Alex Barth

The one exception was in 2024 when they had Kristaps Porzingis and they had more of a back down at the rim in the paint game.

They could run some pick and rolls off of that and not just to create, you know, not pick and step and shoot, but actual pick and rolls to get to the rim

That was, to me, a major difference in 2024.

They actually had a successful left jab to the right hook that they could throw at teams when the three wasn't falling.

They haven't had that.

They traded Porzingis.

They don't have that this year, and now it's showing up.

I like to think so.

The thing for me, they've struggled at home in the playoffs.

And this just goes back a few years now.

It's beyond this coaching staff.

It's beyond this core.

So I wonder about tonight.

There's actually my coworker, Ty Anderson, at 98.5 The Sports Hub mentioned that he had talked to some former players who said it actually is hard playing at home in Boston in the playoffs because there's such a tense atmosphere.

energy in the building.

It's kind of become this self-fulfilling prophecy.

So I'd like to see them get it done.

You know, of all the years where they were supposed to win, they set the point single season points record, losing the first round of the Panthers off that.

It would be so them to come around this year when nobody's banking on anything.

People didn't think they'd make the playoffs and beat this like upstart great story team.