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Speaker 1: the Dallas Mavericks. Now. I bet on FanDuel before the

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Speaker 1: game on Phoenix to win this particular game. Even though

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Speaker 1: I picked Dallas two I picked before the series. I

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Speaker 1: expected Dallas to drag this series out to six games,

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Speaker 1: five or six games, because I trust Luca and his

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Speaker 1: greatness to be able to figure stuff out over the

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Speaker 1: course of the series. He's just too good of a

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Speaker 1: player not to figure something out and figure out a

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Speaker 1: way to win a game against this team. At least,

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Speaker 1: I think we will see you over the long run.

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Speaker 1: If Phoenix's talent turns out to be too much because

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Speaker 1: you're watching that game tonight and it's like just so

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Speaker 1: many incredibly good basketball players wearing Phoenix Suns jerseys all

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Speaker 1: season long. I said they were the deepest team in

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Speaker 1: league right now, and that kind of thing is just

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Speaker 1: A with how important it is to have talent off

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Speaker 1: of your stars. But I thought the story of this

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Speaker 1: game up was the Mavericks and the way that they

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Speaker 1: struggled with Phoenix's defense, specifically at the start of the

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Speaker 1: game and then really badly at the end of the

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Speaker 1: third quarter when things really got out of hand. And

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Speaker 1: this is the reason why I made the bet specifically

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Speaker 1: tonight on Phoenix, because you know, I have a long

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Speaker 1: standing basketball philosophy that you grow your habits accustomed to

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Speaker 1: things that I've had to deal with having I used

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Speaker 1: So I'm playing against lesser competition a lot of the time,

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Speaker 1: It's like, here's Michael Bridges. You know, we're gonna guard

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Speaker 1: stuff that you would hear from Frank Vogel. People be like, hey, Frank,

432
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Speaker 1: all of this data, this overwhelming evidence just shows us

433
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Speaker 1: that DeAndre Jordan should not be in the rotation. You know,

434
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Speaker 1: why is he still playing? And Frank would be like, yeah, yeah,

435
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Speaker 1: we've seen the numbers. But you know, we like the

436
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Speaker 1: things that DJ does out there, so we're gonna keep

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Speaker 1: going with him. Okay, well, then you're gonna keep losing because,

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Speaker 1: like you know, and I get it, there's there's an

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Speaker 1: ego that comes with coaches. That's to be expected. There's

440
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,840
Speaker 1: an ego that comes with every single profession. You know,

441
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Speaker 1: it is what it is like if but but for

442
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Speaker 1: whatever reason, specifically with NBA players and NBA coaches. There's

443
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Speaker 1: this ever growing schism that's happening that splits them from

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Speaker 1: the general public and their idea that like, we have

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Speaker 1: no idea what the hell we're looking at, and they

446
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Speaker 1: know exactly what they're looking at. And you know what's funny,

447
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Speaker 1: I played in college. That has no thing to do

448
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Speaker 1: with the fact that I know the game of basketball.

449
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Speaker 1: There are many of you listening who probably don't play,

450
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Speaker 1: never played, but you have a great understanding in the

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Speaker 1: game of basketball because you have spent a great deal

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Speaker 1: of time studying the game of basketball. I have met

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Speaker 1: basketball players, like good basketball players who don't know the game.

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Speaker 1: There are NBA players in the game right now, like

455
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Speaker 1: good NBA players that don't understand the game of basketball

456
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Speaker 1: really well. And then there are average to blow average

457
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Speaker 1: NBA players that are geniuses of the game. Your understanding

458
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Speaker 1: in the game of basketball has very little to do

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Speaker 1: with whether or not you can put basketball shoes on

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Speaker 1: and go out and actionally, actionably do it. It has

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Speaker 1: to do with study, and obviously some people are just

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Speaker 1: have a propensity to understand it more than others. Okay,

463
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Speaker 1: you there is overwhelming evidence from everybody who's paying attention

464
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Speaker 1: in presenting this evidence that when you play this guy,

465
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Speaker 1: bad things happened. Take it a step further, when you

466
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Speaker 1: play his archetype of player, bad things happened. We said

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Speaker 1: the same thing about Steven Adams in the Sas round.

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Speaker 1: We said the same thing about Jonas Valanciunas in the

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Speaker 1: last round. Playing these big plotting centers bogs down the

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Speaker 1: game for your team. Very rarely can they do enough

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Speaker 1: good to make up for it, and it ends up

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Speaker 1: hurting you. And this prideful stuff from these guys in

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Speaker 1: the league, lying in the face of evidence is killing them.

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Speaker 1: You know what was bizarre right or at the end

475
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Speaker 1: of the first half, they ditched DeAndre Jordan and went

476
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Speaker 1: with five wings, played like it was like Georgian Neing.

477
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Speaker 1: It was like Maxi Harris Harden kneeang, and then I

478
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Speaker 1: think they went with theble, so it was like five

479
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Speaker 1: wins basically, you know, three wings and two guards, right,

480
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Speaker 1: and they were dominant. That lineup was dominant. They got

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Speaker 1: them back into the game and they had a lead

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Speaker 1: at halftime. So we had overwhelming evidence in the first

483
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Speaker 1: half bad with DeAndre Jordan's okay with Paul Reid and

484
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Speaker 1: great with neither, and they did not play that line

485
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Speaker 1: up in the second half. By the end of the

486
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Speaker 1: third quarter, the game was over. The entire third quarter

487
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Speaker 1: was Paul Reid and DeAndre of Jordan's. So he had

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Speaker 1: evidence within this game, just within this game. Forget about

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Speaker 1: all the numbers that I just showed you. They had

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Speaker 1: evidence within this game that they were way better without

491
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Speaker 1: DeAndre Jordan's. They were okay with Paul Read, but even

492
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Speaker 1: better when they went away from Paul Reid and just

493
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Speaker 1: played five out basketball. When they played that five outstretch,

494
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Speaker 1: James Harden was getting to the rim, Tobias Harris was

495
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Speaker 1: getting to the rim, Tyrus Max he was getting to

496
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Speaker 1: the rim, getting out in transition. Guys were hitting shots,

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Speaker 1: They had flow. Did they give up offensive rebounds, Yes,

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Speaker 1: they give up seven offensive rebounds in the first half.

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Speaker 1: That's gonna happen. They had areas of the game where

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Speaker 1: they paid for their lack of size, but the aggregate

501
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Speaker 1: of that group was damned effective because they spaced everybody

502
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Speaker 1: out and all of your stars feel feel comfortable. This

503
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Speaker 1: is one of the biggest issues with like assigning a

504
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Speaker 1: number to any specific basketball play. How do you factor

505
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Speaker 1: in comfort? How do you factor in the fact that

506
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Speaker 1: James Harden is more comfortable in a five out role

507
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Speaker 1: than he is with DeAndre Jordan on the role? How

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Speaker 1: do how do you how do you factor that in

509
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Speaker 1: when you're trying to to to study the game like that.

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Speaker 1: That's an important part of this, you know, and most importantly,

511
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Speaker 1: and this is the part that pissed me off about

512
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Speaker 1: it in terms of like Philly kind of shaving points.

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Speaker 1: Essentially Bam had twenty four and twelve anyway, Like Bam

514
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Speaker 1: at a Bio torched you anyway, even though you stayed

515
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Speaker 1: big the vast majority of the night. So, like, I

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Speaker 1: get it. If it was like, hey, when we have

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Jordan out there, we're having success in these areas.

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Speaker 1: No no, no, you bought you put him out there

519
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Speaker 1: to do big guy stuff, and he's terrible at the

520
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Speaker 1: big guy stuff. So you might as well have a

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Speaker 1: small guy out there who's good at the small guy

522
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Speaker 1: stuff and struggles with the big guy stuff. Then the

523
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Speaker 1: guy who's bad at the big guy stuff anyways and

524
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Speaker 1: can't do the little guy stuff. It's just simple logic here,

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Speaker 1: And you know, and again, like I'd like to come

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Speaker 1: up here and tell you, like, hey, Philly has some

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Speaker 1: stuff in the film that they can look at that

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Speaker 1: end of the second quarter, they looked really good with

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Speaker 1: no centers. Maybe that's their way to try to steal

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Speaker 1: game too. Sorry, guys, quote from Doc Rivers quote we

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Speaker 1: like DJ We're gonna keep starting in whether you like

532
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 1: it or not. End quote. Sorry, Sixers fans, It's gonna

533
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,639
Speaker 1: be more of the same in game two. And I

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00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 1: will be stunned if DeAndre Jordan goes out there and

535
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Speaker 1: is a positive in game two. And if he is,

536
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,639
Speaker 1: it'll be because the other four guys around him were

537
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:20,760
Speaker 1: running around like Madnan. It just was genuinely confounding that

538
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,120
Speaker 1: they decided to go that way. A couple of things

539
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,200
Speaker 1: that I liked from Philly that I think will give

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Speaker 1: them a chance to try to stay competitive. They did

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Speaker 1: a ton of switching, which disrupted a lot of Miami's actions.

