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Just 34 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: a Championship metal type of performance and a Pantheon type 35 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: of game from Johannae Suntana Coumbo. We're gonna break down 36 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: every single detail of this game. A couple of quick 37 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: notes before we get started. Make sure you liked this 38 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: video and subscribe to the Volumes YouTube channel. We're gonna 39 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: be going live every day this week, with exception of 40 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: after tonight's game. There's a special thing that the Volume 41 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: has planned. I will be doing a breakdown of the 42 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: Warriors game. It will just be recorded and posted to 43 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: YouTube after the game. But make sure you come back 44 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: every other day this week. We'll be going live after 45 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: the final game of the night, and then make sure 46 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: you follow me on Twitter and underscore Jason lt so 47 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: you guys can see the basketball video that backs up 48 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: a lot of the concepts that I talked about on 49 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: the show. We can't start anywhere but with Joannice, I said, 50 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: coming into this series and a lot of people you 51 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: know and Boston Celtics, they produce a certain vitoryol from 52 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: the rest of the basketball community, so everyone obviously has 53 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: a lot of push back towards any optimism directed in 54 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: the direction of But I said before the series that 55 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: Janice overcoming this Celtics team would be similar to Lebron 56 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: overcoming the O seven Pistons, specifically because the O seven 57 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: Pistons were an unbelievably great defensive team that that's where 58 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: they hung their hat and Lebron was in a situation 59 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: where he had some creation support but not much, and 60 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: it was basically him against Essentially, he was responsible for 61 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: any and all offensive creation in that series, which reminds 62 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: me a lot of the predicament that Milwaukee was in 63 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: in this series on account of the Chris Milton injury. 64 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: And you know, about the halfway through the series, it 65 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: dawned on me that he was a lot more capable 66 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: of pulling that off even than I originally thought. But 67 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: even going into that game four, when Milwaukee was up 68 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: two games to one, Boston still was controlling a lot 69 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: of the areas of the series that made it seem 70 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: as though they were in control. But there's one thing 71 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: that was starting to pick up some steam, and it 72 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: was Johannice. I talked to you guys a lot about 73 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 1: the idea of breaking down the wall. It's really easy 74 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: to stay, well, not really easy. It's possible to stay 75 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: in front of Janice once twice, five times, ten times times. 76 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: And guys like Horford and Grant Williams did a lot 77 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: to start this series. But it's that fiftieth time and 78 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: that sixtieth time, in that seventieth time that he starts 79 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: to wear on you, and he starts to get to 80 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 1: the point where now he's getting around you rather than 81 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: having to go through you. Now the refs are no 82 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: longer a factor, and he's just getting all the way 83 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: to the rim. And that is the weirdest dynamic of 84 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: trying to play against the honest in a playoff series, 85 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: because normally you can expect to wear people down, particularly stars, 86 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: because they have so much on their plate, but you 87 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: honest just seems to have the reverse effect on people. 88 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: It's another great Lebron comparison. It's interesting because the two 89 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: of them are so different in so many different ways, 90 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: but they have a lot of similarities, and one of 91 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: them is both of them historically in their careers have 92 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: been longevity guys. And I'm not talking about yeah or 93 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: I should say endurance guys. They are guys that as 94 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: the series progresses, they get stronger, and multiple times in 95 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: Janice's career, especially of late, we've seen him come from behind. 96 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: We saw him come from behind against Brooklyn, we saw 97 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: him come from behind against uh Um, we saw him 98 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: come from behind against the Suns in the finals last year, 99 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: down two. Oh, do you think you got him? Do 100 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: you think he's down and dead to rights. But what 101 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: did I say after Game four? Game four could have 102 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: been a victory lap for me, at least that's what 103 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: it seemed like in the moment. Right Like I picked Boston, 104 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: I picked him to win Game four. I figured they 105 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: would win by ten fifteen points in that game, and 106 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: they had a ten point lead late. But what did 107 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: I say right after that game? I tweeted the video 108 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: out in the middle of this game, right at halftime. 109 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: You could find it there. I said, do not count 110 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: the bucks. As long as Jana Santanna Coompo is on 111 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: the floor and as long as he has a chance. 112 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: That's how all time great he is. He is on 113 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 1: a fast track to get into some very very intense 114 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: basketball conversations involving all time players. That's the direction he's 115 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: heading into night. On many different occasions, he hit a 116 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: level that Boston could not keep up with. In that 117 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: late second quarter, Boston gets up I think twelve or 118 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: thirteen points. I can't remember exactly what he checks in. 119 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: I think he checked back in with about four minutes 120 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: left in the second quarter and just was completely unstoppable 121 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: going to the rim. I think he was seven for 122 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: seven from the field in the quarter, just living at 123 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: the basket. Boston couldn't do anything with him, completely changed 124 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: the complexion of the game. If Jhannice doesn't do that, 125 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: they probably go into the halftime looking a lot like 126 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: Game three or Game two when Boston was up six 127 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: to forty. That's where the game was