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We had a couple 32 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: of days off, but my wife, who had been out 33 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: of town during the whole time, was in Vegas for 34 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: a work trip, and all she wanted to do is relax. 35 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: So guess what I did on my two days off. 36 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: I watched basketball. I told myself I was gonna unplug 37 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: for a little bit and disconnected. Instead I watched all 38 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: the games. So that's how it goes sometimes. But on 39 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: the bright side. I'm kind of in the loop, which 40 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: is a good feeling coming off of a weekend. But 41 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: we have a lot of basketball to talk about tonight. 42 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: We're gonna start by talking some Sons Pelicans. Obviously that 43 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: series looks like it's gonna be a lot more of 44 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: a war than we expected, obviously fueled by injuries. We'll 45 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about the Warriors Nuggets game today 46 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: and what we might or may not have earned there, 47 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: and then we're gonna talk a little bit about the 48 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: Celtics Nets game yesterday, which I think was the top 49 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: story of the weekend in a lot of different ways, 50 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: and easily the most interesting series because of the greatness 51 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: we're seeing on one end and the combustion we're seeing 52 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: on the other end. So we'll get into that a 53 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: little bit, and then at the end, we're gonna go 54 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: rapid fire through all of the series. No Carson tonight, 55 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: you guys are stuck with me, but he will be 56 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: back tomorrow. Let's start with the Suns and the Pelicans. 57 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: So I want to start with Brandon Brandon Ingram here, 58 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: and we're not gonna get too deep into his backstory 59 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: because we did that the last time. He played amazing 60 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,119 Speaker 1: in Game two. But what I did want to touch 61 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: on here is just how comfortable and successful he's been, 62 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: how comfortable he looks, and how dominant he's been as 63 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: a first time playoff player against an unbelievably good defensive team. 64 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: The Phoenix Suns, as I've said, oh year, are a 65 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: team without holes. Now the whole opened up there in 66 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: the form of the Devin Booker injury, but not on 67 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: the defensive end of the floor. And the Sons have 68 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: always had a plethora of great wings to throw at you, 69 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: various different types too. You've got your big, bruising wing 70 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: and Jay Crowder, and then you've got your longer, you know, 71 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: more athleticism based wing in Mikhail Bridges, and then they've 72 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,559 Speaker 1: got other guys that can throw at you, like Tory 73 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,919 Speaker 1: Craig and like Cam Johnson and so on and so forth. 74 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: But Brandon Ingram looks completely undeterred, and it's really impressive 75 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: when you factor in the fact that he's the primary 76 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: source of all of the Sun's defensive game planning. When 77 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: you factor in that, around the league, we're seeing stars struggle, 78 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: stars that have had a lot of postseason reps. Demarta 79 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: Rosen once again struggled today you're seeing you know or 80 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: you know like Demarta Rosen is a tough shot maker, 81 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: and when they go in like they did in Game two, 82 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: he looks great. But when they're missing, all of a sudden, 83 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: their whole offense feels very disjoined. At brandon Ingram has 84 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: a lot of Demarda Rosen in his game, but for 85 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: whatever reason, he is so much more comfortable even though 86 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: he's in a much more difficult environment. And to me, 87 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: it's a great bell weather for the rest of this 88 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: era for the New Orleans Pelicans because if as you 89 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: see around the league, Draymond Green, our colleague here at 90 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: the volume touched tweeted the other day very uh in 91 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: in a very inflammatory manner. He said that I can't 92 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: quote him word for word. He said something along the 93 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: lines of not everybody's meant for the playoffs, and he's right, 94 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: because of the physicality of the way it's officiated, of 95 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: the game planning. There are a lot of guys around 96 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: the league to capitalize on the relatively lack of daisical 97 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: nature of regular season basketball, and then they get into 98 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: a postseason setting and they struggle and brandon Ingram is 99 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: showing us right before our eyes that he has made 100 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: for this environment. And I think there's a couple of 101 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: different reasons why I talk a lot about versatility, especially 102 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: when we talk about James harden Right, and the ability 103 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: to attack a defense in a bunch of different ways 104 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: is the key to not becoming solvable in a postseason series. 105 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: And that's what I love about Brandon Ingram's game. He's 106 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: got an isolation game like a triple threat face up game. 107 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: He can attack you with a live dribble. He's got 108 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 1: all of the dribble combinations. He can do isolation moves 109 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: from anywhere on the floor. He can attack you out 110 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: of the low post, out of the high post. He 111 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: can pass out of pick and roll. He can score 112 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: out of pick and roll, he can pass out of 113 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: isolation help. He can do just about everything that you 114 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: need from an offensive fulcrum, and as a result, he 115 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: has all these different angles that he can go to. 116 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: This is his third straight efficient thirty point playoff game, 117 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: and I think you're gonna see a lot more of 118 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: that from Brandon Ingram as the years go by, and 119 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: it's a very very exciting aspect for Pelicans fans. Obviously, 120 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 1: there are a bunch of other things. They've got a 121 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: round out on that front. I don't think the Pelicans 122 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: are good. I still would lean Phoenix to win this 123 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: series in six or seven gay obviously and at least 124 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: six games. But even if they win, they're not a 125 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: team that I have any sort of grand expectations for 126 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: this season. But it's a very bright future. And seeing 127 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: if you're a fan of any young star in the league, 128 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: you're always looking what are they gonna look like in 129 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: a playoff series? And Brandon Ingram looks great. You're looking 130 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: at John Morant, for instance, and he's struggling a little bit, 131 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: particularly on the defensive end of the floor. You're seeing 132 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: John Morand get utterly attacked intentionally almost every time by Minnesota. 133 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: That's a concern. That's something that and we'll talk about 134 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: that at a later point this week. But that's an 135 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: example of of a of a glaring flaw that if 136 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: you're a Memphis fan, you kind of have to bake 137 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: into everything that you plan and as as a fan 138 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: of the Grizzlies, says John Moran looks like he's going 139 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: to be attacked often on the defensive end of the 140 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: floor in the playoffs, same things happening to Trey Young 141 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: right now, Brandon Ingram looks like a bona fide two 142 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: way star that looks comfortable and successful in the playoffs. 143 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: Great sign for the Pelicans. I thought an interesting element 144 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: of this particular game was the job that Herb Jones 145 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: did on CP three. Obviously you saw them jawing at 146 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: each other a lot. You know CP three, This is 147 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: the theme of this series, now, you know. I talked 148 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: a lot about how Devin Booker and Chris Paul kind 149 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: of together amount to what a superstar brings to the table. 