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Speaker 1: an unbelievably entertaining. Look. Two legends, two legends going at it.

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Speaker 1: So we got two legends who went back and forth.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know what you I don't know what

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Speaker 1: Adam Silver could have asked for more than that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I agree, man, it was, it was. It was. You know,

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Speaker 1: I cannot say enough about how good Steff is. And

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Speaker 1: even at his age. But I thought step was the

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Speaker 1: that game was unbelievable. And I just I he has

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Speaker 1: There was no chance he was going to check into

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Speaker 1: and he damn near stole it. And I have so

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Speaker 1: was absolutely amazing. Him and Draymond were absolutely amazing today.

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Speaker 1: They deserved their credit. Um, welcome everybody to the State

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Speaker 1: of the Lakers post game, so to hang out with

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Speaker 1: Rose and I we already kind of sort of started.

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Speaker 1: Um Man, I don't even know where to start with

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Speaker 1: It was good with Man, are you okay? Are you

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Speaker 1: What's the deal? Man? I'm gonna say this. First of all,

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Speaker 1: I respect the Lawyers. Just a tough, gritty team like

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Speaker 1: that was. That's the first thing. But I am holding

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Speaker 1: on to that the Lakers should have won that game

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Speaker 1: by ten or fifteen points. That that first half, the one,

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Speaker 1: the rotations and the minute distribution in the lineups, and

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Speaker 1: preseason game. Like but I do. But I have to

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Speaker 1: get the Warriors credit. Like you said, Steph was off

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Speaker 1: that that's that's not gonna work against the Suns. Bro.

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Speaker 1: It's it's just it's just not Yeah, I agree with

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Speaker 1: What's your current state of mind? I mean, I'm obviously

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Speaker 1: That's it was. It was I put all these tweets

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Speaker 1: I picked one. I think, yeah, they're going to give

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Speaker 1: them a touch series. Um, we talked about this like

427
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,920
Speaker 1: in the Warriors preview, right like, you can't do both.

428
00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,680
Speaker 1: You can't take away You're you're not supposed to be

429
00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,320
Speaker 1: able to do both. You can't take away the three

430
00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,520
Speaker 1: and then try to guard everyone else right with Steff

431
00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,600
Speaker 1: And it was pretty clearly the Lakers tonight they wanted

432
00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,560
Speaker 1: to take step off the three point line. And he's

433
00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,800
Speaker 1: still freaking win six for nine from three, which is

434
00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,760
Speaker 1: just crazy, Like I thought, none of them were like

435
00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,240
Speaker 1: that open or like really good looks um so they

436
00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,520
Speaker 1: really went at them. Like against Utah, I still have

437
00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,159
Speaker 1: Utah winning that series. I just think that the Warriors

438
00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,880
Speaker 1: still play too many guys that just aren't experienced enough,

439
00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,680
Speaker 1: And I don't know if Draymond can be this good

440
00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,879
Speaker 1: defensively for that long with this series. I don't know

441
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,400
Speaker 1: what you guys think about that, but like, I think

442
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,760
Speaker 1: that's where they're seeing is like ken't dream like as

443
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,040
Speaker 1: he was incredible tonight, But Tommy, I think you're right.

444
00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:08,520
Speaker 1: I think he did get a little bit tired at

445
00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,040
Speaker 1: the end there, but yeah, it's great. I'm just wondering

446
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:12,960
Speaker 1: if he can do that through a whole series because

447
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,320
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to. Like against Utah, was they're a

448
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,080
Speaker 1: good offensive team, Like they rely heavily on three point

449
00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,280
Speaker 1: shooting and all that go bears in a D. So

450
00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,040
Speaker 1: it's not the same amount pressure he's seen a gay

451
00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:27,719
Speaker 1: possession like A was like in space making j Mon

452
00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,640
Speaker 1: expand energy. So he just I don't think he'll see

453
00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:35,280
Speaker 1: the same type of you know, pressure he was getting

454
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,480
Speaker 1: tonight from a D. As far as like trying to score,

455
00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,119
Speaker 1: I think it'll be that's a good point. That's a

456
00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,640
Speaker 1: good point. He doesn't have to cover as much ground

457
00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,520
Speaker 1: as against Utah, so he can kind of focus on

458
00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,000
Speaker 1: his primary skill, which is, you know, rim protection and

459
00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,480
Speaker 1: just being disruptive of all the all of the action

460
00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,919
Speaker 1: that takes place in the paint. I will say this

461
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,960
Speaker 1: Tommy really quickly. I I in the middle of that game,

462
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,439
Speaker 1: I thought to myself, you know, because coming into this

463
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,240
Speaker 1: play and tournament, I thought tonight was a must win,

464
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,080
Speaker 1: because this prospect of single elimination scared me just from

465
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,119
Speaker 1: the standpoint of all of the things that could happen.

466
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:13,679
Speaker 1: And then it dawned on me in the middle of

467
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,920
Speaker 1: that game, like these two teams are so much better

468
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,879
Speaker 1: than Memphis. There's so much better than Memphis. Like I

469
00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:23,040
Speaker 1: would be absolutely shocked if Golden State lost on Friday.

470
00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,640
Speaker 1: I would be pretty shocked. Um. The only thing is

471
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,960
Speaker 1: is it's kind of a quick turn around. Stephan Draymond

472
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,920
Speaker 1: expended a lot of energy energy tonight. Um, they're in

473
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,200
Speaker 1: their thirties, Like they've got to turn around and basically

474
00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,639
Speaker 1: play another game in forty eight hours. They're probably flying

475
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,560
Speaker 1: back up to the Bay to night, I would guess, Um,

476
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Speaker 1: But I mean, like you're saying, man, it's a one

477
00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,040
Speaker 1: it's a one game playoff, Like, it's still scary no

478
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,320
Speaker 1: matter what. If the Warriors have a first half like

479
00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,560
Speaker 1: the Lakers had tonight, they're down thirteen going to the

480
00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,480
Speaker 1: second half, then they're gonna have to It's just it's

481
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,600
Speaker 1: a scary prospect. Like I that's why I didn't want

482
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 1: to be faced for the second playing game because now

483
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,479
Speaker 1: you're worried about a young Memphis team. Um, they are

484
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,240
Speaker 1: traveling a cross country obviously, but they're young, they're gonna

485
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 1: have they're gonna have fresh legs, they're gonna play hard

486
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,239
Speaker 1: again that we just beat them last Sunday. It's tough

487
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 1: to be the team twice in a row like that.

488
00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,600
Speaker 1: So we'll see. Um, I would still pick the Warriors

489
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,840
Speaker 1: to win the game. Um, but it's it's not gonna

490
00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 1: be I don't think it's gonna be an easy one.

491
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,639
Speaker 1: It's gonna be right down to the wire. Are you

492
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Speaker 1: looking at Memphis potentially making based on the game on

493
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,960
Speaker 1: Sunday that could potentially swing that in Memphis favor? Was

494
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,560
Speaker 1: there anything that scared you that Memphis did that you

495
00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,560
Speaker 1: didn't think Golden State could counter? No, Because I thought

496
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,439
Speaker 1: Memphis played pretty well. Valentine has killed them really, I mean,

497
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,719
Speaker 1: he kind of killed them all game. But the Warriors

498
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,680
Speaker 1: okay with that if they're trading you know, steps threes

499
00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,240
Speaker 1: for two's. Um, I don't think there are many adjustments,

500
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,879
Speaker 1: just because I've seen it all year with young teams.

501
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,399
Speaker 1: Um that the Warriors play. I saw a time with

502
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,040
Speaker 1: the Thunders. Teams like the Grizzlies, they really don't know

503
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: what to do with steps off ball, but he's so

504
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,560
Speaker 1: good at it now. And young teams just they don't

505
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,800
Speaker 1: have that synergy defensively, they're not connected yet, and he

506
00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 1: just he walks into open shots. You know, he walked

507
00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,359
Speaker 1: into probably at least eight or nine open shots against

508
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,120
Speaker 1: me Memphis and some easy midrangers that he usually hits

509
00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 1: that he missed two. Um So like he had forty

510
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 1: six that game, but I thought he could have had

511
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Speaker 1: close to sixty. And that's obviously asking, Like, don't get

512
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 1: me wrong, that's asking a lot, but I thought he

513
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,640
Speaker 1: missed him easy looks um. So point being, I think

514
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,400
Speaker 1: STEP's gonna get open shots again. Um. Memphis is solid defensively,

515
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,200
Speaker 1: but there's nothing special. Jaw is an absolute wreck off

516
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,840
Speaker 1: the ball um. So if he plays thirty plus minutes,

517
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,000
Speaker 1: they're going to continue to get open shots. It's just

518
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,879
Speaker 1: gonna be about making them. Nothing that Memphis can do

519
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,280
Speaker 1: really scares me. It's just that they're younger and there

520
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,040
Speaker 1: they might be a little bit fresher heading into that

521
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,120
Speaker 1: game as opposed to a Warriors team who's been playing

522
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,200
Speaker 1: eight guys now for four weeks um. So that'd be

523
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Speaker 1: my only concern that just doors are Yeah, that was

524
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,440
Speaker 1: that for me. The indicator of how big the defense

525
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,320
Speaker 1: is is how many threes you let's Stephs get up.

526
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 1: They let him get up twenty plus threes right like that.

527
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 1: That's a map problem you lose with a guy who

528
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 1: shoot that well. So that was kind of bothers him

529
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,120
Speaker 1: for me. From Memphis standpoint this, you just can't let

530
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 1: that guy get twenty two. Looks at the past and

531
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,919
Speaker 1: at some point it's just gonna flip and and kill you,

532
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:11,400
Speaker 1: which is what happens to. Yeah, I let your previous second,

533
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,560
Speaker 1: nd I'm gonna hop out of here taking easy. Tom.

534
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:21,240
Speaker 1: You're coming on man, okay, perfect later. Lakers are never

535
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,919
Speaker 1: gonna let step get up twenty something threes right tonight?

