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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Action Network Podcast, NBA Edition. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Matt Morgan. Find me on Twitter at HP basketball. Joining

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Speaker 1: me as always Raheem Palmer and Brandon Anderson. Guys, Raheem,

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Speaker 1: how are you doing today?

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Speaker 2: I'm good. I'm Since the All Star break we've been rolling.

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Speaker 1: So always be victory lapping, Raheem, Always be victory lapping. Brandon,

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Speaker 1: how are you.

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Speaker 3: Got to watch some actual basketball last night with NBA?

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Speaker 1: Be props tooling your write ups on the props Fancy

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Speaker 1: Wa Marsh Madness have been killing it, have they not?

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Speaker 3: We are at thirty one and twelve so far on

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Speaker 3: rate and thirty five percent return on investment. So see

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Speaker 3: you in the sweet sixteen, folks.

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Speaker 1: Geez red Hot. You can check out more from Brandon

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Speaker 1: on our award winning app, where you can also find

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Speaker 1: Raheem's MVP update coming later in the week is up today.

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Speaker 1: It's coming out later in the week. I'm gonna be

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Speaker 1: an update on Monday, so you can check that out

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Speaker 1: as well. I've got trade Deadline news I talked about

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Speaker 1: stuff on Monday, reported that the Celtics are the front

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Speaker 1: to check out all the great shows on the network

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Speaker 1: this week, most especially our March Madness previews for the

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Speaker 1: Sweet sixteen and e Lead Eights. That stuff is absolutely

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Speaker 1: phenomenal and I made a pretty penny last weekend following

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Speaker 1: the advice of my colleagues over in college basketball Gentlemen.

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Speaker 1: On today's show, Brandon has yet another excellent exercise. As

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Speaker 1: basically every week, I'm not having to come up with

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Speaker 1: a crazy pill segment, and we will do our Wednesday picks.

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Speaker 2: Braid.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with, as always, with our NBA Wednesday marquee.

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Speaker 2: The marquee.

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Speaker 1: I can hear the shutter from the crowd, Brandon, what's

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Speaker 1: our concept for this week? What awesome little game have

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Speaker 3: So it's March Madness, And did you guys know that

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Speaker 3: in March sometimes people like to do brackets. We're doing brackets.

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Speaker 3: We got a little bracket. Oh my goodness. So here's

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Speaker 3: what we're doing. We're doing the middling team Madness. We

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Speaker 3: eight teams from each conference, we throw them into a tournament.

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Speaker 3: It starts to date in Annapolis. It's a mid week

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Speaker 3: So there's some stakes here we're playing. We've got a

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Speaker 1: They're the seventeen in the Western Conference tougher team mid

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna go with Boston? They got the playoff experience.

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Speaker 4: Bulls are a young team. They can't close games. We've

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Speaker 4: Well, are old time tim The Bulls are ten and

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Speaker 1: But how many of the better teams were those? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I've never seen anything like that. Yeah, but that's Dane.

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Speaker 3: Well, this one's gonna come as a huge shocker to

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Speaker 3: And I've been dumping on my hometown Bulls all season long.

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Speaker 3: I just the playoff experience, the coaching, the you know,

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Speaker 1: Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Billy Donovan's a

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Speaker 1: I just think Billy Donovan's even better. I put Billy

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Speaker 1: saying all right, fine, Boston will advance. I'll edit that

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Speaker 3: We've got the Indiana Pacers and your Golden State Warriors. Matt,

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Speaker 1: I'm taking the Pacers. With Lavert back, they've been a

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Speaker 1: much better team. I think that they've just got a

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Speaker 4: I think, you know, with Lavert out there, I've touched

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Speaker 4: They're plus eleven points for one hundred posessions with Curry

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Speaker 2: Give me the Pacers.

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Speaker 1: What does your model make this game?

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Speaker 4: It actually has it Indiana minus one. Okay, all right,

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Speaker 2: I'm taking it. I'm taking the the Pelicans.

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Speaker 1: Do you know who's made more Western Conference finals in

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Speaker 1: It's a bad rap. He gets a bad rap, pretty

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Speaker 1: It is probably closer than people expect, right, I think

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like we decided the Wizards were kind

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Speaker 2: But I think Dallas gets it done. No LaMelo ball.

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Speaker 3: The Hornets have gone away. They're gone. The Mavericks have

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Speaker 3: Toronto Raptors and the Portland trail Blazers. Matt, is this

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Speaker 1: The Raptors are done, They're They're done. Look, I think

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Speaker 4: They had the COVID oh outbreak is I mean, they're

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Speaker 2: Gimme dang well.

