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Speaker 1: you know, it's funny. Every once in a while in

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Speaker 1: Jordan Pool, even in a static situation, is extremely difficult

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Speaker 1: Philly's not really set, just does a hard dribble move

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Speaker 1: is available for an offensive rebound. Jordan Poole misses the layup,

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Speaker 1: but Joel Embiads sold out for this one, actually ran

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Speaker 1: Every single thing was going for Jordan Poole in this game,

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Speaker 1: Dennis Schroeder at thirteen points in the fourth quarter. There

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Speaker 1: was a really interesting game plan dynamic going on with

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Speaker 1: both teams, and I thought backfired for both teams. Ironically

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Speaker 1: the Thunder where when Anthony Davis was on the floor,

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Speaker 1: they were running a drop coverage and they were prioritizing

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Speaker 1: the role man, so you know, the defender that was

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Speaker 1: chasing over the top of the screen would kind of

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Speaker 1: like grab ad and slow down his role. And then

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Speaker 1: the dude who's guarding and drop is kind of like

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Speaker 1: handling a d as he's rolling into the basket. So

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Speaker 1: the guards coming over the top were the ones that

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Speaker 1: had the openings there, and that was a big part

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Speaker 1: of how Dennis Shrewder impacted the game in the fourth quarter,

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Speaker 1: especially down the stretch when a d was out there.

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Speaker 1: He made a couple of massive pull up jump shots

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Speaker 1: in that like semicircle area, they're ten to fifteen feet

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Speaker 1: away from the rim. But early in the fourth quarter

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Speaker 1: when Anthony Davis was off the floor, one of the

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Speaker 1: things that the Thunder was doing when Winn and Gabriel

448
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Speaker 1: was out there, they were just switching everything. So the

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Speaker 1: Lakers were running their interchanges and not gaining any advantage

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Speaker 1: because that, like you know, Dennis Shruders got a little

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Speaker 1: bit of ISO ability, Austin's got a little bit of

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Speaker 1: ISO ability. But those guys are all typically pick and

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Speaker 1: roll guys, like they're at their best and when they

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Speaker 1: can get downhill and make reads and so switching kind

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Speaker 1: of negates that to a certain extent. And you know,

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Speaker 1: Dennis Schroder made three plays there in the early early

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter against Oklahoma City switching, just whilling the ball

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Speaker 1: into the basket. He hit a three, he had a

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Speaker 1: driving layup. There was one his third bucket that he

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Speaker 1: had there to start the fourth quarter where he just

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Speaker 1: like forced I think he was being guarded by lu

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Speaker 1: Door if I remember correctly, but I can't. I'm not

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Speaker 1: one hundred percent certain beats him to the right is

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Speaker 1: contained is like sidling alongside of him and just throws

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Speaker 1: up like a scoop shot with his right hand that

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Speaker 1: he shot from like four feet off the ground that

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Speaker 1: somehow went it literally just wheeling the ball into the basket.

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Speaker 1: It's about eight minutes and forty five seconds left. Darvin

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Speaker 1: him calls a really smart time out after the Lakers

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Speaker 1: secure a loose ball. They're up five, I think at

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Speaker 1: that point, and I thought it was a really smart

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Speaker 1: time out in large part because the Lakers were not

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Speaker 1: getting good shots against Oklahoma City switching. It just so

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Speaker 1: happened that Dennis Schroeder had wheeled the ball into the

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Speaker 1: basket three times to start the quarter. They went back

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Speaker 1: to that Anthony Davis lying up there to close the

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Speaker 1: game and ended up getting enough baskets to win. But

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Speaker 1: you know, Mark Deginald did a good job just kind

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Speaker 1: of mixing things up, like I said, going from switching

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Speaker 1: to drop based on who was on the floor. They

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Speaker 1: randomly went to zone on some possessions after makes and

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Speaker 1: then on Anthony Davis post ups. This was the one

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Speaker 1: place where I thought Mark Deginald messed up. Anthony Davis

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Speaker 1: struggles with pressure in his face, so like if you

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Speaker 1: hard double him to his face side, he panics and

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Speaker 1: struggles to handle that. Usually just tries to get the

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Speaker 1: ball out to the perimeter, but Oklahoma City was doubling

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Speaker 1: from the base line side, so like they would make

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Speaker 1: the post entry to Anthony Davis on the left block,

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Speaker 1: and you know, Jaylen Williams would be like kind of

