1 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: Good morning, sweet wirl, and welcome to the No Dunks 2 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: podcast on the Athletic Network. It's Tuesday, December twenty sixth, 3 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Happy holidays to everyone joining me live 4 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: here today. I'm Jay East keets in the yard to 5 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: recap yesterday's five Christmas Day games before we tackle those, 6 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: a quick shout out to the stream team Sickos for 7 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: joining us here on YouTube. Hit the like button, make 8 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 1: sure you subscribe, and hey share the show with an 9 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: MBA friend. As for you dedicated podcast listeners, if you 10 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: haven't done so already, please consider leaving No Dunks a 11 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: five star rating and review Blessings upon, blessings upon blessings. 12 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: Final note here before I get into yesterday's Christmas Day slate, 13 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: we've had some leggies over the break. By my account, 14 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: we've had four since we last left you, two in 15 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 1: a Clippers Thunder game last week, and then two more 16 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: in a Jazz Raptors game on Festivus of all days, 17 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 1: so that was fun. We will make sure to show 18 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: you those weggies when we're all back in the Classic Factory, 19 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: cause it's just skeetzy here this morning again on Boxing Day, 20 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: Happy kwansa happy Holidays. I hope everybody got what they 21 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: wanted for Christmas. If you do celebrate that, I will say, 22 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: go check out the latest Is This Good podcast link 23 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: in the show notes. My wife Nora made her debut 24 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: podcast appearance on Is This Good. I was there with 25 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: her Mattio JD lots of Christmas talk, but I bring 26 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: that up a because you go. You should go check 27 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: it out, great podcast and be I tell a story 28 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: on that pod about getting boots when I was like 29 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: thirteen fourteen years old at my grandparents and it was devastating. 30 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: I had realized that very Christmas it was over. There 31 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,559 Speaker 1: was no more toys for young Skeetzee. I was getting boots. 32 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: I was a man. Hilariously, I got boots yesterday from 33 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: Nora for Christmas and I was pumped. Forty three year 34 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: old Skates loves boots. Thirteen year old skeets hated it, 35 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: but yeah, go check is This Good out? And while 36 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: we're talking fashion here, before we jump into all five games, 37 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: I'm going to touch on them a few notes. Watched. 38 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: I watched all of them yesterday, except I started to 39 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: tire for the Maverick Suns game, so I watched that 40 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: one this morning, and you know we'll get to Luca 41 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: and his fifty piece. But just in thinking about it, 42 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: I thought they were fairly entertaining. But I'm with Lebron. 43 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: Let's bring back to Christmas Day jerseys, right. I know 44 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: they got the little snowflake patch on the back. Fine, 45 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: we've seen it before. I believe nothing special. But why 46 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: in an era where we have way too many jerseys, 47 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: like every team's got ten of them, we can't have 48 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: a special Christmas one for the ten teams that play 49 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: like I love the uh the script ones? Remember those 50 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: ones sort of just like a there's no better way 51 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: to say it, like a holiday script with like sort 52 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: of like calm tones. I love those ones. So let's 53 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: get every NBA player in those Christmas Day jerseys bring 54 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: them back. You're right, Lebron, and double down on it. 55 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: I say everybody has to play in boots? What do 56 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: you think hit the like button if you think NBA 57 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: players on Christmas Day should have to play in boots? This, 58 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: by the way, is the show I was talking about 59 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: a very Is this good Christmas? Itg just showing the 60 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: thumb for everybody on YouTube with my life, my beautiful 61 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: wife there Nora and uh oho, me and glasses there. 62 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: You know you don't get to see that often, do you, 63 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: So go check that out. Link is in the show notes. Okay, 64 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: let's get into the games. I don't plan on being 65 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: here very long. We're gonna tackle them in order, just 66 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: like I watched them, just like you hopefully watched them. 67 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: Joemen Brunson scores thirty eight as the Knicks snapped the 68 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: Bucks seven game win streak with the one twenty nine 69 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: two victory. To quote HB. Brown, who must have said 70 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: it five or six times on the broadcast yesterday, if 71 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: you're a Knicks fan, you're happy. And then he would 72 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: usually say something about the physicality and how they were playing. 