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Speaker 3: I was ready to break a tie in favor of

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Speaker 3: I still believe if you put Toronto, all they need

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Speaker 3: New York Knickerbockers and the Atlanta Hawks. Matt do the

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Speaker 4: I'm betting on the regression. I mean, the Knicks have

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Speaker 4: It finally catches up to one. Here I'm going with

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Speaker 1: The analytically minded folks just absolutely hate the Knicks this

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Speaker 2: I mean, Julius Raider was like the MVP at this point.

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Speaker 3: I gotta say, if I'm filling on a bracket, this

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Speaker 3: York and Tibbs, just like they follow Tray like forty

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Speaker 3: I feel like New York could pull that off, you know,

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Speaker 3: All right, we move on to our Elite eight. We

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Speaker 1: You think because it should not be Memphis, it should

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Speaker 1: Memphis Grizzlies to advance here.

432
00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,920
Speaker 4: I'm gonna reluctantly take the Celtics. My line actually makes

433
00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:34,920
Speaker 4: the Celtics.

434
00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,840
Speaker 1: Even knowing the Celtics like all year now, all of

435
00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,560
Speaker 1: a sudden you're like, oh man, my Celtics, Like, what

436
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:40,040
Speaker 1: are you doing?

437
00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,600
Speaker 4: I just have to I mean, I still have too

438
00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,000
Speaker 4: much respect for Tatum, I still have too much respect

439
00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,200
Speaker 4: for you know, Jalen Brown, market smart. I just think

440
00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,560
Speaker 4: those are, you know, top tier guys at the end

441
00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,400
Speaker 4: of the day, and in a one game playoff scenario,

442
00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,000
Speaker 4: I mean against you know, the Grizzlies.

443
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,000
Speaker 2: And you know the Bulls who.

444
00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:02,399
Speaker 4: Don't really have their experience, I gotta go with them.

445
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,440
Speaker 3: So this this is a really good game. This would

446
00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,919
Speaker 3: be a really fun one. I feel like I feel

447
00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,359
Speaker 3: like this is one of those like one seed that

448
00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,400
Speaker 3: drew eight seed Loyal in the second round. I think

449
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,719
Speaker 3: this game goes down to the wire. Memphis just has

450
00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,359
Speaker 3: a ton of dudes that can play. I trust a

451
00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:21,719
Speaker 3: lot of their guys that you know, even like Xavier

452
00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,399
Speaker 3: Tillman and Desmond Baine and Brandon Clark. They just have

453
00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,879
Speaker 3: a ton of dudes that are gonna like I'm not

454
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,520
Speaker 3: afraid of these guys having to show up in a

455
00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:34,000
Speaker 3: playoff game. And when I did my bracket before this,

456
00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,200
Speaker 3: I had Boston as the winner of the whole thing here,

457
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,480
Speaker 3: just because when it comes down to a one game,

458
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,159
Speaker 3: I just keep seeing Tatum and Brown and Kemba I'm Smart,

459
00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,439
Speaker 3: and Brad Stevens and guys that I've seen here before.

460
00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,440
Speaker 3: But it's not happening right now. Boston has lost five

461
00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,800
Speaker 3: of seven. I'm really close. I think we go to overtime.

462
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,280
Speaker 3: I got to give a slight edge to the Celtics.

463
00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,000
Speaker 3: Celtics move on here, but I think it's a really

464
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:00,880
Speaker 3: close one.

465
00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:02,800
Speaker 2: All right.

466
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,439
Speaker 3: Our next game is the Indiana Pacers and the New

467
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,320
Speaker 3: Orleans Pelicans. For him, why don't you start on this one.

468
00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,440
Speaker 4: I think I watched these two teams play. I'm going

469
00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:16,639
Speaker 4: with the Pelicans and an upset.

470
00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 2: I just.

471
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 1: The Pacers have no chance to stop in Zion.

472
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,760
Speaker 4: I think Zion is gonna be the best player on

473
00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:30,920
Speaker 4: the court, and you know that counts with something. This

474
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:32,840
Speaker 4: is a really tough one, but yeah, I think I'm

475
00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:33,880
Speaker 4: gonna go with the young team.

476
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:34,359
Speaker 2: To get the upset.

477
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Speaker 1: I think you pay attention to the lines this year.

478
00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,240
Speaker 1: I don't actually think maybe dogs. I think the Pelicans

479
00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,960
Speaker 1: will be like one and a half two favorites.

480
00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,199
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you're right. I think you're right about that.

481
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I'll take the Pelicans as well. I think

482
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,960
Speaker 1: a lot of it is that if you can physic,

483
00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,720
Speaker 1: if you can out physical Indiana, they have real problems.

