WEBVTT - Playing Into The Playoffs

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, come on this episode of the Heat Check.

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<v Speaker 2>The first play ins are done and the Wolves and

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<v Speaker 2>Nets have moved on to the actual playoffs. Only two

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<v Speaker 2>more playoff spots open and four teams left. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>break down those games from last night as well as

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<v Speaker 2>previously the nine tenths for tonight. It's playoff time, Brock,

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<v Speaker 2>So do me a favor and drop that beat. All right, So,

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<v Speaker 2>the first round of the play in tournament went pretty

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<v Speaker 2>much exactly how it was supposed to be drawn up.

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<v Speaker 2>As we said on Monday's Heat Check, the Nets should win,

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<v Speaker 2>but the would cover the nine and a half, which

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<v Speaker 2>is exactly what happened. Credit to us, the Nets huge

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<v Speaker 2>early lead thanks to Kyrie Irving. By the way, Kyrie

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<v Speaker 2>Irving with no food and water inside of his body

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<v Speaker 2>practicing ramadan just like fasting.

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<v Speaker 1>Going twelve for twelve is maybe.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the most insane athletic achievements I've heard of.

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<v Speaker 1>And then he just goes on and like shrugs it off.

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<v Speaker 2>When they ask him how he can do that, He's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's fine, Like I'm my.

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<v Speaker 1>Brothers and sisters all over the world do it too.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like yeah, but they're not playing against the Cleveland

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<v Speaker 2>Cavaliers on Ramadan anyway. Kad, of course was KD, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>best player on the on the planet.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you're a.

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<v Speaker 2>Nets fan, there's reasons on one hand to be optimistic

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<v Speaker 2>and then also equally a lot to.

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<v Speaker 1>Be concerned about.

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<v Speaker 2>One. You blew a twenty point lead at one point

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<v Speaker 2>market and must opened three that would have cut the

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<v Speaker 2>lead in the fourth to a single bucket. Epic games

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<v Speaker 2>from Kyrie and KD, and you still didn't cover the number.

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<v Speaker 2>So Brooklyn has shown a hugely bad habit of not

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<v Speaker 2>putting teams away in the second half or starting out slow,

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<v Speaker 2>and that just is gonna kill them against the Celtics,

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<v Speaker 2>who they play in the next round.

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<v Speaker 1>If their second unit comes in and Boston, who's.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot deeper, continues to widen the gap, it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be really hard. They're gonna need Kevin Durant to

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<v Speaker 2>go off for fifty, Kyrie to go off for fifty,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's just going to tire them out. The series

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be incredible, though. Celtics lead the league

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<v Speaker 2>right now in defensive efficiency and opponent points per game

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<v Speaker 2>at one hundred and four points per game.

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<v Speaker 1>The more impressive thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Their defense travels equally on the road, and Robert Williams

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<v Speaker 2>himself said that the Celtics are going into a postseason

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<v Speaker 2>with the mindset that he's going to be unavailable during.

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<v Speaker 1>The first round. His surgery partially torn meniscus.

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<v Speaker 2>That's four to six weeks to heal minimum, and I

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<v Speaker 2>would say that that's the only reason that the Nets

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<v Speaker 2>have a chance. Defense is just not the same without

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<v Speaker 2>Robert Williams. They're gonna rely on Daniel Tice to back

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<v Speaker 2>up Horford. Tys has gone from twelve minutes a game

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<v Speaker 2>to over twenty four minutes, averaging eleven to five and one.

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<v Speaker 2>In his absence, Robert Williams was averaging four ten and

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<v Speaker 2>two with lockdown defense. Bruce Brown tried to throw shade

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<v Speaker 2>on Daniel Tice, tried to throw shade on Al Horford,

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<v Speaker 2>and listen, Kevin Durant is not about that shit.

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Durant had this to.

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<v Speaker 3>Say, I mean, I mean, we can't let say them

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<v Speaker 3>get fifty. We got to be physical with them. Now

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<v Speaker 3>they don't have Robert Williams, so they have less of

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<v Speaker 3>a presence in the paint, and we could attack Al

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<v Speaker 3>Horford Entice. So then not having Robert Williams is huge.

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<v Speaker 4>You know what did Bruce Brown say?

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<v Speaker 3>Got up here?

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<v Speaker 4>No, well he said something I ain't like somebody just

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<v Speaker 4>told me I love you to Champ. Yeah, like what

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<v Speaker 4>he said. All right, man, that's caffeine probably talking take

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<v Speaker 4>someone before the game.

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<v Speaker 3>They got.

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<v Speaker 4>These two dudes, you can do the same stuff. I

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<v Speaker 4>ain't gonna be that easy. I'll tell you that. I

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<v Speaker 4>know you were maybe half joker the Bruce comment, but

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<v Speaker 4>just when you come in that bothers you want in

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<v Speaker 4>that comment. I mean, we respect our opponents.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like.

