WEBVTT - Dancing in Detroit

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<v Speaker 1>You're tuned into Heat Check with Triste Quick on this

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<v Speaker 1>episode of the Heat Check, so much to discuss. I

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<v Speaker 1>had one of the best weekends sports weekends of my

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<v Speaker 1>life and it included watching the Detroit Pistons whoop our

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<v Speaker 1>doves ass very disgusting performance for our Doves, the team

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<v Speaker 1>that is slated to win it all, and it was rocking,

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<v Speaker 1>full report on deck, so much fun. I also am

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<v Speaker 1>breaking down two the best guards in the league right now,

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<v Speaker 1>starting with Donovan Mitchell, and only one guard really that's

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<v Speaker 1>playing better than Donovan, So we'll get into who that is.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course we have to get into the drama

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<v Speaker 2>surrounding who else? Who else?

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<v Speaker 1>Could it be?

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<v Speaker 2>Kyrie Irving?

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<v Speaker 1>Lots popin Nick to do me a favor, drop that

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<v Speaker 1>beat all right, before we get into the news, let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk about damn. Detroit is a great sports city. I

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<v Speaker 1>tell you what, it was absolutely electric. I went and

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<v Speaker 1>saw Detroit Pistons play the Golden State Warriors at Little

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<v Speaker 1>Caesars Arena, and let me tell you I've got some thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>Things started out.

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<v Speaker 1>First and foremost, bet MGM shout out to BEDMGM. They

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<v Speaker 1>wind us, they dined us, they took us to the

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<v Speaker 1>Michigan Michigan State game on Saturday night. They took us

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<v Speaker 1>to the Detroit Lions playing the Miami Dolphins on Sunday afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I got up in there watched the Pistons

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<v Speaker 1>game as a credential media member on Sunday night.

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<v Speaker 2>It was action packed. The only other people out there.

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<v Speaker 1>That did the same thing as me were Jalen and Jacoby,

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<v Speaker 1>which was fucking awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>And I tell you what, the Pistons.

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<v Speaker 1>Playing the Golden State Warriors, coming off of an embarrassing

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<v Speaker 1>loss to the Hornets, You're thinking to yourself, the Warriors

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<v Speaker 1>should bounce back, right, The Warriors should get together and say, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>we can't let these scrub teams on a road trip

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<v Speaker 1>fucking beat us. Let's get our shit together, let's lock in,

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<v Speaker 1>and let's tell the Detroit Pistons what's up.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Even took the Golden State Warriors minus nine and a

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<v Speaker 1>half to beat the Pistons on an alternate line.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how confident I.

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<v Speaker 1>Was that the Golden State Warriors were gonna come in

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<v Speaker 1>there and put the whooping on these boys. And you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, No, this team event early on. The Warriors

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<v Speaker 1>came out on a rule Steph put out thirty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>They put up as a team thirty seven.

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<v Speaker 2>Excuse me.

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<v Speaker 1>In the first quarter, it felt like it was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be a blowout. We know what it does, we know

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<v Speaker 1>the script. We've seen it a zillion times. And then

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, you look up and the Pistons

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<v Speaker 1>are up twenty and you're like, hmm, that's odd outscoring

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<v Speaker 1>them by sixteen to take an eight point lead at half.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's what I saw at this point. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a team that was despite being young, they are very

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<v Speaker 1>committed to their starters. Right, You've got Bogdanovich, You've got

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<v Speaker 1>as they call them, they call them a they call

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<v Speaker 1>them beef Stewie, Beef Stewie, Isaiah Stewart, they call them

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<v Speaker 1>something crazy. In Detroit, Cade Cunningham, Sadiq, Bay and Jade

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<v Speaker 1>and Ivy all played thirty one minutes or more. Four

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<v Speaker 1>of them ended with twenty one or more points.

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<v Speaker 2>These guys are.

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<v Speaker 1>Balling as the Warriors, we know are the greatest third

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<v Speaker 1>quarter team probably in history.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what started to happen. The leads started to shrink.

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<v Speaker 1>You look up, the Warriors are only down seven or something.

