WEBVTT - NBA LIVE REACTION: Steph Curry's Warriors vs. Luka's Lakers + SGA's Thunder vs. Durant's Rockets

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<v Speaker 2>All right, welcome to hoops tonight. You're at the volume.

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<v Speaker 2>Happy Tuesday, everybody. Welcome to a brand new NBA season.

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<v Speaker 2>So much has changed. We have Kevin Durant wearing Houston

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<v Speaker 2>Rockets Jersey. We have the young up and coming Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 2>City Thunder now wearing championship rings. We have Lebron James

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<v Speaker 2>not playing on Opening night, not just for the Lakers,

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<v Speaker 2>but in general. This is a guy who's been playing

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<v Speaker 2>on Opening Night for as long as I can remember.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm recording from Denver in Colorado, as we moved

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<v Speaker 2>this summer to get to some scheme. But that's a

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<v Speaker 2>story for another day. I'm very, very excited to break

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<v Speaker 2>this all down. That Houston Oklahoma City game was incredibly interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you know that meme where you have all

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<v Speaker 2>the dragon and they're looking all mean and angry, and

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<v Speaker 2>then you slide over and there's kind of a goofy,

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<v Speaker 2>like cartoonish looking dragon. That was the Los Angeles Lakers tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>as we saw three what appeared to be elite basketball

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<v Speaker 2>teams in one that stuck out like a sore thumb.

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<v Speaker 2>We have so much to get into on all four

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<v Speaker 2>of these teams. We're gonna break it all down, and

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<v Speaker 2>then at the tail end of the show tonight, we're

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<v Speaker 2>Write your question. We'll get to them on Fridays throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the season. All right, let's talk some basketball. What a

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<v Speaker 2>dominant debut from the Golden State Warriors. I thought they

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<v Speaker 2>thoroughly outclassed the Lakers in basically every facet of the

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<v Speaker 2>game other than the fact that the Lakers have Luka Doncic,

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<v Speaker 2>and that Luka Doncic is amazing. We'll get to Luca later.

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<v Speaker 2>I rooted for that guy last year and there wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>a single moment where he looked like that. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>one singular piece of upside that may or may not

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<v Speaker 2>amount to something optimistic for the Lakers to take away

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<v Speaker 2>fro him tonight. But if you replace him with a

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<v Speaker 2>regular star ball handler, like let's say you just had

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<v Speaker 2>injured Anthony Davis and that was forty one year old,

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<v Speaker 2>forty year old Lebron that was out there, the Warriors

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<v Speaker 2>win that game by thirty. The Warriors played the Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>in every single facet of the game. I thought their

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<v Speaker 2>intensity from the opening tip in terms of their ball

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<v Speaker 2>pressure and physicality was better to start the game. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought their backside rotations off of their double teams, and

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<v Speaker 2>just in general, how scrappy they were in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of the floor, especially underneath the basket, was way better

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<v Speaker 2>than what we were seeing from the Lakers on the

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<v Speaker 2>other end of the floor. They were forcing turnovers on

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<v Speaker 2>deep post catches from Deandrayten, swarming Van do on his drives,

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<v Speaker 2>forcing a ton of turnovers, getting out and transition off

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<v Speaker 2>of them. I thought, in general, they were as a

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<v Speaker 2>team much sharper in transition. I thought they ran the

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<v Speaker 2>floor harder off of missus and off of makes, constantly

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<v Speaker 2>catching the Lakers jogging, but also on the other end

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<v Speaker 2>of the floor getting back and preventing those same opportunities

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<v Speaker 2>for the Lakers on the other end of the floor.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought they shot the ball better than the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought they rebounded the ball better than the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it was just one game, and I know

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron didn't play, but I just thought the Warriors looked

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<v Speaker 2>like a much better basketball team than the Lakers did. Tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to dig into some of the specifics that

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<v Speaker 2>having to do with that matchup as well. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that plays a role, but I want to start with

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<v Speaker 2>some of the specifics that we saw from Jimmy Butler

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<v Speaker 2>and Jonathan Kaminga, because those two guys, in a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of ways in a debut demonstrated some of the specific

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<v Speaker 2>things that the Warriors need to go their direction in

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<v Speaker 2>order for them to compete for a championship this year.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's start with this idea of the debate that

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<v Speaker 2>we've been having all summer long about what kind of

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<v Speaker 2>player the Warriors should be going after to make some

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<v Speaker 2>sort of all in trade this year, whether that involves

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<v Speaker 2>Kminga or it does it In those conversations we discussed

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<v Speaker 2>should it be like an athletic wing who's more of

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<v Speaker 2>like kind of what Andrew Wiggins was for the team

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<v Speaker 2>in the past, or should they look for a scoring

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<v Speaker 2>guard or just in general, a scoring archetype kind of

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<v Speaker 2>like what Jordan Poole was for the Warriors when they

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<v Speaker 2>won the title. And a huge factor in determining which

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<v Speaker 2>direction they should go on that front if they do

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<v Speaker 2>look to make a trade this year at some point

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<v Speaker 2>is how does Jimmy Butler look as a score Because

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<v Speaker 2>there was a lot of basketball after the trade, even

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<v Speaker 2>though the Warriors were winning, where Jimmy wasn't necessarily bringing

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of scoring pop. But then last three games

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<v Speaker 2>of the season tons of scoring pop. Playing game, tons

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<v Speaker 2>of scoring pop. First game against Houston before the tailbone injury,

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<v Speaker 2>tons of scoring pop. We had this like five game

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<v Speaker 2>sample where were like, oh shit, playoff Jimmy. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the guy that is gonna help push this team over

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<v Speaker 2>the top end of championship contention, right, But it was

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<v Speaker 2>a small sample coming back from the tailbone injury. He

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't able to secure a win against Minnesota without Steph,

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<v Speaker 2>and so there were some question marks surrounding that. And

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that was an electric debut from Jimmy Butler

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<v Speaker 2>as just that secondary offense force off of Steph Kirk. Consistently,

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<v Speaker 2>he was finding matchups that he liked off of some

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<v Speaker 2>of the switching that the Lakers were doing. Really liked

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<v Speaker 2>Gabe Vincent, really liked Jake Lareva. If Jake Lavia, you

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<v Speaker 2>could tell that Jimmy in particular just had some comfortable

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<v Speaker 2>uh just some comfortability isoating Gabe just simply just getting

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<v Speaker 2>over his left shoulder for little bank shots and drawing

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<v Speaker 2>fouls with quick, aggressive moves. The big thing with Jimmy

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<v Speaker 2>is he brings a dynamic to the Warriors that they

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<v Speaker 2>haven't had in years past, and that is the ability

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<v Speaker 2>to grift your way to the foul line. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>talking about this forever. It's a skill. It's something that

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<v Speaker 2>it comes with a kind of a polarizing discussion surrounding

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<v Speaker 2>the role of free throws, kind of like interfering with

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<v Speaker 2>basketball games. But the truth of the matter is these

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<v Speaker 2>guys are all over the league. They're skilled at getting

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<v Speaker 2>to the foul line. I root for a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>them on the Lakers. Austin Reeves and Luka Doncic are

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<v Speaker 2>both great at it. You know, Jake Gilges Alexander's great

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<v Speaker 2>at it, Jalen Brunson is great at it. And one

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<v Speaker 2>of the guys that was great at it is Jimmy Butler.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, there's this idea that free throws are

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<v Speaker 2>just like handed down by the NBA as like some

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<v Speaker 2>sort of gift to your team. That's not how it works.

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<v Speaker 2>The way that it works is you either earn trips

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<v Speaker 2>to the foul line and one end of the floor,

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<v Speaker 2>and then on the other end of the floor, you

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<v Speaker 2>either keep a team off the foul line or you

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<v Speaker 2>send them to the foul line. And that's what determines

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<v Speaker 2>your free throw disparoity. Nothing else. Basketball games. Basketball in

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<v Speaker 2>the way it's being played on both ends of the

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<v Speaker 2>floor is what leads to the free throw totals that

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<v Speaker 2>you see. And bringing Jimmy Butler in has given the

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<v Speaker 2>Warriors a dynamic that they haven't had in the past,

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<v Speaker 2>which is the ability to slow the game down by

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<v Speaker 2>working his way to the foul line, which comes with

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<v Speaker 2>all sorts of additional benefits in addition to just points

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<v Speaker 2>a huge part of how you get a thirty ball

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<v Speaker 2>out of Jimmy. It also allows you to set your defense.

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<v Speaker 2>It allows you to get more game plan notes. In

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<v Speaker 2>possession to possession, you have a chance to talk and

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<v Speaker 2>to think about how you're gonna guard on the next possession.

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<v Speaker 2>They're all of these trickle down benefits. It can disrupt

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<v Speaker 2>the rhythm of your opponent. They're not getting up and

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<v Speaker 2>down the floor. They're now stopping and going down to

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<v Speaker 2>the block to get ready to rebound. Jimmy Butler is

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<v Speaker 2>just really good at using pump fakes. We're driving angles. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>the histrionics around the basket that all the foul drifters

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<v Speaker 2>around the league use, and what do you have like

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<v Speaker 2>sixteen free throw attempts tonight. That was a huge part

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<v Speaker 2>of his ability to manufacture points for the Warriors tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>So then we're gonna have our eye on with the

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<v Speaker 2>Warriors all season long. Is Jimmy's ability to score the basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>and he just did that to a great extent tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Is super optimistic debut for Jimmy on that front. Jonathan

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<v Speaker 2>kaminga the biggest debate surrounding the Warrior Warriors over the

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<v Speaker 2>last couple of years, and one of the things that

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<v Speaker 2>I've talked about is the reason why things haven't panned

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<v Speaker 2>out for Jonathan in years past. It comes down to

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<v Speaker 2>two things. One, he struggles sometimes and read and react basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a pivotal part of playing for the Golden

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<v Speaker 2>State Warriors. You have to make quick decisions with the

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<v Speaker 2>basketball off of the advantages that Steph Curry creates, right.

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<v Speaker 2>And then secondly, he has struggled to consistently knock down,

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<v Speaker 2>catch and shoot jump shots. And we saw a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit that of that up and down nature in the

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<v Speaker 2>first half. He had a couple of shots where you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he's taking a jab step three out of

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<v Speaker 2>the corner when there's time on the shot clock or

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<v Speaker 2>forcing the action inside and getting blocked from behind because

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<v Speaker 2>he's not reading the floor. We're a little classic up

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<v Speaker 2>and down Jonathan coming a type of game in the

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<v Speaker 2>first half. But they come out in the second half

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<v Speaker 2>and they start spamming three man action him, Stephan Draymond

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<v Speaker 2>off the right side of the floor, and it presents

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<v Speaker 2>all these like easy reads for Jonathan, Like, Okay, Steph's

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<v Speaker 2>cutting off of this one, I'm gonna just relocate to

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<v Speaker 2>the top of the key. Oh bam, the balls in

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<v Speaker 2>my hands, I'm wide open, take a catch and shoot three,

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<v Speaker 2>knock it down. Okay, this time, I'm slipping out of

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<v Speaker 2>the screen as Steph is going up towards the top,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm getting open along the baseline. Boom pass finished

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<v Speaker 2>with the right hand at the rim over ruy Hachimura.

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<v Speaker 2>The kickout on the left corner off of a actually

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<v Speaker 2>was in the right corner with Luca contesting off of

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<v Speaker 2>one of those drives from Steph Curry. He was just

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<v Speaker 2>playing Warriors basketball. He's gonna have his opportunities to attack

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<v Speaker 2>one on one. He had an opportunity in the second

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<v Speaker 2>half to go at Luca's chest and he got over

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<v Speaker 2>his left shoulder for a little hook shot, especially in

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<v Speaker 2>bench groups. He's gonna have opportunities to be more aggressive.

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<v Speaker 2>But in order for him to be a functional player

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<v Speaker 2>with the starters, especially, but in general, just as a

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<v Speaker 2>large role player for the Warriors, he's got to hit

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<v Speaker 2>his open catch and shoot threes, and he's got to

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<v Speaker 2>make the simple reads. I'm driving to the basket, I

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<v Speaker 2>draw eighting or I can't remember if it was haz

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<v Speaker 2>Er eighting at that point in time draw that. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it was Hayes. Draw him in. Help, there's Al

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<v Speaker 2>Horford right there. Drop it off, no need to force it.

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<v Speaker 2>Just make the easy read that's right there in front

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<v Speaker 2>of you. Right. I thought Kamingo was fantastic in that

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<v Speaker 2>second half. Yes, he was getting cooked by Louke, but

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<v Speaker 2>I think that was more of a Luca thing. Luca

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<v Speaker 2>has done that to the best, Like this version of

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<v Speaker 2>Luca has done that to the best defensive players in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. I watched him two years ago do it

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<v Speaker 2>to Jayden McDaniels in the Conference finals. Is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the certainly a better perimeter defender than John and the

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<v Speaker 2>Kaminga Right, So like that is what it is all

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<v Speaker 2>You can do is be physical and make him work. Luca's,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, one of the two or three best players

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<v Speaker 2>in the world, right but when it comes to the

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<v Speaker 2>job that he has on offense for this group, I

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<v Speaker 2>thought he executed it extremely well in that second half,

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<v Speaker 2>leading the Warriors to pull away. Buddy healed. One of

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<v Speaker 2>the things we're gonna consistently talk about tonight in this

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<v Speaker 2>matchup is the difference in the foot speed between the

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<v Speaker 2>two teams, and Buddy was getting a lot of opportunities

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<v Speaker 2>to attack both, like with someone sprinting at him where

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<v Speaker 2>he could show the ball and quick relocate, put the

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<v Speaker 2>and get another shot up, or run up the key,

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<v Speaker 2>relocating off out of the corner as someone's driving along

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<v Speaker 2>the baseline or cutting along the baseline. He was getting

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<v Speaker 2>good looks. He had five of them tonight. But he

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<v Speaker 2>talked about in media day that he shot the ball

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<v Speaker 2>better this summer than he ever has, and he expected

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<v Speaker 2>to shoot the ball well. The season comes right out

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<v Speaker 2>talking shit to Luca. It's five threes, a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>big ones in the second half that paid off those

0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:19.520
<v Speaker 2>classic kind of Golden State sequences, and the Warriors end

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<v Speaker 2>up chewing up and spitting out the Lakers tonight. I've

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<v Speaker 2>been super fascinated by this concept. Was texting with Jackson

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<v Speaker 2>about it during the game. You know, the change from

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<v Speaker 2>Luca to Anthony Davis is so bizarre in the dynamic

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<v Speaker 2>in this particular matchup between these two teams, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a classic example of how basketball is more

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<v Speaker 2>art than science. I don't think anybody would disagree that

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<v Speaker 2>Luka Danciic is a better basketball player than Anthony Davis.

