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Speaker 3: Good morning, swirl and welcome to the Not Dunks podcast

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Speaker 3: on the Athletic Network. It's Wednesday, May nineteenth. I'm j E. Skeets,

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Speaker 3: I just finished listening to this one this morning, guys.

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Speaker 3: It was fantastic Chris Hayes. He's a sickle like us.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, listen, when you talk to the people who are

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Speaker 3: we're gonna get to previewing and predicting tonight's two Western

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Speaker 3: Conference playing games, but first let's quickly recap last night's action.

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Speaker 3: It shouldn't take all that long. We did have some

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Speaker 3: blowouts unfortunately last night, task calling that first one with

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Speaker 3: the PACER's hornets. Whoa boy. That was over in a hurry.

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Speaker 3: But we'll start with the more entertaining game, even though

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Speaker 3: it was an eighteen point victory, Jason Tatum exploding for

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Speaker 3: the seventh seed. So Boston going on to take on

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Speaker 3: the Brooklyn Nets. But Lee get us started here. Tatum

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Speaker 3: is the big story, of course, from this one. An

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Speaker 3: unbelievable performance, specially in the third quarter there.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, exactly, I had half time, the Wizards were actually

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Speaker 5: looking pretty good. Bill had a pretty strong second quarter there,

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Speaker 5: and the Wizards took it late and was like, maybe

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Speaker 5: They combined for thirty two points, but it was Tatum's

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Speaker 5: And then on the offensive end, I didn't think the

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Speaker 5: eighteen point lead, eighteen point win, very very comfortable win

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Speaker 5: here for the Celtics, and you know they're gonna feel

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Speaker 3: they don't care regular season stats. Okay, why don't they

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Speaker 4: It's very weird.

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Speaker 3: It's just like they're they're their own thing, I guess,

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Speaker 5: Celtics again in that second quarter started to show signs

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Speaker 3: Yeah, tass. So twenty to four run after intermission there

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Speaker 3: trouble really hurt the Wizards as well, not that they

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Speaker 3: And then it was like, well, now who's going to

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Speaker 1: That's totally true. It was really unfortunate. I think I

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Speaker 1: think Scotti Brooks could have changed it up a little

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Speaker 1: Come on, that can't happen. How netto also coming back

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Speaker 1: It's like the Wizards decided, especially after they were probably

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Speaker 1: roped in a little bit with Jason Tatum's slow start

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Speaker 1: in a track meet. We're switching everything. Whatever the Celtics

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Speaker 1: And with two guys in the starting lineup with the

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Speaker 3: Sort of a placeholder is he playing? This is so problem.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I know it has a decent couple of

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Speaker 2: As of Scottie Brooks throwback right now, shout out to

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Speaker 2: Kendrick Perkins playing for no reason back in the twenty

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Speaker 2: twelve finals. Love to see it, Alex Lenn. I mean,

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Speaker 2: to the fact that Beal and Westbrook didn't play well

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Speaker 2: enough to win this game. Right That's that's the big

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Speaker 2: thing for the Wizards. They have two really, really solid players.

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Speaker 2: Beal was moving pretty well last night, all things considered.

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Speaker 2: But when one guy on the Celtics is going for

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Speaker 2: stars on the Wizards, that's the deal right there. Westbrook's

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and Westbrook's scoring style is definitely better suited for

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Speaker 1: the stat line is okay when you see the point

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Speaker 1: Westbrook should be passing more. Well, hell Netto just wasn't himself.

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Speaker 1: bad game. Yeah, Scotty Brooks had to play his better

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Speaker 1: I mean, you do have a vet in Robin Lopez

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Speaker 1: make it shots and Bradley Beal maybe the hamstring got

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Speaker 1: tight at halftime because that hens to happen with hamstrings.

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Speaker 1: It was the talk on the broadcast yesterday. You sit

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Speaker 1: and yeah, yeah, cool down, but the whole team cooled down.

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Speaker 1: In the second half. Westbrook desperately need it be able

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Speaker 1: to score, and Westbrook couldn't do much. He had zero

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Speaker 1: you're just letting Tatum just go off. That twenty three

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Speaker 1: points third quarter was masterful to put twenty three points

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Speaker 3: That happencause he's cooking you. And you know, I know

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Speaker 3: some Wizards fans might be upset with like him having

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Speaker 3: those seventeen free throw attempts, but Lee, you know, in

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Speaker 3: watching the entire game, I'm like, no, he was aggressive,

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Speaker 3: like he attacked, Like Okay, sure there's a there's one

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Speaker 3: But like he even said after the game, like we

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Speaker 3: Yeah, thank god for Tatum going for fifty tasks because

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Speaker 3: It was a weird ass game.

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Speaker 1: the doublelimination game. I think you should have played more

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Speaker 3: Well, what about the uh you know conspiracy going around

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Speaker 5: No, No, once you play, you try to win. And

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Speaker 1: He was missing by Yeah that one, Yeah, that one

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Speaker 5: I think under considering what the stakes were last night,

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Speaker 3: in the week. So Washington now flies home, you said

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Speaker 3: Because the Pacers throndle the Hornets again, Tastra Domas was

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, big numbers for the Pacers, bagot numbers for

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Speaker 2: Demontes Sibonis. Can't believe it happened in the very first

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Speaker 2: Jd roll that beautiful beef footage.

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Speaker 4: Demontes Sibonis had twenty one rebounds. Where's no dunks? We

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Speaker 2: play in tournament stats live? Are they regular season stats?

431
00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,800
Speaker 2: Are they postseason stats? Even the Pacers put up a

432
00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,800
Speaker 2: meme about it yesterday. So I went to check in

433
00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,000
Speaker 2: on this beef from Demonta Sabonis.

434
00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,280
Speaker 3: The stats are nowhere to be found.

435
00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:29,520
Speaker 2: The clips are nowhere because the NBA themselves doesn't know

436
00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,040
Speaker 2: where to put these stats. They're kind of tucked away

437
00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,040
Speaker 2: underneath a preseason tab. I guess because these games are

438
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,840
Speaker 2: just a little bit different. I don't know where they are.

439
00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:43,320
Speaker 2: But Sabonis was legitimately great last night. Just unfortunate we

440
00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:44,760
Speaker 2: couldn't source the beef.

441
00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:45,480
Speaker 4: Wow.

442
00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,639
Speaker 3: Wow, this is a I mean, this is I mean,

443
00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,399
Speaker 3: I'm great, I'm happy for I mean nearly he had

444
00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,840
Speaker 3: a triple double Onemost fourteen points, twenty one boards, I assist,

445
00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,520
Speaker 3: but no beef highlights. I mean, I get excited for

446
00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,159
Speaker 3: these rebound highlights now ley and they're they're gone. They

447
00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,040
Speaker 3: don't even exist. They don't think they happened.

448
00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:04,239
Speaker 5: Maybe not, Maybe that's the NBA. It's funny though they

449
00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,399
Speaker 5: haven't sort of made a decision on what it is

450
00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,040
Speaker 5: because it's not regular season, is it. But anyway, this

451
00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:13,720
Speaker 5: game was disgusting. The Hornets were completely not ready at

452
00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:15,800
Speaker 5: or from the tip that first quarter. It was either

453
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,600
Speaker 5: Dougie knocking in threes or they just drove inside and

454
00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,160
Speaker 5: there was no defense at all.

455
00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,199
Speaker 6: From the Hornets, and I think it's an inexperienced thing.

456
00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,040
Speaker 5: I think, you know, I mean James Brego obviously they

457
00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,200
Speaker 5: had a strategy there to sort of pack the pain

458
00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,160
Speaker 5: and try to make it tough. And the Pacers like, okay, great,

459
00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:31,720
Speaker 5: we'll just shoot the ball, and they did and knocked

460
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,800
Speaker 5: them all in and then the Hornets just could not

461
00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,440
Speaker 5: recover at all. They never never made this a contest,

462
00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,760
Speaker 5: so very excuse me, very impressive though, by the Pace

463
00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,160
Speaker 5: has just come out and pound a team. So maybe

464
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,159
Speaker 5: the Hornets learned from this, because overall it's been a

465
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,919
Speaker 5: very good season I think for the Hornets. I think

466
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,719
Speaker 5: they can take a lot of positives out of it

467
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:52,400
Speaker 5: going forward. But man, this was just an embarrassing performance

468
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,160
Speaker 5: from Charlotte from the tip, you know, to get humiliated

469
00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,280
Speaker 5: like that. And the Paces were were super impressive because

470
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,040
Speaker 5: just well, not just bribe, but a few hours before

471
00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:03,920
Speaker 5: Karros Lavert was ruled out and he obviously won't be

472
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,640
Speaker 5: able to play in the next game against the Wizards

473
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:07,960
Speaker 5: due to health and safety protocols, so that was a

474
00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,000
Speaker 5: huge blow. But Brogden did play, of course, and Sabonas

475
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,080
Speaker 5: who was questionable, but he played and was dominant. So

476
00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,560
Speaker 5: well done to the Pacers. They were very, very impressive,

477
00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,679
Speaker 5: and the Hornets were the opposite of that.

478
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, Indiana jumped out to an early ten point lead

479
00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,560
Speaker 3: in the first four minutes and it was over. They

480
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,520
Speaker 3: never looked back, really, and Doug McDermott was huge, sixteen

481
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,520
Speaker 3: of his twenty one there in the first quarter. Anything

482
00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,920
Speaker 3: to add to this test, I mean, there's not a

483
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,240
Speaker 3: whole lot to say. We can get into, like what

484
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,160
Speaker 3: the Horns should do maybe in the off season here

485
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,399
Speaker 3: and you know, even start looking at this piecers Wizards

486
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,520
Speaker 3: breakdown if you want, but yeah, well what did you

487
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 3: think you called it? You said this was going to

488
00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,120
Speaker 3: happen you're like, oh, watch the first game of the plan.

