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Speaker 1: Podcast listeners. This is for you. Welcome to no dunks

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Speaker 1: here in the Classic Factory. I'm Testmo's with me. It's

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Speaker 1: the men in the Middle, Trick Kirby al A yes,

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Speaker 1: and the man making the magic Havin who had a

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Speaker 1: good AO right there. It's jd Well.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much. You're been working on it all week.

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Speaker 1: I'm mestering it. I was watching basketball all weekend.

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Speaker 2: Hey, I was watching basketball all weekend.

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Speaker 1: Same, same, same, mostly NBA. But that's just a segue

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Speaker 1: to the NC Double A and our bracket where we're

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Speaker 1: ranked fifth. Surprisingly because we had Yukon really fifth, we're

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Speaker 1: also ninth, you know, yeah, I saw it his ninth.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Unfortunately we only had our best we can do

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Speaker 2: is second, huh, because I think Adam Patterson is a

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Speaker 2: little bit ahead of us. He's maybe tied for third

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Speaker 2: or fourth something like that. Also has Michigan over Yukon

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Speaker 2: in the finals, so we can't catch Adam. So still

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Speaker 2: this is we're trending towards our best finish ever.

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Speaker 1: Right, big reason why is because we had Yukon so high.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely be beating Duke. This one's on Doug Miller. Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: We said if Doug doesn't have a beard. We're taking

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Speaker 2: Duke to lose. At some point, Hm called them up

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Speaker 2: clean shaven, says he wants to feel clean, wants to

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Speaker 2: feel fresh. Understandable, Skeets was hesitating. He was like, oh man,

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Speaker 2: we got Doug on the phone right away. Maybe we

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Speaker 2: should put Duke through. But we stuck to our guns

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Speaker 2: and we took Yukon and Duke just with an all

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Speaker 2: time panic mode moment there. I don't know what was

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Speaker 2: going on. Boozer catches the ball like down in the

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Speaker 2: bottom right corner. There's under ten seconds left. Couldn't they

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Speaker 2: just held the ball waited to get fouled. They were

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Speaker 2: up one, so Yukon's got to do something to get

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Speaker 2: the ball back. Instead, Duke just throws a bunch of classes,

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Speaker 2: including a guy other Boozer jumping and throwing in like

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Speaker 2: a one hand baseball pass into two defenders.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you guys shot hands hands hand, there's gonna be

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Speaker 1: hands there, you know what.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that was it was a crazy move. It looked

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Speaker 2: like they could have just stayed there. Hey, foul us,

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Speaker 2: foul us, foul us. I know they want to get

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Speaker 2: the ball across half court, but still wild play from

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Speaker 2: Duke and then an amazing shot by Mullins from Yukon

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Speaker 2: that was a deep, deep bomb to send them through

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Speaker 2: to the Final four. Crazy stuff.

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Speaker 1: Braylon Mullins. Braylan Mullins no relation to Byron Mullins, former

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Speaker 1: NBA player at all. But I guess the only thing,

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Speaker 1: the only question I have is they're trying to advance it.

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Speaker 1: Is there an eight second rule in college?

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Speaker 2: Ten seconds in college?

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Speaker 1: Okay? So I guess they could have called it with

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Speaker 1: like zero point one left because there was wasn't there like.

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Speaker 2: Ten point one? It seems exactly I think they I

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Speaker 2: think what they should have done was nothing, just turtle up. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, and I think Alex care Band, who made

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Speaker 1: He could have forced it. It was literally like two seconds Laterally,

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Speaker 1: he could have just let that thing rip. He's a

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Speaker 1: good shooter, but there was somebody in front of him,

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Speaker 1: so just real calm to make that pass. But we've

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Speaker 1: got Yukon to go all the way. So now we

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Speaker 1: have Michigan to go all the way. What we have

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Speaker 1: Michigan to win it?

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Speaker 2: Man? Oh, we've got Yukon in the finals, the finals. Okay, yeah,

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Speaker 2: and don't worry. Michigan's gonna win. They look incredible. They

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Speaker 2: dominated yesterday. They had the easiest matchup for sure.

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Speaker 1: This thing, this bracket is confusing me.

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Speaker 2: Here No, it's not man on the left. It says

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Speaker 2: Yukon versus Illinois, Yukon going into the finals. Yeah, right,

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Speaker 2: we've got Arizona versus Michigan. Michigan going into the finals.

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Speaker 2: We picked No, I know, but we're ranked ninth.

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Speaker 1: But also Skeets was in the slack today he said,

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Very odd?

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Speaker 1: three of the final four right now. We're cooking great

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Speaker 1: ending to that game for non Duke fans, Yes, y, yes, indeed, yes,

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Speaker 1: We got the winners and losers, as we always do

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Speaker 1: on my I do Trey get us started here.

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Speaker 2: I got the Cavs as a winner because they're pretty healthy.

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Speaker 2: because it's just a good time to get us some

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Speaker 2: rest in before the playoffs. But the Big four all

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Speaker 2: together for Mitchell, Hardin, Mobley, and Allen since the trade deadline,

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Speaker 2: can't actually see what they've got going forward. But this

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Speaker 2: Harden's a great setup man. But there was a lot

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Speaker 2: But I'm wondering you think they're gonna want to stay

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Speaker 2: the conference finals. I think the four seed is preferable

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Speaker 1: I think so, yeah, when you're looking at it in

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Speaker 1: terms of the first round for sure. Yeah, the old

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Speaker 1: been absolutely cooking. That being said, I do find the

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Speaker 1: The two reasons.

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Speaker 2: Two reasons is first, as they're playing the Jazz.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but still you want these four guys who haven't

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Speaker 2: Sure, I think that I understand wanting them to get

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Speaker 2: Maybe they should do like a minutes limit sort of thing.

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Speaker 2: I've played these guys twenty four minutes. But also, losses

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Speaker 2: aren't bad for the Calves. They've got eighty percent chance

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Speaker 2: according to Basketball Reference, of finishing at four to twenty

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Speaker 2: so you can kind of toss those ones out. Certainly,

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Speaker 2: saying second round matchup, I think you would rather play

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Speaker 2: because of an experience factor. But yeah, I wouldn't be

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Speaker 1: Yeah, watching them, they looked fantastic before them, I couldn't

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Speaker 1: during the postgame interview, like he's Luga Dancic going to

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Speaker 1: attention because it is on Harden. It is mobili and

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Speaker 1: So yeah, perfect chemistry right now. And so I guess

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Speaker 1: it makes sense you just sit against the Jazz because

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Speaker 1: have a fantastic offense. Obviously it showed this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they look good, and we talked about them a

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Speaker 2: ton right after the trade deadline. They added Harden, look

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Speaker 2: like they could be a favorite in the Eastern Conference.

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Speaker 2: Then you know, Caid goes down the Celtics get Jason

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Speaker 2: going out with injuries, and it felt like we didn't

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Speaker 2: talk about the Calves hardly at all, just waiting for

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Speaker 2: good Max Struce looks, headband or not physically right, Yeah physically,

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Speaker 2: but yeah, to get him back. I think the Calves,

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Speaker 1: absolutely taking him to the rock. He went by him.

429
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Speaker 1: He had some nice duckins where if Konk Nipple was

430
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Speaker 1: on him, all right, I'm literally shooting over you. Or

431
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Speaker 1: the passes. Sometimes he had Brandon Miller on him, couldn't

432
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Speaker 1: get by him. But the great Jason Tatum is able

433
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Speaker 1: to find wherever a guy is to score. So Brandon

434
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Speaker 1: Miller took him out of the play. Peyton Richard beautiful

435
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,800
Speaker 1: cut Tomashkeda in a pick and roll, and that's where

436
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,480
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum rolls is perfected because he is so good

437
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Speaker 1: at those assists. He had eight assists yesterday, season high

438
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Speaker 1: to go along with the thirty two points, a season high,

439
00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 1: five threes a season high, and that's where he's going

440
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Speaker 1: to operate from, whether it's beyond the three point line,

441
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Speaker 1: whether it's making his way into the lane for beautiful passes,

442
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,719
Speaker 1: He's just perfected it. So that's eleven games here into

443
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Speaker 1: his season, looking very very good most of the time

444
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Speaker 1: and looking like a guy who could be Jalen Brown's

445
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Speaker 1: number two. That has to be that way because Jalen

446
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Speaker 1: Brown is excelling in that role. I'm not I'm not

447
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,040
Speaker 1: worried about Jaylen Brown sitting out a couple of games.

