They've been to the conference finals three of the past four seasons, but they've also not made it to the Finals Any of those years there, one of just a handful of teams sending multiple players to this year's All Star Game.

在過去的四個賽季中，他們有三個賽季進入了聯盟總決賽，但他們也沒有進入總決賽的任何一個年份有，只是少數幾支球隊之一，派出多名球員參加今年的全明星賽。

But they've also spent more than a third of the season outside the top half of the East playoff bracket.

但他們本賽季也有超過三分之一的時間在東部季後賽上半區之外。

Ask the Celtics themselves, and they'll tell you they believe they're much better than their current record suggests.

問問凱爾特人隊自己，他們會告訴你，他們相信自己比目前的戰績好得多。

Although for a while against the Wizards last night, we were, quite frankly, getting evidence on both sides.

雖然在昨晚對陣奇才的一段時間裡，我們很坦率地說，兩邊都得到了證據。

At times, Boston looked extremely sharp.

有的時候，波士頓顯得極為犀利。

Check this camera three to give the Celtics an 11 point lead in the third quarter.

看看這個鏡頭三分，讓凱爾特人在第三節領先11分。

Walker would finish this game with 21 points, looking a whole lot like his old before the knee problems itself.

沃克本場比賽將以21分的成績結束，看起來很像膝蓋問題之前的自己的老樣子。

And Daniel, Thais also had a great game.

而丹尼爾，泰斯也有精彩的比賽。

20 points, nine rebounds.

20分，9個籃板。

It's performances like that from the team's role players that Boston is going to need to go anywhere this season, and it was particularly timely last night with Jalen Brown out with a knee injury.

波士頓本賽季要想走得更遠，需要的就是球隊角色球員這樣的表現，在昨晚賈倫-布朗因膝傷缺陣的情況下，這樣的表現尤為及時。

But for Boston to go anywhere this season, the Celtics will also need to clean up the careless stretches like the one that let the Wizards come storming back.

但波士頓要想在本賽季走得更遠，凱爾特人還需要清理像讓奇才隊暴走的那段粗心大意的連勝。

Last night.

昨天晚上。

In fact, Washington led by eight with under three minutes to go, thanks to yet another blistering performance from Bradley Beal, who would finish with 46.

事實上，華盛頓在不到3分鐘的時間裡就領先了8分，這要歸功於布拉德利-比爾的又一次轟轟烈烈的表現，他將以46分結束。

Yet instead of folding, Boston stood its ground.

然而波士頓並沒有折騰，而是站在了自己的立場上。

Jayson Tatum, in particular, was just a monster.

尤其是傑森-塔圖姆，簡直就是一個怪物。

Check the turnaround fadeaway three Pretty good.

檢查轉身淡化三相當好。

Then some repeated old fashioned head down drives to the basket and check what happens around the 15 2nd Mark Tatum crashes to the floor, which means the court.

然後一些重複的老式的頭向下驅動到籃下，並檢查15第2馬克-塔圖姆墜落在地板上，這意味著球場上發生了什麼。

Get some sweat on it, sweat.

出點汗吧，出點汗吧。

The bill, then slips on a few seconds later, which lands in with his feet out of bounds.

鈔，然後幾秒鐘後滑上，這才用腳出界的方式落入。

And how did Bradley feel about this personally goofy, that are seen in my life, The better bounds.

而布拉德利是怎麼想的，這本人傻乎乎的，這是在我的生活中看到的，更好的界限。

Give it to them.

把它給他們。

Three lay ups at the end of the game.

在比賽結束時，三次上籃。

Yeah, of course.

是的，當然。

Okay, mhm.

好吧，嗯。

Don't get us wrong.

別誤會我們的意思

Yeah, he said.

是的，他說。

Three layups for Tatum.

塔圖姆的三次上籃。

And here's the third.

這是第三個。

Fantastic.

妙不可言

Reverse their That put Boston up by one.