489
00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,080
Speaker 3: It's it's gonna suck, and then everyone's gonna be like,

490
00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:47,160
Speaker 3: what's the point of the plan?

491
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I sort of called it after a while.

492
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,920
Speaker 1: It was I think the Pacers knew coming to mid court.

493
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,920
Speaker 1: There was even pre tip there is a Malcolm Broggen

494
00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,360
Speaker 1: stank guy. He looked over. I think he was looking

495
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,560
Speaker 1: at LaMelo ball. But when Malcolm Brogden is focused and

496
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,320
Speaker 1: ready to give the stank guy like they they were

497
00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:09,200
Speaker 1: at home. Obviously the any experience did play a part,

498
00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,399
Speaker 1: but they knew they were going to win, I suppose,

499
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,920
Speaker 1: and and Malcolm Brogden is an experienced guy. He came

500
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,920
Speaker 1: over to the Pacers to be, you know, a one

501
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 1: a type of guy with whoever they were going to

502
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,600
Speaker 1: end up having, and you know him alongside Lavert and

503
00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,960
Speaker 1: alongside some bonus you'd think, you know, would be a

504
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,680
Speaker 1: solid makeup, and then you lose LeVert. My hot take

505
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,840
Speaker 1: was going to be when when Lavert was out for

506
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,560
Speaker 1: the game, when I heard he was out that when

507
00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,240
Speaker 1: the Pacers lost Lavert cost Nate Yorker in his job.

508
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:45,359
Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah, yeah, it's gonna be really fun, really

509
00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,520
Speaker 1: fun take. But yeah, the Pacers came out and spous

510
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: wasn't awesome to start the game at all. The real

511
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,359
Speaker 1: story is that this team was ready to play. So

512
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,160
Speaker 1: the guys that came out were Doug McDermott that everybody

513
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 1: forgot of. Even when we talked about the game, we

514
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,919
Speaker 1: didn't mention them, and obviously the Hornets forgot about him.

515
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,439
Speaker 1: He was getting like baseline out of bounds plays like

516
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 1: here you go, fuck it, you know, like just getting

517
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,240
Speaker 1: offensive rebounds. It was so easy for him and O

518
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 1: Shay Brissett, Yeah, Raptor's G League player, he was in

519
00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 1: the G League this year's ten to fourteen in this game,

520
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,440
Speaker 1: and he got the confidence because they were kicking ass

521
00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,920
Speaker 1: because you know, everything else was happening in their favor.

522
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 1: So O shape Brissett took the shots that were there

523
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,520
Speaker 1: for him, and he stopped run after run after run

524
00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,400
Speaker 1: in this game when the Hornets were trying to come back,

525
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,640
Speaker 1: so you know, up and down the roster. Yeah, they

526
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 1: it was a smoke show. It was absolutely a smoke show.

527
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,600
Speaker 1: Nape Yorkun maybe saved his job for another day. I mean,

528
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:42,200
Speaker 1: that's that's that's for the off season. But they obviously

529
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 1: played for him. They played extremely hard for him, and

530
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,440
Speaker 1: I wonder if Leavert comes back for Thursday, is has

531
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:49,160
Speaker 1: that been determined?

532
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 3: And seven to ten days they're saying, I know, I

533
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,240
Speaker 3: saw Barkley saying, what why couldn't he in theory play?

534
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 3: I mean it will be like, yeah, forty eight hours after,

535
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,240
Speaker 3: couldn't he do the ten and clear? But yeah, I

536
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 3: think Ernie was saying, no, he's in that full correct me,

537
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:05,639
Speaker 3: I'm wrong by the way I took it was that

538
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,160
Speaker 3: he's in that full seven to ten day window there,

539
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 3: so he will not be playing, which is which obviously sucks.

540
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,199
Speaker 3: But yeah, maybe uh Oshae Brissett and Doug McDermott can

541
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 3: ball out again because they were awesome and percent For

542
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,159
Speaker 3: those that don't know, I mean, yeah, I believe is

543
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,639
Speaker 3: he from Mississauga test or did he go to school

544
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,360
Speaker 3: out there or something like that, but obviously.

545
00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 1: Trying to find out. I think so.

546
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:25,479
Speaker 3: I think so.

547
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,879
Speaker 1: But Brissette the best a man can get. And I

548
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,680
Speaker 1: don't know where is Brissette going.

549
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,200
Speaker 3: To h Yeah, yeah, I think he did some schooling

550
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:39,200
Speaker 3: in Mississauga, but he for those yeah he did. Okay,

551
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,520
Speaker 3: he's pumped up. Now, this guy wasn't on an NBA

552
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,040
Speaker 3: team in March and if he played in the g

553
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 3: League there, but he started over like the last fifteen

554
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 3: or sixteen games and like played himself into a contract,

555
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,320
Speaker 3: a multi year deal because he was averaging like thirteen

556
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,120
Speaker 3: and seven for the Spacers team who was obviously going

557
00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 3: through some turmoil, had lost a bunch of guys, so

558
00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,719
Speaker 3: he got an opportunity with no Miles Turner there and

559
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,800
Speaker 3: more minutes at the big uh and and as you

560
00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,400
Speaker 3: know now looks like a reputable NBA player, So good

561
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 3: for him. Another Canadian here and and bald out in

562
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,360
Speaker 3: this one with the twenty three points and he had

563
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:12,800
Speaker 3: maybe the highlight, I guess of the one of the

564
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 3: highlights of the game there off the alley oops, so

565
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 3: threw it down. Good for him. And yeah, Mississauga.

566
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 1: Shopping at Aaron Mills Town Center for sure, there you go, Yeah,

567
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,920
Speaker 1: no doubt. Wow, Maybe maybe he would make the trek

568
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,120
Speaker 1: over to Square one every once in a while. Oh

569
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,560
Speaker 1: sha set awesome, Good for.

570
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,760
Speaker 3: Him, Lee. Who do you like in a Wizard's Pacers

571
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,000
Speaker 3: winning your end matchup here? Like where you leaning right now?

572
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:37,280
Speaker 1: Yeah?

573
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,120
Speaker 5: I mean the Wizards are at home, so I think

574
00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,679
Speaker 5: that sort of probably tilted in their favor. But I

575
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 5: think the way that the Pacers played last night, they're

576
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 5: going to feel very, very good and confident. And of

577
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 5: course I think how is Bradley Beal going to feel.

578
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,280
Speaker 5: You know, he looked at he got through the game.

579
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,240
Speaker 5: But they obviously need a much better performance from from

580
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 5: Russell Westbrook as well, and then they need some contributions

581
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 5: from other guys. I guess I've probably got the Wizards

582
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 5: maybe a point favorite in this game, but I mean

583
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 5: a feel the Pacers, like I say, it's all about

584
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 5: form and playing well, and they got contributions from from

585
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,360
Speaker 5: other guys, so they will feel pretty good. And yeah,

586
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 5: I guess the Wizards would certainly it is because it's

587
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:24,960
Speaker 5: just because of what we saw last night. I would

588
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,160
Speaker 5: say the Pacers. But you know, home court does play

589
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 5: a factor into it, and you just expect a better

590
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 5: response knowing that it's losing go home from the Wizards.

591
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 5: So I've got the Wizards by a point at this stage.

592
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 2: I can't play alex Lan all of those menutess, that's

593
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,359
Speaker 2: got to be honestly, that's got to be a difference

594
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,360
Speaker 2: because Sabonis was why, really why the Pacers won last night.

595
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 2: He controlled the game. Like you're saying, he didn't have

596
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,200
Speaker 2: a great game shooting the ball, but that was because

597
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,560
Speaker 2: of the They were gone out of their way to

598
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 2: double team and take things away, clog the pants. So

599
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 2: he was finding wide open shooters, wide open cutters. Alex

600
00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,360
Speaker 2: Lean's going to be running out there when you got

601
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,960
Speaker 2: Robin Lopez sitting on the bench, a box out boy

602
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 2: amongst the bust in the NBA and putting a body

603
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 2: on somebody, He's going to have to play because sabonas

604
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 2: just can control the game. And if the Wizards are

605
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,199
Speaker 2: going to be soft inside like they were against the

606
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,639
Speaker 2: Celtics last night, that's scary hours because Sabona's had a

607
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 2: great game last night. So hopefully not a whole bunch

608
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 2: of Alex Lenn. If you see a lot of Alex Lenn,

609
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 2: that's going to be a win.

610
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 3: For the Pacers.

611
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt. Sabonis could come in and have a

612
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 1: monster game if he sees Alex Lenn in front of

613
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:31,119
Speaker 1: I totally agree that's that's that's a huge sway, like

614
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,680
Speaker 1: right in the first quarter, because they're going to play

615
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,160
Speaker 1: on the other end, they they showed that they're ready

616
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 1: to scramble if if if they want to, and like

617
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 1: in this game, I mean they took LaMelo Ball out

618
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 1: of this game really because LaMelo Ball needs to play

619
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,920
Speaker 1: with great players. I think that would that would really

620
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: help Lamel but helps everybody. But LaMelo is one of

621
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 1: those guys that you know, if he's going to have

622
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 1: these driving lanes, it needs to be because he's playing

623
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: with with scores. So I think, yeah, Bonas is gonna

624
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: have a big game. Why is Scotty Brook's gonna take

625
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 1: Alex Line off the floors? So Bonus is just gonna

626
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: run circles around tomorrow.

