WEBVTT - Haliburton’s Heroics, Can the Knicks Recover? OKC Strikes First

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<v Speaker 1>On this episode of The Heat Check. Are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 1>Are we serious? You're joking me? What we're seeing from

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<v Speaker 1>the Indiana Pacers is one of the greatest comebacks of

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<v Speaker 1>all time, and that's considering two other historic comebacks that

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<v Speaker 1>the Indiana Pacers has had this season. This postseason will

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<v Speaker 1>break down Pacers Game one. I guess the Knicks as

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<v Speaker 1>well as Okay, see in the Wolf series, no time

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<v Speaker 1>to waste, so much to talk about, drop that motherfucking

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<v Speaker 1>beat that should beat Rihanna.

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<v Speaker 2>You're listening to the Hottest the Hottest India podcast out here.

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<v Speaker 1>I said what I said, it's the check Check. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just stop critic man. The greatest maybe the greatest comeback

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe the biggest choke depending on how you look

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<v Speaker 1>at it, in the history of NBA basketball. So we've

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<v Speaker 1>had I've had like twelve hours to process this, fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>hours to process this. I don't really know how the

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<v Speaker 1>New York Knicks recover emotionally from being up twenty, for

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<v Speaker 1>being up fourteen with three minutes left to go, and

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<v Speaker 1>losing that game for forty five or forty eight minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>This was one of the most perfect games of basketball

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<v Speaker 1>for New York. They survived all the blur runs that

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<v Speaker 1>we saw from the Pacers, going nine for nine from

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<v Speaker 1>the field to start the game, slowly building a lead

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<v Speaker 1>with classic Knicks basketball. Karl Anthony Towns had an awesome game.

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<v Speaker 1>He had thirty five points, shooting fifty percent from three

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<v Speaker 1>more threes taken in Game one from Cat than the

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<v Speaker 1>entire last series combined. Brunton had forty three. He was unstoppable.

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<v Speaker 1>His fouls, though, getting into foul trouble can fuck you

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<v Speaker 1>because you can't push off to get to try to

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<v Speaker 1>get the foul when you already have one charge, one

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<v Speaker 1>charge call when you have five thousand. They had a

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen point lead with three minutes and fourteen seconds left

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<v Speaker 1>in the game. They had a ninety nine point seven

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<v Speaker 1>percent anytime anytime, we're like they had a ninety nine

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<v Speaker 1>point nine percent win probability. That's because we're dissecting how

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<v Speaker 1>possibly they could have lost. Led by nine with fifty

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<v Speaker 1>eight seconds left, that was probably an incalculable win percentage.

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<v Speaker 1>Fourteen hundred and fourteen playoff teams one four, one, four,

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<v Speaker 1>up nine or more with a minute to play. All

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen hundred and fourteen teams won that game until last night.

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<v Speaker 1>Until last night, let that sink in. We witnessed something

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<v Speaker 1>that's never happened before in the history of the NBA. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>we also had the Pacers down eight or seven forty

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<v Speaker 1>eight seconds left to go, and there were only two

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<v Speaker 1>other times or one other time that a team had

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<v Speaker 1>come back then and it was another Pacer team. The

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<v Speaker 1>Pacers are the cardiac kids. The roof just collapsed on

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<v Speaker 1>Madison Square Garden literally, not literally, figuratively literally, the Pacers

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<v Speaker 1>made the most improbable comeback in NBA history. No team

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<v Speaker 1>in NBA history, like I said, has erased a nine

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<v Speaker 1>point leading fifty eight seconds or less, not one. Somehow,

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<v Speaker 1>some way, the Knicks found a way to lose that game,

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<v Speaker 1>missing free throws, Pacers holding onto their challenges, playing bad defense,

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Neismith turning into Reggie Miller. So the key to

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<v Speaker 1>it all is obviously not what you think. Aaron Neismith game.

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<v Speaker 1>From the time the clock read three minutes left in

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<v Speaker 1>the game, the Pacers down fourteen, Aaron Nesmith hit five

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<v Speaker 1>threes to go with two free throws. He scored seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>points himself in under three minutes. What do you do?