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<v Speaker 4>We don't need to talk about you know, what we're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna do to them. Like, I just don't like that,

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<v Speaker 4>you know. But that's just about Bruce says. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>he comes in and he says that. You know, he

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<v Speaker 4>keeps the same.

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<v Speaker 3>Energy throughout the whole season.

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<v Speaker 4>So but yeah, you need to say shit like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just go out there and hope, just go out

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<v Speaker 2>there and hoop for the record. Essentially, my man, Bruce

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<v Speaker 2>Brown said, Daniel Tye and Al Horford, we're gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>barbecue chicken.

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<v Speaker 1>But Tyson's no slouch.

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<v Speaker 2>He's gonna bang I think the Celtics could win this matchup,

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<v Speaker 2>which is, like, by the way, a repeat of last year,

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<v Speaker 2>only in reverse. Like at this point last year, the

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<v Speaker 2>Nets were the team at the top of the standings

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<v Speaker 2>and the Celtics were the one that had to claw

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<v Speaker 2>themselves in due the playoff through the play in tournament.

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<v Speaker 2>So I can see the same thing again happening in reverse.

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<v Speaker 1>I could see.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's crazy to say, but I could see

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<v Speaker 2>a six game series, five game series going the Celtics way.

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<v Speaker 2>Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving are gonna have to go absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>nuclear in order to remain competitive. Kevin Durant, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>can win two games by himself. But defensively, the Nets

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<v Speaker 2>are very, very undermatch and the Celtics have a complete

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<v Speaker 2>team defense that extends deep in the bench. Everyone is

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<v Speaker 2>bought in and that's troubling against a team. For the

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<v Speaker 2>Nets with a team with zero depth. Kevin Durant's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have to play forty plus minutes. Now that Joe Harris

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<v Speaker 2>is out, Patty Mills is gonna be the one coming

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<v Speaker 2>off the bench. He's good, but not good enough. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think that the Celtics are going to eventually where

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<v Speaker 2>Kevin Durant and the Nets out and their stars will

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<v Speaker 2>just get too tired, and at that point the Celtics

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<v Speaker 2>can just take advantage of the mismatches. The question mark

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<v Speaker 2>for me is will Ben Simmons even play at all?

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<v Speaker 2>There's optimisms in some quote unquote circles, But listen, Nash

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<v Speaker 2>is telling us he's not even sprinting yet, which means

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<v Speaker 2>he's probably working doing five on five drills. Like if

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<v Speaker 2>Nash tells you he's not even sprinting, he's probably going

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<v Speaker 2>five on five because he's just been lying to us

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<v Speaker 2>all year. Prediction time Celtics and six all right out

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<v Speaker 2>West second playing GAMEO, what a gritty win.

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<v Speaker 1>For my wolves. My Wolves.

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<v Speaker 2>My Wolves came up huge take the seventh seed from

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<v Speaker 2>the Clippers. We talked about how the Clippers had too

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<v Speaker 2>much experience for the young Wolves and that they'd outlast

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<v Speaker 2>him in a tight game, and for most of that

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<v Speaker 2>plan that's exactly what happened. But but then some little

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<v Speaker 2>wrinkles happened close to the end of the game. So

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<v Speaker 2>Tylo's plan was to nullify Karl Anthony Towns and that

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<v Speaker 2>that worked out perfect, absolutely perfect. Could not have gone better.

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<v Speaker 2>Karl Anthony Towns had four fouls with about five minutes

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<v Speaker 2>left in the second quarter, then picked up his fifth

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<v Speaker 2>foul and the third fouled out on a dumb over

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<v Speaker 2>the back foul with eight minutes left in the fourth

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<v Speaker 2>quarter and the Clippers were up ten, and it felt

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<v Speaker 2>like it felt like a disastrous situation.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that that was it.

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<v Speaker 2>No Towns, Clippers in complete control, sleep Mask Wolves playing

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<v Speaker 2>for their lives and the eight seed Thursday night. But

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<v Speaker 2>you know who did not get that memo? D Lo

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<v Speaker 2>and Beverly and especially ant Man. From the time Karl

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Towns took a seat on the bench, the Wolves

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<v Speaker 2>went on a sixteen and two.

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<v Speaker 1>Run, never trailed again.

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<v Speaker 2>Lots of people unhappy with Tyler's coaching in the last

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<v Speaker 2>six minutes, But when Anthony Edwards is doing whatever he wants,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know much how much you can do. So

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<v Speaker 2>speaking of Aunt, he went for thirty five and two

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<v Speaker 2>in that game, had five threes. I think his three

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<v Speaker 2>point prop from a gambling standpoint was two and a half.

