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Game four ended up being 38 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: the long awaited, very close game in this series between 39 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 2: these two teams. This series has been pretty rough to 40 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 2: watch at times, as the teams have just beat the 41 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 2: shit out of each other in different ways, but we 42 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 2: finally kind of settled down into the appropriate game plans 43 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: for both teams. And obviously both of these teams are 44 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: very familiar with each other and the way they want 45 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: to play, and tonight they both threw their best punches, 46 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: and I thought Oklahoma City just looked like a better 47 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 2: basketball team as they demonstrated a kind of not a 48 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: wired to wire win, but a game that they felt 49 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 2: pretty much in control of throughout as they responded to 50 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 2: every single Minnesota Timberwolves run and never let them overtake 51 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 2: them with that momentum, and now they're headed back to 52 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 2: Oklahoma City up three to one and very likely going 53 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 2: to send this thing to the NBA Finals on Wednesday night. 54 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: Very interesting game. 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So all you have to do 74 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 2: is subscribe to the channel, drop your questions questions into 75 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 2: the chat, and then we'll be taking questions with Jackson. 76 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 2: All right, let's talk some basketball. So obviously, there were 77 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: a couple of things we knew Oklahoma City was going 78 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: to do better tonight, no matter what, like, regardless of 79 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 2: any other factors, involving some their young role players and 80 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: conquering the specific demons that this team has dealt with 81 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 2: over the years. Which we'll talk about in a little bit, 82 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: But there are a couple of things we knew they 83 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 2: would do better. No matter what we knew, they would 84 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: up their defensive intensity. This is an elite defensive team, 85 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: and defense is one of the most reliably reliable traits 86 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: in a basketball team in these environments, you want to 87 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 2: know why it's kind of unusual to see some of 88 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 2: the offensive success we've seen in recent NBA seasons, teams 89 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 2: like Denver winning a title, or teams like Indiana New 90 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 2: York making it to the conference finals when they were 91 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 2: mediocre defenses all year. Indie played better defense towards towards 92 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 2: the tail end of the year, but the Knicks played 93 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 2: shitty defense the majority of the season, and then they 94 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 2: somehow played the best defense of their life against the 95 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 2: Celtics and got them out of there. Right, It's unusual 96 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: to see that sort of thing. There's a reason why, 97 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 2: when you go back through decade after decade after decade, 98 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 2: it's the defensive teams that end up making deep playoff runs. 99 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 2: It's because it's the reliable trait. We all knew that 100 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: Oklahoma City would bring a great defensive punch tonight. They 101 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 2: kept aunt relatively in check as a score, because again 102 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 2: that's their game plan by constantly swarming him and getting 103 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 2: good closeouts on shooters. Obviously, their scheme concedes a bunch 104 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 2: of corner threes. We've talked about that a ton in 105 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: this series, and Minnesota hit a ton of those corner 106 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 2: threes tonight, but they generally made things difficult and then 107 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 2: they basically got Julius Randall to quit in this game, 108 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 2: and so that that's another thing that we'll get to later. 109 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 2: But we also knew that they would take much better 110 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 2: care of the basketball. Right, those are the two things 111 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 2: that we knew that they would bring, and they had 112 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 2: that weird stretch in the first half of Game three. 113 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 2: If you guys remember where they just gifted Minnesota a 114 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 2: bunch of easy opportunities in transition, and they cleaned that up. Right, 115 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: They took better pit care of the basketball tonight, and 116 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 2: they came out and you know, were tough in their 117 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 2: game plan. Again, their game plan concedes shots at that 118 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 2: Minnesota hit tonight at a very high clip. But they 119 00:05:58,160 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 2: came out and did a better job because if you remember, 120 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 2: in Game three, it was everyone was going, including ant 121 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 2: and Julius, and in this game, you had a little 122 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 2: bit of a burst from Aunt in the second half, 123 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 2: but they kept Ant and Julius under control, right. But 124 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: we also knew that Minnesota changed their game plan right, 125 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 2: less ball pressure on Shay, more shrinking the floor, more 126 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 2: loading up the plane the paint, and so that was 127 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 2: obviously going to put a heavy emphasis on different things 128 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 2: for Oklahoma City than we saw in the beginning of 129 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 2: the series. In the beginning of the series, there's a 130 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 2: lot of just like Kinche and Jadab go one on 131 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 2: one downhill and get to the rim. Very different in 132 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 2: this setting where all of a sudden they're packing the 133 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 2: paint the rim opportunities are fewer and further between all 134 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 2: of a sudden, It's going to be about Shay's