1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:01,880 Speaker 1: The volume. 2 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. 3 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: What is up straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. 4 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: Straight Fire for Monday, April seventeenth. What a weekend in 5 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: the NBA. Oh my goodness, the association popping off. So 6 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: much craziness happening, road teams stunning on Sunday, the Warriors. 7 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: A lot of people like the Warriors to get back 8 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: to the finals. 9 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 2: They go down. 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: Saturday in listen. A lot of really good game ones 11 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: in recent memory. I don't know if I've seen it 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: as good of a game one since. And this will 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: date me. Derreck Rose erupted as I think like a 14 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: second or third year player with the Bulls, and he 15 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: went postal against Boston. I don't have his XAC numbers 16 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: in front of Deer and Fox in his playoff debut. 17 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: Welcome to the postseason, young man. I will talk about 18 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: the Warriors and Kings later. Obviously they have a massive 19 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: game tonight. Must win for the Warriors, no diggity, no doubt. 20 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: I need to start on a small scale, Ladies and gentlemen. 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 2: My main. 22 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: Team, the great Foxes we're going to the championship again, 23 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: and the men's touris League, get excited. I know a 24 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: bunch of people fast forward through this. They don't care. 25 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: I talk about it on the heard, people like, stop 26 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: talking about your men's league. You know you guys love 27 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: it at any rate, great foxes. We were facing a 28 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: team that we beat by twenty eight the last time out, 29 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: and I'm not even gonna lie. Saturday, while I was 30 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: watching all the NBA games on YouTube, I pulled up 31 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: the team we're playing. I pulled up some of their 32 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: other games just to see if they had any other guys. 33 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: I recorded like twenty five impressive plays that they had, 34 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: not full plays, but like shots and players to identify, 35 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: and I sent it to our team and they're like 36 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: laughing at me, and I'm like, guys, we gotta be ready. 37 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: We can't lose. They got some players and three of 38 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: the guys don't even show up in the scouting report. 39 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: But anyway, we fall down nine to nothing. We're losing 40 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: our best player. The big guy had like some conflicts. 41 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: So we showed up a little late and we go 42 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: down twelve two, and we didn't panic. You know, it's early, 43 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: it's a long game, and we just start coming back 44 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: and we beat them by double digits. I will say 45 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: this the team we're gonna play, and I might need 46 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: some of you guys to come out cheer for us 47 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: Sunday night, Sunday afternoon, sorry in Torrents, California, so they 48 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: hung around to watch us. Now, we played them twice. 49 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: There's a two time defending champs. We beat them in 50 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: the first game and then without three really of our 51 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: three of our better players, we lost to them by 52 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: thirty and they were talking some trash. So early in 53 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: our game, I hit a three and I'm coming down 54 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: the court and I can hear the team that we're 55 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: gonna play next week say you gotta watch that guy, 56 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: the guy who's verified on ig And they're kind of laughing, 57 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: and I don't look over. They say, yeah, he's on 58 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: a TV show. And so a little bit later on, 59 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,119 Speaker 1: I hit like a twenty nine foot three pointer. Yes, 60 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: I will put the clip on the gram as soon 61 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: as the video is uploaded. And I turn around and 62 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: I look at him and I kind of point, you know, 63 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: one of those smiling points. We'll see you next week. 64 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: I'm so fired up, guys, I can't even tell you 65 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: how excited I am to playing the championship. I will 66 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: say this, Rob G loves a good line. We're underdogs 67 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,119 Speaker 1: in this game, no doubt about it. We're about six 68 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: or seven point dogs. Should be fun. That being said. 69 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: Underdog's ruled in the NBA this weekend. Why can't we 70 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: rule next next weekend? I don't see why not now, 71 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: I'll be honest. Sunday was a bit of a shocker 72 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: to me. Lakers coming out, not the not winning, because 73 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: I did say the Lakers will win Game one. I 74 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: did like the Lakers in the series, but what's stunning 75 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: is how they did it. If I texted Rob G 76 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: and said it's fourth quarter, it's Ruey Hachi Mora and 77 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves time, he would be sending me back, you know, 78 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: the crying emoji text. If you told anybody, it would 79 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: be Austin Reeves taking over and Rui Hachimura. I kept 80 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: yelling his name because he was having such a good game. 81 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: With my daughter, the ten year old fourth grade champion 82 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: in her league. She goes, you really like saying his name, 83 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: and I'm like, the Japanese Jordan Hachimura was unbelievable. And 84 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: here's my big, big takeaway from the Lakers sixteen point win. 85 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: It didn't feel like a sixteen point win. I mean, 86 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: I think they had like a fifteen nothing run in 87 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 1: the final, like two minutes. John Moran was hurt. We'll 88 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: get to that shortly. But my big takeaway was, and 89 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: you don't want to go overboard off game one. This 90 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: is a long postseason marathon, not a sprint. Do you remember, 91 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: and I know Rob g was like in elementary school 92 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: when it happened. When the Lakers traded for Paugasol at 93 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: the deadline in two thousand and eight, it was an 94 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: absolute heist. They got us all from Memphis. They got 95 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: to the finals, they lose to Boston in six won 96 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: the next two titles, all because of the Palugasol trade. 97 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: It just invigorated the team. They want on to be 98 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: the number one seed. It worked to perfection. Adding a star, Well, listen, 99 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna call the star. I think he was an 100 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: All Star that year, right, have to look it up. 101 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: Call me on it if he wasn't. But Palagosol has 102 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: been an All Star before he got to the Lakers. 103 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: An All Star plus Kobe equals you know, two titles 104 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: in three years. They didn't get a star. They got 105 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: role players and folks. I just want to remind everyone 106 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 1: what did ruy Hachimurra do before he got to the Lakers. 107 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: Absolutely nothing. He comes there in kind of a not 108 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: even a high profile trade. The Westbrook deal was bigger. 