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Speaker 2: Good evening, swimmer, and welcome to the lo' Dungs podcast

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Speaker 2: on the Athletic Network. It's Thursday, May twentieth.

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Speaker 2: Skeets rolling tonight with the homie task Melice.

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Speaker 2: you're right, tass, that was a stinker, which is why we're, uh,

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Speaker 2: I don't know, starting this up a little earlier than

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Speaker 2: end of the Pacers Wizards game, But what's the point.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the Wizards were up what thirty at the end.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we probably could have started at halftime if we're

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Speaker 2: there in the third quarter and the Wizards are moving on.

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Speaker 2: So this is our Eastern Conference Playoff preview and predictions podcast.

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Speaker 2: These are always fun. We break down the series, we

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Speaker 2: ultimately slap our predictions on at the end X team

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Speaker 2: in so many games, that's what everybody wants to know,

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Speaker 2: and I mean what else? It was a blow They

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we have impeccable timing here, though, don't we, Tray,

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Speaker 1: That was That was awesome, Oh, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 5: I was showing the girls the highlights this morning, showing

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Speaker 5: the greatest shot we've ever seen in a play in

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Speaker 1: That's when you show up.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, nobody else is doing a show right now.

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Speaker 2: And here if you are, I guess, yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 2: up tonight's Wizards Pacers game. This photo that you saw

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Speaker 2: It's on TNT. Now, I know some people are gonna go, well,

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Speaker 2: it up TK. You might remember they finished ninth in

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Speaker 2: This was sixteen seventeen?

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Speaker 1: That they were up.

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Speaker 2: Oh that's right, that's right. So but anyway, it is

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Speaker 2: and they're taking on the Sixers. So, Lee, what do

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Speaker 4: Well, probably to the game. It was announced that the

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Speaker 4: say six is in five? I'll give him a.

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Speaker 2: Game, okay, And just to clarify, because I see some

433
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Speaker 2: people in the stream team you said, gentlemen sweep, do

434
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Speaker 2: you think?

435
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Speaker 3: Lee?

436
00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,320
Speaker 2: And now I want to make sure I have this

437
00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:21,720
Speaker 2: right because it's been a while. It's been a whole

438
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Speaker 2: year since it's been dark and serious.

439
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Speaker 6: Here.

440
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Speaker 2: A gentleman's sweep is when you win the first three

441
00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:30,040
Speaker 2: games and then like a good gentleman, you give the

442
00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,480
Speaker 2: fourth game to the opponent who is down three. Always

443
00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,080
Speaker 2: say here you go, uh fine, sir, and dot your cap,

444
00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,480
Speaker 2: your top hat that you're wearing, and then you just

445
00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,520
Speaker 2: win the fifth game. So that's the gentleman. See now

446
00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:45,520
Speaker 2: the doupecs we Lee is franchise for his top hat.

447
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:50,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, everything, it's.

448
00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,000
Speaker 2: In the bedroom. Yeah, you had it in the bedroom.

449
00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,800
Speaker 2: Pull a rap out of this hat. That's my beat

450
00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:05,600
Speaker 2: is sorry, Roxy Lucky, this is late. And the douchebag

451
00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:10,480
Speaker 2: sweep is basically the opposite. That is, when you give

452
00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,880
Speaker 2: lose the first game. You know the Raptors have done

453
00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,440
Speaker 2: this before, lose the first game and then sweep from

454
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Speaker 2: there on out. So I just saw everybody know this

455
00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,240
Speaker 2: gentleman sweep douchebag sweep. They are two separate things. So

456
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Speaker 2: Lee's going with the gentleman sweep tasks go to your

457
00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,320
Speaker 2: next prediction for this Sixers Wizard series.

458
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Speaker 3: I think the Sixers win in four games, and the

459
00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,960
Speaker 3: MVP of the series is going to be Ben Simmons.

460
00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,639
Speaker 3: I think Benny Boy will have lane after lane after

461
00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,480
Speaker 3: lane to go through because two reasons, they're gonna be

462
00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,760
Speaker 3: paying attention to Joel Embiid and also because Westbrook and

463
00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,760
Speaker 3: Biale are going to be gas from number one from

464
00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,760
Speaker 3: the other end and from just having to do so much,

465
00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,399
Speaker 3: and Ben's gonna move off the ball and do what

466
00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,919
Speaker 3: he's done all season. I think Ben will have a

467
00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,680
Speaker 3: real big series Sixers and four.

468
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Speaker 2: Whoa bringing out the brooms early in this late night show,

469
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,000
Speaker 2: TK you go in Sixers in four or five, six

470
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,920
Speaker 2: or seven or come on, baby.

471
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,440
Speaker 1: Oh you set me up for the super sweirl.

472
00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:12,680
Speaker 2: Man, Well, you were talking up this seventeen Bulls being

473
00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:14,800
Speaker 2: two games up on the number one seed of what

474
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,080
Speaker 2: Celtics in that series?

475
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,359
Speaker 5: You know, just imagine stays healthy man, Yeah, exactly, going

476
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:21,840
Speaker 5: who's the rondo.

477
00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,960
Speaker 1: Of the Wizards right now? Ish Smith?

478
00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:24,520
Speaker 3: Yeah?

479
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Speaker 1: Probably, I suppose.

480
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Speaker 5: Okay, you're talking me into it between that and the

481
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Speaker 5: Big plus zero. The Big plus zero that's a great

482
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Speaker 5: nickname for Alex lenn all right, official prediction, give me

483
00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,800
Speaker 5: the Sixers in five. I think they're gonna win this

484
00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:46,200
Speaker 5: series pretty easily. But I can see some extracurcurriculars going

485
00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,760
Speaker 5: down between Westbrook and EMBIID. And honestly, Alex lenn is

486
00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,679
Speaker 5: a feisty guy as well. He likes to mix it up,

487
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,080
Speaker 5: so I could see him picking up an early technical

488
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,640
Speaker 5: on EMBIID. Maybe Westbrook then picks up the second technical

489
00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,840
Speaker 5: on EMBIID somehow a little bit lay then there's a

490
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 5: pathway there to the game being a little bit more even,

491
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,800
Speaker 5: and then yeah, you're looking at a team that has

492
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,679
Speaker 5: two superstars in Westbrook and Beal. Maybe lucky with the

493
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,320
Speaker 5: whistle going their way for once. But yeah, I think

494
00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,600
Speaker 5: the Sixers win this one pretty easily because Embiad's going

495
00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:15,160
Speaker 5: to dominate.

496
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Speaker 2: With Task and Trey on this I'm also going sixers. Sorry,

497
00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,520
Speaker 2: I'm with Lee and Trey on this one. I'm going

498
00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,120
Speaker 2: six Ers in five as well, just for the record there, Yeah,

499
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:26,520
Speaker 2: come on, aren't we going to get a game where

500
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,960
Speaker 2: Bertons can actually hit some three point shots? So, like

501
00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:30,960
Speaker 2: you know, pour in seven and eight, pair it with

502
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,680
Speaker 2: a good Beal game and maybe they pull out one.

503
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,439
Speaker 2: But otherwise this will be a pretty dominant and I

504
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,640
Speaker 2: think at times pretty boring if you want to call

505
00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 2: it that series in the sense that I think we

506
00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,919
Speaker 2: could see some blowouts in this one. Just get you

507
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,720
Speaker 2: just get that vibe. I mean, it's a one eight matchup,

508
00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,160
Speaker 2: so why would you be surprised by that? But I'll

509
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 2: go sixers and five tasks taking sixers in four pulling

510
00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:56,120
Speaker 2: out the brooms. Let's get to the four or five matchup.

511
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,600
Speaker 2: This one is, in theorya gonna be a lot more

512
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Speaker 2: entertained probably than the one eight matchup gets underway. Nix

513
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Speaker 2: HAWKSKA Sunday at seven pm Eastern on TNT Live from

514
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Speaker 2: Madison Square Garden, the best place you could ever go

515
00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,400
Speaker 2: to watch a basketball game, the mecca. The Knicks sweventh

516
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Speaker 2: the season series, though a couple of those games, you know,

517
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,480
Speaker 2: Nate McMillan wasn't even the coach, so they were earlier

518
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Speaker 2: in the year. But keys to the series. Before we

519
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Speaker 2: get to our predictions for Nix Hawks, Trey gets started

520
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Speaker 2: on this one.

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Speaker 5: Well, I think Julius Randall has an opportunity and a

522
00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,159
Speaker 5: strong chance at being the best player in this series.

523
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:37,399
Speaker 5: He was incredible against the Hawks during the year. In

524
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Speaker 5: three games he was over thirty points per game. He

525
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,520
Speaker 5: had two forty point games. He had a game winning

526
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Speaker 5: tip as well. Clearly, I'm tap dancing right now as

527
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:46,960
Speaker 5: I'm trying to pull up these splits here. You know,

528
00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,400
Speaker 5: you mess around with your tabs so much during a show,

529
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Speaker 5: it just throws dames.

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Speaker 4: Like I was saying.

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Speaker 5: Julius Randall thirty seven points per game, twelve rebounds, six assists,

532
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Speaker 5: He had the game winning tip as well. He dominated

533
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Speaker 5: the Hawks the season. There's no doubt about it. They

534
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,120
Speaker 5: just don't have a great matchup for him.

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Speaker 1: Though.

536
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Speaker 5: We'll talk about some things they're gonna do a little

537
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 5: bit later on, I'm sure, but I do think Randall's

538
00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,280
Speaker 5: gonna produce at the very least. The question will be

539
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,840
Speaker 5: where do the Knicks then get all of their other points.

540
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,040
Speaker 5: They've had some great shooting this season. They got five

541
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 5: guys shooting better than forty percent. I think Derek Rose

542
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 5: has a chance to have a really good series here.

543
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Speaker 5: But Skeets, I was listening to your podcast with an

544
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,720
Speaker 5: lgdu set on the first mint. You were talking about

545
00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,919
Speaker 5: guys who have Tyler hero potential. Somebody to explode in

546
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,119
Speaker 5: the playoffs. Who also has a cool factor. Let me

547
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,280
Speaker 5: offer you RJ. Barrett my pick for this season's Tyler

548
00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,960
Speaker 5: hero from three during the season, hit some big shots late.

549
00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,760
Speaker 5: He was at forty seven from the three point line

550
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:46,359
Speaker 5: for the last two months of the season.

551
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Speaker 1: He really heated up.

552
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Speaker 5: The shot seems real and I don't know, he seems

553
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,640
Speaker 5: like a bit of a cool customer after getting called

554
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:53,920
Speaker 5: out by Anthony Edwards.

555
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:54,640
Speaker 1: Give me RJ.

556
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Speaker 5: Barrett to be the secondary star for the Knicks in

557
00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,360
Speaker 5: this series because they've got to figure out a way

558
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 5: to get to base one hundred points. The defense is

559
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 5: going to show up. Randall is likely going to show up.

560
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,960
Speaker 5: Where did the other points come from? Let's see RJ.

561
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:07,919
Speaker 5: Barrett show up.

562
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Speaker 3: I like to be cool and to be another amazing

563
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,720
Speaker 3: Canadian here earlier playoffs the guy along with Dylan Brooks,

564
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 3: along with O Shape or set roll It, and Andrew Wagins.

565
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,040
Speaker 3: Oh hot. I forgot about Andrew Wagans because we didn't

566
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,680
Speaker 3: do his show. But yeah, Argie Barret's a good but yeah,

567
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,600
Speaker 3: especially the Hawks give up three balls pretty pretty easily.

568
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,840
Speaker 3: And RJ. Barrett, Yeah, he's been stroking it real well.

569
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Speaker 3: And even if the defense gets tighter, he makes threes

570
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,359
Speaker 3: with hands in his face. So that's that's that's an

571
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,920
Speaker 3: interesting one. Am I going to change my picnic?

572
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:40,480
Speaker 1: Oh?

573
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Speaker 2: I know, man, I've been going back and forth. Save it,

574
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 2: save it, save it. I will add to your Randall's

575
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,399
Speaker 2: stats there versus the Hawks. This here Trey in the

576
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,879
Speaker 2: suite for New York fifty eight fifty eighty two shooting

577
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,840
Speaker 2: splits too. I mean, Randall wasn't missing against this team.

578
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Speaker 1: Though.

579
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Speaker 2: My key, my X factor, I guess is it is

580
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 2: going to be a little different. I don't know if

581
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,440
Speaker 2: he's going to be putting up those numbers because DeAndre

582
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,639
Speaker 2: Hunter is back for the Hawks, right. He came back

583
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 2: late in the season from the partially torminiscus there and

584
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 2: he got like what three games I believe sort of

585
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,879
Speaker 2: under his belt. I know he played twenty five minutes

586
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,640
Speaker 2: in a pointless game versus the Rockets at the end.

587
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 2: But he is by far the best Hawks one on

588
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,360
Speaker 2: one defender. Gives up a little size to a guy

589
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,440
Speaker 2: like Randall, but I think is the matchup they'll try

590
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,159
Speaker 2: and go with because then it allows you to for

591
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 2: a good chunk of the game at least not have

592
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,240
Speaker 2: Collins on him because that ain't gonna work, and it

593
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 2: allows Capella to stay closer to the rim for guys

594
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,120
Speaker 2: like Rose and you know, the guards that are maybe attacking.

595
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 2: So I like the idea of DeAndre Hunter trying to

596
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 2: slow Randal. I'm excited to see that matchup. Hunter pre

597
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,119
Speaker 2: injury was like getting a lot of buzz as being

598
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 2: like maybe the Hawk's best player when you're considering both

599
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,120
Speaker 2: sides of the ball. I know, Tray's the guy that's

600
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 2: putting up the thirty and tens, but he gives a

601
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,920
Speaker 2: lot of it back. On the other end, Hunter was

602
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,920
Speaker 2: obviously contributing offensively, and he's by far their best defender

603
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,280
Speaker 2: on the perimeter, their sort of wing position, so I

604
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 2: think he's gonna get a lot of the minutes on Randall.