448
00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,399
Speaker 1: It was just sort of a knee discomfort thing that

449
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,520
Speaker 1: he just chilled out for, it seems like. But it

450
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,439
Speaker 1: also allows Jayson Tatum to get back to who he

451
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Speaker 1: was so looking like that championship Jason Tatum.

452
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Speaker 2: I thought, yeah, he looked like Jason Tatum. He you know,

453
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Speaker 2: pick and roll every single time, down, hunt the mismatch,

454
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Speaker 2: and exploit the mismatch. Sometimes it's in the post, like

455
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Speaker 2: you're saying. A bunch of his assists were also on

456
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Speaker 2: like baseline out of bounds plays then cooked up by

457
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 2: Joe missoula easy dish underneath. But he was good. This

458
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,400
Speaker 2: is a great win for the Celtics to be able

459
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Speaker 2: to beat a hot Hornets team in Charlotte without two

460
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Speaker 2: of your top guys in white and brown, two of

461
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Speaker 2: your favorite colors in white and brown as well. But yeah,

462
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Speaker 2: I mean you can just slot Jason Tatum and guess what,

463
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Speaker 2: you get to be the number one today. Peyton Pritchard,

464
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Speaker 2: you're back in the starting lineup. You get to be

465
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Speaker 2: the number two today. Twenty eight points from him, thirty

466
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Speaker 2: two from Tatum. If they get this level of Tatum,

467
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Speaker 2: I'm not saying thirty two and eight every night, but

468
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Speaker 2: like the level that he's been playing at. As long

469
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Speaker 2: as they're able to stay away from the things that

470
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,399
Speaker 2: have always been a problem for the Celtics when they

471
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Speaker 2: look their worst during the Tatum and Brown era, it's

472
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Speaker 2: been disjointed offense, taking turns, your turn, my turn, getting

473
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Speaker 2: too much into one on ones, too much settling for threes.

474
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Speaker 2: But I think that the level that Tatum is playing

475
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Speaker 2: at since his return is good enough for me to

476
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Speaker 2: look at the Celtics and be like, this is probably

477
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Speaker 2: the team to beat in the Eastern Conference, just because

478
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Speaker 2: they've got such a long track record, they've got the

479
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Speaker 2: continuity together. The team has definitely changed over the years,

480
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Speaker 2: especially this year with Porzingis, Leavin, Drew Holliday, Leven Luke

481
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Speaker 2: Cornett being gone. They lost significant parts of their top seven.

482
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,400
Speaker 2: Horford's gone as well. They haven't missed a step because

483
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Speaker 2: they've got Jason Tatum now back with Jalen Brown. Assuming

484
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Speaker 2: these two guys are healthy, I think they're gonna get

485
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Speaker 2: enough from Tatum this year that like he's going to

486
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Speaker 2: be an influential player in the postseason. Like prior to

487
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Speaker 2: his return, it was always like, oh, if they get

488
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Speaker 2: eighty percent of Jason Tatum, they're gonna be tough. And

489
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Speaker 2: I feel like they're getting I don't know, ninety percent

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Speaker 2: of Jason Tatum so far. He's getting better. It looks

491
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Speaker 2: like he was getting downhill in this he was trying

492
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Speaker 2: to jump off of his bad legs. Some of his

493
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Speaker 2: more awkward takes I thought were that way. And I

494
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Speaker 2: also thought he was kind of stretching himself a little bit.

495
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Speaker 2: He started this game ten for seventeen, then in the

496
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Speaker 2: fourth quarter went two for six, and it just felt

497
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,960
Speaker 2: like to me, he was like, how much gas do

498
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Speaker 2: I actually have? Yeah, trying to empty the tank and

499
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Speaker 2: see how deep he can go because the games are

500
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Speaker 2: gonna get harder in the playoffs, but Tatum has looked

501
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,919
Speaker 2: pretty solid at the three pointer comes around like it

502
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Speaker 2: did against the Hornets. Scary stuff.

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Speaker 1: It is true. It is what Michael Jordan said in

504
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Speaker 1: that interview earlier on the NBA Brought NBC Broadcasts with

505
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Speaker 1: Mike Turico that people have to play together and there's

506
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Speaker 1: load management just doesn't work, and Jason Tatum has to

507
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Speaker 1: play more to get to his peak. And you saw

508
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Speaker 1: it on Friday night. The first three quarters were not

509
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Speaker 1: good for Jason Tatum, and the fourth quarter he peaked.

510
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,960
Speaker 1: It's important and so yeah, I said that Jalen Brown

511
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Speaker 1: is the number one guy on that team, even though

512
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Speaker 1: he definitely wasn't even in the championship run. And that's

513
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Speaker 1: why there's people here in our stream team like Big

514
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,000
Speaker 1: Mayo XM saying, oh, no, Jayson Tatam is the number one.

515
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Speaker 1: Don't ever call him number two. This season is different.

516
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Speaker 1: I think that's very apparent. Although I don't know what's

517
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Speaker 1: going on with YouTube. We literally have more likes on

518
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Speaker 1: this live stream that we do people watching something going on.

519
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Speaker 2: You don't have to call out the audience numbers. Man.

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Speaker 1: Jeez, oh, I know I don't just look bad. No,

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Speaker 1: I didn't say number. I didn't say number. I said

522
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Speaker 1: more likes than Listen. Things are weird. You said that

523
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Speaker 1: we could see our championship for the NCAA. I didn't

524
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Speaker 1: see it. I mean, things are just weird. But anyway,

525
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Speaker 1: Jason Tatum is just doesn't have to be it's all

526
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Speaker 1: me for four quarters. He doesn't have to be got.

527
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Speaker 1: They have too many options, but again, the assists there,

528
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,880
Speaker 1: whether or not they're on inbounds or not, plus splashing

529
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Speaker 1: threes obviously looking really, really, really good. I can understand why,

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Speaker 1: even though we're going to talk about the Pistons, people

531
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Speaker 1: will be picking the Boston Celtics as the team coming

532
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Speaker 1: out of the Eastern Conference. Oh yeah, moving on here,

533
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Speaker 1: what you got for another winner?

534
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Speaker 2: The Indiana Pacers. Yeah, when was the last time they

535
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Speaker 2: were a winner of the weekend. It might be the

536
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Speaker 2: first time this entire season. Could be definitely possible. They

537
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Speaker 2: actually got to win on Sunday, blew out the Miami Heat.

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Speaker 2: That's bad for Indiana. Unfortunately, they're tied with Washington at

539
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 2: seventeen wins for few in the NBA. Brooklyn has eighteen wins,

540
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 2: and then Sacramento in fourth place in the Tankathon standings

541
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Speaker 2: nineteen wins. Indiana, though, wants to stay in the bottom

542
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Speaker 2: three because then they get a fifty two percent chance

543
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Speaker 2: at keeping the pick in the top four versus only

544
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Speaker 2: a forty eight percent chance if they finish in the

545
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Speaker 2: fourth slot lottery odds. All because of the Zubats trade,

546
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 2: they got to finish in the top four. So unfortunately,

547
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,680
Speaker 2: a bad win for the Pacers on Sunday. I'm giving

548
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Speaker 2: them a winner though, for figuring out an ingenious way

549
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,359
Speaker 2: to lose on Friday against the Clippers. Twenty four point

550
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 2: lead for the Pacers in the second quarter, gave it

551
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,239
Speaker 2: back like that. Yeah, then we played basically a back

552
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 2: and forth normal style basketball game in the second half

553
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,439
Speaker 2: came down to the final few possessions. Kawhi Leonard hit

554
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Speaker 2: a jumper to cut Indiana's lead to three. Then Ben

555
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Speaker 2: Sheppard misses a three pointer, files Darius Garland makes a

556
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 2: couple of free throws. Now it's a one point game.

557
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 2: Siakam misses a jumper, Clippers get it back. Set Kawhi

558
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,880
Speaker 2: up for a game winner. Simple sideline out of bounds play,

559
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:02,880
Speaker 2: get him the ball on the left block. He gets

560
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,919
Speaker 2: to a leaner, takes the lead with point four seconds left.

561
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 2: Then more happen in these point four seconds than you

562
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Speaker 2: can possibly imagine. First, Hard Dog tries to put the

563
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,359
Speaker 2: ball on the rim for the Jade Treano tip. You

564
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,560
Speaker 2: throw the ball over the rim. There's no offensive goaltending

565
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 2: on an out of bounds play. You can basically touch

566
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Speaker 2: the ball in the cylinder. We saw him do this

567
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Speaker 2: with Tyson. Chandler is not the guy who caught the

568
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Speaker 2: alley oop. I don't know who it was. It was

569
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Speaker 2: on the suns a million years ago. It was a

570
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,399
Speaker 2: cool rule lophole where you're like, WHOA, just throw a

571
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,119
Speaker 2: lob to the hoop. Unfortunately for hard Dog, he banked

572
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Speaker 2: in the three banked in the out of bounds pass,

573
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Speaker 2: which is a turnover, so Clippers get the ball back.

