Speaker 1: The only other really good series so far has been
Speaker 1: the Knicks and the Calves. It is now three to
Speaker 1: one New York after another great back and forth game.
Speaker 1: Our man Donovan Mitchell wasn't good, was not good. Calves
Speaker 1: came roaring back. Knicks blew the lead. Nicks bench Julius Randall.
Speaker 1: They bring in Obi toppin and then they put the
Speaker 1: boot on Cleveland's neck. Julius Randall, you heard that right,
Speaker 1: benched for Obi. Ain't no stopping Obi topping. But Tom
Speaker 1: Thibodeau and you know what, Ari from Manhattan on Twitter
Speaker 1: summed it up for all Knicks fans when he said,
Speaker 1: Thomas Joseph Thibodeau Junior really just bench Julius Randall for
Speaker 1: Obi Topping in Game four of the playoffs, I could
Speaker 1: literally cry right now.
Speaker 2: And it worked.
Speaker 1: They scored outscored the Calves by seven in the fourth
Speaker 1: in a game that they won by nine. Brunton had
Speaker 1: twenty nine RJAD twenty seven. Cleveland Garland did well on
Speaker 1: this team. He had a bounce back game with twenty
Speaker 1: three to two ten And like I said, Donovan Mitchell
Speaker 1: was getting strapped eleven points five for eighteen, shooting zero
Speaker 1: threes terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, and also they shut down
Speaker 1: Seventh Street.
Speaker 2: It was a mass chaos party in the middle of Manhattan.
Speaker 1: Even one of the guys on Twitter said, you have
Speaker 1: five minutes to shelter in place if you are in
Speaker 1: this area, because it is going to be a zoo.
Speaker 1: And it was incredible. It was incredible. Spiders said this
Speaker 1: about the game. I played, like, shit, you're right, you did.
Speaker 1: And now we're wondering what's going on with Randall. The
Speaker 1: benching is huge news. He looked pissed on the bench.
Speaker 1: He bolted the stadium, did not talk to the media,
Speaker 1: and Tims and Brunson were out there sounding Julius love.
Speaker 1: After the game, Thibodeau said of this, Julius is our horse.
Speaker 3: You know, and he's given us everything that he has.
Speaker 3: You know a lot of guys who probably would you know,
Speaker 3: probably wouldn't even be playing. So I knew that with
Speaker 3: the quick turnaround will probably impact him more than than
Speaker 3: you know, most players. You know, he was out in
Speaker 3: an extended amount of time, so you know, we got
Speaker 3: multiple days here before the next game. He'll get a
Speaker 3: chance to to you know, get some recovery time. But
Speaker 3: I think that's a big part of it.
Speaker 1: So basically, he's hurt, he shouldn't be playing. He's a
Speaker 1: hard rock. We had a very quick turnaround. What do
Speaker 1: you expect His ankles fucked, which kind of changes the perspective.
Speaker 1: Who knows if he's really hurt, then he's just absolutely.
Speaker 2: An iron man for even playing it all. Brunton and
Speaker 2: Heart echoed exactactly what Tim said.
Speaker 4: Uh, Jrew has been a leader since the day I
Speaker 4: came here. But he's able to do while he's either
Speaker 4: on or off the floor, has been incredible. He's uh,
Speaker 4: he's been special. All he wants to do is win.
Speaker 4: And when he has that mindset, Uh, he's just it's
Speaker 4: very contagious. And so he's been a leader and we're
Speaker 4: just we always got his back and he just nothing.
Speaker 4: He wants nothing else but to win.
Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson winner, Josh Hart winner, Julius Randall obviously a
Speaker 1: winner as well. And what he wants to do this
Speaker 1: is these are three leaders leading the charge. The Knicks
Speaker 1: are back, Baby bing Bong. I think the Knicks. The
Speaker 1: Knicks win at Madison Square Garden in six Baby, Just
Speaker 1: a few notes about the rest of these series. We'll
Speaker 1: get into him a lot more this week when they
Speaker 1: reach closeouts Philly.
Speaker 2: I mean it was bing bang boom.
Speaker 1: The Nets are dead, like close them out four games,
Speaker 1: multiple players now on the trade, insane in insane shit.
Speaker 2: PJ.
Speaker 1: Tucker killed it, Daniel House, d' anthony meltain. Listen, this
Speaker 1: is not a pushover team that they've been in the past.
Speaker 1: The Nets aren't great, we know that, but have now
Speaker 1: lost ten straight playoff games dating back to twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2: But a sweep for.
Speaker 1: A team that was missing EMBIID is very impressive. And
Speaker 1: now they get a full week off to get m
Speaker 1: beat healthy for what will be not a walk in
Speaker 1: the park against Boston in the next round.
Speaker 2: Milwaukee Bucks.
Speaker 1: Oh they are in trouble, baby, Oh no, they you
Speaker 1: know they're playing the Heat. It's not a great matchup
Speaker 1: for them without Yannis. Not something I would have said
Speaker 1: ten days ago. They are down two to one to
Speaker 1: the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat almost like didn't make
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Yannis missed Game three. We don't know when
Speaker 1: he's gonna be back on the floor, hopefully as soon,
Speaker 1: because this is not a team that you can expect
Speaker 1: to have any title aspirations without their guy, playoff Jim.
Speaker 2: He has arrived.
Speaker 1: He is single handedly carried every single substandard player.
Speaker 2: On his team.