73 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: But you know, again, you're a Knicks fan, you're probably 74 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: happy here this morning and yesterday. The Knicks had lost 75 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: nine straight times to the Bucks, including one on Saturday 76 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: when Milwaukee beat them one thirty to one eleven. Uh 77 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: to open this weird two game series here. I say 78 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: weird because it's like one game on Saturday and we 79 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: get one on Christmas. But yeah, Jalen Brunson the star 80 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: in this one, though everybody else contributing. You know, Julius 81 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: Randall twenty four points and nine boards. RJ. Barrett. Good 82 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: bounce back game from him. He had twenty one points 83 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: quickly coming off the bench for twenty points in twenty 84 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: two minutes. A lot to talk about. This guy needs 85 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: more opportunity. He's cooking right now. But Brunson led the way, 86 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: especially from the first quarter. He was getting brief MVP 87 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: chance after a tough and one finish there near the 88 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: end of the first quarter. And I tweeted yesterday I'm 89 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: gonna go crazy when Brunson is like fifth or sixth 90 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: among East Guards when it comes to the first van 91 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: vote for the first van vote, for the first fan vote. 92 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: Easy for me to say when it comes out for 93 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: the twenty four All Star Game, because you know that's 94 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: gonna be coming soon. Knicks fans should have this guy starting. 95 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: There's no excuse. Is you know Knicks fans are a 96 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: loud and proud bunch. Brunson should be starting the game. Okay, 97 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: do your work, Get on your NBA app and place 98 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: your votes. You should have done it yesterday. It was 99 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: a three for one day. Brunson's averaging twenty six points 100 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: per game, six and four shooting splits of forty eight, 101 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,679 Speaker 1: forty six from deep and eighty at the line cooking. 102 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: He's amazing. I mean, I was one of the few 103 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: last years saying, come on, Brunson should be the next 104 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: All Star, not Randall. And Randall got there and that's okay, 105 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: but Brunson will be there. There's no doubt like he'll 106 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: be selected by the coaches if need be. He should 107 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: be starting. He's been one of the best guards in 108 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference this year, so Knicks fans got to 109 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: play their part. My only other note really from this 110 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: one was Milwaukee. They cut it to like a four 111 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: point games, like seventy seven to seventy three about midway 112 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: through the third quarter, and then Josh Hart just had 113 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: a awesome little burst of like four buckets. Three of 114 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: them I guess came in a row. But near the 115 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: end of the period he hit a nice little floater. 116 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: Heard did in the lane. That was a classic all 117 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: attention on Jalen Brunson. They threw multiple bodies at him, 118 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 1: make the easy pass. Heart hits a little floater. Soon 119 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: after that, Heart grabbed a rebound. Forget which Bucks player 120 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: missed a corner. Three may have been Bobby Portos and 121 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: Heart took it and went coast to coast and he 122 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: drew the goaltend really nice, a really nice like move 123 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: by him, just really aggressive. Then he used a pick 124 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: from Taj Gibson. Yeah, Taj is in there, baby on Christmas. 125 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: A little side pick and roll action, you know, good 126 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: pick from Gibson. Heart gets into the lane. Tough little 127 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: fadeaway jumper for him, and then he ended the cue 128 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: of a fast break dunk thanks to a pretty sloppy 129 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard turnover. So really really impressive Nicks win. I mean, 130 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: this was one like Nix needed it more. You know, 131 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: they had to prove that they could actually beat this 132 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: team if they match up against them in a playoffs series. 133 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: So good win and I thought, a pretty pretty good 134 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: game to get everything started here. You always want that 135 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: first game to sort of set the tone, and that 136 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: was a good one. Moving on, let's talk about Steve 137 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: Kerr being disgusted. Jokich a perfect eighteen of eighteen from 138 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: the free throw line as the Nuggets beat the Warriors 139 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: one twenty to one fourteen uh Joker finishing with twenty 140 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: six points despite four to twelve shooting from the floor, 141 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: but yes, career high with eighteen made free throws, a 142 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: lot of them coming in the second half, Nuggets twenty 143 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: six to thirty two from the line. And I'm gonna 144 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: read you what Steve Kerr said after the game quote, 145 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: I have no problem with the officials themselves. I like 146 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: how he starts that. I have a problem with the 147 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: way we are legislating defense out of the game. That's 148 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: what we're doing. The way we're teaching officials, We're just 149 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: enabling players to fool their way to the foul line. 150 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: If I was a fan, I wouldn't have wanted to 151 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: watch the second half of that game. It was disgusting. 