trending. That's the 128 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: direction this was all headed in, and Janice staved that 129 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: off and sent you into halftime down seven, and then 130 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: in the I thought two like unbelievably massive three point 131 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: shots from Jannice in the fourth quarter, like just like 132 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: all series long stand Van Gundy has been on the 133 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: broadcast talking about every time Janice takes a jump shot, 134 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: it feels like giving a gift to the other team, 135 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: and he was right. Joannice is shot horrifically bad from 136 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: the perimeter this year. Coming into tonight, I think he 137 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: was right around thirty five from mid range, and then 138 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: from three it was way worse than that. So every 139 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: time your honest shot a jump shot, it's been a 140 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: win for the other team. But against all odds, reaching 141 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: down into that greatness that's inside of him, he stepped 142 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: up and he knocked down two incredibly massive three point 143 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: shots in this game in the second half. One of 144 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: them came right after a monster three from Jalen Brown 145 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: off the dribble. Jalen Brown knocks down this ridiculous step 146 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 1: back three. I think it put Boston up eleven, and 147 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: here comes uh Janice right down early shot clock left wing. 148 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: It was a it was a screw you type of shot. 149 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: It was like, I'm not losing this game type of shot. 150 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: And he knocked it down. And then there at the 151 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: end on the offensive rebound kick out to him at 152 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: the top of the key, there's a fresh clock, there's 153 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: fourteen seconds. He doesn't need to shoot that, but he 154 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: just stepped into it and knocked it down and then 155 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: they're down the stretch. A huge offensive rebound underneath the basket. 156 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: Offensive rebounding was a massive swing factor in this game. 157 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: Will get to it in a little bit. Uh Bobby 158 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: Portis was unbelievably at seven offensive rebounds in this game. 159 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,719 Speaker 1: Milwaukee had twenty second chance points. Huge swing in this game. 160 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: Be honestly, two big offensive rebounds himself. Just just an 161 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: unbelievable performance. This is what it looks like. This is 162 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: you know, game five back in Detroit in two thousand seven, 163 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: Lebron hit a level that the Pistons could not keep 164 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: up with, and it changed the outcome of a series. 165 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: And ironically they went home after that and in mill 166 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: in Detroit or in Cleveland, Lebron didn't have a great game, 167 00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: and his teammates carried him that that will be the 168 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: ultimate parallel as if they go back to Milwaukee in 169 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: a couple of days and they win Game six at 170 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: home and Jannice doesn't play particularly well, then it'll be 171 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: the ultimate mirror image there. But he reached down and 172 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: he had his big game five moments. And I know 173 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: a lot a lot of people have had some Bucks 174 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: fans complaining, why do you bring up Lebron? I bring 175 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: up Lebron because he's the standard. Lebron and MJ those 176 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 1: guys are the standard. Janice is on that trajectory. It's 177 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: time for us to start having those conversations. If you, 178 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: honest wins another title this year, which he's very much 179 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: in that conversation, they get out of this series, then 180 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: they're gonna probably be the favorite in the next series. 181 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: I've been on the record that I think whoever wins 182 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: this series is gonna win the East, so you're probably 183 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: a favorite in the conference finals, and then anything can 184 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: happened in the finals. We've seen Janice peat Phoenix. So 185 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: if Janice gets this title, he wins this championship, he 186 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: is fast progressing into into those conversations long before we 187 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,839 Speaker 1: ever even could have thought he would have. And I've 188 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: just been unbelievably impressed stop obviously, Like you know, even 189 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: in Boston controlling this series through four games, I just 190 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 1: was completely blown away throughout the entire process by Janice's greatness. 191 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: But there's two sides to this point, because if you 192 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: guys remember after Game four, I said there were two 193 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: things that would give Milwaukee a chance to win this series. 194 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:27,479 Speaker 1: I said it was Janice and his unguardability is unbelievable 195 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: greatness and just the level he can reach that nobody 196 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 1: in the world can reach. And Boston and their lack 197 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: of discipline and their lack of consistency in their own 198 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: pathway to success. You know, in my notes, I put 199 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: and make sure I'm reading this rightly, right, I put 200 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: in my notes Boston's title prospects, and I put that 201 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:53,439 Speaker 1: in there when Boston was up in the third quarter, 202 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: and the reason why I put it in there or 203 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: shortly after they went up by thirteen, because even when 204 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: Boston was in con roll this game and I thought 205 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: they were gonna win, I was becoming more and more 206 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: pessimistic about them. Not necessarily for this series because at 207 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 1: the time I thought they were gonna win, but looking forward, 208 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: because they have the most dramatic difference between their ceiling 209 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: and their floor out of any of the teams in 210 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: this field. If you look at the contenders, and if 211 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: we're looking at the real contenders in this field, it's 212 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: kind of like Phoenix, Golden State, Boston, Milwaukee, right And 213 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: in that list, you've got a Phoenix team that is 214 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: extremely disciplined, that doesn't make mistakes, that doesn't lose their identity, 215 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: that that stays like they've got that veteran presence. I 216 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: don't know if it comes from Chris Paul. Uh, It's 217 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: it's hard to say where it comes from, but that 218 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: team is incredibly disciplined. Golden State has consistently been the 219 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: most grown up team. They were literally beating a Memphis 220 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: team soundly based on their own experience and their discipline. 