Michael Wilbon
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And they did win, to be fair.
They won a championship doing this.
And so this year, you know, this playoff season, after they got Jason Tatum back and went 13-3.
With him back in the lineup.
It looked like, okay, they look like the best team in the East.
But when you get in the playoffs, and people who watch clips don't understand this, defense ratchets up.
And they're in you particularly when they don't like you.
And there's something as likable as I find these Celtics players.
And I do know a few of these guys.
And I know Jalen Brown better than Tatum.
I know Tatum a little bit.
But people respect their games, but they don't like the Celtics.
And I think it has something to do in part with the way they play.
But their stubbornness, just again, it's a defiance.
We're going to play this way.