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Speaker 1: some basketball. So a very very unfortunate start to this

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Speaker 1: game for Lakers fans the MAVs came out. I had

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Speaker 1: and when you do that, it stagnates offenses, and a

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Speaker 1: But when you switch those sorts of things, it doesn't

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Speaker 1: classic NBA rim protector. They just have arguably the best perimeter.

432
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Speaker 1: They have arguably the best defensive personnel in the league,

433
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Speaker 1: and that's a big part of why they've been able

434
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Speaker 1: to grind out wins even with guys in and out

435
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Speaker 1: of the lineup throughout the year. That's a huge windstreak.

436
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Speaker 1: What's that fourteen games in a row. Now, We're expecting

437
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Speaker 1: Kevin Durant to make his debut on Wednesday, and we

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Speaker 1: will be covering that game here on AMP. All Right,

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Speaker 1: moving on to Celtic Sixers, this is a huge moment

440
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Speaker 1: for Jason Tatum knocking down that game winning shot. One

441
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Speaker 1: of my favorite things about star players as they grow

442
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Speaker 1: into the prime of their careers is wavering confidence and

443
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Speaker 1: if always you know, we talked about this a little

444
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Speaker 1: bit with Nikola Yokis the other day in the Cleveland game,

445
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Speaker 1: but I'm always impressed when star players have rough games

446
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,520
Speaker 1: and are able to bounce back and make big plays

447
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,560
Speaker 1: down the stretch of a game. We talked about that

448
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,639
Speaker 1: a little bit with Lebron James and Anthony Davis earlier.

449
00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:22,760
Speaker 1: Tatum was not having an especially good game against the Sixers,

450
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Speaker 1: but he rose into that final shot with the same

451
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Speaker 1: confidence that he does when he's having a great game,

452
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Speaker 1: got great lift, and he knocked it down. I love

453
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Speaker 1: the play design. Apparently that's originally a Brad Stephens special,

454
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Speaker 1: but it's a great counter to ball pressure and ball

455
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Speaker 1: denial because a lot of teams are going to opt

456
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Speaker 1: to pressure the ball with Jason Tatum because he's kind

457
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Speaker 1: of not known as being the best ball handler in

458
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Speaker 1: the league. But most importantly, especially in late game situations

459
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Speaker 1: when there's not very much time left, a lot of

460
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Speaker 1: coaches think, if I pressure you and make it difficult

461
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Speaker 1: for you to get to your spot, then I might

462
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Speaker 1: be able to eat enough clock to where it won't

463
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Speaker 1: be easy for you to get to a spot that

464
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Speaker 1: you want and a shot that you want, all in

465
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Speaker 1: that short period of time. So they're pressing up on

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Speaker 1: Jason Tatum all the way out at backcourt, and then

467
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Speaker 1: since Tatum doesn't have the ball, he can just focus

468
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Speaker 1: on making a really hard cut, and that's what he

469
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Speaker 1: did after Marcus Smart got the ball, just a hard

470
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Speaker 1: cut towards towards the top of the key. Marcus Smart

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Speaker 1: throws a beautiful pass that leads Jason Tatum right right

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Speaker 1: to where he's running and then just immediately hits the

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Speaker 1: brakes and steps back. It's all kinds of separation, goes

474
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Speaker 1: straight up and down, no fade, no anything special, just

475
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Speaker 1: went to his bread and butter jump shot and knocked

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Speaker 1: it down. Big time moment for Jason Tatum. Jalen Brown

477
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Speaker 1: was also fantastic at the end of this game, once

478
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Speaker 1: again just using his otherworldly athleticism to pressure the rim

479
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Speaker 1: and his creative shot making. He had like a just

480
00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,640
Speaker 1: a disgusting step back jump shot at the free throw

481
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Speaker 1: line in the fourth quarter of this game where he

482
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Speaker 1: created like a solid ten feet of separation. It's been

483
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Speaker 1: really interesting to see how that combination of his athleticism

484
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Speaker 1: and creativity has made him one of their better fourth

485
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Speaker 1: quarter players. And his point per game average in fourth

486
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Speaker 1: quarters is right there with Tatum, but he's been more efficient.

