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Speaker 1: you know, say what you want, and you know, obviously

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Speaker 1: I'm still not super high on them as like a

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Speaker 1: championship contender because of my concerns with their ball handling

435
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Speaker 1: in the postse but it's hard to deny that they're

436
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Speaker 1: having an incredibly impressive regular season. On the Cleveland front,

437
00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,240
Speaker 1: we got to start with defense. They have a one

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Speaker 1: twenty four defensive rating in the five losses during this

439
00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,920
Speaker 1: three and five stretch. There's slippage everywhere. Mobiley and Allen

440
00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,760
Speaker 1: were brutally bad in that Rockets game, getting beat by

441
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Speaker 1: guards at the point of attack in ball screens, which

442
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Speaker 1: like literally cannot happen. We talked about that earlier. If

443
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,920
Speaker 1: you have one job as the big in a ball screen,

444
00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,520
Speaker 1: don't let the guard drive past you, like, make him

445
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Speaker 1: hit something over the top, right, But they were getting

446
00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,399
Speaker 1: beat in the post by Shangon, They were losing battles

447
00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,080
Speaker 1: for rebounds. The two of those guys just have to

448
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,119
Speaker 1: be better. And then their perimeter defense. They stepped it

449
00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,720
Speaker 1: up in crunch times, specifically Donovan Mitchell started flying around

450
00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,040
Speaker 1: and really competing. But they were losing contained on the

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Speaker 1: ball all night long. Their rotations weren't good, guys not

452
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,080
Speaker 1: making extra efforts, sloppiness, Like there were several possessions where

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Speaker 1: they were rotating to the wrong spots. There's a bad

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Speaker 1: one where like they rushed two guys to the left corner,

455
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Speaker 1: ended up leaving Fred van Vliet wide open on the

456
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Speaker 1: left wing. It's like, just communicate and rotate the way

457
00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,640
Speaker 1: you did to start the year. And then their team rebounding.

458
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Speaker 1: They're allowing an offensive rebound on thirty four point five

459
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,040
Speaker 1: percent of their opponent's misses in those five losses. That's

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Speaker 1: really really bad. And then on offense, they have a

461
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Speaker 1: one fifteen offensive rating in the five losses, which is

462
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,240
Speaker 1: not terrible, but it's not great either, and it's down

463
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Speaker 1: significantly from where they were earlier in the year. I

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Speaker 1: think most of it comes down to Donovan Mitchell. He's

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Speaker 1: really starting to regress back to what he looked like

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Speaker 1: in years past, where he just tries to solve all

467
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Speaker 1: of his problems by forcing up shots. He's missing way

468
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Speaker 1: too many kickout reads in ball screens that are preventing

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Speaker 1: Cleveland from getting into their driving kick attack. Remember in

470
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Speaker 1: my thread on Twitter, there's probably at least a half

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Speaker 1: dozen examples of him shooting a really tough mid range

472
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,240
Speaker 1: shot in traffic when there's just an obvious kickout read too.

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Speaker 1: Like there's a couple where Evan Mobley's in the corner.

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Speaker 1: Evan Mobley shooting over fifty percent on corner threes, you

475
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Speaker 1: have to throw that kickout pass. Ti Jerome is shooting

476
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Speaker 1: over fifty percent on unguarded catch and shoot threes. You

477
00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,480
Speaker 1: need to kick that out to Ti Jerome when he's

478
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Speaker 1: standing there wide open, Like, these are basic decisions that

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00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,640
Speaker 1: he has to be better at, and like he's been

480
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:04,720
Speaker 1: brutally inefficient in the mid range in these five losses.

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Speaker 1: In the five losses, seven for twenty three in the

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Speaker 1: paint non restricted area, that zero point six to one

483
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Speaker 1: points per shot, four for eleven on twos outside of

484
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Speaker 1: the paint zero points seven three points per shot. Many

485
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,600
Speaker 1: of them are smothered, many of them there are easy

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Speaker 1: kickout reads available, so Donovan, like, again, the calves are

487
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 1: at their best when the ball is popping around, and

488
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Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell is picking his spots when to be aggressive.

