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Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the No Dunks Podcast on The Athletic Network. It's Thursday, May 8th, 2025. I'm Jay Skeets, here in the Classic Factory, and alongside me, as always, Tass Mellis. Podcast listeners, this is for you. Next to him, it's the bearded one, my top shot hot boy, Trey Kirby. Ayo! Ayo! And over yonder, making the magic happen, super producer JD. Hello. There he is.
Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the No Dunks Podcast on The Athletic Network. It's Thursday, May 8th, 2025. I'm Jay Skeets, here in the Classic Factory, and alongside me, as always, Tass Mellis. Podcast listeners, this is for you. Next to him, it's the bearded one, my top shot hot boy, Trey Kirby. Ayo! Ayo! And over yonder, making the magic happen, super producer JD. Hello. There he is.
Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the No Dunks Podcast on The Athletic Network. It's Thursday, May 8th, 2025. I'm Jay Skeets, here in the Classic Factory, and alongside me, as always, Tass Mellis. Podcast listeners, this is for you. Next to him, it's the bearded one, my top shot hot boy, Trey Kirby. Ayo! Ayo! And over yonder, making the magic happen, super producer JD. Hello. There he is.
Here we are. Hello to the YouTubes. Hello to the podcast listeners. Lots to talk about once again. It was deja vu last night when it came to that first game. I saw a Zach Cram tweet. Putting the Mario Kart blue shell in the NBA playoffs has done wonders for the entertainment product. Good tweet, Zach. Yeah, the New York Knicks did it again. Down 20 in the third quarter of Game 1.
Here we are. Hello to the YouTubes. Hello to the podcast listeners. Lots to talk about once again. It was deja vu last night when it came to that first game. I saw a Zach Cram tweet. Putting the Mario Kart blue shell in the NBA playoffs has done wonders for the entertainment product. Good tweet, Zach. Yeah, the New York Knicks did it again. Down 20 in the third quarter of Game 1.
Here we are. Hello to the YouTubes. Hello to the podcast listeners. Lots to talk about once again. It was deja vu last night when it came to that first game. I saw a Zach Cram tweet. Putting the Mario Kart blue shell in the NBA playoffs has done wonders for the entertainment product. Good tweet, Zach. Yeah, the New York Knicks did it again. Down 20 in the third quarter of Game 1.
Down 20 in the third quarter of Game 2. Two huge comebacks. Two incredible road wins against the defending champs. You can't have the Bing without the bong, Tass. My God, the Knicks. Up 2-0 as they go back to Madison Square Garden. And it was very similar to Game 1. Yeah.
Down 20 in the third quarter of Game 2. Two huge comebacks. Two incredible road wins against the defending champs. You can't have the Bing without the bong, Tass. My God, the Knicks. Up 2-0 as they go back to Madison Square Garden. And it was very similar to Game 1. Yeah.
Down 20 in the third quarter of Game 2. Two huge comebacks. Two incredible road wins against the defending champs. You can't have the Bing without the bong, Tass. My God, the Knicks. Up 2-0 as they go back to Madison Square Garden. And it was very similar to Game 1. Yeah.
He was the one guy to hit a bucket in the final eight or nine minutes of the game. Eight.
He was the one guy to hit a bucket in the final eight or nine minutes of the game. Eight.
He was the one guy to hit a bucket in the final eight or nine minutes of the game. Eight.
There's two explanations. On one side, it's what Boston did wrong. On the other side, it's what the Knicks did right. Boston is missing shots. There's no other way to put it. They went 7 for 34 in the second half on shots that were not in the restricted area. 2 for 11 on 3. And like you're saying, Tass, they were getting good shots. There are some wide open looks.
There's two explanations. On one side, it's what Boston did wrong. On the other side, it's what the Knicks did right. Boston is missing shots. There's no other way to put it. They went 7 for 34 in the second half on shots that were not in the restricted area. 2 for 11 on 3. And like you're saying, Tass, they were getting good shots. There are some wide open looks.
There's two explanations. On one side, it's what Boston did wrong. On the other side, it's what the Knicks did right. Boston is missing shots. There's no other way to put it. They went 7 for 34 in the second half on shots that were not in the restricted area. 2 for 11 on 3. And like you're saying, Tass, they were getting good shots. There are some wide open looks.
They missed so many good looks that they are then passing up on good looks as well. It's just... A choke from shooting. There's no other way to put it. They're shooting 25% on 100 attempts through two games. They aren't making shots. Simply put, like, Derek White's getting good looks. Tatum's getting good looks. Al Horford's getting good looks. They're just missing.
They missed so many good looks that they are then passing up on good looks as well. It's just... A choke from shooting. There's no other way to put it. They're shooting 25% on 100 attempts through two games. They aren't making shots. Simply put, like, Derek White's getting good looks. Tatum's getting good looks. Al Horford's getting good looks. They're just missing.
They missed so many good looks that they are then passing up on good looks as well. It's just... A choke from shooting. There's no other way to put it. They're shooting 25% on 100 attempts through two games. They aren't making shots. Simply put, like, Derek White's getting good looks. Tatum's getting good looks. Al Horford's getting good looks. They're just missing.
They turned the ball over nine times in the second half. That hurts as well. And the last criticism I would have for the Celtics, Drew Holiday seemed a little panicked on that last play when he was guarding Jalen Brunson, like all up on him. And you don't see him playing that ragged all that often, I don't think. So the Boston side of things, I think, is kind of easy.
They turned the ball over nine times in the second half. That hurts as well. And the last criticism I would have for the Celtics, Drew Holiday seemed a little panicked on that last play when he was guarding Jalen Brunson, like all up on him. And you don't see him playing that ragged all that often, I don't think. So the Boston side of things, I think, is kind of easy.