574
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Speaker 2: Indiana fils Ben Mathren immediately on the inbounds, almost before

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Speaker 2: the ball was inbounded. But they take a look at

576
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Speaker 2: the review. They say, all good, Ben Mathren, you're going

577
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Speaker 2: to the free throw line. Make two. This game is over.

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Speaker 2: He misses both, so the Pacers have another chance. I

579
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Speaker 2: think they have point one seconds left on the clock,

580
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 2: trying for the tree on a tip again, this one

581
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 2: works better. They at least get a shot and Jay

582
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Speaker 2: Huff gets fouled, goes to the line one free throw

583
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Speaker 2: to win or one free throw to tie, to to lose,

584
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Speaker 2: and he misses them both. Just a clutch loss for

585
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Speaker 2: the Pacers because they have the exact opposite incentives that

586
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Speaker 2: the Clippers have. The Clippers want the Pacers to win

587
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 2: some games so that the Clippers chance at getting a

588
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 2: five through nine pick is better the Pacers. It's better

589
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 2: for them to lose, and they came through when it mattered.

590
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 2: That was crazy. That was a crazy last one second

591
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Speaker 2: of basketball.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that Jay Huff drying a foul which was not

593
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Speaker 1: a foul. He flopped on that one. AfOR sure was

594
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Speaker 1: a real ball, don't lie with him going to the

595
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Speaker 1: free throw line to miss both and it ended up

596
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Speaker 1: being a Kawhi Leonard game winner, which awesome for him

597
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Speaker 1: as he continues to roll. I know people have brought

598
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Speaker 1: him up in the conversations. Is this an MVP type

599
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: of Kawhi season? You could argue that for sure. You

600
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: could also argue that it's almost been his his healthiest

601
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 1: season and that he scored twenty in over twenty straight

602
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 1: twenty or more in fifty one straight games, most he's

603
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Speaker 1: done that in his career, only the fourteenth player in

604
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Speaker 1: NBA history to score at least twenty and fifty straight games,

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Speaker 1: So good for him. At the same time, these Pacers

606
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 1: are so funny because because I don't buy the oh

607
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Speaker 1: the Pacers tanked this season at all. Pascal Siakam has

608
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Speaker 1: been playing all the time.

609
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Speaker 2: True. I mean they had a ton of injuries.

610
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that that's part of it. Nembard got hurt in

611
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Speaker 1: the first game, Halburn hasn't been playing, and.

612
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Speaker 2: Then Miles Turner walk and replaced him with a backup center.

613
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but that's a CBA thing, that's you can't you

614
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 1: can't pay everybody.

615
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 2: So guys, you're not gonna pay anybody knowing your number

616
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Speaker 2: one guy is out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was part of it for sure, But also

618
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Speaker 1: I tried to.

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Speaker 2: They shouldn't have been this bad, but you know, they

620
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 2: basically never had their full team healthy and then in

621
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Speaker 2: the second half of the season they traded for they

622
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 2: traded a lot of the rotation for zoobots and didn't

623
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Speaker 2: play zoos.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so they tanked. I find the tanking. They're they're yeah,

625
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: exactly that they're this bad. They haven't been tanking all season,

626
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 1: but they have started. They have started the tank again.

627
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: Pascal Siakin was an All Star and he's played in

628
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: sixty games. You could tank it way easier than that.

629
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Speaker 1: But when it came down to it, they said, yeah,

630
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Speaker 1: I mean, we'll give up picks and try and get

631
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Speaker 1: a center who can replace Myles Turner because we couldn't

632
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:38,840
Speaker 1: pay Miles Turner. And it's it's worked out really, really well. So, yeah,

633
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Speaker 1: there was tanking towards the end of season, and if

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Speaker 1: there was fewer games, there'd be less tanking to there

635
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Speaker 1: never will I know, it's bogus, it's bogus, but yeah,

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Speaker 1: there it's I don't know. I don't know. It's very unlikely.

637
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Speaker 1: There's thirty people, thirty governors who want to keep making

638
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 1: money and they see gates as money. I understand that.

639
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 1: But Adam Silver also embraces the European game. Every sport

640
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: out there doesn't play three to four times a week.

641
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: You could just slow it down at them and still

642
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 1: have a desirable product. Here. Doesn't have to be eighty

643
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 1: two games. There would be less tanking if there was

644
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 1: sixty five games those games, every game would matter more

645
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 1: like there are a lot of teams out there, like

646
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 1: the Sacramento Kings didn't tank. They're playing Levine and De

647
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: Rosen and Westbrook and the Intruder. They just sucked. They're

648
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 1: gonna be stinky teams out there anyway. We'll get to

649
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 1: tanking tomorrow when we discuss the possibilities of how they

650
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 1: remedy this the thing that's never been fixable in the

651
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,840
Speaker 1: history of the game. But we shall see.

652
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 2: Yeah. I just don't think there'll ever be games. Players

653
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 2: don't want to give back money either. Yeah, they did

654
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 2: the Athletic Anonymous NBA poll. They asked them, if you

655
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 2: had to give back salary, would you want fewer games

656
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 2: and it was like ninety percent said, now.

657
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 1: Well, I don't think that.

658
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 2: I don't think I mean, and there's also like there's

659
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 2: a lot of economic reasons why there will not be

660
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 2: less games, fewer jobs, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera,

661
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 2: fewer dates for whoever owns the arena. Like there's so

662
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 2: much money at play that it'll never change.

663
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 1: Well, players can still make the same amount of money.

664
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 1: I mean, it's all about the TV deal. It's all

665
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: about the TV.

666
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 2: What owner is going to be like, yeah, we pay

667
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 2: you one hundred million dollars for eighty two games, We're

668
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 2: gonna pay you one hundred million dollars for sixty five games.

669
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 2: It doesn't make sense.

670
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter to the to the owners if the

671
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 1: TV deal is still a gigantic.

672
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 2: Well, the TV deal means they signed a deal for

673
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 2: eighty two games per season. So we're talking eleven years

674
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 2: from now.

675
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're talking about money that the that the other

676
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 1: side pays. I mean, it's never it'll never happened. The

677
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: NFL plays The NFL plays eighteen games a year, was

678
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 1: it seventeen, eighteen seventeen?

679
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 2: They're adding games, yeah.

680
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, seventeen compared to eighty two and they make a

681
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: ton of money.

682
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 2: It's I mean, that's the biggest sport, exactly different it

683
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 2: can and they're adding games, which, to my point is

684
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 2: like that everybody wants more.

685
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, everybody wants more. Yeah, But if you can't remedy tanking,

686
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 1: then maybe you have to make it less to help out.

687
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: We'll see eighty two games a lot.

688
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 2: Eighty two games absolutely is a lot. It's a lot,

689
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 2: all right.

690
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 1: Moving on to our final winner of the weekend, the

691
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 1: Denver Denver. The Detroit Pistons are five to one without

692
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 1: Kate Cunningham. Surprising, but I think the biggest thing is

693
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 1: that they've had the second best defense over those six games.

694
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: They held the Wolves to eighty seven points this weekend. Now,

695
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:40,320
Speaker 1: the six games that they played not incredible competition, the Wizards,

696
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,439
Speaker 1: the Warriors, to beat the Lakers in that Dannis Jenkins game,

697
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 1: the Hawks was an ot lost or only lost to

698
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: beat the Pelicans, and the Wolves. So five and one

699
00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:53,399
Speaker 1: without k defense showing strong. How do you feel about

700
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 1: these Pistons overall, Trey, Well, I.

