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Ant Man 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.680 had twenty one bones, Highland had fifteen of his eighteen 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:34.520 in the first half, and Minnesota sweeps is three game 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:36.599 road trip to improve the thirty eight to twenty three, 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.440 jumping to fourth in the West. Minnesota now moved a 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.640 game ahead of Denver in the Western Conference. There's just 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:45.440 two games separating the third seed, which is the Rockets, 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:48.880 and the sixth seed, which is the Lakers. They got 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:52.240 an outstanding performance in the fourth quarter from Naz Reid, 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.680 who looked like Kobe Bryant. He did an in and out, 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:56.920 got an an one, He did an out and end 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:58.960 and threw it up with a left hand. He got 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.680 that in a big three, so he played unbelievable. They 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.760 got great contributions. Ant Man didn't go off like he 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.000 had been in the last couple of games, but they 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:09.880 get with a total team effort. It was too much 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:13.840 for the joke to overcome joke and Murray, but they 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:15.520 got slopped with the ball late and the ball gave 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:17.880 Oh Joe, watching this game, what did you like about 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:18.800 what Minnesota did? 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:22.159 I mean every nas reed. Obviously being able to insert 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.039 himself towards the end of the game. I think that 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:26.320 made the difference in it. Ant Man not having the 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:29.880 game that he's had the past previous games. Obviously he's 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:32.200 been on fire, he's been hot, but he was efficient enough. 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:34.000 I think he was nine for nineteen. He had twenty 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.599 one points, if I'm not mistaken. Outside of that, it 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.560 looked they look good. They look good, and obviously the 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:43.000 god damn Nuggets didn't help himselves, turning the ball over 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:46.599 and missing some opportunities and chances to score and vital 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:48.400 moments that could have changed the outcome of the game. 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:51.280 Yeah, they didn't really get the contribution they needed from 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:52.960 Cam Johnson, and that I think he was all for 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:56.200 Yoke is gonna be yoke. I think he's what thirty five, 0:05:56.720 --> 0:06:01.320 fourteen to nine. Jamal Murray came on strong. I agree 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.760 with you. The turnovers late definitely didn't help their cause. 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.000 But they're gonna have to do a better job because 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.160 they were terrible when Yolk was off the floor today. 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:09.320 They can't give up. 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:11.520 That kind And I think there were minus fifteen, minus 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:14.039 sixteen or seventeen when Yolk was on the floor, and 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.239 he played a lot more minutes than I'm sure Adaman 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.240 wanted him to play in this ball game. And it 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.360 seemed like every time he went out, which he only 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.680 went out he played. What he does is that he 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.479 normally plays the entire first quarter, and then they try 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:30.560 to give him somewhere six to eight minutes in the 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:34.880 second quarter, and then played the entire third quarter, obviously 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:36.320 the coming out of the half, and then try to 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.320 give him a big break in the fourth. But they 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:39.920 had to bring him back a lot sooner than they 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.320 wanted to because the game started to slip away. But 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.200 give the team Wolves a lot of credit because every 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:48.839 time the Nuggets made a run, they quelled it. Somebody 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.800 hit a big three. Deevin Tenzo played unbelievable. They especially 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:54.080 in the first half with those four to three pointers. 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:56.680 Nas Red picked it up. Nasree picked it up in 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:58.960 the fourth quarter, hit a big three in and out 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:01.640 out and end did some great jobs. They did a 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.279 great job of rebounding the basketball. They just got to 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.160 do a better job because I thought, you know, to 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:08.560 start the game the way the Nuggets started up, I'm like, damn, 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.080 they might sweep this series yet. And the next thing, 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.680 you know, here come the Nuggets, Here comes man Deevinceinzo, 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:16.960 all those guys making contributions, and they ended up winning 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:21.200 this game. But it's gonna be Look, I think for me, 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:26.720 the class of the Western Conference is ok see. Still, 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.440 they got Shay back, and he comes back. They played 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:31.680 the Nuggets in his first game back, he drops I 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.280 think thirty five, and he didn't play in overtime. He he 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:36.080 didn't play late in the ball game because they didn't 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.680 want him to over extend himself in the ball game. 