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Speaker 1: So simply, as a basketball fan, I really appreciated just

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Speaker 1: But as my friend Mark Titis once said, basketball is

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Speaker 1: one in that left, the one in the left corner.

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Speaker 1: I think Minnesota had gone up one o two, one

432
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Speaker 1: oh one if I remember correctly, Jaden McDaniels made this

433
00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:51,280
Speaker 1: like absolutely preposterous decision. I genuinely don't know what he

434
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Speaker 1: was thinking, or he kind of caught the ball in

435
00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,119
Speaker 1: that middle flash and then like just made an aggressive

436
00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:01,000
Speaker 1: driving move out of bounds and then like jumped and

437
00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,600
Speaker 1: went flying into camera row and then turned to throw

438
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,120
Speaker 1: like a jump pass to somebody and ended up throwing

439
00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,040
Speaker 1: it right into one of the guys underneath the basket.

440
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,000
Speaker 1: But in that sequence they immediately had a five on four.

441
00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,720
Speaker 1: Going out the other way, PJ. Washington got wide open

442
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:16,680
Speaker 1: in the left corner and knocked down the biggest shot

443
00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:21,080
Speaker 1: of the game, which turned the It turned that Minnesota

444
00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,719
Speaker 1: lead into into something that was I can't remember if

445
00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,160
Speaker 1: it made a four point game into a one point

446
00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,159
Speaker 1: game or for a game in the lead. It was

447
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,119
Speaker 1: a huge shot though, that PJ. Washington hit there in

448
00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:31,800
Speaker 1: the left corner. Again, I'll have a better fear for

449
00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,360
Speaker 1: feel for this stuff after we rewatched the game tomorrow,

450
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Speaker 1: But anyway, shout out PJ.

451
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Speaker 2: Washington.

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Speaker 1: I thought that was a huge shot, especially after you

453
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,040
Speaker 1: didn't shoot well throughout the rest of the game. Minnesota

454
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,760
Speaker 1: so much stuff that they need to clean up, first

455
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:49,560
Speaker 1: of all the ball screens. So I think that, like

456
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Speaker 1: I talked about earlier, there's nothing that's gonna work, right,

457
00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,160
Speaker 1: nothing works against a top three player in the world.

458
00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,800
Speaker 1: It just you just try to make it more difficult, right,

459
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:05,119
Speaker 1: And so what do we know about Luka Doncicic right now?

460
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,439
Speaker 1: With what he's doing well right now? Right, all his

461
00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,000
Speaker 1: short range shot making is dialed in. All the push shots,

462
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,399
Speaker 1: hook shots, short range jumpers, those are all dialed in.

463
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:13,880
Speaker 2: Right.

464
00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,040
Speaker 1: We know he's gonna hick you apart with the lob

465
00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,000
Speaker 1: pass or the drop off pass to the big guy

466
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Speaker 1: underneath the basket, right, So I think the drop where

467
00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,280
Speaker 1: you chase over the top probably not a good idea anymore,

468
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,359
Speaker 1: right because Jada McDaniels just doesn't bother Luca from behind,

469
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,679
Speaker 1: and he just can methodically work down and bait in

470
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Speaker 1: the rim protector and throw those drop off passes. Right,

471
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Speaker 1: the blitz comes with its own share of issues. Now,

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Speaker 1: I think Minnesota can blitz for stretches as long as

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Speaker 1: their rotations are sharp. I did not think Minnesota played

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Speaker 1: a very good defensive game tonight in any facet. I

475
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Speaker 1: didn't think Gobar protected the rim as well as Lively

476
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,040
Speaker 1: and Gafford did. I didn't think Aunt and Jade McDaniels

477
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Speaker 1: defended on the perimeter as well as Derek Jones Junior

478
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:56,520
Speaker 1: and PJ.

479
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Speaker 2: Washington did.

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Speaker 1: Like, I didn't think they did nearly as good a

481
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,879
Speaker 1: jo in any phase of the game. Right, So, like

482
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,720
Speaker 1: that that's a big part of it. And I think

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00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,440
Speaker 1: that Minnesota can do a better job blitzing than they did.

484
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,200
Speaker 1: But I think the chasing over the top drop coverage

485
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,560
Speaker 1: is no longer an option that they can go to.

