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Speaker 1: You just good for a.

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Speaker 3: Little bit wookies and movies.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, is this something you want to do? You want

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Speaker 3: previewing and predicting both Conference Finals series. Today we got

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Speaker 3: the final four. It's officially set. We'll start out west

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Speaker 3: where the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Oklahoma City Thunder square

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Speaker 3: off in a battle here of rising powers. Thunder franchise

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Speaker 3: they do, I guess have a championship from the Sonics

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Speaker 3: days but they've yet to win one since relocating to

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Speaker 3: okac As for Minnesota, they're still in search of their

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Speaker 3: first NBA Finals appearance, though they're just four wins away

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Speaker 3: from going to that final round. So let's break it down.

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Speaker 3: Chime in in the stream, team your thoughts, your predictions.

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Speaker 3: But we usually start with things to watch in this

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Speaker 3: one versus six matchup. Weird, Yeah, right, the Wolves think

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Speaker 3: they're the Rockets from the nineties here as a sixty

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Speaker 3: to go win the whole thing. But ta's let's start

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Speaker 3: with you. What's something you got your eye on heading

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Speaker 3: into thunder Wolves that starts tonight.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, baby, feels like a wide open forsome here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I will say if the Minnesota Timberwolves want to take

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Speaker 4: Anthony Edwards. That's what I'll be watching, Just Anthony Edwards

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Speaker 4: and whether he'll start better than he started against Golden State.

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Speaker 4: He did not start well in that first game and

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Speaker 4: shot only fifty four percent in the restricted area. He's

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Speaker 4: got to start zipping that ball out to the corners

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Speaker 4: going to show him bodies. Then those corner threes will

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Speaker 4: You know, nas Reid's making it happen forty four percent

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Speaker 4: himself at thirty eight percent. There's guys that can do it.

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Speaker 4: But will Anthony Edwards be that guy to start zipping

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Speaker 4: They only have one day off here. I think that

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Speaker 4: Thirty one percent from three regular season doesn't really matter.

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Speaker 4: They're gonna start swarming him.

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Speaker 1: How will he react? How will he react?

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Speaker 4: He's got to start better, I think then against the

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Speaker 3: Even though you've compared him before a little bit to Lebron.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Anthony Edwards does seem to like feel out a game,

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Speaker 3: But of course we're gonna see Caruso on him, probably

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Speaker 2: Is the number one thing to watch, specifically his decision making.

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Speaker 2: This is the biggest test yet. LA was a pretty

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Speaker 2: not turn the ball over against Oka. See Minnesota turns

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Speaker 2: the worst remaining. Oklahoma City is first enforcing turnovers. We

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Speaker 2: transition game is unstoppable. So the Wolves, who have been

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Speaker 2: make them pay. So it's gonna be on Edwards to

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Speaker 3: I think, yeah, it's a good point. On the other side,

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Speaker 3: I am curious to see how much Wolves zone defense

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Speaker 3: have some success with that, like it really I don't

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Speaker 3: know if it con O'Casey was by surprise, but they

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Speaker 3: And That'll be fascinated to see what the Wolves do

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Speaker 3: if they tried it as well. You have great defenders

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Speaker 3: but like he can operate in the zone, but is

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Speaker 2: They're gonna absolutely try it. It'll probably be more of

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Speaker 2: identify it quickly because I'm guessing that the Timberwolves will

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they will see it. It is wild to look

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Speaker 4: at the stats for okay SE's three point shooters. They

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Speaker 4: of their nine guys below thirty five percent, Way below

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Speaker 4: feel like it won't. Twenty nine percent Lou Dort twenty

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Speaker 4: weird to see chet Aaron Wagan's all below thirty five percent.

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Speaker 3: Three we talked about and maybe his struggles in the

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Speaker 2: Three times in like four games.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the okay see defense matters in the

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Speaker 1: Change it up.

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Speaker 4: But they did send two guys at shay that's what

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Speaker 4: beat them, which is probably what they're gonna do. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: because that's what you try and do against Okay see,

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Speaker 4: these guys can't shoot the three all these okay See guys,

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Speaker 4: I mean basically most of the rotation.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see what up.

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Speaker 3: who you got your eye on here?

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Speaker 2: Dante DiVincenzo I think is a huge X factory. Shooting

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Speaker 4: See, yeah, I think it's on Anthony Edwards to start

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Speaker 4: You know, thirty three percent, that's fine, Ki Alexander Walker, Tony,

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Speaker 2: He's better than twenty five.

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Speaker 4: Will you see Mark Dagnell say, all right, the guy

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Speaker 4: Uh And even if Julius Randall misses, because they're going

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Speaker 4: one on one. They do grab their offensive boards extremely well.

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Speaker 4: The team grabbed thirty five percent of their misses in

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Speaker 4: We've seen two of his best playoff series.

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Speaker 1: This post is the.

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Speaker 3: Best basketball he's ever played.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, in these high stakes games. He's averaging twenty four,

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I can't wait to see what Dagnall did,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, oh, I will see. I'll praise Oscars because how

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Speaker 4: awesome he is. It's going to be different for Caruso

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Speaker 1: There's no doubt.

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Speaker 2: frustrate him just the same way they did with Jokic,

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Speaker 2: Jokic has ever been. So we'll see how he handles

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Speaker 2: Same thing with Jaln Williams. He's got super long arms

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Speaker 2: to the number two series once again, who plays better

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Speaker 2: for the entirety of the postseason so far. But clearly

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Speaker 3: Hilarious, Kelly Dwyer stat if you want to call it that,

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Speaker 3: or at least point that made me chuckle. So Mike

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Speaker 3: like Trey noted that. That's definitely a fair point, but

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Speaker 3: he was good. He was nine to seventeen from three.

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Speaker 3: Mike Conley was a large improvement. Kelly Dwyer wrote on

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Speaker 3: the one of five Conley shot on threes in three

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Speaker 2: Never played the Washington bullet not really missed out, missed

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Speaker 1: All right, we'll get to his first finals.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, is it any other X factors or any other

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Speaker 4: I'm taking the Thunder in six. I think that. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: the Minnesota Timberwolves. They look super strong against their the

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Speaker 4: We'll start with there. I think their Thunder. I think

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Speaker 3: They don't have to travel as well, which is beneficial obviously.