150 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: You have Chris Paul's playmaking, So if you're playing an 151 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: overly aggressive defense, he's kind of the perfect guy to 152 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: put the ball in his hands because he's going to 153 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 1: be able to consistently make you pay. We're gonna talk 154 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: about this a lot later tonight with the Celtics. Like 155 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: in the in the Nets, there's only like four guys 156 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: in the entire league that can consistently make guys pay 157 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: out of these overly aggressive defenses, and Chris Paul's one 158 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: of them. So having that guy huge asset. Then we 159 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: look at Devin Booker in gives you that same extreme 160 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: high level three level scoring that you're seeing from like 161 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 1: Brandon Ingram for instance, and the two of those guys together, 162 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: Chris Paul and Devin Booker bring to the table what 163 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: you would expect to get from a bona fide top 164 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: ten player in the NBA. But then one of them 165 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: goes down. Now, with Devin Booker out, that scoring option 166 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: is not there, and you saw the Sons throw an 167 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: excuse me, the Appelicans throw a ton of length at 168 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: Chris Paul at this point. Because of Chris Paul's slowly 169 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: waning speed as he gets older, a guy like GRB. 170 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: Jones can cover enough ground to kind of win some 171 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 1: of that chess match stuff with Chris PAULI struggled a 172 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: lot tonight as a score after being a dominant score 173 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: in Game three. That's the way that the dynamic of 174 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: a series can change when you pull out an important 175 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: cog like that, And it's an interesting dynamic the rest 176 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,599 Speaker 1: of the series because coming into the series, who is 177 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: the best player in the entire series Devin Booker, and 178 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: this would be one of the few matchups where the 179 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: Sons would have the best player in this series. Moving on, 180 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: let's say they faced Dallas in the next round. Like 181 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: Lucas the best player in that series, right, So like 182 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: there and moving forward, that's gonna be a perpetual case 183 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: for the Suns. This was the one series where they 184 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: had that advantage. Devin Booker is better than brandon Ingram. Well, 185 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: that was already kind of close with how well Brandon 186 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: Ingram is playing, and now with Devin Booker out, the 187 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: Pelicans have the best player in the series. That's a 188 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 1: huge swing factor here. Still up in the air. This 189 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,719 Speaker 1: series is very close. I would not be surprised if 190 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 1: the Pelicans won, but this I would be picking the 191 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: Suns at this point. But it's a lot closer than 192 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: it looks. And that's the way things can change based 193 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: on an injury in the postseason. One other quick note, 194 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: um or two other quick notes. Jonas Valancinias have been 195 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: very critical of him in this series. Coming into tonight. 196 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: Through three games, the Pelicans at a one twenty defensive 197 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: rating with him on the floor, and we're being outscored 198 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: by eight points per one Hunter possessions. And then when 199 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: they had Nance on the floor without Jonas, they had 200 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: a one fifteen defensive ratings, so five points better, and 201 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: they were plus three point three net. I've always liked 202 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: the way this team plays better with Larry Nance. You 203 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: guys know how I am with traditional bigs. You guys 204 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: know how I am with five out basketball and really 205 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 1: spreading the floor, prioritizing foot speed and the ability to 206 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: dribble and shoot the basketball. I'm always driven towards Larry Nance. 207 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 1: Bill tonight, I gotta hand it to Jonas Valatunas. He 208 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: was a dominant offensive player. It's the one thing you 209 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: have to do to make up for a massive shortcoming 210 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: is to have one elite skill that you bring to 211 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: the table that makes it a net positive trade off. 212 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: And if Jonas is gonna be that good offensively, that's 213 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: a huge asset. I talked a lot after the book 214 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: or injury with our guy Carson about how important it 215 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: was gonna be for guys like Mikhail Bridges and guys 216 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: like DeAndre Aton and guys like Cam Johnson to have 217 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: a ton of points to fulfill some of the missing 218 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: scoring from Devin Booker, because all three of those guys 219 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: have more elements to their offensive scoring game than than 220 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: we've seen in the last couple of years. As a 221 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: result of their roles on this particular team. Well, in 222 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: Game three, when the Sun's got the big win, Bridges 223 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: and Etan went forty five and nineteen. Tonight they went 224 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: for thirty one and fourteen. That's just not enough production. 225 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: So in order for the Suns to come out with 226 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: the way in which I believe they will, they just 227 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: need to be better, uh, in the role players, especially 228 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: scoring the basketball. My guess is that this ends up 229 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: going seven, and the each team wins their home games, 230 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: and then the Sun's end up advancing to the next round. 231 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: Let's move on to the Warriors and the Nuggets. This 232 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: was a game that to me, I've seen dozens and 233 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: dozens of times over the course of the NBA playoffs. 234 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: A team, you know, usually when they're down three oh, 235 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: one of two things going to happen. They're either going 236 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:47,359 Speaker 1: to be thinking about Cancun for lack of a better term, 237 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: and be willing to wave the white flag just because 238 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: it's not worth it. Or team will show fight. And 239 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: usually when they show fight in that down three oh situation, 240 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: they win. And the reason why is because it's in 241 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: terms of human nature, there is no game in a 242 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: playoff series that a favorite is gonna bring less effort 243 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: then in an up three oh game on the road 244 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: with a chance to close out a team that that 245 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: that that is just again, you can't fight that. That's 246 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: just human nature. And I thought the Golden State Guards, 247 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: even though I've been very complimentary of them of their defense, 248 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 1: Stepping Clay in particular, they're great defensive players over the 249 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: course of their careers because of their commitment, not great. 250 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: Clay has been great, Step has been good. But those 251 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: two guys tonight, in conjunction with Jordan Pool, I thought 252 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: they got bullied a bit by the by the Denver guards. 253 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: I thought they didn't move as their feet as well 254 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: as they needed to, and I thought that was a 255 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: big part in Monte Morris going off and in Bones 256 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: Highland going off, and that kind of changed the dynamic 257 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: of the game. But this is the way I look 258 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: at it. If you're a Golden State fan and you're 259 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 1: looking for a silver lining Golden State more made more 260 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,599 Speaker 1: field goals, They had more rebounds, then more points in 261 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,959 Speaker 1: the paint. They had fewer turnovers, so they played a 262 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: pretty damn good game. But draym On Green on the floor, 263 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: they were plus eight team and they blew it in 264 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: the handful of minutes that Draymond was off the floor, 265 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: which is kind of the downside of this matchup. We 266 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: talked a lot about Golden State's lack of interior presence, 267 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: and you've seen a little bit of that over the 268 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: course of the last two games, with Draymond starting to 269 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: give a little bit of ground to Yokich. Defended him 270 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: extraordinarily well in the first two games. It defended him 271 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: well and crunch time of Game three, But for the 272 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: rest of Game three and for parts of Game four, 273 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: he's starting to wear down and some of that physicality 274 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: matchup against Yokich, and that's that's the fear if you're 275 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: a Warriors fan, is what happens if you run into 276 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: a player like Eighton has been pretty good in the 277 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: last two games. It's it's interesting to see how deal 278 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: Drayton would hold up in seven games against Draymond. If 279 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: Ambiad and the Sixers come out of the Eastern Conference, 280 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: that could get interesting. But to me, is your plus 281 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: A team with Draymond, You're in great shape. I expect 282 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: the Warriors to win big in Game five. They'll gay 283 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: They'll get another big fat check for having into their 284 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: home game at Chase Center all as well in Warriors Land. 285 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: I'm not particularly concerned. There were two parts of this game, though, 286 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: that I wanted to touch on before we move on. 287 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: One was the way that Steph was attacking attacking Nicola 288 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: Yokich late, And again it's not It's not a criticism 289 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: of Yokis in the sense that I'm calling him a 290 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: bad basketball player. But when people start putting a very 291 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: specific standard on these guys, we have to hold them 292 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: to that standard. There are a lot of guys in 293 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: Denver and in the analytics community that have been pushing 294 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: heavily that Nikola Yokich is the best player in the league. 