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Hope all you guys are having 36 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 1: a great end to your weekend. We got a jam 37 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: pack show for you guys today. We're gonna hit on 38 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: four games. I'm gonna be primarily leaning into the first 39 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: two games of the day. Those are the two games 40 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: that I thought were most interesting. So we're going to 41 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: talk Lakers Wolves off the top, and then I've got 42 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: a lot of thoughts on Nick Pistons. We'll be going 43 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: shorter on Celtics Magic as well as Pacers Bucks, but 44 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: we'll have some thoughts there at the tail end of 45 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: the show too. Also, no mail bag at the tail 46 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: end of the show today, just so you guys know, 47 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: but we're gonna hitting all four of those games and 48 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: then we'll get out of here for the night. You 49 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: guys are the job before we get started. Subscribe to 50 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: the Hoops and I YouTube channel so you don't miss 51 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: any more of our videos. Follow me on Twitter at 52 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: underscore Jason lt so you guys don't miss an ShW announcement. 53 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: Son't forget about a podcast for you wherever you get 54 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: your podcast on our Hoops Tonight. 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League team 63 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: had a playoff game today too, that we lost on 64 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: a game winning jump shot at the Buzzert from my 65 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: former college teammate, my point guard back when I was 66 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: playing in college. Shout out to Dom Banks. Just an 67 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: incredible player, good friend of mine. Hit a big time 68 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: shot to beat us today. So took that knife to 69 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: the chest and then had to go home and watch 70 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: the other knife go into my chest in the form 71 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: of the Lakers losing that game in the fourth quarter 72 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,119 Speaker 1: to the Minnesota Timberwolves. So obviously, before we get any 73 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: deeper into it, just congratulations to Wolves fans. I'm sure 74 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: you guys are very happy that I am wrong about 75 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: what ended up happening in this series. And it's been 76 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: especially painful for me because Anthony Edwards just continues to 77 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: take a special place in my basketball heart, so to speak, 78 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: as I've always loved watching him play and just watching 79 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: the way that he has broken my heart so to 80 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: speak as a Lakers fan in this series has just 81 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: made me love him even more as a player, and 82 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm really happy for you Wolves fans, and 83 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: you guys are in great shape moving forward, not just 84 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: in this but moving forward for the rest of this 85 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: playoff run and for the rest of this era that 86 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: you guys have put together. So to me, Game four 87 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,119 Speaker 1: basically came down to a gamble that JJ Reddick made 88 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: in the second half, a bet based on two things. 89 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: One that the Luca Lebron Austin, Dorian Phinney Smith Ruby 90 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: hot Chimura lineup was consistently generating great shots against Minnesota's defense, 91 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: and he wanted to ride that out as much as 92 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: possible and the Lakers effectively after tonight's game or today's game, 93 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: had like two and a half full days of rest 94 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: before Game five and Wednesday, like they would have had 95 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: all night Tonight off, all day Monday off, all day 96 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: Tuesday off, most of the day on Wednesday, So I 97 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: don't think he was worried about long term wear and tear. 98 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: But the gamble was that the Lakers would be able 99 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: to survive those twenty four minutes without succumbing to the 100 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: physical onslaught of Minnesota, and that ended up being the 101 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: give a take, give and take right, and the Lakers 102 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 1: just couldn't quite hold on. I thought Ant's shot making 103 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: in the early fourth quarter was the first sign of 104 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: that onslaught. I talked a lot after Game three about 105 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: how you pretty much just have to cross your fingers 106 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: and hope Aunt misses those pull up threes because you 107 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: can't realistically take them away. You're just gonna give the 108 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: best athlete in the league a crazy runway over and 109 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: over again. You have to play with You have to 110 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: play essentially to concede a contested pullback or step back 111 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: type of three. Right. He hit three of them in 112 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: the early fourth quarter, including a twenty eight footer over 113 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves with just under eight minutes left that cut 114 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: the lead down to four, and that like immediately changed 115 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,799 Speaker 1: the tone and tenor of the game, and it turned 116 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: it into a high pressure half court slug fest. And 117 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: once again, just like in Game three, Ant and the 118 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: Wolves just looked better down the stretch. Nasreg came in, 119 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: one of the few fresh legs guys on the floor 120 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: there down the stretch. He immediately scored eight points. He 121 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: scored against Austin on a switch. He had two long 122 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: threes at the top of the key. The Lakers kind 123 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: of started to show their fatigue on those two threes. 124 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: On the first one, Luca beats Naz Reid off the 125 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: dribble and smokes a layup, like right at the rim, 126 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: smokes a layup, and then in transition, Luca made a 127 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: bad read. He should have matched up with Nas. Him 128 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: and Nas were the last two guys back in the play, 129 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: but Luca just misread the floor and ran to go 130 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: guard Austin Reeves's man, even though Austin Reeves was already there. 