WEBVTT - No Surprises To Start Some Matchups

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<v Speaker 1>Wolves at Denver gross worst game of the weekend by far.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why it was on Sunday night. For East Coast fans,

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<v Speaker 1>you're probably in bed.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one am. It's one am on the East Coast,

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<v Speaker 2>no fucking shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone knew that it was gonna be bad because the

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<v Speaker 1>game went off at ten thirty West Coast time, ten

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<v Speaker 1>thirty East Coast time. Excuse me, half the country was

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<v Speaker 1>sound asleep by halftime. You're not gonna see King's Warriors

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<v Speaker 1>in that death slot. You're not gonna see Clippers Sons

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<v Speaker 1>in the death slot. You give it to Denver. Here

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<v Speaker 1>are my takeaways. Playoff Yokicic is here and he's really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Playoff Yokic is different than anybody else. Playoff Yokic is

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<v Speaker 1>very different than himself. In the regular season, he had

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen four and six and twenty eight minutes and he

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<v Speaker 1>fouled out with the Nuggets up twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>But in the first quarter of first half, they just went.

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<v Speaker 1>To him time and time and time and time again,

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<v Speaker 1>facilitating perfectly sweeping the boards, going up against multiple seven footers,

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<v Speaker 1>and just being the MVP that everybody knows he has

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<v Speaker 1>been so second. Another point is the Nuggets are just

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<v Speaker 1>really really good. The Nuggets are really efficient. They have

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<v Speaker 1>multiple guys they can get you fifteen points. Aaron Gordon

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<v Speaker 1>had thirteen, Porter had eighteen, Jokic thirteen, Jamal Murray twenty four.

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<v Speaker 2>He was kind of the leading scorer.

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<v Speaker 1>On that team, and ksep with fifteen, Bruce Brown off

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<v Speaker 1>the bench fourteen. So it was probably the most balanced

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<v Speaker 1>scoring effort of any team in the playoffs this year.

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<v Speaker 1>And you don't need a guy like NICOLEA. Jokicic to

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<v Speaker 1>go off for forty, you don't. You have guys along

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<v Speaker 1>the way they can help you with thirteen, twelve, fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen along the way. Really hard to beat a team

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<v Speaker 1>like that. If you have to defend every single player

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<v Speaker 1>and there is no weakness and they can all shoot

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<v Speaker 1>and score, that's tough. That's a really tough team to beat.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you know, the thing somebody mentioned to me

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<v Speaker 1>was like, wow, a Michael Porter Junior is a de wildcard,

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, well, I think this is a team

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<v Speaker 1>full of wildcards. You never know what you're gonna get

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<v Speaker 1>from MPJ, but you also don't know what you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get from KCP. KCP could give you five for six

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<v Speaker 1>from three, and he could also go zero for nine

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<v Speaker 1>from three day to day. The Nuggets are like night

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<v Speaker 1>and day. Thirdly, man the Wolves, the Wolves are They're

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<v Speaker 1>just not themselves. They've played two playoff games already. They

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<v Speaker 1>might have been gassed coming to Mile High in Denver,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't really care. This is a team with

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<v Speaker 1>Rudy and Kat on the floor that does not make

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<v Speaker 1>an ounce of sense. And we know that Rudy got

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<v Speaker 1>ran off the floor again. He was in negative twenty

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<v Speaker 1>eight and twenty seven minutes because the Nuggets exposed him.

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<v Speaker 1>Karl Anthony Towns was better, but listen, this roster is

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<v Speaker 1>getting exposed. They miss Jaden McDaniels, they miss nas Reed,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm not really sure that they can keep up

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<v Speaker 1>with his Denver team without that defense.

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<v Speaker 2>The series is gonna be over fast.

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<v Speaker 1>Game three is the key Nuggets can win against the

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<v Speaker 1>Wolves on the road.

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<v Speaker 2>It's probably night Night sleep mask.

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<v Speaker 1>So Celtics Hawks another one that's gonna be over fast?

