It feels like a vicious cycle: Players on the Heat improved as individual defenders, making it hard to punish the early help, causing the Celtics to lose confidence in the skip and swinging passes, which takes the pressure of individual defenders on the Heat to close out hard and then recover.
They play defense as a team not individually you can see they throw bodies at you, they communicate, read and help each other. When one defender pass by, the next man will quick to follow and that defender who get pass will quickly go to the other player and their switches is on point. Iso/hero ball won't work against the Heat you need to move the ball coz they are quick to help each other. Spo as a former video coordinator always watch videos and tape for sure on how players move their offense esp their stars.
@@kevinjohnson3521and flat out uncertainty. that pass he highlighted with jimmy hiding behind the role man and tatum probably felt jimmy came out of nowhere was a great example. if a pass seems wide open and it’s picked off like that, that will mess with your decision making big time.
@@kaleb324 really, you don’t say… that happens all the time in basketball & life, or you have never experienced it?!?! Of course but that means Tatum is not prepared to adjust if he is so weak it messes with him that much, no? Is it the 1st time it has happened to him you make me wonder… lol 😝 The C’ for MANY years have relied too much on the Refs… shockingly, they have stayed out of most of this one. Not sure it is because the Heat are not letting them, or what?!?! Reality slaps everyone in the face eventually. Tatum is a good player, Ref made “superstar” to me. Your comment just confirms my belief!
@@kevinjohnson3521 i agreed with everything you said lol. tatum is mentally fragile and the celtics are front runners, been that way since i’ve observed these heat/celtics series since 2020.
It’s crazy how fast things can turn. A little over a week ago Tatum was the best thing since sliced bread after dropping 51 on the Sixers. Now, Tatum, Brown, and coach Mazulla look totally discombobulated. To the point people are even saying Tatum is no longer a true #1 option. They have been so thoroughly annihilated that the front office may even overhaul half the roster. I don’t think anyone could have foreseen this series playing out like this. Miami has really exposed the flaws within this Celtics team.
And that's how it should be. If Tatum drops 40 tomorrow I will again proclaim that Tatum is the greatest player ever and if he loses that game I will say he is overrated. I must say I do have a tendency to be too much in my emotion and hence overreact. But then again, that is your average basketball fan. All of us are unhinged morons. If we weren't we would be working instead of watching TH-cam breakdowns.
I don't think it'll be a complete overhaul. Just like coach said, maybe Brown, Smart and Mazzula are on the block. But chances are they run it back and hope that Miami was a fluke
the sixers in game 7 gave up on defense midway thru the 2nd quarter and tatum was getting practice shots all game and everyone was on his dick. ignoring that he was ass the entire series up until that point
One key difference is the leadership of their stars. jimmy Buckets leads this Miami team on both ends and makes an effort to involve the team whilst Tatum and Brown both looked like they play for themselves and not for the team.
@@MrGenexxxLol I know this is a little old, but y'all laid one of the ALL-TIME biggest eggs in basketball history AT HOME, with ALLLLL the momentum in Game 7! 🤣 So sit down and shut the f*ck up little Celtics fanboy. 🤷 But who knows??? Maybe this year you guys FINALLY won't absolutely fucking shit the fucking bed (and their pants) late down the stretch!... Although tbh, Tatum's playoff history doesn't give me much hope for that though, rofl. Expect fireworks in the 1st & 2nd round before the seemingly inevitable epic utter fucking faceplant in the ECF or if you're lucky, the Finals. 🤷
Prime example of in the playoffs of ANY sport.....COACHING MATTERS. Spoelstra has kept Miami relevant for over a decade now some how while having his team gutted after the Lebron Wade era...He deserves to be on the Level of Popovich and others for this coaching craftsmanship.
They took out the better coach that is unrelated to basketball 😂 What bs is the reason on why took out the better coach. Taking out someone that has nothing to do with his job. 😂 👍 Boston did this to themselves. Wanna know how to see this through. Watch this breakdown and how the Celtics got sweep by a broom stick.
@M Martinez he's not changing teams! He's a heat lifer! The heat have no intention of trading him unless he wants to and he doesn't seem to want to anytime soon
The difference is that Martin, Vincent, and Strus have been incredible on defense. Huge improvement over last year, not even considering how well they've played on offense.
Seeing how easily Brown and Tatum fumble the ball under pressure just signifies how great a ball-handler Steph Curry is. Not to mention the step back 3's
Honestly they got by in regular season but playoffs obviously teams are going to swipe and poke at the ball and get into passing lanes. Each game is way more important. It’s fine if you don’t have curry or Kyrie handles, but Tatum and brown can’t even make decent passes lmao they need to stop working on shooting this off-season.
@@kaleb324 They wouldn’t be in the finals even last season if Peyton Pritchard didn’t yank Jimmy Butler’s knee in Game 3 causing him to play injured on Game 4 and Game 5. They were lucky enough to get away with 1 shot on Game 7.
As a Sixers I said all series that the Celtics are a great frontrunning team. A lot of teams are but especially them. They shoot a lot better when they’re winning. I mean Tatum and Brown were just pulling up and taking contested 3s and making them. This series they can’t even make open shots. I also feel like they have a mental edge on the Sixers and it’s not the case with the Heat.