486
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,760
Speaker 1: What is Luca struggling with right now? He made I

487
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,240
Speaker 1: think one tonight, maybe two he made the step back

488
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,800
Speaker 1: off of the kickout, but like, uh, he hasn't been

489
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,280
Speaker 1: shooting the three balls super well in this postseason, right, So, like,

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00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,840
Speaker 1: one thing you can do is just have Luca operate

491
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,000
Speaker 1: in pick and roll without Jaden on his backside, but

492
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,720
Speaker 1: rather Jayden on his front side. Right, So one option

493
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,439
Speaker 1: you can do there is just go underneath screens. So

494
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 1: obviously Luca could get going as a three point shooter.

495
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 1: If you do that, then you can react right again,

496
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 1: none of these coverages work. It's just about finding It's

497
00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 1: like the it's like the cliche lesser of two evils, right,

498
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,800
Speaker 1: you're looking for the best way to try to make

499
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,600
Speaker 1: things difficult for Luca. Luca's not shooting the three super

500
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Speaker 1: well right now. Most of his misses tonight were way off.

501
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 1: So try ducking underscreens as opposed to chasing over the top.

502
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 1: It's the exact same coverage right like go Bear is

503
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,439
Speaker 1: still in drop, but what you're doing is instead of

504
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 1: chasing Luke over the top and getting into trail position,

505
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,639
Speaker 1: you're ducking under and meeting him at spots on the

506
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,080
Speaker 1: other side of the screen. So Luca's counter to that

507
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,920
Speaker 1: will be to use pullback dribbles as soon as Jaden

508
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,920
Speaker 1: Duck's under the pick to try to shoot a pull

509
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,760
Speaker 1: up three there. But maybe he's not making it well

510
00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,680
Speaker 1: enough for it to matter. That's one thing you can try. Switching.

511
00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,800
Speaker 1: They got to stop in the fourth quarter of this

512
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,399
Speaker 1: game by just switching Gobart onto the ball right, Lively

513
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,560
Speaker 1: and Gafford are not guys that typically attack in the

514
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,200
Speaker 1: post super well. So you just put a put Jada

515
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,879
Speaker 1: McDaniels switch onto the post guy, right, and then you

516
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,320
Speaker 1: ask Rudy Gobert to try to defend Luca down to

517
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Speaker 1: john An Island. Yes, I know Luca can do damage

518
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 1: to go bear on An Island, but again, it's just

519
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,679
Speaker 1: about trying to find something different that that does a

520
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,680
Speaker 1: better job. Right, So I think I get the actual

521
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 1: deep drop chasing over the top. I just think lucas

522
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,920
Speaker 1: too good for that. I think he's comfortable and too

523
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,480
Speaker 1: big for Jaden McDaniels. I think he's too good at

524
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 1: baiting Gobert to where he needs Gobert to get for

525
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 1: him to throw that drop off pass or that lob

526
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,920
Speaker 1: pass that I don't think is an option. I think

527
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,680
Speaker 1: you mix coverages up with ducking, underpicks, switching and blitzing,

528
00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,119
Speaker 1: because those are gonna at least make things a little

529
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 1: bit tougher on Luca defensive rotations. In general, the game

530
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,840
Speaker 1: of sixty two points in the paint tonight, I don't

531
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Speaker 1: care how good Luca is in ball screens. You just

532
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,720
Speaker 1: have to do a better job in general in rotations.

533
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,480
Speaker 1: You guys heard Rudy Gobert at the start of the

534
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 1: fourth quarter doing his interview. He specifically mentioned the lowman

535
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,320
Speaker 1: has to be more engaged. What that means is when

536
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,399
Speaker 1: Gobert steps up, you need to not make that a lob.

537
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 1: It needs to be a corner three because here's the thing,

538
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,359
Speaker 1: or a drop off pass. I mean, the corner three

539
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 1: is gonna be worth for know pj WA Like for

540
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,960
Speaker 1: shooters that are shooting really well, it might be worth

541
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,439
Speaker 1: one point two points per possession. Right, A lob dunk

542
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 1: or a drop off dunk is worth two points per possession,

543
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,399
Speaker 1: So you at least got to make him make a

544
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,440
Speaker 1: jumper instead of having an easy dunk. That means when

545
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,879
Speaker 1: Gobert's up on Luca, the guy guarding, the guy in

546
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,800
Speaker 1: the opposite corner has to step in and guard the

547
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 1: center rolling to the rim. In general, I did not

548
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 1: think Minnesota had nearly the level of defensive intensity and

549
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 1: engagement that they had at the tail end of the

550
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,560
Speaker 1: Denver series. That's your bread and butter. That's why you're here.