221 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,559 Speaker 1: And then we go out and uh, we go out 222 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: East and we look at Milwaukee, and this whole series 223 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:10,959 Speaker 1: has been a story about Milwaukee being the older, wiser, smarter, 224 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: more discipline team. And you know, extensively in this series, 225 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: I've been preaching about how when Boston in the half 226 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: court makes smart reads and plays smart basketball, they get 227 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: good shots and they win. When they get sloppy on disciplined, 228 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: when they settle for long contested jump shots, when they 229 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: take threes early in the shot clock, when they turned 230 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: the basketball over, Milwaukee runs it right down their throat 231 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: and scores. Yet even though that was clearly discipline, that 232 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: was clearly evident in the film, even though Yudoka explicitly 233 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: talked about this in the pregame presser in Game two, 234 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: so we know Boston knows about it, they still can't 235 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: help themselves. They cannot help themselves. Any time they get 236 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: up in this series there have any sort of success, 237 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 1: they revert back to the things that that that are 238 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: that represent their floor. When Boston is at their peak, 239 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: they have the best defense of this era, in conjunction 240 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: with a great combination of guys that can all pass, drouble, 241 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: and shoot, and so they're extremely difficult to guard when 242 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: they play that well, right remember from January through the 243 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: end of the season, so almost half the season, Boston 244 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: was the number one offense in the league. And they've 245 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: been better on offense than Milwaukee in the half court 246 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: in this series. But that's just that only represents the ceiling, 247 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: that only represents what it looks like when it's good. 248 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: Their floor is considerably lower than any of those teams 249 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: in that contender list they and it goes to show 250 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: you the value of having a high level playmaker, someone 251 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: who can really control the pace and flow of a game, 252 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: which everywhere else in this field you see that guy. 253 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: You see it in Janice, you see it in Chris All, 254 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: you see it in Steph Curry, you see it in 255 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: Draymond Green. They're those guys are very good at when 256 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: they see the train getting off the tracks, they're very 257 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: good at pulling it back in. And Boston doesn't have 258 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: that guy. It's our biggest weakness right now. Tatum is 259 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: just as likely to go rogue as any of the 260 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: other guys. All series along, Jayson Tatum seems like I'm 261 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: gonna fall down on every single jump shot, even though 262 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: it's consistently torched us in transition, like consistently torched us. 263 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna fall down on every jump shot, even though 264 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: I haven't gotten a foul call on any of them. 265 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep falling down. And he fell down a 266 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: half dozen times at least tonight, if not more, and 267 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: gets burned every single time. There was a play where 268 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: he was bitching at the ref and after a made 269 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: basket he went down and made a shot, ran down 270 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: the floor, bitching at the ref and Wesley Matthews was 271 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: wide open on the wing after a maid shot and 272 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: Wesley Matthews knocked it down. But that that's the thing. 273 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: He's supposed to be your leader, your alpha, And that's 274 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: the problem when you've got Marcus Smart who's not a 275 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: real point guard, and you've got Jalen Brown who's a 276 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: number two or a number three type of guy, and 277 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: you have Jayson tATu who was a number one, but 278 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: he's not a great playmaker. He's not a great he's 279 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: not a great you know, control the pace of the 280 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: game typeic got game manager or whatever you wanna call it. 281 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: They don't have that guy their best option in that 282 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: type of situation. The guy who's the adult in the 283 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: room is Al Horford. But the problem is he's not 284 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: a perimeter initiator, so you can't have him bring the 285 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: ball up the floor and put everybody into spots. And 286 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: so this was the risk the whole time, and even 287 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: after it was in my notes. Even if Boston would 288 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: have won tonight, I would have had a serious conversation 289 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: or a serious topic about on the show about whether 290 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: or not I thought they could beat the likes of 291 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: Phoenix or the likes of Golden State, because that lack 292 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: of discipline will get you killed. The main reason why 293 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: I picked Boston over Milwaukee was the Chris Middleton injury. 294 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: The main reason why I was high on Boston to 295 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: win the type was the Devin Booker injury. Those things 296 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: were the reasons why things kind of opened up for 297 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: Boston to become the favorite, and during since that time, 298 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: Booker has gotten back, and they can't beat the Box 299 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: despite being a minus two unter favorite to start the series, 300 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: despite being a minus one ninety favorite after Game four, 301 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 1: despite everything going like they were in control, despite having 302 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: extended stretches of bad basketball, they were in control, and 303 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: they still on their home court, could not close a 304 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: thirteen point lead late because of their persistent need to 305 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: fall back into bad habits missing box out. So this 306 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: was this is on email. Udoka is gonna be incensed 307 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: by this as he's looking into the film, and I'm 308 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: sure he's gonna be talking about it after the game. 309 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: You can't give up. I think they gave up seventeen 310 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: offensive rebounds if I if I remember correctly, off the 311 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 1: double check, Bobby Port has had seven offensive rebounds. They 312 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: gave up twenty second chance points time and time again 313 