FT attempts, indy had 10. i mean how many personal fouls, offensive fouls, traveling calls, and 3 second violations can the refs call against indy? its absolutely nuts. pacers did not play a perfect game, but they outplayed Celtics. refs did everything they could to help the big market favorite advance yet again. the only way indy could beat the refs vs. knicks is by posting the greatest shooting % in nba playoff history
Thanks for noticing I watched the whole game the refs weren't hiding who they wanted to win
Halliburton was cheeks for like 3 months and dude decided to renew his superstar subscription right before the ecf
To be fair, dude got injured
yeah he got hurt and siakam was getting acclimated to the team. watch out for this team next year with ben mathruin, heck they can still make this a series
@@triggatrey2112man everyone is injured . That siakam trade is what did him in
@@Letstryagain1267 who is everyone? That’s a broad statement to make. You know that stuff does have an impact on a players play, right?
Nah they’re only in the ECF because they were healthier than everyone else. They won’t have this luck next year
Please just give us close games like this🙏 Best of luck both teams and Health we can agree no matter the sport Blowouts are unwatchable My Apologies
Georgia TCU Natty, 2017-18 Finals, Heaps More
Getting tired to hear SAS always bringing Udoka, specially whenever he talks about the Celtics offense. I've watched the every game that Udoka was in Boston and what won them games was their defense, because most of their offense was just Tatum/Brown ISO, just taking turns. Also it's a completly different team now, you have different players with different characteristics which makes it impossible to replicate the defense scheme that they had before.
If the Celtics don't win i all, its cuz they don't have Ime Udoka as their coach
🎯
Too bad he was a dirtbag...
You mean the same coach who choked in the finals and blew multiple games throughout the playoffs? Stop acting like ime was a Demi god
@@mattsell2361are we gonna act like that team wasn't being held together by duct tape and wishes?
@@beamerball666 huh?
Not sharing the ball? Celtics had 30 assists.
Their offense looks terrible. Yet they outscored the high flying Pacers without Porzingus. But Pacers offense isn't trash. But it scored less points. But the Celtics is trash, because they won, but not how you wanted it. I see. This argument makes no sense, and it just sounds like sour grapes.
The NBA media has lost all credibility. Y’all should be ashamed of yourselves.
How this is amazing criticism and they definitely deserve it. If the Celtics don’t step up they will lose in the Finals. Tatum needs to wake up
Why?
Yet you’ll be watch by nba media tmm anyways lol
@@erraticentertainmenthow is it valid criticism? He said their offense looked better under Ime which is a flat out lie if you actually watched the games. he said their offense is too much iso yet they average more points and assists as a team in the playoffs than the Mavs or pacers. They’re just talking to talk they don’t actually know basketball and honestly it’s poisoning casual fans who don’t really pay attention that much
@@michael7361Nah the fact that u think that is crazy. U think they are better under Mazzula. Yeah no point in even arguing that clearly you haven’t watched a game yourself.
Where was all this Pacers hype from SAS when they were playing the Knicks?..It was ALL about NY in that series. 1 on 1 ball is about slowing the game down at certain points (especially when your leading) but no team constantly moves the ball on offense for 48 minutes. Celtics had the best record during the regular season and have the best record (9-2) so far in the playoffs BUT the guy who averaged 1.5pts in 8 games (5-23 from 3pt) at a fashion college, STILL has a problem with the Celtics and the way they play..Porzingas not playing the last 7 and a half games plays a big part in their ball movement and defensive sets stupid😡. Tatum had 36pts, 14rb and 4 or 5ast (10pts in OT to Pacers 11pts as a team) and this Bird face thinks he had a bad game. SMFH
Zero acknowledgement of Tatum's dominant first three quarters and 10 points in OT including the dagger three. Not to mention 12 boards and savage defense the entire game, including smothering Hali on the final shot of the game. Dude had 36, 12 with 4 assists and three steals, with a plus/minus +20. Celtics were -15 in the few minutes he was off the court. But Ant Man and his 6/24 game 7 is the second coming of Jordan.
ESPN going harder on the Celtics than they were to the Nuggets
I’m so surprise & happy for the pacers & they made it further then I expected them to go fr 🔥💯
"what are you doing? What are you doing?" 😂
“Their offense looks awful” about a team that just had 3 players put up 90 and 133 as a team. 😂
Lol Stephen A saying the offense looks disgusting when literally the Mavs do the same thing. Going against mismatches relentlessly is literally what Kyrie/Luka does everytime. Stop hating on the Celtics
The craziest thing is how the media puts all this pressure on Boston to win. You would think they are the defending champs or something.
The Nuggets blew multiple leads during their series ain’t nobody talking about that
Pacers learned their lesson. They will take this as a positive since they are a resilient team. They will win the series.
