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You know, the other day I said we 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:23.040 were gonna try to have a quick show. I don't 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.280 know that I can promise you that today because we 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.160 have so much to do. We have an NFL Draft recap. 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.280 Round one of the NBA playoffs are over. Round two 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:36.440 has already begun. Steph Lebron Part five starts tonight. So 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:40.080 much to get to right now, however, we must get 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:43.759 to what. And by the way, my lovely daughter newly 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:46.880 eighteen year old daughter, Diora Diora, don't leave me hanging. 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:51.200 She's here hosting with me. Appreciate it. She's on the show. 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:53.480 She just had a birthday this weekend. It was wonderful. 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:56.680 It was lovely. Here's what did not make the cut 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:01.279 for today's show. Not on today's show, and Hopkins saying, 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:05.600 who said I want to go? Yeah he did? Uh, DeAndre, 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:07.840 I thought the Chiefs might trade for you. I thought 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.240 someone might trade for you. You definitely thought someone's gonna 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:13.000 trade for you. That's why there were trade rumors. Aaron 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:17.240 Rodgers a Little Madison Square Garden double dip Ranger game, 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:21.040 then a Knicks game, and then Lebron gives some bad 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:24.519 wildlife advice, talking about if you see me fighting a 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.240 grizzly bear, help the bear. That is actually a verse 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:31.720 from a mystical freestyle. I preferred the tweet that he sent, 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:36.760 which was a verse from Kingdom come back in six 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.680 from jay Z. But regardless, we'll get to Lebron in 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:41.840 a bit, But first to you or oh, that's a 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:46.000 look at the sea. That's an unnecessary photoshop with me 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:50.320 helping Lebron with a grizzly bear, give me a break. 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:52.960 That is no way to start the show. We have 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:56.720 too much to do to be distracted by this nonsense. Also, 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:00.320 by the way, speaking of birthdays, as we mentioned yours 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:05.440 eighteenth birthday was this weekend. Our executive producer Matt Ford's 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:09.359 birthday is today, so happy birthday to Matt. Do your 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:10.400 what are we starting with? 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:13.239 So today we're going to start with the Warriors pulled 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:17.639 off the series comeback against the Kings. Curry had fifty 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:21.919 in game seven. Yeh, if only someone, someone on this 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:26.960 show said that you'd regret picking the Kings. It must 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:29.040 be hard for you as a Warriors hater and a 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:32.440 sax Stan. Steph is entering Top ten conversations. But you 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.520 still doubt the Warriors. You gave your flowers to Curry 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:38.680 and also said the Warriors would have won if Fox 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:39.360 stayed healthy. 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:40.680 No, the Kings would have won. 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:43.960 The Kings would have won if Fox stayed healthy. So 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.480 which is it? Are the Warriors lucky? Or is it 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:50.280 time for you to admit that you were wrong about 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:51.440 them again? 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:53.600 Can it be a little of boat? 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:55.440 No, it's a yes or no question. 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:57.920 It's actually not a yes or no question. Is an 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:00.440 either or question. It was it? Was it this? Or 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:03.480 was it that? That is not a yes or no question, ma'am. 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:07.440 It's also a little of both. The Warriors did get lucky. 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:12.320 Darren Fox was thirty two, seven and six on good 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:15.680 efficiency and was taking care of the ball. He then 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:19.800 broke his finger and averaged instead of thirty two a game, 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.440 twenty four a game. The efficiency fell off the map 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:26.440 and the turnovers double. That was a huge factor in 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:30.960 this series, right, So that's where they got lucky. Where 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:40.800 I was wrong is underestimating Steph's ability by himself, with 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:44.839 some help from Kevon Looney, to just carry this team. 