131 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: That left Nas read open. Just a mental mistake, probably 132 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: that came from fatigue to a certain extent. And then 133 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: on the second one, Nas broke open on a screening 134 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: action kind of a two guys at the elbow. Nas 135 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: was on the far elbow and Lebron just was resting 136 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: or fatigued or whatever it was. He just was like 137 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: flat footed standing upright. And when Nas ran off the 138 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: screen like it probably should have been a switch, but 139 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: Lebron should have been up like communicating with Austin, like, hey, 140 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: Naz is getting ready to come up, you gotta be 141 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: ready to switch. Both Lebron and Austin were just a 142 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: little slow to react, and nas breaks open at the 143 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: top of key and hits another three and made a 144 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: very similar kickout read on a baseline drive that looked 145 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: very similar to the one in Game three where he 146 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 1: hit nas Reed on the left wing. He hit Dante 147 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: DiVincenzo on the left wing, who drove the close out 148 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: and got an end one. Another great decision from Ant 149 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: down the stretch, Ant be the double team he was 150 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: getting double team by Dorian Finney Smith and Ruey Hotchi 151 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: murr Out in the kind of like left like just 152 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: in front of half court on the left side of 153 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: the floor, and Ruy lost contain. Ant actually beat the 154 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: double team off the dribble, forced Luca to help. It 155 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: turned into effectively a triple team that caught Lebron in 156 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: like this weird three on one underneath the basket where 157 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: Ant makes a beautiful pass to nas Lebron flashes, Lebron 158 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: drops it off to Jaden or excuse me. Nasried makes 159 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: a nice connective pass to Jaden McDaniels on the baseline, 160 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves fouls him. That ends up basically being the 161 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: game winner. That lineup with Nazrid and Dante Devincenzo. In 162 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: for Rudy, Ruey and Rudy have been killing me in 163 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: this series. In for Rudy, Gobert and Mike Conley is 164 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: probably their best lineup. It creates space while still maintaining 165 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: their side in physicality. It closed the deal yet again 166 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: for the Wolves tonight, and now they are in serious 167 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: control of this series. It's not over. The Lakers will 168 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: have their shot. We'll talk about that in a little 169 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: bit later on. But this same theme from the end 170 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: of tonight's game has repeated itself over and over again 171 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: in this series. Even in the Game two when the 172 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: Lakers won, it felt like over the course of the 173 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: end of the game, the Lakers start to look old 174 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: and tired, while the Wolves continued to look like the Wolves, 175 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: and then they take control. The Lakers came apart at 176 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 1: the seams at a bunch of basic execution details late 177 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: that I do think we're associated with fatigue. On the JD. 178 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: McDaniel's game winner, Ruey Hachimura loses contain on a double team. 179 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: When you're bracketing in a double team, the ball's here 180 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: and these are the two defenders bracketing. This guy has 181 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: to prevent him from driving outside. This guy has to 182 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: prevent him from driving outside. You have to contain the 183 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: ball and force Ant to make a pass. But if 184 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: you go back and WoT watch Ruey as he's sliding, 185 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: you can literally see how exhausted he is with the 186 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: way he was moving on the NAS read threes. Like 187 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: I mentioned, Luca smoking the easy layup and losing NAS 188 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: with a mental mistake, Lebron getting caught relaxing. Austin missed 189 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: several wide open threes in the fourth quarter. Lebron had 190 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: zero points in the fourth quarter, was generally uninvolved in 191 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: the offense. But this is where it gets tricky. Though 192 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: I knew coming into the series that this would be 193 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: a physical tug of war. I knew that the Wolves 194 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 1: would wear on the Lakers over the course of games 195 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: just by being more athletic. I knew the Lakers would 196 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: be able to score, but I also knew they would 197 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: wear dam What I didn't predict was just how badly 198 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards would win the Superstar matchup with Luka Doncic. 199 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: This is where the entire series turned. The Lakers were 200 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 1: tied with four minutes left in Game three. The Lakers 201 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: were up to with four minutes left today, Luca had 202 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: zero points in both of those sequences. From that point forward, 203 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: in this series, Luka Doncic has been five for seventeen 204 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, Anthony Edwards ten for twenty three. 205 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards has made twice as many fourth quarterfield goals 206 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: as Luka Doncic in this series. Luca has one fourth 207 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: quarter assist, Anthony Edwards has seven. That's the series. That's 208 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: it right there. Two games, Game three, in Game four 209 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: coin flip games that came down to clutch shot creation 210 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: from the two team superstars, and Anthony Edwards went toe 211 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: to toe with the guy that many people, including myself 212 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: before the season, placed as the second best player in 213 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 1: the league, and Ant just straight up alpha dogged him. 214 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 1: He stared down the guy who beat him in the 215 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: playoffs last year and straight up kicked his ass. The 216 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: insane shot making, the growth as a playmaker, it's been 217 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: incredible to watch. And here's how important it's been. The 218 