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Speaker 1: Welcome in What's drive in the Great episode three twenty

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Speaker 1: eight after, for my money, the single best day in

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Speaker 1: the NBA all season. Those two games last night were

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Speaker 1: absolute theater and it We had talked for the last

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Speaker 1: month or so of the regular season that we could

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Speaker 1: get some absolute classic round two matchups if the brackets

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Speaker 1: held that we could get OKC potentially in round two

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Speaker 1: against Joker. We're getting it a Nick Celtics matchup, which

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Speaker 1: seemed like we knew we were getting that in round

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Speaker 1: two starting four months ago. And then maybe Pacers, I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: Calves Bucks, Calves, Pacers, And then I thought, of course

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Speaker 1: But that one hasn't started yet. And three round two games,

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Speaker 1: three road victories, three huge underdogs, all nine plus point

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Speaker 1: underdogs winning, and I thought the Nick Celtics game was

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Speaker 1: been the game of the night. So we will get

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Speaker 1: to all of that demand. Welcome in great to see

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Speaker 1: you return from the met gala, which Demanse was in

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Speaker 1: attendance for last night. Back in La overnight flight, your

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Speaker 1: Mom and I actually went to a met gala like

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Speaker 1: I was probably not the best date for because I

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Speaker 1: and then the entirety of Nuggets Thunder, which I thought,

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Speaker 1: The thunderfully rested all of that. So it turned out,

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Speaker 1: Game one of Nick Celtics change my thoughts on the series.

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Speaker 1: We'll get to that in a moment, but first, what

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Speaker 1: San Antonio. Evidently Aaron Rodgers had a wedding band at

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Speaker 1: the Kentucky Derby. I saw that story, I did not

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Speaker 1: click on it. And Lebron misses the MET Gala because

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Speaker 1: he got hurt. Now, listen, I understand in some corners

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Speaker 1: injuries we see on camera, injuries we watch happen. It's

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Speaker 2: Like you're saying he's not allowed to be injured. But

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Speaker 2: like he went on and he tweeted that he wasn't

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Speaker 2: the playoffs. I think people were just like big whoop,

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Speaker 1: Well he was where this is where it's important to

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Speaker 1: you know, actually understand things. Sorry, demon say I do

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Speaker 1: I don't know that he's ever gone to a Met

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Speaker 1: he was. But regardless set that aside. The story is

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Speaker 1: not lebron and the met Gala. And by the way,

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Speaker 2: Is it like the How is it how it would

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Speaker 1: Just uh, seventy five thousand dollars a seat. Now it

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Speaker 1: all goes to charity. But it's seventy five thousand dollars

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Speaker 1: everyone out there. For all your Met Gala and NBA

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Speaker 1: Nick Wright and Demonse. Let's get Demonse.

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Speaker 3: Two.

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Speaker 1: The Knicks against your beloved Celtics.

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Speaker 2: The Knicks pulled off the upset last night. Yeah, pretty embarrassing.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what was going on. The Celtics were

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Speaker 2: much as twenty. They mounted the comeback with Brunson on

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Speaker 2: the bench. You call Game one a must win for

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: How are you feeling about the series? Is there anything

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Speaker 2: I should be worried about? Being a Celtics fan.

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Speaker 1: Well, here's what I so. I'll get into the game

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Speaker 1: in a second. But here's why this series to me

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Speaker 1: is so fascinating and so interesting. The Knicks built an

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Speaker 1: they made massive changes, fired all their draft pick bullets,

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Speaker 1: they could ever play a game together. They trade four

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Speaker 1: McHale Bridges, but then trade away Dante And it was

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Speaker 1: with one series in mind, can we put together our

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Speaker 1: version of Boston, meaning five excellent starters. Can we build

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Speaker 1: a team where for your Jason Tatum, we have Jalen

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Speaker 1: Bronson for your Jalen Brown, we have Karl Anthony Towns

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Speaker 1: for your Chris STAPs Porzingis. We have Mikhale Bridges for

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Speaker 1: your Derek White, we have og A Nanobi for your

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Speaker 1: Drew Holliday, we have Josh Hart. That's the idea. Five quality, switchable,

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Speaker 1: going to do. And then all year long it looked like, okay,

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Speaker 1: cool story, bro, but you can't beat any of the

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Speaker 1: good teams. Ever, and after getting blasted by the Celtics

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Speaker 1: in their first three matchups, the Knicks had the ultimate

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Speaker 1: maybe we can compete with these guys, Because once a

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Speaker 1: uh it. The Knicks turned a twenty point deficit into

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Speaker 1: But in that moment, the Knicks felt like, we're fine.

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Speaker 1: And I know Brunson missed the layup to win the game,

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Speaker 1: Game three, that I thought, oh, the Knicks are just

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Speaker 1: the Knicks raced out to a six point lead in overtime, and.

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Speaker 4: Celicia's didn't do anything in overtime.

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Speaker 1: No, well, they made two baskets. I think they made

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Speaker 1: are here saying we're in the fight, guys, the I

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Speaker 1: the Knicks. I'm sure this isn't how they're looking at it.

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Speaker 1: But the way I would look at it is because

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Speaker 1: forty five miss threes are an absurd number, an absurd number.

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Speaker 2: Took all that to go to overtime win by a

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Speaker 1: I listen, I get that mindset that this is it

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Speaker 1: escape in overtime. I get that, But what you also

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Speaker 1: to where they are they had to be. If a

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Speaker 1: yourself not only can we beat them, but we're about

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Speaker 1: to beat them four of the next six, right, And

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Speaker 1: that's the position the Knicks would have found themselves in.