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<v Speaker 1>Is this series over before it started? Celtics blew the

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<v Speaker 1>doors off the Hawks in Game one. They built the

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<v Speaker 1>lead of like twenty fast and in the process served

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<v Speaker 1>everybody in the NBA. The Boston Celtics are back right

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<v Speaker 1>that they actually are, especially with Giannis going down, Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>the team to be in the East. Three takeaways. Trey

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<v Speaker 1>Young sucks. He's terrible in playoffs. He just really is.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever his point number is when you're betting him, just

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<v Speaker 1>take the under every single time. Is the fun levels

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<v Speaker 1>are at an all time low for portray According to

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Greenberg, how bad is it Trey Young versus the

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics guards well versus Derek White. He had thirty one

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<v Speaker 1>possessions six points and went two for s verse Marcus Smart,

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<v Speaker 1>reigning Defensive Player of the Year sixteen possessions five points,

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<v Speaker 1>two for six shooting, verse. Malcolm Brogden two possessions, zero points,

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<v Speaker 1>zero for one shooting. There is nobody that he can

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<v Speaker 1>score on. Derek White's probably a shoe in for all

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<v Speaker 1>defensive NBA team. Brogden has a defensive rating of one

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<v Speaker 1>to twelve point six this year, which is about the

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<v Speaker 1>same as Derek Whites. I have no idea how Trey

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<v Speaker 1>Young is going to be able to get loose. Second,

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<v Speaker 1>the Celtics are going to dominate and manage to dominate

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<v Speaker 1>the Hawks, despite the fact that Robert Williams was a

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<v Speaker 1>non factor. He was legit the only player on the

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<v Speaker 1>roster wide a negative plus minus minus seven, and this

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<v Speaker 1>was despite going six for six from the field. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think he's the same player, and I do not

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<v Speaker 1>think it matters against a team like the Hawks. And

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<v Speaker 1>Boston doesn't need him to beat Atlanta. They're one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>percent going to need him to beat the Sixers. But

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<v Speaker 1>old boy, listen, the Hawks feel they're.

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<v Speaker 2>In trouble if Trey continues.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirdly, his run of mediocre play in Atlanta, does this

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<v Speaker 1>mean he's getting traded? I don't mean to be woo

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<v Speaker 1>Janowski right now and like move forward too far. But

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<v Speaker 1>Quinn Snyder is a good coach and he was brought

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<v Speaker 1>on to suss out whether Trey Young is the future

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<v Speaker 1>point guard for this team. And they do feel like

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<v Speaker 1>they have some major issues to contend with because they've

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<v Speaker 1>got Dejonte Andre. If Quinn Snyder wants to build this

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<v Speaker 1>team to be beating the rest of these Eastern Conference

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<v Speaker 1>teams like the Celtics and like the Sixers, and I

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<v Speaker 1>just showed you all of his stats that were booboo,

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<v Speaker 1>what is he gonna do? This series could be over

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<v Speaker 1>and four and Trey Young could be moved to some

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<v Speaker 1>random team in the offseason. Knicks versus Cavs. What a

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<v Speaker 1>fascinating matchup this is. I think everybody expected it to

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<v Speaker 1>go seven, and I think it still will. Nick stole

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<v Speaker 1>home court right out from under Cleveland with performances from

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<v Speaker 1>their star, a buddy game from Julius Randall, but also

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Hart.

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<v Speaker 2>Josh Hart is so good on this team.

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<v Speaker 1>That first round pick that they had to give up

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<v Speaker 1>to get him is worth every single penny. First off,

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<v Speaker 1>the takeaways that it is just that Jalen Brunson and

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Hard like peas and carrots. Heart was eight for

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<v Speaker 1>eleven for seventeen, Brunson went off for twenty seven. That's

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<v Speaker 1>forty four for two guys in the backcourt that went

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<v Speaker 1>to school together at Villanova. When you can get that,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really hard to beat somebody. When Hart is coming

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<v Speaker 1>off the bench and giving you fifteen plus. Jalen Brunston

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<v Speaker 1>had the ball on his hands for the final minute

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<v Speaker 1>and there was some timely offensive rebounding that went into

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<v Speaker 1>the books for a Nicks win. But listen, you also

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<v Speaker 1>had a timely bucket from Josh Hart. They're not the

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<v Speaker 1>most talented team, but boy did they find a way

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<v Speaker 1>to scheme to make Darius Garland uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>They just bodied him.

