The Celtics Genius Strategy In Game 2

[Music] game one of the Eastern Conference Finals was chaotic but in game two the Celtics came with a different set of strategies that were absolutely fascinating now in the previous game Miles Turner had torched the Celtics coming off of screens so in game two Boston not wanting another barbecue decided to start with Jaylen Brown guarding him why because then it would be easy to contain him on switches and while Indiana's head coach was busy getting caught spitting in glorious 4K we saw the first strategy from the Celtics crash the boards from the corners on misses to create extra possessions white on offensive rebound Horford goes right at seak and Bs it home Dereck white is so good at this it should be a crime side step Tatum has a good look can't get it the fall look at the hustle from Derek white his ability to hustle seriously ought to be studied in a lab and on the defensive end he had no problem putting his body on the line to draw offensive fouls on oncoming 7ot freight trains kicks out in the corner and they're going to call an offensive foul Turner Barrel barrels into Derek white now from the outset we saw a couple of problems with Indiana's game plan number one they couldn't pick up players in transition you have to make a concerted effort to get back and at least try to set your defense try as they may they just couldn't find bodies in early offense pretard knocks down the three just the second three-pointer and it has Ric Carlow calling timeout this problem got exacerbated by bad communication on screens on the drive Al Horford easy bucket there for Boston these were just the early signs but before that it was JJ reck snitching on Tyrese for those extra steps he takes on his jumper sometimes holiday on halberton a step back three-pointer got it right foot slide that is legal he does travel sometimes I'm going to say it out loud he does travel sometimes on that step back that was not a travel interestingly enough the Celtics plan was to guard McConnell with Luke cornet McConnell has to get it off does does not get the bounce and Hower tips it I first noticed this when I saw Pritchard motioning to Luke to pick up TJ in transition the reason the Celtics added this wrinkle was because TJ had been shooting 21% from three up till this point in the playoffs they didn't fear Him from outside and were okay with Luke sagging off to counter the difference in speed so to counter this the Pacers started running a small on small pick and roll with TJ and halberton mcconell foul line jum got the goal put Luke in actions to exploit his slow feet halberton comes right back to get it knocks down the shot TJ on the other hand was hail bent on making the Celtics pay for the disrespect TJ McConnell knocks down the three mconnell just five of 20 in the playoffs from three-point range and just like white he had no problem sacrificing his body for the greater good Tatum goes back door leans in offensive foul mconnell steps in and draw the charge is Tatum picks up his first now as for Tatum the man couldn't hit the broadside of a barn in the first quarter going one for six from the field and the Pacers aggressive defense had a part to play Tatum goes inside blocked by T by toppen oh be toppen with some defense now a theme that would become prominent was halton's pedestrian defense and on this play the Drew holiday to Sam Hower connection was the beneficiary holiday leans in Hower coming through lays it up since the Pacers were having more problems with their transition defense than a teenager learning to drive a stick shift the Celtics strategy to start the second was why not try to run them out of the gym they don't get back defensively and Al Horford Gets behind the defense and an easy bucket to tie it meanwhile Jaylen Brown joined Derek white on the Celtics plan to relentlessly crash the offensive glass from the corners grabs another offensive rebound Hower Corner three in and out brown an offensive rebound puts it up and in and Celtics fans were loving the strategy to add to the Pacers woes Boston then decided to amp up their ball pressure asith too much dribbling lost the ball and the Pacers didn't help themselves either adding to the problem by committing unforced errors of their own brette comes out with a steal four minutes into the second quarter and the Pacers hadn't scored a single Basket in the period Pacers have not scored yet here in the second we played four minutes and with Jaylen Brown taking the Reigns Brown punishes from downtown his second three-pointer Brown's got 14 points the Celtics went on a 170 run to Brown BS it in on a gorgeous feed from holiday Jaylen Brown is so good at that he's already gotten two of those tonight during this run the Pacers defense was like watching a group project where nobody did their homework everyone was just standing around hoping someone else would step up to save the day t drives goes inside left-handed puts Boston up 15 17 straight points to start the second I mean