1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: We're all about points today. Golden State scores one hundred 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: and forty seven of them. Can a team hit two hundred? 3 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: Joel Embiid had a twenty five point quarter and still loses. 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: And not to put two fine a point on this, 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: but we're having an All Star game. What hey, I'm 6 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 1: tas Mellis and this is what you need to know 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: in the NBA. For Friday, February fifth, Golden State beat 8 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: Dallas one forty seven to one point sixteen. The game 9 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: was offensive, and so was the defense. Paint the picture. 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: The Warriors had nine guys, none taller than six foot seven, 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: and their center was only sixty six and Draymond Green. 12 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: They had a bunch of injuries. Now, the MAVs are 13 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: starting a seven to three guy in Chris stops Porzingis, 14 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: but he's not your traditional big guy. So when the 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: Warriors were ready to run and cut for forty eight minutes, 16 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: the MAVs, they didn't keep up on the defensive end. 17 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: I was close at half, it was seventy seventy four, 18 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: but the Warriors beat the MAVs by thirty three in 19 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: the second half, and they were led by Kelly Ubre, 20 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: a career high forty for him. He's famously been the 21 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: only high volume three point shooter who's worse than Luka 22 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: Doncic on the other side this season not shooting a 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: good percentage, but he hit seven of them this game. 24 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: He was hot because the Warriors just had something flowing 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: with this Nelly ball movement that they had going on. 26 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: Ubre was fourteen of twenty one from the floor, a 27 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: lot set up by Draymond Green, who had fifteen assists 28 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: from the center spot. Steph Curry only had to score 29 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: twenty eight. Him and Draymond Green sat in the fourth 30 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: quarter of a game where the two teams hit a 31 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: combined forty two threes. My goodness, that's the second most 32 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: made threes ever in a basketball game. Let's get back 33 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: to Christops Porzingis for a second. He had a good 34 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:52,919 Speaker 1: night shooting in this one, but there's an underlying issue 35 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: here going on with the Dallas Mavericks. Nick Angstad tweeted 36 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: a clip from the night before when Kristaps Porzingis wasn't 37 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: in the game late against the Atlanta Hawks. Kristaps Porzingis 38 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: was on the sideline, angry, furious, he hit something off 39 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: an advertisement table that went towards the MAVs coaches. Mass 40 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: coaches had to duck and they said, what the heck 41 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: was that? Well's Kristaps being mad that he's not being 42 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: inserted late in games, and it's because he struggles defensively. 43 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: Rick Carlisle has a heck of a conundrum. How do 44 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,399 Speaker 1: you balance that? You play him at the five, Well, 45 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: teams are just gonna pick and roll in to death. 46 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: You play him at the four, maybe you're a little 47 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: too slow. Chrisps Porzingis has been very vocal about wanting 48 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: to play, but can you keep him on the floor. 49 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: He wants to be a max guy at something to 50 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: watch for the MAVs going forward. Can they be great 51 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: with him at the five? I imagine he's going to 52 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: play the four to start and play more of the 53 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: five to end games. But there's something brewing there. Luca, 54 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: alongside Kristaps, had twenty seven in the loss that was 55 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: a blowout in the end. Kristaps didn't even have to 56 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: touch the floor late either did Luca because this one 57 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: was a spanker. I want to get to a question 58 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: that somebody emailed into No Dunks this week. They asked, 59 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: can a team score two hundred points and watching the 60 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors, I thought, wow, is this possible? I 61 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: looked it up. Nineteen eighty three, the highest scoring game ever. 62 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: It was one eighty six, one eight four between Detroit 63 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: and Denver and only two three pointers were hit. But 64 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: it was a triple overtime game, so you must think, oh, 65 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: of course someone's gonna score two hundred. It's going to 66 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: take a special night. But I agree it'll happen in 67 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: overtime games. It won't happen in a regulation game. The 68 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: math doesn't check out. That's just too many three balls 69 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: in regulation. But it could happen. We need a few ots, 70 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: but I think it'll happen one day. There will be 71 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: a special night when it does happen. Joel Embiid has 72 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: a special night for the Philadelphia seventy six ers against 73 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: the Portland Trailblazers any loss. The Blazers were missing Damian 74 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: Lillard and CJ McCollum, and the first half Joel Embiid 75 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: went down with an injury, but he returned to score 76 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: twenty five points. In the second quarter. He had twenty 77 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: five of Philly's twenty nine points. It's amazing to watch 78 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: Joel Embiid right now. He had thirty one first half 79 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: points on Ennis Kant primarily, who didn't want to get 80 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: physical with him, so he gained space in the mid range. 