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Speaker 2: Guys, did you see me?

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Speaker 1: Dounk? I got it, Donk.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, sweet Worl and welcome to the Nodunk's podcast

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Speaker 2: on the Athletic Network. It's Monday, March tenth, twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: I'm Jay Skeiths here in the Classic Factory and alongside

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Speaker 2: me as always.

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Speaker 1: Tasmelis Basketball lovers. This is for you over.

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Speaker 2: Yonder making the magic happen, super producer JD Hella. There

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Speaker 2: is just the three of us today. No, Trey Kirby.

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Speaker 2: He had a rough weekend battling some sort of stomach bug. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: By all accounts, he was on the can more this

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Speaker 2: weekend than you were last week.

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Speaker 1: A Hi.

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Speaker 2: So hopefully Trey Kirby's feeling better today. He said he was,

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Speaker 2: but I's got a rest up. He'll be back tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure. But yeah, I don't know if it was

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Speaker 1: As we said on the I'm just looking at our

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Speaker 1: toilet hat right now, perfect for Tray send it over

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Speaker 1: to them. Yeah. Although we'll get to Anthony Edwards a

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Speaker 1: little later, who didn't show up for a third quarter

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Speaker 1: of his game this weekend. I mean he got some

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Speaker 1: bubble guy. Yeah, yeah, he got there late. You never know.

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Speaker 2: Interesting TK feel better again. We'll see him tomorrow. I

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Speaker 2: got some big news here before we get into our

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Speaker 2: NBA weekend Winners and losers. Tickets are now on sale.

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Speaker 2: They're finally on sale for the No Dunks Live Podcast

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Speaker 2: Pizza Party with Tabasco Brand. Look at that title for

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Speaker 2: a show that is fun.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that whole thing you just said.

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Speaker 2: No Dunks Live Podcast Pizza Party with Tabasco Brand.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be hot.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, this is gonna be a blast. It's here

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Speaker 2: in Atlanta at the Seven Stages Theater in Little Five,

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Speaker 2: March twenty seventh, at seven pm Eastern. Doors will open

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Speaker 2: at six point thirty. The link to buy your tickets

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Speaker 2: if you're in the Atlanta area or maybe you're coming

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Speaker 2: for March Madness fun for that particular second weekend of

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Speaker 2: the men's tournament here in Atlanta. That's in the show

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Speaker 2: notes both here on YouTube in you podcast listeners. I

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Speaker 2: don't know how fast these are going to go, taste.

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Speaker 2: I had no idea. How many diehards do we have

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Speaker 2: here in the Atlanta area. I mean, we've got a

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Speaker 2: lot of friends. I'm sure they're gonna come too. Yes,

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Speaker 2: they might be half accounted for already. We're very popular.

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Speaker 2: But anyway, it's going to be a blast on March

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Speaker 2: twenty seventh, guaranteed. And it is going to be I mean,

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Speaker 2: we have pizza party in the title. There's gonna be

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Speaker 2: pizza and Tabasco brand. So that's not you know, we're

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Speaker 2: not misleading you at that title, right, JD.

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Speaker 1: I can confirm pizza will be there. There's a hesitation

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Speaker 1: twenty five dollars investment for most likely pizza investment.

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Speaker 2: Why are we saying most.

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Speaker 2: We're not allowed to have pizza stages theater.

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Speaker 1: We are having pizza. We just have to decide where

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Speaker 2: Oh well, okay, we have time to figure that out out. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: all right, there's gonna be pizza. But most importantly, you're

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Speaker 2: gonna be your favorite podcasters talking hoops that night. Welah

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Speaker 2: blah blast. All right. We also want have missed Weggie

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Speaker 2: So number thirty four. Thanks to everybody that did reach out.

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Speaker 2: A few people reached out through IgA. Let's know you. Hey,

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes we did, and we lost the site that

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Speaker 1: things have changed. Things have changed in the NBA world.

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Speaker 1: We used that website for a decade since we started

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Speaker 2: Really peeling back the curtain today here talking about pizza

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Speaker 2: Winners task. Why don't you get it started. We'll do

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Speaker 1: the NBA Finals right now. It's the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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Speaker 1: They are never close in the fourth quarter. They play

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Speaker 1: If you look at that floor, you see that little

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Speaker 2: Looking at that going, Man, I wonder what that would

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Speaker 2: be like to poop out of my body.

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Speaker 1: Oh gosh, that's a.

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Speaker 2: Callback to a cold open last.

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Speaker 1: Week Friday, Right, Yeah, that was a great cold open.

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Speaker 1: Well maybe I was, Maybe I'm lying, Maybe it was THEIRS.

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Speaker 2: I can't remember any too many poop.

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Speaker 1: Too many peop, Yeah, pooping in the shape of states anyways. Okay,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's what wild This stat I saw from Zach

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Speaker 2: Harper in the Bounce this morning. The Oklahoma City Thunder

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Speaker 2: are up to forty two double digit wins on the season,

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Speaker 2: forty two of their fifty three wins double digit wins.

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Speaker 2: And obviously Jokic is gonna give you what he gives you,

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Speaker 2: Do you think we get a similar outcome tonight when

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Speaker 2: I mean, I assume Joki is going to play again.

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Speaker 2: He said he was fine, but very difficult to beat

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Speaker 2: I don't know where to go with that. Yeah, I

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Speaker 2: Yeah, let's keep it going here with weekend winners. It's

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Speaker 2: Just enjoy it. It's amazing. Friday Night, we already alluded

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Speaker 2: So that's awesome. You're scoring a boxing fight as it

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Speaker 2: you maybe had SGA winning the fight, winning the MVP race,

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Speaker 2: maybe he have yokicch whatever. But here's what you don't

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Speaker 2: See the ten full rounds, is what I'm saying here.

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Speaker 2: Like if you don't have a teake and you don't

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Speaker 2: But it's so silly with this to me, So I

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I maybe I'm not consuming that much social media,

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Speaker 1: Like you said, people are gonna do it all season long.

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Speaker 1: talking about it even then. You know, it is sort

428
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Speaker 1: of late in the season, so you can have an

429
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Speaker 1: opinion now, I think, But yes, you can also not

430
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Speaker 1: be entirely decided.

431
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Speaker 2: I didn't say you couldn't have an opinion. Yeah, we

432
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,280
Speaker 2: have made that very clear, and we've done it all

433
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Speaker 2: season and seasons prior. It's like, why do we have

434
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Speaker 2: to be so hell bent on calling it? Why do

435
00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,159
Speaker 2: we have to call the fight when both guys are

436
00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:43,200
Speaker 2: still throwing punches in the seventh or eighth round. Right again,

437
00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,000
Speaker 2: you're scoring the card, you're scoring the fight. You have

438
00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,080
Speaker 2: a winner right now, but there's still time. As unfortunate

439
00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,560
Speaker 2: as this, I'm sorry if one of those guys got hurt,

440
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,119
Speaker 2: like if SGA twisted ankle and didn't play for like

441
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Speaker 2: another fifteen games, I think you'll get just had a

442
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Speaker 2: pretty damn good case. Then right, it's still open for

443
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Speaker 2: a winner, and and we're gonna have another battle tonight,

444
00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:04,840
Speaker 2: like who's to say Yokic doesn't have a monster game tonight.

445
00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,439
Speaker 2: And then it goes back a little bit, and this

446
00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,879
Speaker 2: is odd, this is good, this is better than like

447
00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,679
Speaker 2: a guy just running away with it, And then we

448
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,040
Speaker 2: have like no real debate. It's just amazing, and they're

449
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,959
Speaker 2: both going to be deserving, and unfortunately one of them

450
00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:17,280
Speaker 2: is not going to win it, and it's going to

451
00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,960
Speaker 2: be like, whoa, that's wild what that guy did this

452
00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:21,639
Speaker 2: year to not win it. But that's just the way

453
00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:22,720
Speaker 2: it is because it only one winner.

454
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Speaker 1: I wonder if it hurts shag Yellers Alexander that they

455
00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,639
Speaker 1: haven't played basically any close games. It's almost to that

456
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,119
Speaker 1: point that there would be more highlights for everybody to

457
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,040
Speaker 1: see because they've played the fewest clutch minutes, the fewest

458
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,479
Speaker 1: close games in the NBA this season. It ain't even close.

