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Speaker 1: of you guys are having a great weekend so far,

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Speaker 1: awesome day of basketball. Before we get to for far

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Speaker 1: more interesting playoff series. That's what happens when one team

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Speaker 1: But let's start with Golden State and Memphis and before

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Speaker 1: show before as a bridge, right, a bridge from two

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Speaker 1: eras you've got, you know, It's it's so important when

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Speaker 1: keep your team filled with talent, and not just talent,

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Speaker 1: more four on three opportunities. But with Steph actually involved

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Speaker 1: And that's the that's the dynamic that's gonna make this

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Speaker 1: Having Jordan Pool come in here and play like this,

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Speaker 1: that gives you time for Jonathan Cominga to have three

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Speaker 1: That's a great sign of where they're at mentally. And

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Speaker 1: there was a stretch there in that third quarter where

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Speaker 1: you could just tell Clay looked confident again. There was

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Speaker 1: a play where he caught the ball in the right corner.

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Speaker 1: He knew exactly what was gonna happen. He's like, I'm

435
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Speaker 1: gonna pump thick. This dude's gonna a flying by me.

436
00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,639
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get a look, and he actually missed it,

437
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Speaker 1: but it was like you could just tell, like in

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Speaker 1: his head he was processing things at the right speed. Finally,

439
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Speaker 1: later in the corner or earlier in the quarter, he

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Speaker 1: made a one legged running three going into the lane

441
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Speaker 1: and like popped through the net like it was dead on.

442
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Speaker 1: There's no chance he was missing it. So seeing Clay

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Speaker 1: get a little bit back, that's again we talked about

444
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Speaker 1: the influx of talent with Jordan Poole. That's kind of

445
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Speaker 1: like another influx of talent having Clay Thompson regained some

446
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Speaker 1: of his form and obviously defense is another side of that.

447
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Speaker 1: He'll have to get a little bit better, but it's good.

448
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Speaker 1: It's good to see that Clay looks good looking forward.

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Speaker 1: In this series, I game threes are tough because I

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Speaker 1: almost always favored the home team in game three. It's

451
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Speaker 1: their first home game of this series. The teams are

452
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Speaker 1: already somewhat familiar with each other, so no one's getting surprised, right,

453
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Speaker 1: and generally speaking, the home team playing in game three

454
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Speaker 1: is at in motivation advantage unless they happen to steal

455
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Speaker 1: both games on the road. But like if you're looking

456
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Speaker 1: at Golden State, they lost game two, should have one

457
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Speaker 1: blew an opper tunity. They lost game too, right, and

458
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Speaker 1: so this was a great opportunity for them to come

459
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Speaker 1: into their home floor and regain control the series. You

460
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 1: knew they had a motivational advantage. Same thing was going

461
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Speaker 1: on with the Bucks. They got absolutely destroyed in game two.

462
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,000
Speaker 1: I know there was like kind of like a second

463
00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,679
Speaker 1: half of things got a little bit more interesting, but

464
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Speaker 1: they were down sixty five to forty forty, So they

465
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Speaker 1: were going to come out on their home floor and

466
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Speaker 1: want to and want to take care of business. This

467
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Speaker 1: is I always call this the buzz Saw game. It's

468
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Speaker 1: one of my favorite games to bet, and yes, yes

469
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Speaker 1: I bet on the two home teams today, but like,

470
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Speaker 1: this is one of my favorite games to bet because

471
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Speaker 1: this is the one game in the series where I

472
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Speaker 1: think home court plays the biggest role Game three, regardless

473
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Speaker 1: of what's going on unless the home teams up to

474
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Speaker 1: oh already, Game four is going to be a different challenge.

475
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 1: Memphis is gonna go look at the film and they're

476
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Speaker 1: gonna see immediately where all their missed opportunities were, particularly

477
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Speaker 1: on the defensive end of the floor, particularly with dribble

478
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Speaker 1: drive contained. They're going to come into Game four with

479
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Speaker 1: the whole other level of focus. Now they will be

480
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Speaker 1: the desperate team. There's always like a little bit of

481
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Speaker 1: a flat feeling in Game four when like the home

482
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 1: crowd always has a little bit less of an impact

483
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Speaker 1: in that second game. Right, So this is good, it's

484
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Speaker 1: not over. I picked Golden State for a reason. I

485
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,200
Speaker 1: think they're the better, smarter team, and I think they

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Speaker 1: have more creation. I think they I always look at

487
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Speaker 1: half court like how well can a team succeed within

488
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Speaker 1: the half court? And I always trusted Golden State more

489
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Speaker 1: in those moments but the series is not over. I

490
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Speaker 1: told you guys, it's so important for Golden State to

491
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Speaker 1: try to end this series quickly because of the way

492
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Speaker 1: that Memphis can physically wear you down over the course

493
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Speaker 1: of the series, crashing the offensive glass and stuff like that.

494
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,720
Speaker 1: By the way, weird a side plot of this series.

495
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 1: Golden State has been amazing on the glass. Coming into

496
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Speaker 1: this series, we all thought Memphis was gonna destroy them

497
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,280
Speaker 1: down there, and they've been great. Special credit Gary Payton Jr.

498
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Speaker 1: Before Garry Patton the second before he got hurt, and

499
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Speaker 1: then also Andrew Wiggins and Auto Porter Auto Porter Jr. Again.

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Speaker 1: And this is part of another thing with the way

501
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 1: the game has changed. It used to be that the jet,

502
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,960
Speaker 1: like the average shot distance was so much closer to

503
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 1: the rim that there were fewer longer rebounds. So what

504
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,480
Speaker 1: became so important was big guys that could rebound. Right

505
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,520
Speaker 1: in the modern NBA, with how many long distance shots

506
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,000
Speaker 1: there are, shots are coming flying off the rim all

507
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:17,640
Speaker 1: over the floor, So guard rebounding, wing rebounding is more

508
00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 1: important now than it's ever been in the history of

509
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Speaker 1: the league. Having a guy like Otto Porter Jr. Who

510
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,920
Speaker 1: has just got like kind of a heat seeking missile

511
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 1: for the basketball is a great asset, especially at his size,

512
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,520
Speaker 1: and him and Andrew Wiggins have been fighting and clawing

513
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,240
Speaker 1: for contested rebounds this entire series and it's neutralized as

514
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Speaker 1: significant portion of Memphis's attack. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: Memphis is gonna keep coming. It's like I've been talking

516
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Speaker 1: about with the Milwaukee Boston series, like it's not about

517
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 1: keeping you honest in front one time or even five

518
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,960
Speaker 1: times you have to, it's can you still do it

519
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,480
Speaker 1: on the nine, seven time on time when things really

520
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 1: start to wear you down. So getting a three one advantage,

521
00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,880
Speaker 1: taking it back to Memphis and closing this series out,

522
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Speaker 1: that's the best way to prevent any sort of long

523
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Speaker 1: term wear and tear that can take place over the

524
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,240
Speaker 1: course of this series. So Game four is a big opportunity.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a good game that these both of

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Speaker 1: these games are gonna be on Monday night. Monday Night

527
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 1: will be a super, super interesting night. We will absolutely

528
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Speaker 1: be going live after the final buzzer the last game

529
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Speaker 1: that night, and I can't wait because though game four

530
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 1: in a two one series, that's always the big turning point.

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Speaker 1: Are you going are you going back three one? Are

532
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 1: you going back to two huge difference between those two situations.

533
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,680
Speaker 1: Everything's gonna come down to who can who can sit

534
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,439
Speaker 1: in a stance and get a stop, who can keep

535
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,080
Speaker 1: somebody in front, who's willing to do that job, specifically

536
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Speaker 1: with Jordan Poole, who can create shots other than jaw.

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Speaker 1: One of the things that Memphis has been doing a lot,

538
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,040
Speaker 1: and they might have to do more, is have Highest

539
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 1: Jones out there more, to have another guy on the

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Speaker 1: floor that can kind of make decisions at a high

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Speaker 1: pick and roll especially. One of the things that's been

542
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,080
Speaker 1: working really well for Memphis is Jaren Jackson is shooting

543
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,240
Speaker 1: the ship out of the basketball. I think he made

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00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,560
Speaker 1: three more threes tonight, three or four more threes tonight.