295 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: I've always thought of him as like either in the 296 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: top tier, as the guy who's clearly at the bottom 297 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: of the top tier, or the top guy of the 298 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: second tier, give or take, depending on which day you 299 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: guys know me. I'm pretty open minded, but I the 300 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: reason why I'm not. My general ideology is not to 301 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: race to put people at the top. But the reason 302 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: why I haven't been so willing to give that kind 303 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: of credit it in respect to Yoki is because of 304 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: his limitations on the defensive end of the floor in 305 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: terms of his foot speed, and I didn't think I 306 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: thought it was really telling tonight that at the end 307 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: of the game, I should say today, at the end 308 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: of the game, when it was time for the Golden 309 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: State to really lock in and try to steal that game, 310 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: they were just running quick ball screens with Draymond to 311 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: try to get yokich Onto to uh. They were just 312 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: trying to get yok Onto to step on the left 313 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: wing by himself. And when I say the only metaphor 314 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: I could possibly use to describe how easily Steph Curry 315 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: was just dribbling right around yokich I would say that 316 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: he was a traffic comp just the first time he 317 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: literally just dribbled right around him, and then the second 318 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: time all he had to do was kind of like 319 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: hesitate and look up at the rim for a second, 320 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: and he went right down the lane and got an one. 321 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: That's a concern because that type of matchup exists all 322 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: around the league. Even if it's not Steph the quick 323 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: guard that's gonna pull Yokis out to the perimeter and 324 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: a five out system that that kind of thing is 325 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: going to continue to happen to Yoki throughout his career 326 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: and all I did so today I tweeted out a 327 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: link and I said, this is why I can't rightfully 328 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,719 Speaker 1: call Yokis the best player in the game when literally 329 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: Golden State is attacking him and getting straight line drives 330 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 1: to the basket every single possession at the end of 331 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: the game, to the point where Denver literally had to 332 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: remove him from the lineup. Mike Bloan removed him from 333 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: the lineup on the biggest defensive possession of the season, 334 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: and a lot of people were like, well, Steph does 335 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: that to every big. That's the point. That's part of 336 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 1: why I always say that about bigs. People said, Yokis 337 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: would do that to Steph. On the other end, You're right, 338 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: but Steph is at his position an above average defender, 339 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: and in a five out scheme, what matters more is 340 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: your ability to dribble, contain then or size at the rim. 341 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: It's a far more valuable skill. The size at the 342 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: rim becomes more valuable in a drop coverage. But you 343 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: can't run drop coverage against the team that's gonna spread 344 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: you out like that. That's the conundrum here. And to 345 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: the point everyone was like, oh, well, Steph's not a 346 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: fantastic defensive player too. That was the big reason why. 347 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: Even though I loved Steph and everything that he brought 348 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: to the table, that was one of the reasons why 349 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: I had Lebron ahead of him was his ability to 350 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: ly in physicality on the offensive end, in his ability 351 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: to impact games defensively. Step for all of his effort, 352 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: is an above average defensive player, but he's not a 353 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: great defensive player. That was the difference. But again, I 354 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: just thought it was jarring to watch Yoki at the 355 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: end of the game getting picked on and not just 356 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:49,199 Speaker 1: picked on like you know, we're this is just the 357 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: best matchup for us to go at, so let's try it. No, no, no. 358 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,439 Speaker 1: When they got him on the wing, it was a 359 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: straight line drive and there was nothing Denver could do 360 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,159 Speaker 1: to recover out of it. It's a major concern. Not 361 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 1: doesn't mean Yoki sucks, doesn't mean Yoki isn't an All Star, 362 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to win m v P 363 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: or any of those things. All it means is that's 364 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: why he's closer to the six or seventh best player 365 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: in the league than the first best player in the league. 366 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: That's just my opinion. If you guys disagree, that's fine, 367 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: It's just the way I see the game. I don't 368 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: like the idea that your super duperstar can be targeted 369 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,959 Speaker 1: that easily. Now, the last thing I wanted to hit 370 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: on this particular game was the final play. Now, everyone 371 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: loves to bag on their coach, trust me, all of 372 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: you guys who have been fans of a team for 373 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: a long time. I dealt with it with Laker fans 374 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 1: this year with Frank Vogel, although I thought they were 375 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: had a little bit more of a like to stand 376 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: on because Frank did have a particularly rough season. But 377 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 1: Steve curse of a very smart coach. In my opinion, 378 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,959 Speaker 1: he doesn't do everything that I agree with. But one 379 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 1: of the consistent things that Warriors fans dislike about Steve 380 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: Kerr is their willingness. Is his willingness to use Curry 381 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: as a decoy rather than using him as the primary option. 382 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: And on the last play of the game, or the 383 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: pivotal play of the game, when they needed a basket, 384 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,160 Speaker 1: they did you step as a decoy and they tried 385 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: to get a seal under the basket for Andrew Wiggins 386 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: and Austin Rivers. Blew it up now before we break 387 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: down the play Austin Rivers had a really interesting quote 388 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: after the game. I don't want to play that for 389 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 1: you guys here it is no but we had an idea. 390 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: When I saw Wiggins said in that screen, I knew 391 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: exactly where he was going. I've seen them run that 392 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: play a couple of times. They've actually gotten us on 393 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: that one time earlier in the season. So um, as 394 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: soon as I saw him do that, I knew they 395 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: were gonna try to throw it to him in there. 396 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: When I turned and faced him and I saw him 397 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: looking that way, UM, I knew I could get that steal. Uh. 398 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: So you know, there's a lot of communication though tonight. 399 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: Guys are telling me, you know what to do. It 400 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: allows me to to to do what I do best 401 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 1: out there, and that's defend um. So I love when 402 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: we hear that kind of stuff from from players immediately 403 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: after the game. One of my favorite things about having 404 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: Draymond Green at the volume is his reactions within a 405 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: playoff series from a player on the teams in a 406 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: podcast format like this is turning into some of the 407 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: best content that you can find in sports. If you 408 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: guys haven't heard it, you always gotta check out Draymond 409 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: Green after his games. In the volume podcast feeds Now 410 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 1: with Austin Rivers. What he brought up, I think is 411 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 1: a really interesting point here, because when I saw that play, 412 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 1: you know what I thought, I thought Otto Porter Jr. 413 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: Messed up because Andrew Wiggins wasn't open and he threw 414 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: the pass. Now, there's a couple of interesting things surrounding that. 415 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: First of all, what Austin Rivers just said is precisely 416 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: why sets become less valuable in a postseason setting than 417 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: they are in the regular season. Austin seen that play before, 418 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: and one of the reasons why Steve Kirk called that 419 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: play is because he's expecting a switch and he knew 420 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: that the smaller defender was guarding Steph. He knew that 421 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: if he set a solid screen, he'd get a switch, 422 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: and there was even a possibility that multiple defenders would 423 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: run with Steph, and he thought he'd be able to 424 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: get a lob over the top to Andrew Wiggins. But 425 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: that wasn't the only area of the play. If Wiggins 426 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: had the deep seal on it, Austin Rivers in the 427 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: past was available, you throw the pass and you get 428 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: the layout. But Steph came off of that screen and 429 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: was flying out to the corner, and he had an advantage, 430 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:30,719 Speaker 1: and I think he would have been open in the corner. 