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.760 They want to gradually build him back up. And thankfully 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:43.480 they didn't need him because I know that was really 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.120 tough to watch a game of that magnitude. And now 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:48.360 they've already given you a minute restriction said we're not 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:50.880 gonna play with this. I don't care what the circumstance 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.120 called for. Even though it was a close ball game 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:54.760 late in the ball game and they could have definitely 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:58.200 used him. They've guys were Crucio did a great job 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:00.360 down to stretch, but looking at this ball game, we Joe, 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:02.480 They're gonna have to find a way. This is why 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.320 they made they got rid of MP Michael Porter Junior 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:09.040 because the filming situations like this, And maybe he's he 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:10.880 wasn't a good fit because you look at what he's 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.200 doing with the nest. He's a guy that can legitimately 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.200 be a one or two scorer, yes, but he was 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.320 always he was never gonna be anything more than the 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:20.400 third score here because you got Yoke and you got murried. 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:22.840 So Cam Johnson is gonna have to be He's more 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.840 equipped than that in his mindset, is more equipped to 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:28.240 be a third option because pretty much that's what he's 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.800 always been. And in that situation, I just think he 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:33.840 has to be better. He hadn't been good in a 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:35.760 couple of games. In order for them to get to 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:37.720 where they need to be, he's gonna have to be 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:41.040 that third piece. Bruce Brown does what Bruce Brown does. 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:46.960 I like what Kristen Brown h Brown does, but wasn't 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:49.840 enough today the given Minnesota credit, Minnesota played the heck 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:50.480 of a ball game. 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:53.400 Yeah, I mean Minnesota, Minnesota played the heck of a 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:55.800 ball game. But but for me and I think about mentality. 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:58.040 I think about confidence, especially when it comes to any sport. 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.680 Right now, the specific topic is is basketball, and for 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.040 Cam Johnson, I think he needs to insert himself a 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.040 little bit more. I understand that there's a pecking order 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.280 when it comes to shots selection and who has a 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.200 green light to take as many shots as they want to. 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:12.040 But I think players like Cam Johnson in that role 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.440 of when Yoka is not doing well, when Murray's not 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:17.800 doing well, I need to insert myself into the game. 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:18.719 How do I do that? 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:21.520 I already already need to be in rhythm. I need 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.160 to have some type of some type of confidence about 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.200 my game where I don't feel scared or I don't 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.920 feel nervous or a gunshot to take certain shots. And 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.960 there's only one way to do that is being able 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.400 to get yourself in rhythm and find ways to insert 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:35.720 yourself into the game even when it doesn't call for 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:36.240 you to do so. 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:37.880 And I think if. 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.480 He's able to do that late in ball games, in 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:43.320 situations like this, then he'll be able to insert himself 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:47.520 and feel okay about taking certain shots where it means 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:49.520 much more as opposed to the first three quarters in 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.800 the game, where it matters between wins and losses. 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.280 Well, I think the biggest thing you mentioned confidence is 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:58.559 that getting into a rhythm early, it's hard to miss 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:01.000 all those shots. And then because because you know, shoot 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:03.600 or shoot, but the confidence goes a long way. And 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.400 because he struggled the last couple of games he was 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:12.120 over the day, scored zero points. And I'm looking at Yoke, 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.560 Yoke with fifteen or twenty six, one or four from three, 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:16.880 but he was thirty five, thirteen and nine. You look 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:19.760 at Jamal Murray twenty five and wasn't efficient at all. 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.439 He was nine of twenty two, two or six. Christian 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:27.480 Brown was fifteen points. He played really well. Uh Strawther 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:30.480 gave him only two points. You got so you got 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:32.040 two of your starter as Oh Joe gave you two 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:35.240 points at two points and they played a combined forty minutes. 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:38.840 You can't have that. Uh, Valanchoona's two points. 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.120 Hardaway Junior played well, he was five or six, three 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:44.520 or four from the three. Bruce Brown six points in 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:49.959 thirty four minutes. But they just gotta fight. They gotta fight. 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:53.439 They gotta fight a third option because you know exactly 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.720 what you're gonna get from Yoke and sometimes he peeps 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.240 just gonna thatfica. See, look, we can't stop this man. 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.160 Yoke's go get somewhere between thirty and forty. He's gonna 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.960 get somewhere between twelve and seventeen rebounds, and he's gonna 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.960 get somewhere between eight and twelve assists. We just can't 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:12.280 let him get forty twenty twenty. That's what we gotta stop. 