459
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,560
Speaker 1: The next closest team is the Wizards, and so they

460
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,880
Speaker 1: just are so far and ahead of everybody. So would

461
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Speaker 1: it would help, you know some of the storyline.

462
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Speaker 2: It's so backwards thinking, oh, we're so dominant that I

463
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Speaker 2: don't even need to like come through in the clutch

464
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Speaker 2: because there is no clutch.

465
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess we could speak it somewhat resembles what

466
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Speaker 1: Steph Curry did when he wasn't playing fourth quarters right

467
00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:08,840
Speaker 1: because they weren't needed because the Warriors were kicking so much. Ass.

468
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Speaker 2: I honestly see a lot of comparisons to those teams

469
00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,760
Speaker 2: because and it goes back to what we were saying,

470
00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,359
Speaker 2: those teams were notorious for second half, usually a third quarter.

471
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Speaker 2: We are just gonna like lock in here for five

472
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Speaker 2: minutes and blow the game wide open. I'm talking about

473
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Speaker 2: those old Warriors teams, Like my staff, That's what okayc

474
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 2: has sort of done time and time again. Here there's

475
00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,840
Speaker 2: some similarities there, but it's just again, Yo Kitch is

476
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Speaker 2: a three time MVP winner and he's having a better

477
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Speaker 2: year than he had in any of those so that's

478
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Speaker 2: like a big case for him. And he's just doing

479
00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,880
Speaker 2: statistical box scores we've never seen, whereas SGA is obviously,

480
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Speaker 2: I mean, this guy's leading the league in scoring. He's

481
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Speaker 2: we saw even in a game. I don't even think

482
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Speaker 2: SGA had a good game on Sunday, No he didn't know.

483
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Speaker 2: You wouldn't get you wouldn't give that an a plus,

484
00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,800
Speaker 2: don't even give it an eight. And he's still forty

485
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Speaker 2: eight and five, I mean, and taking over sort of

486
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,080
Speaker 2: down the stretch. So oh yeah, it's awesome. It's awesome,

487
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Speaker 2: and I'm just gonna keep enjoying it. And I'm more

488
00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,400
Speaker 2: than anyone should be. Like, no, it's just Jay. He's

489
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Speaker 2: a winner. I mean, I'm calling this guy. It was

490
00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 2: an All Star like five years ago, when I wanted

491
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Speaker 2: him to be a first time All Star. I picked

492
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Speaker 2: him for MVP this year. Like if anyone should be

493
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 2: doing it, I guess it should be me. But I'm like, no, Like,

494
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Speaker 2: let's just let's just see what happens in the final

495
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Speaker 2: twenty games.

496
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll be interesting here. We'll get to the Lebron's

497
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,679
Speaker 1: injury and how them and the Nuggets are essentially in

498
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,160
Speaker 1: a fight for the second seed. It may help hear

499
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,960
Speaker 1: that the Nuggets will finish second, just for a little

500
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,240
Speaker 1: bit of the headlines, a little bit of the chatter.

501
00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:32,720
Speaker 2: Eleven or twelve games back.

502
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're gonna be way back, there's no doubt. But

503
00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,359
Speaker 1: Jokis dropping twenty one assists, the most ever for a

504
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,800
Speaker 1: center sea Wilt Chamberlain. He just passed Wilt Chamberlain, which

505
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,639
Speaker 1: guys don't usually do because we'll put up so many numbers.

506
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Speaker 1: But that is that's a ridiculous number. That's just the

507
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Speaker 1: refer to twenty two assists.

508
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Speaker 2: I want to fact check you out. Thank you for

509
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Speaker 2: fact twenty one boards twenty two.

510
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm getting all these games a little bit. Yeah,

511
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Speaker 1: Wilts was twenty one, and so that's why I've I'm

512
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Speaker 1: referring to that. But Jokic's previous I was nineteen, did

513
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,760
Speaker 1: that last week? Yeah, exactly, not long ago.

514
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:07,440
Speaker 2: And I think they're just going to keep doing this

515
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,560
Speaker 2: from here on oute, which is pretty damn special. All right,

516
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,199
Speaker 2: let's do another round, though. Who else you have for

517
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 2: a winner?

518
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Speaker 1: Well, the Timberwolves. They've won five straight. I think they're

519
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,640
Speaker 1: playing their best ball of the season. They're looking more

520
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: like a team. They're moving, they're cutting out there. Not

521
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 1: quite the team that they're tied with the Golden State Warriors.

522
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Speaker 1: They're tied with six in the West with them, but

523
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Speaker 1: this is more of who they should be. And they're

524
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Speaker 1: season best eight games about five hundred. They're getting production

525
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,800
Speaker 1: from everyone Chris Finch changed it up with the starting lineup.

526
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Speaker 1: That's not something Chris Finch usually does at this point

527
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Speaker 1: of the season. Friday versus the Heat, he said, Mike Conley,

528
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Speaker 1: you're in. We need Devincenzo to come off the bench.

529
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Speaker 1: And Conley actually started in both games this weekend, even

530
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Speaker 1: when Rudy Gobert came back on Sunday. So they're going

531
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Speaker 1: back to that same lineup that they started the season with.

532
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Speaker 1: And on Friday against the Heat, Conley, Nasried and de

533
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Speaker 1: Vincenzo they all scored fifteen that led the team. You

534
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,640
Speaker 1: might say, what about Anthony Edwards, what did he do well?

535
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: He didn't come out of the locker room at half

536
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,080
Speaker 1: something going on in the belly there. He wasn't feeling good,

537
00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,000
Speaker 1: although when he came back he played every single minute

538
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,919
Speaker 1: the final nineteen minutes of this game. Thirteen points, not

539
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 1: a lot, thirteen big boards a lot, dished out six assists,

540
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 1: again looking like a team. Sunday versus the Spurs, calmly

541
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Speaker 1: starts again with Rudy coming back. Rudy Gobert had been

542
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Speaker 1: out for ten straight games with the back injury. The

543
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 1: Vincenzo again off the bench, eight guys scored in double

544
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,400
Speaker 1: digits for the Timberwolves. It just looks like a different team.

545
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: Look at the look at these numbers. I know they're

546
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:36,040
Speaker 1: playing the Spurs here, but these numbers mean something. Fifty

547
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,040
Speaker 1: six percent from the floor, fifty percent from three season

548
00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 1: hin in points one hundred and forty one, and tied

549
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,880
Speaker 1: their season high with assists. The biggest thing thirty eight

550
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,440
Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards only five three point attempts. That's a good sign.

551
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,800
Speaker 1: He sat the entire fourth he wasn't needed. Julius Randall.

552
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 1: Look at just their support guys, Julius Randall. He's got

553
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 1: five games back since his injury. They've won them all.

554
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 1: Thirty four assists, so almost seven per game for him,

555
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: and twenty two of those assists on direct three point shots.

556
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Speaker 1: So he's getting in to the middle of the floor

557
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 1: where he makes things happen. It gets it out. So

558
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 1: four games per four assists per game directly to three

559
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,200
Speaker 1: point shots. Jade McDaniels, this guy looks like a different player.

560
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 1: He starts games extremely well. Since the All Star Break,

561
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: he's taken five more shots than he did in the

562
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,960
Speaker 1: first half the season or pre All Star I should

563
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Speaker 1: say he shooting fifty one percent from the floor, ninety

564
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Speaker 1: three percent from three, ninety three percent from the free

565
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Speaker 1: throw line, not from three. Who is this guy? Ninety

566
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Speaker 1: three percent from the free throw lands, surprising seven and

567
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Speaker 1: a half boards, three and a half assists. He's just

568
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,560
Speaker 1: doing a lot. Rudy Gobert looked right, although he didn't

569
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,600
Speaker 1: look right on a lot of those plane rides, apparently

570
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 1: because his back was really stiff. Wasn't feeling good.

571
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Speaker 2: Imagine being a seven footer on I know they're flying private,

572
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,840
Speaker 2: but yeah, you wouldn't want to have back issues, beak

573
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Speaker 2: seven footer and then get on a plane.