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<v Speaker 1>Secondly, they made life so uncomfortable for Darius Garland, trapping

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<v Speaker 1>him the entire game. They forced him into five turnovers

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<v Speaker 1>and he had seventeen points on seven for thirteen shooting.

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<v Speaker 2>He was just a wounded duck, Just a wounded duck.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Hart Emmanuel quickly and Garland didn't put up a

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<v Speaker 1>single shot in the second half. So I think the

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<v Speaker 1>Calves are gonna have to figure out a way to

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<v Speaker 1>fix that. They apparently say that they're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>more physical in game two because Darius Garland said that

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<v Speaker 1>the refs let them play a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>However, the refs changed game to game folks.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, we need to hit first and see how

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<v Speaker 1>the refs react instead of being punched in the face

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<v Speaker 1>and just laying down.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna see how that turns out.

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<v Speaker 1>The last takeaways that Donovan Mitchell is worth every single

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<v Speaker 1>cent he is him.

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<v Speaker 2>He's single handedly.

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<v Speaker 1>Brought the Calves back almost one of the game too.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't have any business being in the game, but

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<v Speaker 1>Donovan Mitchell had thirty eight six threes, and without him,

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<v Speaker 1>I think the Calves lose by twenty. Well, without him,

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<v Speaker 1>the Caves aren't even there. Calves are probably just a

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<v Speaker 1>playing team that just gets bounced. I think there's a

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<v Speaker 1>good chances the series go seven Net Sixers. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>this is like the Wolves versus the Nuggets. It's a mismatch.

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<v Speaker 1>We kind of knew it was going to be. We

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<v Speaker 1>were hoping that there was going to be a role

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<v Speaker 1>player like Michel Bridges who could help you compete.

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<v Speaker 2>But when PJ. Tucker is hitting early threes, you know

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be a bad night.

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<v Speaker 1>The Sixers I think they won every single quarter and

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<v Speaker 1>they did three takeaways from the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Joel is activated.

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<v Speaker 1>Playoff mode is really really good. The box score doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>look like he did anything twenty six to five and three,

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<v Speaker 1>but he was throwing his round with reckless abandon The

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<v Speaker 1>Nets have no answer. They have no answer for Joel

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<v Speaker 1>embiid nck Claxton. You're too small. Joel can facilitate around you.

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<v Speaker 1>It is hard for anyone to defend joelmb which we know.

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<v Speaker 1>The problem though, is that he took another bad fall.

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<v Speaker 1>Every time that happens. The entire Sixers fan base just

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<v Speaker 1>gasps this time. This time mbat seems fine. But the

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<v Speaker 1>Maury it's the ground boy, the more likely he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>This version. Secondly, of James Harden is very dangerous.

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<v Speaker 1>Harden at twenty three points and thirteen assists for a

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<v Speaker 1>game high of plus twenty, he is the most impactful

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<v Speaker 1>guy on the court. He's probably one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>passers in the league, and after really a different renaissance

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<v Speaker 1>of him being the best scorer in the league, his transformation,

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<v Speaker 1>I think.

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<v Speaker 2>Is just very impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>As long as his hamstring, his achilles, his feet hold up,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that this team's dangerous. And thirdly, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>care that the nets are getting blown out. Mckail bridges

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<v Speaker 1>is him. Mckal bridges is the man too. He had

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<v Speaker 1>thirty like clockwork. Every single game. He's seemingly putting up thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>How good is he? I think that there are now

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<v Speaker 1>multiple fan bases that want to give up four or

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<v Speaker 1>five for Seawn draft picks for McHale. He's a number

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<v Speaker 1>one option. He's very, very, very good. He's probably close

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<v Speaker 1>to being an All NBA player at thirty and five,

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<v Speaker 1>playing elite defense if the Nets keep them, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>already calling in Brooklyn Bridges, so I feel like I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like they do want to keep them, They're going

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<v Speaker 1>to need to add another star around them. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>see this series going long, so I don't have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of things to say, but the Nets are going

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<v Speaker 1>to need to figure out something defending the home court

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<v Speaker 1>well against the Sixers, and they're always one injury away

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<v Speaker 1>from disaster.