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Speaker 1: so we started with I bought each was cracking, got catslaving.

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Speaker 3: What do you mean?

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Speaker 2: I have to wear shoes here both America and it's

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Speaker 1: Be good morning, sweet wirl, and welcome to the No

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Speaker 1: Dunks podcast on the Athletic Network. It's Wednesday, April twelfth,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. I'm Jay Eastkes here in the Classic Factory,

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Speaker 1: and alongside me as always, that's Tass Mellis guest listeners.

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Speaker 3: This is for you.

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Speaker 1: Next to him from North Carolina, it's the beard of

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Speaker 1: one my a top shot hot boy, Trey Herby. Ayo, hey,

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Speaker 1: this guy is ready to check in for a good

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Speaker 1: what thirty minutes off the bench. They back up.

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Speaker 2: Big in Chicago. So I'm heading out to Toronto, says,

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Speaker 2: the show's over here. Catch me tonight. I'll be still

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Speaker 1: Oh wow on your phone. Excellent And last, but not

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Speaker 1: least over yonder, it is the Apprentice. It's Eshawa kid Ah. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the Hawks fan esh picking up a big dub last night.

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Speaker 1: We got a whole lot to get into on today's podcast.

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Speaker 1: Here we got a talking about last night. It's crazy

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Speaker 1: playing games. We'll look ahead to tonight's playing games. We've

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Speaker 1: also had a weggie what do you number? Fifty three?

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Speaker 1: Harlan screaming out wedge and then he just stopped and

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Speaker 3: The l time record. Yeah, fifty eight is the current record.

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Speaker 3: So yes, do you think Harlan maybe had an inside

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Speaker 1: the second game of the doubleheader. Last night on TNT.

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Speaker 1: The Lakers outlast the Wolves one, one o two in overtime.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, or even maybe give it to the guy who's

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Speaker 1: He's like, man, I'm the one guy that can hit

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I love how Lebron called it a brain

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Speaker 2: I thought ad was a weird game, like he ut

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Speaker 2: up an incredible line. I think once Towns got into

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Speaker 2: Who was that to Prince? I think for the layoff,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and what did you think about those, you know,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, those were the two whistles that bump with Anthony

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Speaker 3: one with Lebron where Lebron go toed him. The Anthony

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Speaker 1: I thought he got called caught all watching kat on

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Speaker 1: The Hawks hold off the Heat one sixteen to one

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Speaker 2: Heat aren't known as a rebounding team, but they are

430
00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,920
Speaker 2: certainly an effort and physicality team. And the Hawks had

431
00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:38,040
Speaker 2: more effort, more physicality and timely shot making. I thought

432
00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,120
Speaker 2: as well, like Murray really struggled in the first half.

433
00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,080
Speaker 2: He went two for nine, but five for seven in

434
00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,080
Speaker 2: the second half, and like you're saying, skeets every time

435
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,760
Speaker 2: the Hawks needed an answer, I kind of felt like

436
00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:48,520
Speaker 2: it was Murray. It would get down like seven or

437
00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,880
Speaker 2: eight points. He had a couple of little backbreakers just

438
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,520
Speaker 2: floating in the lane, using his length to shoot over

439
00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,080
Speaker 2: the top of the Heat. If Kyle Lowry doesn't play

440
00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,000
Speaker 2: the best game of his season, this is an easy blow.

441
00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,720
Speaker 1: Yeah for the Hawks. Yeah, Lowry, Yeah, you're right, kept

442
00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,280
Speaker 1: them in it in the first half, continued his incredible

443
00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,639
Speaker 1: play in the second half. It was weird. We had

444
00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,520
Speaker 1: Conley and Lowry dominating last night in both in losses.

445
00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,919
Speaker 1: But yeah, Atlanta elt rebound in Miami sixty three to

446
00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,520
Speaker 1: thirty nine, twenty two to six on the offensive class

447
00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,399
Speaker 1: that is a huge number, twenty six to six and

448
00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,000
Speaker 1: second chance points. That was the game. Jim Jackson on

449
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,320
Speaker 1: the call, Some guys just wanted a little bit more.

450
00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,840
Speaker 1: It was Capella. I thought the heat came into this

451
00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 1: game too. Somebody told them, hey, the play in tournament,

452
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,920
Speaker 1: it's not the playoffs, and they're like, oh, all right,

453
00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,080
Speaker 1: this is just like a normal game in February. We'll

454
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,440
Speaker 1: come out with that energy. They were brutal, terrible first start,

455
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:42,240
Speaker 1: like live ball, turnovers, stepping out of bounds, giving up

456
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,200
Speaker 1: obviously offensive rebounds, like just no fight. And they were

457
00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,919
Speaker 1: just like they had the like the like they were

458
00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,160
Speaker 1: holding themselves like this is a meaningless game and don't worry,

459
00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,399
Speaker 1: we'll get back into it now. They did, but it

460
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,159
Speaker 1: still came back to bite him in the ass, and

461
00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,600
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler was burrutal in this game. How many bunnies

462
00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,840
Speaker 1: did he miss? It was terrible, And he was terrible

463
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:08,720
Speaker 1: shooting layups. It like he was missing layups by a mile.

464
00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,639
Speaker 1: He was bricking layups like they were going on the

465
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,560
Speaker 1: other side of the rim. A credit to like a

466
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,320
Speaker 1: cong Wu And obviously Capella like did block the crap

467
00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 1: at him a couple of times, but like he was

468
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,040
Speaker 1: just missing so many that you get used to Jimmy Butler.

469
00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,560
Speaker 1: Even though once where Jimmy gets fouled, like he gets

470
00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,280
Speaker 1: he draws the contact and then it's usually an and

471
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,920
Speaker 1: one because it's a layup. He was missing those ones

472
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,400
Speaker 1: even and those don't even show up in the box

473
00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,040
Speaker 1: score as a shot. And then Bam too, I thought

474
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,760
Speaker 1: he had a couple of where it's like, what are

475
00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,000
Speaker 1: they doing right around the rim? Like so they're two

476
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,160
Speaker 1: star players, I mean they shit the bet. I thought

477
00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,720
Speaker 1: they were both terrible. Yeah, totally.

478
00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,760
Speaker 2: I thought Bam was generally just not as involved in

479
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,120
Speaker 2: the offense as he should have been. One of the

480
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,159
Speaker 2: best ways the heat can generate offense. I feel like

481
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,359
Speaker 2: it's Bam grabbing a rebound and bringing it back up

482
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,120
Speaker 2: off the court or bringing it up off whatever in transition.

483
00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 2: But as we talked about, the Heat weren't rebounding so

484
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,960
Speaker 2: that that wasn't really an option for them. And then yeah,

485
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,200
Speaker 2: Butler just could not get it going inside at all.

486
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,240
Speaker 2: He did get eleven free throws. He was grifting certainly

487
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,280
Speaker 2: at some points, maybe to his detriment, trying to draw

488
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:15,320
Speaker 2: fowls more so than necessarily finished. But the Hawks dominated

489
00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,399
Speaker 2: the interior, and that's usually where you would assume that

490
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:18,640
Speaker 2: the Heat had the advantage.

491
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 3: Unfortunately, was Bam, it happens where he doesn't force the action,

492
00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,320
Speaker 3: threw out his playoff and play in Courier. Now, I

493
00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:27,959
Speaker 3: guess he should have just been watching Kyle Lowry as

494
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,040
Speaker 3: Lowry was forcing it over and over and over again. Yeah,

495
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:35,320
Speaker 3: and he saved them multiple It was down. They were

496
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,439
Speaker 3: down twenty with two minutes left in the first quarter,

497
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,399
Speaker 3: and he made it digestible. So he scored seven in

498
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,520
Speaker 3: the last two minutes of play because he was just

499
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,639
Speaker 3: he was just doing Kyle Lowry things, making something have it,

500
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,160
Speaker 3: going to the rim, throwing his body around, getting a foul.