542
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 1: They're interchanges that they do all the gribble handoffs and

543
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,440
Speaker 1: screens and stuff to try to get their movement shooters going.

544
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 1: But they did a really nice job of mixing in

545
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Speaker 1: zone defense. Zone defense is tricky because you can't really

546
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Speaker 1: do zone defense in the sense that you can't. UH,

547
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,679
Speaker 1: you can't really do zone defense in the sense that

548
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 1: UH teams will eventually solve it. But I like doing

549
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:51,720
Speaker 1: it in little short bursts because it's a great way

550
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 1: to disrupt rhythm. The most important thing is rhythm and basketball.

551
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: Guys are feeling good or they're feeling not good, right,

552
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:58,600
Speaker 1: they get to a couple of possessions in a row

553
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,720
Speaker 1: where they're feeling good, you throw a couple of possessions

554
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 1: of zone. Adam throws them off before they have a

555
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 1: chance to solve that. You switch back. It's a great

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00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: way to keep teams off balance. There's there was a

557
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,119
Speaker 1: lot of good in there to where maybe, just maybe,

558
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 1: if if they would get ditch these DeAndre Jordan minutes,

559
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 1: they'd have a chance. But it just makes me feel

560
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: really pessimistic about Philly in this series because now I

561
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,120
Speaker 1: just have a feeling they're gonna lose game too anyway,

562
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Speaker 1: And what's the real point? Last note on this series Miami,

563
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 1: and I apologize sincerely to Miami fans upfront. I would

564
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Speaker 1: love to talk more about Miami and get into the

565
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: weeds with them, but they played the by far the

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Speaker 1: worst team in the first round. Atlanta was the worst

567
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Speaker 1: of the sixteen teams, and now they're playing this like

568
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 1: shell of a Philly team without Joel embiide Like, it's

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00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 1: just hard for me to accurately judge them. Obviously, Philly

570
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,439
Speaker 1: packed the paint and tried to make them shooters. Tyler

571
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 1: Harrow was four for six from three. Everyone else on

572
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:52,640
Speaker 1: the heat was five for thirty from three. They're bad

573
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 1: three point shooting team. In some of their specific players

574
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: that they have to play in NBA Playoffs scenarios, Guys

575
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,600
Speaker 1: like p J. Tucker, guys like Uh, Jimmy Butler, guys

576
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,640
Speaker 1: like Damn at a Bio, it puts them in spacing

577
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 1: conundrums that can cause some problems. The other thing, I

578
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 1: don't really understand the Victor Oladipo minutes. I know that

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Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry is out and he's kind of filling that role,

580
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: but Victor Oladipo is just a shell of what what

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00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 1: his former self was. And hopefully before too long they'll

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00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 1: be able to get Uh, They'll be able to get

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Speaker 1: Kyle Louvery back. It's just hard for me to really

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Speaker 1: take a judgment call about Miami until I see them

585
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: play with em Bead and we hopefully we'll get to

586
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 1: see that in game three. Al Right, before we bring

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Speaker 1: on Carson, I just want to hit the housekeeping notes

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Speaker 1: really quick. Make sure you liked this video and subscribe

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Speaker 1: green content. He had reacted to his technical foul call earlier.

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Speaker 1: Incredible stuff. He just broke down game to a preview

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Speaker 1: game two fi series and gave some predictions for the

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Speaker 1: other series. And last but not least, don't forget to

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Speaker 1: follow me on Twitter at underscore Jason lt to see

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Speaker 1: my film breakdowns on the mornings after the game. Alright,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna him. I got Carson on and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: dive deeper into the series. Is from yesterday. Hey buddy,

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Speaker 1: Hey Jason, how are you doing? I can't complain, man. Yeah. Well,

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Speaker 1: let me just say I love the Volume newsletter as well,

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Speaker 1: big fan. I happened to put it together myself, so

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Speaker 1: I would highly recommend I do. Yeah. I've got many

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Speaker 1: many hats that I wear here, Jason, many hats, all right,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna play a game called what We Learned, So

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Speaker 1: we're gonna look back at yesterday's games and talk about

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Speaker 1: some of the biggest takeaways from each of the teams

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Speaker 1: who we saw in action. We're gonna start with a

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Speaker 1: team that you have been very high on. They dropped

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Speaker 1: Game one. But Jason, what did we learn from the

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Speaker 1: Boston Celtics in that game yesterday? This game was even

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Speaker 1: more interesting after I dug into the film. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I I could see there was some bad body language

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Speaker 1: stuff with Boston after the game, and I get that

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00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 1: because you kind of got punked a little bit, and

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Speaker 1: we're talking a little bit about it in a minute.

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Speaker 1: But I thought Janice played a little bit of a

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Speaker 1: role in that. You know, one of the things I

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Speaker 1: said in the show last night was it looked to

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Speaker 1: me on the surface, before I could get a look

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Speaker 1: at the advanced stats, that Boston defended extraordinarily well in

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Speaker 1: the half court and their offense put them at a

624
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Speaker 1: massive disadvantage in a bunch of transition scenarios and they struggled. Well,

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Speaker 1: we got to look at the data and it's exactly

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Speaker 1: what you would expect it. So, according to Cleaning the

627
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Speaker 1: glass that these are absolutely bonkers numbers if you're a

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Speaker 1: Celtics fan and you've just got to be kicking yourself

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Speaker 1: at the level of self sabotage. So the Bucks only

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Speaker 1: managed zero points seven six points per half court play

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Speaker 1: zero point four three points per transition play off of

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Speaker 1: a live rebound. So when they played normal offense and

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Speaker 1: got a shot attempt up and either made it or

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Speaker 1: missed it, they defended astoundingly well. But on there on

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Speaker 1: the plays where they turned the ball over, So when

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Speaker 1: Milwaukee gotta steal, they averaged a whopping two point three

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Speaker 1: three points per transition play. So literally, as I said

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Speaker 1: in the show last night, Boston gave this game away

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Speaker 1: in transition, and that's exactly what happened, And it came

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Speaker 1: down to what they did on offense. They just just

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Speaker 1: we're incredibly flum mixed from the start with the different

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Speaker 1: look that Milwaukee was going with. You know, Brooklyn was

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Speaker 1: doing some similar things in terms of aggression on the

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Speaker 1: perimeter and having help underneath the basket. But there's just

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00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 1: another level to rim protection when you're dealing with Janice

646
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: and brook Lopez versus dealing with Nick Klaxton, Andre Drummond

647
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: and Kevin Durant. They're just not on the same stratosphere

648
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: as rim protectors. You know, Brook Lopez was a defensive

649
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: Player of the Year candidate a couple of years ago,

650
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 1: so he's every bit as capable as Joannice at protecting

651
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 1: the rim. And when you put the two of those together,

652
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 1: puts you in this weird predicament where when you run

653
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 1: ball screens, it's like, cool, you got Yannice up at

654
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 1: the ball screen, so you get him away from the paint,

655
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 1: but Brooks down there, or you get Brooke out there

656
00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 1: and you beat Brooke to the basket, but Janice is

657
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 1: down there. And it really really flu mixed Boston when

658
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: I looked into it. It had a lot to do

659
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 1: with shot selection. So only they took fifty threes, only

660
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: twenty two of them were wide open, so many of

661
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 1: them were like quick fires, like coming down the floor

662
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 1: off the dribble. Somebody says the ball screen, you know,

663
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 1: Brook or j Honese is a touch too low, and

664
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,440
Speaker 1: they just decide to fire even though there's like seventeen

665
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: seconds on the shot clock, and they they literally everybody

666
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: not named Jayson Tatum was zero four eleven on pull

667
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: up jump shots, so that one about exactly as you

668
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: could have expected. A lot of plays too, were like

669
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: guys would dribble the ball off the floor and you know,

670
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: there'd be a guy kind of playing the passing lane

671
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: one passed away, and so the shooter would be kind

672
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 1: of open but not really and instead of like driving

673
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 1: to the basket and really collapsing the defense, they'd like

674
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: swing it and then the guy would just catching fire

675
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 1: with like seventeen seconds on the shot clock. And I

676
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 1: mean it's it's not a heavily contested shot, but it's

677
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 1: not wide open, and it's rushed. It's early in the clock,

678
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: and you didn't really make Milwaukee's defense work, and you

679
00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 1: certainly could have gotten something better. When when Boston generated

680
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 1: catch and shoot opportunities, they actually did pretty well. They

681
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,960
Speaker 1: were one point to two points per catch and shoot opportunity.

