1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: The volume. This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntire. What 2 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: is up, straight firefam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire 3 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: for Wednesday, May seventeenth. A tremendous night in the Association. 4 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: What a game. Nuggets one thirty two, Lakers won twenty six. 5 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: Unbelievable basketball throughout the game. This was one of those 6 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: the game is so damn good you don't even turn 7 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: the channel during commercials, Like usually i'll look for movies, 8 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: I'll scroll around to see what else is on. Did 9 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: not change the channel at all. This was like, Okay, 10 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: I gotta pause, do you know the dishes? Whatever I 11 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: gotta do, and I'll come right back to the game. 12 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: This was a tremendous basket. Lakers come up just on 13 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: the short end of the stick. Great comeback. They unlocked 14 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: a few things in the fourth quarter we'll talk about shortly, 15 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: Denver goes up one. Nothing. If we talked about this 16 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: on Monday, the line was five and a half. By 17 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: Tuesday it was six and a half, and if you 18 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: bet late, you got beat because it landed on six. 19 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 1: Tough one if you back the Nuggets late. However, if 20 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: you listen to the straight Fire player props Hello, three 21 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: and zero, a tremendous start. Just bolstering your bank roll 22 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: from Memorial Day weekend. Michael Porter junior fourteen and a half, 23 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: Hey landed on fifteen. Jamal Murray I think it was 24 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: twenty four and a half, thirty one and CACP the 25 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: easy third quarter winner over nine and a half lands 26 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: on twenty one. Just a awesome night for overs folks. 27 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: If you're a Nuggets fan, you breathe a sigh of 28 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: a leaf, right, You're like, Okay, we almost blew that 29 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: twenty one point second half lead, and Lakers they had 30 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: a chance there. They did have a couple looks an 31 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: opportunity to tie the game, could not pull it off. 32 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: But if you're a Lakers fan, you take this win. Okay, Okay, Okay, 33 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: they got one. They got one, and you're not that dispirited. 34 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: I don't think it's that easy, though. My guess is 35 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: the consensus the Robg's of the world, who have Lakers 36 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: in six or whatever. I think Laker fans are gonna 37 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: be like, Okay, we got we got we unlocked the 38 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: hatchiemor thing. We benched d Low, who was an abomination 39 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: at both ends. You know, we came back. We could 40 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 1: have stole this one. We got Game two, and I'm 41 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: just gonna a word of caution if you look back 42 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: to that Phoenix series against Denver, similar situation in game one, 43 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: although Phoenix did not make a run in the fourth, 44 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: they just sat there, guys in the fourth to say, okay, 45 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: we got no shout, We're not coming back. Lakers tried 46 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 1: that comeback and Anthony Davis ends with forty two minutes played, 47 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: Lebron forty minutes played. Both of them were outstanding. You 48 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: got great games. You got sixty six points, twenty two rebounds, 49 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: and twelve assists from Lebron and Ad they were tremendous. 50 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: Ady fourteen or twenty three, Lebron nine of sixteen like 51 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: they were outstanding. From the free throw line nineteen or 52 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: twenty two, like they were awesome, and you lost. If 53 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: you look at that game two Denver Phoenix, Phoenix led 54 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 1: for most of Game two, and in the fourth quarter 55 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: the altitude caught up with them. They could not make shots. Now, 56 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: Chris Paul's injury did happen in the I think it 57 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: was late third quarter and Phoenix ran out of gas 58 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: and Denver. Denver's role players notably, KCP took over and 59 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: they were able to pull off the victory. I know 60 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: Lakers fans are gonna think Game two, they've got a 61 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: great shot. Just a word of caution. Eighty logged forty 62 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: two minutes Lebron forty. They get one night off, and 63 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: I know people think there's no date, no way Denver 64 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: can play this. Good folks. They were one of the 65 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: best offenses in the NBA for a reason. They were 66 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: the second best home record in the end for a reason. Okay, Jokic, 67 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: who was shut down and we'll talk about that shut 68 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: down in the fourth quarter, had like the best first 69 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: quarter probably of anyone in the playoffs. Ever, when you 70 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: look at the ten boards, I think he had ten boards, 71 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: five assists, Like no player had done that in the 72 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: first quarter in the history of the sport. I think 73 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: that was the graphic. Rob g can check me on 74 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: in a minute. Yokich ended with thirty four points, twenty 75 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: one boards, fourteen assists. I mean, listen, he was unbelievable. 76 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: Here's the weird thing. Oh, by the way, he had 77 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: six offensive boards. The Lakers team had five, So Jokic 78 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: out rebounded the entire Lakers on the offensive last six 79 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: to five. Here's the weird thing, though, Jokic had thirty 80 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: one heading into the fourth because he hit that prayer 81 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: three pointer over to Ad late I think at the 82 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: buzzer actually, and he goes to the fourth with thirty one. 83 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: He was shut down in the fourth. Why what happened? 84 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: Ruy Hachimora happened? And it's crazy because our guest yesterday 85 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: on the podcast, if you missed it, go back and listen. 86 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: You know you missed the bats. I'm sorry, our guest said, 87 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: Rui Hachi Mora is the X factor in the series, 88 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: and he broke it down perfectly. And guess who was 89 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: defending Jokic in the fourth quarter. Rui Hachimurra, one of 90 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: my favorite names in the NBA. By the way, I 91 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: got a I got the numbers for you right here, 92 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: Yokich with Ruey as his primary defender. Now, it only 93 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: happened six times in the game. Jokich was zero for 94 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: two with two turnovers. Jokich with Ad as the primary 95 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: defender fifteen times. Jokis was ten of thirteen, ten of 96 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: thirteen with two turnovers. Now this is the other interesting aspect. 