536
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 1: Like that I didn't think that was ever gonna happen.

537
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,480
Speaker 1: Like they were going to trap him, make him trying

538
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,240
Speaker 1: to give up the ball. And I thought they did

539
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 1: that even though he still hit hit his threes and

540
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,600
Speaker 1: got going with tram on it then there. But yeah,

541
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,680
Speaker 1: they were never gonna let him like be able to

542
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,640
Speaker 1: cook like he did against Memphis. The bad defense. Step

543
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 1: probably has fifty to night, like he just had I

544
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 1: guess a bad defense. He definitely has a fifty point

545
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,960
Speaker 1: game to night, and the Words played him great. He

546
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 1: still finished with you know, over thirty five seven boards

547
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 1: and just he was incredible to night. You know, you know,

548
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 1: it's crazy about the Steph Curry experience that this is

549
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,520
Speaker 1: something we talked about a lot in the Sunday preview pod.

550
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,840
Speaker 1: Was like you can defend him well for eighteen twenty

551
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 1: two seconds in a possession, but if you leave him

552
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,159
Speaker 1: for just that end, like he's gonna make you pay.

553
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 1: And there were the Lakers did such a good job

554
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:19,119
Speaker 1: on him tonight overall, and yet there were like two

555
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,359
Speaker 1: or three possessions in the game over the entire forty

556
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 1: eight minutes where they just slipped up for a second.

557
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,639
Speaker 1: And the one that stands out off the top of

558
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,399
Speaker 1: my head, was there in the fourth quarter end of

559
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,520
Speaker 1: the shot clock when Lebron was a little bit slow

560
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 1: to close out on him on the right wing, and

561
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,639
Speaker 1: he shot like a twenty seven footer and made it.

562
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 1: Every single time of those two or three times that

563
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 1: that he that he got open, he made it. Like

564
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 1: That's the crazy thing with Steff is it's like he

565
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 1: just makes you pay for the slightest slip ups. But

566
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 1: you're right, I mean, there's a huge difference between giving

567
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:50,920
Speaker 1: him two or three of those in a game and

568
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,640
Speaker 1: giving him nine or ten of those in a game.

569
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 1: And that's the difference between you've given up, you know,

570
00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:59,080
Speaker 1: forty seven in a loss and uh, you know, holding

571
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,040
Speaker 1: him to thirty five or whatever he had tonight in

572
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:06,679
Speaker 1: a win. Absolutely, Rod, what did you What did you

573
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,000
Speaker 1: think of Lebron tonight? Yeah? I thought he was like

574
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 1: really trying to just not close to the first half,

575
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,200
Speaker 1: but kind of be passive right, Like it was weird

576
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 1: he kind of treated this as a series game. It

577
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 1: felt like like he knew like in the fourth quarter

578
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: he can kind of turn it on. Like that's what

579
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 1: it felt like watching it, Like he was really passive

580
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: even the ball up um even late, kind of letting

581
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,480
Speaker 1: Shrewder kind of run the offense um down low. And

582
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 1: then he got going. I thought in the fourth quarter

583
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 1: really started getting aggressive. Um. He had some awesome passes

584
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 1: to like Caruso and a Kuzma Um. And like, I

585
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: don't think he's a hundred percent yet still right, Like

586
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,680
Speaker 1: it seems like he's not. He doesn't feel a hundred

587
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,119
Speaker 1: percent on his leg yet. But I thought he was fine,

588
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 1: like he he was himself, and I think he'll be

589
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 1: ready when we play Phoenix on Sunday, like if he

590
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,639
Speaker 1: really wanted this one to kind of get that break.

591
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,840
Speaker 1: But he's not add percent. It's it's pretty clear like

592
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 1: he was. He was favoring it, it it felt like through

593
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,199
Speaker 1: that first half, but he picked it up late. But

594
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: he's not himself absolutely, what do you think he just

595
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 1: really not film You could tell just uh the bunnies

596
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,040
Speaker 1: he was missing. He usually contact being able to finish.

597
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: He usually excellent, like in that site, just missed so

598
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 1: many buddies. You can tell a lift just isn't fair yet.

599
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,640
Speaker 1: And I think he got a little bit bit more

600
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 1: comfortable in the second half. I think we're just getting

601
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,239
Speaker 1: some more gentleman going. But you could just say that's

602
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,479
Speaker 1: that's definitely gonna be something to look at through the uh,

603
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: you know, have a have A playoffs. I'm definitely gonna

604
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 1: be you know, thing that's gonna be interesting to see. Man.

605
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: And so a little bit nervous because he doesn't doesn't

606
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: have the full burst, but I think he's smart enough

607
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: to steal, be good enough for the Lakers to win,

608
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 1: especially if they get the correct version of Little Anthony

609
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: Davis too, So that's also you know, works hand in hand.

610
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 1: So I actually thought he was a little I don't

611
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think passive is necessarily the word

612
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: that I would use to describe the way he was

613
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,680
Speaker 1: in the first half, because I felt like he did

614
00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: kind of sense the urgency. It reminded me of some

615
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,760
Speaker 1: of the as playoff games where you know, a D

616
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: would float through the first half and Lebron would carry him,

617
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 1: and then a D would wake up in the second half.

618
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: It kind of reminded me of those games. But you

619
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: could you could tell from the opening tip that Draymond

620
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 1: completely psyched a D out and it kind of reminded

621
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,960
Speaker 1: me not quite as bad and quite as flagrant but

622
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 1: it kind of reminded me of what he used to

623
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: do to Kevin Love, and it kind of got me

624
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 1: thinking about the idea of, you know, Finesse Biggs playing

625
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: against Raymond Green and just how much of a nightmare

626
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: that is for the Finesse bigs, you know, whereas like

627
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 1: the more slasher type of guys. You know, that's why

628
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 1: Pascal c Acam had so much success against him, as

629
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 1: he wasn't intimidated physically and just attacked him, uh, you know,

630
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: at the rim um. But like it was, it was

631
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,240
Speaker 1: interesting because at the start of that game, you could

632
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: tell the Laker role players weren't playing as well. K

633
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,960
Speaker 1: CP made a couple of huge shots in that first quarter,

634
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: by the way, the absolutely momentous shots in terms of

635
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 1: preventing it from being a catastrophe and just how much

636
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 1: they would fall behind. And but I actually thought Lebron

637
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 1: was trying to kind of put an imprint, you just

638
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 1: in the first half, you could tell it wasn't there,

639
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: Like he just wasn't the touch in the just the

640
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: overall like you know, the polish on his game wasn't there.

641
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: He wasn't quite getting the right amount of lift. And

642
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 1: I thought that was what primarily heard him. But overall

643
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 1: the reason why I brought it up, I thought he

644
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,880
Speaker 1: played like I thought he made up for that a

645
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 1: lot with his brain. Um you know, for him for

646
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 1: him to usually in his career be so sloppy with

647
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 1: the ball when he's rusty to go have a game,

648
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 1: whereas tennisiss with one turnover, Um, I I thought. I thought,

649
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 1: I thought he put his imprint on that game with

650
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: his brain. And then when a D went to the

651
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: five and Lebron, you know, was attacking and being aggressive

652
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 1: there at the start of the fourth quarter. You know,

653
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 1: that was when he finally started to get some stuff

654
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 1: going at the rim that that unlocked things for him.

655
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 1: And then he made just enough jump shots, including the

656
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 1: biggest one. But he made just enough jump shots to

657
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: to kind of a compensate for some of the lack

658
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 1: of scoring pop that he had in the first half.

659
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 1: I thought, for what it was, you know, Lebron's third

660
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 1: game back from an injury that caused him to miss

661
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 1: literally like twenty seven in the last twenty nine games

662
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: going into that back to back, for what the situation was,

663
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 1: I thought it was the best possible Lebron game you

664
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: could have got under those circumstances. Yeah, and like I

665
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 1: felt like they were kind of picking him up full

666
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 1: court as well. Right in the in the beginning of

667
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: the game, I think Wiggins was picking him up full

668
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 1: court really gave him trouble and he had a tough

669
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 1: time kind of finishing at the rim shots that he

670
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 1: finishes usually. Um, he was kind of looking at the

671
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: rest as well. But yeah, with late he went really

672
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: to his playmaking and I thought it wasn't just going

673
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,280
Speaker 1: to a D at the five, right, it was also

674
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: subbing out Shrewder, putting in west and he just had

675
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,520
Speaker 1: him pretty much controlling everything with like a space floor.

676
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 1: Again not to scape go Andre Drummond, but like just

677
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,479
Speaker 1: putting a D at the five then the west. Um,

678
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: I think it was a c KCP closing down the street.

679
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: I seen was able to really orchestrate the offense, and

680
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,280
Speaker 1: that's what he does. He didn't have to score as much.

681
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 1: Um he and I agree with you, he beat them

682
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 1: with his mind, his passing though that backup by Caruso

683
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 1: that I think it was a cut by Kuzuma as well. Um.

684
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 1: And that's where he's that's where he can dominate still, right,

685
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,920
Speaker 1: Like I cheated before. This was two goats going at it.

686
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: I thought Steph was doing it. I thought this was

687
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: I thought Steph was doing it with his shooting, right

688
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: like his crazy three point shooting. I thought Lebron was

689
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 1: doing it with his passing before he get that that

690
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,719
Speaker 1: big shot at the end um and they needed it.

691
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: A shooter was just really out of control tonight. He

692
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,960
Speaker 1: was not ready for the the elite level defense that

693
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: Golden State was playing. Rather like it just didn't feel

694
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: like he had the ball handling back yet. His conditioning

695
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 1: is in back here. Maybe um he was driving and

696
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins l and stuff like that. They they just

697
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 1: couldn't afford. Possessions were too valuable down the stretch and

698
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: they just had Lebron controlling it then. And I thought

699
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 1: he really picked it up. His scoring is not where

700
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 1: it needs to be, but his brain was there. Which

701
00:32:52,800 --> 00:33:00,160
Speaker 1: one of them this game? Yeah, yeah, I think we'll

702
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: also plays just the third quarter to kind of get

703
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: a run going. But yeah, just he made a couple

704
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 1: of questionable decisions, uh down the stretchy and it's that issue. Well,

705
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: you know, when guys haven't played together a lot, you

706
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 1: kind of get that and I think that's just a

707
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 1: lack of continuity that the Lakers have been forced due

708
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 1: to injury and you know, getting his broke COVID protocols twice.

