Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown had big games but didn't get enough help from Kristap Porzingis, Derrick White, and Jrue Holiday. Can that turn around in Game 3 against the heat? On this special crossover edition, the hosts of Locked On Heat and Locked On Celtics come together to preview Saturday's big Game 3 in Miami. Wes Goldberg, David Ramil and John Karalis discuss the biggest storylines for each team including the pressure on the Celtics and whether Miami's Game 2 formula is repeatable before breaking down the adjustments they expect each team to make.

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The Celtics home winning streak is over at 20 thanks to amazing performances by Jokic and Murray and subpar shooting from Tatum and Brown. That, plus Boston's inability to end quarters well or win the non-Jokic minute was their undoing. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal has all that from TD Garden, why it's almost impossible to lose the way Boston did, Tatum's career mirroring Jokic's in a way, and the great game from Derrick White and hot start from Kristaps Porzingis.

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New road play-by-play man Drew Carter joins the show to talk about how the job has gone so far, including calling the team's only losses of the season, following Mike Gorman, working with Scal, and life ont the road. He and John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal also get into how the team is doing halfway through the season, his voice, and corgis.

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The Celtics got another blowout win over the Spurs, thanks to a lot of contributions, starting with Jaylen Brown's great all-around game, Jrue Holiday's hot shooting, and some great contributions off the bench to help keep Victor Wembanyama somewhat in check. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal gets into the hot shooting and bench energy that helped build a 30 point lead, the relaxed attitude that cost them a lot of that lead, and getting it back without any real damage being done. Plus, the great vibes showed themselves again, but a quote from Gregg Popovich shows the real work that goes into developing that kind of atmosphere.

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There's much more to talk about when it comes to Boston finally starting to show some zone defense, including why it's might be timed well enough to get the Celtics through a rough January. Also, is the Wednesday San Antonio Spurs game a trap with the Denver Nuggets coming in on Friday, or are they past falling for those? John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal and Tom Westerholm discuss all that and the great vibes we're seeing all over social media.

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The Celtics didn't look their best, and they were missing Jaylen Brown, but they managed to get a weird, very January win over Toronto thanks to a big start and finish from Jrue Holiday and some clutch shooting from Derrick White. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal talks about that, Jayson Tatum's amazing third quarter stretch which flipped the game, Al Horford being amazing defensively, and the zone defense which looks like a very nice wrinkle for the Celtics.

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We're opening up the mailbag once again to answer questions about Jrue Holiday's defense, 3rd quarter issues, Danilo Gallinari possibly returning to Boston, and the All Star game also possibly coming to Boston. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal gets into that, what if Brad Stevens never acquired Holiday or Kristaps Porzingis, overseas basketball, and John's Rap Mount Rushmore.

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The Celtics bounced back from there horrible loss in Milwaukee by blowing the doors off the Houston Rockets. They buried Houston under a barrage of 3-pointers, and won going away despite losing some of the margins Joe Mazzulla loves to point out. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal talks about that and Ime Udoka's return with a special guest, Jackson Gatlin of the Locked On Rockets podcast.

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