I love that you pointed out Smart’s “fake quarterbacking” He’s done this shit for YEARS and has hurt this team on both offense and defense. He’s a fraud that should have been traded years ago. Makes poor decisions and blows coverage constantly.
I agree. He's not a disciplined defender and usually his lack of discipline costs a lot of lame baskets. But since he hustles a lot and is a relatively good on ball defender people think he's an incredible defender SMH -_-
As a Heat fan I recognize Denver should be the favorites, and that Jokic is the best player on the planet.We've won like 1 game against them in the past 4 years... But Batman with prep time always has a chance. Super excited to see what Spo can cook up with 8 days of prep if they can put away the Cs tonight. Win or Lose, Miami will be the best prepared team Denver has faced this playoffs, and Denver will be the hardest team to prepare for the Heat have faced.
Let’s be honest the heat broke the Celtics atp they would be lucky to win one game because they not wining the series they have out worked them and out hustled them in every way not even a boston fan but this is embarrassing man absolutely not heart giving up on teammates giving up on coaches calling coaches out absolutely pitiful so congratulations to the heat for making there 2nd finals in 3 years 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Exactly. Brown is one of the most overrated players in the league. He aint a star like Tatum and Tatum is already overrated cause hes just a star not an MVP caliber superstar like Jokic, Steph, Durant, Booker, etc. Tatum is still much better than Brown. Celtics fans are brain damaged
tatums a better player but brown has consistently shown up in more games, and the team regularly forces the ball to tatum even when brown had the hot hand
Things looked shaky for Boston since the start of the playoffs, dropping 2 games to ATL in the first round on some really weak defense, then dueling it out with Philly in 7 games, but as much fight as they put in, I could see signs of fatigue and mental lapses, which is why they had to turn to Tatum to have a career game in their final matchup. But watching the post game interviews after they dropped game 1 to the Heat was very telling - they treated it like a regular season game, not a loser-go-home playoff series. Game 2 was even worse, with tempers flaring and what looked to be an exhausted Tatum smiling weakly when asked if the team had the combined mental fortitude to win 4 out of the next 5 games to get to the Finals. You had your answer right there written all over his face - not convincing anyone from the Boston media that they had the push and the fight to make it to the last round. They look sluggish, their communication on the court is non-existent, the attitude on the bench is flat, and they are being out-coached by a man who knows what it takes to win in Eric Spoelstra. Honestly I can imagine this series panning out with the same results if Brown, Smart and Tatum were playing out of their minds, because his coaching staff are so good at making in-game adjustments on the fly. That translates to confidence on the roster, and their role players are chipping in at both ends to keep Jimmy's legs fresh. As a Canadian fan, I'm excited for a Finals duel between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat - you have the robbed three-peat MVP Jokic and Canadian baller Jamal Murray, versus fan-favorite Jimmy Butler and former Raptors All-Star Kyle Lowry, so it's a win-win scenario for me as a viewer. Should be entertaining basketball to watch in any regard.
Toronto guy here - Completely agree about everything but especially the Finals matchup! I just really like and respect both teams and can't wait for what should be an amazing series, plus I'm fantasizing about Murray taking the Larry OB Trophy for a victory lap visit to Toronto for his hometown fans, lol.
Offensively, Nuggets might do a better job at attacking with Joker and Murray as the main offense, and with Joker incredible passing. Its about stopping Miami's offense. Jimmy might get his buckets, its his teammates that need to make those shots. I'm still taking Nuggets and Joker to get their first ever ring. Let's gooo
I hear a lot of people saying “oh this same Celtics team beat this same Heat team last year” as if that should mean something. It went to 7 games and the Heat were a desperation Butler shit away from winning. It was a tough/competitive series and the team were basically evenly matched (even though I think I remember Jimmy being injured last playoffs). My point is that this Celtics team was never leaps and bounds better than this Heat just because they played better in the last few minutes of a game 7. On top of that the Celtics are worse coached than they were last year and a lot of Heat players have improved since last year. And as if that wasn’t enough, just for extra context. over the last few years this Heat team has beat the Celtics in the playoffs multiple times (the Bucks too). Going into this series I’m pretty sure the Heat had an overall winning record against this Celtics team in the playoffs. So, is what the Heat are doing surprising given they were the 8th seed? Absolutely. But we gotta stop talking like this Celtics team has EVER been leaps and bounds better than this Heat team.
This hit the nail on the head. I had a lot of the same observations watching this series; too much iso ball and poor shot selection, especially during cold streaks, commiting to expecting a call rather than playing for the bucket, and poor PnR defense. I think entitlement is a big problem with the Cs right now, even as a fan. They expect to roll over the Hawks and go to 7, they expect to roll over the sixers and go to 7, and they forsake the heat because they won the series last year, forgetting that it came down to Jimmy missing a shot in game 7. Hopefully this series has been a wake up call, if not I dont know what will be.
As a Heat fan this Denver matchup worries me the most. But I saw a few things in the 4th QT of this game that gives me confidence. Jamal Murray is very capable of making mistakes just like Jason Tatum down the stretch. Miami has to just keep it close they are the most clutch team in the league.
