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Speaker 2: great week. We're going to be reacting to that incredible

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Speaker 2: And I thought that that really hurt the Lakers down

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Speaker 1: We definitely got a lot of questions about this game.

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Speaker 1: First up, last year, Luca dominated the one on one

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Speaker 2: Jaden has done a better job with his physicality and

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Speaker 2: Five turnovers, six for sixteen from the field, seventeen points.

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Speaker 2: Like Luca has had high point totals consistently in the

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Speaker 2: that kickout read over and over again, and like, does

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Speaker 2: he make that same kickout read if it's one oh seven,

434
00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,440
Speaker 2: one oh three Lakers with a little lead late in

435
00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,440
Speaker 2: the game, or does he force the issue like you

436
00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,200
Speaker 2: still want to prey on his inconsistency for the record,

437
00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,400
Speaker 2: and has zero assists in game two, so that game

438
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,160
Speaker 2: plan can work. It just it's it's it's about playing

439
00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:19,919
Speaker 2: into his youthful inconsistency.

440
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Speaker 1: I agree. I mean, I think here's he's so dynamic

441
00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,320
Speaker 1: downhill and he's become such a good three point shooter.

442
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,600
Speaker 1: He literally led the league this season and makes that

443
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:34,320
Speaker 1: he has through his hard work, has created He's made

444
00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,600
Speaker 1: his game almost impossible to defend. Like you don't have

445
00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,320
Speaker 1: a good option, what are you supposed to do? Let

446
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,760
Speaker 1: him just iso and not help and let him finish

447
00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,000
Speaker 1: Over the Lakers and lack of improtection, they don't have

448
00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,119
Speaker 1: any improtectors. It's a lot easier to say we're not

449
00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,919
Speaker 1: gonna we're not gonna overhelp if you have Rudy Gobert

450
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,040
Speaker 1: on the inside, for example, then it is if you

451
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Speaker 1: have Jackson Hayes or Ruby Hachimurra or whoever is on

452
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Speaker 1: the back line. You know, next question, why are the

453
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,840
Speaker 1: Lakers not utilizing and more on ant is his offense

454
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Speaker 1: really making him unplayable.

455
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Speaker 2: Vando has been really mistake prone in this series. He

456
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,760
Speaker 2: had a decent first half shift, but like he had

457
00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,240
Speaker 2: that play where he fouled Julius Rayndel because he like

458
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,240
Speaker 2: failed to pick him up in transition. There was what

459
00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 2: was the mistake he made in the second oh yeah,

460
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 2: where he gets that defensive rebound and like Nikkeil Alexander

461
00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,159
Speaker 2: Walker is like running right up to him and he

462
00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,160
Speaker 2: just holds the ball out and lets Nikkeil Alexander Walker

463
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Speaker 2: take the ball away from him. He's just he's just

464
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,640
Speaker 2: been a little he's been a step slow in his reads.

465
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Speaker 2: There was a Luca turnover on a blitz where when

466
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Speaker 2: think of like the Steph Curry blitz sequence that we've

467
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Speaker 2: seen a thousand times, Draymond short rolls out of it,

468
00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,240
Speaker 2: Steph floats the ball over the top, Draymond goes down

469
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,440
Speaker 2: the lane, someone steps over and helps either sprays it

470
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Speaker 2: to the corner, he drops it off to a cutter

471
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Speaker 2: for a dunk.

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Speaker 3: Right.

473
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Speaker 2: There was a sequence where Jared Vanderbilt was the screener.