551
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,159
Speaker 1: You're in the conference finals because you defend. So that

552
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:20,919
Speaker 1: needs to be where they devote the majority of their

553
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,199
Speaker 1: resources they have to do a much better job. And

554
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,920
Speaker 1: then lastly, their offensive process. And this goes in two

555
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: different phases. Like I'll start with crunch time. A lot

556
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:34,120
Speaker 1: of classic Minnesota Timberwolves crunch time offense that we saw

557
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 1: in the regular season in this game.

558
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 2: They've been much.

559
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,439
Speaker 1: Better in the postseason, but in the regular season this

560
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 1: was a god awful offense. In the in crunch time

561
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:44,920
Speaker 1: they had a one h four offensive rating. It was

562
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 1: one of the worst in the league. In A big

563
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 1: part of it was just silly decision making from a

564
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 1: bunch of key players. Like I mentioned the Jada McDaniels

565
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,359
Speaker 1: play like Ant's tired, so he throws the ball up

566
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,119
Speaker 1: to Jade and he ends up kind of co opting

567
00:26:58,119 --> 00:26:59,920
Speaker 1: a possession. He drives out of bounds and then throws

568
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,880
Speaker 1: some bizarre kick back pass underneath the basket that Mike

569
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,879
Speaker 1: Conley play drives into the lane. If you watch that one,

570
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,359
Speaker 1: Luca is kind of splitting the difference between Gobert and

571
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Speaker 1: Conley as he's driving. But Jaden, I think it was

572
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 1: Derek Jones, Yeah, Derek Jones. I can't remember who was

573
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,040
Speaker 1: guarding Ant on the weak side. I think it was

574
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,639
Speaker 1: Derek Jones. Derek Jones was guarding Anthony Edwards on the

575
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 1: weak side, and he left ant to come into the

576
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 1: lane to help on Mike Conley. So Mike Conley looked

577
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 1: and saw Luca in front of Gobert and saw Derek

578
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 1: Jones coming and Anthony Edwards was wide open on the

579
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 1: right wing. Is a poor decision. That's Mike Conley. That's

580
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,680
Speaker 1: what he's out there for is to make good decisions.

581
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: He forces a lob that's not open, Luca turns it,

582
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,120
Speaker 1: turns it back and they go the other way. Throw

583
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 1: a kickout past to Anthony Edwards for catching choo three.

584
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 1: He's been getting one point three points per catching chew

585
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 1: jumper in this postseason. Anthony Edwards again in crunch time

586
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,600
Speaker 1: either completely disengaged or just looking for a pull up three.

587
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:59,160
Speaker 1: So like in general, in their offensive offensive processing crunch time,

588
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,199
Speaker 1: it looked way too much like the regular season. They

589
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 1: have to do a much better job on in the

590
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: meat and potatoes of the game. There was a lot

591
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,119
Speaker 1: of good stuff. Carl Anthony Towns looked great throughout. They

592
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: had a lot of success running Horn's chest. Those of

593
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: you guys who've watched What's the Mind the game the

594
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,879
Speaker 1: Show with JJ Redick and Lebron they've broken it down before.

595
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,200
Speaker 1: It's a basic horn set where you have two guys

596
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 1: at the at the elbows, a guy at the top

597
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:22,400
Speaker 1: of the key.

598
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,920
Speaker 2: He dribbles off Carl Anthony Towns this way, and Carl

599
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:25,959
Speaker 2: Anthony Town's comes off.

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00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,120
Speaker 1: Gobert, Ornazrit, whoever it is, comes off the opposite side.

601
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,160
Speaker 1: You throw the skip pass and there's a three point

602
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: shot there right. Carl Anthony Town's had a lot of

603
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,439
Speaker 1: success with that. He had a lot of success with

604
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 1: four or five pick and roll, which is basically just

605
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,239
Speaker 1: have Gobert's at the screen, catworks down hill. He had

606
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 1: some lob passes to go bear that way. So they

607
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: had some success with offense run through Karl Anthony Towns.

608
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: The main thing they have to get way better at

609
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: is the offense run through Anthony Edwards. And again a

610
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: couple of key things. First of all, I understand you're fatigued,

611
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: but like you weren't defending well enough on Kyrie Irving

612
00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:00,959
Speaker 1: to actually justify being as tired as he was Conference finals, man,

613
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,800
Speaker 1: and your team needs you to your team needs you

614
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: to create shots. So like the fatigue thing, I can't

615
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: accept that as an excuse. Like Aunt has to find

616
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: a way to power through that right Specifically, like I

617
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, when he was coming off of those screens,

618
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 1: he was looking at the rim protector in this case

619
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 1: go Gafford or Lively and just not applying any pressure

620
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 1: on them at Like Aunt applied almost no pressure on

621
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: the rim in this game, and it's like, that is

622
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 1: your superpower, Man, that is your superpower.

