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Well, was a pretty entertaining game 38 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 2: for the most part, outside of a couple of things. 39 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 2: We're gonna get into it from a bunch of different angles. Yes, 40 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: we'll have a little bit of ref talk off of 41 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: the top, and then at the tail end of the show, 42 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 2: we're gonna take ten to fifteen minutes of mail bag 43 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 2: questions from you guys. So if there's some specific angles 44 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 2: from tonight's game that you want to dive a little 45 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 2: deeper into, let's get those questions into the chat and 46 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: we'll hit them at the end. It's also nice because 47 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 2: right around the time I finish my monologue is when 48 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: I can get into some of the advanced metrics that populate, 49 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: you know, fifteen twenty minutes after the game, So we 50 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 2: can get a little bit deeper during that mailbag segment. 51 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 2: And then when we finish up here tonight on YouTube, 52 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 2: we're heading over to playback dot tv slash Hoops tonight. 53 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,679 Speaker 2: We'll be taking callers, we'll watch film, we'll just get 54 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 2: into the weeds and have some fun. It's a more 55 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 2: informal vibe. 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First of all, 70 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,119 Speaker 2: as we shift to this game, I'm just very excited. 71 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 2: This series is going to be a blast as long 72 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: as Shaye doesn't get a free throw every damn time 73 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: he flails or falls or trips over air or whatever 74 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 2: it is he was doing for the most For the 75 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: most part in this particular game, I tweeted out after 76 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 2: Shay's first foul the first time that he grifted his 77 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 2: way in the lane. There was a second one where 78 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 2: Julius Randall clearly grabbed him and was like a very 79 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 2: clear There was a similar one late in the game 80 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 2: where Jaden McDaniels clearly grabbed Shae when he was initiating 81 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: that contact. Those sorts of things, I want that called 82 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 2: every time. That's not defense. You're just grabbing. But if 83 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 2: you're sliding your feet and you're going down the lane 84 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 2: line and Shay's going to just slightly bump into you 85 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 2: and fall backwards and flail and throw it up, I 86 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 2: don't think that's a basketball play that should be rewarded 87 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 2: with free throws. And one of the things I tweeted 88 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 2: at the beginning of the game was, if Shae wants 89 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: to lean on that, that's a great sign for Minnesota 90 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 2: because that's not something that's gonna work out in the 91 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 2: large sample. But it did work out tonight as he 92 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 2: continued to get the calls. Conspicuously, it was the same 93 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 2: ref every time. It was Mark Lindsay who kept giving 94 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: Shae every single damn touch foul throughout the game. And 95 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: I think the NBA just needs to pluck Mark Lindsay 96 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 2: and just get him out of the playoffs so that 97 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 2: we don't have to watch him anymore, because, like to me, 98 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: it's not about fairness. The whistle was relatively even tonight. 99 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 2: Maybe Shae gets three or four additional calls. It's not 100 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 2: the reason Minnesota lost this game. We're gonna talk about 101 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 2: that more here in a minute. Okay, so he did 102 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 2: a lot of good. To me, it's just about the 103 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 2: television product. Basketball calls, like bad calls are a part 104 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 2: of basketball games. I'm never gonna get overly worked up 105 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 2: on that as far as it pertains to one team 106 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 2: or anything along those lines. Again, I don't think that's 107 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 2: why Minnesota lost tonight. I'm just super excited because this 108 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 2: is going to be a showcase for the young generation 109 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 2: in the NBA. And what we don't need is to 110 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 2: watch Shay Gildas Alexander just flailing and doing all that 111 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 2: bullshit and getting rewarded with free throws for it. So 112 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 2: let's just let's NBA. Let's get Mark Lindsay out of 113 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 2: the series. It's not the type of series for him. 114 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: He wants to ref like it's February. No one's interested 115 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 2: in watching that. So let's get him out and then 116 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 2: hopefully we can enjoy this series with some quality basketball 117 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 2: between these two teams. The reason why I'm excited about 118 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,799 Speaker 2: this series is just about every player in this series 119 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: is a good defender who can do a little bit 120 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 2: of dribbling, shooting, and passing. A textbook modern basketball showcase. 