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Speaker 1: I also I thought, I thought Tatum settling at the

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Speaker 4: You got Mitchell Robinson Garden. You was just a big stake. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: the game. It's not like we were down like that.

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Speaker 1: That that's that's the problem there. So I down two

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Speaker 1: this case, a tie, game drive to the basket, you

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Speaker 4: They get it with a second left or something.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, and so I don't think they could let

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Speaker 1: The question is, for two weeks, can Jalen Brunson out

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Speaker 3: Of events in my sports fan life, I am finding

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Speaker 1: I know nobody. I know nobody expects that from me

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Speaker 1: a moment. I we don't have to relitigate the MVP

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Speaker 1: stuff and where I was on it and how I

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Speaker 1: thought he was being anointed to a place he had

432
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,239
Speaker 1: not yet earned when other guys had to prove it.

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Speaker 1: Set all that stuff aside. For the last two years,

434
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Speaker 1: two years, I have been firmly in the it's very

435
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Speaker 1: clear Jokers the best player in the world and an

436
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Speaker 1: all time great camp And you can say I was

437
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Speaker 1: two years late to it, fine, but when you say

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Speaker 1: where you've been at, like what what propelled it? I

439
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 1: think the added responsibility he's taken on with that team

440
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: post Malone being fired is so special of him running

441
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 1: these huddles, of him, you know, being you know, basically

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Speaker 1: a player coach along with Dave Adelman and then seeing

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Speaker 1: what they've been able to do is it's it is

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Speaker 1: and this is as high of praise as I can

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Speaker 1: give it. This that game, it's Lebron s where it's like, Okay,

446
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: we don't have a perfect team. We don't have you know,

447
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 1: there's we fired our coach mid season and I have

448
00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: to take even a bigger responsibility and don't worry about it.

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Speaker 2: With Jokicic is like his character type and his personality.

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Speaker 2: I think it's even bigger that he's doing what he's

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Speaker 2: doing right now. Yes, Lebron is obviously different from you, Kic,

452
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Speaker 2: and I feel like is more comfortable taking that.

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Speaker 1: Role correct and it feels like Joker would almost rather not.

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Speaker 1: But it's like, okay, if this is what we need

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Speaker 1: to do. And before we get to that game, one

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Speaker 1: one piece if you were watching the very end of

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Speaker 1: that game that I found incredibly endearing and I really liked,

458
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: and it might have been a big reason they won

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Speaker 1: the game. They put Joker in to guard the inbounds

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Speaker 1: on the possession where Chet missed the free throws. Okay,

461
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: and this it was an interesting decision because he had

462
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Speaker 1: five fouls, so he obviously couldn't you know, once the

463
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 1: ball gets inbounded, he has to stay away, but they're

464
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: racing against the clock. Joker initially starts guarding the inbound

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Speaker 1: and then immediately turns his back, but then also like

466
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Speaker 1: flails about yeah, which it was strategically and basketball wise

467
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,959
Speaker 1: very smart. I ain't get. Just made it a little

468
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Speaker 1: bit harder to get the ball unbounded where the Thunder

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Speaker 1: which was ended up being a massive, massive event in

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Speaker 1: that game. I think a lot of NBA super duper

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478
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Speaker 1: is really uh. The pure dedication to like what can

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Speaker 2: Now, speaking of improbable second round wins, mane Denver coming

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Speaker 2: The Okids drops forty two points, he had twenty two rebounds.

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Speaker 2: Three after okayse he's late foul backfire. How do you

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Speaker 2: feel about that game?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So everyone's gonna talk about the fouling up three,

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Speaker 1: and there's also gonna be some real criticism about the

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00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: final foul by uh by the Thunder because Joker wasn't

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Speaker 1: in the game, and it's like in Denver didn't have

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Speaker 1: time out, wasn't gonna be able to get get in

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Speaker 1: the game. I disagree with that criticism the way it's

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00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: being phrased. They were gonna be able to get Joker

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Speaker 1: back in the game, because what the Nuggets were going

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00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 1: to do in that spot was rape. If you don't foul,

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00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 1: race down the court, try to get a quick two,

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00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: and then foul themselves, and when you foul yourself, then

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00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: Joker can come back in where they Where I thought,

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Speaker 1: and the broadcast pointed it out as well. Where I

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00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:39,719
Speaker 1: thought the thunder screwed up was the instantaneous fouling and

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00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 1: not letting any time go off the clock. I thought

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00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: was a strategic error, like you in the The first

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00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 1: time they're doing it, the Nuggets are inbounding with thirteen

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Speaker 1: point two. They foul at two twelve point two, so

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Speaker 1: they within a second they foul. The next time they

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Speaker 1: do it, the Nuggets are inbounding at eleven point zero.