701
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 2: Mean, these wins don't mean a whole bunch to me

702
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 2: because they're playing without Kate him However, they're beating some

703
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 2: decent teams. Like for the teams you listed are playing

704
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,760
Speaker 2: pretty well. I'm including the Pelicans, even though they've recently

705
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 2: been eliminated. They can't even make their fake play in push,

706
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 2: but at least they're the healthiest they have been and

707
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 2: are trying to win. You know, the Wolves don't have

708
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards, but they're still trying to look good going

709
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 2: into the play and or going into the postseason. So

710
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,399
Speaker 2: I still give the Pistons credit for winning, especially when

711
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 2: like nobody played incredibly well on this team. They just

712
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 2: played well as a team. And like we said last week,

713
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 2: the silver lining is that Duran gets to do a

714
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 2: little bit more, Danis Jenkins gets to do a little

715
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 2: bit more, and maybe going forward they can be relied

716
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 2: on a little bit more in a playoff situation. But

717
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,719
Speaker 2: I think the main concern with the Pistons when Caid

718
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,120
Speaker 2: went down was are they going to lose the first

719
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 2: seed in the Eastern Conference in the meantime, especially when

720
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 2: you factor in Tatum coming back, like signs were pointing

721
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,280
Speaker 2: to the Celtics being able to take a step forward. Meanwhile,

722
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,399
Speaker 2: Detroit goes out wins five out of six locks down

723
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 2: their seed and now they're pretty safe. I mean, I

724
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 2: suppose they could collapse in the last two weeks of

725
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 2: the season. I suppose the Celtics could win out from

726
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,360
Speaker 2: here and they could flip flop. But Detroit's been playing

727
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 2: well enough and it's been giving such a good effort

728
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 2: that I don't think that's going to happen. So I

729
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 2: think good on the Pistons to be able to hold

730
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 2: on to the spot that they worked so hard all

731
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:23,759
Speaker 2: season to get. Gives them the best chance they have

732
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 2: going into the postseason, even with Caid coming in as

733
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,919
Speaker 2: a question mark recovering from a collapse lung.

734
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, they held on to the one seed. It ain't

735
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 1: going anywhere. There's only eight games remaining. They're up to

736
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:38,760
Speaker 1: four on the Boston Celtics, and people questioned, is anybody

737
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:43,760
Speaker 1: gonna score on this team? And they have done very well,

738
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,840
Speaker 1: scoring one hundred and thirteen against the Lakers, it was

739
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty nine against the Hawks, one hundred

740
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: and twenty nine against the Pelicans, and just one hundred

741
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,920
Speaker 1: and nine needed against the Timberwolves that they held to

742
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,880
Speaker 1: eighty seven, So enough points on one side. Again, the

743
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 1: second best defense over the six games, so they're just

744
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 1: way and for kid to come back and get to

745
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: the end a couple quick, small minor winners. I like that.

746
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,760
Speaker 1: John Schneider of the Toronto Blue Jays got a card

747
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: from Steve Kerr in his office. He came back and

748
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 1: he got a card and it was from November. He

749
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: sent it right after the World Series, but had been

750
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: sitting there for five months and he got it and

751
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 1: he opened it up.

752
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 2: Wow. It never goes into the office to check his

753
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 2: mail during the offseason.

754
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 1: I guess not. I guess that's not where he lives,

755
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:34,320
Speaker 1: so he just doesn't go there, I guess not. But cool,

756
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:39,400
Speaker 1: A cool card for Steve basically saying I loved your coaching,

757
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: how you got through it, and I know it's heartbreaking.

758
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,360
Speaker 1: We lost the three to one series in twenty sixteen

759
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: and all that. So good start for John Schneider to what.

760
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,319
Speaker 2: Was Steve's advice to just sign one of the best

761
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 2: players in the Yeah, now, if you want to bounce

762
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 2: back from losing in the finals, what I would do

763
00:37:57,880 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 2: is sign a top ten all time player.

764
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: I need to mention that. No, he didn't mention Kevin Durant,

765
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: but he mentioned you know, just fighting through and all

766
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: the adversity. He was just he was more. More of

767
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: it was less. I mean, I'm telling the story like

768
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: it was about the twenty sixteen finals, but more of

769
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:18,720
Speaker 1: it was just admiring his ability to manage and coach

770
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 1: through the ups and downs. He just likes him. He

771
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: likes him as a coach.

772
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, everybody wants to take down the Dodgers, you know. Yeah,

773
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 2: so Steve Kerr is like crossing sports. He's like, we

774
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,439
Speaker 2: got to do anything to get these guys out of here.

775
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's smart. He didn't mention the Kevin Durant thing

776
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,879
Speaker 1: because then it'd be like he's the Dodgers. Yeah, yeah,

777
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,320
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen exactly right. Other quick ones here, Marvin Bagley,

778
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: he had his game of the season twenty six points,

779
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: eleven or fourteen, three threes, nine boards. That guy looks

780
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: springy for the Mass. He's a free agent this offseason.

781
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 1: He's twenty seven years old. The Mass may not be

782
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: able to pay him. That's what the CBA is all about. Parody.

783
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 1: And last one here, there's only one player that's got

784
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: a hundred blocks and one hundred steals this season.

785
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 2: So this guy more than that hundred hundred blocks, one

786
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 2: hundred steels. I know Wemby and Mattis Bozellis have done it.

787
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,720
Speaker 2: Who somebody was? Somebody just got out of Derek White.

788
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:16,319
Speaker 2: Derek White did he get out?

789
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 1: Wenby doesn't have a hundred steals?

790
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,760
Speaker 2: Oh, one hundred blocks, hundred steals. I was thinking three pointers.

791
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,879
Speaker 1: You're right, yeah, yeah, So there's just one player.

792
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 2: One hundred blocks, hundred steals, only one in the NBA

793
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:29,959
Speaker 2: one in one? Is it? Derek Quite?

794
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 1: No?

795
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 2: No, Scottie Bart, Scotty Bar, Yes, nicely done, nicely Bar's.

796
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: Good for him, Good for him. We'll get to him

797
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,959
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798
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,560
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Speaker 1: It's time to really dance here as we get to

813
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: the final four, really dance. It is time. Where's the

814
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: final four?

815
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 2: Indiana?

816
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 1: It always is. Yeah, they love it, not always.

817
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,400
Speaker 2: It does feel like it's always there.

818
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:43,879
Speaker 1: It does.

819
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,240
Speaker 2: It's going to be exciting when it's Illinois versus Michigan

820
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 2: and Indiana. Westerners, Delight, bring your corn, bring your tenderloin sandwiches.

821
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:59,359
Speaker 1: They are going to be everywhere in that city. This

822
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 1: can be a full city.

823
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 2: It'll be a full city.

824
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: People will be going to yeah, eating their tender loins,

825
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 1: going to uh.

826
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 2: What's that place called against Saint Elmos of course, the

827
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:12,600
Speaker 2: only restaurant anyone knows in Indianapolis. They probably have other restaurants,

828
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:13,760
Speaker 2: but there's just one as.

829
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 1: Far as I can tell. Let's get to Losers of

830
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 1: the Weekend. There's not just one loser. There's other ones,

831
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 1: but what's your first one here?

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00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 2: Welcome to Miami. Ben Venido, immy loser of the weekend.

833
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,319
Speaker 2: The Heat two bad losses Friday. We talked a little

834
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:31,359
Speaker 2: bit about it. Blowout loss against Cleveland, just zero defensive resistance,

835
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 2: I thought from the Heat gave up one hundred and

836
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 2: forty nine points. On Sunday against Indiana. It was a

837
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 2: one point game heading into the fourth quarter and the

838
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:43,719
Speaker 2: Heat scored eleven points. Turned into a blowout loss to

839
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:48,399
Speaker 2: a Pacers team that isn't needing any wins right now.

840
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 2: Since BAM's eighty three point game, the Heat are two

841
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 2: and seven and have completely given up on the defensive end.

842
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 2: They've gave up one thirty six to the Hornets, one

843
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 2: thirty four to the Lakers, one thirty six to the Spurs,

844
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:02,320
Speaker 2: then to the Cads, one thirty five to the Pacers

845
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 2: this weekend. They've held an opponent under one hundred and

846
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 2: twenty once in those nine games, and they're twenty sixth

847
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 2: in defense in their last nine. Hasn't coincided perfectly with

848
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 2: Norm Powell returning. He didn't play yesterday against the Pacers,

849
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 2: but it's pretty close when you're looking at when the

850
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,799
Speaker 2: defensive turn really started for the Heat. This is not

851
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,760
Speaker 2: a team that is good enough offensively to cruise through

852
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 2: things here and try and just outscore teams. They got

853
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:32,920
Speaker 2: to give an effort on the defensive end. Right now,

854
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,760
Speaker 2: it's looking like the best they can do is eighth

855
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 2: in the Eastern Conference. I think that's pretty disappointing considering

856
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 2: two weeks ago they were on their seven game win streak,

857
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:45,240
Speaker 2: had gotten into sixth place in the Eastern Conference. Would

858
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 2: have been nice for Miami to not have to go

859
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 2: through the play in tournament once again. You know, it

860
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:51,759
Speaker 2: looks like the balls aren't gonna make the play in

861
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 2: tournament this year. Hawks might get out, Raptors might get out.