121 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 2: O Ant and Shay. It's a super fun matchup. You 122 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 2: could tell they don't like each other. Aunt with a 123 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: lot of little gamesmanship early in the game. One time 124 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: he's standing over the top of Shay. One time he's 125 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 2: throwing the ball at him. It's clear they don't like 126 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 2: each other. That's great, that's great for the television. Julius 127 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 2: randolvers Jdubb. Two very different types of players. Julius has 128 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 2: this insane first half offensively. Jdubb just brilliant defensively all night, 129 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 2: showcasing why he was getting just a little bit of 130 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 2: defensive player of the Year buzz this year. Again, just 131 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 2: an excellent showcase for the young generation of the NBA. 132 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 2: I want it to be about basketball, though, so no 133 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 2: more of the grifty bullshit, Like we don't need to 134 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 2: see every driving bump get rewarded with free throw, so 135 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 2: I hope they get that out of there. It was 136 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: the tail of two halves though. In the first half, 137 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 2: I thought it was very clear that Ant and Julius 138 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 2: were pretty comfortable against Oklahoma City's primary perimeter defenders. That 139 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 2: what led to Julius getting nice separation on moves into 140 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 2: the lane. At he was really decisive against Alex Caruso, 141 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 2: not messing around and trying to beat him with fancy 142 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: dribble combinations. He was just like, I'm bigger and stronger 143 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 2: than Alex, so if I just make a simple move 144 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 2: and I protect the basketball, I'm going to be able 145 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 2: to get some sort of dribble penetration against this guy. 146 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 2: And I thought he had great success there. None of 147 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 2: Okase's guards can really stop it from getting to his spot. 148 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: It's really just a question of his ability to rise 149 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 2: up and knock down shots and to make the kickout passes. 150 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 2: I thought both guys, and this is a credit to Okasee. 151 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 2: I thought both guys really wore down over the course 152 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 2: of the game under Okayse's defense, and foul trouble disrupted 153 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 2: their rhythm. But there was a nice trend early in 154 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: the game that I think should leave all Wolves fans 155 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 2: feeling like they have a chance to win this series, 156 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 2: which is just okay sees athletes. They're very good defense, 157 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 2: but they don't do too much to make ant and 158 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 2: Julius uncomfortable. I also thought in the first half. Oklahoma 159 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 2: City looked a little caught off guard just by Minnesota's 160 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 2: size and athleticism, just a very different type of athletic 161 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 2: file than Denver was or even Memphis was, and I 162 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 2: think that it just took them a little bit of 163 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 2: time to adjust, particularly on the offensive end of the floor. 164 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 2: All you gotta do is look at the box score. 165 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 2: They go for forty four points in the first half, 166 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 2: and they go for seventy in the second half. Right 167 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 2: in the second half, Oklahoma City settles in. They get 168 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 2: some nice ISO scoring early in the third quarter from 169 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 2: both Shay and j Dubb. Chet starts getting aggressive and 170 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 2: scoring in the middle of the floor. They start to 171 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 2: on the other end of the floor start to win 172 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 2: some of those battles on defense against Julius and against 173 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 2: and they start to force them into some misses, they 174 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 2: get into some foul trouble, and then from there Shay 175 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 2: and Chet just put the game away. There were a 176 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 2: lot of openings for Chet. I can't wait to dive 177 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 2: further into this in the film, but there were a 178 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 2: lot of openings for Chet around the rim, on rolls 179 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,479 Speaker 2: and on cuts and on crashes, on offensive rebound situations. 180 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 2: A bunch of that kind of stuff, and I thought 181 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 2: you could really see the difference in the two defensive 182 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,040 Speaker 2: game plans in that regard, and it manifested in a 183 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 2: bunch of key spots in the box score. So, for instance, 184 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 2: Minnesota takes fifty one threes, Oklahoma City takes twenty one threes. Right, 185 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 2: Minnesota gets twenty points in the paint, Oklahoma City gets 186 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 2: fifty four points in the paint. The way that's manifesting 187 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 2: is Minnesota is a lot of like stay home, trust 188 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,319 Speaker 2: the guy on the ball to do his job. Oklahoma 189 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 2: City very much is ford aggressive. We're gambling, we're packing 190 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 2: the paint. We're giving up three point shots in hopes 191 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 2: of turning you over and having the aggregate kind of 192 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 2: impact of that be it positive. Right, And that's the thing. 193 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 2: They gave up a ton of threes tonight. Minnesota did 194 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 2: not burn them, and we'll have to talk about that 195 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 2: here in a minute. Specifically, their bench really struggled to 196 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 2: shoot the ball. But Oklahoma City generated thirty one points 197 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 2: off of nineteen Minnesota turnovers and that ended up being 198 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 2: a kind of a balance that pays off for them. 199 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 2: But you can see the difference in that defensive scheme 200 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 2: right Oklahoma City Ford aggressive packing the paint, overloading the 201 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 2: strong side, giving up a lot of threes. It felt 202 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 2: like if Minnesota got any sort of dribble penetration into 203 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 2: the middle of the floor, there was some sort of 204 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 2: kickout opportunity that would lead to a wide open three 205 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 2: in the corner for a good shooter that was capable 206 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 2: of knocking the shot down. For Oklahoma City, once they 207 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 2: started to get into the middle of the paint, especially 208 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 2: when Rudy Gobert checked out of the game, We're gonna 209 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 2: get dive into that a little bit here in a minute. 