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Speaker 1: pressing up on him, and then they'd have like Shay

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Speaker 1: Gil just Alexander or Isaiah Joe or somebody kind of

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Speaker 1: loop around the baseline and try to poke it out

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Speaker 1: from behind. The problem there was is Anthony Davis was

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Speaker 1: able to attack quickly towards the middle and then attacking

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Speaker 1: quickly pieces a huge part of Anthony Davis getting in

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Speaker 1: the last three halves. I tweeted at halftime of the

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Speaker 1: last game. I tweeted at halftime that Anthony Davis was

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Speaker 1: really struggling with just going quickly to the basket. This

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Speaker 1: was against Phoenix, and if you remember correctly, he had

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Speaker 1: like a like a really bad first half against Phoenix,

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Speaker 1: and I think he had like seven points and seven

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Speaker 1: rebounds or something. I can't remember exactly, but he dominated

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Speaker 1: had twenty something in the first half or second half

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Speaker 1: against Phoenix, and then he ended up with you know,

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Speaker 1: thirty seven and fourteen tonight, and one of the things

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Speaker 1: he did, I tweeted this out at halftime of that game,

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Speaker 1: is I want to see Anthony Davis go quickly. And

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Speaker 1: we talked, we kind of broke down the benefits of

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Speaker 1: that in that show. Basically, just going quickly before the

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Speaker 1: defense can really get set to double team you. You're

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Speaker 1: gonna go into traffic, You're gonna have some turnovers, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna have some offensive foul some things are gonna go poorly.

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Speaker 1: But in the aggregate, with all of the rim pressure

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Speaker 1: and the shots you're gonna get and the fouls are

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Speaker 1: gonna draw, it's actually a huge benefit and it neutralizes

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Speaker 1: the double team, which is the most important part. Jannis

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Speaker 1: is one of the best players in the league at

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Speaker 1: this particular thing. But ever since that first half against Phoenix,

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis has been amazing. He's averaging damn near twenty

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Speaker 1: points a half since that specific adjustment that he made.

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Speaker 1: And if you watch, just go to NBA dot com

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Speaker 1: and click on the box scores and all the blue

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Speaker 1: numbers where you can click and see the videos. Watch

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis's field goal attempts from the second half of

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Speaker 1: the Sun's game on versus the first half of the

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Speaker 1: Sun's game, and you will see a massive difference in

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Speaker 1: his touches with how quickly he goes to attack versus

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Speaker 1: standing and holding and surveying and waiting for that double

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Speaker 1: team to come. But I did think it was a

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Speaker 1: tactical mistake for Mark Dagenald to double along the baseline

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Speaker 1: side because I thought it allowed Anthony Davis to get

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Speaker 1: comfortable in a way that he doesn't when teams are

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Speaker 1: more aggressive double teaming him in his face. Then on

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Speaker 1: the other end of the floor, the Lakers had a

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Speaker 1: similar game plan that backfired. They were completely sagging off

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Speaker 1: of jay Lynn Williams, not jay Len Williams, jay Lenn

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Speaker 1: Williams and Lou Dord, just ignoring them and giving them

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Speaker 1: wide open catching shoot threes in large part to keep

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis in the paint. Right, Like Anthony Davis is

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Speaker 1: garding Jaylen Williams, keep him in the paint. It allows

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Speaker 1: you to contain one of the best basket attackers in

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Speaker 1: the game and Shake Gildas Alexander, And that was a

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Speaker 1: big part of why they succeeded in slowing down Shake

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Speaker 1: Gildas Alexander. The downside was is the thunder Head an

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Speaker 1: outstanding three point shooting game, and those two guys Lou

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Speaker 1: Dorton Jaylen Williams went six for thirteen from three, and

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Speaker 1: those same two guys went two for eight from three

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Speaker 1: against the Clippers the night before. So some of that

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Speaker 1: is like bad luck, but it's the reality of professional

551
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Speaker 1: basketball players. Like if you leave professional basketball players wide open,

552
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Speaker 1: even the ones that struggle, they're gonna have nights where

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Speaker 1: they go in they because they're working on it too hard.

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Speaker 1: You know, Like you can bet your ass that Lou

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Speaker 1: Dorton Jaylen Williams at every thunder practice or sticking around

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Speaker 1: after and making one hundred threes. You know, like those

557
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,120
Speaker 1: guys are putting in the work in preparation for those

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Speaker 1: particular types of shots and they have the ability to

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Speaker 1: knock them down. But I thought Jared Vanderbilt did an

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Speaker 1: outstanding job on shake Gilja Alexander once again, every defensive assignment,

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Speaker 1: with exception to Julius Randall, which was I thought whistle related.