623
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 2: Now.

624
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: To be clear with Ant, I haven't watched any of

625
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,400
Speaker 1: the postgame pressers. Aunt's a high character guy and a

626
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: great leader. My guess is I'm gonna get on my

627
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,160
Speaker 1: phone after this game and I'm gonna see some sort

628
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 1: of quote from Aunt saying like I played like dogshit,

629
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: I let my team down tonight. I need to be

630
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 1: better on Friday, and I believe Ant will be better

631
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 1: on Friday. But the reality is is in this game,

632
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,560
Speaker 1: I thought Aunt was a major driver of their struggles throughout,

633
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: and a big part of it was just because there's

634
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: not some sort of clear obvious advantage like there was

635
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 1: against Denver, where you're just slashing down the lane and

636
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: getting easy lamps doesn't mean you don't try the rim

637
00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 1: protector Again, like I talked about with Kyrie and Luca,

638
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: a lot of times, you just need to engage the

639
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: rim protector somehow, because if you do, that's where your

640
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 1: your waves of size coming on the weak size or

641
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 1: week side are rolling from the perimeter can do damage.

642
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 1: Right Like, if Gobert's rolling to the rim, he's not

643
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 1: gonna get the offensive rebound if Ant shoots to pull

644
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 1: up three, because if Ant shoots to pull up three,

645
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Speaker 1: Gafford or Lively can just turn and box out go

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Speaker 1: bear right. They're the only way you're gonna get any

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Speaker 1: sort of benefit there is if you turn the corner

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Speaker 1: on the ball screen and get into Gafford or Lively

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Speaker 1: and engage them. That way, you can either throw the

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Speaker 1: drop off pass or get something up on the rim. Now,

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Speaker 1: since Gafford or Lively are engaged on Ant, that is

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Speaker 1: where Karl Anthony Towns and Rudy.

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Speaker 2: Gobert can do damage on the offensive glass.

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Speaker 1: And so again, like you know, a lot of times,

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Speaker 1: and this is it's a good thing in some ways,

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Speaker 1: and it's a bad thing in others, because, like ant is,

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Speaker 1: he did a really good job for stretches of game

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Speaker 1: Savage and for stretches of the last round and against

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Speaker 1: the Suns of like, Okay, they're loading up on me,

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Speaker 1: don't force it, make the extra pass. Let my teammates

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Speaker 1: go to work. And like, I get that, there's a

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Speaker 1: certain amount of that that you need to do. But

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Speaker 1: the reality is is you're the guy have to superpower.

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Speaker 1: You're the guy that has the ability to break this

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Speaker 1: defensive part with your downhill athleticism. At a certain point,

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Speaker 1: you need to force the issue. You need to turn

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Speaker 1: the corner, get into traffic, gets something on the rim,

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Speaker 1: or get a drop off pass to your bigs. And

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Speaker 1: the only way you're gonna do that is if you

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Speaker 1: turn the corner in those ball screens instead of constantly

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Speaker 1: settling or just throwing swing passes. Again, just a really

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Speaker 1: bad game from Anthony Edwards on both ends of the floor.

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Speaker 1: But again I expect that he will have taken accountability

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Speaker 1: for it and that he'll be ready to go on

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Speaker 1: Friday for Game two. So again, Minnesota a lot that

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Speaker 1: they can clean up. But tip of the cap to

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Speaker 1: Dallas tonight. I thought they came in and just put

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Speaker 1: on a clinic. I thought they out played Minnesota in

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Speaker 1: every phase of the game.

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Speaker 2: I thought.

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Speaker 1: They deserve to win, and they deserve to be up

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Speaker 1: one to zero in the series. This is going to

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Speaker 1: be a super entertain series. I'm super excited. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: get into the film tomorrow morning, So keep an eye

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Speaker 1: on my Twitter feed and on my YouTube channel. I'll

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Speaker 1: have a film breakdown up at some time, you know,

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Speaker 1: in that mid morning area. Just keep an eye on

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Speaker 1: my Twitter feed. I'll tweet out the links once it

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Speaker 1: goes live. As always, sincerely appreciate you guys. It means

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Speaker 1: a lot to me that you guys have rocked me

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Speaker 1: over the last couple of years. Has been fun building

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Speaker 1: this channel out. We will be back tomorrow morning with

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Speaker 1: the film breakdown, and then again tomorrow night for Game

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Speaker 1: two of the Eastern Conference Finals.

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Speaker 2: I will see you guys.

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Speaker 1: Then the volume