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Hope all 28 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: of you guys are having an incredible start to your week. 29 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: We did start our reaction to Lakers Nuggets on live 30 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: on YouTube, but we had some sort of tech difficulty 31 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: that arose, so we're just starting from scratch here. At 32 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: the beginning of this one, the Denver Nuggets and the 33 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Kers played yet another game that looked just 34 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: like every other game they played, and the Denver Nuggets 35 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 1: are advancing to the conference semi finals to play the 36 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: Minnesota Timberwolves. We're gonna break it down from the perspective 37 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: of both teams. 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So in a weird way, 46 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 1: that game, to me embodied why the Nuggets are as 47 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: successful as they are, because I know we have this 48 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: tendency to just want a team, the best team or 49 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: the best player, to always be playing their best and 50 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: for things to always be the perfect set of circumstances. 51 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: And the reality that's not how it works. You go 52 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: back in in the late nineteen nineties, those Bulls teams 53 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: that won, it's like a lot of guys are injured. 54 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: There's on court drama, off court drama. You're just kind 55 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: of plugging away trying to get through. Even going back 56 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,679 Speaker 1: to those Miami Heat teams, it's like Wade's knee is 57 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: giving him issues. Chris Bosh has gott an abdominal strain 58 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: like it just it ends up being more complicated than 59 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: you expect more often than not, and that's the beauty 60 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: of hoisting the Lari O'Brien trophy. The one that the 61 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: Nuggets got last year was unusual in the sense that 62 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: it lacked adversity in a lot of different ways. You 63 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: never actually felt like Denver was threatened in that playoff series. 64 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: That's unusual and a testament to how dominant the Denver 65 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: Nuggets can be when they are healthy. Right. But we 66 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: saw in this first round series here the first time 67 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: a couple things go against Denver, Jamal Murray strains a 68 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: calf muscle, CACP, tweaks an ankle all of a sudden, 69 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: like the mobility of your backcourt fundamentally shifts. And we've 70 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: talked about this with Denver. Their roster construct depends on 71 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: all five starters. I've had that qualifier with my Denver 72 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: optimism all year long. I think they're the best team 73 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: in the league, is the clear championship favorite, provided that 74 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: all five of their starters are healthy, and when one 75 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: of them gets hurt, it shrinks the gap between them 76 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: and a team like the Lakers and could potentially be 77 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: an issue down the line, which is why this game 78 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: was so important. Minnesota just beat the Phoenix last night. 79 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards looked like it looks like he's on a 80 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: mission to try to take over the NBA. So you 81 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: have to win tonight because if you don't two days 82 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: from now, on Thursday, three days from now, you're going 83 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 1: back to LA to play the Lakers Incrypto dot Com 84 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: Arena with all the momentum in front of their home crowd. 85 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 1: A good chance that thing gets sent back to Denver 86 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: in seven. And yeah, Denver is gonna be favored in 87 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: that game, and they probably I'd pick them to win 88 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: that game, right, But all of a sudden, now you're 89 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: hobbling into a Minnesota Timberworld Series. You needed this one, 90 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: and once again from the opening tip, a bunch of 91 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: stuff's not going your way. Lakers still playing really good basketball. 92 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,119 Speaker 1: By the way, Hopefully after this series, you guys will 93 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: understand why I had some optimisms around the Lakers. I'd 94 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: sixth in my list of contenders. It's because Lebron James 95 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis are a problem and when they get 96 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: support from their role players, they can be really difficult 97 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,119 Speaker 1: to beat. And you saw they got, you know, thirty 98 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,799 Speaker 1: five point thirty three points from Austin Reeves and D'Angelo 99 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: Russell tonight, and it was kind of a rougher reatch 100 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: to Mura game, but they got some support and they 101 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: were right there at the end of the games. That's 102 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,799 Speaker 1: the type of challenge that this was. Denver was turning 103 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: the basketball over a lot early. Cacp tweaks his ankle 104 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, It's like survival mode. You just 105 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: got to find a way to get out, and everyone 106 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 1: just found a way to contribute. The two main guys 107 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: were Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Junior. Their shot making 108 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: just saved the Denver Nuggets tonight. I thought we're gonna 109 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: focus on Jamal murray shot making at the end of 110 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: the game, and it was amazing at another driving