97 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: You're like, well, what about the assists. Okay, they measured 98 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: points per play when Ad was guarding him one point 99 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: five to three, when Hachi Mora was guarding Jokic zero 100 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: point six seven. Now it's a small sample size, but again, 101 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 1: you know, listen, I'm not trying to hype up our 102 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: breakdowns of x A and o's, but we kind of 103 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: nailed this game one a lot between our guests calling 104 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: Hachimur to come in and defend Yokic. They needed that, 105 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: and Ad is the help defender. Now Denver will obviously 106 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: adjust because when Hachi Mora went to Jokic, Ad was 107 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: then hanging out next to Aaron Gordon, Aaron Gordon like 108 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: in the Dunkers spot, and Ad basically is sitting there 109 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: as a rim protector, So they will tweak that now. 110 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon zero for three from deep did not hit 111 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:34,799 Speaker 1: his free throws. I almost wonder will the Lakers force 112 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: Denver to go small, perhaps with Bruce Brown, who had 113 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: an awesome game sixteen points, but he's good. I don't 114 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: want anybody saying like that was a flukey game. Absolutely not. 115 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: Bruce Brown very very good. I don't want to say 116 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: the best guy off the bench in the series. But 117 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: he is excellent player. He came in pure energy, rebounds, assists, 118 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: played big in Brooklyn. Now is it playing like? I 119 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: think they called him the backup point guard. He was excellent. 120 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: So my guess is yes, Aaron Gordon probably fewer minutes 121 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: in this ruey Ad lineup. But the Jamal Murray hunting 122 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: by Lebron was outstanding. Just like Lebron loves to go 123 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: at Steph Curry and did it often, Lebron was absolutely 124 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: going after Jamal Murray. It worked almost every time. Lebron 125 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: Lebron twenty six, twelve and nine, eight of eleven from 126 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: the foul line. The one thing I did not like, 127 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: and one of my buddies he called this. He's the 128 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: Lakers season ticket holder. Lebron loves his I'm gonna let 129 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: the shot clock wind down late in the game. I 130 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: want to be a hero ball. And he goes for 131 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: the kill shot three and I don't have exact numbers, 132 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: but it feels like he's shooting ten percent on those. 133 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: It's usually straight ahead, top of the key, sometimes like 134 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: diagonal at the long three, and it's just it's not 135 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: a good shot by Lebron, but he wants he wants 136 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: that hero shot and it just really does not work. 137 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: I Mean, I wonder like, is there anything the Lakers 138 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: can do to get Lebron out of that mindset? Because 139 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: I'll tell you right now, Austin Reeves, mister, what do 140 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: they call what do we call him? The ninety eight 141 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: million dollar guy? Ninety seven? Is that the number he 142 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: can get. Austin Reeves was tremendous five threes, twenty three points, 143 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: eight assists, zero turnovers his first Western Conference final ever. 144 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: He played forty two minutes, had twenty three to eight 145 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: and zero turnovers. Now, the turnovers are an issue because 146 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: Denver they don't play much defense. And for all anybody's 147 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: gonna say is well, Denver shot the lights out. Denver 148 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 1: shot fifty four percent. You know what, the Lakers shot 149 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: fifty four percent. Now, Denver from three forty six percent. 150 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: They made fifteen threes. The Lakers made eleven. Austin Reeves 151 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: said half of them. Here's the concern if you're the Lakers, 152 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: Besides the heavy minutes, obviously you can count on Austin Reeves. 153 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: We agree he's their third best player. I thought Ruy 154 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: Hachimura had a very good game. Lonnie Walker hit miss 155 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: off the bench. Jared Vanderbilt, I don't know, threeenty ten minutes. 156 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: I don't know that he's long for this series. Troy 157 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 1: Brown ain't in the rotation. Shrewder really struggled. Really, it 158 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 1: does not look like a series for Shreuter. I know 159 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: it's one game. I don't want to go overboard D'Angelo Russell. 160 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 1: He just didn't have it. I mean he's getting cooked 161 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: up defensively, offensively, like I didn't see it. A couple 162 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: turnaround jumpers in the third when they're down, like eighteen 163 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: zero for three from d Where are now? We were 164 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: wondering where you're gonna get the third scorer from against 165 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: Golden State, Like who's gonna step up? One game line Walker? 166 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: One game Loster Reeves because Denver's offense is so good, Rob, 167 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: I feel like the Lakers are gonna need a fourth 168 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: scorer because listen, we know the history. And I'm not 169 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: trying to call him James Harden here, but Anthony Davis 170 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: in these playoffs has essentially alternated great game with either 171 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: bad or average game. And I'm sorry, Rob, I know 172 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: people are excited. AD had forty at altitude in forty 173 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: two minutes. The idea that he's gonna come back and 174 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: go for twenty five or thirty. I'll be honest, that 175 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: seems foreign to me. We saw him in that Warrior 176 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: series start to show signs of fatigue, and yeah, he 177 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: would do things defensively, but even after his big Game 178 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: one where he had thirty and twenty three and they 179 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: got to win, he came back with eleven and seven. 