501
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,040
Speaker 3: Then he hit a three and another tough layup. They're

502
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,520
Speaker 3: down fifteen and it was a game, and then yeah,

503
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,879
Speaker 3: Tyler Hero doing his thing to start the third, and

504
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,159
Speaker 3: you'd think, all right, we just got to get to

505
00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,359
Speaker 3: Jimmy time, and that never never came because it was

506
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:06,919
Speaker 3: an absolute blowout win for the Atlanta Hawks. You're totally

507
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,879
Speaker 3: right about the heat and the way they walked, in

508
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:17,080
Speaker 3: their disposition walking into this arena. Toronto fans, Pelicans fans

509
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,560
Speaker 3: tonight should have been watching. Hope they were watching last night,

510
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,480
Speaker 3: because I always comment on the Heat fans. They always

511
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,239
Speaker 3: come back at me. But they were non existent in

512
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,280
Speaker 3: the first half. They thought they were going to show

513
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:34,480
Speaker 3: up in the second half, and too little, too late, obviously,

514
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 3: and look they the rebounding thing is as real. They

515
00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,879
Speaker 3: went and got Kevin Love as their biot guy, and

516
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,560
Speaker 3: they started him at the four because they were desperate.

517
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,320
Speaker 3: He obviously came off the bench in this one. They

518
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,080
Speaker 3: got Cody Zeller as well because they were desperate. They

519
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:51,000
Speaker 3: never replaced PJ. Tucker's grit. They never replaced their lack

520
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 3: of size in the end, and so rebounding was a problem.

521
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 3: Scoring obviously was a problem. They're lucky to get thirty

522
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:04,879
Speaker 3: three from Kyle but Bay and the Hawk's bench.

523
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 1: Wow, reserves Bay Bogdanovich, a Coongu and Jalen Johnson, who

524
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,879
Speaker 1: had an awesome putback dunk in this one fifty three points.

525
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,400
Speaker 1: For those guys, it felt like watching this game at

526
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 1: times like seven of the eight or eight of the

527
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 1: nine best players in the game were Atlanta Hawks players,

528
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: and it was like Lowry who else played good? For

529
00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 1: the Heat, that's it, that's all. Swery played well.

530
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, other guys had moments like Hero had a moment

531
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 2: at the beginning of the second half, and that's kind

532
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,200
Speaker 2: of like it seemed to me that maybe the tide

533
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,879
Speaker 2: was going to turn for the Heat because their first

534
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 2: half it looked like they just met each other, and

535
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,440
Speaker 2: the second half they came out, all right, we're fired up,

536
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,160
Speaker 2: we're playing a little bit here. Hero was attacking Trey

537
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 2: Young in three straight possessions. Jim Jackson hung Iron Eagle

538
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,120
Speaker 2: out to dry on a question. He turned it into

539
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,000
Speaker 2: a rhetorical question that didn't give Eagle a chance to answer,

540
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 2: which was very funny, but that was basically it. Like,

541
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 2: I mean, Hero did have a good game. I guess

542
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,199
Speaker 2: he probably played the best of the starters at least

543
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 2: for Miami, but it didn't feel like he had a

544
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:03,520
Speaker 2: huge impact on the game.

545
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,720
Speaker 1: No, just the Hawks doing all those little things too.

546
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,919
Speaker 1: I love early in this game there was Dejonte Murray

547
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 1: busting his ass to front Bam so they couldn't even

548
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 1: go to him and get him a pass inside, Like

549
00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 1: that's a lot of height that Bam has on him.

550
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,280
Speaker 1: He was just working his ass off to stand in

551
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,639
Speaker 1: front of him as it rotated a Kong Wu blocking

552
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 1: Bam at the apex there to get that jump. All

553
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,440
Speaker 1: that was special. And then John Collins, it was late

554
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,159
Speaker 1: in the game where it was still a game. He

555
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,880
Speaker 1: had that offensive rebound where he was then falling out

556
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 1: of bounds and John Collins made like an incredible bounce pass.

557
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 1: I think it was to Bay like cutting inside there.

558
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:37,680
Speaker 3: Oh yeah.

559
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,399
Speaker 1: It was just like, like I want to make this

560
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,959
Speaker 1: very clear, credit to the Hawks from how they rebounded,

561
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,720
Speaker 1: especially Capella a monster. It was one of those weird

562
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 1: games where the ball just always bounced to the Hawks

563
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,119
Speaker 1: and it was gotta be frustrating, Like you've played in

564
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,160
Speaker 1: games like that where we're just like what the hell?

565
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:56,520
Speaker 1: Like there was one play where it was like it

566
00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:00,000
Speaker 1: was a turnover, but it ricocheted to a Hawks player

567
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 1: for a dunk, and it was like the ball just

568
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,479
Speaker 1: found its way. Now you got to go make that.

569
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,880
Speaker 1: I get that the fifty to fifty balls, but sometimes

570
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 1: the ball does have a little bit of mine of

571
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 1: its own, and it just was always going to Atlanta.

572
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 2: In this game, Yeah, you know you're getting beat when

573
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,919
Speaker 2: the Hawks generate two wide open three point looks, one

574
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 2: of them for Boyan Bogdan, for bog Don Bodanovic. They

575
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 2: missed both of them, but somehow it ends up with

576
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,439
Speaker 2: the bog Don dunk down the middle of the lane, Like,

577
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,920
Speaker 2: come on, that guy's probably got five dunks this season.

578
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,439
Speaker 2: He's getting one in a half court setting. It just

579
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 2: was not good for the heat. They probably thought we

580
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 2: can turn it on at any time, and they could

581
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 2: not turn it on at all last night.

582
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 1: So the Hawks improved to three and zero all time

583
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,600
Speaker 1: in playing tournament games, it's people are calling it the

584
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 1: tray in tournament. Nobody's calling it. But he did have

585
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 1: a good game. I don't want to go out so

586
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,200
Speaker 1: like you, you slipped it in right at the beginning.

587
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,199
Speaker 1: I thought he did. He just didn't force things. They

588
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 1: were getting great three point looks early in this game.

589
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,359
Speaker 1: He had his floater going and went to it a

590
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 1: couple of times, especially going right. He just it was

591
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,840
Speaker 1: that was a well, you know, orchestrated from a point guard.

592
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: I thought in Trey Young, he didn't need to go

593
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,000
Speaker 1: for thirty five and gun a bunch of threes.

594
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 3: He was the point guard. I totally agree, and if

595
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 3: they lost, we'd be looking at the stat line and say,

596
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 3: one of eight from three, come on, Trey. But he

597
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 3: played a good floor game, and it's it's odd to

598
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,000
Speaker 3: see when you look up and down the Hawks stat

599
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 3: line that they didn't shoot the ball all that well

600
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 3: from three. They missed a freakin bunch of free throw

601
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 3: They shot fifty nine percent from the free throw line

602
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 3: and still got it done because they're far bigger than

603
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,919
Speaker 3: the Heat. So I think they go back into the

604
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 3: locker room and say, first, we played our asses off,

605
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 3: but we can shoot a heck of a lot better.

606
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 3: Going into the series against the Celtics, they there's a

607
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 3: resemblance to that twenty one playoff run where everybody just

608
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 3: doing their job and not forcing It felt good watching

609
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 3: this Hawks team that they can just take the first

610
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 3: seventy games off of a season and then just turn

611
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 3: it on the last dozen.

612
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler quoted after the game saying, come Friday, we

613
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 1: have to play the legit exact opposite of how we

614
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 1: played tonight.

615
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 3: He guaranteed it way.

616
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 2: Sorry, Kyle Lowry, you gotta have seven points man.

617
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 1: He probably will. Yeah, that's the thing. I am a

618
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: little terrified after watching last night's game. I'm like, oh,

619
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 1: whoever wins tonight between the Bulls and Raptors. I'm like,

620
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,480
Speaker 1: oh God, Jimmy and Bam will likely bounce back after

621
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 1: the brutal performance. But you know, maybe we continue to

622
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 1: overvaluate this team. They struggle to score. Outside of Lowry

623
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 1: hitting six threes, they shot like they hit five. The

624
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: rest of the team combined they can't hit threes, which

625
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 1: is a huge issue in today's game. But good win

626
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 1: from the Hawks. They will go to Boston. I should

627
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: be there for Game two. I'm headed to Boston. Run

628
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 1: the marathon on Monday, game one on Saturday. Got to

629
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 1: assume Game two is either Monday night or Tuesday night, Right.

630
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 3: It could be Wednesday night with some weird stuff Saturday. No, Yeah,

631
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,239
Speaker 3: big gap be good? Yeah? Does the marathon end in

632
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 3: the Celtics Arena? Just take your seat.

