Did Billy Donovan and Bulls Have Right to be MAD at Celtics?

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The Celtics embraced the In Season Tournament and ran the score up to 35 in the fourth quarter, playing starters and intentionally fouling before making it. CLNS Media's Bobby Manning and Josue Pavon discuss after Boston's 124-97 win on Tuesday night, propelling them into the quarterfinals of the NBA In-Season Tournament.   SeatGeek! Use code DREAMERSPRO for $20 off your first SeatGeek order! Visit SeatGeek.com when you checkout! With NFL, NBA and NHL seasons in full swing, you don’t want to miss out - SeatGeek has your tickets to every game!  FanDuel Sportsbook, the exclusive wagering partner of the CLNS Media Network. Right now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning FIVE DOLLAR MONEYLINE BET! So, visit https://FanDuel.com/BOSTON and kick off the NFL season. FanDuel, Official Partner of the NFL. 21+ and present in MA. Hope is here. First online real money wager only. $5 pregame moneyline wager required. First online real money wager only. $10 first deposit required. Bonus issued as non-withdrawable bonus bets that expire 7 days after receipt. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. GamblingHelpLineMa.org or call (800)-327-5050 for 24/7 support. Play it smart from the start! GameSenseMA.com or call 1-800-GAM-1234.  With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Go to https://HelloFresh.com/CLNSFREE and use code CLNSFREE for FREE breakfast for life! One breakfast item per box while subscription is active. That’s free breakfast for life at HelloFresh.com/CLNSFREE with code CLNSFREE!  Ever wished you could navigate the betting field with the confidence of a pro? Enter OddsR. They're not a sportsbook, but they're the sports betting advisor you've always needed. It's like having a playbook for smarter bets right in your pocket. Get a 30-day free trial! Elevate your game day and join the smart betting revolution! Go get it at https://oddsr.com/celtics  Visit https://factormeals.com/NEWSFEED50 to get 50% off your first box! Factor is America’s #1 Ready-To-Eat Meal Kit, can help you fuel up fast with ready-to-eat meals delivered straight to your door.

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00:00 The Garden Report is brought to you by FanDuel, the exclusive wagering partner of the CLNS

00:04 Media Network.

00:05 Hey, Bobby Manning here.

00:08 Welcome to another Garden Report after the Celtics beat the Bulls, Josue Pavon by my

00:12 side in the in-season tournament.

00:15 Group play is done, Celtics made it by running up the score to as many as 35 in this one

00:19 in the fourth quarter.

00:20 Yeah, they did.

00:21 Playing starters, aggressively playing defense and scoring in transition, all the rest.

00:26 It was a very strange scene in Woes of Blood in the fourth quarter.

00:29 It was different.

00:30 It was unique, it was fun, I thought.

00:32 We talked about that in the last video, but it obviously led to a little bit of bad feelings

00:36 after the game.

00:37 And they were previewed before, Josue.

00:38 Billy Donovan got asked about the fact that the Celtics were going to have to run it up

00:43 here and he said you're going to have to talk to the league about that one.

00:48 He doesn't really have a firm take on it, but there was obviously some controversy because

00:51 Toronto did it against Chicago as well and DeMar DeRozan didn't like it and got ejected.

00:57 So that happens again here tonight.

00:59 Donovan approached Missoula during that fourth quarter to ask why he was doing what he was

01:03 doing there and Joe had to explain himself.

01:06 They talked a little bit after the game as well.

01:09 Joe apologized to Andre Drummond for intentionally fouling him twice during that stretch.

01:14 He went to talk to Drummond as well.

01:16 I'm not sure if they actually ended up coming together, but that was his intent after the

01:20 game to go apologize to him and set it on the podium as well.

01:24 A couple other Celtics weren't happy that they had to do this as well.

01:27 We'll get to that, but overall I know you didn't love it given the area you grew up

01:33 in.

01:34 Apologize to the competition.

01:35 Yeah, okay, I was going to say make that clear.

01:37 I didn't like that part of it.

01:39 Burning up the score, I mean look, this is what the NBA signed these guys up for.

01:43 What do you expect them to do?

01:45 The players agreed to it too.

01:46 Yeah, the players agreed to it.

01:47 Yeah, and something I mentioned in the Celtics post game show, the association, they all

01:50 had to agree to this and then to hear Jalen say what he said, it's just a, I mean is it

01:54 a PR move?

01:55 I think so.

01:56 Are they trying to send the right message to the kids?

01:58 If that's the case, then all right, I guess I understand.

02:00 The kids, no, I just think they have friends on the other side that they don't want to

02:03 feel like they were insulting.

02:04 Okay, all right, yeah, there's two sides to that.

02:05 Well, you know what I mean by the kids.

02:06 Maybe they don't want to say, "Hey, this is not what the sport's all about."

02:12 I don't think that's it at all.

02:14 I just don't blame any team that's trying to compete and get themselves into the tournament.

02:19 You had to do this.

02:20 That's the point, yeah.

02:21 I mean, that's the whole point and I'm surprised, honestly, especially from someone like DeMar

02:25 DeRozan who's been in the league long enough, who has competed at a high level, wouldn't

02:29 understand the magnitude or the reason behind it.

02:34 I mean, this is what this whole tournament thing is about and I think the Celtics, you're

02:39 positioned yourself to go ahead and finish out the last few minutes up by 25 plus or

02:46 23 plus, whatever it is you needed to reach.

02:48 If anything, if you're the Bulls, compete.

02:50 Make sure that that doesn't happen.

02:53 If it does, then you have something to work on from this point forward.

02:56 They have their own problems, obviously.

02:58 Right.

