WEBVTT - Two Massive Upsets Headline The First Round In The East

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<v Speaker 1>If you're tuned into Heat Check with Trista Quick.

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<v Speaker 2>On this episode of the Heat Check my God in

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA Playoffs, Off the rails or what the Milwaukee

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<v Speaker 2>Bucks Alert?

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<v Speaker 3>The Milwaukee Bucks are dead. They are dead.

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<v Speaker 2>They've been hit in the middle of the road on

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<v Speaker 2>a freeway in the middle of Wisconsin by some random

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<v Speaker 2>car left in the middle of the freeway.

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<v Speaker 3>Four dead. They are dead. Jimmy Butler was the driver

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<v Speaker 3>of that car.

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<v Speaker 2>Heat dispatched the favorites in the first round in five games.

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<v Speaker 2>The Knicks also move on as well as underdogs against

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<v Speaker 2>the Cleveland Cavaliers. We cover all the playoff news. Drop

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<v Speaker 2>a little tea, also about the Clippers. Oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>a little toxicity going on? No time to wastnick drop

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<v Speaker 2>that generic ass beat that should be Rihanna.

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<v Speaker 3>We gotta talk Bucks heat first. Let's do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though the series hasn't been great, and it hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>it hasn't been particularly high quality, high caliber basketball in spots,

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<v Speaker 2>but the Bucks in Heat just gave us two of

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<v Speaker 2>the most iconic games in NBA history and absolutely the

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<v Speaker 2>most iconic ending I've ever seen for those who were

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<v Speaker 2>asleep on the East Coast because you work in the mornings.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bucks are Milwaukee Bucks, who I had just like

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<v Speaker 2>a few units on to win at all at plus

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<v Speaker 2>three point fifty, which that's down the train. They blew

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<v Speaker 2>a sixteen point fourth quarter lead. They ended up losing

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<v Speaker 2>in overtime to the Miami Heat in Milwaukee, which means

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<v Speaker 2>the heater dead. The Milwaukee Bucks, excuse me, are dead.

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<v Speaker 2>The Heat booted the betting favorites for the entire league

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<v Speaker 2>in five fucking games.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you serious? Did that happen?

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<v Speaker 2>But it is not that it happened that boggle the mind.

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<v Speaker 2>It is how it happened that boggle the mind. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so let's start back at game four. So Jimmy Butler

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<v Speaker 2>aka playoff Jimmy went into a berserk level of basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>going off for fifty six nine and two, which is

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<v Speaker 2>an insane stat line that is ridiculously one man gang

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<v Speaker 2>bang slash line single handedly carrying this team where the

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<v Speaker 2>second leading scorer was I think they scored fifteen.

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<v Speaker 3>Points bam Adebayo, third leading scorer ten points.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was just Jimmy all Jimmy all day outplayed

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<v Speaker 2>the entire Bucks team. Jannis before that missed the previous

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<v Speaker 2>games My question is, how do you play four all

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<v Speaker 2>NBA defenders on the court at the same time.

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<v Speaker 3>You've got Drew Holliday.

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<v Speaker 2>Jannis Brook Lopez, all three of those guys could win

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<v Speaker 2>Defensive Player at the year of the year at any

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<v Speaker 2>given time. And then you've got Bobby Portos, who's also

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<v Speaker 2>lockdown to four dudes, and you cannot stop Jimmy Butler,

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<v Speaker 2>Jimmy Butler who's never been a particularly great jump shooter.

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<v Speaker 2>That is not only a testament to how good Jimmy

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<v Speaker 2>Butler is, but just how.

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<v Speaker 3>Horrible the Bucks are. Oh my god gross.

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<v Speaker 2>The coaching in these in this game and in these

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<v Speaker 2>two games from Bodhaalzer has been vomit, like trash vomit.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we go to Game five, Bucks down three to one. Hey, Bucks,

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<v Speaker 2>it's an elimination game, heads up. If you lose one, two,

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<v Speaker 2>three can coon. They were as a down three to

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<v Speaker 2>one plus one thirty to win that series, meaning the world,

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<v Speaker 2>the betting world thought there was a possibility they could

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<v Speaker 2>win three in a row. Bucks huge fourth quarter lead,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe at one point they were up seventeen in

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<v Speaker 2>the fourth quarter, and then in an absolute bottle job,

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<v Speaker 2>blew the lead in the most insane amazing way. Not

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<v Speaker 2>only did they not have any answer for Jimmy Butler,

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<v Speaker 2>but Budenholzer may I don't even know like some truly

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<v Speaker 2>disheartening bizarre game ending situations. Let's break those down. So

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<v Speaker 2>the heater down seven with four minutes left, Sposer decides

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<v Speaker 2>to make Bam the primary ball handler in order to

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<v Speaker 2>set up this high low action for Jimmy Butler. He

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<v Speaker 2>then proceeds in the paint to torch the Bucks once again.

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<v Speaker 2>Heat come roaring back, but Jimmy misses two shots in

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<v Speaker 2>the final thirty seconds, and now Drew Holliday has the

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity to put the Bucks up three with a half

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<v Speaker 2>second left. He misses the first makes the second, Heat

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<v Speaker 2>called time out. They take the ball out near half court.

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<v Speaker 2>Got me, okay? So what does Budenholzer do? First of all,

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<v Speaker 2>with Bam off the floor for some unknown reason, I

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<v Speaker 2>believe he fouled out. Maybe he decides to take defensive

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<v Speaker 2>player of the Year Lopez off the floor. Didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>a great explanation after the game why he did that. Second,

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<v Speaker 2>he decides to defend Jimmy Butler underneath the basket with

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<v Speaker 2>six to four, Drew Holiday, not Giannis, not not Chris Middleton,

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<v Speaker 2>not someone long. No, No, We'll put Drew on him.

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<v Speaker 3>And I get it. Drew is a great defender.

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<v Speaker 2>Then secondly, uh, Jimmy had to beg Spoe just to

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<v Speaker 2>get the play made for Jimmy in order for the

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<v Speaker 2>ball to go to him so that he could tip

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<v Speaker 2>it in underneath the basket. Yeah, he tells Spoe like, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>Drew's going to front me. I'm gonna get separation. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna tip in near the basket. So he draws up

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<v Speaker 2>a lob to Jimmy, who then uses his physicality to

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<v Speaker 2>get separation, catches the ball one handed.

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<v Speaker 3>Falling to the floor, and somehow it goes in.