180 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: Then they go home Game three, twenty five and thirteen, 181 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: gets to sit out the fourth quarter of a blowout, 182 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: comes back with twenty three and fifteen, and in Game 183 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: five in Golden State, he just wasn't as effective. Remember 184 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: zero blocks in Game five. Defensively didn't have it. It's 185 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 1: tough for AD to be consistent. So after only thirty 186 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: two minutes in the loss, bounces back in Game six 187 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: with seventeen and twenty. But Rob, I think you'd probably 188 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: agree with me for AD to score forty and lose 189 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: and know that you're probably not gonna get I mean, listen, Brob, 190 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: I don't think he's going for twenty five in Game two. 191 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: I don't know where the scoring comes from. Lakers down 192 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: on one and you got to get one in Denver, right, 193 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,199 Speaker 1: you have to get one of these two would split 194 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: or you go home down oh two with zero room 195 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 1: for error back in LA. 196 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 2: You know what, everything you said feels accurate. And I 197 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 2: still feel great about Lakers and six. And look, Jokic 198 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 2: was awesome, Murray was great. I mean, the Nuggets overall offensively, 199 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 2: we're as advertised. We talked about it for the last 200 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: few weeks that they have been playing like the most 201 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 2: impressive team in the postseason thus far. Last night in 202 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 2: Game one, Jokic had for my money, probably statistically the 203 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 2: best playoff game ever, you know, just in terms of 204 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 2: raw numbers, thirty four to twenty any player in the history, 205 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 2: well that I mean that. I mean, I don't I 206 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 2: guess modern era. I mean I don't know how, I 207 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 2: don't know if you want to go back to like 208 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: World Chamber, I mean, sure, Wilt. 209 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: Chamber then Magic Game six when he played center for Jabbar. 210 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 2: Statistically, Jokic is, but Nos were better. Just let me 211 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 2: look thirty four, twenty one and fourteen on twelve of 212 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 2: seventeen shooting like that. That's a video you could play 213 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 2: on NBA two K and not put those kind of 214 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 2: numbers up like that. That was unreal. So he plays great, 215 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 2: obvious said, Murray plays great. Nuggets shot sixty nine percent 216 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 2: on long twos and out rebounded the Lakers by seventeen 217 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 2: in a game they only won by six. Lebron James, 218 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:30,719 Speaker 2: I know that he settled for that long three, and 219 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 2: I was just as mad as your buddy was. I 220 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 2: threw my rote at the TV when I saw it happen. 221 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 2: You know, Lebron James was seven of eight inside the paint. 222 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 2: The Lakers, for all of their miscues defensively against Denver, 223 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 2: especially in that first half, they could get whatever they 224 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 2: want on the other end as well. This is very 225 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 2: similar to what we saw early on in the Denver 226 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 2: Phoenix series, where neither team looked like they were capable 227 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: of stopping the other one right, it was just trade 228 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 2: one trade. One of the difference was in early in 229 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 2: that series is the Nuggets were trading threes for twos, 230 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 2: and that's why they ended up winning pretty easily in 231 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 2: the first two games. Where the Lakers have going for 232 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 2: them moving forward is their schematic fix is not really 233 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 2: like a huge alternate from what they can do normally, 234 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 2: and that's just play bigger, play Ruie more minutes, probably 235 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 2: start him in Game two, Jared Vanderbilt for more minutes 236 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,079 Speaker 2: even if he's not shooting, just being a larger body. 237 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: So we would agree you start ruey overshreoter. I would 238 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: agree with that. Yes, So where are you getting the 239 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:38,359 Speaker 1: Vanderbilt minutes. 240 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 2: From off the bench? Just you know, just play him. 241 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: You know. 242 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 2: The thing was is last series, it was okay to 243 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 2: play the three guard look because the Warriors played quick 244 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 2: and they were very they were very small, you know, 245 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 2: so it made sense to match size for size. All 246 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 2: of the adjustments that Darvin Hang came out with in 247 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 2: Game one early proved to be the wrong decision. He 248 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 2: came out small against a massive front line with Denver, 249 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 2: and that's why it was twenty to two rebounding at 250 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 2: one point in the middle of the second quarter. Yeah, okay. 251 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 2: They wanted to play fast, which you don't do against 252 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 2: an offensive juggernaut at altitude you don't like. That's just 253 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 2: you're playing right into their hands. If you're a defensive team, 254 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 2: be a defensive team. Don't try to outrun and gun 255 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 2: the best offense in basketball, especially when we had decide 256 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 2: disadvantage and number three, especially early on, they were doubling 257 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 2: Jokic when Ad had in one on one. If Yogic 258 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 2: scores on Ad, hey you live with it. You know, 259 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 2: AD's your best defender by far, probably the best defender 260 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 2: in basketball. If Yogic is gonna score, it is what 261 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 2: it is. Let him get his just don't let him 262 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 2: get everybody else involved. And what they were doing was 263 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 2: they were doubling off of the nearest guy most of 264 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 2: the time, whether it was Shrewder or Russell, and he 265 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 2: was getting wide open threes for these other guys. So 266 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 2: all three of their biggest, you know, strategic moves to 267 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 2: start off backfired in a big way, and then they're 268 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 2: down in a huge hole. Once they went back to 269 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 2: playing the way that they play plaid throughout most of 270 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 2: this postseason. We're gonna play big, We're gonna be living 271 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 2: in the paint. We're gonna grind you out defensively. Suddenly 272 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 2: the Lakers climb back from down twenty one to down three. 