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Speaker 2: We're hit two games from last night, Lakers Suns as

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Speaker 2: All right, let's talk some basketball. So starting with Lakers Suns.

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Speaker 2: This is a game where Austin Reeves was out with

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Speaker 2: the calf injury, and both Lebron and Luca were kind

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Speaker 2: able to get a win because of what they did

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Speaker 2: on the margin, something they haven't done a whole lot

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Speaker 2: of this season, a concept don't want to dive into today.

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Speaker 2: Luca was off all night. He's been slumping a little

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Speaker 2: bit over his three games since returning from Slovenia for

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Speaker 2: the birth of his child. He's shooting thirty seven percent

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Speaker 2: from the field in twenty three percent from three, obviously

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Speaker 2: has twenty three turnovers over his last four games. Lebron

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Speaker 2: got off to a nightmarage start. He had six turnovers

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Speaker 2: in the first quarter. Dylan Brooks I actually thought kind

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Speaker 2: he could have a moment at Dylan Brooks's expense, and

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Speaker 2: getting into it with them to wake Lebron up. And

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Speaker 2: put the Lakers up ninety nine to seventy nine. I

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Speaker 2: little bit about his beef with Dylan Brooks. But down

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Speaker 2: the stretch in crunch time, he didn't really have much

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Speaker 2: damn near shaving points down the stretch. Lebron had a

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Speaker 2: bad turnover on a post entry to DeAndre in the

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Speaker 2: middle of the floor that wasn't open. Just some really

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Speaker 2: head scratching decisions across the board from the Lakers offensive

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Speaker 1: It was just rough.

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Speaker 2: But the team, despite having basically no offensive juice last night,

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Speaker 2: against a good Phoenix Suns team because they came out

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Speaker 2: and they physically dominated the Suns with their size and

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Speaker 2: by playing harder than them. The Lakers obliterated the Suns

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Speaker 2: on the offensive glass night long. They had twenty four

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Speaker 2: had eight blocked shots they had thirteen steals. They were

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Speaker 2: the harder, playing, more physically aggressive team all night long,

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Speaker 2: I say after that game? I said, Lakers fans complaining

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Speaker 2: The Lakers were constantly out of position and so they

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Speaker 2: You'd think the more physically aggressive team would get called

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Speaker 2: for more fouls because they're being more physically aggressive. It's

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Speaker 2: usually the opposite. The more physically aggressive team tends to

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Speaker 2: Last night, the Lakers were plus twelve in free throws made.

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Speaker 2: Why because they were a step ahead of Phoenix physically

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Speaker 2: all night long. The Lakers were quicker to loose balls,

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Speaker 2: they were more disciplined on defense. They simply won that

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Speaker 2: margin last night. Oh but Jason Luca's foul grifting all

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Speaker 1: That's not.

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Speaker 2: The free throw differential wasn't because of Luca grifting or

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Speaker 2: because of Devin Booker grifting. Both of those guys did

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Speaker 2: down the roster, throughout all phases of the game. The

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Speaker 2: Suns were constantly out of position. And as for the

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Speaker 2: I know, Suns fans are pissed off about the play

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Speaker 2: before that ejection, Lebron foul Dilan Brooks onnon three. You're right,

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Speaker 2: it was a missed call. Dylan Brooks shot a three.

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Speaker 2: Lebron bumped into him with his shoulder as he was

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Speaker 2: Less than a minute earlier, when the Lakers were up

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Speaker 2: He tackled Luke on a step back three should have

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Speaker 2: And that's what happened. It was a shit show of

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Speaker 2: impossible to officiate. And they were about a half dozen

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Speaker 2: You can't blame the officials when you blow a twenty

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Speaker 2: So I think focusing on officiating in addition to being

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Speaker 2: So let's dig back into that idea. How did the

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Speaker 2: in this game. The job that Jake and Vando were

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Speaker 2: it's funny. He had one against the Spurs where he

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Speaker 2: in those areas. No one is advocating for the Lakers

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Speaker 2: to go give all of Austin's minutes to defenders. Obviously

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Speaker 2: Austin's too good of a player and when he comes back,

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Speaker 2: he's gonna get all those minutes. But it was fun

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Speaker 2: And so a couple of notes from that, like maybe

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Speaker 2: more defensively in those situations when Gabe's not on, and again,

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Speaker 2: most importantly, when you're looking at the trade deadline, it's

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Speaker 2: a sign of what things could look like if the

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Speaker 2: Lakers did find a high level defensive player that could

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Speaker 2: actually earn thirty to thirty five minutes a night in

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Speaker 2: this rotation. Like Jake is struggling on offense, he can't

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Speaker 2: shoot threes this season. He blew a couple of layups

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Speaker 2: on fast breaks last night. Vando hit it three last night,

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Speaker 2: three at the rim last night. These guys are struggling

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Speaker 2: So just imagine a universe where you've got a player

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Speaker 2: that you're playing thirty thirty five minutes who's six', eight

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Speaker 2: got a big natural motor that has him playing hard

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Speaker 2: and he's doing a lot of damage in those margins

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Speaker 2: of the. Game but that's also knocking down catch and

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Speaker 2: that's exactly, Why, like when it comes to that kind of,

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Speaker 2: guy he would do more to help The lakers than

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Speaker 2: he would just about any other team in the league

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Speaker 2: because they have such a specific need for.

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Speaker 2: unique to what your team needs and what you bring

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Speaker 2: to the. Table that's why that kind of player could

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Speaker 2: be so impactful for this. Team nice response from The, lakers,

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Speaker 2: though AGAIN i talked about this in The Lakers collective

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Speaker 2: in this game was just how they'd show up, Physically

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Speaker 2: like would they show up for a fight Against, phoenix

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Speaker 2: would they bring the fight To phoenix or would they

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Speaker 2: wilt under the? Physicality, again AND i thought they brought the,

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Speaker 2: the physical punking last. Night that's why they, won even

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Speaker 2: though their offense was kind of sketchy most of the.

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Speaker 2: Night and again it's a reminder that they are capable

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Speaker 2: of playing better even with their personnel. Weaknesses The Dylan

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Speaker 2: because on the one, HAND i actually really Like Dylan,

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Speaker 2: brooks AND i think he's a great basketball. PLAYER i

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Speaker 2: think he'd be literally perfect as The lakers starting, three for,

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Speaker 2: example BUT i don't think that's. HAPPENING i Think phoenix

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Speaker 2: should keep. HIM i think he's a culture builder for.