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<v Speaker 1>Why he was just fucking hot, so hot, open threes,

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<v Speaker 1>contested threes, deep threes. The man was unconscious and some

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<v Speaker 1>of those threes should have been in once. He shot

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<v Speaker 1>eight for nine from deep from deep from the game,

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<v Speaker 1>his most important points hitting a pair of free throws

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<v Speaker 1>after an anenobe take foul designed to keep him from

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<v Speaker 1>hitting another three, which he probably would have hit. I

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<v Speaker 1>remember the commenters being like, oh, should he tried to

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<v Speaker 1>miss the second free throw. It was one twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>one two before he sank it to cut the game

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<v Speaker 1>to one with twelve seconds left. But then we got lucky, baby,

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<v Speaker 1>All the Pacers fans got lucky. Brunson tossed a very

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<v Speaker 1>strange but effective high bounce pass in the back court

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<v Speaker 1>to og Anoby, which could have been could have been taken.

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<v Speaker 1>It looked like that was one for the Pacers to

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<v Speaker 1>just take. The play wasted a full five seconds. San

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<v Speaker 1>Anonobi eighty one percent free throw shooter to the line,

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<v Speaker 1>and man, he missed the front end and then hit

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<v Speaker 1>the second. Probably the worst outcome you could have if

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<v Speaker 1>you make the first one and missed the second. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you get that rebound Pacers don't have a time out.

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<v Speaker 1>They take the ball full court with just seven seconds left,

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<v Speaker 1>Indiana needs a two to tie. Halliburton's got the ball

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<v Speaker 1>in his hands, fakes a drive, gets past the free

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<v Speaker 1>throw line, gets doubled, quickly does his little Steve Nash thing,

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<v Speaker 1>runs around in circles, back to the three point line,

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<v Speaker 1>step back, three, hits the back of the rim. No good, no, wait,

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<v Speaker 1>goes up in the air, splash. I was losing my

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<v Speaker 1>fuck when I tell you, I was losing my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a good six or seven feet, folks, and then

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<v Speaker 1>swishes through the basket. Just absolute chaos, pandemonium. The Pacers

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<v Speaker 1>mob Halliburton because they think that's game over. He puts

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<v Speaker 1>his hands around his throat like Reggie Miller's winning time

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<v Speaker 1>choke points at Reggie in broadcasters, row Knicks fans are

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<v Speaker 1>just stunned. Foot was on the line two, not three.

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<v Speaker 1>And I thought to myself, well, maybe this is like

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<v Speaker 1>the Bucks net series where Kevin Durant's foot was on

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<v Speaker 1>the line. They go to overtime and the Bucks win

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<v Speaker 1>Game seven. They go to the NBA Finals. No, but

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<v Speaker 1>now we've got overtime. The Pacers scored twenty three points

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<v Speaker 1>in the last three minutes and thirteen seconds of the

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<v Speaker 1>fourth quarter in overtime. That can't be real. That cannot

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<v Speaker 1>be real. The Timberwolve scored eighty five in their entire

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<v Speaker 1>eighty eight in their entire game against the Thunder in

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<v Speaker 1>Game one. At this point, you just can't like the

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<v Speaker 1>chances for the Knicks. Feels like they're better from playing

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<v Speaker 1>from behind than playing from ahead. The Knicks had a

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<v Speaker 1>nice little four point overtime lead, and you're thinking, did

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<v Speaker 1>that end of the celebration cause the Pacers to gas out? No, baby,

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<v Speaker 1>Nimhard hits five straight, and after trading the lead multiple times,

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<v Speaker 1>Neimhard gets a layup with twenty six seconds left to

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<v Speaker 1>put the Pacers up for good. Obi tops it top

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<v Speaker 1>and ends it with a classic dunk, a double clutch dunk.

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<v Speaker 1>Brunson and Cat miss threes badly. That last sequence was tough.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think Brunson hits Rim, Kat gets the they

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<v Speaker 1>kick it back out to Kat from the rebound barely

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<v Speaker 1>hits Rim. There, Pacers one thirty eight, Nicks one thirty five.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you say? I mean, what if you're in

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<v Speaker 1>that building and you're a Knicks fan, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>what do you say? My heart has been stolen from

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<v Speaker 1>my chest and eating and eating raw like someone found

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<v Speaker 1>an ox in the middle of the forest and slit

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<v Speaker 1>them open and just ate it for the fat and

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<v Speaker 1>the protein er. That's what it was. I know that

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<v Speaker 1>this is Jalen Brunson clutch Player of the Year. It's