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<v Speaker 2>He just is. I mean, what did he have like

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<v Speaker 2>forty one, thirteen and seven or whatever it is he

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<v Speaker 2>had tonight. Like Luca is one of the greatest offensive

0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:59.600
<v Speaker 2>players in the game today, he is a better basketball

0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:04.880
<v Speaker 2>player Anthony Davis, but he fundamentally changes the athletic profile

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<v Speaker 2>of this Lakers roster. One of the things that happened

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<v Speaker 2>in the previous years in that stretch there twenty twenty three,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four, twenty twenty five before the Anthony Davis

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<v Speaker 2>trade is the Lakers kind of dominated the matchup with

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<v Speaker 2>the Warriors. The reason why is they had Anthony Davis

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<v Speaker 2>on the back line, roaming off of whoever it was,

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<v Speaker 2>Draymond Kevon Looney underneath the basket which gave the Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>perimeter players a ton of leeway on the perimeter to overplay,

0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:37.199
<v Speaker 2>whether that would be top locking to force guys into backcuts,

0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:41.040
<v Speaker 2>or just in general denying off the ball, overplaying pull

0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.720
<v Speaker 2>up shooters, overplaying Steph himself when he'd be on the

0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:46.480
<v Speaker 2>three point line, and Anthony Davis was the type of

0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:50.240
<v Speaker 2>rangey player on the back line they could cover tons

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<v Speaker 2>of ground and use his length to completely shut off

0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:57.080
<v Speaker 2>the rim. And it just consistently ended in mediocre shooters,

0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.640
<v Speaker 2>guys like Kaminga, guys like Gary Payton, guys like Draymond

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<v Speaker 2>Green having to take frees, and it was a matchup

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<v Speaker 2>that skewed heavily towards the Lakers. You swap Luca for

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Davis, and all of a sudden, those perimeter players

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<v Speaker 2>don't have that same leeway if they get backcut, there's

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<v Speaker 2>nobody back there. Ayton all night long was heading the clouds.

0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:23.000
<v Speaker 2>So's that had no idea like he was floating around

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<v Speaker 2>the perimeter and was out of position to help on

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<v Speaker 2>back cuts. Like a dozen times throughout this game, they

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<v Speaker 2>do not have anywhere near the back line defense, especially

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<v Speaker 2>with Lebron James out of the picture Lebron and Anthony Davis,

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<v Speaker 2>the two of them roaming on the back line. Totally

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<v Speaker 2>different matchup than DeAndre Ayton and Luka Doncic and Ruey

0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.960
<v Speaker 2>Hatcha Mura roaming around on that back line. And I

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<v Speaker 2>thought it was super interesting because one of the advantages

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<v Speaker 2>that the Warriors have had consistently, even in the matchups

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<v Speaker 2>where the Lakers had just done some winning, the Warriors

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<v Speaker 2>were a faster team. They were faster on the perimeter.

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<v Speaker 2>This that concept of perimeter speed is something we talked

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<v Speaker 2>a lot about throughout the season last year for the Warriors.

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<v Speaker 2>So when they get in their blender and it's ball

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<v Speaker 2>and player movement and guys are sprinting off of screens

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<v Speaker 2>and doing all the stuff that they do. When there's

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<v Speaker 2>not an Anthony Davis to clear up all the mistakes

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<v Speaker 2>on the back line, they are just chewing up and

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<v Speaker 2>spitting this team out. And by the way, this is

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<v Speaker 2>not just an opening night. Take those of you guys

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<v Speaker 2>who followed the show last year, you'll remember after that

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<v Speaker 2>big showdown, that big game late regular season, the first

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<v Speaker 2>one where it was like Luca, Lebron and Austin versus

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<v Speaker 2>the healthy Warriors, the Warriors chewed them up and spit

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<v Speaker 2>them out in that game too. And if you guys remember,

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<v Speaker 2>I came on the show after that game and I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, Oh, I don't like this matchup for the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>The Warriors just look substantially faster than them at every position.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is we're talking about a Warriors team that's

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<v Speaker 2>got four dudes that are over thirty seven. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>part of it is Steph. Part of it is the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that Draymond does play very fast for a big

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<v Speaker 2>and part of it is this is a Warriors team

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<v Speaker 2>that has a depth of role player talent off off

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<v Speaker 2>of their stars that all know how to play in

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<v Speaker 2>this system. And I was just super fascinated by that tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Is they just chewed up and spit out the Lakers.

0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:12.520
<v Speaker 2>And so the Lakers go on to late game run right,

0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.800
<v Speaker 2>ors have a couple of turnovers, Steph miss is a

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<v Speaker 2>tough step back thory over. Gabe Austin gets a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of buckets on the other end of the floor. All

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, I think they cut it to what six, right,

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<v Speaker 2>But right after that, the Warriors immediately regained control. Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>had a really good defensive possession where they played all

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<v Speaker 2>the actions right and ball ended up in Draymond Green's

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<v Speaker 2>hands in the right corner. And you know, sometimes in

0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.280
<v Speaker 2>order to shut down those actions, you got to concede something.

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<v Speaker 2>They were conceding that corner three to Draymond, and to

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<v Speaker 2>Draymond's credit, he stepped up and he knocked it down.

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<v Speaker 2>Lakers go right down. They post up Luka Doncic on

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<v Speaker 2>the right I think against I think it was against Buddy,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't remember who it was, but he's posting up

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<v Speaker 2>on the right side. He draws a double team swing.

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<v Speaker 2>Swing ball goes to Gabe in the left corner, and

0:16:56.160 --> 0:17:00.720
<v Speaker 2>Steph Curry makes an unbelievable defensive rotation out to the

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<v Speaker 2>corner and blocks Gape Vincent on that three. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>Steph was great all night defensively, competing in and out

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<v Speaker 2>of actions out He had again a couple buckets that

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<v Speaker 2>Luca gave him, but that's just Luca being Luca. Steph

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<v Speaker 2>obviously is the engine that's running everything they're doing offensively.

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<v Speaker 2>Makes a huge defensive play. Then they go down to

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<v Speaker 2>the other end and Jimmy ISO's Luka Doncic beats him

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<v Speaker 2>off the dribble, gets a little reverse layup, and the

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<v Speaker 2>game is over and you can see the formula for

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<v Speaker 2>the Warriors, right Like you need Steph to be Steph,

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<v Speaker 2>you need Jimmy Butler to provide that legitimate secondary scoring

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<v Speaker 2>via shot making, attacking in the post, and getting his

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<v Speaker 2>way to the foul line. And then you either need

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<v Speaker 2>winning basketball from kaminga like we saw in that second half,

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<v Speaker 2>or a player in a trade that does that sort

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<v Speaker 2>like that provides that that form of winning impact. From there,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the system and the culture. It's the depth of

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<v Speaker 2>role player talent you got. You get will Richard coming

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<v Speaker 2>in and contributing the way that he did defensively, you

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<v Speaker 2>get the Brandon Pajemski just scrappiness all over the floor

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<v Speaker 2>and hitting big shots every once in a while. You

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<v Speaker 2>get just the debt. This is a team that consistently

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<v Speaker 2>every year has like somewhere between a dozen and fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>guys that can step in and play. And like, we

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<v Speaker 2>haven't even we haven't seen the Anthony Melton. We know

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<v Speaker 2>what Moses Movie can do when he's healthy. It's this

0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.040
<v Speaker 2>Warriors team. You know, I'm not quite as high on

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<v Speaker 2>them as some of the projections I've seen like I've

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<v Speaker 2>seen win projections as high as fifty seven wins. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think they're gonna get to fifty seven wins, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's easy to see how they can get to fifty

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<v Speaker 2>two to fifty three wins in the stacked Western Conference

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<v Speaker 2>because they have a formula and again the big swings

0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.480
<v Speaker 2>that we got to keep an eye on, Jimmy secondary scoring,

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<v Speaker 2>Jonathan Kaminga playing winning basketball, knocking down open shots, being

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<v Speaker 2>able to play that read and react ball, and if

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't do that, what they're able to get into

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<v Speaker 2>trade for him from there quickly On the Lakers before

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<v Speaker 2>we get move on to the next game, I thought

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<v Speaker 2>they stuck out like a sore thumb tonight in tonight's competition.

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<v Speaker 2>in a minute, but they still win the game on

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<v Speaker 2>As Alexander as an offensive player, a dominant defensive effort, scrapping,

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<v Speaker 2>forcing twenty four turnovers, getting twenty six points off of

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<v Speaker 2>those turnovers. And then you go to the Warriors. They're

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<v Speaker 2>up in the Lakers jersey from the opening tip. They're

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<v Speaker 2>flying around in rotation, they're being physical, they're sharp in transition.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you see the Lakers who asigned from Luka Doncic.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think they had a single player who won

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<v Speaker 2>his matchup tonight. It just was incredibly disappointing. On the

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<v Speaker 2>one hand, I'm not overly surprised those of you guys

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<v Speaker 2>who listened to yesterday's show. I talked about how coming

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<v Speaker 2>out of camp the Lakers look to me like a

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<v Speaker 2>mediocre basketball team. They look like a good offense, not

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<v Speaker 2>a great offense. And they look like a bad defense,

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<v Speaker 2>not an okay defense. They look like a bad defense

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<v Speaker 2>all throughout camp. They first of all, they offer no

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<v Speaker 2>defensive pressure at all. There's nobody that they play against

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<v Speaker 2>that they make uncomfortable. They're not in your jersey. They're

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<v Speaker 2>not applying physicality. They're not bringing any of that intensity

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<v Speaker 2>on that end of the floor at all. They're jogging

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<v Speaker 2>back in transition and giving up lob dunks because no

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<v Speaker 2>one's picking up the rim or no one's stopping the ball.

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<v Speaker 2>They're getting back cut all over the floor because guys

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<v Speaker 2>aren't paying attention to man and ball. It was so

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<v Speaker 2>incredibly sloppy. You see so many things we talked about

0:23:21.880 --> 0:23:25.119
<v Speaker 2>swing factors, right, like swing factors like Jimmy Butler scoring

0:23:25.119 --> 0:23:28.280
<v Speaker 2>the basketball, or Jonathan Kaminga making quality reads or knocking

0:23:28.320 --> 0:23:31.879
<v Speaker 2>down catch and shoot jump shots. We're seeing can deandreton

0:23:31.960 --> 0:23:34.119
<v Speaker 2>score on the role while he was catching in traffic

0:23:34.160 --> 0:23:39.200
<v Speaker 2>and just getting stripped, Well, can Jared Vanderbilt Bilt Jared

0:23:39.280 --> 0:23:42.120
<v Speaker 2>Vanderbilt provides some sort of offensive pop, Well, he still

0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:44.399
<v Speaker 2>can't knock down a catch and shoot jump shot. And

0:23:44.480 --> 0:23:46.959
<v Speaker 2>in the second half, in particular, was literally just like

0:23:47.480 --> 0:23:49.639
<v Speaker 2>driving into the teeth of the defense and turning the

0:23:49.640 --> 0:23:54.080
<v Speaker 2>ball over like that. It looked he looked extremely limited.

0:23:55.000 --> 0:23:58.480
<v Speaker 2>Marcus Smart, there's like it's kind of funny watching the

0:23:58.560 --> 0:24:03.680
<v Speaker 2>antics contest between Marcus Smart and and Raymond Green throughout

0:24:03.680 --> 0:24:06.120
<v Speaker 2>the game. But like Marcus can't knock down an open

0:24:06.119 --> 0:24:09.800
<v Speaker 2>catch and shoot shot, and he's not doing enough on

0:24:09.880 --> 0:24:13.800
<v Speaker 2>the ball defensively to really disrupt high level ball handlers.

0:24:13.800 --> 0:24:18.320
<v Speaker 2>That's something I've seen throughout all preseason. There's just it's depressing.

0:24:18.320 --> 0:24:18.560
<v Speaker 1>Man.

0:24:19.600 --> 0:24:21.600
<v Speaker 2>I saw my friend deman Ra and Goula talking about

0:24:21.640 --> 0:24:25.399
<v Speaker 2>how Lebron looked disengaged on the sideline. I don't know,

0:24:25.520 --> 0:24:28.679
<v Speaker 2>like this has the potential to get ugly here. Now

0:24:29.400 --> 0:24:34.199
<v Speaker 2>the schedule gets lighter. They have Minnesota on Friday, but

0:24:34.280 --> 0:24:38.560
<v Speaker 2>then after that, you know, the next thirteen games are

0:24:38.600 --> 0:24:41.120
<v Speaker 2>pretty light on what we would consider to be top

0:24:41.160 --> 0:24:45.080
<v Speaker 2>tier championship contenders. I think Oklahoma City. They play Minnesota again,

0:24:45.800 --> 0:24:47.879
<v Speaker 2>and then they have Oklahoma City on the road. But

0:24:47.920 --> 0:24:50.240
<v Speaker 2>other than that, they're playing a bunch of middle tier

0:24:50.240 --> 0:24:53.120
<v Speaker 2>and bottom tier teams, and so maybe they'll be able

0:24:53.160 --> 0:24:55.000
<v Speaker 2>to pull this together and they'll be able to get

0:24:55.000 --> 0:24:57.720
<v Speaker 2>some wins, and there's a huge upside, which is Luca.