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Speaker 2: THEM i Thought jordan not talked about that after the.

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Speaker 2: GAME i Think dylan's an important foundational piece For phoenix

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Speaker 2: at this. Point But i'm a big fan of him

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Speaker 2: as a basketball. Player WHEN i just think about the.

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Speaker 2: Basketball the stuff With, lebron, though it's it's getting a

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Speaker 2: little over the top and it's kind of, Lame like

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Speaker 2: it's not the first time we've seen a role player do,

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Speaker 2: this you, know kind of grifting off the fame of a.

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Speaker 2: Superstar it's been an epidemic ever since really the advent

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Speaker 2: of social, media right you like, it it's like an

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Speaker 2: aura farming.

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Speaker 1: Thing guys are trying to.

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Speaker 2: Get some sort of like some sort of traction with

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Speaker 2: their fame and their personality off of another. Star and

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Speaker 2: this is not the first guy to do this To,

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Speaker 2: Lebron like we Saw Lance stevenson do, this we saw

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Speaker 2: To Shan stevenson do, this and you know that there's

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Speaker 2: a lot of, this like non basketball, stuff, Right Like

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Speaker 2: dylan's just out out out the, gates just randomly shoulder

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Speaker 2: Bumping lebron every time he gets a. Chance so that

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Speaker 2: play Where lebron lost his, cool he like slap the

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Speaker 2: ball at. Him the foul was, called there was like

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Speaker 2: a second everyone Knew Dylan brooks is going to the foul,

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Speaker 2: line so it's not like he's trying to save it

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Speaker 2: from going out of bounds or something like, that and

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Speaker 2: he just slaps the ball At lebron and again Like

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Speaker 2: lebron overreacted to, it but it's Like lebron is just

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Speaker 2: sick of. It he's just sick of the crap because

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Speaker 2: there's all of this extracurricular nonsense going. On and then

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Speaker 2: that play on the play he got ejected on like

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Speaker 2: if he was just trying to win a basketball, game

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Speaker 2: he'd be getting ready to get a, stop but, nope

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Speaker 2: he's once again or a farming With lebron by going

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Speaker 2: up and running up and throwing a completely unnecessary chest,

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Speaker 2: bump and the shick is just kind of, old like

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Speaker 2: we get. It you're big and strong and you can

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Speaker 2: bump shoulders with forty year Old lebron a little bit

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Speaker 2: he's seventeen and eight against you in his, career and

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Speaker 2: the one time he saw you in the, playoffs he

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Speaker 2: torched you in the pivotal moments and he sent you.

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Speaker 2: Home so like it's one of those things where you're

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Speaker 2: actually one of the better players in the league, Overall

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Speaker 2: Dylan brooks as a role player when you focus on

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Speaker 2: the basketball and you're actually a good enough basketball player

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Speaker 2: now that you don't Need lebron in his fame to

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Speaker 2: elevate you. Anymore so like it's time to move past,

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Speaker 2: that and like it's just it's very clearly become something

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Speaker 2: that's more of a distraction For dylan and taking away

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Speaker 2: from some of the impact that he has on the.

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Speaker 2: Game he got himself in foul trouble tonight or last,

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Speaker 2: he was trying to Isole lebron once, again just trying

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Speaker 2: to farm another, clip and he dropped his head and

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Speaker 2: Foul then you sit out the entire third quarter and

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Speaker 2: your team gets absolutely thrashed while you're off the. Floor

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Speaker 2: why because you're one of the most important players on the.

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Speaker 1: Virginia all, right let's move on to six er.

439
00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:44,240
Speaker 2: Socks so No Tyrese maxi For, philly who's missed the

440
00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,600
Speaker 2: last two games with an. Illness this was a game

441
00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,800
Speaker 2: that The hawks led for almost the entirety Of they

442
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,200
Speaker 2: led for the entire first, quarter the entire third and fourth,

443
00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,000
Speaker 2: quarters but ended up being a super fun game because

444
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,640
Speaker 2: The sixers kept it close thanks to a throwback night

445
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,760
Speaker 2: on offense From Paul george And joel Mb, too combined

446
00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,720
Speaker 2: for fifty seven points and incredible shot making. Throughout it

447
00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,760
Speaker 2: is kind of a Vintage Paul george game where he's

448
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,000
Speaker 2: just hitting all those impossible shots off the. Dribble we've

449
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,320
Speaker 2: talked about this, before But Paul george has always had

450
00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:11,320
Speaker 2: a game that's kind of built on tough shot, making

451
00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,359
Speaker 2: and what ends up happening is if he's got that

452
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,359
Speaker 2: kind of stuff, going he becomes basically impossible to. Guard

453
00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,120
Speaker 2: because he's six' eight and he's got a super. Sharp

454
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,800
Speaker 2: handle he can protect the basketball against any type of,

455
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,000
Speaker 2: ball pressure and he's gonna be able to get to

456
00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,000
Speaker 2: some sort of jump shot off, the dribble and if

457
00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,560
Speaker 2: he's got the rhythm, like that you just get to

458
00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,800
Speaker 2: stand there and watch them go in. The basket and

459
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:31,480
Speaker 2: that was a big part of what he was doing

460
00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,919
Speaker 2: down the stretch of. This game embiid has sneaky been

461
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,760
Speaker 2: looking a lot more. Explosive lately he has sixty one

462
00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,720
Speaker 2: points in his last. TWO games i want To take,

463
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,840
Speaker 2: philly though and set them aside for, a second because

464
00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,959
Speaker 2: there's actually some really encouraging trends For, the sixers even

465
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:45,920
Speaker 2: though they've lost two out of.

466
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,080
Speaker 1: Three games we'll get it to them in.