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Speaker 1: Another easy way to put it. Before this eight game stretch,

490
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Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell was attempting eighteen shots per game and the

491
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Speaker 1: Calves were thirty one and four. In this eight game stretch,

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Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell's taking twenty two point three shots per game

493
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Speaker 1: and the calves are three and five. They need to

494
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Speaker 1: get his volume back down. It's not helping their offense

495
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Speaker 1: at all whatsoever, and Mitchell is starting to look like

496
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Speaker 1: he's getting out of rhythm as a result. As a team,

497
00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,919
Speaker 1: they've cooled off shooting the basketball a little bit, only

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Speaker 1: slightly in catch and shoot situations. They started the year

499
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Speaker 1: shooting forty one percent from three on catch and shoots.

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Speaker 1: They're down to thirty nine percent in their last eight games.

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Speaker 1: The pull up jump shooting is where it's really falling

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00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,480
Speaker 1: off a cliff. They shot thirty nine percent on pull

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Speaker 1: up threes in the first chunk of the season before

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Speaker 1: this eight game stretch. That's an absurd number. In the

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Speaker 1: last eight games, are down to thirty two point seven

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Speaker 1: percent on pull up threes, which, again, I don't think

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Speaker 1: they'll be that bad. I think they'll probably I think

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00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:20,960
Speaker 1: they're a good pull up shooting team. I think they'll

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Speaker 1: be in the thirty six thirty seven percent. But some

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00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,119
Speaker 1: of that hot shooting that they relied on in the

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Speaker 1: early part of the season is not there anymore. They're

512
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Speaker 1: also not running as much in transition. This was something

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Speaker 1: that concerned me a little bit. If you remember the

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Speaker 1: early part of the season, forcing turnovers and getting out

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Speaker 1: in transition was just a huge part of Cleveland's success.

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Speaker 1: They had sixteen fast break points per game in the

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Speaker 1: stretch before this eight game stretch, thirteenth in the NBA.

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Speaker 1: In that spin, the last eight games just ten point

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00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,159
Speaker 1: six fast break points per game. That's twenty eighth in

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Speaker 1: the NBA. So they went from like a legit upper

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Speaker 1: half transition team to a one of the worst transition

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Speaker 1: teams in the league in this recent stretch forcing turnovers.

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Speaker 1: To start the year, they had over twenty points per

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Speaker 1: game off of turnovers, which ranked second in the NBA.

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Speaker 1: In the last eight games, only sixteen points off turnovers,

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Speaker 1: which ranks twentieth in the NBA. In the early part

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Speaker 1: of the season, they were seventh in the number of

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Speaker 1: turnovers they forced per game, down to sixteenth in the

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Speaker 1: last eight games. So how to get back on track?

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Speaker 1: Simply put, they just got to get back to doing

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Speaker 1: the things that made them great in the first place,

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Speaker 1: Get back to defending as a unit, both on the

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Speaker 1: perimeter and on the back line. That will help you

534
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Speaker 1: get back to forcing turnovers, which should engage your transition attack,

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Speaker 1: pushing transition as much as possible to get easy shots.

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Speaker 1: And then when you're in the half court, trust the pass,

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Speaker 1: get the ball and player movement back. Get Donovan Mitchell

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Speaker 1: back to playing more as a tip of a spear

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Speaker 1: type of ceiling raising offensive player instead of kind of

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Speaker 1: forcing the issue as much as he has been, and

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Speaker 1: you will get back on track at that point. Lowells

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Speaker 1: are a natural part of the eighty two game regular season,

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Speaker 1: and the calves of very definitely avoid them to this point.

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Speaker 1: Avoided them to this point, but they've hit their first one.

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Speaker 1: This is where it's about resilience and demonstrate that that's

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Speaker 1: not who you are and how you started the year

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Speaker 1: is who you really are. On our power rankings list

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Speaker 1: and remember all of our odds are provided by our

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Speaker 1: partner Draft Kings. Number ten the Los Angeles the Los

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Speaker 1: Angeles Clippers. Another game from that jam packed Rivals week

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Speaker 1: slate on Saturday night was a showdown between the Clippers

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Speaker 1: and they and the Bucks. The run and dunk man

553
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Speaker 1: versus the bag man, and the bagman on wins this round.

