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The most shocked playoff 32 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: game that I can ever remember seeing in my time 33 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: as a basketball fan. As the Wolves go up two 34 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 1: to oh in Denver without Rudy Gobert, are gonna break 35 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: that game down? And then one of the worst calls 36 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: that I've ever seen, probably not the worst, but certainly 37 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: on the list, an illegal screen at the end of 38 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: the Knicks Pacers game. We're gonna mainly focus on the 39 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: basketball there. But I got a little bit of a rant, 40 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: not based on that specific call, but just officials in 41 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: general around the NBA, because that's becoming a little big, 42 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: a little bit of a problem. But a jam packed 43 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: night of NBA basketball, we're gonna break it all down. 44 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: You guys know the drive before we get started. Subscribe 45 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: to a brand of YouTube channel so you don't miss 46 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: any more of our videos. 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I have the 54 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: defending champs in a must win game at home, The 55 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: defensive anchor who made many of the biggest plays in 56 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: Game one is out for the birth of his child, 57 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: and they get the living shit kicked out of them. 58 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: Not only that, the Nuggets completely fall apart mentally in 59 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: the process. I just can't ever remember. I've seen crazy sequences, 60 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: like we saw two of them at the end of 61 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: that Sixers Knicks series, right, like a couple games that 62 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: get quite literally snatched from you know, victory from the 63 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: jaws of defeat, so to speak. I've seen crazy sequences. 64 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: I've seen crazy plays. I've never seen a more shocking 65 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: playoff result than this one, even like looking back at 66 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: like some other ones recently, Like remember when the Phoenix 67 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: Suns went into that Game seven against Luca and the 68 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: MAVs and they and Luca just made him quit. Like 69 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: at least you can look at that and go like, well, 70 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: Devin Booker and Chris Paul neither of those guys are 71 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: like real superstar level players, and Luka Dancic is there's 72 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: a huge, like mental advantage that Luca has. He's just 73 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: the best player on the floor by a mile, and 74 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: he just went in there and snatched their soul right 75 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: Like it wasn't It was a shocking result in the 76 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: dynamic that took place in how dramatic it was, but 77 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 1: like you would have been surprised right to think that 78 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 1: Luca could do that to another team. It just doesn't 79 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: make sense. Nikola Jokic is the best player in the world. 80 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: The Denver Nuggets are the defending champs, and they've shown 81 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: championship medal in so many different situations. And I want 82 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: to just throw that credit to the Minnesota Timberwolves, because 83 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: I in addition to never being more shocked about a 84 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: playoff result, I don't think I've ever been more wrong 85 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: about a basketball team than I was about the Minnesota Timberwolves. 86 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: This was a team that I just took too much 87 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: stock in their evidence from the regular season. I focused 88 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: too much on how limited their offense was, especially in 89 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: late game situations. Too much stock and Ant's age and 90 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: whether or not he'd be ready to lead a playoff 91 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: run like this, too much stock in some of their 92 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: issues closing games in general on both ends of the floor. 93 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: I focused way too much on that, and I missed 94 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: a simple thing that tilted Minnesota's way, and they took 95 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 1: advantage of it and they're running with it. And that 96 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: is when the league, right around halfway through the season, 97 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: started to tilt things in terms of officiating more in 98 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: the direction of the defense, which is something I think 99 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: is great for the game, something that all of us 100 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: have been begging for for a long time as that inflated, 101 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:35,239 Speaker 1: offensively minded league was getting a little bit unwatchable at times. 102 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: And there's still some remnants of it, like we've seen 103 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: some of the officiating over the course of this playoff run, 104 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: especially in like grifty stuff, right, there's still some remnants 105 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: of it. But the league tilting in that direction was 106 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: something that desperately needed to happen in Minnesota, and we 107 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: should have seen this coming. To you, Minnesota Timberwolves fans 108 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: who saw it coming, kudos to you because I missed it. 109 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: But they took advantage of those rule changes, and they've 110 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: leaned into it from the opening tip. They're grabbing, they're 111 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: holding their hand checking, they're being physical, they're they're top 112 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: locking to prevent guys from going on screens. They're picking 113 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: up full court, they're pressuring everybody all over the floor. 