467
00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,320
Speaker 2: A minute But the hawks ended up holding on late

468
00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,680
Speaker 2: some big plays on offense late in. The Game Nikhil

469
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,639
Speaker 2: alexander Walker And jalen johnson both had big drives in

470
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,360
Speaker 2: crunch time where they engaged embat at the rim even though,

471
00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,919
Speaker 2: they missed which actually loud and opening behind That For

472
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,280
Speaker 2: dyson daniels to come in and get offensive rebound, put

473
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,439
Speaker 2: backs One that jalen got and shoveled to him and

474
00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:08,800
Speaker 2: then another one that the one On nik. Keels drive

475
00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,359
Speaker 2: dyson just grabbed himself and put it back in some huge,

476
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,800
Speaker 2: Threes Late zachary resache had a big steal and the

477
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,280
Speaker 2: three on the. Left Wing Nikkeile alexander walker had a

478
00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,480
Speaker 2: tough movement three at the top of, the key moving

479
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,359
Speaker 2: from his left to. His right And Then yeka conglu

480
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 2: a big play late in this game when they were only.

481
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,280
Speaker 2: Up two he was a kind of a baseline out

482
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,679
Speaker 2: of bound Sequence where embiid was sagging back to defend

483
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,399
Speaker 2: all these off, ball screens and Then and yeka just

484
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,199
Speaker 2: popped out to the corner and hit his fifth three of,

485
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,000
Speaker 2: the game just an absolutely massive shot that Put the

486
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:39,680
Speaker 2: hawks up by.

487
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,560
Speaker 1: Five late and.

488
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,960
Speaker 2: Then again like they got the key stops late in

489
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,720
Speaker 2: the game that, they Needed vit kretchi had two massive.

490
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,119
Speaker 2: Defensive plays at the tail end of this Game the

491
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,120
Speaker 2: sixers thanks to the hot shooting down. The Stretch joel

492
00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:53,720
Speaker 2: embiid hits a big three at the top of the

493
00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,760
Speaker 2: KEY that i think cut the lead to ONE if i,

494
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,880
Speaker 2: Remember correctly And the sixers get the ball Back And

495
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,000
Speaker 2: paul george Has vit kretche and a cleared side iso

496
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:03,240
Speaker 2: on the left side of, the FLOOR and i think

497
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,200
Speaker 2: it's one eighteen to, one seventeen so it's a one.

498
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,600
Speaker 2: Point Game paul george is working CLEARED. Side iso he's

499
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,080
Speaker 2: got everything going in his game, this, night right and

500
00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,119
Speaker 2: he's trying to work to something in the. Mid range but,

501
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,119
Speaker 2: to fit to, his credit was applying a lot of

502
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:19,240
Speaker 2: really good ball pressure and physicality and it Actually forced

503
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:20,879
Speaker 2: paul to kind of retreat it a, little bit and

504
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,680
Speaker 2: he ended up taking a super difficult step back three

505
00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,439
Speaker 2: out of the. Left corner that was one of the

506
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,760
Speaker 2: lower percentage Shots that paul had taken. All night so

507
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,200
Speaker 2: just really good individual Defense from viit there and then

508
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,879
Speaker 2: on the, final possession so they end.

509
00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 1: Up fouling it's one twenty to.

510
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,959
Speaker 2: One seventeen they come, back down they run a sideline

511
00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,040
Speaker 2: at a bounds Play And quentin grimes breaks free to the.

512
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,919
Speaker 2: Left corner really smart. Peel switch vit jumps off of

513
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,800
Speaker 2: vj edgecomb jumps Out Onto quentin grimes just stands there

514
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 2: with his two, hands up gets a great vertical contest,

515
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:54,399
Speaker 2: without fouling forces him into a really difficult shot that

516
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,520
Speaker 2: he ends. Up Missing in atlanta escapes with, the Win

517
00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,240
Speaker 2: and vit hit four threes in the game. As well

518
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,479
Speaker 2: so it was a team best plus ten, last night

519
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,000
Speaker 2: a really nice Game, from cretchy season high twenty seven

520
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,160
Speaker 2: Points From, dyson daniels and everything was at. The rim

521
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 2: and one of the interesting trends this Year with dyson

522
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 2: compared to previous seasons is he's cut way down on

523
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,480
Speaker 2: his three. Point attempts these spot up situations when you're

524
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,360
Speaker 2: just standing at the three, point line they put such

525
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:19,560
Speaker 2: a heavy emphasis on your ability to, knock down catch and,

526
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,280
Speaker 2: shoot threes and he just hasn't been good at that in,

527
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,919
Speaker 2: his careers never been able to get across that like

528
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 2: kind of mandatory minimum where you need to be around

529
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,960
Speaker 2: like thirty five percent on him for it to, make

530
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,040
Speaker 2: sense because then in a larger sample you start to

531
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,640
Speaker 2: get well over a point, per, Possession right but he's

532
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,879
Speaker 2: just been unable to knock them down in. His career

533
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 2: and one of the big changes this year with the

534
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,320
Speaker 2: way he's been working off the ball is it's almost

535
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,720
Speaker 2: solely as a cutter and as a vertical spacer in the.

536
00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:48,680
Speaker 2: Dunker spot he's got really good natural feel for relocations

537
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 2: in the. Dunker spot so like spacing relocations on the

538
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 2: three point line, Are, Different right you're you're usually watching

539
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 2: your on ball defender and you're sliding up or sliding

540
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,480
Speaker 2: down to try to create a passing angle. For three

541
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,159
Speaker 2: or if a guy drives and, kicks out there's like

542
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 2: a wheel spacing, Where, Like okay i'm in, the corner

543
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 2: but this guy just drove and he's now relocating to,

544
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 2: the CORNER so i have to slide up to. The

545
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,439
Speaker 2: wing there's all these like different little spacing principles at

546
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,320
Speaker 2: the three. Point, line well in the, dunker spot there's

547
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,119
Speaker 2: like a triangle of spots that you're constantly. Hitting right

548
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 2: so there's the dunker spot on the left side of,

549
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,919
Speaker 2: the rim there's the dunker spot on the right side of,

550
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 2: the rim and then there's also that spot right in

551
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:24,640
Speaker 2: front of. The rim they call that teeing up right

552
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 2: where like you end up if a guy ends up

553
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,639
Speaker 2: driving on, the baseline you end up flashing right up

554
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,160
Speaker 2: to the top of the to the, charge circle making

555
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,000
Speaker 2: yourself available for those short little pop shots or whatever

556
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 2: that you can make right there five feet in front of.

557
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:37,359
Speaker 1: The.