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Speaker 3: Game seven at home and then they're there. Yeah, they're

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Speaker 2: I'm a task. I think it's OKC in six. I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, their ability just to force turnovers, that's that could

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Speaker 3: because that's a track meet. They're going to score. Both

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Speaker 3: see won sixty eight games. I know I keep saying it,

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Speaker 3: You can bet on their defense. As you guys talked about,

432
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Speaker 3: they beat Yokich. They do feel like they gained some

433
00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,560
Speaker 3: confidence in getting over that hump, and even if it

434
00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,119
Speaker 3: took seven, they got there. They have the soon to

435
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Speaker 3: be named maybe one day to be named MVP and

436
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,879
Speaker 3: shake Gildos Alexander what the hell is going on? NBA?

437
00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:29,760
Speaker 3: So that's cool. But Minnesota man to give them credit.

438
00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,480
Speaker 3: They made it to this stage last season, and so

439
00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,600
Speaker 3: many times we see that step by step progression with

440
00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:37,840
Speaker 3: really good teams. You get to that level, then you

441
00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:39,840
Speaker 3: lose and you get to the next level. So maybe

442
00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,480
Speaker 3: that's in their favor being to the conference finals last year.

443
00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,000
Speaker 3: They're one of the hottest teams in the Western Conference

444
00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,880
Speaker 3: since March. One of the hottest teams in the league

445
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,119
Speaker 3: really since March and when Randall came back and they

446
00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,360
Speaker 3: got Ant and I'm excited to see Ant here yea

447
00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,480
Speaker 3: in this battle versus all those guys that we talked

448
00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,679
Speaker 3: about in the Thunder. But all that said, I go

449
00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,320
Speaker 3: back to something you said about the three point shooting.

450
00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,840
Speaker 3: You said at thirty two thirty one point nine percent.

451
00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,879
Speaker 3: The Thunder shot in from three this postseason on a

452
00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,040
Speaker 3: lot of attempts, thirty nine attempts per game. I think

453
00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,560
Speaker 3: that's the most of the final four teams here as well.

454
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Speaker 3: I think that's gonna come back to the mean a

455
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Speaker 3: little bit. I think that's gonna tick up a little

456
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Speaker 3: bit from some of their shooters here. I think, Holme,

457
00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,840
Speaker 3: we're going is gonna have a big series. And then

458
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Speaker 3: I think, you know, obviously Caruso is probably gonna get

459
00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,960
Speaker 3: more opportunity, maybe have another good Dort game, Wiggans, Wallace,

460
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,639
Speaker 3: all these guys. And because of that, I'm going Thunder

461
00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,760
Speaker 3: in six as well. We've got six six to six,

462
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Speaker 3: everybody taking Okay, see here at the desk, what are

463
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Speaker 3: the people saying?

464
00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,040
Speaker 2: In our poll, sixty two percent of people think that

465
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Speaker 2: the Thunder Thunder will win. Okay, that's basically calling Thunder

466
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Speaker 2: and six.

467
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Speaker 3: Yeah the games. Yeah, seems like a seems like a

468
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Speaker 3: popular pick. I mean, obviously a lot of people think

469
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Speaker 3: it could go seven and maybe the home court of

470
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Speaker 3: Angage will come through again for okay See. But like

471
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Speaker 3: it's nice to see when you go to the ESPN

472
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Speaker 3: experts and their picks. Unlike some of the previous series

473
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Speaker 3: where it was just all of them for one team,

474
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Speaker 3: this one in both of these conference finals, it's a

475
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Speaker 3: little more balanced. I think okay See is still like

476
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,640
Speaker 3: eight to five or something in this series on ESPN,

477
00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,040
Speaker 3: and even I know the Athletic doing it as well.

478
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:12,760
Speaker 3: There's a couple of people picking the Wolves in the series.

479
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,280
Speaker 3: And then the same thing as we get to the East.

480
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,800
Speaker 3: You know, you can talk yourself into any four of

481
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,400
Speaker 3: these teams. Obviously some particular matchup getting in the end. Definitely,

482
00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:22,480
Speaker 3: there's the balances there.

483
00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:26,320
Speaker 4: There's some national patriotism here. Vote for Anthony Edwards in

484
00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,720
Speaker 4: the USA versus Shay and Canada. Sure, I will say

485
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,159
Speaker 4: you just mentioned Kayson Wallace there when you made your prediction.

486
00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 4: I think that was the first mention of Cason Wallas

487
00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:38,840
Speaker 4: that guy has been so so so good getting aggressive defensively.

488
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Speaker 4: I will say about the Shay MVP announcement, I'm kind

489
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Speaker 4: of okay, they're going to do it on an off

490
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Speaker 4: day where they're not playing, and so that's how it

491
00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,440
Speaker 4: feels anyways, that they're not handing him the trophy pre game.

492
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Speaker 1: I kind of like that.

493
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Speaker 3: I'm starting to wonder if OKC has said we don't

494
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Speaker 3: want to do it at all during our playoff run,

495
00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,440
Speaker 3: and then are thus like saying to the NBA we're

496
00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,640
Speaker 3: not doing it at all until we're done, which we've

497
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,679
Speaker 3: never done that before that I can remember, so I

498
00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 3: don't know, like otherwise it doesn't make much sense. We've

499
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,760
Speaker 3: had tons of opportunities here. Yes, they've had a lot

500
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Speaker 3: of off days between games.

501
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Speaker 1: Do you think they're going to.

502
00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:17,040
Speaker 4: Wait, well, I don't know at this point in mid

503
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Speaker 4: June or whatever late June.

504
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,600
Speaker 3: Until they lose, is what I'm starting to convince myself.

505
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,840
Speaker 3: It's like, you know, the thunder, like they operate like

506
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,960
Speaker 3: the Spurs right as another a little bit. Yeah, they're

507
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,040
Speaker 3: just like they're just like so like we don't want

508
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Speaker 3: to bring attention to that whatever.

509
00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:33,880
Speaker 1: But maybe.

510
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,920
Speaker 3: During the right again, I guess it's odd.

511
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:39,360
Speaker 1: It's odd.

512
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,359
Speaker 3: I think we are learning all rookie teams today.

513
00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,680
Speaker 2: Though finally, yes, finally cool.