114 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: They're pressuring Yokics full court with nasried half the time. 115 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: Like they are leaning into it. They understand what you know, 116 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: and this is something that I talk about a lot 117 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: with basketball teams, like understand what your advantage is and 118 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: lean into it. Don't go away from your advantage, lean 119 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: into your advantage. Minnesota knows their advantage is their defensive capability, 120 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: their size, their athleticism, and their overall defensive talent. They're 121 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: leaning into that and they're reaping the dividends here in 122 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: the postseason that I've never been more wrong about a 123 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 1: basketball team. I had a take, probably one of my 124 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: worst takes as a basketball analyst, when I said that 125 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: the Timberwolves had about the same chance to beat Denver 126 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: as La. God, that was stupid. Like, I've never been 127 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: more wrong about a team. I'm completely flow, and so 128 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: shout out to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Man. I owe them, 129 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: I owe them an apology. In addition, they are perfectly 130 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: constructed to beat the Denver Nuggets. Like it's honestly kind 131 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: of diabolical when you think about it. Like Tim Conley 132 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: knows first hand. He must have known that Jokic was coming. Obviously, 133 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: he was there for at least one of the MVP 134 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: runs if I remember correctly. But like he he had 135 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: to have known, and he went into Minnesota and he 136 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:36,239 Speaker 1: constructed a team to beat the Denver Nuggets. And what's 137 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,679 Speaker 1: crazy is like everyone was really down on the Rudy 138 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: go Bear trade. I was down on it right when 139 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: it happened. But I immediately liked it during the season 140 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: because I loved that dynamic of the elite perimeter defenders 141 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards, Jade McDaniels, and Rudy Gobert. But where I 142 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: was wrong again there is I was like, okay, but 143 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: the two bigs thing is stupid. You gotta trade Carl Towns. 144 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: And now in retrospect, I'm watching that late first half 145 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: post up where Jokic is posting up Nas Red and 146 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: Nas and he goes to his left shoulder hook and 147 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: Naz just kind of bullies him off of his spot 148 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: and blocks him on a hook shot, and Jokic gets 149 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: the ball back and barely gets another one off and 150 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: just flings it up at the rim and and Minnesota 151 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: gets the rebound and they running the other way. And 152 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: I'm like, this is genius. They're constructed to beat Denver. 153 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: They have two guys in nas Read and Carl Towns 154 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: who are both big and strong enough to flatten out 155 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: Jokic's post ups. He can't go through them. And then 156 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: when they're healthy, they have already go bear on the 157 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 1: back line. It's like, Jokic, we didn't we didn't put 158 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: nearly enough stock in what Jokic was saying after Game one, 159 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: I need two of me. You're damn right, because because 160 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: Minnesota is literally just layering size and athleticism on that 161 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: Denver front line and it's working. It's diabolically stuff from 162 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: Tim Conley went into Minnesota and built a roster to 163 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: beat the Denver Nuggets. And then you add to that 164 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: a tweak in the NBA is officiating that this team 165 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: grabbed a hold of, and it's and they're leaning into 166 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: their strength and they're running with it. It's so it's 167 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: so impressive to me. It really comes down to this, 168 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: because of Jada McDaniels and Nikile, Alexander Walker and Anthony Edwards. 169 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: They can guard Jamal Murray really well. And we're gonna 170 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: get into that in more detail in a minute. That's 171 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: not the calf muscle. He's in jail right now. Two, 172 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: they can guard Yokic well. So since they can guard 173 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: Jamal well, and they can guard Yokic well, and they've 174 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: got that two man game under wraps. Now all of 175 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: a sudden, it's shining. It's putting a bigger offensive responsibility 176 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: on the other players, and it's expecting Contavious call Well, 177 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: Pope Michael Porter Junior and Aaron Gordon to shoulder more 178 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: of an offensive low. It's just not gonna work. And 179 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: so like there they like I again, I will, I 180 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: will not declare the the series over because I have 181 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: too much respect for the defending champs. And I'm really 182 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: curious to see the postgame presser stuff. I want to 183 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: see where Jamal Murray and and Michael Malone, where their 184 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: heads are at. We're gonna get to that in a minute. 185 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: I won't write them off, but like, I don't know 186 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: how you could pick against Minnesota at this point. They're 187 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: They're like Denver doesn't have anything they can do. There's 188 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: no trump card, there's no adjustment, there's no nothing. Michael 189 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: Malone and and Jokichen and all those guys, they used 190 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,959 Speaker 1: to talk a lot about how we've seen everything, we've 191 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: seen everything. You haven't seen this. You don't have an 192 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: adjustment for this. The only adjustment is to meet their physicality, 193 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: which we're gonna talk about here in a little bit. 194 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: But I was wrong. I just I can't. I can't 195 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: put it any more flatly. I was wrong about the 196 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: Minnesota Timberwolves. And here's how wrong I was. If they're 197 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: allowed to defend with this level of physicality, I think 198 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: they'll win the trophy. You think Dallas or Oklahoma City 199 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: is gonna magically hold up well under this physical onslaught? 