109 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: Hachimura kind of a low profile move. You could see 110 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: my tweets at the time. I loved it. Hatchi Mora 111 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: aka the Japanese Jordan, a money three point shooter, and 112 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,799 Speaker 1: I guess the Grizzlies didn't have the scouting report on him. 113 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: He went five of six from deep at twenty nine points. 114 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: At one point, I think he hit two or three 115 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: in a row, and You're like, oh my gosh, what 116 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: are the Grizzlies doing? And the Grizzlies they did not 117 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: have a good game defensively. Lakers shot fifty three percent 118 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: from the field, forty three percent from deep, eighty seven 119 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: percent from the line. Unbelievable performance. It's funny, Rob g 120 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,919 Speaker 1: I know is gonna be all excited for Anthony Davis, 121 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: as he should be. I just don't get get away 122 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: from how key ruiy Hachi Moro was. And the other 123 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: guy who I cannot say enough good things about is 124 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves. And if there were two players this weekend 125 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: who are not stars but were essential role players that 126 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: were winning players that made winning plays, Austin Reeves is 127 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: certainly number one. I mean, he was unbelievable, I think, 128 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: and I got some numbers here and you guys can 129 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: check me on it if you want. But Austin Reeves, 130 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: I believe had fourteen is that right rob In the 131 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, we're eighteen for the Hillbilly Kobe, including behind 132 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: the back dime right into Hachima's shot pocket splash, And 133 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: I'm just telling you, Austin Reeves, they had him, I 134 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: guess they had him miked up, and he hits one 135 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: three and he's like, ah, like flexing pretty much what 136 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: I do when I hit threes. And then he hits 137 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: that shot in the lane and the Grizzlies call time 138 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: out and he's running back to the hull scream I'm him, 139 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: I'm him, And you just felt great. This is an 140 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: undrafted kid out of Oklahoma. Austin Reeves was unbelievable. And 141 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: I know this is gonna sound sacrilegious to say it 142 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: against the Memphis team, that's good and job. Yes, John 143 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: Moran was hurt and didn't play I think the final 144 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: six minutes. But he also had six turnoverscut two travels, 145 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: which was odd. Austin Reeves is a bad matchup for 146 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzies. I don't know who guards him. Tias 147 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: Jones is a very good point guard. I would take 148 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: Tias Jones next year on the Lakers over Dangel Russell. 149 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: I have to salary. I know Russell had an okay game. 150 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: I don't want to slander the guy. He makes some shots, 151 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: but Austin Reeves, it's just he's unbelievable. You can't guard 152 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: him with Tyas Jones. So then who do you guard 153 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: him with? Well, you got Dylan Brooks on Lebron. Do 154 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: you put Desmond Baane on Austin Reeves? Do you really 155 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: want him chasing around Austin Reeves? So then you're in 156 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: a matchup problem. And ultimately the Griz had to play 157 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: the kid al Dama, who I'm not familiar with. This 158 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,119 Speaker 1: big kid. I know he hit a couple, a couple threes. 159 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: He was minus twenty three in twenty four minutes. Luke 160 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: Kennard cannot check Austin Reeves. He cannot, and the Lakers 161 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: get to win in folks. I know Polenka catches a 162 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: lot of heat. I want to remind everybody, and I 163 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: think Van Gundy did this during the broadcast. Polenka saved 164 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: the Lakers season. And I know some people say, well, 165 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: he ruined it by not doing anything in the off season. Well, 166 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: let's be real. He wasn't getting any offers for Westbrook 167 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: in the off season. They were gonna have to dump 168 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: him and get like nothing in return. Rob Polenk deserves credit. 169 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,080 Speaker 1: He waited out the market. Westbrook was shining listed there 170 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: was a moment he was not gonna win six Man 171 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: of the Year, but Westbrook was. He was playing well 172 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: at times. Okay, I know he's still out of control 173 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: in the turnovers and blah blah blah, and nobody wants 174 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: to guard him. Fine, and he had a brutal game 175 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: one offensively against the Suns. Shooting wise, I should say 176 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 1: we'll get to that shortly. But Polinka played this perfect 177 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: when he brought in ruiy Hachi Mora, D'Angelo Russell, Who's 178 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: I mean again, Russell's seven to seventeen. I don't love Russell, 179 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: I'll be honest, but nineteen point seven assists. He was 180 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: plus twenty. They waited out the market. Jared Vanderbilt really 181 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: good defense on John Morant, and then you know, everything 182 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: he's done has basically worked. We've got to give Rob 183 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: Polinka his flowers. And I'm I'll just say this. I 184 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: know it's all about Lebron and Ad and the injuries 185 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: and blah blah blah blah blah. Guys, this is the 186 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: reality in the playing game Lakers Timberwolves. Who won that 187 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: game for the Lakers, it was Dennis Schroeder, Schroder Schroeder, 188 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: however you say his name. Hit The game winning three 189 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: was unguarded in the fourth quarter. Remember Danzel Russell got 190 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: bench Shruder won the game for them. Who won the 191 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: game one on the road for them, Ruey, Hachi Mora 192 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: and Austin Reeves. Now, Anthon Davis was spectacular defensively, twenty 193 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: to twelve, seven rejections. He was awesome. He was the 194 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: best player on the floor for the Lakers. But in 195 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter it was the Reeves in Hachi Morris show. 196 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: And I know you don't necessarily win with defense in 197 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: this league. And yes, for the tenth time, Ja Moran 198 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: did get injured. But Rob, this is a deep Lakers team, 199 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:34,719 Speaker 1: and this is why I love them. They've got their 200 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: role players who know their roles. Jared Vanderbilt, go lock 201 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: up the opposing best wing guard. Lebron's gonna do Lebron 202 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: things twenty one to eleven to five. The turnovers still 203 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: are annoying, but whatever, Dangela Russell, if you screw up, 204 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: we got Schroeder back in. You up, dog all good. 205 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: And if Hachi moricn come in with the flamethrower, if 206 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves can give you twenty three four assists, how 207 00:10:56,679 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: about this, Rob, zero turnovers in thirty one minutes. I'm 208 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: just in awe and I do believe. Listen, you don't 209 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 1: want to read too much into Game one. Kings beat 210 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: the Warriors. We'll talk about it shortly. If the Sacomono 211 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: Kings advance and the Lakers advance, who's favorite in that series? 