273 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I would. I would agree with you, 274 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: But you know how the chess match works. Denver saw 275 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: what happened, and they will be ready this time. So 276 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: I don't think they'll open with anything dramatic. But if 277 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: you go rueye with ad off of him. I think 278 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: the pretty clear adjustment is let's get Aaron Gordon out 279 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: of the game. And it's not like Aaron Gordon dominated 280 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: the glass. He did out three offensive boards, but those 281 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: were his only rebounds. I think you probably play Michael 282 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: Porter Junior as a big and you bring in Bruce 283 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: Brown and then it becomes a three point game. And listen, MPJ, Well, 284 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: we can say what we want about him. Soft doesn't 285 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: play a lot of d He did have a really 286 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: nice block on Hachie Mora, and he's a great shooter. 287 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: Did you see Have you seen the image I put 288 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: on my Instagram stories of the three he hit over 289 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves in the corner? Oh yeah, Austin Reeves hand 290 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: was literally like a centermeter from his face and it 291 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: was just like, oh my god, how did he hit 292 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: that shot? Because shot clock was winding down. He was 293 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: three of six from deep Jokic, three of three from deep, Murray, 294 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: four of eight from deep KCP, three of eight from 295 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: deep and off the bench. Uncle Jeff Green won on 296 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: one and Bruce Brown won on one. Christian Brown was 297 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: zero and two. I don't know, man, this. 298 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 2: They hit some incredible shots. Like like, look, they hit 299 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 2: some their offense was humming. I'm not gonna say that. 300 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 2: I'm gonna discount it. They were awesome offensively in Denver. 301 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 2: They also hit at least four or five shots where 302 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 2: either their circus shots like the Yolkic and Murray ones 303 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 2: there in the second half of the Yolks then the 304 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 2: third and the Murray in the earlier of the fourth, 305 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 2: and then the Michael Porter in the corner like there 306 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 2: were some where they were hand right in their face 307 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 2: and they just drilled it, dotted the ie. That's the 308 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 2: kind of stuff you can't count on moving forward. 309 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: That's fair, But they're at home, and we know this 310 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: kind of thing tends to happen at home. Let me 311 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: the line just emerged. We're recording this right after Lakers 312 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: Nuggets finished a little after midnight Eastern time. Denver opens 313 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: up five and a half point favorites, and it's already 314 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 1: up to six at one sportsbook bet Chris, which is 315 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: considered like a sharp book, so early money on the 316 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 1: Nuggets rob This is gonna go one or two ways. 317 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: The Lakers will make adjustments, the Nuggets won't hit as 318 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: many shots, and the Lakers will win or the Lakers 319 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: will play well, but the altitude and the minutes will 320 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: catch up with him, and Denver will pull away and win. 321 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: I mean again, we like to think we know everything, 322 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: like one of those two things will happen, like those 323 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: are really the only two albums. I don't see the 324 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 1: Lakers getting blasted by twenty to. 325 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 2: You, no, And I honestly don't think Altitude's gonna be 326 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: much of a problem in this game because it the 327 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 2: one thing that I noticed in this game and even 328 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 2: some of the other Nuggets series, is because they don't 329 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 2: play very physical defense. These minutes are not heavy minutes 330 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 2: in the same way that it's just cardio. Yeah, exactly. 331 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 2: There's a lot of up and down. You know, there's 332 00:17:58,119 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 2: a lot of guys smiling during the game last night, 333 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 2: even when it was a blowout, I mean, it was closed. 334 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 2: Guys didn't seem like they were doubled over the same 335 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 2: way that you saw in Lakers Grizzlies and Lakers Warriors. 336 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: I do wonder rub fourth quarter. I don't have the 337 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: exact numbers, but it felt like the free throws were 338 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: a lot more in the fourth than they were the 339 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: first half. And you know, when you're tired and you're 340 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: not moving as quick, you're fouling more. I just again, 341 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: I've never played at altitude. I have no clue, but 342 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: the numbers are there for a reason, like Denver is 343 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: a home juggernaut. I mean, they dropped seventy two on 344 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: the Lakers in the first half. The Lakers responded with 345 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 1: seventy two of their own in the second half. Listen, 346 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: I didn't I don't know if it was a Max effort. 347 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: It kind of felt like that from the Lakers, like 348 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: they were like, holy cow, we can seal this, and 349 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: they nearly did. I'm trying to go back in the 350 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: game log and look, so when they were down three, 351 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,360 Speaker 1: was it the Austin Reeves three that rimmed out? 352 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 2: No, tho, when they were down three, it was the 353 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 2: Lebron James, the Lebron top of the key. It was 354 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 2: just short, just flat out short. 355 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: Not the greatest shot. So then they're down five and 356 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 1: then the Nuggets snuffed it out the Reeves three and 357 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: then Lebron kind of turned it over in the lane. 358 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: Good play by Jamal Murray, who you know is basically 359 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: gonna be hunted twenty four to seven as soon as 360 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: he's on the court by Lebron, But I don't know. 361 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: This is one of those games where a lot of 362 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: people haven't watched a ton of Nicola Jokic, and this 363 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: idea that Joel Embiid was like the best player in 364 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,679 Speaker 1: the league this year is just comical. This shows that 365 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: the media is kind of a joke on some level. 