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: Lakers actually outscored the Wolves in the last three games 219 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: by seventeen point in the first three quarters, but Anton 220 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 1: the Wolves have won the fourth quarters by twenty three 221 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: points turned two of those games into Wolves wins. He 222 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards has been the swing between this series being 223 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 1: three to one Lakers and it being three to one Wolves. Now, 224 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: before we like, I want to be clear before we 225 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about Luca here, Luca is not 226 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 1: the only one to blame for what happened today. As 227 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: I mentioned, Lebron made several mistakes. He had a bad 228 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: turnover in the final minute. He like it was kind 229 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: of on everybody the the There was this weird trip 230 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 1: where Jada McDaniel's trip Luca probably should have been a 231 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: foul where that led to his sideline out of bounds 232 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: with seventeen seconds on the shot clock. Because they're seventeen 233 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: seconds on the shot clock, the Lakers could not inbound 234 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: into the back court. They had to inbound into the 235 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: front court, so that caused a very tight space. Basically, 236 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: Lebron was just on the other side of half court 237 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: out on that sideline. It basically took the amount of 238 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: space that the Lakers could inbound to and cut it 239 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: in half, and the Wolves defended it pretty well. Luca 240 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: is kinda in a position where he could catch, but 241 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: Jaden was right on his backside and Lebron took a 242 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: bad angle. He threw it to Luca's right shoulder, Luca's 243 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: left shoulder. He probably catches it, but he threw it 244 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: to the wrong shoulder. That's a bad turnover on Lebron. 245 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 1: He took a bad three with five seconds left off 246 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: the left wing. In the final minutes, he lost Nasried 247 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: on one of his threes. Like we talked about, he 248 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: scored zero points. Lebron shares. Some blame Austin Reeves missed 249 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: five threes in the fourth quarter. Some a couple of 250 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: wide open ones in the final minutes. Ruey Hatcher Murra 251 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: made a few defensive mistakes. I want to be clear 252 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: tonight is not only Luca's fault, but Luca is the 253 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: one player on that team who was truly capable of 254 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: closing that deal. And he went one for six and 255 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: he looked like completely exhausted and lifeless down the stretch. Now, 256 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: before you tell me, well, Jason, he played the entire 257 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: second half. That's on jj Reddick. Well so did aunt 258 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: aunt played twenty four minutes in the second half. Julius 259 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: Randall play two only three and a half minutes in 260 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: the second half. Nasried can can pull the I was 261 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: fresh card. Everyone was fatigued. And yet I know that 262 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: ant is a better athlete and he will look better 263 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: when he's fatigued than Luca. But he looked like aunt. 264 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: Luca didn't even look like Luca down the stretch of 265 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: that game when his team desperately needed him to look 266 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: like Luca. And it's been the entire series, five to 267 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: seventeen in the fourth quarter. So again, even though tonight 268 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: wasn't entirely his fault, it was a team, a set 269 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: of mistakes from the team. My initial impression of Luca 270 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,199 Speaker 1: in the big picture, even beyond this series, has been 271 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: that he consistently wears down at the end of games. 272 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 1: He was also just eleven for twenty seven in clutch 273 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: situations for the Lakers in the regular season this year. 274 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: I'm not saying this to pick on Luca. I root 275 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: for the guy for obvious reasons. I just want to 276 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: see him reach his full potential. He's getting passed by 277 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: his peers right now. Tatum is playing better than him, 278 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: Shay's playing better than him, AT's playing better than him, 279 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: Steph is playing better than him. He's leaving meat on 280 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: the bone when it comes to his potential. And I 281 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: genuinely believe that if he could figure out his conditioning, 282 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: that he has a great chance to become the best 283 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: basketball player alive as Jokic phases out as he gets older, 284 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: there will be no player in the league that has 285 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: a better combination of scoring and playmaking ability than Luka Doncic. 286 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: If he could become a player that holds up over 287 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: the course of games, holds up over the course of 288 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: seasons and series, can stay healthy, can be operating at 289 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: peak efficiency at the end of games while also being 290 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: a plus defender, which he is capable of being. That's 291 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: the best player in the world. That's what he's capable 292 00:14:55,640 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: of doing. It is a real and achievable outcome for him, 293 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: and it would literally just take one summer, one summer 294 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: of obsessive work, the same obsessive work that all of 295 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: the greats in NBA history have used to maximize their potential. 296 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: The ball is in Luca's court and we all knew 297 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: this before. I mean, that was literally the main storyline 298 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: behind the trade, right, but we got to see it 299 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: up close and personal. Here. I can put it this simply, 300 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: had Luca played to his potential in this series, the 301 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: Lakers win this series. But instead he faded at the 302 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: end of games while his counterpart on the other team 303 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: was fantastic, and it flipped entirely in the other direction. 