514
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,160
Speaker 3: We don't know all NBA teams either, do it? Okay,

515
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,280
Speaker 3: so that should come this week maybe. All right, so

516
00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,879
Speaker 3: we got thunder and six the people you said like

517
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,280
Speaker 3: sixty two percent here in our stream team poll, also

518
00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,280
Speaker 3: going with okayc but uh, obviously get your takes there

519
00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:02,320
Speaker 3: in the stream team. Let's move to the East, where

520
00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,119
Speaker 3: a classic rivalry is renewed as the Knicks take on

521
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,080
Speaker 3: the Pacers. With a trip to the NBA Finals on

522
00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,240
Speaker 3: the line for both teams, stakes couldn't be higher. Either

523
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,639
Speaker 3: the Knicks chase their first championship in over half a century,

524
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,560
Speaker 3: or the Pacers will aim to capture their first NBA

525
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,639
Speaker 3: title in franchise history. Don't you worry. Those ABA banners

526
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:23,760
Speaker 3: fly forever.

527
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:25,560
Speaker 2: That's right. Nineteen seventy three, big year.

528
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,680
Speaker 3: That's huge, huge team, both teams, that's right. So one

529
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,840
Speaker 3: thing to watch in the number three seeded Knicks versus

530
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 3: number four seeded Pacers will start with utrick.

531
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Speaker 2: I can't wait. Two high powered offenses. We got the

532
00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,120
Speaker 2: clutch player of the year going up against the new

533
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 2: Reggie Miller with history behind them from a historical standpoint,

534
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,240
Speaker 2: and just at these team standpoint they met last year,

535
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,480
Speaker 2: so of course I'm starting with defense, That's right me.

536
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,439
Speaker 2: Who guards Karl Anthony Towns is a huge question for me,

537
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 2: and it's kind of also a question of who is

538
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,359
Speaker 2: Aaron Neismith gonna guard. I think he is a huge

539
00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,440
Speaker 2: player in this series, so more than likely, at least

540
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,679
Speaker 2: for Game one, Indiana comes out and has Miles Turner

541
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,639
Speaker 2: guard Karl Anthony town try and play a little bit

542
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:09,120
Speaker 2: of a traditional style. Maybe Turner can get a late

543
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,120
Speaker 2: switch on to Brunson if you need be and try

544
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 2: and hang for a little bit. But I think the

545
00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,440
Speaker 2: smartest thing to do, which most teams are doing now,

546
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 2: is to put a wing on Carl Anthony Towns. Mess

547
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,760
Speaker 2: with the Knicks standard offense one to two game Brunson

548
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,199
Speaker 2: and Towns make them think a little bit. If you

549
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,000
Speaker 2: start Nie Smith on Towns, he can switch on to Brunson.

550
00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,760
Speaker 2: He's their best Brunson defender as well, sometimes a te

551
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,160
Speaker 2: but the Pacers don't really like to do that. They're

552
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,520
Speaker 2: one of the few teams that has guarded Towns straight

553
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,919
Speaker 2: up with their center. But The smarter thing to do

554
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 2: is to trick Carl Anthony Towns by putting a small guy.

555
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,639
Speaker 2: He's been pretty good in the post, but he doesn't

556
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,320
Speaker 2: necessarily know where to assert himself all the time, I

557
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,360
Speaker 2: think when he has a smaller guy on him. So

558
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,640
Speaker 2: the question will be who's guarding Brunson If Nee Smith

559
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 2: switches on to Towns. I guess it's nem Hard. He

560
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,560
Speaker 2: didn't do very well against Brunson last year. Nie Smith

561
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,040
Speaker 2: was certainly more successful. Well. That also means where's Tyree's

562
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 2: Halliburton going? Is Josh Hart gonna get unlocked for offensive rebounds?

563
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,080
Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of questions to answer for

564
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,800
Speaker 2: Indiana about how they're gonna match up defensively because there's

565
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,600
Speaker 2: not great hiding places against the Knicks starting lineups, particularly

566
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 2: for Halliburton. So I think that'll be a real chess match.

567
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 2: Like I'm saying, I assume they'll start traditional, It probably

568
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 2: won't work all that great, and then they'll have to

569
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 2: go to messing around with matchups and stuff. But I

570
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,000
Speaker 2: think it's going to be fascinating to see who they

571
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,480
Speaker 2: put these two guards on, like Nemhard and Nie Smith.

572
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 2: I guess Nesmith's more of a forward, but nonetheless a

573
00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,680
Speaker 2: perimeter player. They're both so good at ball pressure. They're

574
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,600
Speaker 2: gonna want to try and wear down the Knicks. But

575
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 2: Brunson succeeds against the guy who's smaller than him in nemhard.

576
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,880
Speaker 2: You gotta have some length on him. But if Nee

577
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,720
Speaker 2: Smith's guarding Brunson, how can you guard Towns. It doesn't

578
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,680
Speaker 2: make sense unless they're in the switch mode and then

579
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,240
Speaker 2: he can go both ways. So I think that's the

580
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 2: smarter thing to do.

581
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, with Nie Smith on Brunson, we are going to

582
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,240
Speaker 4: get a game where Nie Smith gets into foul trouble

583
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,160
Speaker 4: because Bronson it is pumping. He's he's doing the pump

584
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,920
Speaker 4: fakes and he gets him into foul trouble, which he

585
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,760
Speaker 4: has been prone to do a little bit here in

586
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,399
Speaker 4: the postseason, averaging four fouls per game. And if your

587
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,399
Speaker 4: guardian bruns And that's going to be extremely tough. I

588
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 4: am interested. On the other side, how the Knicks guard

589
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 4: the Halburn and Miles Turner pick and roll that we're

590
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 4: going to see over and over and over again. Now,

591
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,320
Speaker 4: the Knicks showed that they are a new Knicks in

592
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 4: Game six against the Celtics, they switched tomes to that though,

593
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,119
Speaker 4: old guy learning new tricks, he said, all right, we're

594
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 4: gonna switch, which we didn't do during the regular season.

595
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,240
Speaker 4: I think that is so, so, so so important against

596
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 4: this Pacers team. You got to keep switching because as

597
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,399
Speaker 4: soon as you let off and give a little bit

598
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 4: of space to one of these guys, they are all weapons.

599
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 4: They're all playing extremely well. It is ridiculous when you

600
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,120
Speaker 4: look at the numbers. So as soon as they get

601
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,639
Speaker 4: a little bit of space, if the Knicks decide that

602
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,800
Speaker 4: they're not gonna fly around and communicate and play with

603
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,840
Speaker 4: that vim and vigor that they did against in Game

604
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 4: six against Celtics and not going to switch, I think

605
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,600
Speaker 4: the Pacers will kill They will They will score so

606
00:26:58,640 --> 00:26:59,439
Speaker 4: many freaking points.

