Why Kristaps Porzingis is the key to Game 1 of the NBA Finals | Good Word with Goodwill

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill and NBA contributor Tom Haberstroh discuss Game 1 of the NBA Finals and the anticipated return of the Boston Celtics center from a calf injury. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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I think game one is important because of this factor.

Chris Aps Porzingis, how is he going to look in that first game?

Because as they say, it’s a feel out game, it’s a game where you’re gonna see these guys have played two games.

That’s it, two games against each other in this, in this season.

And considering that the Dallas Mavericks remade their roster halfway through the year, those games, you can pretty much throw out.

So this is gonna be a feel out game.

And Christoper Zingo, when asked at the media availability, uh, how confident he is that he’s 100% what he say, he’s 100%.

His answer was, we’ll see and he’s getting thrown in the fire.

Vinnie.

How many times have we seen a core member of a championship team not play for basically the entire postseason and come back and be impactful.

There’s not a long list of guys who have done this, what Christ Preus is trying to do with his calf strain and playing at a high level where, you know, as soon as he gets out on that floor, they’re running those 15 pick and rolls to death to test that calf and see how well you’re going to be able to move laterally.

And my suspicion is they’re going to have a minutes restriction on Chris Asper Zing, but also a strategy restriction on Chris Asper Zings because I think it’s gonna be tough.

It’s gonna be tough to go from nobody for playing against the Miami Heat for a little bit to go against.

Maybe the best 15 pick and roll in the NBA with Luca Donic and Daniel Gaffer and Derek live.

They are Lob City in Dallas.

I’m watching that probably more than anything in game one watching Christ.

A pings and how mobile he is.

They’re gonna try to test that cast drain and this is the NBA finals.

There’s no charity here.

There is no sort of, there’s no decorum here.

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Publish date : 2024-06-05 18:18:42

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