152 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: It was just baiting res into calls. But the rest 153 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: have to make those calls because that's how they're taught. 154 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: End quote. I will add that. Curry add it a 155 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: nightlight tonight. You feel like there's physicality on one side 156 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: and then kind of ticky tack on the other, and 157 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: then they get into the bonus and then it changes 158 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: the complexion of the game. End quote there on Curry. 159 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: So you know this is making waves, these making headlines 160 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: here Kerr pointing this out. How Yokich got an easy 161 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: kind whistle on Christmas. I think Kurr is right. They're like, look, 162 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: if you watch the game, there are a couple instances 163 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: of Yokich either dribbling the ball down the court or 164 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: just running down the court drawing some minimal contact from 165 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: a Warriors player, be it the rook Jackson Davis or 166 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: Sarich on one of them, and then yo Kich sort 167 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: of sells it with a bit of a flail a 168 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: look at the official. That was my whistle. It was 169 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: a weird whistle foul called two free throws if they're 170 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: in the bonus, because it was put in pressure. You know, 171 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: you start accumulating all these stupid fowls or tiki tac files, 172 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: whatever you want to call them, and then you're gonna 173 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: get to a line and hence why Yokic is like 174 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: going there and non stopped there in second half. Uh yeah, 175 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: those are bad. I mean no, I don't think a 176 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: lot of people. I don't even think Nuggets fans are like, okay, 177 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: that's cool, awesome, good foul when it's like away from 178 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: the ball or at half court and like guys bump 179 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: and then you sell it. It's like, ugh, superstars have 180 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: been baiting referees to make these calls since James Nasmith 181 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: put up the peach baskets, right, that's not gonna change 182 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: anytime soon. But the flip side of this is to 183 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 1: call out Yokich and I get it because Kurt is 184 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: calling out this game. But like, this guy is not 185 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: an extreme volume free throw shooter by any means. I 186 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: think he shoots like six and a half a game. 187 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: That's like eighteenth in the league. This is like a 188 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: two time MVP. This is a superstar of the league. 189 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: So he's not like the number one main culprit. Also, 190 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: you ever seen this guy's arms just like scratched a hell, 191 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 1: He's always bleeding. You feel like every game there's a 192 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: quick stoppage to get a towel and a band aid 193 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,239 Speaker 1: on him because his arms are all cut up. So 194 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: so both things can be true, is what I'm saying. Though, Like, 195 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: on one hand, I don't think Jokic does this all 196 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: that often. He did yesterday he was he realized they're 197 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: gonna call this, and I'm just gonna, you know, little bump, 198 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: little contact, a little hold, little push that checked my 199 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: arms up. Maybe I'll get it, And they were calling it, 200 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: So that would be frustrating if your current Warriors. But 201 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 1: on the other hand, again, I don't think this is 202 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: a guy that does it all that often. I mean, 203 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: there are there are worse guys to draw fowls or 204 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: to trick the referees than Yokic. But he was doing 205 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:39,599 Speaker 1: it yesterday and it wasn't fun. I mean, it was 206 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: obviously a lot of stoppage of play, and it really 207 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: bogged the game down, and it did change the complexion 208 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: of the game. I get what Curry is saying. That 209 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: all said, it was back and forth in the in 210 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: the second half, I think there was nine lead changes. 