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00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: They foul at ten point one. So when you do

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00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: that and it's a three point game, what you are

548
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 1: flatly saying is we're not going to miss a single

549
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: free throw. We in Oklahoma City are fully confident we

550
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 1: are not missing one free throw. And the problem with

551
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: that is you miss two. And I want to get

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00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 1: to Joker in a second, But my my bigger takeaway

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00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,759
Speaker 1: from a lot of moments of that game, and it's

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00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: not just that game, to be totally clear, it's a

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00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: lot of what we've seen up to this point in

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00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: what has been If we're being honest, a slightly underwhelming,

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00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: not bad, but underwhelming. First few years for Chet is

558
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:26,799
Speaker 1: I was exactly right, which is a player that physically

559
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: weak is going to have some issues. And at the

560
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:36,319
Speaker 1: very end of that game, there were a lot of

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00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 1: moments where a stronger player could have made a more

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00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: impactful play. There was an attempted put back he had

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00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,839
Speaker 1: where he got bumped, missed the put back and then

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00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 1: lost the ball. In the waning moments. There was the

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00:39:56,400 --> 00:40:01,720
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon offensive rebound after the Russ miss. Now Gordon

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00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 1: ended up missing the putback himself, but where he got

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Speaker 1: bumped around, and so that is going to be and

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Speaker 1: he's not going to get And this was the point

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Speaker 1: I made about Chet coming out of school that either

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Speaker 1: of the two explanations for why he was that thin,

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Speaker 1: neither one of them should have made you optimistic about

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Speaker 1: his ability to put on weight. Explanation one was the

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Speaker 1: one we were given. He works out like a madman,

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Speaker 1: eats like crazy, hits the weights, just can't put on

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Speaker 1: the weight. Okay, then his body's just not built for

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00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: it to put on weight. The other explanation is the

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00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:58,359
Speaker 1: guy doesn't care, like he didn't care, like he didn't try. Well,

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00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,400
Speaker 1: that's not great either, because it's the old It was

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00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,840
Speaker 1: the only like glaring weakness for him as a college star.

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Speaker 1: And I think that you saw it in the waning

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Speaker 1: moments last night. And then it got compounded by him

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Speaker 1: missing two free throws and then getting lost in transition defense.

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Speaker 1: And that was a transition spot where man, credit where

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Speaker 1: credit is due, Demonse, you know who made the right

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00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: basketball play, Russell Westbrook. Russell Westbrook, the whole world thought,

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00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: and I'm sure you did too. Russ is just going

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00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 1: to just haphazardly crashed towards the basket in this transition

588
00:41:55,680 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 1: opportunity and probably missed this layup with more velocity than

589
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:09,480
Speaker 1: any mislayup we've ever seen. And instead he calmed himself.

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00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 1: Found Aaron Gordon and another credit where credits due. Aaron Gordon,

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00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:19,839
Speaker 1: who let again he's not a young player. I mean

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Speaker 1: he's twenty nine, but like he's a veteran. Aaron Gordon

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00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 1: last year twenty nine percent from three to sixty five

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Speaker 1: percent from the line. Aaron Gordon this year forty four

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Speaker 1: percent from three to eighty one percent from the line.

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Speaker 1: He confidently, I mean for a player just real quick

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Speaker 1: going into this year was a career thirty two percent

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Speaker 1: three point shooter, sixty eight percent free throw shooter to

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Speaker 1: in year eleven, up his three point percentage on way

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Speaker 1: higher volume than he was shooting last year, almost double

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Speaker 1: the threes, up his three point percentage twelve and a

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00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: half points, and up his free throw percentage twelve and

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00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:13,840
Speaker 1: a half points. Is really impressive and he deserves massive

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Speaker 1: credit for it. And he hit the biggest shot of

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Speaker 1: the Nuggets season. Well, no, the biggest shot of the

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00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: Nugget season was his dunk in Game four. But he

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00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 1: now has two playoff game winners essentially, and it is

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Speaker 1: so that is to me, just as.

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Speaker 2: If for Russ is playing good basketball, watch out man

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Speaker 2: Denver is scary.

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Speaker 4: I feel like I feel like Russ of the X Factory.

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Speaker 4: Michael Porter Juno scored two points last night.

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Speaker 1: Lest Well, that's the thing. Truss had to play well

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00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:55,160
Speaker 1: because Porter didn't have it and the other guy credit

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00:43:55,239 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 1: to him, Peyton Watson. Now the Ayde Watson's numbers are grizzly.

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00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:07,040
Speaker 1: He's played fifteen minutes in a game his team won.

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00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:11,359
Speaker 1: They were minus twenty two in those fifteen minutes, which

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00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: is means in the thirty three minutes he wasn't on

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Speaker 1: the court. They were plus twenty four. So I'm not

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Speaker 1: acting like Peyton Watson had this remarkable game, but when

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Speaker 1: he was on the court down the stretch, he did

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Speaker 1: have some He adds some length and some athleticism that

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Speaker 1: that team at times feels like it's missing when you

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Speaker 1: have a Jamal Murray Christian Brown backcourt and you're just wondering,

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Speaker 1: you know who those guys can guard. And so that

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00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:53,560
Speaker 1: that sequence at the end puts for the a Thunder

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Speaker 1: team that really has had no pressure on them at

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Speaker 1: any moment all season, Demanse, they now face what I

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Speaker 1: think is fair to call it an absolute, unequivocal must

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Speaker 1: winning game two. Yeah, they can't go down two to

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Speaker 1: Ozho at home. They just can't. And so and by

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Speaker 1: the way, right now this moment, if I had to

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Speaker 1: pick a champion, I would pick Oklahoma City, I thought,

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Speaker 1: And again maybe I was dead wrong. I thought the

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Speaker 1: Lakers presented unique problems for Oklahoma City.

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Speaker 2: But I just talking Western Conference or like totality or

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Speaker 2: the no well I.

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Speaker 1: Thought I thought the Thunder weren't gonna get to the

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Speaker 1: finals because I thought the Lakers presented unique problems for them.

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Speaker 1: The Lakers, you know, couldn't get out of their own

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Speaker 1: problems for Boston and you know, and again we don't

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Speaker 1: know who's going to be there in these so I'm

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Speaker 1: not at all writing off Oklahoma the city. What I

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Speaker 1: am saying is that they have to win Game two.