212 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: I think you know the answer now, Anthony Davis Sabonis, 213 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: the young guys. I don't know if if Jared Vanderbolt 214 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: can hang with Deer and Fox, nobody can. It's early, 215 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: but right now there is a lot of reason to 216 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: be excited if you're a Lakers fan. 217 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 3: Robgi oh I think that's an understatement of the millennium. 218 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 3: I'm so fired up right now, I can go to sleep. 219 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 3: Last night I had to go sleep in my daughter's 220 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 3: playroom because I was too jacked up, and I couldn't 221 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 3: stay in my actual bed because I knew that I 222 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 3: was be too loud, just screaming a top of my lungs. 223 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 3: Lakers in five. Oh, we'll see, we'll see it. 224 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: We don't know the job. We should update. Yeah, the 225 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: latest don Ja Moran X rays are negative. He's not 226 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: sure if he's gonna play. If you want to be 227 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: body language guy, Rob, it didn't look good. He said, 228 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: there's doubt whether or not he can play in game two. 229 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: And if you don't play and they go down, oh two, 230 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: that's a rap. Yeah. 231 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:10,839 Speaker 3: He said he couldn't. He couldn't grip a ball, He 232 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 3: couldn't grab anything with his hand out. 233 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: I think if you have an extra day off right 234 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: this Wednesday Wednesday. 235 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 3: But in any event, if you were to tell me 236 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 3: that Lebron James would only have twenty one points and 237 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 3: five turnovers and the Lakers weren't going away, I wouldn't 238 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 3: have believed you. Anthony Davis, I said on to it. 239 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: He's my guy. 240 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 3: He's the one who I think, for my money, had 241 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 3: at worst a top two or three performance of the 242 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 3: entire weekend. 243 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: I think, wait two or three, Yeah, who would have. 244 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 3: All the players who I mean, we'll get to Kawhi, 245 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 3: I'm sure, and you touched on it earlier, dearon Fox 246 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 3: and the Kings, So those whatever order you like him, 247 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 3: those are the guys who I think at the three 248 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,839 Speaker 3: best games overall over the weekend. But this stat is 249 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 3: gonna blow your mind. To illustrate your point, between the 250 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:06,559 Speaker 3: start of the fourth quarter and the first ten minutes 251 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 3: and fifty one second so with a minute nine left 252 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 3: in the game, Lebron and a D combined for three 253 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 3: total points scored or assisted during that stretch. This was 254 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 3: the Lakers the other guys games, and that's something that 255 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 3: you got to have in the playoffs. Everybody knows what 256 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 3: you're gonna get from your star players on the night's 257 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 3: night basis. Most for the most part, you know, Lebron 258 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 3: and a D are probably gonna play well, you know, uh, Kawhi, Leonard, 259 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 3: Kevin Durant, darn Fox, you know, Donovan, Mitchell, Joel like 260 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 3: you know, the stars are gonna come out and play. 261 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 3: They're gonna show up in a big way more often 262 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 3: times than not. Though, the team that wins is the 263 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 3: one that has an unexpected contributor. You had Josh Hart 264 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 3: making big plays for New York the Yeah, you know, 265 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 3: Harrison Barnes early got things going for the Sacramento Kings 266 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 3: when they look kind of shook it. I think they 267 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 3: got the moment was a little too big from early on, 268 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 3: and he kind of settled things down before Deanon Fox 269 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 3: started going. Austin Reeves and Rehatchimura, They're. 270 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: Getting into it. 271 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 3: I'm getting into it a little bit. Those two guys 272 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 3: played like it was like game seven or eight of 273 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 3: the regular season, no fear whatsoever, brimming with confidence. They 274 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 3: were looking across the Florida at them with Desmond Baye, 275 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 3: Dylan Brooks, Jaron Jackson, John Moran, like these guys are 276 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 3: supposed to be intimidating based on how much they talk, 277 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 3: and to quote Scheck is like they like barbecue chicken 278 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 3: to them. Like these guys were not concerned at all. 279 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 3: And that's part of the reason why I was so 280 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 3: confident coming into this series. Because if Memphis had Steven 281 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 3: Adams and Brandon Clark. I probably would have leaned Memphis, 282 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 3: yeah right, just because their size would have been But 283 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 3: because they're so thin up front, they have to worry 284 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 3: so much much about Lebron and ad on the inside. 285 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 3: Everybody else is going to be getting close outs and 286 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 3: wide open looks all game. And if the Lakers and 287 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 3: the mat and the Grizzlies are gonna play a half 288 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 3: court battle, which is what they did for the most 289 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 3: of the game yesterday, the Lakers are gonna win nine 290 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 3: out of ten times. Yeah, because the Grizzlies are not 291 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 3: built to play like that. So shout out to Ar fifteen, 292 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 3: the Hill Billy Kobe hbk Austin Reeves and what was 293 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 3: it the uh what's the Jordan one for Hueyo Hotcheymore? 294 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 3: You say the Japanese Japanese Jordan Japanese Jordan ruiy Hachimoor. 295 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's listen. You're you're a bigger Laker fan than 296 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: I. I mean, you've been a Laker fan forever. You just 297 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: look at that Memphis team and I just tell me 298 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: what is the path to victory for them? I mean, 299 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: Desmond Bain has to shoot better than six of eighteen 300 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: and three of ten. But the Lakers are gonna give 301 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: Dylan Brooks all the shots he wants. Two for nine 302 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: from deep, they're going under on Jamran screens. Now he 303 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: did it two or three. But again, you don't fear that. 304 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: Xavier Tilman had a brutal game. Whether it's boxing out, 305 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: whether it's you know, making plays. He just he was. 306 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: I mean, he was unplayable late. I don't think Aldama 307 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: can be the guy Kenny Lofton. I mean, they just 308 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: didn't they just get him out of it. He was 309 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: like the G League All Star Game MVP, or maybe 310 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: it was Roddy, one of those guys. It seems like 311 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: I just don't have an answer. They're in some deep trouble, 312 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: especially if Jack can't go. 313 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 314 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 315 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 316 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 2: listen live. 317 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: It's interesting because this is the first time, I believe, 318 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: in NBA history, all four teams in the state of 319 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: California have made the playoffs. The Lakers got everybody in 320 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: southern California excited with their win over the Grizzlies and 321 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: then the paper Clips go into Phoenix in a game 322 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: I missed the first half because of my men's league game. 323 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: And it's funny. I'm walking out, you know, with some 324 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: of the teammates, and I look up at the screen. 