210 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,559 Speaker 2: But they started to get into the paint and find 211 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 2: openings because it's a lot of one on one and 212 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: two on two down there. Like on that play where 213 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 2: Jaden McDaniels gets called for the foul grabbing on Shae 214 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 2: when he kind of got tied up going down the 215 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 2: lane line, there's nobody there at the rim. He was 216 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 2: able to go right back there and get an easy 217 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 2: right hand scooping layup a couple possessions later, a lot 218 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 2: of one on one, a lot of two on two 219 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 2: that created opportunities for Chet to be an impactful vertical 220 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 2: spacer as a cutter and crasher and finisher around the basket, 221 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: and then Shay getting into the lane consistently drawing those fouls. 222 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 2: In that second half, Aunt and Julius were never able 223 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 2: to gain any sort of rhythm outside of a brief 224 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 2: little Anthony Edwards burst in the middle third quarter, and 225 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 2: next thing you know, we're looking at a blowout because 226 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 2: that Oklahoma City train got going and Minnesota was never 227 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 2: never able to reassert control of the situation. I want 228 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 2: to just kind of go through some notes that I 229 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 2: have from both teams, and then when we're done with 230 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 2: that again, we're going to go to the mailbag, and 231 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 2: you guys, any direction of the series you want to 232 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 2: dive further into, will start to dig into some of 233 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 2: the numbers too as they update. So on the Oklahoma 234 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 2: City front, I thought Jay Dubb was great in this game. 235 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 2: I think he was fine on offense. Nothing that you're 236 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: going to write home about. Not super efficient, but he 237 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 2: didn't turn the basketball over and to get nineteen points 238 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 2: and five assists with zero turnovers on eighteen shots, even 239 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 2: though it's not the most efficient thing in the world, 240 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 2: that's a fine offensive game. In the Western Conference Finals, 241 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 2: I thought he was incredible on defense in this game. 242 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: Five steals, attacking Aunt and Julius every time they turned 243 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: their back in post ups and getting the ball knocked 244 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 2: away that way, random turnovers with full court pressure. He 245 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 2: got one against Julius Randall that way. Just flying around 246 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 2: on defense. He defended on an island against nas Red 247 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 2: multiple times and got stops. Just bumped him really hard 248 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 2: on the first one and forced a turnover, bumped him 249 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 2: on a spin on the second one. They brought a 250 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 2: nice little baseline double. I think it was from Caruso 251 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 2: on that play too that they got another stop. JDub 252 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 2: was just an incredible defensive force in this particular game. Okay, 253 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 2: so he got a nice little shift from Kenrich Williams 254 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 2: in this game, he defended really well. He ran some 255 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 2: pick and pop where nos Reed was kind of defending 256 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 2: him as like a traditional screen defender, which was leaving 257 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 2: him open on the pop. He had a three there. 258 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 2: He was plus thirteen in eight minutes. A nice little 259 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 2: stretch from Williams. Overall, I thought it was one of 260 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 2: Chet's best games in this playoff run. We talked about 261 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 2: the work that he did as like kind of a 262 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 2: vertical spacer in the middle of the floor. I also 263 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 2: thought he did an amazing job on the defensive glass 264 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 2: in the second half. You watched the tape in that 265 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 2: second half, He's getting a body on somebody. Every time 266 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 2: he's boxing out, he's high pointing the basketball. Oklahoma City 267 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 2: was able to regain control because Minnesota did a lot 268 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,559 Speaker 2: of damage on the offensive glass in the first half. 269 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 2: Minnesota was not able to do that damage in the 270 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 2: second half, and I thought a big part of that 271 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 2: was chet Holmgrin and then Alex Caruso all the work 272 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,079 Speaker 2: he's doing defensively. He struggled a little bit with Julius 273 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 2: Randald tonight. Him continuing to be like the most reliable 274 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 2: catch and shoot spot up guy for Oklahoma City is 275 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 2: a revelation and it's turning him into one of the 276 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 2: most profoundly impactful playoff role players in the league right now, because, 277 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,839 Speaker 2: like I mean, I remember when I rooted for Alex Cruz, 278 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 2: so that wasn't really a big part of his game. 279 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 2: It was like you could knock him down shot forty 280 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 2: percent his final season with the Lakers, but struggled to 281 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 2: shoot him in the postseason. It was never really what 282 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 2: you were in the alex Crusoe business for but him 283 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 2: knocking down all of these catch and shoot threes is 284 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 2: making him immensely valuable as a three and D player 285 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 2: in this playoff field. On the minutes the front again, 286 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 2: I still think Aunt and Julius can generate quality shots. 