What i saw that gives me the most confidence was lakers lack of shooting + defensive mistakes that i just don't see us making. Rebounding is gonna be a mission
@@georgeguerra2461it’s time for BAM to prove to the league why he’s the best defensive player I hope he doesn’t shrink under the pressure. But Down the stretch it’s going to be who do you trust more with the ball? Jimmy or Murray.
Only thing scary with Denver is Jokic. No teams can do anything about him but the 4 other guys can be stopped. Plus, Butler is as beast as Jokic right now anyway. Denver also has to figure out how they're going to stop him as well. If the Bucks with a 3 DPOY candidates can't, I'm fairly confident that Denver won't too.
WHEN Miami wins the chip and people are all shocked and say things like i cant believe Jamal struggled etc...I hope people will finally give Erik the credit he deserves for being such a great defense coach
Not gonna be surprising if Jamal struggles. It's a question of if the Heat can lock up the other 3 guys because Jokic finds layups where every other passer sees nothing but turnovers
What an incredible breakdown coach! I love how you compare with last year, its mind boggling what is causing these changes, there has to be something going on in the locker room. Is Brown already mentally on another team?
They should be exploiting that early help with back door cuts or you drive to occupy the help defender on purpose like setting a screen for an even more open shot
Tatum is too Mr. Nice guy. Kind of reminds me of Durant in his early years with OKC. Dude needs to become the villain to unlock his potential and be a killer like Jimmy Buckets.
If I remember correctly, The heat were fishing so many steals and forcing lots of turnover in last year ecf against Boston. I can't believe that they look like they don't prepare against the team that is one 3 away from beating them last year.
Correction: "How Miami exposed Boston and their lack of playmaking". Miami wouldn't be here without Vincent, Martin, Bam and company playing excellent ball.
Coach barely made videos about small market teams, I doubt he had any time to make a video about EL where most of his audience would care less. Even Miami's last coverage was back in the 1st round when he presumably made it about the Bucks defeating themselves. Thinking basketball is far better than coach's breakdown anyway. Only here for the occasional watching.
I mean, he made a video about Euroleague comparing it with NBA, and he made some videos years ago, but I agree, he probably doesn't have enough time to do all of it when playoffs are happening
Love butler but today's game was about undrafted players But Butler's believe to the undrafted players in regular season and help for these players to step up their true talents got paid off
i would welcome brown to the heat. hes good on defense and would not have that same type of preassure to have to create for the team and can play more free and we have the right coaching for to jump to the next level.
Looks like Celtics could use a true point guard to set the offense up Both of them are still very young, and have a lot of time to develop, but shooting 10% from 3, and then demand a trade is privileged
one way to fight the zone is low post cutting, coupled with good three point shooting. They don't attempt the former, and are unable to shoot threes well, as the heat push them further and further back behind the 3. but yeah, running straight into it isn't going to work either.
the fact smart won a DPOY is laughable. Holiday is such a better defender as a guard.. if they wanted to give it to a guard they gave it to the wrong player.
Hey coach. I have asked this in a few other videos but I was wondering how come you are not in the coaching staff in any teams. Also have you ever coached a team?
he did for highschool boys bball team and programs. you can google for more details. he probably make better money here and less headaches dealing with parents.
If you're asking why he's not in the NBA, it's either political, he just didn't try, or the caliber to be a coach in the NBA is just different. We think Joe Mazulla is bad but he can probably win multiple championships in any other leagues easy.
@@s_ame1135agreed, many people think it’s a cake walk but there’s only 30 head coaches and most of them come from being assistants which there’s only 30 or so of those positions also, pretty crazy how elite you have to be to be considered a goat coach
@@dm1964 Yup. Each team only has a max of 3 assistant coaches allowed. Plus the 30 head coaches, that's only 120 coaches in the league at any given time. Considering the experiences, field of study requirements, as well as the number of staple coaches like Spo's and Pop's team that will only leave when they retire of old age, the odds of making it as a coach in the NBA is much slimmer than making it as a player instead.
5:50 is freaking magical. i wish all of the ppl who are blaming solely jaylen brown and joe mazzulla would watch these turnovers from tatum. just inexcusable stuff. his playmaking has always been overrated (especially after g1 of the finals last year) and it's a huge part of why boston hasn't won anything. neither tatum nor brown are good enough decision or play makers to be as ball-dominant as they are
Spo figured out they like to get in rhythm with the 3 and that opens up the floor. Game 1 the heat figured out how to shut it down. Its been getting worse for boston every game after.
Exactly. Marcus Smart should just go. I don't know why Boston is so in love with his play. He's just great when they are up and ahead, but when it's crunch time he always, again ALWAYS makes foolish plays. It had always been this way for 9 YEARS, no improvements at all, and the Celtics just stuck with it. I mean for a good organization it doesn't make any sense at all.
I totally agree. They’re EXTREMELY stupid for keeping him this long, giving him that money, having him handle the ball, and giving him that many minutes. He’s a low IQ player who slows the offense and actually plays BAD defense, especially mentally
As a Celtics Fan i can say the Celtics are an Embarrassment. Smart and Horford should have been traded. Playing horrible just like last Year. And Tatum is far from being a Team Leader. Year after Year they have had the Options to pick up a Superstar and they wont so I Hope they get Swept.
