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🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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On Tuesday night, the Brooklyn Nets — led by Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and a huge game from James Harden — knocked out the Boston Celtics for the team’s first playoff series win in seven years. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Alex Schiffer to look at one key component of Brooklyn's success — the mind of Harden — and why that basketball brain could be the driving force for a Nets title run.
Read Alex Schiffer’s story about James Harden’s basketball mind: https://theathletic.com/2597501/2021/05/20/inside-james-hardens-beautiful-mind-the-tool-that-could-lead-the-former-mvp-and-the-nets-to-an-nba-title/?source=theleadpodcast
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0:45.0 | On Tuesday night, the Brooklyn Nets big three of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Hardin knocked out the Boston Celtics |
0:59.0 | for the team's first playoff series win in seven years. |
1:03.0 | Hardin goes for a 34 point triple double Durant with 24 Kyrie Irving with 25 and that's it. It's the end of the line for the Boston Celtics |
1:15.0 | as the Brooklyn Nets will advance to round two. |
1:18.0 | Today, the Athletics Outshiffer takes us inside the basketball line of James Hardin |
1:23.0 | tells us how a popular video game connects to the way he sees the court and why Hardin's brain could be the key to a Nets title run. |
1:32.0 | Offensive possessions were staring contests. Then James is going to be the last one to blink. |
1:37.0 | He's waiting for a defense to show as much of their hand as he can work with and then he's off. |
1:46.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. It's Wednesday, June 2nd and this is The Lead. |
1:53.0 | It felt like something great was happening. |
1:57.0 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the Nets. |
2:02.0 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
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