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Speaker 1: Him being such a threat in screen and pop situations

546
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,120
Speaker 1: is gonna get guys like Ties Jones downhill. They might

547
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,160
Speaker 1: have to play him more because they need some more

548
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 1: offensive creation. But the flip side of that, that's another

549
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,200
Speaker 1: small guy on the floor. That's another guy who's not

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00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,880
Speaker 1: a great defensive player. That's the predicament that Golden State

551
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 1: puts you in. I talked about this in last night's show,

552
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,960
Speaker 1: like that our last show that we did good teams

553
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 1: put you in predicaments where you have to make these

554
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:23,639
Speaker 1: types of decisions, and Memphis is going to be in

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00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 1: that type of uh, in that type of position. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I still pick Golden State. And my guess is that

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Speaker 1: this at this point that they'll win in six. My I,

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Speaker 1: my I will predict that Memphis will win Game five

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Speaker 1: and the Golden State will win Game four. But Golden

560
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Speaker 1: State should be gunning to try to end this thing

561
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Speaker 1: in five before physicality becomes a problem. Before we move

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Speaker 1: on to the Bucks in the Celtics, I just wanted

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Speaker 1: on to Boston Milwaukee, which was an incredible game which

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Speaker 1: I predicted to be an incredible game. This was the

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Speaker 1: game that I thought Milwaukee would win before the series

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00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 1: when I picked Boston in five, which obviously, as of

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00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 1: right now is very much wrong. But as I told

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Speaker 1: you guys after Milwaukee stole Game one, I expected this

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Speaker 1: to be a super long series just because of the

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Speaker 1: dynamics of home court advantage. The reason why I liked

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Speaker 1: Milwaukee's chances most in Game three was because it's typically

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Speaker 1: the game where the underdog has the best opportunity to win.

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Speaker 1: It's your first game at home in a series where

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Speaker 1: you're already familiar with the other team, and you've played

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Speaker 1: twice already too, you're almost always the more desperate team,

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Speaker 1: even if you did manage to steal a game like

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Speaker 1: Milwaukee's coming from getting absolutely destroyed in Game two. They

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Speaker 1: had a little bit of a fake come back in

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Speaker 1: the second half. They were down sixty to forty at

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Speaker 1: halftime in Game two. This was their night to come

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Speaker 1: out in front of their home crowd and take a

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Speaker 1: lead in this series, and they did. Now, it was

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Speaker 1: super interesting in a bunch of different levels, and we're

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Speaker 1: gonna get into all of it, because there was a

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Speaker 1: moment where I thought Milwaukee was gonna blow them out

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Speaker 1: early in the game. I actually tweeted out I expected

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Speaker 1: Milwaukee to blow them out because Boston was really sloppy

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Speaker 1: in some specific areas that we'll talk about. Then we

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Speaker 1: have this weird stretch to start the fourth quarter where

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Speaker 1: Boston locks in and like you could just tell they

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Speaker 1: were in a completely different brain space on offense and

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Speaker 1: we're executing and getting great shots, and next thing you know,

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Speaker 1: they have a lead. Then you have this weird final

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Speaker 1: possession for our second to last possession for Boston where

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Speaker 1: they get back to back completely wide open threes to

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Speaker 1: potentially steal this game and take a two one lead

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Speaker 1: when you've played horrible all night long. And then it's

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Speaker 1: amazing move from Jhannice to take the lead, get a stop,

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Speaker 1: Honice defends Jalen Brown at the rim, and then they

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Speaker 1: go down in and Drew Holiday has that little float

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Speaker 1: in the lane and it's over. Just like a crazy

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Speaker 1: helter skelter up and down type a game on a

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Speaker 1: bunch of different levels. But Milwaukee takes the lead. You know,

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Speaker 1: I said, I said before this series that if Janice

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Speaker 1: were to beat this Celtics team, I thought it would

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Speaker 1: be an accomplishment on par with what Lebron did in

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Speaker 1: two thousand seven beating that Detroit Pistons team. And I

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Speaker 1: don't mean there's obviously there's differences. Lebron was younger than

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Speaker 1: Janice at that point. For Lebron, that took his team

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Speaker 1: to the finals. I don't think the Pistons were the

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Speaker 1: best team in the league that year. I actually think

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Speaker 1: this Boston team is the best team in the league.

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Speaker 1: But the similarities were just the huge talent disparity between

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Speaker 1: the two teams. That Detroit team I think had four

645
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Speaker 1: All Stars the previous year, and all those guys were

646
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 1: still very much at that level in two thousand seven

647
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: versus a team where it was solid role players but

648
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: no second star and kind of just one kind of

649
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 1: heliocentric superstar that has the opportunity to potentially overcome the

650
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: much better team. That's kind of the parallel that I

651
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,480
Speaker 1: was trying to draw there. And what happened was is

652
00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: Detroit was the better team clearly demonstrate I did it

653
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 1: for large portions of the series. But Lebron just reached

654
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 1: down and touched a level of basketball that have not

655
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,680
Speaker 1: very many people in the world have ever done, and

656
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 1: it was too much for the Pistons, and next thing

657
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: you know, they were losing in six games. And that's

658
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: the opportunity that Janice has here. They're not as good

659
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 1: as Boston and any facet of the game. Boston's better

660
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: at generating high quality half court shots. You saw that

661
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: down the stretch of that game. They got wide open

662
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: shots almost every possession in that fourth quarter they executed

663
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 1: fantastically well. Then on the defensive end they were locking

664
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 1: in and making everything difficult on Milwaukee. But down the

665
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 1: stretch of that game, Janice was able to create shots

666
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: when there was nothing versus Boston missing good shots. But again,

667
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: as I've always talked about jump shots, there's a expected value,

668
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,959
Speaker 1: but it's always up in the air. Sometimes they go in,

669
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 1: sometimes they don't. Getting to the rim, closer to the

670
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 1: rim stuff is more dependable. Janice last two made field

671
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: goals in this game. We're really nice to a little

672
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 1: hook shot in the lane against Jalen Brown and then

673
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: that awesome Euros step around Grant Williams for the game winner.

674
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 1: Those are once he made the move, it's like that's

675
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: going in. That's a dependable move. Joannice overcame a clear

676
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 1: talent disadvantage tonight with his own individual greatness and one

677
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 1: a basketball game, and now he is a two to

678
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 1: one lead against the team that I think is better.

679
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: But we're gonna dip into a bunch of different parts

680
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 1: of this game. I wanted to start with that fourth quarter.

681
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 1: Let's start with you, honest in particular. And again it's

682
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: like you saw down the stretch of that game. They

683
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 1: when they went to Drew Holiday in isolation situations, he

684
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 1: had a couple of shots that he made, but for

685
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 1: the most part, it was really difficult for him, and

686
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 1: he actually got blocked on a bunch of his pull

687
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 1: up shots. They tried to run some screen and roll

688
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 1: action with Drew and with Joannice on one side of

689
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 1: the floor, and they would kind of meander into the lane,

690
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 1: but Boston would compress around them and things weren't really open,

691
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: and guys like Pat Connors and he made one corner three,

692
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: but then he missed his last couple out from the perimeter.

693
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: So they didn't really have anything working for them. But

694
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: there was one thing that was definitively working for them,

695
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: and it was Janice Antenna Komba. Just imagine I think

696
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: it was early fourth quarter on the right block against

697
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: Grant Williams, the one where Keeby Brown had a freak

698
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 1: out about about Janice dropping his shoulder. And we'll talk

699
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: a little bit later about Janice and officiating. But and again,

700
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 1: really quick note for you Bucks fans, not liking the

701
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,239
Speaker 1: way Janice is officiated is not the same thing as

702
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: not liking Janice. Those are two completely different things. Just

703
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: because I love Lebron and I am totally okay with

704
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 1: the fact that he does not get a lot of

705
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: foul calls when he's trying to bullyball people all the time.