607
00:26:59,720 --> 00:26:59,959
Speaker 1: I know.

608
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,680
Speaker 4: These these stats are a little nuts. How when you

609
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 4: start to look at Wowmhard, Yeah, an incredible player in

610
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 4: the playoffs. Same goes for very Nie Smith. Their numbers

611
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 4: have jumped a lot.

612
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 3: The two best shooters in the playoffs aren't pretty far. Nemhard,

613
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,080
Speaker 3: Nie Smith and Siakam like the three best shooters right

614
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 3: now in the playoffs in terms of like efficiency.

615
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Pacers have the best three point percentage and

616
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 2: best two point percentage in the playoffs so far.

617
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's why their true shooting percentage of sixty two

618
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,119
Speaker 4: and a half that is a ridiculously big number. So

619
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,080
Speaker 4: I think the Knicks just have to be ready to

620
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,919
Speaker 4: keep switching and that will help them out because as

621
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 4: soon as you give them a little bit of space,

622
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:39,640
Speaker 4: they're going to find a way to score.

623
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 3: I want to know if the Knicks starters can hold

624
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,640
Speaker 3: their own against these Pacers starters, because we saw how

625
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,840
Speaker 3: many times the Knicks starters were like in a hole

626
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,440
Speaker 3: in a hurry in that Celtics series. I don't think

627
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 3: that can happen against this Pacers team. Their starters, their

628
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 3: first unit, Haliburton, Nemhart, Nie Smith, Siakam and Miles Turner

629
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,479
Speaker 3: destroyed opponents in the regular season by twelve point two

630
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 3: points per one hundre possessions. They've been even better here

631
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,960
Speaker 3: in the playoffs. So the Knicks can just not get

632
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 3: into these holes. That's not going to work in this series.

633
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,959
Speaker 3: I don't think against Indiana and the speed they play with,

634
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,399
Speaker 3: and that's the other part. Which team can make the

635
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,399
Speaker 3: other team play their game. That'll be a huge talking

636
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 3: point you can hear Reggie Miller telling it to you

637
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,919
Speaker 3: now on the broadcast. Because New York plays slow twenty

638
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 3: eighth in seconds per possession. Indiana up tempo offense. You know,

639
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,399
Speaker 3: they're like sixth in seconds per possession. So their run run, run.

640
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 3: So who can like sort of win that battle of

641
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 3: like no, no, no, let's drag you down play a

642
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 3: more methodical game. Can the Knicks do that to the Pacers?

643
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 3: Or obviously can the Pacers get the Knicks going in

644
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 3: sort of this running gun style and say, oh yeah,

645
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 3: we love it. So I can't wait to see how

646
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 3: that changes from game to game and whether that has

647
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 3: an impact on who can even play in this series.

648
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 2: The Knicks always talk about wanting to play fast, and

649
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 2: I don't believe them. No, Josh hart Man, that guy

650
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 2: wants to play fast. Yes, for sure, Towns does get

651
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 2: most of his three point attempts like trailer and transition,

652
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 2: for sure, But it always sounds weird to be because like,

653
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 2: when I think of the Knicks, I just think of

654
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 2: Brunton taking twenty seconds finding his way to a twelve

655
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 2: footer and then you know, jumping back into a guy

656
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 2: and somehow making the shot as well, they play a

657
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 2: methodical style, but they always talk about wanting to play fast.

658
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 2: I know the Pacers want to play Yes, we talk

659
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 2: all the time, teams slow down in the playoffs. You're

660
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 2: not able to play that tempo they are. They get

661
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 2: teams to play their style. They've played their style. I

662
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 2: feel like almost every game so far this postseason, outside

663
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 2: of Game four against the Calves when they went zone

664
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 2: and then they shredded the zone in the very next

665
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 2: game as well. So the tempo of this series is

666
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 2: going to be huge. You're totally right about switching, but

667
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 2: that puts a lot of pressure on Karl Anthony Towns

668
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 2: to not mess up, Like know who you're guarding, know

669
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,239
Speaker 2: who to switch on, know if you're in drop or

670
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 2: in switch. This is a big defensive series, I think

671
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 2: for Tons.

672
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, and Haliburton. You know when we talk about the

673
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 3: pace and all that, in the speed of the game,

674
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 3: Haliburton leads the Pacers in minutes at thirty four per game.

675
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 3: That's it. Because they have a deep, deep team. They

676
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 3: play a lot of guys. Every player the Knicks starting

677
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 3: lineup averaging at least thirty six minutes played. And we're

678
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 3: talking bridges and og. Those guys are flirting with like forty.

679
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,719
Speaker 3: So is Brunson. He might be at forty in this series.

680
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 3: And you just want to kind a team with like

681
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 3: that really short bench and like leaning heavily on big

682
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 3: minutes from their starters. Can they survive indies like full

683
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 3: core press, Like they're gonna be out there full court

684
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 3: pressing them because McConnell's gonna play, you know, Mathmon's gonna

685
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 3: play like they'll get out there and that's their whole mo.

686
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 3: It's like we think we can just out grind you

687
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 3: just because we just like you're just gonna get exhausted.

688
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 3: But then again, the next team like built for this,

689
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 3: as if they've like put in marathon trading. That's right

690
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 3: all season long because they play heavy minutes. So maybe

691
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 3: they're the one team that can sustain it. I can't

692
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 3: wait to see anything else to watch, or let's go

693
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 3: to X factors. Who do you got circled here?

694
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 4: I have Karl Anthony Towns on both ends. It is

695
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 4: really important. I do think the Pacers, because they don't

696
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 4: turn it over, they'll be the team that it's hard

697
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 4: to score on in transition. And I know the Knicks

698
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 4: don't want to run. Because the Pacers have the best

699
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 4: assistant turnover ratio since jan one. It's going to be

700
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 4: tough for col Anthony Towns to find those trailing threes.

701
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 4: How are you going to try and find it in

702
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 4: half court sets?

703
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 1: Doubt it.

704
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 4: So we'll see on the offensive end. But he's going

705
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 4: to be so important on the defensive end as well.

706
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 4: Just where he's going to be, he may have to

707
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,800
Speaker 4: sit a few minutes. That's why Mitchell Robinson will come in,

708
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 4: whether it's foul trouble or just exhaustion, because they're going

709
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 4: to try and run him through a bunch of.