Speaker 1: No one is there now that Tyler Hero is gone
Speaker 1: and the team is still succeeding. Also, by the way,
Speaker 1: really sad news. Victor Oladipo. I believe the final answer
Speaker 1: to his he got injured last game, and I believe
Speaker 1: it was a tendon. Yeah, a torn putateeller tendon in
Speaker 1: his left knee, which, by the way, is the other
Speaker 1: knee that his other knee.
Speaker 2: Was the one who got injured, and he had a
Speaker 2: surgery on. So bad bad stuff there. Crazy. The Heat
Speaker 2: lead the NBA right now in.
Speaker 1: Offensive rating in the playoffs, field goal percentage, three point
Speaker 1: shooting percentage, just like how they all drew it up right,
Speaker 1: just makes sense. Fourth from the bottom all year and
Speaker 1: now they're just they're just snipers. Without Tyler Hero, everybody
Speaker 1: would have predicted that, right, That's that's how it all went.
Speaker 1: Poppers are also on the ropes. Kawhi Leonard is injured,
Speaker 1: He's got a nie sprain. Phoenix is about to put
Speaker 1: the Clippers to bed, and Russell Westbrook is trying his
Speaker 1: very best to keep them from getting Night Night Sleep mask.
Speaker 2: No KWHI, no PG.
Speaker 1: When they were healthy, they were going to really make
Speaker 1: noise in the playoffs. Now they're down three to one.
Speaker 1: I think they're going to struggle to get a game
Speaker 1: six and the Suns. Good news, bad news, good news.
Speaker 1: Katie is doing kdi things. Just a book, bucket, walking, bucket, booker.
Speaker 1: Booker's been really really good too. The bad news is
Speaker 1: they're not destroying a team that does not have Kawhi
Speaker 1: Leonard and Paul George.
Speaker 2: They are, as Doc Rivers would say, playing.
Speaker 1: With their meat, and when you play with your meat,
Speaker 1: your meat tends to bite back. Teams like Denver and
Speaker 1: the Lakers are not going to fuck around in the
Speaker 1: next round. So eight needs to find more consistency. Katie
Speaker 1: needs to play less minutes. They need to finish this
Speaker 1: series off in five so they can get more time
Speaker 1: to get their ship in order. Denver thought they were
Speaker 1: gonna sweep the Tea Wolves, and they did not. This
Speaker 1: is going to be the least interesting series of the
Speaker 1: first round. I'm sorry, Minnesota, I don't want to see
Speaker 1: another game of this. You should just lay down and
Speaker 1: stay down. Barkley doesn't want to even talk about it.
Speaker 1: He said he was watching hockey on TBS. This game
Speaker 1: is boring as hell. I'm gonna be honest with you.
Speaker 1: After game one, in game two, I stop watching, so
Speaker 1: I don't have any insight. I don't have I just
Speaker 1: know Edwards is doing really well. I know he had
Speaker 1: thirty four, five and five. I know he had two steals.
Speaker 1: We'll watch more of the highlights later. This is bad.
Speaker 2: I don't care. I don't care. Do you care? No,
Speaker 2: Let's move on.
Speaker 1: Then the Lakers versus the Grizzlies could be very interesting.
Speaker 1: Lakers took it to the grizz in Game three. They
Speaker 1: have a two to one league going to the game
Speaker 1: four the crypt. If they win in LA, now it's problems.
Speaker 1: But there is a glaring seven foot hole in the
Speaker 1: middle of their lineup name Steven Adams and Brandon Clark.
Speaker 1: Without those guys, they are getting manhandled. Dylan Brooks is
Speaker 1: now a comic book villain. He punched Braun in the
Speaker 1: dick that is now the third dick punch in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Who would have said that was gonna happen? So many
Speaker 1: guys kicking dicks and punching dicks. Dylan Brooks is committed
Speaker 1: to now being this character. I think it is hurting
Speaker 1: his team. He was ejected. Difference between Draymond and Dylan
Speaker 1: Brooks is Dylan's not getting suspended next game, so that's
Speaker 1: really interesting. Day after, he called Braun old uh and said, listen,
Speaker 1: like he's washed and I'm not going to respect him
Speaker 1: until he gives me forty the Lakers ran out to
Speaker 1: a thirty five to nine first quarter elite. So yeah,
Speaker 1: the funny thing, just like Draymond, he was three for thirteen.
Speaker 1: Unlike Draymond, his team got his ass kicked. Dylan said
Speaker 1: now that even though he just had an article calling
Speaker 1: himself Dylan the villain, how it's us that's making them
Speaker 1: out to be a villain.
Speaker 2: This is what he said.
Speaker 1: The media is making me a villain, The fans are
Speaker 1: making me a villain, and that just creates this different
Speaker 1: persona of me.
Speaker 2: Sir, pause, you literally did.
Speaker 1: An article with the ESPN like three weeks ago about
Speaker 1: how you love to be the villain.
Speaker 2: You called yourself Dylan the villain.
Speaker 1: Anyway, he says, uh, so you think I intended to
Speaker 1: hit Lebron James and the nuts. I'm playing basketball. I'm
Speaker 1: a basketball player. So if I intended and that's whatever
Speaker 1: it is in the flagrant two category, if you think
Speaker 1: I did that, then you that means you think I'm
Speaker 1: that type of person.
Speaker 2: Here's the thing, Dylan, You've.
Speaker 1: Already hit Donovan Mitchell in the nuts so far this year,
Speaker 1: so it's hard for us to just believe you don't
Speaker 1: mean to do it. This is gonna be an awesome series.
Speaker 1: I hope it goes seven. I would not be shocked
Speaker 1: if it goes seven, but the Grizz need to get
Speaker 1: their shit together or it's done after basically next game.
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