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<v Speaker 2>Bud, why didn't you call a time out there when

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<v Speaker 2>you saw what the play was gonna be. So not

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<v Speaker 2>only was Lopez off the floor, like I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>you could have used a seven footer underneath the basket

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<v Speaker 2>to defend a lob into Jimmy, but then you decide

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<v Speaker 2>not to put Giannis on Jimmy.

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<v Speaker 3>And when the.

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<v Speaker 2>Bucks had a chance to see the heat's final play

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<v Speaker 2>and they still had to time out, Bud decided not

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<v Speaker 2>to use it. The outrage that's inside of my soul

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<v Speaker 2>right now is to such a high level I can't

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<v Speaker 2>even muster.

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<v Speaker 3>Up the strength to yell anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just like a very disappointed feeling for Bud because

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<v Speaker 2>everyone on Twitter was showing Bud and showing him doing nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>How dumb was the decision?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, not only were the Heat players themselves stunned by

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<v Speaker 2>the decision, even Eric Spolstra had no idea what was

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<v Speaker 2>going on.

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<v Speaker 3>He's like, how do we know that?

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Spolstro was like, Hey, what is what is this

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<v Speaker 2>joke show doing?

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<v Speaker 3>What is what is our man?

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<v Speaker 2>Budenholzer saying, because Strews went on The Levatard Show today

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<v Speaker 2>and said everyone was puzzled on the Heat bench. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>go and listen to Max Strews.

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<v Speaker 4>Max, were you also confused that whether or not Milwaukee

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<v Speaker 4>had timeouts? Because there were several points in both of

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<v Speaker 4>your most recent comebacks where a timeout is usually called

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<v Speaker 4>and it wasn't called. And I think it kind of

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<v Speaker 4>led to what you felt, which was just this one

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<v Speaker 4>big hallucination.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, honestly, we were all questioning it. At the regular

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<v Speaker 5>end of the regular time spoke can in a huddle.

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<v Speaker 5>He was like they didn't call time out, Like what

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<v Speaker 5>are we doing? Like, they didn't call time out and

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<v Speaker 5>we were like, we didn't even know they had a

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<v Speaker 5>time out. We just figured they did it the guys

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<v Speaker 5>in the court. But yeah, we were all kind of

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<v Speaker 5>questioning what was going on. But thankfully they didn't use it.

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<v Speaker 3>Thankfully they didn't use it.

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<v Speaker 2>Budenholzer right now is on heat Reddit as the savior

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<v Speaker 2>of the Miami Heat.

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<v Speaker 3>Even SPO's like, what are we doing? Like what is this?

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<v Speaker 6>Aw?

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<v Speaker 2>What is this bush league bullshit that's happening right now?

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<v Speaker 2>And it of course gets worse. So the Heat run

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<v Speaker 2>out to a lead in ot and the Bucks claw back.

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<v Speaker 2>They're down too with ten seconds to go, and they

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<v Speaker 2>have the entire length.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the court to go.

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<v Speaker 2>So instead of calling one of his two timeouts in

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<v Speaker 2>his pocket to I don't know, advance the ball up

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<v Speaker 2>to half court, he simply lets them waste time getting

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<v Speaker 2>across the half court line, and then when his option

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<v Speaker 2>one and his Option two are locked up, the ball

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<v Speaker 2>ends up in our man Grayson Allen's hands, and what

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<v Speaker 2>do you know, the team simply just runs out of

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<v Speaker 2>time before they can even put up a shot. Is

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<v Speaker 2>that not the most insane shit. They you went home.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it, that's all you have left.

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<v Speaker 6>Three to one.

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<v Speaker 3>You are down. You don't even throw up a shot,

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<v Speaker 3>it just expires. Ugh. The worst part they only needed

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<v Speaker 3>a two. Team only needed a two.

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<v Speaker 2>They could have just planned a play up for Drew

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<v Speaker 2>or Chris or even if he didn't want the ball

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<v Speaker 2>in Giannis's hands because he can't shoot free throws.

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<v Speaker 3>What are we talking about here?

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<v Speaker 2>You had Bam, Kevin Love, and Kyle Lowry all had

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<v Speaker 2>fouled out. You can't even plan a play for two

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<v Speaker 2>fucking points when you have a bunch of undrafted guys

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<v Speaker 2>out there, and Jimmy Butler. Jimmy Butler is an incredible player.

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<v Speaker 2>He was out there on the floor to end overtime

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<v Speaker 2>with four undrafted players that should be barbecue chicken.

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<v Speaker 3>That should be barbecue chicken.

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<v Speaker 2>Let that sink in game over, season over, could not

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<v Speaker 2>get a shot up. Budenolzer's career maybe over. Meanwhile, her

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<v Speaker 2>Nick Nurse is on Zillo right now looking up some

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<v Speaker 2>homes in Fox Points. See how much it'll cost for

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<v Speaker 2>him to move in at short notice. I promise you dog,

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<v Speaker 2>if that Nick Nurse, there's no chance that would happen.

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<v Speaker 3>His x's and.

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<v Speaker 2>O's skills are far surpassing our man, Bud.

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<v Speaker 3>That would that would never happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, maybe all everybody on the team would hate Nick

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<v Speaker 2>Nurse because it seems like he's been calling them out

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<v Speaker 2>in the media to the point where things have gotten

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<v Speaker 2>a little toxic. But I tell you what, at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of a game, he's calling up the right play.

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<v Speaker 2>Never would I ever see Nick Nurse eat three timeouts,

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<v Speaker 2>just keep them in his pocket and lose in an

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<v Speaker 2>elimination game at home. There's a reason you don't see

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<v Speaker 2>memes of Nick Nurse with hands in his pockets.

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<v Speaker 3>Friend of show Keith Smith said, Buck's done. Unreal.

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<v Speaker 2>Giannis Middleton holiday on the floor, ball is in Grace

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<v Speaker 2>and Allen's hands.

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<v Speaker 3>He doesn't even get a shot off.

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<v Speaker 2>Bucks left a timeout on the board at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of regulation and two timeouts on the board at overtime.

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<v Speaker 2>Just unconscionable. The word, the proper word, is unconscionable. So

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<v Speaker 2>they asked Bud, what's up?

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<v Speaker 3>What happened?