710
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 1: Pick and rolls.

711
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's got a lot of jobs to do on

712
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,360
Speaker 4: the defensive end and the offensive end. I do want

713
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 4: to see because running will be tough against his Pacers team.

714
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 4: If he's going to score, where he's going to get

715
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 4: those points. But if Pascal Siakam is the guy against him,

716
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 4: he should be able to take him on the post.

717
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 4: So the options there for him offensively are there? Will

718
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 4: he take advantage of them when he's got so many

719
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 4: freaking responsibilities here?

720
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,600
Speaker 2: Who you got is a Knick facts are also a

721
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 2: Knicks big guy. Mitchell Robinson Mitchell Robinson dominated in their

722
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 2: last series against the Celtics. I'm curious to see how

723
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 2: New York can play double big against the Pacers team

724
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 2: that's trying to run him out of the gym. That's

725
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 2: just a tough matchup, I think for Towns and Robinson

726
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 2: to run with. You know, if it's Siakam and Turner,

727
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 2: even if it's Obi Toppin. He's a guy that loves

728
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 2: to run the court as well. But offensive rebounding can

729
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 2: be a tilt point. I think for New York. It

730
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 2: certainly was against Boston. Neither team turns the ball over

731
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 2: a lot, So if New York's trying to get ahead

732
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 2: in the possession game, definitely Mitchell Robinson's offensive rebounding could

733
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 2: be huge. The Pacers are not a great defensive rebounding team.

734
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 2: They don't have a lot of bulk inside amongst their

735
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 2: big guys, and if Robinson is offensive rebounding, that really

736
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,840
Speaker 2: slows the Pacers down. If the Pacers decide we got

737
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 2: to get this guy out, We're going to smack a mitch.

738
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 2: That really slows the Pacers down. Go into free throws

739
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 2: every single time. Now they can run off of missed

740
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 2: free throws, but I saw Mitchell Robinson hitting the night

741
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 2: night after going six for six at one point. He

742
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 2: can make them. But we will see if he's able

743
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 2: to stay on the court this series. He's really shown

744
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 2: everybody something. I think the way he defends the quickness

745
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 2: he is able to bring on the perimeter, so he

746
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 2: should be able to hang. But I don't know if

747
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 2: he's gonna be as effective as he was against Boston.

748
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:12,479
Speaker 2: Let's see if he can do it.

749
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 3: Unless Tibbs tries to put kat Like on a forward.

750
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 3: The defensive matchups will likely be Bridges on Halliburton, og

751
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 3: on Siakam, Heart on Nemhard Brunson on Nie Smith. Obviously

752
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 3: could flip those two and then Carl Anthony Town's on Turner.

753
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 3: That's the main point here, and that's what you talked

754
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,800
Speaker 3: about at the beginning. Trade like that's will probably start

755
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:34,080
Speaker 3: with that Towns versus Turner, Turner versus Towns. But how

756
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 3: will they How will Towns deal with that? Like pick

757
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 3: and pop that Halliburton and Turner will try and run.

758
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 3: I can't wait to see that because Turner he is

759
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 3: like a streaky three point shooter, like when he's on,

760
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 3: he'll let it fly and he can connect because he's

761
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 3: a willing three point shooter. In the three games this postseason,

762
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 3: he's hit three or more three pointers, all wins. Of course,

763
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 3: in the one lost to Milwaukee, Turner was zero over

764
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 3: six from deep, and in the one lost to Cleveland

765
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 3: he only got two attempts up. He was in foul

766
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 3: trouble that game. He didn't. He had very little impact

767
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 3: on that game. And that's when we started to see

768
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 3: the zone in the thing and then they figured it out.

769
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 3: So Turner, to me is what I'm getting out here

770
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 3: is a big X factor. I think for the Pacers

771
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,399
Speaker 3: and Towns is the big part of that because yeah,

772
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 3: what are you doing? Are you staying back? Are you

773
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 3: coming up? Is there pre switches and all that? Because

774
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 3: if Halliburton gets switched on, the town's too, that's different

775
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 3: than how Towns did I against Tatum and Brown. Hallimer's

776
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 3: just quicker, Yes, he's just way quicker. He will not

777
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 3: like size up towns like a Tatum or Brown will.

778
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 3: He will go go go, and he will blow by

779
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 3: him and then either like score at the rim or

780
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 3: inside or obviously splash out to three point shooters.

781
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: So now he's got the help out.

782
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, because Tatum or Brown, it kind of they

783
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 4: kind of reverted to old Celtics ways.

784
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:44,360
Speaker 1: Yeah right, I'll shoot on you.

785
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, so that we'll see what Towns does though,

786
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 4: because he likes to drop back, will he be able

787
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 4: to spry himself forward get up there, because that's what

788
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 4: they wanted. That's that's how when they look their best

789
00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 4: against bot Celics. That game six was their best defensive game.

790
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 2: Definitely, it was yeah yeah, but also game five they

791
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,320
Speaker 2: were brutal. It was like they were putting him, putting

792
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 2: Towns into double screens all the time, and he had

793
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 2: no idea where to be. I'm just flashing back to

794
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 2: the Milwaukee series. Jana switched on to Tyrese Haliburton at

795
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 2: the end of regulation and at the end of overtime,

796
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 2: and he dusted him both times, going straight to the hoop.

797
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 2: He's just be honest.

798
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's got wiggle, he's quick, he's smart. Obviously, he

799
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 3: doesn't settle for jumpers. Now he'll he loves that step

800
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,400
Speaker 3: back three. He feels super comfortable taking that. So if

801
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 3: you back up too much, he's going to do that.

802
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,359
Speaker 3: So that's fun. And then I also have Og as

803
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,920
Speaker 3: an X factor. Crazy stat going around from Tommy Beer,

804
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 3: which is such a great name. He has. In the

805
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 3: eight games New York has won this postseason, Og is

806
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 3: averaging nineteen points per game on sixteen field goal attempts.

807
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,879
Speaker 3: In the four games they lost, Og nine points per

808
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 3: game ten field goal attempts. And there's another stat like

809
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 3: if Og shoots like fourteen times or something this game,

810
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 3: it's like this season, like they're really really good record.

811
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 3: Same with Bridges when he scores, Like those guys they

812
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 3: got to help out runs in. Cat's been great against

813
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 3: Indiana his entire career. He's like awesome numbers against them.