0:24:57.800 --> 0:25:00.600
<v Speaker 2>Like I want to be clear, like that what we

0:25:00.640 --> 0:25:04.280
<v Speaker 2>saw from Luca tonight, we never even came remotely close

0:25:04.320 --> 0:25:06.840
<v Speaker 2>to seeing that last year, not even not even a

0:25:06.880 --> 0:25:10.120
<v Speaker 2>little bit. He never moved like that. He never had

0:25:10.160 --> 0:25:14.359
<v Speaker 2>that like consistent downhill pressure. The short range shot making,

0:25:14.400 --> 0:25:16.159
<v Speaker 2>that's something I had my eye on in preseason. He

0:25:16.240 --> 0:25:18.520
<v Speaker 2>was one for seven on floaters in mid range jump

0:25:18.560 --> 0:25:21.639
<v Speaker 2>shots in preseason. He had to hit like eight or

0:25:21.760 --> 0:25:24.600
<v Speaker 2>nine of them. Today he was cooking the Warriors from

0:25:24.640 --> 0:25:27.920
<v Speaker 2>the short to mid range, throwing the crazy kickouts. Still

0:25:27.960 --> 0:25:30.680
<v Speaker 2>has no roleman chemistry with Ayton and the Lobs. He's

0:25:30.680 --> 0:25:32.440
<v Speaker 2>got to figure that piece out. It's so much more

0:25:32.520 --> 0:25:35.560
<v Speaker 2>natural with him with Jackson Hayes. That's something that him

0:25:35.600 --> 0:25:36.920
<v Speaker 2>and eight and are going to have to figure out.

0:25:36.920 --> 0:25:40.919
<v Speaker 2>But like Luca was amazing, and that's your big silver

0:25:41.040 --> 0:25:43.679
<v Speaker 2>lining that you try to pull away from this is

0:25:43.680 --> 0:25:45.480
<v Speaker 2>if you can right the ship with some of these

0:25:45.480 --> 0:25:48.119
<v Speaker 2>other guys on the roster, you just you have the

0:25:48.240 --> 0:25:50.639
<v Speaker 2>dude that I think is the second best basketball player

0:25:50.680 --> 0:25:53.320
<v Speaker 2>in the world on your team. And so there's a

0:25:53.320 --> 0:25:56.439
<v Speaker 2>whole lot of upside with Luca and what he brings

0:25:56.480 --> 0:25:59.640
<v Speaker 2>to the table. But beyond that, it was just an

0:26:00.000 --> 0:26:04.159
<v Speaker 2>idly disappointing debut for the Lakers, above and beyond anything

0:26:04.200 --> 0:26:06.160
<v Speaker 2>having to do with individual talent, and there's some talent

0:26:06.240 --> 0:26:10.119
<v Speaker 2>limitations here. I don't expect Ruy to be able to

0:26:10.160 --> 0:26:12.840
<v Speaker 2>post up Draymond or Jimmy Butler without turning the ball

0:26:12.840 --> 0:26:16.119
<v Speaker 2>over or fumbling it away. The Warriors in general are

0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:18.360
<v Speaker 2>a swarming team that are going to cost some issues

0:26:18.359 --> 0:26:21.160
<v Speaker 2>for some of the lesser offensive players. For the Lakers,

0:26:21.400 --> 0:26:24.800
<v Speaker 2>I don't necessarily expect them to be a team that's

0:26:24.800 --> 0:26:28.560
<v Speaker 2>going to be dominant defensively, but they just also don't

0:26:28.560 --> 0:26:32.239
<v Speaker 2>look sharp. And we talked about this yesterday, But like,

0:26:32.280 --> 0:26:36.600
<v Speaker 2>if you're already a step slow athletically, you can't also

0:26:36.680 --> 0:26:40.320
<v Speaker 2>be a step slow mentally. You have to be ahead

0:26:40.359 --> 0:26:43.159
<v Speaker 2>of things with your reads on defense, you have to

0:26:43.160 --> 0:26:46.280
<v Speaker 2>be ahead of things with your execution on defense, because

0:26:46.320 --> 0:26:49.600
<v Speaker 2>you're already giving up an inch in the form of

0:26:49.640 --> 0:26:53.240
<v Speaker 2>the athleticism advantage that the opponent's going to have most nights.

0:26:54.920 --> 0:26:59.320
<v Speaker 2>That definitely not, definitely not an inspiring debut from the Lakers.

0:26:59.320 --> 0:27:02.560
<v Speaker 2>But again, Luca looks amazing. I thought Luca was really

0:27:02.560 --> 0:27:04.400
<v Speaker 2>good on defense for the most part. He got cooked

0:27:04.440 --> 0:27:06.600
<v Speaker 2>by Jimmy on that last possession, but I bet his

0:27:06.720 --> 0:27:09.600
<v Speaker 2>rotations were sharp. He had some help side plays at

0:27:09.600 --> 0:27:12.119
<v Speaker 2>the rim where he got blocks of deflections are good contests.

0:27:12.480 --> 0:27:15.000
<v Speaker 2>He had like a post up stop against al Warford.

0:27:15.040 --> 0:27:18.080
<v Speaker 2>He had a really nice iso stop against Steph along

0:27:18.119 --> 0:27:20.000
<v Speaker 2>the left wing lad in the game when the Lakers

0:27:20.000 --> 0:27:23.120
<v Speaker 2>were going on their run. A lot of really impressive

0:27:23.119 --> 0:27:26.520
<v Speaker 2>stuff from Luca, and then just all bad down the list.

0:27:26.560 --> 0:27:30.960
<v Speaker 2>From there, Austin has kind of become a player that

0:27:31.000 --> 0:27:35.800
<v Speaker 2>can struggle against physical, swarming, athletic defenses. I thought Austin

0:27:35.840 --> 0:27:38.280
<v Speaker 2>struggled throughout the night. He just seemed like he was

0:27:38.800 --> 0:27:42.439
<v Speaker 2>over penetrating and getting swarmed and not finding easy kickout reads.

0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:44.679
<v Speaker 2>His shot making wasn't there the way it usually was.

0:27:44.960 --> 0:27:47.480
<v Speaker 2>Shot making wasn't there in preseason either, especially from the

0:27:47.520 --> 0:27:50.600
<v Speaker 2>three point line. But like again, once you get off Luca,

0:27:50.880 --> 0:27:54.040
<v Speaker 2>a lot of depressing on the Lakers front. Again, we'll

0:27:54.040 --> 0:27:55.680
<v Speaker 2>have more thoughts on this as we get I'm gonna

0:27:55.680 --> 0:27:57.840
<v Speaker 2>watch both of these games again tomorrow morning, so if

0:27:57.840 --> 0:28:00.560
<v Speaker 2>I have any any add additional takeaway from there, I'll

0:28:00.600 --> 0:28:02.960
<v Speaker 2>share them in tomorrow night's show. But that's all I

0:28:03.000 --> 0:28:04.720
<v Speaker 2>have on the Lakers Warriors from now. Let's move on

0:28:04.760 --> 0:28:09.359
<v Speaker 2>to Rockets Thunder. What an incredibly bizarre basketball game. We

0:28:09.359 --> 0:28:14.000
<v Speaker 2>had one hundred and twelve misshots, thirty six turnovers, twenty

0:28:14.040 --> 0:28:18.280
<v Speaker 2>eight offensive rebounds, a half dozen missed clutch free throws,

0:28:18.320 --> 0:28:21.040
<v Speaker 2>including some from both KD and Shay. Shay had several,

0:28:21.960 --> 0:28:24.359
<v Speaker 2>but the game ends up coming down to one single

0:28:24.480 --> 0:28:27.520
<v Speaker 2>ISO and double overtime. Along the left wing with Shae

0:28:27.560 --> 0:28:30.960
<v Speaker 2>on the ball, KD guarding him, and I thought it

0:28:31.000 --> 0:28:33.240
<v Speaker 2>was the right move by KD in that spot in

0:28:33.280 --> 0:28:36.000
<v Speaker 2>the sense that he was the only guy other than

0:28:36.000 --> 0:28:38.120
<v Speaker 2>a Men Thompson who was hurt at that point who

0:28:38.200 --> 0:28:42.720
<v Speaker 2>had had some success guarding Shay, so KD guards him

0:28:42.720 --> 0:28:46.120
<v Speaker 2>on the inbounds, and I thought Shay made an incredibly

0:28:46.160 --> 0:28:49.800
<v Speaker 2>smart play. In general, Shay was fantastic in the second half,

0:28:49.840 --> 0:28:53.800
<v Speaker 2>attacking some very complex and very aggressive and mixed up

0:28:53.840 --> 0:28:56.520
<v Speaker 2>coverages from Houston, but he made his smartest play of

0:28:56.520 --> 0:28:58.080
<v Speaker 2>the game there at the end of double overtime to

0:28:58.120 --> 0:29:01.280
<v Speaker 2>win it. So for starting at the beginning of that

0:29:01.360 --> 0:29:06.520
<v Speaker 2>possession when Kd's guarding Shaye, he's super aggressive, which was

0:29:06.560 --> 0:29:09.520
<v Speaker 2>different than how he had guarded Shaye earlier in the

0:29:09.560 --> 0:29:12.360
<v Speaker 2>game on his one on one possessions. Earlier in the game,

0:29:12.720 --> 0:29:16.800
<v Speaker 2>he had been giving Shaye space, offering contests with his length,

0:29:17.720 --> 0:29:20.040
<v Speaker 2>and he had actually Forcedhae into some missues because he's

0:29:20.040 --> 0:29:22.400
<v Speaker 2>got some long ass arms and Kd's hard to shootover.

0:29:23.000 --> 0:29:26.960
<v Speaker 2>But on this possession, KD came out pressuring him like

0:29:27.480 --> 0:29:30.680
<v Speaker 2>kind of gambling, reaching a little bit out of control.

0:29:31.640 --> 0:29:34.440
<v Speaker 2>And so the smart move from Shaye was he didn't

0:29:34.440 --> 0:29:38.280
<v Speaker 2>try to shoot. He knew KD was being overly aggressive,

0:29:38.800 --> 0:29:40.760
<v Speaker 2>so he threw him a pump fake spun over his

0:29:40.840 --> 0:29:45.000
<v Speaker 2>left shoulder and pumped. KD followed that chain of aggression

0:29:45.080 --> 0:29:49.040
<v Speaker 2>into an aggressive contest, and so because Shaye pump faked,

0:29:49.040 --> 0:29:50.600
<v Speaker 2>all he had to do was just throw up a

0:29:50.640 --> 0:29:52.760
<v Speaker 2>shot and he earned his way to the foul line

0:29:52.760 --> 0:29:54.719
<v Speaker 2>that won the game. And then, to add insult to injury,

0:29:54.800 --> 0:29:57.840
<v Speaker 2>KD filed out on the play, which removed him as

0:29:57.880 --> 0:30:01.000
<v Speaker 2>a final possession option. Actually thought Jabari Smith got a

0:30:01.160 --> 0:30:04.040
<v Speaker 2>half decent look over the top of Jalen Williams over

0:30:04.040 --> 0:30:06.360
<v Speaker 2>there on the left corner, but it was long and

0:30:06.400 --> 0:30:10.000
<v Speaker 2>the thunder he got the win Chase solved the problem.

0:30:10.080 --> 0:30:13.600
<v Speaker 2>Tonight finished that game with thirty five points, which is

0:30:13.640 --> 0:30:16.640
<v Speaker 2>insane considering he had a relatively empty box score a

0:30:16.640 --> 0:30:19.360
<v Speaker 2>few minutes into the third quarter and the Rockets threw

0:30:19.880 --> 0:30:23.000
<v Speaker 2>one hell of a defensive punch. They had a men

0:30:23.040 --> 0:30:26.120
<v Speaker 2>Thompson on him one on one, and again a men

0:30:26.240 --> 0:30:29.880
<v Speaker 2>provides like a combination of size and athleticism defensively that

0:30:30.000 --> 0:30:31.880
<v Speaker 2>is different than just about anyone else in the league.

0:30:31.920 --> 0:30:33.960
<v Speaker 2>Jackson and I were talking about it before the show, like,

0:30:34.040 --> 0:30:38.040
<v Speaker 2>I think he might be the fastest like big wing

0:30:38.680 --> 0:30:42.440
<v Speaker 2>that I've ever seen, like fastest player that's over sixty

0:30:42.480 --> 0:30:45.800
<v Speaker 2>six and that has long arms. In ball screens, they

0:30:45.840 --> 0:30:48.240
<v Speaker 2>were blitzing him every single time to get the ball

0:30:48.280 --> 0:30:50.600
<v Speaker 2>out of his hands. Then they also mixed in a

0:30:50.600 --> 0:30:53.520
<v Speaker 2>ton of zone, especially when Steven Adams was on the floor.