484
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,879
Speaker 1: And the Pelicans are maybe the most physical team in

485
00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,080
Speaker 1: the league. So you got that, you got Brandon Ingram,

486
00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,600
Speaker 1: They've got good life to be able to contest Brogden.

487
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: It's a pass heavy offense, which fits a lot more

488
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,040
Speaker 1: of what the Pelicans want to defend. It's one of

489
00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 1: the reasons that they defend the Nuggets so well and

490
00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,520
Speaker 1: have done so well against them historically. And I like

491
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: their scheme, which is two on ball at the level

492
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,440
Speaker 1: versus Brogden. Well ver, it's probably gonna have a big game,

493
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 1: but you kind of live with that if you can

494
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:24,040
Speaker 1: limit some bonus with Steven Adams or Zion, like you

495
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,879
Speaker 1: probably put Steven Adams on some bonus and have Zion

496
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:32,440
Speaker 1: handled Turner and that's just like a Titanic battle down

497
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,240
Speaker 1: low of like monsters. But I will take the Pelicans

498
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:40,360
Speaker 1: here with more firepower and a little bit more physicality

499
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:41,640
Speaker 1: to get past the Pacers.

500
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,840
Speaker 3: All right, So the Pelicans move on. We are headed

501
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,160
Speaker 3: to Texas for our next game. Derk Noviitski and Tim

502
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,280
Speaker 3: Duncan will be sitting courtside to throw back to a

503
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,159
Speaker 3: whole ton of great playoff series we had when we

504
00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,959
Speaker 3: got one game today San Antonio and Dallas, Matt, what

505
00:23:58,960 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 3: do you think?

506
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,639
Speaker 1: I like Dallas here as much as I think that

507
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,320
Speaker 1: there's the Spurs are still live for the division. I

508
00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 1: think that Dallas is obviously playing much better. They figured

509
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,800
Speaker 1: out a lot of stuff. Luca's been playing great. I

510
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,040
Speaker 1: think this is close because I think Chris DAFs Porzanka

511
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,440
Speaker 1: shoots something like three or fourteen from the field and

512
00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,159
Speaker 1: everyone's just like, what, like, what what is up with

513
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,600
Speaker 1: that guy? But I think the shooters are enough. The

514
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,919
Speaker 1: Spurs are still moderately low and three point right, they

515
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,520
Speaker 1: still they're higher, but not as much. The Spurs, like

516
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,399
Speaker 1: Keldon Johnson is a good player but still pretty inefficient.

517
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,600
Speaker 1: Like who on the Spurs is stepping up outside of

518
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,399
Speaker 1: DeRozan to really take over. I think Derozen has a

519
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,359
Speaker 1: big game here, but we know the Aldrich is going

520
00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 1: to be gone. So I will go ahead and I

521
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,479
Speaker 1: will take the Dallas Mavericks to advance. Yeah, I'm going

522
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:46,159
Speaker 1: to go with the Mavericks.

523
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:47,800
Speaker 4: I mean, when you look at this Mavericks team over

524
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 4: the last couple of weeks, they're no.

525
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:50,440
Speaker 2: More offense in the league.

526
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,000
Speaker 4: To score one hundred and twenty two points for one

527
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 4: hundred possessions. I'm big on taking teams who can shoot

528
00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:00,560
Speaker 4: the three and outscore an opponent from three. Obviously, deroz

529
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,920
Speaker 4: In in that situation is a little bit of a liability,

530
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,360
Speaker 4: despite how good he's been.

531
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,960
Speaker 2: I think they have gossip though at deroz And.

532
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,360
Speaker 4: I think they have Dorian Finney Smith, they have Josh Richardson,

533
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,280
Speaker 4: so they have guys who can you know, slow him

534
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 4: down in a playoff setting.

535
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:14,879
Speaker 2: So I like Dallas.

536
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Dallas does win this one. I do

537
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,159
Speaker 3: think this is a spot where I'd probably play a

538
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 3: small a small amount on a Spurs money line. I

539
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,120
Speaker 3: feel like just the pop factor and the experience would

540
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 3: give me a shot. The Spurs are kind of like,

541
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 3: you know, the Syracuse of this bracket. They're just always

542
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,639
Speaker 3: going to be in there. They got the coach. You

543
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,440
Speaker 3: just never know what might happen. And I actually picked

544
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,560
Speaker 3: the upset in my bracket as I filled it out.

545
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 3: But Dallas moves on here the tournament favorite stays alive.