814
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 3: Had forty on them this year. I guess that was

815
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:07,359
Speaker 3: a February game. So he's probably gonna score. It's gonna

816
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 3: whether or not he gets exploited defensively, but Og man

817
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,399
Speaker 3: like it might be like when Og plays well, they

818
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,959
Speaker 3: just have they look sort of become that unbeatable team.

819
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 3: I feel like, but he has to be aggressive and

820
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 3: attack and he's got to hit those threes that he

821
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 3: gets as well. He's been really really good this postseason. Yeah,

822
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 3: I kind of think it's gonna be Og VERSUSAKA. I know,

823
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,919
Speaker 3: task doesn't care anymore, but for other Raptors fans, I might,

824
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 3: And I kind of think whichever one of them scores

825
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 3: twenty in a game, their team is going to win. Yeah, Yeah,

826
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 3: could be because man, yeah, when OG's going, nowaka, I

827
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:39,360
Speaker 3: have more confidence in doing that sixth, Like what's the

828
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:40,080
Speaker 3: word I'm looking for?

829
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 2: Consistently Consistently he's a better score.

830
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 3: Yes, but when Og is going, they level up the

831
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 3: Knicks two. So fun to watch that battle. I can't

832
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:50,799
Speaker 3: wait for that one. And they're going to be on

833
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 3: each other too a majority of this series. I think,

834
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 3: all right, predictions Trey will start with you, Nick Pacers.

835
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 3: I think we know where we're going because you said

836
00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 3: it a while ago, so you're sticking with it.

837
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I said it during Game two of Celtics versus Next.

838
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,720
Speaker 2: Pacers are going to the finals. I got the Pacers

839
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:06,880
Speaker 2: in six. I think they've played the best basketball of

840
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,400
Speaker 2: anybody who's been in the playoffs so far. They've been

841
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,239
Speaker 2: awesome since January. First, we're talking a lot about these

842
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 2: support guys for the Knicks who need to go off

843
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,359
Speaker 2: in order for them to pull off a victory here.

844
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,799
Speaker 2: But I'm thinking about the playoff series that Indiana has

845
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 2: already played. They don't care if your number one guy

846
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,399
Speaker 2: has a great series. Giannis averaged thirty five points per

847
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 2: game against the Pacers. Donovan Mitchell averaged thirty eight points

848
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,439
Speaker 2: per game, had forty in two different games. Everybody else

849
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 2: they shut down. So I wouldn't be surprised that Brunson's

850
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 2: thirty five to forty points per game in this series.

851
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 2: With Nie Smith fighting his hardest to try and combat

852
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 2: him a little bit, I think Nismith is a huge

853
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 2: player in this series. He's probably going to be a

854
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 2: hiding spot for Jalen Brunson. He's shooting forty eight percent

855
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 2: from three. If the Pacers are able to shoot the

856
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 2: ball as well as they have so far during the playoffs,

857
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 2: they are going to be tough to beat. But this

858
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 2: should be an awesome matchup. I hope we get clutch

859
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,240
Speaker 2: games in this one with Reggie Miller on the call,

860
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 2: and we've got two awesome clutch players in Brunts and

861
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,279
Speaker 2: Halliburton on either side. Unfortunately, John Halliburton will have to

862
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 2: be watching on TV. But I'm going Pacers in six

863
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 2: should be an awesome series.

864
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 1: Absolutely, yeah.

865
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 4: This Pacers team has so many weapons I'm just not

866
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:19,360
Speaker 4: comfortable saying the next are going to play incredible defense

867
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 4: against this Spacers team because Tyers Halliburton has hit big shots,

868
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 4: but he hasn't been or needed to be incredibly great

869
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 4: in the postseason. His percentages have dropped off because he's

870
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 4: got so many weapons. Will the Knicks be able to

871
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 4: take all those guys down? Will they be able to

872
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,919
Speaker 4: switch on pick and rolls? I'm not sure. We haven't

873
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 4: seen it throughout the postseeds so enough throughout the postseason

874
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 4: or the regular season. So I have the questions of

875
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:48,479
Speaker 4: cat at five. They throw Mitchell in that will help them,

876
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 4: but I don't think that they can do enough against

877
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 4: this Pacers team that's got some twenty eleven MAVs Championship

878
00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:01,360
Speaker 4: vibes where things were picked against them the playoffs. MAVs

879
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 4: were slight favors against the Blazers in round one, just

880
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,880
Speaker 4: like the Pacers were against the Bucks in round one.

881
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:08,319
Speaker 1: But then you go to round two.

882
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 4: For the MAVs, there were dogs against the Lakers, then

883
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,280
Speaker 4: against the Thunder, then against the Heat Pacers. You're feeling

884
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 4: it's sort of the same thing in round two against

885
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 4: the Cavs and here against the Knicks.

886
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: We won't.

887
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 4: Predict what's gonna happen in the finals, but it feels

888
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 4: the same way. So I think Pacers just have too

889
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 4: many weapons. I'm not not comfortable enough taking the next

890
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:28,799
Speaker 4: I got pacers and.

891
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,320
Speaker 3: Six pacers and six as well. One thing that maybe

892
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,319
Speaker 3: won't matter, we'll find out, I guess is a home

893
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 3: court advantage, because both these teams are awesome road teams.

894
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 3: New York twenty four and seventeen in the regular season

895
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,399
Speaker 3: five and one through two rounds. Indiana nineteen and nine

896
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 3: on the road from like December sixth on and finished

897
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 3: four and one on the road playing Milwaukee and Cleveland

898
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 3: during these playoffs, so both really good road teams. So

899
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 3: maybe that gets us to a long series here. I

900
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 3: see everyone i've seen predict this series. I've never seen

901
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 3: somebody go in five for one of these teams. I've

902
00:39:58,080 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 3: seen a couple when we were talking about the West

903
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,320
Speaker 3: other some people saying, you know, thunder and five or

904
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,240
Speaker 3: maybe the Wolves overpowered them, whatever. But this one, everybody

905
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,359
Speaker 3: I see is like six or seven. Feels like it's

906
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,360
Speaker 3: gonna be that. I Am going to go nix and seven.

907
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 3: I love what they've gone through here in these first

908
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 3: two rounds. That Piston series definitely making them maybe a

909
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 3: little tougher physically mentally obviously what they did to overcome

910
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:21,520
Speaker 3: the defending champs there. They got helped up with the

911
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:23,760
Speaker 3: Tatum injury, but they were up through one when that happened.

