Alright, everyone stay calm.
My law I am required to tell you to not get ahead of yourself.
2 wins is not 4 wins.
Game 6 is going to be the toughest game of the series.
The Celtics have done nothing other than earn the right to play another day.
Can they do it?
If they play like these last two games they can.
Being good wasn’t going to cut it.
They needed to be dominant.
The first is their defense.
It’s where everything will always start.
For this team to play to their potential, they need to get back to their elite defensive roots.
Another game holding a team to under 100, another win.
The Celts forced 16 TOs, had 13 steals and 9 blocks.
The Celts were not reactionary tonight, they were the ones who punched first.
The second thing that has changed is the team shooting has come back to normal.
Well, they shot 18-45 in Game 4 and 16-39 tonight.
They got back to playing Mazzulla Ball.
That ball movement early?
When this team respects the pass and loves and trusts one another, the threes start dropping.
On a night when everyone needed to show up, nobody did that more than the starting backcourt.
Both were everywhere defensively.
Both guys made huge shots when needed.
As we saw all year long, when the Celts get elite guard play, it’s a wrap.
That is the ultimate head of the snake position.
With Malcolm Brogdon now cooked, the offense from these two players becomes even more important.
I’m not saying they need 49, but they have to keep playing Smart.
Attacking the paint when it’s there and taking open threes with confidence.
Speaking of the Jays, not bad!
The way Jayson Tatum was passing the ball tonight was porn.
With Jaylen, what a much needed performance from him.
That’s now back to back games we’re getting a normal Jaylen Brown and both games were blowouts.
His defense was 10000% better, he went 50/60% and once again only had 1 TO.
That is the version of Jaylen Brown the Celts need the rest of the way.
That number is now 12.
Down 3-2 in the Conference Finals with a spot in the Finals on the line.
Suddenly this position feels a whole lot more familiar.
With the Heat starting to feel the pressure I would imagine, this is it.
Find a way to get this thing back to Boston and the Finals is still on the table.
If it were me, I would immediate forget about these 2 wins.
With their backs up against the wall, the Celts could have quit.
They could have hopped on that plane to Cancun.
Instead, they chose to fight, and now they enter Game 6 with even more life.
Of course, momentum only matters if you do something with it.