474
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,800
Speaker 2: Luca got blitzed and instead of short rolling out of it,

475
00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,040
Speaker 2: he rolled all the way to the rim and when

476
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,760
Speaker 2: he rolled all the way to the rim. Luca did

477
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:00,880
Speaker 2: not have a play that a player that he could

478
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Speaker 2: pass the ball to right in the middle of the floor,

479
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,359
Speaker 2: and so Luca had to try to force a pass

480
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,480
Speaker 2: all the way down to Vando on the like dunker

481
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 2: spot area and ended up in a turnover. Like they're

482
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,120
Speaker 2: a couple things. Vando can do a decent job on Ant,

483
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,680
Speaker 2: but the job of guarding Ant as a five man job,

484
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,119
Speaker 2: it is not a one man job, and there's just

485
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,920
Speaker 2: too much mistake making and not enough on offense to

486
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,239
Speaker 2: justify high minute totals for Jared Vanderbilt. I still think

487
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,880
Speaker 2: ultimately this series goes down with their core five guys

488
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,360
Speaker 2: being Dorian Finney Smith as the fifth, with those guys

489
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,240
Speaker 2: all playing like forty two to forty three minutes in

490
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Speaker 2: a big game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the mistakes across the board were rough tonight. I

492
00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,280
Speaker 1: mean the Lakers had what nineteen turnovers and it felt

493
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Speaker 1: like five or six of them or either fumbled passes

494
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Speaker 1: or dribbled off their.

495
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Speaker 3: Leg Yeah, like that's crazy.

496
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 2: Luca got a defensive rebound and saw Austin flash in

497
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Speaker 2: front of him, and instead of just bringing the ball

498
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 2: up the floor like he's always done. He like tried

499
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,080
Speaker 2: to throw the ball to Austin from two feet away

500
00:23:58,119 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 2: and it just bounced off his lap and went right

501
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,320
Speaker 2: to Antony, Like that was what happened on the play

502
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,880
Speaker 2: where Aunt dunked on Luca. Aunt dunked on Luca because

503
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,560
Speaker 2: Luca coughed the ball up. Lebron on his hot streak.

504
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,679
Speaker 2: He gets on his hot streak, catches the ball up

505
00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 2: on the right wing, immediately just coffs the ball up

506
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,159
Speaker 2: and like every single one of those cough ups like

507
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 2: immediately led to like an and one or a dunk,

508
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 2: or like like the Wolves made them pay every single

509
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,680
Speaker 2: time you gave up thirty points on turnovers in a

510
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,600
Speaker 2: game that was tied with four minutes left, like it

511
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,800
Speaker 2: like this was Pete and I were joking during the stream,

512
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,840
Speaker 2: like that's a game you deserve to lose, Like the

513
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,800
Speaker 2: basketball gods are not gonna let you win a game

514
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:44,200
Speaker 2: where you play that sloppy, And I'd like ant ant

515
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,720
Speaker 2: was great all night, and he pulled it out late

516
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,639
Speaker 2: with his own with his individual greatness. But like the

517
00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,200
Speaker 2: Lakers didn't play well enough to deserve to win that game.

518
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 2: They were lucky to be into it.

519
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,119
Speaker 3: The way they were thanks to the shot making of Lebron,

520
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,119
Speaker 3: James and Ousin Reeves.

521
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would have been a complete theft if they

522
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Speaker 1: were able to come up with that game. What are

523
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Speaker 1: your You talked time on this briefly, but what are

524
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Speaker 1: your thoughts on Lebron's ability to have to have a

525
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,280
Speaker 1: highly impactful game on Sunday considering the short turnaround?

526
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Speaker 2: I think Lebron's gonna be fine on Sunday. Do I

527
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,119
Speaker 2: think he's gonna go for thirty eight again? Probably not,

528
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 2: But like I think I Lebron is the most dependable

529
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,800
Speaker 2: big game player that I've that I've personally ever seen

530
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 2: because of his floor being so high. If my entire

531
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,200
Speaker 2: life is a Lebron fan, every time I've gone into

532
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,880
Speaker 2: a truly big game, which Game four is a big game,

533
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,719
Speaker 2: you go down three to one, it's really hard to come. Now,

534
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,800
Speaker 2: you gotta win three times in a row against Minnesota Timberls. Like,