287 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 2: I thought in the second half it was a lot 288 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 2: of fatigue and foul trouble related stuff where you know, 289 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,199 Speaker 2: there was an extended stretch there where Aunt and Julius 290 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 2: were both just off the floor. I mean, an it 291 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 2: was playing pretty well in that mid third quarter and 292 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 2: he picked up a weak ass foul and another one 293 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 2: of those stupid ass shake yilds of Alexander bump and 294 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 2: run shots, and it just took him out of the game. 295 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 2: And I just thought when he came in he struggled 296 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: to regain rhythm at that point. It was a very 297 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 2: different game too. By the time Aunt came back in, 298 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 2: the game was not out of reach, but it was 299 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 2: in a fundamentally different type of position as a late, 300 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 2: you know, fourth quarter double digit lead than it was 301 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 2: in that third quarter stretch. But over the course of 302 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 2: this series, those two guys have to do essentially what 303 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 2: they did. They have to basically do what I always 304 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 2: talk about with veteran players, which is like find the 305 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 2: stuff that's working and replicate it. Take the mistakes, got 306 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 2: to trim that fat, stay away from it right. Julius 307 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 2: Randall got a little sloppy with the basketball in the 308 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 2: second half. Anthony Edwards got a little sloppy with the 309 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 2: basketball in the second half. You give up thirty one 310 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 2: points to Oklahoma City off of turnovers. You're shooting yourself 311 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 2: in the foot and you're gonna make it really, really 312 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 2: difficult to win at that point. But overall, just looking 313 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 2: at the physical dynamic, Ant's too big and strong and 314 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 2: athletic for all of Oklahoma City's guards, and Julius Randall 315 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 2: is a big, powerful forward that can find matchups that 316 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 2: he can attack. So that's a very strong foundation for 317 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 2: them offensively in this series. Their bench guys have to 318 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 2: hit shots, though, like it's it's rough. Nas Red one 319 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 2: for eleven, Dante DiVincenzo three for fourteen, Nikhil Alexander Walker 320 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 2: three for eleven. That's seven for thirty six from the field. 321 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 2: From the depth that we talked about coming into this 322 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 2: series as one of the strengths of this Minnesota roster 323 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 2: and a lot of them guys like this, there are 324 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 2: some uncomfortable things. I thought Dante looked a little rushed 325 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 2: on some of his on ball stuff, right like I 326 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 2: thought nas Reed's post up were ugly. But there was 327 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 2: a lot of butt naked three point shots in there 328 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 2: that those dudes were missing. And they went five for 329 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 2: twenty eight from three and so with At and Julius 330 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 2: and the types of quality threes that they were generating, 331 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: those guys just have to pay them off the turnovers 332 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 2: to transition. Again, this is going to be the key 333 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 2: to the series. Like Oklahoma City will have a hard 334 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 2: time scoring against Minnesota in the half court, especially when 335 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 2: they have a big on the floor. But if you're 336 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 2: going to gift wrap them thirty one points running out 337 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 2: the other way when your defense isn't set, you're putting 338 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 2: yourself in a really tough position to win. And then, lastly, 339 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 2: the last thing I want to focus on before we 340 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 2: get into our mailbag is Rudy Gobert. I can't come 341 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 2: into the series if you guys remember in my series 342 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 2: preview I talked about how I didn't really see this 343 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 2: as as much of a center type of series. I 344 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 2: specifically said I wouldn't be surprised if we looked back 345 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 2: at the end of the series and that both Rudy 346 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 2: Gobert and Isaiah Hartenstein averaged fewer than twenty minutes per game. 347 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 2: Isaiah Hartenstein twenty minutes tonight, Rudy Gobert twenty one minutes. 348 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 2: The Rudy Gobert piece, by the way, I thought Chet 349 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 2: held up fine, So this is not necessarily an OKA 350 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 2: see take. I thought okac's small ball groups did fine. 351 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 2: If it turns into something where Minnesota starts really overwhelming 352 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 2: them with physicality, maybe it's something they have to look 353 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 2: into expanding Isaiah's role, But specifically with Gobert, I think 354 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 2: it's a little bit more complicated than just what meets 355 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 2: the eye there. Rudy's a frustrating player. There were a 356 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 2: lot of sequences tonight where he was gift wrapped pretty 357 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 2: high quality opportunities on trails and rolls around the basket 358 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 2: where his inability to finish anything in traffic was a problem. 359 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 2: And that's an important problem, something that we need to 360 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 2: factor in when we have discussions about Rudy. He also 361 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 2: had a pretty rough first defensive ship as he picked 362 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 2: up a couple of fouls, but I thought from that 363 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 2: point forward, I thought he was fine defensively, and I 364 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 2: actually thought his presence on the back line was part 365 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 2: of the struggles that Shay Gilders Alexander was dealing with. 366 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 2: Shay really got comfortable going downhill towards the rim in 367 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 2: the second half of this game. And so when I 368 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,479 Speaker 2: really start to parse out the impact of Rudy in 369 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 2: this particular matchup against an Oklahoma City team that isn't 370 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 2: the highest level back line processing sort of team in 371 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 2: this