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man some good stuff around the league

tonight seven games as we head down the

stretch about 20 games to go in the NBA

season and you saw the uh reigning

Champions the Denver Nuggets knock off

the Boston Celtics 115 109 welcome to

Inside the NBA it's presented by KIA

Ernie Johnson with sha with Kenny with

Cletus and let's jump right to the

highlights of this one it's going to sck

from Denver it has a good ring to it

still got the

cbus yeah oh there's the brothers what a

game y'all this was this was this was

good chucker a playoff game tonight yeah

there was some intensity on both sides

we get ready to go yeah I think the one

thing one thing we didn't see was a huge

grain from Jason Tatum I would love to

see a game like this well you can't call

yourself the best player in the league

if they don't show up oh well you can

have a night off well he didn't have you

can that off night but you if you going

to say you're going to be the you say

I'm the best player in the world you got

to prove it saw Jamal

connect and then Jaylen Brown had

himself a night season High 42 oh give

me that that's a good thing every about

playing on the team that's socalled one

two punch one doesn't play well Jaylen

Brown stepped up what do you call this

Kenny spine Tingler spine Tingler it's

called a rim check Ernie well you guys

both have uh Nam your own terms this is

not anything but a I don't know what

this boy was doing what's the name what

he doing oh tingling tumbling jumbling

stumbling

whatever you call it he was oh my

goodness Joker over porzingis to beat

the half time buzzer tell you what

porzingis competed tonight man I loved

his game 6254 nuggets at the half

porzingis had 24 and 12 yeah he balled

out

tonight n for 23 is not balling Tatum 14

on five of

13

Joker another triple double for the

Joker tonight cavius Caldwell Pope out

of the corner for three and a 10-point

lead now it's 9485 and look at Jamal

Murray 19 and8 on the night Jaylen Brown

Celtics not going

away eight-point game and then well

thaton Watson that was a really good

dunk right there oh my goodness give me

that Murr PES Watson with the block and

then Aaron

Gordon that was pretty good Ernie from

Murray went off the but it gets better

y'all yes it does get off me little man

Jaylen Brown

again now five-point game Joker oh look

at that follow by Gordon oh that was

impressive oh that's a dumb contest win

oh there's another guy who knows how to

do that

step back

through oh Hol hit a couple of clutch

shots down the stretch to keep Aus in it

they were down two this is the play

right here guys this is this is

ridiculous and you you heard him tell

Chris haes after the game I do that all

the time I just throw it up even when I

don't see him and Aaron Gordon was there

with a finish 115 to 109 nuggets now 7-

one since the allstar break the Celtics

have lost consecutive gameson Brown for

the first time yeah first time since

November 6th and 8th when they lost at

Minnesota and at Philadelphia Celtics

have lost a couple in a row 115 to 109

is your final meantime the Minnesota

Timberwolves on top of the West this was

a game here too Hy yeah without Carl

Anthony towns against Tyrese halberton

and the Pacers this could be the NBA

final in three years yeah I tell you

well tell you what they might not have a

call out top but they got that grown ass

man right there you see Edwards roll the

ankle early he would

leave and then he would uh he would

return to the Game Boy would he that's

underst as he comes back yeah feeling

okay out to a 20 to8 lead on the road

and now Edwards again he going to need

he going to need some going

airb and again he leaves the floor but

he would return

about them Bulldogs Ernie y can't keep

them down can you cannot keep them

Bulldogs down 60 to 49 Timberwolves at

the it was tied at 83 after three tyres

halberton I don't understand I didn't

understand what Indiana was oh come on

come on I did not understand what

Indiana was doing in this game you got

to take the ball out of Anthony's hand

you got to do something you got to make

somebody you can't let this guy scored I

mean this is ridiculous come on man get

the ball out of his hand man the house

on fire get the women and kids out 446

and three his third 40-point game of the

season but it's not over Miles Turner

for three and then Edwards misses a free

throw two-point games but watch this I

missed a free throw but I don't get I

still get back on defense Aaron neith

who was rejected by Edwards and look how

high he got that's crazy look at thought

he almost killed himself right there he

would have leave the floor but only

because the game was over and Minnesota

wins it on the road at Indiana

one3 to 111 big

Minnesota yeah just that was we had some

good games tonight but I was

disappointed in the paac you got to take

the ball out that boy's hands I he's I

mean come on you can't let a one man do

that to you you got to take it out of

his hands a lot of tight games this year

for the Pacers four and three now and

games decided to buy two points or less

as Minnesota gets them again without

Carl Anthony towns and you heard uh the

report from uh Chris Haynes yeah to be

re-evaluated in a month we'll have

surgery on the on the meniscus so it's

going to be interesting because that man

can't play like that every

night uh like he was amazing and you

know those little those little injuries

he's got you know if he go out there and

have to play 45 minutes a night somebody

else going to have to step up but man uh

Indiana got to take the ball his hand

you cannot let one man just dominate you

like that can we look at the Western

Conference standings that just check out

the landscape here as every one of these

nights you you know things change people

move up people move down Minnesota wins

tonight to stay number one in the west

uh the nuggets with their win over the

Celtics are right there a game behind

suns were winners we're going to show

you those highlights in a bit Sacramento

had their hands full tonight but one I