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<v Speaker 2>After the game, he named his new aunt dog his

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<v Speaker 2>new dog Aunt Junior. He opened an eye ig account

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<v Speaker 2>for that dog, and after the game he used that

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<v Speaker 2>account to congratulate himself on making the playoffs, who I

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<v Speaker 2>just absolutely love.

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<v Speaker 1>I love him.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyway, we get the seven seed Wolves taking on

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<v Speaker 2>the number two Grizzlies, probably the better, the best series

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<v Speaker 2>to me in the entire playoffs. Steven Adams and Jared

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<v Speaker 2>Jackson are gonna be a huge problem for Karl Anthony Towns.

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<v Speaker 1>The Grizzlies and Wolves.

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<v Speaker 2>Have become, I would say, uniquely good home courts rough

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<v Speaker 2>matchup for Memphis to be a two and then to

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<v Speaker 2>be a seven, they should be playing the Jazz right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you have Chuck and Shaq who are taking

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<v Speaker 2>the Wolves in the matchup, it feels like the Wolves

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<v Speaker 2>are just quote unquote the sexy pick and tells me also,

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<v Speaker 2>people haven't been watching Memphis all year long.

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<v Speaker 1>I think this is going to be a tight matchup.

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<v Speaker 2>Jaw versus Aunt in terms of star power, electric Dylan

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<v Speaker 2>Brooks versus Pat bev Insane, Jaren Jackson Junior versus Karl

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Towns that's also great. And Anthony Edwards in high

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<v Speaker 2>pressure moments is I think he's going to rise to

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<v Speaker 2>the occasion and become a superstar. Steven Adams will body

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<v Speaker 2>cat every single time, and he'll frustrate him every single time.

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<v Speaker 2>So probably Chris Pinch will plan on D'Angelo Russell being

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<v Speaker 2>the main guy. Both teams have very deep benches. They

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<v Speaker 2>have role players who can step in if someone gets

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<v Speaker 2>into foul trouble. We saw Nas read Nas read two

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<v Speaker 2>crucial buckets, one from three, one underneath the basket, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think that that has this series has the chance

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<v Speaker 2>for that kind of a thing to happen again. Role

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<v Speaker 2>players showing out bench haz the Anthony Melton, Tyas Jones,

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<v Speaker 2>Zire Williams.

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<v Speaker 5>What's that kid? I always think is Dereck White.

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Anderson aka Dereck White also really a very good bucket.

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<v Speaker 1>And the key player to me for the Wolves is

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<v Speaker 1>d Low.

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<v Speaker 2>He went off for thirty when they won those two

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<v Speaker 2>two home games this year, and when he saw he

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<v Speaker 2>just doesn't miss.

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<v Speaker 5>He's a walking heat check. We saw that last night

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<v Speaker 5>as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Dribble, dribble, pull up three, put him up five, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to say, And the key player for me for

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<v Speaker 2>the grizz has got to be Dylan Brooks. Pat Beverly

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<v Speaker 2>for the Grizzlies didn't play in any of those games.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way that the Wolves and the Grizzlies played

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<v Speaker 2>against one another.

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<v Speaker 1>He's going to be a huge factor.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, and Pat Beverly try to go against the

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<v Speaker 2>world and tell the world that nobody can guard Anthony Edwards.

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<v Speaker 2>But Dylan Brooks is going to be the man to try.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Desmond Bay's get to be Ondi Angelo Russell

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<v Speaker 2>and with Dylan Brooks in the game, that changes the

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<v Speaker 2>entire defensive scheme from top to bottom for Memphis in

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<v Speaker 2>a huge way.

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<v Speaker 1>My prediction prediction time Grizzlies in seven.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's move on to the nine to ten

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<v Speaker 2>matchups that go on tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Hawks versus Hornets. What a gross game? Like if people are, oh, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't like Trey Young versus LaMelo ball, Like, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>a it's not a good game, Like the level of

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<v Speaker 2>basketball quality is low. We've got guys chucking from thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see this happening for the Hornets. Atlanta wins

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<v Speaker 2>games at home and pretty much only at home. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not sure who's going to be able to check Clint

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<v Speaker 2>Capella down low. Given that you just got Montrez Harrell

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<v Speaker 2>and one plumb Lee. You know, this shoe obviously is no,

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<v Speaker 2>John Collins and Lou Williams are out, but the Hawks

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<v Speaker 2>have been playing without them.

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<v Speaker 1>For a while now.

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<v Speaker 2>The Hornets, to me, to win this game are gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have to shoot like forty five percent from three. Oubre's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go have to go nuclear, you know, and Terry,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have to actually try.

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<v Speaker 5>On defense, which is a huge ask in Charlotte this year.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the team are just gonna be chucking. What

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<v Speaker 1>is the total? Two thirty six and a half. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to say it is the total in this game.

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<v Speaker 2>The amount of the combined points that Vegas thinks is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be scored is two thirty five and a half.