431 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: Otto Porter Jr's job is if the read is not there, 432 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: don't throw it and hits Steph in the corner. So 433 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: I see why it's easy for I see why it's 434 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 1: easy for Warriors fans to be like, here goes Steve 435 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 1: Kerr again. He drew up a play for Andrew Wiggins. No, 436 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: he drew up a play that had multiple reads, one 437 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 1: of which was hit Andrew Wiggins. If he has an 438 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: advantage because they're overplaying Steph and he it's a small 439 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: guy pinned on him. That read wasn't open. There was 440 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: another part of the play Steph coming out to the 441 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: corner that was the guy out of Porter Jr. Was 442 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: supposed to hit. And again if and all the Warriors 443 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: fans are like, why didn't they just throw it into 444 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: Steph Curry and let him go to work, Here's something 445 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 1: else that might have happened. Steph Curry might have ran 446 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: out to half court and grabbed the ball and he 447 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 1: would have either been doubled at half court or if 448 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: he dribbled up the floor. As soon as he got 449 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: to an area of score, they would have doubled him. 450 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: Or if he called for a ball screen, they would 451 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: have doubled him, and the ball would have ended up 452 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: in someone else's hands. And if that person, that person 453 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: then suddenly becomes in the exact same position out of 454 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 1: Porter Jr. Was in. If he makes the right read 455 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: out of a full on three, everything is great. If 456 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,479 Speaker 1: he makes the bad read out of the four on three, 457 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 1: the play falls apart. The play call wasn't the issue, 458 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: Steve Kerr wasn't the issue. OUTO Porter Jr. Just made 459 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 1: a bad read and then, just like Austin River said, 460 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: and this is the last thing I'll say about it. 461 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: These guys scout a lot. If you run a set 462 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: once and it works on them, they remember it, and 463 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: if it would have worked in this particular game, never 464 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: would have worked again in the series because they would 465 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: have snuffed it out for the next time. These these 466 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: the the idea that like you can xs and oes 467 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: your way to victory. There's a little bit of truth 468 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 1: to that, But at the end of the day, it's 469 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: about the players. They have to make the reads, they 470 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: have to play basketball. That's why the Lakers, with one 471 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:33,360 Speaker 1: of the most you know, dumbed down offensive systems in 472 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: in the entire league, won the title in because they 473 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: had better players and there are players were able to 474 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: execute offensively by just using their advantages and making reads. 475 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 1: So again, I'm picking the Warriors to win big in 476 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 1: Game five. Don't care about Steve Kirk calling that play. 477 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: I had it on Auto Porter Jr. And yeah, I'm 478 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 1: concerned about Nicolayoku's ability to play defense on the perimeter 479 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 1: and how that changes his ceiling, you know, as a 480 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: championship level player. Before we move on, I wanted you 481 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 1: guys to check out this promo for more shows on 482 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 1: the volume. I it's Colin Coward. I started the volume 483 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: to bring you some of the most apathetic voices in sports. 484 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: While you're here, make sure you hit subscribe. Thanks. Let's 485 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: move on to the nets. Falling down three games to 486 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: zero to the Celtics last night. Like I said in 487 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: the video that I released right after the game, I 488 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: wasn't shocked because I saw something in game two that 489 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: had that forced me to change my outlook on a 490 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: lot of different things in this playoff run. The night before, 491 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: Devin Booker had strained his hamstring, and then in that 492 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: particular game, I saw the Celtics in the second half 493 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: hit a level of defense that I've never actually seen 494 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,360 Speaker 1: before in my time watching the game of basketball. There 495 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:01,199 Speaker 1: was a complete inability of the nets to generate even 496 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: remotely decent quality shots. Even when Katie and Kyrie were 497 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: getting to their spots, Boston was doing such an incredible 498 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 1: job of crowding them that you could tell they weren't comfortable. 499 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: And it's been one of the most interesting parts of 500 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 1: this particular series. Boston is showing flashes of a level 501 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: of defense that I haven't seen in my time watching basketball. 502 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: Over the course of the last decade and a half, 503 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: there are a couple of teams that have come close. 504 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,719 Speaker 1: You're I'm talking like the two thousand nineteen Raptors or 505 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: like the Lakers. There are examples of really, really good 506 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,679 Speaker 1: defenses over the course of the last few years, but 507 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,479 Speaker 1: each of them had weaknesses in one way or another. 508 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: The Lakers were not good at defending on the perimeter. 509 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: At the point of attack, they actually gave up a 510 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,239 Speaker 1: lot of straight line drives. They were just great at 511 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: rotating out of it. The Toronto Raptors had some size 512 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,640 Speaker 1: and quickness issues. They played Fred VanVleet and Kyle Lowry 513 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: in large bursts together, or they play Marc Gasol, a 514 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: guy who was good in drop coverage and good at 515 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 1: protecting the rim, but not very mobile, not good at 516 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 1: covering grounds, so when you got him in space, he 517 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: had some issues. And there were cases to be made 518 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: that the Raptors were better with Serge Ibaka at the 519 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 1: center position. This Celtics defense is completely and utterly devoid 520 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: of weaknesses. And what's crazy is they bring in pieces 521 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: off the bench that even slide well into that same 522 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: scheme and that same quality of defense that you get 523 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,679 Speaker 1: out of the core five guys. And it's been really 524 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 1: interesting because Katie and Kyrie, you know, there's a lot 525 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: of people that are focused on them in particular in 526 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: how this series has gone. And I get it. That's 527 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: kind of the way that basketball is discussed. Everyone's, especially 528 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: on Twitter. It's kind of like everyone's on a side. 529 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: Are you on the pro k D side of the 530 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 1: anti k D side? Are you on the pro Kyrie 531 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 1: side and the anti Kyrie side? But it's interesting because 532 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: to me, this has been so much more about great 533 00:27:55,800 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 1: Celtics defense than it has been about bad Nets offense, 534 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,199 Speaker 1: and I think we need to remember to give that 535 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 1: credit to Boston because it's very, very important as we 536 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: look forward to these next few series. Is one of 537 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: the most interesting dynamics of this particular series is even 538 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 1: though Boston is throwing the kitchen sink at trying to 539 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 1: stop Kevin Durant and Kyrie, We've we've broken it down 540 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 1: in detail on the show. Multiple defenders. Every time there's 541 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: a dribble drive. The only time they're really operating in 542 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 1: single coverage is when they're twenty ft from the basket. 543 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: Anytime there's any action, they're grabbing and they're holding their 544 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: airing on the side of sending to double two guys 545 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: towards them. They're facing incredibly aggressive defensive coverage is but 546 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: Boston is doing such an incredible job rotating out of it. 547 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 1: On the back end. I've talked a lot this year 548 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: about how bad the Bucks defense is because of the 549 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: fact that they packed the paint and they give up 550 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: wide open threes on the back end. The Bucks during 551 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: the regular season gave up more than twenty wide open 552 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: threes per game on the back end of their def 553 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: it well in this playoff run. Through three games, they're 554 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: giving up twenty wide open threes on the back end. 555 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: So that's very that's that's an example of the way 556 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: that they play defense. This Boston team so far in 557 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 1: this series with Brooklyn is only giving up nine point 558 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: three wide open threes against Brooklyn, less than half as 559 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: many as Milwaukee is giving up in the fewest out 560 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: of any of the teams in this entire playoff front. So, 561 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: and I would argue that Katie and Kyrie are being 562 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: pretty willing passers. We're gonna talk a little bit more 563 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: about them as playmakers as we get further into this, 564 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: but it's not for Katie and Kyrie jacking up shots. 