605
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 2: I think in some situations Capella will match up on

606
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 2: him too, but that to me, you know, will be

607
00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 2: well might decided, I don't know. I mean maybe then

608
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 2: you sort of cancel each other ow and it trickles down.

609
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 2: But I just can't wait to see if Hunter is

610
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,920
Speaker 2: for real leally in trying to slow Julius Randall down.

611
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 2: I mean, you can't be going for what Trey said,

612
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 2: you know, the thirty eight, twelve and seven line in

613
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 2: this series or otherwise, I think the next win quite handily.

614
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 2: But I think he and Capella there as a Tannam

615
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 2: will do probably a better job and maybe in some

616
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 2: games at least be able to contain them.

617
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 4: These teams are very, very evenly matched across the board.

618
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,920
Speaker 4: They had exactly the same record wins and lost throughout

619
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 4: the season, and they had the exact same home and

620
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,919
Speaker 4: road records. So and if you go back to their

621
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,119
Speaker 4: last game that they played in New York, the Hawks

622
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 4: were leading by eight to ten points when Trey Young

623
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,399
Speaker 4: went down and didn't return for that game, and then

624
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 4: the Knicks came back and wanted in overtime. So other

625
00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 4: than that, I mean, the Knicks swept the series, and

626
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,399
Speaker 4: they would have won it to one anyway, but it

627
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,159
Speaker 4: just showed that they were so even these teams that

628
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 4: like he can really make a strong case for both teams.

629
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,879
Speaker 4: I think. I think the Knicks have the best player

630
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 4: for this season in the series, and Julius Randall, he

631
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 4: has been outstanding. But Trey Young, I think picked it

632
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 4: up after the All Star Games. Well maybe he was

633
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,879
Speaker 4: feeling a little snub somewhat and so he you know,

634
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 4: responded with that. But I think obviously Nate McMillan was

635
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 4: the biggest change to turning the Hawks season around. Now,

636
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,600
Speaker 4: Nates teams tend to make the playoffs and that's it.

637
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 4: They don't do much more than that. Will that be

638
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,880
Speaker 4: different this season hard to say, really, It's really hard

639
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 4: to say. How much was that just the new coach

640
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,520
Speaker 4: bump versus you know, he really got more out of

641
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,600
Speaker 4: these guys because they were missing Hunter for a lot.

642
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,400
Speaker 4: That missed Cam Reddish as well for a lot. Gallinari

643
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 4: he can shoot, you know, but he does give back

644
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,240
Speaker 4: a little bit too on the other end. So this

645
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 4: is a very very tight series. I think it's going

646
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 4: to be a fun series though. I think we're actually

647
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 4: going to get some pretty close games that come down

648
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 4: to the wire and it's really just going to be

649
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 4: who executes down the stretch better. I think you have

650
00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 4: to give the Knicks defense under Thibodeaux so much credit

651
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,400
Speaker 4: this season, and that could be where it ultimately is

652
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 4: decided on the defensive end. So I'm excited for this series.

653
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 4: I think it's going to be great. I'm down to

654
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 4: the Fortress. I'm going down for at least one game anyway.

655
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 2: Well, I was looking up for ticket prices there earlier today.

656
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 1: Cheap.

657
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,360
Speaker 4: A Sunday. I think we've got a Sunday. I think

658
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 4: we've got a Sunday one o'clock tip off a game

659
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 4: four though, yeah, hopefully it's at least two to one

660
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,200
Speaker 4: at that series doesn't matter who's to just I hope

661
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 4: it's a two to one series, not a three to

662
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 4: zero series. Unless it's the Hawks up three. It will

663
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 4: be nicest thing.

664
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 2: You were actually looking up to buy tickets. You haven't

665
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 2: sent a couple of emails to the Atlanta Hawks organization.

666
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 4: Look even I feel a little bit. Yeah, but yeah,

667
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 4: honestly though, I'm actually excited because both teams have been

668
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 4: really fun to watch again, the Hawks certainly since mcmellan

669
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 4: came over, and the Knicks this year. I mean r J.

670
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 4: Barrett Tas mentioned him there. He has been so much

671
00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 4: fun to watch. Derek Rose has been great Emmanual He's

672
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 4: also been super fun to watch. So you know, I

673
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 4: think this is this is gonna be a really good song.

674
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,120
Speaker 2: Well, it's awesome task because both of these teams haven't

675
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 2: been in the playoffs for a long time. So you

676
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 2: got that, and they're going head to head and one

677
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 2: of them is gonna move on in the second round.

678
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 2: That's huge, especially if you said at the start of

679
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 2: the season that would be the case. I think both

680
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 2: fan bases and organizations would take that automatically like what, yeah,

681
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,480
Speaker 2: sign us up. And then you do have some like

682
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 2: crazy fan bases too. I know. You know, of course

683
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 2: Knicks fans are they're they're they're a beast, right, I mean,

684
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 2: they are rightfully fired up for this this team, the

685
00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 2: way they play and how they play and being in

686
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 2: there and having some fans in Madison Square Garden. But

687
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 2: there are like these die hard Hawks fans here. Maybe

688
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,000
Speaker 2: it'scause we're in Atlanta. Like they're already going back and

689
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 2: forth at each other on Twitter. It's great and I'm

690
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 2: here for it.

691
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 3: So we getting are we getting to Larry lou oh Man,

692
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 3: the v who.

693
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 2: We were taking some shots as well, because you're talking

694
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 2: Larry versus lives. We were taking some shots because we

695
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 2: were pointing out like, hey, maybe the Hawks don't want

696
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 2: to open up the arena because guess what, it's going

697
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 2: to be full of Knicks fans. Because we've seen it firsthand.

698
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 2: There's a with with those fan bases at least there's

699
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 2: a lot of people that are that are just transplants

700
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 2: or make the way down here or whatever and fill

701
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 2: the arena and or cheering for the opposite team, not

702
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 2: the Hawks anyway. So people were like, that's why he's not.

703
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 1: Hitting up his sources because he's playing on wearing his knicks.

704
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 2: Yes, that's true, that's true, as John starks, that's a

705
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 2: good point. But anyway, tess what's your what's your key

706
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 2: to the actual series here? We're fired up for it,

707
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 2: as you can tell, but what's your key?

708
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 3: Well? I saw also that the Knicks Va mark Stein

709
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 3: has sold their first two games at fifteen thousand seats

710
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 3: per game, so MSG will be rocking. That's that's such

711
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 3: a high network came out of nowhere. NYC opened it

712
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 3: up like crazy. So the Knicks defense will be pumped

713
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 3: up and ready to play against the very talented Hawks team,

714
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 3: who is a more talented team than the New York Knicks.

715
00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 3: I think they they have more offensive even though they

716
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 3: have the same record. The nixt defense has just been

717
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 3: steady all year, so can the Hawks pick up their defense?

718
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 3: A little bit. Is that something that kind of gets

719
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 3: turned up in the postseason while the Knicks, you know,

720
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 3: advantage that they've had all year kind of gets negated

721
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,959
Speaker 3: a little bit, because the offensive ability of the Hawks

722
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 3: could win out if that happens, if they can turn

723
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 3: it up a little bit. And it starts with the

724
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 3: guards for the Hawks. Not only Tree Young, but bog

725
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 3: Dan Bogdanovic has been so freaking good the last couple

726
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,760
Speaker 3: months under Nate McMillan. They're just running so many things

727
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 3: for him. He's coming off the ball. It's just a

728
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 3: hard duo to stop. And so I wonder who guards them.

729
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 3: There's you know, we've thrown out a bunch of names.

730
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 3: Alfred Payton starts for this team, and then are we

731
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 3: going to get even a frank Nei la Keen out

732
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 3: there as a defensive stopper? And Derrick Rose is going

733
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 3: to finish games because he is clearly their number two

734
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 3: offensive player behind Julius Randall. They need him out there,

735
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 3: even though they've got a bunch of other weapons who

736
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 3: can hit threes. And Derek Rose hurt his ankle recently,

737
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 3: so I think there there's some holes there for the

738
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 3: Hawks to jump through. They have so many freaking offensive

739
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 3: weapons that they can light it up, and that I

740
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 3: think the there isn't really a good game that shows,

741
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 3: you know, what these two teams are facing off like

742
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 3: from their season series. I mean, as we've talked about,

743
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 3: but that third game where the Hawks would have won

744
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 3: with Trey Young if he did finish that game, I

745
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 3: think that's the best example. I think if the Hawks

746
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 3: can pick up the intensity they can, they can sort

747
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 3: of balance out with the Knicks have done all season

748
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 3: and yeah, they just they just got to keep that

749
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 3: guard play up. And I wonder if the Knicks can

750
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 3: stop those dudes. Yeah, they're just frecking on fire.

751
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 2: The Knicks usually close with Randall, Barrett Rose, like you said,

752
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 2: Nerlens Noel as they're big, and then Reggie Bullock is

753
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 2: like their other guards, so I assume he's going to

754
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,240
Speaker 2: get the responsibility of like sticking to a train, Young,

755
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 2: sticking to a Bogdanovic, one of the guards there at

756
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 2: least trying to contain them. That's been their their best

757
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 2: lineup all season for the Knicks, and it's been really

758
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 2: really good for them. The Hawks, on the other handle,

759
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,920
Speaker 2: you think this is going to be like a close series.

760
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,920
Speaker 2: In terms of just even close games, that may not

761
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 2: bode well for the Hawks. This has got to be

762
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 2: a Schumann stack because it's very detailed. But Atlanta's been

763
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 2: outscored by fifty eight points in the final five minutes

764
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 2: of thirty one possession games, second worst only to the Pistons. Yeah,

765
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 2: so you know, again, things can change, of course, and

766
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 2: you're into the playoffs, so I throw those really out.

767
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 2: But they haven't fared all that well in these really

768
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 2: really tight one possession games. And again, I think a

769
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 2: lot of us agree that these are We're gonna get

770
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 2: a whole bunch more of these, so we'll see if

771
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 2: the Hawks can get off of that sort of track there,

772
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 2: because that's not good at all. You don't want to

773
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 2: be down with the Pistons when it comes to one

774
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 2: possession sort of scoring numbers and outcomes. So not good.

775
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 3: But it feels like a lot of those were the

776
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 3: first half.

777
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 2: They probably are.

778
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:59,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, sure, yep, yeah, you expect if Bogdanovich and Gallinari

779
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 4: are on the floor that it's going to be their

780
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,200
Speaker 4: offensive lineup anyway. I mean, they might do a little

781
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,359
Speaker 4: defense for offense there, but just to give Trey Young

782
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,320
Speaker 4: some options because if those guys are on the perimeter,

783
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 4: especially bog Danovich, you'll be confident with him getting a

784
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 4: shot off. So it's just I guess Coppell is probably

785
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 4: in there, and then maybe one of the guys like

786
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 4: DeAndre Hunter or Cay Camer Reddish. But that's that's really

787
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 4: was the problem in the first two seasons there for

788
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 4: Trey Young is that he just didn't seem to have

789
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 4: anyone to pass the ball to with confidence. Well, he's

790
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 4: got those guys now and Gallinari. We saw for the

791
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 4: Thunder last year he was actually pretty good for them.

792
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 4: I don't have the stats handy, but it certainly felt

793
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 4: like Chris Paul was comfortable going to him to get

794
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 4: them a bucket Layton game. So that's what the.

795
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 2: Horns Gullinari MSG two Yeah.

796
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: Years returned to the cop.

797
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:43,799
Speaker 4: Yeah, Yeah, he doesn't. You know, he looks he looks

798
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 4: about a hundred years old on defense, but on offense,

799
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 4: he can still shoot. If he's open, you know, he

800
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 4: can knock it in. Yeah.

801
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 2: I mean it might just come down to yeah, like

802
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,359
Speaker 2: Randal we know is going to probably still get his

803
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 2: even if he's contained a little bit by Hunter. But

804
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 2: can all these other guys that you're saying keep up

805
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:00,840
Speaker 2: with the Hawks who have a lot of them offensive firepower.

806
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 2: You're gonna have Capella big beefing out there for sure,

807
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 2: beef every week. No, I mean, that's the Hawk thing

808
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 2: right now. And of course all these shooters like they

809
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 2: should be able to continue to score against still a

810
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:16,239
Speaker 2: great Knicks team defensively, you know, but for whatever reason,

811
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 2: a lot of teams can't hit threes against Knicks this year.

812
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 2: So meanbe we'll see if that continues with the Hawks

813
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 2: with all their shooters. But let's get to predictions task.

814
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 2: You go first again. I've been flippedlopping left and right

815
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 2: on this one all day long. Nix Hawks, Knicks Hawks,

816
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 2: Nix Hawks. Where do you go?

817
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 3: It's a it's a real tough one. I don't like

818
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 3: the fact that MSG has added fans don't like that

819
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 3: for the Hawks prediction. But I'll stick with my initial

820
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 3: feeling that the Hawks shooters will be able to shoot.

821
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:47,359
Speaker 3: And I guess my stubborness that I don't believe in

822
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,879
Speaker 3: all this of the supporting casts of the next team

823
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 3: that continues to produce. It's not just RJ. Barrett with

824
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 3: his career season, who is balling, but guys like Reggie

825
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 3: Bullock who have increased their three point percentage like crazy

826
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:07,240
Speaker 3: undertips and obviously along with Julius Randall, I just believe

827
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 3: in the Hawks offense and their defense pick it up enough.

828
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 3: I'll take the Hawks in six.

829
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 2: Hawks in six. Kaka, he says, TK, you go next.

830
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 1: So you got ooh, I'm so conflicted.