633
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: No no, no, no, that's we'll see. Hopefully I can

634
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: get out there. Okay, so tonight's playing games. Let's just

635
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 1: make this quick. Bowls Raptors is the first one, seven

636
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: pm Eastern. We're on ESPN tonight, and you can join

637
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 1: us on playback because you know we got the No

638
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: Dunk's Bowl. Oh my god, I can't believe we're gonna

639
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,560
Speaker 1: be doing this, living and dying with every possession. Trey

640
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,959
Speaker 1: Kirby's Bulls versus game time Toronto Raptors.

641
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 2: Look at Dray Kirby's got a jersey on underneath the

642
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 2: shooting shirt. Wow for number seven starts tonight, Brent Barry

643
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 2: right here, oh man, number seven?

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Speaker 3: All right, well baby, here's a nice inside joker right there.

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Speaker 1: Here's the rule.

646
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Speaker 3: We got the camera, find it.

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Speaker 1: We gotta wear our Raptors jerseys tonight and play that.

648
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Speaker 3: I'm cool with that. Okay, there you go. So I

649
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Speaker 3: have a warm up. I did have an I used

650
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Speaker 3: to have the classic ninety five all Ver Miller warm up. Well,

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Speaker 3: I have the warm up jacket too. I gave that

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Speaker 3: one to our buddy Ken because it was a little

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Speaker 3: bit big for me. But I have the jacket, I can,

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Speaker 3: I can d robe.

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Speaker 1: Guys, We'll be in tonight on playback, so join us

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Speaker 1: at seven pms Eastern. The link is in the show notes.

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Speaker 1: What's what's your one thing you're looking for in tonight's

658
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: playing game between the Raps first team to ninety.

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00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 2: Okay, first team to ninety I think wins this game.

660
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,000
Speaker 2: These are like two of the best defenses in the

661
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 2: league since this basically since the All Star Break, since

662
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 2: Pearl showed up for the Raptors, since Patrick Beverley showed

663
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 2: up for the Bulls. But man, this is maybe gonna

664
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 2: be one of the ugliest games that matters because neither

665
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 2: of these teams can score. They're both in the bottom

666
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,479
Speaker 2: five in three point shooting, so it's maybe gonna come

667
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 2: down to one player getting hot for either team. Kobe

668
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 2: White could do it for the Bulls, Gary Trent Junior

669
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 2: could do it for the Raptors. If a team has

670
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 2: a player hit five threes, they're probably gonna win. This one.

671
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 2: A big match up to watch. I do think we'll

672
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 2: be seeing how DeMar DeRozan attacks likely og ananobi Og

673
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 2: has kind of locked him up so so far in

674
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Speaker 2: the season series. I think DeRozan's only averaging fourteen points

675
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,640
Speaker 2: a game or something like that, only four assists.

676
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,480
Speaker 1: Now Levine didn't play in some of those games.

677
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 2: That's right. Dan Levine has been straight up balling in

678
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 2: the year twenty twenty three, is putting up like twenty

679
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 2: seven a game, fifty forty ninety. But he didn't have

680
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 2: a great playoffs last year. He was dealing with a

681
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 2: knee injury. So I think that both Levine and Vucevic

682
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 2: are gonna get looks because the Raptors, no doubt, are

683
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 2: going to try and stop DeMar de Rozan for somebody

684
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 2: else to beat him, that means vuc is gonna be

685
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 2: taking a lot of wide open threes from the top

686
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 2: of the key. Sometimes they go in, sometimes they don't.

687
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 2: And Levine would be it'd be nice to see a

688
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 2: heater from him as well, But uh, yeah, I don't know.

689
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 2: I was dying laugh and I saw the predictions from

690
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 2: uh Darnell Mayberry and Eric Karen at the Athletic they

691
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 2: have been, like us, forced to watch these teams play

692
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 2: every single game of their season. So of course Darnell

693
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 2: is picking the Raptors to win and Eric is picking

694
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 2: the balls. There's the way the team I watch is

695
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 2: gonna be consistent enough to win this one Tonight's true.

696
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a great point. It's a coin flipper. I

697
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 3: don't bet. But as we've said, the over under line

698
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,720
Speaker 3: is two hundred and twelve point five, which doesn't sound

699
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Speaker 3: like a lot. In today's NBA, it's one oh seven,

700
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 3: one oh five, and you're there, baby. But as Trey said,

701
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,960
Speaker 3: it feels like it's going to be low scoring. Usually

702
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 3: in the playing tournament there's one game you just it's

703
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 3: hard to watch. So we haven't got that yet. Really, No, No,

704
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 3: it wasn't. It wasn't the Wolves. It's it's been working

705
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 3: at least. Yeah, there's a Pacers Wizards game. That's what

706
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 3: it usually is too, and in my recollection it could

707
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 3: be this one. Okay, but it'll be fun for us.

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Speaker 1: We'll be on playback seven pm Eastern. Again, that link

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Speaker 1: is in the show notes. The second game tonight is

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Speaker 1: Thunder Pelicans at nine to thirty pm Eastern, probably a

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Speaker 1: little later in that on ESPN. The winner advances to

712
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Speaker 1: face the Wolves in the final playing game for that

713
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Speaker 1: number eight seed. What are your takes on this one

714
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Speaker 1: task heading into it?

715
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 3: It feels like the Pelicans should absolutely roll to this

716
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,399
Speaker 3: victory with the way they've been playing versus the way

717
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 3: the Thunder have been playing. The Pels have been playing

718
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 3: so well, and the Thunder don't look like that team

719
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 3: that was awesome throughout the first three quarters of the season.

720
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Speaker 3: Brandon Ingram is gonna be the difference, it feels like.

721
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,919
Speaker 3: And I know Shaye will step up, but fourth quarter

722
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 3: brandon Ingram is a real thing, and he's been He's

723
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:40,279
Speaker 3: been fantastic. He has been the superstar between these two

724
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 3: teams in terms of the way that they've been playing recently. So,

725
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 3: you know, just just on that, I think I think

726
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 3: that's a fair way to evaluate it. I think the

727
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 3: Pels should should walk away with this one.

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Speaker 1: I have no feel of this game. I have no

729
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: clue who's winning this game tonight. You're nodding away.

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00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 2: I totally agree. It's like either team could have the

731
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 2: best play on the floor and still lose. I think

732
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 2: that's just what happened with the Pelicans against the Timberwolves.

733
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 2: Right brandon Ingram went for forty two. They ended up

734
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 2: blowing it in the second half of that game. But man,

735
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 2: he has been on fire. Lately twenty seven, seven and

736
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,760
Speaker 2: six the last month shake Gilgess Alexander is it gonna

737
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 2: make an All NBA team, probably finish top eight in

738
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 2: MVP balloting. I would imagine my ex factor, Yonis Valentiunis.

739
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 2: I think he'll have a twenty rebound game, much like

740
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:32,879
Speaker 2: Clint Capella is not a very good rebounding Yeah, exactly right,

741
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 2: and Valentiunis has been in every play in tournament. He

742
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 2: knows how to show up when the lights are the

743
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 2: somewhat brightest. So I'm expecting a big game from yonas inside.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, those two games on tonight, Bulls Wraps

745
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,759
Speaker 1: and Pelicans Thunder, we're gonna tear our first break. When

746
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,839
Speaker 1: we come back, We're gonna look at two of the

747
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference playoff matchups and hit them with our predictions.

748
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Speaker 1: Don't go anywhere, all right back here in the Classic Factory.

749
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: Love to see the big numbers of people come. Note

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00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: for the live show here on YouTube, but the likes

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00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: don't make sense with the number of people here. The

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00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,839
Speaker 1: math ain't math, and hit the like button if you're

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Speaker 1: joining us live and make sure you subscribe. Let's get

754
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 1: into some Eastern Conference Playoff previews. For the second time

755
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 1: in the past four years, the Philadelphia seventy six Ers

756
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 1: and the Brooklyn Nets will face off in the first

757
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: round of the NBA Playoffs. Game one is scheduled for

758
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: Saturday at one pm at the Wells Fargo Center in

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00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: South Philly. What's one thing you're going to be watching

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Speaker 1: in this series?

