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You're tuned in to Heat Check with Trista Crick.

On this episode of the Heat Check, we got a big question facing the NBA.

Are Boston and L.A. both going to be swept in the conference finals?

I get into that, and then I deep dive into why Joe Mazula's coaching hire actually

solidifies how important coaching really is.

Maybe in a way we've actually never seen in history.

I'll also update you on a lot of the ongoing coaching searches. Trust me, it is a confusing mess right now.

A lot of overlap. A lot of Nick Nurse.

Nick, let's get right into it and let's drop that motherfucker beat that should be Rihanna.

So the topic of the day, maybe the week, probably the entire off season, if we're honest,

considering how bad things are right now for the Celtics, is just how bad of a job Joe

Missoula has done coaching the Boston Celtics in the postseason.

How bad is it?

The Athletic has three articles written on it.

Like, aren't these riders checking in with each other?

Three articles on Joe Missoula being a dumpster fire in the postseason as a coach.

You got Bill Simmons devoting many numbers of

podcasts, ours to it. Twitter is just an absolute mess in the comment section on how Spoh

is absolutely out-coaching Joe Missoula. Here, though, is what nobody is talking about. What we're witnessing in this Eastern Conference Finals is, to me, the greatest MBA science

experiment in the history of the league.

So, okay, last year, right, IMEY Udoka takes over a Celt Celtics team and it only takes them about a half a season

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