304 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: Other notes that I wanted to give before we move 305 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: on to the next game. JJ's decision to play everybody 306 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: all twenty four minutes in the second half. Look it 307 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: was high risk, but it also high reward. And I 308 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: hate playing the results because so many things went wrong 309 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: down the stretch that could have just as easily ended 310 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: in a win for the Lakers. Even with everything that 311 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: went wrong, the Lakers led in the final minute, and like, 312 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: had they gotten it done, JJ would have looked like 313 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: a genius as the Lakers went home for a long 314 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: stretch of time off with the series tied. I also 315 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: thought the Lakers were on the wrong end of two 316 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: late calls. Luca got tripped at half court. He should 317 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: have gone to the foul line after that. I thought 318 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: Lebron when he stripped Anthony Edwards underneath the basket, he 319 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: was more or less in the hand wrist ball area, 320 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: and the game was insanely physical. You would just let 321 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: a non call go. And Jaden tripped Luca. I didn't 322 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: like that call, and by the way, I'm not saying 323 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: the Lakers are screwed. You know what, I always said, 324 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: bad calls are a part of basketball games. You have 325 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: to be prepared for that contingency. I don't blame the 326 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: refs for today's outcome. I'm just saying it was a 327 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: razor thin margin. The Lakers very easily could have won 328 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: that game. They didn't, But I'm not gonna blame it 329 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: on JJ based on that result. It was a gamble, 330 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: the game became razor thin close to paying off, and 331 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: there was an obvious downside, which was fatigue, and the 332 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: fatigue did play a role in the loss. I think 333 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: that's worth bringing up. But like Chris Finch also played 334 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards the entire second half and Julius Randall most 335 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: of the second half, Like, it's not exactly the craziest 336 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: thing we've ever seen, they just were. JJ was looking 337 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: at it like, I don't know that I can afford 338 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: vandom minutes here. I don't know that I can afford 339 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: gave minutes here now, Like I probably would have just 340 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: found little short bursts to get them some rest. But like, 341 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,919 Speaker 1: I'm not going to over criticize the risk based on 342 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 1: a result that was like this close to going the 343 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: other way and looking like JJ was a genius. Right now? 344 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 1: Can the Lakers win the series? Of course? It's really simple. Actually, 345 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: if you get down to it, Do I think the 346 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: Lakers can beat the Wolves in Game five on Wednesday? Yes, 347 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: I actually think they will. I think the Lakers will 348 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 1: win this game. I think the Wolves are gonna win 349 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: this series in Game six back in Minnesota. But from there, 350 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: if the Lake Bakers win on Wednesday in Game five, 351 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: you have Game six on Friday. It's one game in Minnesota. 352 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 1: We know they can win. They were right there in 353 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: each of the last two games. So you win on Wednesday, 354 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: then you look at it on Friday and you go 355 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: just beat the Timberwolves in Minnesota one time. And if 356 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,919 Speaker 1: you do, then it's Game seven on Sunday. You're the 357 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: home team, You're likely favored. So they absolutely can win 358 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: the series. I just think it's unlikely. I don't think 359 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: Luca is gonna suddenly get into better shape. He's wearing down, 360 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: not because he's not capable of doing the basketball things necessary. 361 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: It is a literal conditioning problem. In order for the 362 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: Lakers to come back and win the series, Luca would 363 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 1: have to make me look foolish by suddenly transforming into 364 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: the best player in the series, which he hasn't been 365 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,959 Speaker 1: to this point. So it's on the table. It's an 366 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: outcome that can happen. I just think it's far more 367 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: likely than not that the Wolves close this out. And 368 00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,959 Speaker 1: on that note, just again, like I mentioned off the tip, 369 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: just I am happy, happy for Wolves fans because you 370 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 1: guys probably got sick and tired of hearing guys like 371 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: me and everyone else out there tell you how the 372 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: Lakers were gonna win. Hell, the Wolves themselves were sick 373 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 1: of it. And you just have such a great team 374 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: and you have such a great star. And I am 375 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: really looking forward to watching them as they move forward 376 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 1: in this postseason. Should they be able to close the 377 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: deal on Wednesday or on Friday. All right, Nicks, Pistons. 378 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: As wrong as I've been about the Lakers Wolves series, 379 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: I've been pretty right about this one. The Pistons have 380 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: been right there every single game. They led by eight 381 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter of Game one, they obviously one 382 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: Game two, they were down by three with five minutes 383 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: left in Game three, and they led by eleven today 384 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,479 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter of Game four. But over and 385 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: over again. The Knicks have been able to out execute 386 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: them at the end of these games because they are 387 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: the smarter and more experienced team. Malik Beasley hits a 388 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: three with eight and a half minutes left that puts 389 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: the Pistons up eleven. From that point forward, the Knicks 390 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: played their ceiling. They knew they needed that game. They 391 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: played peak Knicks basketball while