535
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,040
Speaker 2: if the Lakers are gonna win this series, they need

536
00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:48,200
Speaker 2: to win on Sunday. Lebron knows that you can guarantee

537
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Speaker 2: at least twenty seven and five and Draymond Green asque

538
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,320
Speaker 2: defense on Sunday. They're not like like to me, the

539
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,560
Speaker 2: swing factor is Luca. Luca needs to have a massive

540
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,440
Speaker 2: bounce back game on Sunday. He like like owes it

541
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 2: to the team and like, I get it. What happened

542
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,440
Speaker 2: to him was super unfortunate, but ultimately they lost this

543
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 2: game because their best player was a complete and total

544
00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 2: shell of himself. So like they need Luca to get

545
00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 2: di ivy fluids, getting Lebron's hyper bear chamber, do whatever

546
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,000
Speaker 2: the hell he needs to do. Hell if it's a

547
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,200
Speaker 2: beer that he needs to get to get back in shape,

548
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,960
Speaker 2: like do something get him back on his feet, and like,

549
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,800
Speaker 2: Luca needs to be amazing on Sunday.

550
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Speaker 1: What do you make of Lebron and and Conley laughing

551
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,960
Speaker 1: and joking around during that late review? Do you care

552
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:36,880
Speaker 1: at all? Do you not care?

553
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 2: I don't care at all? Like, did you guys feel

554
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,959
Speaker 2: like Lebron wasn't competing? Did you guys feel like Mike

555
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,440
Speaker 2: Conley wasn't competing? Did you guys feel like Anthony Edwards

556
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,200
Speaker 2: wasn't Like those guys were like putting it all on

557
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 2: the line on the floor, Like, like to me, like

558
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 2: Lebron and Ant were Team USA teammates, and Lebron has

559
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,840
Speaker 2: famously been a guy that will make somewhat light of

560
00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,800
Speaker 2: big moments, Like you remember when he hit the pull

561
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,360
Speaker 2: up three right after Paul George dunked all over the Birdman,

562
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,520
Speaker 2: and then he like went up and like went up

563
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 2: to Paul George is like, hey, we're playing some great

564
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 2: basketball here. Like that's the thing you gotta remember too,

565
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 2: Like that was a hell of a game, guys, that

566
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 2: was a show. Lebron and Aunt put on a show tonight.

567
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,400
Speaker 2: We were treated as basketball fans to an incredible basketball game.

568
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,120
Speaker 2: And I feel like there's there are some moments where

569
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:23,440
Speaker 2: those guys are out there and like, hey, what we're

570
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 2: doing is pretty cool here.

571
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Speaker 1: This is a funny question from Miles. What did you

572
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 1: say when Conley banked in that three?

573
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Speaker 3: I thought he banked in it on purpose.

574
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Speaker 2: Well, so, if I remember correctly, Luca got beat on

575
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,399
Speaker 2: a baseline crash by Conley, and then after Conley got

576
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 2: the rebound, he dribbled out to the wing. But it

577
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 2: was so visibly obvious, like two feet off to the

578
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 2: left off of his hand, that I just Mike Commy

579
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 2: had to have tried to bank that on purpose. It

580
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 2: was a decent look too, like he had a decent

581
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 2: amount of separations.

582
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Speaker 1: He was laughing coming down the other do you think

583
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 1: it was lucky? But either way, man, that's a banked

584
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Speaker 1: in three in the fourth qut of a playoff game.

585
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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh.

586
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Speaker 1: What was your opinion on Rudy Gobert's impact in this

587
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 1: game and throughout the series? His statistics as well if

588
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,720
Speaker 1: his offensive impact are almost non existent, but it feels

589
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,399
Speaker 1: like he's sparked a couple of rounds, especially in the

590
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:12,880
Speaker 1: first quarter.