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<v Speaker 1>So over over one.

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<v Speaker 2>Hundred and seventeen points each, that is un unreal. So

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, to me, if if Charlotte gets hot and

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<v Speaker 2>Atlanta goes cold.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's the way it happens.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess it doesn't feel like it's gonna happen to me.

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<v Speaker 1>It just doesn't, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Like it's it's they're just too injured. Gordon Hayward's not around.

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<v Speaker 2>There's too many issues with the center position. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what time it is, It's not I don't

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<v Speaker 2>even know why I'm previewing this game. Truthfully, both these

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<v Speaker 2>teams are disappointments. I guess Trey Young, you could say,

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<v Speaker 2>is like he's got playoff experience because he's gone to

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<v Speaker 2>the Eastern Conference Finals. But like a lot of that

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<v Speaker 2>was the Sixers throwing up all over themselves. So I

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<v Speaker 2>give it to I give it to Atlanta, give it

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<v Speaker 2>to Atlanta both just I mean, what, like you win

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<v Speaker 2>the chance to lose the heat like I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I don't know. You have to beat but you

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<v Speaker 2>have to beat the Calves the next game. I give

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<v Speaker 2>it to the Hawks. The numbers five and a half,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to say, the betting number five and a half,

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<v Speaker 2>no shot. I think Charlotte could cover no bet. There

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely no bet there. All right, let's move forward to

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<v Speaker 2>the better game of the night. I think Out West

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<v Speaker 2>Spurs Pelicans in New Orleans. Great story for both of

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<v Speaker 2>these teams. They were absolutely cooked. Just both were supposed.

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<v Speaker 2>I think what the New Orleans Pelicans went one in

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<v Speaker 2>twelve to start the season.

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<v Speaker 1>This team's in the playing.

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<v Speaker 2>One in twelve, it's their first twelve games.

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<v Speaker 1>That's absurd.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they went two and sixteen to start the year.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't quote me, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>And then all of a sudden they end up getting

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<v Speaker 2>some performances. Once they decided we don't need Zion, no Mo,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not waiting for Zion, things started to roll. Herb

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<v Speaker 2>Jones started playing a lot better, Devonte Graham started playing better.

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<v Speaker 2>They traded guys out that they didn't need, like Nikile,

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<v Speaker 2>Alexander Walker, Jackson Hayes has been getting minutes. Obviously, the

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<v Speaker 2>JV to New Orleans trade was huge. He's been putting

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<v Speaker 2>up like eighteen and twelve, and then of course the CJ.

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<v Speaker 1>McCollum trade.

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<v Speaker 2>As a Portland Trailblazer fan, I already know what he

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<v Speaker 2>can do. He can perform in huge minutes, huge moments

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<v Speaker 2>like the Western Conference Semifinals against the Nuggets where he

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<v Speaker 2>had an electric Game seven where they had to come

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<v Speaker 2>back from they were down like twenty points, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to say, in the fourth quarter to the Nuggets. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think that you have to give the edge to

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<v Speaker 2>New Orleans, which is crazy to say, just because Greg

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<v Speaker 2>Popovich is that guy. He's one of the best head

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<v Speaker 2>coaches in the NBA and has been for.

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<v Speaker 1>A very long time. The Spurs are interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>They got interesting when Greg Popovic got interested in coaching again,

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<v Speaker 2>truthfully and probably because everyone seems to want to push

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<v Speaker 2>him into retirement. But they're hot right now.

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<v Speaker 1>They won. Excuse me, excuse me? They won.

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<v Speaker 2>Who They won seven of the last nine games, seven

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<v Speaker 2>of their last nine games before clinching and resting their starters,

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<v Speaker 2>including beating the Pelicans by four on March twenty sixth.

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<v Speaker 1>I like the Spurs.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they can light it up, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>trust Yaka Perle with the game on the line against

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<v Speaker 2>jv Yonis Valanciunas, so I give it to the Pelicans.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know necessarily think they'll cover, but I think

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<v Speaker 2>they'll win. In two days though, we're gonna have a

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<v Speaker 2>whole playoff schedule set. We have Celtics nets Memphis versus Minnesota,

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<v Speaker 2>Golden State versus Denver MAVs possibly without Luca by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>Golden State, possibly without Steph versus the Jazz Mas versus

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<v Speaker 2>the Jazz Sixers versus the Raptors, Bucks versus the Bulls

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<v Speaker 2>and the Heat and the Suns with the final winners

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<v Speaker 2>of the final playing game, let the fun begin. I

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<v Speaker 2>cannot wait just a little baby episode, just a tiny,

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<v Speaker 2>little baby episode.

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<v Speaker 1>That is all the time that we have for the

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<v Speaker 1>Heat Check.

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<v Speaker 3>Mh