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00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 2: This is not an exciting series. No, This to me

762
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:43,279
Speaker 2: is the least interesting first round series non play in

763
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 2: involved in the division. Because I think this one's going

764
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 2: to be a blow up. I don't think that the

765
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,320
Speaker 2: Nets have anybody that will be able to handle Joel Embiid,

766
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 2: So I guess one thing to watch is his free

767
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,799
Speaker 2: throw attempts. Because the Nets are actually pretty good at

768
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:01,280
Speaker 2: not fouling, but Embiid goes to the all the time.

769
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 2: I assume he's gonna live at the line, putting up

770
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,319
Speaker 2: thirty something per game. He should have some monster lines

771
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 2: in this one. So I guess the one thing I'm

772
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 2: really watching is to see what James Harden looks like

773
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 2: For the seventy six Ers, he sat out seven of

774
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,840
Speaker 2: the team's last thirteen games with his achilles problem. I

775
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 2: think they can win this series even if Harden is

776
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 2: getting back up to speed. It's more of a long

777
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 2: term thing seeing what Harden's gonna look like, because they're

778
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 2: gonna need him at his peak for round two. But

779
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 2: I don't know. It's hard for me to convince myself

780
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 2: of the Nets doing anything besides stealing one game after

781
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 2: they're down three to zero.

782
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: Yeah.

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00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 3: As good a story as the Nets have been, and

784
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 3: as much as it is fun to watch them galvanize

785
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 3: themselves after the whole thing that they've gone through, and

786
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 3: they've got such likable guys, the problem is the best

787
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 3: player on the other team has no matchup on this one.

788
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 3: Even though Nick Clackson has been really good, solid solid season,

789
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 3: the Sixers are gonna go to Mbad over and over

790
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,320
Speaker 3: and over again, and it's just gonna be a struggle

791
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 3: bus for Nick Claxton. To deal with him. They basically

792
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:07,720
Speaker 3: have to commit to getting the ball out of Embiid's

793
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 3: hands or not allowing him to catch it at all.

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00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,760
Speaker 3: There has been some templates recently by other teams playing

795
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 3: the Sixers playing zone to take away Embiid from the

796
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:21,920
Speaker 3: Nail or take away the pocket passes from James Harden.

797
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 3: Just basically don't allow them to go to Embid. That's

798
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:26,320
Speaker 3: a good thing. If you're playing the Sixers in doc rivers,

799
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 3: you know they're just going to get embad. The ball

800
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 3: around the free throw line. It's basically, don't let him

801
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:37,360
Speaker 3: catch it because it's it's Nick Claxton, who's just you know,

802
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 3: far lighter than Joel Embiid. He's gonna be able to

803
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:43,440
Speaker 3: push off and score. Or Dayron Sharp is their backup center,

804
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 3: it's gonna it's he's gonna be you know, he's too

805
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 3: young to be able to handle embat and Embid. It's

806
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 3: just a freaking MVP. So they just they don't have

807
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 3: the personnel. They haven't had the personnel in years past,

808
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 3: and they they they weren't ready for this. So that's

809
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,160
Speaker 3: that's obviously the biggest possession after possession after possession, that's

810
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 3: what the Sixers do. So it's gonna be tough.

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Speaker 1: Here's one thing to watch from the net side of things.

812
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: Hat tip to Schumann out there in his series Preview

813
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 1: the Nets. Their three point rate, it's sort of skyrocketed

814
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: after they traded Kyrie and KD went from thirty seven

815
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: point six to forty three point seven percent. That's the

816
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,880
Speaker 1: fifth highest in the league after they made those moves.

817
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,799
Speaker 1: So I think that's their best chance to like pull

818
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,759
Speaker 1: off an insane upset here. Just gun away because you're

819
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 1: gonna lose the battle at the free throw line, because

820
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 1: you're taking on Embid and Harden. You're gonna lose the

821
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: battle inside the arc because mainly because of Embiid. So

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00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: you got to get that rate up above fifty percent

823
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: in this series from deep and after the deadline, when

824
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: Brooklyn hit fifteen or more threes, they were nine to one.

825
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 1: When they didn't, they were four and fourteen could Vaughn.

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Speaker 1: And this speaks to what you said about, like, how

827
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: do they even guard Joel Embid because of the personnel?

828
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 1: Will he go crazy small? Like will he just be like,

829
00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: let's just get five shooters out there and stretch it

830
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 1: as much as possible. I mean, Claxson's gonna play, don't

831
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Speaker 1: get me wrong, but like to help their chances, to

832
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Speaker 1: help the math, just attempt a lot of threes and

833
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Speaker 1: hope you hit those fifteen, sixteen, seventeen threes in a

834
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Speaker 1: game to give yourself a chance.

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Speaker 3: I don't think so. I think they're gonna try and

836
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 3: be the Celtics and just use their length because they

837
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 3: are long and had one.

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00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 1: Good game against him Beide actually too, if you've had

839
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 1: is one of his best seat his best offensive.

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00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 3: Games ye season. Yeah he matched them. Okay as far

841
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 3: as points, yeah, points to points, Yeah, Yeah, I think

842
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 3: I think they try and use Clackson's length. Bridges Dorian

843
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 3: Finney Smith are really really good defenders, and they throw

844
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:41,359
Speaker 3: Royce O'Neill out there. Yeah, they're gonna Bridges Dorrian Finney Smith.

845
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 3: They're probably gonna start on Harden and Tyres Max, respectively,

846
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,560
Speaker 3: and they're gonna do a pretty damn good job on

847
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:50,319
Speaker 3: those two guys. Then they have to recover and just

848
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 3: get arms in front of Joel Embiid as well as

849
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 3: Nick Clackson. So that's I think that's the game plan.

850
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,880
Speaker 3: They They do have hope because their defenders are so

851
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 3: good and so committed to the to the task at hand,

852
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 3: but uh yeah, one on one it ain't gonna work.

853
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 3: I don't think.

854
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 1: Let's talk X factors. Who you got circled.

855
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 2: X factors for this? That's tough, Like, what's an X factor?

856
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 2: Mikhale Bridges going off scoring a forty point game, like,

857
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 2: that's that's the X factor to me, as if if

858
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 2: the Nets can win the turnover battle and hit a

859
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 2: bunch of threes, that's the only possible upset in this

860
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 2: and that would be a one game thing to me.

861
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 2: I suppose Spencer Dinwitty could be a bit of an

862
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:39,320
Speaker 2: X factor here. I can foresee the Nets trying to

863
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 2: attack with Dinwiddie isolating on Maxi. Maybe Maxie probably the

864
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 2: smallest worst defender in the starting lineup for the Sixers,

865
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 2: so put him in as many actions as you possibly

866
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,360
Speaker 2: can and try and generate open threes and force turnovers

867
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 2: and run as much as you possibly can. That's the

868
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 2: recipe for the Nets stealing a win. But none of

869
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:00,839
Speaker 2: that to me seems like a sustainable thing that will

870
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:01,920
Speaker 2: last through out a series.

871
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, I just for the nets sake. Embid is gonna

872
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,359
Speaker 3: probably score a lot, and they just got to hope

873
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 3: that the bridges enduring. Finney Smith, Limit Harden and Tyres

874
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,720
Speaker 3: Maxi and and then then maybe the math as you said,

875
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 3: because you're your X factor here is Spencer did Witty.

876
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 3: I assume, yeah, yes, somebody, it's got to be one

877
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:27,839
Speaker 3: of those. It's gotta be Seth Curry can maybe play

878
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:29,800
Speaker 3: some more minutes in this game, in this series.

879
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 1: Unleash Cam Thomas, like it could be one of these,

880
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 1: Like they need a bunch of threes, they need one

881
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,840
Speaker 1: of these guys to catch fire. Cam Seth Dinwitty.

882
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 3: Cam's rolling right now. He had a forty point game.

883
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 2: Which one.

884
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 1: It's true. Look, this is a tough matchup for the nets.

885
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,760
Speaker 3: We didn't even mention Cam Thomas. He will, he'll be there, Johnson,

886
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:53,840
Speaker 3: Cam Johnson, I say, Cam Thomas, Well, Thomas play, Yeah, yeah,

887
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 3: I got so many Thomas's, so many Johnson's, so many cams.

