That’s Why They Play Seven

12/06/2025 36 min
That’s Why They Play Seven

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Episode Synopsis

On this episode of the Bob Ryan & Jeff Goodman NBA Podcast, Bob and Gary Tanguay react to the Pacers big game 3 victory over the Thunder and discuss Bob’s takeaways from the series and how Bob thinks even if a HEALTHY Celtics team matched up against either team. The Celtics would be done in 6 games. Finally Bob wraps up and takes us back in time to the 1957 NBA Finals between the Celtics and the St. Louis Hawks.



0:00 - Intro

0:43 - Bob’s takeaways from Game 3 of NBA Finals

3:13 - With Healthy Tatum how Celtics have matched up against these teams

4:07 - The reliance on the 3-Point Shot

7:03 - How Great of a Game: Game 3 of NBA Finals was

9:03 - How important turnovers are in this series

10:10 - The Pace the Pacers play with

10:54 - Isaiah Hartenstein Performance

11:11 - Haliburton’s Performance in Game 3

12:18 - Prizepicks

13:32 - How would Celtics do against this Thunder team?

15:13 - Bob Remembers 1957 NBA Finals Celtics vs St. Louis Hawks

28:45 - Wrapping up



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