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<v Speaker 7>Uh, they had five small guys, you know, so you

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<v Speaker 7>know down to you know you can you can go

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<v Speaker 7>for the win with three or you know, they obviously

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<v Speaker 7>got to play at the rim, but uh, you know

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<v Speaker 7>they had five guards or wings, and uh so we

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<v Speaker 7>matched that.

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<v Speaker 8>I believe you had a time out with half a

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<v Speaker 8>second left and you didn't call it. Was the thought process.

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<v Speaker 7>There, Yeah, we need to call the time out there.

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<v Speaker 8>And then in overtime. I know you like to play

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<v Speaker 8>without calling the timeout. Was there any part of that

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<v Speaker 8>possession where you thought, maybe we're not getting something, we

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<v Speaker 8>need to take a time out.

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<v Speaker 7>No, you know, Uh, Janice attacked, Giannics got the ball

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<v Speaker 7>to Chris, Chris attacked. You know, that's how we always play.

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<v Speaker 7>It's been very good for us, and you know we

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<v Speaker 7>weren't able to convert it tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>That is so bad.

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<v Speaker 2>That is so so bad. I think Bud knows he

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<v Speaker 2>fucked up. He's like, yep, gotta call a time out there.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he sees the writing on the wall. This

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<v Speaker 2>kid on Twitter, I don't know how to pronounce his name,

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<v Speaker 2>he said Budenholzer was chilling on the sidelines, like, Damn,

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<v Speaker 2>this game is good as hell.

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<v Speaker 3>Damn, this is a good ass game.

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<v Speaker 2>Dog, Like you're supposed to be doing something, Bud, You're

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<v Speaker 2>a part of this deal. Miami Heat read It posted

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<v Speaker 2>a Mike Budenholzer appreciation post today said we couldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>won this without your masterclass yesterday, Budenholzer.

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<v Speaker 3>So now we're left in Miami.

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<v Speaker 2>We're left to figure out what's happening now that the

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<v Speaker 2>season is done. In Milwaukee, there is no way that

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<v Speaker 2>they should be sitting at home, no way that they

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<v Speaker 2>should lose to a play in team.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a playing team.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one seed loses to a team that was down

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen points to the Chicago Bulls, and probably we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to go home, night night, sleep mask.

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<v Speaker 3>In the playing tournament, they had already lost.

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<v Speaker 6>To Tray Young and the ELMA.

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<v Speaker 2>Since we're speaking about postgame pressers, let's talk about this

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<v Speaker 2>Yannis clip that's gone viral. You've probably seen it. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're not living under a rock, I have thoughts. A

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<v Speaker 2>reporter asked if this season was a failure to Jannis,

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<v Speaker 2>check out this bullshit.

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<v Speaker 8>I just asked the exact same question, but I'm curious

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<v Speaker 8>for you. Do you view this season as a failure?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god? Okay, because I'm not that up. You

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<v Speaker 1>asked me the same question last year. Eric, Okay, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>do you get do you get the promotion every year

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<v Speaker 1>on your job?

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<v Speaker 6>No?

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<v Speaker 1>Right, so every year you work it's a failure, yes

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<v Speaker 1>or no. No, Every every year you work, you work

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<v Speaker 1>towards something, towards a goal, right, which is to get

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<v Speaker 1>a promotion, to be able, to take care of your family,

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<v Speaker 1>to be able, I don't know, provide the house for them,

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<v Speaker 1>or take care of your parents. You work towards a goal.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a failure. It steps to success, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you've never I don't know, I don't want.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't make the personal.

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<v Speaker 3>So he was a hold up. I just realized he

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<v Speaker 3>was about to say to the.

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<v Speaker 2>Reporter, if you've never accomplished anything good in your entire

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<v Speaker 2>fucking life, you won't know what that means. He almost

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<v Speaker 2>said that, that's what he was about to say, and

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<v Speaker 2>then he was like, hold on, let me not make

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<v Speaker 2>that personal.

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<v Speaker 1>There's always steps to it, you know. Michael Jordan played

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen years, one six championship, the other nine years was

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<v Speaker 1>a failure. That's what you're telling me. I'm asking you

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<v Speaker 1>a question, yes or no? Okay, exactly, So why you

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<v Speaker 1>ask me that question. It's a wrong question. There's no

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<v Speaker 1>failure in sports. You know, there's good days, bad days.

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<v Speaker 1>Some days you were able to be successful so that

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<v Speaker 1>you're not Some days it's your turn, some days not

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<v Speaker 1>your turn. And that's what sports about. You don't always win.

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<v Speaker 1>Some other other people's gonna win, and this year somebody

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<v Speaker 1>else is gonna win. Similar as that we're gonna come

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<v Speaker 1>back next year. Try to be better, try to build

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<v Speaker 1>good habits, try to play better, not have ten days

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<v Speaker 1>stretch with playing bad basketball, you know, and hopefully we

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<v Speaker 1>can win a championship. So fifty years from nineteen seventy

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<v Speaker 1>one in twenty twenty one that we didn't win a championship,

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<v Speaker 1>it was fifty years of failures.

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<v Speaker 6>No, it was not.

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<v Speaker 1>It was steps to it, you know, and we were

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<v Speaker 1>able to win one. Hopefully we're give in another one.

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<v Speaker 8>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>I sorry that I didn't want to make it personal

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<v Speaker 1>because you asked me the same question last year, and

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<v Speaker 1>last year I was in the right mind space to

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<v Speaker 1>answer the question back.

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<v Speaker 3>So everybody was slobbing on your honest is not over this.

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<v Speaker 2>They thought it was like the most insight philosophical comment

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<v Speaker 2>that any athlete has made after losing the first round.

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<v Speaker 2>That's this is insane. This is this is a team.

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<v Speaker 2>Can we just back it up here. This is a

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<v Speaker 2>team that was the number one overall seed that lost

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<v Speaker 2>to an eight seed that had to scrap and caw

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<v Speaker 2>just to get into the playoffs, and you lost to

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<v Speaker 2>them in five games, giving up double digit leads in

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<v Speaker 2>games four and five. That's not a failure of a

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<v Speaker 2>season to you, folks.

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<v Speaker 3>This is exactly what if.

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<v Speaker 2>This isn't shoots in ladders, fam like, this is pro sports.

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<v Speaker 2>There are billions of dollars on the line. That is

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<v Speaker 2>a failure. You got your ass waxed, your coach collapsed,

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<v Speaker 2>you fucked up. You missed thirteen free throws the postseason,

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<v Speaker 2>this season as a whole, what you were trying to achieve,

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<v Speaker 2>you failed. You as a human being obviously not a failure.