processing 135 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 2: in his ability to make the right types of aggressive 136 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,679 Speaker 2: moves on the floor, a lot of over the top 137 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 2: shot making right, a lot of processing out of double 138 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 2: teams right. For Jadub, it was going to be a 139 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 2: test of his secondary scoring and his ability to obviously 140 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 2: be an off ball threat to score right spot up 141 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: shooting across the board. For the entire Thunder roster, that's 142 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 2: been one of the demons they've dealt with from time 143 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: to time throughout this entire season and throughout last year 144 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 2: as well, right, But those were those were the things 145 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 2: that were gonna come to the surface. And then you 146 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 2: can always give yourself a better chance to win a 147 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: game if you can win the possession battle. Tonight, they 148 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 2: forced the Timberwolves into twenty three turnovers and they grabbed 149 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 2: nineteen offensive rebounds. That's forty two extra possessions. Guys, they 150 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 2: attempted eleven more shots than Minnesota tonight in a game 151 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 2: they won by two. And that's what it comes down to. 152 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 2: We talked about this at the beginning of after after 153 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 2: Indiana went up two to zero against the Knicks. This 154 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 2: concept of like grabbing the low hanging fruit in basketball. 155 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 2: These are things that they can do consistently by pursuing 156 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 2: the ball when it comes off of the rim, by 157 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 2: picking up full court, by digging into passing lanes, by 158 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 2: trusting their game plan, by doing those those things, they 159 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 2: can just increase their margin for air by generating forty 160 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 2: two extra possessions. That obviously gave them all that margin 161 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 2: for air. But again, the test needed to be solved, 162 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 2: and I was just really impressed down the roster with 163 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 2: Oklahoma City tonight, it felt like they were in a 164 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 2: lot of ways, like leveling up from some of the 165 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 2: mistakes that we've seen them make in series past. Within 166 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 2: this postseason in Years Past, right, we saw Shay, a 167 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 2: guy that I've seen many times in his career, just 168 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 2: fly into the lane when teams are really selling out 169 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 2: on him and just force up bad shots. He was 170 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 2: super methodical, picking on specific mismatches that he liked, really 171 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 2: liked Rudy Gobert right, really liked nas Reed, really like 172 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 2: Dante DiVincenzo when he'd get the switch cycling out guys 173 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,959 Speaker 2: from that top of the key spot, like if he 174 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 2: wanted to ISO in the top of the key, he 175 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 2: didn't want a shooter super close to him. He was 176 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 2: trying to cycle him down and have them work along 177 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 2: the baseline because he wanted to have space around the 178 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,719 Speaker 2: elbows to work. He knew he wasn't going to be 179 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 2: able to drive, but he knew he'd be able to 180 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 2: get to his right shoulder fade, his left shoulder fade, 181 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 2: his right shoulder step back, his left shoulder step back, 182 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 2: and so he wanted to create space around the elbows 183 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 2: for him to work. And he just repeatedly over and 184 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 2: over again, got to his spots and hit those shots, 185 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 2: hit threes against soft ball pressure, which again was part 186 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 2: of Minnesota's game plan. It changed Shay's job from get 187 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 2: downhill and score at the rim to become a surgical 188 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 2: processor and over the top shot maker, and he knocked 189 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 2: it out of the park. In addition to that making 190 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 2: the kickout reads that he needed to make that big 191 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 2: three that Jade up hit on the left wing hard 192 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 2: nail help. I think it was Jaden because of a 193 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 2: switch came over at the elbow and it's like, yeah, 194 00:09:58,040 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 2: you can try to force it, or you can just 195 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 2: throw the ball to j Dub and see if you 196 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 2: can make a shot. You can throw the ball to 197 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 2: Chet as he's slipping out of a pick and pop 198 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 2: or as he's spacing on the wing and trust him 199 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 2: to knock the shot down. Ten more assists tonight for 200 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 2: Shay Gildas Alexander You's surgical tonight. I think the job 201 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 2: has been very different for Ant, and I think that 202 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 2: Ant has actually shown a lot of growth in this 203 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 2: series in terms of his relentless making those corner kickout reads. 204 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 2: As the game plan has been geared towards stopping him. 205 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 2: But even with the growth from Ann, I think there's 206 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 2: a lot of encouraging stuff from Ant in this series. 207 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 2: Jay's been better than it. Shay's been better than it. 208 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 2: Now will Ant in the long run, as he gets 209 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 2: older and he gets more experiencedab will he'll be able 210 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 2: to close that gap. We'll see. But in this series 211 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 2: through four games, there's a very similar game plan tonight 212 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 2: that Shay faced to what Ant's face. It a lot 213 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,719 Speaker 2: of a lot of bodies waiting for him at the basket. 