627
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 2: Feels like Sibonis against the Wizards this year thirty two points,

628
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 2: fourteen rebounds, nine assists in three games, sixty one percent

629
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 2: from the field, three losses though for Indiana.

630
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's right, Wizards got the best. There are some

631
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 3: close games if I remember correctly, Yeah, definitely one.

632
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: Time because the Pacers allow shots at the rim, which

633
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 1: is what the Wizards do. Uh So that's that's the problem.

634
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 1: The Wizards score a ton in the paint. I think

635
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: they had a game where they had like something ridiculous

636
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: like ninety six points in the paint. It gets a

637
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 1: monster game against the Pacers.

638
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, didn't Schumann point out like I think the Pacers

639
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 3: Wizards played. Was it the fastest or the second fastest

640
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,600
Speaker 3: game like with you know, in terms of pace, like

641
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 3: in the last twenty five years or something like that

642
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 3: when they previously it was like an insane number of

643
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 3: right in the game because there was not a lot

644
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 3: of defense. Yeah, Shuman, let us know if.

645
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Speaker 5: The stream is this month, if you are the Humes,

646
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Speaker 5: let us know.

647
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Speaker 3: Lee, you Slinton, And you think the Hornets had a

648
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 3: successful season obviously despite you know, losing this game and

649
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 3: they're not even going to be playing in the next

650
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 3: game for the playing tournament. They're not making the playoffs.

651
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Speaker 1: We know that.

652
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Speaker 3: But you think still having a top ten record in

653
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 3: the East, with all the injuries to like Gordon Eyward

654
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Speaker 3: and LaMelo and Bridges there for a time DeVante Graham

655
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Speaker 3: for a time, that it was still a successful season overall.

656
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Speaker 5: Yes, I mean, look, the season certainly ended badly. I

657
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 5: think they lost their last six regular season games and

658
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 5: then obviously embarrassed.

659
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Speaker 6: There last night.

660
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 5: But LaMelo Ball is clearly a star player. They got

661
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 5: that draft pick right, so he is the focus going forward.

662
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 5: They've got him. Gordon Hayward I think overall had a

663
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,960
Speaker 5: decent season and you know, he again the injuries. He's

664
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Speaker 5: an injury prone player and he missed a ton of games,

665
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 5: which obviously hurt them. But I think there's still something

666
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 5: there they can get out of him. And then what

667
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 5: are they going to do with their backcourt. They've got

668
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 5: some star players there or as players with potential. You know,

669
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Speaker 5: they've got guys like Malik Mark and PJ.

670
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Speaker 6: Washington.

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Speaker 5: I think these guys have got something there if they

672
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 5: draft well again and they can you know, maybe trade,

673
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 5: make a trade or sign someone who free agency. I

674
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 5: think there's some positive signs because they've been a pretty

675
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 5: ordinary team for a long time. But now they I

676
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,320
Speaker 5: think have got finally some building blocks there. They need

677
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 5: to improve in the middle as well with Zeller and Biyombo.

678
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 5: Zella was pretty bad there last night, so they need

679
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 5: a big and they need some other pieces. But I

680
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 5: think when you just look at LaMelo in the season

681
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 5: that he had, I think they should be pretty excited

682
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 5: that going forward things are going to get better.

683
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, what's their number one you know thing they need

684
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 3: to address? You think tree this offseason. Is it the

685
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 3: center position. They need a big They need a big guy.

686
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 2: They got to upgrade from Zella and Biambo exactly like

687
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 2: Lie saying, especially because you assume that LaMelo is going

688
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 2: to be playing some pick and roll basketball, it would

689
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 2: be nice to have a rim runner back At the

690
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 2: trade deadline before the Hawks really took off, John Collins

691
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 2: was a name that was discussed for the Hornets. I

692
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 2: think that could be a nice bet if they're able

693
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 2: to get him away from Atlanta. I think he's a

694
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 2: restricted free agent right so obviously the Hawks could match

695
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 2: if they want, and maybe they would want to considering

696
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 2: their division rivals and that sometimes plays out. But a

697
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 2: player like John Collins, who can get to the rim

698
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,719
Speaker 2: on some rolls, can help from the perimeter as well

699
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 2: shooting three pointers. I think he would be a very

700
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 2: nice fed alongside LaMelo.

701
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Tess, is there any other centers you know, as

702
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 3: we start looking at guys in free agency that you

703
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 3: could see maybe the Hornets making a move whe Sean

704
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 3: Holmes is a popular name that is maybe more of

705
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 3: a realistic get. I know the Kings do love him too.

706
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 3: Nerlens Noel another possibility, like having a big guy that

707
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 3: can give you a little something inside, a little bit

708
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 3: more than a Biambo and Azeller or anyone else. I'm forgetting,

709
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 3: maybe trading for Miles Turner, for crying outloud, Can he

710
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 3: be acquired? I know he's not maybe the rim runner

711
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 3: like a Collins, but obviously he's going to help your

712
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 3: defensive presence inside.

713
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, I wonder what they're going to go after, because

714
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 1: they're rumored to basically have acquired Mark Gasol before the

715
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 1: Raptors did right back in twenty nineteen. I wonder if

716
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: MJ up in the up in the press box might

717
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 1: want a more of a traditional type of guy. I

718
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: have no real clue, but it would make more sense

719
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Speaker 1: what you guys are saying. More of an athletic rim runner,

720
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: for sure. I don't I can't think of it. I

721
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: don't think lowry marketing would really fit the bill. But

722
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: you know, John Collins is similar to But yeah, you

723
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 1: need some more, in my opinion, more of a defensive

724
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: minded guy than those guys that we're mentioning. And if

725
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 1: you're the Hornets, maybe you just go all in on offense,

726
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 1: because basically that's what we're talking about here. If you're

727
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: running out Labello, Hayward and PJ. Washington and Rosier, maybe

728
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 1: you try and outscore teams. But I don't know, they

729
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: could go to somebody who's more of a traditional quarterback

730
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: on the defensive end, although no one's really coming to

731
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: mind at this point. I don't think they want Marcus Soohl. No,

732
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 1: don't think that's happening in twenty twenty one.

733
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Speaker 3: I unfortunately don't think so. They do have, like their

734
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 3: draft picks, they could have up to twenty million dollars,

735
00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 3: you know, in free agency to play with. They do

736
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 3: have to make some decisons on Devonte Graham restricted free agent.

737
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 3: Same with Cody Zeller, whether they want to try and

738
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,400
Speaker 3: keep him. They've got contract extensions that they can explore

739
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,360
Speaker 3: with bridges, you know, do you try and lock him up.

740
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,320
Speaker 3: He had a great season. I think they're really impressed

741
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,960
Speaker 3: with what he gave them this year, So maybe they

742
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 3: want to, yeah, exactly, maybe try and get him under

743
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 3: a contract for for some more years. And then Terry

744
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 3: Rozier is a possibility for a contract extension too, So

745
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,839
Speaker 3: some moves to be made thereby who's in charge there.

746
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 3: It's not ending a cup Chuck. Yeah, Mitch cup check,

747
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,360
Speaker 3: Mitch cupcake. So he's got some decisions to make. But

748
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,960
Speaker 3: yeah with U Lee, I mean the Gordon Hayward like,

749
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 3: weren't the Hornets like flirting with the fourth and fifty

750
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 3: like before Gordon Hayward went down at the start of

751
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 3: April like and then they fell off. I mean they

752
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 3: fell all the way, of course, to tenth and then

753
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,719
Speaker 3: you know, lose by forty points to the Pacers who

754
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 3: are missing like maybe three o their best guys or

755
00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 3: three other top four guys with no Warren and Turner

756
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 3: and Lamb in the mix and all that blah blah blah.

757
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 3: But LeVert So a good season, a weird season, but

758
00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 3: I guess I'm building block moving forward. Okay, let's get

759
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 3: to tonight's games. Let's preview them, and let's predict them tasks.

760
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,279
Speaker 3: We'll start with the well, the game everybody's excited for.

761
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 3: Let's hope it's a little more entertaining than these two

762
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,359
Speaker 3: we had last night. But Warriors Lakers, here, it is here.

763
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 3: It is winning. You're in losing. It's okay, you'll take

764
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,880
Speaker 3: on the winner of yes first Grizzlies, But what are

765
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:23,399
Speaker 3: you watching for in a Warriors Lakers matchup tonight task

766
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 3: ten pm Eastern on ESPN.

767
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: How about it. I am watching for anybody associated with

768
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: the NBA their Twitter accounts how excited they are pregame,

769
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 1: because that says exactly what they wanted listen to. The

770
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: First thing I'm thinking about is if Lebron James mind

771
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: games are going to work on Steph Curry. You know,

772
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 1: I'm thinking storylines because you know, if you go back

773
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 1: to Sunday when Steph was playing the Grizzlies for the

774
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,920
Speaker 1: eight seed. Essentially, John Morant took to Instagram before the

775
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 1: game and said, locked in and that's Steph's line. Yeah,

776
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: you Steph notices he noticed, He talked about it. He

777
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 1: talked about it after the game. He said, yeah, of course,

778
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 1: he said, quote I see everything. And then and then

779
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 1: he shot up a career high thirty six field goal attempts. Unbelievable. Yeah,

780
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: thirty six shots and twenty two of them threes. He

781
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: scored forty six. Now, is Lebron's message that he is

782
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: the MVP of the league. He said that that's the

783
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,840
Speaker 1: MVP of the league for his money. Is that gonna backfire?