912
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 3: If we're being completely honest, So would they have taken

913
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,839
Speaker 3: one more even if Tatum's playing? I think so. So

914
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 3: I'm going Knicks in seven. Uh and maybe uh we

915
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,360
Speaker 3: get a Madison Square Garden game seven. Again, that's what

916
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 3: they did last year and there's a lot of injuries

917
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:38,879
Speaker 3: to the Knicks last year and the Knicks still got

918
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,399
Speaker 3: it two seven. Now different teams.

919
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 2: He got smoked.

920
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 3: They got smoked in that game. That was like the

921
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:48,280
Speaker 3: uh insane shooting game from the Pacers in that one. Yeah.

922
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,799
Speaker 3: I do have a question though with this one. How

923
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:55,280
Speaker 3: do you think Tyrese Haliburton trolls Knicks fans in this series?

924
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 3: Any creative ideas.

925
00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 2: He's got to do the brunts and three point celebration.

926
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,839
Speaker 3: Okay, so steal a celebration. I think he may even

927
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 3: he might steal out old Steve Novak double discount check

928
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 3: celebration like Baron Rodgers doing this because I say that

929
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 3: because you know we got the Halliburton brunts in w

930
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 3: W E Angle, so you got the championship belt. I

931
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,399
Speaker 3: think he'll do that. What about this one Halliburton shows

932
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 3: up to a game dressed as Willy Wonka to get

933
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 3: Timothy shallow May's head. He would do it.

934
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 2: You think that's the key is throwing off his game.

935
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:31,799
Speaker 3: I think Halliburton is crazy enough to do it.

936
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:36,360
Speaker 2: He dresses like a character a lot an inspector gadget.

937
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, you think you think he's just gonna ply some

938
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 4: some chocolate from his pocket and just hand something Wonka

939
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 4: great movie, underrated, but people don't talk enough about Wonka.

940
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: Okay, it's a great people.

941
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 3: Talk enough about Well. I think he's gonna do but

942
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,719
Speaker 3: maybe even just throw the Wonka top hat on.

943
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:55,200
Speaker 2: You should wear a top.

944
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 3: You can't see him coming down the tunnel. And then

945
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 3: what about you said Reggie the Call of TNT final

946
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 3: broadcast for TNT, there's it feels like there's gonna be

947
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,320
Speaker 3: a huge shot from Haliburt and he's gonna be dapping

948
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 3: up Reggie Miller while he's on the call, and people

949
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 3: are gonna lose their ship.

950
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 2: And I'll tell you what the if the Pacers find

951
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 2: a way to come back from down seven with less

952
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,879
Speaker 2: than a minute left, he's absolutely gonna do the show.

953
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,760
Speaker 2: Of course he will do it. He wore a shirt

954
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 2: with the choke on it to approach game press conference

955
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 2: last year.

956
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,879
Speaker 3: That's right, that's right. And we were wondering why didn't

957
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 3: need to do the choke when he decided to do

958
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,880
Speaker 3: the big Ball dance. But we thought, maybe he is trying.

959
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:29,320
Speaker 2: To save it.

960
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 3: He's gonna save it from masson Square Garden.

961
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 1: All right.

962
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,560
Speaker 3: Other ideas, let's get the uh, you know, the team

963
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:37,400
Speaker 3: stream team going here. Other ways, Haliburton might try and

964
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 3: troll the Knicks and their fan base here in this

965
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 3: series because he loves it. He loves this stuff.

966
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 1: Yeah.

967
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 4: Well, he's bringing a player, bringing a fan of his

968
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 4: to the Pacers game that was trolled by Nicks fans

969
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:52,840
Speaker 4: that got hit by garbage bags outside of MSG's arena.

970
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 4: And so he said, all right, you're coming, man, You're

971
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 4: you're getting tickets. So he'll get him some high fives.

972
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:00,399
Speaker 4: I'm sure he'll give him some love.

973
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:05,919
Speaker 3: Oh he might come dressed as a garbage man. He might, Halbert, Yeah,

974
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 3: game one or two. He might show up dressed as

975
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:13,920
Speaker 3: a garbage man. Laugh, you can't die.

976
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: I don't know.

977
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:18,400
Speaker 4: He'll be walking around in that wanka get up whatever

978
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 4: it is that the top hat to the soundtrack.

979
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,399
Speaker 1: So fun, Trey.

980
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 3: What's the poll say on this one?

981
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 2: We've never had a closer poll. Fifty are picking the.

982
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:30,560
Speaker 3: Well New York Knicks are pacers?

983
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 2: I guess yeah, which one?

984
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:32,280
Speaker 3: Uh? Knicks?

985
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:33,360
Speaker 2: No, pacers.

986
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:37,760
Speaker 4: Oh, Knicks are forty nine percent as Oh yeah.

987
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 3: Because it doesn't give us the doesn't give us the

988
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:40,720
Speaker 3: decimals exactly.

989
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,040
Speaker 2: It's probably like fifty point four.

990
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,400
Speaker 3: Yeah. So the Knicks who say just taking.

991
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 2: It No, the pace Pacers just taking up?

992
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 3: Wow, that is tight. Uh, these guys again Pacers and

993
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,920
Speaker 3: six I'm going Knicks in seven. We did have a

994
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 3: YouTube pull up over the last couple of days. There

995
00:43:58,120 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 3: was almost nearly a five thousand boats on this thing.

996
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 3: When we got to the final four, it was who

997
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 3: do you got winning the championship? And this was cool

998
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 3: to see because again it's like semi evenly split in

999
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 3: terms of winning the whole thing. But OK, see Trey

1000
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,240
Speaker 3: taking a majority of the vote, which wasn't really surprising.

1001
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 2: I guess yeah. I mean they won sixty eight games

1002
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 2: and they just beat the best player in the world

1003
00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 2: in the seven game series. I'm more interested in seeing

1004
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 2: that sixty six percent of people think that the Western

1005
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 2: Conference Finals winner is gonna win the championship, right, and

1006
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 2: I think that's probably right.