214 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 2: The difference is Shay has built out an ultra reliable 215 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 2: shot making game in the mid range. Shay wasn't getting 216 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 2: the grift calls in that second half. He got a 217 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 2: nasty one against Gobert in the first half, kind of 218 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 2: a textbook example of the kind of thing that I 219 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 2: think needs to be taken out of the league. But 220 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 2: in the second half he tried it twice. He tried 221 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 2: the classic bump shot along the left lane line he 222 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 2: actually made it, and then he tried another grift one 223 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 2: on to kill Alexander Walker on the right elbow, which 224 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 2: he actually made as well. But he wasn't getting the 225 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 2: calls and so he adjusted his approach and he stopped 226 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 2: trying to grift in that fourth quarter and he just 227 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 2: went straight up, I'm going to get separation and I'm 228 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: gonna knock down shots. And he just did it again 229 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 2: and again and again and made the necessary reads when 230 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 2: they were there, huge one late when he kind of 231 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 2: lost control, and then Jaden McDaniels throws a double team 232 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 2: off of JDub and he throws that beautiful pass just 233 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 2: right through Jada mcdaniels's legs to JDub on the perimeter. 234 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 2: It's like, if there's a lesson for Aunt to learn, 235 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 2: because there's I was kind of getting frustrated as I 236 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 2: was listening to Richard Jefferson talk about how Ant just 237 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 2: needs to find ways to just force his way through 238 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 2: all that traffic, or Steven A. Smith and the Halftime 239 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 2: Show saying similar stuff Ant needs to The answer wasn't 240 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 2: to force his way through and try to shoot through 241 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 2: four people every single time. The lesson for Ant to 242 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 2: learn from the series is that having a back to 243 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 2: the basket or kind of like comfortable dribble iso game 244 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 2: around the elbows is a very reliable thing that you 245 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 2: can go back to when teams pack the paint. This 246 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 2: is what Kobe Bryant made a living out of. Like 247 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 2: when you have the ability this is what Michael Jordan 248 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 2: made a living out of. When you have inevitably a 249 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 2: defensive scheme that keeps you away from the rim, it 250 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 2: will either make you a deep pull up three point 251 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 2: shooter or a passer, or if you can build out 252 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,319 Speaker 2: that high post. Back to the basket game, you can 253 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 2: have another card that you can go to that's impervious 254 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 2: to the packing the paint method. And in this series, 255 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 2: facing a very similar game plan tonight, Shay was able 256 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 2: to get to his spots and repeatedly score without having 257 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 2: to overpenetrate. They took a few bad ones tonight, but 258 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 2: it wasn't like what we saw it sometimes in the 259 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 2: Denver series, and that's the lesson that it needs to learn. 260 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 2: There's a version of his game that could have a 261 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 2: punch for this type of game. We talk all the 262 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 2: time about how different series present different issues. Shae's the 263 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 2: best driver of the basketball in the league. The first 264 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 2: two games, with the way Minnesota was guarding, they needed 265 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 2: him to drive. He used that skill. Let's say in 266 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 2: Game five or Minnesota just starts hard double teaming. Then 267 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 2: it's going to be about handling pressure and making quick decisions. 268 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 2: Tonight sagging packing the paint all of a sudden, It's 269 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 2: about being deliberate with your spacing and over the top 270 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 2: shot making. You've got to have a punch for every 271 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 2: single setting, and it had a punch for the game 272 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 2: plan tonight. It was his corner kicks and I thought 273 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 2: he was great with them, but if he could have 274 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 2: put a few more buckets up, it could have been 275 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 2: the difference in this game. And he was able to 276 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 2: get to his pull up three plenty, But that's a 277 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 2: much higher variance shot. It's twenty seven feet instead of 278 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 2: fifteen feet. At fifteen feet, he might be able to 279 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 2: hit it forty eight fifty two percent of the time 280 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 2: a contested pull up twenty eight foot or twenty seven 281 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 2: footer on his best day as a thirty to thirty 282 00:14:55,480 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 2: three ish percent shot. That that's where he needs to 283 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 2: bring in that part of his game that's reliable. What 284 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 2: has made Luca a reliable offensive player round a round 285 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 2: short range shot making, what is made Jokic a reliable 286 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 2: player round to round short range shot making. That is 287 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 2: the thing that he's got to add and I just 288 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 2: thought Shay was super, super impressive tonight with that Jadub Obviously, 289 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 2: with this game plan, it was going to put a 290 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 2: heavy emphasis on JDub needing to be able to score 291 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 2: the basketball and his ability to space the floor. How 292 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 2: many times tonight did Minnesota get a stop and then 293 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 2: someone would get an offensive rebound and the ball would 294 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 2: get sprayed out to JDub and he did a backbreaking 295 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 