862
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 2: Just the lonely old Heat sticking around in the play

863
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 2: in tournament. I think this is the way they thought

864
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 2: their season was gonna go, especially like I'm saying, they

865
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:07,320
Speaker 2: had this win streak. Hero was back, They're getting Norm Powell,

866
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,280
Speaker 2: Wiggins came back from a little time on the shelf,

867
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 2: they got as healthy as they possibly can, and for

868
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 2: whatever reason, they're just falling apart on the defensive end.

869
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:19,080
Speaker 2: I don't know if it's just trying to get to

870
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 2: the playoffs and hope something good can happen. But this

871
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 2: is a team I think that probably should have been

872
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:27,920
Speaker 2: in the top six, especially after they hit that win streak.

873
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 2: Instead they are going the other way and just don't

874
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:32,359
Speaker 2: look like a connected team at all.

875
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:34,919
Speaker 1: Blame the BAM eighty three game.

876
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 2: Blame the BAM eighty three.

877
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:40,799
Speaker 1: Maybe after that they did beat Milwaukee, but then, yeah,

878
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,360
Speaker 1: the defensive effort, especially yesterday, I thought was funny against

879
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 1: the Pacers. The Pacers were splashing threes, twelve threes from

880
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:54,479
Speaker 1: the bench. Micah Potter splashing four threes in the first

881
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 1: quarter for guy off the bench, two for TJ. Doesn't

882
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 1: shoot the threes. There was an open up or two

883
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:03,080
Speaker 1: unities for them, So twelve threes, it's that's a ton.

884
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 1: I don't know what the TJ McConnell celebration from the

885
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:09,799
Speaker 1: bench is for his threes. It's like it's a sprinkler,

886
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,439
Speaker 1: like the old man sprinkler, but it's but there's less

887
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: of the stopping and starting. It's just kind of goes across. Okay,

888
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't get it. I don't get

889
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: what it is exactly. Like I said, is that the

890
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 1: sprinkler part where it does that, you know that the

891
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 1: few moves to one side, Yeah, and then comes all

892
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 1: the way back. Maybe maybe, maybe maybe it's the sprinkler.

893
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:34,359
Speaker 2: I bet he's got a nice lawn. T McConney, Yeah,

894
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 2: I bet he cares about his lawn.

895
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 1: It's a good point. I totally agree with that. I

896
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 1: think he does care. I think he gets out there,

897
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,839
Speaker 1: gets down on his knees and looks at the granulars.

898
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:46,880
Speaker 1: What's going on here?

899
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 2: Check the granulars. He was good five threes, Yeah, he had,

900
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 2: he had enough that he got like a wide open

901
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 2: dunk off of it too, pump faked. I don't know,

902
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,879
Speaker 2: maybe Bam came out. I don't know where. I thought.

903
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 2: Pretty poor performance in this loss to the Pacers. But yeah,

904
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 2: you can't lose to the Pacers if you're trying to

905
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 2: be a serious team at this point in the late

906
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:08,320
Speaker 2: in the season.

907
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, I do want to say, sometimes, Michah Potter, that

908
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 1: was a standout performance like that just does not happen. Yes,

909
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 1: it is rare, and Pacers wants seventy seven to thirty

910
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,120
Speaker 1: in terms of bench points, But yeah, I think it

911
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: just overall it is bad for the Heat that these

912
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 1: things all have been occurring over the last couple of weeks.

913
00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 1: It isn't just one isolated performance here for their opponents,

914
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,279
Speaker 1: because everybody was splashing, like Pascal was hitting deep three

915
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,400
Speaker 1: season't do that, and Hard was hitting that one that

916
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:45,839
Speaker 1: kind of sealed it with a minute or two minutes

917
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:47,680
Speaker 1: left and was at the end of the shot clock.

918
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:52,800
Speaker 1: So this one I think was kind of a standout

919
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:57,200
Speaker 1: in that those threes again from Micah and TJ and

920
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 1: deep from Pascal and deep odd one at the end

921
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:02,320
Speaker 1: of a shot cloff for Mhart don't happen a lot,

922
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: but it has been happening a lot to the Miami Heat.

923
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 2: Yeah again.

924
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 1: The next loser, also from Florida, the Orlando Magic. They

925
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 1: lost by fifty two points. Fifty two points points and

926
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 1: the Toronto Raptors had a thirty one to oh run

927
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:23,080
Speaker 1: against the Orlando Magic. That's the largest in the NBA

928
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 1: since they started tracking play by play, so thirty years

929
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:30,920
Speaker 1: we haven't seen a thirty one oh run. And the

930
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:37,160
Speaker 1: run started with RJ. Barrett, Mamukelashvili, Grady Dick, Jamal Sheed

931
00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:40,640
Speaker 1: and Yaka Perl on the floor. So no Barnes, no

932
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,359
Speaker 1: Ingram who wasn't playing this game. No manual quickly wasn't

933
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,879
Speaker 1: playing this game. No CMB wasn't playing this game. No

934
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 1: no jamis in battle. Even they had to go deep.

935
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 1: And I mentioned all that in that start and then

936
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:54,360
Speaker 1: ajlass in the first guy to come off the bench

937
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:58,240
Speaker 1: for the Raptors during that run to say the Magic

938
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 1: just weren't playing. They were literally just we're not playing.

939
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:05,360
Speaker 1: There's no excuses. Orlando had two days off before this game. Again,

940
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,600
Speaker 1: all those injuries for the Raptors, and that was in

941
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: the first half, but it got even worse in the

942
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 1: second half. The first half, the Raptors won the fast

943
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 1: break battle by twenty three. They won the game by

944
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:19,560
Speaker 1: thirty two points off turnovers also went up. They won

945
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: by twenty six after winning the first half by twenty two,

946
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 1: and they had thirty two more points in the paint.

947
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:28,120
Speaker 1: Or excuse me, they won the points in the paint

948
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 1: in the second half by thirty two after winning the

949
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:32,160
Speaker 1: first half by twelve, So they're plus forty four points

950
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:35,839
Speaker 1: in the paint. They're killing them everywhere. That's just an

951
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 1: effort thing. It strictly is an effort thing for the

952
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 1: Orlando Magic. For it to get worse as the game

953
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:45,239
Speaker 1: went on. It was just difficult to watch for anybody

954
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:48,400
Speaker 1: if you liked the Orlando Magic. For their president Jeff Welton,

955
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,400
Speaker 1: who was in the stands just wondering, what am I

956
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:55,840
Speaker 1: gonna do here? Am I gonna give Jamal Moseley this season?

957
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 1: I assume he's gonna get this season and the playoffs

958
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,319
Speaker 1: just because of all the injuries they've had, But does

959
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:04,200
Speaker 1: he give them next season? Because they're starting five is

960
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:08,360
Speaker 1: basically signed for the next three seasons. Wagner, bn Caaro,

961
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:12,720
Speaker 1: Bain Suggs all signed. There's a team option for Jamal

962
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,600
Speaker 1: or for Wendell Carter at the end of it, but

963
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 1: that's that's it. This is their team, Trey. So what

964
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:24,399
Speaker 1: did you make of that effort and the magic going forward? Yeah?

965
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:26,520
Speaker 2: What effort I think is what I would say. This

966
00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:28,760
Speaker 2: is the kind of effort that does get a coach fired.

967
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 2: It's pretty rare to happen this late in the season,

968
00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 2: but it happened twice last year, so it wouldn't be

969
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:36,680
Speaker 2: completely surprising. I mean, it would still be very surprising

970
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 2: if it happens, but not out of the realm of possibility,

971
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 2: because I just thought zero get back from the Magic

972
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:46,960
Speaker 2: at all. They turned the ball over twenty eight times.

973
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:49,360
Speaker 2: You mentioned the points in the paint, and that's because

974
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:53,040
Speaker 2: every single shot was either a wide open three for

975
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:56,400
Speaker 2: the Raptors or a dunk. Thirty seven points off turnovers

976
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 2: for Toronto. At one point they get a steal. They're

977
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,719
Speaker 2: on a four on one and Dick tries to throw

978
00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:03,200
Speaker 2: an alley oop. There's only one Magic back, so he

979
00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 2: throws it way up in the air over his head.