574
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Speaker 1: No, not at all. This suck. Yeah, and and and

575
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,919
Speaker 1: he wouldn't have been ridiculed if he didn't get on

576
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,360
Speaker 1: those plane rides because they played a lot on the road.

577
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 1: They just had seven road games over sixteen days. But

578
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,959
Speaker 1: he wanted to be the team, he said, So, I

579
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,440
Speaker 1: think this is the best Timberwolves we've seen this season. Again,

580
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,240
Speaker 1: everybody contributing, and it's going to be a race here

581
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 1: down as we see them tied with the Warriors. I mean,

582
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: all these all these teams are just solid teams right now.

583
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 2: They needed these wins against this competition was bad because

584
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 2: and since Randall came back, they were on this five

585
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,440
Speaker 2: game win streak, and they beat the Suns, they beat

586
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 2: the Sixers, they beat the Hornets, they beat the Heat

587
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 2: who are amazing at blowing double digit leads, and they

588
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 2: beat the Spurs. Like you said, so, I mean you

589
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 2: should the minnesot Timberwolves. They're better than all five of

590
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 2: those teams. They proved it, and they need those in

591
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 2: order to obviously try and get into the playoffs, avoid

592
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 2: the play in and just get in there cleanly. So

593
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,320
Speaker 2: that was a big little stretch here for them. And

594
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 2: they are looking more like a team, I'll give you that,

595
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,159
Speaker 2: no matter what the competition is.

596
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, and this is, you know, the time of season

597
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 1: everybody's supposed to get hot, so they're they're feeling better.

598
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,520
Speaker 1: Even when Rudy was gone for ten games, they had

599
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 1: the eleventh best offense in the league. So they're looking better.

600
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,159
Speaker 1: And when they went into the postseason last year, they

601
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,159
Speaker 1: weren't anywhere close to the eleventh best offense. They were

602
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 1: a great defensive team that's somehow fine, that found their

603
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 1: groove offensively, and this is looking more like that team.

604
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 2: A winner of the Weekend to the Celtics real power duo.

605
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 2: I say that because there were a lot of jokes

606
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,680
Speaker 2: flying around last week, including us here at no Dunks

607
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,679
Speaker 2: throwing it in a headline about how Peyton Pritchard and

608
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 2: Derek White were the greatest Celtics duo ever after they

609
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 2: became the first guys in for the Beantown Boys to

610
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,320
Speaker 2: score forty plus points in the same game. That was

611
00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 2: all a little tongue in cheek, of course. Jason Tatum,

612
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 2: Jalen Brown, they're the real great Celtics due at least

613
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 2: of this generation. And they reminded us on Saturday night

614
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 2: because man, the Championship still runs through Boston.

615
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 1: It does.

616
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 2: And you know that malaise that they had that we

617
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,080
Speaker 2: all said, that's all it is. This is just a

618
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 2: championship team that doesn't have a ton to play for

619
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 2: right now. They're not all that concern about Cleveland runaway

620
00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 2: with the number one seed in the East. They think

621
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 2: they can go win on the road there. They just

622
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 2: when they when they get locked in for a big

623
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 2: game and those guys come to play, it's pretty special.

624
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 2: They won. They beat the Lakers one eleven, one to

625
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 2: one on Saturday night. Tatum forty points, twelve boards, eight assists,

626
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,280
Speaker 2: two steals. Jalen Brown thirty one points, six boards and

627
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 2: three steals. Twenty ninth time those two guys have scored

628
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 2: thirty plus points in a game. That's fourth all time

629
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 2: for a duo since the NBA ABA merger. It's like,

630
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 2: I forget it off top. It's like Shaq and Kobe

631
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 2: is definitely one of them and a few other ones,

632
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,720
Speaker 2: but that's pretty impressive. They're probably they might become them

633
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,959
Speaker 2: all time leading dual for thirty plus point games when

634
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 2: it's also done.

635
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: If they play together. Yeah, yeah, there's a.

636
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 2: Lot got time to go. But yeah, uh competitive first

637
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 2: half and then the Celtics broke open the game in

638
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 2: the third quarter, and it was defense was a big

639
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 2: part of the reason they held the Lakers to thirteen points. Yeah,

640
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 2: on five of twenty three shooting in that quarter. So

641
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 2: that was awesome. And I'll even say the j he's

642
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 2: sort of saved the best for last. Jason and Jalen

643
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 2: Luca banked home of three. Was like four thirty to

644
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 2: go in the game, cut the deficit to four. Lakers

645
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 2: were like suddenly in this game, and that's when those

646
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 2: guys they did their part. Brown splashed an eye a

647
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 2: three right in Luca's eye, sort of as the counter.

648
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 2: Tatum hit another three a few possessions later. Suddenly it's

649
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 2: back to double digits. They scored Tatum and Brown every

650
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,239
Speaker 2: point for the Celtics over the final four minutes to

651
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 2: put the game away. It was impressive. It was impressive.

652
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 2: It was like this weekend to me was like, oh yeah,

653
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 2: there are three championship contenders, really, and then there's the

654
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 2: tier down but it's okay see, and it's Boston, and

655
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 2: it's Cleveland, and then it's and then it's like, where

656
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 2: do you put your Denver Nuggets and your Lakers and

657
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 2: a couple other teams in that second tier? But those

658
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 2: three teams, you'll be shocked, I think if they're not

659
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 2: in the conference finals. Oh yeah, right.

660
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 1: And to get to those conference finals, those that real

661
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: power to it's gonna have to play more than last season.

662
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 1: Here's the social media take. These guys aren't just gonna

663
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 1: have any easy route to the finals like they did

664
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 1: last year. The Atlanta Hawks might play them in the

665
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: first ser I know that, well, it would be better

666
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 1: than last year's seem the Hawks had beat them twice

667
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 1: this year, they beat them twice last year. It's a start,

668
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 1: and then the second series would be if all the

669
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 1: the seedings stay, it would be the Knicks for the

670
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: Pistons and then the Calves.

671
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 2: So yeah, it's gonna be much more difficult.

672
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: Way more difficult for this for this power duo. That

673
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: being said, it's fun watching Jalen Brown play Luka Doncic

674
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 1: and that was that was awesome. And then the other

675
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: guy and Jason Tatum that we all don't talk about

676
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: but obviously is one of the best players in the

677
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: NBA period, and he just makes plays for his teammates.

678
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 1: He just plays basketball so well period. That's it.

679
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 2: And the other big takeaway from that game on Saturday

680
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 2: Night was Al Horford, like young Spry, al Horford's second

681
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 2: highest total minutes for a game this season. He played

682
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 2: thirty seven minutes on Saturday Night, fourteen points, nine boards,

683
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 2: four assists, and he was being targeted like the Lakers

684
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 2: were putting Al Horford in action and he more than

685
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 2: held his own. Like the numbers are pretty wild. Lebron

686
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 2: Luca and Austin Reeves, so the three best perimeter scorers

687
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 2: on the Lakers. They isolated Al Horford twenty three times

688
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 2: in that game, according to second Spectrum tracking data, and

689
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 2: they didn't do that well. They shot seven to twenty

690
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 2: three against Big Al, with Lebron and Luca only scoring

691
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 2: three times. So you know, Al got switched out there.

692
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 2: But he could still move those twosies. And he's obviously

693
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 2: a super intelligent basketball player, so he understands the angles

694
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 2: and how to use a size where the help's coming from,

695
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 2: and just did a really good job. And it's like,

696
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 2: oh yeah, like you're always like reminded you brought up

697
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 2: Conley and you know, you bring up por for me,

698
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 2: Like these guys have it for stretches. Still, they probably can't.

699
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 2: They can't do it all a two games they can

700
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 2: do for stretches, and this was a game they're missing.

701
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,480
Speaker 2: Poor Zingis. Lakers were obviously small as well, and he

702
00:32:58,560 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 2: got even smaller when Lebron had.

703
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 1: To Yeah, but good win for Yeah, the Lakers had

704
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 1: some injuries they were dealing with, and as you said,

705
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 1: the Celtics too. It is amazing to see Horford out there.