02:59 I just think this is like the number 17 on the list of problems that's going on in Chicago.

03:05 Yeah, they've lost five straight, eight to 10.

03:07 Come on, man.

03:08 I don't understand it.

03:09 I really don't.

03:10 Again, for Donovan to say, "Oh, we have to ask the league," this is his way of saying

03:14 he doesn't approve.

03:15 I feel like it's too little too late at this point.

03:18 Here's Drew Holiday's reaction to having to run up the score.

03:22 I don't know.

03:23 I guess maybe there's some things I don't agree with, but I also know that there's rules

03:26 and we also want to win.

03:28 We want to make the tournament and have the best seat that we can.

03:33 I don't like it, but I understand it.

03:34 What part of it do you not like?

03:35 Just kind of running up the score?

03:36 Yeah, running up the score.

03:37 I get the point differential, but it just feels weird.

03:43 Kind of like you're kind of disrespecting the game and your opponent, especially when

03:49 -- I mean, obviously they do what they want.

03:52 They then have their starters in.

03:53 Like I said, it feels weird, but I also understand it.

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04:18 So he didn't like it.

04:19 Jalen Brown didn't like it either.

04:20 He said there's going to have to be some discussions over the offseason about where this goes.

04:24 Are they going to pull Joe Mazzullo aside tomorrow and be like, "Hey, man, we've got

04:27 to talk about what happened last night"?

04:29 Well, Joe said the players want to go for it.

04:31 Maybe it was the Lukes and Bans off the bench.

04:34 Everybody standing up being like, "Man, that's 20% of my contract.

04:37 Let's do it."

04:38 Ready for the $500,000.

04:39 Yeah, half a mil.

04:40 Give me that.

04:41 Yeah, so there might have been some different takes.

04:43 I think it was just Joe's decision.

04:45 Someone turned to him.

04:46 He was like, "All right, turn to the bench and put the starters back in when the Nets

04:49 were up too late and the Celtics were right around 20-25 there."

04:52 So I think that came from him.

04:54 And we talked about that decision in our last video here.

04:57 But as far as the point differential rule goes, which they had a problem with here,

05:01 I think you keep that.

05:02 I think it adds a unique element to these games.

05:06 And then you're just going to have to find a way to make it not matter as much because

05:08 there clearly weren't enough games here.

05:11 If you played every team in your group twice, there wouldn't have been a million ties, which

05:14 is why this became so important.

05:15 I mean, the Knicks had to run it up on the Hornets to clinch their spot tonight as well.

05:20 And I'm sure that's going on in the West right now too.

05:23 So you're just going to have to tinker with this.

05:25 Keep it going.

05:26 And obviously, no one cares about the $500,000 for the Celtics bench.

05:30 You need to have more stakes, I think, for the fans.

05:32 But they turned on this one.

05:33 I told you.

05:35 It went from earlier this week, fans of mine mentioned saying, "Who gives an F?

05:39 This doesn't matter," to today saying, "How'd they get in?"

05:42 And that's exactly, I think, what the NBA anticipated.

05:44 I mean, obviously, I don't think they expected the bad blood between the Timberwolves and

05:49 the Warriors to unfold.

05:50 But, I mean, is it bad that it did?

05:52 You know what I mean?

05:53 I mean, it's an awful situation for the NBA, or at least between those two teams.

05:58 But in terms of the competitive spirit, I mean, I guarantee you a lot of those Warriors

06:03 and Timberwolves fans were paying a lot more attention now, right?

06:05 I mean, especially with the season that the Timberwolves are having.

06:07 So I think teams like that, it's beneficial because you're put into these competitive

06:11 situations that you're not always faced with, you know, you're not always fighting for a

06:15 playoff spot, you know?

06:16 So that's always interesting as well.

06:18 But I think what naturally gets everyone into it is things like that.

06:23 Teams running the score, or at least can the other team stop that team from doing that,

06:26 which obviously wasn't the case here in Boston, but maybe it is, you know, between two other

06:31 teams.

06:32 And I think the closer we get to the championship, which would obviously be what the NBA was

06:36 banking on, that's when all the interest is going to be piled in.

06:39 I mean, I wouldn't be shocked if the ratings are higher than what the NBA anticipates, you

06:44 know?

06:45 You made a great point, too.

06:46 This is what it feels like to bet on the game.

06:48 Yeah, exactly.

06:49 So, I mean, how many betting sports fans out there are way more into the NBA right now

06:55 as opposed to watching an NFL game on Thursday night, you know?

06:59 There's a lot of benefits here for the league and its audience.

07:03 You know what the line was at halftime?

07:04 What?

07:05 22 and a half.

07:06 Jeez, man.

07:07 I mean, the Celtics end up winning by 27 tonight.

07:10 That was on FanDuel.

07:11 Joe Spade Pavone, Bobby Manning, you can get all the reaction in the game after.

07:15 Drummond declined to comment.

07:17 He was nice about it with us, but didn't want to talk about the free throw situation.

07:20 Work on those free throws, man.

07:22 Joe talked about the whole decision making and how he was going to react to the sportsmanship

07:28 on CLNS Media.

07:29 Jalen Drew's press is available there as well.

07:32 And our first video talking about the game tonight on Celtics All Access.

07:36 So subscribe over there.

07:37 We're back Thursday at Celtics practice and then Celtics Sixers on Friday before that

07:42 in-season tournament opener at the Pacers.

07:45 The single elimination tournament begins next week in Indiana before the winner moves on

07:50 to Vegas.

07:51 Again, Joe Spade Pavone, Bobby Manning.

07:53 This has been the CELTICS Show.

08:23 Out.

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