the Pistons on the other 392 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: end made mistake after mistake after a mistake. The Knicks 393 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: were able to get offense on several fronts. Mikal Bridges 394 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: actually started the run with two really tough movement threes 395 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: out of the right corner. In a game where he 396 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: could make a shot to save his life, hit two 397 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: massive ones in the right corner. Jalen Brunson got into 398 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: a great rhythm after coming back from an ankle injury 399 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: he suffered right along the sideline in front of the 400 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: scorer's table. He's really solved Dennis Schroeder at this point 401 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 1: in the series. He's figured out that he's just too 402 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: big and strong for him. He had an easy layup 403 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: on the left side where he just used the right 404 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 1: to left crossover to get him on his right side 405 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 1: and then just use that shoulder to create separation. Then 406 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: he had to drive on the right wing where he 407 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: literally went through Dennis's chest for a floater from about 408 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: like seven eight feet. But like he has solved the 409 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: Dennis Schroeder matchup, he'd beat Kay Cunningham with a simple 410 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: jab step move to get into the basket. He gave 411 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: Tim Hardaway Junior a couple of tough buckets. He had 412 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: a step back going to his left on the three 413 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: point line. He had another little short shot along the 414 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: left base line. Brunson was fantastic down the stretch, but 415 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: it was actually Karl Anthony Towns who saved the day 416 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: and stole a win for the knickt hitting three jumpers. 417 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: One was a simple catching shoot off of a dumb 418 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 1: overhelp from Jalen Duran. The Jalen Brunson just kind of 419 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: baited him into just staring at the basket and pretended 420 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: like he was gonna iso. Jalen just kind of sat 421 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: there on the block and just was super keyed in 422 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: on Brunson, and Jalen just rifled to pass across the 423 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 1: court wide open catch and shoot three for Karl Anthony 424 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: Towns knocks it down just capitalizing on a bad defensive 425 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: mistake from Jalen duran But then he hit an insane 426 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: left shoulder fade away, just like he did in Game three, 427 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 1: this time over Jalen Durrance, over a tougher contest. It 428 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: was probably even tougher than the shoty mate in Game three. 429 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: Just insane right there along the baseline. Then he hits 430 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 1: his step back three over Jalen Durant, a little shot 431 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: clock kind of rescue possession, ends up in the late 432 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: clock situation, and hits like a twenty eight footer off 433 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: of a step back against a great contest from Jalen Dury. 434 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 1: Just two insane shots that turned that loss into a 435 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: win for the Knicks. The Knicks scored twenty six points 436 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: over the final eight minutes to steal Game four and 437 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: take a three to one lead heading back to New York. 438 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: Here's a simple list for you guys of the execution 439 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: errors that Detroit made down the stretch their first possession, 440 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: after McHale Bridges hit a three in that right corner 441 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 1: to cut the lead down to eight, they ran an 442 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: ISO for Asar Thompson against Mkale Bridges, and anybody who 443 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: watched that whole game knows. Asar Thompson was really struggling 444 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 1: in that game to do anything on offense. He was 445 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: in no position to command that possession that gave it 446 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 1: to him and he missed. That's an execution error from 447 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: the vets on the floor putting a Sar Thompson in 448 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: that possession position. Then Nisar Thompson threw the ball out 449 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: of bounds, cut to the basket off the right slot. 450 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 1: K dropped it off to him and he tried to 451 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,719 Speaker 1: make a connective pass him Alik Beasley, but he just 452 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: didn't look before he threw it and rifled the ball 453 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: out of bounds. JB. Bickerstaff finally puts Dennis Schroeder in 454 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: for him, so two big mistakes from Assar Thompson to 455 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: start to run. Jalen durn gets a defense rebound and 456 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: makes the classic young center mistake of bringing the ball down, 457 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: brings the ball down. Josh Hart comes in swipes it 458 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 1: off his leg off the ensuing baseline out of bounds. 459 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: Mkale Bridges comes off of a screen, Malik Beasley gets 460 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 1: caught on it. Jalen Duran again when he sees a 461 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: shooter coming off a screen is supposed to be up 462 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: at the level of the screen. He's way back in 463 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: the paint. Mcale Bridges gets another clean look right where 464 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: he just made one in the right corner knocks it 465 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 1: down so literally, two Jalen Durham mistakes turned what should 466 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,640 Speaker 1: have been a stop into three points for the Knicks. 467 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: And again, I'm not trying to pick on Jalen duran 468 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 1: or any of these guys, Zasar Thompson. I'm just pointing 469 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: out the obvious fact that these are young players, and 470 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: young players are going to struggle with attention to detailing 471 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: big in big spots like this, right, they gave up 472 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: an easy transition. Take foul to Josh Hart on a 473 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: really bad offensive possession where he just stood out by 474 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: like the logo while Mikal Bridges was face guarding him 475 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 1: and he just watched Dennis Schroeder and Malik Beasley have 476 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 1: a rough offensive possession, which, like, that's fine. Like rough 477 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: offensives sessions are part of the playoffs. It's super physical. 