1
00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:12,160
Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is a party, people,

2
00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:17,960
Speaker 1: It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Monday, May thirty one.

3
00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,400
Speaker 1: Happy Memorial Day weekend, everybody. I hope everyone had a

4
00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,800
Speaker 1: outstanding time on the long holiday weekend officially at the

5
00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,360
Speaker 1: start of summer. It was a fun weekend out here

6
00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,400
Speaker 1: in l A. We went down the coast a little

7
00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,959
Speaker 1: bit for just a couple of nights, just to quick

8
00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,680
Speaker 1: change of pace. My dad's in town, you know, showing

9
00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,440
Speaker 1: him the sights and sounds of southern California. And uh,

10
00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,280
Speaker 1: I watched a little bit of NBA. Uh I think

11
00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,519
Speaker 1: I think we'll be doing a lot of basketball on

12
00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,080
Speaker 1: the pod this week. And listen, I'll just say this.

13
00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,839
Speaker 1: We will get to Kyrie Irving and his immaturity and

14
00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,360
Speaker 1: that buffoon who threw a bottle at him. We'll get

15
00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,280
Speaker 1: to that. We will get to the Clippers rebounding strongly,

16
00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,560
Speaker 1: very strongly, powerfully against the Dallas Mavericks in what all

17
00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,840
Speaker 1: of a sudden is the series? But there is no

18
00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,120
Speaker 1: place that we could open the podcast today other than

19
00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:14,119
Speaker 1: the groin of Anthony Davis. It's not really a laughing matter.

20
00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,400
Speaker 1: It's extremely depressing, and I was having an outstanding weekend.

21
00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,200
Speaker 1: Lakers were looking good in Game four. I felt they

22
00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,640
Speaker 1: would go up three one. I thought they would wrap

23
00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,880
Speaker 1: up the series in five. As I said here on

24
00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:35,479
Speaker 1: the pod, Mr Pressing, They're not winning the series without

25
00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,120
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis. That's a fact, guys. I'm sorry to say that,

26
00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,200
Speaker 1: but they cannot pull this off. The supporting cast with

27
00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,360
Speaker 1: a D and Lebron is great. Shrewder plays great off

28
00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,760
Speaker 1: of them. KCP, who by the way, did not play

29
00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,320
Speaker 1: in Game four. No nobody mentioned that he started shooting guard.

30
00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,160
Speaker 1: The third best player they had in the bubble last year,

31
00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,120
Speaker 1: just didn't play and got barely mentioned. Like the supporting

32
00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:01,360
Speaker 1: cast is good. Drummond looks good alongside Anthony Davis. Marc

33
00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,680
Speaker 1: Gasol looks pretty good as a playmaker with the second unit,

34
00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,520
Speaker 1: all alongside Anthony Davis. Without a D where they guy,

35
00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,120
Speaker 1: they got nothing. Coulsma cannot do a guy. I don't

36
00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,359
Speaker 1: even want to talk about Kuzma. Stats in the series

37
00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:19,679
Speaker 1: got me depressed watching Kuzma. He's just struggling, you know, Kuzma,

38
00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,040
Speaker 1: and I like the guy. He's a fan favorite. Everybody

39
00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,920
Speaker 1: roots for Kuzma, you know. Game three. I mentioned this.

40
00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,399
Speaker 1: You know he he was like two for twelve, kept

41
00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,520
Speaker 1: missing every shot. The fans are rooting for him. He's

42
00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,040
Speaker 1: looking up to the city to the rafters. Kyle Kuzma

43
00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:38,480
Speaker 1: shooting nine through four games, nineteen percent from the field.

44
00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:45,440
Speaker 1: He's three of sixteen on three pointers. And is he

45
00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,320
Speaker 1: gonna be the guy who fills in for Anthony Davis?

46
00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,840
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I have some theories. You can try

47
00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,520
Speaker 1: to dust off Horton Tucker, who's barely gotten any minutes.

48
00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,160
Speaker 1: But DeAndre Ayton is eating in this series. He is

49
00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,600
Speaker 1: dominating the Lakers with Anthony Davis. What's he gonna do

50
00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,320
Speaker 1: with a D gone? So there's two trains of thought here. Okay.

51
00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,200
Speaker 1: Number one, The latest we have on a D from

52
00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,720
Speaker 1: Woach is his status is unclear. It's not a torn groin.

53
00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,800
Speaker 1: It's either a strain or a pull. They don't even

54
00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:19,040
Speaker 1: know if he's gonna play Tuesday in game five. Do

55
00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,720
Speaker 1: you do this? Do you say you know what? We're

56
00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,600
Speaker 1: going on the road for Game five. We don't want

57
00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,520
Speaker 1: to s a D. We're gonna hold him out of five,

58
00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,200
Speaker 1: try to win, and that's our best bet to get

59
00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,040
Speaker 1: a bet more healthy a D for six and seven,

60
00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,760
Speaker 1: and we get six at home, we try to win that,

61
00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,520
Speaker 1: and we win Game seven on the road. Lebron, by

62
00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,800
Speaker 1: the way, undefeated. I believe in game sevens in his career,

63
00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,000
Speaker 1: and he's won at least two that I can recall

64
00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:45,600
Speaker 1: on the road, one of them in Boston and then

65
00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,280
Speaker 1: of course Game seven against the Warriors. So there is

66
00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,000
Speaker 1: a chance if a D comes back, So do you

67
00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,960
Speaker 1: rest him? Just sit him out, Say we're punting game

68
00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,800
Speaker 1: five and we'll play for six and seven. Because if

69
00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,960
Speaker 1: you try a D in five, he goes down. I

70
00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,440
Speaker 1: don't think you can win six without him, and then

71
00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,160
Speaker 1: you lose the series at home. And it's funny because

72
00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,920
Speaker 1: going up to one, it looked like Lakers got him.