706
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 1: Thirty seven minutes he played. Yeah, now that was the

707
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: third highest on their team because they relied on the

708
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: Jays with Tatum playing forty five minutes, Jayon Brown nearly

709
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: playing forty two minutes. So they're getting ready. They can

710
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: turn on when they want, that is for sure. That's

711
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 1: the whole look of this team this entire season. When

712
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: they want to turn on, they can be great. So

713
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,400
Speaker 1: here we go, Here we go. It is a month away,

714
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: but when they want to win Wednesday versus Okasee And

715
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: what is a finals preview? First some? First some because

716
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 1: the caves are going to be I'm sure many people

717
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 1: are gonna pick caves. But anyway, Wednesday Finals preview, that'll

718
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: be fun.

719
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 2: Let's do one more round then of winners.

720
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:54,480
Speaker 1: Got I have Kawhi Leonard hitting a game winner that

721
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: that was a game winner. You got the ball out

722
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: the three point line. Here come the dribbles. He starts

723
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: dribbling into the elbow. I counted the dribbles. There were

724
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: eight dribbles that he took. And he got past Keegan

725
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: Murray when he threw that right elbow just to hook

726
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,799
Speaker 1: him back a little bit, and he got to the

727
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 1: other elbow. It was sort of the mid post and

728
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: he had a lefty hook lefty hookah from Kawhi Leonard.

729
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: It wasn't quite like Kyrie Irving hitting that lefty hook

730
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 1: last year against the Denver Nuggets, because that was like

731
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: the free throw line. This was according to the play

732
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: by play, this was a one footer that wasn't even

733
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: close to one foot. I don't get it. It was

734
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 1: way more yeah, I he was like seven. Anyway, it

735
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: was a lefty hook. It was it was pretty and

736
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,399
Speaker 1: then he went in and jumped with his team. Didn't

737
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: really get off the floor all that much. Kuhi doesn't

738
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,360
Speaker 1: do that. But this wasn't a great game for Kawhi,

739
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,879
Speaker 1: So to be seven of nineteen, you'd think Harden would

740
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: get the ball there. But Harden did his thing. At

741
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 1: the end of regulation, they went to Kawhi and he

742
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,960
Speaker 1: got it. You know, they were playing without Norman Powell,

743
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 1: but they got their their contributions from Zubots and from

744
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 1: Derrek Jones Junior off the bench. And this wasn't what

745
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,399
Speaker 1: looked to be a great Clippers lineup, including ty Lou.

746
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,799
Speaker 1: He wasn't there because of back spasms, so they didn't

747
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 1: have a lot of guys. But either way, this is

748
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: a game. This is a matchup. I should say that

749
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,400
Speaker 1: could be the first round of the playing tournament. It's

750
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: it's fun. I mean every single game wherever we are,

751
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard. And the Kings fought. Zach Lavine

752
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,840
Speaker 1: almost hit a game winner at the end of regulation.

753
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 1: I thought Kean Ellis was fantastic in this game. Just

754
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 1: a fun one, just a fun one. Just want to

755
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: give Kawhi his due because it's been a while. Fields.

756
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 2: It wasn't a four bouncer, No, no, it was like

757
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 2: a two bouncer because it wasn't clean. No, there was

758
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 2: like obviously hit backboard, hit rim and went in.

759
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, but.

760
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,920
Speaker 2: He's got that soft touch, got those big pause to

761
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 2: get it up there. Yeah, it was a tough shot

762
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 2: and it was cool to see, like it was like

763
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 2: the super like just mad Iso at the top. It's

764
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 2: like I am going to run the clock down till

765
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 2: I make my move and everyone's just standing there waiting

766
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 2: and waiting and waiting and waiting. Then he obviously went.

767
00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,439
Speaker 2: He sort of got cut off. I thought JV came

768
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 2: with some help. It was challenged. It was just a

769
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:03,239
Speaker 2: great playmaking by him.

770
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, nice hook, baby.

771
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 2: I didn't think we could get Clippers Kings, but you're right,

772
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:07,799
Speaker 2: could be a.

773
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 1: Play seven eight.

774
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 2: Yep, could be.

775
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,359
Speaker 1: I think I think they're there right now because of

776
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 1: how things have gone on. Oh that's the that's my

777
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: Fantasy League standings. I was looking for nbad. You draft

778
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 1: Coil Leonard, I sure did. Yeah, I also drafted Anthony Davis.

779
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: When are you coming back? I need to know? Yeah,

780
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,919
Speaker 1: actually no, the Wolves are right now in seventh because

781
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:33,840
Speaker 1: they're tired with the Warriors for sixth, Clippers, then the Kings,

782
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 1: then those MAVs that don't have Anthony Davis. Hold on,

783
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 1: come on, come on back, baby. Yeah, it's only a

784
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 1: game and a half between the MAVs and the Suns.

785
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 1: We all thought. I definitely thought Sons were done. I mean,

786
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: these injuries in the MAVs are playing play a humongous part.

787
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,920
Speaker 2: We'll get to them in a second. I got them. Fortunately,

788
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 2: it losers a little bit later some other mini winners

789
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 2: just quickly. Cavalier's depth deserves a little love because Max

790
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 2: Drew's had seventeen points to lead an insanely balanced scoring

791
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 2: attack as the Cavs beat the Bucks on Sunday one, twelve,

792
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 2: fourteenth consecutive victory here for the Cavs. They had to

793
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 2: come back against the Hornets in the game prior, but

794
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,360
Speaker 2: they beat the Bucks. Nobody scored more than seventeen points

795
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 2: for that Cavs team, but eight guys had more than

796
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 2: nine points, so everybody contributing. Mitchell talked about it after

797
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 2: the game, talking about how good they're playing basketball building confidence.

798
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 2: I always love a Scott Van Pelt interview where he

799
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,359
Speaker 2: talks to like the key player, like usually the star.

800
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 2: Obviously after the game on ESPN, he's good, great, he's great.

801
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 2: So that was fun. That's just a dominant win. That's

802
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:46,840
Speaker 2: fourteenth straight, so we got to talk about it a

803
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,320
Speaker 2: little bit at least slip it in there. Steph Curry

804
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 2: gets a mini Winner of the Weekend, twenty sixth player

805
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 2: in NBA history to scored twenty five thousand career points.

806
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 2: He reached the milestone there in the third quarter against

807
00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 2: the Pistons, close game, very close game, some little playoff Jimmy.

808
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 2: It was a three pointer. In case you're wondering, Steph

809
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,800
Speaker 2: Curry hit to get to twenty five thousand. This isn't

810
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 2: counting the playoffs. That was the whole lebron thing we

811
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 2: were doing for the fifty thousand.

812
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,280
Speaker 1: It's nice to get back to the regular she's the numbers.

813
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 1: I gotta be honest. Yeah, that's what people. There were

814
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 1: a lot of comments after that. Usually people are just angry,

815
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 1: yeah when they say where where did these playoff numbers

816
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: come from? But that feels right when you're watching tracking basketball.

817
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,879
Speaker 1: The regular season matters more like in just in terms

818
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: of numbers.

819
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 2: What's what's Curry out with? Playoff numbers? Thirty thousand? No?

820
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,760
Speaker 1: Maybe not even you think you'd have ten thousand point no,

821
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: five thousand? Oh my bad, I can't do Mathrina anyway. Yeah,

822
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 1: that's way too much.

823
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 2: It's pretty wild. Then when you say these numbers and

824
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 2: then you compare them to the Lebron Yes, yes, it's

825
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,879
Speaker 2: pretty amazy. Now we had what five or six year

826
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 2: head start on Curry Lebron did, So there's that part,

827
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,359
Speaker 2: but man, it's nuts. Anyway, Curry's gonna look to become

828
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 2: the first player in the NBA history to make four

829
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 2: thousand three pointers tonight because he's seven triples shy of

830
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 2: that milestone. And you're probably going, so he's not going

831
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,360
Speaker 2: to hit seven tonight's skis? I say? Why not?

832
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 1: Yeah? Why not?

833
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 2: Guys had eleven games this season of seven or more

834
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 2: three pointers made. It could happen tonight versus the Blazers.

835
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,839
Speaker 2: It absolutely could happen. So that's something to watch. Four

836
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:24,720
Speaker 2: thousand three pointers.

837
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 1: These numbers are fun. Now I'm looking at numbers.

838
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 2: The numbers are getting bigger.

839
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,720
Speaker 1: Think, yeah, he's always got four thousand playoff points.

