Paul Pierce had an agitated on Thursday morning after a bet in the Boston Celtics went wrong. The legend of the Celtics walked approximately 20 miles from his home in Los Angeles to Fox’s lot before Thursday’s “Speak”, fulfilling the promise he made if his former team lost the game 2 of his semifinal series of the East Conference against the Knicks of New York.
When he arrived to “speak” on Thursday, Pierce recreated his memorable wheelchair incident, continuing to joke before supporting the 2-0 deficit of the Celtics to the Knicks. When Boston blew an advantage of 20 points in the second half for the second consecutive game, Pierce believes that the movement of the Celtics ball became mediocre in the fourth quarter of game 2.
“They were pleased. They got comfortable. You can feel comfortable in the playoffs. They began to settle for 3s, that is their game, but they are not moving the ball too. This is an interesting statistic: when the Celtics have been assists, What-Heny’n-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plu S-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus-Plus are 23-1.
For Pierce’s Point, the Celtics have only registered six assists in the fourth quarter in the first two games. But to obtain an assistance, the real need to make their shots. The Celtics lost 14 consecutive field goals about a section of more than eight minutes in the fourth quarter of game 2 on Wednesday, seeing that their advantage went from 16 to fall into a deficit of a point on that moment.
Of the 14 shots, the Celtics lost the duration that ran, seven were triple. His cold shot of 3 points in the last minutes of game 2 was a continuation of his poor shot of the game 1, when a triple playoff record was lost.
While the Celtics have only made 25 or 100 triples in the series, Pierce Real does not think they are shooting too many 3. Rather, he believes that the process of obtaining those shots has worked.
“You have to get the 3 to get into the paint and leave,” Pierce said. “You have to do more of that. Attack the first basket. That will be the key to them.”
In addition to the Boston process in creating shots, Pierce believes that his former team is also working.
Paul Pierce walks 8 hours to work after losing a bet in game 2 or Celtics Knicks
“Knicks are just a more physical team than them. They learn the physical in the fourth quarter, a typical [Tom Thibodeau] Equipment, and we started to overcome, “Pierce said.” Now, look what happened. We have found Ourelves in a hole, below 0-2. … We are the best NBA road team. There must be some strength! Maybe some hands can be thrown! “
If there were a way to determine hardness, it could be through how many offensive rebounds you have allowed. Until now, Celtics have allowed KNICKs to obtain 13 rebounds in their 49 failures in the second half or extra time in the first two games, which is good for an offensive rebound percentage of 26.5. As a reference, that brand would be among the 10 best NBA teams this season.
Celtics have also had some difficulties in making baskets near the edge as well. They are shooting 59.6% from five feet of the tire of this series, for the follow -up data of NBA.com. That number is a significant decrease of 67.2% who fired from that range.
More importantly, thought, the best Boston star has fought. Jayson Tatum has only scored 36 points in the first two games in the series, which only 28.6% of its shots from the field. Pierce sighed when Ric Bucher said the Celtics have no closer, but Tatum’s struggles in the first two games are undeniable.
“[Tatum] He took fewer three -foot shots of the edge this season than in any season of his career. Almost half of his shots this year were from a range of 3 points, “said Bucher.” I thought I had tasks one step from last year to the way he played this year, which had evolved that closest in the body. But, I realized when I thought about all the great shots that you have made this year, generally all the triples or shots on the edge.
“What we are saying is that this series is dictated by the ability to score at the three levels, and its medium range game is nowhere at this time.”
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I only thought that the Celtics have dropped 2-0, just a few points from having climbed 2-0 in this series, losing the first two games for four combined points. This is not an unknown territory for this team. They went down 2-0 at the East 2023 conference against Miami Heat, losing both games at home. They get used to losing that series, but not after forcing a game 7 by winning three consecutive.
That is why Pierce still has confidence in the Celtics, but this time he will not put a bet.
“Let’s recover,” Pierce said. “I am counted, game 3, guaranteed. It is guaranteed! That was a good bet. They were favored by 10 points.”
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