366 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: You just said Jokic essentially had one of the best 367 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: games statistically in the history of the NBA playoffs. Bill 368 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 1: Russell had probably some forty and thirty games, but he 369 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: ain't have Vieta of as many assists like Jokic is 370 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,880 Speaker 1: the complete triple threat. And the craziest part is, man, 371 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,719 Speaker 1: he doesn't look winded at all. They give him his breaks. 372 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 1: He's hustling, he's chasing down every rebound. He I mean, 373 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna still call him the Dowe Serby and he's 374 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 1: not chiseled like a Dwight Howard was. And I don't know, man, 375 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: this this is gonna be a great great sy Lakers 376 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: come up a little short, but there is a reason 377 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,640 Speaker 1: for optimism. Any final thoughts, rob On, you know, maybe 378 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 1: maybe we need to see some more Malik Beasley for shooting. 379 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: I don't you know what I will say this about 380 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 2: I know him, the Lakers homer on the podcast, I'll 381 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 2: wear that proudly still Lakers and six. But look, Jokic 382 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 2: was so awesome even as an opposing fan, it's hard 383 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 2: not to appreciate how good he is. And I saw 384 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 2: in the postgame former Laker Contavious Calwell Pope was asked, 385 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 2: you know what's it like the difference between playing with 386 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 2: Jokic and a guy like Lebron James, And this, I 387 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 2: thought was the quote of the night, KCP quote. The 388 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 2: only difference is Lebron can jump higher. Now. That is 389 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,719 Speaker 2: high praise for Nikolae Jokic, and rightfully so. Man, he 390 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 2: was incredible shooting, passing, rebounding, even defensively, and I know 391 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 2: Ad got his forty, but it wasn't like he was 392 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 2: a sieve there Defensively. He's just a good job of 393 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 2: being big. I'm looking forward to seeing what he'll do 394 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 2: in this series. I expect him to have statistically at 395 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 2: least a monster series and ultimately the Lakers prevail. 396 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: A final thought, as I'm watching this game, Rob, I'm like, 397 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: this basketball is just unbelievable. I mean, one th six 398 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,160 Speaker 1: just an awesome game. If you are just a face, 399 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: even if you're one of these NBA haters, Oh NBA China, 400 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: all that crap. You know, if you're one of those guys, 401 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: I hope you're not and you're watching this game, you're 402 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: just like, my gosh, these guys are good and rob 403 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: you know, I grew up on Magic and Bird like 404 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: that was my introduction to the NBA. I loved eighties ball. 405 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: I really like nineties NBA. I played nineties video games 406 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 1: with Penny. I love me some Penny Hardaway. I mean, 407 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: I love nineties basketball. This idea that those guys could 408 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: hang with this NBA or they're on the same level 409 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: or even close to it, it's just outright comical. And 410 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: I know it was a different era. There were some 411 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: different rules with the hand checking, but the shot making 412 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: we have now in the league is absurd. I mean, 413 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: the just watching Jokic, like I'm just trying to think, like, 414 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: how would my nineties Knicks defend Jokic. Would they put 415 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: Anthony Mason on him and have you income over for 416 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,479 Speaker 1: the help defense. Maybe maybe that would be the strategy 417 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: and they would slow him down. But like just Denver's 418 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: making unbelievable three point shooting. The Lakers respond, Austin Reeves undrafted. 419 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: I mean, quick pop quiz, rob who's the best? And 420 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: I don't know the answer to this, so it's unfair. 421 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,400 Speaker 1: But give me an undrafted player from the nineties who 422 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: was unbelievable in the NBA. No, I don't think that's happened. 423 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I Jokic is he officially the best second 424 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: round pick in the history of the NBA. Like Draymond 425 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: Green was very, very good. But I mean Yokic is. 426 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 2: Too Envyoblynes, Yeah, monage you nobly, but yeah, I would 427 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 2: definitely go Jokic. 428 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 1: I mean, we're we're talking about Jokic potentially knocking out 429 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, knocking out Devin Booker, knocking out a d 430 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: knocking out Lebron and then knocking out Jason Tatum in 431 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: the finals. He does that on top of the two MVPs. 432 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: He's definitely the best player in the NBA. I know 433 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: that it's constantly a moving target. And it was Curry, 434 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: it was Lebron, it was Giannis. Jokic has it for 435 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,719 Speaker 1: the taking. I want to quickly go before we get 436 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: to tonight's Gape, and I don't think I'll be as 437 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: hot betting on Celtics heat as I was in the 438 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 1: player prop for Nuggets Lakers. The NBA Draft lottery happened 439 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: and your winners were and I don't know if there's 440 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: a good thing or not. The San Antonio Spurs, my 441 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 1: initial thought was, BA humbug, Why them? Why them again? 