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Speaker 1: And now I want to talk about Nikali Jokic because

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Speaker 1: that was an all time performance, man, and that the

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Speaker 1: sequence that will be lost to the history of the

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Speaker 1: crazy finish was because keep in mind, they're down nine

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Speaker 1: with two and a half minutes left, like they they had,

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00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 1: they had made it a game, but it was still

652
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Speaker 1: the Thunder were infirm control. They're down nine with two

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Speaker 1: and a half minutes left. Joker draws a foul after

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Speaker 1: being oddly shaky at the line this postseason, makes both

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Speaker 1: free throws. Okay, next time down, Hartenstein miss Russ gets

656
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Speaker 1: to the line, goes one of two, not six point game.

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Speaker 1: Two minutes left, Chet misses a three. Joker takes his time,

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Speaker 1: takes his time, gets in for a little five footer.

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Speaker 1: Now it's a four point game. Shay misses uh nineteen footer.

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Speaker 1: This is where Chet I think had the offensive rebound,

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Speaker 1: lost it got bumped, Gordon gets it, Nuggets time out,

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Speaker 1: and that next possession, Joker has Hartenstein up at the

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Speaker 1: top top of the key. Hartenstein's doing this whole crazy

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Speaker 1: thing with his hands, putting one hand right. Yeah, de

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Speaker 1: Monse should doing it too, but he was. It wasn't

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Speaker 1: just one hand demonse. He was like alternating, I'm doing

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Speaker 1: like I'm not gonna get I'm not gonna foul, but

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to distract you. And Joker very calmly

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Speaker 1: surveys the situation. In that moment, Jokers one for five

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Speaker 1: from three and just nails a three, and now all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, it's a one point game. Next time down,

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Speaker 1: Uh the nugget. The Nuggets get another stop they get

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Speaker 1: Joker finds Russ for an open three miss, Gordon gets

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Speaker 1: the rebound, kind of forces it, and then it's like, ah,

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Speaker 1: did they miss their opportunity? And then all the free

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Speaker 1: throw shenanigans happen and that we talked about already. But

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Speaker 1: Nikola Jokic, the seven turnovers not great. You can deal

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Speaker 1: with it when he has forty two twenty two and

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Speaker 1: six on better than fifty percent efficiency ten of thirteen

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Speaker 1: from the free throw line and was doing it a

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Speaker 1: lot of it, sitting on five fouls knowing, and I

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00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:15,480
Speaker 1: was nervous for him because it seemed like the thunder

683
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:22,280
Speaker 1: weren't too worried about Caruso or guys that size getting

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Speaker 1: matched up on jokicchen the post, and I thought that

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Speaker 1: might be because one of these guys when Joker does

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Speaker 1: the turn yet exactly right that they're going to that

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00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:37,919
Speaker 1: they're gonna flail back and he's gonna get a cheap

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Speaker 1: sixth foul. But he was very sharp to avoid it.

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Speaker 1: And the Nuggets just in this three point era, they're

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Speaker 1: just total refusal to commit to shooting threes. Maybe it'll

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Speaker 1: be the death of them, but I mean they they

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Speaker 1: made ten last night, which is fine for them. They

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Speaker 1: on they only shot thirty two. I with there has

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Speaker 1: been this ongoing theory, so to speak, in NBA Twitter,

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Speaker 1: and I kind of like the theory that because of

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Speaker 1: the apron restrictions and the new CBA and the depth

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Speaker 1: of talent in the league, that we have moved past

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Speaker 1: an era of like who's the best player in the series,

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Speaker 1: who's got the best duo in the series, and instead

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Speaker 1: it's more about what they called it is the weak

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Speaker 1: link era that it's more about, is my worst player

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Speaker 1: that I play better than your worst player? Do you

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Speaker 1: have someone I can exploit and I don't have someone

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Speaker 1: you can exploit? And the Thunder and the Celtics and

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Speaker 1: the Caves and the Knicks are all kind of that

706
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Speaker 1: have built their team with that in mind. Week links,

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Speaker 1: you know, like, we're gonna have five quality players on

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Speaker 1: the court for crunch time out all times. The Nuggets,

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Speaker 1: it's more about, yeah, but we got that fucking dude

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Speaker 1: and you don't. And I know Shay's gonna win MVP,

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Speaker 1: but Joker last night and Shaye, by the way, was

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Speaker 1: really good last night. The you know, Jalen Williams wasn't great,

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Speaker 1: Chet was bad, Shay was excellent, and Crusoe was excellent, excellent.

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Speaker 2: I like, do you think that Yolk is trying to

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Speaker 2: prove a point here against SGA, you know, with the

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Speaker 2: whole MVP thing.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that he was trying to prove a point.

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Speaker 1: But Demons, you should go back you after the show

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Speaker 1: or sometime today, you should just type into YouTube a

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Speaker 1: keem Olajuan David Robinson MVP playoffs. So nineteen ninety five

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Speaker 1: is the playoffs, it's in ninety four ninety five, I

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Speaker 1: think it's ninety five. A Keem is the defending champ,

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Speaker 1: the defending MVP, and I want to make sure I

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Speaker 1: get this exactly right, but I'm sure I have it right.

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Speaker 1: And it's him and David Robinson basically for MVP. And

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Speaker 1: I wonder what the voting was. I'm gonna look it

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Speaker 1: up real quick because it ends up going to David Robinson.