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. They weren't boxing out. How many 314 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,199 Speaker 1: times in that fourth quarter did you see off like 315 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: rebounds off of miss free throws. That's that's the stuff 316 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 1: that keeps coaches up at night, and so that that 317 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 1: that's the damn shame in all of this is like, look, look, 318 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: there's two stories. There's two stories here tonight. Story one 319 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: is Jansantenna COOPO is demonstrating for us that he is 320 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: on an all time great trajectory. And this Milwaukee Bucks 321 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: team is making their not out of this series yet. 322 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 1: But if they escape this series, that buys you time 323 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: for Chris Middleton to get back your favorite in the 324 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: next round. This is all kind of lining up for 325 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: them to make a run at the championship. That's story 326 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: number one. Story number two is Boston the heavy favorite 327 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: five and a half point favorite, Tonight minus one favorite 328 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: in the series at this point before the game went out, 329 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 1: Tonight commanded the game on multiple On two different occasions, 330 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: they had a big lead in the second quarter, they 331 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: blew that, and then they had a big lead in 332 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: the third quarter and they blew that too. And at 333 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: a certain point, like I don't know, if Bawston ends 334 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: up losing this series, that's gonna be a thing that 335 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to confront this offseason. Who's gonna be 336 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: the adult on the perimeter, who's gonna be the guy 337 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: that can settle them down, because that's that's one of 338 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: the weaknesses of modern basketball, and having your Jason Tatum 339 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: type of guy, to be a guy who's bringing the 340 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: ball up the floor and running offense. There are there's 341 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: it's a unique skill. I talked with Carson all the time. 342 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: I think there are four guys in the entire league 343 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: that are really high level game managers Lebron, Luca don 344 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: Ch and Chris Paul. A lot of people struggle with that. 345 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: I think you can make a case that Steph is 346 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: on that tier two. You can make a case that 347 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: Janice is on that tier two. But there's not a 348 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: lot of guys that can do that. And but there 349 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: are lower level guys that can at least replicate that 350 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,199 Speaker 1: to a certain extent. They give like a Ricky Rubio 351 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: type of player. Just a savvy Tias Jones is kind 352 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: of doing this for Memphis right now. Just say an 353 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: old school point guard, somebody that can be like, hey, 354 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: let's stop taking stupid shots, Let's get into our positions 355 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: and let's run sets. That's that's part of the game. 356 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 1: I want to hit on a bunch of other specific 357 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: details about this game. Let's talk about my Buddenholzer for 358 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: a minute and UH specifically his strategy. So I talked. 359 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: I went on with UH with Matt Moore from the 360 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: Action Network on his podcast yesterday and we talked about 361 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: this game, and I talked about how I wanted UH 362 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,120 Speaker 1: Milwaukee to drop brook Lopez out of the lineup entirely 363 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: and lean into switching more. And any of you guys 364 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: who have been following me for a long time, no, 365 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: I'm a big believer in switching as a strategy, especially 366 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: juxtaposed with the drop coverages. And the main reason why 367 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: is because I think it stagnates teams and it bates 368 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: teams into bad isolation shot selection. Do you guys look 369 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: at my Twitter feed throughout that game, even when Boston 370 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 1: was in control, I kept begging for them to pull 371 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: Brooke and they finally did in that fourth quarter. Actually 372 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: it was like late third quarter buddenholz Are pulled Lopez 373 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: when with Bobby Portis and Janice they started switching every screen. 374 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: And what happened Boston became a jump pull up, jump 375 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: shooting team with exception of a handful of aggressive drives 376 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: to the rim that that it is, that it is 377 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: human nature the way that switching can cause the game 378 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: to denigrate down into isolation basketball. Because if you're running 379 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: a pick and roll and you're are you're running in action, 380 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: or you're running a set and they switch it, well, 381 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: nothing's open, and so everyone's kind of staring at each 382 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: other like what do we do now? What you're supposed 383 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: to do to attack a switching defense is get dribble penetration. 384 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: If you get dribble penetration, you force help. If you 385 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: force help, you can swing to someone on the wing. 386 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: If you swing to someone on the wing and they're 387 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: open either the defense. The defense has to rotate and 388 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: you can attack that close out, and that's when you 389 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: can further compromise the defense and get wide open shots. 390 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: But you have more often than not. What ends up 391 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: happening is the Jason Tatum types and the Jalen Brown 392 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: types get into those situations. You start switching screens on them. 393 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: They start looking at Wesley Matthews and they start thinking 394 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: it's time to take a pull up jump shot instead 395 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 1: of understanding that that's exactly what they want you to do. 396 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: Even if you make it, that's exactly what they want 397 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: you to do, they are baiting you into that. Coming 398 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: into tonight, in a hundred and eleven minutes this series, 399 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: with Brooke on the floor, the Bucks had a minus 400 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: eleven point five net rating, so they were getting outscored 401 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: by eleven and a half points per one possessions with 402 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 1: Brooke on the floor in eighty one minutes without Brook 403 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: in this series, coming into tonight, they were a plus 404 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 1: two point three net and they were better on both ends. 405 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: Tonight they were minus three with Brooke plus six without it. 406 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: And the main