831
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 5: This is the Lee Ellis tough One Memorial series. Every

832
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 5: game it feels like is gonna be close, especially with

833
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:25,839
Speaker 5: I don't know, feels like we saw the Knicks play

834
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 5: a ton of close games down the stretch. Like you're saying, task,

835
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 5: we saw a lot of close Hawks games over the

836
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 5: entirety of the season. I kind of do think that

837
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,839
Speaker 5: Madison Square Gardener is gonna play a factor in this

838
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 5: series as well. Skeets, I know you just compared to

839
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 5: Knicks fans and Hawks fans, but you said MSG was

840
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,720
Speaker 5: the greatest place you could ever think to even watch

841
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 5: a basketball game. You didn't say quite the same about

842
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 5: State Farming Arena. I have to say, and I mean,

843
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:57,839
Speaker 5: we got fifteen thousand going crazy. If you're thinking this

844
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 5: is a seven game series, that would be huge.

845
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 3: M hm.

846
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 2: So you're on NIX and you're going next and seven.

847
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 2: It sounds like you're getting there. Man, you can get that,

848
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 2: I know, but task me, honestly, task me.

849
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 5: It's such a good case, and I'm really looking forward

850
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 5: to seeing Trey Young play in like a high leverage situation.

851
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,439
Speaker 5: I think he's going to thrive there, but it could

852
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 5: certainly go the other way.

853
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:19,240
Speaker 3: Give me the Knicks and seven.

854
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,800
Speaker 2: Wow? I mean again, Yeah, looking around the internet listening

855
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 2: to other podcast it does feel lee that those are

856
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 2: the two most common predictions for this series, Trey's NIX

857
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 2: and seven or Tassas Hawks and six. I mean a

858
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 2: lot of people don't like to pick the road team

859
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 2: in a Game seven victory, So I get it. Where

860
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 2: are you going with it?

861
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm going the same. I'm giving the edge to

862
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,360
Speaker 4: the Knicks because they do have home court advantage. And

863
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,919
Speaker 4: this is something we talked about just before the PLAYFF saying,

864
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 4: these two teams really probably look at each other, fancy

865
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 4: each other, think yeah, we can take this other team.

866
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 4: But it really could come down to something as simple

867
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 4: as who gets that potential Game seven on their home court.

868
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 4: And that's why I do lean towards the Knicks. I agree.

869
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 4: I think the first two games, that crowd is going

870
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 4: to be going crazy. There might be a few nerves,

871
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 4: of course, but you know, we've never seen Trey Young

872
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 4: in this situation. He's got a lot of responsibility on

873
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,399
Speaker 4: his shoulders. But I think the Knicks, if they can

874
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 4: just hold serve in this series, that will be enough.

875
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 4: But you know Tassa's pick of Hawks and six, I

876
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 4: think that is also key if because Game six of

877
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 4: course would be in Atlanta if that was the case,

878
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 4: And so if the Hawks can steal home court advantage

879
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 4: in one of these first two games, that is really

880
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:29,919
Speaker 4: their key to winning the series, to get a chance

881
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 4: to close out at home down at the Fortress. But

882
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 4: I think I'm going with the Knicks. I think just

883
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 4: home court Game seven at home at the Garden, I

884
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 4: think they do it well.

885
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 2: I have to go this series in seven because I

886
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 2: was saying it like three weeks ago when we thought

887
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 2: these two teams would meet in an eventual playoff series,

888
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,800
Speaker 2: and I'm multimately going to go nix and seven. I'm

889
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,240
Speaker 2: with you, guys, I think that home court advantage actually

890
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 2: is going to help here. It's tough because there's so

891
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 2: many like you said, the nerves Lee, like, not just

892
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 2: for Trey Young, I mean Julius Randalls first, like obviously

893
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 2: real season moment here, a lot of guys on these teams,

894
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 2: some rooks, you know, and quickly, like I said, Rji

895
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 2: Barrett's never been play in the playoffs, of course, like

896
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 2: who has been? It's like Rose Cappella Gallinari. Yeah, Tosh you.

897
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 3: Have right, sweet sweet loup.

898
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 4: Yeah.

899
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go nix and seven. But man, this

900
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 2: one is very difficult. You can just flip a coin

901
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 2: in all Austin. I see people saying it's not going south.

902
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 2: I think it's going the distance this one, because I

903
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 2: think they're both great teams. They are. They're really fun teams.

904
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 3: That's it. Listen. A huge factor for me is where

905
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:36,000
Speaker 3: we live. Let's be honest. I'm picking my home team.

906
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 3: That's definitely a big part of it. Just I just

907
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 3: don't want to pick against them, have done it before.

908
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 3: It's just not fun. But you know, even if the

909
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 3: Knicks give up one, they have they have a stinky

910
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 3: three point shooting game. Yeah, these guys who have hit

911
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 3: shots all year maybe have a bad game in Game

912
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 3: one or Game two. I still don't trust the Hawks

913
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:58,240
Speaker 3: to win Game three and Game four at no. It's

914
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 3: like it's just going to go back and forth all

915
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 3: freaking series long. So who the heck knows what this well?

916
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 2: Nate McMillan already find twenty five thousand dollars too heading

917
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:11,319
Speaker 2: into this series for detrimental public comments asserting bias by

918
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:13,399
Speaker 2: the NBA relating to the playoffs. Just a fancy way

919
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,919
Speaker 2: to say that. He was saying, Oh, yeah, NBA wants

920
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 2: the Knicks in there. Of course they want the Knicks

921
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:19,880
Speaker 2: to move on to the second round. Oh yeah, we

922
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 2: don't have a chance. You know, I'm paraphrasing, but that's

923
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 2: basically what he's getting digged the twenty five k here for.

924
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 2: So that gives it a little juice already. I gotta

925
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:31,440
Speaker 2: say the TIMS has a lot of days here to

926
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 2: game plan for the Hawks, which is, you know, all

927
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 2: he's done is probably been watching film this entire time here,

928
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 2: So that's a plus maybe in the coaching department. And

929
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 2: Nate macmillen, you slipped it in there, Lee, but you

930
00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 2: didn't have the stats. His teams are one and eleven

931
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 2: in their last twelve playoff games. Coach mac millon teams. Now,

932
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,359
Speaker 2: there's been injuries that come into play, but he's won

933
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 2: one playoff series in nine chances and has a seventeen

934
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 2: and thirty six coaching record. But you can say this

935
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 2: is the best team he's had in a long long time.

936
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 4: Whill be so wonder how many of those games he's

937
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 4: had home court advent all those serials because he technically

938
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 4: you technically had it against the page against the heat

939
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 4: last year, But we won't count that one.

940
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 2: Why won't we count that one?

941
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 4: Well, different circumstances because it's in the bubble. Yeah, good point,

942
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, Betts, Like it was TJ. Warren in that

943
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 4: I can't remember because he was so.

944
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 5: Hot, Jimmy, but TJ Warren, right yeah, yeah, right yeah.

945
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:25,839
Speaker 4: But anyway, we'll see, uh, good serials. I'm glad we've

946
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 4: got this years because one of these teams is going

947
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 4: to be in the second round. I'd be feeling pretty

948
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,399
Speaker 4: good about themselves, even though they're going to run into

949
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 4: the sixes. But that's great. That's what playoff basketball is

950
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,279
Speaker 4: all about, all right, he.

951
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:41,360
Speaker 2: Playoffs, that's going down to. Okay, let's get to nets

952
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:45,080
Speaker 2: Celtics two seven matchup. This one starts Saturday night, eight

953
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 2: pm Eastern. This one's getting the primetime slot there on

954
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:48,560
Speaker 2: eb C.

955
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:49,080
Speaker 3: Oh.

956
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 2: Hello, that's Celtics Brooklyn Boston. Brooklyn sweat Boston in their

957
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:57,240
Speaker 2: three regular season meetings, winning by an average of fifteen points.

958
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,880
Speaker 2: And correct me, I'm wrong. I don't think they had

959
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 2: all three superstars in any of those games. It was

960
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 2: a real mix and match. But anyway, they got the

961
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:07,840
Speaker 2: victories and all of them task key to the series here,

962
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 2: you know, for the Celtics either pulling off the upset

963
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 2: or the Nets taking care of business.

964
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm going to stay away from the keys. I'll

965
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 3: let you guys talk about the basketball part of it.

966
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 3: I think I think the Nets are actually just taking

967
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,680
Speaker 3: this four or five games, whatever it is, just to

968
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 3: get acclimated with each other. And that I know that's

969
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 3: the Celtics.

970
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 2: Hi, Kevin, Yeah, he Ken?

971
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:40,240
Speaker 3: Yeah's Actually my quote here from Steve Nash just points

972
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:42,759
Speaker 3: everybody out by their first name, so I guess he

973
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 3: knows their names. But Steve Nash said this past weekend, Kai, keV, James,

974
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,320
Speaker 3: and Joe, I don't think any of those guys have

975
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:55,360
Speaker 3: played with Nick or Blake Claxton or Blake Griffin. The

976
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,920
Speaker 3: point is these guys, they really the Big Three have

977
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 3: played eight frickin' games together, and that trickles down to

978
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:06,359
Speaker 3: so many lineups and the fact that they're here in

979
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 3: this two seed. It just shows how freaking good they are.

980
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 3: Obviously we all know that, and I think for us

981
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:15,359
Speaker 3: basketball nerds, it's a good sign that he said all

982
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,320
Speaker 3: that because it means the Big Three plus Joe Harris,

983
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,320
Speaker 3: those four are going to play with either Nick Clackson

984
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 3: or Blake Griffin at the center spot. Nash said, you're

985
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 3: guaranteed to see those lineups in the playoffs. What you know,

986
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,560
Speaker 3: a lot of basketball nerds thinks think are their best lineups,

987
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 3: their best two lines, especially Nick Claxton, who's there, you know,

988
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:36,439
Speaker 3: the perfect guy who doesn't need to touch the ball

989
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 3: ever on the offensive end. And Blake is showing that

990
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,879
Speaker 3: he can, you know, be really into games when he's

991
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:46,759
Speaker 3: on a championship type team. So we'll get to, you know,

992
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,120
Speaker 3: the guys who actually need to do stuff for the

993
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 3: Celtics to have an absolute chance, and how terrible I

994
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:54,879
Speaker 3: think the matchups are for the Celtics. But really, when

995
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:56,439
Speaker 3: it comes down to it, I think when we look

996
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:58,880
Speaker 3: at this five six games from now, it's going to

997
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 3: be about the Brooklyn's just being able to say, Kai, keV, James, Joe,

998
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 3: you guys are on the floor together and you know,

999
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 3: get to know where each other are. Because even when

1000
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 3: Kevin Durant got to play against the Celtics recently eight,

1001
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 3: it was nine to fourteen. It's a smoke show. Everything's

1002
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 3: going to be a smoke show with this team. Let's

1003
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,479
Speaker 3: be honest. I mean, everybody's gonna score and no one's

1004
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 3: going to be stopped on this Nets team. It's there's

1005
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:29,760
Speaker 3: not enough firepower on the other side. So unfortunately, that's

1006
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 3: my storyline for this series. I don't like to say it.

1007
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:35,920
Speaker 3: I don't want to talk about that, but the Celtics

1008
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 3: just they ain't the Celtics we thought they were going

1009
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,719
Speaker 3: to be months ago. It's just they're just not that.

1010
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's unfortunate Jellen Brown's not playing in this. Otherwise

1011
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 2: you like start talking to yourself into maybe a series here.

1012
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:49,440
Speaker 2: But Trey, what's what's the key to you on either

1013
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:49,920
Speaker 2: side of this?

1014
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 5: Well, task nail that it's not about the x's and o's,

1015
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 5: it's about the Kai, the Kevin, the James and the Jims.

1016
00:45:57,880 --> 00:45:58,760
Speaker 1: There's a lot.

1017
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:02,399
Speaker 5: More names right now now for the Brooklyn Nets, which

1018
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 5: is why I actually agree with what Musa is saying

1019
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 5: here in the stream team that.

1020
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 1: The Celtics will win one of these games.

1021
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,359
Speaker 5: If Jason Tatum has an all time great game, and

1022
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 5: that to me is the key here. Tatum has to

1023
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 5: completely ball out and be at worst the second best

1024
00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 5: player in this series for the Celtics to have a chance.

1025
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:22,719
Speaker 5: After that game against the Wizards, they're playing game, he said,

1026
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:24,080
Speaker 5: I came out and I wanted to be the best

1027
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:26,200
Speaker 5: player in the game. He proved that he had a

1028
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 5: fifty burger, a nice tasty burger, and we've seen in

1029
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 5: the past that he's able to elevate his game to

1030
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:34,719
Speaker 5: a level, a superstar level in the playoffs. We saw

1031
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:37,160
Speaker 5: the guy dunk on Lebron in his rookie year. He

1032
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,719
Speaker 5: has risen to the moment time and time again, but

1033
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 5: there have also been a lot of times in the bubble. Notably,

1034
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 5: I think that he would have a great half and

1035
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:49,080
Speaker 5: then in okay half, something along those lines, you know,

1036
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 5: like a great start to a game and a poor

1037
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:53,799
Speaker 5: finish or the complete opposite. He didn't put together a

1038
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:56,560
Speaker 5: lot of whole games last year. But I do think

1039
00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:59,360
Speaker 5: that Tatum is a really solid player. He's built a

1040
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:01,719
Speaker 5: playoff rep already and I think he has a chance

1041
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 5: to add to that playoff rep by really performing against

1042
00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 5: the Nets team that's going to be a huge favorite

1043
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 5: in this I think Tatum can go off, and I

1044
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 5: think it can be beneficial almost to the Celtics defense

1045
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 5: if he's making it that Kevin Durant has to guard him,

1046
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:16,800
Speaker 5: that he has to put a little bit of effort

1047
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:17,799
Speaker 5: in defensively.