784
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 1: I doubt I don't know. How to play. Shrewder said

785
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 1: the same thing, yes, right, like something to that effect

786
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 1: in pregame media. So I just want to see what

787
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: kind of stuff comes out. The issue with the Warriors

788
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: is how are you going to stop Lebron in a

789
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 1: d like the Laker size is just you know, it's

790
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 1: a common theme with other teams in the league. But

791
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 1: it's it's up to Wiggins in Baysmore, who has had

792
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 1: problems with Lebron before, to stop Lebron. Those are the

793
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: wings to stop Lebron and and ad Is. I don't

794
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,240
Speaker 1: know who's going to try, Like obviously it's stream on ruh,

795
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,800
Speaker 1: but but man, I mean, that's it takes. It takes

796
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: a village to stop those two, especially with the lack

797
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 1: of size they have. You know, I'm if if Wiggins

798
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 1: can really really have a huge game, it comes back

799
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 1: to it always comes back to Andrew Wiggins. Uh, then

800
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: maybe the Warriors could take this, But it's up to

801
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,720
Speaker 1: the shooting of Steph. If Wiggins is locked in both

802
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 1: offensively and defensively, Wiggins is gonna have opportunities because they're

803
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 1: going to get the ball out of Steph's hands. The

804
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: Lakers are good at guarding guards. They are good at

805
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 1: taking away Damian lit They did it last year in

806
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,800
Speaker 1: the bubble. They they they did it against the Rockets

807
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,239
Speaker 1: and James Harden last year in the bubble. That's what

808
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 1: they do. So, uh, it's gonna be up to the wings.

809
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 1: It's gonna be up to staff to find the right

810
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 1: guys and the other guys to convert and then on

811
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,759
Speaker 1: the other end, just fricking pray that Anthony Davis and

812
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: Lebron just aren't feeling it. So, yeah, there's a there's

813
00:37:58,440 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: there's a few things I guess I'm watching.

814
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you see the marquee for this, and

815
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 3: it's obviously being promoted. Of course, why wouldn't you with

816
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 3: the two best some of the two best players in

817
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 3: the game of Curry versus Lebron, and I think your

818
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:09,840
Speaker 3: mind immediately goes like, oh man, this is going to

819
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 3: be like it's gonna be a scoring fest, tray, this

820
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,440
Speaker 3: is gonna be like one thirty five, one thirty one,

821
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 3: forty whatever. They're going to be putting up buckets. I

822
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 3: don't think it's going to be that because these are

823
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 3: like elite defensive teams. The Lakers number one defensive team

824
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 3: in the league despite not having Ad and Lebron for

825
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,560
Speaker 3: good chunks of it. That's amazing. And then the Warriors

826
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 3: or the final twenty when James Wiseman goes out and

827
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,319
Speaker 3: he goes down and they shift to that smaller, you know,

828
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 3: more veterans sort of defensive presence there with Draymond running

829
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 3: the show. They were the best defense in the league

830
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:38,919
Speaker 3: over these last twenty. The Warriors like this could be

831
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 3: a slog fest because they are great defensive squads here,

832
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 3: which could still make for a very exciting game, don't

833
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 3: We're wrong? Like if we're in the high nineties or

834
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 3: even just cracking over one hundred and it's tight, then

835
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 3: we're gonna be all for it. But I just I

836
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,440
Speaker 3: think some people maybe the casual is like, oh, it's

837
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 3: gonna be a high scored and fair. These are great

838
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 3: defensive teams and you know who's going to come out

839
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 3: on top tonight, Yeah, Skates.

840
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 2: You know, I offense more than anything, but even tonight

841
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 2: I'll be because there's great questions to be asked on

842
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 2: both sides, like how much can Draymond Green slow down

843
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 2: Anthony Davis. That is a huge question for me. If

844
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 2: the Warriors are gonna be able to keep this close

845
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,840
Speaker 2: and maybe knock off the Lakers. Draymond has to be special.

846
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 2: He considers himself the greatest defender of all time. Let's

847
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:27,800
Speaker 2: see it, because Anthony Davis maybe is the toughest matchup

848
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 2: in the league. Prime Draymond maybe the best option to

849
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,799
Speaker 2: stop him. Draymond not quite at his prime, but he's

850
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 2: been playing pretty well lately. I think the Warriors are

851
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:38,879
Speaker 2: planning to single cover him that way, they're not giving

852
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 2: up those four on threes. But Davis has a lot

853
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,759
Speaker 2: of size on Draymond. He's got a lot of skill, obviously,

854
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 2: and he's a super athlete. And that's without considering like

855
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,359
Speaker 2: tass is saying, the Lakers have a lot of size

856
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 2: at other places. Lebron is a lot bigger than Andrew Wiggins.

857
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 2: We'll see which centers they roll with. Maybe it's Marcasol,

858
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 2: maybe it's Andre Drummond. Just to have a little presence

859
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,359
Speaker 2: on the glass, but there's an opportunity to note out

860
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,240
Speaker 2: for the Lakers to pound the dubs on the glass

861
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:06,400
Speaker 2: and inside. And for the Lakers, how much are they

862
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:09,399
Speaker 2: gonna do with Steph Curry. They blitzed Willard a lot

863
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 2: last season, They've got Dennis Shrewder coming back, but he

864
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 2: hasn't played in a while, so that's a tough ask

865
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 2: for him to stick Steph Curry also got KCP at Caruso.

866
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 2: A couple of different options and a couple of different

867
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 2: looks that they're gonna give Curry, but it'll still be

868
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 2: interesting to say if they can actually stick with him.

869
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 2: So we've got a defensive battle inside for the Warriors.

870
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,839
Speaker 2: We've got a defensive battle outside for the Lakers. Oh.

871
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 2: I can't believe I'm talking about defense much, but these

872
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 2: teams are actually great defensively, and they got some highlight

873
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:41,320
Speaker 2: defensive players.

874
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:42,200
Speaker 3: I'm tapped in.

875
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 2: Get down in your stances, slap that floor. We're going

876
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 2: crazy tonight for the defense.

877
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, Lee, do you believe the Lakers can do a

878
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 3: decent enough job of slowing down Steph Curry. They've had

879
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 3: success in the past. You know, CACP can do a

880
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,400
Speaker 3: great job. They've got a great statuy like he just

881
00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 3: stays attached and then he's like trails hard on him.

882
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 3: Of course, there's a lot of eyeballs on him, and

883
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 3: there are just a great defensive unit, and you Caruso

884
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 3: is a good defender. You know, he's at least going

885
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 3: to give it as all out there and stuff and

886
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 3: try and stick with stuff, or or is like, come on,

887
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:11,840
Speaker 3: it's Steph. He's gonna get He's going to go for

888
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,359
Speaker 3: another thirty five shot attempts tonight, probably twenty plus three

889
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,799
Speaker 3: point attemps because it's their best chance to win. What

890
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 3: do you think heading into.

891
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 5: It, Yeah, the Warriors need Steph to have one of

892
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,080
Speaker 5: those just incredible performances. And this is where Draymond has

893
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 5: to work just as hard on the offensive ends setting

894
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 5: all those picks and finding him there. But the Lakers

895
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,439
Speaker 5: have just got so many bodies they can just keep

896
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 5: on throwing at him, and that's what's going to make

897
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 5: it challenging for Steph. I mean, he can get inside

898
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,799
Speaker 5: as well, he can get whatever shot he wants, but

899
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 5: it just feels as though if they don't have any

900
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,759
Speaker 5: other offensive support like a Wiggins or a bays More

901
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,359
Speaker 5: hitting shots, then it's like the Lakers can kind of say, well,

902
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:48,800
Speaker 5: if Steph's going to take thirty five or forty shots,

903
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 5: he might score fifty points. But if they're not getting

904
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:53,319
Speaker 5: contributions from other guys, it's going to make it so

905
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 5: much tougher for the Warriors. So you know, that's the

906
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 5: thing I think that you know, at his best, yes,

907
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 5: but the and Steph can sort of keep it close.

908
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 5: But I just feel the Lakers looking at that injury report,

909
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:07,400
Speaker 5: there is no injuries on that roster, so everyone's kind

910
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 5: of fresh and you can throw it like KCP. I

911
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,320
Speaker 5: think we'll probably start on Steph and he's proven to

912
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 5: be a pretty good defender. You know, he's physical, he's quick,

913
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,800
Speaker 5: he's got long arm, So that's his first challenge and

914
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 5: then it is maybe it's a shrewder, maybe it's a cruso.

915
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 5: Who you know, We're just going to give everything to

916
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,359
Speaker 5: stick as close to him as possible, no matter how

917
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,479
Speaker 5: many screens the Warriors run to try to get Steph

918
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:28,759
Speaker 5: those shots. So there's a lot here. But we have

919
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,320
Speaker 5: seen Steph obviously have some you know, big, big games,

920
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 5: and he can carry the team. And if he's hitting shots,

921
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,359
Speaker 5: then that does open up the floor a little bit

922
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,560
Speaker 5: and other guys will get opportunities. But just feel as

923
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 5: the Lakers have almost timed this perfectly to get everyone

924
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 5: fresh and ready for the playing tournament here there at

925
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 5: home as well. So I definitely see why the line

926
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,000
Speaker 5: is a five and a half point Laker favorite last

927
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 5: I saw, so I think that's a fair one because

928
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 5: I just I just think as good as Steph and

929
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 5: Draymond are, they don't have much else outside of those

930
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:58,359
Speaker 5: guys that they can rely on.

