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All right, it's a Tuesday edition of Lockton NBA.

I'm Wes Goldberg.

I'm here with my co-host David Ermill and the athletics Sam Amick. We've got an

awesome show for you today. We're going to talk about what the Rockets can do to

replace Clint Coppella, the Maves, seeking to trade Dennis Smith Jr. and

tonight's reunion between Jimmy Butler and the

Timberwolves. But before we get to all of that, let's start in Brooklyn where the nets beat the

reeling Boston Celtics 109 to 102. The Celtics who are missing both Kyrie Irving and Marcus Smart for the game, trailed

by as many as 27 points before going on a run and cutting the lead to 7 with a minute left

in the game. But ultimately the deficit was too much to overcome, and now the Celtics have lost three

straight games, dropped a fifth place in the east, and there seems to be some tension in that locker

room. Sam, losing to the nets, even without Kyrie doesn't help how concerned

should Boston be right now? I think pretty substantially what jumps out to me

about this one and I think it's pretty obvious to anybody who knows that just

the whole subplot here is you know to have Tyree and Marcus out and to have the

narrative with the Celtics you know going into the year we felt like it was an embarrassment of riches and then we quickly you know kind of learn maybe the downside of that is too much of a good thing and guys having a hard time finding their roles so this is the perfect kind of game for you know other guys to go ahead and

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