matchup, I would like to see Rudy Gobert at 372 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 2: least I would like to see Chris Finch explore using 373 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 2: him a little bit more, simply because there is a 374 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 2: little bit of a dynamic when he's on the floor 375 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 2: when SHA's there, where Shaye wants to operate a little 376 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 2: bit more in the short to mid range, whereas when 377 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 2: he's not out there, he wants to go right to 378 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 2: the bucket. And so I think it's worth just exploring 379 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 2: a little bit more, just expanding Rudy Gobert's role more. 380 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 2: There was an extended stretch in this game where Chris 381 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 2: Finch went with no center with nas Reed off and 382 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 2: with Rudy off, and look, I get it. You know, 383 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 2: Rudy has his offensive limitations. Nas Reed was having the 384 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 2: game from Hell for him. But I'm not necessarily, you know, 385 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 2: pushing back against that in this particular game because it 386 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 2: was going off the rails anyway. But it's something to 387 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 2: adjust potentially in game two. I wouldn't be so quick 388 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 2: to the pull the plug on Rudy Gobert because I 389 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 2: do think he has a little bit of a mental 390 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 2: impact on Shae on Jdubb, forcing them into some of 391 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 2: those tougher contested mid range shots. 392 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: Blending Vice's signature dynamic storytelling with the high octane world 393 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: of sports, Vice Sports brings an exciting and diverse range 394 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 1: of programming that goes beyond the game. 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Let's do it. First question, sort of 405 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 3: a general question, what adjustments can Minnesota make to play 406 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 3: with OKC and give them their best chance to win 407 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 3: given the fact that Sga and Jada both shot under 408 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 3: forty percent this game and they still blew out the Timberwolves. 409 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 2: You know, when you really dig into it, the question 410 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,199 Speaker 2: is shot creation right and do we felt do we 411 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 2: feel like Aunt and Julius did a good job of 412 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 2: creating shots tonight for Minnesota. I think they did. They 413 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 2: just got to shoot substantially better on them than they did. 414 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 2: And it's and it's it's one of those things where 415 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 2: I feel like when Aunt and Julius didn't turn the 416 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 2: ball over and they got some sort of rim pressure 417 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 2: in the form of a dribble drive from Aunt or 418 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 2: a post up ripped through from Julius, I thought they 419 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 2: got good looks. They just lost control of the game 420 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 2: and transition and Julius got in foul trouble and got 421 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 2: a little fatigued in the second half, and their advantage 422 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 2: creation wasn't as good and like they're four bench spot 423 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 2: up guys went five for twenty eight from three liked. 424 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 2: Do you agree with me Jackson that Minnesota got some 425 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 2: quality looks on those kickouts, Like did you think it 426 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 2: was you know, okay See rushing them or do you 427 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 2: think they were just missing some shots. 428 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 3: I think in the first half, especially, they got a 429 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 3: lot of open looks that they could have made more of. 430 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 3: In the second half, it did feel like okay See 431 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 3: turned up the intensity defensively, or maybe at least got 432 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 3: their bearings on the athletic sort of the pace of 433 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 3: the series and the physicality of the series a little bit. 434 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 3: But still it did feel like and there was some 435 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 3: criticism of Dante's shot selection. I think some of those, 436 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 3: like uber deep ones, might have been not the best shot, 437 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 3: but some of them I thought he were great looks 438 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 3: and he just missed. He was one for six at 439 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 3: one point, and I think I think the first four 440 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 3: or five of those were very makeable. So it's tough. 441 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 3: I mean, I do think that they their stars were sloppy, 442 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 3: were too sloppy at times from a shot from like 443 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 3: a turnover and shot creation standpoint. But I also feel 444 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 3: like the bench just has to shoot that. 445 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 2: Right, they have to shoot so so so much better. 446 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,239 Speaker 2: Cleaning the Glass has Oklahoma City at a one oh 447 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 2: two half court offensive rating in Minnesota at an eighty, 448 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 2: but that obviously does in factor an offensive rebounding, so 449 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 2: offensive rebounding was a big part of it. In transition, Okay, 450 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 2: see a one forty offensive rating, And I don't think 451 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 2: Cleaning the Glass has Minnesota logged for zero transition points 452 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 2: off to see how that shows up on Synergy. But uh, 453 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 2: I like the point you made about Dante DiVincenzo. I 454 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:40,360 Speaker 2: think that there's a we know Dante can make those shots. 455 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 2: It's just when you take a relatively quick above the 456 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 2: break three when you're not in rhythm, it just has 457 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 2: a higher percentage chance of leading to one of those 458 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 2: long rebounds that leads to one of those runouts. I'm 459 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 2: a big believer in your shot selection should reflect your rhythm. 460 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 2: So like if you're out of rhythm, meaning like you're 461 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 2: you've been missing, the answer is to hunt easy opportunities. 