2: three or mail help off to to try to deal 296 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 2: with shake yel Desallexander swing pass, backbreaker three. Those were 297 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 2: so important in this game. And then in his on 298 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 2: ball reps, perpetually getting into the lane, getting that dribble penetration, 299 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 2: bringing in multiple defenders, and even when we're talking about 300 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 2: the offensive rebounding piece, there's a lot of it that's 301 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 2: super frustrating with Minnesota where it's like Rudy Gobert is. 302 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 2: I find Rudy Gobert to just be an incredibly frustrating 303 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 2: player to watch, and I just do not understand his 304 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 2: stands and all of the belief in his talent level 305 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: because like to me, he's a defensive player that gets 306 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 2: himself out of position in no man's land constantly. He's 307 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 2: a defensive rebounder that will legitimately just get his butt 308 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 2: kicked by mediocre kind of like replacement level starting centers 309 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 2: in this league. I don't see it. But there are 310 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 2: also offensive rebounds that were happening tonight by a product 311 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 2: of the rotations, by a product of the fact that 312 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 2: there are people stepping over in the lane. There was 313 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 2: an offensive rebound that gave up because he came over 314 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 2: to strong side zone agains shake Gilgess, Alexander on an 315 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 2: iso in case on Wallace just ended up crashing in behind. 316 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 2: There's a lot of stuff that comes from the way 317 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 2: that defense is getting broken down by shape, by getting 318 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 2: broken down by Jay Dubb. But I thought Jay Dubb 319 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 2: that's arguably the best game of his career tonight goes 320 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 2: for thirty four points on twenty four shots, five assists, 321 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 2: just two turnovers. He had three steals in this game 322 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 2: as well. Unbelievable game. Spot up shooting down the board. Again. 323 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 2: We've talked about this time and time again. How are 324 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 2: the thunder going to be able to win in the postseason. 325 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 2: They need their young guys to confidently step into tough 326 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 2: contested catch and shoot threes and knock them down Chet 327 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 2: two more threes tonight, a huge one off of a 328 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 2: pick and pop where Aunt came peeling off of his 329 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 2: man and got a great contest and he just confidently 330 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 2: stepped in there, ripped the cord. We talked about Jay 331 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 2: Dub hitting catch and shoot threes. Lou Dort hits one, 332 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 2: Ken rig Williams hits one, Alex Cruso hits two, Isaiah 333 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 2: Joe hits one, case On Wallace hits one. They hit 334 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 2: the shots they needed to hit. Forty three percent from 335 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 2: three tonight, sixteen for thirty seven. Chet Holmgren like that 336 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 2: defensive play, that spin move from Jad McDaniel, swatting it 337 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 2: off the glass, his aggressive iso attacks against nasried Or 338 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 2: he's spinning off of him and dunking the spot up shooting, 339 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 2: like we talked about Kesan Wallace, he had three or 340 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 2: four tough contested mid range pull up jump shots tonight. 341 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 2: Those are found money in the playoffs. Alex Crusoe obviously 342 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 2: the destructive defender that we know he can be, but 343 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 2: all those sneaky cuts along the baseline, just finding those 344 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 2: openings and when his defender turns his head. He was 345 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 2: amazing at that. Back in his days with the Lakers. 346 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 2: They're just this looks like a team that has learned 347 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 2: from previous failures and that has turned into a championship 348 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 2: level basketball team. One of my things that I love 349 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 2: about the game of basketball is it forces you to 350 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 2: overcome adversity. It forces you to overcome checkpoints and tests 351 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 2: to get to where you want to go. They had 352 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 2: to be pushed by Denver tonight, even pushed by Minnesota, 353 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 2: their weaknesses emphasized. I didn't like the game plan at 354 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 2: the beginning of the series, thought Minnesota was accentuating their 355 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 2: strengths here in Minnesota. They played the game plan that 356 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 2: accentuated Okaysee's weaknesses and they got out of here with 357 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 2: the split. Series isn't over, obviously, but I feel pretty 358 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 2: strongly that Oklahoma City is going to close the deal. 359 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 2: I think they've demonstrated themselves to be the better team 360 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 2: in the series. I think their star is a better 361 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 2: processor and a better more versatile score than Anthony Edwards is. 362 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,919 Speaker 2: I thought Jalen Williams one hard to do tonight with 363 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 2: the low bar that Julius Randalls set, but I thought 364 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 2: he was far and away the best secondary star tonight. 