look at this atrocity and that's it's just too easy M you've got one defender on Drew holiday and Miles Turner at the rim and Drew just waltzes in for an easy layup poor transition defense even TJ was on the bench looking like someone trying to cram for the final the Pacers needed a hero anyone to step up so what do you do in desperate times like these easy hope against hope that the ball just happens to fall into your max play play arms under the rim Brown tipped it right to seak an unfortunate bounce for the Boston SE yakum right place right time and for the Celtics the strategy was equally straightforward put the ball in the hands of the man you made the highest paid player in NBA history this summer Tatum holiday back to Brown up and in unselfish play from the Celtics timeout Pacers the lead back up to 13 luckily for the Pacers SE yakum had a late surge in the second quarter shot clock turned off seak finds some room goes inside and throws it down poor defense that time from Boston slicing the deficit to just six points heading into halftime the story of the third quarter was a bit sadistic cakam continued his Unstoppable ways displaying a flurry of footwork that would make hakee Olan proud goes at Horford in the paint jump shot got it round discourages him for a moment now SE yakum turn shoot scores again Sayer calls it the duck sakam right now on fire he was spinning winning and had Celtics fans Furious in an attempt to curb siakam's momentum Jaylen Brown asked for the assignment to guard SE yakum and from that point on it was clamps SE yakum drives Brown shuts him off but a blocking foul that's going to be three on Brown on offense the Celtics game plan turned into a full-blown halberton hunt every single action being ran was a tactical missile aimed right at poor hiy white got a three white again gets to the rim and the finish the situation deteriorated to the extent that even the broadcast team had to comment on it Tyrese Halbert seems to be in the action every trip what do you call that JJ is that called a pigeon pigeon poor sister Target hunting whatever you want to talk about hi's defense had people screaming at their televisions his existence on the floor was leading to breakdowns that ended in open Corner threes for the Celtics out to Brown Corner three three it's good he couldn't stay in front of anyone which meant everyone else had to scramble to help him leading to wide openen dunks as a consequence round the pass and B throws it down the thing about poor defense is that it is contagious and before long hell had broken loose for Indiana with literally no one guarding Pritchard in the right corner Pritchard wide open connects on a three as if the Pacer's defense wasn't already in shambles the Celtics decided to twist the knife by pulling out their five out off defense to spread them out brown drives past Turner back up top white gets a clean look another three up until this point Tatum had been a non-factor but when you give great players open dunks even when they're struggling they tend to get it going after the fact as Tatum has the ball goes inside and finishes and before you knew it Tatum who had been colder than an Arctic winter was now hotter than a summer heat wave him so far is on a quiet night elbow jumper turn around is good Pacers trying to tie this series up Tatum finds a spot jumper got it as the fourth quarter tipped off spicy P continued to cash in with his mid-range magic but Indiana seemed to be playing a game of self- sabotage despite holiday's recent display they were flooding the ball and leaving him wide open from downtown h a left wide open three-pointer puts it in meanwhile everyone's favorite Gym Rats on the court were chasing each other around like they were reenacting a Tom and Jerry cartoon perer being chased by McConnell but the mood dipped further when TJ missed a shot his dispirited look capturing the Gloom of every Pacers fan back up to 14 McConnell picked up that foul down the other comes up short and just when you thought it couldn't get any worse tragedy struck halberton was ruled out of the game with a left leg injury we've just heard halbert's not coming back in the game we've told that he's back with the training staff they're calling it a left leg sorness again he is done for the night with hie out se yakum decided to sit and NIMH hard was left at the helm offensively and shepher the offensive rebound nard goes right at White shot is up and good but as the clock ticked down Jaylen Brown delivered the coup degrass finishing off his 40-point Masterpiece Brown knocks it down he's got 40 the strategies from the Celtics completely puzzled the Pacers in game to with the Celtics now leading the series 20 the action shifts to Indie where the Pacers have looked unbeatable thus far what fun tactics will we see next anyways wherever you are in the world be the goat of that moment stay goated

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Length: 10min 15sec (615 seconds)

Published: Fri May 24 2024