487
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Speaker 1: He's shooting fifty two percent from the field and forty

488
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Speaker 1: percent from three and fourth quarters this year. But I

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Speaker 1: wanted to talk about Boston's guards for a minute, because

490
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Speaker 1: they're the unsung heroes of the Celtics team. Jason Tatum

491
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Speaker 1: and Jalen Brown get a lot of credit and they

492
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Speaker 1: deserve it, but Boston is a ridiculously talented guard corps.

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Speaker 1: And during that big run, because like as you watch

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Speaker 1: that game, right, James Harden hits a three, puts him

495
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Speaker 1: up fifteen in like mid third quarter, and the Celtics

496
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Speaker 1: go on some ridiculous run. It was like twenty two

497
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Speaker 1: to two or something like that, And for the most part,

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Speaker 1: it was their guards that did the work. That trio

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Speaker 1: of Marcus Smart, Derek White, and Malcolm Brogden, that's as

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Speaker 1: good a guard core, at least in the top three

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Speaker 1: that you'll find anywhere else around the league. All three

502
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Speaker 1: of those guys are up over a point possession in

503
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Speaker 1: pick and roll this year. A specifically, Marcus Smart and

504
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 1: Derek White have been amazing in pick and roll this year,

505
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Speaker 1: so they can be excellent creating that initial advantage to

506
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Speaker 1: get Boston into their driving kick. I really thought this

507
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 1: game swung on perimeter defense, Boston's guards getting dribble penetration

508
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 1: while on the other end, containing Tyrese Maxie and James Harden,

509
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Speaker 1: making them take tough shots because defenders did not have

510
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Speaker 1: to help because they were not giving straight line drives.

511
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,719
Speaker 1: Defenders don't have to help unless you get dusted. And

512
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Speaker 1: so that perimeter defense dynamic I always compared to like

513
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Speaker 1: offensive line, defensive line dynamic and football. That push or

514
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 1: pull on either side is gonna have a lot to

515
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Speaker 1: do with how tough your job is elsewhere on the floor.

516
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Speaker 1: And if you're constantly in rotation because you're getting beat

517
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Speaker 1: off the dribble, it's gonna be really hard to play defense.

518
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Speaker 1: But if the guy who's guarding the ball is keeping

519
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Speaker 1: him in front, you don't have to help. Now all

520
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,920
Speaker 1: of a sudden, things get way more, way more difficult

521
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Speaker 1: for the offense they had. They had a huge impact

522
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Speaker 1: on Boston's comeback before the Jays ended up closing the

523
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Speaker 1: deal there in the fourth quarter. I've had a lot

524
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Speaker 1: of Celtics fans tell me this year, when will you

525
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Speaker 1: trust Boston's ability to close games? And I wanted to

526
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Speaker 1: answer that a little bit here. To be clear, I

527
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Speaker 1: do trust them a lot more than last year. You

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Speaker 1: could see that based on the way they've played, They've

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Speaker 1: demonstrated better late game execution than they did last year.

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Speaker 1: Last year, the Celtics are one of the worst clutch

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Speaker 1: teams in the league. They were thirteen and twenty two

532
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Speaker 1: when a game was within five with less than five

533
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Speaker 1: minutes left. This year they're twenty and eight. So they've

534
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Speaker 1: been much much better, to be clear, But you guys

535
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Speaker 1: know the drill. I've always valued the postseason more and

536
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Speaker 1: I just you know, especially when I'm comparing him to

537
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Speaker 1: other teams at the top of the league, like Milwaukee

538
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Speaker 1: has demonstrated that on that stage, whereas Boston struggled with

539
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Speaker 1: that a little bit last year. And here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: The Celtics are twenty eight and twenty and eight in

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Speaker 1: clutch situations this year. That second best in the league.

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Speaker 1: Guess who's first, The Milwaukee Bucks. They're twenty three and

543
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Speaker 1: six in games that evolved clutch situations. So I feel

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Speaker 1: better about Boston. They've had a damn good season. But

545
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Speaker 1: before the season, I picked Milwaukee to win the Eastern

546
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Speaker 1: Conference by a hair. If you look at this season

547
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Speaker 1: in totality and the way that both teams have played,

548
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Speaker 1: do you think that there's been enough from both teams

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00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:27,399
Speaker 1: Bad Bucks Good Celtics for me to swap them, I

550
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 1: don't think so. I have not seen enough from either team,

551
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 1: good or bad to justify switching my preseason pick. That

552
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Speaker 1: does not mean that I don't think the Celtics can win.