706
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,239
Speaker 1: But we'll get to that in a little bit. On

707
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: the right wing, it's bump, bump, and then get into

708
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: the lane for that hook shot over the top. That's

709
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 1: a It was defended perfectly by Grant Williams. The only

710
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 1: thing he could have done better is maybe flopped to

711
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: try to take a charge. But Janice just got to

712
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: that little half hook in the lane that he made.

713
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 1: And by the way, as I tweeted out, that little

714
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 1: half hook, to me, that's the Honests go to move.

715
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 1: That's the move that he can have to beat a

716
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: set half court defense, not the fade a ways, not

717
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: the one legged step backs, not the three wing shot.

718
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: It's that. It's the let me just bump you once

719
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 1: and then step into the middle and take that right

720
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 1: handed hook in the middle of the lane. It's unguardable.

721
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,319
Speaker 1: His release point is way too high. He can get

722
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 1: it in any circumstance and it's a high percentage shot.

723
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,839
Speaker 1: He can He's not quite there yet, but I would

724
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 1: imagine that he's capable of getting to the point where

725
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: that is like a super super high percentage efficient go

726
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 1: to move for him, something that he can go to,

727
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,319
Speaker 1: kind of similar to the way that same shot was

728
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: for Tim Duncan. But then he had like two spin

729
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,200
Speaker 1: moves on on on Jalen Brown in the lane, one

730
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,239
Speaker 1: where he got really good separation and got a dunk,

731
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: and then the other one Jalen did a good job

732
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 1: is sliding in front of him, and he went back

733
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: to that little hook shot and made it. And then

734
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,280
Speaker 1: on the final possession, same thing. Nothing's open, didn't settle,

735
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 1: did a beautiful like rip to the right and then

736
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 1: a beautiful quick euro step to the left and got

737
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,799
Speaker 1: just clear around Grant Williams and he's right at the

738
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 1: rim and finishing at the rim. That's unbelievable offense down

739
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 1: the stretch. He honest is the biggest rub on him

740
00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 1: compared to his peers at the top of the league

741
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: is his ability to create shots in the half court.

742
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,360
Speaker 1: And is he as good as Lebron at it? No?

743
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 1: Is he as good at as Kevin duran at it

744
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: knows he is good at you know, Luca and Yokich

745
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: and some of these guys at the very top of

746
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 1: that list. No, but he has turned himself into a

747
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 1: player who's very good at it. He's probably in the

748
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:20,279
Speaker 1: tier right below those guys. And that's good enough for

749
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: your honest. When you're good, when you're as good at

750
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,440
Speaker 1: everything else in basketball as jannest Is is, you if

751
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 1: you're as dominant defensively as he is, If you're as

752
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: incredible in transition as he is, if you're as incredible

753
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,319
Speaker 1: as an offensive rebound or finishing around the rim, if

754
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 1: you're as incredible defensively both on the perimeter and and

755
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,359
Speaker 1: help side, and as a leader, and physically and your

756
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 1: ability to thrive in in fist fight type environments, if

757
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: you're good at all of that, then you don't have

758
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,760
Speaker 1: to be the best half court scorer in the entire league.

759
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: But if you're very good at it, that's enough. And

760
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: he is very good at it, and that's that's enough

761
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: for him to be the best player in basketball. And

762
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: that's what he is right now. We have to acknowledge

763
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,959
Speaker 1: that because he's demonstrating for us on a playoff stage.

764
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 1: You guys know me, I was slow to admit that

765
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,319
Speaker 1: because I'm always gonna be slow. I'd rather be late

766
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: to the party than disrespect established guys by bumping them

767
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 1: to the front before they deserve it. But Janice deserves

768
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 1: it now. He has clearly demonstrated it. This is the

769
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: second postseason in a run where he a second postseason

770
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: in a row where he's clearly demonstrated that he's better

771
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 1: than anybody else in this field. He's doing it, and

772
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 1: again he has to do two more times. There's a

773
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,200
Speaker 1: lot a lot of basketball left in this series. We're

774
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,760
Speaker 1: gonna talk more about Boston here in just a minute,

775
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: but I had to start with jannest He deserves the

776
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 1: shout out best player in the world, and he's half

777
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:40,319
Speaker 1: halfway towards stealing a series against a far superior team

778
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 1: that was a NINUS two favorite. On FanDuel before the series.

779
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: A couple more quick notes on Milwaukee. I thought brook

780
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: Lopez was a monster tonight, big double double, was crashing

781
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,320
Speaker 1: the offensive glass like crazy, and then especially early in

782
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,320
Speaker 1: the game, he kind of turned into an interesting release

783
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: valve for Milwaukee in the half court, just throwing the

784
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,959
Speaker 1: ball to him on the post, even even against someone

785
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: like Al Horford is a great post offender. You know,

786
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: when you lose Chris Middleton, especially in rescue situations like

787
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 1: lake clock don't have time to run in action. You

788
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,359
Speaker 1: need someone to throw the ball too that can create

789
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: a play. And that was kind of an interesting wrinkle tonight,

790
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,320
Speaker 1: the ability to throw the ball down to brook Lopez

791
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 1: on the block. He scored there a couple of times.

792
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 1: He had a big and one there in the third quarter.

793
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: It's an interesting kind of wrinkle in this series. Then

794
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 1: Drew Holiday was a monster again. That was the big

795
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,840
Speaker 1: swing factor in Game one. I told you guys, he

796
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 1: was the second best player on the floor. I'd say

797
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 1: probably Jalen Brown was the second best player in the

798
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: four today, but Drew Holiday was a definitive number three

799
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 1: and he was definitely better than Tatum tonight. It's a

800
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 1: huge swing factor. We'll talk about Tatum in just a minute,

801
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,360
Speaker 1: but his shot making was huge again and he had

802
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: a bunch of big shots down the stretch, had a

803
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,320
Speaker 1: big fade away along the baseline in the fourth quarter,

804
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: and then he had the shot that kind of ice

805
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 1: the game when Tatum fell over and he hit that

806
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,720
Speaker 1: kind of wild little floater in the lane. So another

807
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 1: big one from Drew Holiday. But I want to talk

808
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 1: about Boston a little bit. You know, their offense was

809
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 1: the story of this game in two different ways, because

810
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 1: they were so incredible offensively in that fourth quarter and

811
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: they were so bad offensively through the first three quarters.

812
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 1: I told you guys that, you know after one of

813
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: the big reasons why uh it hasn't gone as smoothly

814
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,400
Speaker 1: for Boston as I predicted before the series was they

815
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:23,280
Speaker 1: go through these extended stretches where their offensive decision making

816
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 1: becomes poor. And this was something that Emil Udoka specifically

817
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: talked about before Game two, talking about early contested shot clock,

818
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 1: early in the shot clock, contested threes off the dribble,

819
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 1: and threes that don't come off of multiple driving kicks.

820
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:41,839
Speaker 1: And in this entire game, Boston allowed themselves to get

821
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:43,400
Speaker 1: psyched out. And for the record, this is a credit

822
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 1: to Milwaukee's defense. Milwaukee's defense because it is so good

823
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:51,839
Speaker 1: at specific things and we get other things. It can

824
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 1: mess with your head, especially if you're like natural priorities

825
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 1: as a basketball player are to attack that thing that

826
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 1: they're specifically good at. You have to rewire yourself to

827
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 1: make the right reads in these situations. That's the predicament

828
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: that Milwaukee puts you in. But almost immediately from the

829
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 1: start tonight I saw the same kind of offensive decision

830
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,760
Speaker 1: making from Boston that I saw in Game one, driving

831
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 1: into rim protectors instead of trying to get the rim

832
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 1: protector out of position before attacking or kicking to open

833
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 1: shooters quick three point shots and transition off the dribble

834
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,280
Speaker 1: and off the catch. Just a lot of them weren't

835
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 1: even open. And then, you know, some of this I

836
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: got a credit Milwaukee with because you know Milwaukee's defense.