478 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: Sometimes you just get exhausted. That's not the problem. The 479 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: problem is is both Schroeder and Beasley were slow to 480 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: get back. You can't compound the problem by not getting back. 481 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: It turned into like a three on one and Kate 482 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: had to just wrap up josh Hart. Kate turned it 483 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 1: over trying to split a ball screen. That's a little 484 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: spoiler alert. He does it again later in the game 485 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: on Kat's first three. Like I talked about, Jalen, Duran 486 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: is sinking all the way into the paint. That's just done. 487 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: That was the whole reason why they had Tobias Harris 488 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: on Cat originally to begin with, was to avoid that 489 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 1: specific problem. Durren just struggles to guard shooting Biggs, which 490 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 1: is why he shouldn't have been in that position in 491 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: the first place. That's on JB. Bickerstaff, like they need 492 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: to make sure that they had their matchups set up 493 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: in a way that they're not going to give up 494 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: that sort of problem, especially since Kat was frying Jalen 495 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: during anyway on an Island. It's not like you're trying 496 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: to protect Tobias Harris there in any any way. Kat 497 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: hits the fade away over Jalen during that cuts the 498 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 1: lead to two kid tries to Isojan and Obi, which 499 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: is probably the worst matchup he could attack on the floor. 500 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 1: We talked a lot about that. Jalen Brunson has been 501 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: much more surgical about being deliberate to get to the matchups. 502 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,680 Speaker 1: He wants that hits a three to put the Knicks up. 503 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: Kid tries to split a double team again. Josh Hart 504 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: is right there, digging down off the strong side corner, 505 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: and Kay just tries to split the double team again 506 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: and turns it over again, and like it was just 507 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: mistake after mistake after poor decision after poor decision. But 508 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: this is just the reality of the process of developing 509 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: as a basketball team. In order to win at the 510 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 1: highest levels, attention to detail is required, and young, inexperienced 511 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: teams have a habit of missing those details, especially in 512 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: their first few playoff runs. It's all good, valuable lessons 513 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: are being learned. It's just an explanation for why, even 514 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 1: though Detroit presented so many problems for the Knicks over 515 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: the course of the season, I had the feeling the 516 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 1: Knicks we're gonna pull this series out. Last note on 517 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: the Knicks, I wanted to shout out ogn and Obi 518 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: and McHale Bridges. Neither of them had big score knights 519 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: Aw the McHale hit a couple of huge threes in 520 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: the right corner, but those guys defended about a half 521 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 1: a dozen one on ones against Kid Cunningham down the stretch, 522 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: and they didn't get beat off the dribble a single time. 523 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: They forced him into a bunch of tough, contested pull 524 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: up mid rangers, turnaround jump shots out of the post. 525 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: Brunson was getting to the rim and New York's defenders 526 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: were forcing Kate into jump shots, which has variants. You 527 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: might miss him right, Kate's a good mid range jump shooter, 528 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 1: but he might miss him. There's way less variance right 529 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 1: at the rim. Jalen hit some tough jumpers that step 530 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: back to his left side, step three off of against 531 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: Tim Hardaway Junior off the left wing. That's an incredibly 532 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,719 Speaker 1: tough shot, but he was at the rim, and that 533 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: really is the experience element. Like Cat played three playoff 534 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 1: series last year, Jalen Brunton played four playoff series in 535 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: the last two years. This team has just a lot 536 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: of guys that have been in a lot of serious 537 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 1: basketball over the last few years. That gives them an 538 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: advantage in this sort of situation. Looking like the Knicks 539 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: are going to close things out in five on Tuesday, 540 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: all right, very briefly on Celtics Magic and pacers bus 541 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: Uh pacers Bucks. I thought Tatum was fantastic down the 542 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: stretch of this game punishing switches. He had like a 543 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,120 Speaker 1: little jabstep jumper over Gary Harris. He there was kind 544 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,719 Speaker 1: of like an obvious difference in just the level of 545 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: patience and deliberate nature with which Tatum was attacking switches 546 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 1: versus the Orlando Wings. Like there was a sequence where 547 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 1: on both ends of the floor, like Franz Vagner gets 548 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: Peyton Pritcher and he caught Peyton Pritchard as like a 549 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: primary assignment a few times down the stretches pressuring Franz. 550 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 1: Franz is having a lot of success attacking Porzingis. It's 551 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: kind of an interesting kind of matchup decision there to 552 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: just try to throw Franz off. But Franz tries to 553 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,679 Speaker 1: like drive against Pritchard, but he rushes, he drives, and 554 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 1: he spins and he spins in this like rushed floater 555 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 1: and leaves it short. Right on the other end of 556 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: the floor, Tatum gets Anthony Black and he methodically takes 557 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: his time to back him down way into the lane, 558 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 1: and Anthony Black ends up hacking the shit out of 559 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 1: him and dragging him down into camera row and he 560 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: gets two free throws, And it was just kind of 561 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: crazy to see the difference between the super experienced dude 562 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 1: who's played in the like damn near two hundred playoff 563 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: games and the you know, young inexperienced team that's like 564 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: kind of figuring this out on the fly and seeing 565 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: the difference in just like how deliberate they were in 566 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: their matchup. Attacking down the stretch, Tatum hit a crazy 567 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 1: step back mid range of over Pala Bonkaro. He drew 568 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: three shooting fouls just by getting people to jump up 569 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: underneath his base. I just continue to be amazed by 570 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: Tatum's growth as a half court decision maker. The big 571 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: thing that stands out to me is just as overall comfort, 572 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: there's you see this a lot with like stars that 573 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: are at the peak of their powers in their like 574 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: early thirties, where they have so much playoff experience already 575 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: and they're so sure of who they are as a player. 