442 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: They got David Robinson in eighty seven, they got Duncan 443 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 1: in ninety seven, maybe it was David Robinson eighty nine, 444 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: whatever it was, And now they get Victor women Yama like, 445 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: how is that fair? Can't we let someone else get 446 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,400 Speaker 1: in on the action? And then one of my buddies 447 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 1: on Instagram says me a message, no way. He's like 448 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: a huge Spurs fan and he's big into Nikosa and 449 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: he's like, no, this is great for the league, this 450 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: is perfect for women. You know, you go to Portland, 451 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: you're probably gonna get hurt like every other guy that 452 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: goes to Portland. Haha, you got to Charlotte, Michael Jordan 453 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 1: will find a way to screw it up. You go 454 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 1: to Houston, come on the James Harten except for forget 455 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: it Orlando, ha ha ha. You know it's a decent 456 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: case like San Antonio has the infrastructure, has the history 457 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: to make Wembin Yama very very successful, Like there's a 458 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: chance this could be more successful than we anticipate, very 459 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: very early, and people are already trying to clock the 460 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: who's just starting five next year around Wemby, Like, oh, well, 461 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: we've got Devin Vassol, the three point gunner. We get 462 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: the kid Malachi Brownham. I think he's Ohio State, young 463 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: young kid Keldon Johnson who's probably their second best player, 464 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,679 Speaker 1: Jeremy Sohan. And you're like, how is this good for 465 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: the NBA? Dude, that's you're starting five. You're not getting 466 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: any anybody in free agency. I don't think you got 467 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: cap room, big time cap room. But where are you 468 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 1: going with that? And that's where it'll be interesting to 469 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: see how they build around a guy like webin Yama, 470 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: because listen, I'm a Knicks fan. I saw the Porzingis 471 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: thing happen and it hurt. You know, was still waiting 472 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 1: for chet Holmgren to play his first game in the NBA. 473 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: Still like big guys, it's just they're unorthodox. They're unicorns, 474 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: Like literally unicorns don't know what to do with them. 475 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: We don't know how their bodies are going to react 476 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: to the pounding in the NBA. Like I wouldn't be 477 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: shocked if they told WEBBN Yama no back to backs 478 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: as a rookie. You know, it's a bit of a 479 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: step up from the league in France. You know. So 480 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 1: San Antonio wins it, they'll take Weeban Yama Charlotte at 481 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: two LaMelo balls. Partner will be Scoot Henderson. I don't know. 482 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: Remember Brandon Miller of Alabama, who did have a terrible clunker, 483 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: terrible to end his season. My gosh, I was on 484 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: them against San Diego State and I think I don't 485 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,199 Speaker 1: have the numbers in front of me, something like three 486 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: of seventeen. It was abysmal. He's a wing this is 487 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 1: the wing league. He did have the gun charge. Woge 488 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: was quick to note that the teams have looked into 489 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: Brandon Miller and he's clean. This is well one off. Apparently, 490 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: I'm efforting to get Wojes on the podcast. He is 491 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: still reluctant. I guess he doesn't do a lot of podcasts. 492 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: We are friends, we go back twenty five years, twenty years, 493 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: and I'm working on it. People. So if Brandon Miller 494 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 1: goes to Charlotte, that's fine. Like I like Brandon Miller, 495 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: I like LaMelo Ball. You know, I don't know that 496 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: Charlotte is gonna be that good with Brandon Miller. You know, 497 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: it's Charlotte guys, like they haven't been good in forever. 498 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: They can't figure out their coach, they can't get any 499 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: like what players are gonna remember what? They thought they 500 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: had a shot at Steph Curry because he went to Davidson. 501 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 1: I was like, maybe, no, not a chance. So they 502 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: got some of the guys in the rest of Terry 503 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: Rosey's an okay player, but he's selfish, Kelly Oubre, Gordon Hayward. 504 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 1: I think you probably try to package Gordon Hayward in 505 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 1: a deal for some kind of veteran. Who else did 506 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: they PJ Washington, Mark Williams, a young kid, I like, 507 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: how to do? Nick Richard's like, this is a twenty 508 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 1: five win team. After Charlotte is Portland, and then you've 509 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: got the Scoot Henderson stuff, and it's like, well, oh, really, Portland, 510 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: the team with Damian Lillard, the team with Anthonty Simons, 511 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: the team that just drafted Shadon Sharp, who they love. 512 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 1: In the top ten, they're gonna go grab another guard. Well, 513 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard's gonna be like, I'm out, Like I mean, 514 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: Jeremy Grant, use of Nurkic, Cam Reddish, like, I don't, 515 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: I just they if they're drafting Scoot Henderson, fine, but 516 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 1: you have to move Damian Lillard absolutely. Now. One option 517 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 1: is you say we want to keep Dame, and we 518 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: will dangle the number three pick to someone and we'll 519 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: attach I don't know whoever you want, Cam Reddish, he's 520 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: floated around the league, batist, stible, whatever you want and 521 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: give us, give us a plug and play all Star 522 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: or All Star caliber player, and we'll try to ride 523 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: with Dame. Simon Sharp and said all Star. I don't know, 524 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: but like, there's not a lot to be excited about. 525 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: After the top three, you got the the Thompson Twins, 526 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: the kid from Houston who like I like, but I 527 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: don't know Jerrase Walker, like I don't. I mean, if 528 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: you want me to ask who I'm really excited about, 529 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: you got to go a little deeper. I like Jordan 530 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 1: Hawkins of Yukon, a lot winning player. High IQ looks 531 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: to me like like a Ray Allen type player. I 532 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 1: like him a ton. I kind of like Dareek Whitehead 533 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:35,479 Speaker 1: of Duke. Derek Lively of Duke is the big center 534 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,479 Speaker 1: who doesn't do anything but block shots. He's gonna fall 535 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: a little bit. My guy from the Breakers, Ryan Rupert, 536 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,959 Speaker 1: very nice wing player. But this is this is not 537 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: an amazing draft. There's not a ton of guys outside 538 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: of Wombin Yama, Scoot and Brandon Miller, rob Any any 539 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: thoughts on Wemby or not? Really? 