211 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: I was loving Wiggins and Jamal Murray two good old 212 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: Canadian boys. Uh Trey fourth quarter baskets. Jamal when he's 213 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: on fire. I saw Dan Devine tweet this when he's 214 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: got it going, Jamal Murray really has one of the 215 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:13,319 Speaker 1: most gorgeous games in the league. He's such an aesthetically 216 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 1: pleasing player. Truth, Dan Devine, I wish I could give 217 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: you a hug for that one. It's awesome when he 218 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: has it going, and he did there late and that's 219 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: when you see Jamal Murray play at that level. That 220 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: that's when you're like, well, yeah, they could they could repeat, 221 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: they could win a championship again, he has to be 222 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: at that level. Porter started hot. That was good, but 223 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 1: it was Jamal Murray with the takeover and then the 224 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: Yoka tree throws. Also loved that the Nuggets got one 225 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: of these primetime slots here on Christmas Day, this second 226 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:50,199 Speaker 1: slot two thirty pm Eastern. I checked three of Jokic's 227 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: previous Christmas Day games. They all tipped at ten thirty. 228 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: They all had that last game too many casuals. Hell, 229 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: even the sickos. As I just said, I'm a little 230 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: basketballed out by then. So you know, you'll could try 231 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: to like I had forgotten, you'll could try a forty 232 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: one to fifteen and fifteen game last Christmas again, last 233 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: game of the day. That was a really entertaining game. 234 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: It is probably one of the best Chrismas Day games 235 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 1: we've had in a while. But as in that last slot, 236 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,319 Speaker 1: I know this doesn't matter to some of you West 237 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: Coast people, but like East Coasters, you know, international people. 238 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: Although maybe it's morning by the time that's happening, My 239 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 1: point is you're a little exhausted. So it was cool 240 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: to see Denver in this earlier slot on Christmas Day. 241 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: I like that. That's a nice little switch up there, 242 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: and they got to win even if it was a 243 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: lot of yokid t free throws. But let's hear from you, guys. 244 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure you're, you know, sounding off here in the 245 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: stream team right now in the comments. Tough for me 246 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: to do everything here, try and talk to you, try 247 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: and run the show, and then also read your comments. 248 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 1: But when it comes to free throws, people get opinionated, 249 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: so I'll have to go back and read what you 250 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: guys are are saying there. Moving on to our third game, 251 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: Porzingis and the Celtics started strong. They pick up the 252 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: one twenty six one fifteen Christmas Day win over ad 253 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 1: who went for forty and the Lakers had Lebron struggling 254 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: in this one. Even Tatum sort of struggling from the field, 255 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: though he was great at playmaking. Of all the games, 256 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: I probably had like the least amount of notes on 257 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: this one, just felt like the Celtics crushed them. I 258 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: know they were. They scored the first twelve points, they're 259 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: up eighteen. Lakers got back in the game, because this 260 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: is the NBA and it doesn't matter if you have 261 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: a twenty point lead, but it never really felt like 262 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: the Lakers were going this game the Celtics. Man, when 263 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: everybody is contributing like they did yesterday, you start I'm 264 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: watching this game, going, huh, It's really gonna take either 265 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: Yannis Embiid or Jokic to beat the Celtics. They have 266 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: the best record in the NBA. They're just kicking ass. 267 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: They're just going about their business. And again, when you 268 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: get everybody like Porzingis with the twenty eight points on 269 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: eleven and nineteen shooting, Tatum with twenty again not an 270 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: amazing game from him, Brown nineteen points. We had the 271 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: hot start from John Brown. He had that little injury there, 272 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: the accidental sort of need of the back. He did 273 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: return from Lebron, but he got nineteen. White eighteen and 274 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: then Drew Holiday eighteen. Man, what are they calling White 275 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: and Drew Holiday in Boston? Are they calling them the 276 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: They call them the Stock Report because steals and blocks. 277 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: It's something like that. They were just dominant two way performances. 