Yall acting like the Celtics aren’t 9-2 in the playoffs right now
I speak on behalf of the Celtics Nation, we don't want to hear any praises from these hypocritical media when we win the Championship.
Huge choke job by the Pacers. I expect the Celtics to blow them out in game 2.
Doggie really only has 80yr basketball references 😂
Well said, SAS!
Haliburton really need to stop turning the ball over in 4th quarters. I know he not the only 1 but he been doing in the entire playoffs. He mite need to get wit Jerry Rice & do some hand drills or somethin. His ball handling in moments & lack of awareness is puzzling for someone talented as him.
same for JT and Jb, 8 combined turnovers a game, when are these 2 going to play like a team instead of HERO ball? i'm a celtics fan, tired of their turnovers, thats how teams kill you
Halliburton should be wearing that Reggie Miller choke sign sweater he was wearing after beating the knicks in game 7 all day today!
Why do they have to bring Lefraud’s name all the time, why?.
The same guy that said on national tv that the thunder will be on the western finals lol
" we've been discrediting the Pacers all playoffs long." What he really means by that is himself yesterday, lol.
Can we also put emphasis on how Pacers got only 10 Free Throw attempts while the Celtics got 30 FTA 😮
I saw the referee line-up and expected this.
Don't forget, the Pacers are missing Benedict Mathurin as well.. People conveniently forget to mention that
Cool. Celtics are missing KP arguably their 3rd best player
Porzingis is the X factor, they can’t win the title without him because he stretches the Celtics offense out exceptionally
Pacers play BEAUTIFUL basketball. Constant movement worth everyone involved. You love to see it.
First of all home court doesn't matter to Boston given what they do on the road. It doesn't mean anything to them. It means more to the pacers than anybody else. The Boston Celtics played a OKAY game. 60 percent in the first half for Indiana . That'll come back down to earth.
And I've also tired of people bringing up Udoka like him not being the coach of the Boston Celtics....is not HIS fault. That man was over there doing some foul s***. Go talk to HIM about that.
Team USA taking Tyrese Halliburton’s Olympic jersey away
I like how the coaches owned up to the mistakes..great coaching!
As a defender all distractions count as defense %50 and %100 mental that’s why being a great defender is harder than being a great scorer
No mention of composure no mention of Clutch , no mention of confidence no mention of the experience playin a factor
I believe this will be A 7 game series
Who’s paying these people. Keep it fair and talk facts!!! Don’t hate
Don't expect the media to give boston any praise till they lift the trophy.
ESPN has spent the past 2 weeks complaining about how the Celtics haven’t been battle tested in a crunch time game. They pulled through last night and espn didn’t mention that 1 time this entire show instead they have Stephen A Nitpick for negatives of their performance from the game. im starting to dislike first take..
Pacers lost the series tonight. They didn’t have much of a chance and now they have none
Too early to say
@@ShaquillePollard Eh, it's like the Lakers-Nuggets series. The Pacers margin for error is extremely thin. They had this game in hand. They can't afford to lose those kinds of games.
Stop this series is not over they've made adjustments before in the last 2 series and have been in different situations
last two minute offense of regulation was AWFUL. shoutout the defense and JB tho.
He said that blowing a double digit lead is what the Celtics do. Name one team that has never lost a double digit lead. Every single one.
this game 1 is like the CAVS vs WARRIORS GAME 1 2018 Finals.
Hard to believe that teams can keep Blowing leads at the end of Games and keep recovering. Horrible lost.
The Celtics hate on first take has gotten SO OLD! The Celtics can’t win a championship in the first, 2nd, or 3rd round of the playoffs, so why is it after every game they play they keep saying oh nothing the Celtics does matters unless they win a championship, if they don’t win it all this season is a failure? As of now they’re taking the right steps forward. What matters in the playoffs is WINS and LOSSES and the Celtics are racking up WINS this post season, regardless of how they do it. When Anthony Edwards shot 6-24 in game 7 y’all didn’t say anything and were calling Ant a superstar. When the Pacers took the Knicks 7 games you were raving about the Knicks the whole time and building up excuses for them. This bias is ridiculous.
Like Stephan A ‘s new fits👌🏾
I didn't know Austin played for that many teams 😂
Boston here, and SAS is totally on point on this one.
ESPN last night literally said even though they lost Indiana won lol
Agree with SA..with utoka or any other experienced coach this team with the talent would be difficult to beat !,,,
Do not mention the Pacers to S.A.S. again. He doesn't deserve to speak of them .
Almost like the pacers coach was betting against his own team lol
Why are these comments saying hate for the Celtics? The media has given little to no respect to the pacers this entire playoff run. The last series people said the pacers were getting swept and they won. All that matters is how you perform when you’re there and the pacers have a chance
"How many times can you lose the same game?"
Indiana: YES.
Boston don’t trust themselves when it gets tight with a few minutes left. You can just sense it.