462 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 2: Run your lane in transition. See if you can't get 463 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 2: a layup or a wide open three, crash the offensive glass. 464 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 2: See if you can't get an offensive rebound, put back 465 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 2: or draw a foul, get yourself to the foul line. 466 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 2: When I see guys that are already having poor shooting 467 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 2: nights start taking pretty tough off the dribble threes, it's 468 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: like that's the kind of shot that you're not that 469 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 2: that's not going to get you out of your slump, 470 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 2: Like that's that's trying to ram your head through a 471 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 2: brick wall. And I did think we saw a little 472 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 2: bit of that with Dante tonight. 473 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I agree. Flipping to the other end of 474 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 3: the floor, though, why do you think Minnesota played zero 475 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 3: zone in this game? It did feel like something that 476 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 3: we talked about they might be able to use. It 477 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 3: would maybe be a way to keep rooty on the floor, 478 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 3: et cetera, et cetera. 479 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 2: I think it's something that we'll see over the course 480 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,120 Speaker 2: of the series. I think, you know, these game ones 481 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 2: are always a little bit of a feel out game, 482 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 2: and I thought their Manda Man defense was fine until 483 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 2: it wasn't. And oftentimes in a situation like that, like 484 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 2: Chris Finch may be looking at it like zone is 485 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 2: the thing I can pull out in game two that 486 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 2: puts a game away, and he may be more willing 487 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 2: to use it like. Okay, So let's say game two. 488 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 2: Game two typically follows a certain feel. We've all seen 489 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 2: this kind of series million times. 490 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 3: Right. 491 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 2: Minnesota will come out, probably lead in that like seven 492 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 2: to ten point range for the first two and a 493 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 2: half quarters, right, because that's just what happens in game two. 494 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,120 Speaker 2: It's the push and pull of urgency. You get blown out. 495 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 2: Minnesota comes out, gives you a great effort. Oklahoma City 496 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 2: will inevitably make us a run at some point in 497 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 2: the second half of that game. You know, a couple 498 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 2: of steals, a couple turnovers, a couple of runouts, they 499 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 2: cut the lead to two, they tie the game. That's 500 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 2: where you can throw a card like that and stall 501 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 2: out okac's offense and potentially steal a win. I think 502 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 2: Minnesota's base man to main look can work in this matchup. 503 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 2: And I think Chris Finch just made a judgment call 504 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 2: in this game that it wasn't worth pulling that card. 505 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 2: They lost by twenty six. You know, it may be 506 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 2: a totally different vibe in game two. 507 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 3: In terms of Julius Randall, he had twenty first out points. 508 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 3: Obviously some of that was just you know, catch and 509 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 3: shooting hitting some tough catch and shoot threes. But what 510 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 3: was the difference in that you saw from the way 511 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 3: that he was attacking the first half of the second 512 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 3: half that felt like he struggled so much in the 513 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 3: second half compared to his first half. 514 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 2: As you mentioned, there was definitely an uptick in just 515 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:20,160 Speaker 2: the overall intensity. His jump shot cooled off, they started 516 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 2: chasing him off the line. A lot of the threes 517 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,199 Speaker 2: that he got in the first half were concession threes, 518 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 2: like they were open, looks like he was hitting them, 519 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 2: but like there was an early three that Julius made 520 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 2: where he like smiled, and I think I think the 521 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 2: specific thought that he was experiencing with that smile is like, 522 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 2: are these dudes just gonna leave me open? All serious? Like, 523 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 2: I think that's what he was thinking. And so I 524 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 2: think there's a good amount of Julius just pressing up 525 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 2: and not giving him those wide open catch and shoot threes, 526 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 2: and Julius was I thought Julius's driving kick play was 527 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 2: fine in the second half. I mean, he kind of 528 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 2: has this like lebron esque ability to just elevate off 529 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 2: of one leg and throw these jump passes that are 530 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 2: like terrible passes for like anybody else in the league, 531 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 2: but because he's a good enough athlete and he just 532 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 2: rifles the one handed, you know, line drive past to 533 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 2: where it needs to go. Thought his kicks were fine, 534 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 2: it's just they pressed up on his threes and inside 535 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 2: the paint. It is going to be a playmaking series 536 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 2: for Randall. Like it's not like this is not Oklahoma 537 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 2: City is overloading the ball. Aunt and Julius are going 538 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 2: to be taking a lot of over the top shots. 