565 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 1: In the last two games combined, Katie and Kyrie combined 566 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: have only taken fifty eight shots, which means they're averaging 567 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: between each of them are averaging less than fifteen shots 568 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: per game. That's they are not out there gunning. The 569 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 1: Boston d offense is getting the ball out of their hands, 570 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: and Boston has good Brooklyn has good offensive players, Guys 571 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: like Seth Curry, guys like Patty Mills, Guys like Andre Drummond, 572 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: who's a pretty skilled center, right. There are good offensive 573 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: players on the floor for Brooklyn working in a lot 574 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: of four on three scenarios, and they're not getting anything 575 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: on the back end. And that's why I keep saying, like, 576 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: what caused me to have to change my outlook on 577 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: this entire playoff run. Part of it was the Sons. 578 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 1: Devin Booker's hamstring is pulled. That's a significant change in 579 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: the dynamic of the Western Conference playoffs. We've talked about 580 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: that in detail. But in addition to that, I have 581 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: seen something from Boston that I haven't seen from certainly 582 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: any other team in this Eastern Conference playoff field, but 583 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 1: I would argue that I haven't seen this from any 584 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: team in recent NBA history. They are touching a level 585 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: of defense that we are that we are not accustomed 586 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: to seeing, and we have to adjust our expectations moving 587 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: forward because of that. Jayson Tatum blocked Kevin Durant again 588 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: on a pull up jump shot yesterday. It originally got 589 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: called a foul, but on the replay I thought it 590 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: was clean. I thought he got the ball first, and 591 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: we just don't see that very often. A huge part 592 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: of that is because of how dominant Boston's team defense 593 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: is Tatum is given the leeway to crowd Kevin Durant more. 594 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: And because he's crowding Kevin Durant more, Kevin Durant is 595 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: playing with the body underneath him more than he's used to. 596 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: And Jayson Tatum has the length to get to the 597 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 1: top of Kadi's shot. It is this unbelievable team, you know, 598 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: organism that Boston has working on defense and it's flum 599 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: mixed one of the best offenses in the league this year. 600 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: So in second halves this season, I think third and 601 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, when Kadi and Kyrie are on the floor together. 602 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: In the regular season, those guys averaged a hundred and 603 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: twenty four point eight points per one possessions. In this 604 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: decond has against Boston in this series, they're only scoring 605 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 1: a hundred and two points six So in addition to 606 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 1: everything that they're doing, they're starting to wear them down 607 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: physically and cause problems as the series and as the 608 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: games are progressive. If you guys remember back in March, 609 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: when Boston really was first starting to catch their stride, 610 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 1: we did a bunch of stuff on them on our show, 611 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: and I had some concerns at the time. Tatum and 612 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: Brown were shooting particularly well. Obviously you were worried about 613 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: Boston potentially as a half court offense. But there were 614 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 1: a couple of very specific things that I pointed to, 615 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: And it was after Boston went into Brooklyn and beat 616 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 1: the Nets in a very very exciting game. And in 617 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: that game, I couldn't help but notice that Tatum kept 618 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: working down and getting Seth Curry on switches. And when 619 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: he was getting Seth Curry on those switches, he was 620 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: getting great looks and scoring. And then Brooklyn had to 621 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: start doubling, and then Boston was getting wide open shots 622 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: out of it. Meanwhile, down on the other end of 623 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: the floor, Boston and was running a lineup of Al 624 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 1: Horford and Robert Williams with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown 625 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: and Marcus Smart, and there were a handful of possessions 626 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: where Katie scored it, particularly in switches against Al Horford, 627 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: tough midrange pull up jump shots, but he wasn't getting 628 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: good shots. And it was like, here, I'm attacking Jayson 629 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 1: Tatum on a very highly contested pull up three. Here's 630 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: Robert Williams coming up on a switch and contesting k 631 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: D on a three that he nearly blocks you were 632 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 1: seeing k D was trying to pick from a bunch 633 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: of really difficult defensive matchups and Jayson Tatum was picking 634 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: from significantly easier defensive matchups. And after that game, I 635 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,640 Speaker 1: did a video breakdown on this very specific thing, and 636 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: I said that the defense for Boston was able to 637 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: buy Jason Tatum a margin for error that would allow 638 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: him to potentially outplay Kevin Durant, and he has in 639 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 1: this series, and to his credit, because I didn't see 640 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,479 Speaker 1: it come. I thought Katie would be the swing factor 641 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 1: in this series, and he hasn't played well. We'll talk 642 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 1: a little bit more about that here in a minute, 643 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,800 Speaker 1: but so let's let's look at this playmaking thing because 644 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,319 Speaker 1: the most there's been a lot of grave dancing going on, 645 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: which we'll talk about a little bit more in just 646 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,839 Speaker 1: a second, but a lot of people that are doing 647 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 1: the grave dancing on k D and Kyrie and the 648 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,279 Speaker 1: nets are pointing at them as playmakers. And I get 649 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,759 Speaker 1: that because it's not a strength of theirs. I've talked 650 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 1: about this a lot on the show. It's a it's 651 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: a skill that I personally value a lot. That's why 652 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,479 Speaker 1: I've always been drawn to guys like Lebron and guys 653 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 1: like Luka don Chich. I think it's an extremely valuable 654 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:40,600 Speaker 1: playoff skill, but people are forgetting just how rare it is. 655 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: I think there's only four guys in the league that 656 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 1: I would call like true dominant playmakers as perimeter initiators. 657 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:53,240 Speaker 1: Luka don Chits, Lebron, James Nicola, Yochi Yoki, and Chris Paul. 658 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: Those are the only four that consistently make reads that 659 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: thrive in that environment going against the offenses like Boston 660 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,239 Speaker 1: that are overly aggressive. And don't get me wrong, I've 661 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,240 Speaker 1: watched every one of these games twice in this series, 662 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 1: and there have been a lot of misreads. There have 663 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:12,799 Speaker 1: been opportunities where Katie and Kyrie have missed open guys, 664 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 1: but the same could be said for like I said, 665 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,279 Speaker 1: every other player in the league, with exception of that 666 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 1: select four. Now, that's what makes them so great is 667 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,840 Speaker 1: they never missed those reads. Guys like Luca, guys like Lebron, 668 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 1: Yr Kitchen, CP three, they are obsessive and they are 669 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 1: programmed in a way that they never missed those reads, 670 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 1: and that's what makes it very difficult to play very 671 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 1: aggressive defense against them. But the flip side of that is, 672 00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:43,800 Speaker 1: none of those guys are as good in isolation scoring 673 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: as Katie and Kyrie are. It's just a different archetype 674 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 1: of player. You're given some and you're getting some. Obviously, 675 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: if I swapped Lebron James into this series, Boston's probably 676 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: not as aggressive, and Lebron is gonna face a lot 677 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,440 Speaker 1: more single coverage because Boston is gonna be scared to 678 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,240 Speaker 1: double a passer as great as Lebron. But the flip 679 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: side of that is Lebron in single coverage attacking guys 680 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 1: like Tatum and Brown and now Horford all night long, 681 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,719 Speaker 1: he might not have as much success there as a 682 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 1: guy like k D could, at least at this point 683 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,440 Speaker 1: in his career prime. Lebron, that's a different story. But 684 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 1: my point is is like, if you're asking Katie and 685 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:23,240 Speaker 1: Kyrie to consistently make high level reads as passers against 686 00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 1: an overly aggressive defense, that's an unrealistic expectation that that's 687 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 1: not their strength. And if you were, if they were 688 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 1: capable of that, that very specific skill, they probably wouldn't 689 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,120 Speaker 1: be as good in other areas of the game. From 690 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 1: what I can tell in this series, k D is 691 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: being a willing passer. He's not forcing shots. I talked 692 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: about this earlier. Katie and Kyrie have combined to attempt 693 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,520 Speaker 1: only fifty eight shots in the last two games. There 694 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:52,200 Speaker 1: are some forces in there, there are some possessions, particularly Kyrie. 