The Celtics defense is so incredibly bad and I noticed how it was always man to man and the switch with no edge to avoid switching it makes nooookl sense
This team got no killer instinct man. This is disappointing as a Celtics fan 😢 Also this team lacks depth in terms of coaching. Will Hardy gone, Damon gone, Udoka Netflix and chilling in Houston now I think Ben Sullivan is the only assistant who has quite experience. Hope Brad improves this next year. Probably hire Stephen Silas
You might like talent and depth of players. I saw your remaining bench and wheeew they are some needing some sun type players... They just aren't that good ATM. Good luck next season
As a heat fan, this game 4 scares me. 1 win from boston is all it takes to have the momentum switch. If boston wins tonight, i dont think miami will survive this series.
Maybe, just maybe, zone defense is a real advantage? For some reason, NBA teams just don't do zone even tho it's been legal for so many years, Spo has been proving it's the most effective defensive scheme, the heat's best defenders are their two top stars that you can;t leave alone, when every single other NBA team holds at least one defense-only guy, like Rob Williams, like Draymond, isn't it better to have all five players a scoring threat?
I think Tatum and Brown are a good combo, but they're still young guys getting flummoxed under pressure. The supporting cast has never been up to the job imo, and I would revamp the whole squad around the core duo.
Crazy how smart, unselfish basketball beats stagnant isolation hero-ball. Who would've thought.
Same type of team that the heat was dominated by in 2014. Funny how that works
The spurs spanking the big 3 the second time in the Finals taught Spo how unstoppable they can be if they move the ball.
Smart basketball team beat a basketball team with Smart
Heat does that too though. It's just that this team ain't as good as the Bucks for Jimmy to go hero-ball mode..
@@micksmoneyI think that was after the Big 3 era… he had to succeed with lesser talent and develop a system to compensate!
It feels like a vicious cycle: Players on the Heat improved as individual defenders, making it hard to punish the early help, causing the Celtics to lose confidence in the skip and swinging passes, which takes the pressure of individual defenders on the Heat to close out hard and then recover.
The suffocating defense is underestimated… it causes fatigue and desperation!
They play defense as a team not individually you can see they throw bodies at you, they communicate, read and help each other. When one defender pass by, the next man will quick to follow and that defender who get pass will quickly go to the other player and their switches is on point. Iso/hero ball won't work against the Heat you need to move the ball coz they are quick to help each other. Spo as a former video coordinator always watch videos and tape for sure on how players move their offense esp their stars.
@@kevinjohnson3521and flat out uncertainty. that pass he highlighted with jimmy hiding behind the role man and tatum probably felt jimmy came out of nowhere was a great example. if a pass seems wide open and it’s picked off like that, that will mess with your decision making big time.
@@kaleb324 really, you don’t say… that happens all the time in basketball & life, or you have never experienced it?!?!
Of course but that means Tatum is not prepared to adjust if he is so weak it messes with him that much, no? Is it the 1st time it has happened to him you make me wonder… lol 😝
The C’ for MANY years have relied too much on the Refs… shockingly, they have stayed out of most of this one. Not sure it is because the Heat are not letting them, or what?!?! Reality slaps everyone in the face eventually. Tatum is a good player, Ref made “superstar” to me. Your comment just confirms my belief!
@@kevinjohnson3521 i agreed with everything you said lol. tatum is mentally fragile and the celtics are front runners, been that way since i’ve observed these heat/celtics series since 2020.
It’s crazy how fast things can turn. A little over a week ago Tatum was the best thing since sliced bread after dropping 51 on the Sixers. Now, Tatum, Brown, and coach Mazulla look totally discombobulated. To the point people are even saying Tatum is no longer a true #1 option.
They have been so thoroughly annihilated that the front office may even overhaul half the roster. I don’t think anyone could have foreseen this series playing out like this. Miami has really exposed the flaws within this Celtics team.
And that's how it should be. If Tatum drops 40 tomorrow I will again proclaim that Tatum is the greatest player ever and if he loses that game I will say he is overrated. I must say I do have a tendency to be too much in my emotion and hence overreact. But then again, that is your average basketball fan. All of us are unhinged morons. If we weren't we would be working instead of watching TH-cam breakdowns.
I don't think it'll be a complete overhaul. Just like coach said, maybe Brown, Smart and Mazzula are on the block. But chances are they run it back and hope that Miami was a fluke
the sixers in game 7 gave up on defense midway thru the 2nd quarter and tatum was getting practice shots all game and everyone was on his dick. ignoring that he was ass the entire series up until that point
He’s never been a #1 😂😂😭😭🥶🥶🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹
Tatum has always been super flighty and inconsistent for his talent level.
One key difference is the leadership of their stars. jimmy Buckets leads this Miami team on both ends and makes an effort to involve the team whilst Tatum and Brown both looked like they play for themselves and not for the team.
Exactly Brown has a look of F this team
yeah Jimmy Bricks is such a great leader 🤣🤣🤣
@@MrGenexxxLol I know this is a little old, but y'all laid one of the ALL-TIME biggest eggs in basketball history AT HOME, with ALLLLL the momentum in Game 7! 🤣 So sit down and shut the f*ck up little Celtics fanboy. 🤷
But who knows??? Maybe this year you guys FINALLY won't absolutely fucking shit the fucking bed (and their pants) late down the stretch!... Although tbh, Tatum's playoff history doesn't give me much hope for that though, rofl. Expect fireworks in the 1st & 2nd round before the seemingly inevitable epic utter fucking faceplant in the ECF or if you're lucky, the Finals. 🤷
Prime example of in the playoffs of ANY sport.....COACHING MATTERS. Spoelstra has kept Miami relevant for over a decade now some how while having his team gutted after the Lebron Wade era...He deserves to be on the Level of Popovich and others for this coaching craftsmanship.