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<v Speaker 2>But your goal every year is to win a championship.

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<v Speaker 2>That's actually the only point of this whole thing.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the only goal. It's not like, oh, Eric.

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<v Speaker 2>Nemuh messed up on one article about Yannis and so

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<v Speaker 2>it's a bad season for this this writer who asked

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<v Speaker 2>Yannis about whether.

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<v Speaker 3>This season was a failure.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it would be like if the entire goal for

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Neme was to write a feature on Yannis and

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<v Speaker 2>then he didn't do it.

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<v Speaker 3>It would be like that this is a spin job.

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<v Speaker 2>We are people collectively all going crazy being like, oh

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<v Speaker 2>my god, y honest, he's so grounded. Everybody show this

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<v Speaker 2>to your kids. What kind of participation trophy? Shit?

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<v Speaker 3>Is this?

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<v Speaker 6>Like?

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<v Speaker 2>There's no failure in sports, there's only growth. No, No

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<v Speaker 2>growth comes from admitting that you failed. That's where we're

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<v Speaker 2>at right now. This is like, there's gonna be consequences.

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<v Speaker 2>Your coach is probably fired, You're not going to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to extend or pay Brook Lopez. You're probably gonna

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<v Speaker 2>let Chris Middleton go jew holidays on and expiring.

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<v Speaker 3>What's he gonna do?

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<v Speaker 2>All of that is a downstream effect of failure. Is

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<v Speaker 2>is it a failure for the Orlando Magic that they

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<v Speaker 2>did not win a championship this year?

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<v Speaker 6>No?

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<v Speaker 2>Because of Orlando Magic are a lottery team. The Orlando

0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:39.480
<v Speaker 2>Magic have been a lottery team for the last decade.

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<v Speaker 2>They've had the number one pick overall last year. The

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<v Speaker 2>fact that Orlando Magic won like sixty five percent of

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<v Speaker 2>their games after the All Star breaks, that's a success.

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<v Speaker 2>That's something to build on. No, No, Joannis, there's nothing

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<v Speaker 2>to build on for you, except for championships.

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<v Speaker 3>This isn't steps to success. Yes, this is like is

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<v Speaker 3>Yannis trying to be ted Lasso?

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<v Speaker 2>Are we thinking like Jannis is a college football coach

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<v Speaker 2>that decides to go to England and coach an EPL

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<v Speaker 2>team and has no idea what he's doing, because that's

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<v Speaker 2>how he sounds right now?

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<v Speaker 3>The mistakes have been egregious.

0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:20.800
<v Speaker 2>The Bucks should have been at home in five waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for their next opponent, and instead their home in five

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<v Speaker 2>watching their opponent move on and play the Knicks. The

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<v Speaker 2>path was there for you. You got to play the

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<v Speaker 2>Knicks in the next round. How are they gonna defend Giannis?

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<v Speaker 3>Nope?

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<v Speaker 2>No, you failed. You fucking choked to me. This was

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<v Speaker 2>the most telling quote that Yanna said. Hey, they were

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<v Speaker 2>playing to beat us, and we were playing to win

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<v Speaker 2>a championship. We were a bit ahead of ourselves, to

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<v Speaker 2>be honest. Okay, so they were playing to beat you.

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<v Speaker 3>Goal achieved.

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<v Speaker 2>You were planning to win a championship failed. Your goal

0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:56.399
<v Speaker 2>was only to win a championship. That was only the

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<v Speaker 2>thing in your mind. I feel like I'm talking crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I taking crazy pills. You got Emmanuel Acho

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<v Speaker 2>being like show this to your kids. What kind of

0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:09.680
<v Speaker 2>gold star nonsense is this? Like, this is shirking accountability,

0:20:09.720 --> 0:20:12.320
<v Speaker 2>This is trying to spin zone your way into continuing

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<v Speaker 2>to have the same exact thing as you did before.

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<v Speaker 2>This is gonna be a storyline for the for the offseason.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what kind of decisions they're gonna make,

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<v Speaker 2>but they have them to make. And I would not

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<v Speaker 2>be surprised if coach Budenholzer, with two years left on

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<v Speaker 2>his deal, is out. So Nicks close out their series

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<v Speaker 2>in what was a real shock to a lot of people,

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<v Speaker 2>five games. If you wanted to bet Nixon five, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure it would have been huge value.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure the odds on that would have been crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone at ESPN picked the Calves or the Knicks in

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<v Speaker 2>like six or seven, and you know what, they were

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<v Speaker 2>all wrong. The Knicks out tough. The Calves, Brunson and

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<v Speaker 2>Heart were incredible. They're probably the best backcourt right now

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<v Speaker 2>in the league, consistently in the East. At least They're

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<v Speaker 2>not only dominated on the court. They were hilarious and

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<v Speaker 2>postgame presser you had Josh Hart eating chicken wings and

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<v Speaker 2>Brunson is being like, yo, stop eating while.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm in the middle of this press conference.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, and you got Josh Hart turning his back on

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<v Speaker 2>Brunson and still eating his wings. I love that heart

0:21:16.640 --> 0:21:22.000
<v Speaker 2>then calls Brunson undersized, overrated, overpaid. These guys are awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>They did the best. The Calves had zero answer. They

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<v Speaker 2>had no idea what to do. Cleveland Riders are calling

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<v Speaker 2>out JB. Bickers staff, but the Calves got bounced because

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<v Speaker 2>they have roster issues. We knew that two bigs does

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<v Speaker 2>it work well. The two teams that decided to go

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<v Speaker 2>with two seven footers are both sitting at home right now.

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<v Speaker 2>So you tell me Minnesota Timberwolves and the Cleveland Cavaliers,

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<v Speaker 2>so that big lineup thing isn't really working.

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<v Speaker 3>Reality, you have no You have.

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<v Speaker 2>Zero players who are both good shooters and good defenders.

