Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz react to the Boston Celtics defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder, 119-109. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV.
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Boston halts the Oklahoma City Thunder win streak with a 10-point win.
Even more con- convincing about the win was the fact that OKC seemed at times like they were in control all the way into the early third quarter.
Jaylen Brown, absolute monster of a game, 31, 8, 8, 2 steals.
You see it there.
this is just another statement of how good Boston can be.
W- I mean, i- if the sports books had an NBA Finals matchup prediction, this matchup would probably have minus odds.
Thunder and, and Celtics, what a huge statement by the Boston Celtics.
When you see Jaylen Brown continuing to be fantastic, 31, 8, 8 last night.
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Jayson Tatum just continues to seamlessly get reacclimated into this roster.
19 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists.
He also had three steals on the night.
Jayson Tatum’s first steal of the season.
So you’re starting to see him kind of peel back the layers of his game as he starts to get reacclimated.
And also, the Celtics hit 18 threes last night.
The Celtics want to, you know, be a very high volume three-point shooting team.
So when they’re hitting, it’s proof that they can be the best teams in the entire NBA when they’re, they’re shooting well from three, especially on a night when SGA got his.
33 points from SGA last night, the Celtics still found a way to win.
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Wildly impressive.
Our producer Josh points out Celtics versus Thunders in the finals is plus 400.
That’s the best odds on the board.
The world agrees with you.
That is our likely NBA Finals matchup.