546
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,680
Speaker 3: All right, our last matchup. I want an over under

547
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,520
Speaker 3: on this matchup too. We've got the Portland Trail Blazers

548
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:56,119
Speaker 3: in the Atlanta Hawks, no defense to be found, all offense. Rahim,

549
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,199
Speaker 3: who do you got here? And what's your line on

550
00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:58,680
Speaker 3: this game?

551
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:00,400
Speaker 4: Line?

552
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 2: On this game? Wow? I actually make Atlanta favorites.

553
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,359
Speaker 4: Yeah. I have a lant of minus three and I

554
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:14,520
Speaker 4: think I have the over under at two thirty. You know,

555
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,639
Speaker 4: in the playoff setting, I'm kind of looking to go

556
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,800
Speaker 4: under just because the games are just a slower pace.

557
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 4: Atlanta's defense is, you know, a lot better than they've

558
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,320
Speaker 4: shown most of the year. I think they actually you know,

559
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 4: to me, this is a tough game because I can't

560
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:37,080
Speaker 4: really bet against Day regardless of what my numbers say,

561
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,880
Speaker 4: I'm gonna I'm gonna trust Dame over.

562
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,720
Speaker 2: Trey Young any day. So I'm gonna go with the

563
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 2: Blazers just because of that. But I mean, man, this

564
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 2: is this is a tough game. Well I'm sorry.

565
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 1: This was a tournament situation. So it's like at the playoffs, right,

566
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,480
Speaker 1: so why are you why are you scared of betting

567
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,920
Speaker 1: on betting against Dame because I'm not really a big

568
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,199
Speaker 1: fan of Trey Young. I'm gonna be I hear you,

569
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 1: But like, let's be real about let's be real about

570
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,919
Speaker 1: Damian Lillard and in a one game environment, you know

571
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: what they're gonna do. They're gonna put two on ball.

572
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 1: You go back. Any team that has actually effectively managed

573
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 1: to put two at the level of the screen versus

574
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 1: Damian Lillard has shut him down like it's a problem.

575
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,400
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I love Dame. I think Dame's the best

576
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 1: leader in the NBA. I think I put a bet

577
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: on him for MVP the other day. We should not

578
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:35,679
Speaker 1: overstate who he is in the playoffs. Let's not overstate

579
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:40,680
Speaker 1: that the Allanta Hawks are winning this game. Look the Blazers.

580
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: The Blazers offensively are sixth. Great, awesome, congratulations, everybody in

581
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 1: the NBA can score. Now the Hawks are tenth. And

582
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 1: then defensively, he said, oh, no defense to be found.

583
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,400
Speaker 1: The Hawks are eighteenth in defense, and that's without DeAndre

584
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: Hunter for a month. The Hawks have not been a

585
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 1: bad defense this season. Like when they look bad, they bad.

586
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,119
Speaker 1: I'll grant you that, but nobody is gonna look that

587
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,919
Speaker 1: bad versus the Portland Trail Blazers, Like, yeah, they got firepower,

588
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,399
Speaker 1: but that bench unit's not any good. Atlanta's got more

589
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,879
Speaker 1: veterans on the bench. Atlanta's got a rim protector in

590
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,160
Speaker 1: Clint Capella. Atlanta does have Trey Young, who like, look,

591
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 1: I get the skepticism, but Young, but the guy gets

592
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 1: buckets and he gets assists.

593
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 2: He's got shooters.

594
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: He's got a rim fisher in Clin Capella, and they

595
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 1: can actually defend. The Blazers cannot. The Blazers are twenty

596
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 1: ninth in defense. Brandon, are you gonna pick a team

597
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,880
Speaker 1: that's twenty ninth in defense to advance here?

598
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 3: I'm not. I'm picking a team that will add play

599
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 3: a little bit of defense. The Portland Trail Blazers are.

600
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 3: I think the Blazers would be a near tournament favorite.

601
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 3: I suspected that that was gonna be your pick. I

602
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,400
Speaker 3: had a couple of bodies fill this bracket out, and

603
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 3: Portland was the champ on every one of them. Remember

604
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 3: I had Portland losing the first round of Toronto. I

605
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 3: just am not in on the Portland team in the playoff,

606
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,800
Speaker 3: setting that they're terrible. The only worst defense is Sacramento

607
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 3: and that hardly even counts. So Atlanta is gonna actually

608
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,440
Speaker 3: play a little defense. Am I actually picking Tree Young

609
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 3: over Dame? That's the spot that Raheem came to also,

610
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 3: But Reheim, your model said, Atlanta is the better team,

611
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 3: the better favorite. They're playing well, they just won eight

612
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 3: in a row until their last game. I'm gonna take

613
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:25,080
Speaker 3: Atlanta to advance here. So we're down to our final four,

614
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 3: and our first matchup of the night is the Boston

615
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 3: Celtics and the New Orleans Pelicans Final four. Remember we're

616
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 3: on a single elimination, four day tournament. We're on day

617
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 3: three here. Who's still holding out Boston or New Orleans?