layup 111 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: and pick and roll hit a three off of that 112 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: major offensive rebound from Aaron Gordon. It that the game 113 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: winner over Austin Reeves, which was like perfectly contested. Austin 114 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: was this close. When I've watched it the first time, 115 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: I actually thought Austin might have got a piece of it. No, 116 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: he didn't. Jamal got just enough separation and knocked down 117 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: the shot. We're gonna focus on the end, but the 118 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: truth is is Jamal's shot making was saving Denver from 119 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 1: the first quarter when the Lakers were coming out with 120 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: their hair on fire trying to get this game. Jamal 121 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: and Reggie Jackson too. Shout at to Reggie Jackson. They 122 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: made shots in that first half and kept the game close. 123 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: Michael Porter Junior as well, Michael Porter Junior and Jamal 124 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: Murray combined to go ten for seventeen from three and 125 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: not like unbelievable. I in my time covering the league, 126 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: in my time being a basketball fan, I can't remember 127 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: a player other than Steph Curry where it's like, if 128 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: he gets a decent look, it's just gonna go in. 129 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: It's like rooting against Michael Porter Junior. Horrible experience. Highly 130 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: advise you don't do that. Like it honestly is just 131 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: like it's terrifying every time he catches you just you 132 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: just know it's going in. But MPJ pours in twenty six, 133 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: Jamal pours in thirty two, just kept the game close, 134 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: and then down the stretch, guys made key plays. Jokic 135 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: kind of a bad night by his standards again, twenty 136 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: five points, twenty rebounds in nine assist because he's the 137 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: best player in the world and his bad games are 138 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: better than the vast majority of players good games. Right, 139 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: but Ady was taking it to him up until he 140 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: hurt his shoulder. Right, but he had a few key 141 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: plays down the stretch of this game, a big offensive rebound, 142 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: put back transition play where he sprinted ahead of the 143 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: field ahead of Anthony Davis and got Ruey Hachimura in 144 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: a cross match and took him right to the front 145 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: of the rim and made his little kind of signature 146 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: hook shot across the lane. Again, just made big plays 147 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: in the game. And then Aaron Gordon, I thought, by 148 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: far the biggest play of the game. Lakers get a 149 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: stop for some miss. Lebron is trying to box Aaron 150 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: Gordon out and he just goes right over the top 151 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: of him and snatches the offensive rebound, kicks it out 152 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,239 Speaker 1: to Jamal Murray, knocks down the three that puts Denver 153 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: up to now all of a sudden, it's a back 154 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: and forth type of game. Lebron, to his credit, made 155 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: a couple of plays at the end to keep him 156 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: in it. But once again, when it comes down to it. 157 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: The Lakers just never could get a stop on the 158 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: Denver Nuggets. Austin Reeves did his best, the best he 159 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: possibly could in that situation. But again, this is a 160 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: player I love Austin. I thought he hit a massive 161 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: three at the end of the game too. But he's 162 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: being asked to do a job that he probably shouldn't 163 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,119 Speaker 1: be asked to do, and he's done as well doing 164 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: it as you could ever ask a player with his 165 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: physical tools to do. But he's you know, arms just 166 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: aren't long enough, just not quite athletic enough to get 167 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: enough of a contest on that Jamal Murray shot and 168 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: it goes in. Game is over, and here we are 169 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: once again with Denver out executing the Lakers down the 170 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: stretch of a game. Just what an unbelievable basketball game. 171 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: It's just again, like I think everyone wants to pretend 172 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: like it's easy, and it's not. It's usually not. It's 173 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: almost always a grind. The year before, the Warriors were 174 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: down two one having to go into Boston, right like 175 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: going back to twenty twenty one, that series that the 176 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: Bucks had to deal with with the Brooklyn Nets down 177 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: two oh to the Phoenix Suns, teams like the twenty 178 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: twenty Lakers who kind of ran through everybody in Denver 179 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: and twenty twenty three who kind of ran through everybody. 180 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: That's somewhat uncommon in the NBA, right, Like, usually it's hard, 181 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: and when it's hard, the championship teams just find a 182 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 1: way to get it done, and Denver found a way 183 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: to get it done tonight. Kind of a little quick 184 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: breakdown of the game, Like the reason why the Lakers 185 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: kind of kept it close over the course of this 186 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: tail stretch of the series in large part had to 187 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: do with them kind of figuring out how to guard 188 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: and Kole Jokic. One. Anthony Davis is the best defensive 189 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: player in the world. I think he demonstrated that in 190 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: this series in a big way while he was healthy. 