682
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: That's a really good number. But it primarily came down

683
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 1: to just rushing shots, doing a lot of things that

684
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: were uncharacteristic to the way Boston typically has run really

685
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: mature offense. Over the course of the last half of

686
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: the season, so stuff that they got to figure out.

687
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown in particular, I love Jalen Brown. He was

688
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: a monster in the first round, absolutely dominated Brooklyn in

689
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 1: the fourth quarters of those games by putting his head

690
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 1: down and going to the rim, taking advantage of his

691
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 1: physical size in the in those matchups against all those

692
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,560
Speaker 1: tiny players. For Brooklyn, well, Milwaukee just has bigger, stronger athletes.

693
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,239
Speaker 1: Some of those opportunities aren't as good. They're cutting him

694
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: off from the rim, and he's been throwing the ball

695
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 1: all over the court. I think he had eight turnovers

696
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: in the game, but some of some of the like

697
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: he really really struggles with making basic reads and the

698
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 1: amount of times that he would have like Grant Williams

699
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 1: wide open on the wing and force a shot, or

700
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: like pick up his dribble and look around and and

701
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: not know where to go even though there was a

702
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 1: wide open shooter there, like Jalen Brown in particular, and

703
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: he probably knows this. He doesn't need to hear this

704
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: from me. Jyleen Brown knows it. But he's got to

705
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: be way, way, way better. In Game two, I thought

706
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum was actually pretty good. You know, he struggled

707
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 1: in some specific areas with the defense, but you're seeing

708
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,000
Speaker 1: a consistent theme in this playoff. Run that the best

709
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: player on your team is struggling statistically and just about

710
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: every game. Johanna struggled in game one. Tatum struggled a

711
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,800
Speaker 1: lot in the last round in terms of his counting

712
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,320
Speaker 1: stats and his efficiency because of the fact that defenses

713
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 1: are throwing the kitchen sink at your first start and

714
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: it's just making things really, really hard. So what's the

715
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:33,320
Speaker 1: pathway for Boston. Run smarter offense. You have a clear

716
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,760
Speaker 1: cut weapon to win this series. That clear cut weapon

717
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 1: is your half court defense. When you got Milwaukee in

718
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,680
Speaker 1: the half court, they only scored zero point seven six

719
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,719
Speaker 1: points per possession. That's an incredible number. That's something you

720
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,280
Speaker 1: can take to the damn bank. So run smarter offense,

721
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 1: don't turn the ball over, take higher quality shots. Just

722
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 1: by doing those three things, you avoid all these chaotic

723
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: transition possessions where you got killed in the last but

724
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,040
Speaker 1: not least giving up two point three three points a

725
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 1: transition play is terrible. So when you do turn it over,

726
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 1: spread back, spread back, there are way too many plays

727
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: where like Marcus Smarter, Jalen Brown or Jayson Tatum would

728
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,720
Speaker 1: like turn and complain to the refs while everyone's running

729
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,240
Speaker 1: down the other way. That's how you give up awful

730
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,839
Speaker 1: transition possessions that end up killing you on the other end.

731
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 1: So little stuff like that they just have to get

732
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,280
Speaker 1: way better at. So before we move on to Milwaukee,

733
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,360
Speaker 1: because I wanted to talk a lot about how good

734
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,399
Speaker 1: they've been, I want to show you guys some shot

735
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: charts just to demonstrate just how crazy the dispersion is

736
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 1: between these two teams. So I'm gonna show you Milwaukee's

737
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: shot chart first. Take a look at this. So look

738
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 1: at the variety. Look at those dark circles and all

739
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,879
Speaker 1: the different spots they are on the floor. You've got

740
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 1: turnaround jump shots from Bobby Portis in there. You have

741
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 1: longer hook shots from Bobby Portis in there, you have

742
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 1: mid range jump shots from Janice, one leg fade aways,

743
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: you have uh, you know, Drew Holiday making floaters and

744
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: things in the lane. There's variety in there. And when

745
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,879
Speaker 1: you're playing against an elite defense, you have to come

746
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: with variety. If you simplify your deep, your offense down

747
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: to one or two things, then the defense can really

748
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 1: key in on those one or two things and it

749
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: can cause problems. I'm gonna show you, guys, Boston shot

750
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: chart here in just a second. But I wanted to

751
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 1: bring Carson back on so he can respond. Yeah, Jason, Well,

752
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,760
Speaker 1: just when you address some of the issues that stood

753
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 1: out for Boston in Game one, who is the guy

754
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 1: who you think is most important to them ultimately coming

755
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: out on top in this series? Is there a single

756
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: swing player who stands out to you on their roster?

757
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 1: That's Jalen Brown. It has to be like, if you

758
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,839
Speaker 1: were ranking players in the game yesterday, you're probably doing

759
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,919
Speaker 1: Janice first. You're probably doing Drew Holiday second, Tatum third.

760
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 1: So Tatum's gotta be a little bit better, but you

761
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: expect Tatum to be better, Like that's just gonna happen.

762
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 1: Tatum's Tatum's that level of player now. But then you're

763
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 1: like getting to like Bobby Portis and brook Lopez and

764
00:36:55,640 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: Grayson Allen and then maybe Al Horford, and then we're

765
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 1: going further down. I'm probably going to Pat Connaughton. Like

766
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,800
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown was like the tenth or eleventh best player

767
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 1: in the game yesterday, That's just not gonna cut it.

768
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 1: He was the swing factor against Brooklyn. All those games

769
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: were close in the fourth quarter, and Jalen Brown's want

770
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 1: to pulled away and got the job done. Jalen Brown

771
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: has to be better a couple of different ways. He

772
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: has to give you some of that midrange scoring. We're

773
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 1: gonna show you guys the Celtic shot chart here in

774
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,480
Speaker 1: just a second. But like he's got to be able

775
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,760
Speaker 1: to get two spots on the floor to generate offense

776
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: when things break down. He gave you absolutely nothing in

777
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 1: that area of the game. And then most importantly, just

778
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: smarter decision making. Like again when the when they got

779
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 1: paint touches by driving the ball to the basket and

780
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 1: then kicked two shooters, everything went really well. When they

781
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: started to freelance and do stupid stuff, things went poorly.

782
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: So like just playing smart basketball, being that legit number

783
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: two option that just plays smart basketball, makes smart decisions

784
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: and gives you some of that scoring pop is really

785
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 1: all they need from Jalen and that's what they that

786
00:37:56,480 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 1: that's the swing factor in my opinion. All right, well,

787
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,319
Speaker 1: I'll let you do your Celtics shots chart spiel. I'm

788
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: in tregue. Okay, guys, let take a look at this

789
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics shot chart. This is the Milwaukee one, So

790
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: this is Boston. So look, do you see any variety.

791
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: Do you see any dispersion. I don't even see a

792
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 1: longer too. I don't even see like a hook shot

793
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 1: in the lane. It's layups at the basket and three

794
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: point shots. Now, analytically, that's fantastic. If you're uh, like

795
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,240
Speaker 1: one of those you know dudes who's all about shot value,

796
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 1: You're gonna look at this and think that's the ideal outcome.