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:49.200 And this is where so listen and we'll get to 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:52.720 Lakers Warriors. In a bit, I'm sad for the Kings, 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:55.239 for the King's part of it. Sabonis needed to be better. 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:59.320 I didn't love some of their Game seven rotational decisions, 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:03.839 felt like way too much. Terrence Davis. I felt like 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:09.520 Game six they went small and may and I understand 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:14.159 Terrence Davis was part of that Game seven. It's hard 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.320 to kill them too much because they're up at half, 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:19.040 but obviously that third quarter killed them. They couldn't make 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:22.720 a basket, they couldn't get a rebound, and Steph went incandescent. 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:28.120 Steph Curry Game seven, Yeah, incandescent Steph Curry Game seven. 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:35.480 Most points in NBA history in a Game seven with fifty. Furthermore, 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:43.360 in the last sixty years, there has been one person 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:49.400 to score forty five in a game seven win, and 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:54.000 that was Lebron in twenty eighteen in Round one against 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:58.599 the Pacers. One guy's done it in sixty years. Durant 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:02.120 scored forty eight in the game seve they lost. Dominique 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:05.360 scored forty seven in a Game seven they lost. Lebron 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.640 and o Eight scored forty five in a Game seven 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:11.400 they lost, So only two even forty five point game 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.400 sevens and wins. Step just had one of them. So 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:18.920 that then brings up the top ten stuff. And that's 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:24.040 where it gets tricky because it does feel like there 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:31.039 are twelve guys for ten spots. So my top ten 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:34.160 of the last fifty years, which you can check out 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:37.479 on our YouTube channel, we have individual videos for every 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:41.120 single player. It is absolutely worth your time. It should 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.479 have gotten me an NBA Awards vote, but I'm not 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:44.200 bitter about it. 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:46.839 He's a little bit of My top. 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:56.960 Ten of the last fifty years goes like this. Lebron Kareem, Jordan, Magic, Duncan, Kobe, Bird, 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:02.320 a Cheme, Shack, Steph. That's how it That's how it 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.920 was as of the end of last season. That's ten names. 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:09.680 You then add Wilt and Russell. That's where you get 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:16.880 your twelve. So where does Steph slot in? There? Has 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:24.920 Steph now jumped above Shack and a Keem. I've gotta 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:29.960 it's really hard because Shaq's the most dominant player I've 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:33.320 ever seen at his peak. The Keem's the greatest defensive 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:38.320 player since Russell. So the Steph versus Shaq and a 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:42.040 Keem stuff is tough. But ahead of Shaq and a 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:47.360 keem Are, Bird, Kobe, and Duncan. And this is where 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:54.000 it gets really interesting for Steph because he's won on 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:58.080 the same level of those guys. Duncan five titles, six 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:04.360 finals appearances, Kobe five titles, seven finals appearances, Bird, three titles, 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:12.000 five finals appearances, Steph four titles, six finals appearances. He 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:17.160 is the greatest teammate in modern NBA history, with the 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:21.600 only close competitor being Duncan. He is not the defender 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:28.600 Kobe or Duncan was, but he is arguably the most 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:34.080 potent offensive weapon in the history of the sport. So 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:40.240 how do you measure that out? The issue for Steph 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:44.600 when it comes to jumping those guys is a body 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:49.160 of work problem. And by that I mean, and I'll 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:51.960 be quick on this, but it is worth noting how 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:58.680 many truly great seasons do each of them have, so 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:02.520 Steph Curry And again, you can check this out in 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.800 the video series. And keep in mind the video series 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:09.800 was done before he won last year's title, or it 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:11.959 might have been done right when he won last year's title. 