591
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 2: Rudy I thought was good tonight. They ran a lot

592
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,920
Speaker 2: more diversified coverages with him tonight, like and this is

593
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 2: where it's like, yeah, I think it's so fun there

594
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,240
Speaker 2: there was such a conversation surrounding the Rudy Gobert and

595
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,920
Speaker 2: the ISOs, and there's a lot of like numbers getting

596
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,920
Speaker 2: thrown around. My read in game two was that Luca

597
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,119
Speaker 2: had solved the go Beart switches. In the second half.

598
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,320
Speaker 2: He had generated back to back wide open catching three,

599
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,800
Speaker 2: a catch and shoot threes attacking Rudy and ISOs, one

600
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 2: of which was a Dorian Phinney Smith one that he made.

601
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 2: The Lakers had been getting one point zero seven points

602
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 2: per Iso just counting shot attempts, not even counting passes

603
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 2: as a team against Rudy in the first two games.

604
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Speaker 2: So like for all of the talk, like the coaching,

605
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 2: the players and coaches will.

606
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:57,480
Speaker 3: Tell you what they think.

607
00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 2: And they came into Game three and they stopped switching

608
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 2: with Rudy, So did that should tell you, guys what

609
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 2: the Minnesota coaching staff felt about Rudy Gobert defending and

610
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 2: switches on the perimeter. They did randomly switch with him

611
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 2: once in the second half, and he jumped up on

612
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,720
Speaker 2: Luca and forced a turnover. But once again, Luca just

613
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 2: like like surprised by ballpre like I like, one of

614
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 2: the most bizarre Luca games I've ever seen. And I'm

615
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,120
Speaker 2: just chalking it up to the food poisoning and throwing

616
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 2: it out because I refuse to believe he would play

617
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 2: like that under normal circumstances. But they ran a lot

618
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:35,719
Speaker 2: of drop coverage. They blitzed with him a few times tonight,

619
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 2: so I at the level coverage and Luca just Luca

620
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 2: wasn't able to attack it the way that he usually did.

621
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Speaker 2: But overall, I thought Rudy was fine tonight. They won

622
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 2: his minutes. Like I think in general, like he has,

623
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Speaker 2: he has provided enough positive impact to justify the minutes

624
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,000
Speaker 2: that he's been getting. The Lakers have been unable to

625
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 2: like play him off the floor. We did see when

626
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 2: Luca attacked him along that right lane line and bumped

627
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 2: him with that left shoulder and hit that little hook

628
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 2: that was a drop coverage possession. It kind of looked

629
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 2: like a switch because he was attacking Luke Rudy one

630
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 2: on one, but it was a drop coverage possession. And

631
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 2: after that shot they did bail on him and go

632
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 2: to Nasried, But I think that could have just as

633
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 2: been easily been for offense, and it was Nasried who

634
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 2: literally ended up hitting a three on that critical possession late,

635
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 2: So like I'd argue that Chris Finch made the right

636
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,560
Speaker 2: call there for sure.

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Speaker 1: We can take a couple from some away from this series. Hey, Jason,

638
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,000
Speaker 1: loved the show. What has been your favorite series to

639
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: watch so far these playoffs?

640
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 2: That's a really good question, Pistons Nicks. I just there's

641
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 2: a lot of players in that series that I really like.

642
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 2: That Pistons team, to me, has a lot of likable

643
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 2: guys that I think are gonna be fun guys to

644
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 2: like root for. For the Pistons over the course of

645
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 2: the next half decade.

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00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 3: I would say.

647
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 2: I've gotten a good amount of enjoyment out of Celtics

648
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 2: Magic too. I really enjoyed watching that game today. Yeah,

649
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 2: and like even though, like I will say, some of

650
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Speaker 2: these Palo mid range jump shots are like IY sores

651
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Speaker 2: to me, and it just kills me that he won't

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Speaker 2: work a little closer to the bad place.