558
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,159
Speaker 2: Rim right so your job when you're working in that

559
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 2: dunker spot is like your opposite your opposite dunker spot

560
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,240
Speaker 2: when the Guy's driving so if guy's in the, left

561
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 2: wing you're in the right. Dunker spot but if he

562
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,520
Speaker 2: drives across, the middle you got to relocate to the opposite. Dunker,

563
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:56,120
Speaker 2: spot right if he drives towards the uh that left,

564
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,440
Speaker 2: Dunker spot like if he doesn't get across the middle

565
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 2: but ends up cutting more to it's, the baseline then

566
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,720
Speaker 2: you flash right up towards. The. Middle right that's when

567
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,119
Speaker 2: you tee. Up right there's all these like little bits

568
00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:10,000
Speaker 2: of spacing like relocation principles that you have to know

569
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,920
Speaker 2: if you're working out of the. Dunker Spot and dyson's

570
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 2: just really good at. That stuff and so he's doing

571
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 2: a ton of damage this year slipping out of screens

572
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,440
Speaker 2: rather than popping and working as a vertical spacer there

573
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 2: in the. Dunker spot he's scoring about twice a game

574
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,960
Speaker 2: this year that he's got like thirty eight or thirty

575
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:29,120
Speaker 2: nine makes on cuts. This season just a really nice

576
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,680
Speaker 2: way to kind of convert what was an untenable spacing

577
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 2: situation with him at the three point line into something.

578
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,920
Speaker 2: That's working, and again he's got a good. Little floater

579
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,720
Speaker 2: it's the weirdest thing with him with his touch is

580
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 2: jump shot form actually, looks good just doesn't. Go in

581
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 2: but he's got really good touch on. His floater that's

582
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 2: something that he's actually been very, good at and that

583
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,399
Speaker 2: kind of allows him to make some of those little

584
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,399
Speaker 2: short spacing shots even when there's a big in the

585
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 2: way right because like he's not just going to vertical

586
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 2: space in the traditional sense like. Dunking everything he's spacing

587
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 2: out of the dunker spot merely as a layup maker

588
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 2: and as like a little. Floater maker it's kind of

589
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 2: like an interesting little wrinkle in this In this. Hawks

590
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,439
Speaker 2: offense and he's doing it in off ball situations and on,

591
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 2: ball situation so like he'll throw a high post entry

592
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 2: and then just cut off the guy's shoulder and. Get

593
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 2: buckets he was slipping out his screens as the screener

594
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,159
Speaker 2: in like. Inverted action he's just doing a lot of

595
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 2: damage at the paint in. This one twenty two of

596
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 2: his twenty six points where either at the rim in

597
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 2: layups or right by the rim. In floaters really impressive

598
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 2: Game From. Dyson daniels and then the three point Shooting

599
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 2: From Nyeka congo man five threes again, last night huge

600
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 2: one in. Crunch time like we talked about talked About

601
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 2: Against joel embiid on that baseline out, of Bounds and

602
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,400
Speaker 2: anyeka now has forty nine made threes, this season which

603
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,120
Speaker 2: is more than he did in the entire season. Last

604
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 2: year he had forty eight makes in an entire season

605
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 2: last year. Forty nine here about a third of the

606
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,680
Speaker 2: way through the season in this twenty twenty. Five campaign

607
00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,159
Speaker 2: nice bounce Back for atlanta who had lost four were

608
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 2: out of five. Before that much. Better defense that was

609
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,120
Speaker 2: the real thing that slipped for them in that tough

610
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 2: stretch where they lost four at five one to nineteen

611
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 2: defensive rating in those. FOUR losses i want to Talk

612
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,399
Speaker 2: about phillies upside for. A minute a lot of this

613
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,359
Speaker 2: is coming down to how Much Better joel embid is

614
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 2: starting to. Look athletically we talked about this at the

615
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 2: beginning of, the season like it almost Felt like embiid

616
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,360
Speaker 2: was hurting them because he was just so much slower

617
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 2: than the style that they were playing up and down.

618
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 2: The floor in the Speed That tyres max he was

619
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,560
Speaker 2: bringing to, the table he was starting to struggle defensively

620
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 2: in a way that we hadn't seen.

621
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 1: Just because that lack.

622
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 2: Of mobility But the sixers have been playing some of

623
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,320
Speaker 2: their best defense of the season as. Of late as

624
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 2: a matter, of Fact since, november eleventh a game where

625
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 2: they won Against, the Celtics the sixers have been the

626
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 2: fourth best defense in THE. Entire nba it's a fifteen,

627
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 2: game sample really good in. Every facet they've been the

628
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 2: eighth best paint defense in. That span and not. Just

629
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 2: embiid embid's always been an underrated rim protector when he's

630
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 2: actually able to sit back around, the basket but he's been.

631
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: Especially good it's just. Not him it's not.

632
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 2: Solely Him andre drummonds been really good protecting the rim

633
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,800
Speaker 2: in this run. As well they've been guarding the three point.

634
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 2: Line well and then they've completely reversed a bad defensive

635
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 2: rebounding trend from early in. The Season before, november eleventh

636
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 2: they were twenty third in defensive. Rebound percentage they are

637
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 2: eleventh IN the nba. Since then so cleaning up the,

638
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 2: defensive glass putting together a solid defense that's guarding both

639
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 2: the rim and the three point, line well which again

640
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 2: they should be. Able to they've got lots of perimeter

641
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 2: speed and they've got some, huge centers so like they should,

642
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 2: in theory be able to be a team that can

643
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:31,760
Speaker 2: protect the paint and get out to the three point

644
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,440
Speaker 2: line at least in their, traditional coverages even if they

645
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 2: might have some vulnerability that can put their bigs. In

646
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:40,960
Speaker 2: space now this is exciting Because Both paul George And

647
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 2: joel embiid are looking better offensively than they have at

648
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:49,000
Speaker 2: any point over the last. Two seasons if they can

649
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:52,200
Speaker 2: piece this all together Like THE all nba Level That

650
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 2: tyrese maxey was, hooping at the elite defense they've shown

651
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 2: basically for a little over a, month now we've seen

652
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,240
Speaker 2: the scoring pop From oil embids start to rise to.

653
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 2: The surface we've seen the scoring Pop From. Paul george

654
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 2: this is the best he's looked over the last couple.

655
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 1: OF.