797
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 1: But I actually look at it the other way. That

798
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: makes you easy to guard because I now know that

799
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 1: if I chase you off the three point line, you're

800
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 1: not willing to try to score from the midrange. You're

801
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 1: going to drive into the teeth of the defense. There

802
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 1: were a lot of plays, you know, we were talking

803
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 1: last night about, like, Okay, you beat somebody in the basket,

804
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 1: like Tatum splits the Lopez pick and roll. Janice is

805
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,399
Speaker 1: coming over to help. What do you do? Do you

806
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,880
Speaker 1: kick to Grant Williams in the corner. Yeah, that's what

807
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,760
Speaker 1: I think you should do. But if you are trying

808
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 1: to build your rhythm as a score and look for

809
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: shots for yourself over the course of the game, so

810
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: that you're not only kicking out to shooters all night long.

811
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 1: That's where it's like stop short and take a floater

812
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: over Janice and like or stop take a do the

813
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: thing that Devin Booker does when you feel the defender

814
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: coming behind you from back pressure. Just take like a

815
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,919
Speaker 1: hard dribble to the right and like take a pull

816
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: up fifteen foot or something like that. Do something because

817
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 1: that's a wide open shot in that role when you've

818
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 1: got separation working towards the basket. Just anything other than

819
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 1: going right at the guy who won Defensive Player of

820
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: the Year last year or two years ago, whatever it was. Like,

821
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: you can't just walk into that trap consistently and expect

822
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 1: good results. Like you've got to do something to mix

823
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 1: things up. It can't just be we're gonna take the

824
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 1: threes that are there and we're gonna drive into your

825
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: shot blockers and get blocked all night Look ten for

826
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: ten for thirty four on twos, Carson ten for thirty

827
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:02,279
Speaker 1: four on twos in that name. Yeah, yeah, I think

828
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 1: it was the second fewest made two's in any playoff

829
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 1: game ever. Like really just a crazy dynamic, and I

830
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,400
Speaker 1: mean they do have the personnel right when you talk

831
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 1: about the pull up mid range shot making Jayson Tatum

832
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 1: for basically his career until this year. One of the

833
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,799
Speaker 1: gripes I would say was he was overly reliant on

834
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 1: the mid range and whatnot, and Jalen has that in

835
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 1: his game, So it'll be interesting to see if they

836
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,160
Speaker 1: can figure that out and adjust. But totally with you

837
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 1: on the predictability element. And I mean it's really interesting,

838
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: like that is kind of Milwaukee's desired shot chart, right,

839
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: I mean, that's exactly what they want. They're giving you

840
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 1: fifty threes on purpose kinda. And like you said, I mean,

841
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,719
Speaker 1: the pain is packed and it's tough to score in there,

842
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,840
Speaker 1: all right, So let's flip him a wat. Yeah, go ahead.

843
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: I was just gonna do, Like what if if you

844
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 1: look at their shot chart, it's not like they took

845
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,800
Speaker 1: thirty seven mid range jump shots. It's just enough to

846
00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 1: keep the defense, honest, it's just enough today, man straight,

847
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: that you are willing to shoot there. Which and again,

848
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 1: if you're willing to shoot there, maybe instead of Janice

849
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,839
Speaker 1: waiting directly under the basket, maybe he has to come

850
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,839
Speaker 1: out a little bit and help. And now you've opened

851
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: up a cut on the back door. Now, great Williams

852
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 1: doesn't have to take a three if you're willing to

853
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,400
Speaker 1: shoot the float or willing to shoot the pull up two.

854
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 1: Now the defender has to come just to step up

855
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:21,879
Speaker 1: from the rim and it opens up the back door

856
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 1: cut from the week side corner. Just you have to

857
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: have variety in your offense. It can't it can't be

858
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: that basic. But going on to the rest of the stuff.

859
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 1: With Milwaukee like there, first of all, their transition defense

860
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,800
Speaker 1: was incredible. We just talked about Boston and then getting

861
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 1: just barbecued in transition defense. And again, transition defense is

862
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:41,280
Speaker 1: really simple. Sprint back. Everybody sprints back to the paint.

863
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,800
Speaker 1: Then when you get to the paint, you turn around

864
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: and you look at who's coming wherever, whoever's there. Somebody

865
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,800
Speaker 1: stays under the rim. Everyone else sprays out to shooters

866
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 1: from there. So rule number one is give up at

867
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: least a jump shot. If you're gonna give up a shot,

868
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,880
Speaker 1: make sure it's not at the rim. And then rule

869
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 1: number two is, once you get to the paint, spray out.

870
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:01,800
Speaker 1: Like transition defense is thousand percent about effort and focus.

871
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,400
Speaker 1: Giving up two point three three points per transition opportunity

872
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: office steals for Boston, that's inexcusable. That's just laziness. That's sloppiness,

873
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,440
Speaker 1: that's barking at the refs. That's not playing real basketball.

874
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: Check this out. Boston had eight live ball steals against Milwaukee,

875
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 1: so the same types of opportunities that Boston was giving

876
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,400
Speaker 1: up two point three three points per possession on. Boston

877
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 1: had eight of those opportunities going the other way. They

878
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:32,400
Speaker 1: scored on zero of them, zero of them. Milwaukee sprint

879
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,279
Speaker 1: back on every single one of them and shut the

880
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: rim off. There was a play that I I showed

881
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 1: on my Twitter feed that you guys can find, be honest,

882
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 1: like completely out of the play, turns the ball over

883
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,279
Speaker 1: to Tatum on a pass. Tatum is twenty ft past him,

884
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,960
Speaker 1: just turns and sprints and tries to block him off

885
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 1: the glass. As a result, Tatum rushes the lay up

886
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:51,720
Speaker 1: a little bit and misses it and they get a stop.

887
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,439
Speaker 1: Little details like that those are If you can get

888
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 1: those numbers down from you know, two point three three

889
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,279
Speaker 1: points per transition opportunity down to that, then you're giving

890
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,720
Speaker 1: yourself a fighting chance in a game like this because

891
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 1: of how well you defended in the half court. A

892
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: couple other notes drew Drew Holiday's shot making. He had

893
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: I think six made field goals that were unassisted that

894
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: were difficult, like create your own shot types of moments.

895
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:19,919
Speaker 1: Everything that I was just talking about with Jaylen Brown,

896
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:22,600
Speaker 1: that they needed, just those little punches of offense that

897
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 1: are so so so important against defense of this caliber,

898
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 1: like Drew Holiday was giving you that he was just

899
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 1: early in the game. I thought there was a huge

900
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 1: a sequence where Boston was scoring and I think they

901
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 1: had eight points quick early and Drew Holliday came down

902
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,239
Speaker 1: and hit two threes. He had a transition pull up

903
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: three off of a steel and then he had another

904
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:44,920
Speaker 1: three where he came off of a ball screen on

905
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 1: the right side of the floor and Al Horford was

906
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:50,280
Speaker 1: way too low as the as the guy guarding the screen,

907
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 1: and he made two threes, just monstrous threes that just

908
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:57,240
Speaker 1: settle you down, you know, like if you if Boston

909
00:43:57,239 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 1: gets stops on those two possessions, now it's like maybe

910
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 1: Milwaukee's calling a time out and they're down twelve to two,

911
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,000
Speaker 1: and the entire dynamic of the game is different. The

912
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:09,240
Speaker 1: crowds into it. It turns into this like crazy helter

913
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:12,759
Speaker 1: skelter environment where Boston's like frantically feeding off of the crowd. No,

914
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 1: Drew Holiday made monster play after monster play that just

915
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:20,319
Speaker 1: stiff armed Boston and kept them away from having any

916
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 1: real control over the basketball game. Just I thought he

917
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 1: was definitively the second best player on the floor last night.

918
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,560
Speaker 1: A very first possession of the game, Marcus Smart is

919
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 1: just trying to bring the ball up the floor, and

920
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,239
Speaker 1: Drew Holiday just like slides right in front of him

921
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 1: like a stone wall, stops Marcus Smart and hits the

922
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 1: ball out of bounds. And you're just like, oh, it's

923
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 1: gonna be that type of night. Like Drew Holidays like

924
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 1: I'm going to make your life a living hell tonight.

925
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 1: And he did that to Marcus Smart all night long.