695 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,640 Speaker 1: Kyrie has been a lot more recklessly aggressive than k 696 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,000 Speaker 1: D has. I would argue k D is actually kind 697 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,959 Speaker 1: of overpassed. In Game three, in particular, you can tell 698 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 1: all of this super aggressive defense is starting to get 699 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 1: into his head a little bit because there are plays 700 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 1: where he's the second defender is coming, but he's not 701 00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,759 Speaker 1: even there yet, and Katie's already panicked getting rid of 702 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,480 Speaker 1: the ball. So Katie hasn't been perfect here. I want 703 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:17,439 Speaker 1: to talk a little bit more about how I feel 704 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: about how Katie's played in this series here in just 705 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,279 Speaker 1: a minute. But the point is is that Katie and 706 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:26,000 Speaker 1: Kyrie are doing the best that they can within their 707 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:30,720 Speaker 1: individual skill sets, at least to try to make Boston 708 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 1: pay for their over aggressiveness. It's just they're not the 709 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,960 Speaker 1: type of players that are built to thrive against that 710 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 1: specific type of defense, which brings me to honest, because 711 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 1: Milwaukee took a two, took a three, one lead yesterday 712 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,879 Speaker 1: and uh and with Boston being up three, oh, that's 713 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,040 Speaker 1: probably what we're headed towards. We're probably headed towards Milwaukee 714 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: versus Boston. And the truth of the matter is Janice 715 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 1: is also not a fantastic playmaker. Got into an argument 716 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:02,759 Speaker 1: with some Bucks fans today, is he better than k 717 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:06,080 Speaker 1: d They both average right around six assists per game. 718 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,040 Speaker 1: It kind of depends on who you ask. I think 719 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: Katie is a better passer than Janice, but it's not 720 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,279 Speaker 1: some big difference, right. Both of them are just your 721 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:16,800 Speaker 1: typical guys that are capable of making reads on occasion, 722 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:21,000 Speaker 1: but they're not dominant playmakers. Janice is gonna have very 723 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:25,279 Speaker 1: similar problems. Now there are differences. Janice is going to 724 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: be able to thrive in the physicality. If Boston tries 725 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,319 Speaker 1: to hold him and grab him off the ball, he's 726 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: gonna win that type of matchup. They're gonna be a 727 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,680 Speaker 1: lot of like dunks and offensive rebound putbacks and things 728 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 1: like that from Joannice. That are his unbeatable, high level 729 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,160 Speaker 1: skill that he brings to the table that Boston will 730 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:44,840 Speaker 1: not be able to match up with. But the flip 731 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,000 Speaker 1: side of that is he doesn't have any of the 732 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: pull up jump shooting game that guys like Kyrie and 733 00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:52,920 Speaker 1: Katie have. Now, Kyrie and Katie have been atrocious as 734 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,719 Speaker 1: pull up jump shooters in this series, which is a 735 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,400 Speaker 1: credit to Boston's defense. But my point is is that 736 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,160 Speaker 1: Janice is going to be in some similar predicaments. He's 737 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,200 Speaker 1: also gonna get doubled on the catch a lot. They're 738 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,560 Speaker 1: gonna test his handle, They're gonna see if he can 739 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,400 Speaker 1: really dribble the basketball as well as as as he 740 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,960 Speaker 1: thinks he can. They're gonna see, they're gonna test his 741 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,880 Speaker 1: ability to make reads. They're going to send multiple bodies 742 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,000 Speaker 1: to him, and he's gonna have to make the same 743 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,080 Speaker 1: reads that Katie and Kyrie have been asked to make, 744 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,239 Speaker 1: and I don't know if he's gonna be able to 745 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 1: make them. Johanna's fans seems supremely confident and and this 746 00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:25,959 Speaker 1: is your big opportunity, Chris Middleton's out. You're not gonna 747 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,239 Speaker 1: have a high level three level score that you can 748 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:30,400 Speaker 1: throw the ball to as like an outletter of release 749 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,080 Speaker 1: valve for you in these settings, A lot is gonna 750 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: be on Janice as a half court creator in this series. 751 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:41,440 Speaker 1: My prediction is that he will also struggle, just like 752 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:45,680 Speaker 1: Kadi did in my prediction as Milwaukee will lose. If 753 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,919 Speaker 1: he goes in there and he dominates that series, that's 754 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,320 Speaker 1: when I have to have a wake up call about 755 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,399 Speaker 1: just how good Jannie is. I just don't think that's 756 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,279 Speaker 1: going to happen. I think the other outcome is far 757 00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,439 Speaker 1: more likely now with Brooklyn. This is where we're gonna 758 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,680 Speaker 1: get to the gray dancing here, because it's been an 759 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,759 Speaker 1: absolute party over the course of the last day and 760 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,040 Speaker 1: a half with everybody and their brother talking about how 761 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,680 Speaker 1: bad this Brooklyn experience has been, and it has for 762 00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:12,000 Speaker 1: a lot of reasons. Should should Katie have partnered with Kyrie, 763 00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:15,719 Speaker 1: a very very finicky person who's not very reliable and 764 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,840 Speaker 1: isn't exactly a guy that you can count on in 765 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,280 Speaker 1: a lot of different ways. Yeah, I disagree with that strategy. 766 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:23,840 Speaker 1: Was Steve Nash the right coach for the job? You know? 767 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,279 Speaker 1: Maybe not? Was it worth it to sell to go 768 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,719 Speaker 1: after James hard and knowing everything that was wrong with him? Yeah? 769 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:32,120 Speaker 1: Probably not? But they did find in the trade on 770 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:33,960 Speaker 1: the back end, right, there are some moves there that 771 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,879 Speaker 1: I disagree with. Moves on the periphery going after really 772 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,960 Speaker 1: old guys like LaMarcus Aldridge and Paul Millsap and Blake Griffin. 773 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:43,080 Speaker 1: Yet those are moves that I disagree with, But at 774 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,359 Speaker 1: the same time, let's be honest about what what they 775 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:50,000 Speaker 1: have going forward. They've got Ben Simmons coming back. I'm 776 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:51,960 Speaker 1: not surprised that he's not gonna play in Game four. 777 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:55,120 Speaker 1: Just doesn't make sense to risk his back under the circumstances. Right, 778 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:59,240 Speaker 1: I've got Joe Harris coming back six ft five mobile 779 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:04,080 Speaker 1: shooter who is an okay defensive player, significantly improved offensive 780 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:05,759 Speaker 1: play over a bunch of the options that they've had 781 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,120 Speaker 1: to play in this series. And then Ben Simmons gives 782 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,080 Speaker 1: you some of that physical presence that they were lacking 783 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,560 Speaker 1: in this series. So that's a massive influxive talent coming 784 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,320 Speaker 1: into this next season. And again, Kyrie and Katie are aging, 785 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 1: but they're not old yet, so you can probably expect 786 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,320 Speaker 1: that Katie and Kyrie are going to be mostly Katie 787 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,600 Speaker 1: and Kyrie next year. Not to mention if there's no 788 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:29,680 Speaker 1: vaccine mandate, as long as Katie doesn't excuse me, as 789 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:33,080 Speaker 1: long as Kyrie doesn't just disappear on without telling everybody 790 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,439 Speaker 1: for a month. Chances are they won't be a seven seed. 791 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,200 Speaker 1: Chances are they'll be a higher seed. They'll have more talent. 792 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:40,520 Speaker 1: Is Brooklyn gonna win the title next year? I don't. 793 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,319 Speaker 1: I don't know. They're not gonna be favored. So it's 794 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,080 Speaker 1: not like a question of of like, oh, just wait 795 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,319 Speaker 1: for Brooklyn next year. They're gonna run everybody. Over All 796 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,759 Speaker 1: I'm saying is don't dance on their grave just yet. 797 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,640 Speaker 1: They have moves to make, they have talent coming into 798 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,640 Speaker 1: the fold. They're gonna be good. A lot of people 799 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,360 Speaker 1: did this with the two thousand nineteen Lakers. Oh, Lebron's 800 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,799 Speaker 1: bringing wine to the bench. Oh, oh, Lebron is getting 801 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,040 Speaker 1: blocked on game winners. Lebron looks washed. And then they 802 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,319 Speaker 1: were holding the trophy the next year because they made 803 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,800 Speaker 1: some savvy moves in the off season, brought in a 804 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,640 Speaker 1: superstar player and Anthony Davis and a lot of things changed. 805 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:14,839 Speaker 1: So don't right off Brooklyn just yet. So let's move 806 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:19,080 Speaker 1: on to k D. I have always hated this about 807 00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:23,600 Speaker 1: the way that we talk about NBA players, and it's 808 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:28,080 Speaker 1: a very twitter It's a very Twitter fueled dynamic with 809 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,440 Speaker 1: a lot a lot less focus on what's actually happening 810 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,960 Speaker 1: on the court and a lot more opportunistic slander. And 811 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:37,680 Speaker 1: we had today after uh we had today on T 812 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,719 Speaker 1: and T. Charles Barkley give a perfect example of what 813 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,920 Speaker 1: I'm talking about with his comments on k D. I 814 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:46,080 Speaker 1: want to show you guys this clip first and then 815 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,160 Speaker 1: I will respond to it. Let me tell you something 816 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,319 Speaker 1: I don't want a bad amounth to do, but I'm 817 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:55,840 Speaker 1: so you guys always talk about that championship stuff. I 818 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:59,439 Speaker 1: try to tell you all these buzz routers, they don't 819 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,520 Speaker 1: mean nothing to me. If you ain't driving the bus. 820 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,480 Speaker 1: Don't walk around and talk about Julia Champion. If you're 821 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,600 Speaker 1: riding the bus, I don't want to hear Come on, 822 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,520 Speaker 1: Shack tell him all these guys walk around to the the 823 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:14,600 Speaker 1: championship ring. Hey, y'all bus riders, were you bust Were 824 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:17,760 Speaker 1: you the bus driver? And you've got all that pressure 825 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,640 Speaker 1: where you have to play? Well, are you gonna get 826 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:24,880 Speaker 1: to blame? That's a different animal. That literally sounds like 827 00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:29,480 Speaker 1: a tweet from a faceless account underneath, like something random 828 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,920 Speaker 1: that Katie would tweet in the middle of the summer. 829 00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,799 Speaker 1: That's the kind of discourse that we're getting surrounding this, 830 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,480 Speaker 1: and it's disappointing to me at a bunch of different levels. 