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Speaker 1: And a team was another guy, an international player. You know,

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Speaker 1: maybe people didn't totally get his personality at all times,

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Speaker 1: but insanely competitive. So a Teme that year, by the way,

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Speaker 1: didn't even That's the part I had wrong. I knew

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Speaker 1: I had some of it wrong. A team came in

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Speaker 1: fifth and in VP voting because that year the Rockets,

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Speaker 1: as the defending champs, were not very good in the

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Speaker 1: regular season and then added Clyde Drexler and turned it

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Speaker 1: on in the postseason. But that MVP voting when David

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Speaker 1: Robinson won, shack to Karl Malone three ewing for a

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Speaker 1: team five. By the way, what a different league was

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Speaker 1: many or the top five or centers with the other

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Speaker 1: one being Karl Malone. So the NBA used to they don't,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they. They used to always give

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Speaker 1: out the MVP award on the court before a playoff game,

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Speaker 1: and they were able to do it because the MVP

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Speaker 1: was always on like the one of the two seed,

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Speaker 1: and you knew they would be alive late in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: And a team watched David Robinson before Game two of

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Speaker 1: this series get the MVP award and it Keem put

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Speaker 1: him in an all time torture chamber and the highlights

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Speaker 1: of a Keem doing his dream shake and his footwork,

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Speaker 1: and it all culminated Demons in just a vintage a

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00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:23,839
Speaker 1: Keem game of forty one, sixteen four, three and.

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Speaker 4: Two almost identical stats to Yokis.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yeah for real and the and and also

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Speaker 1: in that game, I mean, David Robinson was fine, but

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Speaker 1: everyone remembers it for what it. I mean, David Robinson

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Speaker 1: more than final he had thirty two and twelve, remembers

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Speaker 1: it for what a cheme did to him.

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Speaker 2: And it was I mean, that is kind that makes

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Speaker 2: it very juicy.

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Speaker 4: Given the MVP award.

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Speaker 1: Right there and there, it's like, all right, yeah, I'm

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Speaker 1: watching it. And the only part of that story I

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Speaker 1: might have wrong is did they give Robinson the MVP

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Speaker 1: before for game one? I'm now starting to think maybe

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Speaker 1: they did because Game one because the way I remember it,

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Speaker 1: a Keme was awesome and Robinson really struggled. Game one

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Speaker 1: of that series, Robinson was five of seventeen from the

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Speaker 1: field and a team had twenty seven, eight, six and

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Speaker 1: five blocks. But regardless, point is a Keem watched David

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Speaker 1: Robinson win an MVP that he thought should have been

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Speaker 1: his and then beat him to go to the NBA Finals.

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Speaker 1: And in that series to beat him, he averaged thirty five, thirteen,

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Speaker 1: five and four blocks, just a you might have the trophy.

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Speaker 1: I'm the best damn player alive. And that was you know,

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Speaker 1: that was the year Jordan came back at the end. Whatever,

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Speaker 1: spend too much time on the ninety five Western Conference Finals,

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Speaker 1: I mean, and the you should watched the highlights. Toying

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Speaker 1: he seems to be toying with Robinson. It's really and

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Speaker 1: a team's blocks in that series by game five, two, five, three, five, five. Again,

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Speaker 1: I go to the What's Right YouTube page like great

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Speaker 1: subscribe review for the full video on a Keem Olajuan

782
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Speaker 1: time as of late, one of the most underrated players

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Speaker 1: in NBA history. He then went on to the finals

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Speaker 1: and swept Shack and thoroughly outplayed Shack young athletic Shack.

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Speaker 1: He scored thirty plus in every single game of that series,

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Speaker 1: and in those finals averaged thirty three, twelve and six

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Speaker 1: with two steals and two blocks a game to win

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Speaker 1: his back to back championships. And people have the audacity

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Speaker 1: to say that Jordan would have won eight straight man

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Speaker 1: not with a Kim Olajuan sitting across from the other comperence.

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Speaker 4: Say it again, I mean all that turned into well.

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Speaker 1: Because it's it's so One of the reasons a chem

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Speaker 1: is so disrespected is people act like those rings didn't

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Speaker 1: count because for the first year Jordan was playing baseball

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Speaker 1: and for the second year, he.

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Speaker 4: Came in midway through the season.

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Speaker 1: And so but so, and I'm just here to tell

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Speaker 1: you those rings counted. But regardless, the reason I'm saying

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Speaker 1: all this is, I gotta think they announced Shay as

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Speaker 1: MVP before Game two. I think that's what's gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: And if it's not before game two, it'll be before

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Speaker 1: Game five. Either way, I gotta think we're getting a

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Speaker 1: thirty years later potentially the same type of thing. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it is. I'm excited to see it. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's go to some of the Games seven stuff that

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Speaker 1: we weren't able to get to.

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Speaker 2: Uh So, yeah, you went off on your on your

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Speaker 2: show yesterday, you called James Harden the biggest choker in

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Speaker 2: modern sports history?

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Speaker 4: Was that what you called him? Yes? Do you think

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Speaker 4: that's you think that's fair?

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Speaker 1: Who else is in the argument? Just tell someone. I

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00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:24,280
Speaker 1: just need someone to tell me who the other contenders are.

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Speaker 1: And here's the deal. I'm going to pull up these

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Speaker 1: I'm going to pull up these numbers real quick. So Harden, Lebron,

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Speaker 1: Steph Durant, those are the four guys of the era.

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Speaker 1: And as far as just having uh okay, sure, yeah,

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Speaker 1: maybe I should have included Chris Paul, but I didn't.