1007
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 3: Yeah. By the way, esh our guy, Esh has Wolves

1008
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 3: in seven, so he's going against our picks of Thunder

1009
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 3: and six and then he's going Nixon six. That's the

1010
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:40,839
Speaker 3: picks according to Esh. I'm going Nixon seven. But we're

1011
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 3: at the point you could predict any NBA Finals matchup

1012
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 3: and the subsequent outcome and I would be like, yep,

1013
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 3: I could see it, Like sure any one. I'd be like,

1014
00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:53,320
Speaker 3: oh yeah, sure, that makes sense. Yeah, it'll be awesome

1015
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 3: because it feels like like we're gonna have some great

1016
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:56,760
Speaker 3: series here in the Conference finals.

1017
00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 4: Absolutely, we're in a new era, new teams, you guys.

1018
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 1: Feels great.

1019
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:06,440
Speaker 3: All right, let's get to the Prime Moment of the week.

1020
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 2: Amazon Prime Moment of the Week this week goes to

1021
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:16,760
Speaker 2: Carl Anthony Townes, who used some downtime before the start

1022
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 2: of the Conference Finals to take in a Mets Yankees

1023
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 2: baseball game and the crowd went absolutely crazy when they

1024
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:29,239
Speaker 2: put Carl Anthony Towns up on the JumboTron, and then

1025
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:31,600
Speaker 2: he stood up to show off his shirt, which features

1026
00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 2: one of the characters from Side Talk NYC's legendary bing

1027
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:39,239
Speaker 2: bong video from a few years back. The crowd went

1028
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:44,840
Speaker 2: even more crazy. The guy's name is Jason Dantona, but

1029
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 2: he might be better known as the guy he couldn't believe

1030
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 2: what he saw posting on AX. The Knicks advance to

1031
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 2: the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in my life,

1032
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,360
Speaker 2: and our all star big man is wearing my face

1033
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:02,359
Speaker 2: on his shirt after sending Boston and packing legend might

1034
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 2: be the only way to unite Mets and Yankees fans.

1035
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 2: Karl Anthony Towns is your Amazon Prime Moment of the Week, and.

1036
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 3: The Prime Moment of the Week is presented by Amazon Prime.

1037
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:14,120
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1038
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,480
Speaker 3: dot Com slash Prime to get more out of whatever

1039
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 3: you're into. You do that again. Let's he better known

1040
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 3: as the.

1041
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 2: Guy big bond to that all right, Anthony Towns wasn't

1042
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,640
Speaker 2: even there for the Ping Bog Timberwolf, but he probably

1043
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:33,240
Speaker 2: watched that video. Was like this is hilarious.

1044
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd love to join the Knicks. There was a've

1045
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,359
Speaker 3: been in a lot of content. Obviously the Nick's going

1046
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,480
Speaker 3: on another run. Here a lot of these similar videos,

1047
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,759
Speaker 3: if not done by side talk themselves of like rocking

1048
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,960
Speaker 3: like crazy Knicks fans and man, there's some characters. We're

1049
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,400
Speaker 3: gonna see it firsthand. Potentially. We are headed to New

1050
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 3: York in ours. We got to get on a plane

1051
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,400
Speaker 3: and we're going for some work meetings there at the

1052
00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:00,919
Speaker 3: Athletic obviously Times Building, but yeah, we're gonna be there

1053
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,040
Speaker 3: in the city at least for Wednesday nights Game one.

1054
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 3: Will we be in the arena? TBD.

1055
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:09,239
Speaker 2: I just got a great idea. Okay, you have pacers gear,

1056
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:11,000
Speaker 2: I'm going to perils.

1057
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:12,960
Speaker 3: You want me to go get garbage thrown at me.

1058
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,319
Speaker 3: I I want you to get garbage.

1059
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:16,520
Speaker 2: Thrown at you on the streets so we can go

1060
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:18,439
Speaker 2: see game out of the Eastern Conference Final.

1061
00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 3: I do have an entire Pacers hit. You could do that.

1062
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 2: You could be that guy. I mean, he was trying

1063
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 2: to get harassed, he was trying to get noticed and

1064
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 2: it worked out for him.

1065
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:28,719
Speaker 3: Well, maybe it would get me tickets to Game three

1066
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 3: or four.

1067
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:30,880
Speaker 1: I worked out perfect.

1068
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:33,799
Speaker 4: I was surprised to see by those huge bags of garbage.

1069
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 4: They were so soft and gentle. You don't have to

1070
00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:37,440
Speaker 4: worry about a thing. It was like it was like

1071
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:40,279
Speaker 4: all paper. It felt like they He didn't get knocked over.

1072
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:44,440
Speaker 4: These are monstrous bags. They're like eight foot bags. He

1073
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:46,919
Speaker 4: just took it, no prob so he'll be fine.

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Speaker 3: Thanks. All right, So we got game one in the

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Speaker 3: Western Conference Finals tonight eight thirty pm Eastern. This is

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Speaker 3: the Wolves versus Thunder and we already made our prediction.

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Speaker 3: So big game here and we'll see. Yeah, we'll see

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Speaker 3: whether okay, see's a little bit better in game one,

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Speaker 3: not having that long layoff like they did between the

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Speaker 3: first and second rounds. Here's the plan. We're gonna be

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Speaker 3: going live tonight after this game on YouTube, flipping it

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Speaker 3: into a podcast. So we'll have two podcasts for you

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Speaker 3: today here on Tuesday, two podcasts from two different states. Wow,

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Speaker 3: because that one will be coming to you from a

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Speaker 3: hotel room in New York City at around I don't

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Speaker 3: know how long these take, three hours, Ballpark eleven or

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Speaker 3: eleven thirty will be on.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, it's gonna be a long night you better

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Speaker 2: stock up on it, that's right.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so we will see you from New York later tonight.

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Speaker 3: Make sure you hit the notification button, make sure you subscribe,

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Speaker 3: hit the light button, all that so you know when

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Speaker 3: we're going live again later tonight. Podcast listeners help us

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Speaker 3: out five star ratings and reviews, and yeah, keep your

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Speaker 3: eye on a late night pod recapping Game one of

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Speaker 3: the Western Conference Finals. All right, until then, Clipper bros.

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Speaker 2: You heard it here first, have a great time, turn up.

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Speaker 2: Love you guys, awesome.

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Speaker 4: Thanks for joining us, and remember show tonight. There was

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Speaker 4: a rumor that we'll be staying in a third state,

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Speaker 4: that our hotel is actually in New Jersey.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, oh no, that's a misinformation.

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Speaker 1: Good grace of the day.

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Speaker 3: People. Will see you later tonight.