278 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: Both those guys. Derek White season high eleven assists, just great, 279 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: and they do look like right now as we get 280 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: close to the start of twenty twenty four, the team 281 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 1: that looks it went healthy, maybe the team to beat, 282 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: but I, like I said, fastest, see if one of 283 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: those giants of the game can do it. Though Porzingis 284 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: has been great all season, I mean he should, I 285 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: mean he should be in an All Star conversation. I 286 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: know a lot of talk on Twitter yesterday was Derek 287 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: White should be an All Star. Wow. Maybe he's good, 288 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: He's very good. But then you're like, is he he 289 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: might still be the fourth or fifth best player on 290 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: this team when when they're when they're at their apex, 291 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: but a lot of nights he usually is their second 292 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: best player. That's that's what he's got going for him. 293 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: But other news from this Gabe Vincent for the Lakers, 294 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: he's gonna undergo knee surgery that's gonna rule him out 295 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: six to eight weeks. Shaan's of the Athletic had that 296 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: huge blow to him to the Lakers. Maybe leaves them 297 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: with a decision to make here ahead of the trade deadline. 298 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: If you don't remember, Gabe Vincent had barely played it 299 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: all return for a couple of games and it's right 300 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: back out to get this knee surgery. Ham you know, 301 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: win against a thunder I guess that was on the weekend, 302 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: D'Angelo Russell out of the starting lineup, Jared Vanderbilt in there. 303 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: It worked for that one against Okay, see, but will 304 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: that change now with the Gabe Vincent news and again 305 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: will they look to be look to be a little 306 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: active at the trade deadline? And who does that entail? 307 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously we hear a lot of zach Lavine 308 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: trade rumors. Toula, not the not the point guard, not 309 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: the guard you're maybe looking for. But then do you 310 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: really need that when you have lebron so rough news 311 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: for Lakers fans there they not only get the loss, 312 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: but Gae Vincent out for a couple months. Two more 313 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: games left and this one was surprisingly fun. No Embiid, 314 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: no Jimmy Butler, so you're maybe like, uh, but it 315 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: was close and Jimi Hawkas Junior scored thirty one points. 316 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: I love that Spolster stays perfect on Christmas Day, He's 317 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: nine to zero. He beat the seventy six ers one 318 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: nineteen one thirteen. Some wild stats coming out of this 319 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: one for Hawkes Junior. He joined Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robinson, 320 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: Patrick Ewing, and Walt Bellamy as the only rookies with 321 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: thirty points and ten rebounds on Christmas. Look at that 322 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: list now, hake Is Junior. I'm pumped, very pumped about this. 323 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: I wasn't alone in talking up Hawkes Junior at the 324 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: start of the season. But you'll remember you, sick as will. 325 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: At least when we're doing our preseason shows and we're 326 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: debating Rookie of the Years, you know, I'm showing some 327 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 1: love to this guy. Look, it's probably gonna be Wemby, 328 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: it's probably gonna be Chet. This guy's gonna be on 329 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: the All Rookie first team. Maybe he's even making some 330 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: noise and like butting his way into the conversation. You know, 331 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: we've got the MVP table. Do we have a Rookie 332 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: of the Year table? That's like the kid's table at Christmas? Right, 333 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: He's there, He's sitting there. He's so just damn good. 334 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: He's such a heat player. Though I saw Zilla write this, 335 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: put this guy on any team, any team, given minutes. 336 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: He's not gonna ever hurt you. He's only gonna help you. 337 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 1: When you watch yesterday's game and it was cool, I'm 338 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: sure a lot of people are like, who the heck 339 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: is this guy who's this cool looking guy with the 340 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: go tee. He I guess is it a go tee? 341 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: You know? I mean it looks sort of like a 342 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: sort of a pirate look. I guess. More. Hawkey as 343 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: junior cuts off the ball so good at that. We 344 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: saw early in the game when he was up top 345 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: he flashed through the paint. Bam who had a sneaky, 346 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: quiet good game. Bam found him sort of cutting back door, 347 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: easy layup. Then late in the game Lowry also, I 348 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: thought I had a really good game, touched paint. Hawkea junior, 349 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 1: you know, spotted up in the corner where he's a 350 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: great three point shooter, cut to the rim, saw the 351 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: little gap there, found him dunk. So cutting off the ball. 352 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: This guy's fantastic already as an older rookie at that. 353 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 1: He's comfortable with the corner three, which is why he's 354 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: like posted up there. I think he shoots thirty nine 355 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: percent on corner threes this season from those spots on 356 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: the floor. And he's just smart as hell. You know, 357 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: two point game. There's one play it comes my two 358 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: point game. He gets isoed on the side with Tobias Harris, 359 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,239 Speaker 1: and