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Speaker 1: But that's and that that's a fair one. But I

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Speaker 1: just want to give you these numbers career playoff games.

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Speaker 1: Demonse less than four made baskets, Durant has two, Steph

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Speaker 1: has three, Lebron has five. Give me a guess for Harden.

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Speaker 4: Just give a number Harden. All right, So you said

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Speaker 4: those guys numbers, I'll go.

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Speaker 1: Nine thirty five.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and those guys have obviously played a lot more

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Speaker 2: than well.

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Speaker 1: I don't Harden's played a bunch. I don't think Lebron's

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Speaker 1: played a lot more. But yeah, but you know Harden

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Speaker 1: was Okay, hold on, that was so again, thirty five

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Speaker 1: career playoff games with less than four maybe.

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Speaker 4: How many of those were on? Okay?

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Speaker 1: See, uh a hand a decent amount. But again he

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Speaker 1: the the only one you can really throw out is

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Speaker 1: the like his for want to throw out you know,

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Speaker 1: ten of those games because it was young, young James Harden,

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Speaker 1: but he was you know, sixth Man of the year

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Speaker 1: and going two for ten in the finals. All right,

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Speaker 1: hold on, I got a couple more for you. Career

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Speaker 1: playoff games with under five made baskets. Again, I'll give

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Speaker 1: you the numbers for everyone else. KD four, Steph eight,

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Speaker 1: Lebron nine, James Harden fifty five.

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Speaker 4: Okay.

844
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Speaker 1: And then last one career playoff games where you have

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Speaker 1: at least as many turnovers or more turnovers than made

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Speaker 1: shots Durant seven, Steph thirteen, Lebron seventeen, James Harden.

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Speaker 4: More turnovers than made shots.

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Speaker 1: Yes, all right, yeah, seven, steph thirteen, Lebron's seventeen, James

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Speaker 1: Harden forty two, forty two. It's more turnovers than made shots,

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Speaker 1: It's the biggest one, right there. Or as many turnovers

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Speaker 1: as made shots, as many or more. Uh So, here's

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Speaker 1: the thing. So even if you want to be like, well,

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Speaker 1: those first two stats were about you know, he wasn't

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Speaker 1: playing as many minute he's off the bench. That that

855
01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:32,440
Speaker 1: clears that up. And it's just demons. I used to

856
01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:36,040
Speaker 1: be the biggest hardened defender. He had such a horrific

857
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:42,400
Speaker 1: Game six against San Antonio in twenty seventeen when Kawhi

858
01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:46,200
Speaker 1: and Tony Parker were out and the Rockets lost by

859
01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:49,240
Speaker 1: thirty nine points that I said, I thought he had

860
01:01:49,240 --> 01:01:51,000
Speaker 1: an undiagnosed concussion.

861
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:52,480
Speaker 4: It's just.

862
01:01:54,560 --> 01:01:58,880
Speaker 1: And so there is there is no comp for it.

863
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:02,520
Speaker 1: And so oh if people want to, we don't have to.

864
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:05,400
Speaker 1: It's just at this point who he is, the moment

865
01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:06,000
Speaker 1: gets too big.

866
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:08,680
Speaker 4: It was turned around there for a second.

867
01:02:09,080 --> 01:02:12,919
Speaker 1: He always has these moments and then it's the game

868
01:02:13,040 --> 01:02:15,680
Speaker 1: six or a game seven, and he takes seven shots,

869
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:19,120
Speaker 1: he takes eight shots. He has he has I think

870
01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:23,000
Speaker 1: six playoff games where he was two for ten, two

871
01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:26,360
Speaker 1: for eleven, or two for twelve from the field, ask

872
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:30,160
Speaker 1: this follow up about Russ, and then we'll get to

873
01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:30,840
Speaker 1: the Warriors.

874
01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:32,800
Speaker 2: So who do you think will end up having a

875
01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:35,720
Speaker 2: better legacy when it's all said and done between Russ

876
01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:36,400
Speaker 2: and Harden?

877
01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:40,400
Speaker 1: So I think this is really it depends on what

878
01:02:40,520 --> 01:02:45,200
Speaker 1: your value. So Harden's a better all time player, and

879
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:51,520
Speaker 1: like he has, he's gonna have better numbers on better

880
01:02:51,600 --> 01:02:54,600
Speaker 1: teams more of a part of winning. They both won

881
01:02:54,680 --> 01:03:01,520
Speaker 1: one MVP. But Russ is gonna be an icon and

882
01:03:01,640 --> 01:03:09,000
Speaker 1: Harden is going to be uh a placeholder for choking

883
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:13,880
Speaker 1: like people are comparing you to like the choke artists

884
01:03:13,880 --> 01:03:19,480
Speaker 1: and future right, and so the answer is Russ, Like,

885
01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:22,840
Speaker 1: the answer is definitely Russ. All right, this we went

886
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:24,840
Speaker 1: longer than I was supposed to go here, so we

887
01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:27,120
Speaker 1: got to hurry up through the end here. So let's

888
01:03:27,160 --> 01:03:28,440
Speaker 1: do some Warriors T Wolves.

889
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:30,720
Speaker 4: Warriors and Tea Wolves are facing off.

890
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:33,480
Speaker 2: They start today, They're both they start today, and they're

891
01:03:33,480 --> 01:03:36,400
Speaker 2: both coming off of Round one upsets you in the

892
01:03:36,440 --> 01:03:38,160
Speaker 2: past have picked against the Warriors.