325 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: I'm like, wait, Phoenix is down. What's going on here? 326 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: And I cannot express this enough. When you see the 327 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: report that Paul George is gonna be out for the 328 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: first round series, woachad he's gonna be out, like they're 329 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 1: expecting to go with this whole series without him. My 330 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: guess is the Sun took them lightly because the Clippers 331 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: came out and smacked them in the mouth, dominating the 332 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: first quarter, and the Suns could never stop them. And 333 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: this I don't want to go too overboard. 334 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 2: It was. 335 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: It was one Clippers win. It was a close game. 336 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: But if you're a Phoenix fan, you hadn't tasted defeat 337 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: with Durant yet. This was the first loss with KD. 338 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 1: I believe they're eight and one. Now here's where it 339 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 1: gets troubling. I didn't think Rob that the Clippers played 340 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: an awesome game. They shot ten of thirty one from three. 341 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook was three of nineteen from the field, Eric Gordon, 342 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: who can make shots, was seven or fourteen from the field. 343 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: He had nineteen Terrence Man player off the bench. Norman Powell, guy, 344 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:12,360 Speaker 1: I like a lot, but like they didn't in my opinion, 345 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 1: other than Kawhi's thirty eight, and I think you can 346 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: reliably count on Kawhi to give you thirty eight, five 347 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: and five, right. I don't think they played a great 348 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: game and they won. That to me is what's scary 349 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 1: for Phoenix because Phoenix got an out of body experience 350 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: from Tory Craig. Rop Is Tory Craig dropping twenty two 351 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: again in the playoffs? Is he eclipsing twenty again? Hell no, 352 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: now twenty two and twenty seven minutes. That's not happening again. 353 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: And we saw Chris Paul kind of getting picked on, 354 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: rob Did you see that? Kawhi is like, bring me 355 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 1: Chris Paul? Like Lebron sees Luke Kennard on the floor, 356 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: Do you guys notice this? Lebron's like, I need Lukennard 357 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 1: over here, please, instantly going right at him. They're doing 358 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 1: that to Chris Paul. He's getting the treatment from Kawhi. 359 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: And Chris Paul was not particularly great. He wasn't awful, 360 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: but I think he was great. Two of eight eleven assists, sorry, 361 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 1: eleven rebounds, tennisis DeAndre Ayton got his You got to 362 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: feed him early. If it's anybody I'm concerned with, it's 363 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: you know, Kevin Durant playing forty five minutes, Devin Booker 364 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: oh for three from deep winding to the officials all game. 365 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 1: Maybe Luca was onto something. And oh, by the way, 366 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: Phoenix's bench, which we knew was weak coming in, had 367 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: a total of ten points. The Clippers bench thirty four 368 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: bones Highland even chipped did three. A plubbly brother had seven. 369 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 1: The Clippers bench annihilated this. And if the sun starters 370 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: can't win this series, is gon'na be a problem for Phoenix. Now, 371 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: I don't you never want to overreact to one game, 372 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 1: but Rob, I just look at it, like, I didn't 373 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: think the Clippers played a great game. I mean, maybe 374 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 1: I'm wrong. Like the hustle was incredible. Fifteen offensive rebounds 375 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: Westbrook had five, seemingly three in the final minute. And 376 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 1: imagine if Westbrook just shoots like forty percent instead of 377 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: three of nineteen, Like, what are the what are the 378 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: Sons doing? Uh? This is stunning, and I gotta give 379 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: Westbrook his props. I know, I hammerd him a lot, 380 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: hammer him on the Gram, hammer him on Twitter. The 381 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: one thing I'll say, Rob, I've never called him not 382 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 1: a winning player. I've said Kyrie Irving is not a 383 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,959 Speaker 1: winning player. He doesn't do the intangibles. Russell Westbrook did 384 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: the intangibles, especially in the final two minutes. He had 385 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: I think two offensive boards on their final possession before 386 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: getting to the line, and making two is like a 387 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: sixty percent free throw shooter sixty five. And the Suns 388 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: and Monty Williams need to be he needs to be 389 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: dinged for this. They call timeout, they draw up a play, 390 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 1: the paper clips snuff it out, Clippers call sons, called 391 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 1: time out again, and essentially they draw up Devin Booker 392 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: on the perimeter, no screens, nothing, Hey, you see Kevin Durait. 393 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: You can look at the replay. He just waves like 394 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: you got this, pushes his a on ad him like 395 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: you got this, and Booker drives in. Westbrook blocks it 396 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: and then throws it off Booker. That had to be humiliating, Rob. 397 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: For Devin Booker, it was brutal, like you're down three 398 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 1: and you're driving with like fifteen fourteen seconds left. I 399 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: didn't understand that it was puzzling Monty Williams like, I'll 400 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,439 Speaker 1: say you right now, Steve Curry and drawn up that 401 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: crap in the huddle. We'll get to Warriors Kings. But 402 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: like at the end of the game, everybody's like all 403 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: Warriors are done there down three Kurr drew up like 404 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: a good look from Curry and it rimmed in it 405 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: out like a onening one legged three. Monty Willis did nothing, 406 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 1: sons you never want a panic rob but I think 407 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 1: the panic meters if ten is oh my gosh, it's 408 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: def cone one. We are ft. I would say this 409 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:40,120 Speaker 1: is like a six. 410 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 3: Ooh, that's even higher than I would go. And I'm 411 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 3: the one who said that the Clippers would be scrappy 412 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 3: in this series. I put out as tweet in the 413 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 3: middle of the fourth quarter that something along the lines 414 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 3: of remember when I call this a Russell Westbrook revenge 415 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 3: series on the street, like you know, that's my bad. 416 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 3: And then he goes and see the game the way 417 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 3: he did with the offensive rebounds, with the clutch free throws, 418 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 3: with the blockshot on on Devin Booker so I kind 419 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 3: of feel good about it now, not great, but I 420 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 3: feel better about it than I did in the middle 421 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 3: of the fourth quarter. But to your point, you know, 422 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 3: I watched the game and I felt like Phoenix didn't 423 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 3: look good early. And I know you kind of had 424 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 3: you missed part of it because you're balling up cats 425 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 3: at the men's league. But overall they played fine. I 426 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 3: thought that they didn't look bad. They only had They 427 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 3: had less turnovers than the Clippers. They were right there 428 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 3: with her as far as rebounding, you know, it wasn't 429 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 3: a big difference. They got to the free throw line 430 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 3: thirty three times, which is amazing for a Phoenix team 431 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 3: that loves to just settle for mid range jump shots. 