980
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,840
Speaker 2: Scottie Barnes catches it on the ground, catches, looks around,

981
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,320
Speaker 2: it's still a four on one, so he just simply

982
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 2: puts it in. Yeah, that was brutal from the Magic.

983
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:17,239
Speaker 2: Twenty eight turnovers. Like I said, they had eighteen in

984
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:19,640
Speaker 2: the first half. I don't know which half was worse.

985
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:21,600
Speaker 2: They gave up a thirty one to zero run in

986
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:23,799
Speaker 2: the first half, so I tend to be on that side.

987
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,680
Speaker 2: But it was like bad passes, dribbling into double teams,

988
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 2: a shot clock violation, offensive fouls. I don't think they

989
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 2: got an eight second call, but that's probably the only

990
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:37,439
Speaker 2: style of turnover they didn't have against the Raptors. So yeah,

991
00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:40,520
Speaker 2: I mean, the Magic need to change you know Suggs

992
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,279
Speaker 2: was back, but the run that the Raptors went on

993
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,880
Speaker 2: was when Suggs was on the bench. Franz Wagner, I

994
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:47,839
Speaker 2: don't know if he's going to play. Maybe he will,

995
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 2: maybe he won't. I don't think it's really going to

996
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:53,440
Speaker 2: matter for this Magic team, but just a absolute disaster.

997
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:56,160
Speaker 2: Class Polo is really really bad in this as well.

998
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:58,799
Speaker 2: Everybody was bad for Orlando and I don't know what

999
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 2: it is. Maybe a night in Toronto used to call

1000
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:03,480
Speaker 2: it White Vegas back in the day.

1001
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:09,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, that would be my only potential reason as well,

1002
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:12,440
Speaker 1: because again they had two days off, they'd look like

1003
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,520
Speaker 1: there was no effort, and for it to get worse

1004
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:18,759
Speaker 1: after the first half thirty one oh run into the

1005
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,560
Speaker 1: second half is a sign of yeah, maybe it was

1006
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:24,879
Speaker 1: party time or just guys not connected, because ye had

1007
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 1: Jalen Suggs was off the bench for most of that

1008
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:28,919
Speaker 1: thirty one oh run and Javon Carter was out there.

1009
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:32,759
Speaker 1: You know, Javon Carter is least gonna fight, That's what

1010
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:36,640
Speaker 1: he does. They just weren't getting back and man Mukelashvili

1011
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 1: running it down their throat again. They're missing Ingram and

1012
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:43,319
Speaker 1: quickly they're missing two starters, and Barnes was on the

1013
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 1: bench for the start of that run. They're they're pulling

1014
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:49,120
Speaker 1: out Grady Dick because jameson Battle was out and Grady

1015
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:52,160
Speaker 1: Dick set and picks. It was a Dick pick and

1016
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:56,640
Speaker 1: nothing else after that. It was. It was horrendous, just

1017
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:59,160
Speaker 1: the whole thing, the whole thing. It was funny hearing

1018
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:02,799
Speaker 1: Jack arm I'm Strong on the broadcast saying after the half,

1019
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,720
Speaker 1: I saw Jeff Weltman as I was going to the bathroom.

1020
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,640
Speaker 1: He called it a washroom like a real Canadian. Thanks

1021
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 1: Jack for representing Canada. I went, I went to the

1022
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 1: washerman and I saw Jeff Weltman. He just looked. I

1023
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:16,880
Speaker 1: didn't want to interrupt. I didn't want to bother him

1024
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:20,680
Speaker 1: because he just looked so distraught. He didn't look altogether.

1025
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: And it got worse again again he was out there

1026
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:26,279
Speaker 1: and they put the camera on him right then and

1027
00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:29,319
Speaker 1: there and in the third quarter for it to get

1028
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 1: even worse.

1029
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:35,120
Speaker 2: To look in the bathroom for somebody to notice.

1030
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:36,480
Speaker 1: Now it was on. I think it was on the

1031
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,360
Speaker 1: way so it was like by the bathroom. I'm not

1032
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:42,360
Speaker 1: gonna I'm not going to criticize accused Jack Armstrong for

1033
00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:45,440
Speaker 1: looking at somebody else in the bathroom. Never want to

1034
00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: do that. Hello, Hello, how are you cheer up?

1035
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:53,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, i'd be. Jeff's gotta be sad. He's got to

1036
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 2: be thinking. I got a lot of work to do. Yeah,

1037
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:57,840
Speaker 2: I got a lot of work to do on the court,

1038
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:01,040
Speaker 2: on the sidelines, and will he be the one to

1039
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:03,400
Speaker 2: do the work? I think all question marks for the

1040
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:06,480
Speaker 2: Magic because they've had this team together for a little bit.

1041
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 2: They did the Bain move over the summer. It was

1042
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:11,440
Speaker 2: widely hailed by myself.

1043
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:12,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, by many.

1044
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:15,279
Speaker 2: You know, it seemed like the missing piece, but it's

1045
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:19,759
Speaker 2: been Injuries have prevented the Magic from seeing exactly what

1046
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:22,360
Speaker 2: they got, and when they do play together, it just

1047
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:23,439
Speaker 2: hasn't been there great either.

1048
00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:26,040
Speaker 1: I do think Jimal mostly gets the rest of this

1049
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:29,840
Speaker 1: season because of the injuries, because they just won seven

1050
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 1: in a row recently, yeah, not long ago. But it

1051
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,120
Speaker 1: all depends on what happens in the playoffs, and they

1052
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:40,440
Speaker 1: will try and make the playoffs. That's true, they'll be Yeah,

1053
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:43,080
Speaker 1: if there's an out when it comes to the play

1054
00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:45,399
Speaker 1: and they're done, Mosley is the one guy who's done.

1055
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:50,120
Speaker 1: I do think because of everybody's locked in for multiple years,

1056
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:53,520
Speaker 1: so it's coming down to these last couple of weeks.

1057
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:55,960
Speaker 1: But yeah, they will try and integrate Frands if he

1058
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:58,799
Speaker 1: is able to come back, but Mosley will be the

1059
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:01,520
Speaker 1: one biten. I don't understand what was going on. Bankerro

1060
00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 1: looked super sad.

1061
00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:05,640
Speaker 2: He looks sad. You're exactly right.

1062
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:10,359
Speaker 1: That was very very confusing. Did not get that effort whatsoever.

1063
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:14,120
Speaker 1: Any other losers this weekend.

1064
00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:16,480
Speaker 2: I got Duce McBride as a loser of the weekend.

1065
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:19,960
Speaker 2: He played his first game yesterday since the end of January,

1066
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:24,320
Speaker 2: recovered from hernia surgery, worked his way back, played against

1067
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:26,880
Speaker 2: the thunder Dough for a loose ball, made some contact

1068
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:30,920
Speaker 2: with lou Dort and left the game for good, grimacing holding.

1069
00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:34,080
Speaker 2: I don't know what area you would call this the

1070
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:39,279
Speaker 2: hernia slash area. Haven't heard exactly what the problem is

1071
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:43,360
Speaker 2: Forduce McBride, if he's reaggravating an injury or if this

1072
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:45,440
Speaker 2: was a new thing. To be clear, I don't think

1073
00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:48,279
Speaker 2: this was anything really involving lou Dort. It looked like

1074
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 2: the dive was the thing that took the problem, or

1075
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:54,319
Speaker 2: it took the was the problem for Duce McBride. He

1076
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:57,319
Speaker 2: was grimacing before him and Dort even got near each other,

1077
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:00,640
Speaker 2: so didn't look good. Landry Shammitt also didn't play. He's

1078
00:54:00,640 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 2: a little banged up right now. I do think Alvarado

1079
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:06,080
Speaker 2: has been a pretty solid replacement for Deuce McBride, but

1080
00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:09,200
Speaker 2: they need somebody at the point of attack defense that's

1081
00:54:09,239 --> 00:54:11,920
Speaker 2: either going to be McBride or Shamit. You saw in

1082
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:14,600
Speaker 2: the fourth quarter Og was just getting screened off of

1083
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:18,000
Speaker 2: sga way too easily. I think Shammitt and McBride give

1084
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,879
Speaker 2: you a better chance there. You would, at the very least,

1085
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:23,320
Speaker 2: you would prefer McBride to be playing over Jordan Clarkson,

1086
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:25,680
Speaker 2: who didn't give the Knicks very much. He's just a

1087
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:27,960
Speaker 2: good two way role player. I think he's had a

1088
00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 2: really solid impact when he's been healthy for the Knicks

1089
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:34,000
Speaker 2: this season. But we'll wait and see how long this

1090
00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:37,160
Speaker 2: guy's gonna miss after he just missed two months. Knicks also,

1091
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,680
Speaker 2: I think are a minor loser. They lost to the

1092
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:43,040
Speaker 2: Hornets on Thursday, not technically the weekend, but it happened then.