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:14.920 So we're not gonna stop him from getting those you know, 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:17.600 twenty eight twenty nine thirty points. He's gonna get that, 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:21.280 he's gonna get three rebounds. We've just got to control 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:25.679 him getting those fifteen eighteen twenty assists because he's getting 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.800 his points and he's getting other people involved. Once he 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:30.920 starts getting other people involved, now what do we do 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:33.800 Because we can't leave anybody. There's nobody that's gonna be 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.720 able to deal with him one on one. So you 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:37.719 try to make it as difficult as you possibly can, 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.240 and maybe you let him go one on one and says, look, 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:42.600 i'd rather give him what the Clippers tried that and 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:46.640 then he ends up getting fifty six and thirteen and seventeen, 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.800 but I can't let him get fifteen assists. Oh, Joe, 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.920 I can't let him get eighteen twenty assists because he's 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:55.319 gonna have somewhere between twenty and thirty points. He might 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:58.040 even get thirty five forty. So now he has forty 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:01.160 and he's contributed because of those fifteen to twenty or six, 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.600 you know, at least seven of them on three pointers. Yeah, 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:07.240 so you can't have that. But they're gonna have to 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:10.040 find a consistent third option. Cam Johnson's been in these 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:12.440 moments before. He won a championship. If I'm not mistaken 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:15.200 with the no he's on that team to end up 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.000 losing to Milwaukee. But he's been in he's been in 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:20.800 pressure situations before, and he's just gonna have to come 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:22.920 through because right now he's not playing well and I 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:25.880 don't know what happened. I think he did have an injury, 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:27.719 O Joe, So I think he might be coming back 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.360 from an injury. But that look, they don't do excuses 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:32.840 in pro sports. Now you don't. Either you do or 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:37.240 you don't, and right now he's not doing. Go ahead, 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:37.920 what do you want to add? 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:38.160 Oh? 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.640 I forgot and Drew randalm Drew Randall played an unbelievable game. 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:44.200 Now he didn't have twenty five thirty points, But I 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:47.000 thought the fourteen ninety seven that he did have came 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:48.800 out at a very opportunity time and it did a 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:51.079 great job on the glass. But I thought jew, I 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:54.280 thought all the auxiliary pieces, look, they're more and McDaniel 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.160 played well, they're more than. 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:56.560 Just ant Man. 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.720 I know aunt Man gifts a lot of the pub 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:02.240 and rightfully so, because he's electric. He's a dynamic score. 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.240 There's nothing he can't do. He can block a shot 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.360 to save a game, he can hit a clutch three 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:10.160 to win the game. He can play outstanding defense when 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.040 he wants to sit in the chair and guard. But 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:13.960 he's a consistent player, and we know what he is. 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:17.520 He's a superstar. But when you get contribution from Randal, you, 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:20.480 McDaniel and Devincenzo and all those guys starting to jump 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.360 in now, it makes them difficult. You know, Rudy Gobert 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:26.920 was Rudy Gobert. He gave you six, eight points, fifteen rebounds, 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.920 and so that's what he's going to do. But I thought, overall, 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:34.240 I thought Minnesota going on the road, the end of 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:37.280 this road trip, Yeah, going to Denver, and that's a 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.520 very that's not an easy place then. Plus they had 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.200 been the Nuggets had been playing well, even though they 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.920 lost a tough game the other night to Okay see see. 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:45.680 But when you deal it, when you're dealing with Yoke 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:47.800 and Murray, and we know what those two guys represent. 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.040 They're a goodest duo that we have in this league. 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:52.440 They can put you in the pick and roll. Obviously, 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:54.120 Yo can hit the three, he can roll, he can 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:57.480 hit the mid range. Jamal Murray's insactiony' seeing pok on 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:01.080 Rudy Gobert. So he's sensational. He could hit the three. 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:04.360 He could in and out you. So but I was, 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:08.280 I was. I was surprised how well Minnesota withstood everything 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:10.280 that they had going on special in the first quarter 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.199 to withstand that, because I'm looking at it and they 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.000 had like a twelve point lead, and then they cut 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.080 it down to like five and a half and they think, 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.320 I know, the t Wolves up seven. 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:23.360 I'm like, well, damn, that was quick and it didn't. 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:27.880 Take a whole lot of effort. But we'll see how 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:29.480 this thing play out. I think they got about twenty 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:33.760 games left o Hoe in the season. And when you 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:38.440 got the kind of closeness between three and six. Obviously, 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:40.120 you want to stay in the sixth spot because you 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:42.640 don't want to go into the play in so you 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:44.400 want to try to maintain where you are. 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:45.680 You want to stay because right now. 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:47.480 The Lakers are in the sixth spot, and so you 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.160 got the seven eight, seven, eight, nine ten or in 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:52.520 the play in tournament. You don't want to get into 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:54.160 the playing tournament. You don't want to play. You you 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:58.720 want to play as few games as possible, and playing 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:03.520 those you know, obviously, whether it's seven, seven plays ten, 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:09.120 eight plays nine, so obviously seven wins, they're in. Yeah, 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:12.320 whoever wins the seven ten matchup is in, and then 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:16.400 situation like that, and then the losers play each other 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:18.240 for the chest to be out fointish up to eight seed. 