1048
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:19,600
Speaker 1: Maybe that takes away a little.

1049
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:21,719
Speaker 5: Bit of the Nets firepower and that's the way the

1050
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 5: Celtics can steal a game. Basically, it's got to be

1051
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,800
Speaker 5: Tatum time for the entirety of this series if the

1052
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:29,280
Speaker 5: Celtics are going to pull off any sort of an upset.

1053
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:32,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'd agree with that. That makes sense. I'll keep

1054
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,200
Speaker 2: it going here. The key to me is Kemba then

1055
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 2: has to be like the number two guy on the

1056
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 2: Celtics with a bang. He has to step up huge

1057
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:41,200
Speaker 2: for them to have any chance in this series. Because

1058
00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:44,200
Speaker 2: let's say, let's pretend I'm pretending a little bit, but

1059
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:48,120
Speaker 2: like you're saying TK that Tatum on his best day

1060
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:50,440
Speaker 2: in three or four games in a series, can like

1061
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 2: counter KD like can be comparable in terms of scoring

1062
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 2: at his level. Again in some games, well then you

1063
00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:01,279
Speaker 2: need Kemba to basically counter Kyrie, who's, by the way,

1064
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:03,800
Speaker 2: loves playing against the Boston Celtics and kicking their ass

1065
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:06,400
Speaker 2: for many many reasons. So you need Kemba to like

1066
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:09,960
Speaker 2: match what Kyrie's doing. Unfortunately, of course with the Betown Boys,

1067
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 2: that still leaves Harden. But hey, maybe Marcus Smart can

1068
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,960
Speaker 2: get in his head and Harden has a few clunkers

1069
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:18,760
Speaker 2: that we know he can do in a playoff series,

1070
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 2: and Marcus Smart for whatever reason, catches fire and takes

1071
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 2: and hits six or seven threes like I've seen him

1072
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:25,719
Speaker 2: doing against the Raps before. This is what has to have.

1073
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:27,680
Speaker 2: I mean, Kemba just has to be awesome. He was

1074
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:29,919
Speaker 2: wicked in the play in game twenty nine points, seven

1075
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 2: boards to assist, two steals, hit six threes. The Celtics

1076
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:37,080
Speaker 2: need this every game or every at least victory. You

1077
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:40,160
Speaker 2: need it four times where Tatum and Kemba out of

1078
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:42,839
Speaker 2: like the five stars now in this game because there's

1079
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 2: no Jaalin, they have to be like if it's the

1080
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,839
Speaker 2: old hockey thing task where you're doing three stars when

1081
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:49,239
Speaker 2: they come out on the ice and they put their

1082
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 2: stick up in the air, like you need two Celtics

1083
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 2: in there four out of seven games. It has to

1084
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:57,399
Speaker 2: be Tatum and Kemba. It can't They then maybe another Net,

1085
00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:59,319
Speaker 2: but it needs that, and I just don't think it's

1086
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:02,760
Speaker 2: gonna happen, of course four times, but maybe once or twice.

1087
00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:06,000
Speaker 2: Kember's got to be special, Lely. In my opinion, he

1088
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:07,960
Speaker 2: only played in one game against the Nets this season

1089
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:09,800
Speaker 2: two Again, don't want to put too much in the

1090
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,239
Speaker 2: regular season, but he's been awesome over the last couple

1091
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,239
Speaker 2: of weeks. We were talking about heading into playing games

1092
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 2: when he was averaging. He had a good playing game.

1093
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:20,600
Speaker 2: He just has to be really really special here to

1094
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:23,480
Speaker 2: pair with a great Teatum to win enough games to

1095
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:24,880
Speaker 2: make this a series in my opinion. But what do

1096
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:25,439
Speaker 2: you got, Lely?

1097
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:28,279
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think this one's actually not going to be

1098
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 4: all that close, and largely because Jalen Brown's not there.

1099
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:32,960
Speaker 4: They're missing their second best player of the Celtics and

1100
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:35,319
Speaker 4: he's their best defender as well, so that hurts them

1101
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 4: a lot. We know, Look, I'll make it. I'll make

1102
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:39,880
Speaker 4: some sort of a case here for the Celtics. We

1103
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:42,040
Speaker 4: know that the Nets don't want to have to try

1104
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:44,360
Speaker 4: too hard on defense. They want this game to be

1105
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 4: They want to put up one hundred and forty points

1106
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:48,200
Speaker 4: and say, if you can score one hundred and forty

1107
00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 4: four bost then you can win this game. But that's

1108
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:51,640
Speaker 4: going to be tough for them. So I would say,

1109
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:54,640
Speaker 4: if you're Brad Stevens and you're the Celtics, just try

1110
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 4: to make this as slow a game as possible and

1111
00:49:57,440 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 4: keep it somewhat close, because then maybe Kembic can close

1112
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:02,440
Speaker 4: it out, maybe Jason Tatum can close it out. Though

1113
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 4: that's where it's going to come from. But if this

1114
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,239
Speaker 4: is a track meet, good Night Boston, this one's going

1115
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,160
Speaker 4: to be all over because that's what the Nets really

1116
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:11,720
Speaker 4: want to do. They just say they don't care about

1117
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:14,839
Speaker 4: defense unless they absolutely have to play it. Otherwise they're

1118
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,760
Speaker 4: happy to just go out there and just let everyone

1119
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,960
Speaker 4: go for thirty thirty five points. You know, they've had

1120
00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 4: some injuries, of course, you know, every all three of

1121
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,080
Speaker 4: the Big three have had some sort of time off

1122
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 4: or missed games for whatever reason. But I think they're

1123
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:29,400
Speaker 4: going to be ready fresh, and they want to make

1124
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:31,320
Speaker 4: a statement too, I think to the Eastern Conference. I

1125
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:33,360
Speaker 4: think they want to send a message to the other teams, like,

1126
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:35,920
Speaker 4: you know, this is ours this season, and I think

1127
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:38,800
Speaker 4: they're going to do that early on against the Celtics.

1128
00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:43,040
Speaker 4: So yeah, this is I think this series is it's

1129
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:44,919
Speaker 4: kind of going to be boring because I really don't

1130
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 4: think the Celtics, no matter how well they play, I

1131
00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:49,840
Speaker 4: don't even think they can take a game, to be honest,

1132
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 4: I think I think the Nets just I think the

1133
00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:53,359
Speaker 4: Nests just hamm of them in this one.

1134
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:55,920
Speaker 2: You're going Celtics, excuse me, nuts and for.

1135
00:50:56,480 --> 00:50:59,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so. I just think there's too much

1136
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:01,840
Speaker 4: of a responsibility falls on Jason Tatum and Kemba Walker

1137
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:04,080
Speaker 4: to try to have to keep up the scoring, and

1138
00:51:04,719 --> 00:51:06,480
Speaker 4: I just don't see it happening. So yeah, I've got

1139
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:08,640
Speaker 4: the Nets in a pretty easy swite.

1140
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:12,279
Speaker 2: Okay, fair enough. The defense is interesting, I mean, maybe

1141
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:14,279
Speaker 2: not in this serious task, but moving on, Like it

1142
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,840
Speaker 2: feels like we're not talking about the Nets ranked twenty

1143
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:20,719
Speaker 2: second defensively in the league. Like remember we used to

1144
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 2: make a big deal out of that when like a

1145
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:23,480
Speaker 2: team was out of the top ten, a team with

1146
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:27,440
Speaker 2: title aspirations that we'd be like, well, it almost never happens.

1147
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:29,839
Speaker 2: Almost never happens, like what the Lakers did it one

1148
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:32,600
Speaker 2: year right where back in the Shaq Kobe I think

1149
00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 2: they were ranked I don't know off the top of

1150
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:36,319
Speaker 2: my head, but they were ranked quite low defensively in

1151
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:37,960
Speaker 2: terms of defense rating, and they went on to win

1152
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:40,000
Speaker 2: the title. But it generally doesn't you need to have

1153
00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:43,360
Speaker 2: like an above average if not of course good or

1154
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:46,440
Speaker 2: elite defense, and the nets have turning on I guess

1155
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:50,000
Speaker 2: as of late, but still twenty second in the league

1156
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:52,440
Speaker 2: is quite low. They are not a defensive juggernaut. But

1157
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:54,759
Speaker 2: I guess my point is like we're not talking about

1158
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:57,000
Speaker 2: it because no one cares because of what they can do.

1159
00:51:57,080 --> 00:51:58,440
Speaker 2: On the other hand, like you said, where they're just

1160
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:00,399
Speaker 2: going to score a ton of points, even they never

1161
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 2: even played in games together.

1162
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:05,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we know, we just know as basketball

1163
00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:08,160
Speaker 3: fans they can win. It doesn't it doesn't matter. They

1164
00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:10,960
Speaker 3: can still pull it off. And you talk about the defense,

1165
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,919
Speaker 3: one of their holes is or the weaknesses I guess

1166
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:16,960
Speaker 3: I should say is against little water bug kind of

1167
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:19,440
Speaker 3: guards like a kemba walker. He could get into the

1168
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:23,120
Speaker 3: lane and score. But on the other side, I don't

1169
00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:26,120
Speaker 3: think a guy by the name of Kemba has ever

1170
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:28,879
Speaker 3: held up the stick and won one of the top

1171
00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:31,320
Speaker 3: stars of a game. Well been one of the three stars.

1172
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:34,400
Speaker 3: But on the other side, Kevin, A, James, A Joe,

1173
00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:41,080
Speaker 3: they've definitely held up the stick. Well, a man by

1174
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:43,839
Speaker 3: the name of That's what I'm saying, a man by

1175
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:47,279
Speaker 3: the name of Kemba as a Kemba ever won a

1176
00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:56,359
Speaker 3: top three star of Again, now, Jason probably we got

1177
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:58,160
Speaker 3: a Joe Thornton Harris on the other side. Okay, not

1178
00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:02,000
Speaker 3: hockey talk anyway, It's what thinks for the Celtics is yeah,

1179
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:05,200
Speaker 3: Kemba has to go off. But for Jason Tatum, he's

1180
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:08,399
Speaker 3: gonna have to guard Kevin Durant. I mean, that's that's

1181
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:10,839
Speaker 3: what it comes down to. They got nobody else, and

1182
00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:13,239
Speaker 3: so he's got to be the number one score and

1183
00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:16,880
Speaker 3: the number one stopper on Kevin Durant. And and I

1184
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:19,600
Speaker 3: mean the you know, tray painted the rosy picture like

1185
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 3: maybe if you know Jason Kevin Durant can can struggle

1186
00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 3: a little bit on the defensive end, that would help.

1187
00:53:27,239 --> 00:53:30,000
Speaker 3: If he's gotta guard Tatum. But at least they have

1188
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 3: some other guys, like they can throw out Jeff Green.

1189
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,400
Speaker 3: You know, if if just to save Kevin Durant a

1190
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:37,960
Speaker 3: little bit, they can try and you know, slow him

1191
00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 3: down with their center who's not a center, and Bruce

1192
00:53:40,160 --> 00:53:43,000
Speaker 3: Brown a little bit, and they'll throw Nick Claxon on him.

1193
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:46,680
Speaker 3: Maybe they have options. Well, the Celtics don't, So Tatum's

1194
00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:49,480
Speaker 3: got to be amazing. Kemba's got to be amazing. It's

1195
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:53,040
Speaker 3: just it's just too much. And yeah, that's enough breaking it.

1196
00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:59,680
Speaker 3: I agree. Ah, yeah, I don't want to say another sweet,

1197
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,080
Speaker 3: but sweep it up. Sweep it up, Trey.

1198
00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:04,080
Speaker 2: What are you doing? You got some crumbs on the

1199
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:05,040
Speaker 2: ground there? What are you doing?

1200
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:08,919
Speaker 5: I got no crumbs. I got some beans. A couple

1201
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:12,799
Speaker 5: of beans over here, just two beans. Give me the

1202
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:14,960
Speaker 5: Nets in six games. I've got a lot of belief

1203
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:16,680
Speaker 5: in Tatum. I think kem BA can have a nice

1204
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:19,280
Speaker 5: game as well. And like Lee is saying, the Nets

1205
00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:22,560
Speaker 5: don't want to play defense. They will play defense. They've

1206
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,239
Speaker 5: had some solid defensive outings, but do they want to.

1207
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,440
Speaker 1: No, of course not. They want to try and outscore you.

1208
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:29,760
Speaker 5: And if that's the case, there's a chance the Celtics

1209
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:31,799
Speaker 5: have a couple of hot games as well in those

1210
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:33,920
Speaker 5: very same games when the Nets are not committed on

1211
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:36,640
Speaker 5: the defensive end, and maybe things work out the right

1212
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:41,200
Speaker 5: way for the Celtics in a couple of those fifty situations.

1213
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:43,760
Speaker 5: So yeah, I can see the Celtics stealing a couple

1214
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:46,279
Speaker 5: of games, but I think this is ultimately going to

1215
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:47,560
Speaker 5: be a pretty one sided series.

1216
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:49,960
Speaker 1: So give me the nets in six. Okay?

1217
00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:52,160
Speaker 2: Who wow? Yeah, I not seen a lot of those.

1218
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:53,759
Speaker 2: I'll go nets in five. I think you're seeing that

1219
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:56,279
Speaker 2: one a lot more than six. I haven't seen a

1220
00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:59,280
Speaker 2: single person pick the Celtics. I don't think you will.

1221
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:01,600
Speaker 2: But six is given a little credit there to of

1222
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:04,239
Speaker 2: course Tatum and Kemba to a pull some oe or

1223
00:55:04,239 --> 00:55:06,200
Speaker 2: maybe it's the opposite. Yeah, just saying that the nets

1224
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:07,800
Speaker 2: are checked out for a couple of games there or

1225
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:09,799
Speaker 2: something like that. We will see. Okay, I got nuts

1226
00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:11,840
Speaker 2: in five though. Let's hear all your predictions in the

1227
00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:16,960
Speaker 2: stream team final one as we start to wrap this up.