They took out the better coach that is unrelated to basketball 😂 What bs is the reason on why took out the better coach. Taking out someone that has nothing to do with his job. 😂 👍 Boston did this to themselves. Wanna know how to see this through. Watch this breakdown and how the Celtics got sweep by a broom stick.
Jimmy Butler really the last of a dying breed lol. Old school type of player / mentality. True leadership.
Until he changes teams
@M Martinez he's not changing teams! He's a heat lifer! The heat have no intention of trading him unless he wants to and he doesn't seem to want to anytime soon
That’s MJ in him 😏😏😏
Whats the old school mentality
by old school you mean doing that to make up for lack for ball skill?
The difference is that Martin, Vincent, and Strus have been incredible on defense. Huge improvement over last year, not even considering how well they've played on offense.
Duncan also improved his defence. Not much of a foul liability anymore
@@AlfrancisGuerreroDuncan improved as a playmaker, ball handler, defender and now has hit his shooting stride
Exactly
@@alainlamour5868 that’s true! I love his game now
Robinson too, he can do something other than shoot which he didn’t do since 2020, and his stride is back
Seeing how easily Brown and Tatum fumble the ball under pressure just signifies how great a ball-handler Steph Curry is. Not to mention the step back 3's
Honestly they got by in regular season but playoffs obviously teams are going to swipe and poke at the ball and get into passing lanes. Each game is way more important. It’s fine if you don’t have curry or Kyrie handles, but Tatum and brown can’t even make decent passes lmao they need to stop working on shooting this off-season.
Yeah this haunted them in the finals last year and it looks like they even regressed. They are either selfish, there is a lack of trust, or both
@@maartenvzit nearly bit them in the ass in the ECF too last season.
@@kaleb324 They wouldn’t be in the finals even last season if Peyton Pritchard didn’t yank Jimmy Butler’s knee in Game 3 causing him to play injured on Game 4 and Game 5. They were lucky enough to get away with 1 shot on Game 7.
@@duanedoldrum7570 i’m a heat fan, that’s exactly what i wanted to say lmao
As a Sixers I said all series that the Celtics are a great frontrunning team. A lot of teams are but especially them. They shoot a lot better when they’re winning. I mean Tatum and Brown were just pulling up and taking contested 3s and making them. This series they can’t even make open shots. I also feel like they have a mental edge on the Sixers and it’s not the case with the Heat.
I love that you pointed out Smart’s “fake quarterbacking”
He’s done this shit for YEARS and has hurt this team on both offense and defense. He’s a fraud that should have been traded years ago. Makes poor decisions and blows coverage constantly.
so much fraud that he swindled the `21-`22 DPOY award.
@@carlosarmiento926 he did
@@carlosarmiento926 Jackson should've won it
@@carlosarmiento926 Curry cooked that
I agree. He's not a disciplined defender and usually his lack of discipline costs a lot of lame baskets. But since he hustles a lot and is a relatively good on ball defender people think he's an incredible defender SMH -_-
Now that my lakers are out, I’m rooting for Miami. Go heat !
Same😂
Lmaooo me too
@@kamauchaplin290 😂😂😂😂 lets go heat
Lmao word
Of course you are, you Fair weather fans. 😂🤣😂🤣
I feel bad for Al Horford. He's working so hard on defense and is coaching the team during timeouts to get basically nothing from his stars.
I wish he was on Miami rn, we’d use him better
His defense is bad, sagging off pick and rolls and poor help defense one pass away…
and he is bricking every 3pt shot he takes lol
@@MsStephencurry30 his defense is bad because the other guys are messing up rotations
@@dzk6714 that's true. His teammates aren't helping him stay in rhythm, but he's definitely not shot well.
As a Heat fan I recognize Denver should be the favorites, and that Jokic is the best player on the planet.We've won like 1 game against them in the past 4 years... But Batman with prep time always has a chance.
Super excited to see what Spo can cook up with 8 days of prep if they can put away the Cs tonight. Win or Lose,
Miami will be the best prepared team Denver has faced this playoffs, and Denver will be the hardest team to prepare for the Heat have faced.
We have our work cut out for us in that series
you were really talking about the finals like it's a done deal😂 8 days of prep🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@MrGenexxx Wild lol. Ain't even gonna delete it this is sports at it's finest.
@@goose0078 respect!
Jimmy the MVP go get your ring ❤ let’s go heat nation 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Let’s be honest the heat broke the Celtics atp they would be lucky to win one game because they not wining the series they have out worked them and out hustled them in every way not even a boston fan but this is embarrassing man absolutely not heart giving up on teammates giving up on coaches calling coaches out absolutely pitiful so congratulations to the heat for making there 2nd finals in 3 years 🙏🏽🙏🏽
*record scratch* not so fast
The fact that Brown>Tatum is starting to become a popular narrative is bonkers, imagine brown facing N1 option defense
Exactly. Brown is one of the most overrated players in the league. He aint a star like Tatum and Tatum is already overrated cause hes just a star not an MVP caliber superstar like Jokic, Steph, Durant, Booker, etc.