931
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:00,920
Speaker 3: Yeah. Again, credit a lot of the times to the

932
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,799
Speaker 3: Lakers defense on Curry, but Korea has always struggled in

933
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 3: the Staples Center too. If you go look at the stats,

934
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 3: like he just cannot shoot in this building compared to

935
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 3: every other you know, where he lights it up. He

936
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,800
Speaker 3: really struggles in it. Maybe it's the sight lines in there, Lelia,

937
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,839
Speaker 3: I don't know, maybe it's the lighting they do. Really,

938
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 3: I think it's final. Yeah, the Colors, I guess. I

939
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:26,799
Speaker 3: believe that CBS Sports Sam Quinn has how this game

940
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 3: is going to unplay correctly. I saw him right that

941
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 3: the Warriors are going to win the first quarter of

942
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 3: this game because they're just going to pick and roll

943
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,759
Speaker 3: the Lakers centers to death. Uh and Curry is just

944
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,880
Speaker 3: going to start out on fire. And that is like

945
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:41,600
Speaker 3: we're talking like the bigs there, uh for for the Lakers,

946
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 3: you know, you know this is when eighties, not at five,

947
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 3: but then at some point like he's going to switch

948
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,280
Speaker 3: to eighty at five and then order will be restored.

949
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,600
Speaker 3: I could see that going that way, but I would

950
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 3: watch if that happens for Curda, then stop like using

951
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,520
Speaker 3: Draymond as the screen action and have it switch it

952
00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 3: up and go Baysmore and Wiggans. So then Curry is

953
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 3: like attacking, you know, being a Kuzma or some other

954
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,279
Speaker 3: sort of wing there on the Lakers player and maybe

955
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,960
Speaker 3: has a little more space to operate with an attack.

956
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:08,520
Speaker 3: I think that's something that Kirk can sort of counter

957
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,480
Speaker 3: with there, because you know, at some point in theory, yeah,

958
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:14,359
Speaker 3: eighty will be will be playing the five, and that

959
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 3: will always be better for the Lakers in instead of

960
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,719
Speaker 3: some of their slow moving other centers who are good

961
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:25,120
Speaker 3: and Marcusol and montros Haral Okay offensively, he's great defensively

962
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 3: not as much. So Yeah, something to watch is this

963
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 3: Wiggins Championship tonight here, like could Andrew Andrew Wiggins has

964
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 3: oddly always played well against Lebron in terms of just

965
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 3: putting up numbers because there's that whole thing that Lebron

966
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 3: never you know, gave a shout out to Wiggins in

967
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 3: the old s I piece and then he was gone,

968
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 3: and then there's like a revenge factor there and both

969
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 3: being you know, number one picks in Cleveland. Like, I

970
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 3: feel like this is his championship. Like if Wiggins could

971
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,880
Speaker 3: come out and just have one monster game and the

972
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:55,759
Speaker 3: Warriors could beat the Lakers when a lot of people

973
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 3: are picking the Lakers to move on, I don't know.

974
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 3: Try Like it's like, it's like, so, which is his

975
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 3: at times disappointing career to me? If you can just

976
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:05,800
Speaker 3: have a one game, because I can't bet on Wiggins

977
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 3: winning you a series, and I can't bet on Jordan

978
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 3: Poole winning you a series or Baysmore. They don't need

979
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:12,719
Speaker 3: to win a series. They just need to win one

980
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 3: game here tonight against the mighty Lakers.

981
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 2: Look, people are gonna say, or people are already asking,

982
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 2: is this game going to be the highest rated game

983
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 2: of the playoffs. It's certainly possible Lakers versus Warriors in

984
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:32,200
Speaker 2: a sort of do or die game. So yeah, man,

985
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 2: if you're Canadian and Andrew Wiggins goes out there and

986
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,640
Speaker 2: has thirty points, I think that that's a championship for

987
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:42,319
Speaker 2: Canadians out there, but only for Canadian fans. I don't

988
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 2: think anybody else is gonna care. And honestly, if Andrew

989
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,239
Speaker 2: Wiggins scores thirty points tonight, the Lakers will probably be

990
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 2: thrilled because it means they're trapping Steph Curry and Steph

991
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 2: Curry's having to pass it to Andrew Wiggins all the time,

992
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:55,360
Speaker 2: and the Lakers will take their chances.

993
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:56,279
Speaker 3: True that it's true.

994
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, I kind of want to see the Warriors lose

995
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:03,200
Speaker 1: because I want to see Warriors Jazz in the first

996
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 1: round of the playoffs, because I think the Warriors matchup

997
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:08,120
Speaker 1: kind of all right against the Jazz. I wouldn't mind

998
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 1: seeing that first round matchup. When the Warriors have their

999
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,879
Speaker 1: sort of do or day game tonight, they can lose.

1000
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 1: I love Hotes. I love how we can just you know,

1001
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:19,840
Speaker 1: play with the terminology here. It's a sort of do

1002
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,280
Speaker 1: or die game. Then they play the winner of Grizzly

1003
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 1: Spurs to fight for that eight seed, and it'd be

1004
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 1: a rematch if it's if it is the Grizzlies of

1005
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:31,719
Speaker 1: that Sunday game where Curry went at Morant. So there's

1006
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: lots of history there, all right.

1007
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 3: Well, let's uh, I mean, you got any more X

1008
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 3: factors you want to talk about Leli you want to

1009
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:38,600
Speaker 3: make your prediction for this bad boy, I.

1010
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 5: Think the Lakers win this game five and a half points.

1011
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:43,799
Speaker 5: Feels about right to me too. I just feel, you know,

1012
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 5: Davis has played enough games in the last couple of

1013
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:48,839
Speaker 5: weeks he had to look like he's pretty much close

1014
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:50,680
Speaker 5: to one hundred percent. Lebron obviously had a little bit

1015
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:53,920
Speaker 5: of a setback, I think, but we know Lebron, He's

1016
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:55,839
Speaker 5: just gonna go out there and do what he needs.

1017
00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 5: He can't afford to lose this game. But this is

1018
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,239
Speaker 5: not like a traditional series game one loss. This like

1019
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:01,799
Speaker 5: Lebron just wants to win this game so that we

1020
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,880
Speaker 5: can prepare for Sunday's game. So I think the Lakers

1021
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 5: win this one.

1022
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1023
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 3: Lebron even said as much. He said, I usually use

1024
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 3: game one as the feel out game in series, but

1025
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:11,959
Speaker 3: I you know, he basically said, I know I can't

1026
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,960
Speaker 3: do that here in this just one game against the Warriors.

1027
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 3: So maybe yeah, he comes in locked in, super locked in. Okay,

1028
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 3: so you're going Lakers TK, You're up next. Anything else

1029
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 3: to add to this game tonight and then who you taken?

1030
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 2: New X factor? Is Lebron deciding that it would be

1031
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,960
Speaker 2: even better for his legacy if the Lakers lose tonight,

1032
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 2: so then he can be the first guy to go

1033
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 2: from losing in the play into winning a championship. That

1034
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,440
Speaker 2: is an X factor. But here's another X factor. If

1035
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:40,400
Speaker 2: the Lakers win, they get three days of rest before

1036
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:44,839
Speaker 2: starting their first round series. I think that means more

1037
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 2: to the Lakers than anything. So give me the Lakers tonight, Tess.

1038
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: I agree. I think they win because Lebron wants to

1039
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 1: add to the legacy. He would be the first guy

1040
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: to win in a play in game and then win

1041
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 1: the championship, So oh yeah, why not? I think I

1042
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 1: think I think it bodes well Lakers sons Lebron versus

1043
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:09,640
Speaker 1: his old bud. Yeah, I'm already looking forward. Shouldn't do that.

1044
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 1: Shouldn't do that because you never know what Steph. But yeah,

1045
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:14,440
Speaker 1: I think I think they do want the rest and

1046
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: I think they're ready.

1047
00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 3: I'm gonna swerve on this one because again, if this

1048
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:20,319
Speaker 3: was a seven game series, there's no way I'm taking

1049
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,960
Speaker 3: the Warriors. But it's this one game factor. It's just

1050
00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 3: like we've seen Curry in March Madness, Like in a

1051
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 3: one game you know, win and go on when he's

1052
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:30,760
Speaker 3: with Davidson like this is we just saw it on Sunday. Basically,

1053
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,239
Speaker 3: if you want to look at that game as a

1054
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:34,880
Speaker 3: sort of to get at least another crack up to

1055
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,319
Speaker 3: the eight seed there so you could lose, give me

1056
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:39,319
Speaker 3: the Warriors, like just like I mean, give me a

1057
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:41,400
Speaker 3: fifty point let me give me a Tatum like performance

1058
00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:43,840
Speaker 3: from Curry, and then yeah, you're gonna need help. You

1059
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:47,600
Speaker 3: Jordan Pooler Wiggins have to be both really special here tonight.

1060
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 3: Oh that's all hell of a bet to make. But

1061
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:53,400
Speaker 3: I'm gonna start cleaning up the Airbnb on Wiggins Island,

1062
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 3: make sure the subway restaurants in order, you know, get

1063
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:00,160
Speaker 3: some more staff in cause I am booking a Wiggans

1064
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:02,840
Speaker 3: continuing to play well for whatever reason against Lebron and

1065
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:06,360
Speaker 3: having a really good wiggeds game and the Warriors somehow,

1066
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:08,520
Speaker 3: somehow pulling off the what would be I guess it's

1067
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:11,360
Speaker 3: fair to say an upset here tonight really on the

1068
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:13,440
Speaker 3: on the backs of Steph Curry. Give me the Warriors

1069
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 3: just because you guys are taking the layers Lakers. You

1070
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:16,200
Speaker 3: make a good point.

1071
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:19,480
Speaker 2: There's another X factor. Lebron never played in a march madness.

1072
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:21,520
Speaker 3: Oh I doesn't understand me?