73
00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,920
Speaker 1: They got this, they have figured out the Sun's They've

74
00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,840
Speaker 1: shut down Booker. And by the way, Caruso did a

75
00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,320
Speaker 1: good job on Booker. I got into a minor argument

76
00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,240
Speaker 1: with somebody who was like, Alex Caruso was amazing. I

77
00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,400
Speaker 1: was like, WHOA. Caruso started one for six, He had

78
00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,320
Speaker 1: four turnovers, one assist, and I know he threw one

79
00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,080
Speaker 1: off the backboard to Lebron. That was great. But Caruso

80
00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:34,440
Speaker 1: was by no means awesome, like filling in for KCP,

81
00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,200
Speaker 1: who I know has not wanted to shoot the ball.

82
00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,840
Speaker 1: Caruso was very good defensively, but you can't just play

83
00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,640
Speaker 1: one end of the floor. He's a non factor offensively

84
00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:48,320
Speaker 1: other than cuts or in the open floor. Like basically

85
00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,000
Speaker 1: the sounds were like, we'll give you any shot you want.

86
00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,680
Speaker 1: Caruso like, I don't vocal really has his work cut out.

87
00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,080
Speaker 1: What do you do? Do you go to Morris Harold Tucker?

88
00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,760
Speaker 1: I don't know what the answer is. Obviously, you can't

89
00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,960
Speaker 1: play a soul and drummond at the same time. Do

90
00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,320
Speaker 1: you go small and try to play eight and off

91
00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,120
Speaker 1: the floor? Because, by the way, the Suns do look

92
00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,599
Speaker 1: better when they're playing up tempo. Cameron Payin, by the way,

93
00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,120
Speaker 1: has been phenomenal. That guy is. I mean, I'd be

94
00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,000
Speaker 1: hard pressed to say he's not one of the top

95
00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,680
Speaker 1: three backup point guards in the league. Cameron Payne is

96
00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,320
Speaker 1: a problem. He is legit good. There's just so much

97
00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,120
Speaker 1: hanging in the balance here, and I have a big picture. Obviously,

98
00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,839
Speaker 1: Lebron's never lost in the first round. This would this

99
00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,719
Speaker 1: would be the first time Indes doesn't come back. And yeah,

100
00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:32,720
Speaker 1: I'm saying if a d is ruled out for the series,

101
00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,080
Speaker 1: the Lakers will not win. Lebron is amazing, He's thirty six.

102
00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,080
Speaker 1: This idea that Lebron can can channel the energy of

103
00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,160
Speaker 1: his twenty year old self and and get Dennis Shrewder,

104
00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,800
Speaker 1: Alex Caruso, and Kyle Kuzman to get their act together

105
00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,560
Speaker 1: and beat the sect, the team with the second best

106
00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,960
Speaker 1: record in the NBA during the regular season that has

107
00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,760
Speaker 1: home court advantage. It is crazy. It is guys, I

108
00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,839
Speaker 1: looked this up. Anthony Davis is down hurt. Let's say

109
00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,240
Speaker 1: he's out for the rest of the series. Other than Lebron,

110
00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,279
Speaker 1: the Lakers roster has not produced an All Star in

111
00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,360
Speaker 1: the last three years. Andre Drummond was an All Star

112
00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,120
Speaker 1: back in the day. Dennis Shooter has never made an

113
00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,599
Speaker 1: All Star team. Marcus Ault was an All Star back

114
00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,760
Speaker 1: in the day. Cuza never made an All Star team.

115
00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,960
Speaker 1: Like this idea that the Lakers they're deep. Yes, they

116
00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,240
Speaker 1: have a good roster, but when you lose a star

117
00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,800
Speaker 1: who had scored thirty four points in Game two and

118
00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,680
Speaker 1: thirty four points in Game three, how do you replace that?

119
00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:34,359
Speaker 1: And then I got these guys yelling at me. On

120
00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,840
Speaker 1: social media. Well, they have the mantras Harold. He was

121
00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,080
Speaker 1: a sixth Man of the Year last year. Have you

122
00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:43,000
Speaker 1: been paying attention to the series? Did you notice that

123
00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,360
Speaker 1: Harold did not play in games two or three? Did

124
00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,080
Speaker 1: you notice that the second he entered the floor in

125
00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,480
Speaker 1: game four they put him in a pick and roll.

126
00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:55,120
Speaker 1: Chris Paul instantly first trip down. Give me Harold in

127
00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:00,240
Speaker 1: the pick and roll. He can't defend like this. It's

128
00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,640
Speaker 1: it's not a good matchup for him. I like Carol,

129
00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,960
Speaker 1: good player. They're gonna need someone to step up. Is

130
00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,400
Speaker 1: it possible that Harrold has a turn back the clock game?

131
00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:14,840
Speaker 1: Is it possible that kuzma erupts for twenty I don't

132
00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,640
Speaker 1: totally know how Dennis Shrewder can go from being so

133
00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:25,360
Speaker 1: awesome in games two and three two so awful in

134
00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,920
Speaker 1: game four. I mean, I don't know what happened, Like

135
00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,680
Speaker 1: Shredders their third best player, but when Shrudders throwing up

136
00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:36,520
Speaker 1: donuts and he was three for thirteen in game four

137
00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,520
Speaker 1: he had two turnovers and three baskets, Like, bro, that's

138
00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,440
Speaker 1: not gonna cut it at twenty in game three at

139
00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,800
Speaker 1: twenty four and game two that is what you need

140
00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:49,119
Speaker 1: you're getting fifty shooting out of him. You're getting seven

141
00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,720
Speaker 1: free throw sorry, eight free throw attempts in game three.

142
00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,720
Speaker 1: Six in game two, guess somebody had In game four,

143
00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,280
Speaker 1: zero didn't get to the line once, Like I don't know.