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:16.640 I don't remember, but it doesn't matter. It was being 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.040 done while he was in route to winning the title. 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:29.360 Great seasons Steph has four first Team All NBAS, two MVPs, 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:34.320 four total top five MVP finishes. So as far as 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.960 this guy might be the best player in the league, 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:40.680 he's unquestionably one of the five best players in the league. 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.680 He has four years like that, four first team All NBAS, 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:50.120 four top five MVP finishes. That's where it gets really 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:57.880 hard for him against Bird, Kobe and Duncan. Bird nine 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:04.839 first team All MVP, nine top five MVP finishes and 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:11.600 three overall MVPs, Kobe eleven first team all in All NBAS, 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:18.800 eleven top five MVP finishes, one overall MVP, Duncan ten 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:25.760 first team All NBAS, nine top five MVP finishes with 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:29.720 two wins. And it's also I know people were doing 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:34.320 the is he better than Magic argument? I'm not ready 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:37.920 for that. I don't think that's right. Magic had twelve 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:44.160 seasons pre HIV twelve seasons. In those twelve seasons, nine 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:49.280 of them he was first Team All NBA. Nine of 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:55.600 them he was Top three MVP. Nine of them he 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.480 went to the NBA Finals and won five titles. So 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:03.560 we can't leaping him over Magic. Now. If he wins 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:05.199 the title this year, it's different. Go ahead to your 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:07.800 nothing you wanted to say something, I'm. 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:09.160 Just gonna say, like, how do we get here? 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:12.280 Like because the question was about him being top ten 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:16.959 all time? And so we Here's the problem with people. 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:21.320 When people do top tens, they include fifteen people in it. 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:25.280 If you're gonna accurately and adequately do a top ten, 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:31.520 you've got to say who's in and who's out. Now, 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.319 if you want to say Steph has now done enough 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:39.920 to jump above Shack and a keem, I'll listen to it. 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.840 Has he done enough yet to jump ahead of Bird 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:51.080 who would be next in line? I'm not quite there 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:55.440 yet because he doesn't have the full body of work, 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:59.000 but I think he will get there, and him versus 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.880 Kobe and versus Duncan will be very interesting. Him versus 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:07.320 Wilt is always gonna be tough because Wilt did not 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:10.000 have the winning Wilt was not a great teammate, but 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:15.239 Wilt was as individually dominant as any player in league history. Obviously, 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:16.920 All right, what's the follow up here to you? 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.320 How bright do you think the Kings feature is? 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:25.880 I think it's really good, really bright, But I'm not 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:30.120 ready to say this definitively alright in pencil not pen 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:35.160 They might have a what are you laughing about that, 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.280 I'm a wordsmith that I'm painting a picture of my 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:41.400 words writing in pencil not pain Yeah, there you go exactly. 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:43.880 I don't know if that would quite be a metaphor. 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:44.840 No, it's definitely a meph. 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:50.080 I'm not sure about that. Here's the thing for the Kings, 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:51.959 and this is what I'll write in pencil, not pin 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:55.240 So Bonus might not be a playoff player and that 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:58.720 would be a killer for him. Fox is monk is. 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.760 I thought Keegan Murray acquitted himself very well after the 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:08.880 beginning of that series. But I'm not sure that sis 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.440 could be a it's two, it's just seven games, but 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:14.360 Sabonis was a problem for them all. 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:17.640 Right, next, now we are set up for an all 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:22.280 for an all time round two series Lakers Warriors Lebron 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:26.719 the Steph Steph is fifteen and seven and Lebron is in. 