Speaker 1: The Brooklyn Nets do it with defense, okay, and some
Speaker 1: offense too. The Philadelphia seventy six ers do it with defense. Yep,
Speaker 1: mostly defense, and Commissioner Adam Silver apologizes to Raptors president
Speaker 1: massaiu Jiri. Hey, I'm Tasmellis, and this is what you
Speaker 1: need to know in the NBA for Friday, February twenty
Speaker 1: six I don't know if you can call the Brooklyn
Speaker 1: Nets the league's hottest team because the Jazz are so
Speaker 1: smoking hot over the last two months. But the Nets
Speaker 1: have won eight in a row. That's the longest current
Speaker 1: winning streak after routing the Orlando Magic, the longest streak
Speaker 1: the Nets have had since they moved to Brooklyn in
Speaker 1: twenty twelve. The last time their franchise had such a streak,
Speaker 1: Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, and Richard Jefferson won twelve in
Speaker 1: a row with the New Jersey Nets. The current Nets
Speaker 1: big three offense is fantastic. We know that they are
Speaker 1: three Wizards with the basketball, Kyrie Harden and Kevin Durant,
Speaker 1: they can explode for fifteen point runs at any time.
Speaker 1: But the best part of their streak right now is
Speaker 1: they're playing defense. They're pretty locked in on that end. Everyone,
Speaker 1: even Kyrie Ving is getting in on it. He had
Speaker 1: a steal and a breakaway dunk versus Orlando. I don't
Speaker 1: know if you can call it a dunk. His teammates
Speaker 1: wanted to see that real dunk from him very badly
Speaker 1: because it's so rare from him, but he kind of
Speaker 1: just laid it over there. A funny moment for them
Speaker 1: in a rouw. They've got a top ten defense since
Speaker 1: they started this streak that includes wins over the Lakers, Clippers,
Speaker 1: and Sons, much of the streak without Kevin Durant. He's
Speaker 1: missed the last six games with the hamstring injury. No
Speaker 1: one seems to be worried. I guess they shouldn't be.
Speaker 1: They're a half game back of Philly in the Eastern Conference,
Speaker 1: who got a real impressive win over Dallas. Not impressive
Speaker 1: because Joel Embiid or Ben Simmons went off, but because
Speaker 1: of their defense. Yeah, we're talking about defense even more here.
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty one, Philly won a game versus Luca
Speaker 1: and the MAVs with him being missing fifteen of his
Speaker 1: twenty shots. Well, he did have to shoot over Boban
Speaker 1: Marjanovich and Bobon can move his feet, as we saw
Speaker 1: when he and Luca danced arm in arm On No
Speaker 1: Dunk's Whoopsies video this week subscribe on YouTube. But Philly's
Speaker 1: perimeter defense, led by All Star Ben Simmons, was a phenomenal.
Speaker 1: This is one of those games where his stat line
Speaker 1: doesn't do it justice fifteen points and seven assists, but
Speaker 1: what really matters is that Dallas had eighteen turnovers, Philly
Speaker 1: had seven. Ben had zero, and that's why the coaches
Speaker 1: voted him an All Star yet again for the third
Speaker 1: time in his career. That's the stuff coaches want. Take
Speaker 1: care of the ball, don't turn it over. I just
Speaker 1: mentioned Jason Kidd on The New Jersey Nets. It's hard
Speaker 1: not to think of kid watching Ben Simmons defensively scramble around.
Speaker 1: There's some similarities there. Philly's crowd was loving the defensive effort. Actually,
Speaker 1: they have no fans in Wells Fargo Center, but they
Speaker 1: turned up the audio so loud on the broadcast, making
Speaker 1: it seem like they were fans there. It was so
Speaker 1: jarring because it just wasn't at the right time. Philly
Speaker 1: HiT's a free throw. Now, now I thought I'd be
Speaker 1: cheering like that for the Denver Nuggets this season, but
Speaker 1: for me, they've been disappointing, even though they're above five hundred.
Speaker 1: This is a Western Conference Finals team last year. Maybe
Speaker 1: it's because they have no fans. They used to be
Speaker 1: a really great home team. Pretty average this season. Nikola
Speaker 1: Jokic way better than average, an MVP candidate this season.
Speaker 1: But they haven't found a real replacement for Jeremy Grant
Speaker 1: because Michael Porter Junior missed sometime, hasn't found his role
Speaker 1: on this squad, and they're missing a lot of their
Speaker 1: depth right now, including against the Wizards on Thursday. But still,
Speaker 1: what happened at the end of this game was ridiculous.