144
00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:59,840
Speaker 1: Maybe it all went to the Lakers head and they

145
00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,800
Speaker 1: to play like, hey, we got this, or maybe the

146
00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:07,160
Speaker 1: Booker foul late in game three impacted uh shooter, But

147
00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:09,880
Speaker 1: what any way you want to slice it? Like so

148
00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,360
Speaker 1: many guys on the Lakers played like crap in game four,

149
00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:17,040
Speaker 1: could you argue, hey, man, look at the Mavericks. They

150
00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,560
Speaker 1: played like crap. We'll get to the Mavericks. Maverick couldn't

151
00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,800
Speaker 1: miss the shot first three games, couldn't make a shot

152
00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,040
Speaker 1: game four. But that's the problem the Lakers. Game one

153
00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,240
Speaker 1: came in lethargic, Oh, I think we got this. Prove

154
00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,160
Speaker 1: it that you're good. Oh, you guys are pretty good. Okay,

155
00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,960
Speaker 1: we'll play in game two, and Lebron and a D

156
00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:33,959
Speaker 1: took over down the stretch. Game three, a D thirt

157
00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:38,040
Speaker 1: or four points again, Shooter was incredible, got to the

158
00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,240
Speaker 1: line whenever he wanted. The defense from k cp on

159
00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,199
Speaker 1: Booker was great, and then game four it all fell apart,

160
00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:51,360
Speaker 1: and you don't want to be mr emotionally uh connected

161
00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,719
Speaker 1: to every single game and every momentum swing. But it's

162
00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:58,600
Speaker 1: hard not to when Anthony Davis goes down and oh man,

163
00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,280
Speaker 1: I just the idea of okay, we get it. The

164
00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,240
Speaker 1: Knicks are on the ropes. We called that. I hope

165
00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,000
Speaker 1: you guys made some money off the Hawks this weekend.

166
00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,080
Speaker 1: I told you about it. Um, the Hawks were easy

167
00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,000
Speaker 1: money this weekend. The Knicks are in trouble. You can

168
00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,600
Speaker 1: see they don't have the offense. You know when you've

169
00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,200
Speaker 1: got to lean on Alec Burks to bail you out

170
00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,920
Speaker 1: of one game. And who who's the other guy? Um,

171
00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,080
Speaker 1: Alex Burke's delivered for one game for the Knicks, and

172
00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,280
Speaker 1: then or Reggie Bullock was the other guy. You know,

173
00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,480
Speaker 1: Reggie Bullock over four. You know in game in game four,

174
00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,280
Speaker 1: they got smoked. Like, those guys have to contribute big

175
00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,920
Speaker 1: for you to have a chance. If they don't contribute,

176
00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,160
Speaker 1: you have no chance. You're losing by double digits. The

177
00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:43,560
Speaker 1: Lakers margin for error just shrunk to nothing against the Sons,

178
00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,000
Speaker 1: and there is a real chance if Anthony Davis is

179
00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,640
Speaker 1: ruled out that the Lakers get blown out in Game five. Now,

180
00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,000
Speaker 1: that's not gonna say that the Lakers are done. We

181
00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,840
Speaker 1: have seen great teams, the Golden State Warriors against the Rockets,

182
00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,800
Speaker 1: no Kevin Durant and and they were down three too.

183
00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,960
Speaker 1: Now Chris Paul missed Game six and seven, the Warriors

184
00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,400
Speaker 1: were able to somehow win in Houston. That was a

185
00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,000
Speaker 1: game where Curry had zero points at halftime and I

186
00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,520
Speaker 1: believe thirty three in the second half. But that was

187
00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:19,400
Speaker 1: like three years ago. Steph Curry. Okay, you know Lebron's

188
00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:23,120
Speaker 1: thirty six guys, this idea though Lebron's best player in

189
00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,240
Speaker 1: the ABEA, he could just carry them. No, thirty six

190
00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,800
Speaker 1: year olds can't do that. It's just not how the

191
00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,719
Speaker 1: league works. We don't have an example of Jordan having

192
00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,800
Speaker 1: to do it without Pipping. But everything pre Pippen, Jordan failed,

193
00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,640
Speaker 1: couldn't win anything until Scotty Pippen got there to be

194
00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,199
Speaker 1: a legit number two Lebron, he ain't gonna be able

195
00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,120
Speaker 1: to do it without Anthony Davis. This is not gonna

196
00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,240
Speaker 1: this is not gonna win for the well for the Lakers,

197
00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,120
Speaker 1: And I'll be honest, like it's kind of depressing from

198
00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:52,079
Speaker 1: an NBA perspective. If the Knicks are gone, the Lakers

199
00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,040
Speaker 1: are gone, and the Clippers are in Oh gosh, I

200
00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:56,800
Speaker 1: would be paidful. But I don't want to jump ahead

201
00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,040
Speaker 1: too far to the Clippers. I do want to quickly

202
00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:03,079
Speaker 1: address this idea of Chris Paul playing ropa dope. So

203
00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,360
Speaker 1: Chris Paul, as everybody knows, got injured in Game one

204
00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,840
Speaker 1: where he was boxing out Lebron and kind of tugged

205
00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,360
Speaker 1: on He tugged on Lebron's shoulder in the air and

206
00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,240
Speaker 1: Lebron got upset, and it turns out Chris Paul kind

207
00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,439
Speaker 1: of got injured on the play. Chris Paul did not

208
00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,280
Speaker 1: attempt at eight shots in Game one, five in game two,

209
00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,040
Speaker 1: eight in Game three, and his minutes were down in

210
00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,679
Speaker 1: games two and three. You could tell he's laboring. Chris

211
00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,960
Speaker 1: Paul not sons in trouble. He scored seven, six and

212
00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:37,600
Speaker 1: then seven points. Game four, Chris Paul played thirty two minutes,

213
00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,840
Speaker 1: took his most shot attempts fifteen, his most makes seven,

214
00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,120
Speaker 1: got to the line four times, and made all his

215
00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,240
Speaker 1: free throws nine assists, zero turnovers. Chris Paul had his

216
00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,520
Speaker 1: best game of the series. Let's not play the Chris

217
00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,800
Speaker 1: Paul's hurt game. Okay, let's just not do that. He's

218
00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,840
Speaker 1: not hurt anymore, and his whole like, oh, uh, coach

