BIGGEST THREAT to the Celtics in the East? 😬 Windy is WARY of disregarding the Pistons | First Take

Stephen A. Smith and Brian Windhorst join Shae Cornette on First Take to discuss storylines around the Association headed into the 2026 NBA Playoffs.

0:00 Better matchup for the Hornets: Magic or 76ers?
4:36 Biggest threat to the Boston Celtics?
7:26 New York Knicks a threat?
9:56 Los Angeles Lakers w/o Luka Doncic & Austin Reaves
11:15 Matchup vs. Houston Rockets
13:41 Level of urgency

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37 comments

  2. The celtics lack of physicality from their front court is just as big of an issue as Detroit’s lack of 3pt shooting. Duren, Stewart and Reed will bully Vuc

  5. The Celtics are a THREAT TO THEMSELVES! You can tell the story of the Celtics in the Mazzulla-era by the 3pt %. They took themselves out of the series withlast year vs. Knicks by deciding to jack up a total of 112 three-point shots in Games 1 & 2 (60 & 52, respectively). That means you would have to hit over 22+ and keep your defense in check.

  9. First of all, the question should be who is the biggest threat to the PISTONS In the east, and it should've been JAYLEN .BROWN'S photo on the thumbnail, not Jayson Tatum…….

  22. if luka doesnt comes back in time even if you have healthy AR man im sorry but they cant beat houston the best they can get is 2Wins

  23. NEWS FLASH TO SHAE!!!!!!!!!
    Pay attention to what is going on! Cade has already been back playing the last 3 games with the Pistons! Also… Your eyebrows look weird as hell. Do something about them.

  24. The knicks only beat the Celtics last season because the Celtics played down to them and let them win 2-0 at home. Jaylen Brown was playing through a knee injury that required surgery to fix and kept injecting his knee with shots, porzingis had some weird illness and he played maybe total of 10 mins in the whole series. Jayson Tatum gets injured in game 4.

  26. I feel bad for the cavs and raptors. Lol. Not just ESPN but seems like the entire sports media forgot they were even in the playoffs. Play in teams getting more attention

  29. 0:29
    "Kon Knueppel has enterered a slump… Charles Lee, the young Head Coach pulled him in the fourth quarter and didn't play him in overtime, it was a gutsy call."

    That sounds like a Pornhub script.

  30. 0:37 I am hoping the Pistons get the Magic instead of the Hornets. They are both 4 or 5 game series, both teams are buns, but I could see Melo grabbing Duren or Cade and injuring them or Miles or whatever that other crash out is start a fight in the 4th quarter of getting swept and drawing our guys into a suspension.

  31. Stephen you "that know everything" that guy is ROOKIE and maybe he get frozen because its play in its on 1/2 games
    It was easy for coach to recognize that in time

  33. Cant wait for the Knicks to be outta here. ESPN New York heads are insufferable

    But at least they know we don’t care about the Knicks

  34. Kon kneuppel didn’t enter a fkn slump😂 stop saying that dum shyt 😂 the kid just ain’t what yall thought he was he was shooting wide open for a little more than half the season and then started getting locked up and taken seriously on defense

  35. why are we wasting time with 2 rounds of play in…? for teams that are getting bounced in the first round…and if not then 100% the 2nd round.

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