831 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:41,319 Speaker 1: First of all, throw some credit to Boston. How many 832 00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:46,560 Speaker 1: times like Katie is as rounded and confident and experience 833 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:49,239 Speaker 1: two superstars you have in this league, and they have 834 00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,840 Speaker 1: literally cut him off at the knees in this series. 835 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:55,440 Speaker 1: Give some credit to Boston. That's That's a huge part 836 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,440 Speaker 1: of this. The second part of it is the obsession 837 00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,640 Speaker 1: to make this about head to head match instead of 838 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:05,000 Speaker 1: team basketball. I told you guys before this postseason even started, 839 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,440 Speaker 1: I said, I'm not looking forward to the Celtics potentially 840 00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,600 Speaker 1: beating the Nets and everyone saying Tatum is better than 841 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:12,880 Speaker 1: KD now. And the reason why I said that is 842 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,440 Speaker 1: because I knew this would happen. Because this is how 843 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,440 Speaker 1: we respond to this sort of thing. I try to 844 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,160 Speaker 1: be consistent with this kind of stuff in two thousand seventeen. 845 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,560 Speaker 1: In two thousand eighteen, I thought Lebron James was the 846 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,720 Speaker 1: best basketball player in the world by a comfortable margin. 847 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:31,080 Speaker 1: He had just firmly demonstrated it against Steph Curry in 848 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:34,840 Speaker 1: two thousand sixteen, and then this is what happened. The 849 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,520 Speaker 1: seventy three win Warriors that just went to seven games 850 00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,359 Speaker 1: with Lebron requiring a game winning pull up jump shot 851 00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,640 Speaker 1: from Kyrie Irving in a monster, amazing block from Lebron 852 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:48,600 Speaker 1: James to get the trophy. After that game, uh, Kevin 853 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:53,120 Speaker 1: Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors, so everyone with 854 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:56,239 Speaker 1: a brain knew that they were gonna probably win the 855 00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,960 Speaker 1: next year. And guess what they did. They won fifteen 856 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,000 Speaker 1: playoff games, but or they lost one. They had injuries 857 00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:05,120 Speaker 1: during the season and still won sixties seven regular season games. 858 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:09,280 Speaker 1: They were an incredibly dominant team. And what was everyone 859 00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:13,600 Speaker 1: saying after that series? Oh, Katie outplayed Lebron. Katie's better 860 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,480 Speaker 1: than Lebron. Get the two thousand and eighteen. Now Kyrie 861 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:20,560 Speaker 1: is out of the picture. So same talented Warriors team 862 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:24,799 Speaker 1: one less Kyrie Irving and the Calves get swept and 863 00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,799 Speaker 1: everyone's like, Katie's better than Lebron. Look at him out 864 00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,240 Speaker 1: playing Lebron, look at him hitting this massive dagger shot 865 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:33,680 Speaker 1: over Lebron in Game three. And it was unfair then 866 00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:38,160 Speaker 1: and it's unfair now. Basketball is a team sport. I know, 867 00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:41,680 Speaker 1: it seems like fun and it's entertaining to to to 868 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:45,359 Speaker 1: pretend as though it's so that it's just this this 869 00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,480 Speaker 1: like little mono amano boxing match. But that's not the 870 00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:52,839 Speaker 1: way it works. That's incredibly low brow analysis, and so 871 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna call it out when I see it. I 872 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:57,480 Speaker 1: thought that was really lame from Charles Barkley. Now with 873 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:01,560 Speaker 1: k D has he been great in this series? Know? There, 874 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:06,000 Speaker 1: Katie deserves some criticism. He has not been impactful enough 875 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,839 Speaker 1: on the defensive end and as a rebounder that could 876 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:10,840 Speaker 1: have been a swing factor in this series. I have 877 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,879 Speaker 1: to criticize him for that. Throughout his entire career, He's 878 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:17,040 Speaker 1: always put that as less important than some of the 879 00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,960 Speaker 1: scoring areas of his game. I believe had he embraced 880 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,360 Speaker 1: that throughout his career, we'd probably be having a different 881 00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:25,320 Speaker 1: conversation about Kevin Durant potentially being the greatest basketball player 882 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,440 Speaker 1: ever right now. That's something I've consistently criticized him for. 883 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,440 Speaker 1: His inability to handle physicality has been a player a 884 00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:35,560 Speaker 1: problem in this series. Has not been a problem at 885 00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:40,160 Speaker 1: almost any other point in his career. Not since like 886 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,800 Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies in in two thousand thirteen or whatever, 887 00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:47,399 Speaker 1: have we seen a team really disrupt Katie with physicality. 888 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:51,759 Speaker 1: But in this series, it's been a problem. He's been 889 00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:54,840 Speaker 1: worn down off the ball when he gets to his shots, 890 00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:58,120 Speaker 1: He's missing shots he normally makes. And I believe that's 891 00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:00,799 Speaker 1: a huge part of that. He has strong gold with 892 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:04,480 Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum in isolation defense because of the physicality and 893 00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:06,920 Speaker 1: his ability to press up on Katie and his inability 894 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:12,280 Speaker 1: to thrive in that physic physical environment. That's fair criticism. Also, 895 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,439 Speaker 1: he has not made enough high level reads. We talked 896 00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,600 Speaker 1: about that in detail earlier in this segment. He needs 897 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:21,439 Speaker 1: to be able to make a defense pay for being 898 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:26,160 Speaker 1: that aggressive. That's all fair criticism. Katie did not play 899 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:31,200 Speaker 1: good enough in this series, that is fair. But he 900 00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,920 Speaker 1: could have played way better and they still would have lost. 901 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:39,120 Speaker 1: That's how good this Boston team is. Kevin Durant could 902 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,640 Speaker 1: have exerted more in the physical areas of the game 903 00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:44,320 Speaker 1: of defense and they still would have lost. Kevin Durant 904 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,400 Speaker 1: could have made more of these pull up jump shots 905 00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:48,080 Speaker 1: and they still would have lost. It just would have 906 00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:50,760 Speaker 1: been in five or six games instead of in four. 907 00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,879 Speaker 1: And so what I'm saying is like, if you want 908 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:55,960 Speaker 1: to get on there and you want to show clips 909 00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,520 Speaker 1: and talk about Katie missing reads, I'm right there with you. 910 00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:05,320 Speaker 1: That's criticism, let's do it. But this lame thirty feet 911 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:09,160 Speaker 1: his rings are frauds, He's not a real champion. He 912 00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,600 Speaker 1: sucks at all this stuff. You know that to me 913 00:48:11,719 --> 00:48:14,719 Speaker 1: is just really really lame analysis. And I would hope 914 00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,120 Speaker 1: that at some point we would be better than that. 915 00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:21,279 Speaker 1: And most importantly, if I swapped Lebron and Kadi in 916 00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:24,600 Speaker 1: this series and Lebron ran all of these possessions that 917 00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:28,680 Speaker 1: Katie is running, would it have looked different? Potentially, meaning 918 00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:31,880 Speaker 1: like Boston probably doesn't help as much. Boston is probably 919 00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:35,400 Speaker 1: less aggressive, Boston probably tries to turn Lebron into a score. 920 00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:40,600 Speaker 1: But I still think Brooklyn loses why because Boston is 921 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:42,919 Speaker 1: one of the best defenses I've ever seen, and they're 922 00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:46,080 Speaker 1: the better team in this series. So let's let's just 923 00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:48,400 Speaker 1: if you want to be critical of Katie, that's fine. 924 00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:52,960 Speaker 1: Let's just at least keep it, you know fair, If 925 00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:55,200 Speaker 1: that makes sense. Hi, it's Colin Coward. I started the 926 00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:57,760 Speaker 1: volume to bring you some of the most apathetic voices 927 00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:03,680 Speaker 1: in sports. While you're here, make sure you hit subscribe. Thanks. 928 00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:10,600 Speaker 1: All right, before we get out of here for the night, 929 00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,400 Speaker 1: we're going to do a segment that we're calling fast 930 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:17,000 Speaker 1: break where I just really quickly hit on the other 931 00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:18,800 Speaker 1: series is going on around the league. I want to 932 00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:20,960 Speaker 1: start with the Bucks. I thought it was really really 933 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,520 Speaker 1: interesting in Game three the way they went with Bobby 934 00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:28,640 Speaker 1: Portis in for Chris Middleton. That going with three bigs 935 00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:32,760 Speaker 1: was kind of the textbook. Mike Budenholzer, We're gonna double 936 00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:36,800 Speaker 1: down on protecting the paint now for this particular matchup. 937 00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:40,880 Speaker 1: It's genius because the Bulls don't know how to generate 938 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:43,640 Speaker 1: quality three is. I've talked about this a lot. Over 939 00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:46,000 Speaker 1: the course of the last couple of months. The Bulls 940 00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:48,960 Speaker 1: were dead last in the league in three pointers attempted 941 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,040 Speaker 1: per game, and so are you shocked that they could 942 00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:55,320 Speaker 1: only make eighteen total threes and their two home games. 