219
00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:00,360
Speaker 1: wanted me to sit out Game four and I was

220
00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,840
Speaker 1: like hell no. So like Chris Paul goes from, oh

221
00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,280
Speaker 1: my coach wanted me to sit out too, Oh, I

222
00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:05,960
Speaker 1: play my best game of the series and took my

223
00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:12,040
Speaker 1: most shots. Shoulders find Chris and listen. I'm sure Chris Paul,

224
00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,440
Speaker 1: who has had nothing but failure in the playoffs in

225
00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,200
Speaker 1: his career, would love nothing more than to extinguish his

226
00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:22,520
Speaker 1: best buddy, Lebron. That would be like, definitely the highlight

227
00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,959
Speaker 1: of Chris Paul's career, no doubt about it. And and

228
00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,480
Speaker 1: it's easy to kind of root for Chris Paul, but man,

229
00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,920
Speaker 1: he's a jerk. Just watching him on the floor, He's

230
00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,320
Speaker 1: the guy that you want on your team but you

231
00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,400
Speaker 1: hate playing against. Now that's even a bit of a

232
00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:41,400
Speaker 1: stretch because if you ask Blake Griffin, if you ask uh,

233
00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,160
Speaker 1: DeAndre eight not DeAndre and I'm sorry DeAndre, Jordan's like

234
00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:46,880
Speaker 1: those guys did not like playing with them on the

235
00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,600
Speaker 1: paper clips. Why don't we ask James Harden his thoughts

236
00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,720
Speaker 1: on Chris Paul. That ended quickly, like Chris Paul wears

237
00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:57,640
Speaker 1: on you, and you know on some level he really

238
00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,720
Speaker 1: really needs this. Um. He's never been to the NBA Finals.

239
00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,600
Speaker 1: He's considered one of the greatest point guards ever, like

240
00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,400
Speaker 1: bro Steve Nash has two m v ps. Okay, Chris

241
00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,480
Speaker 1: Paul no MVP awards, Like Chris Paul is a really

242
00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,080
Speaker 1: really good point card. I don't want to hear this

243
00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:14,559
Speaker 1: above Steve Nash stuff. Okay, So Game five is set

244
00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:20,160
Speaker 1: for Tuesday. I if Anthony Davis has ruled out, I

245
00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,040
Speaker 1: will be betting against the Lakers. That's a fact. I

246
00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,120
Speaker 1: personally think the Lakers will be wise. I mean again, listen,

247
00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:30,720
Speaker 1: I haven't seen the m R. I, but if there's

248
00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,640
Speaker 1: a chance that sitting him out and giving him an

249
00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:36,240
Speaker 1: extra two days arrest is gonna help a d then

250
00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:41,240
Speaker 1: by all means save him. Because Game five is Tuesday,

251
00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,520
Speaker 1: Game six, Thursday, game seven. You know the league set

252
00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:51,760
Speaker 1: it up like this would be on Saturday. Oh damn.

253
00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,200
Speaker 1: I thought I was looking at the schedule. I thought

254
00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,280
Speaker 1: they would put that down for Sunday. I guess they

255
00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,000
Speaker 1: would have the Lakers Son's Sunday night, So no extra

256
00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:02,000
Speaker 1: day of rest for a d should he need it? UM,

257
00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,400
Speaker 1: Saturday night's main event, Oh boy, that would be something

258
00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,199
Speaker 1: Game seven. But the way we gotta get to Game

259
00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,440
Speaker 1: five first, and stranger things have happened. You know, Kuzma

260
00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,600
Speaker 1: could go bananas and and and put in twenty and

261
00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,800
Speaker 1: k c p could come back and catch fire like

262
00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,280
Speaker 1: he did in the bubble. It's not totally over, but

263
00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,520
Speaker 1: I don't see the Lakers with that winning this series.

264
00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,560
Speaker 1: Without Anthony Davis. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports

265
00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,360
Speaker 1: talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows

266
00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,640
Speaker 1: at Fox Sports Radio dot com and within the I

267
00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,720
Speaker 1: Heart Radio app search f s R to listen live.

268
00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,800
Speaker 1: If Anthony Davis had not been hurt, I think, without

269
00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,480
Speaker 1: a doubt, the lead sports story today everywhere would be

270
00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:51,560
Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving's return to Boston dropping thirty nine points thirty

271
00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,920
Speaker 1: nine on the Celtics in a Game four romp. But

272
00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,800
Speaker 1: it's less about Kyrie dominating. By the way, his over

273
00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,440
Speaker 1: under for the game was twenty four and a half.

274
00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,440
Speaker 1: Gave that out on Fox Sports Easy Winner. I think

275
00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:06,360
Speaker 1: he had like eighteen after the first quarter. Um, it's

276
00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,560
Speaker 1: less about Kyrie dominating. Kevin Durin had forty two. It's

277
00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:14,760
Speaker 1: more about basically the fan incident at the end of

278
00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,280
Speaker 1: the game, Kyrie Irving's leaving the court and a meatball

279
00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:22,120
Speaker 1: wearing a Kevin Garnett Celtics jersey throws a water bottle

280
00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:27,600
Speaker 1: at Kyrie Irving's head, narrowly misses Kyrie's head. Kyrie and uh,

281
00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:29,960
Speaker 1: you know, the rest of the nets are like, whoa, whoa, whoa.

282
00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,000
Speaker 1: They look, they identify the guy easily. He gets handcuffed, arrested.

283
00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,800
Speaker 1: They announced pretty quickly that he's bayoned. He was not

284
00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:40,720
Speaker 1: a season ticket holder. But moments after all that popped,

285
00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,400
Speaker 1: a video surfaces on Twitter of Kyrie at the end

286
00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:47,200
Speaker 1: of the game walking up to center court with a

287
00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,960
Speaker 1: lepre kahn is and like stomping on it and like

288
00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,960
Speaker 1: rubbing his feet, you know, like what college football players

289
00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,360
Speaker 1: do at midfield sometimes and the other team gets ticked

290
00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,480
Speaker 1: off and fight start. That's like a thing in college football.