1073
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:21,839
Speaker 2: Sure?

1074
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:25,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, interesting, interesting, hadn't thought about that. All right, let's

1075
00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:26,600
Speaker 3: hear from everybody in the stream. Team who you're taking

1076
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:28,640
Speaker 3: tonight by how many? Who's your X factor? All that

1077
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 3: good stuff. Final game tonight will be the first one

1078
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:35,839
Speaker 3: seven thirty pm Eastern. It is the Spurs and Grizzlies.

1079
00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:39,480
Speaker 3: You know, a little less fanfare for this one, for

1080
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:41,920
Speaker 3: being completely honest, But Trey, what are you watching for?

1081
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:44,280
Speaker 3: I'm excited for it. I mean I like both these teams.

1082
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:46,839
Speaker 3: You young talent of course, and John Morance must watch.

1083
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:48,160
Speaker 3: But what do you got your eye on?

1084
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: Oh?

1085
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:52,600
Speaker 2: Spurs Grizzlies played a famous series many many moons ago,

1086
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,239
Speaker 2: a legendary upset back in the day. Shout out to

1087
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:58,719
Speaker 2: Shane Battier. But for me, neither of these teams are

1088
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,919
Speaker 2: great three points shooting teams. So I think it's gonna

1089
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 2: be the battle at the rim that determines the winner tonight.

1090
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:08,080
Speaker 2: You got John Morant, that guy as a driver, He's

1091
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:09,839
Speaker 2: gonna want to run pick and roll. He'll be going

1092
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:13,040
Speaker 2: up against Dejonte Murray. For the most part. That's gonna

1093
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,560
Speaker 2: be a tough matchup for Murray and Jah. On the

1094
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:19,360
Speaker 2: other side, DeMar DeRozan pretty much in the same scenario.

1095
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:21,839
Speaker 2: He's a driver as well. He'll be creating a lot

1096
00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 2: going up against Dylan Brooks, another great matchup. You got

1097
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:28,239
Speaker 2: a couple of big old former Raptors waiting for those

1098
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:31,480
Speaker 2: guys at the rim in Valentiunis and Perdle. The three

1099
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:33,560
Speaker 2: point shooting, it's gonna be a huge X factor. If

1100
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:37,040
Speaker 2: either of these teams hits fifteen tonight, they're probably gonna win.

1101
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 2: But they're both team bottom ten teams in three point percentage,

1102
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 2: so points in the paint is what's gonna win this game.

1103
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:48,200
Speaker 2: The Stars honestly really need to perform. That means John

1104
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 2: needs to have a huge game if it's gonna be

1105
00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 2: the Grizzlies. DeRozan needs to have a huge game if

1106
00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:54,200
Speaker 2: it's gonna be the Spurs, because those are the most

1107
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 2: reliable buckets on their two teams. The Spurs, they got

1108
00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 2: to make sure they control their turnovers because the grizzl

1109
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:02,960
Speaker 2: want to get some steals and score in transition. That's

1110
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:06,400
Speaker 2: an easy bucket for them. But yeah, points in the

1111
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:08,160
Speaker 2: paint I think is going to be massive this game.

1112
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,759
Speaker 2: We're gonna see some old school Valentunas post stuffs. I

1113
00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 2: think he's gonna play a big part in this game

1114
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,799
Speaker 2: as well. Should be fun, should be an ugly one

1115
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:17,120
Speaker 2: as well.

1116
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:19,719
Speaker 3: I would imagine, yeah, task, whar you leaning in this

1117
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:21,280
Speaker 3: Spurs Grizzlies match up here?

1118
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:26,040
Speaker 1: I'll probably lean with the Spurs. I think they're just gonna,

1119
00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:27,880
Speaker 1: you know, stay loyal to who they are. It's a

1120
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:30,480
Speaker 1: bunch of mid rangers, but a bunch of athletic guys

1121
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:32,960
Speaker 1: getting to the rim. As Trey said, not a lot

1122
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,200
Speaker 1: of three is happening in this game. You might flick

1123
00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:38,080
Speaker 1: on this game and the casual fan who is probably

1124
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 1: joining us on the YouTube stream now probably tuning in

1125
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:43,600
Speaker 1: for the playing games getting a little amp. Those guys,

1126
00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:46,600
Speaker 1: those types of people who only watch the playoffs, and

1127
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:48,880
Speaker 1: they'll tune in and say, what is this? Is this

1128
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:51,760
Speaker 1: two thousand and seven? I mean it's the Memphis Grizzlies

1129
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:54,920
Speaker 1: are dominant in the paint. That's what they do, and

1130
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:58,879
Speaker 1: they just love hanging around the mid range and the rim.

1131
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,719
Speaker 1: Same goes for the Spur But there's a ton of

1132
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:04,560
Speaker 1: athleticism on both sides. So yeah, I think that that

1133
00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:09,759
Speaker 1: matchup of de Jontay Murray getting all up in John

1134
00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:12,879
Speaker 1: morant is key. I mean this, that's that's the kind

1135
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:14,920
Speaker 1: of one on one matchup on the perimeter that doesn't

1136
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:17,680
Speaker 1: happen a lot. But Jean say Murray can do that.

1137
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:21,200
Speaker 1: He is that good that long. And I think that's

1138
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:24,040
Speaker 1: that's all Pop is is saying to him in his ear,

1139
00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:26,480
Speaker 1: or is the assistant coaches are saying in his ear

1140
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,200
Speaker 1: like this, that's your job tonight, just to try and

1141
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:31,480
Speaker 1: and stick jaw, try and get in his shorts as

1142
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:34,600
Speaker 1: much as possible. So that'll that'll be what I'm watching.

1143
00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:36,960
Speaker 1: But there's a ton of athleticism on the court. There's uh,

1144
00:52:37,719 --> 00:52:40,759
Speaker 1: former Big B recipient Keldon Johnson in this game. There's

1145
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:43,239
Speaker 1: a lot of guys who can get up and get

1146
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 1: after it. So yeah, a lot of athleticism, a lot

1147
00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:48,759
Speaker 1: of a lot of a lot of banging. Pearl and

1148
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:52,319
Speaker 1: Valentiunis in the lane can't wait, can't wait to get

1149
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:57,240
Speaker 1: Nate Duncan's take on Yaka Pearl playing some great rim defense.

1150
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,239
Speaker 1: I mean, this is this There's a lot going on

1151
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:02,160
Speaker 1: in this game for especially for the day hearts Lee.

1152
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 3: I guess we said we were going to continue our

1153
00:53:04,719 --> 00:53:07,840
Speaker 3: weird Terry Rosier, Tim Hardaway Bett who was going to

1154
00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:11,759
Speaker 3: score more points with me going with Tim Hardway Junior

1155
00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:14,040
Speaker 3: Rosier of course out now so I still get the playoffs.

1156
00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:16,279
Speaker 3: I think we said that, right, okay, whatever, But you

1157
00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:19,399
Speaker 3: want to double or nothing on tonight's game, who scores more?

1158
00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:21,320
Speaker 3: I'll take Dylan Brooks, you take Patty Mills.

1159
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,200
Speaker 6: I don't know. Dylan Brooks was actually really good against the.

1160
00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:27,880
Speaker 3: Warriors, but Dylan Brooks, he can very easily go yeah, twenty,

1161
00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 3: don't you worry about Yeah, you catch fire?

1162
00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:33,200
Speaker 6: He struggled, Yeah, sure, why, yeah, that's.

1163
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:35,480
Speaker 3: Man.

1164
00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:39,080
Speaker 5: You know, speaking of that game on Sunday against the Warriors,

1165
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:41,319
Speaker 5: that the Warriors kind of Tony Allen Jamran in that

1166
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:43,080
Speaker 5: game and said, you want to shoot three shoot him

1167
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:45,919
Speaker 5: and he went one for six. And we saw last night,

1168
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 5: you know, a really inexperienced Hornets team looked inexperienced, and

1169
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:52,439
Speaker 5: you could sort of look at the Grizzlies and say,

1170
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:56,319
Speaker 5: you know, apart from Valentunis, they're also very inexperienced. But

1171
00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:59,319
Speaker 5: in that playing game in Orlando last year, John Ran

1172
00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:01,400
Speaker 5: was actually very I think you had thirty eight points,

1173
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:03,680
Speaker 5: you know, shot the ball pretty well, had a few turnovers,

1174
00:54:03,719 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 5: but didn't get overawed by the occasion. Valentunas was actually

1175
00:54:06,719 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 5: very good in that game as well, So if you

1176
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:10,920
Speaker 5: count that as anything, you know, the Grizzlies aren't afraid

1177
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,319
Speaker 5: now they're at home, but they actually have a worse

1178
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:15,760
Speaker 5: home record than the Spurs have as a road record

1179
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:17,600
Speaker 5: this season, which only by one game. But it just

1180
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:20,320
Speaker 5: shows that the Spurs can get up for those games.

1181
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:21,600
Speaker 6: And I think that's where it's key.

1182
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,160
Speaker 5: I think if you look at Demata Rosen, he's the

1183
00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:26,279
Speaker 5: vet out there kind of who's going to play the

1184
00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:28,319
Speaker 5: Jason Tatum roles, like get to the free throw line,

1185
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:31,080
Speaker 5: put some easy baskets on the board, and maybe get

1186
00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:33,399
Speaker 5: one or two of those Grizzly guys in defenders because

1187
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:36,520
Speaker 5: in foul trouble, I think that's where it's key. And

1188
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:39,120
Speaker 5: so that I think sort of, you know, is where

1189
00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:41,520
Speaker 5: the Spurs have to play, is like use the experience

1190
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:43,160
Speaker 5: of the guys you've got who have been there a

1191
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:46,320
Speaker 5: little bit more than the guys from the Grizzlies.