191 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:45,599 Speaker 1: Just actually dissuaded Jokic a lot in one on one situations, 192 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: timely doubles, really smart rotations. One of the big things. 193 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: Remember the Jamal Murray dunk on Lebron That was a 194 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: really interesting counter to what the Lakers were doing in 195 00:09:55,080 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: their windshield wiper rotation. So basically, Dade double Jokic from 196 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: the first pass away and then immediately rotate up with 197 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: the guy at the top of the key and then 198 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 1: kind of shift everybody around and the advantage would be gone. 199 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 1: There'd be a short close out on the weak side, 200 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: usually at KCP, and then they close out and the 201 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: advantage would be gone. But on the critical play at 202 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,199 Speaker 1: the end of the game, when Jamal Murray dunked on Lebron, 203 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: what happened was is, if you watch it, Austin Reeves 204 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: is the windshield wiper rotation. So Ruy throws the first double, 205 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: Austin rotates up to MPJ, but instead of standing on 206 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: the perimeter where Dlo could have easily rotated to, Jamal 207 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: cut down the lane. And when he cut down the lane, 208 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: Jokic hit him and as a result there was an opening. 209 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 1: Lebron was a step slow to get over in rotation 210 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,719 Speaker 1: and he dunked on Lebron. Just a massive execution adjustment 211 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: from Denver to get a big bucket out of those 212 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: Jokic double teams. And then the other reason why it 213 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: was close is, you know, I still think Yokis is 214 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: the best player in the world. Not a good defensive 215 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: series from him. The Lakers sliced and diced him all 216 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: over the floor. They had nothing they could do, couldn't 217 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: guard Anthony Davis one on one, couldn't guard in ball screen. 218 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: That ended up being a major issue in this series. 219 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: And for the record, I think Lebron and ad Are 220 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: are a unique challenge in that regard. And so even 221 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: though Anthony Edwards is a really good athlete that can 222 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: get downhill in terms of the playmaking piece that the 223 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: Lakers had, Minnesota doesn't quite have that type of like quick, 224 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: you know, read and react type of a thing going 225 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: down to get easy buckets on the back line. So 226 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: it'll be an interesting kind of different series as we 227 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: had to Minnesota, and I'll be curious to see if 228 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: Minnesota can kind of capitalize in some of the stuff 229 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: that the Lakers were doing. But again, that's kind of 230 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: what makes the Lakers the Lakers. It's not many teams 231 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: are going to have a power forward that is six ' nine, 232 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: two sixty that can dribble, shoot and pass the way 233 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: that Lebron can, and then Anthony Davis on the other 234 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: side of that two man game, and that that gave 235 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: the Nuggets a lot of issues. As a matter of fact, 236 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: if we go back to last year, Denver's defense was 237 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: better against all three opponents other than the Lakers. They 238 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: did better against Miami, they did better against Minnesota, they 239 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: did better against Phoenix. The Lakers actually had the most 240 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,319 Speaker 1: success scoring against Denver last year, particularly in the paint. 241 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: This matchup is a little tough for Denver on that 242 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: specific front, right, And so because they kind of had 243 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: some success guarding Jokic and because they were slicing and 244 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: dicing him in the paint, that was what kind of 245 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: kept the series close, right, But again, they just had 246 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: to find a way to linger around. They waited for 247 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: the Lakers to laker right, Like in that late third 248 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: quarter sequence, Anthony Davis gets hurt, he leaves the floor, 249 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: Lebron gets tired, Lebron starts making bad decisions, Darvin Ham 250 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: doesn't call a time out, and they turn a eight 251 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 1: point deficit into a three point lead in a matter 252 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: of minutes. That's the thing again with the Nuggets. It's 253 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: just hang onto the rope, hang onto the rope. The 254 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: Lakers will eventually let go, even if it's just for 255 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: a couple of minutes, they'll let go. They did. They 256 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: flipped the script of the game, turned it into a 257 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: dog fight, and as soon as it was a dog fight. 