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<v Speaker 1>hard not to say, though the Tyrese Halburn is more

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<v Speaker 1>clutch than Jalen Brunson. He might be one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most clutch, greatest clutch players in the history of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to hear stap He is eleven for

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<v Speaker 1>twelve in the postseason this postseason in the final two

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<v Speaker 1>minutes on shots to either tie the game or put

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<v Speaker 1>the Pacers ahead. That's better than Tom Brady. That's better

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<v Speaker 1>than Pat Mahomes Twice this year. He's won games on

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<v Speaker 1>four point plays three times this playoffs, He's led the

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<v Speaker 1>Pacers to wins in which they had less than a

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<v Speaker 1>one percent chance of winning. That's fucking absurd. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>seem real. It's like, it really does. Remind me of

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<v Speaker 1>the two minute offense with Tom Brady, where you're like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>no lead safe. Tom Brady's got the ball two minutes

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<v Speaker 1>down ten. Somehow I believe, and they did it less

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<v Speaker 1>often though than these pacers. Steven A Smith, still throwing

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<v Speaker 1>shade Salty, says he doesn't think Tyree Halliburn's a superstar

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<v Speaker 1>because it takes more than just hitting clutch shots to

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<v Speaker 1>make superstar. I think that's kind of it though. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>if all I need is somebody to hit clutch threes,

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<v Speaker 1>clutch shots facilitate to the open man, and because of

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<v Speaker 1>that person, I can come back from down fourteen with

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<v Speaker 1>three minutes left to go. That guy's a superstar. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't give a fuck what he does in January. Really,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care what he does in February. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>care what he does in March. Tell me what he's

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<v Speaker 1>doing in April, May and June, and guess what, we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna probably see Hallie in April, May and June. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of Salty Knicks fans are his game tying shot lucky.

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<v Speaker 1>But guess what, he's had a lot of those. He's

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<v Speaker 1>had other ones too that were slapping their face. They

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<v Speaker 1>were splash. I like what ESPN's Timligler said. He said

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that it drew back iron and bounced means

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<v Speaker 1>the shot was deadly accurate. And just to touch long

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<v Speaker 1>an inch to either side and Hallie doesn't even get

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<v Speaker 1>a bounce. Considering it was a fall back three off

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<v Speaker 1>the back foot following one hundred and eighty degree pivot

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<v Speaker 1>and Mitchell Robinson closed out beautifully. It was an insane

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<v Speaker 1>shot and we should probably we should probably give some

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<v Speaker 1>love to Rick carll That man deserves his flowers. He's

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<v Speaker 1>coaching his fucking ass off, and he has been for

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<v Speaker 1>two decades. He's pocketing his challenges which he used to

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<v Speaker 1>perfection multiple times. Twenty seconds to go, in Ot knicks

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<v Speaker 1>down one og Nanobi throws the ball to Brunson, Nemhar

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<v Speaker 1>tips it, call is Nick's baby, and then Rick carl

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, I would like to see that again.

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<v Speaker 1>I would like the rest to take a look at

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<v Speaker 1>that one. Jalen Brunson biting his towel at the bench

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<v Speaker 1>being like, oh fuck, I know I touched it. Indiana

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<v Speaker 1>ball up one. Oh no, this is bad. Immediately after,

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<v Speaker 1>Obi Toppin dunked to put him up three with twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seconds left to go, game over, game over. If Carlile

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't done anything but just get out of his players

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<v Speaker 1>way down the stretch, it would have been good coaching,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is easy to blow that challenge in the

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<v Speaker 1>first quarter. We see it all the time. Players are

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<v Speaker 1>like doing a little swirly thing. First, No, Carlile was like,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not doing that bullshit. Okay, We're going to save

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<v Speaker 1>them from when they actually matter. What are we making

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<v Speaker 1>the series now? I think Vegas has the Knicks as dogs.

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<v Speaker 1>They're now plus one forty to win the series. They

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<v Speaker 1>were minus one fifty five before Game one. They are

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<v Speaker 1>now plus seven hundred to win the championship, up for

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<v Speaker 1>plus four to fifty before game one. If you look

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<v Speaker 1>at ninety five percent of the game, the Knicks are

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<v Speaker 1>the better team. They dominated. They looked like a lot

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<v Speaker 1>more better than the Pacers. It was bad grammar, even

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<v Speaker 1>if it wasn't seen in the score at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>That fourteen point lead was built on a fourteen to

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<v Speaker 1>oher run that happened when Brunson went to the bench Tibbs.