0:21:53.400 --> 0:21:56.720
<v Speaker 2>Isaac Acquorrel really good defender, terrible shooter. At one point

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<v Speaker 2>he was shooting seven percent from three point I'll say

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<v Speaker 2>it again, at one point he was shooting seven percent

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<v Speaker 2>from the three point line. You got Alan and Mobley,

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<v Speaker 2>who at some point, for whatever reason, under the spotlight,

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<v Speaker 2>could not score. You have offensive players like Mitchell and

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<v Speaker 2>Garland who are like tissue paper in the playoffs. Can't

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<v Speaker 2>defend a person. And also Donovan Mitchell just underperformed offensively.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty eight points in a closeout game not enough. You

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<v Speaker 2>need fifty six, like Jimmy Butler and the Calves we

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<v Speaker 2>know in all year has been this way. They've beaten

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<v Speaker 2>teams under five hundred and teams over five hundred. They

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<v Speaker 2>just didn't. So it was kind of like something that

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<v Speaker 2>we could see coming right. They on their dream list

0:22:39.119 --> 0:22:41.760
<v Speaker 2>have mckel bridges, but let's be real, they're not getting

0:22:41.800 --> 0:22:42.520
<v Speaker 2>mckel bridges.

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<v Speaker 3>They have no draft capital.

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<v Speaker 2>They traded it all for Donovan Mitchell and look where

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<v Speaker 2>they are at home in April again. So yeah, they're

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<v Speaker 2>in a bad spot.

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<v Speaker 3>They need to improve.

0:22:54.560 --> 0:22:58.680
<v Speaker 2>Isaac Accoro and Seti Osman Chetty Osman have both had

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<v Speaker 2>their worst seasons as Cavalier. They're probably gonna need to

0:23:00.960 --> 0:23:02.959
<v Speaker 2>get moved. It's not gonna be easy to find a wing.

0:23:03.040 --> 0:23:04.879
<v Speaker 2>Those are really really hard positions, as you guys know.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's like the hardest one. It's the hardest one.

0:23:07.520 --> 0:23:10.719
<v Speaker 2>It's fine a good win as the Portland Showlblazers, So

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna probably have to trade Jared Allen as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Alan said this about his play. Even for me, the

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<v Speaker 2>lights were brighter than expected. Oh that is as bad

0:23:23.920 --> 0:23:27.199
<v Speaker 2>as telling. Now, the Knicks move on to play the

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<v Speaker 2>Miami Heat in the battle of the underdogs, the scrappy team.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna be incredible. The first thought probably is that

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<v Speaker 2>the Knicks should be favorites. Hero is out for the year,

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<v Speaker 2>But all of this depends on Julius Randall. Is his

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<v Speaker 2>ankle okay because he re injured it in Game five?

0:23:43.119 --> 0:23:47.280
<v Speaker 2>Why was he out there? I have no idea. Tim

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<v Speaker 2>said that we're hopeful that it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Not that bad. Uh yeah, I mean everybody is.

0:23:51.560 --> 0:23:54.000
<v Speaker 2>All Knicks fans around the country are worried about that

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<v Speaker 2>as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Without him, I think the series is a toss up.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there's a reason Jason Tatum said that he

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<v Speaker 2>didn't see the Heat winning as an upset because the

0:24:03.000 --> 0:24:06.399
<v Speaker 2>Knicks are gonna have their hands full. Jimmy Buckets and

0:24:06.440 --> 0:24:08.840
<v Speaker 2>their world defenders could not you know, the Bucks could

0:24:08.840 --> 0:24:11.920
<v Speaker 2>not stop Jimmy Butler. A bunch of all defensive guys

0:24:11.920 --> 0:24:15.320
<v Speaker 2>could not stop him. So I have it on good

0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:18.359
<v Speaker 2>authority that Jimmy Butler called a couple of Knicks executives

0:24:18.400 --> 0:24:21.680
<v Speaker 2>as soon as he had that fifty six point performance

0:24:21.680 --> 0:24:24.600
<v Speaker 2>in Game four and said, I'm coming for that ass.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm coming. You're next.

0:24:26.080 --> 0:24:29.080
<v Speaker 2>Nicks will fucking see you at Madison Square Garden. And

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<v Speaker 2>now we will Sunday at the Guard.

0:24:31.119 --> 0:24:50.760
<v Speaker 3>Gonna be a doozy since the last.

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<v Speaker 2>Time we chatted on Sunday, Dearn Fox was diagnosed with

0:24:55.240 --> 0:24:59.960
<v Speaker 2>an evulsion fracture in his index finger of his shooting hand.

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<v Speaker 3>That is what we.

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<v Speaker 2>Would call, uh, steps to success, as you honest would say,

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<v Speaker 2>steps to success, not a failure, not a disaster, just

0:25:10.960 --> 0:25:12.200
<v Speaker 2>steps to success.

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<v Speaker 3>Predictably. Uh.

0:25:14.320 --> 0:25:17.040
<v Speaker 2>When Dearon Fox ended up playing, he was awesome, by

0:25:17.040 --> 0:25:19.119
<v Speaker 2>the way, until he jammed his finger. And then, like

0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:21.359
<v Speaker 2>you would imagine, a guy who's got a broken finger,

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't really perform in the fourth quarter after he re

0:25:23.800 --> 0:25:26.879
<v Speaker 2>injures it. And without fourth quarter Fox, it was night

0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:27.640
<v Speaker 2>Night's sleep mask.

0:25:27.840 --> 0:25:28.639
<v Speaker 3>Kings were lost.

0:25:29.880 --> 0:25:31.480
<v Speaker 2>Even when it was a three point game with a

0:25:31.480 --> 0:25:33.240
<v Speaker 2>minute left and the Kings had a good look from

0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:36.080
<v Speaker 2>three to tie. Monk misses the twenty five footer and

0:25:36.840 --> 0:25:40.440
<v Speaker 2>we got to see the yin and the yang that

0:25:40.600 --> 0:25:43.480
<v Speaker 2>is Malik Monk. Boy, oh boy, did we see all

0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:46.919
<v Speaker 2>of it on one hand. That man carried the Kings,

0:25:47.040 --> 0:25:50.680
<v Speaker 2>who twenty one points from the four minute mark at

0:25:50.680 --> 0:25:53.119
<v Speaker 2>the third quarter. He had twenty one points from that

0:25:53.160 --> 0:25:57.440
<v Speaker 2>point on, twenty one points at the four minute mark

0:25:57.480 --> 0:26:01.399
<v Speaker 2>in the third quarter, fourteen points in the fourth quarter alone.