reason why is, like, you know, even 407 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: forget about the the everything I just said about switching 408 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: for a second. In addition to that, what happens when 409 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: you run drop coverages, which is what they do with 410 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: Brooke on the floor. What happens when you run drop 411 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 1: coverages is players get disconnected from the ball handler because 412 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: they die on a screen. There are a handful of 413 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 1: guys in the league that do amazing at it, like, 414 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,959 Speaker 1: for instance, Michal Bridges is putting on a drop coverage 415 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: clinic in this postseason for Phoenix. But for the most part, 416 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: people die on the screens, especially because the refs allow 417 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 1: a ton of contact on those ball screens. You're seeing 418 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: you're seeing a moving pick on those ball screens almost 419 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: every time for every team in the league. But what 420 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: happens is the defender gets disconnected. And so now from 421 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,959 Speaker 1: the three point line to basically to the charge circle, 422 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: Tatum Brown, Marcus Smart, all these guys are operating free. 423 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: There's nobody on them. Now. Yes, they're trying to bait 424 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: you into a mid range jump shot, right, So there's 425 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,640 Speaker 1: there's another element to that, But it's about comfort. When 426 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: you are you are allowing them to be comfortable because 427 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: they are disconnected from the defense temporarily in that zone, 428 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: whereas when you switch everything, there's no time on the 429 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: floor where you're disconnected unless you drive by somebody, and 430 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: driving by people takes energy, and driving by people it 431 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: takes a very intentional effort, and so because of that, 432 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: it's easy to get baited out of that. It's easy 433 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: to get wrapped up into taking pull up jump shots, 434 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: especially when all you worked on all off season was 435 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: your turnaround jump shot and your step back jump shot 436 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: and your sidestep jump shot and your hesitation pull up 437 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: jump shot, because those are the things you work on 438 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: when you do skill work, and it's just what you 439 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: get baited into and one on one situations. So to 440 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: Bud's credit, and you guys could see my tweets during 441 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 1: the game, I'm like, when is Bud gonna do it? 442 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: When is Budd gonna bench Lopez? Is he saving it 443 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: for later? What's going Well? It turns out he was 444 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 1: saving it for later, and I would imagine that his 445 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: thought process there was I need Brook to eat minutes 446 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: for as long as possible in this early stretch in 447 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: the game, and then at the end of the game, 448 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: I'll be able to go to this and I won't 449 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: exhaust your honest, because there definitely was some stuff in 450 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: Game four where you honest was getting tired. But you 451 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: know is looking forward in the series. Can't Boston out Boston? Man? 452 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: I had had Boston one tonight, I would have had 453 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: games six as a coin flip. Well, I was prepared 454 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: to come out here and say, bet whoever the underdog is, 455 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: like if Milwaukee was plus two out of Bet Milwaukee, 456 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: if Boston was plus two out of Bet Boston, because 457 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: to me, that Game six would have been a textbook 458 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 1: coin flip. Had Boston lost, there, had Boston one, excuse me? 459 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: Seeing as they lost. Now Boston has a huge motivational 460 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: advantage going into Game six. So it's not here. Here's 461 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 1: the thing, it's not over. Boston still has the better defense, 462 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 1: Boston still has the better half court offense when they 463 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: play the way they want to play, when they play 464 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: the way they're supposed to play. But ask yourself, guys, 465 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: youse Celtics fans that are listening, do you believe this 466 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: Boston team can stay disciplined? They were extremely undisciplined in 467 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 1: Game one, They were pretty undisciplined in the second half 468 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: of Game two, they were really undisciplined for the first 469 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 1: three quarters of Game three. Game four, they were really 470 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: undisciplined the first three quarters, and then they locked into 471 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter and closed the deal. And then in 472 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: Game five in the second quarter, in the fourth quarter 473 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: they lost their discipline again. They consistently go they they're 474 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 1: like Jekyl and Hide. They're Jekyl and Hide basketball team. 475 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,199 Speaker 1: And so who are you gonna bet on? Are you 476 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: gonna bet on the championship team that has an opportunity 477 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: to close Boston out at home? Are you gonna bet 478 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 1: on the better team that who knows what's gonna happen 479 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: when they show up. All of the film and everything 480 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 1: has been demonstrated. I guarantee you. Emi Udoka has said 481 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: this a half dozen times to them in this series. 482 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,639 Speaker 1: When you guys play the right way, they can't guard you. 483 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: When you guys play the right way, they can't score 484 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: on you. But they just they can't. They can't help themselves. 485 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: They can't help themselves. It's just it's an interesting basketball 486 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 1: dynamic because this Boston team is damn near a per 487 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 1: fixed team in the way they're constructed, except for the 488 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: adult ball handler, the veteran savvy guard that knows when 489 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: the game is getting off the rails. Think about how 490 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 1: many times tonight, in like a pivotal situation, you would see, 491 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 1: you know, someone throw the ball to Grant Williams and 492 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: then they're like denying Tatum and denying Brown and and 493 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,479 Speaker 1: no one's cutting to get open. And then Grant Williams 494 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: tries to put the ball on the floor and he 495 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: gets the ball poked away. Or how many times you'd 496 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: see Jalen Brown or Jayson Tatum drive into traffic and 497 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: not really know what they're doing. It's just, it's just 498 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: it's it's just the difference