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Speaker 1: It was really funny how on the broadcast I was

654
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Speaker 1: watching very closely as a Celtics fan, how Jay Billis

655
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: was like, basically or no, Tim is Tim Legler, And

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Speaker 1: I think Tim Legler's usually great at this kind of stuff,

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Speaker 1: So I'm not taking a shot out really at Tim

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Speaker 1: Legler because I really am a big fan of his.

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Speaker 1: But in this game, he was like those those mid

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Speaker 1: range pull ups when he creates space basically a layup

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Speaker 1: for Paolo.

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Speaker 2: I was like, well, not exactly, I don't know about that. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna pull up now. I'm curious. I want to

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Speaker 2: see what Polo's shooting from the mid range in this postseason.

665
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Speaker 2: But it's it's it's one of those things where the

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00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,239
Speaker 2: even with it, there's a lot of like tough off

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00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 2: the dribble, mid range jump shots that are getting taken

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Speaker 2: in that series. But it is just fun because the

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Speaker 2: Magic crowd was great, are super big, been big and physical,

670
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Speaker 2: and they can play the Celtics into some uncomfortable stretches.

671
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Speaker 2: But to me, and I don't know if you feel

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Speaker 2: this way Jackson, even with the loss, the Celtics are

673
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 2: still putting together some of the prettiest stretches of basketball

674
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Speaker 2: two way basketball that I'm seeing in the league right now.

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Speaker 2: And they had a couple tonight, like they had that

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Speaker 2: run right before the half. Tatum had this stretch where

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Speaker 2: he just like went down boom pull up three, went

678
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 2: down tough right shoulder fade bam, went down tough.

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00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 3: Pull up three at the top of the key.

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Speaker 2: Like they will just blitz you in these like short

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Speaker 2: periods of time and make leads just completely disappear. I

682
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Speaker 2: would say, yeah, Magic Celtics and then Pistons. Pistons Nicks

683
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Speaker 2: have been two of my absolute favorites. While you're asking

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Speaker 2: the next question, I'll pull up the numbers from Pallo.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think my favorites before the game. The last

686
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Speaker 1: two games were the Nuggets, Clippers on the Warriors, Rockets,

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Speaker 1: Game one of that series, but then Game two of

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Speaker 1: that series in Game three of Clippers Nuggets were both

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Speaker 1: blow out, so I kind of lost a little bit

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Speaker 1: of the last.

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Speaker 2: There for me, but really quickly twenty four points on

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty six shots from the mid range shofer, So

693
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Speaker 2: he's been good. That's that's solid for mid range basketball

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Speaker 2: in the postseason. In the regular season, he was thirty

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Speaker 2: one percent on long twos outside of seventeen feet, but

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00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 2: he was fifty one percent inside of seventeen feet, which

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Speaker 2: is literally the point that I'm trying to make. Like

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Speaker 2: the point that I'm trying to make is that like

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00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 2: he actually has such imposing size that he can get

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Speaker 2: short range shots that are high like highly efficient, but

701
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 2: as soon as he gets out to the elbows and out,

702
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 2: it just turns into not a layup to counter Tim Legler.

703
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 2: But like, like that that's really the piece of it.

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Speaker 2: Like he's fifty one percent inside of seventeen feet, thirty

705
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Speaker 2: one percent outside of seventeen feet, thirty two percent from three.

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Speaker 2: It's that's really for him, the goal is just fighting

707
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 2: to get positioned closer to the basket. He's also forty

708
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Speaker 2: nine percent on runners floaters.

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Speaker 3: So there we go.

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Speaker 1: Okay, we talked about this a little bit last show,

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Speaker 1: but until the game has played tomorrow, it's so an

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Speaker 1: interesting question. What are the Warriors chances to make it

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Speaker 1: past the Rockets, either without Jimmy Butler with a hobble

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler, or what's the what's the outlook there?

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Speaker 2: I told you before the broadcast tonight that I viewed

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00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 2: the Lakers now as slightly less than a coin flip.