888
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,760
Speaker 1: Uh, okay, let's just make this quick. Then, what's your prediction?

889
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 1: This is a pathetic preview. I mean, we're just down

890
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: on the nets here. This is embarrassing.

891
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:06,839
Speaker 2: You got've been pretty bad, you know, for the second

892
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,439
Speaker 2: half of the season. But eleven and thirteen they only

893
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,319
Speaker 2: win if they hit what did you say? Fifteen three

894
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,279
Speaker 2: stas basically the only time they win. So I think

895
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 2: that will happen at least once. But give me the

896
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:20,439
Speaker 2: sixers in five. Another X factor, as the stream team

897
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 2: is saying, is like Joel and beats facebones, like him

898
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,760
Speaker 2: getting stage healthy. That gives the and that's a chance.

899
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 3: Yeah.

900
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:32,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, eat high quality foods this week. No cheese steaks.

901
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,840
Speaker 3: Yeah. If he's backpedaling on a fast break from another player,

902
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 3: he's not going to put his face into an outboat

903
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,879
Speaker 3: like you did for Pascal Siakam. Just no freak accidents. Yeah,

904
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,800
Speaker 3: they've We all want to see Joel and beat healthy

905
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 3: for an entire run. It is odd that you say

906
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,760
Speaker 3: the Nets have been eleven and thirteen over the last

907
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,319
Speaker 3: twenty four games. Just shows how bad the heat were

908
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,720
Speaker 3: in the entire season that they couldn't steal the sixth seat.

909
00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 3: Very true, they've it's been mediocre. Mckel Bridges is obviously

910
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 3: gonna be exciting as a number one guy to see

911
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 3: what he can do. But yeah, do they have the

912
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,360
Speaker 3: firepower behind him? And the size is such a freaking

913
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 3: problem there, you gonna take one. This team fights too hard.

914
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:14,399
Speaker 3: I'll say six ers in five.

915
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 1: I gotta agree with you, guys. I also have Philly

916
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 1: in five. I like the next chances to win one

917
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 1: game at least, But this this Philadelphia team again, this

918
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:25,799
Speaker 1: is Schumann with this stat they are the third three

919
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:29,479
Speaker 1: third seed in twenty years that rank in the top

920
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: eight on both sides of the ball. So it's a

921
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,120
Speaker 1: very very good third seed. I mean, this is really

922
00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:34,880
Speaker 1: good when you're top ten on both sides of the ball.

923
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:38,839
Speaker 1: Their top eight offensively and defensively. And here's a look

924
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 1: at the numbers as we wrap this one up.

925
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:44,560
Speaker 3: Okay, they played four years ago, as you said, yeah, forgot,

926
00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 3: I guess that was the Karis Lavert series if I'm

927
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:48,840
Speaker 3: remembering correctly.

928
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:50,080
Speaker 1: Did it also win Phy?

929
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was Philly in five.

930
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,160
Speaker 1: All right, let's hear from everybody out there. What's your

931
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 1: prediction for the Sixers nets first round series, which starts

932
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:01,240
Speaker 1: this weekend. Let us know in the comment below. Let's

933
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: move over to the other Eastern Conference series. The Cleveland

934
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 1: Cavaliers will host the New York Knicks in the first

935
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 1: round of the twenty three NBA Playoffs. The Calves continue

936
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: to build on their previous success with this young core.

937
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:17,279
Speaker 1: They also have one of the league's best defense. You

938
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,880
Speaker 1: got Donovan Mitchell now in the mix. While the Knicks

939
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 1: are back in the postseason after a disappointing twenty one

940
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:25,839
Speaker 1: twenty two season. We can throw up the stats. If

941
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 1: we have that board right now there, it is. Yeah,

942
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 1: the best defense. I should have said in the league

943
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,480
Speaker 1: for the Cavaliers when it comes to defensive rating and

944
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:34,799
Speaker 1: the Knicks no slouch on the offensive side of the ball.

945
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:38,640
Speaker 1: Little defense versus offense. Here, tass, what are you watching

946
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 1: for in this highly anticipated first round series?

947
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 3: Oh, we got a series, baby, It is a coin flip.

948
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:47,359
Speaker 3: Let's start from the Knick side. Even though I am

949
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,920
Speaker 3: the Calves supporter, I want to see what Jalen Brunson

950
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:53,400
Speaker 3: can do as the primary ball handler in the postseason.

951
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 3: I think even though the Calves are an incredible defense,

952
00:45:58,239 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 3: they take away the three point line, they take away

953
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 3: the ram, Jalen can work in the mid range, and

954
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 3: I want to see what he can do there because

955
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:07,040
Speaker 3: the Cavs will allow those shots. That's what happens in

956
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 3: playoff basketball. And Brunson is just so good and calm

957
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,880
Speaker 3: and cool at doing that. Last year in the postseason

958
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 3: when he was with the MAVs, Luca was out to

959
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:19,800
Speaker 3: start the series. He had three really good games against

960
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 3: the Utah Jazz. He had a forty one in there.

961
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,360
Speaker 3: He could say he averaged thirty two. Now, the numbers

962
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:28,400
Speaker 3: obviously definitely pumped up by that forty one point performance,

963
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,359
Speaker 3: but he had three games over twenty points between twenty

964
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 3: and forty one, and I think he can be that

965
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:39,280
Speaker 3: even against a really good caz defense. That's the first

966
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:42,080
Speaker 3: thing I'm watching. He's got to be big, and then

967
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,799
Speaker 3: that should trickle down to Julius Randall. As Randall, yes,

968
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 3: hasn't had a good series in the postseason really, I

969
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 3: mean as a premier guy, he had that bad series

970
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,520
Speaker 3: and two years ago against the Knicks, I'm sorry against

971
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,160
Speaker 3: the Hawks in that five game series, the mid range

972
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:58,360
Speaker 3: should be open for him too, and that's where he operates,

973
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:01,320
Speaker 3: and if Brunson is taking the pressure off him, trickles

974
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:05,000
Speaker 3: down to Quinton Grimes, who has been absolutely balling recently

975
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,480
Speaker 3: as a three point shooter, taking ten threes a game,

976
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:10,959
Speaker 3: shooting forty eight percent over his last nine. I don't

977
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 3: like RJ Barrett's chances if we're going all the way

978
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 3: down the offensive keys here against a Cleveland Cavaliers team

979
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,920
Speaker 3: that defends the rim so freaking well, it doesn't really

980
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:25,799
Speaker 3: mesh with RJ's chances, But so those other guys. I

981
00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:30,800
Speaker 3: think ken flourish against a very very very good Cavs defense.

982
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 2: What are you watching, TK, I'm interested to see if

983
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:36,399
Speaker 2: Julius Randall plays and how he looks. The guy hasn't

984
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 2: played in two weeks. Fred Katz reported yesterday that Randall

985
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:42,759
Speaker 2: did some of practice. Yesterday Tom Thibodo said he's doing

986
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:45,920
Speaker 2: some running, shooting, scripting that sort of thing. I guess

987
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:47,920
Speaker 2: there are script writers in the NBA, but they're the

988
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 2: players script surprise to me. But they're going to need him,

989
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 2: and he's going to need to be up to speed

990
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 2: pretty quickly because I assume he's going to be guarded

991
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:58,240
Speaker 2: by Evan Mobley, which is a tall task for Randall.

992
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:00,080
Speaker 2: He's taken a lot more threes this year, which I

993
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:03,360
Speaker 2: think has certainly helped his efficiency. He's gonna have to

994
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:06,120
Speaker 2: score over mobily because Jared Allen is going to be

995
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 2: waiting inside there. I also think clutch time is going

996
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:11,600
Speaker 2: to be super interesting here. The Knicks can put a

997
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 2: lot more shooting on the floor, so maybe things open

998
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,359
Speaker 2: up in the mid range for Brunson. Like you're saying, task,

999
00:48:17,239 --> 00:48:20,480
Speaker 2: but I think both teams really struggle in clutch situations

1000
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:22,200
Speaker 2: and it just comes down to who's going to be

1001
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:24,480
Speaker 2: hotter in the fourth quarters here. Is it going to

1002
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 2: be Brunson or is it going to be Mitchell. They

1003
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 2: can both get to the line that it can both

1004
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:31,040
Speaker 2: get hot, but both teams can go through major droughts

1005
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:37,560
Speaker 2: offensively in the clutch. So Randall health would be huge

1006
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:40,799
Speaker 2: here to give to give the Knicks a second option,

1007
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:43,799
Speaker 2: because you know, at least Darius Garland is out there

1008
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,320
Speaker 2: as well with Donovan Mitchell. Garland has really struggled in

1009
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 2: the clutch this year. It feels like it's going to

1010
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 2: be on Mitchells shoulders mostly, But you'd rather have a

1011
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:52,279
Speaker 2: second guy alongside you than not.

