 Michael Grady and Sarah Kustak who called this game to up in Boston and guys I think I've used the word confounding twice already, then that's up by 17 and I just I still can't process this after watching it, especially in the fourth quarter So you know the Celtics defense is legit now again best in the NBA and right now? The concern cruise is the fact that the Celtics confidence is growing They had a lead in game one squandered it the Nets had control led by three with under a minute to go and the Celtics a little Magic, they were able to steal that game go down 17 in this ball game chip away chip away Defense a big part of that and then when this ball game going away their confidence is growing That's something that the Nets are gonna have to try to find a way to snatch away in Brooklyn We're talking about tonight's game, but just to put in perspective this Boston team on January 6 Their record was below 500 January 26 to the end of the season They had the best record in the NBA the number one rated defense as we've talked about a lot But the number one rated offense This is an excellent team that has a lot of confidence that has been through Adversity throughout the course of the season so you better believe that they may look at a lead throughout a game and think We're gonna find a way to figure this out and problem solve That's exactly what they did and freaky eyes brought up an excellent point and talking about some of the areas in which they were able to get back The points off turnovers are a major factor And that was something that the Nets did a really good job of in the first half But in that second half they generated so much offense off of those turnovers And they just did a nice job of getting runouts And that's where they thrive when they're able to push the pace get some early offense and for Brooklyn You know you look at the other side of things and the shots just weren't falling So on a night when Kevin Durant despite the fact that he put up I lost my statue 27 points He has on the night which you would think that's a good number, but the efficiency wasn't there It was a tough shooting night for Kyrie Irving And so overall if that doesn't happen It was tough to close things out down the stretch in the fourth quarter the crowd was behind this team There was a lot of good energy and you could feel the confidence rise in this group because it wasn't about Jason Tatum Jalen Brown had an excellent night But it was a lot of the other complementary players for the Celtics that really made an impact They moved the basketball and did a great job on both ends of the floor and how they were able to finish it It is one thing if we're talking about spectacular defensive plays from the Celtics There are a lot of unforced errors which we talked about in the broadcast on the net side and Kevin Durant was a big part of that And I know going in folks felt like maybe the Nets have a little bit of a chance and Bruce Brown brought up the fact that Robert Williams is not manning the middle and we know how big of a shot blocker he is and how he affects shots at the rim But the Celtics are so strong with their perimeter defense that it takes work to even get to the middle So they haven't had an ample opportunity to take advantage of Daniel Tice or Al Horford at the rim because of how solid The mark is smarts the Jason Tatum the Jalen Brown and the Grant Williams have been in terms of defending on the perimeter And the physicality is something that seems to be weighing down on Kevin Durant We'll see whether or not this continues to be a story But we know he played a lot of minutes down the stretch of the season and then here in the first two games of this playoff series with The Celtics he has been pushed around a lot Yeah, and I'm curious to hear what he has to say in this post season or in this post game because we mentioned this throughout the Course of the broadcast it's the number of players that Boston can throw at him. So one is the double team It's the conference. It's the constant different looks of how those doubles when they're coming from the late help The third guy from behind the fact that they can zone from behind and be ready and show him bodies and show him traffic But you can toss Jason Tatum on him Brown Horford smart the list keeps going of Grant Williams coming in there is multiple fresh bodies to keep putting on him And so even when you're looking at switching scheme defensively and a second comment All of those players have the ability to stay in front and when you mention not puncturing the perimeter defense They have solid one-on-one defenders So even getting on the inside and so much of the Nets offense too can be predicated whether it's on isolation plays or on the mid-range looks and Boston shrinks the floor and does a good job of playing box and elbows and taking away a lot of those looks so some Of the cleaner shots that the Nets have often gotten They're not getting against this Boston defense what I will say though fourth quarter and the third quarter If you want to look at a silver lining you want to look at okay How are ways that the Brooklyn Nets can come back and Saturday they created some really good looks some of their passing the movement the Rotations their shots that you would anticipate Kyrie or Kevin Durant being able to knock down and make there was a Handful of others so I think there is areas that you obviously see that