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Speaker 1: He did unspeakable things to Gary Tran Junior and many

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Speaker 1: other Bucks defenders in this game. In this game, he

556
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Speaker 1: went for forty points and nine assists with just one turnover.

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Speaker 1: Had everything going. The step back three was going, the

558
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Speaker 1: drives were going, he was getting to the foul line

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Speaker 1: a ton. Just absolutely torched them, but they very much

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Speaker 1: won the game. With the usual Clippers identity of being

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Speaker 1: an insanely athletic perimeter team that swarms on defense, that

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Speaker 1: forces you to rush things and make mistakes, and that

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00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,159
Speaker 1: will torch you on the other end by beating you

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Speaker 1: to offensive rebounds, the Clippers ran away with this one

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. It was a close game. Milwaukee

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Speaker 1: actually had a lead in the early fourth, but they

567
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Speaker 1: force five turnovers, all swarming. Like Dame tries behind the

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Speaker 1: back durable, but right when he goes to behind the

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Speaker 1: back durable, a mere coffee jumps him and forces a turnover.

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Speaker 1: Gary Trent Junior in transition has like an easy layup

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Speaker 1: and goes with it behind the back dribble that could

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Speaker 1: have shed off Kevin Porter Junior for a layup, but

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Speaker 1: he just rushes it and fumbles the ball away and

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00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,239
Speaker 1: turns it over. Jhannas slips out of a screen, has

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Speaker 1: an over the top passing angle, pass comes over the top,

576
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:39,800
Speaker 1: but they're swarming from the weak side, and he just

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Speaker 1: fumbles the ball away and it leads to a turnover.

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Speaker 1: Like that's all bred by that activity. We talked about

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Speaker 1: this with Minnesota and Denver, when when you have that

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Speaker 1: type of athleticism on the perimeter, just forces teams to rush,

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Speaker 1: and when they rush, they make mistakes. The Clippers scored

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Speaker 1: seven points on runouts from those turnovers as well. They

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Speaker 1: have three offensive rebounds in the fourth quarter as well,

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Speaker 1: which all ended in buckets. Terrence Man got a excuse

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00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 1: me a mere coffee, got an easy put back over

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Speaker 1: Chris Middleton where he just bodied him and grabbed the ball.

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00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: Derek Jones Junior kind of slipped out of his screen

588
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: and remembered that when you slip, the guard needs to

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Speaker 1: get inside position to box out. Dame didn't even bother,

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00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: so dere Jones got inside position on Dame just got

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00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 1: an easy rebound for a put back. Just a physical

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00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,760
Speaker 1: mismatch on the perimeter between these two teams, and then

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Speaker 1: Kawhi had his best game since coming back eighteen points.

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00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 1: He had these three contact finishes through brook Lopez that

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Speaker 1: I thought were all good signs of his growing confidence

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00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 1: in his body. A spin move where he spun into

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00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,120
Speaker 1: his body and got a lay up. Another one where

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00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 1: he like dropped that shoulder and dislodged him and made

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00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:40,880
Speaker 1: like a little short post move. That's a big sign

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Speaker 1: of him getting his strength back. Then a crazy play

601
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,720
Speaker 1: where he did like this behind the back table into

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00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 1: a baseline drive and then went up and under and

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Speaker 1: finished with his left hand, also in contact with brook Lopez.

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00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,879
Speaker 1: I thought those were all kind of like exciting demonstrations

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00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 1: that Kawhi is starting to get his legs back underneath him.