432 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: Clippers don't play great sorry sons, don't play great defense, 433 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: and they foul a lot and then whine about it. 434 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 3: Right, yeah, yeah, exactly, And even still, Phoenix did all 435 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 3: the things that you would hope that they would do 436 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 3: to win, Like, you know, they're making their free throws. 437 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 3: You know, Kevin Durant, damn near has a triple double 438 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 3: in his first game back or his first game, you know, 439 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 3: with this team, Ston sitting out the last two or 440 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 3: three and yet they found a way to lose, and 441 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 3: that's gotta be, to your point, at least a little concerning, 442 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 3: because the Clippers are one of the best three point 443 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 3: shooting teams in the NBA, and they went ten for 444 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 3: thirty one from d Russell Westbrook. Like you said, I 445 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 3: don't think he's you know, a great shooter obviously, but 446 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 3: I have a hard time believing he's gonna go three 447 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,199 Speaker 3: for nineteen in another game. That's fair, you know. So 448 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 3: Phoenix needs to figure out that they need to figure 449 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 3: out these need to be proactive and say we are 450 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 3: not gonna wait until certain very high leverage situations of 451 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 3: the game to feature Kevin Durant, because down the stretch 452 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 3: it was way too much DeAndre Aiden mid range jump shots, 453 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 3: Chris Paul pick and roll and doing these settling for 454 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 3: the short jumbers that he wasn't hitting at all all night. 455 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,199 Speaker 3: At some point you just need to say, hey, we 456 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 3: have Kevin Durant. You don't, because that's what the Clippers' 457 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 3: game plan was for like the middle two and a 458 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 3: half quarters with Kawhi Leonard, it was we got Kawhi. 459 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 3: Doesn't matter who you put on him, he's gonna make 460 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 3: something happen. And unless Monty Williams can I guess dumb 461 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 3: it down and just say we are going to feature 462 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 3: that seven foot monster over there, then this series is 463 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 3: going to go much longer than it needs to. 464 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: If you're Phoenix, yeah, I was surprised a Kogie and 465 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: Wainwright they didn't. I mean basically like, hey, you missed 466 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: a shot and your fouling get out of there. Landry 467 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 1: Shammett got the lion's share of minutes. And this is 468 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: a problem. This, this three and D player around the 469 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: league is the most coveted and right now the Celtics 470 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: are loaded. The Warriors for a time were loaded. I 471 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: don't want to We're not going to spend time on 472 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: calvs Nicks A really nice one for my Knicks, I 473 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: could say my knicks. The Calves do not have a 474 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: small forward. That is a massive hole. If you guys 475 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: watched any of that game Saturday, what's his name? Okorro 476 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 1: leaving him open. He's just missing shot after shot and 477 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 1: they were so disappointed in him that they played SETI 478 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 1: Osman late. Now, Rob, we talk about hunting Lebron, hunting, Lukenard, 479 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: Clippers hunting Chris Paul did you see the hunting of 480 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: Seti Osmond. Jalen Brunson was just like, come come here, 481 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: come here, and just cooked him up two buckets to 482 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: like think the finals, final minute, Osmond has no chance 483 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: against him. You gotta have three and D wings. 484 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 3: Rob absolutely, And that's one thing that we talked about. 485 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,439 Speaker 3: I think when the Sun's trade was made was I 486 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 3: thought they were gonna be great immediately. I know you 487 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 3: were a little more hesitant, but I think we both 488 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 3: agree that they're one or two off seasons away from 489 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 3: being like the prime version of themselves because they're gonna 490 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 3: be able to make some trades or use their exceptions 491 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 3: to sign guys, because they'll be able to get a 492 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 3: little bit of a discount for these three and D 493 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 3: type players, and right now they just don't have any. 494 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 3: I know TJ. Warren was out. I don't think Campaign 495 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 3: is really gonna make much of a difference, assuming he 496 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 3: plays in game two. They just really need to get 497 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 3: the ball to KD. Damn it. I don't think it's 498 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 3: that hard. 499 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: It's funny you mentioned Campaign. I didn't even know he 500 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 1: was hurt. And somebody in that player points pool drafted 501 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: Campaign late because they think the Suns are going well, 502 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: there's more value in taking Campaign, who's probably if they 503 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,679 Speaker 1: go to the finals. He's gonna play like twenty one games, 504 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: even if he scores like eight points a game. That's 505 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: more value than say Trey Munk, Trey Monk, Trey Young, 506 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: Who's gonna play like five games and maybe score one 507 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: hundred points, and Campaign could go off one game so 508 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 1: that player points pool. I don't know how I'm doing, 509 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: but Jared, I have Jared Jackson, who did well but 510 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 1: looks like they might lose a series. We're not gonna 511 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: get really into the injuries. I'm not gonna make much 512 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: of Miami's win over Milwaukee because I don't know what's 513 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: up with Giannis. Miami dropped a buck thirty on the Bucks, 514 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: who did not have Giannis. The Bucks defense was non existent. 515 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: Jimmy Buckets went off. Tyler Hero looks like he's done 516 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: for the playoffs with the broken hand. But sorry, I 517 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 1: can't care that the heat shot sixty percent from three. 