837
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 1: We've talked about this a lot on this show, and

838
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: Bucks fans are all like, no, no, no no, Milwaukee, their

839
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: defense is actually good. It was just brooke up and no, no,

840
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: it wasn't. Their Their defense was bad. They were literally

841
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,880
Speaker 1: twenty in the NBA after the All star break and

842
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 1: defensive rating like there's you can't blame brook Lopez for

843
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 1: being a bottom third defense in the NBA. They were bad, okay,

844
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,360
Speaker 1: But again, as I've said, the way they were bad

845
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 1: was they oversold to the paint and they gave up

846
00:39:58,120 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff on the back end. But again,

847
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 1: it's not like the scheme was let people shoot. No,

848
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 1: they have stuff built into their scheme to rotate two shooters.

849
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:07,840
Speaker 1: They just weren't good at it. They didn't do a

850
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 1: good enough job when they'd sell out to the paint

851
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,280
Speaker 1: at spreading back out when the ball was popping around

852
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 1: on the perimeter to get two shooters. Tonight, they did

853
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 1: a much much better job of that. Boston only took

854
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 1: thirty three threes and I thought they forced a lot

855
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 1: of those, so much better job from Milwaukee and this

856
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,720
Speaker 1: specific game at rotating around two shooters. But again, Boston

857
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 1: bought into that or played into that a lot with

858
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 1: their own shot selection. In terms of their basketball i Q,

859
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 1: they have guys and Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum and

860
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,360
Speaker 1: Marcus Smart who are who have shown a lot of

861
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 1: growth over the course of the last few years as

862
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 1: decision makers. But it's not consistent, they still have stretches

863
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:47,920
Speaker 1: where they dip into it. I thought Tatum part of

864
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,799
Speaker 1: the reason why he had a rough night tonight was

865
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 1: he was taking difficult shots instead of kind of letting

866
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: the game come to him. And then as he was,

867
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,439
Speaker 1: you know, when you're two for a live and two

868
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,359
Speaker 1: for twelve, two for thirteen, you almost feel like it's

869
00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 1: not your nights. You start really forcing the act in.

870
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 1: But that was that to me, was what killed him.

871
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 1: And you know, and again it comes down to the

872
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:09,239
Speaker 1: transition element. So we remember in game one, um Milwaukee

873
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 1: has twenty eight fast break points, and we talked about

874
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 1: how Boston's defense and the half court was excellent, but

875
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 1: they struggled defending and transition and a huge part of

876
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,719
Speaker 1: it was their bad shot selection. Well, game two they

877
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,359
Speaker 1: tightened all of that up. They only give up six

878
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: fast break points. Well tonight they gave up twenty one

879
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: fast break points again. And my guess is that when

880
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: I look at the data tomorrow, the half court defense

881
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,439
Speaker 1: is gonna be excellent, and my guess is it's gonna

882
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,320
Speaker 1: be in transition where they got killed again, which is

883
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 1: a damn shame because it's like a proven winning formula

884
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,239
Speaker 1: there for them. That's right there on the table, like

885
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:44,240
Speaker 1: take smart shots, play smart offense. You will win because

886
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 1: your defense is better than there spy a lot, so

887
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,200
Speaker 1: trap him in a half court game and you're gonna win, right,

888
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 1: And they did in the fourth quarter. That's the wild part.

889
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,280
Speaker 1: Down the stretch of that game. That entire fourth quarter,

890
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 1: Boston's offensive execution was excellent. Guys were driving and kicking

891
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: instead of driving into trap thinking trying to finish. Guys

892
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,320
Speaker 1: were passing on the early shot clock shots that weren't

893
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 1: as good as other shots. Down the stretch, they were

894
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: getting fantastic looks. Really, the only possession I had a

895
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: problem with was Jalen Brown. So they're up one. They

896
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: get back to back winde open threes. I think one

897
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 1: of them was for Jalen and one of them was

898
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 1: for al Horford if I remember correctly, But they were

899
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,439
Speaker 1: both wide open shots. Both of them had a chance

900
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: to ice the game. You missed them both, it happens,

901
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 1: they go down. Yannice scores. Okay, so now they're up.

902
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 1: But again the shot Janice took was a really difficult

903
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:34,879
Speaker 1: like euro step through the lane, all time great move

904
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,359
Speaker 1: from an all time great player, but you're still getting

905
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 1: better shots in the other end, right, like go down

906
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:42,719
Speaker 1: and execute, and Jalen went off script early possession, kind

907
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:45,239
Speaker 1: of got a lane to the basket. Janice came over

908
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,399
Speaker 1: to help, and Jalen obviously saw him because Jalen didn't

909
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 1: go straight up to the rim, he like tried to

910
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:53,520
Speaker 1: dive into Janice's body to drive contact and he ended

911
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: up through it, throwing the ball right into the bottom

912
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 1: of the rim. Turnover. Then they go down and that's

913
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 1: when Drew Holiday makes the shot that puts him up

914
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: three rights. But for the most part in that fourth quarter,

915
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: up until that Jalen Brown possession, Boston was really smart

916
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 1: with their offensive execution. They took the right shots, and

917
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 1: when they take the right shots, they're the better offensive team.

918
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: They don't have the supreme offensive talent of j Honice,

919
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 1: but what they do have is five guys on the

920
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: floor at almost at almost any given moment in time,

921
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 1: they have five guys on the floor that can shoot, dribble,

922
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 1: and pass. And when you have those things, that's when

923
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 1: you get those awesome possessions where there's multiple driving kicks,

924
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 1: and that's when you really get open shots against this

925
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,439
Speaker 1: Milwaukee defense. When they do that, that's when they're gonna

926
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 1: have their best chance to win. But I thought that

927
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:39,320
Speaker 1: that fourth quarter was really telling. You know, there was

928
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 1: a moment that where I'm like, oh man, Boston's gonna

929
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 1: win this series in five because this was the game

930
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:47,360
Speaker 1: Milwaukee had to win. Boston played like crap for three quarters.

931
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 1: This is the game you have to win, and Boston

932
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,840
Speaker 1: almost stole it. That's what tells me right now, judging

933
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 1: by what I saw in overall half court shot quality

934
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,560
Speaker 1: through three games. Now Boston gets better shots. They just

935
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,600
Speaker 1: do Again, if if Janice is going to score forty

936
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:05,920
Speaker 1: two a game with bad shots, like with terrible opportunity

937
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 1: and terrible spacing, then Milwaukee's gonna win, right And that's

938
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 1: that all time great type of accomplishment that I was

939
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:15,239
Speaker 1: discussing earlier. But Boston's getting better shots, they should win

940
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 1: the series. I expect them to win the next three games.

941
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 1: One last note with Janice. I talked a lot after

942
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:23,120
Speaker 1: Game one. At first, after Game one, I was kind

943
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 1: of critical of Joanna's first shot selection, but then after

944
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,320
Speaker 1: I went back and watched the tape, I've relented and

945
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,000
Speaker 1: said that I was wrong and that in reality, Joannice

946
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,560
Speaker 1: is slowly starting to wear down the wall of the

947
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: Boston defense. That's the important detail. Like again, like guys

948
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 1: at Gal Horford and Grant Williams, they are capable of

949
00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:43,400
Speaker 1: sliding their feet and taking Janice's shoulder to the chest

950
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 1: and absorbing it for a possession, and then two possessions,

951
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:48,800
Speaker 1: and then three possessions, and then four possessions. But around

952
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: that possession it starts to get kind of exhausting. And

953
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:56,040
Speaker 1: then there comes a point where Janice is staying at

954
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: the same level of strength that he's always going to

955
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: be a at and your defenders are just gonna start

956
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 1: to be a step slow or be a little bit

957
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,879
Speaker 1: more willing to open up that shoulder rather than hold

958
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,319
Speaker 1: their ground right, And that's when things start to go through.