1012
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:55,040
Speaker 1: And we could have some clutch games, if you know,

1013
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,480
Speaker 1: the regular season carries over to the playoffs. Three other

1014
00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:00,440
Speaker 1: four regular season meetings between these two teams within five

1015
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:02,600
Speaker 1: points in the last five minutes, and the Knicks took

1016
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:04,480
Speaker 1: two of those three, so we probably will get some

1017
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 1: other close games. I'm very excited for the Brunson versus

1018
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,719
Speaker 1: Mitchell battle, not only from the narrative perspective. You know,

1019
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:11,719
Speaker 1: the idea, Oh, Donovan, the New York kid, was he

1020
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:14,240
Speaker 1: gonna go to New York, goes to Cleveland. They get Brunson.

1021
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:17,040
Speaker 1: They're happy about that. They have the history from last

1022
00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:19,760
Speaker 1: year's playoffs where Brunton was cooking Mitchell off the bounce

1023
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 1: at times, in that series, he had a great series

1024
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 1: twenty five assists of two turnovers in that series two.

1025
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:28,520
Speaker 1: That's unbelievable. But the last time we saw these guys

1026
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,239
Speaker 1: in the regular season they went for combined ninety. So

1027
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,240
Speaker 1: you know we're gonna have some monster Mitchell and Brunson

1028
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 1: games here. I think, so very excited for that. What

1029
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,399
Speaker 1: about an X factor in this series? He's gonna start

1030
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:38,719
Speaker 1: a test.

1031
00:49:39,239 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 3: It is a little too big of a name to

1032
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:45,000
Speaker 3: be an X factor, I guess. But Darius Garland can

1033
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:48,359
Speaker 3: be huge for this or Maps team, for this Cavs team.

1034
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:54,200
Speaker 3: He's had performances throughout this season where donovd Mitchell just says, hey,

1035
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:56,480
Speaker 3: it's your turn. But also when Mitchell goes to the bench,

1036
00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:02,120
Speaker 3: Garland just turns it on and Quentin Grimes we'll get

1037
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:05,200
Speaker 3: a lot of minutes on him and that's going to

1038
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:09,800
Speaker 3: be difficult for Darius Garland. But the Calves haven't found

1039
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:13,759
Speaker 3: their haven't found their mo when it comes to clutch time.

1040
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:16,839
Speaker 3: They just haven't found that balance throughout the entire year.

1041
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:18,960
Speaker 3: It's really weird to say that because Donovan Mitchell can

1042
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 3: take over, but Garland hasn't found his his perfect self,

1043
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:25,799
Speaker 3: even though he's a great three point shooter, their best

1044
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:29,719
Speaker 3: three point shooter. He can't take over. But it's just

1045
00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:33,640
Speaker 3: it's they haven't found the ying and the Yang. Really,

1046
00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:36,920
Speaker 3: they haven't been perfect him in Donovan Mitchell. So he

1047
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,839
Speaker 3: could be sort of non existent at times, but he

1048
00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:42,279
Speaker 3: can be freaking all star. He's had a fifty point

1049
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:45,680
Speaker 3: game this season, and so I think he's Yeah, he's

1050
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:49,200
Speaker 3: that sort of barometer. Will they need all of his points?

1051
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:52,319
Speaker 3: I don't know. The Trip berings up a good point

1052
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 3: about Mobile stopping Julius Randall. I think that's that's gonna

1053
00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:58,840
Speaker 3: be a tough matchup for Julius Randall if he's not

1054
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:01,360
Speaker 3: feeling the flow, and well, the Nicks have enough points.

1055
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 3: I don't know, Well, clutch time is going to be

1056
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:08,320
Speaker 3: interesting if it comes down to that. But DG Darius Carlin,

1057
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 3: DG the Pg's a lame nickname, but I'm going to

1058
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:17,479
Speaker 3: be paying attention to him a lot because he could

1059
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:20,279
Speaker 3: be fantastic. Him and MOBILEI you know, combined as the

1060
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 3: sort of the next era here of the Cavs. It's time.

1061
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:24,840
Speaker 3: It's time to take that set.

1062
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:27,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, Randall not only has this ankle injury, but you

1063
00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:29,279
Speaker 1: slipped it in there, like he's coming off his last

1064
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:31,359
Speaker 1: playoff series versus the Hawks where he shot like under

1065
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:34,279
Speaker 1: thirty percent and it was bad, Like he was like

1066
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:36,480
Speaker 1: nineteen shots a game to get to eighteen points per

1067
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,279
Speaker 1: game in that series. So he's got you know, he

1068
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:40,319
Speaker 1: wants to obviously bounce back from that, but he's coming

1069
00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 1: in with this bomb ankle and we don't even know

1070
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:44,120
Speaker 1: sort of his status in this and then at mobiley

1071
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:45,480
Speaker 1: on him, you know, one of the guys in the

1072
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:47,359
Speaker 1: running for defensive Player of the Year against a great

1073
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:49,640
Speaker 1: defensive team in Cleveland, So that's gonna be tough. What

1074
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:50,720
Speaker 1: about you for an X factor?

1075
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:53,640
Speaker 2: I think Mitchell Robinson versus Jared Allen is the swing

1076
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,000
Speaker 2: matchup in this series. Mitchell Robinson led the league in

1077
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 2: offensive rebound rate, he's terror on the glass and clear

1078
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,680
Speaker 2: since the All Star Break twenty ninth, and defensive rebounding

1079
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:04,800
Speaker 2: rate despite the fact that they played two seven footers,

1080
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:08,640
Speaker 2: So I think that's going to be definitely a matchup

1081
00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:11,239
Speaker 2: to watch. Like, whoever is winning the battle between Mitchell

1082
00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:14,160
Speaker 2: Robinson and Jared Allen is getting more possessions for their teams,

1083
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:18,279
Speaker 2: which then allows them to be more efficient offensively, and

1084
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:20,360
Speaker 2: that's probably the way it's going to go. So I

1085
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:23,840
Speaker 2: think Jared Allen can do a good job on Mitchell Robinson.

1086
00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:27,960
Speaker 2: Obviously Allen is an incredible interior defender, but Robinson is

1087
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,120
Speaker 2: just NonStop on the glass, and if he's able to

1088
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:33,360
Speaker 2: generate more possessions, that means the Knicks don't have to

1089
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:35,560
Speaker 2: shoot quite as well. Yeah, so that's a big one

1090
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:35,759
Speaker 2: for me.

1091
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:37,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've got that in my notes as well. Even Hartenstein,

1092
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 1: if he comes in as the backup center, he's great

1093
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 1: on the offensive glass. Josh hart is a wing, is

1094
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:45,560
Speaker 1: phenomenal offensive rebounder. And despite the Cavs having the best defense,

1095
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:47,560
Speaker 1: that is the one area that they sort of stink at.

1096
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:47,719
Speaker 2: Ye.

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00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:50,840
Speaker 1: Like they're great at creating turnovers, they're great at protecting

1098
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:55,480
Speaker 1: the rim, limiting threes, but like ending possessions is where

1099
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:57,719
Speaker 1: they struggle. So can the Knicks take advantage of that?

1100
00:52:57,760 --> 00:52:59,600
Speaker 1: And that's been a big part of their great offenses.

1101
00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:02,839
Speaker 1: They're one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the league,

1102
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:05,400
Speaker 1: so those more possessions will possibly help. I got Mitchell

1103
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:07,520
Speaker 1: Rominson two and I've talked about him all season long,

1104
00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:11,120
Speaker 1: like he's he is vital to this Knicks and their success.