1228
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:19,480
Speaker 2: It is maybe the best one Bucks and Heat. It's

1229
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:23,359
Speaker 2: the rematch gets underway two pm Eastern on Saturday, Game

1230
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:26,319
Speaker 2: one tipping then Bucks won the season series. But but,

1231
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:30,040
Speaker 2: but Jimmy Butler missed all three games so he could

1232
00:55:30,080 --> 00:55:31,840
Speaker 2: work out in the gym. Did you see the photo

1233
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:36,200
Speaker 2: of Jimmy going around on Twitter today? Ley, My goodness, gracious,

1234
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:40,759
Speaker 2: he's he said, he is stupidly locked in right now.

1235
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 2: Stupidly locked He's actually like can't get out of the gym,

1236
00:55:45,239 --> 00:55:47,880
Speaker 2: Like he hit the weight room. I think that's what happened.

1237
00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:50,120
Speaker 2: He's like, well, I guess I'll just lift some more weight.

1238
00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:53,160
Speaker 2: Somebody locked me in here. That photo was insane. But

1239
00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:57,680
Speaker 2: I'm excited for this one Milwaukee Miami three six matchup.

1240
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:02,800
Speaker 2: The Bucks had a chance task to like possibly dodge

1241
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:05,920
Speaker 2: the heat over the last week there. You know, they said, no,

1242
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:08,680
Speaker 2: we want you. I think their ownership came out actually

1243
00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:10,880
Speaker 2: even said like, I know we're not running from you.

1244
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:12,800
Speaker 2: We ain't do what the Clippers are doing with the Lakers.

1245
00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:17,160
Speaker 2: We want to exercise the demons. Let's go round one, baby.

1246
00:56:17,719 --> 00:56:20,040
Speaker 2: But what's your key to this? What should be a

1247
00:56:20,120 --> 00:56:20,840
Speaker 2: very fun series.

1248
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:24,400
Speaker 3: It should be you know, we all think back to

1249
00:56:24,520 --> 00:56:28,879
Speaker 3: last year when it was it was a gong show

1250
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:30,640
Speaker 3: really for when it comes down to it, for the

1251
00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:33,680
Speaker 3: Milwaukee Bucks, they got run over. They got trampled, but

1252
00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:36,879
Speaker 3: the heat supporting cast it doesn't look the same as

1253
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:39,600
Speaker 3: it did last year around Jimmy Butler and bam Adebayo.

1254
00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:43,440
Speaker 3: Last year, if you remember it, those guys around those

1255
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:46,280
Speaker 3: two were scorching hot. In round number two, Jay Crowder

1256
00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:49,720
Speaker 3: was hitting shots from everywhere and playing great defense. Tyler

1257
00:56:49,840 --> 00:56:53,320
Speaker 3: Hero was in an incredible flow. You know, we're talking

1258
00:56:53,320 --> 00:56:58,120
Speaker 3: about Tyler Hero being traded for amazing players like Tyler

1259
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:01,040
Speaker 3: Heroes straight up for you know, even my Porter Junior

1260
00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:03,880
Speaker 3: or or that's how great he was playing. Gordon Dragach

1261
00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:06,480
Speaker 3: was his you know, his Phoebus self. He was playing

1262
00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:10,319
Speaker 3: out of this world. Even Kelly Olinick was good. And

1263
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:12,879
Speaker 3: and look at look at all those guys. Now, Jay

1264
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:15,640
Speaker 3: Crowder is gone, being replaced by an older Trevor Resa.

1265
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:18,400
Speaker 3: Tyler Hero just hasn't played that way Goran Dragach. Can

1266
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:20,600
Speaker 3: he flip the switch because he he did that last

1267
00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:24,400
Speaker 3: year going into the playoffs, Kelly Olinick traded for Victor Oldipo.

1268
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:27,200
Speaker 3: He's injured. That hasn't worked out, so uh, you know,

1269
00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:29,560
Speaker 3: the main guys were from there. This isn't a series

1270
00:57:29,560 --> 00:57:32,520
Speaker 3: about Kelly Olinick, but it's about Hero and dragas can

1271
00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:34,800
Speaker 3: those guys just turn it up. Last year they had

1272
00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:37,440
Speaker 3: a round to warm up against the Pacers, they swept them.

1273
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:40,800
Speaker 3: They got into a flow. I you know, I want

1274
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:42,480
Speaker 3: to buy into the bubble Heat that they can just

1275
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:46,000
Speaker 3: turn it on, and even even the last couple of

1276
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:48,400
Speaker 3: weeks they have looked like those guys, but I just

1277
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:52,720
Speaker 3: I just don't buy it. And even like on the

1278
00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:55,840
Speaker 3: defensive end, you know, Crowder replaced by the older Trevor Reza,

1279
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,160
Speaker 3: is he going to be able to chip in against

1280
00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:01,240
Speaker 3: Yanni's like like Jay Crowder did. I'm not so sure.

1281
00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:05,240
Speaker 3: They still have Duncan Robinson obviously, but I think the

1282
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:08,680
Speaker 3: Bucks should feel more confident that they are a deeper team.

1283
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:13,320
Speaker 3: Uh And they shoot the three ball incredibly well. They've

1284
00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:16,360
Speaker 3: picked that up. They have changed that about themselves. That's

1285
00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:19,800
Speaker 3: that's one big change. They just shoot the three. It's

1286
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:22,560
Speaker 3: kind of like the Jazz have done, and the Heat

1287
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:25,200
Speaker 3: give up a lot of threes. So I think they

1288
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:27,680
Speaker 3: feel different than last year, and they should, Like I

1289
00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:29,840
Speaker 3: don't know if all these guys around Butler and Adebayo

1290
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:34,200
Speaker 3: can really don't really just pick it up immediately out

1291
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:36,080
Speaker 3: of the gate. I think that that sweep of the

1292
00:58:36,080 --> 00:58:40,080
Speaker 3: Pacers really helped the pacer that heat understand who they

1293
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:42,960
Speaker 3: were last year. So I'm not sure. I'm not sure

1294
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:45,160
Speaker 3: that happens this year. I just I don't see it.

1295
00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:46,760
Speaker 2: Trey, What are you watching in this one?

1296
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:47,680
Speaker 1: Oh?

1297
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:51,440
Speaker 5: You know, I'm watching Jimmy Butler skeezz Arena. Cannot wait

1298
00:58:51,560 --> 00:58:53,480
Speaker 5: to see my guy again.

1299
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:56,560
Speaker 1: Stupidly locked in. What kind of a quote is that?

1300
00:58:57,360 --> 00:59:01,360
Speaker 3: Those were those arms real? I don't know, su photoshop, Yeah,

1301
00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:02,320
Speaker 3: I don't know.

1302
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:05,560
Speaker 2: Maybe JD, can you look for that foot while we're

1303
00:59:05,560 --> 00:59:06,480
Speaker 2: talking about it, because.

1304
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:09,120
Speaker 5: He acidentally left his keys in his bag. He got

1305
00:59:09,160 --> 00:59:11,600
Speaker 5: stupidly locked in the gym, and you can see the results.

1306
00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:14,920
Speaker 5: He's pumped. Man, is the guy's looking huge? No surprise.

1307
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:17,760
Speaker 5: We talked about it on the show recently. Under the Radar.

1308
00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:20,919
Speaker 5: Great season probably from all that weightlifting. This is maybe

1309
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:23,640
Speaker 5: the best season of Jimmy Butler's career, a career high

1310
00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:26,440
Speaker 5: and assists. He led the league in steals almost fifty

1311
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:28,800
Speaker 5: percent from the floor, and like you said, t Us,

1312
00:59:28,800 --> 00:59:30,960
Speaker 5: the heat kind of did turn it on a little bit.

1313
00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:32,760
Speaker 1: They finished twelve and four.

1314
00:59:32,920 --> 00:59:36,160
Speaker 5: But the difference this year with the Bucks is that

1315
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:38,960
Speaker 5: now he's going to have to face Drew Holiday rather

1316
00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:41,840
Speaker 5: than the big name being Chris Middleton followed up by

1317
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:46,760
Speaker 5: Eric Bledsoe. You know, Drew Holliday is a similar style player,

1318
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:49,720
Speaker 5: I would say to Jimmy Butler, Drew has his lowest

1319
00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:50,960
Speaker 5: usage rate in forever.

1320
00:59:51,040 --> 00:59:52,080
Speaker 1: His efficiency is up.

1321
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:54,919
Speaker 5: He's at fifty percent from the field, almost forty percent

1322
00:59:54,960 --> 00:59:55,320
Speaker 5: from three.

1323
00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:56,800
Speaker 1: The defense is great.

1324
00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:58,640
Speaker 5: The Bucks are going to have the luxury of being

1325
00:59:58,680 --> 01:00:01,440
Speaker 5: able to use him on whoever is ballin. You know,

1326
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:04,480
Speaker 5: if Dragas is having a great game, Drew Holliday can

1327
01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:07,960
Speaker 5: guard Goran Dragic and Middleton can try and stick Butler.

1328
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:10,880
Speaker 5: If heroes going off, try Drew Holliday. But when it

1329
01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:13,000
Speaker 5: comes down to it, I think Drew and Jimmy are

1330
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:15,360
Speaker 5: gonna be sticking each other. They are a good match

1331
01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:18,280
Speaker 5: for the quickness, the speed, the strength, the way they

1332
01:00:18,320 --> 01:00:21,560
Speaker 5: go about things. Drew Holiday makes the Bucks so much

1333
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:24,640
Speaker 5: more difficult to guard and really gives Jimmy something else

1334
01:00:24,640 --> 01:00:27,240
Speaker 5: he's got to be doing, which means Jimmy's gonna have

1335
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:28,160
Speaker 5: to work even harder.

1336
01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:30,760
Speaker 1: Does that means he's going to be even more the man? Maybe?

1337
01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:31,840
Speaker 1: So we shall see.

1338
01:00:32,120 --> 01:00:35,439
Speaker 5: But this matchup has changed in the Bucks favor this year.

1339
01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:38,120
Speaker 5: Just upgrading to Drew Holliday is going to be huge

1340
01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:40,919
Speaker 5: because now it means Jimmy's got to elevate his game

1341
01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:43,480
Speaker 5: just a little bit more to win that matchup.

1342
01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:45,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we maybe we don't forget Eric Bledsoe

1343
01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:49,320
Speaker 2: shot thirty three percent from the field. He was three

1344
01:00:49,360 --> 01:00:52,040
Speaker 2: in this series last year. I mean he was thoroughly

1345
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:55,680
Speaker 2: ill played by Drugitch Fiba Dragitch, Yes, but even normal

1346
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:58,880
Speaker 2: Drags was kicking Eric Bledsoe's ass. And now it's Drew Holliday, who, Yeah,

1347
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:02,800
Speaker 2: you're putting on Jimmy Butler their best player, and you know,

1348
01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:04,720
Speaker 2: he says he should be Defensive Player of the Year.

1349
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:06,960
Speaker 2: This is like I should be Defensive Player of the

1350
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:09,959
Speaker 2: Year series because now we got Bam Tonight was left

1351
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:14,280
Speaker 2: off the finalists list that TNT announced and Bam was

1352
01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:17,280
Speaker 2: tweeting ha ha, like he's pissed now. So that's not

1353
01:01:17,360 --> 01:01:19,320
Speaker 2: good for you, honest, But Drew thinks he should be

1354
01:01:19,400 --> 01:01:21,000
Speaker 2: Defensive Player of the Year. As a guards, that's not

1355
01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:24,120
Speaker 2: good for Jimmy. You know, hopefully we get some eighty

1356
01:01:24,160 --> 01:01:26,960
Speaker 2: five to eighty four games here lately. But I do

1357
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:29,280
Speaker 2: agree with what the guys are saying, Like, I expect

1358
01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:31,520
Speaker 2: some of these Heat players that performed last year in

1359
01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:34,280
Speaker 2: the series against the Bucks really throughout the entire postseason

1360
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:36,760
Speaker 2: to not get to the level they did, because I

1361
01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:38,640
Speaker 2: think the bubble was the perfect setting for a team

1362
01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:41,200
Speaker 2: like Miami. We talked about it before it it just

1363
01:01:41,240 --> 01:01:44,480
Speaker 2: worked for those type of guys in that Heat culture.

1364
01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 2: Now they're not there, and yeah, PJ. Tuckers in from Milwaukee, obviously,

1365
01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:50,840
Speaker 2: Drew Holliday, you know, even Bobby Portos Britain Ford, Like

1366
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:53,400
Speaker 2: it is a different squad even how they play. They've

1367
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:56,680
Speaker 2: approached their defensive schemes a little different and even what

1368
01:01:56,720 --> 01:01:59,560
Speaker 2: they're doing offensively. So the Bucks, I think I liked

1369
01:01:59,600 --> 01:02:01,440
Speaker 2: that they didn't dodge them. We're scared of them, Like

1370
01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:03,880
Speaker 2: they're saying all the right things, But is this just

1371
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:06,080
Speaker 2: the case where the Heat, especially we're led by their

1372
01:02:06,080 --> 01:02:08,000
Speaker 2: main dog there, their alpha dog and Jimmy Butler, like

1373
01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:11,160
Speaker 2: they just got their number because BAM's awesome against Giannis

1374
01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:14,400
Speaker 2: and Deeve obviously had their reps in the postseason before,

1375
01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:16,520
Speaker 2: Like is that the key? They just they just can't

1376
01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:19,120
Speaker 2: and then they just can't beat them for whatever reason.