618
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 3: Raheem Hohodiga, Wow.

619
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 2: I'm not picking it against Boston.

620
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 4: I just have seen there's just I've seen way too

621
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 4: many games this year where the Pelicans have just choked

622
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 4: in the clutch and I can't do it.

623
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 2: Repelicans are on a twelve min a clutch. They have

624
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 2: a negative net rating. I just push. I mean the

625
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 2: Celtics has struggled in the clutch as well.

626
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,800
Speaker 1: But I was a Seltic's record in the clutch eleven eighteen.

627
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 1: What what are you saying right now? Then? I'm giving

628
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 1: him the benefit of the doubt.

629
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 4: I gotta give because we've seen them pull things out

630
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 4: time and time again.

631
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 1: What who who in this core? Who has done that?

632
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:39,200
Speaker 4: Marcus Smart, Trey Young, I mean Young, Jleb Brown, and

633
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 4: Jason Tatum. We've seen it happen versus multiple think they've

634
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 4: been to multiple conference finals.

635
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 1: Okay, Okay, go last year, let's be real clear on this.

636
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 1: They should have gotten out of that Raptor series in five.

637
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 2: Okay.

638
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: The only reason we're holding onto this, oh the Raptors

639
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: in the champion the heart of a champion is because

640
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: the Raptors snuck in because the Celtics didn't close the

641
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: freaking door last year like they should have, and beaten

642
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 1: that Raptors team in five. We've got the way Celtic

643
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 1: should the cel should have lost Game two. Well, Marcus

644
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,920
Speaker 1: Smart hit all them threes in the clutch. It really

645
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 1: we talked about what about the what about the quarter

646
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 1: three by Powell? What are we talking about to say it?

647
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: I mean that game I thought the series were was

648
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Speaker 1: closer than it should close. That series was wide open

649
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 1: and should have been done in five. That series should

650
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 1: have been done in five, and the Raptors gritted it

651
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,719
Speaker 1: out because the Celtics let them, because they didn't execute,

652
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 1: because they are not this clutch team that you're talking about. Also, also,

653
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 1: this is the you talk about like Brad Stevens and

654
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: all this. Let's go back to twenty eighteen and the Cavaliers,

655
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 1: maybe the worst finals appearance team that I've ever seen,

656
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,200
Speaker 1: gets past Boston.

657
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 4: Like, that's that's another series. I don't even to talk

658
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 4: about that. I lost a lot of money in that series.

659
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 4: I lost a lot stinks.

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00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: Man, don't be trusted Boston. Nor that was Lebron James.

661
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 2: That had to do with Lebron James.

662
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: That was wins this game. Because this has to do

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00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 1: with Zion Williamson we've seen this matchup though. Look the

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Speaker 1: past two seasons. Actually, if you go back and you

665
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: rewatch these Pelicans games, the Celtics have struggled versus the Pelicans,

666
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: Like this is a trouble for them, Like this is

667
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: a problem. Spot got Stephen Adams that's a better center

668
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: than anybody on Boston. They've got Zion Williamson that's a

669
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 1: better power forward than anybody on Boston. Brandon Ingram versus

670
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown probably a wash. I love Brown. I think

671
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 1: Jalen's a better defender, but Brandon's really efficient. You've got

672
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 1: better stuff there. They've They've got better point guard. But

673
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: here's the thing is like, Okay, you got Kembell Walker, right,

674
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: but even with Kemba, you say like, well, Keimba is

675
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 1: such a big advantage over Eric Bloodsoe, which I agree with.

676
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: But Eric Bloodson is a great defender, Kemball with his

677
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 1: knees at this age versus ll er Eric Bloodsoe's defense.

678
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 1: Then you've got the bench unit with Kyle Lewis and

679
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 1: all the rest of those guys, Nikhil, Alexander Walker, all

680
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 1: of those No, the Pelicans are winning this game, Like, please,

681
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 1: love of God, let Boston out of their misery. Let

682
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: them go Brandon, let the boss of Celtics go home.

683
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 3: Oh look, it's me with the Boston Celtics tiebreaker vote.

684
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:10,959
Speaker 3: Who shall I choose?

685
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 4: Here?