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<v Speaker 1>Tibbs was saying stuff. He said, the keys to this

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<v Speaker 1>series was winning the non Brunson minutes, and boyl boy,

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<v Speaker 1>did they do that?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. In a lot of ways, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>a boxing match. The Knicks had the perfect game plan.

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<v Speaker 1>They weathered a bunch of flurries, they wore them down.

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<v Speaker 1>They knocked the Pacers down, and it was like the

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<v Speaker 1>umpire refer was like one two three, and like right

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<v Speaker 1>before it's like I leaving, I fucking leaving. Pacers jump

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<v Speaker 1>up and then Powell game over, knock knocked out. Somehow

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<v Speaker 1>the Nick decided instead of playing it safe, they're just

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<v Speaker 1>gonna trade blows in the last round, they get themselves

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<v Speaker 1>knocked the fuck out. I don't know how you recover.

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<v Speaker 1>I really don't know how you recover the miss. Because

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<v Speaker 1>the confidence that the Pacers continue to have and it

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<v Speaker 1>continues to grow, is that it doesn't really matter how

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<v Speaker 1>much we're down. And that is something that the New

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<v Speaker 1>York Knicks have as well. They had that against the

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics and that helped them a lot. And maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>say the Celtics are a better team than the Knicks

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Yeah, but guess what, they're home and the

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<v Speaker 1>Knicks are still playing. You cannot be tight, you cannot

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<v Speaker 1>play nervous. You have to just play back your game

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<v Speaker 1>no matter what the score is. Keep putting your foot

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<v Speaker 1>on their neck. Don't let them fucking shoot seven threes

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<v Speaker 1>down the stretch. Here's a scary stat for Knicks fans.

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<v Speaker 1>This was statistically the worst game that the Pacers have

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<v Speaker 1>played in the entire playoffs this year. What are the

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<v Speaker 1>odds they play this bad again and they won. It

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<v Speaker 1>feels like the Pacers to me, are a team of destiny,

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<v Speaker 1>the team that everyone just wants to take too lightly,

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<v Speaker 1>Like the Bucks ignored them, the Calves ignored them, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was like the Bucks ignored them, but then the

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<v Speaker 1>Calves ignored what they did to the Bucks. They were like, ah,

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<v Speaker 1>we're sixty four wins. Then the Knicks are now ignoring

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<v Speaker 1>what the Pacers did to the Bucks and the Calves.

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<v Speaker 1>The scalps are evident. They're showing you and you're like,

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<v Speaker 1>not my scalp. I don't know when people are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>realize this team is so dangerous. They have eight nine

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<v Speaker 1>players that can get you fifteen points and they are

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<v Speaker 1>seven and zero clutch games in this playoffs. Friday Night

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be fucking electric. I can already tell this.

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<v Speaker 1>The series is going to be classic, and oh boy,

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA is all the way back. Moving on Game

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<v Speaker 1>one of the Minnesota Timberwolves versus a thunder is in

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<v Speaker 1>the books. Okac took a close game at halftime they

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<v Speaker 1>were down for and then they just blew Minnesota's doors

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<v Speaker 1>off and Edwards looked bummy, looked like his ankle is

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<v Speaker 1>not good. Nos Reed continues to struggle. We're not getting

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<v Speaker 1>much out of Dante DiVincenzo. They outscored the Wolves by

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen points in the third and sixteen in the fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>and nos Reed, like I said, just is nowhere. He's

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<v Speaker 1>gotta go. He can't stay. We thought NOAs was an

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<v Speaker 1>important piece of this puzzle. Nas can't stay. He was

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<v Speaker 1>one for eleven from the field. You gotta go, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta go. Rudy Gobert was completely non existent as well.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't have your two bigs just go into the

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<v Speaker 1>ether against Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein. Can't do it,

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<v Speaker 1>can't do it, and you have a bum ankle and Edwards,

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<v Speaker 1>your superstar is injured. That's three players you needed production

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<v Speaker 1>from that you didn't get any. Not sure you can

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<v Speaker 1>learn a lot because the Wolves have had bad game