840
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 2: Oh okay, so he is close to thirty thousand.

841
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: E cacs ass in the playoffs, the most three pointers made,

842
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: the most three pointers attempted. Yes, of course, six hundred

843
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 1: and eighteen three pointers made in the playoffs. There's a

844
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: lot of These are a lot of numbers.

845
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 2: Listen, big well, let me help you put it into

846
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 2: context here. All shooters obviously go through slumps, even Curry,

847
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 2: but he has never played three consecutive games without making

848
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 2: at least one three pointer. It's never happened in his career.

849
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 2: And he's made at least one three pointer in nine

850
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty seven of his oney ten career games.

851
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 2: That's a that's a ninety six percent. If we round

852
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:17,840
Speaker 2: up splash rate, Holy crap, that's mind boggling. Man, free thousand.

853
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:20,880
Speaker 2: He could get the five thousand, Probably won't, but he

854
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:24,320
Speaker 2: could if he wanted. Final Mini winner of the weekend

855
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 2: Jamal Shed's fingernails. Here's why. It looked like he hit

856
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 2: a game winning layup at the Buzzer against the Wizards

857
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:36,799
Speaker 2: over the weekend, but a video review showed he got

858
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 2: the shot off point one seconds too late, and so

859
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 2: the Wizards got the victory. And you're going, why are

860
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 2: you giving this a winner of the weekend? Aren't you

861
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:51,600
Speaker 2: a Raptors fan? Because I'm sorry, this is absolutely perfect,

862
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 2: perfect for those Raptors fans in attendance. You thought you

863
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,720
Speaker 2: saw a game winner. It was electric, crowd went nuts.

864
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,440
Speaker 2: It was a hell of a shot I got. We win. Wow,

865
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 2: we win. But then you're probably thinking, hold on, do

866
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 2: we want to win? Not really? Are we trying to

867
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:08,399
Speaker 2: sort of tank help our chances at the lottery ball?

868
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 2: Yeah you are. So this is the best of both worlds.

869
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 2: You literally got to see a win, which I throw

870
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 2: in air quotes for three minutes. It was a win.

871
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,400
Speaker 2: I was like, oh my god, what a win. What

872
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,759
Speaker 2: a great night down at the Scotia Bakarta. And then

873
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 2: they're like, hold on, just late, like as close as

874
00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 2: you can possibly get to just being late. It is

875
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 2: just on his fingernails when the shot clock lights up,

876
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 2: so then it's a loss. So then you're like, yeah,

877
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:32,799
Speaker 2: so we also win.

878
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, so close on My homie Mike Knowmi was in

879
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: the building. He was elated. First, he was puzzled. He

880
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,840
Speaker 1: sent a message to everyone saying, who are these guys?

881
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 1: Who is who is aj Lawson? Yeah, there's a lot

882
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: of who is mister Rodent? Yeah yeah, there's a lot

883
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 1: of that that they are punting? Yeah, well they get

884
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:57,759
Speaker 1: a single point for our rouge. There's a CFL. Yeah,

885
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 1: and I see why why would you reference to the

886
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: CFL either away? That's the win. Yeah, I'm with it.

887
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 2: You say they're punting. But that was the perplexing part

888
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 2: of the game before against the Magic Yea they played

889
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 2: they suddenly played their starters like down the stretch of

890
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,320
Speaker 2: that one and pulled out the victory. In the second

891
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,280
Speaker 2: game against Orlando because remember the first game was Jacobe

892
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 2: Walter hitting the insane three to win the game, Like

893
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 2: Raptors fans are like, what the hell are we doing?

894
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,319
Speaker 2: Like especially that game was like I thought we were

895
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:24,800
Speaker 2: leaning in to sort of the tank and these guys

896
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 2: on two ways and all this g Leigue guys, get

897
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,560
Speaker 2: them experience and we'll lose. We lose. But then that

898
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 2: one was really perplexing. The second game against Orlando that

899
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 2: they actually won and they looked to want to win it.

900
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,919
Speaker 2: But then this one we got back to somehow losing

901
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:39,920
Speaker 2: even though it looked like they won.

902
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, it all comes down to the ping pong balls.

903
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 1: So they're right now, they have a ten percent shot

904
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 1: at the number one overall pick ten and a half

905
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: percent if they win games and they you know, drop

906
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: a spot in.

907
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 2: Those six ers are right there.

908
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're close.

909
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,239
Speaker 2: So that's that's the two teams you're really keeping an

910
00:42:58,239 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 2: eye on if you're a Raptors fan and you're looking

911
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 2: at Tank because on every day, like I am, yeah,

912
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 2: they give it a give it a spin.

913
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: They can get passed by one and too often you

914
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,719
Speaker 1: get you don't want to hear this one filled off

915
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:19,239
Speaker 1: his seventy six ers. Oh wow, they came back. Well

916
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:19,799
Speaker 1: there they are.

917
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:24,879
Speaker 2: Second second spin, second spin. Let's go all right, let's

918
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 2: do a quick round.

919
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:28,800
Speaker 1: They they won something, all right.

920
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 2: Call it call it silver. Raptors get flag, all right.

921
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 2: NBA Weekend Losers Tasks, who do you have?

922
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 1: Well, we got to go to the Lebron James injury

923
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,719
Speaker 1: it's unfortunate. He left midway through the fourth quarter there

924
00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 1: against the Boston Celtics. He said he tweaked it after

925
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,359
Speaker 1: making a shot and then he went back on defense. Now,

926
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:49,440
Speaker 1: I will say when he went back on defense, he

927
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: was running. And then now the talk after the game was,

928
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: is this that same groin injury when he first got

929
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:59,520
Speaker 1: to LA where he missed a lot of games. It

930
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,280
Speaker 1: is a growing injury, but he said it's far different

931
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:04,879
Speaker 1: and this is just going to be reportedly just one

932
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:08,520
Speaker 1: to two weeks, so it's not that same injury. Before

933
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 1: the season, he said he wanted to play every game

934
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,680
Speaker 1: he was going forward. He had only missed just four

935
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:15,640
Speaker 1: games to this point. That being said, if we're looking

936
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 1: at the Lakers and where they are up with the

937
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 1: Nuggets for that second seed currently, it's tough the rest

938
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 1: of the season. I keep talking about these back to backs. Now,

939
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: They've got five games over the next eight days. Four

940
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 1: of those are two sets of back to backs, and

941
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 1: then they still have another four sets of back to

942
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:36,920
Speaker 1: backs after this eight day stretch, So that's tough. So

943
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 1: where will the Lakers finish in the standings? You know,

944
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:44,719
Speaker 1: it obviously hurts them not having reps Lebron and Luca.

945
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 1: Of course, that's that's important. The standings are also important.

946
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 1: It feels like they will drop a little bit, you know,

947
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 1: into that four or five area. I think it's it's

948
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 1: going to be tight. But it looks like the Nuggets

949
00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 1: and Grizzlies good past them, considering that Lebron will be

950
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 1: out and have to make sure he's all right getting back.

951
00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 1: So if you're in that four or five, then you

952
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,160
Speaker 1: have the thunder in the second series if you get

953
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 1: there anyway, looking ahead, looking way too far ahead. Everything

954
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:14,360
Speaker 1: is just tight when it comes to the Western Conference standing.

955
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: So it is unfortunate Lebron is leaving. He did say

956
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 1: again it won't be forever, it won't be too too.

957
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 2: He doesn't seem super concerned. He said it wasn't as

958
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 2: severe as that one way back in the day when

959
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:28,839
Speaker 2: he first got to La that groin injury on around Christmas, right,

960
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,400
Speaker 2: I think is when he said he injured it. But still,

961
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,760
Speaker 2: I mean, guy's forty years old and is groin injury,

962
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 2: and you saw him obviously in some discomfort. So you're

963
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 2: gonna have to take your time, and you're right, you're

964
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,479
Speaker 2: losing it on reps between him and Luca. They're also

965
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 2: just like short, like other bigs on their team. They

966
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:46,279
Speaker 2: really had to mirror apart. I don't know when he's

967
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 2: supposed to come back. Yeah, you have no Jackson Hayes,

968
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 2: like they're just small and Lebron's like one of the

969
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:53,759
Speaker 2: biggest guys. Yeah, and was having a pretty good game

970
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:55,440
Speaker 2: before the injury in terms of at least helping out

971
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:57,400
Speaker 2: on the glass and stuff like that. So see how

972
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 2: they adapt here. Not good, No, no, not great. So

973
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 2: I understand what you have him as a loser. I mean,

974
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:06,560
Speaker 2: we had a couple unfortunately updates like Jolen Brunson is

975
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:08,880
Speaker 2: going to miss a week or two for the Knicks,

976
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 2: I'm and Thompson I think is out a week or

977
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:14,960
Speaker 2: two for the Rockets obviously with Lebron, so it's a bummer.