518 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: Let's see what is up with Yannis before we render 519 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: any judgments at all. However, even though it happens Saturday night, 520 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: I feel like I need to talk briefly Rob about 521 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: Kings Warriors, which is we knew it was going to 522 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: be the best playoff series. Or I guess some people 523 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 1: thought calvs. Knicks, which was great, but King's Warrior's rob 524 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 1: was electric. It felt like maybe a Game seven of 525 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: the Western Conference Finals. That's that game was so close. 526 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,640 Speaker 1: I don't think anybody led by more than ten. And 527 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: I know everybody's saying, oh, it's one game. You know, 528 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 1: they lost by three the Warriors is not a big deal. 529 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 2: Ugh. 530 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 1: If you ask me which team I'm most concerned about 531 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,959 Speaker 1: after one game and you remove Yannis because of the 532 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 1: injuries and YadA YadA ya, it has to be the 533 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,400 Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors. Folks. I want to remind you they 534 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: played a damn good game on SAT. Not the perfect game, 535 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 1: but if a ten is a perfect game. With this team, 536 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: they had everybody. Gary Payton two, the Mitt in his back, 537 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins his back. I would say that was like 538 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: an eight eight, maybe an eight, an eight out of 539 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,719 Speaker 1: ten game from the Warriors. Again, Draymond Green eleven assists, 540 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: nine rebounds, no technicals, you know, Kevin Looney, really good defense. 541 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 1: I heard a stat from I think it was Doris 542 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: Burke or whoever, the announcer was said that the opponent 543 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 1: was shooting in the Kings two for twelve to start 544 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 1: the game against Looney at the rim. He is I 545 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: know Anthony Davis gets all the credit, as he should, 546 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: but Looney's defense on somebonis is amazing. Curry thirty points. 547 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: Now he only had twenty shots, which we'll get too shortly. 548 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: Klay Thompson twenty one points. De Vincenzo was incredible as 549 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: a role player. Rob mentioned winning role players Josh Hart 550 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: for the Knicks, Westbrook's winning plays down the Strits for 551 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: the Clippers, Austin Reeves, and riej Hodging. Morrill I thought 552 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: I was ready to give Devincenzo that award. For the Warriors, 553 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: Wiggins was good, not great. One of eight from three, 554 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: missed an open three. At the end he had four blocks. 555 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: Jordan Poole was not outstanding, But you tell me who 556 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: was terrible for the Warriors forty seven percent shooting thirty 557 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: two percent from three, but they hit sixteen of them. 558 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: They did miss a bunch of free throws twenty one 559 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: or twenty seven. You know, I guess you could argue 560 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: they got killed on the offensive glass and they'll be better. 561 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: But how like Kevin Looney was in foul trouble, Draymond 562 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: Green can only do so much. They are going to 563 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: be small and they are going to concede offensive rebounds. 564 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: This is what concerns me. Steph Curry off the floor 565 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: minus eleven, Steph Curry on the floor, Well, Seph Curry 566 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: on the floor plus eleven, Klay Thompson off the on 567 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: the floor minus fourteen, Rob, your guy future Laker. Klay 568 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: Thompson could not stay in front of Dearn Fox. If 569 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: you asked me who I thought the best player over 570 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: the weekend was best end of the Joe performance co 571 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: WHI was good, Anthony Davis was good. Dearon Fox is 572 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: a guy in the fourth quarter and I posted this 573 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 1: on social media. If you look at the Warrior's shot chart, Rob, 574 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: all they took was like three or four layups or 575 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: three or four shots at the rim and then only 576 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 1: three pointers and it looked like they got tired in 577 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: the second half. Dearon Fox essentially got whatever the hell 578 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: he wanted in the mid range, thirty eight points in 579 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:28,479 Speaker 1: his playoff debut, five assists, three steals, and oh, by 580 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 1: the way, he chased around Steph Curry. I'm sure you 581 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: guys have seen the play where Curry essentially runs around 582 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: for twenty two seconds, does not stop moving. Deeron Fox 583 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: chases him the whole way and Curry hits a layup. 584 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 1: Do you know how exhausting that is to then have 585 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: to come back down at the other end and initiate offense. 586 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: Because when the Warriors took a ten point lead, Rob 587 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: I noticed instantly Daron Fox said uh huh, not on 588 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: my watch, and he scored six straight to get him 589 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: right back in it, right to the middle of lane, 590 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: get to a spot. I don't think you can put 591 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: Wiggins on him, obviously, can't put Jordan Pool on him. 592 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: You can't have Curry chase a him. Clay cannot physically 593 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: do it. I mean, I want to say the answer 594 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: is Gary Payton, but he can't shoot threes, and then 595 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: who you're gonna pull off the floor for GP three? 596 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: So Rob I have legit concern about stopping Deeron Fox, 597 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: And don't tell me he's not gonna score thirty eight again. 598 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: He was the most clutch player in the NBA with 599 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: fourth quarter points by a mile. He is in a 600 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: tremendous rethrow shooter. Even though he happened to miss four, 601 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: he had thirty eight points on twenty seven shots. He 602 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: does what he wants. He's really tough to stop. 603 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 2: Rob. 604 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 1: What am I missing here? 605 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 2: Now? 606 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 3: Missing the damn thing? I mean, Dearon Fox was awesome 607 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 3: and if you just look at the bocker. I know 608 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 3: of the box scores is not always the most indicative 609 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 3: of how a game went, but in this case, I 610 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 3: think it is. Steph and Clay made eleven three pointers 611 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 3: within two of them. They shot about thirty nine percent, 612 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 3: which sounds about right. If you say the guys in 613 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 3: a playoff setting, eleven threes thirty percent sounds about right. 614 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 3: Draymond the nine rebounds, eleven assists, played pretty solid defense. 615 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 3: You're expecting him to score very much, so that seems 616 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 3: like it would be duplicable. Jordan Poole, you know, this 617 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 3: season has been very up and down for him, So 618 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,239 Speaker 3: seventeen points on four of ten sounds kind of like 619 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 3: what would you what you'd get from Jordan Pool in 620 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 3: a playoff setting. I think that's about where he would 621 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 3: be depending four for ten, five for ten. Yeah, but 622 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 3: you know you're not expecting like I think you can 623 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 3: pencil him in for between sixteen and twenty one, and you're, yeah, 624 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 3: that sounds like a Jordan Poole type gay right, Right. 