81 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: And Joel Embiid is firing away from the midrage at 82 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: a crazy clip, and it's wild to watch a seven 83 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: footer put it on the floor, crossover, rise up and 84 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: hit and have that balance and that footwork that he has. 85 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: Right now, they kept going to him, They kept going 86 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: to him. They didn't have Ben Simmons in this one, 87 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: who was out because of calf tightness. A lot of 88 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: calf and quad problems happening in the NBA the season, 89 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: and they missed Ben Simmons both defense and playmaking. Joel 90 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: Embiid had to do too much, so in the third 91 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: quarter they're de struggled and their offensive side of the 92 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: ball struggled as well. Forty to nineteen for Portland in 93 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: that third quarter. Everyone's scoring for them. Gary Trent led 94 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: all scorers with twenty four points, but with the way 95 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: Philly was playing defense, Gary Trent Senior probably could have 96 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: had eighteen out there as well. Embiid finished with thirty 97 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: seven points. Moving to Utah and Atlanta, Trey Young out 98 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: because of a right calf contusion see calf problems, Atlanta 99 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: struggles when Trey is out. We talked about it the 100 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: night before. It's the same thing that happened last season, 101 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: and that's what they brought in all sorts of reinforcements 102 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: for this year. Rajon Rondo was one of them. He 103 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: started in Trey's place, but he was held scoreless in 104 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: this one, and guards that could have helped that they 105 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: got in the acts of the offseason bogged down Bogdanovic 106 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: Chris Dunn. They were both out. The Hawks had thirty 107 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: seven first half points against a good Jazz defense and 108 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 1: it just went downhill from there. Will Rajon Rondo cash 109 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: in on his seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars playoff bonus. 110 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 1: I love talking about that because it seems like such 111 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: a huge number for a playoff bonus. The Utah Jazz 112 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: have won thirteen of their last fourteen games. Moving over 113 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: to Rockets and Grizzlies, two teams that have good stories 114 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: to start this season. The Grizzlies overcame John Morant's early 115 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: season injury. Really impressive stuff. So Taylor Jenkins should be 116 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: a coach of the year can well on the Rocket side, 117 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: they're a good story in the post Harden era. They're 118 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: the redeemed team for me, and yeah, I stole that 119 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: from USA basketball. That's okay. John Wall, Victor Oladipo, DeMarcus Cousins, 120 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: and Christian Wood all have things to prove this season. 121 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: They're doing it together and in this one against the Grizzlies, 122 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: they shot the three really well together. John Wall hit 123 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: four threes. Yes, John Wall, do your thing. Christian Wood 124 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: hit three of them as well. But in the third quarter, 125 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: christian Wood turned his ankle. He stood at the free 126 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: throw line ready to shoot his free Throws's standing there 127 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: in pain, obviously, but his teammates said, just get off 128 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: the floor. You are obviously in pain. Just leave. So 129 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: he kind of walked off under his own power, mostly did. 130 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 1: He was putting some weight on that espans. Timicman reports 131 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: that the Rockets believe christian Wood could miss extended time. 132 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: We'll find out on Friday after an MRI. Unfortunate news 133 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: for christian Wood. It's the same ankle that forced him 134 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: to miss three games earlier than season, and christian Wood 135 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: has been thriving getting paid this year for the first 136 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: time after being released by two different teams in the 137 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: last two years. Then the Pistons, where he played really 138 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: well with gave him to the Houston Rockets and a 139 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,559 Speaker 1: sign in trade, and here we are. Twenty two points 140 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: and ten rebounds for Christian Wood this year. Hopefully he's 141 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: all right. Lakers and Nuggets a rematch of the Western 142 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: Conference Final. Save this game for last, because it was disappointing. 143 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: Denver in the second half scored only thirty five points. 144 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: Those guys Nikola Jokic and those guys only scoring thirty 145 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: five points. They just had a terrible half against the Lakers, 146 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: who scored sixty eight themselves. Not much to report from 147 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: this one. Jared Dudley set this one out with right 148 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: calf soreness. I wish it was right risk soreness after 149 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,559 Speaker 1: finding out that he's releasing a book about the Lakers 150 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: championship run. Or maybe he's left handed like Lebron. I 151 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: don't know. Lebron had a twenty seven point triple double 152 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: in this one, And speaking of Lebron, he was very 153 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: vocal after the game when asked whether he supported an 154 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: All Star Game, which is happening in Atlanta in March 155 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: I talked about it yesterday, but now it's really happening. 156 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: It's not official, official, but now it's really happening. It's 157 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: shocking that the NBA is doing this. Lebron was disappointed. 158 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: He said he's not in favor of it whatsoever, but 159 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: that he would play and so this game is going 160 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: to happen no matter what. I'll get into it more 161 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: today on the Nodunk's full length episode. This episode is 162 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: just way too short to get into it. It is 163 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: a little bit bonkers. We'll talk about it then. I 164 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: will be back on Monday to give you the news 165 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: as fast as I possibly can. Thanks so much for 166 00:08:43,960 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: joining me at each play Joys High School maturin