0:30:53.720 --> 0:30:57.080
<v Speaker 2>Basically everything was geared towards getting the ball out of

0:30:57.120 --> 0:31:00.680
<v Speaker 2>Shay's hands and forcing his teammates to quick process and

0:31:00.720 --> 0:31:04.480
<v Speaker 2>kicked the shooters. And another thing to Houston's credit here,

0:31:05.040 --> 0:31:07.440
<v Speaker 2>I thought they did a great job rotating and like

0:31:07.520 --> 0:31:11.120
<v Speaker 2>making those kickout threes off of the double teams contested

0:31:11.240 --> 0:31:15.280
<v Speaker 2>or congested and feeling rushed Ogoma hit He also didn't

0:31:15.280 --> 0:31:16.920
<v Speaker 2>shoot well. I want to be clear, there were lots

0:31:16.920 --> 0:31:19.320
<v Speaker 2>of great looks that didn't go down. There were six

0:31:19.360 --> 0:31:23.200
<v Speaker 2>for twenty six from unguarded threes in this game, especially

0:31:23.240 --> 0:31:25.040
<v Speaker 2>if you in the second half from lou Dort, that

0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:28.600
<v Speaker 2>were like complete stands, still gotta knock them down types

0:31:28.640 --> 0:31:31.000
<v Speaker 2>of shots. But I do want to give Houston credit

0:31:31.040 --> 0:31:33.240
<v Speaker 2>here for their defense. I thought they played a great game,

0:31:33.880 --> 0:31:36.120
<v Speaker 2>and early on there, about halfway through the game, it

0:31:36.200 --> 0:31:38.760
<v Speaker 2>was about as discombobulated as I've ever seen Shay, at

0:31:38.800 --> 0:31:42.000
<v Speaker 2>least in a long time. But Shay just slowly but

0:31:42.120 --> 0:31:46.920
<v Speaker 2>surely figured it out. Started by hunting every transition opportunity

0:31:46.960 --> 0:31:48.880
<v Speaker 2>you could get, so every time that there was a

0:31:48.920 --> 0:31:51.840
<v Speaker 2>miss or a turnover and Shae got an opportunity to

0:31:51.880 --> 0:31:55.400
<v Speaker 2>attack before Houston had their defense set, he either quickly

0:31:55.480 --> 0:31:58.560
<v Speaker 2>hit a gap or he catch a quick like step

0:31:58.640 --> 0:32:01.960
<v Speaker 2>up screen and transition and hit that gap before Houston

0:32:01.960 --> 0:32:04.440
<v Speaker 2>could really congest things at the rim. And he started

0:32:04.440 --> 0:32:06.840
<v Speaker 2>finding those little seams to get all the way to

0:32:06.880 --> 0:32:09.920
<v Speaker 2>the rim. And then against the zone, he found several

0:32:09.960 --> 0:32:13.400
<v Speaker 2>things that worked. He started just taking ball screens off

0:32:13.480 --> 0:32:15.280
<v Speaker 2>the top and riding that into the middle of the floor.

0:32:15.440 --> 0:32:17.640
<v Speaker 2>He was able to get some better kickouts from there.

0:32:17.960 --> 0:32:20.920
<v Speaker 2>To his credit, he kept trusting his teammates all game

0:32:21.000 --> 0:32:24.440
<v Speaker 2>long as they were sending the kitchen sink at him

0:32:24.480 --> 0:32:26.440
<v Speaker 2>even though the shots weren't falling. And by the way,

0:32:26.840 --> 0:32:29.480
<v Speaker 2>say what you want about the shots not falling. Case On,

0:32:29.560 --> 0:32:33.120
<v Speaker 2>Wallace and chet Holmgren each hit massive threes down the

0:32:33.160 --> 0:32:36.400
<v Speaker 2>stretcher that case On hit two of them massive threes

0:32:36.440 --> 0:32:40.000
<v Speaker 2>down the stretch because Shay kept trusting them even though

0:32:40.040 --> 0:32:43.920
<v Speaker 2>the shots had not been following falling. He also started

0:32:44.000 --> 0:32:46.040
<v Speaker 2>isoting the top guy. These are some little tricks he

0:32:46.080 --> 0:32:49.320
<v Speaker 2>found to stop having to deal with the doubles. Like

0:32:49.640 --> 0:32:53.160
<v Speaker 2>Leiden regulation, I'm not calling for a screen. I know

0:32:53.240 --> 0:32:55.680
<v Speaker 2>it's a men Thompson, but I want my one on

0:32:55.680 --> 0:32:58.120
<v Speaker 2>one And he got to that little step back from

0:32:58.120 --> 0:33:00.640
<v Speaker 2>eighteen feet there on the left side that tied the

0:33:00.640 --> 0:33:03.640
<v Speaker 2>game and send it to ot against the zone. In

0:33:03.760 --> 0:33:07.280
<v Speaker 2>the zone when they'd have an occupied corner, meaning a

0:33:07.320 --> 0:33:09.720
<v Speaker 2>shooter in the strong side corner and a shooter on

0:33:09.760 --> 0:33:13.000
<v Speaker 2>the opposite wing. If he was dribbling against that top guy,

0:33:13.520 --> 0:33:17.320
<v Speaker 2>they weren't doubling. They weren't at first they weren't doubling

0:33:17.360 --> 0:33:19.600
<v Speaker 2>off the corner or off of that top. They would

0:33:19.640 --> 0:33:22.240
<v Speaker 2>double him if he drove, Like if he beat the middle,

0:33:22.760 --> 0:33:25.160
<v Speaker 2>beat the man to the middle and drove, they would

0:33:25.160 --> 0:33:28.120
<v Speaker 2>pinch in from the top from the opposite wing. And yeah,

0:33:28.120 --> 0:33:30.440
<v Speaker 2>if he drove down the left side, they'd pinch in.

0:33:30.760 --> 0:33:32.960
<v Speaker 2>But if he just kind of went one on one

0:33:33.600 --> 0:33:37.120
<v Speaker 2>for a pull up jump shot against the top man

0:33:37.160 --> 0:33:39.360
<v Speaker 2>in the zone, he was able to go one on one.

0:33:39.760 --> 0:33:41.840
<v Speaker 2>And so he kind of just work over to Jabari

0:33:41.880 --> 0:33:45.160
<v Speaker 2>Smith's side and push a little bit over to the

0:33:45.200 --> 0:33:47.720
<v Speaker 2>sideline so that that other top man wouldn't come over

0:33:47.760 --> 0:33:50.160
<v Speaker 2>so far. And then he would just dribble at his

0:33:50.320 --> 0:33:53.479
<v Speaker 2>chest and go to that textbook step back or that

0:33:53.480 --> 0:33:56.080
<v Speaker 2>little snatchback dribble that he goes to. And he just

0:33:56.200 --> 0:33:58.240
<v Speaker 2>kept getting the shots that he could have hit over

0:33:58.280 --> 0:34:01.280
<v Speaker 2>the top, and his shot making was unbel The shot

0:34:01.320 --> 0:34:02.760
<v Speaker 2>that he hit to send it to ot over a

0:34:02.840 --> 0:34:06.400
<v Speaker 2>men Thompson was insane. Great contest from a man hit

0:34:06.480 --> 0:34:08.239
<v Speaker 2>a pull up three over a man on the one

0:34:08.400 --> 0:34:10.520
<v Speaker 2>on the right wing. The one that actually was the

0:34:10.520 --> 0:34:12.640
<v Speaker 2>play where a men Thompson don't I'm hoping it was

0:34:12.680 --> 0:34:14.759
<v Speaker 2>just cramps that he was dealing with, hopefully nothing more

0:34:14.800 --> 0:34:16.719
<v Speaker 2>serious because he left the game at that point, but

0:34:17.280 --> 0:34:22.719
<v Speaker 2>just unbelievable shot making. He somehow managed to find like

0:34:22.760 --> 0:34:26.440
<v Speaker 2>a legit scoring rhythm against a defense that was designed

0:34:26.440 --> 0:34:27.880
<v Speaker 2>to get the ball out of his hands. I was

0:34:27.920 --> 0:34:33.160
<v Speaker 2>incredibly impressed. Eventually Houston started doubling him in the zone.

0:34:33.239 --> 0:34:35.480
<v Speaker 2>That was what happened in overtime. They were straight up

0:34:35.560 --> 0:34:38.319
<v Speaker 2>doubling him in the zone, and that started creating those

0:34:38.360 --> 0:34:40.880
<v Speaker 2>openings for those last two threes that Keseon Wallace and

0:34:40.920 --> 0:34:44.120
<v Speaker 2>Cheed Holmgren hit. Credit to those guys. They just kept

0:34:44.160 --> 0:34:46.520
<v Speaker 2>shooting and they knocked him down. So like in other words,

0:34:47.360 --> 0:34:52.279
<v Speaker 2>Shay was presented with a bizarre, massive lineup that was

0:34:52.360 --> 0:34:55.680
<v Speaker 2>guarding him in a variety of really weird and aggressive ways,

0:34:56.000 --> 0:34:58.280
<v Speaker 2>and he just kept going at them until he figured

0:34:58.280 --> 0:35:02.719
<v Speaker 2>it out. I couldn't be more impressed. It was a

0:35:02.800 --> 0:35:06.120
<v Speaker 2>night where a lot went wrong for Oklahoma City. Like

0:35:06.239 --> 0:35:08.520
<v Speaker 2>Check gives you a burst of scoring to start the game,

0:35:08.520 --> 0:35:11.680
<v Speaker 2>really impressive little burst. He hits like a three on

0:35:11.719 --> 0:35:14.560
<v Speaker 2>the wing. It's like a turnaround, tough, little right shoulder

0:35:14.600 --> 0:35:19.399
<v Speaker 2>fade over over. Kevin Durant hits a little mid range

0:35:19.480 --> 0:35:22.200
<v Speaker 2>jump shot in the middle of the zone. He's just

0:35:22.280 --> 0:35:24.080
<v Speaker 2>I think he had like seventeen in his first ship

0:35:24.080 --> 0:35:27.200
<v Speaker 2>for fifteen in his first ship. Check came out guns blazing,

0:35:27.239 --> 0:35:30.040
<v Speaker 2>but other than that, they didn't get any sort of

0:35:30.080 --> 0:35:33.600
<v Speaker 2>consistent shot creation from anybody that wasn't Shay the rest

0:35:33.600 --> 0:35:36.640
<v Speaker 2>of the night. J dub is obviously out still dealing

0:35:36.719 --> 0:35:39.640
<v Speaker 2>with the wrist injury. They shot six for twenty six

0:35:39.680 --> 0:35:42.719
<v Speaker 2>on unguarded catching two jump shots according to Synergy, and

0:35:42.760 --> 0:35:47.800
<v Speaker 2>you somehow win because Shay pulls thirty five points literally

0:35:47.840 --> 0:35:51.200
<v Speaker 2>out of nowhere against the defense. He had no business

0:35:51.239 --> 0:35:56.120
<v Speaker 2>putting that sort of scoring output against Just tip of

0:35:56.160 --> 0:36:00.759
<v Speaker 2>the cap to Shaye. Unbelievable preseason and followed it up

0:36:00.760 --> 0:36:03.840
<v Speaker 2>with an unbelievable debut. A lot of other good for

0:36:03.880 --> 0:36:07.879
<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma City. I thought their defense was super impressive all night.

0:36:08.640 --> 0:36:12.040
<v Speaker 2>They were physically outmatched basically at every position because of

0:36:12.040 --> 0:36:14.880
<v Speaker 2>that huge Houston lineup, and they just battled. One of

0:36:14.880 --> 0:36:18.440
<v Speaker 2>the underrated pieces of this game was like Houston did

0:36:18.480 --> 0:36:21.239
<v Speaker 2>a ton of damage on the offensive glass, but then

0:36:21.280 --> 0:36:24.400
<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma City ended up controlling the offensive glass late in

0:36:24.480 --> 0:36:27.399
<v Speaker 2>the game, got a bunch of extra possessions and extra

0:36:27.440 --> 0:36:29.560
<v Speaker 2>points out of that sort of thing they were scrapping.

0:36:31.000 --> 0:36:33.840
<v Speaker 2>They forced twenty four turnovers and got twenty six points

0:36:33.880 --> 0:36:36.439
<v Speaker 2>off of them. That's classic Oklahoma City basketball right there.

0:36:36.960 --> 0:36:39.640
<v Speaker 2>I know Lou Dort had a rough shooting night and

0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:41.880
<v Speaker 2>he had a bad foul against Kevin Durant obviously late

0:36:41.960 --> 0:36:43.839
<v Speaker 2>in the game, but I thought one of the most

0:36:43.920 --> 0:36:47.480
<v Speaker 2>underrated storylines of this game was just Lou Dort denying

0:36:47.560 --> 0:36:50.920
<v Speaker 2>Kevin Durant at the basketball. Like KD was sharp with

0:36:50.960 --> 0:36:53.640
<v Speaker 2>his attacks when he had the ball, so there's a

0:36:53.680 --> 0:36:57.280
<v Speaker 2>reason why he only had twenty three points. Houston couldn't

0:36:57.280 --> 0:37:01.440
<v Speaker 2>get the ball to him from the opening tip. Dort

0:37:01.480 --> 0:37:06.400
<v Speaker 2>was in his jersey and consistently positioning himself between the

0:37:06.480 --> 0:37:10.239
<v Speaker 2>ball like the passer and where KD was and just

0:37:10.320 --> 0:37:13.839
<v Speaker 2>making that entry pass super difficult. He even managed to

0:37:13.840 --> 0:37:16.319
<v Speaker 2>force a massive turnover late in the game that helped

0:37:16.320 --> 0:37:20.080
<v Speaker 2>swing the game. And like again, I always believe these

0:37:20.080 --> 0:37:22.959
<v Speaker 2>things are connected. Kevin Durant was zero for four from three,

0:37:23.040 --> 0:37:25.040
<v Speaker 2>and I thought a big part of it was the

0:37:25.040 --> 0:37:27.920
<v Speaker 2>way that Lou Door just wore down Kd's base with

0:37:27.960 --> 0:37:30.279
<v Speaker 2>all that physicality. Big time night from Lou Dort on

0:37:30.320 --> 0:37:33.760
<v Speaker 2>the defensive end of the four, Cruso and Cason Wallace

0:37:33.840 --> 0:37:37.359
<v Speaker 2>combined for six steals. I even thought Shay was great

0:37:37.400 --> 0:37:39.239
<v Speaker 2>defensively in this game. He brought a lot of ball

0:37:39.280 --> 0:37:41.120
<v Speaker 2>pressure to start. He ended up with two steals in

0:37:41.120 --> 0:37:43.640
<v Speaker 2>two blocks. I just thought he was competing really hard

0:37:43.680 --> 0:37:45.719
<v Speaker 2>on that end of the floor, understanding that that's how

0:37:45.719 --> 0:37:48.600
<v Speaker 2>they needed to win that game. And like, that's the thing.