Tatum is still much better than Brown. Celtics fans are brain damaged
Shit you looking at Tatum vs it now lol
Boo frickin hoo. I'd take brown over Tatum. He's been better in every series this year and last. Doesn't choke like Tatum.
@@AtlanticCanadianAstronomy agreed, Tatums just way too unreliable
tatums a better player but brown has consistently shown up in more games, and the team regularly forces the ball to tatum even when brown had the hot hand
Thanks for the video, it’s so interesting seeing how much goes into each game
Things looked shaky for Boston since the start of the playoffs, dropping 2 games to ATL in the first round on some really weak defense, then dueling it out with Philly in 7 games, but as much fight as they put in, I could see signs of fatigue and mental lapses, which is why they had to turn to Tatum to have a career game in their final matchup. But watching the post game interviews after they dropped game 1 to the Heat was very telling - they treated it like a regular season game, not a loser-go-home playoff series. Game 2 was even worse, with tempers flaring and what looked to be an exhausted Tatum smiling weakly when asked if the team had the combined mental fortitude to win 4 out of the next 5 games to get to the Finals. You had your answer right there written all over his face - not convincing anyone from the Boston media that they had the push and the fight to make it to the last round. They look sluggish, their communication on the court is non-existent, the attitude on the bench is flat, and they are being out-coached by a man who knows what it takes to win in Eric Spoelstra. Honestly I can imagine this series panning out with the same results if Brown, Smart and Tatum were playing out of their minds, because his coaching staff are so good at making in-game adjustments on the fly. That translates to confidence on the roster, and their role players are chipping in at both ends to keep Jimmy's legs fresh.
As a Canadian fan, I'm excited for a Finals duel between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat - you have the robbed three-peat MVP Jokic and Canadian baller Jamal Murray, versus fan-favorite Jimmy Butler and former Raptors All-Star Kyle Lowry, so it's a win-win scenario for me as a viewer. Should be entertaining basketball to watch in any regard.
Really can’t believe Jokic got robbed. They just gave Embiid the “Here Nigga Damn” award
Toronto guy here - Completely agree about everything but especially the Finals matchup! I just really like and respect both teams and can't wait for what should be an amazing series, plus I'm fantasizing about Murray taking the Larry OB Trophy for a victory lap visit to Toronto for his hometown fans, lol.
When your coach is a former video coordinator, easy spotting.
I love that Jimmy’s trolling of Al Horford (w/ his timeout call) is now an NBA meme. 😂
I was waiting for this video, great work 👍👍
Offensively, Nuggets might do a better job at attacking with Joker and Murray as the main offense, and with Joker incredible passing. Its about stopping Miami's offense. Jimmy might get his buckets, its his teammates that need to make those shots.
I'm still taking Nuggets and Joker to get their first ever ring. Let's gooo
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The best sports highlights right here, appreciate the breakdowns you do 👌🔥👌
Your analysis is too good, deep and on point
exelent video! only couple more weeks keep them coming!!!!
I hear a lot of people saying “oh this same Celtics team beat this same Heat team last year” as if that should mean something. It went to 7 games and the Heat were a desperation Butler shit away from winning. It was a tough/competitive series and the team were basically evenly matched (even though I think I remember Jimmy being injured last playoffs).
My point is that this Celtics team was never leaps and bounds better than this Heat just because they played better in the last few minutes of a game 7. On top of that the Celtics are worse coached than they were last year and a lot of Heat players have improved since last year.
And as if that wasn’t enough, just for extra context. over the last few years this Heat team has beat the Celtics in the playoffs multiple times (the Bucks too). Going into this series I’m pretty sure the Heat had an overall winning record against this Celtics team in the playoffs.
So, is what the Heat are doing surprising given they were the 8th seed? Absolutely. But we gotta stop talking like this Celtics team has EVER been leaps and bounds better than this Heat team.
thank you! they're evenly matched. No excuses for Miami all time choke job 🤣🤣🤣
Erik Spoelstra the best couch in the NBA
Is he a sofa or a love seat?
"Interview room" has the best couch.
great analysis coach! very interesting.
Great video! You are making these playoffs much more interesting
This hit the nail on the head. I had a lot of the same observations watching this series; too much iso ball and poor shot selection, especially during cold streaks, commiting to expecting a call rather than playing for the bucket, and poor PnR defense. I think entitlement is a big problem with the Cs right now, even as a fan. They expect to roll over the Hawks and go to 7, they expect to roll over the sixers and go to 7, and they forsake the heat because they won the series last year, forgetting that it came down to Jimmy missing a shot in game 7. Hopefully this series has been a wake up call, if not I dont know what will be.
Outstanding the way you compare to footage of last year.
As a Heat fan this Denver matchup worries me the most. But I saw a few things in the 4th QT of this game that gives me confidence. Jamal Murray is very capable of making mistakes just like Jason Tatum down the stretch. Miami has to just keep it close they are the most clutch team in the league.
What i saw that gives me the most confidence was lakers lack of shooting + defensive mistakes that i just don't see us making. Rebounding is gonna be a mission
Same here, Jokic's passing makes them perfectly suited to slice up our defence. For now, our guys still need to take care of business and win Game 4.
