Dukes & Bell: Bring on the trash talk from the Celtics

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The Hawks shocked many in the NBA world when they took down the Miami Heat to secure the 7th seed in the Eastern Conference on Tuesday Night. Trae Young spoke after the game and said he took note of Miami All-Star Jimmy Butler declaring a Heat win prior to the contest. Dukes & Bell say if that type of declaration is what gets the Hawks going, then the Celtics should trash talk all they want.

“If it takes another team saying they guarantee a win then I hope the Celtics do that. I hope they do take us lightly. They respect us. But I don’t know if they see us in the same light as they do the Heat. And that’s the thing.” Carl Dukes said.

Mike Bell added that “If they played a little more like this, you could have been the 6th seed. You would have maybe had a chance, and you’d like your odds better, against a team like Brooklyn. Like in 2018 when the Braves played the Dodgers and (Ronald) Acuna hit that grand slam. We’ve seen things like this happen before.

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