Kirk Goldsberry

Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown are too good to be that passive when the threes aren't going in. I don't expect that to continue, but when the Celtics team isn't making their threes, they do have a tendency to sort of just say, oh, that's all we have. Now, the other thing is Porzingis wasn't out there. He's a big weapon. They could have posted up. They didn't have that.

So I don't expect this to continue, but the Knicks are not going to go away. And if you give them a chance and let them stay in the game, they're also a much better clutch team than the Celtics, in my opinion, right now.

So I don't expect this to continue, but the Knicks are not going to go away. And if you give them a chance and let them stay in the game, they're also a much better clutch team than the Celtics, in my opinion, right now.

So I don't expect this to continue, but the Knicks are not going to go away. And if you give them a chance and let them stay in the game, they're also a much better clutch team than the Celtics, in my opinion, right now.

Yeah, I mean, I've played both sides of that line. I think Joe Mazzulla loves math. I know he loves the town. I know he loves part of my take. I wish he loved two-point scoring a little bit more when they have a nice slump going. Like 15 of 60, that's your game. You're not going to win if you miss 45 threes.

Yeah, I mean, I've played both sides of that line. I think Joe Mazzulla loves math. I know he loves the town. I know he loves part of my take. I wish he loved two-point scoring a little bit more when they have a nice slump going. Like 15 of 60, that's your game. You're not going to win if you miss 45 threes.

Yeah, I mean, I've played both sides of that line. I think Joe Mazzulla loves math. I know he loves the town. I know he loves part of my take. I wish he loved two-point scoring a little bit more when they have a nice slump going. Like 15 of 60, that's your game. You're not going to win if you miss 45 threes.

Yeah, I got two. I'll do a basketball one first that involves James Harden. The 2017 playoffs, we were playing the second round against the Rockets. They were incredible, like peak D'Antoni Rockets with Harden. And one thing I had really sort of done in the scouting report was dive into their three-point shooting fouls.

Yeah, I got two. I'll do a basketball one first that involves James Harden. The 2017 playoffs, we were playing the second round against the Rockets. They were incredible, like peak D'Antoni Rockets with Harden. And one thing I had really sort of done in the scouting report was dive into their three-point shooting fouls.

Yeah, I got two. I'll do a basketball one first that involves James Harden. The 2017 playoffs, we were playing the second round against the Rockets. They were incredible, like peak D'Antoni Rockets with Harden. And one thing I had really sort of done in the scouting report was dive into their three-point shooting fouls.

And I told Pop in this memo, I was like, they've drawn 108 three-point shooting fouls this season, Harden and Lou Williams at the time or something. And I said, you know, they're scoring 11 points a game in the first round against the Thunder on these three-point shooting fouls. You know, you get the guy in the air, you jump into him, or you do the rip through.

And I told Pop in this memo, I was like, they've drawn 108 three-point shooting fouls this season, Harden and Lou Williams at the time or something. And I said, you know, they're scoring 11 points a game in the first round against the Thunder on these three-point shooting fouls. You know, you get the guy in the air, you jump into him, or you do the rip through.

And I told Pop in this memo, I was like, they've drawn 108 three-point shooting fouls this season, Harden and Lou Williams at the time or something. And I said, you know, they're scoring 11 points a game in the first round against the Thunder on these three-point shooting fouls. You know, you get the guy in the air, you jump into him, or you do the rip through.

And I was like, we can't give them those. That was my one analytics. Like, let's not let that happen. And... Right before game one of that series, he pulls me over and he had like a glint in his eye. And he's like, Kirk, that's way too many. That's way too many three-point shooting fouls. And he kind of winked at me. And I had no idea what the game plan was. And then we come out.

And I was like, we can't give them those. That was my one analytics. Like, let's not let that happen. And... Right before game one of that series, he pulls me over and he had like a glint in his eye. And he's like, Kirk, that's way too many. That's way too many three-point shooting fouls. And he kind of winked at me. And I had no idea what the game plan was. And then we come out.

And I was like, we can't give them those. That was my one analytics. Like, let's not let that happen. And... Right before game one of that series, he pulls me over and he had like a glint in his eye. And he's like, Kirk, that's way too many. That's way too many three-point shooting fouls. And he kind of winked at me. And I had no idea what the game plan was. And then we come out.

And that's when we were playing pick and roll defense. Our guys had our hands in the air. Do you remember this? We were playing defense with our hands up because Pop had said, hey, we're not going to get caught in that whole series. Early in game one, Patty Mills got caught with a three-point shooting foul that he shouldn't have been called for.

And that's when we were playing pick and roll defense. Our guys had our hands in the air. Do you remember this? We were playing defense with our hands up because Pop had said, hey, we're not going to get caught in that whole series. Early in game one, Patty Mills got caught with a three-point shooting foul that he shouldn't have been called for.

And that's when we were playing pick and roll defense. Our guys had our hands in the air. Do you remember this? We were playing defense with our hands up because Pop had said, hey, we're not going to get caught in that whole series. Early in game one, Patty Mills got caught with a three-point shooting foul that he shouldn't have been called for.

And that was the only three-point shooting foul the Rockets got that whole season or that whole series. We won in six games. That's the game six where Harden famously didn't show up in Houston. We didn't have Kawhi. But that was a really great moment of watching how Pop looked at a stat And then devised the defense that nobody had really seen before or since.