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.080 The playoffs versus Lebron in the playoffs. 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:32.319 Versus Lebron in the playoffs. Y yikes, but. 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:36.040 Saying yikes about that stat or yikes about you messing 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:41.520 up the read I'm not sure. Go ahead, sorry, go ahead, 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:47.080 go ahead? Sorry? As you were if I. 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:51.200 See where I am. Okay, sorry sorry, If Lebron loses 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.280 to Steph again, how can you say that this guy 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:56.240 is the goat and he's not even the greatest of 0:13:56.320 --> 0:14:00.360 his era. How badly does Lebron need this win for 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:01.000 his legacy? 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:05.240 Lebron does not need this at all. And this is 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:07.720 where and I just gave a love letter to Steph, 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.080 but this is where I will not engage. I will 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:15.840 not engage in a is Steph greater than Lebron argument? 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:19.240 There is no basis for it, just none. Forget the 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.800 body of work stuff that I just laid out. Where again, 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.440 where I said Steph had four top five MVP finishes 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:31.000 and four first team All NBAS and Lebron just for 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:35.480 the record, where he's at on there he has thirteen 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:41.040 first team All NBAS and fourteen top five MVP finishes. Okay, 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:44.400 so forget that part of it. And as far as 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.760 oh what if Steph has a winning record against him 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:50.760 in the playoffs, Check Michael Jordan's record in the playoffs 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:54.560 against Larry Bird spoiler alert, it's oh to six. Check 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:58.520 his record against Isaiah Thomas in the playoffs. Check shacks 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:02.320 record against Carl alone in the playoffs, it's one to eight. 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:10.280 Here is what actually is on the line in this 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:14.480 series now, if either one of them win a championship, 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.800 it has massive legacy implications for them both. Lebron wins 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:22.000 a championship in year twenty, and it is no longer 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:25.680 debatable who the greatest player of all time is. Steph 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.800 wins a championship in year twenty, and I do think 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:32.200 he probably he's not in your twenty Pardon me, but 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:36.560 at age thirty five, that ends the Steph versus Larry 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:41.200 Bird discussion and makes the step versus Kobe and discussions 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:45.000 really really interesting versus Kobe and Duncan discussions. Pardon me, 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:49.440 but here's what Steph has an opportunity to do that 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:53.320 he's never done, and he should do it because of 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.680 where they both are in their career. And I understand 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:59.960 Lebron's thirty eight steps thirty five, so it doesn't say 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:05.400 that different. But here's the reality of Lebron has played 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:12.360 playoffs in regular season combined sixty five thousand minutes. Only 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:17.240 Kareem has played more. For some context on that, Steph 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:24.200 has played thirty five thousand minutes. Damian Lillard has played 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:28.840 thirty thousand minutes, so all of the minutes on the 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:33.120 court in Dame's career playoffs in regular season. Add that 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.960 to Steph's career playoffs and regular season, and you have 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:46.240 Lebron's career. So here is the opportunity that Steph has 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:50.440 this series, win or lose. And this is why I 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:55.360 don't care that much about the overall record. He has 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:58.040 played Lebron in the playoff series four times and a 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:04.720 play in once. He has never once outplayed never once. 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:12.720 The twenty fifteen finals, Lebron was thirty six thirteen and nine, 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:17.879 Steph was twenty six five and six, and Lebron was 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:21.120 so dominant in that thirty six thirteen and nine they 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:25.000 gave Finals MVP to a guy who evered sixteen points 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:28.680 because he held Lebron to thirty six, thirteen and nine. 