365 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 2: Chet Holmgren out played any Minnesota role player except for 366 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 2: Nakhil Alexander Walker, just to down the roster. Out classing 367 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 2: in this series by the Oklahoma City Thunder against the 368 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 2: Minnesota Timberwolves. And I think they're gonna go to the 369 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 2: finals and I think they're gonna win. I think they 370 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 2: match up extremely well with Indiana. I think they match 371 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 2: up extremely well with New York, and we could be 372 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 2: heading into our We could be heading into our first 373 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 2: situation where we have a roster young enough and cheap 374 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 2: enough because of the situation with all their young talent, 375 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 2: to where we could have some sustained success in the NBA. 376 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 2: This was the chance I had Oklahoma City as my 377 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 2: second leading championship contender coming into tonight or coming into 378 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 2: this playoff run. But I viewed them as vulnerable. I 379 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 2: viewed them as vulnerable this season. But with each passing year, 380 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 2: the talent increase for Chet as he continues to develop, 381 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 2: the talent increase for Jalen, the talent increase for every 382 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 2: one of these young guys off the bench, like keyes 383 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 2: On Wallace, They're going to get better and better every 384 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 2: year from here in a way that's going to be 385 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 2: probably more impactful than whatever mid level exception you can 386 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 2: sign or mediocre trade you can make on the margins. 387 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 2: This was the year to get Oklahoma City, and I 388 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 2: think tonight was the last chance that anybody had, and 389 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 2: I think Minnesota blew it. So with that being the case, 390 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 2: this is the year that's supposed to be too early, 391 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 2: and it looks like to me that Oklahoma City is 392 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 2: going to get it done. Super super exciting for Timberwolves fans, 393 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,959 Speaker 2: or excuse me, for thunder fans, I am. I have 394 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 2: to talk about Julius Randall for a second, because Julius Randall. 395 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 2: Let me just tell a little story of the last 396 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 2: three games. Julius Randall has a nightmaragely bad game two, 397 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 2: like embarrassingly bad bad games happen in the postseason. He 398 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 2: comes out in Game three and things go his way. 399 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 2: It's hitting shots, the crowd is in it. It's up 400 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 2: and down, fast ray type of game. Oklahoma City, let's 401 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 2: go with the rope a little bit. They're up by forty. 402 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 2: Julius is making plays and at one point he looks 403 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 2: in the camera and he goes like, we're home now, 404 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 2: We're home now. My bad game was because we were 405 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 2: on the road, we're at home now. And then he 406 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 2: comes out tonight and a couple of things don't go 407 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 2: his way in the opening minutes, and then he floats 408 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 2: through the rest of the game, stands around the three 409 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 2: point line. Every time the ball makes its way to him, 410 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 2: he's just rifling it down the line in the next 411 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 2: skip pass or swing pass, just taking these mediocre to 412 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 2: bad catch and shoot threes, not in impacting the game 413 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 2: in any substantial way as a rebounder or as a defender. 414 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 2: Just he was like, game's not going my way. I'm done. 415 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,439 Speaker 2: I like, I don't care who you are as a 416 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 2: basketball player, if you're in a situation where you have 417 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 2: the talent level that Julius Randall has a game like tonight, 418 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 2: five points with five turnovers completely unacceptable, like completely unacceptable. 419 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,439 Speaker 2: He let his team down. Yeah, you're getting swarmed. You 420 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 2: know who else was getting swarmed? Anthony Edwards. And I 421 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 2: saw Anthony Edwards try like hell to solve that puzzle tonight, 422 00:22:56,119 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 2: like legitimately in that second half, just pouring his heart 423 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 2: and soul into the game to try to fucking get 424 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 2: a win. And the dude who's partner in crime is 425 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 2: pouting and floating around and not doing his job. You 426 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 2: lost by two. You could have gone back to Oklahoma 427 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 2: City in a two to two series. I talk about 428 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 2: this all the time. I don't care what kind of 429 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 2: game you're having. I don't care if you come out 430 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 2: and you have four nasty turnovers and two or three 431 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 2: bad shots and a couple of defensive mistakes, and your 432 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 2: coach is chewing your ass whatever it is, you have 433 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 2: time to make a play, and one play could be 434 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 2: the difference. One play where you get a defensive rebound 435 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 2: and you see an opportunity to just hit the jets 436 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 2: in transition and just force the issue because you're one 437 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 2: of the biggest, most powerful athletes on the floor, and 438 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 2: an opportunity to go draw a fout, bulldoze your way 439 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 2: to the rim for an offensive rebound, put back, do something, fight, 440 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:06,880 Speaker 2: show some fight. Julius succumbs to his bad games. Ah 441 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 2: fuck it. I just don't have it tonight. And it's 442 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 2: just so frustrating to watch because, like again, like one 443 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 2: play could have been the difference. One play. Minnesota had 444 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 2: possession down three in the final minute of this game, 445 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 2: One more play could have been the difference. That's why 446 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 2: you have to stay engaged. That's why you have to fight. 