200 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 1: You think Boston is You think you think Jason Tatum 201 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,079 Speaker 1: and Jaylen Brown are just gonna eat these guys up. 202 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: I don't do you do you think Jalen Brunson by 203 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: himself or the Pacers guards are gonna magically solve this 204 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: Minnesota defense. If they are allowed to guard like this, 205 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: with this level of physicality, they are going to hoist 206 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: Hilary O'Brien trophy. It's like down the roster too, Like 207 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: I was blown up. There was a possession with Michael 208 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: Porter Junior on the left wing, and I think the 209 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: third quarter where Mike Conley, the smallest player on the Timberwolves, 210 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: had him pump faking at Ghosts and jacking up a 211 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: contested leaner, And I'm like, Mike Conley's locked in. Carl 212 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: Towns is locked in. Nasried is a guy that's had 213 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: some defensive limitations over the years. Now he's got a 214 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: role here in this series where he can be, you know, 215 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: banging with Jokic. So it's more of a matchup he 216 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: can handle. But even the guys on this roster that 217 00:11:55,360 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: are like historically not great defensive players, are like is 218 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: playing the best defense of their career. It is a 219 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: cultural thing from the top down. These guys want it. 220 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: You can tell they want the trophy and they are 221 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: willing to beat the hell out of you to get it. 222 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: And someone's got to figure out a way to stop them, 223 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: or they're just gonna do it, and and so like. 224 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: And here's the crazy part too. We're focusing on the defense. 225 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards pours in another efficient twenty seven points. He's 226 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: been the best player in the NBA in these playoffs. 227 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: He's literally playing like the best player in the world. 228 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: Carl Towns another efficient twenty seven. That's the major subplot here. 229 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: We're all focused on the defense. Their offense has been awesome. 230 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: Their offense has been awesome over the course of this 231 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: playoff run. They're knocking down three point shots. They're driving 232 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,719 Speaker 1: and kicking and making good reads. Their shot creators are 233 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:50,119 Speaker 1: aggressive and initiating contact and like really being the aggressor. 234 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: Like they're getting consistent production off the bench from nas 235 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: and to Kile Alexander Walker. They're They're playing at an 236 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: insanely high level. Now think about how crazy that is. 237 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: They've won six straight postseason games. Four of them were 238 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: against Kevin Durant, Bradleybial, Devin Booker, and the last two 239 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,959 Speaker 1: were against the undisputed best player in the world, although 240 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: Aunt's trying to horner that territory right now, and the 241 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: and uh in Jamal Murray, the guy who's literally lit 242 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: up everybody else in the league for the last two years. 243 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: It's it's unbelievable. I'm completely stunned. Never been more wrong 244 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: about a basketball team on the Nuggets front. I was 245 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: equally shocked tonight by how Denver fell apart. They completely 246 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: crumbled mentally early in the game too. I was I 247 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: couldn't believe what I was seeing when Aunt drives to 248 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: the basket in KCP, who was late on his rotation 249 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: and jumped vertically but in the charge circle, So there's 250 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: no universe where that's an offensive foul, and Aunt just 251 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: jumps into his body and makes a layup, and Michael 252 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: Malone comes screaming out onto the court, yelling at the 253 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: ref in his face, like lost his damn mind over 254 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: a play that was very clearly not an offensive foul. 255 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: If anything, Aunt should have gone to the line because 256 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: KCP jumped and met him in the charge circle like it. 257 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: And I'm sitting there and I'm like, what are you doing. 258 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,559 Speaker 1: You're supposed to be the leader, You're supposed to be 259 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: cal him and under control. You just bum rushed the 260 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: ref and screened in his face. Very that very easily 261 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: could have been a double tech, let alone a tech. 262 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: He could have been kicked out of the game. He's 263 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: very lucky that he didn't get a technical at all 264 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: in that situation. And immediately I'm like registering that. I'm like, okay, 265 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: Denver shook right now. And then a few possessions later, 266 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: on another physical defensive possession from Minnesota, Jamal Murray sitting 267 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: at the end of the bench hurls a heat pack 268 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: onto the floor, which, by the way, who the hell 269 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: knows what's gonna happen with that. There could very well 270 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: be a suspension in place. I hope they don't suspend him, 271 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: as stupid as it was, because I want to see 272 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: Minnesota beat Denver at full strength. But like when I 273 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: saw that, I'm like, oh, they don't get it. They 274 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: I think this is about the refs. It's not about 275 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: the refs. The thing is is, if you've been watching 276 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: this postseason all eight series, in the first round, they've 277 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: all had I've talked about this frequently on the show. 278 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: This is the most physical playoffs I've seen. I've said 279 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: that many times on the show. I think that's clear. 280 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: There's a lot of shit people are getting away with. 281 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: There is a play in the Lakers series where Dangel 282 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: Russell got smacked in the face very clearly on video. 