0:37:48.640 --> 0:37:50.799
<v Speaker 2>This is going to be how Oklahoma City's gonna have

0:37:50.840 --> 0:37:54.120
<v Speaker 2>to win as long as Jadub is out. Without j Dub,

0:37:54.160 --> 0:37:59.120
<v Speaker 2>they just their light on refined offensive skill. We're gonna

0:37:59.120 --> 0:38:02.279
<v Speaker 2>see a ton of doubling and blitzing of Shay. We're

0:38:02.320 --> 0:38:06.040
<v Speaker 2>gonna see a ton of zone against them. They're gonna

0:38:06.080 --> 0:38:09.320
<v Speaker 2>have to win with defense to transition and with guys

0:38:09.400 --> 0:38:13.120
<v Speaker 2>quickly processing with ball and player movement knocking down threes

0:38:13.160 --> 0:38:16.080
<v Speaker 2>off of the attention that Shay draws. But tip of

0:38:16.120 --> 0:38:17.719
<v Speaker 2>the cap to Okay. See, that was a hell of

0:38:17.719 --> 0:38:20.080
<v Speaker 2>a way to start their title defense. Like you get

0:38:20.120 --> 0:38:22.720
<v Speaker 2>spoon fed, Like, yeah, here's your rings. And by the way,

0:38:22.920 --> 0:38:24.879
<v Speaker 2>here's one of the most talented rosters in the NBA

0:38:24.960 --> 0:38:27.839
<v Speaker 2>that's starting four to seven footers basically and They're gonna

0:38:27.840 --> 0:38:30.040
<v Speaker 2>beat the shit out of you physically all night. Let's

0:38:30.040 --> 0:38:32.359
<v Speaker 2>see you try to start your title defense and they

0:38:32.560 --> 0:38:35.239
<v Speaker 2>just battled, and they just got it done. Tip of

0:38:35.280 --> 0:38:38.800
<v Speaker 2>the cap to the Thunder. That was a super interesting

0:38:38.840 --> 0:38:42.000
<v Speaker 2>debut for the Rockets, though that team is gonna be

0:38:42.000 --> 0:38:46.120
<v Speaker 2>a problem again. I know KD wasn't as much of

0:38:46.160 --> 0:38:48.520
<v Speaker 2>a factor tonight because of the ball denial from Dort,

0:38:48.560 --> 0:38:50.000
<v Speaker 2>but I thought you saw a lot of the upside

0:38:50.040 --> 0:38:53.560
<v Speaker 2>right Like KD was nine for twelve on twos. That's

0:38:53.600 --> 0:38:55.400
<v Speaker 2>what happened when he was actually able to catch the

0:38:55.440 --> 0:38:57.439
<v Speaker 2>ball and attack. He just never misses a mid range

0:38:57.520 --> 0:38:59.680
<v Speaker 2>jump shot. When he gets a good look. He can

0:38:59.719 --> 0:39:03.239
<v Speaker 2>rest possessions with shot making in late clock situations. There

0:39:03.440 --> 0:39:06.839
<v Speaker 2>was a possession late where Dort was detached from him

0:39:06.840 --> 0:39:09.280
<v Speaker 2>because KD brought the ball at the floor and Shanggun

0:39:09.440 --> 0:39:12.520
<v Speaker 2>actually managed to hit him on a screen, which then

0:39:12.600 --> 0:39:16.080
<v Speaker 2>forced Hartenstein to step up easy little pocket pass to

0:39:16.280 --> 0:39:20.200
<v Speaker 2>Shangoon get a bucket on the short roll. That's the

0:39:20.280 --> 0:39:22.760
<v Speaker 2>kind of thing that when you're not playing Lou Dort

0:39:23.239 --> 0:39:25.400
<v Speaker 2>and you're able to run more ball screen action and

0:39:25.440 --> 0:39:28.000
<v Speaker 2>actually unlock Shangun as a roller that's going to be

0:39:28.040 --> 0:39:30.640
<v Speaker 2>an entirely different dynamic to this Rockets offense that we

0:39:30.640 --> 0:39:34.480
<v Speaker 2>didn't get to see too much of tonight. But like

0:39:34.719 --> 0:39:38.240
<v Speaker 2>it's a little bit more complicated. Like I did think,

0:39:39.080 --> 0:39:41.160
<v Speaker 2>you know, for all to talk about KD not getting

0:39:41.200 --> 0:39:45.000
<v Speaker 2>the basketball from the Dort denials, I watched a preseason

0:39:45.080 --> 0:39:49.600
<v Speaker 2>game where Houston played New Orleans and in that game

0:39:49.640 --> 0:39:52.560
<v Speaker 2>there were some extended stretches where Kad wasn't able to

0:39:52.560 --> 0:39:54.520
<v Speaker 2>get the basketball, and a big part of it was

0:39:54.800 --> 0:39:57.319
<v Speaker 2>it just wasn't finding its way to him as they

0:39:57.360 --> 0:39:59.320
<v Speaker 2>were playing through a men in Shangoon. And so I

0:39:59.400 --> 0:40:01.279
<v Speaker 2>think Udoka is going to have to do a little

0:40:01.320 --> 0:40:03.520
<v Speaker 2>bit more of an intentional job to make sure that

0:40:03.560 --> 0:40:06.320
<v Speaker 2>the ball finds its way to Kevin Durant more often. Again,

0:40:06.400 --> 0:40:09.080
<v Speaker 2>Dort is Dort. He's going to present some problems that

0:40:09.160 --> 0:40:11.160
<v Speaker 2>I think they can do better getting the ball to KD.

0:40:11.560 --> 0:40:13.440
<v Speaker 2>But I thought Shangun and the men Thompson were both

0:40:13.440 --> 0:40:19.040
<v Speaker 2>absolutely amazing. Thirty nine, eleven and seven from Shangun consistently

0:40:19.040 --> 0:40:21.520
<v Speaker 2>punishing the Okacs Smalls with post ups. He did some

0:40:21.600 --> 0:40:23.640
<v Speaker 2>damage to Chet two to one on one, did a

0:40:23.640 --> 0:40:25.680
<v Speaker 2>bunch of damage to Caruso. And this is a guy

0:40:25.680 --> 0:40:28.840
<v Speaker 2>who like did a ton of damage to Nicole Jokich

0:40:28.880 --> 0:40:30.719
<v Speaker 2>in Game seven last year, if you guys remember, but

0:40:31.239 --> 0:40:34.239
<v Speaker 2>Shangun was just backing him down and protecting the basketball,

0:40:34.280 --> 0:40:37.319
<v Speaker 2>getting to his left shoulder hook following his shot when

0:40:37.320 --> 0:40:39.560
<v Speaker 2>he would miss. Passing well. I thought he passed well

0:40:39.600 --> 0:40:41.040
<v Speaker 2>out of double teams all night. It was one of

0:40:41.080 --> 0:40:43.040
<v Speaker 2>the most efficient forms of offense was just give the

0:40:43.040 --> 0:40:46.480
<v Speaker 2>ball to Shangoon until someone sends a double. He showcase

0:40:46.560 --> 0:40:48.440
<v Speaker 2>the three point shot he's been working on all summer.

0:40:48.480 --> 0:40:51.640
<v Speaker 2>He hit several above the break threes off the wings. Again,

0:40:51.880 --> 0:40:55.000
<v Speaker 2>when they're running their two big lineups, that's going to

0:40:55.080 --> 0:40:59.480
<v Speaker 2>be super important. When Steven Adams is operating underneath the

0:40:59.480 --> 0:41:02.440
<v Speaker 2>basket as an offensive rebounder and cutter, that's going to

0:41:02.520 --> 0:41:05.080
<v Speaker 2>force guys like Shangoon and a Men Thompson to knock

0:41:05.120 --> 0:41:08.360
<v Speaker 2>down threes. And Shangun was hitting those threes. He's gonna

0:41:08.360 --> 0:41:10.080
<v Speaker 2>have to be able to hit those to space the floor.

0:41:10.320 --> 0:41:13.560
<v Speaker 2>He just looks poised for an All NBA campaign. He

0:41:13.600 --> 0:41:18.640
<v Speaker 2>looked like Houston's best player tonight. Unbelievable season debut for

0:41:18.680 --> 0:41:21.160
<v Speaker 2>Albert and Shangun and then a Men Thompson again, like

0:41:21.160 --> 0:41:23.360
<v Speaker 2>he was zero for seven from three and that's obviously

0:41:23.440 --> 0:41:25.359
<v Speaker 2>going to be the barrier between where he is right

0:41:25.400 --> 0:41:27.320
<v Speaker 2>now and where he wants to be as a player

0:41:27.360 --> 0:41:29.560
<v Speaker 2>in the future. And it's going to be a spacing

0:41:29.560 --> 0:41:31.720
<v Speaker 2>issue for Houston again, like a lot of the damage

0:41:31.760 --> 0:41:34.600
<v Speaker 2>that A Men did last year was working along the

0:41:34.640 --> 0:41:37.800
<v Speaker 2>baseline with Shang Goon around the elbows, kind of like

0:41:37.840 --> 0:41:40.520
<v Speaker 2>a high low kind of like vertical spacing angle. That's

0:41:40.560 --> 0:41:42.680
<v Speaker 2>not going to be there with Steven Adams on the floor.

0:41:42.960 --> 0:41:44.799
<v Speaker 2>It's going to for There was even a play where

0:41:44.840 --> 0:41:46.759
<v Speaker 2>Reed Shepherd kicked the ball out of bounds in the

0:41:46.840 --> 0:41:50.480
<v Speaker 2>left corner because Amen Thompson was cutting along the baseline

0:41:50.480 --> 0:41:52.080
<v Speaker 2>and the play where there was no space for him

0:41:52.080 --> 0:41:55.160
<v Speaker 2>to cut. So that's obviously something he'll have to work on.

0:41:56.000 --> 0:41:58.360
<v Speaker 2>Like hitting shots is going to be an imperative for

0:41:58.400 --> 0:42:01.320
<v Speaker 2>them this season. But other than that, I was incredibly

0:42:01.600 --> 0:42:04.760
<v Speaker 2>impressed by a Man as well, Like he made Sga

0:42:04.880 --> 0:42:09.719
<v Speaker 2>work all night. His recovery athleticism is completely insane. He

0:42:09.760 --> 0:42:11.640
<v Speaker 2>had a chase down block on Shae on a drive

0:42:11.680 --> 0:42:13.719
<v Speaker 2>that was ridiculous. He had this other play where he

0:42:13.719 --> 0:42:17.000
<v Speaker 2>stopped Kason Wallace in transition, Kaison's pushing the ball at

0:42:17.000 --> 0:42:19.840
<v Speaker 2>the floor and a man's like twenty feet behind him,

0:42:20.320 --> 0:42:22.919
<v Speaker 2>and a man like just straight up sprinted and got

0:42:22.960 --> 0:42:25.239
<v Speaker 2>back in front of Kaison and forced him to take

0:42:25.239 --> 0:42:27.879
<v Speaker 2>a retreat dribble, and I was like, this is ridiculous.

0:42:29.080 --> 0:42:32.040
<v Speaker 2>His speed at the wing is unlike anything I've ever seen.

0:42:33.400 --> 0:42:36.200
<v Speaker 2>But he also showed some insane upside as a slot

0:42:36.280 --> 0:42:39.680
<v Speaker 2>ISO option. The ball screen stuff was mixed, hit some

0:42:39.719 --> 0:42:41.840
<v Speaker 2>shots in the middle floor, also had some turnovers, some

0:42:41.920 --> 0:42:44.600
<v Speaker 2>bad kickouts. There were some mistakes from men there. That's

0:42:44.600 --> 0:42:49.360
<v Speaker 2>to be expected. He's being foisted into a ball handling

0:42:49.440 --> 0:42:51.640
<v Speaker 2>role that's kind of above what he's capable of right now,

0:42:51.640 --> 0:42:54.600
<v Speaker 2>so it's gonna come with some mistakes. But down the

0:42:54.640 --> 0:42:59.719
<v Speaker 2>stretch and regulation, especially with Dort denying KD they just

0:42:59.800 --> 0:43:02.200
<v Speaker 2>went to a men Thompson one on one off the

0:43:02.239 --> 0:43:07.440
<v Speaker 2>slot against Kason Wallace and he was getting buckets and like,

0:43:08.320 --> 0:43:10.560
<v Speaker 2>it kind of reminds me of John Morant in the

0:43:10.600 --> 0:43:14.400
<v Speaker 2>sense that he has this supreme first step and handle

0:43:14.960 --> 0:43:18.480
<v Speaker 2>to beat the first dude off the dribble, and then

0:43:18.800 --> 0:43:21.760
<v Speaker 2>he's kind of immune to spacing on the ball because

0:43:21.760 --> 0:43:23.399
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't have to get all the way to the rim.

0:43:23.480 --> 0:43:26.040
<v Speaker 2>He can just pop up off the ground around five

0:43:26.120 --> 0:43:28.919
<v Speaker 2>feet and he get all these little floaters in short

0:43:29.000 --> 0:43:31.879
<v Speaker 2>jump shots there that make him extremely difficult to guard. Again,

0:43:31.920 --> 0:43:34.600
<v Speaker 2>like down the stretch of this game, they were playing

0:43:34.640 --> 0:43:38.800
<v Speaker 2>through a men in regulation and he was getting buckets. Again,

0:43:38.840 --> 0:43:40.760
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be up and down. There's gonna be mistakes.

0:43:40.760 --> 0:43:44.320
<v Speaker 2>He's a young player, but like his upside is preposterous

0:43:45.440 --> 0:43:47.719
<v Speaker 2>now again, like it's flawed for Houston in general. Like

0:43:47.760 --> 0:43:49.319
<v Speaker 2>I said, they gotta find a way to keep Kevin

0:43:49.360 --> 0:43:51.479
<v Speaker 2>Durant involved. That was something that was an issue dating

0:43:51.480 --> 0:43:54.960
<v Speaker 2>back to preseason. They have spacing issues like shang gun

0:43:55.040 --> 0:43:57.080
<v Speaker 2>shot the ball well, but a men. Thompson and Tari

0:43:57.080 --> 0:43:59.080
<v Speaker 2>Easton got a lot of open shots that didn't go in.