447 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:36,199 Speaker 2: You fight because you might have another chance. You just 448 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 2: might have an opportunity fall into your lap to turn 449 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 2: a bad night into a good night if you just 450 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 2: stay engaged and you just fight. And I just was, 451 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 2: I was just so disappointed. I can only imagine how 452 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards is feeling tonight as he's looking at the 453 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 2: box score and feeling like his teammate like straight up 454 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 2: was like, now my night, you guys got this. I 455 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 2: just I was so annoyed by that. Anyway, let's get 456 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,360 Speaker 2: Jackson up here. Any other angles that you guys want 457 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 2: to get to in this series, Just pop those questions 458 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 2: in the chat. We're gonna take about ten fifteen minutes 459 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 2: worth of questions here. 460 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 1: Let's do it most of the questions. We're getting our 461 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 1: Timberwolves questions. Let's start with the first one. It feels 462 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: like Anthony Edwards has shrunk in some big moments. He 463 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,120 Speaker 1: didn't he didn't always, he didn't have a big score 464 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: night tonight, and he you know, they lost in five 465 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: last year in the Western Conference Finals. Not trying to hate, 466 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 1: but what does he have to do to take the 467 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: next step in. 468 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 2: His game again? So like we talked about it earlier. 469 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 2: I think again, there's there's multiple ways to attack a coverage, 470 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 2: right and like the right way to attack the specific 471 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: coverage that Ain't was seeing tonight and that that scene 472 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 2: in this entire series is to drive the ball into 473 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 2: the paint and make a corner kick. And he just 474 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 2: did it over and over again tonight. I thought he 475 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 2: did his job in terms of attacking the coverage. Here's 476 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 2: the thing, though, there is a certain element of score 477 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,640 Speaker 2: that is impervious to coverage that Shay has that Aunt 478 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 2: doesn't have. Right now. It has it in the form 479 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 2: of the pull up three or the you know, four 480 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 2: or five drives a game where he'll just knife through 481 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 2: like three dudes and like eurostep and somehow find his 482 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 2: way at the front of the rim. But again, you're 483 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 2: going to be limited to being a sixteen point a 484 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 2: game playmaker in a slow down half court game where 485 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 2: the team is loading up on you unless you build 486 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 2: some sort of reliable, over the top game. And for 487 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 2: the record, guys like you want to know why James 488 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 2: Harden never had success as like a sustainable, reliable offensive 489 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 2: threat in the postseason, it was because his half court 490 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 2: I need a bucket shot when teams would load up 491 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,679 Speaker 2: the paint and help on him and do all that 492 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 2: stuff was step back three. And look, the step back 493 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 2: three is a useful shot to have in your bag. 494 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 2: I don't want to sit here and denigrate the step 495 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 2: back three, but if it's all you got, then you 496 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 2: are at absolutely handcuffing yourself. And I think there's a 497 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 2: certain reliability to having that. Okay, you've got three dudes 498 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 2: waiting for me in the paint. I've got a defender 499 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 2: in front of me that I know I can shoot over. 500 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 2: But I need to get to a spot where I 501 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 2: can make half of these and that is around the elbows, 502 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 2: that is in the short corner. And Shae has that 503 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 2: in his game and like we talked about it throughout 504 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 2: this postseason run and took like more than twice as 505 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 2: many mid range jump shots just last year in the postseason, 506 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 2: and he just needs to build that part out of 507 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 2: his game. And if anything, getting into the offseason and 508 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 2: watching the tape from this series, he just needs to 509 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,199 Speaker 2: look at not the fouls that Shay has drawn, but 510 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 2: look at the shots that Shay has made in this series, 511 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 2: and look at where they've come from. Because they're He's 512 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 2: getting his opportunities right there at the elbows, regardless of 513 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 2: what the coverage is. 514 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, another question about Ant. We talk a lot 515 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: about conditioning for some stars, most often ones that are 516 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: a little bit less athletic. But if it seems it 517 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: seems like Ant has been might have been gassed at 518 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 1: the end of the game tonight, it seems like he's 519 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: been gassed at the end of games before. Do you 520 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: feel like he needs to work in his conditioning. 521 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 2: I think that there is a certain downhill verve that 522 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 2: An't plays with that would exhaust any player in terms 523 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 2: of like this, like, let me just put it this way. 524 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 2: This is this is another reason why he needs to 525 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 2: have that slow down game. Like what does Shay look 526 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 2: like when he's walking down a team. He looks like 527 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 2: almost too relaxed, but like he just kind of has 528 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 2: like this kind of slouchy look and he just has 529 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 2: slinky arms as he's dribbling the ball around. His ability 530 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 2: to work with his back to the basket around the 531 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 2: elbows is a way to conserve energy throughout a game. 532 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 2: And like, right now, you know what, you know what 533 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 2: I would argue the two toughest shots you can take 534 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 2: as a basketball player is a contested rim attempt and 535 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 2: a contested step back three in terms of like difficulty 536 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 2: on the body, beating one defender, to swallom through a 537 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 2: second defender, to elevate over a third defender is exhausting. 