709
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 1: Just a lack of you know, continuity between some of

710
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: the guys that are out there, and I think that's

711
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 1: something I have to work through as the as a

712
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 1: playoffs go. But he was kind of stretch. I like,

713
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 1: I like West closing games better anyway, just because of

714
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: the floor space and he provides and it's not much

715
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 1: of a drop off defensively. Credit to Frank by the way.

716
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: You know, he gets absolutely trashed for rotations, including by me,

717
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,960
Speaker 1: So I'm not over here trying to, you know, claim

718
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 1: superiority or anything, but like we all trash him for

719
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 1: rotations consistently. Yet when the chips are down, he's always

720
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 1: made the move. And if you look at tonight, he

721
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 1: went th HT off the bench, which I thought was

722
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 1: a little bit questionable, although t h T actually performed okay.

723
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 1: I just think for all of us that were watching,

724
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,439
Speaker 1: West had been better in the in the month leading

725
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 1: up to this, just as a consistent role player under

726
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 1: under what he was being asked to do. There were

727
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: the treads minutes where where I thought, once again the

728
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 1: classic treads experience where he's getting offensive rebounds on one

729
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: end and giving him up on the other, and then uh,

730
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: and then the drum end experience. And then there at

731
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,839
Speaker 1: the end when when Dennis was you know, his his

732
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: inability to hit three point shot was kind of hurting them.

733
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 1: And then couple that with the fact that he had

734
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 1: had a couple of sloppy turnovers. He had like three

735
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 1: or four sloppy turnovers and pick and role passing where

736
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: he just was forcing stuff that wasn't there. And Frank literally,

737
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 1: you know, I tweeted out, I said, I wanted to

738
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: see t I want to see KCP, Caruso, Kuzma, lebron

739
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 1: A D And he ended up going with KCP Caruso,

740
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 1: Wesley Matthews lebron A D, which you know, give or take,

741
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,839
Speaker 1: you know, westn Kuzma are similar arc types because both

742
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: of them were great options, because both of them were

743
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,919
Speaker 1: great tonight. But Frank just no treads in the second half,

744
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 1: no drum in the last you know what it was

745
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 1: the fifteen minutes of the game, you know, got Dennis

746
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 1: out of there, like Frank put you know, he made

747
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 1: the necessary moves, and it was it was enough to

748
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,799
Speaker 1: to to Maple's point, though you won by three. Maybe

749
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,320
Speaker 1: if you make those moves earlier, we're not all sitting

750
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 1: there sweating. But but he did make the moves and

751
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: it hasn't gotten them burned yet. For whatever it's worth. Yeah,

752
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 1: Like I don't mean a pile all, but just like

753
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: but the ring, it makes a d jump shot dependent

754
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,359
Speaker 1: and he's so much better when he's allowed to put

755
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,920
Speaker 1: pressure on the rim. Like if you watch when drumming

756
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,479
Speaker 1: on the opposite dunker spot, they tried to run any

757
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: pick and roll or any isolation action with a D

758
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,240
Speaker 1: and the mid post or on the wing, like Draymond

759
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: sparking if he knows that drummings back there so he

760
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 1: knows he can all the way up a D and

761
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,040
Speaker 1: make him take a tough contestant shop because if he drives,

762
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: where is he going? You know what I'm saying, It's

763
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: like going right into a contested paint. So that's that's

764
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 1: my thing. It's just an overall like I hate to

765
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,319
Speaker 1: pile on the guy because it I'm just but I'm

766
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,279
Speaker 1: just overall step on the space of the team. Then

767
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 1: you got a d who's jumps out and gets a

768
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 1: great defender. Like I think it was two for twelve

769
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 1: first half or something like that was a two for twelve. Yeah,

770
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: it was bad, whatever it was. And then like the

771
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,880
Speaker 1: third quarter, they opened up the floor. He gets two dumps,

772
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 1: he gets the lib and then he makes the you know,

773
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: two jump shots late right after seeing the ball going

774
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 1: like you could just open up the floor. Man, It's

775
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: just he was he was playing like Jamarca Rosen in

776
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 1: that first hal like like not like I respect the Warriors,

777
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: you know, I love me some step, but the game

778
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 1: did not have to be that close. But I just

779
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: in my opinion, I think I'm stop holding that that

780
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 1: game and I have to be that close, you know

781
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: it was. It was such an overall fascinating basketball game,

782
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: just the ebbs and close of it all, Like honestly,

783
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 1: like that it kind of made up for a slightly

784
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 1: sort of kind of made up for what was a

785
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: horrific season in terms of just a lack of drama,

786
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,719
Speaker 1: because that was just some ton of drama in that game.

787
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 1: And even even a d was horrible in the first

788
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: half and and wasn't that great in the second half.

789
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,840
Speaker 1: Made a huge fourth quarter three. I thought his defense

790
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,160
Speaker 1: on Step on the final possession, him jumping off his

791
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,360
Speaker 1: man to shut off that passing lane and forced the

792
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: high pass that Step ended up fumbling, fumbling like a

793
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 1: bunch of key Lakers who kind of were foggy and

794
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 1: unfocused to start the game, kind of snapped into into

795
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: form and made big plays at the end, kind of

796
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,160
Speaker 1: just like whipped into shape by just the drama and

797
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: the fact that Steph was out there kicking their ass

798
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 1: and the rest of those guys were kicking their ass

799
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: and they had basically no choice but other to show

800
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: up or get humiliated. And uh man, it was just

801
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: an unbelievable game. I had that that was such an

802
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 1: entertaining basketball game. It felt like a classic Lebron prsus

803
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 1: Step game to right, like Lebron versus the Warriors. I

804
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 1: guess we got like the Draymond hard foul, right, and

805
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: then Lebron trying to sell it for the sell it

806
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,360
Speaker 1: for the play grant. Um he didn't get the flay grant.

807
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,480
Speaker 1: But and then they really he picked on Step in

808
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter right like he had the guards coming

809
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 1: up to set the screen and then try to pick

810
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: on him. On offense and getting it got a d

811
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 1: a few duns, got them in the paint, then got

812
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: him an open shot. So it's just a classic game

813
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:24,319
Speaker 1: between two legends to two goats going uh going back

814
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 1: and forth. It was it was great. It was really

815
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 1: stressful during during the game, but being down third, like

816
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 1: of course that shot by Step went in a halftime

817
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 1: right like I thought a d kind of went off,

818
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,400
Speaker 1: and but of course that shot went in down thirteen

819
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: and then we got a classic game. So yeah, the

820
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,280
Speaker 1: ebbs and flows were fun, were fun, like after the fact,

821
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,799
Speaker 1: by looking back, I guess it was enjoyable, but during

822
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: it was super stressful trying to it's not fun being

823
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: on the other side of Step like his and so

824
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: uh Maples, like what what is your like to put

825
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: a bow on it? What? What? What? What do you

826
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 1: make of this particular night as it pertains to the

827
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,640
Speaker 1: Lebron Stepp rivalry. Is it just a tiny footnote in

828
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: a relatively unimportant game or do you think it's you know, like,

829
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: how do you contextualize this in the grand scheme of things? Oh,

830
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 1: they've battled too much on the ultimate stage and just

831
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: to be super important, like it's just another fun game.

832
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 1: Definitely after tonight the play and definitely isn't going anywhere

833
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: after tonight. I'm interested to see what the ratings look

834
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 1: like for those game, to be honest, Like as far

835
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,080
Speaker 1: as the Residents, I'm pretty sure they were off the Yeah. Man,

836
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 1: just those two man, it's just I think they're the

837
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: very magic of our time. Man just just got to

838
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: be got a chance in these moments, regardless of you

839
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,920
Speaker 1: know who, you're quote uncolle loyalties live with. You just

840
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: gotta cherish man. Even like even some of the Laker

841
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: guys who make their jokes about step even during the game,

842
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: they were like, men, Steph was just incredible, but you

843
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 1: just like being all have some of the shots he

844
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 1: was making, just the twisting layups, the contested threes, like

845
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: he was six of nine from three, but probably want

846
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 1: eight of the threes. It was. That's great defense. It's

847
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: like it's like it's nothing you could do at that point.

848
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 1: It's gonna be like this guy's gotta make the catches, tough, man,

849
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,320
Speaker 1: So you just gotta I don't think it's big in

850
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: the Stephan Lebron's scheme. I think they played on the

851
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 1: ultimate stage too much now if they meet in the playoffs,

852
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,280
Speaker 1: which I think would have to be in the Conference

853
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:22,240
Speaker 1: Vinyls at this point, by correct, yes, it would literally happen,

854
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 1: I think. I mean, I think the Clippers just have

855
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 1: too much firepower over the course of a series. Then

856
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 1: then the Warriors do for that to happen. Uh. The

857
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 1: Lakers have a average offense, I think, But the Clippers,

858
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,799
Speaker 1: I just I don't think the Warriors can score like

859
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,319
Speaker 1: that over a series to really beat them. But we'll

860
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 1: see the Clippers always the chip over themself in the

861
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,279
Speaker 1: second round. But it will be fun to get the

862
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: Lakers wors than the conference finals. But I just I

863
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:51,279
Speaker 1: don't see the Warriors within the two rounds. What do

864
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,399
Speaker 1: you what do you think? Yeah? I just like, look,

865
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 1: if the Warriors beat the Jazz with like playing eight

866
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,839
Speaker 1: dudes like I think Utah is gonna be, They're gonna

867
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:01,799
Speaker 1: be pretty much a joke of the summer. Like I

868
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 1: think this. I think this Warriors team is really good.