between high level game management 499 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: and everything else that's on the table. And that will 500 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: be the thing. And you know, here's the thing. If 501 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: they don't add that type of guy, if they don't 502 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 1: figure that out, then it's on Tatum to develop into that. 503 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 1: He has to learn, He has to learn to understand 504 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: what that His job isn't just to score or to 505 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: create shots for his teammates, but to manage the game, 506 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: to feel what's happening around you. Yeah, what what what 507 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: do you guys think? You know, encouraged Janice to take 508 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: those two threes in that second half Lebron used to 509 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: do this a lot too. I gotta keep doing the 510 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: Lebron comps with the honest. So they just have so 511 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: many similarities in their in their rise. But like that 512 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: three that he took after Jalen Brown took the step back, 513 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: all that is is him feeling the train getting off 514 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: the tracks and understanding that if he can knock that 515 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 1: shot down and changes the complexion in the game. Same 516 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 1: thing on the offensive rebound three, that's him feeling the situation. 517 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: Even on Drew Holiday on that last second played, Drew 518 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: Holiday was unbelievable tonight and eight in all three wins, 519 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: he's been excellent. But on that block, the final block 520 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: on Marcus Smart. How many times have they sent a 521 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: random double team to Marcus Smart in this series? Almost never, 522 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: on dozens of dry lives. That's Drew Holiday feeling the moment. 523 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 1: That's him understanding the what was happening on the train tracks. 524 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: He read the situation and goes, oh, Marcus isn't passing that. 525 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: Marcus has his head down. He's going to the rim. 526 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 1: And so Drew bailed on his man and Hard doubled 527 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: Marcus smarton got a block. That's all just savvy, championship 528 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: metal experience, everything that, everything that you see in championship teams. 529 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: And the coolest part about it is like you know 530 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: that's that that's the monkey that gets off your back 531 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: when you win a title. There's the next level of 532 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: confidence and comfort that comes from you being there before, 533 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: especially when you've been down, especially when you've been behind 534 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: in a series. You know what it takes to come back. 535 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: But just in summation, just unbelievable performance from be honest, 536 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to have some really serious conversation. Is 537 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: about the trajectory that he's on because it's not a 538 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: Kevin or Durant trajectory, it's not a Steph Curry trajectory. 539 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: He's on a Lebron trajectory. He's on a Michael Jordan trajectory. 540 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: That's the pace that he's at to this point in 541 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: his career. And I just I can tell I I 542 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: have I have not been this blown away by how 543 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: good a basketball player is since Lebron in the early 544 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: two thousand tents. That's the level that he's reaching. And 545 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: then you know, story of the series has been Janice's 546 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: greatness and Boston's inconsistent. You know, just basketball like you 547 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: and it it bit them in the ass again. I 548 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: tweeted out early fourth quarter. I tweeted, Boston is playing 549 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: with fire and it might get them beat. And that's 550 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 1: what happened. Boston got beat Game six and a couple 551 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: of days. Really curious to see what the line is. 552 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: I I would say that I would say that it's 553 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 1: too early to say that Boston's out. But if I'm Milwaukee, 554 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: you have an amazing opportunity here to end this series 555 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: and get Chris Middleton back. They're gonna be coming out 556 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: like gangbusters in that game. That crowd is gonna be 557 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: behind him. Janice absolutely smells blood in the water. My 558 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: guess is he's gonna go for the killing Game six. 559 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: So at this point, finally after five games, I have 560 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: no longer on Boston. I think I think Milwaukee is 561 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: gonna win this series. The playoffs are heating up, and 562 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: you can make every game feel like Game seven. On 563 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: Fandel Sports Book, an official partner of the NBA. Throughout 564 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 1: the playoffs, all customers can place say No Sweat same 565 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: game parlay each week. You'll get up to twenty dollars 566 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: in free bets. If you don't win. 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Alright, Well, 583 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: on a night that one of my biggest predictions went 584 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 1: up in flames, my prediction that the Boston Celtics would 585 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: come back to beat the Bucks in six games, Jana 586 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: Santanna Cumbo took that and crumpled it up and threw 587 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 1: it in the trash. But that's part of the deal. 588 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 1: Making Predictions is hard. You're gonna be right sometimes, you're 589 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: gonna be wrong sometimes. And I was dead wrong about 590 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 1: that at least to this point, although that series is 591 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: not completely over. But one thing I was right about 592 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: is I thought Golden Stayed would get their butt kick tonight. 593 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: I said it was a buzz saw environment they were 594 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 1: running into in Memphis, especially without Jaw, and I thought 595 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: Memphis would beat the crap out of them, and they did. 596 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: Doesn't change my prediction for the series. I still think 597 00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:00,280 Speaker 1: Golden State wins this series in six games, but I've 598 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: just seen this type of game before. Memphis, especially without Jaw, 599 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: has an incredible physical advantage over just about everybody in 600 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 1: everybody in the league. If you look around to all 601 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: of the teams in the league, all the teams have 602 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:17,680 Speaker 1: a specific identity, right, Like Golden State is the ball 603 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: movement skilled team. The right, they're undersized, but everybody's incredibly skilled. 604 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 1: They have a ton of experience things like that. Right, 605 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 1: They're probably the most skilled team remaining in this playoff field. 