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Speaker 1: The Clippers have won six out of eight. They have

607
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Speaker 1: the best defense in the league in that span, the

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00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,160
Speaker 1: only defense in the league to hold opponents to under

609
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Speaker 1: one hundred points per one hundred possessions in that eight

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Speaker 1: game span. Hard not to get at least a little

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Speaker 1: excited about the Clippers with how well they're playing on

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Speaker 1: defense and the potential of this offense anchored by Kawhi,

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Speaker 1: James Harden, and Norman Powell. However, as it always is

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Speaker 1: with the Clippers, it's just about whether or not they

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Speaker 1: can stay healthy, and you would be insane to not

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Speaker 1: be a little skeptical about that. Clippers right now are

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Speaker 1: plus twenty five hundred to win the NBA title on DraftKings,

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Speaker 1: plus thirteen hundred to win the Western Conference. Number nine

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Speaker 1: the Milwaukee Bucks. Yes, I know the Clippers just beat

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Speaker 1: them head to head, but the Bucks had won five

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Speaker 1: straight before that, in eight of nine. I think they're

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Speaker 1: just a little bit better right now, so I gave

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Speaker 1: them the nod for this week. Just a lot of

624
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: good and bad in that Clippers loss. Like Giannis looked

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00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 1: great again. I think he had like thirty six and thirteen.

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Speaker 1: Continues to play like an MVP. Gary Trent Junior is

627
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 1: really starting to get going, specifically with his three point shot.

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Speaker 1: In his last thirteen games, Gary Trde Junior is shooting

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Speaker 1: fifty seven percent from three on five point two attempts

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Speaker 1: per game. So really exciting stuff there. But the same

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00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 1: issues that have consistently plagued this team rose to the

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00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 1: surface in that fourth quarter when they lost control against

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Speaker 1: the Clippers, mainly just their perimeter guys not competing like

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Speaker 1: specifically guys like Gary Trent, Chris Middleton, Damian Lillard, just

635
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: getting badly torched at the point of attack, badly beat

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Speaker 1: on the glass just time and time again. But overall,

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Speaker 1: the Bucks have been playing really well. As we said,

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Speaker 1: they had won eight of nine before that. Giannis in

639
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 1: that nine game span has averaged twenty nine points, thirteen

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Speaker 1: rebounds and six assists as he tries to stay attached

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Speaker 1: to Shay and Nikole Jokic and the MVP race. The

642
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: Bucks right now plus twenty five hundred to win the title,

643
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Speaker 1: plus one thousand to win the Eastern Conference. Number eight

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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Lakers. They've won five out of six

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Speaker 1: and what has probably been their most impressive stretch of

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Speaker 1: the season, peaking with that wired to wire dominating performance

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Speaker 1: against the Boston Celtics last week that really demonstrated the

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Speaker 1: upside of this team on both ends of the floor.

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Speaker 1: In this six game span, the Lakers are sixth in

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Speaker 1: defensive rating. I talked a little bit in the Saturday

651
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Speaker 1: Night Show about the influx of defensive talent. You trade

652
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 1: out a guy like D'Angelo Russell, you bring in a

653
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Speaker 1: guy like Dorian Finney Smith, and you get a guy

654
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Speaker 1: like Jared Vanderbilt back from injury. You just bring in

655
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: two really good defensive players, and it slots everybody else

656
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: in more achievable defensive roles, and all of a sudden,

657
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: you just have more lineups with more good defensive players

658
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: that are in more achievable roles, which is just gonna

659
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Speaker 1: lead to better defense. Well, guess what, in the last

660
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Speaker 1: six games, the Lakers are sixth in defensive riting some

661
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: really impressive defensive stretches during that stretch during that time,

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00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: including that win against the Celtics. That's a benefit of

663
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Speaker 1: bringing in defensive talent the way that they have through

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Speaker 1: just getting healthy in that trade for Dorrian Finny Smith.

665
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 1: And then in this stretch, Lebron James and Austin Reeves

666
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: have really been stepping up their rim pressure. Lebron specifically

667
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 1: in that Boston and Golden State game. Austin has been

668
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 1: doing this for a while, but like you got to

669
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 1: have downhill rim pressure to create easier opportunities for some

670
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 1: of these flawed offensive players that they have, and those

671
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 1: guys have just done that work. And then Anthony Davis,

672
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Speaker 1: who had been in a bit of a funk in

673
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Speaker 1: the previous month or two, had just was absolutely amazing

674
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 1: against Boston and Golden State and looking better physically than

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00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: he has since the beginning of since the beginning of