0:26:01.520 --> 0:26:04.960
<v Speaker 2>He was cooking boy carving at that defense. He was

0:26:05.000 --> 0:26:09.040
<v Speaker 2>making tough shot after tough shot over Kevon Looney. He

0:26:09.080 --> 0:26:11.960
<v Speaker 2>looked like John Moran out there. He was waiting until

0:26:12.000 --> 0:26:14.960
<v Speaker 2>his feet had almost reached the floor, coming up off

0:26:15.000 --> 0:26:18.680
<v Speaker 2>his elevation, and then put it up, bucket after bucket,

0:26:18.800 --> 0:26:21.399
<v Speaker 2>getting to the free throw line, chasing down what should

0:26:21.440 --> 0:26:24.479
<v Speaker 2>have been a backcourt violation for the Golden State Warriors

0:26:24.520 --> 0:26:27.200
<v Speaker 2>off of an errant pass, but no, he steals that ball,

0:26:28.320 --> 0:26:30.719
<v Speaker 2>gets it, gets the loose ball, and then gets an

0:26:30.720 --> 0:26:35.600
<v Speaker 2>in one. Just incredible, honestly, probably the only reason that

0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:38.040
<v Speaker 2>the Kings were able to dig back. And then on

0:26:38.040 --> 0:26:40.480
<v Speaker 2>the other hand, shooting a nonsense three pointer when you

0:26:40.520 --> 0:26:42.280
<v Speaker 2>don't need to make that or shoot that at that

0:26:42.359 --> 0:26:44.639
<v Speaker 2>given moment. You've got a bunch of seconds left on

0:26:44.680 --> 0:26:47.120
<v Speaker 2>the shot clocking guys open, Why are you taking that shot?

0:26:47.160 --> 0:26:49.120
<v Speaker 2>Malik Monk, Oh my god, that lost you the game.

0:26:49.560 --> 0:26:52.000
<v Speaker 2>On the other side, we got one of the best

0:26:52.000 --> 0:26:57.880
<v Speaker 2>performances of Draymond's career. He was unstoppable on both sides

0:26:57.880 --> 0:27:01.720
<v Speaker 2>of the ball. Offensively, he he cooked all night, my man.

0:27:01.800 --> 0:27:05.320
<v Speaker 2>Draymond Green Day Day eight for ten from the floor,

0:27:06.040 --> 0:27:10.439
<v Speaker 2>eight for ten, twenty one points off the bench, four rebounds,

0:27:10.640 --> 0:27:13.320
<v Speaker 2>seven assists, three steals and a block.

0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:18.159
<v Speaker 3>What are we talking about long in the short is.

0:27:18.040 --> 0:27:22.240
<v Speaker 2>That Draymond's suspension put the series and changed it like

0:27:22.280 --> 0:27:24.639
<v Speaker 2>an inflection point where now they get to see what

0:27:24.640 --> 0:27:27.120
<v Speaker 2>it's like for them to have complete spacing. Draymond knows

0:27:27.119 --> 0:27:28.920
<v Speaker 2>where he needs to be even when he's with Kevon

0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:32.600
<v Speaker 2>Looney on the floor. And now they're cooking these Kings

0:27:32.680 --> 0:27:35.840
<v Speaker 2>up with back cuts and easy looks at the rim,

0:27:36.520 --> 0:27:40.320
<v Speaker 2>and that is a real problem. The Warriors shot seventy

0:27:40.400 --> 0:27:43.240
<v Speaker 2>six percent in the restricted area in Game five.

0:27:44.160 --> 0:27:45.399
<v Speaker 3>That's really bad.

0:27:45.880 --> 0:27:49.280
<v Speaker 2>They had thirty three separate buckets in the restricted area,

0:27:49.640 --> 0:27:50.919
<v Speaker 2>which is five feet.

0:27:50.680 --> 0:27:51.720
<v Speaker 3>From the rim.

0:27:52.160 --> 0:27:56.200
<v Speaker 2>They got fifty points at the rim. That's ridiculous. And

0:27:56.280 --> 0:27:59.320
<v Speaker 2>now they know that they can't the Kings can't stop it.

0:28:00.240 --> 0:28:02.120
<v Speaker 2>They can't stop it with all that cutting, with all

0:28:02.119 --> 0:28:04.640
<v Speaker 2>that ball movement, they're cutting like crazy. They're getting easy

0:28:04.640 --> 0:28:06.560
<v Speaker 2>shots right in the rim and there's just no way

0:28:06.560 --> 0:28:09.040
<v Speaker 2>to adjust out of that. Kings now play Game six

0:28:09.119 --> 0:28:12.800
<v Speaker 2>on Friday, which is today. I guess at Chase in

0:28:12.880 --> 0:28:15.760
<v Speaker 2>an elimination game. Man, it's going to be a tough

0:28:15.760 --> 0:28:18.680
<v Speaker 2>one for Sacramento. But they should have won Game four,

0:28:18.720 --> 0:28:20.840
<v Speaker 2>I guess. And they haven't lost four in a row

0:28:20.880 --> 0:28:23.440
<v Speaker 2>since the first four games of the season, So whatever happens,

0:28:23.960 --> 0:28:27.240
<v Speaker 2>I just want to say King's Nation, I'm incredibly proud

0:28:27.240 --> 0:28:30.679
<v Speaker 2>of you. I think you have a bright future. This

0:28:30.760 --> 0:28:32.760
<v Speaker 2>team is fun as hell to watch. I think they're

0:28:32.760 --> 0:28:34.879
<v Speaker 2>the most fun team of basketball. And if this thing

0:28:34.920 --> 0:28:37.359
<v Speaker 2>goes back to goal and won for Game seven, all

0:28:37.560 --> 0:28:41.800
<v Speaker 2>bets are off. Moving on, Lakers and Grizzlies are locked

0:28:41.840 --> 0:28:45.080
<v Speaker 2>in a series now as well. The Lakers had a

0:28:45.160 --> 0:28:48.920
<v Speaker 2>chance to put Memphis to bed in Memphis, but the

0:28:48.960 --> 0:28:55.600
<v Speaker 2>Grizzlies got off to a hot start and open up

0:28:55.640 --> 0:28:58.440
<v Speaker 2>a fourteen point lead in the first quarter, and other

0:28:58.480 --> 0:29:00.160
<v Speaker 2>than one Laker run that cut the lead to one,

0:29:00.240 --> 0:29:02.880
<v Speaker 2>that was basically a night from the beginning they handled

0:29:02.920 --> 0:29:06.200
<v Speaker 2>the Lakers. Jaw had thirty one and thirty three from

0:29:06.200 --> 0:29:09.480
<v Speaker 2>bain La lost because as we know what they do

0:29:09.720 --> 0:29:12.000
<v Speaker 2>is they just can't shoot. They shot twenty five percent

0:29:12.040 --> 0:29:15.240
<v Speaker 2>from three. Grizzly shot thirty five percent from three, despite

0:29:15.400 --> 0:29:18.400
<v Speaker 2>our man del In the villain shooting twenty percent from deep.