逆轉他們，讓波士頓領先1分。

And while the Wizards then had the ball and nearly five on the clock.

而當奇才隊隨後拿到球，並在近5。

Watch the Celtics sideline here.

在這裡看凱爾特人隊的邊線。

The coaching staff recognizes Washington set here.

教練組認可華盛頓在這裡集。

It's the same one that helped the Wizards beat Denver recently, and they start yelling instructions, telling players Beale is gonna curl to the corner and that no one should switch the heads up allowed Boston to trap Bill In that corner, Brad couldn't get a shot off and boom!

就是最近幫助奇才隊擊敗丹佛的那個人，他們開始大喊訓示，告訴球員比埃爾要策應到角落裡去，不應該換頭讓波士頓困住比爾在那個角落裡，布拉德無法投籃，轟！。

Celtics win.

凱爾特人隊贏了。

Gotta shops couldn't get a good shot afterward, Brad Stevens praised Tatum's quote Will to win, saying it's been it's been a tough month for him, but that this team has kept its connected.

得塔店無法獲得好的投籃機會之後，布拉德-史蒂文斯稱讚了塔圖姆的報價威爾贏球，他說對他來說這是艱難的一個月，但這支球隊一直保持著聯繫。

This and its belief.

這及其相信。

The Boston Celtics see themselves as one of the NBA's better teams.

波士頓凱爾特人將自己視為NBA更好的球隊之一。

And while the jury, maybe still out for the rest of us last night, was certainly another step toward at least making their case.

而陪審團，也許昨晚我們其他人還沒有出來，但至少是向著他們的案子又邁出了一步。

So, Richard, where are you on that?

那麼，理查德，你在哪裡呢？

Do you believe in this Boston Celtics team this year?

你相信今年這支波士頓凱爾特人隊嗎？

I do believe in them, like do I think that you know they need to improve a ton if they're going to make a similar run that they made last year?

我確實相信他們，就像我認為你知道他們需要提高一噸，如果他們要做出類似去年的運行？

I do.

我是這麼想的

They have two young stars that are growing together that are learning how to be leaders.

他們有兩個正在一起成長的年輕明星，正在學習如何成為領導者。

And you saw Jason Tatum took over after like being up, being down, not having a great month, all the reasons to kind of, you know, go a different direction.

你看到傑森-塔圖姆接手後，像被上升，被下降， 沒有一個偉大的一個月，所有的原因，那種，你知道， 走不同的方向。

And he took over.

而他接手了。

And so just based off of that, you've got to believe in, I believe in Richard will tell you the season doesn't start till after the All Star break.

所以就基於這一點，你要相信，我相信理查德會告訴你，本賽季要到全明星賽後才開始。

I mean, if you think about it.

我的意思是，如果你仔細想想，

Their core of Marcus, Smart, Kimba, Tatum and Brown.

他們的核心馬庫斯、斯馬特、金巴、塔圖姆和布朗。

I've only played two games together this year, you know, So they still haven't got that chemistry and that timing down that they need and they will get post All Star break and they're still right in the thick of things.

我今年只一起打了兩場比賽，你知道的，所以他們還沒有得到那種化學反應和他們需要的時機，他們會在全明星賽後得到，他們還在事情的最重要的地方。

I think it's 17 and 17.

我想是17和17。

There's three teams.

有三個團隊。

Toronto and Miami are kind of all in the thick of things, and I see all of them, you know, trending up after All Star break.

多倫多和邁阿密都是一種在濃厚的東西，我看到所有的人，你知道，全明星賽後趨勢上升。

But I'm definitely believing in the Celtics and looking forward to their rise second half of the season.

但我絕對相信凱爾特人，期待他們下半賽季的崛起。

Well, they're playing in the East was keep noting only a handful of teams, even over 500.

好吧，他們在東部的比賽是一直注意到只有少數的球隊，甚至超過500人。

Oh, boy, I'll get to that a little bit more later in the show, but But look, I think that if you get what you get last night, if you get Campbell looking like Kemba Walker, if you get role players play into their ability.