1377
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:22,320
Speaker 4: Well, I think, if I remember correctly, all four of

1378
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:25,000
Speaker 4: us actually picked the Heat to upset the Bucks down

1379
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:26,720
Speaker 4: there in Orlando because you could sort of see the

1380
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:28,600
Speaker 4: riding on the wall a little bit. It's like, you know,

1381
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:31,000
Speaker 4: Eric LEDs, is he a playoff performer? You know, Jimmy

1382
01:02:31,040 --> 01:02:33,160
Speaker 4: Butler wants this. There's no home court advantage that the

1383
01:02:33,200 --> 01:02:36,960
Speaker 4: Bucks should have. And also, my key is here, Mike Budenholzer,

1384
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:39,440
Speaker 4: their coach. What is he going to do if the

1385
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:41,920
Speaker 4: Bucks fall behind early? Because one of the problems he's

1386
01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:43,880
Speaker 4: had in the playoffs, he's been very rigid. He hasn't

1387
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:45,840
Speaker 4: change the way they play, and he also sort of

1388
01:02:45,920 --> 01:02:49,200
Speaker 4: plays his guys regardless of the situation. He goes ten

1389
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:51,960
Speaker 4: or eleven deep when everyone's screaming you got to tighten up.

1390
01:02:51,960 --> 01:02:54,120
Speaker 4: I think Kyle Korb played thirty seven minutes in one

1391
01:02:54,160 --> 01:02:55,840
Speaker 4: game against the Miami. He shout out to Kyle, I

1392
01:02:55,840 --> 01:02:57,720
Speaker 4: saw him this morning at dusk. Will drop off too.

1393
01:02:57,760 --> 01:03:04,320
Speaker 4: But you can't know them. You just you know, he's

1394
01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:06,440
Speaker 4: not really the sort of guy who should be out

1395
01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:08,959
Speaker 4: there playing that many minutes in a playoff series. He's

1396
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:10,600
Speaker 4: the sort of like we need someone to knock in

1397
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:13,040
Speaker 4: a three need someone to just change the offense round.

1398
01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:15,880
Speaker 4: But what will coach Budenholzer do because this series, if

1399
01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:18,720
Speaker 4: they lose, then I think he's done as the Milwaukee

1400
01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:21,800
Speaker 4: Bucks head coach. They shouldn't lose. They've actually had I

1401
01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:24,080
Speaker 4: think a pretty good season in the end. You know,

1402
01:03:24,160 --> 01:03:25,960
Speaker 4: had some ups and downs, like everyone did. But I

1403
01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 4: think over all, the fact that they got back on track,

1404
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:30,000
Speaker 4: they got to that number three seed, they didn't dodge

1405
01:03:30,040 --> 01:03:31,560
Speaker 4: the heat, they weren't going to sort of try to

1406
01:03:31,600 --> 01:03:34,280
Speaker 4: avoid them. And this team is better because of those

1407
01:03:34,280 --> 01:03:36,200
Speaker 4: guys you mentioned. You know, Drew Holiday was brought in

1408
01:03:36,240 --> 01:03:38,160
Speaker 4: because it's like, we believe in you at both ends

1409
01:03:38,200 --> 01:03:40,040
Speaker 4: of the floor, and I think I think that's a

1410
01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:43,160
Speaker 4: much better upgrade over Eric led Soo. PJ. Tucker came

1411
01:03:43,160 --> 01:03:44,880
Speaker 4: in late, and even Bobby pored us off the bench

1412
01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:46,960
Speaker 4: has actually given them some decent minutes at times here.

1413
01:03:47,040 --> 01:03:50,120
Speaker 4: So I think the Bucks should feel a lot more

1414
01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:53,440
Speaker 4: confident this season that whatever down there in the bubble,

1415
01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:56,760
Speaker 4: they just never really got into their groove. But Budenholzer

1416
01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:59,720
Speaker 4: cannot panic, and he also can't be sort of too

1417
01:04:00,360 --> 01:04:02,080
Speaker 4: strict in the way that he's like, you know what,

1418
01:04:02,200 --> 01:04:04,240
Speaker 4: I play these guys throughout the regular season. We're not

1419
01:04:04,240 --> 01:04:06,200
Speaker 4: going to change his gup. You've got to change things

1420
01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:08,880
Speaker 4: up if if it requires it in the postseason then

1421
01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:11,080
Speaker 4: because if he if he just stays too loyal to

1422
01:04:11,120 --> 01:04:13,200
Speaker 4: those guys, he could find himself in a hole. And

1423
01:04:13,240 --> 01:04:15,360
Speaker 4: I think the Bucks, it's very important they don't drop

1424
01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:17,479
Speaker 4: one of the first two games here in Milwaukee, because

1425
01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:20,480
Speaker 4: that's just going to be Jimmy. Just that's what Jimmy wants.

1426
01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:22,480
Speaker 4: He's going to get his big face coffee. He's going

1427
01:04:22,560 --> 01:04:23,200
Speaker 4: to be stuck there.

1428
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:25,400
Speaker 3: Jeez.

1429
01:04:25,640 --> 01:04:29,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe it's real, you don't at least boiled up.

1430
01:04:30,560 --> 01:04:34,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, but that's the thing.

1431
01:04:34,680 --> 01:04:36,520
Speaker 4: You don't want to give Jimmy a chance in this

1432
01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:38,880
Speaker 4: series for him to be like, right, we've got these

1433
01:04:38,880 --> 01:04:40,880
Speaker 4: guys now coming down to Miami. If it's one one

1434
01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:44,480
Speaker 4: that really plays into Jimmy, they've they've got to you know,

1435
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:47,480
Speaker 4: obviously stay ahead in the series. I think Milwaukee because

1436
01:04:47,480 --> 01:04:49,440
Speaker 4: if the if the Heat get ahead, then I think

1437
01:04:49,480 --> 01:04:51,920
Speaker 4: it could be very tough in Milwaukee to sort of

1438
01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:53,640
Speaker 4: claw their way back in. But if they can just

1439
01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:55,640
Speaker 4: keep their nose in front of the heat, that's their

1440
01:04:55,640 --> 01:04:56,160
Speaker 4: best tance.

1441
01:04:56,440 --> 01:04:59,600
Speaker 2: Just quickly orj has a good question. Is there is

1442
01:04:59,640 --> 01:05:03,000
Speaker 2: there like a special school down here in Atlanta for

1443
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:06,880
Speaker 2: kids of three points specialists you and Corver there.

1444
01:05:07,720 --> 01:05:09,840
Speaker 4: He gives me a hey out the window. I just

1445
01:05:09,840 --> 01:05:11,840
Speaker 4: give him the all of the cases moment.

1446
01:05:12,760 --> 01:05:13,040
Speaker 3: Cool.

1447
01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:15,600
Speaker 4: No, I don't. I don't blow cases to him.

1448
01:05:17,120 --> 01:05:19,200
Speaker 3: I figured you gave him a peace site did you

1449
01:05:19,200 --> 01:05:21,080
Speaker 3: give him a peace? Because when you were telling the story,

1450
01:05:21,120 --> 01:05:23,120
Speaker 3: you said, I saw Kyle like you throw off your

1451
01:05:23,160 --> 01:05:24,200
Speaker 3: two fas.

1452
01:05:24,560 --> 01:05:25,200
Speaker 1: I was walking.

1453
01:05:25,240 --> 01:05:27,040
Speaker 4: I was just walking across the road and he pulled

1454
01:05:27,040 --> 01:05:28,440
Speaker 4: over and he had that. He had his head out

1455
01:05:28,440 --> 01:05:31,160
Speaker 4: and said like that, that's just my sort of like,

1456
01:05:31,240 --> 01:05:33,280
Speaker 4: it's not it's not, I mean it is a that's

1457
01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:33,600
Speaker 4: just my.

1458
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:39,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's what shout out to cal Korba hopefully's watching.

1459
01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:43,080
Speaker 2: My key to this. I'm gonna keep this very simple

1460
01:05:43,120 --> 01:05:44,960
Speaker 2: before we get to our predictions and wrap this one up.

1461
01:05:45,080 --> 01:05:45,560
Speaker 4: Uh.

1462
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:50,600
Speaker 2: Giannis, for now two consecutive postseasons has been despite being

1463
01:05:50,800 --> 01:05:52,680
Speaker 2: back to back m v P s Uh. You know,

1464
01:05:52,680 --> 01:05:53,960
Speaker 2: he's not winning it this year, but you know I'm

1465
01:05:53,960 --> 01:05:56,040
Speaker 2: talking about the last two. He's been out played by

1466
01:05:56,080 --> 01:05:57,600
Speaker 2: Kawhi in a series and then he was play by

1467
01:05:57,640 --> 01:05:59,840
Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler in a series. It was a two time

1468
01:05:59,880 --> 01:06:02,440
Speaker 2: in you're not gonna wear this year. But again, you

1469
01:06:02,480 --> 01:06:04,840
Speaker 2: got Jimmy, you got to be the man. You got

1470
01:06:04,880 --> 01:06:06,960
Speaker 2: to be the best player by far in this series. Now,

1471
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:08,480
Speaker 2: you know, he got injured last year at the end

1472
01:06:08,480 --> 01:06:10,720
Speaker 2: there and that sucked. But that mid range jumper's got

1473
01:06:10,720 --> 01:06:12,600
Speaker 2: to fall a little more consistently. He's got to get

1474
01:06:12,640 --> 01:06:14,600
Speaker 2: to the line, which you will, but he's got to

1475
01:06:14,680 --> 01:06:17,160
Speaker 2: hit what do you want Lee seventy five percent plus

1476
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:20,320
Speaker 2: at least of his free throws at this point. You

1477
01:06:20,360 --> 01:06:22,960
Speaker 2: know that's you know, he takes forever while he's there.

1478
01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:25,760
Speaker 2: That sure slows the game down. But he's got to

1479
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:27,960
Speaker 2: hit him at a you know, a pretty good clip

1480
01:06:27,960 --> 01:06:30,320
Speaker 2: and I'll take seventy five percent. He just needs to

1481
01:06:30,360 --> 01:06:32,680
Speaker 2: be the number one guy in this series. It can't

1482
01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:34,880
Speaker 2: be Jimmy. You can't be like we saw that photo.

1483
01:06:34,920 --> 01:06:37,400
Speaker 2: It's got we gotta be talking about Yannis doing the

1484
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:41,800
Speaker 2: clenching or pooping photo showing off his muscles more than

1485
01:06:41,800 --> 01:06:43,520
Speaker 2: we're talking about Jimmy, who had just jumped in the

1486
01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:46,080
Speaker 2: pool to take his photos. So but that won't be

1487
01:06:46,080 --> 01:06:48,720
Speaker 2: easy because Bam and the and he obviously have a

1488
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:51,320
Speaker 2: great game plan, and they did have Crowder last year.

1489
01:06:51,320 --> 01:06:53,280
Speaker 2: I'm with your task. I don't think Arisa is quite

1490
01:06:53,360 --> 01:06:56,640
Speaker 2: up to a Crowder's level defensively there being a little older,

1491
01:06:56,720 --> 01:06:59,680
Speaker 2: not as like strong as Jay Crowder is. But Yannis,

1492
01:06:59,840 --> 01:07:02,439
Speaker 2: this is a shoe stat only average sixteen point seven

1493
01:07:02,440 --> 01:07:05,680
Speaker 2: points per game, his lowest scoring average against any Eastern

1494
01:07:05,680 --> 01:07:09,440
Speaker 2: Conference opponent against the Miami there it is. Maybe this

1495
01:07:09,520 --> 01:07:11,440
Speaker 2: is how we should decide this series. They just have

1496
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:14,959
Speaker 2: like a flex off or something like that. Wow wow

1497
01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:22,080
Speaker 2: wow you go with Manis bigger muscles, Jimmy bigger veins.

1498
01:07:22,120 --> 01:07:25,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, I got it right the vasculature.

1499
01:07:25,600 --> 01:07:28,680
Speaker 2: But yeah, I'm excited to see if Bam can can

1500
01:07:28,800 --> 01:07:31,320
Speaker 2: slow Giannis down. And I think for the Bucks to

1501
01:07:31,360 --> 01:07:33,200
Speaker 2: move on, Giannis has to get the best of him

1502
01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:35,560
Speaker 2: in a lot of these despite Bam being a defensive

1503
01:07:35,560 --> 01:07:37,680
Speaker 2: player of the air well. I was gonna say finalist,

1504
01:07:37,760 --> 01:07:40,480
Speaker 2: but probably top five. He finished on the outside of

1505
01:07:40,520 --> 01:07:43,000
Speaker 2: the top three. Can't wait for it though, but let's

1506
01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:46,280
Speaker 2: wrap it up. Predictions time heat Bucks task you go first?

1507
01:07:46,320 --> 01:07:48,320
Speaker 2: It is the rematch. You think they get revenge here

1508
01:07:48,360 --> 01:07:50,400
Speaker 2: with the new squad in there, with Drew and PJ.

1509
01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:53,080
Speaker 2: Or do the Heat just have their number led by

1510
01:07:53,120 --> 01:07:57,720
Speaker 2: those sick veins of Jimmy's arms.

1511
01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:02,880
Speaker 3: Yeah. No, I wanted to make a Vericoats joke, but

1512
01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:04,960
Speaker 3: there's nothing really there. Why am I?

1513
01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:05,760
Speaker 1: Why am I.

1514
01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:08,560
Speaker 3: Forcing'm verico.

1515
01:08:11,360 --> 01:08:14,800
Speaker 2: Chains's a lot.