1105
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:16,160
Speaker 1: Let's get to predictions. Tough Man, Calves, Knicks. A lot

1106
00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: of us were saying, this one feels like a seven

1107
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:22,040
Speaker 1: game series. Which squad you're going with, Cleveland because they're

1108
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 1: at home or the Knicks.

1109
00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:28,240
Speaker 3: I Leen Calves. I'll give the Knicks their due respect

1110
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:31,920
Speaker 3: and give it seven games. But I do think Donovan

1111
00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:35,439
Speaker 3: Mitchell has a bounce back playoff performance. He was very

1112
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:38,040
Speaker 3: bad last year by his standards in that one series

1113
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:42,360
Speaker 3: against the Dallas Mavericks shot under forty shot twenty percent

1114
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:46,680
Speaker 3: from three for him, his worst playoff performance, and he

1115
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:48,640
Speaker 3: is a playoff performer. I think he is a big

1116
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:52,080
Speaker 3: game performer. You we kind of skipped over that talking

1117
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 3: about all the supplemental players for the Calves, but this

1118
00:53:56,080 --> 00:53:58,600
Speaker 3: dude should be their guy at the end of games

1119
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:01,920
Speaker 3: to not only just at the end of games takeover,

1120
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:04,239
Speaker 3: but just take the pressure off the young Calves in

1121
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:08,520
Speaker 3: Garland and MOBILEI in their first playoff series. I believe

1122
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:11,400
Speaker 3: in him to bounce back. And yeah, I think the

1123
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:14,680
Speaker 3: Knicks have question marks with their injuries. Jared Allen is

1124
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:16,840
Speaker 3: I don't think he's one hundred percent for the Caves either,

1125
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:20,479
Speaker 3: but I believe in and Donovan Mitchell to bounce back.

1126
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:24,359
Speaker 3: It feels it feels storybook ask It feels like he

1127
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:27,680
Speaker 3: will bounce back after you know, that whole Utah thing

1128
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:30,359
Speaker 3: went sour, just wasn't right last year. I think he'll

1129
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:31,040
Speaker 3: be right this year.

1130
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:33,520
Speaker 1: So Calves and seven is where you're going? Yep, yep,

1131
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:34,319
Speaker 1: what about you, Trey.

1132
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:37,520
Speaker 2: I think I'm on the same pathway as Tasks here

1133
00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:40,360
Speaker 2: this one. It's crazy. It feels like a the tightest

1134
00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:43,759
Speaker 2: series and the series that we've been previewing the most

1135
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:45,560
Speaker 2: because it feels like they've been locked into four or

1136
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:48,279
Speaker 2: five for such a long time. Now it's finally here.

1137
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:51,200
Speaker 2: Definitely doesn't feel like the Knicks are an offense first team,

1138
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:55,240
Speaker 2: but they definitely are. I've seen Tom Thibodeaux teams struggle,

1139
00:54:55,320 --> 00:54:58,880
Speaker 2: going from an incredible regular season to turning it up

1140
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:01,400
Speaker 2: a notch in the playoff. That doesn't always happen. So

1141
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:05,000
Speaker 2: I think with the Calves having home court, with questions

1142
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:09,200
Speaker 2: about Randall's health coming into the series, I gotta go

1143
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:10,000
Speaker 2: Caves in seven.

1144
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:13,040
Speaker 1: Oh man, I'm with you guys. We're gonna see seven

1145
00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:15,560
Speaker 1: seven sevens. I know, like the Randall part, I mean

1146
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 1: is a huge, huge question mark, Like for them to

1147
00:55:18,040 --> 00:55:20,080
Speaker 1: win the series, he has to not only play, but

1148
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:22,280
Speaker 1: has to play phenomenally if he's got a bad ankle,

1149
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:26,560
Speaker 1: and that sucks. Yeah, but the home court advantage. That's

1150
00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 1: enough for me because I think it will go seven,

1151
00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 1: so anything could happen, obviously in a final game, but

1152
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:34,200
Speaker 1: I'm also ultimately gonna go Cleveland in seven as well.

1153
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:37,399
Speaker 1: What do you guys say, where are the Knicks fans at?

1154
00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:40,680
Speaker 1: Let's hear it. If they're gonna win, are they gonna

1155
00:55:40,719 --> 00:55:42,560
Speaker 1: go in and do it in Cleveland in game seven?

1156
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:44,080
Speaker 1: Feels like if the Knicks win the series, it will

1157
00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:46,920
Speaker 1: be in six to me, But I think Cleveland's got

1158
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:47,360
Speaker 1: this one.

1159
00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:50,719
Speaker 3: Calves are a great home team. Yeah, there's no doubt

1160
00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:53,840
Speaker 3: about that. They do it in a funny way, and

1161
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:56,480
Speaker 3: they got to thirty one and ten, but they always

1162
00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:59,799
Speaker 3: come back. They always let the other team take a lead.

1163
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:04,000
Speaker 3: And yeah, we'll do it now so Nick can steal

1164
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:05,839
Speaker 3: can steal some games.

1165
00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:07,480
Speaker 1: Let's hear from you guys. Let us know in the

1166
00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:10,839
Speaker 1: comments below. Calves Nicks, how many games who you got

1167
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:12,440
Speaker 1: as a winner? One more break when we come back,

1168
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:16,480
Speaker 1: tweeted the night don't go anywhere, all right, back in

1169
00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:22,600
Speaker 1: the factory. Time for tweeting the night. Yeah, tweet O

1170
00:56:22,719 --> 00:56:24,240
Speaker 1: the night. Wow.

1171
00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:28,960
Speaker 3: Tweet tweeted the night comes from a heck of a

1172
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:33,640
Speaker 3: Twitter handle, Bully b u ll y Wow. That's so,

1173
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:34,680
Speaker 3: that's pretty good.

1174
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:35,600
Speaker 1: Hell of a handle.

1175
00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:39,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, first tweet comes from Bully that tweet. I took

1176
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:41,120
Speaker 3: a vacation about a month ago and have no photos

1177
00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:43,960
Speaker 3: of it other than the one night I ate an

1178
00:56:44,080 --> 00:56:46,400
Speaker 3: edible and paid sixty five dollars to get into an

1179
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:50,440
Speaker 3: illusions museum. An illusions museum, that's the key here that

1180
00:56:50,520 --> 00:56:53,120
Speaker 3: I thought would be full of crazy optical illusions, but

1181
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:57,280
Speaker 3: instead it was just this. If you're following along on YouTube,

1182
00:56:57,320 --> 00:57:00,120
Speaker 3: So this optical illusion where there's a sort of a

1183
00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 3: a fat head kind of thing of Dwayne Wade on

1184
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:07,399
Speaker 3: a wall and there's a rim as well, and so

1185
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:11,279
Speaker 3: Dwayne Wade is actually like quote unquote blocking a shot,

1186
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:15,839
Speaker 3: and you, as the visitor to this illusions museum, can

1187
00:57:15,880 --> 00:57:19,040
Speaker 3: go up and do something to the shot or whatever,

1188
00:57:19,080 --> 00:57:19,880
Speaker 3: and you take.

1189
00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:21,320
Speaker 1: It and there's ground though.

1190
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:23,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, the person is on the ground. That's why it's

1191
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:23,680
Speaker 3: an illusion.

1192
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:25,959
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you said, Okay, you said, wall I guess

1193
00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:26,400
Speaker 1: it's more.

1194
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 3: No, it's like a fat head on a wall. I

1195
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:30,840
Speaker 3: just mean it's much like the.

1196
00:57:30,840 --> 00:57:33,120
Speaker 2: Raptor's baseline logo back in the day.

1197
00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:38,880
Speaker 1: Yeah right, so much.

1198
00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:42,520
Speaker 3: And so so. Yeah, So Bully went into this museum.

1199
00:57:42,560 --> 00:57:46,120
Speaker 3: I saw Wade shooting this ball, and it's pretending to

1200
00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:49,920
Speaker 3: block a shot and then great, yeah, great pose sort

1201
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:52,560
Speaker 3: of a squat pose, just pointing to a basketball in

1202
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:56,240
Speaker 3: the second one. Now that brings us to our question,

1203
00:57:56,320 --> 00:57:59,920
Speaker 3: and really the tweet of the night from david Son,

1204
00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:04,160
Speaker 3: how much would you pay to get an illusionary pick

1205
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:10,120
Speaker 3: of shooting over Dwayne Wade? Because this person paid sixty

1206
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:13,600
Speaker 3: five dollars to to sort of.