959
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,320
Speaker 1: I thought today was the first time in this series

960
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: where you really saw Boston's defense break. So they give

961
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 1: up twenty two points in that first quarter, they give

962
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:18,839
Speaker 1: up twenty four points in the second quarter, they give

963
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 1: up thirty four points in that third quarter. Janice was

964
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 1: a monster in that quarter. I'll have to go back

965
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 1: and look at the film. So again, you guys wanna

966
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:28,799
Speaker 1: are gonna wanta follow me on Twitter at underscore Jason LT.

967
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 1: Tomorrow morning, I'll dive into some of the film of

968
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 1: this in particular. But in that third quarter, Janice broke

969
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 1: through that wall. Now all of a sudden, he's dunking everything. Now,

970
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, he's getting the free throw line.

971
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:40,640
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, he's starting to plow people over

972
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:42,279
Speaker 1: and they're not getting in his way the way that

973
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: they were earlier in the series. It's an interesting thing

974
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,959
Speaker 1: to watch because again, that's why I thought this Again,

975
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: I told you guys coming into this that I expected

976
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:52,520
Speaker 1: Boston and win Game four. But for those of you

977
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:54,720
Speaker 1: guys who watched our last show, you remember I said,

978
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 1: but they have a chance to win game three because

979
00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 1: they had three days off, and I thought that would

980
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: give them chance to physically recover to the extent where

981
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:04,360
Speaker 1: they'd be fresh enough to stay in front of you,

982
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,839
Speaker 1: honest in this game. And what was kind of his ours.

983
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 1: I thought Boston's defensive intensity to start this game wasn't great,

984
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: which was a whole other issue. But again, Janice has

985
00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 1: demonstrated that he can wear down this Boston defense over time,

986
00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 1: which is significant because you play again in two days,

987
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 1: you know, and I expect Boston to win, like I said,

988
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 1: but Janice's example, the honest's opportunity is to keep dropping

989
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,400
Speaker 1: that shoulder, to keep trying to run people over, to

990
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,479
Speaker 1: keep breaking down that wall, to have more of those

991
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 1: thirty four point quarters. That's how you're gonna have to

992
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:37,719
Speaker 1: steal one of these games down the line, because I

993
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:39,839
Speaker 1: do think Boston's going to get one in Milwaukee at

994
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:41,920
Speaker 1: some point, so you're gonna probably have to get another

995
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: one in Boston, right, So that's the honest's opportunity. Keep

996
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,400
Speaker 1: breaking down the wall, keep wearing people down. So my

997
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,359
Speaker 1: prediction before the series was Boston in five. I thought

998
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,919
Speaker 1: they'd win their two home games. I thought they'd lose

999
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:55,319
Speaker 1: Game three, that they'd win Game four, and then I

1000
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:58,800
Speaker 1: thought they'd win Game five. Well, Milwaukee has derailed that

1001
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 1: by stealing Game one, right, but they won Game three,

1002
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 1: which I expected. However, I think the half court shot

1003
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,719
Speaker 1: quality has demonstrated that Boston is the better team. I

1004
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 1: expect Boston to win Game four. I expect him to

1005
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:12,399
Speaker 1: win Game five at home, and then I think they'll

1006
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,400
Speaker 1: win Game six in a defensive slug fest back in Milwaukee.

1007
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 1: But if you're a Bucks fan Janice has demonstrated that

1008
00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 1: he is capable of overcoming that with his own individual greatness.

1009
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,319
Speaker 1: The opportunity is there for him. Like I said, he's

1010
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 1: halfway there, a long way to go, but that's the chance.

1011
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: What's gonna win the best team in basketball or the

1012
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:34,879
Speaker 1: best player in basketball. We're going to find out over

1013
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 1: the course of the next week. Hi, it's Colin Coward.

1014
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:39,279
Speaker 1: I started the volume to bring you some of the

1015
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:43,720
Speaker 1: most authetic voices in sports. While you're here, make sure

1016
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: you hit subscribe. Thanks. All right, let's break down last

1017
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:57,040
Speaker 1: night's games for just a few minutes. These two series

1018
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,959
Speaker 1: is we're kind of snoozers compared to the Celtics, Bucks

1019
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,600
Speaker 1: and the Warriors Grizzlies for a couple of different reasons.

1020
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:05,000
Speaker 1: I thought Dallas really mailed in the defensive end of

1021
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:06,919
Speaker 1: the floor the first two games, and against the team

1022
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:08,880
Speaker 1: as good as Phoenix, that's just gonna make for some

1023
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,880
Speaker 1: uncompetitive basketball games, and that's what happened. And then of

1024
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:15,839
Speaker 1: course with Miami, they just simply had the easiest path

1025
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 1: to this point out of any of the sixteen teams.

1026
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 1: I thought Atlanta was far and away the weakest link

1027
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 1: out of this sixteen team playoff fields, it was just

1028
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:26,279
Speaker 1: really difficult to learn anything from them. I mean, look

1029
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:28,960
Speaker 1: at the Pelicans as the eighth seed in the West

1030
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,600
Speaker 1: and how much they gave Phoenix a run for their money,

1031
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:33,759
Speaker 1: and how much better they looked on both ends of

1032
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,960
Speaker 1: the floor compared to that Atlanta Hawks. Teams just difficult

1033
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:38,839
Speaker 1: to learn anything. And then they get into this next

1034
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:42,240
Speaker 1: round and Joel and beads out and on a team

1035
00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:44,840
Speaker 1: like Philly, especially with Doc Rivers and the way he

1036
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 1: wanted to replace Embiid with like the worst starting center

1037
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:50,439
Speaker 1: in in the league right now, it was just really

1038
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:52,440
Speaker 1: difficult to get a feel for what that series is

1039
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,680
Speaker 1: actually gonna look like when they had n't beat on

1040
00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 1: the floor. So let's start with Philly. In Miami, I

1041
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:02,520
Speaker 1: the specifically was looking at the Mbat thing from two angles.

1042
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,319
Speaker 1: How would Miami be able to guard him? And then

1043
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:08,440
Speaker 1: would Miami be able to handle him underneath the basket

1044
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:10,120
Speaker 1: on the defensive end of the floor. We'll get to

1045
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:13,040
Speaker 1: that in just a minute. So from the start, what

1046
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:15,560
Speaker 1: I thought was really interesting is I was expecting them

1047
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:18,279
Speaker 1: to try to keep bam At a bio on em

1048
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: beat as much as possible because of single coverage, and

1049
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:23,239
Speaker 1: when they did try to attack, and when they did

1050
00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 1: try to post up and beat against Bam, they did

1051
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:28,399
Speaker 1: stay single coverage. There wasn't any sort of double team,

1052
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:30,839
Speaker 1: and Bam did a great job in those settings, made

1053
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 1: him Bead settled for jump shots and Bead was not

1054
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:35,880
Speaker 1: getting good shots there. That's a great sign looking forward

1055
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,560
Speaker 1: for the series with Miami on defense, knowing that they

1056
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:40,640
Speaker 1: don't need to double team Joel een Bead on those

1057
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: post ups, right, But obviously Philly is gonna put you

1058
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:47,760
Speaker 1: through the ringer of off ball screens, grible handoffs with Embiad,

1059
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:50,279
Speaker 1: and screen and roll with James Harden, right. And so

1060
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 1: what I thought was really interesting is in all of

1061
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:57,120
Speaker 1: those situations, Miami immediately switched those screens and we're happily

1062
00:49:57,160 --> 00:50:00,920
Speaker 1: willing to put smaller players onto beat and switches. And

1063
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:03,439
Speaker 1: the reason why is you could tell and they're they're

1064
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:07,040
Speaker 1: an extremely well coached team who's extremely disciplined on the

1065
00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 1: defensive end of the floor. What they would do is

1066
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:11,760
Speaker 1: just immediately front. So if they ran a ball screen

1067
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:13,680
Speaker 1: and there was a switch, whoever switched on too. Embiad

1068
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:16,440
Speaker 1: would stay on his high side so that when Embiad

1069
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:18,760
Speaker 1: rolled down to the post, he could go wherever he wanted,

1070
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,359
Speaker 1: but there was a player in front of him disrupting

1071
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:24,399
Speaker 1: the post entry. And then immediately they would help out

1072
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:27,240
Speaker 1: of the weak side corner. Because when someone is fronting

1073
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,400
Speaker 1: you in the post, you have to kind of seal

1074
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:31,920
Speaker 1: them like arm on their back and ask for a

1075
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:34,279
Speaker 1: pass over the top. Well, that lob pass over the

1076
00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:37,399
Speaker 1: top opens up the opportunity for the defender coming from

1077
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:40,279
Speaker 1: behind to steal that pass. And then even when Mbiad

1078
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:42,760
Speaker 1: would catch it down there, he would catch and immediately

1079
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:44,640
Speaker 1: be sandwiched by the guy that was fronting him on

1080
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:46,520
Speaker 1: the front side and the guy that was helping on

1081
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,600
Speaker 1: the backside. Zomb would have to hold the ball high.