539 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 2: I meant to mention this when we were talking about 540 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 2: Gobert earlier. But that's the other thing. Is like ant 541 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,880 Speaker 2: and Julius's success as scores in tonight's game came from 542 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 2: the perimeter. So from a certain point of view, Gobert's 543 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 2: spacing concerns are less valuable again within in the context 544 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 2: of an over the top shooter than they are just 545 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 2: like a downhill type of threat. Right, Like it could 546 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 2: be a death sentence if John Moran is your guard, 547 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 2: but if it's Anthony Edwards, a guy who's an excellent 548 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 2: three point shooter, it's not as big of a deal. 549 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 2: And so that's why I think like it'll be something 550 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 2: to experiment a little bit more with over the course 551 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 2: of the series, but specifically with Julius. I thought he 552 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 2: was fine with his driving kicks. They pressed up on 553 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 2: his threes. He had a few soppy turnovers in the 554 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 2: second half of you know that that bullyball post up 555 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 2: against lou Dort and then that you know little half 556 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 2: court ripped from j dub where he just lost it 557 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 2: at it bounds. But overall overall, I think he's got 558 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 2: plenty of advantages. It's just gonna be a playmaking series 559 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 2: for him. 560 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, it did feel like he was more bothered in 561 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 3: the second half. And I and Okay sees they have 562 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 3: so many ultra quick guards have ultra good hands that 563 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 3: they do such a good job of digging and not 564 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 3: but not creating any like real openings to get a 565 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 3: pass off. I think they need to do some like 566 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 3: clear side mid post work. Don't even. Don't even you 567 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 3: don't have to think about a second guy coming here 568 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 3: with Julius unless you're seeing it from a mile away. 569 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 3: Because I didn't feel like there was quite a few 570 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 3: times where they were stunting and they were maybe doubling 571 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 3: for one second and getting back. There's a lot of 572 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 3: like mental mind games. I felt they were playing with 573 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 3: Julius in the second half because they have so much 574 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 3: speed on the perimeter. 575 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 2: This is a really good point. Like there the post 576 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 2: up that he had in the middle of the floor, 577 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 2: you could tell he was like uncomfortable. Someone's got was coming, right. 578 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 3: I think somebody's got to be coming to that note, right, 579 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 3: I know Dorts around here somewhere right, Yeah, and just 580 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 3: clearing the side. 581 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 2: It's a great way to simplify the reads. And most importantly, 582 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter as much when you're an over the 583 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 2: top shooter like Julius wants to get to that little 584 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 2: left shoulder fade, so you clear the left side of 585 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 2: the floor so that he can spin over his left 586 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 2: shoulder into the middle of the floor. And with Anthony Edwards, 587 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 2: same sort of thing. And I actually think Aunt has 588 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 2: more post up ability in this series, especially against some 589 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 2: of the smaller guards. Dort's probably the only guy I 590 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 2: don't like him posting against. Also really quickly, guys, here's 591 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 2: these are These are just insane numbers coming out of 592 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 2: this game. Minnesota generated eighteen unguarded catch and shoot jump shots, 593 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 2: Oklahoma City generated eleven. So sticks to the thing we 594 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 2: talked about earlier, in terms of quality catch and shoots. 595 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 2: Oklahoma City got two point one point eight points per 596 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 2: unguarded catch and shoots, so they made almost all of them. 597 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 2: Minnesota zero point eight three three, So substantial shooting gap 598 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 2: towards OKC if you take a look at the all 599 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 2: catch and shoots thirty five for Minnesota, sixteen for OKC, 600 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 2: zero point eight to three points per tempt for Minnesota 601 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 2: one point eight eight points per tentp for OKAC. So 602 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 2: there was definitely, like, I mean, guys like they're shooting 603 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 2: variants is a part of basketball. There are certain types 604 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 2: of shots that the process leads to the result, and 605 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 2: then somewhere down that list of factors is like when 606 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 2: dudes are getting wide open looks, they just got to 607 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 2: knock them down and there was just like a clear 608 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 2: nas Dante, Nikiel. The three of those dudes just missed 609 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 2: open look after open look after open look, and that 610 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 2: became something that got in their heads a little bit 611 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 2: over the course. 612 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: Of the game. 613 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 3: Next question is about Anthony Edwards. The question is simply, 614 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 3: can you be more critical of ants? He didn't score 615 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 3: in the fourth quarter and compared to a lot of 616 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 3: other stars that it feels like he's sort of in 617 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 3: the tier of Luca, Shay, whoever else. If they scored 618 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 3: zero points in the fourth quarter, it might be a 619 00:29:58,520 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 3: lot more criticism. 