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:35.320 The twenty sixteen finals, Lebron was thirty eleven and nine 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:41.080 and Steph was twenty two, five and four. The twenty 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:50.200 seventeen finals, Lebron was thirty four twelve and ten and 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:55.320 Steph was twenty seven eight and nine. And the twenty 0:17:55.359 --> 0:18:02.840 eighteen finals, Lebron was thirty four nine ten and Steph 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:08.160 was twenty eight, six, and seven. There has never been 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:15.840 a single finals that Steph out played Lebron, not one. 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:20.240 So I understand he has the winning record because for 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:24.439 he's fifteen and seven for eight of those wins, and 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:28.880 only one of those losses he had Durant with him 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:35.240 in twenty fifteen. It was Lebron, Moscow and Della Vedova. 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.840 They had healthy, evenly matched teams once in twenty sixteen 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:41.479 and that led to one of the greatest finals ever 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:43.159 and Lebron having the greatest three game shut in the 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:47.359 history of the sport. So it will be good talk 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:55.080 show fodder. It is also utter nonsense if we had 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:58.399 and again that is not disrespectful to Steph. It is 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:01.639 just an accurate reading of the situation. 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:06.360 Next, okay, so you know look away demons. 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:09.040 But you think Demanse by the way, is watching no 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:13.320 chance watch. I disagree with you. I think he's watching it. 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:17.880 I don't think he's watching it live. Oh he's there, Demo. 0:19:20.480 --> 0:19:24.600 Look at this. Whoa wow, he's in studio. 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:33.160 Oh I am indeed watching bro the throw shade there 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:34.840 I'm watching. 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:37.520 Is this your first time, screw you? 0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:39.960 But yes, this is my first time being in the office. 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:42.600 It's not my first time watching it live, though. 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:44.199 It's not. 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:46.720 I also also sent you a little bit of money 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:47.719 for your birthday yesterday. 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:48.280 Did you get it? 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:51.800 I did get it, all right. 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:53.959 I just wanted to make sure that I didn't get 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:55.440 a message or anything. 0:19:55.160 --> 0:19:57.000 You know, But I love you. Guys. 0:19:57.920 --> 0:19:59.919 Supposed to play Fortnite last night. 0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:03.399 This didn't text me for that either. 0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:09.400 Okay, all right, hold on sibling rivalry notwithstanding diora if 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:13.000 you could read this question, because then I do actually 0:20:13.040 --> 0:20:15.880 want to talk to Demand for a moment about this series, 0:20:16.359 --> 0:20:18.600 just because this is his team. But go ahead. 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:21.400 Okay. So the seventy six Ers won Game one last 0:20:21.440 --> 0:20:24.879 night and the Celtics behind James Harden's forty five. The 0:20:24.960 --> 0:20:28.600 scariest part is Embiid didn't even play. What does Demonse 0:20:28.760 --> 0:20:29.520 have to say about it? 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:31.520 Well, we can ask him directly, but I also think 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:33.960 we have a tweet of his that we can show 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:38.440 Demanse we not worried about it, is all I'm gonna say, 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:43.640 laughing emoji, laughing to hide his tears and fear emoji. 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:47.879 So what's the question here, Scoot? 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:52.760 Everyone is going to overreact to this Celtics loss. 0:20:52.840 --> 0:20:56.960 Are you all right, So before I answer, because and 0:20:57.040 --> 0:20:59.119 you guys can then cut my mic for a moment, 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:01.399 because I know there's to be some audio weirdness with 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:05.680 demanse answering. Demonse are resident Celtics fan, give us your 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:08.960 take on this game and that series in the series. 0:21:10.400 --> 0:21:13.760 Hey man, I just don't think that what the Sixers 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:16.879 did and what James Harden did yesterday is sustainable. The 0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:18.639 Celtics is gonna pick it back up. You know, we 0:21:18.680 --> 0:21:21.560 always tend to get sloppy. I'm not worried about it 0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:24.199 one hundred percent. Think that you should fear what's going 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:27.639 to happen next to the Lakers a lot more than me. 0:21:29.440 --> 0:21:31.720 I'm feeling good about it. I'm not worried about it 0:21:31.800 --> 0:21:33.520 at all. 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:38.080 Okay, here's why I do think, And let's turn off 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:40.720 Demonse's mic for a moment just so the audio works better. 