291
00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,360
Speaker 1: I didn't know what was the thing in the NBA.

292
00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,040
Speaker 1: I really had never really seen that Kyrie stomping on

293
00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,480
Speaker 1: the lepro coron And essentially, you know, his hatred for

294
00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,960
Speaker 1: Boston is well known. Everybody knows he was traded from

295
00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,440
Speaker 1: the Cats he demanded a trade. The Cavs sent him

296
00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,320
Speaker 1: to Boston and the Isaiah Thomas Steel Everybody thinks, oh

297
00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,800
Speaker 1: my gosh, Boston's loaded. I mean geez Tatum Brown, Uh,

298
00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,800
Speaker 1: Kyrie E the stacked. Kyrie says he likes it. He

299
00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:30,040
Speaker 1: gets hurt in the playoffs. Um misses uh, basically one

300
00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,400
Speaker 1: of the playoff runs and then in the next one

301
00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,800
Speaker 1: he kind of vanishes and it was ugly at the end.

302
00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,040
Speaker 1: He said he was gonna say, he said he was

303
00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,600
Speaker 1: gonna stay and then bolted to form a super team

304
00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:43,600
Speaker 1: in Brooklyn. He has no love lost at all for Boston.

305
00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:47,120
Speaker 1: And here's what Kyrie said after the game. This is

306
00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,880
Speaker 1: I mean again, the NBA games have been largely good.

307
00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,240
Speaker 1: There's been a bunch of duds, but the fan incidents

308
00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,080
Speaker 1: and now this stuff from Kyrie is gonna make it

309
00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,400
Speaker 1: like one of these issues that I don't love talking about,

310
00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,800
Speaker 1: Like can we just the basketball is way more fun

311
00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,880
Speaker 1: to discuss. But here's what Kyrie said. It's unfortunate that

312
00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,199
Speaker 1: sports has come to a lot of this kind of

313
00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,600
Speaker 1: crossroads where you're seeing a lot of old ways come up,

314
00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,600
Speaker 1: treating people like they were at a human zoo, throwing

315
00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,720
Speaker 1: stuff at people saying things. There's a certain point where

316
00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,360
Speaker 1: it gets to be too much, so I called it out.

317
00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,480
Speaker 1: I just want to keep it strictly to basketball. And

318
00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,040
Speaker 1: then you just see the type of people feel very

319
00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,840
Speaker 1: entitled here. And you know, basically, Kyrie Irving went on

320
00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:35,320
Speaker 1: to talk about, uh, you know, his issues with the

321
00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,840
Speaker 1: city of Boston, and it's pretty clear that he's he

322
00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:39,840
Speaker 1: left when he had that. He said he was gonna

323
00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,479
Speaker 1: stay because he he believes that Boston is a racist city. Obviously,

324
00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,560
Speaker 1: he's not the first person to say something along those lines,

325
00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,879
Speaker 1: and he keeps hitting at the underlying racism. Even before

326
00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:54,120
Speaker 1: the series shifted from Brooklyn to Boston, Kyrie Irving came

327
00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,560
Speaker 1: out to beat everybody and said, hey, hey, I just

328
00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,800
Speaker 1: hope my family and friends don't have to get called

329
00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,480
Speaker 1: the N word while they're in the state ends and

330
00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,119
Speaker 1: he it just goes off on this and it was

331
00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,200
Speaker 1: clearly in his head he was thinking so much about

332
00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,840
Speaker 1: the return. He played like garbage. In Game three, Tatum

333
00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,480
Speaker 1: drops the fifty burger and of course, uh, you know,

334
00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:14,400
Speaker 1: Boston steals a game. Kyrie bounce back strongly game four,

335
00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,119
Speaker 1: and then he knew he was not coming back. To

336
00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,920
Speaker 1: Boston after this one. You know, Kevin Walker didn't play,

337
00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,840
Speaker 1: Robert Williams didn't play. Boston's beat up, and this idea

338
00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,399
Speaker 1: that there was gonna be a game six and Boston

339
00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,119
Speaker 1: no chance of that. So Kyrie's taking his shots on

340
00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,119
Speaker 1: his way out, and of course this Yahoo fan decides

341
00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,480
Speaker 1: to throw a water bottle at him, and this is

342
00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,240
Speaker 1: what like the fourth fan incident this week in the

343
00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:40,200
Speaker 1: NBA again, Kevin Durant had a great uh quote when

344
00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,520
Speaker 1: he was talking to the media after the game. We're

345
00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,280
Speaker 1: not in the circus. Your mother wouldn't be proud of

346
00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,439
Speaker 1: you throwing water bottles at basketball players. Grow the f

347
00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,160
Speaker 1: up and enjoy the game. It's bigger than you. I

348
00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,520
Speaker 1: can't disagree with anything, Kevin Durand said. There, he's spot

349
00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,880
Speaker 1: on a bunch of these idiots. I know you're excited

350
00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:03,960
Speaker 1: to be back in in arenas and stadiums, and it's

351
00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,159
Speaker 1: been a year and a lot of people have a

352
00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,359
Speaker 1: lot of pent up anger that they've been spewing on

353
00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,480
Speaker 1: the internet. Trust me, I see a lot of that garbage.

354
00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,639
Speaker 1: For me, it's delete and mute and block easily. You know,

355
00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,399
Speaker 1: I just swat away everything like I'm a tumbo. I

356
00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,920
Speaker 1: don't my My my favorite line is like, I'll wake

357
00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,560
Speaker 1: up in the morning. You know, you check your email,

358
00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,080
Speaker 1: you check your social media, see what's going on, UM

359
00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,119
Speaker 1: check your text messages. I don't need to wake up

360
00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,000
Speaker 1: and open Twitter and see a bunch of people screaming

361
00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,040
Speaker 1: the effort at me and you're an idiot with your

362
00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,359
Speaker 1: spelled wrong. I just don't need that. You know, people

363
00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,919
Speaker 1: don't yell f bombs at me in the street. Why

364
00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:37,960
Speaker 1: should I take it on social media? So I instantly

365
00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,399
Speaker 1: mute and block everybody. I get it. This comes with

366
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,040
Speaker 1: the territory. You know, Hey, Jason, you're putting yourself out

367
00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,280
Speaker 1: there on a podcast, you go on TV, you go radio.