1207
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:15,400
Speaker 1: But they had no idea what they were going into.

1208
00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:20,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, now we know because Bully Bully did this

1209
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:24,600
Speaker 3: for us. I think Bully also went into this museum

1210
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:28,240
Speaker 3: and pretended to be eaten by a shark or a

1211
00:58:28,320 --> 00:58:32,320
Speaker 3: nalligator or something like these. Yeah, these a lot of

1212
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:33,000
Speaker 3: really cool.

1213
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:36,479
Speaker 1: It looks like crap. They look so bad.

1214
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:38,360
Speaker 3: The one on the ledge is that cool?

1215
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:39,480
Speaker 2: You want me a cast here?

1216
00:58:41,560 --> 00:58:41,760
Speaker 3: Why?

1217
00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:43,880
Speaker 1: Well, we got to get Trey Kirby and his full

1218
00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:49,320
Speaker 1: bulls attire into this game. Actually, like a pizzeria Uno

1219
00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:56,240
Speaker 1: or OTP that has a bull's bathroom pizza.

1220
00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:59,240
Speaker 2: I could go there, I can go there, pose or

1221
00:58:59,280 --> 00:58:59,920
Speaker 2: something like that.

1222
00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:01,680
Speaker 3: Pizzeri I'm OTP.

1223
00:59:02,120 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean pizzeria. You know on edipals. You're living

1224
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:12,760
Speaker 2: the life. It's worth sixty five bucks this museum.

1225
00:59:11,080 --> 00:59:11,360
Speaker 1: That's all.

1226
00:59:11,360 --> 00:59:13,960
Speaker 2: I would say twenty dollars max. But with inflation, I

1227
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:14,600
Speaker 2: guess thirty.

1228
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:15,040
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1229
00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:18,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a lot for that crappy looking museum. Let's

1230
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:22,919
Speaker 1: go sixty five. I'm with you, twenty nine ninety nine. Sure,

1231
00:59:23,320 --> 00:59:25,560
Speaker 1: even that feels like a lot. Puts your hid in there.

1232
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:29,680
Speaker 1: You're like, what, but are I guess are they taking

1233
00:59:29,720 --> 00:59:31,840
Speaker 1: the photos for you? You know? Is that part of a

1234
00:59:31,880 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 1: package deal? Like I pay my sixty five bucks and

1235
00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:36,640
Speaker 1: then I go into like these weird rooms and then

1236
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:38,480
Speaker 1: you take the photos for me? Or was that she

1237
00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:39,680
Speaker 1: said it was by.

1238
00:59:39,560 --> 00:59:42,320
Speaker 3: Herself, right, Yes, said it was by yourself.

1239
00:59:42,520 --> 00:59:44,000
Speaker 1: So I guess so you.

1240
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:44,959
Speaker 2: Get somebody to take the picture.

1241
00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:47,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, the photos come with it? Maybe?

1242
00:59:47,880 --> 00:59:52,840
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, with it? Well, I think thirty dollars for

1243
00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:55,480
Speaker 3: an Instagram factory. I mean that's essentially what this is.

1244
00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:59,160
Speaker 3: You go hang out and take some photos that's fine

1245
00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:00,000
Speaker 3: thirty bucks.

1246
01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:01,720
Speaker 1: But I'm saying I don't think you take the photo.

1247
01:00:01,720 --> 01:00:04,320
Speaker 1: I think that's a part of the sixty five dollars fee.

1248
01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:07,400
Speaker 1: If we are to believe this person that was on

1249
01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:10,000
Speaker 1: edibles that they went by themselves, they didn't take those photos.

1250
01:00:10,360 --> 01:00:12,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, but they're all set up, you can tell.

1251
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:16,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, but you think I mean they have to be, yeah,

1252
01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:17,000
Speaker 2: exactly perfect.

1253
01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:21,040
Speaker 3: You'd think that there'd be a little bit more to

1254
01:00:21,120 --> 01:00:24,480
Speaker 3: the photo than if it was actually done by the place.

1255
01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:27,160
Speaker 3: But maybe it's just a subpart.

1256
01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:29,520
Speaker 1: Why would you think that after seeing the drives on

1257
01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:30,480
Speaker 1: the walls.

1258
01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:34,800
Speaker 2: And floors, like people calling Dwayne Wade Julius Wade because

1259
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:37,400
Speaker 2: it looks like he has Julius Randall's face instead of

1260
01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:40,800
Speaker 2: Dwayne Wade's because they made him look incredibly old in

1261
01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:43,200
Speaker 2: these photos. Face app Dwayne Wade.

1262
01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:45,080
Speaker 1: Where, Well, do we know where this place is? We

1263
01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:47,520
Speaker 1: could definitely do a little road trip.

1264
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:49,480
Speaker 2: Bully is in Nashville, Tennessee.

1265
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:52,240
Speaker 1: It ain't too far away. There were popping some.

1266
01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:55,600
Speaker 2: Edibles and Illusions Museum, Tennessee.

1267
01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:58,520
Speaker 3: That's Dwayne Wade. That's a combo, you know, the face combos.

1268
01:00:58,520 --> 01:01:01,560
Speaker 3: We do have Dwayne Wade and Steve frant I think, actually, yeah,

1269
01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:05,200
Speaker 3: that's it's got a little old Steve to it. Gallin

1270
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:07,480
Speaker 3: Burg and mattis Stable.

1271
01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:12,200
Speaker 2: Gallinburg, Tennessee. Al Right, we could drive too far, but

1272
01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:15,000
Speaker 2: according to trip Advisor, I'm looking at one point five.

1273
01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:18,320
Speaker 1: Well, maybe this person shouldn't check.

1274
01:01:20,280 --> 01:01:21,000
Speaker 2: It's not great.

1275
01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:24,120
Speaker 1: Wow, alright, road trip summer summer road trip.

1276
01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:27,880
Speaker 3: I gotta find that on an edible though, a good

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Speaker 3: edible trip. She probably had a good time. I think

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Speaker 3: she had a sixty five dollars worth of fun.

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Speaker 2: Probably.

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Speaker 3: So.

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Speaker 2: Oh, they're opening one in Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: It's exciting Atlanta, like the Scooge McDuck one.

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Speaker 3: We're going to this she's going she's mid air. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: you probably right skates. They probably took this photo because

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Speaker 3: she's not on the ground here. Somebody had to do

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Speaker 3: any good snap.

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Speaker 1: Now I feel like I'm tripping balls. I'm like trying

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Speaker 1: to figure out is that the corner of the room.

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Speaker 3: There and the Yeah, yeah it's painted.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so she's just a seam.

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Speaker 2: She's jumping like eight inches in the air.

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Speaker 3: She's barely jumping.

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Speaker 1: Okay, this one's good.

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Speaker 3: That's good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, one's worth the big that's true, it looks like

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Speaker 2: you're getting eaten by an alligator. Ow, how did they

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Speaker 2: do it?

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Speaker 1: Alright, let's go there, guys. Join us tonight seven pm

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Speaker 1: Eastern on playback. Hit that link in the show notes.

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Speaker 1: We'll be watching altogether the incredible Bulls Raptors game. Trey

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Speaker 1: was holding up his seven, which I like to pretend

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Speaker 1: is combined three pointers made by the two teams tonight.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's what it really stands for. But we'll

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Speaker 1: see you tonight at seven for that game, and then

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Speaker 1: we'll be back tomorrow at ten am Eastern. Here from

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Speaker 1: the Classifactory to break down tonight's games, look ahead to

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Speaker 1: Friday's playing games, and recap those two seven matchups in

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Speaker 1: both conferences, the Grizzlies Lakers and the Celtics Hawks. So busy, busy,

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Speaker 1: see podcast coming at you tomorrow. But enjoy the game

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Speaker 1: tonight and hopefully see you there. Clipper bros. You heard it

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Speaker 1: here first.

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Speaker 2: Have a great time, turn up. Love you guys awesome.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us, and remember we'll see you later. Alligator,

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Speaker 3: We'll also see you at Illusions Museum in Nashville or

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Speaker 3: Tennessee or Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: Okay, great Embrace the day people,