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In this very special episode of No Cap roomYahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Jake Fischer is at TD Garden after the Boston Celtics won Game 1 of the NBA Finals and Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Dan Devine is in the office podcasting about what just happened.
The guys talk about how dominant the Boston Celtics were, especially in the way their defense was able to slow down Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving before putting Kristaps Porzingis in the spotlight.
Porzingis was everyone’s “x-factor” leading to the NBA Finals, and he showed exactly why by coming off the bench to dominate the second half of the first quarter and give the Celtics an edge over the Dallas Mavericks they would never give up. .
Jake gives a positive shoutout to Sam Hauser, who played a huge role in game 1 after many suspected he would be played off the court by the Mavericks, and then a negative shoutout to Maxi Kleber, who can’t keep defenses honest when he doesn’t want to shoot the ball.
After taking a bow on Game 1, the guys talk about adjustments the Mavericks could make to try to keep pace with the Celtics in a very important Game 2 before the series heads to Dallas.
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