606 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 1: Phoenix is the most like adult, grown up team. They are. 607 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 1: They have a like an old school point guard who's 608 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 1: thirty seven years old who runs the team. They're traditionally built, 609 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: they have traditional bigs, they run traditional coverages, they have 610 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: a traditional three level score that's flanking Chris Paul. It's 611 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: very like old school dominant basketball team. And you look 612 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: at Boston and it's like defense modern all wings switch everything, 613 00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 1: impossible to score on, all time great type of defense. 614 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 1: And then you look at the Milwaukee Bucks and it's 615 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: best player in the world, Jana Sintenna Cumpo, absolutely the 616 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 1: best player in the world. Right, that's their identity. Each 617 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: of those teams has their identity. Well, Memphis identity is 618 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 1: that they've consistently been the biggest and most athletic team 619 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 1: in the in the league. This year now with Jaw, 620 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 1: it's still big an athletic, it's just different. It's more 621 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 1: offense oriented. Jaw is a much better offensive creator, but 622 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:28,839 Speaker 1: he's a significantly lesser defensive player. And he's short and thin, right, 623 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: so he struggles a little bit in physicality. Memphis when 624 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,680 Speaker 1: they when they play without Jaw, there's a very specific 625 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:37,680 Speaker 1: reason why they whipped everybody's asks this year, there were 626 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,359 Speaker 1: twenty and five without Jaw. They were like, I think 627 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 1: six and a half points positive per one possessions with 628 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: him off the floor, which was actually better than they 629 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 1: were with him on the floor. And again everything with 630 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:54,279 Speaker 1: this has to be framed. John Morant is absolutely necessary 631 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 1: to this team ever winning a championship because that elite, 632 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: high end offensive creation, especially in the of court, becomes 633 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: an absolute must at a certain point, and it will 634 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: be an absolute must in Game six when they go 635 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 1: to go to Golden State, which is exactly why I'm 636 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: picking Golden State. So the ceiling is not the same, 637 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 1: but without Jaw, they have an extremely high floor. They 638 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 1: have a ton of size, ton of athleticism. They've been 639 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 1: playing Steven Adams in these last two games. Without Jaw, 640 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,439 Speaker 1: and especially in front of that home crowd down three 641 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: to one, with all of that size and athleticism, they 642 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: were just going to be extremely difficult to beat. And 643 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: they did. They did everything that I thought they would do. 644 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,319 Speaker 1: They absolutely bludgeoned Golden State on the offensive glass. Really 645 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 1: for the first time in this series. They absolutely bludgeoned 646 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: Golden State. In transition, they forced a million turnovers they 647 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,880 Speaker 1: dominated in the painted area. It was everything that I 648 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:50,840 Speaker 1: expected from this type of game. So why doesn't Golden 649 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 1: State come in here and win tonight. Well, it's pretty 650 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 1: simple to me. It's just really hard to do and 651 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 1: it in it in it like. In order to to 652 00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 1: do this job, like which Golden State has done for 653 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,560 Speaker 1: the first four games of this series, to win the 654 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 1: physical matchup against the physically superior team, you your attention 655 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,400 Speaker 1: to detail has to be perfect, and to their credit 656 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 1: through four games to have had amazing attention to detail 657 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 1: in those areas. When I say attention to detail, that 658 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:22,399 Speaker 1: means running back in transition on transition defense every single time, 659 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,799 Speaker 1: always being in uh in position to box out and 660 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,120 Speaker 1: secure rebounds. When you have guys boxing out, guys crashing 661 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:32,640 Speaker 1: from the wing right, doing all of the little details 662 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 1: of physicality, you have to do them perfectly. Because even 663 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,239 Speaker 1: if I let's say I'm six six and let's say 664 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,799 Speaker 1: I'm boxing out a six ten guy, Yeah, if I 665 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 1: don't box out and we get in a jumping contest, 666 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,719 Speaker 1: he's gonna get every single rebound. But if I sit 667 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 1: and I box him out and push him out of 668 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 1: the lane, yes, if the ball comes directly at me. 669 00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:52,880 Speaker 1: He might grab it right over the top of me, 670 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,839 Speaker 1: but if it goes anywhere else on the floor, he's 671 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,520 Speaker 1: not getting it because I've got him pinned on my 672 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: back right. So if there's a job on the floor 673 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,880 Speaker 1: in or or to secure those rebounds, if the people 674 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 1: do their job, even when they're undersized, and the other 675 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,040 Speaker 1: job there is I'm locked in a box out my 676 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,320 Speaker 1: wings have to crash around me to secure to secure 677 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,880 Speaker 1: the rebound. All of that was on the table to 678 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,400 Speaker 1: do tonight. It just was gonna be hard because you 679 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:20,120 Speaker 1: knew that Memphis on every single miss was gonna crash. 680 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:22,799 Speaker 1: You knew that Memphis on every single one of your 681 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: misses was gonna sprint the other way in transition. It's 682 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,919 Speaker 1: just really physically taxing to do so. And I think 683 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 1: what happens a lot in these kinds of situations, especially 684 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,680 Speaker 1: with veteran teams, is they think, in the back of 685 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,880 Speaker 1: their head, we'll just get him on. We'll get him 686 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,160 Speaker 1: at home. When we play him at home, they won't 687 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 1: play us hard, so it'll be easier for us to 688 00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,200 Speaker 1: match their physicality. We'll be feeding on some of that 689 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 1: energy from our home crowd, so we'll just do it 690 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: in game six. And that's why I made that prediction 691 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,040 Speaker 1: because I've just seen this so many times before. My 692 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,719 Speaker 1: favorite example of this was the two eighteen Calves, So 693 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,759 Speaker 1: the two thousand eighteen Calves in the first round. In 694 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:04,920 Speaker 1: game five, they have a very similar game to UH, 695 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,319 Speaker 1: kind of to what happened with Golden State UH. In 696 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: game four, Lebron comes out, especially in clunch and clutch 697 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,920 Speaker 1: time is incredible. Hits a game winner, so they basically 698 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: steal the game, and Cleveland, I think, was very confident 699 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:21,120 Speaker 1: at that point we'll beat him in seven. But Indiana 700 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,240 Speaker 1: was the younger, faster, bigger team that Cleveland team was playing. 