869
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 1: I just I don't see them beating Utah. I don't

870
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: think they have the represent enough enough talent to beat them.

871
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 1: Um step is gonna go crazy and a few of

872
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 1: those games if they get things to the conference finals. Man,

873
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 1: that would be a crazy year for them. That's that's

874
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,360
Speaker 1: a lot of credits to Steff and Draymond and I

875
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 1: guess Kurt with with what they did because they play

876
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,959
Speaker 1: a lot of young guys like Quanta Scott Anderson, Jordan Pool.

877
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 1: Those are young dudes like playing what their first playoffs like.

878
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,360
Speaker 1: I think that would be pretty pretty crazy. But you

879
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 1: know they can win any game, like they're gonna give

880
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 1: you task series. I still think they'll win. I just

881
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: think it will be tough. I think you've taught still

882
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,319
Speaker 1: a legit team, Like you don't win that many games

883
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: in the regular season, in my opinion, without being some

884
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: kind of legit, legit team. I think their offense is

885
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 1: is real, um even though the three point shooting might

886
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: fall off. So I have them, I have them being

887
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: the Warriors. I still think it'll probably go six. I

888
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:48,800
Speaker 1: don't know if the Warriors can push it to seven,

889
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,280
Speaker 1: but yeah, like that would be crazy if the Warriors

890
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: are able to beat that team and Utah I think

891
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: would have a really rough summer if they lost to this,

892
00:41:56,360 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 1: uh this Warrior squad, I'll be I'll be rooting for them. Um.

893
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: I I find step to be so likable. I love

894
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:06,480
Speaker 1: his mentality and I love his disposition, and you know,

895
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: his fan base can be reprehensible, but at the end

896
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,799
Speaker 1: of the day, so or as every fan day. So

897
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna I'm not gonna catch him for that.

898
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 1: And uh and you know, and I've I've had I've

899
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 1: had my moments as the irrational thing myself. So I'm

900
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,440
Speaker 1: not gonna I'm not gonna say anything. But you know,

901
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: the thing that I would say to put a bow

902
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: on on the Lebron step thing is like, you know

903
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:29,920
Speaker 1: what I appreciated about tonight is it's like another chapter

904
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: in this saga between the two of them, and it

905
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: kind of helps you realize that, like so much of

906
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 1: this is subjective and just what you prefer because they're

907
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: so different. Like Roger said earlier, Lebron's out there literally

908
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 1: manipulating the game with his passing and with his brain.

909
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,080
Speaker 1: Those backdoor cuts he hit to Caruso, who's about those

910
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,799
Speaker 1: windows were tiny. As he was throwing the past I'm like, oh,

911
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: that looks like it might be a turnover, and it

912
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 1: just flips through. It's like and then Steph, just there's

913
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 1: no words to describe what he did offensively as score tonight,

914
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,200
Speaker 1: And so like the way that I see it, it's

915
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:06,840
Speaker 1: like there's no way to to line things up on

916
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,240
Speaker 1: a table and be like, here's how one is clearly

917
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: better than the other, because they're both so different and

918
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,440
Speaker 1: and it is a team sport and so much is convoluted,

919
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 1: and and so I'm kind of at the point with

920
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: two of them where you know, it's just like like

921
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 1: it's like like like the bird magic thing. It's kind

922
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:28,160
Speaker 1: of like fire and ice, these two completely different, uh

923
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:30,919
Speaker 1: you know, entities that are you know, at the top

924
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,160
Speaker 1: of this game, but you know, they're both so different,

925
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 1: and it's kind of like just people are going to

926
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 1: gravitate one way or another based on their own personal

927
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,200
Speaker 1: preference and and and I thought tonight was just another

928
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: example of like, regardless of what other supporting pieces you

929
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 1: throw into this rivalry, like this wasn't Kevin Durant and

930
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:51,280
Speaker 1: Clay Thompson and and Kyrie Irving. It was Anthony Davis

931
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:53,799
Speaker 1: and Andre Drummond and Andrew Wiggins and all and all

932
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 1: these different pieces, but it still ended up being Lebron

933
00:43:56,280 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 1: and staff doing Lebron and step stuff. And that was

934
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 1: the final you know, iteration of the game, and the

935
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,560
Speaker 1: game basically came down to Lebron and Step in the

936
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 1: fourth quarter making plays, and Lebron made one more play

937
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 1: this time, you know, and it was just I I

938
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,759
Speaker 1: look at it as just like awesome, and I hope,

939
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:18,760
Speaker 1: I hope that they get to play in a series

940
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 1: against each other at some point in the future, and

941
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:22,239
Speaker 1: it's very possible that they will next year when Clay

942
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: comes back. Yeah, I said that the Warriors a little

943
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:30,880
Speaker 1: closer than I thought, uh, because my biggest they were

944
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 1: a healthy Clay away from doing something serious this year,

945
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,719
Speaker 1: looking at how they bought into the small ball thing.

946
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,759
Speaker 1: So their off season will be interesting because they're not

947
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 1: that far If they get that version of Step again,

948
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:43,719
Speaker 1: the second best player in the league, it's not you know,

949
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 1: they do not that far off. Benis the off season

950
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 1: moves you guys want to be on the Suns, let's

951
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 1: do it. Raj, what's your early impression of the Sun series? Man,

952
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 1: I was gonna I was gonna write sit down for

953
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: the Suns, but like the Lakers, trigging this game off

954
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 1: that long, Like, I wasn't even thinking about Phoenix until

955
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 1: until now. But yeah, like I think they have a

956
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 1: really side. They have a good size advantage downlow. Like

957
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,680
Speaker 1: I think they have Anthony Davis issue right, they have

958
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 1: no one for a D and then their stars are

959
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 1: their guards. But I think kind of works in the

960
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:19,399
Speaker 1: Lakers favors. Lakers favor Like, I think they're really good

961
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:21,839
Speaker 1: at defending the guards. Chris Paul and Devil Book are

962
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,319
Speaker 1: are special what they do. I just think we have

963
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 1: enough guards to kind of contain that, and then we'll

964
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,400
Speaker 1: see if Aton and all those guys can play against

965
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: a D who who destroyed them the last game. But yeah,

966
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 1: I think that's like the initial look at it. What

967
00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:39,279
Speaker 1: do you guys see from it? Um? I think that

968
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,759
Speaker 1: Phoenix is not very good depending the room, and I

969
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: think that plays right into the Lakers hands. They're just

970
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,800
Speaker 1: not very good at it. And I think Lebron and

971
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:48,880
Speaker 1: a D are just gonna give them hell in that regard.

972
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:50,959
Speaker 1: And you kind of feel bad because you know, Chris

973
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,920
Speaker 1: Paul has this amazing season. Uh it helps turn that

974
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 1: team around and his prizes, you get Lebron James and

975
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: every it was in the first round at the second seed.

976
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 1: So I just don't think they defended the rim well

977
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,960
Speaker 1: the defense their defensive weakness is play right into what

978
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 1: the Lakers want to do, which is, you know, get

979
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 1: to the rim. And I just I don't think I'm

980
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,719
Speaker 1: trying to be respectful, Like I don't see it going

981
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,480
Speaker 1: past five, but you know, maybe Chris Paul Booker has

982
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:21,440
Speaker 1: a moment and it goes six. But I just think

983
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 1: the Phoenix's weaknesses fall right in line with the Lakers

984
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,720
Speaker 1: strengths and it's not going to be a long series

985
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 1: in my opinion at least. Yeah, I agree with you

986
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,480
Speaker 1: know what's funny is like, look at what Draymond did

987
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:35,480
Speaker 1: tonight to disrupt things around the rim for the Lakers,

988
00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 1: and how it's gonna almost feel like a breath of

989
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:41,200
Speaker 1: fresh air to all of a sudden DeAndre eight and

990
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:44,319
Speaker 1: trying to make the same place right, you know, Like,

991
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: you know what's funny is in a weird way because

992
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:49,560
Speaker 1: I think this is a terrific matchup for the Suns,

993
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 1: and I think the Lakers are primed to potentially win

994
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 1: the series in five games, which is huge for a

995
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,359
Speaker 1: bunch of reasons. First of all, they get three days

996
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 1: off before the series, and if they end the series

997
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 1: in five in Portland and Denver have a six seven Gamer.

998
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 1: That's more time for Lebron to rest and recover and

999
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:08,080
Speaker 1: get that ankle right. So it's it's primed up perfectly

1000
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 1: for them. The downside is is this is the type

1001
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:14,239
Speaker 1: of series that will trick the Lakers into thinking they

1002
00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:17,440
Speaker 1: can win playing big again. Yeah, and that's all I

1003
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 1: expect them to go. I I think there's a good

1004
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:22,839
Speaker 1: chance that they fall back into some habits here where

1005
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:24,879
Speaker 1: it's a lot of treads and a lot of drumming. Again,

1006
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:32,520
Speaker 1: that's my concerns. Well, definitely, that's a good point. Yeah,

1007
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:35,400
Speaker 1: they're gonna start They're gonna start drumming for sure. I

1008
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:38,200
Speaker 1: feel like again against Phoenix and again, like I think

1009
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:39,920
Speaker 1: the theory of it kind of makes sense, like they

1010
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 1: want to kind of dominate the boards, right and stuff

1011
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,600
Speaker 1: like that, and it maybe a Phoenix says Chris Paul Devin.

1012
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:47,040
Speaker 1: Book are going, Um he gets out early like on

1013
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 1: it like Maple. Do you think Treads can play against

1014
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:51,280
Speaker 1: the Suns? Because I thought like he kind of could

1015
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:54,359
Speaker 1: if they have Dario sorry as the backup five would

1016
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,880
Speaker 1: you think would you think Treads is playable in that series?