368
00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,200
Speaker 1: You know, of course you're gonna get stuff. Fine, great,

369
00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,280
Speaker 1: wonderful fired at me. But guess what if I'm not

370
00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:53,840
Speaker 1: out here to just have have people just take shots

371
00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,800
Speaker 1: at me because I'm on a high profile sports platform.

372
00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I can't imagine the stuff that Stephen A.

373
00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,399
Speaker 1: Smith it's coward and Skip Bail. I can't imagine the

374
00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,600
Speaker 1: stuff there here. So yeah, I don't think it's right

375
00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,320
Speaker 1: that you've got fans throwing stuff at players. There's no

376
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,240
Speaker 1: room for that. What's the point, you know, And I'm

377
00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,879
Speaker 1: not gonna generalize and say, well, look at all the

378
00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,119
Speaker 1: people who they've identified for throwing stuff and yelling stuff

379
00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,640
Speaker 1: at fans, um it's imagine what imagine what they might

380
00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,080
Speaker 1: look like. Just think about that for a second, and

381
00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,239
Speaker 1: that's exactly who it is. You can go google them.

382
00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,720
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna make it a big story, but that

383
00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,560
Speaker 1: that kind of you know, the Kyrie everything really has

384
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,920
Speaker 1: put a tarnish on that series. That series, by the way,

385
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,960
Speaker 1: is over. You know, whatever Brooklyn spread is for Game five,

386
00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:36,800
Speaker 1: just go ahead and take it. They will win and

387
00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:40,320
Speaker 1: cover uh Boston. You know, listen, Tatum is playing out

388
00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,120
Speaker 1: of his mind. He had forty. But they have no chance.

389
00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,399
Speaker 1: This nets Buck series coming up next is going to

390
00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:49,040
Speaker 1: be phenomenal. I think everybody and their mom is gonna

391
00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,280
Speaker 1: be picking the Nets And how could you not given

392
00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:55,320
Speaker 1: how good Kyrie Harden and um Kevin Duran have looked.

393
00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,800
Speaker 1: That being said, I do think the Bucks have a chance.

394
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,840
Speaker 1: And I know I was way wrong my my first

395
00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,240
Speaker 1: round series that I was really really wrong about. The

396
00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,280
Speaker 1: only one is uh Bucks Heat. I thought that Heat

397
00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,800
Speaker 1: had a chance. I think I picked him in seven.

398
00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,480
Speaker 1: They didn't win a game. I I looked away from

399
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,480
Speaker 1: all their blemishes down the stretch, saying, oh, you know what,

400
00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,160
Speaker 1: it's regular season. It doesn't matter. This is a team

401
00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,040
Speaker 1: built for the playoffs, and my goodness, they were anything

402
00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,160
Speaker 1: but built. The Bucks looked awesome. I give the Bucks

403
00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,040
Speaker 1: in a big advantage. Uh inside, I give the Bucks

404
00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,680
Speaker 1: advantage defensively. My big concern obviously is the Bucks will

405
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,879
Speaker 1: give up threes. They're not gonna give up stuff at

406
00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,400
Speaker 1: the rim Lopez, j Honice. They will be hanging out

407
00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,840
Speaker 1: in the lane waiting, and that's where Kyrie makes his money.

408
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,440
Speaker 1: But Harden is a killer in the lane. And if

409
00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,040
Speaker 1: their threes are dropping, you know, the Nets are probably

410
00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,600
Speaker 1: gonna roll over them. I'm very curious to see Drew

411
00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,520
Speaker 1: Holiday matching up against James Harden or Kyrie Irving because

412
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,639
Speaker 1: Holiday was outstanding against Jimmy Butler. I know Butler's a

413
00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,199
Speaker 1: little older than Kyrie. I believe n Harden and he

414
00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:02,320
Speaker 1: is a a phenomenal offensive player. But Jimmy Butler is

415
00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,720
Speaker 1: not on the level offensively as Harden and Kyrie. Holiday

416
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,200
Speaker 1: is a great defender, and yeah he's only a one

417
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,080
Speaker 1: time All Star, but he is an elite defender who

418
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,520
Speaker 1: gives them a chance on the perimeter. Boston just did

419
00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,840
Speaker 1: not have that without Jalen Brown. They just didn't. Marcus

420
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,640
Speaker 1: Smart very good. But again, he's more of like a physical,

421
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:24,359
Speaker 1: uh you know, wing defender. He's not like a quick

422
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,800
Speaker 1: guard who can help out the way Holiday cancer. I

423
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 1: don't I want to make a case for the Bucks.

424
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,639
Speaker 1: I'm not officially picking them. We're not there yet because

425
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,320
Speaker 1: you know, obviously the Nets haven't won the series, but

426
00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:39,359
Speaker 1: I think the upset could happen with the Bucks. But man,

427
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 1: this Nets team looks scary um, especially if Kyrie Irving

428
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,600
Speaker 1: is locked in as he was for Game four. He

429
00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,240
Speaker 1: wasn't for Game three. He was pretty terrible. But when

430
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,960
Speaker 1: you can go Kevin Duran forty two, Kyrie thirty nine,

431
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,439
Speaker 1: James Harden twenty three and eighteen assists. They shot fifty

432
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,639
Speaker 1: seven percent from the field fifty from three. And I

433
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,040
Speaker 1: know not a lot of people are wasting their entire

434
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,959
Speaker 1: Sunday watching NBA basketball, but this Nets team right now

435
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:06,800
Speaker 1: is a juggernaut. Now, I know you're just gonna say, hey,

436
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:12,800
Speaker 1: Jay Jay Boston started, Evan Fournier and Romeo Lankford, can

437
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 1: you stop with the praise. I could, um, but I'm

438
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,480
Speaker 1: just you know, if you didn't watch this Nets team

439
00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,439
Speaker 1: is very scary. I just this Kyrie Irving situation. I

440
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,320
Speaker 1: want to see how he's locked in there. They have

441
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,840
Speaker 1: still not faced any adversity in in the playoffs and

442
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:29,960
Speaker 1: and I'm still waiting for that. Can the Bucks steal

443
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,120
Speaker 1: one or two at home to open the series? Remember

444
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:39,760
Speaker 1: this is a really really talented, offensively strong Bucks team.