0:29:19.800 --> 0:29:21.040
<v Speaker 3>Now all eyes are on him.

0:29:21.800 --> 0:29:25.560
<v Speaker 2>His Shenanigans Brooks was three for fifteen for eight. He

0:29:25.600 --> 0:29:28.520
<v Speaker 2>had ten boards, seven assists. But he was also the

0:29:28.560 --> 0:29:31.920
<v Speaker 2>only Grizzly starter to be a negative minus seven. They

0:29:31.960 --> 0:29:35.000
<v Speaker 2>are not going to survive many three for fifteen shooting nights.

0:29:35.200 --> 0:29:38.360
<v Speaker 2>So the Grizzlies now facing uphill battle. I still think

0:29:38.360 --> 0:29:40.880
<v Speaker 2>they can win this thing. I still think that they

0:29:40.920 --> 0:29:43.840
<v Speaker 2>can win Game six and it will be raucous in

0:29:43.960 --> 0:29:48.120
<v Speaker 2>Memphis on Sunday. Do not be surprised if Memphis forces

0:29:48.160 --> 0:29:48.920
<v Speaker 2>a Game seven.

0:29:49.400 --> 0:29:51.000
<v Speaker 3>Finally, little tea from.

0:29:50.920 --> 0:29:53.920
<v Speaker 2>Around the league, because we haven't talked much about very

0:29:53.960 --> 0:29:57.840
<v Speaker 2>much news Clippers are eliminated and I did a TikTok,

0:29:57.880 --> 0:30:00.360
<v Speaker 2>but I think you should I should mention to hear

0:30:00.360 --> 0:30:01.960
<v Speaker 2>on the podcast as well. If you don't follow my

0:30:01.960 --> 0:30:04.160
<v Speaker 2>social and you just listen to the podcast, by the way,

0:30:04.200 --> 0:30:05.680
<v Speaker 2>you should check it out.

0:30:05.720 --> 0:30:06.440
<v Speaker 3>It's pretty good.

0:30:07.520 --> 0:30:11.520
<v Speaker 2>There are now hot rumors coming out about the Los

0:30:11.560 --> 0:30:15.120
<v Speaker 2>Angeles Clippers, and I don't know if they're true, But

0:30:15.360 --> 0:30:18.400
<v Speaker 2>I tell you what, people who I know who are

0:30:18.440 --> 0:30:21.040
<v Speaker 2>around this team and have friends that are around this

0:30:21.120 --> 0:30:22.800
<v Speaker 2>team tell me that I am spot on.

0:30:23.400 --> 0:30:25.520
<v Speaker 3>So this is what happened.

0:30:25.600 --> 0:30:31.120
<v Speaker 2>An anonymous Clipper media member has an account called Clippers Content,

0:30:31.880 --> 0:30:34.880
<v Speaker 2>and he claims that he's been covering the team all

0:30:34.960 --> 0:30:37.400
<v Speaker 2>year and as soon as they lost their game to

0:30:37.640 --> 0:30:43.040
<v Speaker 2>be eliminated, he posted like a sixteen sixteen post thread

0:30:43.520 --> 0:30:47.080
<v Speaker 2>on Twitter about everything that went wrong with the Clippers

0:30:47.120 --> 0:30:50.160
<v Speaker 2>this year, and my god, was it bad. It was

0:30:50.240 --> 0:30:54.719
<v Speaker 2>like Edward Snowden. It was like releasing all the receipts.

0:30:55.000 --> 0:30:58.960
<v Speaker 2>He's now on the run. He hasn't posted since. Steve

0:30:59.040 --> 0:31:01.880
<v Speaker 2>Bomber must be furius, So this is what it was.

0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:05.800
<v Speaker 2>He starts dropping a tweet storm. It says, first and foremost,

0:31:05.960 --> 0:31:10.440
<v Speaker 2>the Clippers turned down Marcus Morris for Conley trade. They

0:31:10.480 --> 0:31:14.200
<v Speaker 2>had Morris to go to Utah for Mike Conley.

0:31:14.000 --> 0:31:16.280
<v Speaker 3>And they settled for John Wall. We know how that went.

0:31:16.760 --> 0:31:19.680
<v Speaker 2>They couldn't get Wall cheap, so they gave up Isaiah

0:31:19.720 --> 0:31:24.239
<v Speaker 2>Hartenstein for nothing because they couldn't pay them both, and

0:31:24.320 --> 0:31:26.840
<v Speaker 2>they couldn't find a backup center until the trade deadline.

0:31:27.560 --> 0:31:30.360
<v Speaker 2>Then Reggie Jackson. Reggie Jackson was one of the field

0:31:30.400 --> 0:31:32.920
<v Speaker 2>good stories. He was unplayable, he was horrible, and he

0:31:32.960 --> 0:31:35.520
<v Speaker 2>had a bad attitude. So the Clips were so desperate.

0:31:35.560 --> 0:31:37.680
<v Speaker 2>They tried to get Kyrie. They tried to get fred

0:31:37.760 --> 0:31:39.520
<v Speaker 2>van Fleet, they tried to get Lowry and they failed.

0:31:40.480 --> 0:31:43.520
<v Speaker 2>They settled on Eric Gordon. They tried to trade Norm

0:31:43.560 --> 0:31:47.040
<v Speaker 2>Powell to the Grizzlies, but instead got Luke Kennard instead,

0:31:47.840 --> 0:31:50.040
<v Speaker 2>and then they just struggled from three for the rest

0:31:50.120 --> 0:31:50.680
<v Speaker 2>of the season.

0:31:51.800 --> 0:31:55.880
<v Speaker 3>So he's like, hey, I also have a lot.

0:31:55.760 --> 0:32:00.360
<v Speaker 2>More tea on the dysfunction of the team. He lows

0:32:00.440 --> 0:32:04.400
<v Speaker 2>up the bridge. He basically murders Tyleru. Says that Tyleru

0:32:04.520 --> 0:32:07.440
<v Speaker 2>was pissed off at the team that the team hates him.