1093
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:45,160
Speaker 2: They also lost to the Thunder on Sunday. They've lost

1094
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:49,160
Speaker 2: their last four against playoff teams. Teams with winning records,

1095
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:52,320
Speaker 2: and they barely squeaked by some of the tanking teams

1096
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:56,080
Speaker 2: during their nice stretch. Here they're just not playing their

1097
00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:59,799
Speaker 2: best going into the playoffs. They got rotation questions and

1098
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:03,360
Speaker 2: and the guys that are playing, I think haven't looked

1099
00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:05,799
Speaker 2: as cohesive as they did when they went on their

1100
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 2: win streak. So if you're trying to peak right now,

1101
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:10,200
Speaker 2: the Knicks are not doing that.

1102
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:14,080
Speaker 1: No, And that's why I'm sort of excited to see

1103
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:18,719
Speaker 1: a potential three to six Knicks Sixers series because obviously

1104
00:55:18,760 --> 00:55:21,400
Speaker 1: the Sixers are playing a little bit better right here

1105
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:24,120
Speaker 1: in this moment. It's hard to pick against the Knicks

1106
00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:28,600
Speaker 1: considering their top five offense and defense for most of

1107
00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:33,000
Speaker 1: the season, they've slightly dropped. Offense are the third best team,

1108
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:34,960
Speaker 1: and defense are the sixth best teams. So are they

1109
00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:36,400
Speaker 1: one of those teams that just kind of turns it

1110
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:38,920
Speaker 1: on in the playoffs? You know, they are going to

1111
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,520
Speaker 1: have a better record than they did last year when

1112
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:45,040
Speaker 1: they went to the conference finals. So we shall see.

1113
00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:47,880
Speaker 1: If they're playing in the second series, the second series

1114
00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:51,120
Speaker 1: of the playoffs on the road against Boston, it's a

1115
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:56,400
Speaker 1: tough one. If Boston is playing well. Last loser Steph

1116
00:55:56,480 --> 00:56:00,600
Speaker 1: Curry looking human. Unfortunately, this could be the second playoffs

1117
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:03,440
Speaker 1: where Steph Curry is not one hundred percent as we

1118
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:06,399
Speaker 1: lost him in the first game of the second round

1119
00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:10,080
Speaker 1: last year and now here we are where he's just

1120
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:12,239
Speaker 1: not able to get on the floor. Miss both games

1121
00:56:12,239 --> 00:56:15,920
Speaker 1: this weekend, twenty five consecutive games with a sore right knee,

1122
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:17,640
Speaker 1: and he'd been ramping it up and it looked like

1123
00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:20,080
Speaker 1: he was coming back because there's talks about it. He

1124
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:23,160
Speaker 1: was on the road with this team, he was practicing,

1125
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:25,840
Speaker 1: but he wasn't in five on fives and he hasn't

1126
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:29,919
Speaker 1: been cleared for that. So him not playing since January thirty,

1127
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:35,520
Speaker 1: it just feels like he's mortal. Unfortunately. I do think

1128
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:37,279
Speaker 1: he's that type of guy who's going to try and

1129
00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 1: play if he starts working out again with a week

1130
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 1: left or something like that. But he's got to play

1131
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:47,560
Speaker 1: in the regular season. He can't just play in the

1132
00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:49,400
Speaker 1: play in as they've said.

1133
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:51,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, Steve Kerr said the way I would phrase it

1134
00:56:51,160 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 2: as we're not bringing him back for the play in game.

1135
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:55,279
Speaker 2: He needs to play some games and we need to

1136
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,399
Speaker 2: give him a runway If this is going to work.

1137
00:56:57,680 --> 00:57:01,200
Speaker 2: Curry has said, if we've got something to play, I

1138
00:57:01,239 --> 00:57:04,880
Speaker 2: want to be playing. That's great. He's not playing, and

1139
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:09,200
Speaker 2: I don't think he's coming back. Seven games remain seven games.

1140
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:10,640
Speaker 2: We're still waiting to see if he can play five

1141
00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:13,759
Speaker 2: on five. Yeah, that's and do they have something to

1142
00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:18,120
Speaker 2: play for? Technically, yes, there's a play in spot guaranteed

1143
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:20,400
Speaker 2: for the Warriors. There's a chance they can make it

1144
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:24,160
Speaker 2: to the playoffs. You're either going against the Spurs or

1145
00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:27,080
Speaker 2: the Thunder At that point, they've locked in their seeds,

1146
00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:31,000
Speaker 2: so you're playing for a first round playoff appearance. Does

1147
00:57:31,080 --> 00:57:33,200
Speaker 2: that count or would you rather be as healthy as

1148
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:35,840
Speaker 2: possible going into next season. I think the latter is

1149
00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:37,680
Speaker 2: the case. I think they're just not saying it.

1150
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:40,960
Speaker 1: Well, they did say coming into this weekend he's out

1151
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:43,400
Speaker 1: for two games. Out for these two games on this weekend,

1152
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:46,760
Speaker 1: So maybe that's a sign that if he's unable to

1153
00:57:46,840 --> 00:57:49,760
Speaker 1: play in their coming games here, you know, after those

1154
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,800
Speaker 1: two games are done, then then it's over. Because that's that.

1155
00:57:53,000 --> 00:57:53,560
Speaker 2: This is sure.

1156
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:57,280
Speaker 1: This is it. Wednesday April first against the Spurs and

1157
00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:00,600
Speaker 1: then Thursday, April second against the Cavs. Their next two games,

1158
00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:03,600
Speaker 1: he's got to be playing this week. There's one more

1159
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:05,400
Speaker 1: game after that on Sunday. He's got to be playing

1160
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:09,480
Speaker 1: again this coming week, the falling week, because there's Yeah,

1161
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:12,760
Speaker 1: but there's only seven left, so it's it's getting pretty

1162
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:17,560
Speaker 1: limited for Stephen Curry, which stinks as a basketball fan.

1163
00:58:19,040 --> 00:58:21,960
Speaker 1: All right, anything else to mention there? Do you want

1164
00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:22,720
Speaker 1: to throw in anything? No?

1165
00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:26,160
Speaker 2: Other losers? I mean, I think the Timberwolves would have

1166
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,360
Speaker 2: been losers if we didn't pick the Pistons as winners.

1167
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:30,200
Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying. That was a bad loss?

1168
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:36,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, io right now? No, And of course, but yes,

1169
00:58:37,160 --> 00:58:40,000
Speaker 1: they're they're one of those teams that would it be

1170
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:42,720
Speaker 1: shocking if they turn it on the last week. Not

1171
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:45,360
Speaker 1: so much because they are the Timberwolves, but so yeah,

1172
00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:48,920
Speaker 1: to score eighty seven points when you still have Julius

1173
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:53,080
Speaker 1: Randall and others disappointing. All right, Time for the stat

1174
00:58:53,160 --> 00:58:57,880
Speaker 1: line of the night. This is for Jacob York, who

1175
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:01,480
Speaker 1: rode in and said, I'd love to plug my play

1176
00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:06,440
Speaker 1: initiative at Metro Atlantis Aurora Theater. It's a story about Dave, who,

1177
00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:10,360
Speaker 1: after being diagnosed with cancer, sits down with his friends

1178
00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:13,720
Speaker 1: at the D and D Table to play through moments

1179
00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:17,160
Speaker 1: he is worried he may not get it just opened

1180
00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:21,160
Speaker 1: and runs till April nineteenth. JD even grabbed a screen

1181
00:59:21,240 --> 00:59:24,160
Speaker 1: grab from it. He'd love to see some no Dunks

1182
00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:27,720
Speaker 1: fans out there. The link is in the YouTube description

1183
00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:31,760
Speaker 1: if you want to join some D and D any

1184
00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:33,840
Speaker 1: D and ds here, JD. Did you play D and D?

1185
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:36,120
Speaker 2: Oh? Sure? Oh yeah, of course.

1186
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:39,720
Speaker 1: I'm surprised. I didn't know you did, but I thought

1187
00:59:39,840 --> 00:59:44,720
Speaker 1: I didn't know. Back in my ute we.

1188
00:59:44,680 --> 00:59:45,680
Speaker 2: Played with the boys as well.