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Speaker 1: I thought Jared Vanderbilts handled every defensive assignment extremely well.

563
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Speaker 1: Now he did. It was a team effort. He had

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis kind of basically just zoning up underneath the basket,

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Speaker 1: which allowed Jared Vanderbilt to apply more ball pressure. But

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Speaker 1: I thought the big part of how Jared Vanderbilt succeeded

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Speaker 1: was contesting those long twos. One of Shay's favorite things

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Speaker 1: to do is kind of hesitate, get the ball into

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Speaker 1: his left hand and take two hard dribbles down to

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Speaker 1: like the semicircle and push you off and take that

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Speaker 1: little short ten twelve foot jump shot. But Jared Vanderbilt

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Speaker 1: actually does a really nice job contesting that shot. And

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Speaker 1: you know, the final two shots of Shay took in

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Speaker 1: this game, one where he did a blatant push off

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Speaker 1: with his right hand. Jared was upset, he thought he

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Speaker 1: should have got a push off foul, but he perfectly

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Speaker 1: contested it. Shay just made it. You live with the result.

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Speaker 1: Later on, in a key defensive possession later in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter, Shay took a step back three and Jared

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Speaker 1: timed it a little even a little better and was

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Speaker 1: damire high fiving him on his release and gotta stop.

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Speaker 1: It's like an It's like Jared Vanderbilt has been so

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Speaker 1: considered a big man on offense because of his inability

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Speaker 1: to shoot that a lot of people don't really think

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Speaker 1: of him as a traditional wing, but in terms of

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Speaker 1: his actual mobility, like he's a six nine player with

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Speaker 1: long arms, with very quick feet, who's strong but light

588
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Speaker 1: on his feet, that can move well, that's your textbook

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Speaker 1: wing defender. And he's he's been handling every single assignment

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Speaker 1: thrown his way. Five stars. He shada nine for twenty

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Speaker 1: two from the field in this game, and I thought

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Speaker 1: he got a rough whistle, although not as bad as

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Speaker 1: the Julius Randall one from last week. Lonnie Walker twenty

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Speaker 1: points in four three's outstanding rim pressure. He's one of

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Speaker 1: the best things he's done all year. Is just especially

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Speaker 1: in pick and roll, as he just gets downhill, which

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00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 1: engages help defenders and good things happen there, you know.

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Speaker 1: Darvin ham commented after the game, I was finishing my

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Speaker 1: notes and I had the league pass feet up and

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Speaker 1: Darvin Hams presser came on and he talked about how

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Speaker 1: it was just such a profess way to handle that

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Speaker 1: situation for Lonnie Walker. And it's true because if you

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Speaker 1: really look at it, if you look at the situation,

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Speaker 1: the Laker guard situation has been a crowded mess all year,

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Speaker 1: and it's like, yeah, you sent out Russell Westbrook and

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Speaker 1: you send out Patrick Beverley, but you have brought back

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Speaker 1: Malik Beasley in D'Angelo Russell, two guys that started at

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Speaker 1: one point together, and Austin Reeves just was playing really,

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Speaker 1: really well and deserved more minutes. And Darvin said, like,

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Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you do everything right and you lose

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Speaker 1: your minutes even though it's not your fault. And that's

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Speaker 1: what happened to Lonnie. But like, what is being a

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Speaker 1: professional mean? Do you sulk or do you stay ready?

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Speaker 1: And Lonnie clearly has been working his ass off staying

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Speaker 1: ready behind the scenes to be ready in case this

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Speaker 1: happened in D'Angelo Russell, for whatever reason, has been taking

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Speaker 1: a lot of games off for the Lakers with minor injuries,

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Speaker 1: and so opportunity has been there and Lonnie stepped in.

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Speaker 1: And they don't win this game without Lonnie playing, and simple,

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Speaker 1: they do not beat the Thunder unless Lonnie comes in

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Speaker 1: and brings the effort that he brings. The Lakers are

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Speaker 1: now eleven and six post trade deadline. That is the

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Speaker 1: sixth best record in the league. Over that span. Lebron

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Speaker 1: has played in just three of those seventeen games, and

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00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: they toasted off the MAVs game with a four point

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Speaker 1: lead late because the two defensive mistakes from Anthony Davis.