445
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,240
Speaker 1: They dispatched the heat with ease. Uh the series. We

446
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,480
Speaker 1: don't have an opening date for when Brooklyn hosts the

447
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:49,240
Speaker 1: first two. Um, obviously it will be imperative from milwaking

448
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,840
Speaker 1: to start well. But um, I I can't. That's gonna

449
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,919
Speaker 1: be the best second round series without question. Fox Sports

450
00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,679
Speaker 1: Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation.

451
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,680
Speaker 1: Catch all of our shows at fox It's Radio dot com,

452
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,359
Speaker 1: and within the I Heart Radio app search f s

453
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,000
Speaker 1: R to listen live. Alright, alright, all right, I know

454
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,160
Speaker 1: you wanted me to open with it the eight team

455
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,520
Speaker 1: Clipper fans who listened to this podcast. But yes, the

456
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,679
Speaker 1: Clippers are back and the Dallas Mavericks are in big,

457
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,119
Speaker 1: big trouble. It's funny, folks, seventy two hours ago, the

458
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,280
Speaker 1: Clippers were on the cusp of the biggest game in

459
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 1: franchise history. I think that's how we teetered up with

460
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 1: a rash Markazi on Friday's Pod, and it was looking

461
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 1: bleak for them. It was, I mean, Dallas couldn't miss

462
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,920
Speaker 1: from three, Clippers, couldn't play any defense, couldn't stop Luca.

463
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,560
Speaker 1: Game three happens, and we went down the coast for

464
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,960
Speaker 1: a quick little Memorial Day weekend getaway. I'm sure you

465
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,720
Speaker 1: guys saw me posting about it on the Graham. And

466
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 1: Friday night we go out to dinner, and of course

467
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,200
Speaker 1: I'm watching the game on my phone. Yes the wife

468
00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,359
Speaker 1: is cool with that to an extent. I mean I

469
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,359
Speaker 1: can't watch it the entire time, but I'm watching the

470
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 1: beginning of the game and I'm like going crazy. Seventeen

471
00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,399
Speaker 1: to four Mavericks over the Clippers. I'm texting Cower in

472
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,120
Speaker 1: a bunch of people, Oh my gosh, this is crazy.

473
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,120
Speaker 1: I can't believe this. And um it's thirty to eleven

474
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:08,960
Speaker 1: and at this point I'm looking around like the Clippers

475
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,520
Speaker 1: is gonna get swept. They're gonna get swept. This is amazing,

476
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,280
Speaker 1: this is great content for for the podcast everything I do.

477
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 1: This is gonna be amazing. People are gonna love it.

478
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 1: And then they pull out Luca up thirty to eleven,

479
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 1: and the Clippers come back in like three minutes flat. Kauai,

480
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,479
Speaker 1: Paul George. I mean, it was just a flurry of

481
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,359
Speaker 1: buckets from the Clippers, and next thing you know, it's

482
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 1: like a three point game at the end of the

483
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 1: quarter and you're like, oh, okay, got it, and the

484
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:37,840
Speaker 1: Clippers took over the rest of the game and win

485
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 1: in Dallas. Game three like okay, interesting, and then all

486
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 1: of a sudden over the weekend, you're like, hey, luka,

487
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,960
Speaker 1: Donche has a shoulder injury. He's probable. What this is?

488
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 1: Where this thing spiral out of control pretty darn quick,

489
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,080
Speaker 1: And of course Game four happens and the Clippers just

490
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,680
Speaker 1: make mincemeat of Dallas. This is how bad it was, guys,

491
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:02,639
Speaker 1: Dallas down, bid to get home early, needing a spark,

492
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:07,440
Speaker 1: and Carlisle tosses in Boban, the bond villain, the seven

493
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,359
Speaker 1: ft six guy. I have to call my kids in

494
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 1: the room, guys, guys, look, Boban's in the game. And

495
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,399
Speaker 1: we had seen him in our in our area. I

496
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,399
Speaker 1: think it was like three years ago whenever he was

497
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: on the Clippers. It was like three, three, maybe four

498
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,679
Speaker 1: years ago. We're eating dinner outside on like a Tuesday

499
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 1: night with some friends and you see this gigantic guy

500
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 1: walking by with this like of course, like five ft

501
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,880
Speaker 1: one gymnast and it's Boban. I'm like, look at that guy.

502
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 1: He's on the Clippers. He's freaking gigantic. I mean, he

503
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 1: is the most enormous human being I've ever seen up close.

504
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,800
Speaker 1: And the MAVs put him in desperate and it worked

505
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,399
Speaker 1: for like, you know, three minutes. They get back in

506
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 1: the game, but that was it. Um Clippers easily pull away.

507
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,280
Speaker 1: And the scary fact for the MAVs is now you're

508
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,080
Speaker 1: looking at the series where it's tied, going back to

509
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,919
Speaker 1: l a Clippers roll in Game four, MAVs can't make

510
00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:00,119
Speaker 1: a three pointer. Okay, no confidence from Hardaway, who by

511
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:04,119
Speaker 1: the way, got hurt cleber Phinney Smith. And then you

512
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 1: go all the way down to Luca and you're like, oh,

513
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,159
Speaker 1: Luca had a bad game from three, he had his

514
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,159
Speaker 1: worst game in the series, and oh my gosh, he

515
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,360
Speaker 1: can't make free throws. Now that's like a real thing

516
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 1: like Luca donche It just kryptonite is free throws. And

517
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 1: it's terrifying because I wonder if game five is close,

518
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,160
Speaker 1: if game six is closed, are we gonna see hacker Luca.