283 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: It got reviewed and it didn't get overturned. The refs 284 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: are letting everything go, so you had to know that 285 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: coming into the series. You had to know that after 286 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: game one, so one of two things is gonna happen here. 287 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: You're either going to blame the refs and crumble, or 288 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna meet that physicality with physicality. And the fact 289 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: that Michael Malone had that meltdown and Jamal Murray threw 290 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: a heat pack on the floor, that's not a good sign. 291 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: It was embarrassing. And from there it's so interesting to 292 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: me because I've seen a lot of basketball games like 293 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: this over the years. Physical ball pressure has a tendency 294 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: to speed people up, and it was crazy to see 295 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: everybody on Denver get sped up to the point where 296 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: they just started making mistakes. There were a lot of 297 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: unforced errors in that stretch. Hocket passes into traffic that 298 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: weren't open. Jaal Murray in the second half whipped a 299 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: behind the back pass to a player that was clearly 300 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: guarded underneath the basket. Like they actually played Denver into 301 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: losing their sense of focus and attention to detail. How 302 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: unusual is that they're They're the defending champs, They're the 303 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: team that's supposed to be resilient in that type of situation. 304 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: It was unbelievable. And so this is why I put 305 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: in my notes I'm so curious to see the postgame 306 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: pressers because this is this series is not over. Denver 307 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: can go into Minnesota, win Game three, and you're more 308 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: or less in the position that most teams are in 309 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: after you split at home in the first two because 310 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: the home team almost always wins Game three. That's a 311 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 1: buzzsaw game. Right you win game three, you're right back 312 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: in this series. It's not over now. I think Minnesota's 313 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: gonna win, but it's not over. And like to me, 314 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: it's all gonna be about mentality. Moving forward. For Denver, 315 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: if you go into that locker room and you're like, 316 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: I can't believe that they're letting them do this to us, 317 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: it's over. You lost. It's over because it's not good. 318 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: Game three is gonna be just like this. You can 319 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 1: politic all you want in the presser, you can call 320 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: the league office, you can you could send him a 321 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 1: highlight tape like Darryl Moray of all the fouls that 322 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: you thought should have been called. In Game three is 323 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 1: gonna be a It's gonna be a blood bath again. 324 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:50,719 Speaker 1: So here's the deal. Do you want to get your 325 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: hands dirty? Do you want to get down in that 326 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: blood bath and meet them at that level? Because you 327 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: got some big, strong dudes. You got Jokic, you got 328 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon, you got some dudes you can do this too. 329 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: But you better meet them there. Again. I said this 330 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the series. It's very different from 331 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: the Lakers series in the sense that Denver wanted to 332 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: out execute the Lakers. As a half court offense, you 333 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: have to do more damage to Minnesota's offense than they 334 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: are doing to you. And the only way you're gonna 335 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: do that is if you meet their force with force 336 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: one of the things that Minnesota does. And by the way, 337 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: this was something that stood out to me in the game, 338 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 1: like Minnesota was getting some foul calls that were of 339 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: similar types of contact to what Denver was getting. The 340 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 1: difference is it would be like not a lot of 341 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: contact and then someone would foul and they'd call it. 342 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: Minnesota from the opening tip is fouling and fouling and 343 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: fouling and fouling and fouling, and they actually put the 344 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: refs in a bind where they can't call it every 345 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 1: possession and so they get away with a lot. That's 346 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: what Denver needs to do. You need to come out 347 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: in game three and start fouling and fouling and fouling 348 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: and grabbing and holding and top locking and denying and 349 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,479 Speaker 1: ball pressuring and just beating the hell out of everybody 350 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: all over the floor. That's what you got to do. 351 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: So if I see postgame pressers tonight and I see 352 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: Mike Malone say they kicked our ass tonight and we 353 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: better be ready for a damn war in game three, 354 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: then I like Denver's chances to come back and do it. 355 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 1: The same thing goes for Jamal Murray. If you go 356 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,120 Speaker 1: in there and you're like, oh, it's my calf. If 357 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: you go in there and you're like, oh, I you 358 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: know they're they're they're founding me like crazy and they're 359 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: getting away with it, then it's over because that's the 360 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: wrong mentality. The only way you're gonna get back in 361 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: this series is by meeting their force with force. For 362 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: the record, I think it's too late. I think this. 363 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: I think Minnesota is gonna win the series. Now it's 364 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: not over. Of course Denver can come back, but I 365 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,360 Speaker 1: think Minnesota is going to win. But the only pathway 366 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: forward for Denver is that they have to they have 367 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: to meet this force with force. We're gonna do a 368 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: little video tomorrow where we go over some film on 369 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: some more like x's and os specifics. Today won about 370 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: x's and o's to me. Today Today was purely about 371 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: force of will and physicality, and in Minnesota punked the 372 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: Denver Nuggets. Tonight they punked him, and now they're in 373 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: real danger of a sweep if they don't get their 374 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: shit together. All right, moving on to Pacers Nicks. I 375 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: want to start with the end of the game and 376 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: we'll work our way backwards. So fifteen. Really interesting sequence. 