1017
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,279
Speaker 1: Would you still kind of just stick to kind of

1018
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,239
Speaker 1: a d at the five there and I leave him

1019
00:48:01,239 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: out the rotation. My thing with trans is like he's

1020
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 1: okay if drop coverage is possible against the opponent, and

1021
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 1: drop coverage is not passible against you know, Chris Paul

1022
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: and Booker because there's a profession shooting off screen. So

1023
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 1: it'll be rough with him and pick and roll because

1024
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,319
Speaker 1: he just sees his drop guys. That's who he is, um,

1025
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 1: so it'll be rough. Like And when when we signed Traans,

1026
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,840
Speaker 1: I was like, I think it's the regular season signing

1027
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:30,760
Speaker 1: because it's easy night tonight. All those down Knights would

1028
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: be great, and I think you know he was in

1029
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 1: that regard. But in the playoffs, I just I don't

1030
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:37,719
Speaker 1: see it beyond beyond like the first round, and not

1031
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,160
Speaker 1: even then because Lakers got the seven season, not even

1032
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 1: playing the team that he can really play big minutes

1033
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 1: beyond the in the playoffs. And like he said, he'll

1034
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:48,480
Speaker 1: be a spot guy like the guy arrest, I just

1035
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:51,359
Speaker 1: don't think you can. It's just too exploitable. Like I'm

1036
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:55,799
Speaker 1: trying not to be mean, but I just don't see

1037
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:57,920
Speaker 1: an avenue for him to play big minutes in the playoffs,

1038
00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 1: like maybe eight to ten minutes of spot. He's just

1039
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:05,799
Speaker 1: he's just too exploitable on defense. I expect the game

1040
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,440
Speaker 1: or the series in general to kind of break down

1041
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,640
Speaker 1: the way that this game did tonight, in the sense

1042
00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: that kind of like first half, second half, different mindset.

1043
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:15,960
Speaker 1: I expect in the first two or three games of

1044
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,279
Speaker 1: the series to see a lot of Drummond and Tres

1045
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:21,480
Speaker 1: But then when it comes down to it in games

1046
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:23,400
Speaker 1: four or five and six, if it gets to six,

1047
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:27,200
Speaker 1: you'll see the you know, Frank get more serious. But

1048
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 1: I agree. My thing with Tread's from the beginning has

1049
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 1: been if you if you if you have him just

1050
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:36,399
Speaker 1: defending and pick and roll as a traditional big, you're

1051
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:40,239
Speaker 1: asking him to fail. Um. But he's got athleticism, and

1052
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:43,279
Speaker 1: he's got the quickness, and he's got a motor. So

1053
00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:46,759
Speaker 1: if you kind of have him defend as a perimeter player, um,

1054
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:50,160
Speaker 1: then he'll have more success. Whether that's trapping in pick

1055
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:52,239
Speaker 1: and roll instead of putting him in some sort of

1056
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:55,320
Speaker 1: drop or or catch head or anything along those lines,

1057
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:59,120
Speaker 1: or if you have him you know, uh, just you know,

1058
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:01,719
Speaker 1: outright double or anything that can allow him to use

1059
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:06,000
Speaker 1: his length and and and and speed to compensate for

1060
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 1: the fact that he's not a great traditional pick and

1061
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:11,160
Speaker 1: roll defender. Anything along those lines I think is better

1062
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:15,239
Speaker 1: for him. He outright was excellent on the offensive end

1063
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:18,160
Speaker 1: in their last matchup, and there was a bunch of

1064
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:22,240
Speaker 1: really interesting stuff where the Sons had to throw extra

1065
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,840
Speaker 1: bodies at a D, and so they kind of developed

1066
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:28,400
Speaker 1: a little bit of a high low type of chemistry

1067
00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:31,240
Speaker 1: there where you know, a D would try to post

1068
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:34,880
Speaker 1: up and Phoenix would throw multiple bodies at him and

1069
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:37,600
Speaker 1: Tread's would flash to the semicircle or to the free

1070
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:41,760
Speaker 1: throw line, and he catch and he turned and Treads's

1071
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:44,279
Speaker 1: man would kind of sink onto a D to take

1072
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,799
Speaker 1: away the high low pass and he'd either have a

1073
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 1: floater or there was even a play in the second

1074
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 1: half where he just took a power dribble and went

1075
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:54,759
Speaker 1: right into Frank Kaminski's chest and just caved his chest

1076
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,839
Speaker 1: in and had to lay up. And I think there's

1077
00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:01,279
Speaker 1: some good stuff there, potentially offensive we with him next

1078
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:04,840
Speaker 1: to a D, capitalizing on the ridiculous amount of attention

1079
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:06,480
Speaker 1: they have to throw at a D. Because they're gonna

1080
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:08,359
Speaker 1: be games in the series where the Sun's just throw

1081
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 1: the kitchen sink at a D and the Laker role

1082
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 1: players are going to have a party because they're not

1083
00:51:13,040 --> 00:51:14,919
Speaker 1: gonna sit there and let him go for forty every

1084
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,719
Speaker 1: night like you did know last matchup and they just

1085
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:21,040
Speaker 1: stay just again, don't defend the defend the paint that will.

1086
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: So that that that's what the series A little hinge

1087
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:28,800
Speaker 1: joined my opinion. Yeah, it's a good series for Lebron

1088
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:30,840
Speaker 1: to right, like where he can kind of work his

1089
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:34,600
Speaker 1: way in, like he doesn't have to be the Lebron

1090
00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:37,440
Speaker 1: scoring like thirty five a night. I'm against the Suns.

1091
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: I feel like a d can kind of pick up

1092
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:41,400
Speaker 1: most of the slack in the series. I guess, like

1093
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,359
Speaker 1: my issue only with I think you guys would agree

1094
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:46,400
Speaker 1: with me, isn't like the Drummond tres matchup minutes is

1095
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 1: like Gasolve being totally out of the rotation, right Like,

1096
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of annoying for me, and I

1097
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:53,800
Speaker 1: think you guys would agree with that. Like him, I

1098
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 1: don't want him to go a whole first round without playing,

1099
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:57,920
Speaker 1: which I don't think he will. It's just like that's

1100
00:51:57,920 --> 00:51:59,560
Speaker 1: what it kind of feels like. Because Bogel said he

1101
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,440
Speaker 1: has his cations kind of picked before the game, right,

1102
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:05,400
Speaker 1: So we'll see if a Gasol that's a Gasol series

1103
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:07,719
Speaker 1: for them, Like I think if things things don't work out,

1104
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 1: then he'll play. But it just feels like they go

1105
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:11,560
Speaker 1: into a kind of predetermine who they're who they're going

1106
00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:13,840
Speaker 1: to play. Yeah, I don't know. Tonight was kind of

1107
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:18,120
Speaker 1: odd because loony, like the slow plotting, that seems like

1108
00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:19,880
Speaker 1: it was Taylor made from Mark to play and he

1109
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:23,719
Speaker 1: still didn't play, so like completely lost. I won't even

1110
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:26,879
Speaker 1: try to guess when you know Marc Gasol will be used.

1111
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:30,360
Speaker 1: I think i'd imagine if you play the Nuggets, he

1112
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:32,960
Speaker 1: would see some minutes, and or if you play the

1113
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:34,560
Speaker 1: Sixers Down a lot of that will be in the

1114
00:52:34,560 --> 00:52:36,839
Speaker 1: finals if if they even got there, like that would

1115
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:38,879
Speaker 1: be well only times I would like be for sure

1116
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:41,359
Speaker 1: that Mark was gonna play. But as a right now,

1117
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:44,359
Speaker 1: I can't even guess when he putting the game because

1118
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:46,800
Speaker 1: it seemed like tonight was perfect when what the Warriors

1119
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:49,440
Speaker 1: playing Looney, one of the few guys markin might beat

1120
00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:56,759
Speaker 1: faster than I. I tend to think that that, like

1121
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:01,400
Speaker 1: Maple said, you know, because alls match up dependent and

1122
00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:05,320
Speaker 1: putting him in a situation, you know, like against Looney

1123
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:07,759
Speaker 1: you would expect to have seen him. You know, you

1124
00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:09,680
Speaker 1: never would want to put him on the floor when

1125
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:11,799
Speaker 1: the Warriors go small. I mean, you're setting up Mark

1126
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:14,600
Speaker 1: to fail in a situation like that. The But at

1127
00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:17,440
Speaker 1: the end of the day, like eton Is is another

1128
00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: one of those guys that is tailor made for Marcusol matchup,

1129
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:25,160
Speaker 1: like eton Is not, as he's not gifted enough offensively

1130
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:28,879
Speaker 1: or athletic enough to really make you pay for having

1131
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:31,360
Speaker 1: Marcus all out there so you can reap all the

1132
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:34,920
Speaker 1: offensive benefits that come with having Marcusol on the floor.

1133
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:37,040
Speaker 1: But I mean, I guess, I guess we'll see. But

1134
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:40,040
Speaker 1: tonight doesn't bode well for that, Like you said, um,

1135
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:42,920
Speaker 1: And I just like my favorite part about this matchup,

1136
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 1: and it's my favorite part about this team in general,

1137
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,560
Speaker 1: is like the Lakers are like a like a really

1138
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:52,280
Speaker 1: really well filled out toolbox in the sense that whatever

1139
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:55,600
Speaker 1: problem you encounter, they seem to have a good option

1140
00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:57,759
Speaker 1: to throw at it. You know, like you're you're sitting

1141
00:53:57,760 --> 00:53:59,439
Speaker 1: there thinking like, oh, well, what do you do about

1142
00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:01,640
Speaker 1: Devin Book? You know, because the Suns are sitting in

1143
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:02,719
Speaker 1: there and they're like, what are we gonna do with

1144
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:05,400
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis? What are we gonna do with Lebron And

1145
00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:07,560
Speaker 1: they just don't have good options, you know, But the

1146
00:54:07,640 --> 00:54:10,799
Speaker 1: Lakers have these options like they can go actually, you know,

1147
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:12,960
Speaker 1: like if we put Alex Crusoe and Chris Paul like,

1148
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:16,480
Speaker 1: he can make him work pretty damn hard. He's not

1149
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:18,520
Speaker 1: gonna stop him, but he's gonna make him work pretty

1150
00:54:18,560 --> 00:54:22,160
Speaker 1: damn hard, you know. Or whether it's Crusoe on on

1151
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:25,640
Speaker 1: Devin Booker or Wesley Matthews on on Devin Booker. You know,

1152
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:28,840
Speaker 1: k C. P has has proven to be, you know

1153
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:30,480
Speaker 1: here in the last couple of months to be a

1154
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:33,279
Speaker 1: really really good defensive player. The Lakers just have all

1155
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:37,080
Speaker 1: of these like options that they can go to and

1156
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:40,560
Speaker 1: and it makes them so dangerous in these long seven

1157
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:43,440
Speaker 1: games series is because they just have all these different

1158
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:45,880
Speaker 1: options that they can go to. And I think and

1159
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:48,759
Speaker 1: I think the Phoenix series is a particular one where

1160
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:54,520
Speaker 1: the Lakers are just really well equipped for this matchup. Yeah.