656
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 2: Seasons vj edgecomb just had his fifth twenty point game

657
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 2: as a pro. Last night had a huge driving layup

658
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 2: in transition, last night kind of like the the uh

659
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 2: you guys remember the Play That marcus smart had In

660
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 2: the lakers game where he tried to beat the ball

661
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 2: pressure and he drove the length of the floor and

662
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:20,959
Speaker 2: just got Swatted By ryan dunn right at.

663
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 1: THE.

664
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 2: Rim vj edgecomb basically did the exact same thing. Last

665
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 2: night where he tried to beat ball pressure just with

666
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 2: a hard drive, in transition except for he's such a

667
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 2: freaky athlete he got up into the dude's chest ended

668
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 2: up having this crazy, banking finish huge play late in

669
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 2: the game in. That one if they can like find

670
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 2: a way to piece all this, together Again The eastern

671
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 2: conference is, wide open and this team does have a

672
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 2: lot of upside because they've got so many dudes that,

673
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 2: can score they have a strong. Defensive foundation health is

674
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 2: obviously the biggest. Question mark we'd all be foolish to

675
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,480
Speaker 2: just expect this to all stay like this over the

676
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 2: course of, the season but we'd also be foolish to

677
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 2: not pretend like that, upside exists And the sixers have

678
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,640
Speaker 2: been flashing a lot of that over the course of

679
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 2: the last couple. Of weeks, all right next segment from

680
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,719
Speaker 2: notes are my Notes From. Spurs thunder, SO again i

681
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 2: wasn't On on. SATURDAY night i wasn't able to get

682
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 2: much into metrics because it's just too close to the

683
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 2: end of, the game so the stats. Haven't UPDATED but

684
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 2: i wanted, to see, you KNOW because i talked a

685
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 2: lot About how victor was a game breaking defensive weapon in.

686
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 2: That game and you know a lot of times like

687
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 2: we talk, about, like oh this guy did a good

688
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 2: job protecting the room, last night or oh this guy

689
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 2: did a good job guarding the ball, last night and

690
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 2: often it just means holding a team or a player below.

691
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 2: Their averages and, you know to, Some extent victor literally

692
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 2: broke the thunder offense, last NIGHT and i wanted to

693
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 2: see if there WAS or i shouldn't say, Last night,

694
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,479
Speaker 2: saturday NIGHT and i just wanted to see if there

695
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 2: was some kind of like real statistical marker that demonstrated

696
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 2: the sheer degree To which victor broke. The offense AND

697
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 2: so i dug into, the numbers and there was some

698
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 2: pretty impressive. Stuff there it logged an eighty three point

699
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 2: three defensive Rating when victor was on the floor in.

700
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 1: That game that's obviously.

701
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 2: Very good they were also plus forty, four net which

702
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 2: goes to show you how good they were on offense in.

703
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 2: THAT stretch i don't really want to focus on. THAT

704
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 2: today i just want to focus on the. Defensive side,

705
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 2: but again eighty three defensive Rating when victor was on.

706
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 2: The floor they made just four shots at the rim

707
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 2: the entire Time that victor was on, the floor and

708
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 2: two of them were, transition buckets One where victor got

709
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 2: blocked at the Rim and shaye went out and got.

710
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 2: A layup another one where it was in that garbage

711
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 2: time situation where they were just trying to take away.

712
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 2: A THREE so i don't really count this one because

713
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,120
Speaker 2: they were literally hugged up off the ball because there's

714
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 2: a three point game with like what fifteen seconds left,

715
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,880
Speaker 2: or whatever so they were glued up off the Ball

716
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 2: and shane ended up getting a driving dunk and that

717
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 2: was just Like a victor's not going to help Off

718
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 2: of shay and give a wide open three to check

719
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 2: that could tie the game in the final minute of, the,

720
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 2: Game right but in terms of the actual flow of,

721
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 2: the game they had just two buckets that they made at.

722
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 2: The rim, and again this is a team that averages

723
00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:01,480
Speaker 2: averages twenty makes per rim per game at. The rim

724
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 2: wemby played in twenty, One minutes so if you kind

725
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 2: of just do some basic ratio math there, in Theory

726
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,720
Speaker 2: the thunder would in a twenty one minute span average

727
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 2: about nine makes at the rim based on their, Season

728
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 2: average so not just they drop from their, season average

729
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 2: but a complete fall off from their season average and

730
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 2: their ability to get to the Rim When Victor woman

731
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 2: yamo was on. The floor and this is perhaps the

732
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 2: most FASCINATING stat i talked about after. THE game i,

733
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 2: was like seemed like on film this was forcing them

734
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 2: to settle for a lot more off the dribble. Jump

735
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,920
Speaker 2: shots and that's exactly. What happened when you dig into,

736
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 2: The Numbers oklahoma city attempted twenty six off the dribble

737
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 2: jump shots in. This game that was their highest total

738
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 2: of the entire season for off the dribble.

739
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 1: Jump shots and.

740
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 2: When you dig into the film of the twenty six

741
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 2: off the dribble jump shots, they took fifteen of them

742
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 2: took Place when wemby was on. The floor and again

743
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 2: remember That's when wemby was off the floor for Twenty

744
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,479
Speaker 2: seven i've been of the forty eight minutes in, that

745
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 2: game fifteen off the dribble jump shots in just twenty

746
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 2: one minutes of Action when wemby was on, the floor

747
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 2: with just two makes at. The rim and on those

748
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 2: twenty six off the dribble jump shots they took in the,

749
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,760
Speaker 2: entire game they made just nine, of them zero points

750
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 2: seven to seven points. Per shot one of their least

751
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,359
Speaker 2: efficient pull up shooting games of the. Entire season that

752
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 2: is the statistical representation of THE dynamic i was talking

753
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 2: about Where when wemby's on, the floor it allows the

754
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,719
Speaker 2: flexibility for the guards to press up more on, the

755
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 2: ball force them into much tougher off the dribble, jump

756
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 2: shots and they would typically give up where a guard

757
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 2: has to maybe be on their heels more because they

758
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 2: have to contain the ball because they don't have the

759
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 2: support behind them that they have when they Don't have wemby, behind, Them,

760
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 2: right so like all of this is really fascinating because

761
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 2: it just is again a statistical representation of that defensive

762
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 2: Work that Victor women yama did in that game on.