258 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: The Nuggets just have better half court execution, especially on 259 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: the offensive end of the floor, and they got the 260 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: buckets and got one more than the Los Angeles Lakers did. 261 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: Once again, I felt bad for Anthony Davis because he 262 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: was really having just an unbelievable series and having a 263 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: lot of success, Like he closed the gap on Jokich 264 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: in a big way in this series, and then his 265 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: body let him down, and I feel really bad for 266 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: him because that's a tough way to get kind of 267 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: like he was still out there, he was defending, but 268 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: he couldn't do anything on the offensive end of the floor, 269 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: and you could tell that left arm was just limp. 270 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: So I felt bad. I felt bad for Anthony Davis. 271 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, like this is 272 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: where margin for error kind of plays a role, like 273 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray had a strained calf and casep sprained his ankle, 274 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: But the Nuggets did the work early in the series 275 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: and went up three to OHO. So like, even if 276 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: they did happen to lose this game, they'd have two 277 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: days off to get their shit together and try to 278 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: close things out on Thursday. The Lakers by going down 279 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: three to oh because Anthony Davis got hurt. They didn't 280 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: have the luxury of another game to figure that out. 281 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: They had to win this one. And so again, like 282 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: as I kind of zoomed back out of the series, 283 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: the Lakers are good. They're a good basketball team, and 284 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: they showed that. But the Lakers always just made a 285 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: few more mistakes than Denver, and that really was the 286 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: difference in the series. I saw a lot of talk today, Oh, 287 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: the Lakers led seventy three percent of the series, and 288 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: I think after tonight's game they led sixty nine percent 289 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: of the series. Right, So Lakers led the majority of 290 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: the series, but they lost four games to one. And 291 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: the reason why is it didn't matter how they played 292 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: for stretch for the entirety of the series, because in 293 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: key pivotal stretches they got out executed. Game one, middle 294 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: of the second quarter and then or end of the 295 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: second quarter and then middle of the third quarter, two 296 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: crucial execution lapses from the Lakers. They go give up 297 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: a thirteen oh run in that or a ten to 298 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: oh run in that second quarter, and a thirteen oh 299 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: run in the third quarter. Game is over, right. Game two, 300 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: you're up twenty in the second half, there's a half 301 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: dozen execution errors in that late third quarter run. After 302 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: the Nuggets make their switch from a bunch of different players, 303 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: the lead shrinks going into the fourth quarter, totally different game. 304 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: Then you give up a bucket on eight out of 305 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: nine tries down the floor at the end of the 306 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: game Game three, you're up at halftime, and you just 307 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: completely let go of the rope and give an incredibly 308 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: poor effort in the third quarter. Those are the ones 309 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: you have to look back at again. If you do 310 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: better in those situations, in those situations, you give yourself 311 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: a better chance to win the series in the long run. Again, 312 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: like if I look back, the Lakers are good, but 313 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: the difference between them and Denver is their ability to sustain, 314 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: their ability to maintain their composure, to maintain their execution, 315 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: to maintain their effort. Denver did, the Lakers didn't. That's 316 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: why they're a championship team. That's why the Lakers are 317 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: something less than that. It doesn't matter. You don't get 318 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: bonus points for leading unless there are zeros on the clock, 319 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: and Denver, more often than not eighty percent of the 320 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: games in the series was leading when there were zeros 321 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: on the clock. Looking for it looking forward to Nuggets Wolves, 322 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: Obviously you need the Denver to rest up and get healthy. 323 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: KCP is going to have his hands full with Anthony Edwards. 324 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: I think that Denver will do a similar kind of 325 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: thing to what Vogel did and bring Yokic up in 326 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: a high drop and test ants playmaking. Mind you, the 327 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: Timberwolves were handling that really well and had a great 328 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: playmaking series. I have a feeling that that's something that 329 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: Minnesota will have some success against. I think they'll do 330 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: similar things to Mike Conley, kind of sagging off and 331 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: seeing if he's willing to score big differences in the series. 332 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: Compared to the Sun series, the Wolves got offensive rebounds 333 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: on almost forty percent of their own misses against the 334 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: Phoenix Suns. Denver, especially in their starting five, is just 335 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: a much better defensive rebounding team, So I think that 336 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: they'll just have a lot more success ending those defensive possessions. 