377 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: So Brunston had been cooking Andrew and Nemhart all night long, 378 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: and we're gonna get into more detail on that in 379 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: a few minutes. But Jalen Brunson was isoating Andrew Nemhart 380 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:31,680 Speaker 1: kind of around the elbow on the right side of 381 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: the floor, and Aaron Nee Smith is guarding Dante DiVincenzo 382 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: on the left wing and he's kind of sitting down, 383 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: digging down into the driving line. Haliburton's guarding Josh Hart 384 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: in the left corner, and Nie Smith throws a double 385 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: team at Brunson, And what I thought was really interesting 386 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: is Halliburton did his windshield wipeer rotation. He rotated at 387 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: the same time as Nie Smith. But Devincenzo positioned himself 388 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: about five feet behind the three point line. It's like 389 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: a deep three, you know, one of those classic Ryan 390 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: Anderson three. Your old Rockets fans will remember that. And 391 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: as a result of that, Halliburton's close out just didn't 392 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 1: matter because he was so far away from the rim, 393 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: and den de Vincenzo just stuck the three pointer. And 394 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: again the big thing there is Jalen Brunsy was cooking 395 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: Andrew Nembard the entire game to draw that specific double team. 396 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: So Devincenzo hits a three, it's one eighteen, one to fifteen. 397 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: We go down the other end. Siakam hits like a 398 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: really tough driving layup over Og and Obi and Og 399 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: defended it well. But Siakim's big advantage in this matchup 400 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: is length, and he just kind of reached out and 401 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: got that scoop shot extended outside of him and put 402 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 1: it in off the glass. Really really impressive shots. So 403 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: now it's one eighteen, one seventeen. Then the Pacers forced 404 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: a turnover with some pressure on Brunson. Pressure in the 405 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: back court that they got away with, and then pressure 406 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: in the front court. After a timeout, Brunson throws the 407 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: ball off at Haliburton. It bounces back and hits Brunts 408 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 1: and now it's PACER's ball and we get an illegal 409 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: screen called on Miles Turner. Now, for the record, I 410 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 1: don't care about it in the context of this game. 411 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: Bad calls happen in basketball games. As a player and 412 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: as a team, you know that going into the game, 413 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: if you let a game stay close, you're always at 414 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: risk that a bad call could hurt you. Maybe even 415 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 1: a couple of bad calls, and the Pacers got on 416 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 1: the bad end of two bad ones at the end 417 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: of this game, not just that one, but also the 418 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: bruntson pocket past. I think it was to Heartenstein, I 419 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,479 Speaker 1: can't remember, but it was a pocket past. It might 420 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: have been Josh Hart, can't remember. Brunton throws that pocket 421 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 1: past and Nie Smith hits it with his hand and 422 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: gets called for a kickball. Like that was a bad call. 423 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: So but like that's the thing. As a pacer, you 424 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 1: gotta be looking at that, like we got. We were 425 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: on the wrong end of some bad calls today. Totally 426 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: just part of the game of basketball. What I have 427 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: a problem with is the larger issue that the NBA 428 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: is having with officiating now, because why in the hell 429 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: was that called in that situation, That specific type of 430 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: screen where it's like there's a little bit of movement, 431 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: a little bit of nudge at the end. That same 432 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 1: screen happens like fifty times in an NBA game, and 433 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: it might get called once or twice, and usually in 434 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: the first quarter or something like that, almost never at 435 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: the end of games. And this is the larger issue. 436 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:18,479 Speaker 1: NBA refs do not understand why they're there. We have 437 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 1: refs to facilitate basketball games. That's it. It's not about 438 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: enforcing the rule book to the letter. That's not what 439 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: this is about. The goal is for us to not 440 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: even notice they're there. There is a lot of discretion 441 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: in this job, and the discretion is let the players 442 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: decide the game, not the officials. And so what I 443 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 1: have a problem with is when there's a call in 444 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 1: a gray area in the ref defaults to blow the whistle. So, 445 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: for instance, if a ball screen's coming and you're the ref, 446 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: you have to watch out for an illegal screen, you're right, 447 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: And like there have been times where the wrong end 448 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,919 Speaker 1: of this. What was the one God it was the 449 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 1: was it that Rockets team that the Jazz It was 450 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 1: in the late nineties and John, I think it was 451 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: John Stockton broke three, broke free for a three at 452 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 1: the top of the key that won the series. And 453 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: there was just a like an obnoxious illegal screen. Like 454 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: so it looked like, you know, like Zach Martin pulling 455 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: and and blocking him like he's a pulling guard. It like, yeah, 456 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 1: you don't want you have to call it if it's outrageous, 457 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: if it's outside of that gray area. But what bothers 458 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: meme is inside of that gray