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00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: the season, so really encouraging stuff on that front. The

677
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 1: Lakers are in a really good spot to make an

678
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 1: all in type of trade. Lebron and ad are both

679
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 1: engaged in playing really well. The roster is mostly healthy

680
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: at this point, and they have the assets to get

681
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 1: some legitimate talent upgrades. I think of them as like again,

682
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: I think that Dallas roster is better, but you need

683
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 1: to think like Dallas did last year. This is a

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00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,400
Speaker 1: team that's in the middle of the West. But if

685
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,400
Speaker 1: they bring in a couple of high level role players,

686
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 1: just like Dallas did last year with PJ. Washington and

687
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 1: Daniel Gafford, that could be the thing that gets them

688
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: in position to go on a run. That is the

689
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Speaker 1: path the Los Angeles Lakers right now. Plus thirty five

690
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,560
Speaker 1: hundred to win the title, big long shot there. Plus

691
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: sixteen hundred to win the Western Conference. Number seven, the

692
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: New York Knicks the very jekylin hide of late. They're

693
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 1: six and six in their last twelve games, and in

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00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 1: their wins they score the shit out of the basketball,

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00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 1: and they defend pretty well in their six losses, can't

696
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: make threes to save their life, and they post a

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00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,400
Speaker 1: one to twenty three defensive rating. On the defensive end,

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00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: it's been consistent all season. Every time I watch the Knicks,

699
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,959
Speaker 1: teams relentlessly go at Jalen Brunson and Karl Anthony Towns,

700
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,840
Speaker 1: and again, there are coverages that Thibodeau has for them

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00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 1: to protect those guys, and they just don't execute it

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00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: very well. Sometimes you'll see Jalen Brunson go to throw

703
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 1: a hedge and just not contain the ball or not

704
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 1: sprint back in rotation. Same sort of thing with Karl

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00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 1: Anthony Towns. There's a level of commitment with those guys

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00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: that's inconsistent on the defensive end, and when they mail

707
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,479
Speaker 1: it in, it just gets really really hard from them.

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00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,680
Speaker 1: They end up in rotation and teams spray around on

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00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: them and pick them apart, and then on offense, it

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00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: literally comes down to three point shooting. This is a

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00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 1: crazy staff for you guys. In wins for the Knicks

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Speaker 1: this year, Jalen Brunson forty five percent from three, Carl

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00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 1: Towns forty four percent from three, Mikail Bridges forty percent

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Speaker 1: from three, ogn Andobi thirty seven percent from three, Josh

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00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,960
Speaker 1: Hart thirty nine percent from three in losses, Jalen Brunson

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Speaker 1: twenty nine percent from three, Karl Anthony Towns forty one percent.

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00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 1: Still hot, but still down three percent from the wins.

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00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 1: McHale Bridges twenty nine percent, oj Nanobi thirty two percent,

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Speaker 1: Josh Hart thirty one percent. It's like, literally, every time

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Speaker 1: I watch the Knicks, it's just about which team I'm getting.

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Speaker 1: When they guard and they knock down shots, they can

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Speaker 1: beat anybody. But when they don't guard, when they go

723
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Speaker 1: cold from the perimeter, things seem to fall apart for them.

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Speaker 1: Right now, the Knicks are plus eight fifty to win

725
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Speaker 1: the title, plus four hundred to win the Eastern Conference.

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Speaker 1: The Denver Nuggets at number six, got smashed by the

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Speaker 1: Timberwolves on Saturday. The Wolves just have Denver's number. They've

728
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Speaker 1: now won four in a row against Denver, dating back

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Speaker 1: to last year's Western Conference semi final series. They just

730
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 1: have a big issue on both ends of the floor.