337 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: I think on the offensive end, it's going to be 338 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: a big part of like Jokic is going to have 339 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: to score. You know, this series, it was a totally 340 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: different type of matchup. I think Anthony Davis is a 341 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: better defensive player than Rudy Gobert personally, I know some 342 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:10,120 Speaker 1: people disagree. I think Ad is he has more kind 343 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: of strength to him, so you can kind of hold 344 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: up a little bit better under the Jokich bullyball. But 345 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 1: like the reality is is Jade McDaniels is gonna be 346 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: on Jamal Murray. Jade McDaniels is gonna be on Jamal Murray, 347 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 1: and that's just an entirely different class of perimeter athlete 348 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: than Austin Reeves. To put it simply, Jade McDaniels, in 349 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: my opinion, is the best perimeter defender in basketball. And 350 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: then they'll also put Anthony Edwards on him for stretches. 351 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: So like that on ball defense piece is going to 352 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,719 Speaker 1: make it so that Jokic has to score more. He 353 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: can't do what he did in this series where he 354 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: just kind of gave up the basketball anytime he felt 355 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: any resistance and just kind of cleaned up trash around 356 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: the basket for offensive rebounds. Jokic is going to have 357 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: to score. He's gonna have to score on kat He's 358 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: gonna have to score on Rudy Gobert. It's gonna be 359 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: a huge element of the series. I think matchups are 360 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: gonna be a big part of it too, Like in 361 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: all likelihood they'll probably start with Ant on MPG and 362 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: try to hide Conley on KCP right, and so getting 363 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: into those situations where Michael Porter Junior is having some 364 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: success on the offensive class with his height shooting over 365 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 1: the top of Ant on the weak side is gonna 366 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: be big obviously, like using KCP in actions to try 367 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: to attack Mike Conley to get in rotation. There's gonna 368 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: be a bunch of different things that Denver's gonna have 369 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: to look at. I'm not gonna get into the specifics 370 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 1: into too much more detail tonight because we're gonna do 371 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 1: a full series preview over the course of the next 372 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: couple of days here, but it's gonna be a really 373 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: interesting series. I think if I was ranking teams at 374 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: this point in the playoffs, especially in light of the 375 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: chrisops Porzingis injury, Denver's won for me. Minnesota is now two, 376 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 1: and I know I had Minnesota lower in my pre 377 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: playoffs kind of like contender rankings, but at that point 378 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: in time, Jamal Murray wasn't playing as well, or excuse 379 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: me not, Jamal Murray. Anthonywards, I pulled these numbers earlier 380 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 1: today when we were working with the nerds. But Anthony 381 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: Edwards in the regular season twenty six points per game 382 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 1: on fifty eight percent through shooting, with five rebounds and 383 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 1: five assists. In the playoffs thirty one points per game 384 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,360 Speaker 1: on sixty five percent through shooting, with eight rebounds per 385 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: game and six assists per game. So he's just at 386 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: a different level now than what he was in the 387 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: regular season. Changes the calculus that entire team. I have 388 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: them as the second best team and so on Boston 389 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: just without Porzingis and with some of their execution errors, 390 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: and they're just not a very serious team right now. 391 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: They've been playing with their food a little bit with Miami. 392 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: I think Minnesota is playing better basketball right now. And 393 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: so that series, that Minnesota Denver series, could very well 394 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: end up being the series that determines who wins the 395 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: NBA Championship, although Boston, I know, will have something to 396 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: say about that in the finals. Excited to break that 397 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: one down and get a prediction to you guys in 398 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: the next couple of days. On the Lakers front, moving forward, 399 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: they're going to look back at this series as just 400 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 1: a sea of missed opportunities, missed a bunch of free 401 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: throws Tonight, Lebron misses a box out on Aaron Gordon 402 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: late in the game that very well would have sent 403 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: this thing back to Los Angeles. The game two, late 404 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: game execution errors as they as they blew that twenty 405 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 1: point lead, the back to back massive runs that they 406 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: gave up in the second and third quarter in Game one. 407 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: A lot of missed opportunities for the Lakers in this series. 