978
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:18,239
Speaker 1: There's many of them. Yeah, they are a tiny team

979
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,439
Speaker 1: even you know, before Lebron's injury that was a work

980
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: Jackson Hayes starting at center. Now he's currently out, So

981
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: you're throwing Jared Vanderbilt in there, You're through You're obviously

982
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,919
Speaker 1: seeing a lot of trade Jemison, a ton of him.

983
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 1: There's a lot of who is that guy coming off

984
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 1: the bench, but he plays well for them, So yeah,

985
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:42,840
Speaker 1: hopefully they could. They could easily win or hold on

986
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:44,680
Speaker 1: to that second seat because they're that good, and they

987
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:49,400
Speaker 1: because they have Luca taking an offense places now. J. J.

988
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 1: Briddick said, what do we got to do here? Now?

989
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,359
Speaker 1: Play hard and play defense, And that's what this team

990
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:57,839
Speaker 1: has been doing, and they've been overcoming the size because

991
00:46:57,880 --> 00:46:59,760
Speaker 1: of how quickly and how hard they play on the perimeter.

992
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,799
Speaker 1: That being said, Austin Reeves is getting back and looking good,

993
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,440
Speaker 1: but this is him getting back, as you said, Ruy,

994
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:12,759
Speaker 1: maybe a little while, so he's not back. So yes,

995
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:14,839
Speaker 1: there are some depth concerns, but there are a lot

996
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: of guys. The size is definitely the duck concern.

997
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 2: I would say the best case scenario for the Lakers

998
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 2: with Lebron, let's say it's yeah, week and a half

999
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 2: or two weeks, is that they're still when it's all

1000
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,240
Speaker 2: said and dune, still in the second or third spot.

1001
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,200
Speaker 2: Even like let's say they split to three, right, I mean,

1002
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:29,920
Speaker 2: it's still going to be a two three matchup, so

1003
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 2: they're on that side of the bracket. The worst case

1004
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:36,320
Speaker 2: scenario is that you somehow fall away to fifth, because

1005
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:39,239
Speaker 2: you know it's Nuggets, Grizzlies, Rockets, not that all far

1006
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 2: behind the Lakers in terms of games behind them, So

1007
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:44,839
Speaker 2: you know, then there's a little then there's a little

1008
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:48,360
Speaker 2: buffer between your your Warriors and your Wolves and those teams.

1009
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 2: So you'd be pretty incredible they slipped all the way

1010
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:54,680
Speaker 2: back into the play in like we like they were

1011
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 2: earlier in the season. Yeah, that's unlikely that would be bad.

1012
00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 1: That would be terrible.

1013
00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,160
Speaker 2: So if they can just sort of stay within, you know,

1014
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 2: within those two three four spots, I think they'd be

1015
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:06,160
Speaker 2: okay until Lebron comes back. Some other mini losers, I

1016
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:10,200
Speaker 2: got a few for you here. The Bucks. Yeah, we've

1017
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,359
Speaker 2: talked a lot about the Knicks stinking against the best

1018
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:14,200
Speaker 2: teams in the league, and they have a really bad

1019
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:17,760
Speaker 2: record against the best. Milwaukee's now oh to nine against

1020
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:21,280
Speaker 2: the top three teams in the Eastern Conference. Maybe some concern.

1021
00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 2: You know, they lost to the Cavs again, brought up

1022
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:26,239
Speaker 2: that win for the Cavaliers, but they are owen nine

1023
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:30,480
Speaker 2: against Cleveland, Boston, and New York And this loss against

1024
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:33,040
Speaker 2: the Calves opened a string of eight consecutive games in

1025
00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 2: which the Bucks face the team with a winning record,

1026
00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:38,160
Speaker 2: so tough part of their schedule here. But are you

1027
00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 2: are you concerned about that Owen nine, you know, not

1028
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:43,400
Speaker 2: being able to beat these other good Eastern Conference teams.

1029
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:44,319
Speaker 1: Absolutely?

1030
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1031
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: If you're hoping that you're going to advance to the

1032
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference Final, yeah, you're gonna have to beat one

1033
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:54,400
Speaker 1: of them, right right in a second round series. Honestly,

1034
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:57,399
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to whoever they play in the first round.

1035
00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:01,680
Speaker 1: I think the Pacers was a great series last year.

1036
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,359
Speaker 1: Now Yannis was out, so Yannis has to be back

1037
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 1: this season. But yeah, I am. They took that chance

1038
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:11,960
Speaker 1: on trade and Chris Middleton for Kak Kuzmak because they

1039
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: want him to be the number three guy. But Yannis

1040
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:17,920
Speaker 1: is just gonna have to be an absolute monster. What

1041
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:19,920
Speaker 1: he's done with this mid rain shot and how he's

1042
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,480
Speaker 1: got more comfortable with that, he's evolved there, and so

1043
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: that's great. Dame's gonna have to do it. It's gonna

1044
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:28,400
Speaker 1: be tough. But at the same time, you know, the

1045
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,080
Speaker 1: Knicks have not looked great obviously the Brentson injury. HRes

1046
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:33,040
Speaker 1: I thought that this was the point where the Bucks

1047
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: could jump the Knicks for three, but that has not happened.

1048
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:39,200
Speaker 2: Pascal Siakam, He's gonna get a loser of the weekend

1049
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:42,239
Speaker 2: right for what a lot of people call the quack two,

1050
00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:45,439
Speaker 2: not the quick too, the quack too. I think Seth

1051
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:48,080
Speaker 2: Partnell came up with that terminology. But here's what I'm

1052
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:51,560
Speaker 2: talking about. Indiana was trailing the Hawks one nineteen one

1053
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 2: sixteen on Saturday night, seven point four seconds left in

1054
00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:59,319
Speaker 2: the game. Pacers don't have a timeout, but they bring

1055
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:02,040
Speaker 2: the ball up floor and it gets its way to

1056
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:07,520
Speaker 2: Siakam up top, and he decides to attack Dyson Daniels,

1057
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:10,239
Speaker 2: who sort of gives him the old ola after you,

1058
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:13,000
Speaker 2: good sir, let me hold the door for you because

1059
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:14,880
Speaker 2: you're down three, my man, and there's not a lot

1060
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 2: of time left in this game with you driving. And

1061
00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:20,040
Speaker 2: Siakam goes in and takes the easy too like he

1062
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:21,880
Speaker 2: dunks it home. But by the time he dunks it,

1063
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,480
Speaker 2: there's like one and a half seconds left. They inbound

1064
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:26,960
Speaker 2: the ball of tray. They foul, but it's like it

1065
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 2: doesn't matter what happens on the other end. You're not

1066
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 2: probably hitting a ninety foot shot and it didn't spoiler.

1067
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:36,840
Speaker 2: So baffling decision from Siakam especially, he is one of

1068
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:40,279
Speaker 2: the best the pacers, like sort of highest IQ guys,

1069
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 2: I would say, and he just had a brain fart.

1070
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:45,160
Speaker 2: I think like he either didn't know the score or

1071
00:50:45,160 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 2: he didn't know the time, right, because if you're going

1072
00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:50,319
Speaker 2: to take that quick two and then you're thinking, oh, there's

1073
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:51,680
Speaker 2: a little more time left and we can play the

1074
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:53,600
Speaker 2: foul game and get another chance at it. But he

1075
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:55,840
Speaker 2: took full responsibility after he said it was a stupid

1076
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:58,839
Speaker 2: play by me, so I guess he didn't know again

1077
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:02,319
Speaker 2: either score or time. But yeah, you gotta shoot that three,

1078
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 2: like nemhard. I guess he could have forced one. But

1079
00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:06,799
Speaker 2: when he gave it to Sakima, I thought Sakima was

1080
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:08,759
Speaker 2: going to dribble into it. You know, it was going

1081
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:11,040
Speaker 2: to be a tough shot regardless, but you sort of

1082
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 2: have to shoot it or at least get to the

1083
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 2: paint kickout to somebody. Instead, he drove, and like I said,

1084
00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:17,400
Speaker 2: the Hawks were like, here you go go ahead.