think it's fair to say

uh Ken sha those top four teams because

the Pelicans are four games behind in

the Lost column would is would I be safe

to say one of those top four teams going

to be those are not going to change they

might change orders I I would agree I

would say the top 10 are the same and

the top four are the same so the top 10

teams in the west are going to be the

top 10 teams top four of the top four we

just don't know what order and your best

and your best team in the western

conference is the team we just saw with

the best big man in the league Denver

Joker nothing talk about yeah you ask a

question I give I give quick definitive

answers the best team sometimes you do

that that is true The Joker

quiers do you

concur the best team man West is the de

nuggets yeah I I actually agree with

that I I agree with the I'm gonna be

short definitive yeah sweet nuggets

nuggets let me see the West one more

time because because if if things do

stay this way I want to look at the

bottom have um so in your playin

scenario right now Mavericks would go to

Sacramento Lakers would go to Golden

State that's a hell of a play in tour I

would take I would take the Mavs over

the king the king the kings can't stop a

running no they are the one of the worst

defensive teams in the league and you

got Kyrie and Luca so you'd have the

Kings losing at home to the Dallas mat

they can't stop anybody Ernie go the

Kings we at what would seven play 10

no it's seven and eight because the

winner of that gets the number seven

spot eight plays eight would play the uh

winner of nine what what's going to be

interesting is the Minnesota situation

can they hold on without bigat like I

don't know if they can stay number one

without him because I don't know if they

have enough offense I mean Anthony

obviously is amazing spectacular but I

don't see I mean he had to get 4 to4

against the Pacers team I just don't see

I don't know if they can stay in the I

mean they'll stay in the top four I

truly believe that but I think that's

going to be tough for for at least a

month without

without I think they're going to lose

tomorrow night at Cleveland um Denver

wins over Boston by the way 115 109

let's hear from the Celtics head coach

Joe

moula did you think of uh the way you

guys are able to fight back there down

the stretch and get back in the game

after things look like they're starting

to go sideways early four yeah I mean

it's especially against a team like that

to be able to uh battle back and make

plays uh uh you know I think it's

important and uh team showed a bit of

resilience and uh you know I think when

you play against another great team uh

those 10 to 12 possessions are super

super critical and uh I thought Denver

did a great job of taking advantage of

those uh better than we did tonight y

just able to get in De to the post over

and over again you guys have to decide

where and how to send help how difficult

is that decision espe Gordon is able to

get everything he wants yeah I mean it's

a difficult decision only because of all

the other stuff Stu and so when you're

making that decision that you look at uh

you look at the turnovers you look last

time we played them we only had two

turnovers we had 12 tonight you look at

the points off turnovers you look at the

Miss free throws uh you look at you know

that that right there so uh it becomes

difficult because you put pressure on

some of the other things and then when

you're in that critical moment you just

have to make the best decision possible

so um but that's that's the lesson

tonight is uh you know just those those

things uh taking care of the basketball

our offensive execution which leads to

their transition defense and and uh you

know got to the freee throw line just

didn't make

them Celtics still 7 and a half up on

Milwaukee in the in the Eastern confence

you know what's interesting about

watching the Celtic team play this was

actually I I was curious when they make

threes they're

unbeatable this is going to be their

tail in the playoffs execution turnovers

shot selection when they get in close

game cuz when they make threes they just

blow everybody out they're like hit or

Miss but they've got to find a way to

win these games when they don't shoot a

good three-point percentage and they

have not done that 11 11 for 38 tonight

only reason I disagree because there's

no one like Denver in the Eastern

Conference there's no and I'm not

talking about joic I'm talking about

Aaron Gordon and Porter 610 playing the

wings so when you try to play small

they're actually more athletic than your

Smalls and so there more athletic that

faster they're more athletic they block

shots rebound and can shoot the three

there's no other team in the NBA that

has guys who are 6' 10 that could do

that that played a three and a four so

yeah I understand that point I'm not

even talking about that I'm talking

about I'm talking about getting out the

East who who else can do that what

they're doing well yeah but they I'm

talking about Styles where they are hit

a Miss on the

threes if you see when they make threes

they're unbeatable but there shot

selection turnovers and execution are a

weakness they win games by a lot of

talent and three-point shooting if you

if you're having a bad night shooting

threes that's when they they'll still

get out the East yeah y uh 115 109 your

final score would anybody else think

that there was not enough headro on the

uh on the Joe Missoula press conference

what's wrong with that no I just thought

he he just like a small chair enough

head room I thought he was a small guy I

didn't

realize

is that the way they were doing

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it sh a been n small since he was a baby

no he been since he played against those

guys in high school yeah we'll get we'll

get into that a bit later here in the

show as a matter of effect more

highlights on the way here on inside

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y'all

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