625 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,680 Speaker 3: Then you look at the Kings, the Bonus five for seventeen. Oh, 626 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 3: I don't think that's gonna happen again with four turnovers, 627 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 3: Red Velvet Herder three for twelve, oh for five from three, Well, 628 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 3: I don't think that's gonna happen again. And people say, well, 629 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 3: what about Malik Monk, you know, pay him get thirty 630 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 3: two points. Fair. I'm not expecting to get thirty two points. 631 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,959 Speaker 3: But if you just take the Herder and Sa Bonis, 632 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 3: you know, eight for twenty nine combined, and you make 633 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 3: it thirteen or fourteen for twenty nine, Monk doesn't have 634 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 3: to get thirty two. Monk can give you fifteen, which 635 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 3: would be more reasonable, and the Kings would win that game. 636 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 3: It just so happens that Malik Monk made up for 637 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,719 Speaker 3: what they didn't get from Sibonis and hurt Her. I 638 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 3: don't know where the Golden State Warriors can go to 639 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 3: make up for like It's like four of ten is 640 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 3: a bad shooting night for Jordan Poole, right, Klay Thomps 641 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 3: is eight of nineteen, but he made five three pointers, Like, 642 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 3: are you expecting him to make eight or nine three 643 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 3: pointers every game? So the only way I think they're 644 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 3: going to be able to get back into this series, well, 645 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 3: you know, they're only down once, so it's not like 646 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 3: it's a big stretch. They got to tighten it up defensively, 647 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 3: like they. 648 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: Can't they get into doing that on the road though. 649 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 3: I think so because I don't think they're as bad 650 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 3: of a defense as they looked like at certain points 651 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 3: in that game. I know that the Kings have the 652 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 3: greatest offense ever, know, which is kind of a funny 653 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 3: thing to say, because basically any team that's played in 654 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 3: the last three years has one of the greatest offenses ever. 655 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,359 Speaker 3: Like that's kind of the way these analytics work. Fair, 656 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 3: But the Golden State Warriors can play good team defense, 657 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:21,280 Speaker 3: and to allow the Sacramento Kings to basically play regular 658 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 3: season type offense is just not That's not what you 659 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,239 Speaker 3: can do. Like, they got to tight end up a 660 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 3: little bit. 661 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: We'll get to a best bet on King's Warriors tonight. 662 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 1: I guess the other thing, Rob, I think we forgot 663 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 1: to touch on with Russell Westbrook, who had that amazing game, 664 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,879 Speaker 1: ending defensively not shooting. He was three for nineteen, missed 665 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 1: to late three. It looked like it was going to 666 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 1: be blame Russ day after the loss, and of course 667 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 1: Wes had the block on Devin Booker. But Rob, I'm 668 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:54,319 Speaker 1: sure you saw this video that went viral late last night. 669 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 1: I don't. It's not clear to me how Russ got here. 670 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,880 Speaker 1: But after the win, I guess there are some suites 671 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,719 Speaker 1: in Phoenix that are close to the visiting locker rooms, 672 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 1: you know where you walk down that alley, and I 673 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: guess some dude with a liquid courage said something to 674 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook. Russell Westbrook walked into the suite. I've never 675 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,480 Speaker 1: seen this before, walked into the suite, has his shirt 676 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: pulled up like he was celebrating, and you know he's 677 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: getting he should have been in the locker room. He 678 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,120 Speaker 1: walked up to this guy and says, watch your mouth, 679 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 1: mother effort, and it's like, oh my gosh, is Rus's 680 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 1: gonna fight this guy in the suite. Now, there was 681 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 1: luckily a son security guard who was in between this 682 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:40,319 Speaker 1: mouthy dude who pretty clearly had the liquid courage going on. 683 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,240 Speaker 1: But this is not the first time this has happened 684 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,880 Speaker 1: with Russ. Do you remember in Philadelphia he had an incident. 685 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 1: I think in Utah somebody poured stuff on him. I 686 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 1: know Russe is hyper, you know, aware of what people 687 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:53,920 Speaker 1: are saying, and they yell at him, and Russ's an 688 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 1: easy target. But Rob, this totally mars the Clippers win. 689 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: Because I'm sorry, but this morning on all the shows, 690 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,279 Speaker 1: people could be talking about Russell Westbrook confronting a fan 691 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: in a suite after the game, as opposed to his 692 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:09,040 Speaker 1: incredible block, his incredible offensive rebounds. I don't like this 693 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:10,640 Speaker 1: for Russ. I don't know how to get to turn 694 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,880 Speaker 1: it off, but this video is troubling. 695 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,759 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, considering Russell Westbrook's history, this really wasn't 696 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 3: that bad. 697 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 2: I mean there's been there's. 698 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,239 Speaker 1: Been fans, dude, No, but there's been. 699 00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 3: Ton of miked up Russell westbrooks with him going back 700 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:27,560 Speaker 3: and forth with the fans, right, yeah, but that's like. 701 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: On the court, the fans are a couple rows in 702 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: or like I've never ever have you ever seen a 703 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 1: player walk into a suite of fans and look like 704 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:35,879 Speaker 1: he's getting ready to fight. 705 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:38,840 Speaker 3: This is not crazy, no, but you know My favorite 706 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:40,839 Speaker 3: part of the video is the kid who's sitting there 707 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,880 Speaker 3: on the chair eating, like eating a pizza or whatever, 708 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,920 Speaker 3: and it's like, that's one thing that I think. It 709 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 3: was Kevin Hard who said in one of his stand 710 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 3: ups the reason why he doesn't like to fight iscause 711 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:51,759 Speaker 3: he has a fear of getting knocked down in front 712 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,080 Speaker 3: of his kid, because then the kid's never gonna respect 713 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,399 Speaker 3: him anymore. Like, can you imagine if Russ actually would 714 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,480 Speaker 3: have threw a punch at this guy and the son 715 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,439 Speaker 3: just sitting there eating the pizza, Like, oh no. 716 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 1: Well, actually, you know, I'm looking closer with the video up, 717 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,640 Speaker 1: it looks like he this is crazy because my son 718 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,000 Speaker 1: would do something like this. He's not picking it up 719 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 1: with his hands if it's pizza, or he's putting his 720 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,160 Speaker 1: mouth on the piper plate. And this isn't like some 721 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,399 Speaker 1: eight year old I'll pop this on the I pop 722 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 1: this on the gram actually, and you guys can see 723 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,160 Speaker 1: it if you haven't seen it. But it's like Russ 724 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: is ready to go, and it's like, where's the rest 725 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:25,439 Speaker 1: of Clipper security team? 726 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's all they have. 727 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:29,760 Speaker 1: One guy. Do you think that one dude is doing anything? 