area, when rep's a 459 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 1: default to blowing the whistle, it makes no sense to 460 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 1: me like that dude was looking for an excuse to 461 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: blow the whistle, which means he doesn't understand why he 462 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: was there. You're not there to blow the whistle. You're 463 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 1: there to facilitate a basketball game, and I thought that 464 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: was the Anthony Edwards tech is another example. All he 465 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 1: did was walk over and stare. There have been a 466 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: dozen more boisterous trash talking sessions or complaints just in 467 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: the few games since then that went uncalled as technicals, 468 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 1: which means that ref was just waiting for a reason, 469 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: and we have to find a way to get that 470 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: out of the game. There needs to be like an 471 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: overhaul of the way that we train refs to help 472 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: them understand that when things are in the gray area, 473 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,400 Speaker 1: we would prefer to watch the players determine the outcome, 474 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: and that means not gifting a team a point over 475 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: a stare down, And that means not calling every damn 476 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: illegal screen or you could call a carry on every possession. 477 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: If you slow the game down and watching slow motion, 478 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: almost every ball handler puts their hand a little bit 479 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: under the ball and the ball stops spinning. By the book, 480 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 1: that's a carry, But somehow we have discretion there. And 481 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: that was just so frustrating because that was such an 482 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: entertaining basketball game. Back and forth. Pacers are playing really well. 483 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: Runson hits a bunch of big shots laid You're in 484 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 1: this dog fight, and all of a sudden, you get 485 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: this amazing Siakam layup in this big time defensive play 486 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: from the Pacers to get the ball back, and they 487 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 1: don't even get a shot because of a really iffy 488 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 1: illegal screen. I had a huge problem with that call. 489 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: But let's get back to the game at large. So 490 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: obviously after the illegal screen, the Knicks closed the game 491 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: out at the foul line that it's over from there. 492 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: Right on the Knicks front, Brunson was just unreal. He 493 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,959 Speaker 1: burnt Andrew embar to a crisp in that game and 494 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: literally forced the Pacers to double team in at the 495 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 1: end in that same matchup, which led to the eventual 496 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: game winner from Dante DiVincenzo. Now the most consecutive forty 497 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: point playoff game since Michael Jordan. That's some rare company 498 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: for you there. I was thinking about this earlier, you 499 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: could make the case that Brunson has been the best 500 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: small guard in the league this year, like last year 501 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: it was Stephen Dane. I think you could say that 502 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 1: that Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell have kind of made 503 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: their move on that corner. Again, it's a small sample. 504 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: You want to see it sustained. But within this season 505 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: the two best small guards have been Jalen Brunson and 506 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell. They've been killing. And on that note, what 507 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: I thought was really interesting. I couldn't believe the stat 508 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: when I saw it. I was scrolling through Instagram earlier today. 509 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: So they are eight teams remaining, right, that means what 510 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: forty starters? Six players out of those forty are over 511 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: thirty years old? How interesting is that? Like the younger 512 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: like when we talk about experience now it doesn't mean, 513 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: it doesn't seem to mean as much like the younger 514 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: guys are taking over the league. Six players over thirty 515 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: in the starting lineups out of forty remaining here in 516 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: the second round, I thought that was super fascinating. Dante 517 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,719 Speaker 1: Di Vincenzo and Josh Hart a bunch of timely scoring 518 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 1: that huge and one late from Josh Hart, got a 519 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: couple of big offensive rebounds to Dante DiVincenzo, not just 520 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: that three really lively as a shot creator all night. 521 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: The starting lineup, just the starters for the Knicks scored 522 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighteen points. And then one of the 523 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: big things that I wanted to shout out, I thought 524 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: Dante DiVincenzo did an unbelievable job on Tyrese Haliburton. And 525 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 1: this kind of goes back to what we were talking 526 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: about with Jamal Murray earlier, but Dante DiVincenzo. When you 527 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: like what happened with Murray, they're pressuring in full court, 528 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: they're randomly trapping in, they're being physical all over the place, 529 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: and it plays Jamal into this like not just poor shooting, 530 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: but poor decision making, right I thought. I thought Halliburton 531 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: was really bad down the stretch of this game and 532 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: super passive throughout, and a big part of that was 533 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: Dante DiVincenzo just got up in his grill, got physical, 534 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: in handsy, and threw him out of whack. He hit 535 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: What was I talking about in the Nugget series, Like, oh, 536 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: they were trying to force pocket passes that weren't there. 