701 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,680 Speaker 1: Kevin Love att center Lebron at the four, you know, Jr. Smith, 702 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,480 Speaker 1: it was getting older. It was way falling off on 703 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,120 Speaker 1: the backside. Defensively, Kyle Korver was very old at that point. 704 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 1: George Hill had been dealing with back spasms all year. 705 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:41,400 Speaker 1: They were an older, fragile team, and so their whole 706 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,359 Speaker 1: strategy was like, I don't know they will be able 707 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,440 Speaker 1: to match what Indiana can do to us on their 708 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,439 Speaker 1: home floor. Let's just punt that game and then we'll 709 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 1: come back and get him in game seven. So what happens. 710 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: They went into Indiana and just got absolutely obliterated and 711 00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:00,160 Speaker 1: like like Victor Oladipo dunked all over Lebron. It is 712 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 1: like the crowd was freaking crazy. They were feeding on 713 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,080 Speaker 1: all that energy. They were the bigger, more athletic, faster 714 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:09,719 Speaker 1: team playing against an older veteran team, and the older 715 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: veteran team was like, I just don't feel like it tonight. 716 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,719 Speaker 1: And so that's what happened. And then Cleveland took him 717 00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:17,440 Speaker 1: home in game seven and closed the deal. And that's 718 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,719 Speaker 1: what I expect from Golden State in game six. But 719 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: here's the issue, and this is why you again, this 720 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: is why you have to try to get this game. 721 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:28,239 Speaker 1: And it didn't work out, which happens sometimes, right, But 722 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,440 Speaker 1: the reason why you try to get this game is 723 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,240 Speaker 1: because you never want to play with fate, because anything 724 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,719 Speaker 1: can happen. Auto Porter Junior got hurt tonight, and we 725 00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:39,239 Speaker 1: don't know the details of specifically if he's out for 726 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 1: the series or if he just was out for tonight. 727 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,840 Speaker 1: We don't know the details, right but Auto Porter Jr. 728 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,399 Speaker 1: As we've talked about on the show, him and Andrew 729 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 1: Wiggins are vitally important to Golden State's ability to win 730 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,000 Speaker 1: the rebounding battle because it's those guys that have been 731 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,960 Speaker 1: those wings crashing while Draymond and Kevin Looney and whoever 732 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,400 Speaker 1: it is has been locked in box outs underneath the basket. 733 00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:02,200 Speaker 1: That wing crashing is vitally important. So Auto Porter Jr. 734 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,239 Speaker 1: Being out that's a loss. Now, hopefully he's okay and 735 00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:07,080 Speaker 1: he's ready to go in game six, But that's why 736 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:10,360 Speaker 1: you don't play with fire. Also, anything can happen in 737 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:14,520 Speaker 1: game In game four, Golden State didn't do well against 738 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:18,000 Speaker 1: this lineup. They pulled it out late, but it it 739 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 1: went pretty poorly for the most part. They shot terribly, 740 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,840 Speaker 1: They struggled against Memphis defense, They struggled in some of 741 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:27,520 Speaker 1: the physical matchups on the floor. So now I don't 742 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,800 Speaker 1: expect that to happen in game six, but there's always 743 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 1: that risk. What happens if you go in game six, 744 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:36,400 Speaker 1: Step happens to be extremely cold for whatever reason, Clay 745 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 1: happens to be extremely cold. What if Draymond gets in 746 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,440 Speaker 1: foul trouble. What if you know, Kevin Looney gets in 747 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,799 Speaker 1: foul trouble. What if Jordan Pool has Jordan Pool had 748 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:45,440 Speaker 1: a bad night tonight what if Jordan Pool has a 749 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,239 Speaker 1: bad night. What if a bunch of things break against 750 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:51,040 Speaker 1: you and at the same night, what if Jaren Jackson 751 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,200 Speaker 1: makes four threes? You know what if Tis Jones makes 752 00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:57,120 Speaker 1: four makes four threes, you could find yourself heading back 753 00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,839 Speaker 1: into Memphis for a game seven where you'll have this 754 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,920 Speaker 1: same physical task in front of you, except for this 755 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,279 Speaker 1: time you have to do it. Except for this time 756 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:08,040 Speaker 1: you have to match their physicality. That's the that's the 757 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 1: playing with fire element of this, right. But I have 758 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,520 Speaker 1: seen this before. This is a textbook older team on 759 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:18,360 Speaker 1: the road struggling against the younger, more athletic team that 760 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:22,040 Speaker 1: is desperate. And that's just a really difficult tempo and 761 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:25,560 Speaker 1: pace and and fervor and energy to match. And they 762 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,040 Speaker 1: didn't match it tonight, but I expect him to match 763 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,319 Speaker 1: it in game six. I think Golden State will close 764 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,120 Speaker 1: the deal. They played the fire a little bit, but 765 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:33,719 Speaker 1: I still think they closed the deal in six. This 766 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 1: is just when you see these kinds of things in 767 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,160 Speaker 1: the future, especially for betting opportunities. Whenever you see a 768 00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,319 Speaker 1: veteran team that has a closeout game at home on 769 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,880 Speaker 1: the horizon and they're going on the road, especially against 770 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,959 Speaker 1: the team that's bigger and more athletic than them. Home 771 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:51,920 Speaker 1: crowds always feed that physical energy. That physical energy is 772 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,640 Speaker 1: what dominates in games like this. So just for all 773 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: you betters out there, games like tonight are the perfect 774 00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:00,040 Speaker 1: ones to jump on his betting opportunities. Still very I 775 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,480 Speaker 1: on Golden States, still view them as a top tier contender. 776 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,319 Speaker 1: Absolutely think they're going to win the series. This is 777 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:17,320 Speaker 1: just what happened sometimes in the NBA playoffs. The volume