576 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: They may not be quite as athletic as they used 577 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: to be, but they're just so smart because they've had 578 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 1: so much experience playing. You'll see a lot of those 579 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,959 Speaker 1: guys like in high pressure situations, even late round playoff 580 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: series like Conference finals finals, You'll just see them look 581 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: comfortable and relaxed while they're playing. Tatum's in his mid 582 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: twenties and he's out there looking like one of those guys. 583 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: I that's been the thing that stood out to me 584 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: all season with Tatum. It's just his overall level of 585 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 1: comfort executing in the half court, getting this team into 586 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: the right spots to get the right shots. I loved 587 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: the set that Joe Mizula ran out of the time 588 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,160 Speaker 1: out that got porzingis the dunk where he dunked his 589 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: own miss. Classic example of what happens when you try 590 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: to involve screening actions with two very different types of players, 591 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: Derek White and Chris Hops. Porzingis not a kind of 592 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: action that you want to switch. You don't want to 593 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: switch with Wendell Carter Junior. There, Derek White seit's a 594 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: great screen. Wendell Carter Junior falls the magic don't switch. 595 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,479 Speaker 1: Porzingis is wide open under the ram. He actually smokes 596 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: the layup, but he gets a really quick second jump, 597 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: which is a strong indicator of how he's feeling physically, 598 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: and just dunks it down. Just an unb believable play 599 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: from Porzingis, Al Horford had a huge rebound or he 600 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 1: beat Franz Wagner to the ball that led to a 601 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: Derek White layup. I had a Celtics fan tweet at 602 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: me after the game that this was the type of 603 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: series that the Celtics would have been tied to two 604 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 1: or maybe even down three to one a couple of 605 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: years ago. But here they are up three to one 606 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: and this was super important. They need to get the 607 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: hell away from the Orlando Magic before someone gets hurt. 608 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:32,240 Speaker 1: Tatum felt the urgency, executed accordingly and got the job done. 609 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: And that's why I always put such a premium on that, 610 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: like veteran presence, that experience, because a lot of times 611 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: these games are decided by the thinnest of margins. The 612 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 1: Magic have been in this series for the most part. 613 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: Outside of game too, They've been in every game. It's 614 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: like a more exaggerated example of some of the other 615 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: series we've seen, like Rockets Warriors and like Nick's Pistons, 616 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 1: and it just comes down to late game execution, and 617 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: the grown ups just tend to do it better in 618 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: that situation. Right. It's actually been the interesting part of 619 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Timberwolve series is they've been the younger team 620 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: that has beat the veteran, more experienced team. But here 621 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: they are. They're up three to one, a good spot 622 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: for the Celtics to be in good shape to close 623 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: out this series all right, really quickly before we get 624 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: out of here tonight, Pacers Bucks. First of all, I 625 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: feel terrible for Dame to work as hard as he's 626 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: worked behind the scenes to get back on the court 627 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 1: for that series and to suffer the type of injury 628 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: that he suffered. I just hope that he's doing okay mentally. 629 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: I can't even imagine where he's at right now, especially 630 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: after they had just got a big win and it 631 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: was early in the game and you're in a position 632 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: where you can potentially tie the series and give yourself 633 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: a real chance to win. And it kind of reminded me. 634 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: Obviously very different type of injury, but it kind of 635 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: reminded me what happened after reminded me of what happened 636 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: in the Lakers Sun series in Game five. Yeah, I 637 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: think it was Game five, So the Suns were up 638 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: three to one, right if I remember correctly, and Anthony 639 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: Davis comes back, They're like Oh, Anthony Davis is back. 640 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 1: You know, here we go. We're gonna we're gonna have 641 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: a chance to win the series, and probably shouldn't have 642 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 1: come back, as Groin was obviously hurt, But in the 643 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: first few minutes of the game, Anthony Edwards just or 644 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: excuse me, Anthony Davis just suddenly realizes that, like, no, 645 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: I can't be playing out here right, so he has 646 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: to leave the game, and like you could just literally 647 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,880 Speaker 1: see the entire body language and the belief and the 648 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: mentality of the Lakers just fall apart because they're like shit, 649 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: like we can't, like we can't win this game, this 650 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 1: game without Anthony Davis, Like he's our anchor to everything 651 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: that we do, right, And that's kind of what it 652 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: reminded me of tonight. Like obviously, Jannis is more important 653 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: to the Bucks than Dame and I and Dame at 654 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: this phase of his career is a different type of player. 