926
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: Just incredibly impressive performance from Drew. You know, I said

927
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: towards the end of our buck segment yesterday, and I

928
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 1: thought you honest for some things. I went back and

929
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 1: watch the tape and I actually have to go back

930
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:58,240
Speaker 1: on that. I actually disagree, Like I think that Janice

931
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 1: is relentless rim pressure even he went nine him consistently

932
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 1: driving into all that traffic, even though he was smoking

933
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:08,280
Speaker 1: layups right and left, and again I had people in

934
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 1: in my mentions being like Joannice won't shoot that Portland. No. No,

935
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: he was taking incredibly difficult shots over like triple teams

936
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 1: around the basket. They were low quality shots. I'm just

937
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 1: saying that what I noticed over the course of the

938
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 1: game is that war Boston down. The intensity that it

939
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:26,239
Speaker 1: takes physically to build the wall on Janice and try

940
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:30,320
Speaker 1: to deter those room attempts is exhausting, and Janice perpetually

941
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,319
Speaker 1: doing that had a wearing effect. And I actually think

942
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 1: over the course of the series, if he keeps doing that,

943
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:39,759
Speaker 1: he'll have monster statistical games later in this series. So

944
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 1: credit to you, Honest. I take back what I said

945
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 1: it was important for him to keep doing that. And

946
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:44,800
Speaker 1: then last note with you, honest, and this is something

947
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:49,520
Speaker 1: I've I have not seen this since Lebron. You know,

948
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,879
Speaker 1: like in the like around five six years ago, there

949
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,759
Speaker 1: was this thing that would happen with Lebron where he

950
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:59,440
Speaker 1: had this aura when he would step into the arena

951
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: for a play off game. Even great players on the

952
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,799
Speaker 1: other team would get flustered. You'd have guys that would

953
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:09,719
Speaker 1: have fantastic seasons, like in the m v P conversation

954
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 1: type of seasons and they would fall apart, like at

955
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: the seams against Lebron. You even saw it from like

956
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: all time greats like Steph Curry two thousand fifteen and

957
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:22,480
Speaker 1: two thousand sixteen played well below in the finals, played

958
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:25,600
Speaker 1: well below his regular season averages. In a big part

959
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: of that. Clay Thompson struggled in both of those series,

960
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:30,880
Speaker 1: you know, like literally, like Draymond Gray was a monster

961
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,880
Speaker 1: in two thousand and sixteen. That was when he was

962
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:34,640
Speaker 1: hitting every single three that he took out the game,

963
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: had like thirty five, twelve and seven in Game seven

964
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: or whatever it was. But like Stephan Clay in particular

965
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: really struggled. Demarta Rosen and Kyle Lowry used to like

966
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 1: consistently like just fold under the pressure of Lebron. You

967
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,399
Speaker 1: saw that in the two thousand eighteen playoff run, where

968
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,240
Speaker 1: like guys like Victor Oladipo just suddenly fell to pieces.

969
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 1: You know, Demarta rozen again in that playoff run, fell

970
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,760
Speaker 1: to pieces fourth quarter of Game seven in Boston, Tatum

971
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 1: and Brown like falling apart. Lebron just has this aura

972
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,439
Speaker 1: on on his peers when he was at his peak.

973
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 1: I got that feeling from Janice last night. Man, it

974
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:09,960
Speaker 1: just felt like it felt like he was so clearly

975
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,800
Speaker 1: the best player on the floor that it's psyched everybody

976
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 1: out for Boston, and it had this like effect on

977
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:18,240
Speaker 1: them where guys like Jalen Brown in particular and Marcus

978
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 1: smartin particular just played garbage basketball games compared to their

979
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,280
Speaker 1: usual capabilities, and it just seemed like they were psyched

980
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:25,840
Speaker 1: out by Honest, and it was just it was a

981
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:27,879
Speaker 1: unique thing that I haven't seen in a really long time.

982
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,840
Speaker 1: And it's a credit to the Honest. Yeah, that is

983
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 1: a really interesting point, and there's some interesting dynamics with

984
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:37,040
Speaker 1: the Honest because it's like from some there seems to

985
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 1: still be like a hesitancy to crown him as the

986
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,840
Speaker 1: best guy alive or firmly in that conversation. And I

987
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: don't know if it's like a skill biased thing or whatever,

988
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 1: but I mean, right now, he's very clearly I think,

989
00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:51,800
Speaker 1: playing at that level. All right, let's move out west,

990
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:54,880
Speaker 1: Jason to the other series we saw yesterday, Grizzlies Warriors.

991
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 1: It was a pretty thrilling game. Memphis ended up falling

992
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,840
Speaker 1: by one. They had a look from to maybe win it,

993
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 1: but it did not fall. What did we learn from

994
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 1: the Grizzlies in that game. So a couple of things.

995
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 1: Memphis actually was better than Golden State in the half

996
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,759
Speaker 1: court They average zero point nine three points per half

997
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,239
Speaker 1: court play compared to zero point eight five for Golden State.

998
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 1: That's a good sign for Memphis, especially with how well

999
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:21,880
Speaker 1: they generate extra possessions by crashing the offensive glass. A

1000
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 1: couple of things they got to clean up. They allowed

1001
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 1: too many offensive rebounds. For as dominants, they were offensive rebounding,

1002
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 1: they had sixteen. They also gave up sixteen. So those

1003
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 1: are things that they're going to have to specifically clean up.

1004
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:35,399
Speaker 1: Golden State. A couple of quick notes. There's a lot

1005
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:38,879
Speaker 1: of talk including you know, I talked about I know

1006
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:41,000
Speaker 1: that the Warriors are better with Draymond, but I talked

1007
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 1: about how I liked some of the lineups that they

1008
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:44,759
Speaker 1: used without Draymond and some of the dynamics there. Well,

1009
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 1: just so you guys know, with Draymond on the floor yesterday,

1010
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 1: they had a hundred nineteen offensive rating, hundred and eight

1011
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,800
Speaker 1: defensive rating, and they were plus eleven net. With Draymond

1012
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:56,479
Speaker 1: off the floor, they had a hundred and twelve offensive rating,

1013
00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:59,839
Speaker 1: hundred and fourteen defensive rating and they were minus two nets,

1014
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,759
Speaker 1: so they were definitively better with Draymond off the floor

1015
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:04,760
Speaker 1: on the floor, so we can go ahead and ditch that. However,

1016
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:07,960
Speaker 1: there was one specific lineup that they used. I think

1017
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: it was in the in the third quarter where they

1018
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:14,120
Speaker 1: went with Clay Thompson, Jordan Pool, Auto Porter, Jonathan Comedica,

1019
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:17,719
Speaker 1: and Gary Payton Jr. Yesterday's show, we broke down specifically

1020
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 1: what they were doing, but that group was plus five

1021
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:21,880
Speaker 1: and six minutes, and I thought it was a huge

1022
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:24,239
Speaker 1: part of why they were able to win in the

1023
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 1: second half without Draymond. What do you do with that? Well,

1024
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 1: the way I look at it is, I think you

1025
00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:33,799
Speaker 1: gotta keep playing Draymond his normal allotment and use that

1026
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 1: lineup when he's off the floor. There's gonna be a

1027
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:37,880
Speaker 1: tendency to want to go to Luney there that I

1028
00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:40,920
Speaker 1: would actually play Luney alongside Draymond as much as you can,

1029
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 1: because Draymond actually likes that dynamic and it will help

1030
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:48,319
Speaker 1: you against Memphis attacking the offensive glass. And then when

1031
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,240
Speaker 1: you have Draymond off the floor, that's when I'd go small.

1032
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: That's when i'd go with Clay and Pool Auto cominga

1033
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,960
Speaker 1: and and Gary Payton Jr. Because that lineup was just super,

1034
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,280
Speaker 1: super versatile offensively. It had so much space for Jordan

1035
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,760
Speaker 1: Pool and Clay Thompson to operate that they were dominant

1036
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:06,200
Speaker 1: in there. And the last specific note on this series

1037
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,799
Speaker 1: before we move on, Golden State was plus ten in

1038
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:13,120
Speaker 1: eleven minutes without Steph Curry. That's a great sign because

1039
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:16,160
Speaker 1: obviously that's been something just Steph Curry teams and lebron

1040
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:18,880
Speaker 1: teams consistently over the last couple of years have always

1041
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:21,359
Speaker 1: struggled when that guy's off the floor, and a big

1042
00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:23,960
Speaker 1: part of that is there literally, Carson, you and I

1043
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,239
Speaker 1: got into this argument a while back, but like, they

1044
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:28,240
Speaker 1: are the two guys that I thought were the premier

1045
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:30,359
Speaker 1: offensive engines in the league. So obviously when you take

1046
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:33,880
Speaker 1: them off the floor has a damaging effect on your offense.