408 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: Ruey hatch Mura basically no shows. The series d LO 409 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: gives you three good games and two atrocious games. Austin 410 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: kind of a really good defensive series, struggled to make 411 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: shots for the most part, right like just a lot 412 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: of meat left on the bone, and quite frankly like 413 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: they need a new coach. This is something that they 414 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 1: need to address in this offseason. I think that they're 415 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: closer than people think, but at the same time, there's 416 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: a very small window here. I think he got maybe 417 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: one more year out of Lebron James where he's at 418 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: a superstar level, and then there's probably going to be a 419 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: substantial decline, and it's very likely that that decline starts 420 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: next year at his age and so there's an opportunity 421 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: here if they can make some moves on the margins. 422 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: But they're close. But you cannot go into a series 423 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: like this again at a massive execution disadvantage. You have 424 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: to address that at the head coach, and you have 425 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: to address that for eighty two games in the regular season. 426 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: You need to establish habits of being an execution and 427 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 1: decision making team throughout the entire regular season so that 428 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: when you get into these situations, you don't make those 429 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: kinds of mistakes. And I wanted to hit Lebron for 430 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: a second because it was like, you guys own a 431 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: Lebron fan, and Lebron fans hate me because I'm willing 432 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: to say stuff like this. But Lebron's series was so 433 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: weird to me. I felt like he had his hands 434 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: in everything good, but also in everything bad. Those two 435 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: runs in Game one, the second quarter run in the 436 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: third quarter run, it was Lebron's decision making that was 437 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: the problem, and he made several mistakes in both of 438 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: those runs. He would get tired and then his decision 439 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: making would slip. Moving forward to Game two, when they 440 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: made the switch to put Gordon on Anthony Davis Lebron 441 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: kind of froze eighty out of the game and started 442 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: attacking with ruey and ball screens and wasn't really the 443 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: right way to attack KCP as a perimeter player. Just 444 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: wasn't the right way to do it. I thought it 445 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,959 Speaker 1: was a poor decision. Game four or Game three, it 446 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 1: was him that was losing. Aaron Gordon constantly on the 447 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: back line, as he was getting offensive rebound put back 448 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: after offensive rebound put back after cut on the baseline 449 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 1: for a dunk. And then tonight it was like he 450 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: was awesome for most of it, but then it's like 451 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: there's this weird third quarter stretch where he's clearly tired 452 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 1: and he's settling for bad shots and turning the basketball over. 453 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: And then in the fourth quarter makes so many big 454 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: plays but then misses the biggest Like how could you 455 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: miss that box out on Aaron Gordon just let him 456 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: reach out. Literally all he had to do after he 457 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 1: had him boxed out was go get the basketball. But 458 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: he sat down in his stance and just let ad 459 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: or ag go right over the top of him. It 460 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: was like such a bizarre Lebron series because like, genuinely 461 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:15,159 Speaker 1: he was awesome, or like making mistakes, like big mistakes 462 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 1: at critical points in the game, and it was just 463 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 1: back and forth between that throughout the whole series. There's 464 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: honestly one of the weirder series I've seen Lebron play, 465 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: because like he's just usually not the guy that makes 466 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: execution errors and it was part of you know, and honestly, 467 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 1: this is where I go back to the eighty two 468 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 1: games thing that was kind of part of the story 469 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 1: of the Lakers this year, Like it was just from 470 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: the top down that just execution slip lapses, and Lebron 471 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: was also responsible for part of that. So again, I 472 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: think he still got good basketball in him. I want 473 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 1: to see him play in this environment again. I want 474 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:53,439 Speaker 1: to see him do it on a team that's got 475 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: a little bit more talent. And I hope that they 476 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 1: can do that in LA or that Lebron can find 477 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: a different place for him to do that. But man, 478 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: like this close, this close again to sending that thing 479 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: back to LA and potentially extending this series. All right, guys, 480 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: that is all I have for tonight. As always, as 481 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting the show. We're gonna 482 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: be back at for sure tomorrow. Night to cover the 483 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: Game five between the Mavericks and the Clippers, But we 484 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: actually know tomorrow's Game five Philly versus New York the 485 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: Clippers MAVs game I think is on Wednesday, but we're 486 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: gonna be back live on YouTube tomorrow night. Keep an 487 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 1: eye on my Twitter feed. I'll let you guys know 488 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: when I'm doing the series preview on Nuggets Timberwolves. Again. 489 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys rocking with me and I will 490 00:24:36,480 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: see you tomorrow. The volume