519
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: I would not be shocked if Tyler did that. I

520
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,959
Speaker 1: don't know if they'll need that. The Clippers look so

521
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 1: damn good in UM in games three and four, and

522
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard is back in the zone. I think he's

523
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,359
Speaker 1: shooting like six from the field in the series. Is

524
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,159
Speaker 1: threes are off the charts, his layups like he's eating

525
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 1: whatever he wants. And it's looking increasingly like the Clippers

526
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,200
Speaker 1: are going to win this series. And you never want

527
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 1: to overreact after two games Maps are gonna win, or

528
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,680
Speaker 1: after four games Clippers are gonna win, but you could

529
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 1: see how things are trending, and it's not looking good

530
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,119
Speaker 1: for the Maps, and I would venture to say that

531
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,880
Speaker 1: the paper clips of advanced Clipper Darryl will win the bet,

532
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,320
Speaker 1: which looks so damn good for me. And I'm gonna

533
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 1: have to admit that I was wrong, which hey, listen,

534
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: when you're wrong, you're wrong. I said it earlier in

535
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 1: the pot. I was way, way, way way wrong about

536
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 1: the Miami Heat, and I own it. You're wrong, you

537
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 1: own it. No, no no, not a huge deal. Um, But

538
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,640
Speaker 1: it looks like the Clippers will save face and get

539
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,919
Speaker 1: out of the first round. Will they beat Utah? Oh no,

540
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:28,440
Speaker 1: Well it'll be a little interesting. Utah's offense can get buckets. Um,

541
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: I don't know, if you talk, can get the stops.

542
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 1: We're seeing them struggle against the Grizzlies, who are vastly

543
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 1: inferior to the Clippers. I don't know if Utah has

544
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: the wing defenders like Royce O'Neil can is good. But

545
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: Joe Ingles, I know, Joe Ingles got the better of

546
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,480
Speaker 1: Paul George in that one series Utah against Okay, see

547
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 1: a few years back and Joe Ingles was talking that

548
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: trash to Paul George. If you guys remember that one.

549
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 1: I don't know if Utah has enough firepower, but it's

550
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,280
Speaker 1: a little early. I think you Tah ends up getting

551
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 1: by the Memphis grizz Um. You know, I think they

552
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 1: should be finding that series. It was a close game three,

553
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: a really good game three ads a matter of fact. Um,

554
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 1: either way, the Clippers are back, and you know, listen,

555
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: that's good for the NBA, because if the Knicks, as

556
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 1: we anticipate, get bounced by the Hawks, and if the

557
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 1: Lakers don't get a d back and they lose, NBA

558
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,800
Speaker 1: would be down l A and New York, the two

559
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: biggest markets and the two biggest draws really the New

560
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 1: York market and the Lakers. Um, maybe the Clippers could say, face,

561
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 1: I know they don't have the same market share, Um,

562
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 1: but I think you may. I don't think it. I

563
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: don't want to compare them because you guys will kill

564
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: me if I compare them to what the Chicago Cubs

565
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 1: did for Major League Baseball ratings when the Cubs had

566
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 1: not been to the World Series in forever, or even

567
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 1: the Boston Red Sox had not been to the World

568
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 1: Series in forever, and then they break through and just

569
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 1: because they're there, everybody's like, oh wow, that's a thing,

570
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 1: I'm gonna watch it. And they did and the ratings

571
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 1: were massive. Um. I think the Cubs in the Red

572
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: Sox just a little, just a tiny bit more tradition

573
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 1: than the Clippers. That being said, Clippers do have Kauai,

574
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: they have Paul George. Um, they if they don't go

575
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: through the Lakers, it won't be as special. But nevertheless,

576
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 1: Clippers get they haven't been to the conference finals. People,

577
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 1: come on, that's a that's a win. So, uh, Clippers, MAVs.

578
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 1: I think we're all gonna have to clear off the

579
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 1: schedule on Tuesday night. Um, because let's be honest, a

580
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: lot of the NBA future on June one will be determined.

581
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 1: Lakers Sons, Oh no, I'm sorry they Clippers don't play

582
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: again until Wednesday. That's good news, really good news for

583
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 1: Luca's shoulder. Um. Yeah, Lakers play on Tuesday against the

584
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 1: Sun's in Phoenix Celtics nets that will be finished on Tuesday,

585
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: and then Blazer's Nugs Game five Series title two that

586
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 1: is also on Tuesday. So that'll wrap it up for

587
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 1: this podcast. Shout out to the paper Clips. You guys

588
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,480
Speaker 1: have come back. Yeah, you're making me look bad, which

589
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 1: is fine. I don't mind it. Um, it's good fodder

590
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 1: for or the podcast and uh Kawhi Leonard and Paul

591
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 1: George if they have the last laugh, that's great. Now.

592
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 1: I did notice that Patrick Beverly is not really being

593
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 1: a factor in this series, has been reduced to the bench.

594
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 1: If you saw me on the Herd Friday, I said,

595
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 1: there's some chatter that Patrick Beverly is gonna get moved

596
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: to the bench. Will be either Rondo or Reggie Jackson

597
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: starting and low. And behold, if you saw my fox

598
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 1: bets on Friday, you know I'm putting them out every

599
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 1: night of the playoffs. I said, Reggie Jackson over eleven

600
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: and a half points, and he got that with ease.

601
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 1: And I believe the third quarter. UM. I don't want

602
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: to brag and say, oh, I had inside information, but

603
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 1: I'm out here in l A. You hear stuff. UM,

604
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 1: I think the Clippers are in good shape. Let's just

605
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 1: put it that way. So we will talk to you

606
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 1: tomorrow