553
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Speaker 1: I absolutely think they can win. I think they have

554
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Speaker 1: a great chance. I did Championship Tiers again last week

555
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,480
Speaker 1: for our snapchat show. Yes, we actually have a snapchat

556
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,920
Speaker 1: show as well. It goes once a week. That's under

557
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Speaker 1: Hoops tonight, and I only had two teams on my

558
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Speaker 1: top tier, the Boston Celtics in the Milwaukee Bucks, not Denver,

559
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,679
Speaker 1: not Philly, no one else, just those two. So I

560
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 1: think Boston has a damn good chance to win the title.

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Speaker 1: But only one of the thirty NBA teams gets to win.

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Speaker 1: And I think that Milwaukee has shown just a little

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Speaker 1: bit more in terms of my ability to trust them

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Speaker 1: on that stage, and I believe they had the best player.

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Speaker 1: So again, it's not a slight at Boston fans. It's

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Speaker 1: just I haven't seen enough bad Milwaukee to make a

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Speaker 1: flip in that particular pick. One final note on the

568
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Speaker 1: Philly side of things, I continue to be super impressed

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Speaker 1: by Joel Embiid, specifically with the fight that he has

570
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Speaker 1: as things start to go poorly for him. I mean,

571
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,639
Speaker 1: the wheels were really coming off last night, and he

572
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 1: fought like hell to get the Sixers a chance to

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Speaker 1: win that game. At the end of this game, he

574
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Speaker 1: made every single offensive play bullying I'll Horford on the

575
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Speaker 1: base line to get it to get two free throws.

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Speaker 1: It's it's kind of inevitable when he puts his head

577
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Speaker 1: down like that that he's gonna get a bucket or

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Speaker 1: a foul. He had a nasty step back too, on

579
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Speaker 1: the left elbow over a double team. I've always talked

580
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 1: about like Joel embid is almost better off shooting over

581
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Speaker 1: double teams than he is passing over double teams, and

582
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 1: he did struggle quite a bit with double teams in

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Speaker 1: this game again. And then that classic little free throw

584
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Speaker 1: line jumper that he gets off those James Harden picking rolls.

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Speaker 1: He made one of those at the end of the

586
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Speaker 1: game too. They had a massive block defensively at the

587
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Speaker 1: Remember that was the big impact that he had in

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Speaker 1: that Memphis game. When he hits the Jets. He's just

589
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 1: an absolute force of nature, and his season is being

590
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 1: overshadowed by Jannis and Nikola Yokich a bit, but he's

591
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Speaker 1: every bit as good as those guys. It was fun

592
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Speaker 1: to watch, and to be honest, if he plays like that,

593
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Speaker 1: the Sixers have a real chance to win it all

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00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: all right. Before we get out of here, Nuggets Grizzlies

595
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Speaker 1: just really quickly. The Grizzlies finally got a signature winner,

596
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,719
Speaker 1: at least for the first time in a while. They

597
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,800
Speaker 1: beat the hell out of the Nuggets yesterday one twelve

598
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Speaker 1: to ninety four. All the Nuggets have been on a

599
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: road trip for a little while. There were a couple

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Speaker 1: of specific factors that really swung this game in my opinion.

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Speaker 1: Xavier Tillman did an excellent job in isolation defense or

602
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Speaker 1: one on one defense with Nikola Yoki got a big,

603
00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 1: strong body, low center of gravity, places physical a couple

604
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Speaker 1: of specific things that he did really well. First of all,

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Speaker 1: navigating ball screens. So one of the main things that

606
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 1: Denver will do in their early offense before they run

607
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Speaker 1: their sets is a lot of times they'll just have

608
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Speaker 1: nickel yokes. If he gets the rebound and everyone runs

609
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 1: the floor, Yokis will just bring the ball up the

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Speaker 1: floor and then just come off of a guard screen

611
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Speaker 1: or maybe even two with the intent on just getting