893
01:03:38,320 --> 01:03:40,000
Speaker 4: Do you plan on doing it here?

894
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:45,040
Speaker 1: Yes? And in fact, thanks to my friends at DraftKings,

895
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:48,400
Speaker 1: uh and I man, I thought I gave out a

896
01:03:48,440 --> 01:03:53,280
Speaker 1: great winner on Twitter for the Game seven, I had

897
01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:58,240
Speaker 1: under for Harden Nuggets to win this for Clippers Nuggets

898
01:03:58,240 --> 01:04:01,160
Speaker 1: Game seven, I had under for Harden Nuggets to win

899
01:04:01,640 --> 01:04:04,439
Speaker 1: and then a Joker triple double, but the Nuggets blew

900
01:04:04,480 --> 01:04:06,400
Speaker 1: them out so much Joker didn't have to play all

901
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:09,480
Speaker 1: those minutes and then it on eight assists. But I've

902
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:12,720
Speaker 1: got I've got a series bet. I like a lot,

903
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:18,640
Speaker 1: which is Minnesota to win Game one and the series

904
01:04:19,400 --> 01:04:22,240
Speaker 1: that's almost even money minus one p fifteen. Of course,

905
01:04:22,320 --> 01:04:24,480
Speaker 1: line's an odd subject to change, and we're out here

906
01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:28,840
Speaker 1: moving line, so you know that could change quickly. But

907
01:04:29,240 --> 01:04:32,440
Speaker 1: I ain't the Warriors. I understand this is not how

908
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:35,760
Speaker 1: some of the other series have played out where we

909
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:39,280
Speaker 1: just saw it with the Nuggets having all this energy.

910
01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:42,440
Speaker 1: But I think the Warriors are gonna be a little

911
01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:47,240
Speaker 1: out of gas after that seven game rock fight with Houston,

912
01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:51,240
Speaker 1: and I think Minnesota is gonna come out rested and

913
01:04:51,400 --> 01:04:56,479
Speaker 1: fresh after their series ended almost a full week ago

914
01:04:56,520 --> 01:05:00,280
Speaker 1: against the Lakers. So I love Minnesota tonight, and I

915
01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:04,160
Speaker 1: love Minnesota in the series. I just think Minnesota. I

916
01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:08,480
Speaker 1: thought Houston presented real problems for the rock for Golden State,

917
01:05:08,520 --> 01:05:13,840
Speaker 1: and we saw it and that series. Listen credit, Steph

918
01:05:14,040 --> 01:05:18,320
Speaker 1: was brilliant in Game one, in Game three and then

919
01:05:18,440 --> 01:05:21,240
Speaker 1: had was awesome in the second half of Game seven,

920
01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:25,520
Speaker 1: and all of that plus Buddy Healed, plus the fact

921
01:05:25,520 --> 01:05:31,560
Speaker 1: that Jalen Green is not a serious person, and okay,

922
01:05:31,560 --> 01:05:34,600
Speaker 1: well I'm sorry. First of all, I'm not sorry. I

923
01:05:34,600 --> 01:05:36,800
Speaker 1: don't think he's a serious person, and he's not a

924
01:05:36,840 --> 01:05:42,560
Speaker 1: reliable basketball player. And Shingoon got shook by Draymond. Legit

925
01:05:42,720 --> 01:05:47,240
Speaker 1: shook by Draymond, and you add the Buddy Healed game

926
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:50,640
Speaker 1: and the Warriors win the series flip sided. All that

927
01:05:50,800 --> 01:05:52,840
Speaker 1: is all that could have happened. And if Shingoon could

928
01:05:52,840 --> 01:05:56,400
Speaker 1: have made that twelve footer in Game four, maybe it's Rockets.

929
01:05:56,400 --> 01:06:01,160
Speaker 1: And six. I thought the Warriors loss in Game six

930
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:04,400
Speaker 1: in their building, letting go of the rope the way

931
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:09,760
Speaker 1: they did was wildly concerning, and eying Minnesota can present

932
01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:15,040
Speaker 1: a lot of the same size, strength, length problems for

933
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:18,640
Speaker 1: the Warriors that the Rockets did, except they also have

934
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:22,880
Speaker 1: guys that can make baskets. An ant is not gonna

935
01:06:22,920 --> 01:06:26,120
Speaker 1: do what Shingoon or Jalen Green did, as far as

936
01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:31,120
Speaker 1: getting shook, here's the other element of it. Obviously, Draymond

937
01:06:31,160 --> 01:06:37,840
Speaker 1: and Rudy have a history. Draymond also is already flirting

938
01:06:37,880 --> 01:06:43,360
Speaker 1: with a potential suspension. Draymond got very lucky the refs

939
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:47,480
Speaker 1: gave him a technical and not a flagrant for hitting

940
01:06:47,560 --> 01:06:50,760
Speaker 1: Fred van Vliet in the face. I thought they did

941
01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:53,640
Speaker 1: that because technically it was after the whistle. But then

942
01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:58,280
Speaker 1: last night Joker got a flagrant for the exact same thing.