537 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: They weren't seeing help defenders that were there. What happened 538 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: with Halliburton at the end of this game. There was 539 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: that random pocket pass that he tried to force when 540 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: nothing was open. It was a turnover. There was the 541 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: play where he was driving along the white the right 542 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,959 Speaker 1: side and og Ananobi was guarding the strong side corner 543 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: and Halliburton just didn't even see him and og went 544 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: in and swiped the ball free. I think that was 545 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: the play where he went down the other end he 546 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: got the dunk. There was like a play where he 547 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: came off a ball screen and picked up his dribble 548 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: for no reason and then threw like this crazy lob 549 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: back across the court to Miles Turner and I'm like, whoa, 550 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,479 Speaker 1: Like he's losing his focus and decision making now, and 551 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: so like again, it's a much smaller version of what 552 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: the Timberwolves did to the Nuggets. But but Dante Divincenzo's 553 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 1: individual defense on Halliburton did a number on the Pacers. 554 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: It was a big part of why they had to 555 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: lean so much on Andrew Nemhart late in the game, who, 556 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: by the way, was really good. But so it worked out. 557 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: But they had to lean a lot on how on 558 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: Nemhard and Siakam late in the game because Devincenzo basically 559 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: like just pressured Haliburton out of it. Now. I know 560 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: Haliburton hadn't really looked the same since he uh, since 561 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: he got back from his hamstring injury, but like this, 562 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: this is playoff basketball, and it looks like it's gonna 563 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 1: be playoff basketball for the foreseeable future. And so Halliburton's 564 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: got it. I don't know if it's putting on a 565 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: little bit more muscle or just getting better at handling 566 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: ball pressure, but he's got to figure that out because 567 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: that problem is not going away in this series. Devincenzo's 568 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: gonna be in his grill in Game two, and he's 569 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: gonna be in his girl in Game three, and he's 570 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: gonna be in his grill in Game four. And if 571 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 1: you somehow get some success on Devincenzo and they switch 572 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 1: him off, it'll probably be a Duce McBride doing the 573 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: exact same thing. On the Pacers front, I was really 574 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: really surprised with the matchups that Indiana went with. I 575 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: talked about before the series. I thought Nie Smith should 576 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,959 Speaker 1: guard Brunson and that they should put em Hard on 577 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 1: Devincenzo and then put Halliburton on Josh Hart. Obviously, some 578 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: rebounding issues there were Josh Hart, but you can rebound 579 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: as a team. There are ways to address that at 580 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: the team level. I thought that a Nie Smith gave 581 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: the best combination of size, strength, physicality and athleticism on 582 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: the ball on Brunson, and I thought Lati Vincenzo, being 583 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: the secondary creator Nemhart would be a good matchup there. 584 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: Nemhart on Brunson I just didn't get. He's not very 585 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: big and he's not very strong. He's a good guard defender, 586 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: but Brunson's playing at an insanely high level. And the 587 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: main thing I noticed early in the game, first possession, 588 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: Brunson just walks him down to the right block and 589 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 1: easily shoots a fade away over the top of him. 590 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: Brunson feels really comfortable shooting over the top of Nemhart. 591 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: Here's why that matters. The Sixers series was not like that. 592 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: Jalen did not feel comfortable shooting a pull up jumper, 593 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 1: like like straight up face to face against Kelly Ubrey 594 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: or Nick Batum to the same degree that he does 595 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: against Nemhart famously in game five, if I remember correctly, 596 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: that was the overtime game, and Brunson tried to shoot 597 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: a pull up three and batom guests and like almost 598 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 1: blocked it, and brunts him threw the ball out of 599 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: bounds because length, length is something that bothers pull up 600 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 1: shots when you're face to face, right, So what Brunson 601 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: did against the Sixers is he found soft spots in 602 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 1: pick and roll. He get batum or ubre in the 603 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: trail position on a ball screen and try to get 604 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 1: some separation in the ball screen, and then he'd hit 605 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: something in the middle before he got to embiid. Very 606 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: different type of shot making, which, by the way, is 607 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: why I talked about in this series the Pacers putting 608 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: more of like a I talked about it after the 609 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 1: Sixers series too, Just more of like a like a 610 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: like a Bruce Brown archetype, like a low center of gravity, bigger, 611 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: stronger guard that can flatten out some of Brunson's drives. 612 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 1: The problem is is when he's too small, like Nemhard, 613 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: he can just too easily shoot over the top, and 614 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: so didn't like that matchup. Dante DiVincenzo was really good 615 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 1: in this whole game. I didn't understand putting I didn't 616 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: understand putting Haliburton on him because Devincenzo was getting comfortable 617 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: and was active as a scorer in this game. One 618 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: of the big things that down the stretch that was 619 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: interesting we talked about from one to fifteen on, but 620 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: a big part of the Nick's scoring down the stretch 621 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: before one fifteen was ghost screens with guard guard screens 622 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: with Dante de vincenz Would we talked about in the 623 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 1: series preview was gonna be a huge part of the 624 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: Knicks offense. They were going to try to get better 625 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 1: matchups regard guard screens. So what they did is they 626 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: kept getting Brunson downhill by having Halliburton's man set the 627 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: screen Devincenzo. Halliburton would hedge, but Halliburton was doing a 628 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: bad job of hedging. Like like, again, your one job 629 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: on the hedge is to cut off the drive, but 630 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,760 Speaker 1: Halliburton was bailing on the hedge and kind of even 631 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: getting in the way of Nemhard. So Brunson was able 632 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: to get downhill easily. And again, Devincenzo scored a bunch 633 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 1: in this game. And so like you want to hedge 634 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 1: and recover on a guy that's not a good movement shooter. 