763
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 2: The THUNDERSIDE as i dug a little bit more into,

764
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 2: The film chet is the. Key again three of the

765
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 2: four Buckets that okasee Got when wemby was on the

766
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 2: floor at the rim were a direct Result of Wemby

767
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 2: tracking chet out at the three. Point line the two

768
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 2: layups that were in half. Court sets so obviously the

769
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 2: one in Late game i'm not really Counting because wemby

770
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 2: was glued Up to chet and that Was when shay got,

771
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,400
Speaker 2: the dunk but the other two both of them were

772
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 2: the exact. Same setup It was chet in the strong

773
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,440
Speaker 2: side corner for a drive off of the left slot

774
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 2: that ended up in a Layup where Chet where Chet

775
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 2: dragged wemby just for far enough out of the lane

776
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 2: and caused him to hesitate just Enough that wenby ended

777
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 2: up being either late on the shay layup or didn't

778
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 2: even make an attempt on the j. Doub layup and

779
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 2: again that's gonna be, THE key i Think putting chet

780
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 2: constantly in easy play, finishing position so somewhere where it's

781
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,520
Speaker 2: particularly Hard for wenby, to help so strong side corner

782
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 2: or weak side wing where he's one, pass away those

783
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 2: are situations that are shorter, kickout passes and they're harder

784
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 2: situations to help from If, you're wemby AND so i

785
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 2: think that's gonna be a big Part of okay sees

786
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,879
Speaker 2: eventual counters for this and then trying To get wenby

787
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 2: tied up. In screens this is the other element of,

788
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 2: It too like this is where like maybe running, more

789
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 2: stack pick, and roll like Essentially bringing wemby into, the

790
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,760
Speaker 2: action but then having another a, third player a shooter

791
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 2: in the action That's, backscreening wenby so That maybe Chet

792
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 2: Or isaiah Hartenstein or Shay or jadab in their drives

793
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 2: can Get behind Wemby as wenby gets tied up in

794
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,839
Speaker 2: bodies around the. FOUL line i think that's another way

795
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 2: that they can try to attack this specific Problem of

796
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 2: Victor women yamas shutting off the rim. For, them, ultimately

797
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 2: though and this is not really necessarily a this, season

798
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,280
Speaker 2: PROBLEM because i Think the spurs are not quite ready

799
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,760
Speaker 2: to necessarily Beat the thunder four times out of seven

800
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 2: in this. Particular SEASON but i do Think the spurs

801
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 2: are going to be their biggest rival over the next

802
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 2: three to, four years, and ultimately in order For the

803
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 2: thunder to solve, that problem they're going to have to

804
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 2: figure out a way to score at the Rim when

805
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:55,319
Speaker 2: wemby's on.

806
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: The floor it can't just be pull up.

807
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 2: Jump shots if it ends up just being pulled up,

808
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 2: JUMP shots i think that's a big Advantage For san

809
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 2: antonio as this matchup gets more and more intense over the.

810
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 2: Coming seasons, all right let's get.

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00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: To our weekly.

812
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 2: Power rankings this is gonna be a quicker segment. Than

813
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 2: usual the schedule was very weird. This week because of

814
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 2: the n. SEASON tournament a lot of the Teams that

815
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 2: i'm talking about today in the power rankings only played

816
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:19,800
Speaker 2: one game, last week so not a whole lot to.

817
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 2: Get into we're gonna kind of fly through. This again

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00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,279
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823
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 2: the floor at the same time without one of them.

824
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Speaker 2: Getting hurt and then seemingly Every Time jalen suggs plays

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00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 2: a few good games in, a row his body. Breaks

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00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 2: down and it's a shame because he was playing some

827
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 2: great basketball his previous. Five games he had averaged twenty

828
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 2: two points per game on over fifty percent shooting in

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00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 2: over thirty five percent From Three denny polls. Is groin

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Speaker 2: he was like this dynamic second wave of offense Off

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Speaker 2: Of desmond baine in that first half Against, the knicks

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00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,359
Speaker 2: and then he just couldn't hold, up physically and that

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834
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835
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 2: a recurring theme in big games For the magic over

836
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 2: the course of the last. Few seasons but this is

837
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 2: still the same dominant defense and rebounding team from, last

838
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 2: year with a much improved offense twenty eight transition points,

839
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 2: per game which is the fifth most in THE. Entire

840
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 2: nba last year they averaged, just twenty which was bottom

841
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 2: five IN. The nba so from bottom five transition offense

842
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 2: to top five. TRANSITION offense i do want to give

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00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 2: some Credit To jamal. Mosley here i've been critical of

844
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 2: him over the past couple of seasons for his lack

845
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 2: of refinement of, this offense and now he has them

846
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:38,920
Speaker 2: running more, than ever he has them moving without the

847
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 2: ball more, than ever he has them passing the ball more,

848
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 2: than ever and they're just playing in a much higher

849
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,240
Speaker 2: level on offense than they have in. Recent years shout

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00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 2: Out To jamal mosley's getting some good hoops out of.

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Speaker 2: These guys number Nine The boston celtics plus three thousand

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00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,759
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00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,680
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00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,840
Speaker 2: Other Night the bucks ended up flipping the Script attacking.

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00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 2: Boston's mismatches, This game kuzmo Was Killing nemi cato as some,

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Speaker 2: white then he was bombing threes in the. Fourth quarter

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00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,160
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00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 2: won seven of their. Last, nine still they have the

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00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 2: third best record in the Leaguees in november twenty third

861
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 2: in a one to twenty nine offensive rating in, that

862
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 2: span as they've been playing some of the best offensive

863
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 2: basketball they've played In The joe, missoula Era And jason

864
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 2: tatum is on the way sooner. THAN later i would

865
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:29,800
Speaker 2: imagine number Eight The, minnesota timberwolves currently plus three thousand

866
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 2: to win the title On Hard. Rock bet got a

867
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 2: couple of nice back bounce back wins Against the kings And,

868
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,959
Speaker 2: the warriors but they continue to have an inability to beat.

869
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 2: Good teams as we've seen in the standings. This season

870
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:42,960
Speaker 2: they are fifteen to one against teams that are five

871
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 2: hundred OR worse i should say below, five hundred and

872
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 2: they are two to eight versus teams that are five hundred.