1161
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:56,280
Speaker 1: They It felt like they really kind of figured out

1162
00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:58,360
Speaker 1: the Warriors tonight as well, kind of like as the

1163
00:54:58,400 --> 00:54:59,960
Speaker 1: game got on. And I think they like to do

1164
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:01,839
Speaker 1: that in a series. That's why I wanted to get

1165
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:04,200
Speaker 1: out of this stamp playing game because I'm pretty confident

1166
00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:06,160
Speaker 1: in like Vogel and Lebron and all of them kind

1167
00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:08,399
Speaker 1: of finding a solution, Like you said, having a whole

1168
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:11,120
Speaker 1: toolbox of players to go to. We didn't see Markie

1169
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:13,600
Speaker 1: Morris either tonight. Right, He's another guy they can got

1170
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:15,520
Speaker 1: to kind of go to if they need shooting and

1171
00:55:15,560 --> 00:55:17,239
Speaker 1: want to go small with a D at the five.

1172
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:19,359
Speaker 1: I think the Sons are a team you can do that. Again,

1173
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:21,880
Speaker 1: they just have all these dudes. I think Kuzman Caruso

1174
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:24,440
Speaker 1: just stepping up a level as well just makes that

1175
00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:27,080
Speaker 1: rotation even better. Um, I think it's pretty clear those

1176
00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:29,600
Speaker 1: two um KCP are also the guys that they're gonna

1177
00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:31,840
Speaker 1: go to when it matters. So against the team, like

1178
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,480
Speaker 1: the Sons will see, um, they don't have anyone inside

1179
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:36,239
Speaker 1: for a D. And then like when you put all

1180
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:37,920
Speaker 1: the attention to a D, then you have Lebron be

1181
00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:39,759
Speaker 1: able to cut to the basket and you get their

1182
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:42,080
Speaker 1: shooters and get our shooters kind of going. So I

1183
00:55:42,120 --> 00:55:44,279
Speaker 1: agree they're a really tough matchup. That's why I kind

1184
00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:46,040
Speaker 1: of feel bad for Phoenix, Like I think they've had

1185
00:55:46,080 --> 00:55:48,200
Speaker 1: a great year. I think Chris Paul has been amazing

1186
00:55:48,239 --> 00:55:50,440
Speaker 1: this year, but it's just a tough way for them

1187
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:52,279
Speaker 1: to go out in the first round, and it's this

1188
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:54,799
Speaker 1: was the worst matchup for them in my opinion, but

1189
00:55:55,239 --> 00:55:57,960
Speaker 1: that's how it shaped out to feel like they will

1190
00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:03,359
Speaker 1: probably ruined like hell for the Warriors tonight. And by

1191
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:05,920
Speaker 1: the way, what a crappy predicament that is, Like, please

1192
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:09,040
Speaker 1: please give us maybe the best player in the world instead,

1193
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:13,080
Speaker 1: you know, like that, that's just it's outrageous, Like, Okay,

1194
00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:15,040
Speaker 1: so what did the Suns finished one game back of

1195
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,480
Speaker 1: Utah or two games? I can't remember. I thought my head,

1196
00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:20,800
Speaker 1: I think it was one game yea, So so we're talking,

1197
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:23,960
Speaker 1: we're talking. You go out for seventy two games. Yeah,

1198
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,760
Speaker 1: the one game back. You you go out for seventy

1199
00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:29,800
Speaker 1: two games, and you proved that you are no worse

1200
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:33,279
Speaker 1: than one game behind the best possible pace, you know,

1201
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:37,160
Speaker 1: win pace in the circumstance, and you're rewarded with sitting

1202
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:41,520
Speaker 1: down on a Wednesday night, literally three games before you

1203
00:56:41,560 --> 00:56:44,640
Speaker 1: have to play, and you're sitting watching Lebron and Steph

1204
00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:50,239
Speaker 1: just put on this incredible performance. Both defenses just absolutely stifling.

1205
00:56:50,239 --> 00:56:56,440
Speaker 1: And meanwhile, uh, meanwhile, the uh uh you know, the

1206
00:56:56,440 --> 00:56:59,799
Speaker 1: Philadelphia seventy sixers are going to get some you know, garbage,

1207
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:02,279
Speaker 1: you know, Pacers team or not Pacers teamer that like

1208
00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:07,200
Speaker 1: maybe the Celtics that are extremely limited, or um, gosh,

1209
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:10,440
Speaker 1: who else is it in the Indian Is it Indie?

1210
00:57:11,040 --> 00:57:13,440
Speaker 1: I can't remember? In one Indie one. So they get

1211
00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:19,600
Speaker 1: the seventh seed and it's the Celtics seven. Celtics got

1212
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:23,800
Speaker 1: the seven, that's right, and then Indie plays the Wizards. Yeah,

1213
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:25,760
Speaker 1: so it's like they're gonna get a Wizards team that

1214
00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:29,600
Speaker 1: can't guard to save their life, and or or you know,

1215
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:32,960
Speaker 1: or this Pacers team that's you know, they're starting lineup

1216
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:37,240
Speaker 1: is completely decimated, you know. Or you know, you're the

1217
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:40,120
Speaker 1: Sons and the Jazz and you're flipping a coin between

1218
00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:43,040
Speaker 1: Lebron and Staff. It's just it's just it's just ridiculous

1219
00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:48,120
Speaker 1: life in the Western Conference. And that's why we kind

1220
00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:50,360
Speaker 1: of saw that kind of jockey on the last day,

1221
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:52,520
Speaker 1: right Like in respect to the Sons, they actually won

1222
00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:54,360
Speaker 1: their game. I think they beat the Spurs on the

1223
00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:56,160
Speaker 1: last day, but we saw like the Clippers do that

1224
00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:59,439
Speaker 1: weird tank job and then um who else who else? Tank?

1225
00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:02,000
Speaker 1: That game? After that? Denver Denver also had that terrible

1226
00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:04,560
Speaker 1: tank job as well, so I just ended up being Phoenix.

1227
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:06,480
Speaker 1: I think it really worked out. I want to ask

1228
00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:08,600
Speaker 1: you guys, like the Brackett really worked out. I guess

1229
00:58:08,920 --> 00:58:11,560
Speaker 1: um JT. You were talking about how it was so

1230
00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:13,920
Speaker 1: important to win this game, right because you win this

1231
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:15,800
Speaker 1: one and now you get to play Phoenix, then you

1232
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:18,280
Speaker 1: play the winner of Denver Portland, and then from there

1233
00:58:18,320 --> 00:58:20,800
Speaker 1: you play whoever gets in the Western Commerence Finals. I

1234
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:22,960
Speaker 1: think that like really worked out for the Lakers in

1235
00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:25,160
Speaker 1: terms of their their seating and going into these teams

1236
00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:27,640
Speaker 1: they haven't advantage over them, and then Denver Portland I

1237
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:29,800
Speaker 1: think are really good teams but just not the top

1238
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:31,479
Speaker 1: crop of the West. Did you guys kind of agree

1239
00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:33,360
Speaker 1: with that that the Brackett kind of worked out for

1240
00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:39,280
Speaker 1: them perfectly? Absolutely? Yeah, this was the best case scenario.

1241
00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:41,640
Speaker 1: I mean. And there's another side of it too, Like

1242
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:44,360
Speaker 1: the Lakers played a couple of bad teams on Saturday

1243
00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:47,320
Speaker 1: and Sunday, and before that they had taken some losses

1244
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:51,320
Speaker 1: and excuse me that they had played Houston, another bad team,

1245
00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:53,200
Speaker 1: So they had won five games in a row, but

1246
00:58:53,240 --> 00:58:55,600
Speaker 1: their defense had kind of taken a step back. And

1247
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:58,080
Speaker 1: I actually thought that the Lakers, I mean, Maples, you

1248
00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:01,240
Speaker 1: actually called this out at halftime, that the Lakers effort

1249
00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 1: wasn't quite there in the first half. There was like

1250
00:59:03,320 --> 00:59:06,520
Speaker 1: a lack of urgency just in general and their hustle

1251
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:10,640
Speaker 1: and and in their focus. And like, I think a

1252
00:59:10,680 --> 00:59:14,040
Speaker 1: game like tonight, in a weird way, is was a

1253
00:59:14,040 --> 00:59:18,160
Speaker 1: great tune up for the Suns, especially if they end

1254
00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:20,240
Speaker 1: up having to go to any sort of crazy trapping

1255
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:22,600
Speaker 1: pick and roll coverage against Chris Paul if he gets going.

1256
00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:26,960
Speaker 1: So I thought the it broke out with the matchups.