he decides I'm gonna bully ball him a little bit, 360 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,959 Speaker 1: throws him a pump, fake party, Merry Christmas to you, Tobias, 361 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: Like Tobias jumps on it and then just hits a 362 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 1: little you know, easy little sort of hook shot, little 363 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: push out, whatever you want to call it, right there 364 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: in the lane. And it's like you watch that plane, 365 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: You're like, it feels flipped right. It feels like it 366 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: feels like Tobias Harris is the rookie and Hawkes Junior 367 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: is like, you know, the ten year ved or whatever 368 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: long Tobias Harris has been in the league. Like it 369 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 1: feels like roles are reversed, Like that's just like smart, 370 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: smart basketball, and he got them. He was awesome, big 371 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: reason why they win this game. He scored in double figures. 372 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: Hawke has Junior has in sixteen of his last seventeen 373 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: games's averaging sixteen points per game, with his last twenty 374 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,719 Speaker 1: three and yesterday eleven to fifteen, eight of eight at 375 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: the line. Just he's so good. He's so good. It 376 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: was also one of those weird I call classic Miami 377 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: heat games where it's just like the weirdest runs in 378 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: the game. Philly starts hot Miami opens a huge lead 379 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: and then seventy six ers don't even need like a 380 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 1: full quarter to erase a twenty one point heat advantage, 381 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: and then we get this sort of entertaining fourth quarter. 382 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: They play a lot of weird games like that Miami 383 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 1: does again, maybe a little unfortunate for some of the 384 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: casuals out there on no embiid you know, rating MVP, 385 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: no Jimmy Butler there, uh in Miami on Christmas Day. 386 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,959 Speaker 1: But I thought it was still one of the more 387 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: entertaining games. I was. I was locked into it. Maybe 388 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: I had had a second win there when this one 389 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: came around, and I was pumped with Hawkes Junior going 390 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:28,399 Speaker 1: off final game as I sat off the top. I 391 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: watched it this morning and uh miss quite the show 392 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 1: there live at least Lucas scores fifty two eclipse ten thousand, 393 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: first career Mats beat the Suns one, twenty eight one fourteen. 394 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: Luca continues to torture the Phoenix Suns and their fan base. 395 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: He's saying it was his house after a deep three there. 396 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: He had fifteen assists to go along with the fifty points, 397 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: six boards, four steels, three blocks. I think I saw 398 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: a tweet right before I jumped on that Basketball Reference 399 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: says they don't have a game like that in their database, 400 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 1: like this doesn't exist those type of numbers. In one 401 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: particular game, he also hit eight three pointers, which tied 402 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: a Christmas record. He was perfect at the line. He 403 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,360 Speaker 1: was twelve to twenty five from the field, and according 404 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: to CBS Sports, no active player has ever scored more 405 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: in a Christmas Day game. We got Bernard King with 406 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: the sixty. Everybody knows that, Will Chamberlain with fifty nine. 407 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: I think everybody forgets that one. And then he has 408 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 1: now tied Luca has Rick Barry for fifty points on 409 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: the holiday there and also if that wasn't cool enough 410 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: for you, with about five minutes to go in the 411 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: first quarter, Luca casually cash is a thirty four thirty 412 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: five footer to cross the ten thousand career point mark 413 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: for his NBA career. Only five other players have scored 414 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: ten thousand points before their twenty fifth birthday. Can you 415 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: name him? You probably can? Maybe one is tough, but 416 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: it's Lebron Duh, Kobe, Duh, Kadi, duh Mellow probably a 417 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,919 Speaker 1: duh and then trace Himcgrady I think if you if 418 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,880 Speaker 1: you tested people with that trivia, would maybe forget him 419 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 1: or knew that that he had scored ten thousand points 420 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: by h before he turned twenty five. Obviously came in 421 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: as a high schooler. But amazing. You do wonder, uh 422 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: if there isn't enough MVP attention being given to Luca 423 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: right now? It's Jokic b They sort of, you know, 424 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: have flip flopped a little bit to start the season. 