873
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 2: Or better and the problem continues to be. Their defense

874
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 2: According to Cleaning. The glass when you filter their matchups

875
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,880
Speaker 2: to only teams that are in the top ten in,

876
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 2: point differential they're currently out allowing one hundred and twenty

877
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 2: four points one. Hundred possessions that is the twenty third

878
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,360
Speaker 2: worst defense versus the top ten point differential teams in,

879
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 2: the league According to Cleaning. The GLASS but i do

880
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 2: continue to be bullish On. The wolves their offense is

881
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,240
Speaker 2: better than it's ever been and they are guarding. Pretty

882
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 2: Well When rudy goberart's on, The floor he's sneaky been

883
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 2: one of the most valuable players in the league. This

884
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,720
Speaker 2: season their defense falls off of a fifteen point Cliff

885
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,799
Speaker 2: When rudy gobert leaves, the FLOOR and i believe they'll

886
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 2: be able to get enough stops to be really dangerous

887
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 2: when we Get.

888
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 1: To april.

889
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 2: Number Seven The, houston rockets another team that only had

890
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:30,839
Speaker 2: one game. Last week they bounced back from their tough

891
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 2: Loss in dallas with a nice win Versus. The Clippers

892
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,799
Speaker 2: the clippers, team that, like again has, been losing but

893
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 2: they're playing everybody really tough. These Days As kawhi Leonard

894
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,839
Speaker 2: And james harden continue to. PLAY well i loved their

895
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 2: crunch time. Offense Again kevin durant had a rough, statistical

896
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,760
Speaker 2: NIGHT but i thought he was incredible down the stretch

897
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,319
Speaker 2: orchestrating things in pick and roll set up so many.

898
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,759
Speaker 2: Quality shots hit Him and thompson in the pocket for

899
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 2: an and One Hit shane goon in the pocket that

900
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 2: started a four on three that ended up in a

901
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 2: Dunk For jabari smith who was spotting up there in the.

902
00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 2: Dunker spot He Hit jabari smith on a perfect cross

903
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 2: court feed for like a wide open corner three in the,

904
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:02,760
Speaker 2: right corner.

905
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: Just happened to.

906
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,279
Speaker 2: Miss It hit shangoon in the pocket for a nice

907
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 2: little easy mid range jumper that. He MISSED like, i

908
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 2: thought it was really high quality offense and they ended

909
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 2: up getting. TO win i talked to all off season

910
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 2: ABOUT how i was specifically Hoping that kad would bring

911
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 2: back more of that spread pick and roll work that

912
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 2: he was Doing, in brooklyn where he was really gifted

913
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,799
Speaker 2: at bringing the defender to the level and getting the

914
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 2: pass to the roller and igniting four. On threes and

915
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 2: it's been awesome to see that become one of the

916
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,440
Speaker 2: Staples for houston in the, half court especially at the

917
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,120
Speaker 2: end of games. This season shangun was, incredible again had

918
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,359
Speaker 2: a really crazy finish across his body down, the stretch

919
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 2: and this one did really nice work in his one.

920
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 1: On.

921
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 2: Ones again, this team they're just so difficult to guard

922
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:43,919
Speaker 2: as a brute force team in the half court because

923
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 2: they have so many impossible players to guard one on

924
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 2: One Like, Kevin durant shangoon And A. Men thompson still

925
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:52,520
Speaker 2: the only team Other Than oklahoma city in THE entire

926
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 2: nba with a double digit positive net rating number Six

927
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 2: The Los angeles lakers plus thirteen hundred to win. The

928
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,560
Speaker 2: title according To. Hard bet i'm not gonna say here

929
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 2: long because we hit them in a segment earlier in,

930
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 2: the show but obviously a very disappointing showing in the

931
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:09,799
Speaker 2: N season Tournament Against, san antonio once again shining a

932
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 2: light on their. Athletic deficiencies but as has been the theme,

933
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 2: all season the team has just a lot more mental

934
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 2: toughness than they have in previous iterations of. The team

935
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,600
Speaker 2: they are yet to lose two games in a row,

936
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 2: this season as they go on the Road into Phoenix

937
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,960
Speaker 2: Without austin reeves and get a big win not with,

938
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 2: their offense but with defense, and rebounding just showing that

939
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:32,280
Speaker 2: they can win that type. Of, fight again casual reminder

940
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 2: that even though they have their, personnel limitations they also

941
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,359
Speaker 2: are capable of being a better team on the margins than.

942
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 2: They've shown number Five The denver nuggets plus seven hundred

943
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 2: to win the title according to Hard. Rock bet another

944
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,480
Speaker 2: one one. Game team, last week easy road Win. In

945
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,720
Speaker 2: sacramento kings didn't have A soul Hooga Gard nicola yoket

946
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,560
Speaker 2: so he just feasted. All night he had thirty six

947
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:54,360
Speaker 2: points on fourteen for. Sixteen shooting really nice. Bench performance

948
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 2: again For, the nuggets there are seven for seven Night From.

949
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 2: Yonas palancunis they were plus Five with yoka chop the

950
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 2: floor in. That game they are now just minus three

951
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:06,320
Speaker 2: point eight net per one hundred Possessions when yokich is

952
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,239
Speaker 2: off the floor to start, the season which seems bad

953
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,440
Speaker 2: until you remember that is, way way way better than

954
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 2: they were in the previous, five seasons where they were

955
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 2: routinely a negative double digit team Net when yokich was off.

956
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:21,320
Speaker 2: The floor number Four The New york knicks currently plus

957
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 2: fifteen hundred to win the title according to Hard. Rock

958
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,239
Speaker 2: bet my current pick to Win The. Eastern conference if

959
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:30,400
Speaker 2: the season, ended today another. Offensive masterclassic it's a Very good.

960
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,719
Speaker 2: Orlando Defense jalen brunson just fried one of the best

961
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:36,880
Speaker 2: defensive back courts in, The League, Carl, Towns Torch Twndell.

962
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:41,040
Speaker 2: Carter junior this offense is five points per one hundred

963
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:45,759
Speaker 2: possessions better this season total than it was. Last year

964
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 2: they are a one to twenty two offensive ratings team,

965
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 2: this year when they were a one seventeen. Last Year

966
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 2: mike brown has just squeezed a little bit more out

967
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,919
Speaker 2: of every facet of, this offense a little bit more,

968
00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 2: in transition a few more drives, every game fifteen more

969
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 2: passes per game than they had, last year generating more

970
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 2: spot up opportunities by a wide margin than they did.