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00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 3: I'm going with the Pelicans. The Celtics are done. I

687
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 3: just think I agree. Zion is going to absolutely mash

688
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 3: in this game. The Celtics are on their third game

689
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 3: in three nights. They've been playing the starting five like

690
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 3: forty four minutes a game. They're done. They got no depth,

691
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 3: they got no youth. Kemba, his knees are like grinding

692
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 3: to a pulp. At this point, Zion and Adams win

693
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 3: the rebounding battle like two to one. Pelicans win. It's

694
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 3: not even close. Pelicans win by like twenty. The Celtics

695
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:40,960
Speaker 3: are done.

696
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 2: They're home. Done. All right?

697
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 3: Our other final four matchup, Finally, that long last we

698
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 3: will find out the answer to who really won the trade? Luka,

699
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 3: Doncic or Tree Young? Is it Dallas or Atlanta? Heading

700
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 3: to our finals? Matt, who you got?

701
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: It's it's Luca the mat Like this is gonna be

702
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,720
Speaker 1: like a comfortable fifteen point win, Like there's no there's

703
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: no real question about this. This would not be all

704
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 1: that much of a matchup the Mavericks. Luca goes off

705
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 1: for forty five, Trey has thirty five on thirty eight shots,

706
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 1: and the Mavericks advance to the finals.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, Dallas has beat them four out of

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Speaker 4: the last five times. I just I'm not picking against

709
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 4: Dallas here. I think Dallas is a better team. We

710
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 4: could just move on, all right.

711
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,440
Speaker 3: I agree, Dallas is the finals, and oh boy, are

712
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 3: we gonna make some TV money on this one. We

713
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 3: got Luca, we got Zion, We're in the finals. It's

714
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,760
Speaker 3: our fourth game in four days. It's a foga baba

715
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 3: baba there here it's the finals. Mavericks Pelicans, number three

716
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 3: pick on the line. One of these teams is gonna

717
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 3: add like Evan Mobley or someone to their already stacked core.

718
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,879
Speaker 3: Who's gonna be who's winning the tournament? Raheem? Who's your pick?

719
00:34:57,960 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 3: What's your line? Who we're taking here?

720
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 2: Still value playoff experience.

721
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,520
Speaker 4: I think you know what Luca did last year, you

722
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 4: know against the Clippers that I mean that said a

723
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 4: lot about this team. I mean, I still, I just

724
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 4: these are two teams that really struggling to clutch. So

725
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 4: It's just like it can kind of go either way.

726
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 4: But I gotta trust the playoff experience. I trust Luca,

727
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 4: I trust jas Richardson. I just I'm going with Dallas.

728
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's the Pelicans. The Pelicans win this thing. I

729
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,240
Speaker 1: think the Pelicans win this thing based off of Look

730
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: one of the physicality is going to be a problem

731
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 1: for the Mavericks. You've got here's a problem. At some point,

732
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: christ As Porzingis is going to try and guard Zion Williamson,

733
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 1: and Zion is going to break him into a million pieces.

734
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: He's gonna dunk on him so hard that Kristaps is

735
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 1: just absolutely destroyed and breaks into a million pieces and

736
00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: flies all over the place. Like that's going to happen. Look, Luca,

737
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 1: I think it is probably great in the situation, But

738
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: the Mavericks. The Pelicans scheme is to put two on ball. Okay,

739
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: they play really aggressive the level of the screen. The

740
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 1: Nuggets have had success versus Luca doing that. Exact scheme

741
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: is you get the ball out of his hands and

742
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,160
Speaker 1: then you ball Deny. And if you do that, you're

743
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,399
Speaker 1: gonna have a lot of success because the Mavericks are

744
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: so much more heliocentric this year in terms of one

745
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,279
Speaker 1: guy does everything, Luca has the highest usage in the league.

746
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: Right now, Okay, if you focus in and you put

747
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 1: that much pressure on Luca and you make everybody else

748
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 1: beat you. The Mavericks are not used to it. They

749
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 1: don't know how to execute in those situations. It's close,

750
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 1: there's a lot of firepower, but ultimately I like the

751
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 1: Pelicans to grit out a five point win.

752
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 3: All right, well, I think we probably should put this

753
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 3: to the listeners. We're gonna need like a Twitter poll

754
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 3: up later to see what everyone really thinks. I like

755
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 3: both teams. They're both playing well. Pelicans have one four

756
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 3: of six, the Mavericks have won seven of ten. Both

757
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 3: of them have got their offense moving in their eight direction,

758
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 3: and I like it. I like where things are heading.

