In episode 15 of X’s & O’s Dei Lynam and Coach Lynam look at how the NBA Finals’ series came to be knotted at 1-1, what they are expecting as the series shifts to Boston for games three and four, and then what the Sixers options are this summer if they are going to improve their roster.

1:35 Coach Lynam believes Boston found a way to win that Game one, but he has reasons to believe that was an outlier.

2:45 Jason Tatum more beneficial in this series as a scorer or distributor?

5:15 What makes Draymond Green so special? Does Draymond Green being an agitator make you a fan or do his antics annoy you? The coach weighs in.

8:45 Golden State needs Klay Thompson to pick it up. On the flip side, Derrick White must sustain his play to take pressure off Tatum and Brown.

9:45 What goes on in the respective locker rooms at halftime because Golden State is dominating the third quarter.

12:19 Boston cannot have 2, 2, 2 happen again.

14:04 How can the Sixers be better given that they are over the cap and have 13 players under contract.

16:20 “I don’t think there is a taker.” Coach explains what it would take for the Sixers to move Tobias Harris.

18:02 Sixers situation if moving Tobias is their answer, is starting to resemble the Lakers roster.

18:55 How good can Tyrese Maxey be? Better than Tony Parker? An all-star or even all pro - we discuss.

21:15 With one year left on a deal… the situation changes. We make an argument for standing pat for 2022-23 season.

23:45 “The issue is the Sixers bailed out back to back years in really bad style.” Fans next spring will be collectively holding their breath at the Wells Fargo center when the post season commences.

26:50 How one performs when the most is on the line

29:15 Steph Curry will be remembered for what he does in the post season.

30:25 “they will bang on his door,” says the coach when discussing Quin Snyder’s departure from Utah.