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:46.200 I do think there is reason for concern for Boston 0:21:46.240 --> 0:21:54.920 in this regard. Boston has not looked like the championship 0:21:55.080 --> 0:22:01.000 favorite that they allegedly are since the first game of 0:22:01.040 --> 0:22:06.280 the postseason. The first game of the playoffs they blew 0:22:06.320 --> 0:22:09.399 out Atlanta. It looked like that series was going to 0:22:09.400 --> 0:22:13.400 be a laugher. The second game of the playoffs, they 0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:16.560 beat Atlanta. It was maybe a little closer than you'd wanted, 0:22:16.880 --> 0:22:18.720 but it was fine. It looked like the series is 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:21.679 gonna be a laugher. They then lose to Atlanta in 0:22:21.760 --> 0:22:26.919 Game three, lose to Atlanta at home in Game five, 0:22:28.200 --> 0:22:33.720 and then need a furious fourth quarter comeback to beat 0:22:33.760 --> 0:22:39.080 Atlanta in Game six. You then play Philly with no 0:22:39.359 --> 0:22:45.919 embeid Harden, fresh off of Vegas trip. He drops forty 0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:50.960 five on you, and some really an odd game from 0:22:51.040 --> 0:22:55.440 Jalen Brown and some odd postgame comments from Jalen Brown. 0:22:56.480 --> 0:23:00.840 Jalen Brown was six of seven in the first quarter 0:23:00.920 --> 0:23:06.480 of that game, finished the game eight of ten, so 0:23:06.720 --> 0:23:12.560 after the first quarter he took three shots the rest 0:23:12.600 --> 0:23:14.960 of the game. He's asked about the end of the 0:23:15.000 --> 0:23:18.679 game when he was trying to push in transition and 0:23:18.720 --> 0:23:20.879 then didn't and he when they ended up getting a 0:23:20.880 --> 0:23:25.040 shot like violation on the play, and he says, uh, yeah, 0:23:25.040 --> 0:23:26.959 I was trying to run, but no one was running 0:23:26.960 --> 0:23:33.160 with me. He also has this very odd hand cut 0:23:33.200 --> 0:23:36.680 on his hand that he said he got from picking 0:23:36.760 --> 0:23:42.400 up a vase. Okay, his like the Jalen Brown thing. 0:23:42.520 --> 0:23:48.080 Is something to monitor and be at least semi concerned about. Furthermore, 0:23:48.200 --> 0:23:52.080 there's another one to your further the Celtics lost a 0:23:52.240 --> 0:23:58.680 game where they scored thirty eight points on eighty five 0:23:58.880 --> 0:24:05.320 percent shooting in the first quarter. I've never seen a 0:24:05.359 --> 0:24:07.960 team shoot eighty five percent in a quarter ever. I'm 0:24:08.000 --> 0:24:10.359 sure it's been done. I don't remember ever seeing it. 0:24:11.400 --> 0:24:15.840 And this is why not taking care of business and 0:24:15.880 --> 0:24:20.480 playing with your food, or as Doc Rivers unfortunately called it, 0:24:20.920 --> 0:24:23.440 not taking care of business and playing with your meat, 0:24:24.600 --> 0:24:30.080 can come back to bite you. The Celtics, had they 0:24:30.320 --> 0:24:36.440 won Game five against Atlanta, this series against Philly would 0:24:36.480 --> 0:24:42.080 have started on Saturday. EMBIID would have missed that game. 0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:45.280 Clearly was not going to be ready for Game two, 0:24:45.359 --> 0:24:49.520 which was going to be today yesterday, and maybe miss 0:24:49.600 --> 0:24:55.399 game three. Now you go longer with Atlanta, you lose 0:24:55.520 --> 0:24:58.720 game one. Now EMBIID doesn't even have to come back 0:24:58.760 --> 0:25:02.320 for Game two, and Philly has already stolen home court. 0:25:04.040 --> 0:25:08.119 So I'd love to get more from Demons on this, 0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:10.240 but it does seem like it's The audio is not 0:25:10.359 --> 0:25:14.800 great when we go back and forth with him using 0:25:14.800 --> 0:25:17.159 the producer mic Hey. But I will say this. The 0:25:17.200 --> 0:25:22.240 other thing, someone should tell Demonse's guy, Robert Williams time 0:25:22.320 --> 0:25:26.879 Lord that the playoffs are here, because he's supposed to 0:25:26.920 --> 0:25:30.439 be their X factor and the guy's getting twenty minutes 0:25:30.440 --> 0:25:34.840 a game and is yet to have I think he's 0:25:34.840 --> 0:25:40.520 had one super high impact game, so I think there 0:25:40.520 --> 0:25:44.680 are a lot of warning signs for Boston. Conversely, Philly 0:25:46.320 --> 0:25:51.160 at some point has to get some respect considering they're 0:25:51.359 --> 0:25:57.280 undefeated in the postseason despite Embiid only playing two games 0:25:57.320 --> 0:26:01.840 fully healthy and three games at all, and they're five 0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:07.240 and zero, and right now, if you remember, you know 0:26:07.840 --> 0:26:12.560 my pick was Lakers Sixers. The two teams with the 0:26:12.600 --> 0:26:16.280 best record since the All Star Break across the entire 0:26:16.400 --> 0:26:21.680 NBA are the Lakers and the Sixers. And shout out 0:26:21.720 --> 0:26:25.080 to Harden. Playoffs have been a bugaboo for him his 0:26:25.240 --> 0:26:31.719 entire career, and not only forty five, but a step back, 0:26:33.040 --> 0:26:37.600 go ahead three in the final twenty seconds. There's this 0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:40.120 big time in the final thirty seconds that was as 0:26:40.119 --> 0:26:43.320 big time as it gets. Now, do I think Philly's 0:26:43.359 --> 0:26:46.120 a lock for the series. I don't because I don't 0:26:46.160 --> 0:26:50.760 know the health of him Bid, But the idea Philly 0:26:50.880 --> 0:26:56.720 was a ten point dog yesterday Boston losing that game. 0:26:57.800 --> 0:27:00.760 It really is a disaster for him. All right, last 0:27:00.800 --> 0:27:02.520 one of the first segment, you are. 0:27:02.760 --> 0:27:05.520 Despite poor shooting all around, Denver took a two to 0:27:05.600 --> 0:27:10.800 zero lead on the Suns. Yep, Jokics, Sorry, yeah, you 0:27:10.840 --> 0:27:13.680 got it. Jokics looked like the best player in the world, 0:27:13.720 --> 0:27:16.280 while Katie couldn't even buy a three. Yeah, you picked 0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:18.400 the Nuggets in this series. Are you worried at all 0:27:18.480 --> 0:27:20.879 that this is King's Warriors two point zero? 0:27:21.119 --> 0:27:25.920 No? I I think Phoenix is in real trouble. I've 0:27:25.960 --> 0:27:28.480 been saying that. I said it when they were beating 0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:33.800 the Clippers. They do not have a bench, and yesterday 0:27:34.440 --> 0:27:40.600