655 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: But you could literally see the Bucks just kind of 656 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: let go of the rope a little bit after that 657 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: Dame injury in a weird way where it's like you 658 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: almost feel like if Dame was just out with the 659 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: blood plot for the series, you almost feel like the 660 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 1: Bucks would have had like a different approach going into 661 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: that game, like, all right, we don't have Dame tonight, 662 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: but we're gonna give this our best shot. And you 663 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: could just tell it just suck the life out of them, 664 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: and they just didn't do anything well enough. And to 665 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: make matters worse, the Pacers played a phenomenal game and 666 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: seven guys in double figures thirty six. I checked this 667 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: with two minutes left, so this might be a little 668 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 1: bit updated, but at like a minute forty five seconds 669 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 1: left in the game, they had thirty six assists on 670 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 1: forty eight made field goals. That's insane. That's a seventy 671 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: five percent assist percentage. That's like outrageous. They shot the 672 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: shit out of the basketball they shot. Damn you're forty 673 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 1: five percent from three. Watching them versus the Calves is 674 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 1: going to be a ton of fun, specifically the speed matchup. 675 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: One of the things that I'm really excited about with 676 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: that matchup is the Calves and a lot of what 677 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 1: they do to teams is play with pace, get into 678 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: the teeth of the defense with their speed, and the 679 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: Pacers do match up directly with that in a lot 680 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 1: of ways. To me, the Calves are just a better 681 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: version of the Pacers, right, Like you're gonna like Evan 682 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 1: Mobley and Jared Allen is a better front court than 683 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: Pascal Siakam and Miles Turner, Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell. 684 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: Obviously better backcourt than Andrew Mhart and Tyrese Halliburton. You 685 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,880 Speaker 1: you know, the Calves have a different guys that they 686 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: can plug in at the three. But like the point 687 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: is is like they are kind of similar archetypes of teams, 688 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: but the Calves are just a little better at everything, right, 689 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: And that's what makes it a super interesting series because 690 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: that speed element, a lot of the things that the 691 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: Pacers do they should be comfortable with going against the Calves, 692 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,239 Speaker 1: and I think that's going to make for a very 693 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: interesting series. That's my big prep for tomorrow. We're not 694 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: doing a film session tomorrow morning, but what I'm going 695 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,720 Speaker 1: to be doing tomorrow morning is starting to watch film 696 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: on Calves Pacers. I'm really excited to dig into that series. 697 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: As for Yannis an Achilles, Tear for Dame massively devalues 698 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 1: the one trade asset that the Bucks would have had 699 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 1: to attempt to pivot this summer. So now the chances 700 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 1: of Yannis getting traded are astronomically higher than they were 701 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,359 Speaker 1: before the injury, obviously, But just for the record, I'm 702 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: not going to get into anything regarding Yanni's trades at 703 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: this point until the postseason, or excuse me, until we're 704 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: done with the postseason. That's a summer conversation. It just 705 00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,719 Speaker 1: I haven't even really thought about it much. Maybe we 706 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,400 Speaker 1: can do for fun over a mail bag one of 707 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,360 Speaker 1: these nights. But like, I feel relatively certain that Jannis 708 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 1: will get traded this summer, but like, we just don't 709 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: know what how things are gonna shake down. Like it 710 00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:10,839 Speaker 1: could be a team in this playoff field that gets 711 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,839 Speaker 1: eliminated and is disappointed and wants to make a super 712 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,680 Speaker 1: aggressive move. It could literally be the thunder for God's sake, 713 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,800 Speaker 1: Like we we have no idea what it's gonna be. 714 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: We'll talk about it a lot this summer. I just 715 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: don't want to get into it tonight. But again, I 716 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,759 Speaker 1: feel terrible for Dame and I'm sure Bucks fans are 717 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 1: in a really tough spot right now. It's not a 718 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,560 Speaker 1: good spot to be and I just sympathize with you guys, 719 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,319 Speaker 1: and I'm thankful for you guys that you did get 720 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,080 Speaker 1: a championship out of the honest and Tenakumbo era and 721 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: you can literally never take that away. All Right, guys, 722 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: that's all I have for tonight. As always, I sincerely 723 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,879 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys for supporting me and supporting the show. 724 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: No morning film session tomorrow, but we will be live 725 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: after the final buzzer of Game four of Warriors Rockets. 726 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,760 Speaker 1: I'll see you guys then tomorrow night. So guys, as always, 727 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 1: I appreciate you for listening to and supporting OOPS tonight. 728 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,880 Speaker 1: It would actually be really helpful for us if you 729 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: guys would take a second and leave a rating and 730 00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:59,839 Speaker 1: a review. As always, I appreciate you guys supporting us. 731 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: You could take a minute to do that, I really 732 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: appreciate it. The volume