1082
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:50,800
Speaker 1: He couldn't come down with it or he gets stripped.

1083
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:53,239
Speaker 1: It was a really complicated situation for him down there.

1084
00:50:53,239 --> 00:50:56,160
Speaker 1: In Miami did an excellent job in all of those settings.

1085
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,359
Speaker 1: Credit to them for having an excellent scheme and then

1086
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:01,000
Speaker 1: having a player in Bama at a bio that makes

1087
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:02,719
Speaker 1: it so you can't attack them in single coverage. So

1088
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:04,080
Speaker 1: you can't just come down the floor and dump it

1089
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:06,400
Speaker 1: to him in the post. You have to run screening actions.

1090
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,240
Speaker 1: But when you run screening actions, they just immediately snapped

1091
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:11,320
Speaker 1: into that front with the backside help. And that's a

1092
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:14,520
Speaker 1: credit to how well coached they are and how disciplined

1093
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 1: and committed they are to the defensive end of the floor.

1094
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:19,480
Speaker 1: You ever seen those videos, uh that would go viral

1095
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:22,439
Speaker 1: from time to time of like NBA players synchronized where

1096
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:24,160
Speaker 1: it'd be like three guys at the same time that

1097
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:26,919
Speaker 1: would all start running on defense simultaneously, and it would

1098
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,359
Speaker 1: almost look like they were mirror images of each other,

1099
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:31,680
Speaker 1: Like three guys would all complain at the ref at

1100
00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 1: the exact same time with the exact same arm wave,

1101
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: and those videos would go viral. That's the way Miami

1102
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:40,880
Speaker 1: looks when they're snapping into their defensive coverage. Is in

1103
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:43,880
Speaker 1: any of these specific scenarios, like you'd see screen and

1104
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:46,840
Speaker 1: Roll with Harden and embiid quick switch and be dives

1105
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:48,719
Speaker 1: down to the post, and immediately you would just see

1106
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:51,680
Speaker 1: Miami snap into position. Everyone would be exactly where they

1107
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 1: need to be. Guys fronting the post, Guys sitting run

1108
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 1: under the basket waiting for the lob over the top,

1109
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:58,720
Speaker 1: dudes are digging into their help lanes where they're comfortable

1110
00:51:58,719 --> 00:52:01,760
Speaker 1: closing out to shooters, just really really impressive defensive team.

1111
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,000
Speaker 1: That's all great, But the problem is is all year long,

1112
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 1: I told you guys, I was concerned about Miami's half

1113
00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:10,000
Speaker 1: court offense, particularly down the stretch. This year, they really

1114
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:14,239
Speaker 1: struggled in that specific area. And the issue is is

1115
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:16,239
Speaker 1: they don't have a lot of guys that are great

1116
00:52:16,239 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 1: shooters that are decision makers for them. So they have

1117
00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:20,200
Speaker 1: a lot of guys that can shoot. Tyler Harrock shoot

1118
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 1: Duncan Robinson, X True's you know, gave Vincent. A lot

1119
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:24,839
Speaker 1: of those guys are knocked down three point shooters. Even

1120
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:27,120
Speaker 1: p J. Tucker has shot well out of the corner.

1121
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:29,400
Speaker 1: But the problem is is they don't guard p J.

1122
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:32,640
Speaker 1: Tucker out there. They don't guard Jimmy Butler as if

1123
00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:35,320
Speaker 1: you can shoot really well. They certainly don't guard Bamata

1124
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 1: Bio as if you could shoot well. And when you're

1125
00:52:37,080 --> 00:52:39,120
Speaker 1: gonna play the vast majority of your minutes with those

1126
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:41,759
Speaker 1: guys on the floor, it allows guys to sink into

1127
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:44,760
Speaker 1: the paint, especially teams that have a lot of size

1128
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:47,800
Speaker 1: and so specifically, I was concerned based on what happened

1129
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:52,040
Speaker 1: in the NBA Finals. Anthony Davis ignored Bamata Bio and

1130
00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:55,080
Speaker 1: all because Miami runs an offense very similar to what

1131
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:57,200
Speaker 1: Denver does, where it's a lot of like Yo Kich

1132
00:52:57,200 --> 00:52:58,600
Speaker 1: will be at the high post and it's a ton

1133
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:00,560
Speaker 1: of dribble handoffs in ball screen is trying to get

1134
00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:03,200
Speaker 1: their guards going downhill over the top of him, and

1135
00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:05,600
Speaker 1: if guys go underneath, they stopping the ssue jump shots.

1136
00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:07,719
Speaker 1: If guys chase over the top, they continue to go

1137
00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:10,200
Speaker 1: into the rim. It's really simple concept, but part of

1138
00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:12,640
Speaker 1: the reason why it works is you have to press

1139
00:53:12,719 --> 00:53:15,359
Speaker 1: up on Yokis because Yokich will turn and shoot on you.

1140
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:17,320
Speaker 1: But the issue there too is if you get pressed

1141
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:18,920
Speaker 1: up on Yokich, he can kind of spin off of

1142
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:21,120
Speaker 1: you because he's so good with his body position that

1143
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:23,799
Speaker 1: he'll get into the lane to The problem is with

1144
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:25,800
Speaker 1: bam at a Bio, you do not have to press

1145
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:28,360
Speaker 1: up on him at the high post in those situations.

1146
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,480
Speaker 1: And so I was always concerned that a real rim

1147
00:53:31,520 --> 00:53:35,160
Speaker 1: protector would be able to utterly flummix this Miami offense

1148
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:37,759
Speaker 1: because they'd sink off of Bam and just sit in

1149
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:40,839
Speaker 1: the basket and disrupt everything, just like Anthony Davis did.

1150
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:44,480
Speaker 1: In the finals, which was a massive swing factor in

1151
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 1: that series. Obviously, Lebron was the most important player on

1152
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:50,640
Speaker 1: that team, but in many of those postseason series, Anthony

1153
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:54,040
Speaker 1: Davis as a defensive weapon was just a massive swing

1154
00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:57,080
Speaker 1: factor in those series. Well, and one exactly is I

1155
00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:59,920
Speaker 1: would have expected tonight. So to give you an idea,

1156
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:04,600
Speaker 1: the uh in Game one and two, Miami averaged forty

1157
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:08,640
Speaker 1: seven points in the paint in those two games Game

1158
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:12,120
Speaker 1: three with Joel embid playing points in the paint, So

1159
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:16,520
Speaker 1: basically redunction reduction in excuse me, a thirty three percent

1160
00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:19,760
Speaker 1: reduction in your paint production based solely on having Joel

1161
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:22,400
Speaker 1: embiad in there, which automatically led to them scoring in

1162
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:24,440
Speaker 1: the seventies. And what you saw too is you could

1163
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:27,759
Speaker 1: literally see it kind of the dynamic taking place on

1164
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:30,400
Speaker 1: the floor. Like Bam at the top of key dribble

1165
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:33,160
Speaker 1: hand off to someone like Kyle Lowry. Kyle Lowry kind

1166
00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:36,080
Speaker 1: of gets downhill and beat ignores Bam and kind of

1167
00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:39,640
Speaker 1: like corals Lowry right right around the elbow and Lowry

1168
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:41,239
Speaker 1: has to swing it to the other side at which