538 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 2: And to get separation from an elite on ball defender 539 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 2: to then lift from twenty seven feet from the basket 540 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 2: and get enough lift for you to be able to 541 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 2: flip the wrists and get the ball there, that's gonna 542 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 2: take a lot of energy. And so I think that's 543 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 2: part of it. The conditioning. Like I didn't see a 544 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 2: moment tonight where it felt like Aunt was too tired 545 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 2: to score. I just thought he took threes and wasn't 546 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 2: making him because those are high variance shots and he 547 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 2: was consistently getting into the paint making the kickouts. He 548 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 2: just he doesn't have the indomitable scoring trait that Shay 549 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 2: has yet, and he can. He's got all the tools 550 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 2: for it. He's just got to build it out. 551 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Richard Jefferson is kind of up and 552 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: down as a commentator, But I did like at the 553 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: very end of the game when he was like, look 554 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: at Shay He's literally walking. He's literally walking to get 555 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: to his spot. Right now, It's like that is such 556 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: a crazy thing to say about an NBA basketball player 557 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: in crunch time. He's actually walking to his spot. 558 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 2: And it works for him, Like that's that's just his 559 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 2: he doesn't let the game speed him up. Right. 560 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: Okay, another Timberwolves question, and then we'll do a thunder question. 561 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: What assuming the Timberwolves don't come back from three to one, 562 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: what do you think the Timberwolves things to do this 563 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: offseason to sort of get to the net, get to 564 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: the place beyond where they've gotten the last two seasons. 565 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 2: I mean, there's like nitpicky stuff like I don't know 566 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 2: if I was if I was a Timberwolves fan, I 567 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 2: would be so sick to my stomach after watching that 568 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 2: Julius Randall performance, and I would be really really concerned 569 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 2: about the realities that come in line with the thing 570 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 2: with what Julius did tonight that drives me especially crazy 571 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 2: is adversity is just like a non negotiable in the postseason, 572 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,959 Speaker 2: Like it's it's just a non negotiable, like you're just 573 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 2: unless you're on the twenty seventeen Warriors, which is the 574 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 2: most talented roster ever assembled, like or you're like like 575 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 2: that Celtics team last year in the East, Like there 576 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 2: are a handful of examples where a team can ride 577 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 2: a supreme talent advantage all the way through to the 578 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 2: finish line, but it's exceptionally rare and generally speaking, you're 579 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 2: gonna face adversity. Like j Dubb was so bad in 580 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 2: the Denver Series, Like so bad in the Denver Series 581 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 2: last last round, but like he didn't quit on his team. 582 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 2: He went one for fifteen or whatever the hell it 583 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 2: was that he wentered four for seventeen, and then like 584 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 2: he kept trying to make something happen and he conquered 585 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 2: those demons and has been fantastic in this series. In 586 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,479 Speaker 2: I would be terrified with the Julius Randall thing if 587 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 2: I like signed up long term for that that he's 588 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 2: gonna just in a big spot bow out on his 589 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 2: team because things didn't go his way as far as 590 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 2: the rest of the roster. Like I'm over the Rudy 591 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 2: Gobert experience. I think if you're paying thirty plus million 592 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 2: dollars to a player that can't get a defensive rebound, 593 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 2: that that is his defensive value is substantially lower than 594 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 2: his pedigree would lead you to believe, and who legitimately 595 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 2: can't catch and finish anything in traffic, Like you want 596 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 2: to know why we all freaked out on that dunket Hartenstein. 597 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 2: We're like, oh shit, I can't believe he did that, 598 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 2: because it's just so unusual for him to like make 599 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 2: a play in traffic in a situation like that. And 600 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 2: so I think there's certain conversations you need to have 601 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 2: about resource allocation. Like I love nasried love to Alexander Walker. 602 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 2: I think Dante DiVincenzo is a playoff player. Mike Conley 603 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 2: battles you know, Ant is the foundational piece of your franchise, 604 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 2: But I'd be looking strongly at the Randall Gobert pairing 605 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 2: and just be looking in the big picture what gives 606 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 2: me the best chance. But don't let that take away 607 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 2: from the fact that I do think that if Ant 608 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 2: was better, they could have won this series. Ant's twenty 609 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 2: three years old. He in the next two to three 610 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,360 Speaker 2: seasons needs to build out a reliable part of his game. 611 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 2: I'm looking at Synergy right now, shag gilges Alexander is 612 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 2: shooting fifty four percent on jump shots inside of seventeen. 