1516
01:08:14,680 --> 01:08:22,559
Speaker 3: Of uh I got nothing? Uh hem globe. Yeah, anyway,

1517
01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:25,479
Speaker 3: I got the bucks. I think they should feel like

1518
01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:27,479
Speaker 3: it's a brand new team. I think they will have

1519
01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:30,800
Speaker 3: that sort of feeling. You mentioned those guys just right now,

1520
01:08:30,880 --> 01:08:36,000
Speaker 3: Drew Holiday and PJ. Tucker over Eric Bledsoe and whoever

1521
01:08:36,040 --> 01:08:37,720
Speaker 3: they were trying to squeeze in their whether it was

1522
01:08:37,760 --> 01:08:44,280
Speaker 3: Wesley Matthews. They they have. They have this this this

1523
01:08:44,560 --> 01:08:47,080
Speaker 3: this new year. That's it's fresh for them. I think

1524
01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:50,120
Speaker 3: it feels good. I think, yeah, what we're banking on

1525
01:08:50,200 --> 01:08:51,720
Speaker 3: here is sort of them being sort of like a

1526
01:08:51,760 --> 01:08:54,360
Speaker 3: mental block, like they can't beat this this Heat team.

1527
01:08:54,400 --> 01:08:57,080
Speaker 3: But home court is going to be big. They will

1528
01:08:57,120 --> 01:08:59,240
Speaker 3: be playing at home. There will be fans in the

1529
01:08:59,280 --> 01:09:06,280
Speaker 3: Pfizer and that's not a vaccination uh stadium, that's five

1530
01:09:06,479 --> 01:09:11,439
Speaker 3: zerv Forum. It's an entirely different arena. And yeah, I

1531
01:09:11,479 --> 01:09:14,040
Speaker 3: think they should be super super comfortable. I think Janny

1532
01:09:14,280 --> 01:09:17,280
Speaker 3: has to make quicker decisions this year. I think that's

1533
01:09:17,320 --> 01:09:20,400
Speaker 3: what is really key for them. You know, he's gonna

1534
01:09:20,400 --> 01:09:21,920
Speaker 3: get into lane, he's going to see a wall. He's

1535
01:09:21,920 --> 01:09:24,320
Speaker 3: just got to move that thing. And I think the

1536
01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:28,400
Speaker 3: Bucks will follow through with a bunch of threes if

1537
01:09:28,439 --> 01:09:31,040
Speaker 3: he does that, and the heater haven't been quite to

1538
01:09:31,080 --> 01:09:33,639
Speaker 3: that same level. Bucks and six for.

1539
01:09:33,640 --> 01:09:36,519
Speaker 2: Me, Bucks in six. Shout out to Brandon Jennings Trey,

1540
01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:37,200
Speaker 2: who do.

1541
01:09:37,160 --> 01:09:38,360
Speaker 4: You got against the Heat?

1542
01:09:38,840 --> 01:09:43,160
Speaker 2: Believe it was tk prediction for this.

1543
01:09:43,960 --> 01:09:48,559
Speaker 5: I'm feeling insane in the men's veins. I'm liking Jimmy

1544
01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:51,000
Speaker 5: Butler in the Heat. I think that they have turned

1545
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:54,280
Speaker 5: it on a little bit here. This shot about forty

1546
01:09:54,720 --> 01:09:58,120
Speaker 5: from three during the month of May. It's just nine games,

1547
01:09:58,120 --> 01:10:00,400
Speaker 5: but if you're going to shoot forty percent, it'd be

1548
01:10:00,479 --> 01:10:03,080
Speaker 5: nice if it was the nine games heading into the playoffs.

1549
01:10:03,160 --> 01:10:04,600
Speaker 1: Like I said before twelve.

1550
01:10:04,280 --> 01:10:07,639
Speaker 5: And four, Jimmy has been turning it on since being

1551
01:10:07,640 --> 01:10:09,280
Speaker 5: out of the lineup for a lot of the early

1552
01:10:09,320 --> 01:10:10,160
Speaker 5: part of the season.

1553
01:10:10,920 --> 01:10:12,000
Speaker 1: Heat in seven.

1554
01:10:12,200 --> 01:10:16,160
Speaker 2: Wow. Going on the road taking care of business in Milwaukee.

1555
01:10:16,280 --> 01:10:19,200
Speaker 2: What a pick Lee? Where are you going Milwaukee or

1556
01:10:19,240 --> 01:10:20,240
Speaker 2: Miami with this one?

1557
01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:23,400
Speaker 4: I think Jannis Vans are gonna make it rain and

1558
01:10:23,479 --> 01:10:25,439
Speaker 4: cause Jimmy and the Heat pain and the Bucks win

1559
01:10:25,560 --> 01:10:36,960
Speaker 4: in seven games. Yeah, you know, this is another one.

1560
01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:38,320
Speaker 4: Throughout the day, I was like, I think I'm going

1561
01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:40,479
Speaker 4: to pick the Hate. I just feel that this is

1562
01:10:40,479 --> 01:10:42,840
Speaker 4: another sort of one where and even Yannis is saying,

1563
01:10:43,720 --> 01:10:45,400
Speaker 4: I hope it's different. I don't know if it will

1564
01:10:45,439 --> 01:10:49,320
Speaker 4: be different from last season. There's I think again, there's

1565
01:10:49,400 --> 01:10:52,160
Speaker 4: so much more pressure on Milwaukee because they should advance,

1566
01:10:52,240 --> 01:10:55,160
Speaker 4: They're expected to advance. They have the best player in

1567
01:10:55,200 --> 01:10:57,280
Speaker 4: this series, if you know, I mean, Yiannis is the

1568
01:10:57,320 --> 01:11:01,320
Speaker 4: better player. Jimmy maybe the better playoff player. So it's

1569
01:11:01,320 --> 01:11:02,960
Speaker 4: going to be tight. You know that Heat are going

1570
01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:06,200
Speaker 4: to make it so grimy. It's going to be an

1571
01:11:06,280 --> 01:11:08,479
Speaker 4: arm wrestle. And that's not what the Milwaukee Bucks want

1572
01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:10,320
Speaker 4: because that's what Jimmy wants. He wants it to be.

1573
01:11:15,200 --> 01:11:19,800
Speaker 4: So I'm picking Milwaukee. I'm not convinced. I'm not convinced,

1574
01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:22,800
Speaker 4: and I do worry these first two of these first

1575
01:11:22,800 --> 01:11:24,920
Speaker 4: two games here in Milwaukee. If they lose one of

1576
01:11:24,920 --> 01:11:29,000
Speaker 4: those in a terrible loss, that could really spell trouble

1577
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:31,080
Speaker 4: for Milwaukee. I don't think they can dig themselves out

1578
01:11:31,080 --> 01:11:32,680
Speaker 4: of a hole. They've got to be front runners in

1579
01:11:32,680 --> 01:11:35,479
Speaker 4: this series and got to keep them help themselves ahead.

1580
01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:38,760
Speaker 4: What did I say before about tennis? Hold, serve at home,

1581
01:11:38,840 --> 01:11:40,640
Speaker 4: win the home games, and you win the series. So

1582
01:11:40,680 --> 01:11:42,520
Speaker 4: I say Bucks in seven.

1583
01:11:43,280 --> 01:11:44,519
Speaker 2: You're kicking Bucks and seven?

1584
01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:45,799
Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, Bucks?

1585
01:11:45,840 --> 01:11:49,719
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, you don't remember I said, I think veins.

1586
01:11:51,320 --> 01:11:54,400
Speaker 6: The veins are going to make it rain and cause

1587
01:11:54,520 --> 01:11:56,160
Speaker 6: him in the heat pain and the Bucks win in

1588
01:11:56,240 --> 01:11:56,920
Speaker 6: seven games.

1589
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:00,760
Speaker 3: And he used the tennis analogy and he through deuces.

1590
01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:05,880
Speaker 3: That's a tennis term to Kyle Carver fifteen loved it

1591
01:12:06,040 --> 01:12:06,519
Speaker 3: or something?

1592
01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:14,519
Speaker 4: Man fifteen, Well, yeah, the Bucks winning strike sets is that? Ye?

1593
01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:16,639
Speaker 4: Would that be four to three if they hold?

1594
01:12:16,680 --> 01:12:19,840
Speaker 3: So you're going seven games.

1595
01:12:20,560 --> 01:12:21,040
Speaker 4: At the time?

1596
01:12:24,479 --> 01:12:28,719
Speaker 2: Oh man, I am. I'm also gonna go. I can't decide.

1597
01:12:28,920 --> 01:12:32,680
Speaker 2: I can't decide. I don't like Milwaukee's chances in a

1598
01:12:32,720 --> 01:12:35,400
Speaker 2: game seven at home. As weird as that sounds, I like,

1599
01:12:35,400 --> 01:12:37,040
Speaker 2: I guess what actually the flip side of that is,

1600
01:12:37,040 --> 01:12:39,280
Speaker 2: I love the guy like Jimmy Butler in a game

1601
01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:42,840
Speaker 2: seven on the road, uh, you know, alongside Bam getting

1602
01:12:42,840 --> 01:12:45,200
Speaker 2: it done, which is why I will say Bucks and

1603
01:12:45,280 --> 01:12:47,600
Speaker 2: six again. Shout out to Brandon Jennings. I'm going to

1604
01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:50,000
Speaker 2: Milwaukee in six. I love Drew Holliday. I think he

1605
01:12:50,080 --> 01:12:51,559
Speaker 2: is going to be a huge difference maker in this

1606
01:12:52,040 --> 01:12:56,280
Speaker 2: That is that that's a It's like going from Lee

1607
01:12:56,320 --> 01:13:01,599
Speaker 2: Ellis's Bars as Eric Bledsoe to the go Goat Manator

1608
01:13:02,720 --> 01:13:07,200
Speaker 2: last Days as True Holidays. It's the next level. So yeah,

1609
01:13:07,240 --> 01:13:08,960
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with the Bucks in six. Let's hear

1610
01:13:08,960 --> 01:13:11,960
Speaker 2: from everybody your predictions in the stream team leave them

1611
01:13:11,960 --> 01:13:14,200
Speaker 2: in the YouTube comments below, not just for the Milwaukee

1612
01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:17,280
Speaker 2: Miami series, but for all the Eastern Conference series and

1613
01:13:17,479 --> 01:13:20,439
Speaker 2: see if anybody out there can get them all correctly. Okay,

1614
01:13:20,439 --> 01:13:22,400
Speaker 2: before we go here, you know the Warriors hosting the

1615
01:13:22,400 --> 01:13:24,559
Speaker 2: Grizzlies for the second time in six days tomorrow night.

1616
01:13:25,120 --> 01:13:27,360
Speaker 2: On Friday Night, Golden State won two of the three meetings,

1617
01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:30,080
Speaker 2: including a one thirteen one oh one victory at home

1618
01:13:30,160 --> 01:13:32,960
Speaker 2: last Sunday to wrap up the eight seed. The winner

1619
01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:35,240
Speaker 2: of this game tomorrow night goes on to face the

1620
01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:39,040
Speaker 2: top seeded Utah Jazz. Just quick predictions here, we don't

1621
01:13:39,080 --> 01:13:40,719
Speaker 2: need to go along on this task. Get us started.

1622
01:13:40,760 --> 01:13:42,639
Speaker 2: You see the Warriors moving on and take on Utah

1623
01:13:42,720 --> 01:13:43,720
Speaker 2: or can the Grizzlies do this?

1624
01:13:45,560 --> 01:13:46,640
Speaker 3: Yeah? I think it was kind of good for the

1625
01:13:46,680 --> 01:13:49,200
Speaker 3: Warriors to have a little twenty turnover game. You know,

1626
01:13:49,240 --> 01:13:51,559
Speaker 3: when Steph has those loose handle games, I think he

1627
01:13:51,680 --> 01:13:55,800
Speaker 3: always bounces back. I think they'll be focused. Yeah, I

1628
01:13:55,840 --> 01:13:58,639
Speaker 3: think they win. And I don't know, these playing tournament

1629
01:13:58,680 --> 01:14:01,439
Speaker 3: games aren't closed. I probably think this one will be

1630
01:14:01,479 --> 01:14:04,400
Speaker 3: a bit of a.

1631
01:14:03,280 --> 01:14:07,599
Speaker 2: Okay, so Ted Scott the Warriors TK, Yeah, I'm gonna

1632
01:14:07,600 --> 01:14:09,240
Speaker 2: be on the Warriors as well.

1633
01:14:09,320 --> 01:14:12,479
Speaker 5: You know, the no team has more experience in playing games,

1634
01:14:12,479 --> 01:14:15,360
Speaker 5: however than the Memphis Grizzlies. Oh, they got their first

1635
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:18,160
Speaker 5: play and win already this week. Can they make it

1636
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:21,280
Speaker 5: number two? Another big beef for yonis Valanciunas. There's a

1637
01:14:21,320 --> 01:14:26,840
Speaker 5: matchup to watch for you, Valentiunas versus Looney banging down low.

1638
01:14:26,920 --> 01:14:31,280
Speaker 5: Valentiunas was awesome against the Spurs. But ultimately I think

1639
01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:34,160
Speaker 5: the Warriors. I'm not gonna be picking against Steph Curry

1640
01:14:34,240 --> 01:14:35,439
Speaker 5: in a do or die game.

1641
01:14:35,960 --> 01:14:39,920
Speaker 2: What about Dylan Brooks locking up? Is that Leely? Let's

1642
01:14:39,960 --> 01:14:42,120
Speaker 2: talk about it. Can the Grizzlies tell us.

1643
01:14:43,400 --> 01:14:46,559
Speaker 4: Well, you know they had a pre limb to this

1644
01:14:46,640 --> 01:14:50,400
Speaker 4: game on Sunday in Oakland. Actually played the Warriors pretty well.