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<v Speaker 1>ones in the playoffs. They lost last You look at

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<v Speaker 1>game one of the Golden State series. The Warriors starters

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<v Speaker 1>were a combined plus fifty six net rating in this game,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Warriors won going away in a game that

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<v Speaker 1>they led by twenty Ant shot twenty five percent from three,

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<v Speaker 1>and our dubs were like, Oh, this is gonna be easy,

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<v Speaker 1>and it wasn't. The Wolves blew their doors off four straight,

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<v Speaker 1>won the series in five. You look what game one

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<v Speaker 1>of the OKC series. OKAC starters were a combined plus

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<v Speaker 1>one plus sixty one net rating. Ant shot six three

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<v Speaker 1>for eight from three, And now everybody again is saying

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<v Speaker 1>that the Wolves are dead in the water. The Wolves

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<v Speaker 1>scored eighty five, eighty eight, and eighty eight points in

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<v Speaker 1>these three losses. Then they never scored less than one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred in any game after that. I like, Okay, see,

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<v Speaker 1>they're impressive, really good offense. Transition offense is electric, historically

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<v Speaker 1>good defense, multiple players who can shoot a bunch of threes,

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<v Speaker 1>but also their half court offense struggles at times. This

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<v Speaker 1>OKAC team had a hard time beating an underman Nuggets

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<v Speaker 1>team took them seven, should have lost the final two

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<v Speaker 1>against Memphis that was a walking hospital wing. They've got

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<v Speaker 1>the ability to be beat. If Minnesota wins Game two,

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<v Speaker 1>the pressure now falls on the Okay set thunder shoulders. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk about these refs. It's egregious, it's disgusting. Not

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<v Speaker 1>only is Shae getting to the line in ways that

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<v Speaker 1>sort of terrifies you, where he's barely getting touched, you

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<v Speaker 1>had door. It was so bad, Doris Burke called him

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<v Speaker 1>a foul merchant during the game on the broadcast. Shae,

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<v Speaker 1>I know people are saying, oh, Shay isn't getting as

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<v Speaker 1>many foul calls as so and so, or he's still

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<v Speaker 1>scoring twenty five a game without free throws. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>matter because the truth is the fouls that are getting

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<v Speaker 1>committed against the Timberwolves are fucking mob hits and not

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<v Speaker 1>getting called. And you barely scrape Shay's elbow and he

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<v Speaker 1>pushes off a lot and you get called for the foul,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're not calling the fouls that the Okacs is

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<v Speaker 1>committing pretty much all game. That's why they're such a

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<v Speaker 1>historically good defense is because their whole game plan is

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to just foul all game, and the refs

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<v Speaker 1>can't call us for everything. It's impossible to officiate that way. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>the way he gets whistles changes the game. He gives

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<v Speaker 1>the thunder a bunch of time stoppages that they wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>get otherwise, they can be better rested, they can make

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<v Speaker 1>quick changes on the court. It changes everything. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>defending Shay and you know he's getting Tiki Took calls,

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<v Speaker 1>you're not gonna blankt him like you would normally. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a reason that Randall and Ant were laughing in their

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<v Speaker 1>postgame looking at SGA's foul shot stats. That's what they

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<v Speaker 1>were looking at. I don't care what people say, that's

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<v Speaker 1>what they were looking at. Everyone sees it. Everyone knows

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<v Speaker 1>it's happening, and nothing's changing. And I know the argument, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>Julius Randall's a bigger guy, you can't officiate them. Those

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<v Speaker 1>two guys the same way. The guy is getting an

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<v Speaker 1>elbow to the forearm every single time down and you

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<v Speaker 1>can hear the slap. You should get to the free

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<v Speaker 1>throw line. This is like the Zion argument, where it's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>we can mug Zion because he's too ninety. Doesn't matter,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't change anything in terms of his ability to get

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<v Speaker 1>to the room. That doesn't matter. It's contact. Contact is contact.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Trey Jung, it's Jalen Brunson, it is Shay Goojess Alexander,

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<v Speaker 1>It's Pete Harden, It's Dame Lillard. It's fucking annoying. We

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<v Speaker 1>all see it too. We all see it. Game two

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna be fascinating, and this series, I suspect might

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<v Speaker 1>go a lot longer than people think. That's all the

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<v Speaker 1>time that we have for this episode of the Heat Check.

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