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<v Speaker 1>The crowd starts to lose their feeling of excitement. They're like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh no, what's gonna happen. E forty's in there getting

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<v Speaker 1>exc You got roys to five nine legend they're playing

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<v Speaker 1>eminem It was just starting to get tents in there.

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<v Speaker 1>Jalen's on the sideline screaming, standing up, Come on.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't let the Warriors beat you.

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<v Speaker 1>Pool had an insane third quarter. I think get eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>points in the third quarter alone. Pistons did not flinch, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>It was bucket after bucket, tough lay by Jaden Ivy

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<v Speaker 1>and one making things uncomfortable for the Warriors, bodying them up,

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<v Speaker 1>making Draymond make the tough pass. All of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>they're shooting forty three percent from three against one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best perimeter defenses in the entire league, Golden State Warriors.

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<v Speaker 1>The Pistons came to play, and they they slayed the dragon.

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<v Speaker 2>They slayed the dragon.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite all of the third quarter antics, they still figured

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<v Speaker 1>out a way to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And they didn't play afraid.

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<v Speaker 1>And they were in games last year they lost a

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<v Speaker 1>ton late, and I expect them to start winning some

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<v Speaker 1>of those games this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Another thing that.

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<v Speaker 1>Was interesting really quick as an aside, is that the

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<v Speaker 1>Warriors played all their starters all the way until like

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<v Speaker 1>a minute and twenty seconds left in the game, and

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<v Speaker 1>they were down big. They thought that they could still

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<v Speaker 1>come back no matter what. They were pushing the pace,

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<v Speaker 1>Steph Curry's coming off off ball, shooting threes. They're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to figure it out, and I'm like, dude, give it up.

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<v Speaker 1>You're down sixteen with ninety seconds left to play, but

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<v Speaker 1>they don't care. That's how fast they score. What's different

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<v Speaker 1>this year a veteran, a veteran Bogdanovich. And I wondered,

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<v Speaker 1>why'd you guys get him? Why'd you trade for Bogdanovic?

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<v Speaker 1>That don't make no sense. But every as I forget

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<v Speaker 1>his name, what's his name, Henry hank Royce, my lift

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<v Speaker 1>driver today was like, every young team needs a veteran presence,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's right, and that's what Bogdanovich is. And all

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<v Speaker 1>he is is a three point shooting bucket. And you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, the Detroit Pistons also believe even Bogdanovich, because

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend he signed a two year, thirty nine million dollar.

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<v Speaker 2>Extension twenty million dollars a year for Bogdanovich. Can you

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<v Speaker 2>believe who? He's averaging twenty three points per game? Bogdanovich?

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<v Speaker 2>How good has he been from three? My man is

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<v Speaker 2>shooting fifty two percent from three right now. He is

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<v Speaker 2>a prop king. His three point point prop right now

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<v Speaker 2>has been automatic.

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<v Speaker 1>Kate Cunningham, I've said some mean things about him in

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<v Speaker 1>his bus face, but man, was he so good. It

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<v Speaker 1>started out slow, but he had twenty three ten to nine,

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<v Speaker 1>one assist short of a triple double against the Warriors,

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<v Speaker 1>against the real defense. KD was given it to him,

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<v Speaker 1>giving him buckets after buckets, getting rebound after rebound. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm kind of a Detroit Pistons fan. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kind of like Detroit now. Also met these amazing

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<v Speaker 1>chefs in the elevator sus chef executive chef in the

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<v Speaker 1>media elevator.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, what are you guys cooking up?

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<v Speaker 1>And they're like, just the best food in Little Caesars Arena,

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, really, what's up with it? And they're like,

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<v Speaker 1>come by, And I did come by, and you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>they got me a nice little flatbread. They got me

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<v Speaker 1>a nice beat salad. And then when I asked for

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<v Speaker 1>the bill.

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<v Speaker 2>They laughed. They laughed at me. There was no bill,

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<v Speaker 2>there was no check.

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<v Speaker 1>They told me, thank you for coming in and gracing

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<v Speaker 1>them with my presence, like I was somebody so Detroit.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much for being as hospitable and the

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<v Speaker 1>weather held up.

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<v Speaker 2>It could not have been better.