635 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 1: And so that's where it makes more sense for me 636 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: to in my opinion, to put him on Josh Hart. Now, 637 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: of course, if you put him on Josh Hart, you're 638 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: gonna open up some issues on the glass, but again, 639 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 1: Josh Hart was doing damage on the glass anyway. That's 640 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: a team concept. You have to rebound as a team, right. 641 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 1: So a big adjustment that I'm expecting from Indiana either 642 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 1: expecting a game to you were hoping for in game two, 643 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,160 Speaker 1: I would move Nie Smith over to Brunson's so that 644 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: you have a bigger, stronger, taller athlete that can at 645 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 1: least bother Brunson's over the top shooting. Right. Then I 646 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: would put an em Hard on Devincenzo. So if they 647 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 1: run guard guard screens with Devincenzo, you can just switch 648 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,279 Speaker 1: at that point at least or you could try to 649 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: fight through, but or if you hedge and recover, it's 650 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: a better athlete guard who can do a better job 651 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:23,719 Speaker 1: of hedging and recovering out to Devincenzo. And then at 652 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: if you try to bring Josh Hart into those screens 653 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 1: and you have Josh Hart screen and you have Haliburton hedge, 654 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,560 Speaker 1: you don't have to worry about the movement shooting aspect 655 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,360 Speaker 1: that Devincenzo brings to the table. So I'd like to 656 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 1: see the Pacers kind of mix up all their matchups 657 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,400 Speaker 1: in games two, but I guess we'll see. But I 658 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,040 Speaker 1: want to shout a couple guys for the Pacers though. 659 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 1: I thought Aaron NEI Smith was awesome with his slashing, 660 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: especially late in the game. That dunk that he had 661 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: on Mitchell Robinson was disgusting. That was a really really 662 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:55,279 Speaker 1: good playoff dunk. Andrew Nemhard's shot creation late had a 663 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: couple of big time driving layups that were really high 664 00:34:58,080 --> 00:34:59,879 Speaker 1: level plays at a short little pull up jump or two. 665 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 1: It was big time that he stepped up the way 666 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,839 Speaker 1: he did because Haliburton was struggling so much. And then 667 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,440 Speaker 1: Pascal Siakam again, he's got one of the toughest defensive 668 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,919 Speaker 1: matchups in the series because og is kind of constructed 669 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 1: to make him shoot over the top or at least 670 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 1: around him to the sides, and Siakam just had a 671 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,720 Speaker 1: couple of really big shots here, that short pull up jumper, 672 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: the step back late and then he had that big 673 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: scoop layup that got it down to one eighteen, one seventeen. 674 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,239 Speaker 1: So gonna be a really good series. I'd like to 675 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 1: see the Pacers mix up the matchups. Haliburton has to 676 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: be better just in general, regardless of circumstance. Tyres Haliburton, 677 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 1: you're the leader of this team. You have to find 678 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 1: a way to be more impactful offensively, and again, handling 679 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: that ball pressure is gonna be key. But this is 680 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 1: gonna be a really fun series. I think you saw 681 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: some of the advantages that the Pacers have. TJ McConnell 682 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,759 Speaker 1: was unbelievable. TJ McConnell's dribble penetration is just like one 683 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 1: of those things that I think is like a lot 684 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 1: of people in the league don't even realize, Like TJ's 685 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: literally one of the very best guards in the league 686 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 1: at just beating people off the dribble. I was watching 687 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: it tonight, just like cleanly toasting you know, guys like 688 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: Dante Di Vincenzo and Duce McBride off the dribble and 689 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,400 Speaker 1: getting into the lane relatively easily. He's added that, you 690 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,359 Speaker 1: know that little mid range pull up jump shot. He's 691 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,880 Speaker 1: very good passer as well. It's just an unbelievable competitor, 692 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: big time night from TJ McConnell. But again, just like 693 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,000 Speaker 1: shout out to the Knicks, shout out to Jalen Brunson 694 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: playing at the highest four game stretch as a score 695 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:29,120 Speaker 1: since Michael Jordan. Gonna be a fun series, all right, guys. 696 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,680 Speaker 1: I feel like that entire episode is just me yelling 697 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: it was crazy. It was a crazy night, all right, guys. 698 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 1: That is all I have for tonight. I'm planning on 699 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,439 Speaker 1: doing something small tomorrow, just a little bit of film, 700 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,640 Speaker 1: probably on Wolves Nuggets, just talking about how they kind 701 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,920 Speaker 1: of got them out of there, out of whack mentally. 702 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,479 Speaker 1: But I appreciate you guys for supporting the show. Don't forget. 703 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 1: We had series previews earlier this morning for Celtics Cavs 704 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,080 Speaker 1: and MAVs Thunder. You can find that on our YouTube feed, 705 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,160 Speaker 1: and they were also going live tomorrow night after those 706 00:36:55,160 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 1: games Game ones. I will see you guys. Then the 707 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 1: volume