971
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 2: Last season just a little bit better across, the board

972
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,439
Speaker 2: amounts to five points increase year over year in their,

973
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 2: offensive Rating and josh Hart og And and Obi And michale

974
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 2: bridges continue to do a wonderful job anchoring their defense with.

975
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 2: Their speed, in TRANSITION this nixt team appears to be

976
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,720
Speaker 2: on a mission to reverse the trends of. Years past

977
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,120
Speaker 2: they definitely have a challenge ahead for them, tomorrow night

978
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 2: though very very excited. About That the spurs are an

979
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:34,279
Speaker 2: athletic juggernaut that are going to have guards that Can Guard,

980
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:37,880
Speaker 2: jalen brunson the ability to protect, the rim the ability

981
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:40,840
Speaker 2: to really cause some physical problems. For them i'm excited

982
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 2: to see how they match up in that, game tomorrow night.

983
00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 2: Number Three The San antonio spurs currently plus three thousand

984
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 2: to win, the title According To Hard rock bet once

985
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 2: again touched on them early in, the SHOW so i

986
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:53,759
Speaker 2: won't stay. HERE long i may have been wrong About

987
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 2: the spurs before, the Season but i'm all in on.

988
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 2: Them now They have we're gonna do our next contender

989
00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 2: list in like the week or Two. After christmas sambossini

990
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 2: is gonna come join the show and we're gonna break,

991
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,279
Speaker 2: Down contenders and, Right now i'm leaning somewhere in that

992
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,319
Speaker 2: like three to four range, for them depending on how

993
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 2: they look juxtaposed with a Team like houston here over

994
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 2: the next couple. OF weeks i just think they have

995
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:16,160
Speaker 2: the highest defensive ceiling in the league Outside Of oklahoma

996
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 2: city Because Of, Victor women yama and their perimeter Athletes

997
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 2: And deared fox since he joined the team as spearheaded

998
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:24,359
Speaker 2: a deadly drive and kick attack that has made them

999
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,919
Speaker 2: much more imposing defense or, excuse me offensively than they were.

1000
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 2: Without him we'll see how they do against another tough

1001
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 2: opponent Against the knicks. Tomorrow night. Number Two The detroit

1002
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:36,280
Speaker 2: pistons currently plus two thousand to win the title according

1003
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:38,640
Speaker 2: To Hard. Rock bet another team that just played one game,

1004
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 2: last week a total destruction Of The. Atlanta hawks they

1005
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,319
Speaker 2: had eight players in double figures seventy two points in.

1006
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,680
Speaker 2: The paint they are the number one paint scoring team

1007
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 2: in the league at fifty eight points. Per game what

1008
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 2: this means is they're less reliant on jump shooting and

1009
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,319
Speaker 2: some of the variants that can come. With that they

1010
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,840
Speaker 2: attempt just forty one jump shots per game and just thirty,

1011
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,719
Speaker 2: two threes both bottom three IN, the nba and, for

1012
00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:02,080
Speaker 2: perspective there are seven teams in the league attempting over

1013
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 2: fifty jump shots per game at this point in. The

1014
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:06,840
Speaker 2: season that's how much of a difference in the shot

1015
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 2: profile For the pistons compared to what you see elsewhere around.

1016
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,319
Speaker 2: The league just a credit to the relentless rim pressure down.

1017
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,480
Speaker 2: The roster so many dudes who can drive. The, basketball

1018
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 2: obviously you have your two man Game of Cad And.

1019
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:18,879
Speaker 2: Jalen durham but down the roster they have so many

1020
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 2: guys Of sar thompson pressures. The Rim ron holland pressures.

1021
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 2: The Room kar slavertz done a nice job driving the basketball.

1022
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:26,360
Speaker 2: This season they just have a bunch of guys that

1023
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 2: drive and it just continues to form a very strong

1024
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:34,640
Speaker 2: profile of shots at. The rim fun one time Against.

1025
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,320
Speaker 2: The celtics we will definitely be covering that one in tomorrow.

1026
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:40,720
Speaker 2: Morning's show very excited to See the pistons matchup against

1027
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 2: a fast guard laden Team. Like boston lastly tonight number

1028
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 2: One The Oklahoma. City thunder they are plus one hundred

1029
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,480
Speaker 2: to win the title And On Hard rock bet that

1030
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 2: was plus one forty five, last week so now even

1031
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 2: odds to win. The title can you believe that not

1032
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,239
Speaker 2: gonna stay here? Long again because we hit them earlier in,

1033
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,279
Speaker 2: the Show san antonio did show that they're. Not unbeatable

1034
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,480
Speaker 2: they can still struggle to score. At times if you

1035
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 2: can bring a combination of real rim protection with super

1036
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 2: athletic guys on. The perimeter the problem is there just

1037
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,840
Speaker 2: isn't a team IN the nba that brings the enough

1038
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 2: of a combination of real, rim protection real, perimeter athletes

1039
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:20,600
Speaker 2: and reliable offense to actually threaten this team four times out.

1040
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 2: OF seven i still think they're far and away the

1041
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 2: best team IN the nba at. THIS point i have

1042
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 2: them in a tier by themselves at the top of.

1043
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:28,319
Speaker 2: The League, all, right guys IT'S all i have. For

1044
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,720
Speaker 2: today is always a sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting

1045
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:32,160
Speaker 2: us and supporting, the Show jam.

1046
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:32,359
Speaker 1: Pack.

1047
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:35,920
Speaker 2: Slate tonight we're gonna Be, Hitting piston Celtics And nuggets

1048
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 2: rockets in. Tomorrow morning show should have a fun set

1049
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:42,320
Speaker 2: of game reactions for. THAT one i have a scheduling conflict,

1050
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:43,799
Speaker 2: this Week so i'm not going to be able to

1051
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 2: do the instant reaction right after the final buzzer Of

1052
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 2: The spurs, knicks game but we will have a reaction

1053
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:54,080
Speaker 2: to that game Early on. Wednesday, morning again as always

1054
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 2: a sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting us and supporting.

1055
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:58,120
Speaker 1: The show we will see you. Tomorrow morning