728 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: I mean, Russ. You can say whatever you want. He's 729 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,680 Speaker 1: like six five two fifteen. 730 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,440 Speaker 3: Next they had like six three to ten to fifteen 731 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,839 Speaker 3: rock solid. But when you can see the six pack, 732 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,200 Speaker 3: when you're two hundred and fifteen pounds all muscle at 733 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 3: that height, I mean, it looks a lot bigger than 734 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:49,320 Speaker 3: I think than the regular six three two fifteen that 735 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:50,400 Speaker 3: he's also heated. 736 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,640 Speaker 1: He I don't know, man, I don't like seeing these, dude. 737 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,200 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 738 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports 739 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:03,800 Speaker 2: Radio Dot and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 740 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:08,799 Speaker 2: listen live. The only thing better than sitting on your 741 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 2: couch watching the game. He's making money while you do it. 742 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 2: Here's your best bet. 743 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:21,000 Speaker 1: Let's quickly rob get your best bet tonight. It's weird 744 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: the scheduling sadly only two games. No, I don't know 745 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: what that's about. That's very odd that there would only 746 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,400 Speaker 1: be two games, especially coming off an incredible weekend of 747 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:33,919 Speaker 1: basketball net sixers. Sorry, can't get excited about it. I don't. 748 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:35,759 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna bet that game, probably won't even bet 749 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 1: the series, guys. I just I don't like laying the 750 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,319 Speaker 1: double digits, and I can totally see the Sixers getting 751 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,840 Speaker 1: all cocky because you said they look so good. You know, 752 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,239 Speaker 1: em Bead was okay, but Harden was awesome, And like 753 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,080 Speaker 1: maybe they go in saying, oh shucks, Giannis is hurt, 754 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:54,399 Speaker 1: Oh wow, we might have a shot here, and they 755 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 1: start feeling themselves a little in the nets. Creepy. I'm 756 00:38:56,560 --> 00:39:01,080 Speaker 1: not touching that at double digits, this is interesting. Warriors 757 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:05,440 Speaker 1: at the Kings tip time ten o'clock Eastern, So you 758 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,719 Speaker 1: got to brew a couple of coffee, guys, I am 759 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:13,440 Speaker 1: looking at minus one for Golden State. Are you surprised 760 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,440 Speaker 1: this is a team that had struggled on the road. 761 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,239 Speaker 1: I think everybody and their mom is automatically going to bet, oh, well, 762 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,440 Speaker 1: Warriors are not losing two in a row, and the 763 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: Warriors are currently slight favorites in Sacramento. Rob anything for 764 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:29,560 Speaker 1: you for that game. 765 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,719 Speaker 3: I'm leaning Warriors for exact reason that you said. 766 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: Look, but usually if it seems obvious, well look right it. 767 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,400 Speaker 3: Number part of it is, yes, I don't expect the 768 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,360 Speaker 3: Warriors to fall behind two oh any or two in 769 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,319 Speaker 3: any series. I just don't think that they're that kind 770 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,399 Speaker 3: of a team. The other thing is I think these 771 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 3: teams are a lot closer than the casual public you know, 772 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,000 Speaker 3: thought they were coming into the series. Yeah, right, So 773 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 3: I was always expecting this series to go six or 774 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,480 Speaker 3: seven games before the before it started, I said Warriors 775 00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,640 Speaker 3: and six and even that I wasn't too you know, 776 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,719 Speaker 3: comp it in. I think this is gonna be one 777 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:04,680 Speaker 3: of those series where each team wins on the road 778 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,520 Speaker 3: at least once. So I think this is the game 779 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,600 Speaker 3: that gets it started. I like Golden State. Give me 780 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:11,640 Speaker 3: the minus one for Golden State. 781 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,480 Speaker 1: I forgot. I forgot to point this out. Like things 782 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,799 Speaker 1: like the Warriors. Again, they played a good game. The 783 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,840 Speaker 1: Kings did get thirty two from Malik Monk off the bench. Now, 784 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,759 Speaker 1: our guest last week, remember he said Malik Bunk was 785 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,759 Speaker 1: like the what was it the heartbeat of the team? 786 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,120 Speaker 1: Fourteen or fourteen from the foul line. That's a scary thing. 787 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: If the Kings get a lead and they have Fox 788 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,799 Speaker 1: and Monk going to the foul line, like those guys 789 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:33,360 Speaker 1: are excellent free throw shooters. 790 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 3: Former Laker, that's right, thank you for that. 791 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 1: I had to slide that. And Trey Lyle's hitting four 792 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,000 Speaker 1: to threes off the bench, like, is that gonna happen again? 793 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,240 Speaker 1: So I guess ultimately I have concern for the Warriors, 794 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,440 Speaker 1: but I'm with you. I think you have to bet 795 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:50,960 Speaker 1: the Warriors here favored by one. My guess who's the 796 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,040 Speaker 1: guy for this game that goes off for the Warriors? 797 00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:54,839 Speaker 1: Is this a Curry game? Or do you know that 798 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,560 Speaker 1: that's coming? And so you hug him up and say 799 00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:02,320 Speaker 1: we'll let Devincenzo go ahead, Jordan Poole, I want to 800 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,359 Speaker 1: say Curry game, but I don't think I'm gonna touch 801 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:06,720 Speaker 1: any player. I just don't have a great feel. Folks. 802 00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:10,319 Speaker 1: What was the last time three road teams won on 803 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,520 Speaker 1: a Sunday in Game one? Like one? Maybe two? Oh man, 804 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 1: that's surprising. 805 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:15,680 Speaker 2: Three to row come on. 806 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,719 Speaker 1: So I'm with Rob, g give me the Warriors minus one. 807 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,720 Speaker 1: I'll be rooting and it's tough, Rob, I'm rooting Warriors, 808 00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,319 Speaker 1: but damn these Kings are fun. Dude. 809 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:27,200 Speaker 3: That scene before game one was awesome. I put on Twitter. 810 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,080 Speaker 3: I was like, look, unless you're a Warriors fan, you 811 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 3: better be rooting for Sacramento. They had that place was 812 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 3: filled to the brim on the concourse outside the arena 813 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:39,960 Speaker 3: at least like four or five thousand people hours before 814 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,800 Speaker 3: tip off, and to see the way that they showed 815 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,720 Speaker 3: out like that and how loud it was in that arena, 816 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,600 Speaker 3: that was awesome. I don't know if they'll be able 817 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,719 Speaker 3: to duplicate that here in game two, but that was great. 818 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:54,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. All right, so enjoy tonight's games. We're back tomorrow. 819 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:55,080 Speaker 1: Talk to you then,