1645
01:14:50,640 --> 01:14:53,080
Speaker 4: In fact, when Dylan Brooks failed out, which he always does,

1646
01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:55,400
Speaker 4: I even took a lead rights run some Norse pick

1647
01:14:55,439 --> 01:14:57,920
Speaker 4: and roll there. Jonas and John Morant scored well, but

1648
01:14:57,960 --> 01:14:59,800
Speaker 4: then they basically didn't score for the rest of the game.

1649
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:02,439
Speaker 4: Steph routed off a ton of points. But what the

1650
01:15:02,760 --> 01:15:04,720
Speaker 4: Warriors did early to jar Moran in that game, will

1651
01:15:04,760 --> 01:15:06,479
Speaker 4: say you want to shoot threes, shoot him all you want.

1652
01:15:06,560 --> 01:15:08,479
Speaker 4: He went one for six, and I think they're going

1653
01:15:08,520 --> 01:15:11,840
Speaker 4: to employ basically the same strategy. They'll say if you can,

1654
01:15:11,880 --> 01:15:13,760
Speaker 4: if you can beat us Jumran and hit six or

1655
01:15:13,800 --> 01:15:16,320
Speaker 4: seven threes, then well done to you. Good on you.

1656
01:15:16,360 --> 01:15:18,240
Speaker 4: But obviously I think if he starts getting hot, then

1657
01:15:18,280 --> 01:15:20,640
Speaker 4: they will lock up on him. But jar Moran was

1658
01:15:20,680 --> 01:15:25,479
Speaker 4: not happy after his performance. When was it the other night?

1659
01:15:25,600 --> 01:15:29,280
Speaker 4: I guess, and he's got to be better. That's a guy,

1660
01:15:29,400 --> 01:15:36,280
Speaker 4: you know, Yeah it was, but yeah, he Look, you know,

1661
01:15:36,520 --> 01:15:39,120
Speaker 4: I think jar Moran has shown that he understands at

1662
01:15:39,160 --> 01:15:41,839
Speaker 4: least he doesn't. He doesn't get caught up in himself

1663
01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:43,400
Speaker 4: in the moment where he thinks I have to score

1664
01:15:43,439 --> 01:15:44,960
Speaker 4: forty points. He has to play well. He has to

1665
01:15:44,960 --> 01:15:46,640
Speaker 4: try to get his teammates involved, because when he is

1666
01:15:46,680 --> 01:15:48,960
Speaker 4: moving that ball around and getting other guys looks, I

1667
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:51,520
Speaker 4: think that's when the Grizzlies are at their best. Valentiunis

1668
01:15:51,720 --> 01:15:53,519
Speaker 4: he could be a handful for Draymond Green. He's been

1669
01:15:53,520 --> 01:15:56,400
Speaker 4: a handful this season. He's a big guy. So I

1670
01:15:56,439 --> 01:15:58,760
Speaker 4: think the I think the Grizzlies have a chance in

1671
01:15:58,760 --> 01:16:01,160
Speaker 4: this game, but ultimately I think the Warriors pull it

1672
01:16:01,200 --> 01:16:04,000
Speaker 4: off at home. It's had to see Steff Corey going

1673
01:16:04,040 --> 01:16:06,840
Speaker 4: out to the Memphis Grizzly, so I think the Warriors

1674
01:16:06,840 --> 01:16:08,320
Speaker 4: win it. But I think it's I think it's a

1675
01:16:08,560 --> 01:16:10,000
Speaker 4: you know, five to six point games.

1676
01:16:09,800 --> 01:16:11,200
Speaker 2: To me, a very close game. I'm with you on

1677
01:16:11,240 --> 01:16:13,639
Speaker 2: all that, JV. I don't think John Moran's gonna shoot

1678
01:16:13,680 --> 01:16:15,960
Speaker 2: that poorly again. If they do try the same strategy,

1679
01:16:16,360 --> 01:16:17,840
Speaker 2: I think he'll splash a couple more in or be

1680
01:16:17,880 --> 01:16:20,719
Speaker 2: a little more aggressive even attacking that space. Dylan Brooks

1681
01:16:20,760 --> 01:16:24,160
Speaker 2: did play Curry really really well until he followed out.

1682
01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:26,760
Speaker 2: He also just had an amazing game in the play

1683
01:16:26,760 --> 01:16:29,559
Speaker 2: in game too. On both ends, I think it'll be close,

1684
01:16:29,640 --> 01:16:32,160
Speaker 2: but I'll take the Warriors to ultimately move on in

1685
01:16:32,240 --> 01:16:34,519
Speaker 2: a tight game, and we will be back tomorrow night

1686
01:16:34,960 --> 01:16:36,599
Speaker 2: as soon as that game wraps up, or if it's

1687
01:16:36,640 --> 01:16:38,280
Speaker 2: a thirty point blowout the end of the third quarter.

1688
01:16:38,360 --> 01:16:39,960
Speaker 2: You know, we'll jump on a little early here, but

1689
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:43,800
Speaker 2: we'll do our Western Conference playoff preview and predictions podcast

1690
01:16:44,080 --> 01:16:46,880
Speaker 2: before we go, though. Let's end me a little tweet

1691
01:16:46,880 --> 01:16:47,400
Speaker 2: of the night.

1692
01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:52,720
Speaker 3: Tweet out the night. Wow, Twitter.

1693
01:16:58,439 --> 01:17:01,320
Speaker 5: In the night, baby, you tweet of the night from

1694
01:17:01,360 --> 01:17:02,360
Speaker 5: the night at Night.

1695
01:17:02,680 --> 01:17:03,600
Speaker 1: Couldn't bypass it.

1696
01:17:03,640 --> 01:17:04,439
Speaker 3: I love it, Skeets.

1697
01:17:04,520 --> 01:17:05,800
Speaker 5: I was a little nervous you were just going to

1698
01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:07,400
Speaker 5: bypass and we weren't going to get to see this

1699
01:17:07,479 --> 01:17:11,559
Speaker 5: beautiful tweet from Russ Banks and who tweeted about Mike

1700
01:17:11,600 --> 01:17:15,720
Speaker 5: Fortello working the game tonight. Russ tweets the tzar of

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01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:19,400
Speaker 5: the telestrator has been around so long alllong.

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01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:24,559
Speaker 1: Younger NBA fans don't know what a tzar or a

1703
01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:25,680
Speaker 1: telestrator is.

1704
01:17:27,040 --> 01:17:31,880
Speaker 2: It's pretty good, all right.

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01:17:31,960 --> 01:17:35,080
Speaker 1: Time for a quick well game a trivia for you which.

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01:17:34,880 --> 01:17:39,600
Speaker 5: Came first, the bizarre and the telestraterar?

1707
01:17:41,640 --> 01:17:47,920
Speaker 7: Okay, Mike, Mike Fortello becoming a coach in the as

1708
01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:52,439
Speaker 7: I actually had the coming coach. The title of Tzar

1709
01:17:52,920 --> 01:17:55,880
Speaker 7: free dates for Tello and the telestrater.

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01:17:57,160 --> 01:17:59,639
Speaker 3: So Tzar was what late seventies or.

1711
01:17:59,560 --> 01:18:02,320
Speaker 2: Early okay, okay, yeah, when did the tourist treat to

1712
01:18:02,360 --> 01:18:02,920
Speaker 2: come around?

1713
01:18:03,520 --> 01:18:04,360
Speaker 1: That's the question.

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01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:06,120
Speaker 4: Probably earlier?

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01:18:06,240 --> 01:18:08,120
Speaker 2: Really, you think, so I'm going to the.

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01:18:08,080 --> 01:18:11,240
Speaker 3: Czar some Yeah, I'm going to go zar.

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01:18:11,960 --> 01:18:12,960
Speaker 1: Lee you got it?

1718
01:18:13,040 --> 01:18:17,040
Speaker 2: Oh wow, he's rightful.

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01:18:18,200 --> 01:18:22,920
Speaker 5: Invented the telestrator in the late nineteen fifties for illustrations

1720
01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:27,479
Speaker 5: on a series of science shows. Mike Fortello first coached

1721
01:18:27,880 --> 01:18:30,200
Speaker 5: as a head coach in the NBA in nineteen eighty.

1722
01:18:30,320 --> 01:18:34,680
Speaker 5: So the title of czar, then the telestrator. Then Mike

1723
01:18:34,720 --> 01:18:37,600
Speaker 5: Fritello made it to the end. Then he became the

1724
01:18:37,600 --> 01:18:41,320
Speaker 5: bizarre of the telestrator we know and celebrated today.

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01:18:41,840 --> 01:18:44,880
Speaker 4: I will I will say celebrating today. It's thirty years

1726
01:18:44,920 --> 01:18:47,800
Speaker 4: since Mike, Mike and Marva on the call for the

1727
01:18:47,880 --> 01:18:50,760
Speaker 4: NBA Finals when it was a great finals. He had

1728
01:18:50,760 --> 01:18:54,200
Speaker 4: the spectacular move and I think that was also the

1729
01:18:54,400 --> 01:18:57,600
Speaker 4: was that the play it was where Mike Frottello. I

1730
01:18:57,640 --> 01:19:00,320
Speaker 4: remember this so clearly. He said the tongue is out.

1731
01:19:00,560 --> 01:19:03,000
Speaker 4: You know, something bad is about to happen to the Lakers.

1732
01:19:03,360 --> 01:19:05,599
Speaker 4: It's Michael Jordan inside for the deuce.

1733
01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:09,880
Speaker 2: It was right thirty years later. I loved his arm.

1734
01:19:09,960 --> 01:19:10,840
Speaker 1: Man Tugue is out.

1735
01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:13,240
Speaker 2: I love seeing him at NBA TV walking around the

1736
01:19:13,240 --> 01:19:18,880
Speaker 2: studios looking for an ironing board. He keeps a crisp shirt.

1737
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:20,759
Speaker 2: He likes to do it himself. That's what you gotta respect.

1738
01:19:20,760 --> 01:19:22,880
Speaker 2: He's not looking for somebody to iron his shirt. He

1739
01:19:22,960 --> 01:19:24,519
Speaker 2: wants to do it, and he needs an iron and

1740
01:19:24,520 --> 01:19:27,400
Speaker 2: he needs an irony board to do it. Sorry, we're

1741
01:19:27,439 --> 01:19:28,880
Speaker 2: doing jump in their test.

1742
01:19:29,400 --> 01:19:33,080
Speaker 3: Well, maybe we figured out why the telestrator didn't work

1743
01:19:33,200 --> 01:19:35,240
Speaker 3: when we had this ar on the show. He was

1744
01:19:35,320 --> 01:19:39,439
Speaker 3: trying to use an illustrator. Maybe it was from nineteen fifty,

1745
01:19:40,320 --> 01:19:41,240
Speaker 3: late fifties.

1746
01:19:41,720 --> 01:19:42,400
Speaker 4: They don't even know.

1747
01:19:42,520 --> 01:19:45,240
Speaker 3: He's a sixty year old telestrator that we were trying

1748
01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:46,640
Speaker 3: to use but didn't come.

1749
01:19:46,720 --> 01:19:51,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, here's Alex Horton in the stream team here. Wtf

1750
01:19:51,280 --> 01:19:55,200
Speaker 2: is a telestrator? How old are you? Alex? Show your

1751
01:19:55,240 --> 01:19:57,320
Speaker 2: age in the streaming here? All right, great tweet of

1752
01:19:57,320 --> 01:19:59,800
Speaker 2: the night there from Russ. Okay, that's it for us.

1753
01:19:59,800 --> 01:20:01,519
Speaker 2: Wh Wow, this went longer than I thought, but they

1754
01:20:01,560 --> 01:20:03,680
Speaker 2: always do and we break down the series and make

1755
01:20:03,720 --> 01:20:06,880
Speaker 2: our predictions and start talking about the weird and wacky

1756
01:20:06,920 --> 01:20:09,760
Speaker 2: things that we do. Like nevermind, we talked about a

1757
01:20:09,800 --> 01:20:11,920
Speaker 2: lot of stuff here on late night show. But we'll

1758
01:20:11,960 --> 01:20:16,120
Speaker 2: be back tomorrow night, so same schedule, guys. At the

1759
01:20:16,240 --> 01:20:19,360
Speaker 2: end of the Grizzlies Warriors game, we'll jump on here

1760
01:20:19,640 --> 01:20:23,120
Speaker 2: to talk about the four Western Conference playoff series once

1761
01:20:23,120 --> 01:20:25,760
Speaker 2: they are of course officially locked in, and make our predictions.

1762
01:20:25,840 --> 01:20:27,559
Speaker 2: We'll have a blast. It'll be a Friday night. We'll

1763
01:20:27,600 --> 01:20:30,720
Speaker 2: even be more zanier than we were tonight, so we

1764
01:20:30,800 --> 01:20:32,439
Speaker 2: will see you. Then, make sure you subscribe to No

1765
01:20:32,520 --> 01:20:35,000
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1766
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Speaker 2: no dunks dot com, all that good stuff. We'll see

1767
01:20:37,120 --> 01:20:37,840
Speaker 2: you tomorrow night.

1768
01:20:37,880 --> 01:20:40,719
Speaker 1: Clipper bros. You heard it here first. Have a great time,

1769
01:20:40,920 --> 01:20:42,839
Speaker 1: turn up, love you guys awesome.

1770
01:20:43,080 --> 01:20:45,080
Speaker 3: Yes, thanks for joining us, and please join us for

1771
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Speaker 3: a late night Friday show where it's guaranteed we'll be

1772
01:20:47,960 --> 01:20:51,560
Speaker 3: a little insane in the medvns.

1773
01:20:52,640 --> 01:20:54,120
Speaker 2: Embrace your pillow, people.

1774
01:21:01,520 --> 01:21:08,200
Speaker 8: And and you happy every minute. It's been so long

1775
01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:13,680
Speaker 8: that you're the one I've waiting for. It's happened already.

1776
01:21:15,160 --> 01:21:27,240
Speaker 8: It's gonna be grivy