1169
00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:43,520
Speaker 1: point and b drops back. Then it will be Jimmy

1170
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:45,640
Speaker 1: Butler and he'll come flying off and and be kind

1171
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:47,839
Speaker 1: of corrals Jimmy Butler until he has to kick it out,

1172
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:50,399
Speaker 1: and then it'll be like Gay Vincent or Max Russ

1173
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:52,400
Speaker 1: or somebody coming over the third time, and you just

1174
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:56,040
Speaker 1: see him be kind of crawling everything from right around

1175
00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:58,920
Speaker 1: the charge circle because he just doesn't have to guard

1176
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:01,799
Speaker 1: bam at a bio. That's the trouble there, and as

1177
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:04,360
Speaker 1: a result, it led to these extended stretches where Miami

1178
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,680
Speaker 1: couldn't score. They had a five minute stretch in the

1179
00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:10,080
Speaker 1: first quarter zero points. They had another three and a

1180
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:12,760
Speaker 1: half minute stretch spanning from the first to the second

1181
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,399
Speaker 1: quarter where they did not score. They had a four

1182
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 1: minute stretch stretching into halftime and just after halftime where

1183
00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:22,480
Speaker 1: they went completely scoreless, and then spanning the third and

1184
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:25,960
Speaker 1: fourth quarters, they had another four minute stretch where they

1185
00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:29,319
Speaker 1: went completely scoreless. That's four separate stretches that were at

1186
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:31,680
Speaker 1: least three and a half minutes long where Miami could

1187
00:55:31,719 --> 00:55:34,759
Speaker 1: not score a point. As a result, they at the

1188
00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:37,600
Speaker 1: at this last stretch, the last four minute score let

1189
00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:40,800
Speaker 1: stretched to stretching into the fourth quarter. All of a sudden,

1190
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:43,000
Speaker 1: they were down by ten points. And you saw especially

1191
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:45,520
Speaker 1: in that fourth quarter Phillies transition attack because where they

1192
00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:48,160
Speaker 1: started to get going, a lot of Tyrese Maxie grabbing

1193
00:55:48,160 --> 00:55:49,839
Speaker 1: the ball just go on the length of the floor. Also,

1194
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:53,040
Speaker 1: Danny Green terrible game too, but he was lights out.

1195
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:54,719
Speaker 1: I think he was six for seven from three in

1196
00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:56,800
Speaker 1: this game. He's one of the best guys in league

1197
00:55:56,840 --> 00:55:59,840
Speaker 1: history at sprinting in transition to the corner where he

1198
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:01,880
Speaker 1: and get three point shots there, and he was killing

1199
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,520
Speaker 1: in that specific area. It's more the more or less

1200
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:06,200
Speaker 1: the same from what you expect down the line, Like

1201
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,600
Speaker 1: James Harden good, not great, but he was great kind

1202
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:11,480
Speaker 1: of getting guys into the right spot and making decisions,

1203
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 1: which is his one remaining elite skill at this point.

1204
00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:17,359
Speaker 1: And again tires Maxie that it's just so important as

1205
00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:21,440
Speaker 1: that soul transition force getting out after Philly gets stops.

1206
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:24,880
Speaker 1: Really interesting series to see. Moving forward again, Miami was

1207
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:27,359
Speaker 1: bought a two zero lead by virtue of the Joel

1208
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:29,799
Speaker 1: and Beat injury, so obviously Philly has a lot to

1209
00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:32,440
Speaker 1: overcome here. But if they can't figure out how to

1210
00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:34,520
Speaker 1: score on Joel and Beat in the paint with Bam

1211
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:36,400
Speaker 1: at a bio on the floor, there could be some

1212
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:40,399
Speaker 1: serious issues moving forward, um with Miami's ability to score,

1213
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:42,880
Speaker 1: and they still have to notch two more wins against

1214
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 1: this defense. So right now, I'm i'm I'm refraining from

1215
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:47,680
Speaker 1: making a pick at this point because I'd like to

1216
00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:50,239
Speaker 1: see one more game, But after Game four I'll try

1217
00:56:50,239 --> 00:56:53,800
Speaker 1: to make a pick again. Originally, if I thought embiad

1218
00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:55,919
Speaker 1: was available for all games of the series, I would

1219
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:59,240
Speaker 1: have picked Philly and six. But obviously just just tossing

1220
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:01,719
Speaker 1: Miami two of games makes that really really hard to do.

1221
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:04,400
Speaker 1: All right, let's quickly move on to Dallas and Phoenix

1222
00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 1: for just a few minutes. So again this series, you know,

1223
00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:08,200
Speaker 1: we talked a lot after Game one. I talked to

1224
00:57:08,200 --> 00:57:11,400
Speaker 1: you guys about the massive increase in degree of difficulty

1225
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:14,600
Speaker 1: going from a really bad Utah Jazz defense to a

1226
00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:17,640
Speaker 1: really really good, excuse me, a really really good Phoenix

1227
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,360
Speaker 1: Suns defense. Obviously, there was gonna be an adjustment period. There.

1228
00:57:20,360 --> 00:57:23,280
Speaker 1: You're adjusting two longer, more athletic defensive players, guys that

1229
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 1: are more committed to containing on the perimeter, better backside rotations.

1230
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:28,680
Speaker 1: Utah was terrible at all of those things, so there

1231
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:32,080
Speaker 1: was gonna be an adjustment. But the interesting thing was

1232
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:34,760
Speaker 1: there's another adjustment Dallas has to make, and I thought

1233
00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:37,080
Speaker 1: Richard Jefferson did a really nice job in the color

1234
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:40,640
Speaker 1: commentary of explaining this specifically, but he talked about how

1235
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:43,760
Speaker 1: against Utah, I think Dallas lulled themselves into a little

1236
00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:46,280
Speaker 1: bit of a sense of security over how good their

1237
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:49,600
Speaker 1: offense was and their ability to carry themselves on offense.

1238
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:52,479
Speaker 1: And the reality is that they succeeded the second half

1239
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:55,200
Speaker 1: of the season on the strength of their defense. They

1240
00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:58,320
Speaker 1: were very good defensive team despite not having great defensive

1241
00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:00,960
Speaker 1: Personality's credit to Jason Kidd, and it's a credit to

1242
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 1: their commitment on that end of the floor, particularly from

1243
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:06,360
Speaker 1: guys like Dorri and Phinny Smith and Reggie Bullock, who

1244
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:10,240
Speaker 1: Luca shouted out after Game three. Well, in games one

1245
00:58:10,280 --> 00:58:12,720
Speaker 1: and two of this series, Dallas's defense was horrific. They

1246
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:14,840
Speaker 1: gave up a hundred and twenty eight point nine points

1247
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:17,760
Speaker 1: per Hunter possessions in game one, a hundred and thirty

1248
00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:21,200
Speaker 1: six point five points per one hund possessions in game two.

1249
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:24,120
Speaker 1: That's awful. And in Game three, they just simply were

1250
00:58:24,160 --> 00:58:25,680
Speaker 1: more dialed in on that end of the floor, so

1251
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:28,600
Speaker 1: much more effort, especially from guys like Luca more willingness

1252
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:30,520
Speaker 1: to Yeah, you can save some energy, but you got

1253
00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:32,680
Speaker 1: to give a certain amount of effort to hold your

1254
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:35,720
Speaker 1: own here much better ball pressure. Reggie Bullock did an

1255
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:39,000
Speaker 1: unbelievable job in this game. So did Dorri and Phinney Smith.

1256
00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:42,040
Speaker 1: They only gave up a hundred and three point six

1257
00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:44,080
Speaker 1: points per one Hunter possessions in game three. That is

1258
00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:47,800
Speaker 1: a massive That is a thirty three point drop from

1259
00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:50,040
Speaker 1: where they were in game two. And that's and as

1260
00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:51,920
Speaker 1: we've talked about, that's so important to what they do

1261
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:54,400
Speaker 1: on the offensive end of the floor. When you do that,

1262
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:56,919
Speaker 1: it makes it so that because both of these teams

1263
00:58:56,960 --> 00:58:59,000
Speaker 1: play very slow, it's not a very up and down game.