the Nets can exploit this Boston team But it's got to be a sustained effort and it's got to have the ability for this group to do it throughout the course of the 48 minutes no question about it Kevin Durant miss 15 shots in game one and Frankie I see miss 13 shots tonight Very on Kevin Durant like this evening and that's obviously going to be a huge storyline over the next couple of days And you guys were there I think another storyline is going to be how physical this game got at certain moments and Marcus smart seem to be involved in a Lot of those plays whether it was Bruce Brown You talked about the play with Nicholas Clarkson Then you had the collision with Marcus smart and Daniel ties Maybe Andre drumming kind of helped that along. I wonder how you guys think this will start to play out now as the series shifts to Brooklyn Well as it goes to Brooklyn I think the expectation on the net side of things is that some of these calls are going to even out You know that you mentioned the one call on Nick Clarkson when he was going at the rim and Marcus smart at the very violent swipe down Again, the officials should call things no matter what whether you're a TD guard and whether you're a Barclay Center both Ways, but there's a human element as well and perhaps that's a flagrant foul if it's called at Barclay Center Maybe some of the fouls that we've seen called in the Celtics still called for a lot of fouls in this ball game But perhaps that number goes up in Brooklyn and gives the Nets a little bit of relief in an opportunity to take advantage At the free throw line there should be an energy shift when it comes to physical play when the Nets get to Brooklyn Not just from the foul calls, but also how physical the Nets themselves need to play But what I will say is when the Nets jumped out to a quick early lead. It wasn't just about shop making It was about getting stops and it was about how physical they were on the defensive end getting into bodies getting into passing lanes How they were being active with their hands and causing deflections And so that is a part of them exceeding some of the physical play. This takes me back in and Frank I know you know this and you've seen this and we've all talked about this with it Miami the Miami Heat are a defense you often talk about that. They're gonna get into you They're gonna bump you they're gonna go after you every time with the concept of the refs can't call every single foul They can't call every single bump. I mean when you look at Kevin Durant shot 20 free throws yet, they weren't getting into them every time that is a part of the game plan for Boston We're gonna bump them. We're gonna bump them off the ball We're gonna bump them when the refs aren't looking and so that is just continuing to potentially wear down and wear down on him But you see it across the board for bosses So I'm interested to see how the officiating factors into this one into your point at Barkley Center When it turns just how that looks with both of these sides and for the chippiness that we continue to see brew and we're not just We're not just talking about it We're keeping an eye on whether or not this changes things or whether the officials call things a little bit differently Or what things are gonna look like at Barkley Center, but we're not all just relying on the officials to change the course of the series This is on Steve Nash and the players themselves And so there could be differences in calls But what adjustments are gonna be made given the physicality that we've seen from the Boston Celtics in the first two games of these series The adjustments on the court to the physicality given guys opportunities in space and maybe knocking down shots that didn't go down tonight That will be the difference in turning the course of this series if they can handle the physicality better Make adjustments and take advantage of the mistakes the Celtics are making and rotations combinations I mean Gordon Drogage is a perfect example of someone who is strong with the ball Strong when he's handling it how he's making his moves making this play He was really important in this one But interested to see just the different looks and the combinations of the line-ups obviously He got different strengths when you go big you go small you got drumming out their klaxon We saw them closing out the game trying to get back in the lead of playing Kevin Durant at the five with other Three-point shooters out there so the nets were very small given the time and the score But just how you start to look at different adjustments You can make with the rotations and with the combinations of players that you have to try and come back to Celtics group You know the coast they say that sometimes roleplayers they don't necessarily travel You know Peyton Pritchard at some big shots late in this ballgame Grant Williams had a going maybe that's not the case and Barclay Center Meanwhile for the Nets their roleplayers a lot of these guys stepped up tonight Could the home crowd help Kyrie and Kevin on Saturday in game three? That's something will be interesting to see as the series shifts to Barclay Center guys All of the things you just talked about are going to be very interesting to see as this series continues to roll right along We have plenty more to do. Thank you guys, but sit tight We are just getting started here on the Brooklyn Nets post game show after they dropped