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Speaker 1: When Denver has the ball on offense, Minnesota is just

732
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 1: so physical that they have several players that seem to

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Speaker 1: struggle in that setting. I've seen Jamal Murray was good

734
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 1: in the Saturday game, but he struggled really bad at

735
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Speaker 1: times in that second round series last year. Michael Porter

736
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: Junior seems to really struggle in that setting. In Jokic

737
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 1: can get a little sloppy with the basketball. You had

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Speaker 1: seven turnovers, and then when you go to the other

739
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: end of the floor, they just can't stop Anthony Edwards

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00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 1: and Julius Randall from getting wherever they want. It doesn't

741
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,239
Speaker 1: matter how much they load up and can just run

742
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: around their slower guys, especially guys like Nikola Jokic, and

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00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,400
Speaker 1: they just don't. Denver just doesn't have the rim protection

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00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: to really cause problems from Minnesota in the half court,

745
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:18,880
Speaker 1: so they get lit up on that end as well.

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00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: It's just a bad matchup. Not really much they can

747
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:22,360
Speaker 1: do about it at this point. They just got to

748
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: hope they avoid them when they get to the postseason.

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00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 1: But Denver had one eight out of nine before that.

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00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: The offense was just absolutely crushing everyone, really nice give

751
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: and take from their perimeter players like there's a it's

752
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:34,800
Speaker 1: kind of like a who's got it tonight kind of

753
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: attitude between guys like Jamal Murray Russell Westbrook and Julian

754
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: Strawther and a little bit of Mike coeh Porter Junior too,

755
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 1: and they do a really nice job of just kind

756
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: of like feeling which guy has it going that night

757
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,800
Speaker 1: and playing through them more. And then nikol Jokiic is

758
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,760
Speaker 1: just playing at that goat offensive level that makes everything easier.

759
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: And then up until the Minnesota game, nikol Jokic had

760
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 1: been defending at a really high level, getting a lot

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00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: more deflections and steals in ball screens than he had

762
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Speaker 1: been getting earlier in the season. The Nuggets right now

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00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 1: plus fourteen to win the title, plus six point fifty

764
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 1: to win the Western Conference. Number five the Memphis Grizzlies.

765
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,479
Speaker 1: They're in a very easy part of their schedule right now.

766
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,879
Speaker 1: They've had six straight wins, but five of those six

767
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: wins were against teams that are in the bottom five

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00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,919
Speaker 1: of either conference, So just capitalizing on an easy stretch

769
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 1: of their schedule. But a really impressive win against Minnesota

770
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: in there a game where they came back from behind

771
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. Jaron Jackson just kicked the shit

772
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 1: out of Julius Randall in that fourth quarter. He's playing

773
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: insanely well as of late, in his last thirteen games,

774
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 1: he's averaging twenty six points per game on fifty one

775
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: percent from the field and thirty five percent from three

776
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,400
Speaker 1: really really high level hoops Fromjaron Jaron Jackson. Memphis Grizzlies

777
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 1: right right now, plus twenty five hundred to win the title,

778
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: plus one thousand to win the Western Conference. Number four

779
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics. They've been in a weird funk for

780
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 1: a while. They're just thirteen and ten in their last

781
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 1: twenty three games, really good offensive rating and defensive rating

782
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: in that stretch because they've just had some incredibly dominant

783
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: wins in there that kind of mess up the data.

784
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 1: Settling has been the main issue for them losses, just

785
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: specifically Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum just attacking mismatches by

786
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:08,240
Speaker 1: shooting over the top instead of being physically aggressive downhill

787
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: to compromise the defense so they can get their kickout

788
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: so they can get their driving kick game going, which

789
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: again is when Boston is at their best when they're

790
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 1: driving and kicking the ball around. But I did think

791
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 1: their win against Dallas is one of their most impressive

792
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: wins as of late. Jalen Brown demonstrated a ton more

793
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 1: physical aggression and was just living in the paint right

794
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,839
Speaker 1: in front of the rim. Was getting some of those

795
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 1: driving kicks to Chris hops porzingis that we know that

796
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,879
Speaker 1: he has when he's playing his best basketball. They got

797
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: back to moving the ball around. Out of their forty

798
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,320
Speaker 1: four makes, they had thirty three assists. That's a strong

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00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: indicator of the Celtics getting into their driving kick game.

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00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 1: And then they just really clamped down on Dallas's offense,

801
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 1: like we all know that they're capable of on defense,

802
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: and they looked like the Celtics again. They have looked

803
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,720
Speaker 1: a little tired even in that early stretch against Dallas.