1085
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,280
Speaker 1: I couldn't. I couldn't believe it. Yeah, after watching it,

1086
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 1: it looked like he dunked it and then was ready

1087
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:23,880
Speaker 1: to walk off the floor. So I think he thought

1088
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:27,120
Speaker 1: they were down five or something that the game was over. Maybe, yeah,

1089
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 1: because it didn't look right.

1090
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:31,080
Speaker 2: It's possible. But Hawks got two wins against the Pacers

1091
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 2: in in sort of a baseball series that they just

1092
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:34,680
Speaker 2: had here too.

1093
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:38,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, Hawks are up to seventh, they are in, they're hosting.

1094
00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:41,759
Speaker 1: Maybe they're going to be playing the Boston Celtics, maybe.

1095
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:44,240
Speaker 2: If they advance and gets there. Possibly. And then finally,

1096
00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:47,319
Speaker 2: an unfortunate loser of the weekend to the injury depleted

1097
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 2: Dallas Mavericks because holy crap, it's now it's a joke.

1098
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:54,799
Speaker 2: What's going on with how many guys are out? The

1099
00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:59,600
Speaker 2: Suns beat them on national television yesterday after that thunder

1100
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:03,600
Speaker 2: its game, and that win pulls the Suns within one

1101
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:06,239
Speaker 2: and a half games of Dallas for the tenth seed

1102
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:08,279
Speaker 2: in the Western Conference, that final spot in the play

1103
00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:11,520
Speaker 2: in tournament. But man, the MAVs entered this game with

1104
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:16,799
Speaker 2: nine available players, and three of them suffered injuries in

1105
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:21,080
Speaker 2: that game on Sunday, two got hurt on the same

1106
00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:26,120
Speaker 2: play they collided. Kessler Edwards and Dwight Powell banged heads

1107
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:30,239
Speaker 2: chasing a rebound. Just a weird fluke accident. You know,

1108
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,799
Speaker 2: guys had to get stitches and all that Powell he

1109
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:36,440
Speaker 2: didn't return Edwards did, and then Brandon Williams also got hurt.

1110
00:52:36,719 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 2: He had hamstring tightness so he had to leave. And

1111
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:42,080
Speaker 2: then Dante exem and Calea Martin, they were on minutes

1112
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:45,120
Speaker 2: restrictions because they just came back from injury. Point is

1113
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:48,080
Speaker 2: the Mas got into a point where they basically had

1114
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:49,840
Speaker 2: no subs down in the stretch of this game. The

1115
00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:52,719
Speaker 2: kid couldn't really put anybody in because they were on

1116
00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:55,240
Speaker 2: men's restrictions or not obviously out there because they were injured.

1117
00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:59,640
Speaker 2: Just a season from hell. You had Clay Max Christian Dinnity.

1118
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,239
Speaker 2: They played the entire fourth quarter because they had to,

1119
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 2: and the other two guys played a good chunk of

1120
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 2: a downstretch too, and they lost and are like, I

1121
00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:09,279
Speaker 2: don't know, it's starting to look like they're not gonna

1122
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 2: hang out of that ten seed and the Sons might

1123
00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:12,600
Speaker 2: just be like gifted it.

1124
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:20,399
Speaker 1: Basically, it's possible because just everybody is not playing. That's

1125
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:24,799
Speaker 1: not their team. The ESPAN commentators were saying when they

1126
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:28,800
Speaker 1: came out for warm ups, they had only three guys

1127
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:31,040
Speaker 1: on one side of the layup line three guys on

1128
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:33,320
Speaker 1: the other side, and they were following each other and

1129
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:35,560
Speaker 1: then three guys kind of rebounding like there was nobody

1130
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:37,240
Speaker 1: out there. They had the nine guys. As you said,

1131
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis is there on the bench. He is getting closer,

1132
00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:46,680
Speaker 1: So you know that may happen maybe, but I don't know.

1133
00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:49,040
Speaker 2: Don't you have to make a decision as a franchise here,

1134
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:51,680
Speaker 2: like is it even is it worth it? We're talking

1135
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:54,200
Speaker 2: about ad who has had a lot of injuries in

1136
00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 2: his career. Is it worth it to bring him back?

1137
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:58,600
Speaker 2: I know it's gonna help your fantasy team, but to uh.

1138
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:03,879
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, to get a play in spot, Yeah, well,

1139
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:07,799
Speaker 1: I don't know. Yeah, isn't that just like a little

1140
00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:09,640
Speaker 1: bit more of a dagger to the fans, like we're

1141
00:54:09,719 --> 00:54:11,839
Speaker 1: not even trying for it? And I know that there's

1142
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:16,719
Speaker 1: enough daggers. But that home crowd was alive even for

1143
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:17,360
Speaker 1: that game.

1144
00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:19,080
Speaker 2: Trying to cheer on the underdogs in this situation.

1145
00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:22,960
Speaker 1: Yeah they were, and I was too, just to have

1146
00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 1: something exciting for my kids watching. Here we go, second

1147
00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:31,879
Speaker 1: national televised game. Unfortunately for the Dallas Mavericks, you know, yeah,

1148
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:33,680
Speaker 1: they just didn't have their guys, so it was set.

1149
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:37,840
Speaker 1: They do have a heavy road schedule the rest this season.

1150
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:42,200
Speaker 1: There's a lot of road games, but there are games

1151
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:45,520
Speaker 1: this team that does fight. They are winnable games. It

1152
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:48,960
Speaker 1: is crazy to say, but they have a far easier

1153
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:50,480
Speaker 1: schedule than the Phoenix Suns anyway.

1154
00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:53,799
Speaker 2: All right, so those are our winners and losers of

1155
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:55,960
Speaker 2: the NBA Weekend. Tell us who we missed. Let us

1156
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:57,000
Speaker 2: know in the stream, team, let us know in the

1157
00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,439
Speaker 2: YouTube comments. You can tweet them in as well. At

1158
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:04,640
Speaker 2: No Dunks think pick them tonight. Running it Back Nuggets

1159
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:06,760
Speaker 2: Thunder Part two, Round two.

1160
00:55:06,560 --> 00:55:11,279
Speaker 1: What's the line? Okay, see at home they're eight and

1161
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:15,680
Speaker 1: a half point favorites against the Denver Nuggets. Surprise, none

1162
00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:21,320
Speaker 1: of you decided, you know, let's just ride with the Thunder.

1163
00:55:21,320 --> 00:55:22,200
Speaker 1: I'm surprised with that.

1164
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:24,799
Speaker 2: Feels like it's task versus the three other guys.

1165
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:26,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, that happens a lot around here.

1166
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:27,480
Speaker 2: Graphic shows you alone.

1167
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:29,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, yep, yep. Yeah yeah. So I'm taking the Thunder

1168
00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:32,640
Speaker 1: to win by nine or more. Yeah. I feel like

1169
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:39,360
Speaker 1: with the Yokic situation, the Aaron Gordon situation. Yeah, you know,

1170
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:43,040
Speaker 1: you know, beating a team twice, it ain't easy, no, right,

1171
00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:46,080
Speaker 1: So is that why you feel comfortable taking points. Obviously,

1172
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:47,279
Speaker 1: there's a.

1173
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:49,840
Speaker 2: Pretty big line. This might not be a double digit

1174
00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 2: win tonight. I guess what I'm banking on, and I'm

1175
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:55,879
Speaker 2: hoping it's not to get the cover. But yeah, I'm

1176
00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:59,279
Speaker 2: obviously going with some assumptions here that k is gonna play.