哦，孩子，我會在稍後的節目中得到更多的，但你看，我認為，如果你得到你昨晚的東西，如果你讓坎貝爾看起來像肯巴-沃克，如果你讓角色球員發揮他們的能力。

If you get Jalen Brown back, this is a team that could do something.

如果你把杰倫-布朗找回來，這支球隊就能有所作為。

The thing is, though, they are going to be hard cap this year, So I'm interested to see what they do at the trade deadline.

但問題是，他們今年的上限會很高，所以我很想看看他們在交易截止日會做什麼。

Do they use that trade exception they got out of the Gordon Hayward deal?

他們會使用從戈登-海沃德的交易中得到的那個交易例外嗎？

Do they wait to do it this summer?

難道他們等著今年夏天做嗎？

So they give them more flexibility this summer.

所以他們在這個夏天給他們更多的靈活性。

I can't tell yet whether Danny Ainge feels this team really can make a run.

我還不能判斷丹尼-艾格是否覺得這支球隊真的能跑起來。

So how much is he going to invest in them?

那麼，他打算在他們身上投資多少錢呢？

And then, of course, we're getting ready for Marcus Smart to come back to.

然後，當然，我們準備讓馬庫斯-斯馬特回來。

I think one thing, too, is I think we're underestimating Marcus Smart's importance, and it doesn't always show up on the numbers.

我認為有一點，也是我認為我們低估了馬庫斯-斯瑪特的重要性，它並不總是表現在數據上。

But Tatum's numbers and Browns numbers offensively or down with Marcus Smart out because he does kind of the clay factor where play would always take the top scoring guard and kind of help Stave stuff a little bit.

但是塔圖姆的數據和布朗隊的數據在馬庫斯-斯瑪特不在的情況下進攻或下降，因為他確實是一種泥土的因素，在那裡打球總是會拿頂級得分後衛，也算是幫助斯塔夫的東西了。

Brent.

布倫特。

Excuse me, Marcus Smart does that for both those wings.

對不起，馬庫斯-斯馬特為這兩翼做的。

Both those guys play defensive, but that's Marcus's job, and I think his leadership and the little things that don't show up on the stat sheets are really overlooked with his absence.

這兩個人都是打防守的，但那是馬庫斯的工作，我認為他的領導力和那些在數據單上顯示不出來的小東西，隨著他的缺席，真的被忽略了。

Right now, no.

現在，沒有。

100% agree, Marcus Smart, and you see that we've seen it with Covid.

100%同意，馬庫斯智能，你看我們已經看到了科維德的情況。

We've seen it with injuries.

我們已經看到了它的傷害。

We've seen so much so this year.

今年我們看到了很多這樣的事情。

It's tough to really judge almost any code right?

幾乎所有的代碼都很難真正判斷吧？

Like Utah, who is rolling through the league, they've only had three different starting lineups.

像在聯盟中滾滾而來的猶他，他們只有三套不同的首發陣容。

They've had no covid and no injuries, and they're a very good team.

他們沒有科維德，也沒有傷病，他們是一支非常優秀的球隊。

So that's why and so other teams that have dealt with it.

所以這也是為什麼和其他球隊打交道的原因。

Even if they're a very good team, you could see a big drop.

即使他們是一支非常優秀的球隊，你也可以看到一個很大的下降。

You said Coach, you mean the blowback on Brad Stevens right now in Boston, because it's loud and windy at the moment.

你說教練，你是說布拉德-史蒂文斯現在在波士頓的吹風，因為現在風聲很大，風很大。

Marcus Smart also a lot of playmaking for the Celtics students that they're missing there.

馬庫斯-斯馬特也為凱爾特人隊的學生們提供了很多玩法，他們在那裡缺少。

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感謝您在YouTube上觀看ESPN的體育直播和優質內容。