1189
00:59:45,760 --> 00:59:48,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're growing up for sure. Our girls play with

1190
00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:50,240
Speaker 1: their friends still.

1191
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:57,120
Speaker 2: Creating a character. Come on, there's nothing better. That's totally right.

1192
00:59:58,040 --> 01:00:00,640
Speaker 2: The car my kids at least, and a lot more

1193
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:04,320
Speaker 2: time drawing and writing out, you know, various traits and

1194
01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:07,560
Speaker 2: attributes than they ever do playing. The prep work goes

1195
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:10,760
Speaker 2: ten times the actual gameplay.

1196
01:00:10,800 --> 01:00:14,920
Speaker 1: I think that's the fun part. Sounds like all right.

1197
01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:17,200
Speaker 1: The character who made it all happen last night was

1198
01:00:17,240 --> 01:00:19,560
Speaker 1: Alpa and Sheng Gun's right stat line of the night

1199
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:25,080
Speaker 1: goes to him thirty six points, splashing five threes thirteen boards,

1200
01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:28,080
Speaker 1: seven of them offensive. The guy's getting after it. Yeah,

1201
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:31,760
Speaker 1: it is a funny photo of him hanging out. Seven assists,

1202
01:00:31,880 --> 01:00:36,000
Speaker 1: three steals, three blocks, and zero turnovers. That's a good

1203
01:00:36,040 --> 01:00:36,560
Speaker 1: stat line.

1204
01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:39,400
Speaker 2: That's a good stat line. Chengu just recently got a

1205
01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:41,840
Speaker 2: whoa boy as well. I think he had had like

1206
01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:45,000
Speaker 2: a thirty point game last week. I think so some numbers.

1207
01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:46,760
Speaker 1: I think I saw a photo of him once.

1208
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:49,640
Speaker 2: Yep, also a funny face photo. If I'm not mistaken

1209
01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:51,760
Speaker 2: for shen Gun. It's a good face guy.

1210
01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:54,280
Speaker 1: A funny thing we got going on is our pick

1211
01:00:54,320 --> 01:00:57,439
Speaker 1: them because it's come down to the last two days here.

1212
01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:00,640
Speaker 1: I mean, really, it's it could be both. I take

1213
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:04,120
Speaker 1: that back. It's March thirtieth. There's a one game difference

1214
01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:07,000
Speaker 1: between Skeets and Trey here. They've got opposing picks the

1215
01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:12,320
Speaker 1: Boston visiting Atlanta here, So I mean, this is it. Well,

1216
01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:15,000
Speaker 1: what if you're tired after tonight, But yeah.

1217
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:17,480
Speaker 2: Exactly this is it could be two games. But if

1218
01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:19,120
Speaker 2: the Hawks win by two tonight, it's over.

1219
01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:22,600
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, you've got the talks to win. They

1220
01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:24,720
Speaker 1: can cover if they do win by two or more.

1221
01:01:24,760 --> 01:01:26,560
Speaker 1: Because it's a one and a half point favorite line

1222
01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:31,320
Speaker 1: for them. Skeets has Boston, You guys, just one game

1223
01:01:31,360 --> 01:01:32,000
Speaker 1: apart just what.

1224
01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:35,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've completely fallen apart down the stretch here. I've

1225
01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:37,880
Speaker 2: been the Miami Heat Orlando Magic of the pick them

1226
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:40,960
Speaker 2: payoff in March. We shall see. I'm happy to have

1227
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:42,960
Speaker 2: the home team, though I've been to lose them a

1228
01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:45,280
Speaker 2: lot with picking too many road teams.

1229
01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:49,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, and they went into Boston and got hit on Friday,

1230
01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:56,200
Speaker 1: So yeah, we're picking this back to back. And just

1231
01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:59,480
Speaker 1: like Boston is on a back to back, they played yesterday,

1232
01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:04,760
Speaker 1: has rest, so it could come down tonight or our

1233
01:02:04,840 --> 01:02:07,040
Speaker 1: man skeets will be back tomorrow and it could be

1234
01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:11,000
Speaker 1: tomorrow night. I'm starting all right, look at games you

1235
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:12,200
Speaker 1: never know, you never know.

1236
01:02:12,280 --> 01:02:14,240
Speaker 2: Any exciting matchups tomorrow? Yeah.

1237
01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:22,200
Speaker 1: On Tuesday, Nick Rockets Raptors. Piston's exciting for some Cleveland La.

1238
01:02:22,360 --> 01:02:25,600
Speaker 2: That's a big game La Kama Lakers. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

1239
01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:27,720
Speaker 2: all right, nice, we got a nice sket on Tuesday.

1240
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:31,520
Speaker 1: We get a nice skid. What was I looking at here?

1241
01:02:31,560 --> 01:02:34,240
Speaker 1: I also wanted to see something about the injury report

1242
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:36,320
Speaker 1: tonight in Boston. Atlanta is interesting. That's what I wanted

1243
01:02:36,320 --> 01:02:39,200
Speaker 1: to get to because I don't know, is it a

1244
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:43,240
Speaker 1: guarantee that Tatum plays in a back to back, good question,

1245
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:48,640
Speaker 1: or Jalen Brown coming back after two games off. I

1246
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:51,040
Speaker 1: don't know. This is the Celtics could be one of

1247
01:02:51,080 --> 01:02:54,720
Speaker 1: those teams that says Peyton Pritchard, Derek White, if you're healthy,

1248
01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:55,880
Speaker 1: you guys go get it. We'll see.

1249
01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:58,440
Speaker 2: This is the first back to back that the Celtics

1250
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:02,000
Speaker 2: have had since has come back, So I wonder that's

1251
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:06,400
Speaker 2: a great question. Will he play, especially after having the

1252
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:09,480
Speaker 2: most responsibilities had at all since returning, So that's a

1253
01:03:09,560 --> 01:03:12,200
Speaker 2: question mark. I assume Jalen Brown will play. It seems

1254
01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:14,160
Speaker 2: like they're just being precautionary with him, and you know

1255
01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:16,600
Speaker 2: he's in Atlanta guy, so probably wants to play here.

1256
01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:17,400
Speaker 1: That's a good point.

1257
01:03:18,200 --> 01:03:18,880
Speaker 2: All right, we'll see.

1258
01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:21,080
Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow to talk about that game, and

1259
01:03:21,320 --> 01:03:25,960
Speaker 1: others will also talk about the tanking solutions, the proposals

1260
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:29,560
Speaker 1: that love it. The governors will be talking about the

1261
01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:34,320
Speaker 1: three options they got out there or more. I don't

1262
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:36,320
Speaker 1: know they talk about more than those three.

1263
01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:38,800
Speaker 2: I've only seen the three, but I mean the third

1264
01:03:38,840 --> 01:03:41,439
Speaker 2: one was something that I'd never even considered in my life.

1265
01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:42,919
Speaker 2: So I wonder what else they got in their bag.

1266
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:45,600
Speaker 1: Well, the one you brought up, we were in Austin,

1267
01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:47,320
Speaker 1: was sitting on a couch with you and the one

1268
01:03:47,320 --> 01:03:50,760
Speaker 1: that you were advocating for it. That's not part of.

1269
01:03:50,680 --> 01:03:51,640
Speaker 2: Them, that's not part of it.

1270
01:03:51,880 --> 01:03:54,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that's a good one. All right, Skeets. We'll

1271
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:58,080
Speaker 1: be back tomorrow, the three of us sitting at this

1272
01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:00,720
Speaker 1: table once again. Clipper bros.

1273
01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:03,400
Speaker 2: You heard it here first. Have a great time, turn up.

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Speaker 2: Love you guys, awesome.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, and remember, Skeets, we'll be back tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: He just was off because he took an assistant coach

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Speaker 1: job with the Charlotte Hornets. Oh no, that was Lamar Skeeter.

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Speaker 1: That's just when you see her name, Lamars Skeeter, you

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Speaker 1: gotta say it.

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Speaker 2: That's a great baby.

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Speaker 1: Yeah he's young.

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Speaker 2: There wasn't he just in the NBA like, I mean,

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Speaker 2: he had a maybe cup of coffee, did he? I

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Speaker 2: don't know. Maybe he's been coaching somebody else. I've heard

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Speaker 2: the name Lamar.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, I think he's been. I think he's been

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Speaker 1: just a coach. I don't yay go be coaching. And

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Speaker 1: he's Lamellow's guy. It's like those two guys work together

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Speaker 1: and he's doing well. He's only thirty six younger than

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Speaker 1: our own Skeeter Lamar, Skeeter Cool Tomorrow fo