540 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 2: I mean, uh, I kind of felt like it was 541 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,719 Speaker 2: gonna be. It just felt like a Spurs thing, right 542 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 2: And according to a Fred Cats covers the NBA for 543 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 2: the Athletic, he was in the ping pong room when 544 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 2: it was happening. He said that not only did the 545 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 2: Spurs get the first pick, they got drawn two more 546 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 2: times in the lottery, so they had to redo multiple picks. 547 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 1: Huh. 548 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 2: It's so you know. The way it works is they 549 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 2: don't actually draw all fourteen teams, right, They draw number one, 550 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 2: number two, number three, number four. That's how they draw 551 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 2: lottery balls. So the number they pull for the first 552 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,239 Speaker 2: pick will be the first one, and then so on 553 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 2: and so on and so on. So the Spurs were 554 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 2: pulled for the number one pick, I'm assuming they were 555 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 2: also pulled then for numbers three and number four, Like 556 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 2: their lottery ball combination came up multiple times in that 557 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 2: top four order, So it seemed like it was, you know, 558 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 2: destiny that the Spurs were going to have the number 559 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 2: one overall pick. Destiny was on their side. The thing. 560 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 2: The same thing happened with the Lakers the year that 561 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 2: they went up in the Brandon Ingram Draft. I believe 562 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 2: it was where they had actually got pulled for the 563 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 2: second and third picks and then obviously you can't go 564 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 2: in a second. But so that's number one with whom 565 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 2: Minyami I was kind of sad. I wish he would 566 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 2: have ended up in a more competitive situation because the 567 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 2: San Antonio Spurs roster is terrible, right, I know that popping, 568 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 2: you know it gets a lot of credit, but they've 569 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 2: been arguably the worst team in the NBA for like 570 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 2: three or four years now, Like they're just not good. 571 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 2: So we're at least two to three years from when 572 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 2: Ben Yama even being like in a playoff discussion, and 573 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 2: when you have a guy that's that level of a talent. 574 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 2: I wish that he had a more competitive roster around 575 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 2: him so we could see him do some things. You know, 576 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 2: when when it was down to the Spurs and the Hornets, 577 00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 2: I was really hoping for the LaMelo ball when yeah, 578 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 2: I'm a dynamic do I thought that would have been great? 579 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: Well, let me ask you, I hadn't thought about this, 580 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: so it is one of the worst rosters in the league. 581 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: I just looked it up. It's certainly bottom three, maybe 582 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: maybe number one. If you're Popovich, do you say we 583 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: need to build a winning culture because we have one 584 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: and I don't think I won a playoff series in 585 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 1: like five years, maybe. 586 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 2: Longer, probably longer than that. 587 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: Do you throw a hail Mary and say, let's go 588 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: bring in some guys, let's let's let's let's pay Klay Thompson. 589 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: He knows how to win. He's a winner, fits our culture, 590 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 1: and we could give up a guy that wants to 591 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: get paid, like a Keldon Johnson who the Warriors could use. 592 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 1: They could use wings. But like, is there a world 593 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: where the Spurs take a flyer on a veteran or two? Now? 594 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if like a I mean Draymond Green 595 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: is he your big guy to defend the bigs and 596 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: weben Yamas a wing. I don't know they could. They 597 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: have a lot of options, but you gotta assume that 598 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: they They're gonna have some pretty good options right to 599 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 1: like make moves. 600 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 2: I know people want to play a time cap space. 601 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 2: I mean, if they wanted to, they could, but that 602 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 2: just goes against everything that the Spurs have ever done. 603 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 2: Like they are the epitome of small market build the 604 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 2: correct way quote unquote, by the way, speaking of the Hornets, 605 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 2: check this out. I saw this online las last night 606 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 2: as well. They've had the number two pick three times 607 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 2: before this upcoming women Yama draft. 608 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: Hold on. One of them was Marvin from UNC number 609 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 1: he was twenty four. Marvin something, you. 610 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 2: Mean Marvin Williams. 611 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: Marvin Williams, Yes, thank you. 612 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 2: Okay, so what Marvin Williams? 613 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: Right? 614 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 2: But these are these are the ones that I'm most 615 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 2: fascinated by. The Shack draft, they were number two. They 616 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 2: got Alonzoil Morning, not lot A lowns On. Morning's not bad, 617 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 2: but you know he's not Shack. 618 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: Clearly. 619 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 2: The Dwight Howard draft, they end up with a Mecca 620 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 2: Oka four. 621 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: Oh oh, dear. 622 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 2: And then number three. This is the worst one by far, 623 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 2: the Anthony Davis draft. They end up with the immortal 624 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 2: Michael kid Gilchrist. 625 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: I loved him. Coming out of content was tough scene. 