0:43:59.120 --> 0:44:00.440
<v Speaker 2>I think between the two of them, they were like,

0:44:00.480 --> 0:44:03.319
<v Speaker 2>oh for a dozen. We saw the issues in this

0:44:03.360 --> 0:44:05.920
<v Speaker 2>particular matchup. I talked before the season about how is

0:44:05.960 --> 0:44:09.759
<v Speaker 2>severely concerned about their lack of ball handling, specifically in

0:44:09.840 --> 0:44:13.400
<v Speaker 2>this matchup with Oklahoma City, specifically leading to turnovers and

0:44:13.440 --> 0:44:16.480
<v Speaker 2>transition problems. They gave up twenty six points on twenty

0:44:16.480 --> 0:44:18.880
<v Speaker 2>four turnovers, so there's a lot that they have to

0:44:18.920 --> 0:44:22.759
<v Speaker 2>work out, but they also clearly present real problems for

0:44:22.800 --> 0:44:27.120
<v Speaker 2>everyone else. They're monstrous on the offensive glass. They have

0:44:27.200 --> 0:44:30.320
<v Speaker 2>a ton of length that can cause problems for any offense,

0:44:30.440 --> 0:44:32.800
<v Speaker 2>elite on ball defenders to throw out the best players

0:44:32.840 --> 0:44:36.560
<v Speaker 2>in the world. They have three real matchup problems on offense,

0:44:36.600 --> 0:44:39.560
<v Speaker 2>like Shan Gun's a matchup problem, A Men Thompson in

0:44:39.560 --> 0:44:42.719
<v Speaker 2>his ability to just iso dudes in space, that's a problem.

0:44:42.880 --> 0:44:46.120
<v Speaker 2>And Kevin Durant is Kevin freaking duran They're gonna find

0:44:46.120 --> 0:44:48.760
<v Speaker 2>a way to manufacture points. They just have a ton

0:44:48.800 --> 0:44:51.120
<v Speaker 2>of talent. I don't know if they're gonna be able

0:44:51.120 --> 0:44:53.319
<v Speaker 2>to win the whole thing, but they just strike me

0:44:53.360 --> 0:44:55.320
<v Speaker 2>as one of those teams that is going to present

0:44:55.400 --> 0:44:57.320
<v Speaker 2>some real problems for a lot of teams and is

0:44:57.360 --> 0:45:02.520
<v Speaker 2>at the very least a upset threat against everyone. All right, Jackson,

0:45:02.600 --> 0:45:06.640
<v Speaker 2>let's get into our questions for the night.

0:45:12.719 --> 0:45:13.400
<v Speaker 3>Let's do it.

0:45:13.480 --> 0:45:15.200
<v Speaker 2>What is going on? Uh?

0:45:16.840 --> 0:45:19.880
<v Speaker 1>First one is gonna be what did you think of

0:45:20.040 --> 0:45:24.320
<v Speaker 1>the entire NBC broadcast experience today?

0:45:25.400 --> 0:45:28.399
<v Speaker 2>I thought it was awesome. They kind of like kept

0:45:28.400 --> 0:45:32.560
<v Speaker 2>it true to the spirit of basketball, like light on

0:45:32.719 --> 0:45:36.160
<v Speaker 2>fluff heavy on like the pomp and circumstance of the

0:45:36.200 --> 0:45:38.960
<v Speaker 2>actual game, right like we're here, we're gonna show the

0:45:39.080 --> 0:45:43.200
<v Speaker 2>national anthem, We're gonna show the player introductions, like we're

0:45:43.200 --> 0:45:46.280
<v Speaker 2>getting ready to do opening tip instead of like doing

0:45:46.360 --> 0:45:50.680
<v Speaker 2>some sort of quick interview or sideline report or or

0:45:50.719 --> 0:45:53.040
<v Speaker 2>like some sort of just random diet tribe from the

0:45:53.320 --> 0:45:56.120
<v Speaker 2>from the broadcast crew. We just got to like soak

0:45:56.200 --> 0:45:58.839
<v Speaker 2>it all in, right, Like it just got to did

0:45:58.880 --> 0:46:01.640
<v Speaker 2>they go radio silence and we just get to listen

0:46:01.680 --> 0:46:05.400
<v Speaker 2>to the whole thing. I thought the broadcast crew was great.

0:46:05.080 --> 0:46:07.960
<v Speaker 2>I thought the the Michael Jordan halftime thing was just

0:46:08.400 --> 0:46:11.160
<v Speaker 2>like kind of funny. You can tell, like I'm not

0:46:11.200 --> 0:46:13.200
<v Speaker 2>the first one of this joke, but you could just

0:46:13.239 --> 0:46:15.359
<v Speaker 2>tell that they literally like sat down with Michael Jordan

0:46:15.440 --> 0:46:16.880
<v Speaker 2>for an hour and they're just gonna cut it up

0:46:16.880 --> 0:46:20.280
<v Speaker 2>into little clips throughout the season. So it's super efficient

0:46:20.320 --> 0:46:23.000
<v Speaker 2>on that rod, I guess. But like it just felt

0:46:23.080 --> 0:46:25.680
<v Speaker 2>like it just felt nostalgic and it felt like NBA

0:46:25.760 --> 0:46:27.840
<v Speaker 2>hoops and I just just ten out of ten. No, No,

0:46:27.880 --> 0:46:28.960
<v Speaker 2>it's what were your thoughts, Jackson?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I thought the pregame did a really good job

0:46:32.080 --> 0:46:33.799
<v Speaker 1>of sort of and a lot of people made this

0:46:33.840 --> 0:46:38.719
<v Speaker 1>point online much more celebratory of the game than some

0:46:38.800 --> 0:46:42.319
<v Speaker 1>of the other broadcast partners like ESPN and TNT that

0:46:42.440 --> 0:46:44.640
<v Speaker 1>had been pointed out, you know previously, and which is

0:46:44.680 --> 0:46:46.279
<v Speaker 1>I liked those broadcasts too, to be honest, but like

0:46:46.280 --> 0:46:49.120
<v Speaker 1>I thought they was really celebratory tonight. I thought, I

0:46:49.120 --> 0:46:51.880
<v Speaker 1>think Maria Taylor is just consistently great pretty much everything

0:46:51.880 --> 0:46:55.480
<v Speaker 1>she does. She was awesome tonight. I have thought Tracy

0:46:55.520 --> 0:46:57.200
<v Speaker 1>mcgrady's kind of hit her miss sometimes. I thought he

0:46:57.280 --> 0:47:00.960
<v Speaker 1>was really good in the pregame. I of Jamal Crawford

0:47:00.960 --> 0:47:03.239
<v Speaker 1>on the game. He was great on the game. It

0:47:03.280 --> 0:47:06.040
<v Speaker 1>was even though Reggie Miller is kind of a polarizing

0:47:06.440 --> 0:47:07.960
<v Speaker 1>guy and I think he's gotten better.

0:47:07.800 --> 0:47:08.480
<v Speaker 3>Than he used to be.

0:47:09.000 --> 0:47:11.880
<v Speaker 1>It did feel I like that he was on this

0:47:11.960 --> 0:47:15.400
<v Speaker 1>specifically the first game of the night, because it felt

0:47:15.880 --> 0:47:18.560
<v Speaker 1>it was a little bit of familiarity. Everything was new,

0:47:18.640 --> 0:47:21.040
<v Speaker 1>Every other part of the broadcast was new, but he

0:47:21.280 --> 0:47:23.000
<v Speaker 1>was something that we're used to hearing, and I thought

0:47:23.040 --> 0:47:25.240
<v Speaker 1>that was actually valuable.

0:47:25.600 --> 0:47:28.360
<v Speaker 2>That's a great point. Yeah, Like there's something about hearing

0:47:28.400 --> 0:47:30.880
<v Speaker 2>Reggie Miller, even if it does come with the occasion,

0:47:30.880 --> 0:47:33.440
<v Speaker 2>like there was a stretch where Oklahoma City was doubling

0:47:33.480 --> 0:47:37.239
<v Speaker 2>Shanghun post ups and He's like, Shayguon's letting him off

0:47:37.280 --> 0:47:38.800
<v Speaker 2>the hook. He needs to put him in the blender.

0:47:38.800 --> 0:47:40.839
<v Speaker 2>And I'm like, he's literally getting double team that. He's

0:47:40.880 --> 0:47:43.279
<v Speaker 2>making great passes out so he's making the right read

0:47:43.320 --> 0:47:44.759
<v Speaker 2>every single time. I don't know what you about to do,

0:47:44.920 --> 0:47:47.960
<v Speaker 2>but like, yeah, there's something there. Speaking of nostalgia, there's

0:47:47.960 --> 0:47:50.800
<v Speaker 2>something nostalgic about watching a big NBA game and having

0:47:50.840 --> 0:47:53.920
<v Speaker 2>Reggie Miller in the background saying Reggie Miller things.

0:47:53.760 --> 0:47:56.840
<v Speaker 3>Absolutely absolutely and it's and it was.

0:47:56.840 --> 0:47:59.520
<v Speaker 1>A really good pairing with Jamal Crawford, who is consistently

0:47:59.560 --> 0:48:01.759
<v Speaker 1>just getting smart inside the entire time. It's like a

0:48:01.800 --> 0:48:04.960
<v Speaker 1>fun little two players but very different styles contrasts. I

0:48:05.000 --> 0:48:08.120
<v Speaker 1>thought that broadcast team specifically was really good. The second

0:48:08.120 --> 0:48:09.520
<v Speaker 1>one was, you know, it was okay. I think Grant

0:48:09.600 --> 0:48:13.480
<v Speaker 1>Hill is okay, no Eagles sounds exactly like his dad.

0:48:13.480 --> 0:48:14.000
<v Speaker 3>Though it's great.

0:48:14.239 --> 0:48:16.399
<v Speaker 2>He does it's kind of creepy, but he's great at it.

0:48:16.560 --> 0:48:19.560
<v Speaker 2>He just he just he understands the assignment absolutely.

0:48:20.320 --> 0:48:22.120
<v Speaker 1>All right, We'll do a couple of rockets questions or

0:48:22.120 --> 0:48:23.799
<v Speaker 1>a couple of questions from that game, and a couple

0:48:23.800 --> 0:48:26.080
<v Speaker 1>of questions from the league game, and then I got here.

0:48:26.280 --> 0:48:28.839
<v Speaker 1>First question is about Reed Shepherd. What did you think

0:48:28.880 --> 0:48:30.480
<v Speaker 1>of his performance? And then and do you think he

0:48:30.520 --> 0:48:33.359
<v Speaker 1>can be maybe not the whole answer, but at least

0:48:33.400 --> 0:48:35.680
<v Speaker 1>part of the answer for the Rockets and their ball

0:48:35.719 --> 0:48:36.520
<v Speaker 1>handling situation.

0:48:37.280 --> 0:48:41.719
<v Speaker 2>So I feel like re did some good tonight. I

0:48:41.760 --> 0:48:44.120
<v Speaker 2>thought he made some good decisions coming off of action.

0:48:44.840 --> 0:48:47.359
<v Speaker 2>There was a certain amount of like with KD being

0:48:47.400 --> 0:48:50.200
<v Speaker 2>denied the basketball, they kind of needed someone to confidently

0:48:50.200 --> 0:48:52.840
<v Speaker 2>step into some shots. And like, yeah, he didn't shoot

0:48:52.840 --> 0:48:55.239
<v Speaker 2>the ball efficiently, but he got to the foul line

0:48:55.280 --> 0:48:57.279
<v Speaker 2>a couple of times, and he was he hit that

0:48:57.320 --> 0:48:59.719
<v Speaker 2>one little tough kind of jump jumper along the right

0:48:59.719 --> 0:49:01.960
<v Speaker 2>base line, like in the second half, like he kind

0:49:01.960 --> 0:49:05.680
<v Speaker 2>of manufactured some points. I thought that I was. I

0:49:05.719 --> 0:49:08.680
<v Speaker 2>was more impressed with him defensively in preseason than I

0:49:08.800 --> 0:49:11.920
<v Speaker 2>was in tonight's game. I thought he looked physically overwhelmed

0:49:11.960 --> 0:49:13.560
<v Speaker 2>at the point of attack. A few times he gave

0:49:13.640 --> 0:49:17.040
<v Speaker 2>up like five or six pretty bad straight line drives.

0:49:17.840 --> 0:49:20.440
<v Speaker 2>You know, I have a hard time with uh with

0:49:20.600 --> 0:49:24.279
<v Speaker 2>Reid because I texted Sam Messini the other day because

0:49:24.320 --> 0:49:27.040
<v Speaker 2>I was like, hey, man, like I just don't see

0:49:27.120 --> 0:49:29.919
<v Speaker 2>it with Reid, Like what's going on? Like I see

0:49:29.920 --> 0:49:32.400
<v Speaker 2>a guy that can guard a little bit, who like

0:49:32.520 --> 0:49:35.600
<v Speaker 2>competes and flies around in rotation and can make plays.

0:49:35.960 --> 0:49:38.480
<v Speaker 2>I see a guy who can shoot, but I don't

0:49:38.520 --> 0:49:43.319
<v Speaker 2>see like this dynamic on ball player. And Sam was like,

0:49:43.800 --> 0:49:46.319
<v Speaker 2>trust me, he's like he can really shoot, So like,

0:49:46.360 --> 0:49:48.799
<v Speaker 2>wait till he figures that out, that'll be fine. And

0:49:48.840 --> 0:49:50.759
<v Speaker 2>he can do better defensively than he's shown. And I

0:49:50.760 --> 0:49:54.160
<v Speaker 2>trust Sam, like Sam scouted Read to a much greater

0:49:54.280 --> 0:49:56.840
<v Speaker 2>extent than I did when he was a younger player.

0:49:56.920 --> 0:50:00.160
<v Speaker 2>But I will admit that, like I don't see the

0:50:00.239 --> 0:50:03.960
<v Speaker 2>same like crazy upside that a lot of some of

0:50:04.000 --> 0:50:07.040
<v Speaker 2>the NBA hipsters talk about with Shepherd. And I just

0:50:07.040 --> 0:50:09.439
<v Speaker 2>be like, and I'm not just I like literally, out

0:50:09.480 --> 0:50:11.719
<v Speaker 2>there in the entire world, there's a ton of Read

0:50:11.800 --> 0:50:15.200
<v Speaker 2>Shepherd buzz. It's like kind of all you can see

0:50:15.760 --> 0:50:18.000
<v Speaker 2>is everyone's like reach Epherd, this reach Epherd dad, And

0:50:18.000 --> 0:50:21.239
<v Speaker 2>like I, he certainly has potential, but I just I

0:50:21.239 --> 0:50:24.120
<v Speaker 2>haven't really seen that bear out at the NBA level yet.