425 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: You got Shay popping his head in there. You know, 426 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: Tatum considering the Celtics record. Uh, you know, Haliburton was 427 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: there for a bit, you honest is always in the 428 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: mix with his numbers. But Lucas, I mean, if you're 429 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 1: filling out a ballot here today for top five, he's 430 00:23:56,119 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: gotta be like, gotta be on your ballot. I was 431 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: looking for the MVP table picture here it is with 432 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: the hilarious Jerome photoshop, and then I remembered when looking 433 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 1: for it that we have a new MVP table photo 434 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: that we took at the most recent Nodun's Christmas party 435 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: with Jerome and with Esh and not a single other 436 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,959 Speaker 1: thing really on the table except I'm holding a whiskey 437 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 1: and there's a candle. I think it's very weird setup 438 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: of the photo. But anyway, note to self upload that 439 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: new photo, the MVP table photo to the streamyard. But 440 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: yes he's there because the mats are eighteen and twelve. 441 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: That's good for fifth in the West. Lucas averaging an 442 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: absurd thirty three and a half points per game, nine 443 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: and a half assists, eight and a half rebounds, and 444 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: his running mate Kyry Irving hasn't played in like nine 445 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: straight games now and Derek Lively had missed some games. 446 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: Good to see him back. He had missed I think 447 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: four games that ankle sprain. He's awesome right away start 448 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: of this game, like Luca finding him for easy buckets. 449 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: He had twenty and ten as an awesome rook as 450 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: well Lively the second. So yeah, I think Lucas pretty 451 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: handedly at this point top five. I guess the only 452 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: thing against them is like the MAVs record compared to 453 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: a lot of the other leaders is not as good. 454 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 1: I mean, it's still a sixty what is it a 455 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: sixty percent win percentage, but a lot of these other 456 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: guys have a better record right now. Phoenix not good 457 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 1: for them. Out of the plan half a game behind 458 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: the Warriors for the number ten seed. They're a game 459 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: below five hundred now fourteen to fifteen during a three 460 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: game losing streak. They've lost three. No, they're three and 461 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: nine in their last twelve and then woes telling a 462 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: national audience yesterday, people in Phoenix are sensing durance frustration. 463 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: The franchise knows they're sort of stuck though with this group. 464 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: I saw Ziller again in his newsletter this morning. The 465 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: Suns have no more young players to flip, they have 466 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: no more draft picks or pick swaps to move, they 467 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: have no veterans with any real trade value. This is 468 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: the team. You gotta hope the Bill comes back and 469 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: he's healthy and they can figure this out, because Ziller 470 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: to quote him, unless you're truly gutted and you start 471 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: considering Booker's future, which you absolutely cannot do at this point, 472 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: there's nowhere to go but through it end quote again 473 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: from Ziller there, and that is spot on. And you'd 474 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 1: be insane to even consider that. You gotta get you 475 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 1: got to weather this storm. And and you know, and 476 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: I should say, I mean Eric Gordon a little upset 477 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: with his role. Am I'm a score? What am I 478 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: doing here. It's not good in the desert after what 479 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: was a really solid start, I thought, especially with injuries, 480 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: they were doing really really well, and it was like, 481 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 1: oh god, wait till this team's you know, fully healthy, 482 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: they're going to be a juggernaut. And they still might be. 483 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: I sort of still believe, but yeah, just bad vibes 484 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,719 Speaker 1: seep in very quickly with a Kevin Durant team too. 485 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: The guy does I'd like to play poker with this guy. 486 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: I feel like he is not good at, you know, 487 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: hiding his emotions, which is good. I mean, it's sort 488 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 1: of admirable in a way, but sometimes maybe he's just 489 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: a grumpy guss And so when you're losing and you 490 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 1: get asked about it, you know, it comes off like, oh, yeah, well, 491 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: you're right. This is bad where you are in your career. 492 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 1: You want to win championships and you're like looking around, 493 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: like what move is left to be made here? We 494 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: just got to play better and we need these bench 495 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: guys to step up. Which was sort of funny because 496 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 1: Metu and Grayson Allen had a decent game yesterday. Anyway, 497 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: awesome Luca performance, good MAVs win, and that's all I 498 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: got Those are the five games. I could quickly look 499 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 1: at the comments here, but I would have to go 500 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,439 Speaker 1: scurroll and scroll and scroll, and a lot to talk 501 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 1: about Durant here. Yeah, yeah, he he, He's up, he's upset, 502 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: he's frustrated. I'm playing on Christmas for this. See Luca 503 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: drop fifty on my head. Nine games on tonight, and 504 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: there is no bigger game than the nets at the 505 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: Pistons the NBA single season losing streak, it's on the line. 506 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 1: They've lost twenty six straight this season. Detroit has You 507 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: might remember the Pistons winning a game on October twenty eighth. 