759
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 3: I just feel, in the end like Dallas is the

760
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,720
Speaker 3: better team. They've only lost by more than ten points

761
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 3: once since February fourth. They've got a lot of big wins,

762
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 3: which bodes well for the overall you know, their metrics

763
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 3: and just their overall team ability. I like Luca, he's

764
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 3: the best player on the court, and this one as

765
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 3: good as Zion is and is becoming. I still want

766
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 3: Luca over Zion. I see matchup edges for both sides.

767
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 3: I want Rick Carlisle in this matchup. With all due respect, Yeah,

768
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 3: but yeah, I think it's close. I think it's gonna

769
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:40,399
Speaker 3: be a great game. And the Mavericks, the Mavericks need

770
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 3: this a little bit more. The Pelicans have like seven

771
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 3: thousand picks. Anyway, I just trade all the picks for

772
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 3: whoever they want. Anyway, the Mavericks don't have any picks.

773
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 3: They traded them for poor Zingas for I think he's

774
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 3: playing all forty eight in this one because he's the

775
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 3: reason that they're playing in this one. We need the

776
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 3: number three pick. Dallas needs that star. I'm taking the Mavericks.

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00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 3: They are are middlings champions.

778
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 1: I like it. I like it.

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00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:03,160
Speaker 2: I like it.

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00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,480
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Speaker 2: It's it's night we really John.

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Speaker 1: This week we talk about teams that have absolutely failed us,

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00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: just absolutely ruin us. It's usually for a team that

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00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,560
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Speaker 1: bit of a different one this week. Mine's thanks for nothing.

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00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:57,760
Speaker 1: Charlotte Hornets. Guys, if I bet on them, they lose.

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00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 1: If I and this is before LaMelo, if I bet

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Speaker 1: on them to like win a quarter in which they're

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00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: they should absolutely win, they lose. If I bet against

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00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: them in any context, they win. They're driving me absolutely insane.

817
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,280
Speaker 1: They tied the Spurs last night in the second quarter

818
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 1: where the Spurs are absolutely dynamite. They've gotten Nolamela Ball.

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00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:20,560
Speaker 1: I'm like, this is great. I just can't with this team. Please,

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00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,360
Speaker 1: I'm begging you, Raheem Brandon, stop me from betting the

821
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:28,360
Speaker 1: Hornets in any capacity. I need help. Dig in searchin

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Speaker 1: my dosh looks delicious. It's the Wednesday NBA Buffet, chew

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00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 1: and swallow no savory Wednesday picks. One pick from each

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00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: of you. I'm gonna lea off this week because I

825
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 1: am going back to the well. Luka Doncic over three

826
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: and a half three pointers. You're still getting in at

827
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,120
Speaker 1: plus money. They finally raised the number brand and they

828
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:51,880
Speaker 1: went from two and a half to three and a half,

829
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 1: but they're still putting it at like plus one forty.

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Speaker 1: He's hit like five of the last six of these

831
00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 1: and seven of the last eleven. I'm absolutely all in

832
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 1: Lucas shooting a ton of threes night to night. Love

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Speaker 1: this bet. I'm taking Luca over three and a half

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Speaker 1: plus one forty. Brandon, what's your pick for the night.

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00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I like that one. He's just been consistently hitting

836
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,839
Speaker 3: that over. I'm going with the prop here as well.

837
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 3: I'm going back to old faithful. You guys know, I

838
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,879
Speaker 3: love my Orlando Magic props this season, and I'm going

839
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 3: to going back to Nick Bucevich tonight over thirteen and

840
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:26,320
Speaker 3: a half rebounds plus assists. That's at minus one thirteen

841
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,839
Speaker 3: right now, and I just think this line is low.

842
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 3: We project him at over seventeen. There he's averaging almost

843
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 3: twelve rebounds and four assists per game. The Magic, as

844
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 3: always this season, are shorthanded. They could be more shorthanded

845
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 3: like this is. This is easily a case where like

846
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 3: Gordon or Fournier end up not playing or get pulled

847
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,399
Speaker 3: mid game because of trade talks or something like that.

848
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:53,360
Speaker 3: Buch has gone over fourteen rebounds alone in thirteen of

849
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 3: his games. He's gone over this combo props thirty out

850
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 3: of forty three. Phoenix is kind of a tough matchup.

851
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,399
Speaker 3: Doesn't give me enough pause. I'm taking you over here,

852
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:03,320
Speaker 3: thirteen and a half rebounds plus success.