0:32:07.720 --> 0:32:10.760
<v Speaker 2>He hates them, the roster hates him, the front office

0:32:10.800 --> 0:32:13.719
<v Speaker 2>hates him, and because he doesn't like them, he's just

0:32:14.160 --> 0:32:17.000
<v Speaker 2>basically playing players he knows will not win them games.

0:32:17.120 --> 0:32:19.000
<v Speaker 3>Three four guard lineups out of.

0:32:18.960 --> 0:32:22.120
<v Speaker 2>Spite because he was just so mad at the front

0:32:22.160 --> 0:32:25.480
<v Speaker 2>office and he was just being petty. And then Marcus

0:32:25.560 --> 0:32:27.720
<v Speaker 2>Morris wanted to trade and now is so pissed that

0:32:27.760 --> 0:32:29.640
<v Speaker 2>he didn't get traded that he quit the team for

0:32:29.680 --> 0:32:31.240
<v Speaker 2>two weeks, just went a wall.

0:32:31.320 --> 0:32:32.200
<v Speaker 3>No one knewe he was.

0:32:32.520 --> 0:32:35.400
<v Speaker 2>Tylu covered it up, and then he eventually came back

0:32:35.640 --> 0:32:38.520
<v Speaker 2>and then forced his way back onto the starting lineup

0:32:38.560 --> 0:32:39.720
<v Speaker 2>with Tyleru because they're friends.

0:32:41.280 --> 0:32:43.040
<v Speaker 3>Uh yikes.

0:32:44.640 --> 0:32:49.800
<v Speaker 2>And then he moves on to more tea about individual players.

0:32:50.080 --> 0:32:54.160
<v Speaker 2>Says that Roko and Terrence Mann were publicly complaining and

0:32:54.240 --> 0:32:56.600
<v Speaker 2>posting things on Twitter as a cry for help because

0:32:56.760 --> 0:32:59.320
<v Speaker 2>Tyleru wasted a year of their careers. He was not

0:32:59.440 --> 0:33:03.440
<v Speaker 2>playing ro Co at all, barely playing Terrence Man. Then

0:33:03.560 --> 0:33:07.920
<v Speaker 2>Kawhi Leonard gets both barrels from this Clippers account. Apparently

0:33:08.120 --> 0:33:11.080
<v Speaker 2>this anonymous Clippers guy alleges that Kawhi Leonard was benching

0:33:11.160 --> 0:33:14.160
<v Speaker 2>himself in the middle of games and just ghosting the

0:33:14.200 --> 0:33:15.800
<v Speaker 2>team even though he was fully.

0:33:15.560 --> 0:33:20.000
<v Speaker 3>Healthy in the regular season. He's not done.

0:33:20.120 --> 0:33:22.720
<v Speaker 2>He also says that the team is paranoid, and that

0:33:22.840 --> 0:33:25.840
<v Speaker 2>it's a very poorly kept secret that they're paranoid, and

0:33:25.880 --> 0:33:29.280
<v Speaker 2>now they ban sports writers for posting anything about the

0:33:29.320 --> 0:33:31.880
<v Speaker 2>team that puts them in any sort of negative light,

0:33:31.920 --> 0:33:34.600
<v Speaker 2>even if it's completely true. He even says one of

0:33:34.600 --> 0:33:37.320
<v Speaker 2>the National Beat reporters was blackballed for posting a video

0:33:37.360 --> 0:33:45.440
<v Speaker 2>about Kawhi and then he says that the social media

0:33:45.520 --> 0:33:51.400
<v Speaker 2>manager of the Clippers was accused of sexual misconduct and

0:33:51.720 --> 0:33:54.560
<v Speaker 2>is still there to this day.

0:33:54.640 --> 0:33:55.320
<v Speaker 3>What's happening?

0:33:55.560 --> 0:33:57.680
<v Speaker 2>What is going on with the Clippers, That's what he's

0:33:57.720 --> 0:34:00.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I have nothing to say other than, like,

0:34:00.520 --> 0:34:02.920
<v Speaker 2>a lot of these roster things are true. He did

0:34:03.320 --> 0:34:05.720
<v Speaker 2>play three four guard lineups, and you did see Marcus

0:34:05.760 --> 0:34:07.880
<v Speaker 2>Morris go away from the team. You did see Kawhi

0:34:07.960 --> 0:34:10.640
<v Speaker 2>Leonard leave in the middle of games and not play

0:34:10.680 --> 0:34:15.239
<v Speaker 2>and no one knew why. You did see Roco not play.

0:34:15.320 --> 0:34:17.040
<v Speaker 2>You did see Terrence Man not play. I mean, all

0:34:17.120 --> 0:34:21.560
<v Speaker 2>those things are fact. I can't speak to the feelings

0:34:21.600 --> 0:34:25.279
<v Speaker 2>around it or why. But if that's true, this is

0:34:25.400 --> 0:34:27.719
<v Speaker 2>wildly specific for it to not be true. I'll just

0:34:27.760 --> 0:34:31.880
<v Speaker 2>say that we're gonna find out, folks. It always comes

0:34:31.880 --> 0:34:34.120
<v Speaker 2>to light. I promise you. Now that the dirty little

0:34:34.120 --> 0:34:36.600
<v Speaker 2>secrets are out in the ether, people are gonna start digging.

0:34:37.320 --> 0:34:40.560
<v Speaker 2>And Bob Myers can't come to this team fast enough. Kenny,

0:34:40.960 --> 0:34:43.960
<v Speaker 2>He's gotta fix this mouthfeastings because the tea is hot.

0:34:44.160 --> 0:34:45.399
<v Speaker 2>That's all the time that we have for the heat

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<v Speaker 2>check will be back Monday with an all new episode

0:34:47.680 --> 0:34:51.279
<v Speaker 2>covering the first round series along with some of the

0:34:51.280 --> 0:34:54.359
<v Speaker 2>second Round series actually actually Trey Young and Boston, John

0:34:54.400 --> 0:34:56.760
<v Speaker 2>Moran and La Kings Warriors and.

0:34:57.000 --> 0:34:58.719
<v Speaker 3>Nicks, of course facing the heat.

0:34:59.080 --> 0:35:01.720
<v Speaker 2>Also check the feet for past interviews as they drop

0:35:01.920 --> 0:35:05.840
<v Speaker 2>intermittently throughout this playoff run. Do not forget to download, subscribe,

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