1177
00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:01,560
Speaker 2: I think West gonna have a better game. Maybe they

1178
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:04,359
Speaker 2: just shoot the three ball a little bit better. Maybe

1179
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:06,720
Speaker 2: they don't get blocked as much. They never get blocked

1180
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:09,799
Speaker 2: left and right in that game on Sunday, which that

1181
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:11,960
Speaker 2: was sort of like their versions of turnovers in this

1182
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:14,120
Speaker 2: one going the other way. They also need to get okay,

1183
00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:15,800
Speaker 2: see turning the ball over a little bit more. That

1184
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:18,720
Speaker 2: would help get some easier buckets. But oh, take Denver.

1185
00:56:19,239 --> 00:56:21,040
Speaker 2: We'll take Denver. Give me a big I want a

1186
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:23,920
Speaker 2: big Monster Yokic game tonight, and that be fun. It

1187
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:26,360
Speaker 2: would be get everybody talking about the MVP race a

1188
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:29,719
Speaker 2: little bit more. That's what we need. Oh yeah, but

1189
00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:31,400
Speaker 2: I hear you. I mean, like I said, what was

1190
00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:33,600
Speaker 2: the stat I said, like forty plus wins by double digits.

1191
00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:38,320
Speaker 1: It's crazy, it is. Yeah, they don't play close games.

1192
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,320
Speaker 1: So I'm just dobble checking on the injury report. Nothing

1193
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:47,760
Speaker 1: to report here Aaron Gordon, though, could all we're getting

1194
00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:50,359
Speaker 1: at right now is could be out That's all we're getting,

1195
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:52,279
Speaker 1: Okay from what I'm seeing.

1196
00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:55,320
Speaker 2: I'm hoping AG's there for this line from a Nuggets

1197
00:56:55,360 --> 00:56:58,400
Speaker 2: here to cover in okac Hobeb. He's entertaining as it

1198
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:00,600
Speaker 2: was on Sunday. That was really fun. All right, we'll

1199
00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:03,279
Speaker 2: call it there, but you should join us tonight. We'll

1200
00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:05,520
Speaker 2: probably be watching some of that one tonight at nine

1201
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:09,360
Speaker 2: pm Eastern on playback. Every Monday night we go live

1202
00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:12,120
Speaker 2: bounce around the schedule. There's twelve games on tonight.

1203
00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:14,359
Speaker 1: How did that happen? I don't know a.

1204
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:17,800
Speaker 2: Lot of early games too, So we'll go on around nine,

1205
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:20,000
Speaker 2: catch a lot of the endings for those early games,

1206
00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:23,680
Speaker 2: and we'll watch some of that thunder Nuggets game. Hopefully

1207
00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:25,480
Speaker 2: it's entertaining. Probably see that one through to the end.

1208
00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 2: So join us. That link is in the show notes

1209
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:30,280
Speaker 2: as well. Join our free playback room and hang out

1210
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:32,040
Speaker 2: with the guys tonight. I don't know if TD is

1211
00:57:32,080 --> 00:57:34,000
Speaker 2: going to be there or not. I guess you could

1212
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:36,560
Speaker 2: get him on the toilet. I mean you can speak

1213
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:38,960
Speaker 2: to that. Yep, he could be on playback on the toilet.

1214
00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:41,320
Speaker 1: Absolutely, that's allowed.

1215
00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:45,200
Speaker 2: That's allowed. Yeah, we won't get banned from playback for that.

1216
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:48,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess you can blur out your background.

1217
00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:51,480
Speaker 2: I guess sure, sure, sure. There's no smell on playback too,

1218
00:57:51,560 --> 00:57:55,240
Speaker 2: so that's a positive, right, So joyce tonight, And again

1219
00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:59,080
Speaker 2: a reminder, those tickets are now available for a live

1220
00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:01,920
Speaker 2: show in Atlanta on March twenty seven, so go get those.

1221
00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:05,480
Speaker 2: No idea, how fast are going to go? So don't

1222
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:07,280
Speaker 2: drag your feet. You gotta take it. Come on out,

1223
00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:09,800
Speaker 2: hang with us on March twenty seventh. All right until

1224
00:58:09,880 --> 00:58:12,080
Speaker 2: tonight I'm playback or tomorrow here from the classic Factory

1225
00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:14,959
Speaker 2: Clipper bros. You heard it here first, have a great time,

1226
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:17,040
Speaker 2: turn up, love you guys awesome.

1227
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:19,760
Speaker 1: Thanks for journing us. And remember it's nice to have

1228
00:58:19,760 --> 00:58:21,960
Speaker 1: an umbrella in the car just in case.

1229
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:23,200
Speaker 2: That's very smart.

1230
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:25,720
Speaker 1: Yeah you don't have one always, all right?

1231
00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:28,959
Speaker 2: Multiple in your what do you call it your fronk? Yeah?

1232
00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:31,040
Speaker 1: I didn't like calling it a front at first, but

1233
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:33,800
Speaker 1: it's the word for it, so that's fine. That was weird,

1234
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:34,720
Speaker 1: the front truck.

1235
00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:35,560
Speaker 2: I don't mind it.

1236
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:36,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't mind it.

1237
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:38,560
Speaker 2: No, it's fine, but really you should keep the umbrella

1238
00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:41,960
Speaker 2: in your actual car, Like I say, put it on

1239
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:44,200
Speaker 2: the you know, how do you have what do you

1240
00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:47,560
Speaker 2: call those little Uh it's a word I'm looking for.

1241
00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:49,440
Speaker 2: I want to call it a shelf, but it's not

1242
00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:52,840
Speaker 2: a shelf on on the door. On the door, yeah,

1243
00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:53,480
Speaker 2: like a cubby.

1244
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:56,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know what it's called.

1245
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:57,600
Speaker 2: What is that called the door?

1246
00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 1: Hobby? It's not a compartment, but anyway, that's where I

1247
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:08,520
Speaker 1: put mine. A compartment needs a lid.

1248
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:12,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a glove compartment. You're right, right, or can

1249
00:59:12,600 --> 00:59:13,120
Speaker 2: also put.

1250
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:14,600
Speaker 1: A con so No, the console is in the middle,

1251
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:17,640
Speaker 1: so I guess it is a compartment. Yeah, you're right.

1252
00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:19,960
Speaker 1: I'm I don't have it. I never have it in

1253
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:21,960
Speaker 1: my car. I always have it in my trunk or

1254
00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:23,920
Speaker 1: front or but it's nice to have it in.

1255
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:25,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, because you're gonna get a little wet if you

1256
00:59:25,720 --> 00:59:28,080
Speaker 2: have to go to the frunk. Can you crawl through

1257
00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:30,880
Speaker 2: to your front through your car? Probably not.

1258
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:33,800
Speaker 1: You can call it crawl to the trunk though in

1259
00:59:33,840 --> 00:59:39,360
Speaker 1: some cars absolutely. You know. My former manager at t

1260
00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:43,800
Speaker 1: s N ESPN Junior, they called it Coreo Hanley Hughes

1261
00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:46,760
Speaker 1: to say, anybody who has a an umbrella is just soft.

1262
00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:52,480
Speaker 1: Come on, Cory, come on, it's a little ridiculous.

1263
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:55,080
Speaker 2: I think they do believe that on the West Coast

1264
00:59:55,160 --> 00:59:58,000
Speaker 2: a little bit right maybe, like in Vancouver.

1265
00:59:58,080 --> 00:59:59,800
Speaker 1: Was he from He was from the East Coast. He's

1266
00:59:59,840 --> 01:00:01,800
Speaker 1: just post you can find uh.

1267
01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:02,880
Speaker 2: Here's a new fee man.

1268
01:00:02,920 --> 01:00:04,760
Speaker 1: I kind of agree with Glory, to be honest.

1269
01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:09,800
Speaker 2: I hate umbrellas. I just hate them. Yeah, everyone likes them,

1270
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Speaker 2: but you know what I hate being soaking wet. You're

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Speaker 2: coming from your car to Okay, well I'm saying, yeah,

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Speaker 2: he's saying, you got to have it in your car,

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Speaker 2: and he's like, that's what I'm emercy.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, I did think of it because I was

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Speaker 1: coming from the car to here. But I wouldn't take

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Speaker 1: an umbrella from literally like eighty feet No, no.

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Speaker 2: No, never that all said. I definitely did that this morning.

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Speaker 2: Impresonday people.