1047
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:36,040
Speaker 1: But for you to go plus ten and eleven minutes

1048
00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: without Curry, a big credit to that is that specific

1049
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:40,479
Speaker 1: lineup I was just talking about. But that's a great

1050
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:43,680
Speaker 1: sign looking forward. If your Memphis, it's trust your half

1051
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,239
Speaker 1: court offense. You know you've been a little bit better

1052
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:46,880
Speaker 1: than Golden State. You just got to clean up some

1053
00:50:46,920 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: of the details and you'll be in good shape. Yeah,

1054
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,879
Speaker 1: I think that half court comparative success from Memphis isn't

1055
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:56,239
Speaker 1: interesting because I would not expect them to be the

1056
00:50:56,239 --> 00:51:00,480
Speaker 1: better half court offense overall. Obviously, Jaw is the one

1057
00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:03,440
Speaker 1: driving that, and he's had a trusting post season so far.

1058
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:08,160
Speaker 1: He had a monster to statistical Game one, but overall

1059
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:10,840
Speaker 1: hasn't had like the most efficient scoring post season. But

1060
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 1: at the same time, you know, can collapse the defense

1061
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:16,879
Speaker 1: at will get downhill. So given how Game one went,

1062
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:19,840
Speaker 1: what kind of series are you expecting from Jaw overall?

1063
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:24,279
Speaker 1: That's a good question, you know. I thought Job was

1064
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:28,280
Speaker 1: actually pretty damn good, especially down the stretch. Um Golden

1065
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 1: State did a good job on some specific possessions, the

1066
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:33,160
Speaker 1: game winning possession, and then they got two additional stops

1067
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:35,960
Speaker 1: on in late fourth quarter where it seemed like when

1068
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 1: they when they left him on an island, Jaw got

1069
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:42,279
Speaker 1: whatever he want wanted when they crowded him more, that's

1070
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:44,040
Speaker 1: when they were able to get some stops. You know,

1071
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: the biggest thing with Jaw is gonna be, you know,

1072
00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:50,839
Speaker 1: continuing to be relentless with that rim pressure. It does

1073
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:52,800
Speaker 1: so much good for them on a bunch of different levels.

1074
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:54,720
Speaker 1: Not only does it open up things for the shooters.

1075
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:56,480
Speaker 1: Desmond Baying had a rough game in Game one. You've

1076
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:58,279
Speaker 1: got to find a way to get more looks for

1077
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:00,400
Speaker 1: Desmond Bay. But most importantly, like we've talked a lot

1078
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:04,160
Speaker 1: about Memphis, his offensive rebounding. Memphis would get an offensive

1079
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:08,440
Speaker 1: rebound on thirty three of their offensive possessions this year,

1080
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:10,319
Speaker 1: which was number one in the league. That was their

1081
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,040
Speaker 1: bread and butter was crashing the offensive glass with guys

1082
00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 1: like Steven Adams and Brandon Clark and just relentless, you know,

1083
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 1: athleticism around the rim. Well, huge part of that is jaw.

1084
00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:22,520
Speaker 1: You know, when John gets into the lane and goes

1085
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:26,240
Speaker 1: flying in there and throwing up layups. It occupies shot blockers.

1086
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:28,680
Speaker 1: And so when you're when you're Draymond Green and you're

1087
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:31,719
Speaker 1: you know, uh, you know kevn. Looney has to come

1088
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:34,160
Speaker 1: over to try to block the shot. It basically takes

1089
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:36,280
Speaker 1: a body off of Brandon Clark. It takes a body

1090
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: off of Jaren Jackson Jr. Now they get free rim

1091
00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:40,520
Speaker 1: runs and that's when they can really have that uh

1092
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:45,440
Speaker 1: that effect. If I'm John Moran, just aspire to have

1093
00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:49,120
Speaker 1: the cumulative wear and tear effect like putting your head

1094
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 1: down and getting to the basket is I've we talked

1095
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 1: about this a lot with Russell Westbrook this year. If

1096
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:56,440
Speaker 1: there was one good thing that Russell Westbrook did as

1097
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:59,680
Speaker 1: he was missing everything just about every layup, it seemed

1098
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:03,640
Speaker 1: he was getting to the rim. And there is unquestionable

1099
00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:07,960
Speaker 1: positive offensive impact by getting to the rim. It just collapses,

1100
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:11,680
Speaker 1: the defense occupies shot blockers, opens up things for offensive

1101
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:14,520
Speaker 1: rebounders and for shooters. It is like one of the

1102
00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:17,760
Speaker 1: most basic basketball concepts. So that's John Rand's biggest impact.

1103
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,080
Speaker 1: Shot really well made four I think it's four for

1104
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:21,920
Speaker 1: ten from three or four for nine from three or

1105
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:25,600
Speaker 1: whatever it was. You know, Jaren Jackson made six threes eleven. Yeah,

1106
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:28,720
Speaker 1: Jaren Jackson made six threes. My thing is like that's

1107
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:32,279
Speaker 1: fool's gold. You can't depend on job making four threes

1108
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:34,680
Speaker 1: every game. You can't com depend on what you can

1109
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:36,840
Speaker 1: depend on his rim pressure and Jaren Jackson Jr. For

1110
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 1: the record, we talked a lot about his shooting. He

1111
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:41,400
Speaker 1: was a monster attacking mismatches in that game, getting to

1112
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:43,799
Speaker 1: the rim. So like those are the things that are

1113
00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:46,640
Speaker 1: like translatable, like the things that are going to continue

1114
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:48,800
Speaker 1: to win over the course of the series. And again,

1115
00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:52,200
Speaker 1: like we talked about it, the skill teams always dominate

1116
00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:55,520
Speaker 1: the beginning of a series, and the physical teams always

1117
00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:58,200
Speaker 1: dominate the end of the series. It is if you're

1118
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:01,400
Speaker 1: a Golden State fan, it's not a must win, but

1119
00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:04,000
Speaker 1: it's pretty important for you to to try to steal

1120
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 1: Game two as well, because the longer this series goes,

1121
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:09,879
Speaker 1: the more wear and tear on Draymond, the more wear

1122
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:12,560
Speaker 1: and tear on Kevan Looney. There's matchups elsewhere on the

1123
00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:14,760
Speaker 1: floor where they're small. There's a lot of Clay Thompson

1124
00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:16,719
Speaker 1: on Brandon Clark at the end of the game, there's

1125
00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 1: a lot of Andrew Wiggins on Jaren Jackson Jr. Those

1126
00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:22,440
Speaker 1: are significant size mismatches that they have to figure out,

1127
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:25,520
Speaker 1: and they are the easiest way to figure it out

1128
00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:28,160
Speaker 1: is get him out of here quickly, like like if

1129
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:30,359
Speaker 1: you lose game to make sure you win Game three

1130
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:32,160
Speaker 1: and four, take a three one lead, like you've got

1131
00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:35,280
Speaker 1: to end this series as fast as possible to avoid

1132
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:41,080
Speaker 1: the inevitable physical onslot that comes from Memphis. Alright, Well, Jason,

1133
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:43,520
Speaker 1: now that we've touched on every series at least a bit.

1134
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:46,960
Speaker 1: We're gonna play a game. It's called Fast break Fast Take.

1135
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:49,839
Speaker 1: You're gonna have one minute to make the case for

1136
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:52,279
Speaker 1: each team that lost Game one as to how they

1137
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:55,160
Speaker 1: could actually end up winning this series. We're gonna start

1138
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:59,520
Speaker 1: with the Dallas Mavericks. You're on the clock. Oh man,

1139
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:02,640
Speaker 1: let's ho this isn't a disaster, all right, So if

1140
00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:05,160
Speaker 1: you're Dallas, got to figure out a way to get

1141
00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:08,640
Speaker 1: stops again. Your whole scheme this entire season has been

1142
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:12,560
Speaker 1: taking limited personnel and figuring it out with like scheming,

1143
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:16,120
Speaker 1: double teaming, and specific spots, really smart and savvy rotations,

1144
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:17,920
Speaker 1: a lot of effort to make up for a lack

1145
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:20,640
Speaker 1: of personnel. You can do that against Phoenix. You've just

1146
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 1: got to take a look at the film tonight and

1147
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:25,120
Speaker 1: see specifically what it did. Specifically, find ways to hide Luca.