943 00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:59,560 Speaker 1: I'm not shocked. That's kind of the whole, the whole 944 00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:05,160 Speaker 1: point of this matchup. Milwaukee's greatest defensive weakness also happens 945 00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:09,880 Speaker 1: to be Chicago's greatest offensive weakness, so it's not surprising 946 00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:12,880 Speaker 1: at all that they would struggle to capitalize on the 947 00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:15,319 Speaker 1: Bucks going all in on size. The tricky part there 948 00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:19,080 Speaker 1: is I don't think that same strategy will work in 949 00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,920 Speaker 1: later matchups, especially against the Celtics, Like you're seeing what 950 00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:26,280 Speaker 1: the nets, it's so important to have guys around Kyrie 951 00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:29,080 Speaker 1: and KD that can score because of all the attention 952 00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:32,000 Speaker 1: thrown that way. That is going to happen again in 953 00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,280 Speaker 1: the next round. They're gonna throw a ton of bodies 954 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:36,600 Speaker 1: at Janice and a ton of bodies that Drew, and 955 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:39,200 Speaker 1: they're gonna be asking other people to whoop to beat you. 956 00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:41,920 Speaker 1: And I'm not sure that going with three bigs is 957 00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:43,440 Speaker 1: the way to do that, but I did think it 958 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:45,960 Speaker 1: was a smart card to pull in this particular series. 959 00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:48,719 Speaker 1: And here's the deal. Chris Middleton's out with the knee brain, 960 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:53,160 Speaker 1: he says, two weeks. We'll see I would be shocked 961 00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,600 Speaker 1: if he showed up before game four, Game five of 962 00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:59,920 Speaker 1: next round. But you needed to win this series, Chicago's 963 00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:03,440 Speaker 1: sole game too. It was very much still kind of 964 00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,080 Speaker 1: up in doubt at that point. You had to do something. 965 00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:09,480 Speaker 1: I thought it was a smart adjustment for this particular series. 966 00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:12,320 Speaker 1: I'm just really curious to see, like we talked about earlier, 967 00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:14,480 Speaker 1: how they deal with the Celtics. Moving on to the Heat. 968 00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:17,720 Speaker 1: You know, I had a bunch of Heat fans comment 969 00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:20,319 Speaker 1: recently about how we haven't talked enough about the heat. 970 00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:23,879 Speaker 1: I get that. In my defense, this Atlanta Hawks team, 971 00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:28,560 Speaker 1: in my opinion, is by far the most uninteresting team 972 00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:32,319 Speaker 1: in this field. They're like fifteen good teams in the 973 00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:35,280 Speaker 1: Atlanta Hawks in here. Sorry, if you're a Hawks fan listening, 974 00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:39,279 Speaker 1: that's just the reality of this situation. Jim Jackson, who 975 00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:42,440 Speaker 1: does an amazing job doing color commentary, he was the 976 00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:44,560 Speaker 1: color commentator for this particular game, and he made a 977 00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:47,680 Speaker 1: comment and he said, this is like watching a professional 978 00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:52,000 Speaker 1: team playing a college team. And again, there's not that 979 00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:54,000 Speaker 1: much of a gap in talent. But what he was 980 00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:56,200 Speaker 1: trying to say, which is something that I agree with, 981 00:51:56,719 --> 00:52:00,640 Speaker 1: they're not great at the details of being a professional 982 00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:03,919 Speaker 1: basketball team. They don't have their rotations down sharply, they're 983 00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:07,560 Speaker 1: not consistent in their effort on a possession by possession basis. 984 00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:11,200 Speaker 1: They look really unorganized, particularly on the defensive end. How 985 00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:13,800 Speaker 1: many times tonight did you see somebody from Miami break 986 00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:17,239 Speaker 1: wide open? When the other series is around the league, 987 00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:20,240 Speaker 1: you don't see as many wide open players. The Hawks 988 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:23,840 Speaker 1: have only held Miami below twenty points in a quarter 989 00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:28,399 Speaker 1: twice in this series, and they lost both of those quarters. 990 00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:30,560 Speaker 1: So even when the Hawks have been able to lock 991 00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:33,640 Speaker 1: in and get stops, the Heat have been better than them. 992 00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:37,120 Speaker 1: In those quarters. They were the sore thumb of this 993 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,319 Speaker 1: entire playoff field. And yes, they'll be going home in 994 00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:43,239 Speaker 1: Game five, Heat fans, we will be talking a lot 995 00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:46,440 Speaker 1: more Miami Heat in the next round against the Sixers 996 00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:48,319 Speaker 1: or the Raptors, depending on who wins that series, which 997 00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:51,719 Speaker 1: takes us to the Raptors. So what did I tell 998 00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:54,640 Speaker 1: you guys before the series was the most important part 999 00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:57,000 Speaker 1: for Toronto to have a chance to win. I told 1000 00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:59,279 Speaker 1: you guys two things. I said. They have to get 1001 00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:03,560 Speaker 1: out and transit, and they have to have multiple players 1002 00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:07,560 Speaker 1: play better than James Harden. And in this particular game, 1003 00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:10,360 Speaker 1: they force sixteen turnovers and at twenty two points on 1004 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:13,239 Speaker 1: those turnovers, they had twenty one fast break points, which 1005 00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:15,680 Speaker 1: is more than twice as many as Philly had. And 1006 00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:18,200 Speaker 1: both Gary Trent Jr. And Pascal Siakom we're better than 1007 00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:20,960 Speaker 1: James Harden. And what do you know, you get a 1008 00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:23,839 Speaker 1: win as a results. Yakom was awesome. He at thirty four, 1009 00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:27,120 Speaker 1: eight and five in that game. Them beat thumb injury 1010 00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:31,239 Speaker 1: is interesting. I have never uh torn a ligate my 1011 00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:33,840 Speaker 1: ligament in my thumb. But I've sprained my thumb before. 1012 00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:37,719 Speaker 1: It's no fun. I had a shooting coach once back 1013 00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:40,120 Speaker 1: when I was playing in Utah talk about how your 1014 00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:43,239 Speaker 1: thumb is one of the most important parts of your 1015 00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:46,239 Speaker 1: shot because that's how you avoid left right misses. My 1016 00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:47,759 Speaker 1: there was a coach I had in Utah. I was 1017 00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:50,600 Speaker 1: obsessed with watching YouTube videos, and he'd watched these videos 1018 00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:52,680 Speaker 1: of Ray Allen, and Ray Allen would always talk about 1019 00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:56,239 Speaker 1: spreading your hands wider, getting your hands wider around the 1020 00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:59,640 Speaker 1: basketball because that helps you get more control over the basketball. 1021 00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,319 Speaker 1: Having a sprained the ligament in your thumb, I keep 1022 00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:04,960 Speaker 1: trying to imagine what it would be like to shoot 1023 00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:09,040 Speaker 1: with that, and that's complicated, and especially since Joel Embiide 1024 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:11,360 Speaker 1: and his jump shooting has been kind of a weird 1025 00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:14,040 Speaker 1: important weapon for the Sixers in this series. That's how 1026 00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:18,840 Speaker 1: they stole Game three again. I am obviously picking the 1027 00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:22,480 Speaker 1: Sixers to win the series. That there We've never seen 1028 00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:24,440 Speaker 1: a team come back from three out. But as a 1029 00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:27,680 Speaker 1: basketball fan, I've told you guys at length how they're 1030 00:54:27,719 --> 00:54:29,880 Speaker 1: the team that I want to lose because their foul 1031 00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:33,480 Speaker 1: grifting offends me. As a basketball fan, if there was 1032 00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:36,600 Speaker 1: one team that you'd love to see lose three, oh, 1033 00:54:36,719 --> 00:54:39,200 Speaker 1: it would be these guys. And this is how it is. 1034 00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:42,960 Speaker 1: You go into Philly and you win. Once you do that, 1035 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,239 Speaker 1: you take them back to Toronto. It's gonna be a madhouse, 1036 00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:48,640 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, the pressures on the Sixers, 1037 00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:51,920 Speaker 1: and you hope that that pressure ends up breaking down 1038 00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:54,040 Speaker 1: a lot of their players and ruining their confidence. That 1039 00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:56,080 Speaker 1: would be your hope. That's not going to happen. I 1040 00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:59,040 Speaker 1: don't think, but I would be lying if I told 1041 00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:01,560 Speaker 1: you I wasn't rooting for that last quick hitter of 1042 00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:05,400 Speaker 1: the night. This Ben Simmons story, there was this conflicting reporting. 1043 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:07,759 Speaker 1: Yet a report come out Ben Simmons not gonna play 1044 00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,000 Speaker 1: in Game four. Then you had reports come out that 1045 00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:12,600 Speaker 1: the Nets were disappointed that he decided not to play. 1046 00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:16,560 Speaker 1: It's a herniated disc, guys, he didn't tweak his ankle. 1047 00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:21,279 Speaker 1: He's got a bulging disc in his back. There's absolutely 1048 00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:24,240 Speaker 1: no reason to bring him back to play in this game. 1049 00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,239 Speaker 1: Regardless of whether or not Ben Simmons is coming back 1050 00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:30,480 Speaker 1: next year, there's just no point. The Celtics are the 1051 00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:33,680 Speaker 1: better team. They're going to win this series. All that 1052 00:55:33,719 --> 00:55:36,200 Speaker 1: could stand to happen by bringing Ben Simmons back is 1053 00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,160 Speaker 1: maybe you steal a game or two if he's a 1054 00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:41,400 Speaker 1: massive impact player, but you're still gonna lose the series. 1055 00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:44,839 Speaker 1: And Ben Simmons is back in his health in that 1056 00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:47,440 Speaker 1: area is more valuable at this point. I have no 1057 00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:49,640 Speaker 1: doubts that he would have played if they would have 1058 00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:53,760 Speaker 1: won Game three. To me, that's a big non story. Alright, guys, 1059 00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:55,840 Speaker 1: that is all I have for tonight. As always, I 1060 00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:59,160 Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate your support. We will be back after the 1061 00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:01,919 Speaker 1: final game. Actually, no tomorrow, We're going early. We're going 1062 00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:05,560 Speaker 1: right after NETS Celtics tomorrow, so be ready for that 1063 00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:08,720 Speaker 1: here on YouTube like usual, right after the final buzzer 1064 00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:24,360 Speaker 1: of Celtics NETS. I will see you guys. Then the 1065 00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:25,000 Speaker 1: volume