943
01:06:58,680 --> 01:07:02,800
Speaker 1: He got fouled and flailed and hit someone I forget

944
01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:07,360
Speaker 1: who in the head and so. But Draymond is sitting

945
01:07:07,480 --> 01:07:13,440
Speaker 1: at four technicals or three technicals, four technicals I think

946
01:07:13,920 --> 01:07:18,000
Speaker 1: three more and you get suspended. And he is sitting

947
01:07:18,040 --> 01:07:22,320
Speaker 1: at two flagrant foul points four hit loudor that's who

948
01:07:22,360 --> 01:07:28,560
Speaker 1: it was. He's sitting at two flagrant foul points four

949
01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:32,280
Speaker 1: you get suspended. So if he gets one flagrant two

950
01:07:32,320 --> 01:07:35,000
Speaker 1: in this series, he will be thrown out of that

951
01:07:35,120 --> 01:07:39,000
Speaker 1: game and suspended for the next. If he gets two

952
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:42,320
Speaker 1: flagrant ones, he will be suspended for the next game.

953
01:07:42,600 --> 01:07:46,480
Speaker 1: Which is to say this, If I'm wrong and the

954
01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:51,520
Speaker 1: Warriors advance, Draymond is a lock to be suspended for

955
01:07:51,560 --> 01:07:55,440
Speaker 1: a playoff game again, there is no chance he can

956
01:07:55,520 --> 01:07:59,720
Speaker 1: make it through the next month. Committing only one flagrant

957
01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:04,200
Speaker 1: fault and getting two technicals. There's no chance. So he's

958
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:09,040
Speaker 1: already you know, started that clock. I also just feel

959
01:08:09,880 --> 01:08:15,040
Speaker 1: like we are very likely to see something very similar

960
01:08:15,080 --> 01:08:18,960
Speaker 1: demonse to what we saw from the Warriors in twenty

961
01:08:19,040 --> 01:08:23,799
Speaker 1: twenty three. In twenty twenty three, they got a bigger

962
01:08:23,880 --> 01:08:29,360
Speaker 1: fight than they expected from the Kings. From the Kings,

963
01:08:30,520 --> 01:08:35,760
Speaker 1: and they needed a heroic Steph Curry Game seven the

964
01:08:35,840 --> 01:08:39,880
Speaker 1: fifty points to get to the Lakers. And then in

965
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:44,759
Speaker 1: that Lakers series, they were pretty out of gas and

966
01:08:46,760 --> 01:08:50,240
Speaker 1: Stephan the series was fine, he was twenty seven, five

967
01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:56,080
Speaker 1: and seven on forty four thirty four splits, but they

968
01:08:56,120 --> 01:09:00,120
Speaker 1: lost Game one. They then went down three one on

969
01:09:00,360 --> 01:09:02,320
Speaker 1: and then let go of the rope in Game four.

970
01:09:02,360 --> 01:09:07,400
Speaker 1: In Game six, and I just think Minnesota present we

971
01:09:07,560 --> 01:09:14,080
Speaker 1: saw really like whatever Steven Adams problems he caused, Go

972
01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:17,719
Speaker 1: Bear is gonna cause more, and Go Bear is feeling

973
01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:21,000
Speaker 1: better than he's ever felt in his basketball life after

974
01:09:21,080 --> 01:09:24,479
Speaker 1: that Game five, and he's gonna get an opportunity to

975
01:09:24,479 --> 01:09:26,960
Speaker 1: get revenge on Draymond for trying to choke him out

976
01:09:27,400 --> 01:09:30,720
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be able to say I've beaten everybody.

977
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,120
Speaker 1: So yeah, credit to the Warriors. I was wrong about

978
01:09:34,160 --> 01:09:37,880
Speaker 1: them in that first series. I picked Rockets and seven

979
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:39,000
Speaker 1: of his Warriors and seven.

980
01:09:39,240 --> 01:09:41,400
Speaker 4: Now they get got this. It's this round.

981
01:09:41,840 --> 01:09:45,240
Speaker 1: This is the round. Do you think you think I'm wrong? No?

982
01:09:45,320 --> 01:09:45,679
Speaker 3: I didn't.

983
01:09:45,720 --> 01:09:48,160
Speaker 4: No, I agree with you. But I just think that's funny.

984
01:09:48,160 --> 01:09:51,680
Speaker 2: It's like, yeah, the Rockets are It's like, all right, now,

985
01:09:52,360 --> 01:09:52,840
Speaker 2: gonna get him.

986
01:09:53,360 --> 01:09:56,559
Speaker 1: And guess what if I'm wrong, I'll probably pick against

987
01:09:56,600 --> 01:09:58,880
Speaker 1: him in the next round. So I'm just letting you

988
01:09:58,920 --> 01:09:59,320
Speaker 1: guys know.

989
01:09:59,640 --> 01:10:00,000
Speaker 3: I don't.

990
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:02,719
Speaker 1: I don't think the Warriors are that good. I don't.

991
01:10:03,320 --> 01:10:06,000
Speaker 1: Maybe I'll be proven wrong. I don't think the Warriors

992
01:10:06,040 --> 01:10:08,439
Speaker 1: are that good. That's a great spot to finish the show.

993
01:10:08,800 --> 01:10:12,080
Speaker 1: Like great subscribe review if you put questions in the chat,

994
01:10:12,439 --> 01:10:16,240
Speaker 1: listen to either the bonus show we might do tomorrow

995
01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:19,720
Speaker 1: or Thursday scheduled show. We'll get your questions there. That

996
01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:21,759
Speaker 1: we went too long. I have to get to work.

997
01:10:22,280 --> 01:10:26,160
Speaker 1: Appreciate Blue Duck, Appreciate the volume. Appreciate DraftKings. See you

998
01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:28,680
Speaker 1: guys on with Colin in about an hour. See you

999
01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:31,639
Speaker 1: on First Things First Brew back from jury duty at

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01:10:31,640 --> 01:10:32,760
Speaker 1: three o'clock. What's right