1148
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:27,400
Speaker 1: Luca I thought started to fatigue over the course of

1149
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:30,840
Speaker 1: the game. Gotta find ways to make things easier for him. Also,

1150
00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:34,000
Speaker 1: different looks. Do what Philly was doing. Mix in some zone,

1151
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:37,080
Speaker 1: mix in, you know, do random doubles and traps, and

1152
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:38,920
Speaker 1: then go away from that, leave him in single coverage,

1153
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 1: because then they'll be out of rhythm, do things to

1154
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:44,000
Speaker 1: mix things up. Jalen Brunson and Spencer Dinwood. He have

1155
00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:47,000
Speaker 1: to be better. They have to be able to create shots.

1156
00:55:47,280 --> 00:55:50,680
Speaker 1: If Luca is leaned on as the sole offensive initiator

1157
00:55:50,719 --> 00:55:53,000
Speaker 1: in this series, he's not gonna have the juice to

1158
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:56,360
Speaker 1: get it done. But if Jalen and Spencer can carry

1159
00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:59,320
Speaker 1: you for extensive stretches along the way, it gives Luca

1160
00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:03,040
Speaker 1: the legs to get done At the end, Who do

1161
00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:05,360
Speaker 1: you think is the most important player outside of Luca

1162
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:09,880
Speaker 1: for the MAVs in this series. I'm gonna go with

1163
00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 1: Spencer din what he because I Jalen's going to figure

1164
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 1: it out. Jalen had a rough night, but Jalen is

1165
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,200
Speaker 1: going to figure it out. He's too good of a player.

1166
00:56:18,239 --> 00:56:21,319
Speaker 1: I thought he I thought he was a little bit

1167
00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:24,239
Speaker 1: wigged out by the length and size. We talked about

1168
00:56:24,239 --> 00:56:26,360
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the show, about that adjustment period.

1169
00:56:26,840 --> 00:56:30,480
Speaker 1: I think that Dallas is going to perform significantly better

1170
00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:32,600
Speaker 1: offensively in Game two now that they know what they're

1171
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:35,359
Speaker 1: up against in terms of the defensive length. Spencer has

1172
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:39,279
Speaker 1: been bad offensively for pretty much this whole playoff front.

1173
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:41,880
Speaker 1: They need more out of him. We've talked about Dallas

1174
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,239
Speaker 1: being a dark horse title contender. The only way that's

1175
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:46,920
Speaker 1: materializing is that Spencer didn't what he gets back to

1176
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:48,840
Speaker 1: the point where he can be a relatively efficient, like

1177
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:51,080
Speaker 1: seventeen point a game guy, and he just hasn't been

1178
00:56:51,080 --> 00:56:54,680
Speaker 1: that guy. Yeah, I agree, Brunson is so steady din

1179
00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:57,880
Speaker 1: what he is volatile man. Just the inconsistency of the

1180
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:02,279
Speaker 1: jump shooting is it's very dangerous. All Let's talk about

1181
00:57:02,320 --> 00:57:05,319
Speaker 1: the Sixers now, Jason, make the case for them. You

1182
00:57:05,360 --> 00:57:11,880
Speaker 1: have a minute. Somehow I gotta get rid of DeAndre

1183
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,440
Speaker 1: Jordan's from the lineup. I don't know if that means

1184
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:17,200
Speaker 1: you've got to kidnap doc Rivers, you know, find a

1185
00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:19,600
Speaker 1: way to like fake a positive COVID test or something.

1186
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:22,440
Speaker 1: You've got to find some way to get Doc Rivers

1187
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:25,040
Speaker 1: out of the room so that DeAndre Jordan is out

1188
00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:27,680
Speaker 1: of the lineup. Then from there a lot more switching,

1189
00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:30,240
Speaker 1: a lot more like kind of alternating between that and

1190
00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:33,080
Speaker 1: zone to try to just jank things up in Miami

1191
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:36,640
Speaker 1: and then lean heavily into your five out attack. Lean

1192
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:39,400
Speaker 1: heavily on going with five guys that can all shoot

1193
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:42,160
Speaker 1: and dribble. From there, it just makes you infinitely harder

1194
00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:44,560
Speaker 1: to guard. That gives you your best chance to try

1195
00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:46,960
Speaker 1: to have a James Harden renaissance. That gives you your

1196
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 1: best chance to try to get Tyrese Maxie going. Most importantly,

1197
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:52,720
Speaker 1: you weren't even getting stops with DeAndre Jordan's. So if

1198
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:55,240
Speaker 1: you get more stops with your smaller lineups, that gives

1199
00:57:55,560 --> 00:57:58,520
Speaker 1: you more transition opportunities. That's where Tyrese Maxie gets going.

1200
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:00,640
Speaker 1: That's their best bet. And then, last and not least,

1201
00:58:01,080 --> 00:58:03,080
Speaker 1: you gotta get Joel and be back on the court. Man.

1202
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:05,760
Speaker 1: Joel embiat Is, you know, top four or five player

1203
00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:07,320
Speaker 1: in the world, and you're just not winning the series

1204
00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:08,960
Speaker 1: without him, So do whatever it takes to get him

1205
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:13,280
Speaker 1: back out on the court as soon as possible. What

1206
00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:16,640
Speaker 1: would be your favorite possible way that the Sixers could

1207
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:22,520
Speaker 1: just get rid of DeAndre Jordan's Because I feel like

1208
00:58:22,560 --> 00:58:24,200
Speaker 1: there's a lot of good options. I don't know that

1209
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,720
Speaker 1: he wants to be there that badly. Okay, hack into

1210
00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:30,720
Speaker 1: one of his social media profiles and start d m

1211
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:33,840
Speaker 1: ng other players girlfriends on the team. That's that's gonna

1212
00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:41,520
Speaker 1: be my go to call. Russell. Yeah, I feel like

1213
00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:43,200
Speaker 1: you can maybe just offer the guy like an all

1214
00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:45,600
Speaker 1: expenses paid cruise and he'd be like, yeah, all right,

1215
00:58:45,600 --> 00:58:48,080
Speaker 1: I've had enough of this. I don't know. The DJ

1216
00:58:48,640 --> 00:58:52,520
Speaker 1: Dynamics are hilarious. Okay, let's move on to the Celtics. Jason,

1217
00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:58,000
Speaker 1: make the case for them. You have a minute. Everything

1218
00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:00,480
Speaker 1: comes down to decision making. Every we talk a lot

1219
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:03,240
Speaker 1: about on this show, the cascading effect of the way

1220
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:06,400
Speaker 1: that every play kind of is leans on the play

1221
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:08,920
Speaker 1: before it and after. You have to get your defense set,

1222
00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:11,760
Speaker 1: because we know that when your defense is set, you

1223
00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:14,480
Speaker 1: get stops. You're giving up less than point eight points

1224
00:59:14,520 --> 00:59:16,360
Speaker 1: per possessions in the half courts. You've gotta find a

1225
00:59:16,360 --> 00:59:18,480
Speaker 1: way to keep Milwaukee in half court as much as possible.

1226
00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:20,840
Speaker 1: The best way to do that is to limit bad

1227
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:24,840
Speaker 1: offensive possessions, early shot clock threes that are contested, or

1228
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:26,320
Speaker 1: that aren't as good as what you can get when

1229
00:59:26,360 --> 00:59:29,960
Speaker 1: you drive and kick turnovers, things along those lines. Trust

1230
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:32,720
Speaker 1: your half defense, half court defense to carry you through

1231
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:35,960
Speaker 1: your cold spells. Trust your shot quality. Last, but not least,

1232
00:59:36,400 --> 00:59:39,840
Speaker 1: don't be scared of Janice. Don't get wrapped up in

1233
00:59:39,840 --> 00:59:43,720
Speaker 1: the the the the aura that surrounds him. Jayson Tatum

1234
00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:45,880
Speaker 1: is also a top tier superstar. We've talked a lot

1235
00:59:45,880 --> 00:59:48,280
Speaker 1: about that on this show. You've got an alpha dog too.

1236
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:51,280
Speaker 1: If all of you don't play scared, you've demonstrated you've

1237
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 1: been the better team for the last six months. If

1238
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 1: you lean into that, that will be what carries you

1239
00:59:55,520 --> 01:00:00,000
Speaker 1: to the title. So you already touched on Jalen's issue

1240
01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:02,600
Speaker 1: a bit earlier, and I think that's totally interrelated with

1241
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:05,320
Speaker 1: the decision making. I don't know if there's a more

1242
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:10,080
Speaker 1: underdeveloped playmaking wing of his caliber and you touched on that.