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00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:06,759
Speaker 4: Rahim, what you pick for the night, I'm going with

854
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,919
Speaker 4: the Nuggets the Raptors. Like I mean, we spoke about

855
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,319
Speaker 4: this earlier. Raptors are done and I think mas side

856
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:17,359
Speaker 4: knows it. Uh, everybody organization knows it. I mean when

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00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 4: I look at this, when I look at the matchup,

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Speaker 4: you know, just in general, did Nuggets just have so

859
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 4: many areas in which they can exploit. I mean they're

860
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:27,320
Speaker 4: shooting sixty seven percent at the rim, you know, against

861
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:30,719
Speaker 4: the Raptors team that just struggles with rim protection. So

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00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 4: I mean the Raptors are nineteenth and allowing points at

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Speaker 4: the rim.

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Speaker 2: They also are allowing.

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Speaker 4: The fourth highest frequency of opponent three point field goal attempts.

866
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 4: And you know that might have worked out well when

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00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:44,280
Speaker 4: you had fans and you know, things that distract players

868
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,760
Speaker 4: and everything like that. But when you have an environment

869
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:50,719
Speaker 4: where there's no fans, you know, teams are shooting lights out,

870
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Speaker 4: so you can't stop the rim. You can't stop opponent

871
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 4: US at the rim. You can't stop opponent US from three.

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00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,759
Speaker 4: You're never really recovering from a COVID outbreak. And then

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00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 4: you have a Nuggets team which are coming They're coming

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00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 4: off a blow out win against the Magic, so the

875
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,680
Speaker 4: starters really didn't play heavy minutes last night. So I

876
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Speaker 4: think the Nuggets, you know, they really they make the

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Speaker 4: Raptors go and stick. I mean we can see Lowry

878
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:17,440
Speaker 4: and Pole get moved, so they might not play. This

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00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 4: thing's over. It's been a good seven year run. I've

880
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 4: really enjoyed it. Probably one of my favorite teams to watch.

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Speaker 4: Kyle Lowrys from Philly.

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Speaker 2: I love him.

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00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,800
Speaker 4: You know, he's the same age as me. His birthday

884
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 4: is actually this week. My birthday is actually this week

885
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 4: as well, so we're both Aris one of my favorite players.

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00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 4: But it's over, so I'm going with the Nuggets, so.

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Speaker 1: We're both aries. I love that. That's great. Happy birthday,

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Speaker 1: by the way, Thank you.

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Speaker 2: I appreciated that birthday you too.

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Speaker 1: It's rare that you take a side. You haven't taken

891
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: size this year, you're mostly playing totals.

892
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:49,800
Speaker 2: I mean I've been playing.

893
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,719
Speaker 4: I started off the season playing side, but I mean

894
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,359
Speaker 4: I recognized that this was gonna be a weird year,

895
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 4: so I just I would rather not deal with the

896
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:01,320
Speaker 4: swings and stuff like that, So I've been playing more totals.

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Speaker 3: I like that pick to your human. Actually, just before

898
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:06,680
Speaker 3: we started recording, I just put that exact pick in

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00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 3: as my best bet on our staff best bets today.

900
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:10,920
Speaker 3: So I like all three. I think I'm gonna do

901
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Speaker 3: a buffet parlay and just go for the goal.

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Speaker 1: Tonight Magic are plus ten versus the Sun's to night.

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00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 1: That's a lot like I make it eleven Magic. They're

904
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:22,480
Speaker 1: not bad, Like I don't know. The Magic are better

905
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,279
Speaker 1: than their record. They don't get blown out much. I

906
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:25,840
Speaker 1: don't feel like the Magic get blown out much. They

907
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 1: got blown out against the Celtics on Sunday. Yeah, but

908
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 1: didn't they beat the Celtics in like the game, but

909
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,239
Speaker 1: in the duplex before that, I don't think so.

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Speaker 2: I think that was the Calves.

911
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:34,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, I got blown out once twelve ninety six, and

912
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:35,760
Speaker 4: then they got blown out.

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Speaker 2: Against against the Nuggets.

914
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,839
Speaker 4: They were getting blown out against the Knicks, but they

915
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 4: came all the way back. It was the night we

916
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 4: did the bet Cats, because Preston was talking about it

917
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 4: on air.

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Speaker 1: The Celtics lost the Magic. At some point in the

919
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:50,160
Speaker 1: history of man, they've lost to the Celtic, they have lost.

920
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: It was probably a.

921
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:52,839
Speaker 3: Game one of a playoff series. That's when it would

922
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Speaker 3: have happened.

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Speaker 1: Right right, right, right, right right, all right, all right,

924
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Speaker 1: then we're gonna get out of here. Thanks for joining

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Speaker 1: us on the NBA Action Network show We Really Shit

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Speaker 1: in the Action app as well for all of our picks,

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Speaker 1: Network NBA podcast.

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Speaker 5: We're finished talking