508 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: They beat the Bulls handedly in their third game in 509 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,359 Speaker 1: the season. The victory gave Detroit a winning record on 510 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: the season two and one. I was talking them up 511 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: like this, a feisty bunch. This might be the year 512 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: they're flirting with the play in. They haven't won since 513 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: they're two and twenty seven. It's insane. They haven't won. 514 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: They have not won a game since before Halloween. All 515 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: all the holidays have come and gone and they still 516 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: have not won a game. So tonight, if they lose, 517 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: when they lose, Okay, I don't know if that I'm 518 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: probably jinxing it now, but if they lose, that will 519 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 1: be twenty seventh straight and they will solely have the 520 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: record for longest losing streak in a single season. The 521 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: Sixers still hold the I think it's stupid, but the 522 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: one over two seasons whatever it got up to was 523 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 1: it twenty eight? So whatever, I'm all about, you know, 524 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: one streak one season. So we'll see if Detroit can. 525 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: They'll either be tied with that bad Calvs team and 526 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: the bad Sixers team for twenty six straight in the 527 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: same season, or they'll have it to themselves. I actually 528 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: want them to have it by themselves, yeah, because then 529 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 1: when you bring it up the next time, it'll just 530 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 1: be one team like, oh yeah, man, remember the Remember 531 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: the twenty three twenty four Pistons. Man, remember on they 532 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: won like when they lost excuse me, thirty five straight games. 533 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: That's just better. That's just better for us sickos that 534 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: want to remember these weird things. So that's one to watch. 535 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 1: And you know, obviously a bunch of other games on. 536 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: Is there football on again? NFL football been on for 537 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: like five straight days now. It's crazy. I don't know, 538 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: it's Monday, No it's not Monday, it's Tuesday. That may 539 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 1: be done, So enjoy the NBA. Thanks for joining me here. 540 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: I will remind you once again go check out is 541 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 1: This Good? My wife Norah'm making her podcast debut. I've 542 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: only done a b thirty five hundred podcasts. Never wanted 543 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 1: to come on no dunks, never wanted to talk about Luca, 544 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 1: never wanted to talk about Porzingis or Lebron or Curry. 545 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: Why did I say Porzingis? But she went on is 546 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 1: This Good? And she was fantastic, So go check that 547 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 1: out link in the show notes. Plan for us moving 548 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: forward is probably a podcast at the end of the week. 549 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: Tassie still up in Canada, trays in Illinois, but the 550 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: boys start getting back at some point this week, and 551 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: I think we'll we'll probably get into the factory even 552 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: maybe at the end of the week. Maybe we'll hit 553 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: you with a drop at the end of the week. Yeah, 554 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 1: if that's what you want, hit the like button, subscribe, 555 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: tell a friend, and leave us a five star rating 556 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: and review. Otherwise we'll call it there. Happy holidays again 557 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: to everyone. I hope you got boots and well, let's 558 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: hear from our good friend. Let's say Merry Christmas to 559 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: this gentlemen. You heard it here first, have a great time, 560 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 1: turn up, love you guys. Awesome, Yes, thank you for 561 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: turning up. Indeed, I we'll see you later in the week. 562 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: And if you also haven't checked out the Squad episode 563 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: on Friday that we dropped, that was a Christmas special, 564 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 1: that was a treat, and the one before that we 565 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 1: did the whole how aboutkshlima catalog bit which we also 566 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: clipped and put up on YouTube, So we got lots 567 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: of content for you guys to chew on to keep 568 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 1: you busy while you're out locking the dog or shoveling 569 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: the driveway or just got tired of talking to your siblings. 570 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: I'm trying my best here to keep you entertained. All right, guys, 571 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: we'll see at the end of the week. Happy holidays. 572 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: Base