1243
01:00:10,120 --> 01:00:13,560
Speaker 1: But like, as good as the Celtics have been when

1244
01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:16,200
Speaker 1: he is their number two guy, could that be like

1245
01:00:16,520 --> 01:00:19,000
Speaker 1: the thing that limits them and holds them back is

1246
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:20,840
Speaker 1: just if he isn't where he needs to be as

1247
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:25,760
Speaker 1: a playmaker and decision maker. Again, it's hard to say, Carson,

1248
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:29,200
Speaker 1: because like I said, like there's there's just that is

1249
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:32,000
Speaker 1: that is one of the few skills that has so

1250
01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:35,200
Speaker 1: much to do with just the type of guy you are,

1251
01:00:35,840 --> 01:00:40,440
Speaker 1: and not like skill development. Like again, Jayson Tatum, Jayson

1252
01:00:40,440 --> 01:00:43,800
Speaker 1: Tatum is clearly on that trajectory that Janie and Katie

1253
01:00:43,920 --> 01:00:45,880
Speaker 1: and Paul George and all those guys have been on,

1254
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:48,880
Speaker 1: which is the trajectory that's like I will get to

1255
01:00:49,080 --> 01:00:53,000
Speaker 1: the point where I consistently make good reads. But the

1256
01:00:53,080 --> 01:00:56,280
Speaker 1: next level of that above that, that elite playmaking is

1257
01:00:56,280 --> 01:00:59,040
Speaker 1: just rarefied air. And for a guy like Jalon Brown,

1258
01:00:59,080 --> 01:01:00,680
Speaker 1: and there's a lot of guys like this around the league,

1259
01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:03,200
Speaker 1: it's no different than like a Jordan Clarkson type. There

1260
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:05,520
Speaker 1: are guys that just are tunnel vision scores, and there

1261
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:07,840
Speaker 1: are ways to weaponize those types of guys. But you've

1262
01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:10,000
Speaker 1: got to find a way too. You've got to find

1263
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:12,080
Speaker 1: a way to make things easy on them. At least.

1264
01:01:12,600 --> 01:01:14,320
Speaker 1: It's the turnovers a kill you. So like if he's

1265
01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:16,080
Speaker 1: gonna get into the lane and he gets stopped for

1266
01:01:16,120 --> 01:01:17,960
Speaker 1: some reason, just tell him, like, hey, we're better off

1267
01:01:17,960 --> 01:01:20,240
Speaker 1: with you shooting here, Like if you get stopped like

1268
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:22,680
Speaker 1: trying to get a shot up, or like here's your

1269
01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:25,320
Speaker 1: release valve, get out and then reset. But it's where

1270
01:01:25,360 --> 01:01:26,880
Speaker 1: when he gets into the lane and he just kind

1271
01:01:26,880 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 1: of just looks lost, and he looks he's so indecisive

1272
01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:31,880
Speaker 1: as well, and again he's always struggled with that. He's

1273
01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:33,520
Speaker 1: not going to get better. But you've got to find

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Speaker 1: a way to coach him into situations where he doesn't

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Speaker 1: have to make decisions. Clear the side, Clear the side,

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Speaker 1: get him the ball in the post, like, get him sits,

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Speaker 1: get him in situations where you're like, hey, you have

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Speaker 1: tunnel vision. That's great. Go be tunnel vision, Jalen. This

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Speaker 1: is where you're your opportunity for successes. All right, last,

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Speaker 1: but not least here, Jason, the Memphis Grizzlies, please make

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Speaker 1: the case. You have sixty seconds. Beat them up, Beat

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Speaker 1: the crap out of him. That's your best chance. It's

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Speaker 1: just like Cleveland in two thousands sixteen, Oklahoma City in

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Speaker 1: two thousand and sixteen. The Warriors are more skilled than you.

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01:02:06,720 --> 01:02:08,840
Speaker 1: If you play skill basketball with them, you're gonna lose.

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01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:12,600
Speaker 1: Your best opportunity is to wear on them physically, relentlessly

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Speaker 1: over the course of the series. Run on them in

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Speaker 1: transition as much as possible, crash the offensive glass as

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Speaker 1: much as possible, Do everything you can to attack their

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Speaker 1: smaller guards with mismatches. Just and understand that even if

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Speaker 1: you lose battles earlier in the series, it will win

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Speaker 1: you battles later in the series. Also, fox out. They

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01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:33,080
Speaker 1: got killed on the offensive glass by Golden State that

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Speaker 1: has to be an advantage for them, not a weakness.

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Speaker 1: Another area that I thought that guy killed was a

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Speaker 1: shot fakes. Clay Thompson and Jordan Pull in particular day

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Speaker 1: would just pump fake and get a wide open shot

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Speaker 1: every time because the guy would go flying by. Pump

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Speaker 1: fakes will disrupt rhythm if you don't jump, but if

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Speaker 1: you do jump, it gives them a chance to gain

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Speaker 1: the rhythm. And then, last but not least, get Desmond

1302
01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:53,680
Speaker 1: band going way less, Dylan Brooks way too much, Dylan

1303
01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:56,240
Speaker 1: Brooks io in that game, get stuff for Desmond Bine.

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Speaker 1: How possible do you think it is? The Memphis rallies

1305
01:03:01,880 --> 01:03:03,760
Speaker 1: and you know a lot of those keys and actually

1306
01:03:03,800 --> 01:03:06,200
Speaker 1: does come back and win the series after dropping Game

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Speaker 1: one at home, It's very likely. I'm I'm picking Golden

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Speaker 1: State to be clear. I think I think they're gonna

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01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:17,520
Speaker 1: win probably in six is my guests or seven, But

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Speaker 1: like Memphis has a real chance. It's just the biggest

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Speaker 1: thing that makes me worry about them is they have

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Speaker 1: on paper all of the advantages necessary to win this series.

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Speaker 1: But there's a reason why Minnesota was literally in commanding

1314
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Speaker 1: leads of second half, massive commanding leads in five of

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Speaker 1: the six games in the first round and lost. It's

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Speaker 1: because Memphis was the better team, but they were very

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Speaker 1: unfocused and on significant stretches of important games would just

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Speaker 1: kind of float and behave like a regular season team.

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Speaker 1: And so my thing is like, if you're gonna beat

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Speaker 1: Golden State, you have to be perfect, you can't make mistakes,

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01:03:57,680 --> 01:04:00,959
Speaker 1: you have to be the smart basketball team. And they've

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Speaker 1: just demonstrated that they're the young basketball team. And that's

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Speaker 1: not that's not an insult to them, it's just it's

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Speaker 1: the same thing that every young, great team that has

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Speaker 1: has gone through in their rise through the league, just

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Speaker 1: like Golden State dealt with in two thousand thirteen and

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Speaker 1: two thousand fourteen, just like the Thunder dealt with in

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01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:16,880
Speaker 1: two thousand ten and two thousand eleven. It's part of

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01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:19,200
Speaker 1: the journey. But that's where Memphis is at right now.

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01:04:19,240 --> 01:04:21,840
Speaker 1: So like expecting them to behave like veterans is unlikely.

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01:04:21,880 --> 01:04:24,560
Speaker 1: So they have a chance, it's just unlikely because who

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01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:26,680
Speaker 1: who do you expect to act more like a responsible

1333
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Speaker 1: adult over the rest of the series, Golden State or Memphis?

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Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Right, our guys, that is

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Speaker 1: all we have for tonight. As always, I sincerely appreciate

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Speaker 1: your support. Game two of the two series from yesterday,

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Speaker 1: coming back tomorrow, very very excited for that. Obviously a

1338
01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:47,000
Speaker 1: lot on the line for my Boston is the best

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01:04:47,040 --> 01:04:49,640
Speaker 1: defense of this era take I could be going down

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Speaker 1: in flames around this time tomorrow, if, if, if, Boston

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Speaker 1: doesn't get the job done. So we will be back

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Speaker 1: after the final buzzer of the final game tomorrow. As always,

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Speaker 1: I sincerely appreciate your support. Don't to get to follow

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Speaker 1: me on Twitter for film breakdowns. We will see you

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Speaker 1: guys tomorrow. The volume