@@georgeguerra2461it’s time for BAM to prove to the league why he’s the best defensive player I hope he doesn’t shrink under the pressure. But Down the stretch it’s going to be who do you trust more with the ball? Jimmy or Murray.
Only thing scary with Denver is Jokic. No teams can do anything about him but the 4 other guys can be stopped. Plus, Butler is as beast as Jokic right now anyway. Denver also has to figure out how they're going to stop him as well. If the Bucks with a 3 DPOY candidates can't, I'm fairly confident that Denver won't too.
@@s_ame1135 the 4 other guys can be stopped until you decide to double team Jokic 😊
WHEN Miami wins the chip and people are all shocked and say things like i cant believe Jamal struggled etc...I hope people will finally give Erik the credit he deserves for being such a great defense coach
Not gonna be surprising if Jamal struggles. It's a question of if the Heat can lock up the other 3 guys because Jokic finds layups where every other passer sees nothing but turnovers
Denver gonna dismantle Miami dude. You trippin.
4 days ago you were talking about the chip LOL now Heat about to become the biggest joke in nba history!
Feels like this series has exposed how important Coaching is
yeah this series really exposed Spo🤣🤣🤣
What an incredible breakdown coach! I love how you compare with last year, its mind boggling what is causing these changes, there has to be something going on in the locker room. Is Brown already mentally on another team?
Coach Nick GREAT GREAT GREAT breakdowns!!!!!
Caleb Martin is the real deal. Never watched much of his game prior but hes playing with the confidence of an all star on both sides of the floor
Spolstra’s Artwork at its finest!
Tatum - Brown shooting was either horrible or predictable. Good job to Miami defense
This is the kind of analysis i enjoy
They should be exploiting that early help with back door cuts or you drive to occupy the help defender on purpose like setting a screen for an even more open shot
Tatum is too Mr. Nice guy. Kind of reminds me of Durant in his early years with OKC. Dude needs to become the villain to unlock his potential and be a killer like Jimmy Buckets.
I think the Durant comparison is good in terms of that mentality. I think both were too worried about being seen as selfish early in their careers
If I remember correctly, The heat were fishing so many steals and forcing lots of turnover in last year ecf against Boston.
I can't believe that they look like they don't prepare against the team that is one 3 away from beating them last year.
Correction: "How Miami exposed Boston and their lack of playmaking". Miami wouldn't be here without Vincent, Martin, Bam and company playing excellent ball.
Could this be all about trust?... But trusting the coach or your teammates?.. Victory has defeated them
Excellent video coach
Great job, coach! What do you think, it's on players or it's on coach?
Now do the reverse for game 4 how Butler got exposed
For sure. So weird
@@bballbreakdown thanks coach
The NBA couldn’t allow both conference finals to be sweeps so it was fixed
Is it possible for you to make videos about Euroleague final 4 and amazing games there?
Coach barely made videos about small market teams, I doubt he had any time to make a video about EL where most of his audience would care less. Even Miami's last coverage was back in the 1st round when he presumably made it about the Bucks defeating themselves.
Thinking basketball is far better than coach's breakdown anyway. Only here for the occasional watching.
I mean, he made a video about Euroleague comparing it with NBA, and he made some videos years ago, but I agree, he probably doesn't have enough time to do all of it when playoffs are happening
6:21 it's Caleb not Cody Martin but great breakdown!
Let's go heat they're going all the way
All the way to Cancun🤣🤣🤣
@@MrGenexxx gm 7🤔 Jimmy gonna heat up
@@MrGenexxx so who's going to cancun 🤔😆😆
Oh hey there’s a game 7
Also mental stress is def a factor. If defensive pressure is that good, you will expend that much more to genrste an offense.
Wow you really broke this down
Rooting for the Heat!
Love butler but today's game was about undrafted players
But Butler's believe to the undrafted players in regular season and help for these players to step up their true talents got paid off
i would welcome brown to the heat. hes good on defense and would not have that same type of preassure to have to create for the team and can play more free and we have the right coaching for to jump to the next level.
love the marcus smart hate 😂 mans almost cost them game 7 last yr
What software do you use to draw the arrows on the video?
Looks like Celtics could use a true point guard to set the offense up
Both of them are still very young, and have a lot of time to develop, but shooting 10% from 3, and then demand a trade is privileged
one way to fight the zone is low post cutting, coupled with good three point shooting. They don't attempt the former, and are unable to shoot threes well, as the heat push them further and further back behind the 3. but yeah, running straight into it isn't going to work either.
the fact smart won a DPOY is laughable. Holiday is such a better defender as a guard.. if they wanted to give it to a guard they gave it to the wrong player.
For real. And this is from a C’s guy
I can't wait to see the chess match between Malone's staff and Spoeltra's staff
You weren’t lying about getting this one up early lol
Hey coach. I have asked this in a few other videos but I was wondering how come you are not in the coaching staff in any teams. Also have you ever coached a team?
he did for highschool boys bball team and programs. you can google for more details. he probably make better money here and less headaches dealing with parents.
If you're asking why he's not in the NBA, it's either political, he just didn't try, or the caliber to be a coach in the NBA is just different. We think Joe Mazulla is bad but he can probably win multiple championships in any other leagues easy.