626 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: It's worse when you say what happened after Michael kid 627 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 1: Gilchrist in twenty twelve, Like there's a chance that they 628 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 1: didn't miss anything. Oh wait, Bradley Beal went third. Yeah, 629 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard went sixth, Harrison Barnes seventh. All those guys 630 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 1: considerably better than Michael kid Gilchrist. Let's see who have 631 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: they got late? LaMelo Ball was a win? Uh they yeah? 632 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:39,479 Speaker 1: Oh dear, yeah they They've had some I mean twenty 633 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 1: twenty one. James book Knight, he liked him, has not 634 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 1: after him? Course de Warte, Moses Moody, Sengoon, He's he's 635 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: been pretty good. Trey Murphy's been good. Book Knight's been 636 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: a zero. Oh man, this listen. NBA draft is tough, 637 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 1: NFL draft is tough. I'll do I'll do a mock 638 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 1: draft for Fox Sports next. The only thing better than 639 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:07,760 Speaker 1: sitting on your couch watching the game. He's making money 640 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:14,400 Speaker 1: while you do it. Here's your best bet. Let's quickly 641 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:20,800 Speaker 1: go to tonight's game, Celtics eight and a half point 642 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: favorites at home against the Heat. Oh my, Now, Miami's 643 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:30,480 Speaker 1: been resting since Friday when they dispatched Jalen Brunson. Celtics 644 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 1: played Sunday, and you know, I guess the matchup for 645 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: Boston is not great because Jimmy Butler is arguably the 646 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,440 Speaker 1: most clutched player on the in the series, even though 647 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,839 Speaker 1: the Celtics had Jason Tatum and bam Adebayo can give 648 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 1: them some problems. Huh. I guess I would. I guess 649 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:56,320 Speaker 1: I would lean. I kind of want to go Celtics, 650 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,320 Speaker 1: but off of three and O night, I don't want to. 651 00:34:58,320 --> 00:34:59,879 Speaker 1: I don't want to waste money flush it down the tube, 652 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:02,799 Speaker 1: so I'll probably pass on the On the side, I 653 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: think Boston will win and cover. But like you said earlier, Rob, 654 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,880 Speaker 1: like this is a Boston team that just knows they 655 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: just screw around and they're not locked in and focused. 656 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: They've been mediocre at home in their last like twenty 657 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 1: games in the playoffs. I don't think there are a 658 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: lot to blow them out. Any action from use on 659 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: the side here. 660 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 2: Yeah, I actually like Miami in the spot. Now, I 661 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 2: think I think Boston's gonna win. But the points is 662 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,360 Speaker 2: way too much and the words of Doc Rivers, the 663 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,319 Speaker 2: Celtics play with their meat too much. And I love 664 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 2: how we want to say play with their food as 665 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 2: they play with their meat. And that thing has just 666 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,920 Speaker 2: gone rampant on the internet, by the way. But you know, 667 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:41,319 Speaker 2: Miami is a tough team and Boston, I'm not gonna 668 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 2: say they're an unseerious bunch, but they definitely carry themselves 669 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,839 Speaker 2: with the swagger of a team that's won like two 670 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:48,959 Speaker 2: or three championships and they can just flip the switch 671 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,840 Speaker 2: whenever they want. So I like Miami plus the points. 672 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,279 Speaker 1: Let me look at some player point props. Butler twenty 673 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,280 Speaker 1: seven and a half, Bam seventeen and a half, Tatum 674 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,320 Speaker 1: twenty nine, and I have Jalen Brown twenty four and 675 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 1: a half, Smart fourteen, brogged in Smart and brogged in 676 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 1: fourteen and a half, Kyle Lowry ten and a half. 677 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 1: That's the problem with Miami, rob I don't know who's 678 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:12,839 Speaker 1: gonna go off. Is it gonna be Max Trus hitting 679 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:16,360 Speaker 1: five threes? I don't know. Caleb Martin is he Caleb 680 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:17,799 Speaker 1: Martin is eight and a half I. 681 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,560 Speaker 2: Don't know Kevin Love hitting four. 682 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,640 Speaker 1: Threes Kevin Love seven and a half. I mean it 683 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,800 Speaker 1: could be like that's but that's the thing with that, 684 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,840 Speaker 1: my tried and true model. No, it's not a model, 685 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:32,759 Speaker 1: but role players at home bet them and then when 686 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 1: they're on the road fade him. So the role players 687 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 1: I'll be looking at here, like can Al Horford give 688 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: you seven and a half? Over seven and a half? 689 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 1: Like I just I don't feel supremely confident because you're right, 690 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,200 Speaker 1: there's a world where Eric Spolster comes in with a 691 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:52,719 Speaker 1: massive surprise and all of a sudden, the Celtics are 692 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 1: kind of shook, and next thing you know, Butler's got 693 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,440 Speaker 1: forty and it's a game one. Upset like it would 694 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:02,279 Speaker 1: not shock me? What't you give me Jalen Brown over 695 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 1: twenty four and a half points? How's that that'll be 696 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 1: my one? Because I do think Butler would probably go 697 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,400 Speaker 1: to Tatum, and I don't see them putting BAM on 698 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,440 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown and pulling him away from the hoop. If 699 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,360 Speaker 1: they do, twenty four and a half is cooked. But 700 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 1: I do think Tatum had his Game seven, he got 701 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,879 Speaker 1: his shine. I can see them wanting to get Jalen Brown. 702 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: Keep him happy, right, Rob, you know you gotta keep 703 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 1: your bet Robin happy. I guess I would go Jalen 704 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,200 Speaker 1: Brown over twenty four and a half. I think that's 705 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:36,480 Speaker 1: gonna be my lone bet. In Game one of Heat Celtics, 706 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 1: I'll go Heat one hundred Celtics one eleven. 707 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,879 Speaker 2: It's a lot of points. 708 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,160 Speaker 1: Well, the total is, uh, what do we got for 709 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,480 Speaker 1: the total we got? We got two eleven, So I 710 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: landed right up right out of the total. There. All right, 711 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,399 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow. Spurs fans, I know your party. 712 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:55,920 Speaker 1: And have you seen the video Rob of the Spurs 713 00:37:55,960 --> 00:38:00,040 Speaker 1: fans at bars? Yeah? I have, dude. They were we 714 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:03,839 Speaker 1: were like lubricated on a Tuesday in San Antonio because 715 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,080 Speaker 1: they won the draft. Lot. I can't recall ever seeing that, 716 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,160 Speaker 1: can you. 717 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:11,440 Speaker 2: No, not even in the Zion Williamson Draft, which was 718 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,919 Speaker 2: probably the closest like hype wise. 719 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,320 Speaker 1: That I can't remember. That was like the New Orleans 720 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 1: War room was yeah, yeah, that was cool. The Spurs 721 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,360 Speaker 1: guy was shouting on Stagium. Yeah. I was kind of 722 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,120 Speaker 1: rooting for Portland, you know, obviously, Luca, but you know, 723 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,600 Speaker 1: congrats to the Spurs. We'll talk to you tomorrow.