1257
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:29,760
Speaker 1: Lebron's Lebron had this crazy game tonight, but he had

1258
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:31,680
Speaker 1: two days off before this, and he gets three days

1259
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:34,800
Speaker 1: off now, um and then and then in terms of

1260
00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:38,000
Speaker 1: the matchup, it's it's definitely not a guarantee, but the

1261
00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:41,560
Speaker 1: Lakers now have like a super super achievable path to

1262
00:59:41,600 --> 00:59:44,640
Speaker 1: the Western Conference finals. And so now you're talking about

1263
00:59:44,680 --> 00:59:50,160
Speaker 1: four and a half weeks potentially between having to get

1264
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:52,760
Speaker 1: ready between now and having to be ready for a

1265
00:59:52,800 --> 00:59:56,160
Speaker 1: matchup with the Clippers. Four and a half weeks. You know,

1266
00:59:56,200 --> 00:59:59,200
Speaker 1: like if you think of Lebron's injury timeline, that's a

1267
00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:02,400
Speaker 1: significant shunk of time. You know that he's gonna be

1268
01:00:02,480 --> 01:00:05,000
Speaker 1: up over what he's gonna be up around like week

1269
01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:09,200
Speaker 1: thirteen or week fourteen of his recovery at that point. Um,

1270
01:00:09,240 --> 01:00:12,080
Speaker 1: if I'm math is correcked so like literally that the

1271
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:16,400
Speaker 1: way the matchups broke out, it kind of compensated for

1272
01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:19,040
Speaker 1: some of the bad luck that the Lakers had in

1273
01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:26,400
Speaker 1: terms of their their injuries this year. Yeah, I agree

1274
01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:27,919
Speaker 1: with that. I guess, like I want to ask you guys,

1275
01:00:27,960 --> 01:00:29,680
Speaker 1: because we kind of hit a lot of positives for

1276
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:31,880
Speaker 1: the Lakers, Like I have my ideas, but well, what

1277
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:33,880
Speaker 1: is the way the Sun's kind of beat the Lakers?

1278
01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:36,320
Speaker 1: Like what's your what are you most worried about with Phoenix?

1279
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:38,320
Speaker 1: Is it their guards? Is it Chris Paul demon Booker

1280
01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:40,960
Speaker 1: like hitting mid range pull ups on on the Lakers,

1281
01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:43,360
Speaker 1: trying to trap them off off screens or like what

1282
01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:45,040
Speaker 1: or is it eight and kind of getting a postgames

1283
01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:48,040
Speaker 1: like what is your biggest worry with the Sun's? Uh,

1284
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:51,560
Speaker 1: like in the Suns in the playoffs them getting hot

1285
01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:55,520
Speaker 1: from three and that that you know that's always a

1286
01:00:55,640 --> 01:00:59,640
Speaker 1: issue on today's inn bea for sure, Um, I think

1287
01:00:59,720 --> 01:01:02,240
Speaker 1: like you said, I think you were or Jason missioned

1288
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:05,800
Speaker 1: this earlier fact because Aidan plays that forces them into

1289
01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:09,480
Speaker 1: more uh Drummond minute and that kind of lux up

1290
01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:12,360
Speaker 1: the floor offensively, and that's also could be a factor.

1291
01:01:12,440 --> 01:01:13,840
Speaker 1: So and he those are that have I was like,

1292
01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:16,960
Speaker 1: I just this is the worst matchup to seven could

1293
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:19,080
Speaker 1: have pulled. I just is rough for me finding them

1294
01:01:19,120 --> 01:01:22,480
Speaker 1: away from to beat the Lakers four times. It's it's

1295
01:01:22,560 --> 01:01:25,880
Speaker 1: it's hard because you you respect what Chris Paul's like.

1296
01:01:26,240 --> 01:01:28,880
Speaker 1: I like Chris Pauls and then in his career, you know,

1297
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:31,160
Speaker 1: I've been rooting for Devin Booker forever finally gets to

1298
01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:33,840
Speaker 1: Champs on the big stage and just you know, just

1299
01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:37,560
Speaker 1: lucky to draw. But I just I can't. I can't

1300
01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:41,160
Speaker 1: find an avenue for them to beat the Lakers four times.

1301
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:43,360
Speaker 1: I just think even if they get where but it's

1302
01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:45,520
Speaker 1: still a game or two, you know, with the drummer

1303
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:48,560
Speaker 1: beating on the floor. Frank's history shows that he's in

1304
01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:52,160
Speaker 1: a jester and he would rectify that. You know, after

1305
01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:54,840
Speaker 1: even one game last year, you know, you saw like

1306
01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:57,600
Speaker 1: he would yank the white and Javeil out when necessary.

1307
01:01:57,640 --> 01:01:59,640
Speaker 1: He would tell him beforehand, you're not gonna play this series.

1308
01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:02,080
Speaker 1: But he was good about that with the chips down,

1309
01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:04,600
Speaker 1: So I don't see Frank's taking or something that's going

1310
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:08,960
Speaker 1: to be Dutchment and the Lakers in that regard. Yeah, Manaples,

1311
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:12,640
Speaker 1: I'm exactly in the same frame of mind, like, yeah, okay,

1312
01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:15,920
Speaker 1: what if what if Jay Crowder does a pretty good

1313
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:17,960
Speaker 1: job on Lebron, Well that's not going to be enough.

1314
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:20,520
Speaker 1: But what if those Suns make a ton of threes? Well,

1315
01:02:20,520 --> 01:02:23,600
Speaker 1: well that's not really gonna be enough. Like, you know,

1316
01:02:23,760 --> 01:02:26,720
Speaker 1: even if the most crazy outland of scenario, what if

1317
01:02:26,760 --> 01:02:30,440
Speaker 1: Devin Booker literally transforms into prime Kobe Bryant in this series,

1318
01:02:30,720 --> 01:02:34,720
Speaker 1: like his playoff debut is just the most surgical twenty

1319
01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:37,040
Speaker 1: eight points per game ever against this Laker defense, I

1320
01:02:37,040 --> 01:02:40,080
Speaker 1: don't think that's enough. I think this is one of

1321
01:02:40,080 --> 01:02:42,720
Speaker 1: those things that I'm not trying to be overly optimistic here.

1322
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:45,200
Speaker 1: I think it would require a Lebron or a d

1323
01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:47,280
Speaker 1: injury for the Suns to win this series. I really

1324
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:51,400
Speaker 1: think that, yeah, that they really don't match up. Well.

1325
01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:53,200
Speaker 1: I guess the only way is if like Chris Paul

1326
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:55,240
Speaker 1: and Devin book could really get hot right for a

1327
01:02:55,240 --> 01:02:57,040
Speaker 1: few games, I think that's the way they would steal

1328
01:02:57,080 --> 01:02:59,120
Speaker 1: one Um, they don't match up well. Mccau bridges. I

1329
01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:01,000
Speaker 1: think it's a nice defender. I don't think he'll be

1330
01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:03,000
Speaker 1: able to stay um with Lebron. I don't think he

1331
01:03:03,040 --> 01:03:04,880
Speaker 1: has the length or he has the lane, doesn't have

1332
01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:06,080
Speaker 1: the strain to kind of keep up with him, and

1333
01:03:06,120 --> 01:03:08,200
Speaker 1: then they have a D issue. Um, That's my only

1334
01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:10,640
Speaker 1: way is if Devin Booker and Chris Paul there, they

1335
01:03:10,680 --> 01:03:12,720
Speaker 1: can hit tough shots right like like they go to

1336
01:03:12,720 --> 01:03:15,080
Speaker 1: tough shots like they look for them, like Devin brook

1337
01:03:15,080 --> 01:03:17,280
Speaker 1: who loves those mid range jumpers. Chris Paul loves them.

1338
01:03:17,280 --> 01:03:19,840
Speaker 1: Can they hit them at enough efficiency for it to matter,

1339
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:22,160
Speaker 1: We'll see, But I think that's the only way. I

1340
01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:24,320
Speaker 1: think the Lakers have a big size advantage. Um. I

1341
01:03:24,360 --> 01:03:26,840
Speaker 1: think they'll still start with Drummond early, try to beat

1342
01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:28,600
Speaker 1: them up on the boards, and if that doesn't work,

1343
01:03:28,760 --> 01:03:30,439
Speaker 1: they can just always go to a D at the five,

1344
01:03:30,480 --> 01:03:32,920
Speaker 1: which I don't think any team has solved really Like

1345
01:03:33,080 --> 01:03:35,720
Speaker 1: through the last two years we've been We've been watching

1346
01:03:35,760 --> 01:03:38,040
Speaker 1: this Lebron in a D for like two years now.

1347
01:03:38,200 --> 01:03:40,320
Speaker 1: I'm not sure any team has really solved the a

1348
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:42,760
Speaker 1: D at the five lineup with Lebron at the four

1349
01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:45,120
Speaker 1: um and I don't think the Suns will be the

1350
01:03:45,160 --> 01:03:47,640
Speaker 1: first one to do it. So I just was curious

1351
01:03:47,640 --> 01:03:49,640
Speaker 1: what you guys thought, like how how the Sons can

1352
01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:52,040
Speaker 1: make this a competitive series because they're gonna be really

1353
01:03:52,240 --> 01:03:54,720
Speaker 1: the underdogs here. Yeah, I mean I picked the Lakers

1354
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:57,560
Speaker 1: in six years out of respect, like the number two scenes,

1355
01:03:57,800 --> 01:04:00,320
Speaker 1: you know, I think Booker or Chris Paul has a

1356
01:04:00,360 --> 01:04:03,640
Speaker 1: moment or two. So I'm not gonna say, I'm not gonna,

1357
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:05,440
Speaker 1: you know, to say you're being the Bruins out. But

1358
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:08,760
Speaker 1: it is six, but like a comfortable six, like the

1359
01:04:08,800 --> 01:04:10,720
Speaker 1: Lakers are up three one and then they win, like

1360
01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:14,160
Speaker 1: not a two to you know type thing. So that

1361
01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:17,160
Speaker 1: that's kind of how how I feel about the series

1362
01:04:17,160 --> 01:04:19,560
Speaker 1: as far but as far as the only thing that