0:50:24.120 --> 0:50:25.759
<v Speaker 2>I don't look at him as a solution to their

0:50:25.760 --> 0:50:29.080
<v Speaker 2>ball handling problems. But I've been wrong before, so not

0:50:29.120 --> 0:50:30.000
<v Speaker 2>gonna brag.

0:50:30.120 --> 0:50:32.720
<v Speaker 1>I thought the ball handling and the defense are pretty underwhelming.

0:50:32.760 --> 0:50:34.040
<v Speaker 1>It does seem like he can be a pretty light

0:50:34.040 --> 0:50:36.000
<v Speaker 1>seut shooter, and I thought he was good coming off faction.

0:50:37.160 --> 0:50:40.920
<v Speaker 1>He was not able to solve the thunderball pressure, I'll

0:50:40.920 --> 0:50:42.960
<v Speaker 1>say that. And they're the fastball better team in the league,

0:50:42.960 --> 0:50:44.759
<v Speaker 1>so it's not like we should write him off because

0:50:44.800 --> 0:50:47.080
<v Speaker 1>of that, but he did not have the chops for

0:50:47.120 --> 0:50:47.520
<v Speaker 1>it tonight.

0:50:48.520 --> 0:50:50.520
<v Speaker 2>It's a hell of a first test for Houston's offense

0:50:50.640 --> 0:50:51.000
<v Speaker 2>for sure.

0:50:51.040 --> 0:50:52.759
<v Speaker 1>Like it's it's you know, he gets onto like the

0:50:52.760 --> 0:50:56.000
<v Speaker 1>worst situation possible, and they always want and they almost want.

0:50:56.520 --> 0:50:59.600
<v Speaker 1>Next question, do you feel like okay See's struggling today

0:51:00.000 --> 0:51:03.080
<v Speaker 1>a sort of a championship hangover Ring Knight situation or

0:51:03.120 --> 0:51:05.560
<v Speaker 1>do you feel like the lack of Jadup.

0:51:05.239 --> 0:51:06.719
<v Speaker 3>Is going to be sort of an issue for them

0:51:06.760 --> 0:51:07.520
<v Speaker 3>until he comes back.

0:51:09.600 --> 0:51:12.120
<v Speaker 2>I think that the book is out on how to

0:51:12.200 --> 0:51:15.880
<v Speaker 2>guard Oklahoma City in general from the postseason, which is

0:51:15.920 --> 0:51:17.799
<v Speaker 2>throw a bunch of zone at them, and like here's

0:51:17.800 --> 0:51:19.640
<v Speaker 2>the thing with the zone, like because like there's this

0:51:19.800 --> 0:51:22.359
<v Speaker 2>idea that like oh, well, they got great looks, they're

0:51:22.400 --> 0:51:24.160
<v Speaker 2>just going to go in. One of the things that

0:51:24.200 --> 0:51:26.440
<v Speaker 2>happens with zone is it changes the rhythm of the

0:51:26.480 --> 0:51:30.319
<v Speaker 2>game and it just feels like very different basketball than

0:51:30.360 --> 0:51:33.319
<v Speaker 2>what you're accustomed to playing. Now, this could go the

0:51:33.360 --> 0:51:36.759
<v Speaker 2>other direction. If you zone Oklahoma City too much, these

0:51:36.760 --> 0:51:39.120
<v Speaker 2>guys are just gonna get good at it. It's gonna

0:51:39.160 --> 0:51:41.400
<v Speaker 2>and then it's gonna become a problem. And for the record,

0:51:41.440 --> 0:51:43.560
<v Speaker 2>they had some success against the zone in the postseason

0:51:43.560 --> 0:51:47.680
<v Speaker 2>as the as the series went longer. But in general,

0:51:47.719 --> 0:51:49.279
<v Speaker 2>I think we're gonna see a lot of double teaming

0:51:49.360 --> 0:51:52.640
<v Speaker 2>and blitzing a Shay, a lot of packing the pain

0:51:52.719 --> 0:51:56.040
<v Speaker 2>on his drives, a lot of zone, and a lot

0:51:56.040 --> 0:51:58.800
<v Speaker 2>of just daring everybody else to beat them while J

0:51:58.960 --> 0:52:01.399
<v Speaker 2>Dub's out. And I mean, i'd argue that's how teams

0:52:01.440 --> 0:52:03.239
<v Speaker 2>are gonna guard them even when J Dubb is there

0:52:03.560 --> 0:52:06.960
<v Speaker 2>right now, like I do think, I thought in the

0:52:07.000 --> 0:52:10.399
<v Speaker 2>first half, Houston actually did a really nice job pressuring them,

0:52:10.440 --> 0:52:14.000
<v Speaker 2>and most of their looks were pretty rushed and contested.

0:52:14.320 --> 0:52:16.279
<v Speaker 2>In the second half, I thought they missed some really

0:52:16.280 --> 0:52:19.279
<v Speaker 2>good looks and that's where you can't really fault the process, Like,

0:52:19.560 --> 0:52:21.600
<v Speaker 2>it's kind of like those above the break threes off

0:52:21.640 --> 0:52:23.600
<v Speaker 2>the wing, and Chatt and case On both missed some

0:52:23.640 --> 0:52:25.920
<v Speaker 2>of those too in addition to making them, but like

0:52:25.960 --> 0:52:27.640
<v Speaker 2>you kind of have to take them. Like if you're

0:52:27.680 --> 0:52:30.920
<v Speaker 2>not taking them, then you're basically asking Shay to just

0:52:31.000 --> 0:52:33.160
<v Speaker 2>rescue you with shot making the entire game. That's too

0:52:33.239 --> 0:52:36.120
<v Speaker 2>much to ask. At a certain point, the defensive coverage

0:52:36.160 --> 0:52:39.360
<v Speaker 2>is designed to concede that shot, and you have to

0:52:39.400 --> 0:52:42.200
<v Speaker 2>take it, and you've got the players who can make them,

0:52:42.200 --> 0:52:43.759
<v Speaker 2>and to their credit, they hit the ones they needed.

0:52:43.800 --> 0:52:47.640
<v Speaker 1>Late last question on this game. Thought on the missed

0:52:47.719 --> 0:52:48.760
<v Speaker 1>timeout call.

0:52:50.560 --> 0:52:54.680
<v Speaker 2>Katie got away with one. I mean it was it was.

0:52:54.840 --> 0:52:58.600
<v Speaker 2>It was pretty clear. I mean he I. It was

0:52:58.640 --> 0:53:01.200
<v Speaker 2>one of those things where like as a basketball fan,

0:53:01.560 --> 0:53:04.480
<v Speaker 2>you have to be happy they didn't call it, because

0:53:04.520 --> 0:53:07.759
<v Speaker 2>what a lame ass way to end that game if

0:53:07.800 --> 0:53:10.880
<v Speaker 2>they end that with Katie getting a technical for the

0:53:10.920 --> 0:53:14.080
<v Speaker 2>time out. So like I wasn't complaining as a fan,

0:53:14.600 --> 0:53:16.360
<v Speaker 2>but watching the game, I was like, yeah, Katie, you

0:53:16.400 --> 0:53:17.720
<v Speaker 2>got away with one right there.

0:53:17.560 --> 0:53:19.879
<v Speaker 1>And it's and you know, the basketball gods shine down

0:53:19.920 --> 0:53:21.319
<v Speaker 1>and gave OKC at one point win.

0:53:21.600 --> 0:53:25.160
<v Speaker 2>Yes, they did. They did on a foul. On there

0:53:25.200 --> 0:53:25.360
<v Speaker 2>you go.

0:53:26.480 --> 0:53:28.600
<v Speaker 3>I'm sure exactly exactly.

0:53:29.080 --> 0:53:31.279
<v Speaker 1>I'll take a couple of questions from the late game

0:53:32.200 --> 0:53:35.680
<v Speaker 1>early on, and you know, with an opponent like the Lakers,

0:53:35.680 --> 0:53:38.399
<v Speaker 1>but do you think this type of Warriors performance can

0:53:38.719 --> 0:53:42.200
<v Speaker 1>can carry over against higher quality competition, you know, specifically

0:53:42.239 --> 0:53:43.360
<v Speaker 1>with Denver on Thursday.

0:53:44.520 --> 0:53:47.080
<v Speaker 2>So Denver is actually kind of a similar matchup to

0:53:47.360 --> 0:53:49.760
<v Speaker 2>the Lakers in the sense that they have a big

0:53:49.840 --> 0:53:55.040
<v Speaker 2>that Golden State can attack in space, and they're generally faster.

0:53:55.320 --> 0:53:58.440
<v Speaker 2>I think the Warriors are faster than Denver. I texted

0:53:58.480 --> 0:54:01.759
<v Speaker 2>you this, and it's like it's not a skepticism necessarily

0:54:01.800 --> 0:54:03.919
<v Speaker 2>about the Warriors, it's just like the reality of this,

0:54:04.400 --> 0:54:07.279
<v Speaker 2>just this job. Like I personally would like to see

0:54:07.320 --> 0:54:11.080
<v Speaker 2>Golden State try to score against a faster defense, just

0:54:11.120 --> 0:54:15.360
<v Speaker 2>to kind of get a better evaluation of like Jimmy

0:54:15.600 --> 0:54:18.480
<v Speaker 2>and Jonathan kaminga like, guess what what happens when you

0:54:18.480 --> 0:54:21.439
<v Speaker 2>play against a faster defense. Those reads get harder, those

0:54:21.480 --> 0:54:24.760
<v Speaker 2>reads get more difficult to make, right, and the shots

0:54:24.920 --> 0:54:26.680
<v Speaker 2>each get a little bit tougher to make as you're

0:54:26.760 --> 0:54:28.520
<v Speaker 2>rushed and you're a little bit out of rhythm. Right, So,

0:54:28.600 --> 0:54:30.560
<v Speaker 2>like I do want to see what it looks like

0:54:30.640 --> 0:54:33.640
<v Speaker 2>against tougher competition, But like, how could you not be enthused?

0:54:33.640 --> 0:54:37.760
<v Speaker 2>I mean, like the Lakers. Yeah, the Lakers are behind schedule,

0:54:37.800 --> 0:54:40.360
<v Speaker 2>where no one's debating that, and obviously not having Lebron

0:54:40.400 --> 0:54:42.919
<v Speaker 2>as a problem, but there's still some talent on that team.

0:54:42.960 --> 0:54:45.680
<v Speaker 2>And like I thought, I thought, like aside, like, do

0:54:45.719 --> 0:54:47.800
<v Speaker 2>you agree with me that had Luca not gone nuclear,

0:54:47.800 --> 0:54:49.520
<v Speaker 2>they win that game by thirty? Like I thought, they

0:54:49.600 --> 0:54:51.880
<v Speaker 2>thoroughly out class the Lakers easily.

0:54:52.040 --> 0:54:52.640
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:54:52.719 --> 0:54:55.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Like Luca like straight up turned a double digit

0:54:55.320 --> 0:54:57.520
<v Speaker 2>deficit into a tie game before the half with that

0:54:57.640 --> 0:54:59.959
<v Speaker 2>crazy haymaker he threw at the end of the second quarter,

0:55:00.120 --> 0:55:03.920
<v Speaker 2>And like, I just thought, here's the thing. All you

0:55:04.000 --> 0:55:05.840
<v Speaker 2>hope to see from a team on opening night is

0:55:05.840 --> 0:55:08.120
<v Speaker 2>for them to come out play well, and they came

0:55:08.160 --> 0:55:10.719
<v Speaker 2>out and beat the shit out of the Lakers. So like,

0:55:10.800 --> 0:55:13.240
<v Speaker 2>I couldn't see that as anything other than a positive.

0:55:13.239 --> 0:55:15.200
<v Speaker 2>But I think Denver will kind of. I think Denver

0:55:15.320 --> 0:55:20.400
<v Speaker 2>is a matchup that favors Golden State athletically and isn't

0:55:20.440 --> 0:55:23.879
<v Speaker 2>necessarily a true test of their offense. Let's just put

0:55:23.880 --> 0:55:24.319
<v Speaker 2>it that way.

0:55:24.920 --> 0:55:27.880
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And I think you know, I don't expect Jimmy

0:55:27.880 --> 0:55:30.919
<v Speaker 1>Butler to have this kind of scoring performance every single night,

0:55:31.160 --> 0:55:32.840
<v Speaker 1>but Steth Curry was going to shoot the ball a

0:55:32.840 --> 0:55:36.799
<v Speaker 1>lot better, absolutely get a pretty below his standards. He

0:55:36.840 --> 0:55:40.680
<v Speaker 1>had the Dagger pretty below his standard shooting performance. So

0:55:40.680 --> 0:55:42.319
<v Speaker 1>I think it's all going to kind of normalize, and

0:55:42.520 --> 0:55:45.440
<v Speaker 1>I expect them to be pretty pretty darn to good

0:55:45.480 --> 0:55:47.279
<v Speaker 1>in the regular season if they can stay healthy, which

0:55:47.320 --> 0:55:48.719
<v Speaker 1>is you know, been the big.

0:55:49.200 --> 0:55:51.439
<v Speaker 3>Question that said they are very deep.

0:55:51.520 --> 0:55:53.440
<v Speaker 1>I could not stop talking texting during the game, and

0:55:53.640 --> 0:55:55.120
<v Speaker 1>I forgot about Moses Moody.

0:55:54.960 --> 0:55:57.800
<v Speaker 3>Somehow, who is We'll be back imminently.

0:55:57.840 --> 0:56:00.960
<v Speaker 2>It seems like, yeah, they just have They just have.

0:56:01.120 --> 0:56:03.600
<v Speaker 2>Every year they just have like thirteen fourteen dudes like

0:56:04.000 --> 0:56:06.399
<v Speaker 2>in this Will Will Richards the next guy in this line.