1192
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:47,439
Speaker 6: So it should be close.

1193
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:49,799
Speaker 5: The Grizzlies won the season series, they won, you know,

1194
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:52,480
Speaker 5: had more a much better record than the Spurs as well.

1195
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:53,080
Speaker 3: They're at home.

1196
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:57,440
Speaker 5: No, you know, significant injury right now. Jaron Jackson's been

1197
00:54:57,480 --> 00:54:59,759
Speaker 5: back and he's been playing okay for them as well,

1198
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:02,560
Speaker 5: So it should be a It should be a fun

1199
00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:03,520
Speaker 5: sort of arm wrestle.

1200
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:08,760
Speaker 2: This game, really hun wrestle fun.

1201
00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:11,839
Speaker 5: I mean, it might not be each other, it might

1202
00:55:11,880 --> 00:55:13,520
Speaker 5: not be the prettiest game, but it should be a

1203
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:15,680
Speaker 5: close game tonight. It really should be because I sort

1204
00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:17,680
Speaker 5: of don't see either team really just blowing the other

1205
00:55:17,719 --> 00:55:22,840
Speaker 5: team out, So I think it favors the Grizzlies. I

1206
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:25,080
Speaker 5: think I'll take the Grizzlies too tonight again in a

1207
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,640
Speaker 5: close one. I think two point win for the Memphis Grizzies.

1208
00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:30,120
Speaker 5: I'm putting the line in Memphis. I don't know what

1209
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,719
Speaker 5: it is. It's probably about that. I'll say Grizzlies by

1210
00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:34,520
Speaker 5: two and a half points.

1211
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:37,919
Speaker 3: I think Memphis wins this game too. I think it'll

1212
00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:40,560
Speaker 3: be close, and I am excited for it. I know

1213
00:55:40,719 --> 00:55:43,080
Speaker 3: many people out there probably are not, but tass, who

1214
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:44,240
Speaker 3: are you going with your on Spurs?

1215
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:45,560
Speaker 1: Nah?

1216
00:55:45,800 --> 00:55:46,000
Speaker 4: No?

1217
00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:50,319
Speaker 1: Wow? Talking them all up? Okay, Yeah, I believe in

1218
00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:53,600
Speaker 1: the Grizzlies as well. I believe in the Taylor Jenkins

1219
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:57,160
Speaker 1: revenge factor against his old head coach, Greg Popovich. Taylor Jenkins,

1220
00:55:57,239 --> 00:55:59,040
Speaker 1: head coach of the Grizzlies, used to be the assistant

1221
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:01,920
Speaker 1: on Greg p If it's just bench, I'm just saying

1222
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:03,560
Speaker 1: things now. I don't believe in that, but I do

1223
00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:07,799
Speaker 1: believe in the I do believe in the Memphis Grizzlies. Yeah,

1224
00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:11,680
Speaker 1: it will be a very physical game, and I really

1225
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:15,839
Speaker 1: like the the giving of a line with a half

1226
00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:18,080
Speaker 1: point in it, so I totally agree. I think the

1227
00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:20,440
Speaker 1: Memphis Grizzlies win this game by two and a half points.

1228
00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:24,160
Speaker 3: Oh wow, somehow they'll be a first which will which

1229
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:26,560
Speaker 3: will be disappointing if that does somehow happen to us,

1230
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:28,840
Speaker 3: because it won't be in the NBA record books for

1231
00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:31,360
Speaker 3: the first team to ever win by two and a

1232
00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:33,799
Speaker 3: half points, as we all know. Okay, we all are

1233
00:56:33,840 --> 00:56:36,760
Speaker 3: taking Memphis. What about you, Trey? Sure, I'll swerve.

1234
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:37,319
Speaker 1: Why not?

1235
00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:42,000
Speaker 2: According to Bett MGM, the Grizzlies are a four point

1236
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:46,160
Speaker 2: favorite right now, but mark me down for Dylan Brooks

1237
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:49,719
Speaker 2: falling out tonight. The guy has led the NBA in

1238
00:56:49,840 --> 00:56:53,120
Speaker 2: personal fouls the last two seasons and he's a wing.

1239
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:56,399
Speaker 2: That's pretty crazy stuff. The Marto rows and getting them

1240
00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:59,160
Speaker 2: with the pump fake tonight six different times?

1241
00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:03,239
Speaker 3: Give me saying Antonio Okay. Ziggy in the stream team says,

1242
00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:05,080
Speaker 3: I think the thumb war is the fun.

1243
00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:05,839
Speaker 2: Arm wrestling.

1244
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:09,919
Speaker 3: At the very end of your arm. Yeah. I guess

1245
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:11,400
Speaker 3: it's sort of part of your arm?

1246
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:11,719
Speaker 1: Is that?

1247
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:12,640
Speaker 3: Is that what you were thinking?

1248
00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:12,840
Speaker 2: Lee?

1249
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:14,600
Speaker 3: This will be just a fun thumb war.

1250
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:18,320
Speaker 6: Tonight, not really not traditional.

1251
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:21,000
Speaker 3: What's that you meant? Like? An arm like a fun

1252
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:23,280
Speaker 3: arm wrestling matchup to you is like one that goes

1253
00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:25,320
Speaker 3: back and forth, back and forth.

1254
00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:27,400
Speaker 5: Okay, But what was that movie Over the Top? I

1255
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:30,120
Speaker 5: think with Sylvester Delone that made a whole movie out

1256
00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:32,400
Speaker 5: of arm wrestling, just crazy whole.

1257
00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:35,160
Speaker 3: Meme out of it too. It turned out, right? Is

1258
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:37,640
Speaker 3: that what that means with that's right?

1259
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:37,960
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1260
00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:40,920
Speaker 3: Is that from Over the Top? I think so, two guys,

1261
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:43,800
Speaker 3: unless it's for Predator. It might be for Predator now

1262
00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:44,120
Speaker 3: I think.

1263
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:46,560
Speaker 1: But anyway, they made a whole sports league out of

1264
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:49,160
Speaker 1: it too, just an arm wrestling league. Oh wow, that

1265
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:49,840
Speaker 1: was happening.

1266
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:53,280
Speaker 2: I would say. The only not fun arm wrestle is

1267
00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:56,240
Speaker 2: when the arm breaks. That is that is not fun

1268
00:57:56,280 --> 00:57:59,120
Speaker 2: to watch. Everything else is equally fun in that it's

1269
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:01,800
Speaker 2: a guy slamming another guy's arm on the ground like

1270
00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:03,680
Speaker 2: it's fine. It's just fine.

1271
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:06,480
Speaker 5: In Superman two, when Ursa got into an arm wrestle

1272
00:58:06,520 --> 00:58:08,680
Speaker 5: with the guy in the bar, it turned into full out.

1273
00:58:08,480 --> 00:58:09,520
Speaker 6: Like war on the Street.

1274
00:58:09,640 --> 00:58:12,520
Speaker 2: So that's a fun one.

1275
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:13,520
Speaker 6: That's a fun one.

1276
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:16,440
Speaker 3: Okay, they are back checking me. I did clarify it

1277
00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:18,680
Speaker 3: is Predator. It's not from over the Top, but you

1278
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Speaker 3: would think it's from over the Top. Two guys, God, yes,

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Speaker 3: thinking of me. That's the whole movie. But it is

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Speaker 3: for Predator. All right, good, well we got that clarified. Okay,

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Speaker 3: so everybody taking Memphis except for a tray. Let's hear

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Speaker 3: your predictions in the stream team and in the YouTube

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Speaker 3: comments below. Let's get to tweeted the night though. It

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Speaker 3: brought to you by bet.

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Speaker 1: MGP tweet over night Wow Twitter.

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Speaker 5: Yes, well, I wondered if we were going to get

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Speaker 5: through the show without mentioning it, and we didn't because

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Speaker 5: it comes from the Indiana Paces. Before the game yesterday,

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Speaker 5: they tweeted this from the American Chopper meme that goes

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Speaker 5: around and it's like the playing tournament does not count

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Speaker 5: as the postseason. That's his son, isn't it the other

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Speaker 5: guy he's screaming at him.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it's happening after the season, So what else would

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Speaker 7: you call it? Dad comes back with the studs from

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Speaker 7: the playing game I'm recorded as postseason starts.

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Speaker 3: Not done yet.

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Speaker 7: It goes to, well, they aren't regular season stands either's,

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Speaker 7: so what are they?

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Speaker 3: Dad finishes with, I have no.

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Speaker 5: Idea, And I think that sums it up for everybody.

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Speaker 6: No one really knows.

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Speaker 3: No one.

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Speaker 6: Everyone's like, well, it's not the regular season anymore. Yeah,

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Speaker 6: but there's also not in the playoffs, So what would

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Speaker 6: you put him in? I would put him in the

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Speaker 6: playoffs playoffs, Yeah, I would.

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Speaker 3: I mean, if I have to pick one or the other,

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Speaker 3: I'm putting them in the postseason, not the regular season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: But it does seem like the NBA is creating just

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Speaker 3: a complete separate thing, like there will be records for

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Speaker 3: playing games. I guess, like Teatum right now has the

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Speaker 3: playing record both points ever in a playing game. A

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Speaker 3: little weird, but that's what they're going with. I guess

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Speaker 3: they're really I mean when they're when they're saying that

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Speaker 3: to me, they're like, oh, we're doing the playing game

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Speaker 3: for a long time. This ain't going anywhere, Like we're

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Speaker 3: got we're gonna be creating a whole new infrastructure on

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Speaker 3: the NBA dot com website. We got working on that

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Speaker 3: right now, So this ain't going anywhere. Got to update

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Speaker 3: the mainframes.