1363
01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:21,840
Speaker 1: are going to be able to, you know, combat that

1364
01:04:21,920 --> 01:04:25,640
Speaker 1: whether either defensively or being able to still generate good looks,

1365
01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:27,360
Speaker 1: and I think are the are the Clippers and in

1366
01:04:27,480 --> 01:04:30,400
Speaker 1: the in the Brooklyn Nets that ends up being a

1367
01:04:30,440 --> 01:04:33,080
Speaker 1: matchup that we see like that's alyswer that they who

1368
01:04:33,120 --> 01:04:38,040
Speaker 1: have to even the possibility even slowing that down. I

1369
01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:42,800
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be the Rockets, Blazers, Nuggets, special from

1370
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:44,800
Speaker 1: last year. I think the Lakers is gonna win in five,

1371
01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:47,560
Speaker 1: and I think the game where the Lakers lose, We're

1372
01:04:47,560 --> 01:04:50,040
Speaker 1: all gonna be pulling our hair out watching clips of

1373
01:04:50,120 --> 01:04:53,200
Speaker 1: them botching rotations and just kind of putting forth a

1374
01:04:53,320 --> 01:04:56,160
Speaker 1: really putrid defensive effort. I really think that. I think,

1375
01:04:56,240 --> 01:04:58,480
Speaker 1: like I think, I think the Lakers will lose a

1376
01:04:58,560 --> 01:05:02,600
Speaker 1: game by just giving up on the defensive end, either

1377
01:05:02,680 --> 01:05:04,960
Speaker 1: in Game three because they already have a lead, or

1378
01:05:05,160 --> 01:05:08,160
Speaker 1: Game one because they don't respect their opponent, or something

1379
01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:11,800
Speaker 1: like that. But I just think that there is I

1380
01:05:13,040 --> 01:05:16,040
Speaker 1: don't I understand that. I have a ton of respect

1381
01:05:16,080 --> 01:05:18,760
Speaker 1: for Chris Paul and Devin Booker. Two, it's just so

1382
01:05:19,040 --> 01:05:22,240
Speaker 1: hard for me to fathom and losing multiple games in

1383
01:05:22,280 --> 01:05:24,720
Speaker 1: this series. But I mean, maybe I'm wrong, and maybe

1384
01:05:24,760 --> 01:05:27,040
Speaker 1: we'll all be sitting here in a week going, you know,

1385
01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:30,040
Speaker 1: you know, Lakers are down to one. What's gonna happen next,

1386
01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:32,040
Speaker 1: you know? But I just it's it's hard for me

1387
01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:37,760
Speaker 1: to even map out how that would work. Um, do

1388
01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:40,480
Speaker 1: you guys have anything else from tonight or from the

1389
01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:43,040
Speaker 1: Sun's game before we call it tonight? I'm leaving at

1390
01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:46,040
Speaker 1: five thirty in the morning. He drive to Texas tomorrow

1391
01:05:46,160 --> 01:05:49,040
Speaker 1: for a family reunions. I gotta I gotta get some

1392
01:05:49,120 --> 01:05:51,960
Speaker 1: sleep eventually. No, man, just a great night at basketball. Man,

1393
01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:54,400
Speaker 1: Like that was like legitimately fun to watch like that,

1394
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:57,640
Speaker 1: That's all I can say. Like that was two best

1395
01:05:57,680 --> 01:06:00,200
Speaker 1: players in the NBA fighting for something real of like

1396
01:06:00,760 --> 01:06:05,600
Speaker 1: that was the playoffs will go because that would be special. Yeah,

1397
01:06:05,640 --> 01:06:07,280
Speaker 1: but it was crazy. It feels like we were more

1398
01:06:07,360 --> 01:06:10,360
Speaker 1: worried about this playing game than like the t see right,

1399
01:06:10,440 --> 01:06:12,640
Speaker 1: Like it feels like all of a Lakers Twitter and

1400
01:06:12,680 --> 01:06:14,680
Speaker 1: all Laker fans are kind of more worried about this game.

1401
01:06:14,920 --> 01:06:17,280
Speaker 1: Winning this game than like playing the Suns on the

1402
01:06:17,320 --> 01:06:19,800
Speaker 1: Sun feels like a much much more not easier road.

1403
01:06:19,880 --> 01:06:21,840
Speaker 1: But we can kind of settle in, let them kind

1404
01:06:21,840 --> 01:06:24,880
Speaker 1: of get into the Suns and breakdown breakdown film against them.

1405
01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:31,800
Speaker 1: A yeah, yeah exactly. Yeah. That was really nervous through

1406
01:06:31,840 --> 01:06:33,520
Speaker 1: that one. So it was good to get that out

1407
01:06:33,560 --> 01:06:36,360
Speaker 1: of the way and now we can everyone including the team,

1408
01:06:36,440 --> 01:06:38,720
Speaker 1: can focus on Phoenix and just getting through that one.

1409
01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:41,640
Speaker 1: But yeah, this was fun to two legends going at it. Um.

1410
01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:43,560
Speaker 1: I don't want to disrespect Memphis as well, I think,

1411
01:06:43,600 --> 01:06:45,920
Speaker 1: Maples said, that earlier, but I feel like Utah is

1412
01:06:45,960 --> 01:06:47,800
Speaker 1: going to have a hell of a first round on

1413
01:06:47,840 --> 01:06:53,320
Speaker 1: their hands. Yeah, I I had I used more nervous

1414
01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:55,840
Speaker 1: for this game than I was for any playoff game

1415
01:06:55,960 --> 01:07:00,080
Speaker 1: last year. Um, I have such a I thought this

1416
01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:02,920
Speaker 1: game was so important, not just for the seating things

1417
01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:05,720
Speaker 1: we discussed, but also if they went the other route,

1418
01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:08,360
Speaker 1: they'd have to play again on Friday and then go

1419
01:07:08,560 --> 01:07:11,280
Speaker 1: into Utah. It was a little bit more physically capable

1420
01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:13,760
Speaker 1: of matching up with the Lakers and then have to

1421
01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:15,960
Speaker 1: play the Clippers potentially in the second round. It just

1422
01:07:16,320 --> 01:07:18,200
Speaker 1: it was such a much. It was so much more

1423
01:07:18,240 --> 01:07:23,360
Speaker 1: of a dark kind of like uh less optimistic path um,

1424
01:07:23,960 --> 01:07:26,680
Speaker 1: but just like going and then just the fear of steath,

1425
01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:30,000
Speaker 1: like just the I I never thought the Lakers were

1426
01:07:30,040 --> 01:07:35,479
Speaker 1: really threatened last year, and I I was unique among most.

1427
01:07:35,640 --> 01:07:37,439
Speaker 1: I mean, there were there were some people in Lakers

1428
01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:39,520
Speaker 1: Twitter who were like me, but I felt like most

1429
01:07:39,600 --> 01:07:42,880
Speaker 1: Lakers Twitter was very optimistic going into this game. I

1430
01:07:43,040 --> 01:07:46,280
Speaker 1: just I just had this feeling. I was like, man,

1431
01:07:46,360 --> 01:07:49,960
Speaker 1: the Warriors are playing really good basketball and the Lakers

1432
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:53,400
Speaker 1: are good, but they're not playing as well right now.

1433
01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:55,760
Speaker 1: And I thought there was a real I told Row,

1434
01:07:55,800 --> 01:07:57,640
Speaker 1: I told it, just send out a tweet that I said,

1435
01:07:57,640 --> 01:08:00,520
Speaker 1: I thought it was sixty forty Lakers. There was my chip,

1436
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:02,680
Speaker 1: my pick for the game, and I thought it was

1437
01:08:02,800 --> 01:08:04,920
Speaker 1: that close to being a coin flip. And and it

1438
01:08:05,040 --> 01:08:07,160
Speaker 1: was just because of my respect for step and my

1439
01:08:07,240 --> 01:08:09,600
Speaker 1: respect for Draymond and Steve Kerr in that defense, and

1440
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:13,560
Speaker 1: and so that just added this whole layer of like

1441
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:17,960
Speaker 1: dread throughout throughout the game because it was they were

1442
01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:20,519
Speaker 1: actually threatened by a team that really went out their

1443
01:08:20,600 --> 01:08:22,160
Speaker 1: next in a in a in a game that they

1444
01:08:22,200 --> 01:08:25,479
Speaker 1: had to win. Um, and Uh, I agree with you.

1445
01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:27,120
Speaker 1: I couldn't have said it better than New Maples. I

1446
01:08:27,160 --> 01:08:29,320
Speaker 1: just thought it was a great night of basketball man

1447
01:08:30,400 --> 01:08:34,920
Speaker 1: where we live Forest fans baby. Hell yeah, Um Maples,

1448
01:08:34,960 --> 01:08:37,720
Speaker 1: I really appreciate you coming on all of you guys

1449
01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:39,639
Speaker 1: who hung out with us here over the last hour.

1450
01:08:39,840 --> 01:08:43,519
Speaker 1: I sincerely appreciate it. Immediately after I closed the space,

1451
01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:47,040
Speaker 1: I'll get the screen recording up in a podcast format

1452
01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:49,760
Speaker 1: so you can catch the whole thing, Um, Roger, and

1453
01:08:49,840 --> 01:08:52,120
Speaker 1: I sincerely appreciate all you guys, you know, kind of

1454
01:08:52,560 --> 01:08:54,439
Speaker 1: just hanging with us to these last couple of weeks.

1455
01:08:54,479 --> 01:08:56,240
Speaker 1: And I'm thankful to say that we will have at

1456
01:08:56,320 --> 01:08:59,720
Speaker 1: least one series of playoff basketball. It's a cover with

1457
01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:02,800
Speaker 1: you eyes as well. Yep, we plan to do this

1458
01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:05,519
Speaker 1: after every game as well. So um, I guess we'll

1459
01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:08,000
Speaker 1: see you on Sunday. Then we will see you all

1460
01:09:08,120 --> 01:09:08,160
Speaker 1: on