Speaker 1: They had a three on one break in the dying seconds,
Speaker 1: a three on one break in the dying seconds to
Speaker 1: try and tie this thing. Not one of their players
Speaker 1: win inside the arc. Not one of their three players
Speaker 1: went inside the arc. So Jamal Murray passed to Facu Compazzo,
Speaker 1: who missed a three. People will blame analytics because they
Speaker 1: went for a three and the win. Uh No, that
Speaker 1: was just a bone headed maneuver. Jamal Murray had thirty
Speaker 1: four points in this one. The Wizards have won six
Speaker 1: of seven. They're Big three of Bradley Beal, Russell Westbrook
Speaker 1: and Royacha. Mura did it. Yeah, Ruy did it. He
Speaker 1: had twenty points in this game, part of the Big
Speaker 1: Three in this one. A team that is getting their
Speaker 1: depth back are the Memphis Grizzlies and Justice Winslow's hair
Speaker 1: looking good since his return. His best game the third
Speaker 1: game back for him. He hadn't played in thirteen months.
Speaker 1: So Winslow has the Grizzlies green part of his hair.
Speaker 1: John Morant has the Grizzlies red part of his hair.
Speaker 1: I'm sure they were planning it when Winslow was out
Speaker 1: because they were bonding. You could see them on the
Speaker 1: sideline talking what are we gonna do with our hair? Actually,
Speaker 1: with all those guys out, Taylor Jenkins did a great job.
Speaker 1: Their head coach is going to get a heck of
Speaker 1: a lot of Coach of the Year consideration. I am
Speaker 1: very excited for their future in Memphis. They were able
Speaker 1: to defeat a Clippers team who couldn't hit a jumper
Speaker 1: on Thursday night handily. Another pretty easy win was by
Speaker 1: the New York Knicks, led by a guy who should
Speaker 1: get some Coach of the Year consideration as well. Tom
Speaker 1: Thibodeaux has his guys ready to play defense every night.
Speaker 1: It is phenomenal to see that the New York Knicks
Speaker 1: have one of the best defenses in the league. They
Speaker 1: are top three. It goes Lakers, Jazz Knicks, Warriors, who
Speaker 1: are another surprise, and the Philadelphia seventy six Ers amongst
Speaker 1: the top five. Their defense was great, but they also
Speaker 1: put up one hundred and forty points. Because sometimes the
Speaker 1: King's defense leaves a lot to be desired. Marvin Bagley
Speaker 1: a culprit on this night, one of the reasons he
Speaker 1: can't stay on the floor. Last game, a couple baby
Speaker 1: Shacks went at it in Milwaukee. No, not Sophocles scores,
Speaker 1: they need these, he just retired. Zion Williamson and Jannistat
Speaker 1: Gumpo are the modern day Shacks with the way they
Speaker 1: score in the paint. A lot of lead changes in
Speaker 1: this one, but it was Milwaukee Shack who got to
Speaker 1: win All Star. Zion had thirty four, All Star, Giannis
Speaker 1: had thirty eight and non All Star, but still All Star.
Speaker 1: Chris Middleton added thirty one. Bit of news that Toronto
Speaker 1: Raptors fans were waiting to hear for a long time.
Speaker 1: When they won their championship in twenty nineteen, they're celebrating
Speaker 1: on the floor just after the final buzzer in the
Speaker 1: Warriors Oracle Arena. Their president and architect and overall incredible
Speaker 1: human Massaiujeri tried to join the celebration. Whiles he tried
Speaker 1: to get there, he was pushed twice in the chest
Speaker 1: by an officer who tried to keep him away from
Speaker 1: his team, and then was sued by said officer in
Speaker 1: a bogus lawsuit. Charges were later dropped, but at the time,
Speaker 1: Commissioner Adam Silver took the side of the police officer
Speaker 1: to some degree, saying to Bryant Gumbel, quote, it's part
Speaker 1: and parcel of what comes with someone who is living
Speaker 1: on the edge a bit and is hardwired to sort
Speaker 1: of march to ward with incredible energy. Lessons learned for him.
Speaker 1: Silver now said he misspoke. He would love to take
Speaker 1: those words back. He cringes when he watches the interview
Speaker 1: and has spoken to a Ujerie one hundred times since then.
Speaker 1: Lessons learned. We all make mistakes. I'll be back on
Speaker 1: Monday to give you the news as fast as I
Speaker 1: possibly can make sure you check out the full No
Speaker 1: Dounk's episode here today on Friday. I'll talk to you Monday,