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:22.120 So you got OKC, that's forty seven and fifteen, you 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:25.160 got the Spurs or forty three and seventeen they lost, 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:27.680 got blown out. Today the Rockets are thirty seven and 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:30.200 twenty two. The Nuggets are thirty eight and twenty three. 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:32.480 Excuse me, no, The timber Wolves are thirty eight to 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:35.440 twenty three. The Nuggets are thirty seven and twenty four. 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.840 The Lakers are thirty five and twenty four, Phoenix is 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:42.040 thirty four and twenty six. Golden State's in the eighth spot, 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:44.720 and it's reported that Steph Curry is going to be 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.720 out another at least at least five games, and I 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.960 don't know where they get offense without Steph Curry. Yeah, 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.800 Portland is in a ninth spot at twenty nine and 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:59.400 thirty three, and the Clippers fading obviously, you know they're 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.960 not going anywhere. And Kawhi louted as much. He said, 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.880 I think this season is already over. Uh, they're twenty 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:08.320 seven and thirty one, So that's where that's where they 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:08.960 are right now. 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:10.440 So that's the rankings. 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:14.520 I mean, go ahead right right now with the rankers 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.480 where they are right now, where we are in basketball 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:19.160 season with twenty games left. I mean, based on your 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:21.080 expertise and watching the game and your knowledge of the 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:24.160 game over time, if you were to take your picks 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:26.680 now for coming out the East and coming out the 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:28.720 West playing in the finals, who would you have to 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:31.520 this point right now unless some team just comes out 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:34.560 of nowhere and does some extraordinary you know, the last 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.080 twenty games and shocks everybody. 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:41.120 I think Okay s would really love somebody to knock 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:42.600 off San Antonio because. 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:44.440 They don't have to deal with that. 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:47.200 Yeah, they don't have to deal with Winby and those guys. 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:52.240 That's the team that causes okay See the most problem. 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.160 Me personally, I think it's probably gonna be San Antonio 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:57.720 in okay See in the Western Conference finals. 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:58.640 But you never know. 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:01.600 Because ant man At has been there and done that before, 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.160 so he knows, he knows how to rise to the occasion. 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:07.040 Nuggets have won a championship before. 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:10.800 I just think the Rockets, I'm surprised the Rockets did 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:12.119 not get a point guard. 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:14.400 Chris Paul was there, and maybe they. 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:15.960 Don't want to didn't want to deal with Chris Paul 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:17.920 And I don't know what that issue is. But they 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.679 need a point guard and they don't have a point guard. 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:23.280 And I think that's the biggest thing, that's the biggest 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:27.119 hindrance to them. Phoenix, Okay book is out, Dylan Brooks 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:30.120 has a broken hand. How soon can those guys get back. 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:32.560 Do I think even with those guys back, they can 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:33.440 contend in the West? 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:33.919 I do not. 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:36.760 I do not think they have enough firepower to contend. 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:41.000 The Lakers don't play good enough defense. To contend. We 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:45.080 saw last night Austin Reeves get blown by Aydon. 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:48.160 I I don't know. I just don't know about him. 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:52.200 I just don't know, really, all things being equal to 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:55.320 I mean, look, I think there's four teams seriously that 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.800 could end up in the Western Conference Final. That's Denver, Minnesota, 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:01.960 San Antoni, in Okac. Those are my teams that I 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:07.880 think can make it to the Western Conference Final. Went realistically, realistically, right, 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:15.520 You you make me put some money into something that 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:17.560 matters to me, and if it's my money, it matters. 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:19.639 Yeah, I probably I'd probably picked Okac. 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:23.680 I probably pick the double back again and win a championship. 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:27.240 Yep, yep. 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:34.080 The next the Knicks snapped the spurs eleven game winning 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:36.720 streak with a blowout one fourteen to eighty nine. Michal 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:40.119 Bridges had twenty five, Jaylen Brunton had twenty four. The 0:18:40.160 --> 0:18:42.640 Spurs couldn't overcome twenty two turnals that led to twenty 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.359 four points and they were out rebounded fifty four to 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:48.879 forty one. Something that they're really they're not because of Winby. 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:51.320 Winby played well, but you know, they went on the run. 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:55.200 I think the Knicks went on a twenty a run 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:58.080 outscored in twenty two. Oh and they could never get 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.760 back in the game after that. They never could. Uh, 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:06.840 but they played. Look you got Miselle, Michel Bridges and Alvarado. 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:09.960