620 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 2: It was bad. It was bad down the stretch of 621 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 2: this game. It was a foul trouble issue though, Like 622 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 2: it's a little bit of a bummer that he picks 623 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 2: up a lame ass ticky tack foul going down the 624 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 2: left lane line. But the I'm more of, like I'm 625 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,800 Speaker 2: looking at the big picture of the series. There's no 626 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 2: doubt that down the stretch of this game, Shae was 627 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 2: the better player. If Shaye continues to outplay Ant over 628 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 2: the course of the series, they're going to win, and 629 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 2: it's got to be better, There's no question. And it 630 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 2: goes with both of them. Julius as well. I thought 631 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 2: Jay Dubb was better in the second half than either 632 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 2: of Julius or Ant. But yeah, like we're gonna talk 633 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 2: about that when we get to the series, Like this 634 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 2: is game one, guys, Like I'm not I'm gonna bury 635 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,239 Speaker 2: guys at the end of the series, like this is 636 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 2: this is where we're in Round one here, guys and 637 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 2: everyone everyone who was here when Aunt got eliminated in Dallas. 638 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 2: Does anybody remember how I talked about Aunt then I 639 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 2: criticized him for the way he played, Like you get 640 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 2: the series, ain't over people. 641 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 3: Last question before we go over to playback. Are there 642 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 3: any matchups you would change? Is sort of like defensive 643 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 3: matchups one on one from from the game one a 644 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 3: game two. 645 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 2: That's a good question. I don't think Crusoe works on Julius. 646 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 2: I think I would. I would tinker with that a 647 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 2: little bit. I think Julius has got some favorable matchups there. 648 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 2: I did think it was interesting. I did think it 649 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 2: was interesting, like Dort would be a kind of guy 650 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 2: that I'd consider potentially using on Julius instead. Maybe they 651 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 2: could swap the matchups there and give Crusoe more opportunity 652 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 2: on Ant and try Dort on Julius. But I thought 653 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 2: Julius was generally pretty comfortable going against Caruso. Dort's got 654 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 2: a little bit like wider, lower center of gravity and 655 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 2: is a little bit more of a fire hydrant than 656 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 2: Alex Crusoe is. So I think it's one of those 657 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 2: things where it's something you could tinker with. But honestly, 658 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 2: I didn't think that was the I didn't think that 659 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 2: was the game. I mean, they're defending Julius and Ant 660 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 2: with multiple bodies every single time. It's more just about 661 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 2: it's like it like if I dig into the ice, 662 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 2: let me check in the isodata here real quick. I 663 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 2: didn't think there was any specific like, oh, Julius is 664 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 2: just getting one on one buckets over and over again. 665 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 2: It was he hit threes over the top, and he 666 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 2: was able to spray out to shooters. Yeah, Minnesota twenty 667 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 2: one ISO zero point six seven points per possession including passes, 668 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 2: like they weren't. They weren't now again including passes, you 669 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 2: got to count the kickouts. But it's one of those 670 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 2: things where it wasn't like thirteen post ups for Minnesota 671 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,360 Speaker 2: zero point five to four points per possession including passes, 672 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 2: So it wasn't like they were getting beat one on one. 673 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,959 Speaker 2: It was you know, it was the shot result at 674 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,800 Speaker 2: the end that was that was causing those those numbers. Yeah. 675 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 3: The only thing I'd say on that before we go 676 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 3: over to playback is sort of the opposite of the question, 677 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 3: which is that there's one matchup. I think that a 678 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 3: team should hunt more. I think the timber Wolves should 679 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 3: try to do whatever they can to get Julius with 680 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 3: matchups against Chet. I feel like after Chet got his 681 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 3: chest caved in by Nikola Jokic last matchup, you want 682 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 3: to replicate that Hertenstein is obviously very very big and strong, 683 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 3: and Hertenstein is doing an awesome job, you know, keeping 684 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 3: Julius from really getting deeper position on some of those 685 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 3: post ups. But Chet doesn't have that, I don't think. 686 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 2: I thought when Shay was able to put Julius and 687 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 2: Nas in particular and screening action too, that was favorable 688 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 2: because he that was how they got the pick and 689 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 2: pops too, like they don't want to concede that switch, 690 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 2: and the few times they did, he was able to 691 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 2: pretty quickly get dribble penetration. So I think that's something 692 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 2: that they can explore more over the course of the series. 693 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,640 Speaker 2: All right, guys, that's all we have for tonight. We 694 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 2: are headed over to playback though, so playback dot TV 695 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 2: slash Hoops tonight will be taking callers, will be hanging 696 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 2: out just having fun talking hoops for another forty five 697 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 2: minutes or so. We'll see you guys over there in 698 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 2: a little bit. As always, we appreciate you guys. We'll 699 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 2: have a film session on our YouTube channel tomorrow morning, 700 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 2: breaking down Game one. I'll see you guys then. What's 701 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 2: up guys? As always, I appreciate you for listening to 702 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 2: and supporting OOPS tonight. They would actually be really helpful 703 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 2: for us if you guys would take a second and 704 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,719 Speaker 2: leave a rating and a review. As always, I appreciate 705 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 2: you guys supporting us, but if you could take a 706 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 2: minute to do that, I really appre ship. 707 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: The volume. M