Wondering the same
@@s_ame1135agreed, many people think it’s a cake walk but there’s only 30 head coaches and most of them come from being assistants which there’s only 30 or so of those positions also, pretty crazy how elite you have to be to be considered a goat coach
@@dm1964 Yup. Each team only has a max of 3 assistant coaches allowed. Plus the 30 head coaches, that's only 120 coaches in the league at any given time.
Considering the experiences, field of study requirements, as well as the number of staple coaches like Spo's and Pop's team that will only leave when they retire of old age, the odds of making it as a coach in the NBA is much slimmer than making it as a player instead.
5:50 is freaking magical. i wish all of the ppl who are blaming solely jaylen brown and joe mazzulla would watch these turnovers from tatum. just inexcusable stuff. his playmaking has always been overrated (especially after g1 of the finals last year) and it's a huge part of why boston hasn't won anything. neither tatum nor brown are good enough decision or play makers to be as ball-dominant as they are
What instrumental music is this from??? Does anyone know??
Coach, I swear you need a "Can you hear me shaking my head" T-Shirt.
Tatum has generational skills and talent his creativity with the ball offensively is perceptive but he can't seem to lead the team 💯
Spo is running a coaching clinic...
Ur definitely right about marcus smart, you're not going to win much if he's a focal point on your offense and defense
I’ve been saying this for YEARS but people are stupid
This video didn’t age well
Spo figured out they like to get in rhythm with the 3 and that opens up the floor.
Game 1 the heat figured out how to shut it down. Its been getting worse for boston every game after.
Let's Go
Game 4 the Heat need to rip out their heart from the first quarter
Duncan has come through with huge 3 pointers, he's not getting enough props.
"Smart kick out" haha
Please give us proper footage about Lakers getting SWEPT. Thank You
i have seen enough fire Mazulla and hire BBallBreakdown as the Celtics coach next season.
When both of your superstars are about to get their supermax contracts but will be swept...🤷♂️
Exactly. Marcus Smart should just go. I don't know why Boston is so in love with his play. He's just great when they are up and ahead, but when it's crunch time he always, again ALWAYS makes foolish plays. It had always been this way for 9 YEARS, no improvements at all, and the Celtics just stuck with it. I mean for a good organization it doesn't make any sense at all.
I totally agree. They’re EXTREMELY stupid for keeping him this long, giving him that money, having him handle the ball, and giving him that many minutes.
He’s a low IQ player who slows the offense and actually plays BAD defense, especially mentally
marcus smart tricked the nba media into giving him a dpoy lmfao
Smart’s always been a phony, he tricked all the dumb fans first then the media
6:22 it should be caleb martin hahaha. you said cody
I wonder if Joe is subscribed to your account. Beats watching the town.
The celtics need to watch this
They needed to watch this years ago
As a Celtics Fan i can say the Celtics are an Embarrassment. Smart and Horford should have been traded. Playing horrible just like last Year. And Tatum is far from being a Team Leader. Year after Year they have had the Options to pick up a Superstar and they wont so I Hope they get Swept.
Been saying Smart should have been traded 3-4 years ago. Al too old to be getting this many minutes
delete this now, so called celtics fan
🐐Spo
Its first to 4 lets go heatnation
The Celtics defense is so incredibly bad and I noticed how it was always man to man and the switch with no edge to avoid switching it makes nooookl sense
Eye test says the Heat are a team while the Celtics are playing for and around Brown-Tatum
Trusting your teammates, especially when you’re down, goes a long way…
How do two people regress like that with ball rotation? Their games are almost identical, same strengths and weaknesses.
This team got no killer instinct man. This is disappointing as a Celtics fan 😢
Also this team lacks depth in terms of coaching. Will Hardy gone, Damon gone, Udoka Netflix and chilling in Houston now I think Ben Sullivan is the only assistant who has quite experience. Hope Brad improves this next year. Probably hire Stephen Silas
You might like talent and depth of players. I saw your remaining bench and wheeew they are some needing some sun type players... They just aren't that good ATM. Good luck next season
@@williamdavis8855 they're missing that energy raiser. Wish Brad bring back JRichardson he was a good fit in this team
As a heat fan, this game 4 scares me. 1 win from boston is all it takes to have the momentum switch. If boston wins tonight, i dont think miami will survive this series.
You're not a Heat Fan, you're a Celtics Fan with wishful thinking posting as a Heat Fan.
@@xaviernunez5498 you're right you know me so well.
Maybe, just maybe, zone defense is a real advantage? For some reason, NBA teams just don't do zone even tho it's been legal for so many years, Spo has been proving it's the most effective defensive scheme, the heat's best defenders are their two top stars that you can;t leave alone, when every single other NBA team holds at least one defense-only guy, like Rob Williams, like Draymond, isn't it better to have all five players a scoring threat?
It’s CALEB martin, it’s been long enough that you shouldn’t still be mixing his name up with his brother’s
Coach is a casual.
jalen brown saw this video and tweeted that
i can't wait on nuggets lakers game 4 analysis.
6:24 cody martin?
I think Tatum and Brown are a good combo, but they're still young guys getting flummoxed under pressure.
The supporting cast has never been up to the job imo, and I would revamp the whole squad around the core duo.