0:56:06.400 --> 0:56:09.600
<v Speaker 2>But it's like every year they just they find dudes

0:56:09.760 --> 0:56:12.400
<v Speaker 2>who know how to play basketball in their system, and

0:56:12.480 --> 0:56:14.759
<v Speaker 2>it's just it is a testament to their culture. And

0:56:14.760 --> 0:56:17.040
<v Speaker 2>I've been really fascinated by this with teams like Golden

0:56:17.080 --> 0:56:20.600
<v Speaker 2>State and like Indiana and Boston and Oklahoma City. Oklahoma

0:56:20.640 --> 0:56:22.480
<v Speaker 2>City's like this too. They keep finding dudes that just

0:56:22.560 --> 0:56:25.120
<v Speaker 2>can play. And there a j Mitchell today, like they

0:56:25.239 --> 0:56:29.319
<v Speaker 2>just they like these these really smart organizations, they can

0:56:29.360 --> 0:56:31.799
<v Speaker 2>find dudes on the margins in a way that other

0:56:31.840 --> 0:56:32.319
<v Speaker 2>teams can.

0:56:33.120 --> 0:56:35.200
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think this being able to self analyze and

0:56:35.239 --> 0:56:38.040
<v Speaker 1>know who you are is just so valuable. These seems

0:56:38.040 --> 0:56:40.000
<v Speaker 1>to know exactly who they are what they want to

0:56:40.040 --> 0:56:41.360
<v Speaker 1>do on both sides of the ball, and they know

0:56:41.480 --> 0:56:43.560
<v Speaker 1>exactly and so it makes a lot easier to find

0:56:43.920 --> 0:56:45.640
<v Speaker 1>players who fit in that as opposed to team when

0:56:45.640 --> 0:56:47.160
<v Speaker 1>you're kind of just like, who are we, what are

0:56:47.160 --> 0:56:47.640
<v Speaker 1>we trying to do?

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<v Speaker 3>Do we know what we want to do? X, Y

0:56:49.440 --> 0:56:49.680
<v Speaker 3>and Z.

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<v Speaker 1>Last question for the night. Jonathan Kaminga obviously had a

0:56:55.000 --> 0:56:56.640
<v Speaker 1>very good game, at least in the second half. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you think he should be an automatic starter going forward

0:57:00.560 --> 0:57:01.759
<v Speaker 1>or at least, you know, in the short term, or

0:57:01.800 --> 0:57:02.800
<v Speaker 1>do you think it should be a sort.

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<v Speaker 3>Of a matchup to matchup night tonight decision?

0:57:06.440 --> 0:57:08.920
<v Speaker 2>So, actually, I want you before I give my take care,

0:57:08.960 --> 0:57:10.880
<v Speaker 2>I want you to give your take on the like

0:57:10.920 --> 0:57:13.759
<v Speaker 2>the politically like smart way to go. Yeah, that's how

0:57:13.800 --> 0:57:15.360
<v Speaker 2>you made a good point when you were texting me

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<v Speaker 2>about it.

0:57:15.800 --> 0:57:17.600
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, when they and when the you know, the

0:57:17.640 --> 0:57:19.600
<v Speaker 1>report today was that he was going to start My

0:57:19.680 --> 0:57:24.040
<v Speaker 1>immediate reaction was that, I think politically for the Warriors

0:57:24.040 --> 0:57:27.400
<v Speaker 1>and for Steve Kerr, it's very it's the right move

0:57:27.640 --> 0:57:30.480
<v Speaker 1>to start him right away and like for at least

0:57:30.520 --> 0:57:32.920
<v Speaker 1>a couple of weeks, because either you know, hopefully it

0:57:32.960 --> 0:57:34.560
<v Speaker 1>goes hopefully for that and it goes like it went

0:57:34.600 --> 0:57:37.240
<v Speaker 1>tonight and he looks not like a superstar maybe, but

0:57:37.320 --> 0:57:39.520
<v Speaker 1>like he can certainly be productive and good in a

0:57:40.040 --> 0:57:42.240
<v Speaker 1>lineup with Jimmy, Dre and Stepp, which was sort of

0:57:42.240 --> 0:57:43.280
<v Speaker 1>the big question.

0:57:43.600 --> 0:57:44.800
<v Speaker 3>And you're hoping that can continue.

0:57:44.800 --> 0:57:46.160
<v Speaker 1>And if it and so if it does great, you

0:57:46.240 --> 0:57:48.360
<v Speaker 1>either you feel like you maybe have something you can

0:57:48.440 --> 0:57:50.600
<v Speaker 1>keep him, or his trade value is boosted and you

0:57:50.600 --> 0:57:53.240
<v Speaker 1>can go get something more than you've been offered to

0:57:53.320 --> 0:57:55.920
<v Speaker 1>this point. And then if it goes poorly, you can say, hey,

0:57:55.920 --> 0:57:57.920
<v Speaker 1>we we we held up our end of the bargain.

0:57:58.280 --> 0:58:00.720
<v Speaker 1>We started the guy for two weeks. He gave him

0:58:01.040 --> 0:58:02.600
<v Speaker 1>twenty games or whatever as a starter.

0:58:02.680 --> 0:58:03.360
<v Speaker 2>What do he want us to do?

0:58:03.520 --> 0:58:05.600
<v Speaker 1>He doesn't look good like And you know, I think

0:58:05.680 --> 0:58:07.720
<v Speaker 1>there's two sides of that point. But I think politically

0:58:08.560 --> 0:58:11.240
<v Speaker 1>and just from like a game theory perspective, for the Warriors,

0:58:11.320 --> 0:58:14.120
<v Speaker 1>it makes sense to give him a decent leash to

0:58:14.160 --> 0:58:16.960
<v Speaker 1>start the season, just to sort of because you're clearly

0:58:17.000 --> 0:58:19.560
<v Speaker 1>good enough, Like even what even if he had he

0:58:19.600 --> 0:58:22.080
<v Speaker 1>had a bad game, they're still gonna win tonight. You're

0:58:22.120 --> 0:58:24.360
<v Speaker 1>clearly good enough to like stay afloat even if he's

0:58:24.360 --> 0:58:27.520
<v Speaker 1>not awesome. And so I would just keep starting.

0:58:27.240 --> 0:58:28.840
<v Speaker 3>Him at least for them for a couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>I have one hundred percent agree with you. It's like

0:58:32.320 --> 0:58:34.880
<v Speaker 2>it's like couples counseling for them in the sense it's

0:58:34.880 --> 0:58:37.040
<v Speaker 2>like they're one last hurrah. Like it's like this is

0:58:37.080 --> 0:58:39.560
<v Speaker 2>the last thing we're gonna try. Like, here's the deal

0:58:40.040 --> 0:58:44.960
<v Speaker 2>Dead series team championship caliber roster. We're putting you in

0:58:45.000 --> 0:58:48.000
<v Speaker 2>with the starters. Show us what you got. And I

0:58:48.000 --> 0:58:49.920
<v Speaker 2>think I think Steve's gonna give him a little runway

0:58:49.960 --> 0:58:53.800
<v Speaker 2>here and like and if he if he continues to

0:58:53.840 --> 0:58:55.960
<v Speaker 2>play like he did in the second half tonight, like

0:58:56.320 --> 0:58:59.120
<v Speaker 2>it just ends all of the discussions surrounding some of

0:58:59.160 --> 0:59:01.640
<v Speaker 2>these other issues, Like they deployed him on the ball tonight,

0:59:01.640 --> 0:59:04.360
<v Speaker 2>and he struggled with Luca, but like Lucas Luca and

0:59:04.440 --> 0:59:08.240
<v Speaker 2>like and Lucas specifically has some success against upright wings

0:59:08.280 --> 0:59:10.640
<v Speaker 2>because he's just so much stronger than them, But like

0:59:11.480 --> 0:59:13.960
<v Speaker 2>they focus him in an on ball roll defensively, and

0:59:14.000 --> 0:59:18.200
<v Speaker 2>then like he actually does provide some of the firepower

0:59:18.240 --> 0:59:20.880
<v Speaker 2>they need, the ability to attack a mismatch here and there,

0:59:20.920 --> 0:59:22.840
<v Speaker 2>the ability to knock down a catch and shoot shot,

0:59:22.880 --> 0:59:25.640
<v Speaker 2>to fly up the floor, and transition. I thought the

0:59:25.640 --> 0:59:28.560
<v Speaker 2>most encouraging part of the second half attack there was

0:59:28.600 --> 0:59:31.560
<v Speaker 2>them kind of using him in three man action effectively,

0:59:31.760 --> 0:59:34.200
<v Speaker 2>like basically saying like we could we don't need you

0:59:34.240 --> 0:59:36.440
<v Speaker 2>to be a satellite guy. We can use you as

0:59:36.480 --> 0:59:39.320
<v Speaker 2>part of the weapon with which we unleath unleash the

0:59:39.320 --> 0:59:42.840
<v Speaker 2>Steph Curry attack like it just as far as like

0:59:42.880 --> 0:59:45.200
<v Speaker 2>going matchup to matchup, I think that's almost the worst

0:59:45.240 --> 0:59:47.640
<v Speaker 2>thing you could do, because that could toy with his

0:59:47.720 --> 0:59:50.160
<v Speaker 2>rhythm and toy with his confidence a little bit. I

0:59:50.200 --> 0:59:51.920
<v Speaker 2>would just ride him out as the starter for a

0:59:51.920 --> 0:59:53.720
<v Speaker 2>little while here and just see what he's got. And

0:59:53.760 --> 0:59:56.680
<v Speaker 2>like again, like if we're seven eight games into this

0:59:56.720 --> 1:00:00.919
<v Speaker 2>and they're you know, five and three or or four

1:00:00.960 --> 1:00:04.080
<v Speaker 2>and four, and Jonathan's been more bad than good, like

1:00:04.440 --> 1:00:07.320
<v Speaker 2>then then it's like you tried counseling and it didn't work,

1:00:07.560 --> 1:00:09.920
<v Speaker 2>and that means it's time to break up. Yeah, Like

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<v Speaker 2>it's the last it's the last hurrah. Here, it's the

1:00:12.640 --> 1:00:15.720
<v Speaker 2>last try. And like Steve Kerr is basically saying, like, dude,

1:00:15.720 --> 1:00:18.240
<v Speaker 2>we're putting the ball one hundred percent in your court. Here,

1:00:18.360 --> 1:00:19.320
<v Speaker 2>show us what you can do.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And I thought he definitely had some moments that

1:00:22.960 --> 1:00:24.880
<v Speaker 1>looked like the last couple of seasons, and he definitely

1:00:24.880 --> 1:00:26.760
<v Speaker 1>had some moments where I was like, oh, he would

1:00:26.840 --> 1:00:30.320
<v Speaker 1>not have done that before. He had multiple attacks where

1:00:30.400 --> 1:00:33.040
<v Speaker 1>normally he's once he gets in the paint, that ball's

1:00:33.200 --> 1:00:35.360
<v Speaker 1>he's going on. Yeah, and he's he's a good pretty

1:00:35.360 --> 1:00:35.960
<v Speaker 1>good finishing.

1:00:35.720 --> 1:00:37.080
<v Speaker 3>He's pretty athletic, So like, I get one.

1:00:37.440 --> 1:00:39.760
<v Speaker 1>But he had he threw it a fast break valube

1:00:39.920 --> 1:00:42.520
<v Speaker 1>to to Jimmy Butler in the first half. In the

1:00:42.600 --> 1:00:45.000
<v Speaker 1>second half, he had a downhill drive that the big

1:00:45.040 --> 1:00:46.640
<v Speaker 1>I forget which big it was, came over and helped

1:00:46.720 --> 1:00:48.880
<v Speaker 1>late and he actually dumped it off to aut for

1:00:48.960 --> 1:00:51.120
<v Speaker 1>Ford in a pretty like kind of funky manner. It

1:00:51.120 --> 1:00:53.400
<v Speaker 1>was kind of not the easiest dump off past. I

1:00:53.440 --> 1:00:55.880
<v Speaker 1>was like, oh wow, that's definitely an attempt at a

1:00:55.880 --> 1:00:59.440
<v Speaker 1>poster last season and you're and if you're a Warriors fan,

1:00:59.440 --> 1:01:01.720
<v Speaker 1>if you were thinking bets negatively like I might have been,

1:01:02.320 --> 1:01:04.480
<v Speaker 1>you might have thought Jonathan Coming is trying to get

1:01:04.480 --> 1:01:06.720
<v Speaker 1>his this year, He's gonna go for that post. And

1:01:06.800 --> 1:01:10.360
<v Speaker 1>I was like, he played pretty soundly within the system

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<v Speaker 1>all most of the night.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought, yeah, and he overcame some of his mistakes,

1:01:15.000 --> 1:01:17.840
<v Speaker 2>like like he did try to like cock back a

1:01:17.960 --> 1:01:21.520
<v Speaker 2>tip dunk for no reason and smoking up.

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<v Speaker 3>A crystal moment as the Lakers are making a run.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, like he had. He had a couple of

1:01:27.480 --> 1:01:29.800
<v Speaker 2>those moments, but like he just overcame them, and like

1:01:29.880 --> 1:01:32.680
<v Speaker 2>he was, I thought he was instrumental in that early

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<v Speaker 2>third quarter run when they put the game away. All right, guys,

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<v Speaker 2>it's all we have for Night one. As always, as

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<v Speaker 2>sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting us and supporting the show.

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<v Speaker 2>We are gonna be back tomorrow night live on YouTube.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna rewatch these games tomorrow morning. I'll maybe bring

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<v Speaker 2>some thoughts to the game, uh or to the show

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow night. But we got a jam pack slate tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>I think we're closing with San Antonio versus Dallas. That's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be fun. One Wenby versus a d and that

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<v Speaker 2>massive front line in Dallas, So lots of interesting basketball

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<v Speaker 2>to get into tomorrow and then we're live again after

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<v Speaker 2>Denver Golden State on Thursday night, three straight lives start

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<v Speaker 2>the season again. As always a sincerely appreciate you guys

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<v Speaker 2>for supporting us. We will see you tomorrow night.