613 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 2: That is so reliable to be able to go to 614 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 2: a shot that he can make more than half the time. 615 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 2: That's the like I think if Ant builds that out, 616 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 2: that is what will get him to the point where 617 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 2: he can elevate some of these rosters too far above 618 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 2: what they're capable of. 619 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the go bear offensive struggles are one 620 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: thing because he's not an offensive player, but it's kind 621 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: of crazy to see him let up so many offensive rebounds. 622 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: It's like, this is your second most important thing behind 623 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 1: being you know, a room protector, and Cason Wallace is 624 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 1: just out rebounding it, Like, what what is happening? 625 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 2: The kase on Wallace one was like I I was. 626 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 2: I was floored watching it. I literally, I was, you 627 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 2: competing so hard to get a stop against this hard 628 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 2: and and he stood there, He stood there and watch 629 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 2: Like rebounding is about going and getting the fucking basketball. 630 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 2: There is definitely a ground battle part of it, especially 631 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 2: when you're dealing with really big bodies that you need 632 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 2: to keep ground bound, but it is a roster wide, 633 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 2: five man pursuit of the basketball. In Oklahoma City was 634 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 2: faster to the ball tonight. 635 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's like, it's one thing I know, I've 636 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: seen a lot of the NBA players talk about this, 637 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: how when you do have to play that ground game, 638 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: we have to box out, Like in the Warriors against 639 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,760 Speaker 1: the Rockets. When you're Draymond being your boxing at Steven Adams, 640 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 1: you're not going to get the basketball, but everyone else 641 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 1: he's going to get the basketball. Rudy Gobert is not 642 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: boxing at anybody, and he's any Like, I'm like, what 643 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 1: are you doing? 644 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 2: Man? 645 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: Crazy crazy performance? Fro Rudy gober One more question and 646 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: then we'll go over to playback. Is the amount of 647 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: threes that Okac is giving up to the Timberwolves, you know, 648 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,320 Speaker 1: as you talked extensively about as part of their scheme. 649 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,279 Speaker 1: Is that a potential problem against teams that are better 650 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: at generating threes and or have better converting players three 651 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: point shooters like the Pacers are really good at generating threes, 652 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,240 Speaker 1: and the Knicks have a you know, quite a few shooters. 653 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 2: I thought Minnesota made him pay for it over and 654 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 2: over again. Tonight. The Minnesota got two. This is crazy, 655 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 2: two point zero eight points per catch and shoot per 656 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:53,840 Speaker 2: unguarded catch and shoot. Three they generated thirteen of them, 657 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 2: and I'll look up the makes Layer because I don't 658 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,399 Speaker 2: want to inundate the show right here, but like they've 659 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 2: made them pay for it. But like there's here's the thing. 660 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 2: Like Chris Finch, I thought went with his base defensive 661 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,360 Speaker 2: scheme to start the series, and I thought that was 662 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:14,719 Speaker 2: a mistake. I think that Mark Dagnault going with his 663 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,640 Speaker 2: base defensive scheme against Indiana would be a mistake. I do, okay, 664 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 2: So I think Indiana is in the same way that 665 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 2: like for Aunt, making him a playmaker forces him to 666 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 2: confront his weaknesses, and by the way, he's making some 667 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,959 Speaker 2: signs of growth, but there's still a lot of potential there. 668 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 2: To me, the weakness for Tyres Haliburton is like let's see, 669 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,879 Speaker 2: let's see you go get a bucket against Chet over 670 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:40,720 Speaker 2: and over again. Let's see you go get a bucket 671 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 2: against Hartenstein over and over again. Or you're on ball 672 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,719 Speaker 2: defender a guard that you like against the switch. So 673 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 2: I I think if you just let Tyris Aliburton, because 674 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:52,399 Speaker 2: here's the thing, Tyres Aliburton never turns the ball over. 675 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 2: That's like his superpower. So if you let him dribble 676 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:56,800 Speaker 2: the ball at the floor and you load up the 677 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,759 Speaker 2: strong side and you let him just pitch it to 678 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:00,920 Speaker 2: Siakam in the weekside or a Nie Smith in the 679 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,719 Speaker 2: weekside corner all series long. Then you're gonna make what 680 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 2: should be an unwinnable series into a winnable series for Indiana. 681 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,840 Speaker 2: So let's keep an eye on the game plan. Here's 682 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:14,440 Speaker 2: my thing. In this series, Oklahoma City's base game plan 683 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,320 Speaker 2: happened to line up with what is the most appropriate 684 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,320 Speaker 2: way to guard the Timberwolves. It doesn't in the next series, 685 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 2: so they need to make that adjustment accordingly. And I 686 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 2: think we'll see. And by the way, if he doesn't 687 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 2: won game sure, whatever, But like if by game two 688 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,320 Speaker 2: they're still doing it and the games are more competitive 689 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 2: than they should be, that'd be something that I would 690 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 2: look at. All right, guys, that's all we have for 691 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,439 Speaker 2: the YouTube stream tonight. 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