804
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,919
Speaker 1: They play every other day until the All Star Break,

805
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,840
Speaker 1: but at that point they do finally get arrest and

806
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: I think the All Star break is going to be

807
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:57,879
Speaker 1: really good for the Celtics before they kind of kick

808
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,360
Speaker 1: it into gear for the home stretch. They're now plus

809
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 1: two thirty five to win the title, plus one zho

810
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: five to win the Eastern Conference. Number three the Houston Rockets.

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00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 1: We talked a bunch about them at the top of

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00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 1: today's show, so I'm not going to get too much deeper,

813
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 1: but they just continue to rack up incredibly impressive wins

814
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 1: with their latest two wins against the Cleveland Cavaliers. I

815
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:16,959
Speaker 1: talked about this in the earlier part of the show,

816
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 1: but they've been the best team in the league this

817
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 1: year against the best teams in the league. Against teams

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00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,280
Speaker 1: that have top ten point differentials, Houston's won fourteen times,

819
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,240
Speaker 1: which is which stands alone, is the most in the league,

820
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 1: seventy eight percent win percentage, which is also the highest

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00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,839
Speaker 1: percentage in the league, fifth in offensive rating and third

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00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: in defensive rating against teams in the top ten in

823
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: point differential. Again, I have concerns about their offense in

824
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 1: the playoffs, but it's hard to deny that they're not

825
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: having just an incredible regular season and a men Thompson

826
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 1: is going to be an absolute star. He's still so raw,

827
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 1: but he's already just bludgeoning teams on both ends of

828
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: the floor with his athleticism. It's crazy to think of

829
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: what he could be in the long run. The Rockets

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00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 1: right now plus five thousand to win the NBA title,

831
00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 1: plus sixteen hundred to win the Western Conference. Number two

832
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Cavaliers. We also hit them at the top

833
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 1: of the show, so I'm not going to get too

834
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 1: deep into them here, but they've lost five out of eight,

835
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 1: lost their identity in a bunch of ways. They've got

836
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 1: to get it back. They got to get back to

837
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: defending as a unit, both on the perimeter and on

838
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 1: the interior, so that they can start forcing turnovers again,

839
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:17,760
Speaker 1: so that they can start getting back out in transition,

840
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:19,959
Speaker 1: and then when they get stuck in the half court,

841
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,800
Speaker 1: they need to trust the pass. Mainly talking about Donovan

842
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,320
Speaker 1: Mitchell there has had some some of his worst floor

843
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,879
Speaker 1: game as of late in the last few weeks. Once

844
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 1: they get that ball in player movement back, I think

845
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 1: they'll get back on track, especially if they get their

846
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,279
Speaker 1: defense going again. The Cavs right now plus nine to

847
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: fifty to win the title, plus three seventy to win

848
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference and number one the Oklahoma City Thunder

849
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,799
Speaker 1: has been a really weird stretch of their schedule. Their

850
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: last five games, They've played three bad teams that they beat,

851
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:46,880
Speaker 1: and then they play the Dallas Mavericks twice, who they

852
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 1: lost to, and Dallas is a bad matchup for them

853
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,760
Speaker 1: in general, but especially when they don't have their bigs

854
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,919
Speaker 1: Isaiah Hartenstein and Chet Holmgren right in the latest loss

855
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,760
Speaker 1: to Dallas, the one, the second one, they really struggled

856
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 1: with this like bizarre zone look that Jason Kidd used

857
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:02,880
Speaker 1: where he just took the top two guys in the

858
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: zone and just doubled Shay, Like as soon as he

859
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,359
Speaker 1: crossed half court, they were going after him to get

860
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 1: the ball out of his hands, and it just kind

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Speaker 1: Going into the postseason. A lot of this Western Conference

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Speaker 1: NBA Finals. So like, let's keep that in mind as

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Speaker 1: As we get closer, matchups are going to play a

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Speaker 1: huge role in how this whole thing ends up. The

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Speaker 1: Thunder right now plus two to seventy to win the title,

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