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00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 2: Like I viewed them as about a coin flip in

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Speaker 2: Game one. Now is like slightly less than a coin flip.

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Speaker 2: I am still I still feel like the Warriors are

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Speaker 2: gonna deal with Houston relative like I think they're gonna

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Speaker 2: win Game three, in Game four, like I there is

722
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Speaker 2: a there is a a reality in that series.

723
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Speaker 3: Which is.

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Speaker 2: Houston cannot score against the Warriors in the half court

725
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Speaker 2: when they're really engaged and they have their guys and

726
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 2: they're healthy, they can't. There is an element with the

727
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 2: Lakers where it's like, well, if Ant's gonna hit his

728
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,839
Speaker 2: pull up threes and make the kickout reads, like we're

729
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:02,840
Speaker 2: sol where Like I actually like, I think, what do

730
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 2: you think? What do you think is the likelihood. Let's

731
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 2: just put it this way. Do you think it's like,

732
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Speaker 2: what would you pick as the more the more likely

733
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 2: scenario that Jalen Green has less than fifteen points in

734
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Speaker 2: Game two or that he has more than twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Oh, less than fifteen, more than twenty five. I would

736
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Speaker 1: probably say less than fifteen. I'd probably sate lesson.

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00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're gonna they're gonna tighten things up there and

738
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 2: they're gonna get that figured out. Like I I I

739
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 2: think even if Jimmy Butler didn't play in Game three

740
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 2: or Game four, that the Warriors would win Game three

741
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:35,520
Speaker 2: in Game four.

742
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:37,800
Speaker 1: That's that's a that's a prediction.

743
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 3: I like that.

744
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: Let's see if I can find.

745
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 2: Guys like there's this like reality that happens when Jimmy

746
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,880
Speaker 2: goes down and leaves the game and Brandon Pajemski is

747
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 2: like clearly hampered, and like you there is a feeling

748
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 2: within the basketball team where it's like, oh, we we

749
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 2: kind of don't have it tonight, you know what I mean?

750
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 2: And that trickles into every single element of the game,

751
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 2: you know, and like like they're gonna come out and

752
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 2: game like I wouldn't be surprised if the Warriors won

753
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 2: Game three by twenty plus.

754
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:07,880
Speaker 1: Jalen Green's prop or his player props on DraftKings right

755
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 1: now for Game three, they MIAs one fifteen at twenty

756
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: one plus. They don't give Hi an exact number, which

757
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: is weird, but twenty one plus is MIUS one fifteen,

758
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,959
Speaker 1: so they're expecting about twenty one is the over under?

759
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, so the over under would be around like twenty

760
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 2: point five, like in that area and like that that. Yeah,

761
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 2: like and I would take the under. I would take

762
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 2: the under there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

764
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,320
Speaker 1: I texted you after last game. I was like, what

765
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: are the odds he has another game over twenty five

766
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 1: in the whole series? And You're like, I don't think

767
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 1: he's get one.

768
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 2: This is this is actually a crazy stat because like

769
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 2: I talked about how Jalen Green when he scored thirty

770
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:42,919
Speaker 2: points in the regular season, he did it fourteen times

771
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 2: and they went thirteen and one, but there were this

772
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,840
Speaker 2: is this is like crazy, this is how many this

773
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 2: is how many times this season he scored single digits.

774
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 2: He scored single digits twelve times. He scored fewer than

775
00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,160
Speaker 2: fifteen points twenty four times. So to the to the

776
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 2: point he's like almost twice as likely to fail to

777
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,360
Speaker 2: reach fifteen than he is to get over thirty, and

778
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 2: that like, it's just Jalen Green always has that upside.

779
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:13,439
Speaker 2: It just is it's so inconsistent and like to get

780
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 2: if I'm a Rockets fan, having gotten it.