1264
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:01,480
Speaker 1: It's not like watching Issoda verse Memphis. These are two

1265
00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:04,280
Speaker 1: guys in Luca and Chris Paul that love to strangle

1266
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 1: the pace of the game, but there's usually a quick

1267
00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:09,440
Speaker 1: push after a miss just to get up into the

1268
00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:11,960
Speaker 1: front court to maintain matchups. We talked a lot about

1269
00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:14,680
Speaker 1: this after Game two cross matches, the idea of in

1270
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:17,520
Speaker 1: transition defense having to pick up someone that's not your

1271
00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:21,080
Speaker 1: man that leads to a predicament to start the next possession. Well,

1272
00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:23,840
Speaker 1: when Dallas gets more stops. Luca. There was a many

1273
00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:25,960
Speaker 1: there were many possessions where he's coming down the floor

1274
00:59:25,960 --> 00:59:29,880
Speaker 1: guarded by Chris Paul, coming down the floor guarded by Campaign,

1275
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,360
Speaker 1: and he was able to quickly turn those into post

1276
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:35,640
Speaker 1: ups and get baskets. That way. Dallas has to get

1277
00:59:35,720 --> 00:59:38,760
Speaker 1: stops to reach their individual ceiling, and they were able

1278
00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:40,800
Speaker 1: to get a lot more stops in Game three and

1279
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Speaker 1: as a result, they were able to hang around better.

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Speaker 1: Maxi Clebo was awesome, you know, uh, you know, it

1281
00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:49,040
Speaker 1: was there's this interesting predicament earlier in the playoffs where

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00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:50,600
Speaker 1: it was like, Okay, do we go with Dwight Powell,

1283
00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:52,760
Speaker 1: who's a much better defensive player and it was kind

1284
00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:54,959
Speaker 1: of like a vertical spacing threat rolling to the rim,

1285
00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:57,560
Speaker 1: or do we go with Maxi Cleban, who's not as

1286
00:59:57,560 --> 00:59:59,680
Speaker 1: good of a defensive player but as more of a

1287
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:02,240
Speaker 1: emmitter shooter, and how he can stretch the defense that way.

1288
01:00:02,320 --> 01:00:04,040
Speaker 1: And they ended up going with cleeb a lot to

1289
01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:07,160
Speaker 1: try to punish Rudy Gobert. Right, But I've been really

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01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:10,720
Speaker 1: really impressed with Cleban's defense. You know, he's he looks

1291
01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:13,520
Speaker 1: small out there because he's been playing against two monsters. Right,

1292
01:00:13,560 --> 01:00:16,080
Speaker 1: he's been going against Dandra eight and against and against

1293
01:00:16,120 --> 01:00:18,560
Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert, so he's gonna look small, but he's kind

1294
01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:20,320
Speaker 1: of like a little bit more of like a wing

1295
01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:22,480
Speaker 1: than he is a big He's very mobile, he can

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01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:24,680
Speaker 1: attack close outs, he can put the ball on the floor,

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01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:28,280
Speaker 1: he covers ground in rotations, and he fights down low. Obviously,

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01:00:28,280 --> 01:00:30,160
Speaker 1: he's gonna lose that matchup a lot of times in

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01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:33,360
Speaker 1: terms of the physicality going against guys that big, but

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01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:36,200
Speaker 1: he's done a really nice job and he's been absolutely

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01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:39,480
Speaker 1: vital to their offense in this series against Phoenix the Mouth.

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01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:43,080
Speaker 1: The Mavericks are scoring nine point five more points per

1303
01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:46,160
Speaker 1: one Hunter possession with Maxie Cleeb on the floor than

1304
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:48,720
Speaker 1: they are without him. He's turned into a super, super

1305
01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:51,400
Speaker 1: important player if you're if you're a Dallas fan. Again,

1306
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:53,600
Speaker 1: I'm still picking Phoenix to win this series in six,

1307
01:00:54,040 --> 01:00:55,760
Speaker 1: but if you're a Dallas fan, you should be feeling

1308
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:57,840
Speaker 1: a lot more confident about your chances to win this

1309
01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:00,120
Speaker 1: series after what happened last night. A couple of things.

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Speaker 1: Defense was much better, and it seemed to be associated

1311
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Speaker 1: with efforts. You can kind of toss out those first

1312
01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:07,000
Speaker 1: two games in a lot of different ways to Luca

1313
01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:08,800
Speaker 1: missed a lot of easy shots in the game. He's

1314
01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:11,760
Speaker 1: eleven for twenty five, but specifically in the first half

1315
01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:15,000
Speaker 1: when Dallas was playing pretty well, he was missing open

1316
01:01:15,080 --> 01:01:17,480
Speaker 1: shots time and time again down the floor. I do

1317
01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:20,000
Speaker 1: think Luca will shoot better in games as the series

1318
01:01:20,040 --> 01:01:24,800
Speaker 1: goes along, And most importantly, Jalen Brunson finally got going

1319
01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:27,520
Speaker 1: in game three. That was the concern. He was awful

1320
01:01:27,560 --> 01:01:29,200
Speaker 1: in games one and two in Dallas. You've got a

1321
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:32,360
Speaker 1: little bit of Spencer Dinwoodie in game two, but not enough.

1322
01:01:32,600 --> 01:01:35,600
Speaker 1: You need Jalen Brunson to be good in order if

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01:01:35,640 --> 01:01:37,439
Speaker 1: you'd have a chance to win this series. He was great.

1324
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Speaker 1: He had twenty eight points, four rebounds in five assists.

1325
01:01:40,520 --> 01:01:42,320
Speaker 1: If he can replicate that a few more times in

1326
01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:43,800
Speaker 1: the series, you've got a chance. And then, last but

1327
01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:46,200
Speaker 1: not least, the Suns I think are shooting better. They've

1328
01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:49,360
Speaker 1: got three players right now shooting over from three on

1329
01:01:49,480 --> 01:01:53,720
Speaker 1: decent volume. Jake Crowder is shooting six from three on

1330
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:55,720
Speaker 1: six attempts. You have to think there's gonna be some

1331
01:01:55,800 --> 01:01:58,200
Speaker 1: kind of regression to the mean there. Meanwhile, if you

1332
01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:00,680
Speaker 1: look at Dallas, is core rotation players, none of them

1333
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:03,680
Speaker 1: are shooting over from three. Not that someone's going to,

1334
01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:06,440
Speaker 1: but if there's a chance for shooting regression in this series,

1335
01:02:06,800 --> 01:02:09,640
Speaker 1: it's far more likely that Dallas will shoot a little

1336
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:12,200
Speaker 1: better than Phoenix down the stretch here. Then vice versa

1337
01:02:12,280 --> 01:02:14,360
Speaker 1: again remains to be seen, and as we always say,

1338
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:16,480
Speaker 1: a lot of that comes down to shot quality and

1339
01:02:16,520 --> 01:02:19,320
Speaker 1: how well defenses are playing. So obviously Dallas has to

1340
01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:21,120
Speaker 1: continue to defend and do a lot of things right.

1341
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:23,040
Speaker 1: But the bottom line is that they have a puncher's

1342
01:02:23,080 --> 01:02:25,480
Speaker 1: chance now. It looked early after after two games that

1343
01:02:25,520 --> 01:02:28,920
Speaker 1: Phoenix was far superior. Dallas demonstrated in game three that

1344
01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:31,320
Speaker 1: they have a punch. It's a it's a it's a

1345
01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:34,640
Speaker 1: long shot, but they absolutely have a chance to win

1346
01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:36,960
Speaker 1: this series. Al Right, guys, that is all I have

1347
01:02:37,040 --> 01:02:39,600
Speaker 1: for today. I sincerely appreciate your support. As always, we

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01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:42,360
Speaker 1: will be back tomorrow night after the final buzzer of

1349
01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:44,080
Speaker 1: the last game, and I will see you guys. Then

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Speaker 1: the volume