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Speaker 1: I think it was actually a five point lead late,

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Speaker 1: and you took a dnp rest loss to Houston, giving

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Speaker 1: up seventy something points in the paint because Anthony Davis

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Speaker 1: didn't play. So they're eleven and six basically without Lebron,

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Speaker 1: and they'd be thirteen and four if not for a

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00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 1: catastrophic couple of mistakes from ad in a game he

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Speaker 1: probably could have played in if he had the permission

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Speaker 1: of the medical staff. They're a good team. They have

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Speaker 1: the second best defense in the league over that span,

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Speaker 1: just a tenth of a point per one hundred possessions

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Speaker 1: behind the Milwaukee Bucks. And they are now five hundred

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Speaker 1: and tied for the seventh seed in the Western Conference.

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Speaker 1: And I think the seventh seed should be the absolute

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Speaker 1: minimum goal for the Lakers. It's gonna be hard for

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Speaker 1: them to get up above that. I know they're only

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00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: one loss back from Golden State, but like Golden State's

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00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: getting into an easier stretch of their schedule, the Suns

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Speaker 1: are getting Kevin Durant back. I think the Thunder. I

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Speaker 1: think the Clippers, if I'm not mistaken, are going into

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Speaker 1: a little bit of an easier stretch of their schedule too.

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Speaker 1: I'll have to look, but like, yeah, they've got a

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Speaker 1: chance to get six, and they should shoot for that obviously,

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Speaker 1: But you know, getting that seventh seed I think is

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Speaker 1: the most important because then your home for that play

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Speaker 1: in game, and if you win, you'll get to play

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Speaker 1: most likely Memphis in the first round of matchup that

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Speaker 1: I really like for the Lakers because of their interior

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Speaker 1: defense against John Morant. So that seventh seed has got

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Speaker 1: to be their target. It's not gonna be easy. They

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Speaker 1: have the five of their final eight games are on

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Speaker 1: the road. And the thing is, it's like you look

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Speaker 1: at the schedule and you go, oh, some of these

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Speaker 1: games are easy, Like they're they're playing a home at

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Speaker 1: home against Chicago starting Sunday and Tuesday, I believe. And

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Speaker 1: here's the thing, Like Chicago's yeah, they're below five hundred,

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Speaker 1: They're not a bad team. They got really good players.

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Speaker 1: Zach Levine, Demarda, Rosen Glavusovitch, Patrick Beverley is going to

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Speaker 1: be coming for revenge in those games again, like the

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Speaker 1: Lakers will be favored, and they should be, but those

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Speaker 1: are not easy games. So they've got to keep their

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Speaker 1: of these wins after that Chicago home and home. Then

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Speaker 1: you got Minnesota, who's all reinvigorated because Karl Anthony Towns

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Speaker 1: is back. It's not going to be easy, but if

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Speaker 1: they can get that seven seed, I really like their

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Speaker 1: chances as a team that's got a legit puncher's chance

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Speaker 1: to come out of the Western Conference. Lastly, Oklahoma City,

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Speaker 1: every time I watched them, I'm just blown away just

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Speaker 1: by the sheer amount of good basketball players they have,

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Speaker 1: just the like you know, Jeremiah Robinson Earl comes in

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Speaker 1: in the early fourth quarter and is just big and

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Speaker 1: like between Jalen Williams and Shay Gildas, Alexander and Isaiah

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Speaker 1: Joe is just another outstanding shooter that they have. Aaron

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Speaker 1: Wiggins was making plays in that fourth quarter that they

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Speaker 1: they just have a boatload of good basketball players and

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Speaker 1: shed home grins on the way. Shay is rapidly ascending

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Speaker 1: into a top ten player in this league. They've got

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Speaker 1: a million draft picks that they are just an outstanding

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Speaker 1: position to take a leap next year. And they are

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Speaker 1: every bit as scary in terms of a future ceiling

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Speaker 1: as the Thunder of a decade ago, in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: and it's a good time to be a Thunder fan.

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, that is all I have for tonight.

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Speaker 1: We will have another show this weekend, being released on

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Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon covering the Saturday night games, and then we're

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Speaker 1: going live late on Monday night before we take Tuesday off.

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Speaker 1: As always, I sincerely appreciate your guys to sport and

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Speaker 1: I'll see you on Sunday afternoon. The volume