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Speaker 1: a switch, because big guys typically struggle to navigate those

613
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Speaker 1: screens because they're just big bodies. They're easy targets and

614
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Speaker 1: you can get a lot of switches that way. And

615
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Speaker 1: then Yokis has just been absolutely barbecuing switches and postops

616
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 1: all season long, but Zavier Tillman was just navigating those

617
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Speaker 1: and not giving up the switch. Then a lot of

618
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 1: times Yokis will default to turning his back to the

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Speaker 1: basket at that point and then he will try to

620
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Speaker 1: post up whoever the center is, but he just wasn't

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Speaker 1: giving ground, and because he wasn't giving ground, the Grizzlies

622
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: did not have to dig as much off ball. It's

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Speaker 1: a very similar concept to what we were talking about

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Speaker 1: that driving kick stuff with the Boston Guards. When you

625
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Speaker 1: don't have to bail out to help a guy and

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00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: you can kind of stay in that in between zone

627
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: where you're ready to help, but you're also back with

628
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: the shooter, it just makes it so that those kickout opportunities,

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Speaker 1: and Yokich was still making those kickouts, but now you

630
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 1: have a fighting chance to rotate, and so now those

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00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 1: open shots are now less open, and so now contiviuous

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00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: call Will Pope, who's been dead eye all season, is

633
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 1: missing these shots because they're not great looks, they're just

634
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 1: okay looks. And then as a result, Denver couldn't set

635
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 1: their defense because they couldn't score in Memphis killed them

636
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 1: in transition. In this game, according to Synergy, Denver was

637
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 1: outscored in transition thirty two to fourteen. Denver starters shot

638
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 1: just thirty six percent from the field. So big shout

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00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 1: out to Xavier Tilman. I thought he did it. I

640
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 1: thought he did it again. It's Yoki has even solved.

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Speaker 1: No gives Yokich a seven gamer against Hillman. I'm sure

642
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: he'd figure it out. But in a one game sample

643
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 1: size when the Grizzlies really needed to win, I thought

644
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 1: Xavier did a really nice job. Memphis also did the

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00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 1: things they usually do. They dominated points in the pain

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Speaker 1: I think it was sixty to forty two, and then

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Speaker 1: they outrebounded their important their opponent. But most importantly, and

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Speaker 1: this is the key detail, when you win big, you

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Speaker 1: don't have to play the slowdown, half court execution game

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. Memphis has been a god awful

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter team. This year, they're getting outscored by seven

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Speaker 1: points per one hundred possessions in the fourth quarter, which

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Speaker 1: is third worst in the entire NBA. But it's a

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Speaker 1: great way to avoid that situation. Beat the hell out

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Speaker 1: of your opponent. And you know, that's what they did.

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Speaker 1: And this is where I keep coming back every time

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Speaker 1: Grizzlies fans will be like, hey, well, if you don't

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Speaker 1: think they have the amount of offensive skill, what's their chance,

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Speaker 1: what's their fighting chance to win? I keep telling you,

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Speaker 1: just like the twenty twenty Lakers and the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: one Bucks. Now they had better players. They had Lebron

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Speaker 1: and Giannis, they had Anthony Davis and everyone else who

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Speaker 1: played for the Bucks, but both of those team struggled

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Speaker 1: with half court offense in the regular season because of

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Speaker 1: a general lack of perimeter shooting both of them. But

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Speaker 1: they leaned on their defense to get transition opportunities throughout

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Speaker 1: their postseason runs and it was not a problem. A

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Speaker 1: great way for Memphis to mitigate their half court offense

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Speaker 1: problems is to be a better defensive team than they are,

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Speaker 1: and they've been a good defensive team in the aggregate

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Speaker 1: of the regular season, but they've struggled, especially in late

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Speaker 1: game situations. If they can solve their defense in those situations,

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Speaker 1: get better at hiding John Morant, get better at springing

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Speaker 1: those transition opportunities, they do have a fighting chance. I

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Speaker 1: just think at this point it's a very very small

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Speaker 1: fighting chance. All Right, guys, that is all I have

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Speaker 1: for today. As always, I sincerely appreciate your support and

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Speaker 1: I'll see you guys next time. The volume