781
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,879
Speaker 3: Once in the series feels like a luxury. It's hard

782
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:18,279
Speaker 3: to match.

783
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: It's so crazy because it is hard to imagine him

784
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,320
Speaker 1: doing it again in Golden State. But if you watch

785
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: Game two, you're like, this, dude's Anthony Edwards.

786
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 2: Basically, dude, I can never I've been talking about this

787
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,360
Speaker 2: forever with Jalen Green and with Jonathan Kaminga, which is

788
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 2: like the freaky athlete with some size, because that's the key.

789
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 2: It's it's not Scoot Henderson, It's Jalen Green in the

790
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,719
Speaker 2: sense that like there's some real size there, and real

791
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 2: athleticism with size is so hard to give up on

792
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,240
Speaker 2: because they they really do just have sky high potential

793
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 2: and when they do get into their rhythm, when they

794
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,799
Speaker 2: start to gain that confidence, they can be a force

795
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 2: to be reckoned with.

796
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 1: For sure. Let's say one more, This is a non

797
00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:00,800
Speaker 1: playoff question, what's the Spurs next movie of this offseason?

798
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,280
Speaker 1: To to keep the path forward.

799
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,320
Speaker 3: To contention, scour for vets.

800
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:11,320
Speaker 2: Your timeline is accelerated now you have Dearon Fox, you

801
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 2: have Victor Webbanyama. You need to be looking for players

802
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 2: that can play at the two and the three and

803
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 2: the four, that can defend hit three's attack, closeouts, connective playmaking,

804
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:27,480
Speaker 2: that sort of thing. From a draft standpoint too, I

805
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,880
Speaker 2: think I think because you have Steph Castle, because you

806
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 2: have Victor Wembenyama, you no longer need to be drafting

807
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 2: for upside. You need to be drafting for immediate utility.

808
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 2: So looking for you know, fourth year seniors, fifth year seniors,

809
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 2: guys that have been in college programs that teach fundamentals

810
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 2: really well, that are going to produce a lot of

811
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 2: pro ready role player type of guys. This is your

812
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 2: You're just looking to fill the roster with guys that

813
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 2: can do small roles. Now, like Daron Fox is absolutely

814
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 2: fine as you're primary perimeter shot creator, Victor women Yama

815
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 2: is absolutely fine as a secondary shot creator. You are

816
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 2: teed up for success. You just got to build around

817
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 2: the margins at this point. All right, guys, that's all

818
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 2: we have for tonight. As always, I sincerely appreciate you

819
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,040
Speaker 2: guys for supporting me and supporting the show. Jackson, you

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00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 2: got a movie time tomorrow morning?

821
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 3: Right? What movie youre going to see?

822
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: I'm going to see Sinners all right on.

823
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 3: I need to see that.

824
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:26,800
Speaker 2: I just need to find some time. A Revenge of

825
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 2: the Sith is back in the theater, so I need

826
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:29,879
Speaker 2: to go find some time to go see that too.

827
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 2: But the episode will probably be up. The episode for

828
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 2: the Bucks Magic and Bucks excuse me, Bucks Pacers and

829
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 2: Celtics Magic will probably be up a little bit closer

830
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:45,279
Speaker 2: to noon ish Pacific time. But none of those teams

831
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 2: are playing tomorrow, so they'll still be available. But I

832
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 2: think they're worth I think those games are worth digging

833
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 2: into because both of those teams managed to get the

834
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 2: home win in Game three, so it's worth looking at

835
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 2: what they did to succeed. So we'll have that up

836
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 2: in the afternoon sometime tomorrow and then live after the

837
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 2: final Buzzer Rockets Warrior on YouTube tomorrow night. Last note,

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840
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 2: and my buddy Luke and I recorded about a half

841
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,200
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00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,880
Speaker 2: on my twitter feed or wherever. Get your podcast on

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Speaker 2: see you guys tomorrow morning. What's up guys. As always,

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