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Speaker 2: I saw somebody in the stream team suggesting that perhaps

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Speaker 2: the reason that there's not clarification on whether the stats

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Speaker 2: are going into regular season or postseason is that there

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Speaker 2: are a lot of incentives that are tied to like

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Speaker 2: regular season statistics or perhaps postseason statistics, So maybe they

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Speaker 2: hadn't figured it out with the unions and stuff yet

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Speaker 2: how that's going to be tabulated. It's very odd, though,

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Speaker 2: that these games just happen and the only thing we

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Speaker 2: care about is the W or the L at the

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Speaker 2: end of it all.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's pretty funny that that meme was coming

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Speaker 3: from not just some random NBA fan out there, that's

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Speaker 3: from the Pacers themselves, like an actual NBA team was

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Speaker 3: playing in the play tournament, like they don't even know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, no, I guess the idea is that you

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Speaker 1: don't want to mess with the historical stats. But I

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Speaker 1: think if you got to choose one you'd mess with

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Speaker 1: the playoff stats then the regular season stats, because the

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Speaker 1: regular season stats are a little bit higher on the hierarchy,

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Speaker 1: you know, like that matters a little bit more. Every

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Speaker 1: team plays the same amount of games, but I who knows.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't really matter a lot. The thing

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Speaker 1: that I found weird this week was Rudy Gobert was

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Speaker 1: given the block title for the regular season, yeah, at

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Speaker 1: two point seven, because Miles Turner didn't play in the

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Speaker 1: required amount of games, even though he had three point

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Speaker 1: four blocks per game. But then came out the ruling

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Speaker 1: that even if Miles Turner played in those games to

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Speaker 1: get to that requirement and had zero blocks in those games,

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Speaker 1: he still would have more than two point seven of

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Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert. So they gave Miles Turner the blocks and

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Speaker 1: and that's the way the rule goes. If you give

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Speaker 1: a guy zero across the board to get to that threshold,

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Speaker 1: and that determines who gets the league lead and block.

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Speaker 1: So he won it three point four. Cool story, I.

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Speaker 3: Mean, like, why, like, why wouldn't you just do totals

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Speaker 3: at that point? Like why are we like if that,

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Speaker 3: why do you need the division part of it? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: That's a good that's a great question.

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Speaker 3: Rules, man, Yeah, rules for numbers, Like what's the alt?

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Speaker 3: What is the all time record for points scored in

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Speaker 3: a playoff game? Is it still mj Does he nine?

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Speaker 1: Is it that?

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Speaker 3: Or sixty sixty three? Yeah? Does they won to have

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Speaker 3: more than that in a playoff game?

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Speaker 6: Obviously that might be right?

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Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, I think it is yet right in the

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Speaker 3: in the game against the Celtics. Yeah, so like, you know,

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Speaker 3: Tatum scores fifty last night, Like, who's to say Curry

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Speaker 3: doesn't score Yeah, sixty four points tonight. I just got

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Speaker 3: to know right now, Like, does Curry then have the record?

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Speaker 3: Like I guess not is what we're getting, Like, he

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Speaker 3: will not have the postseason record, even though it really

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Speaker 3: feels like a postseason game. He will not have the

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Speaker 3: official record for more points than Michael Jordan in a

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Speaker 3: playoff game. That's weird. That is very weng that's weird,

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Speaker 3: But it's very possible. I don't even think it's that

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01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:10,040
Speaker 3: far fetched. Like I mean, okay, I'm not betting that

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Speaker 3: he's going to score sixty four tonight, but he could.

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Speaker 2: He could, he could anyway, Very very weird, very also unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: As Ziggy pointed out in the stream, Team American Chopper

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01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:25,919
Speaker 2: meme is still going, man, American Chopper, I guess it's

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01:03:26,040 --> 01:03:29,919
Speaker 2: back now. It was on from oh three to twenty ten,

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Speaker 2: but now it's been back since twenty eighteen to present,

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Speaker 2: at least according to Wikipedia. But this is a long

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Speaker 2: lasting meme for a show that I don't think was

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01:03:38,680 --> 01:03:40,880
Speaker 2: like the biggest show in the world. I mean, I

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Speaker 2: know there are a lot of American Chopper fans out there.

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Speaker 2: I've watched a ton of episodes, more than I would

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01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:48,720
Speaker 2: have ever guessed. But for a meme that's a show

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01:03:48,760 --> 01:03:52,400
Speaker 2: that's ten twelve years old, very long lasting. You know,

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01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:54,760
Speaker 2: we see this more than the Crying Jordan meme now,

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Speaker 2: which I think is an upset of things considered.

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Speaker 3: I would add to that for a meme that has

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Speaker 3: a terrible layout to it too, very long, right, and

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01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:05,120
Speaker 3: you know it gets condensed. JD had to chop it

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Speaker 3: into two tweets. That was one tweet of course, the

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Speaker 3: whole thing, the actual meme. But it's like, you know,

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Speaker 3: it's not an aesthetically pleasing layout there for a meme. Yeah,

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01:04:12,720 --> 01:04:15,480
Speaker 3: it's held on. It's very funny what about Predator.

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Speaker 5: I mean that's from ninety seven, isn't it's the beauty

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01:04:19,640 --> 01:04:20,320
Speaker 5: of out memes?

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01:04:20,360 --> 01:04:20,560
Speaker 1: Man?

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01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:21,520
Speaker 6: Exactly?

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Speaker 3: All right, guys, let's again and hear your predictions for

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01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:30,840
Speaker 3: tonight's games in the comments below. We will wrap it

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01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:34,000
Speaker 3: up here for a fun Wednesday episode. No beach step in,

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01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:36,120
Speaker 3: as I said later today, So everybody go back and

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01:04:36,160 --> 01:04:39,720
Speaker 3: listen to that fun interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes from yesterday.

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01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:40,960
Speaker 3: You guys did a great job. It was a lot

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Speaker 3: of fun.

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Speaker 1: Check it out if you haven't so much politics in it. Though,

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01:04:44,040 --> 01:04:47,520
Speaker 1: if you don't politics, he's kidding everybody.

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01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:49,880
Speaker 3: I know some people are like just like just like,

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01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:52,760
Speaker 3: there's like not a single word about politics said in

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01:04:52,840 --> 01:04:54,919
Speaker 3: this thing. It's all basketball. This guy's a die hard.

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Speaker 5: In fact, he's politically correct talking about the two New

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01:04:57,800 --> 01:04:58,360
Speaker 5: York teams.

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Speaker 6: So there you go. He doesn't take a stance on

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Speaker 6: all either one of those.

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Speaker 3: It's right, all right, we'll go check that out. So

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Speaker 3: moving forward here for the rest of the week. I said,

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01:05:06,680 --> 01:05:08,919
Speaker 3: no beach step in today, So everybody's got the afternoon off,

1425
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:12,280
Speaker 3: but we're coming back tomorrow night. Thursday night, there's no

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01:05:12,320 --> 01:05:16,280
Speaker 3: morning show Tomorrow night, we'll react to the Pacers Wizards game,

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01:05:16,440 --> 01:05:19,320
Speaker 3: and then we'll preview I guess very likely we'll just

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Speaker 3: do the Eastern Conference playoff series there tomorrow night, and

1429
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:26,360
Speaker 3: then on Friday night, you know, we'll do something similar

1430
01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:29,840
Speaker 3: where we will react to the final game of the

1431
01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:31,960
Speaker 3: West play in whoever will be the eighth seed, and

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01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:35,560
Speaker 3: then we'll preview the Western Conference for playoff series. I

1433
01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:38,640
Speaker 3: know there will be a tight turnaround because on Saturday

1434
01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:40,480
Speaker 3: there's some of those playoff series. But all you want

1435
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:41,920
Speaker 3: to know is like what team are you take in

1436
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:44,600
Speaker 3: and how many games? That's all anyone truly cares about.

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01:05:44,640 --> 01:05:48,680
Speaker 3: So that's the plan. Thursday and Friday, after those final

1438
01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:51,400
Speaker 3: playing games, will jump on YouTube and we'll all hang

1439
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:53,520
Speaker 3: out and have a drink and preview those playoff series.

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01:05:53,560 --> 01:05:58,960
Speaker 3: Sound good, gentlemen, mm hmm, good, good good. All right, everybody,

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01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:01,200
Speaker 3: have a great Wednesday afternoon. We'll see you tomorrow night

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01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:05,680
Speaker 3: Thursday night here with Denodunk's podcast and on YouTube. Clipper Bros.

1443
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:06,840
Speaker 4: You heard it here first.

1444
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:08,480
Speaker 3: Have a great time, turn up.

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01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:10,280
Speaker 2: Love you guys, awesome.

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01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:11,880
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. To remember I'm going back to

1447
01:06:11,880 --> 01:06:15,200
Speaker 1: the start of the show. Need to confirm Trey tickets

1448
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:16,640
Speaker 1: confirmed for The Grateful Dead.

1449
01:06:18,120 --> 01:06:19,959
Speaker 3: It's been a bit of a slog here.

1450
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:25,040
Speaker 2: Tassy tickets confirmed for Atlanta, but the dead Heads all

1451
01:06:25,080 --> 01:06:27,919
Speaker 2: around are having problems getting tickets for the Raleigh show.

1452
01:06:28,040 --> 01:06:30,880
Speaker 2: First show back, everybody was too excited, So I'm gonna

1453
01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:33,080
Speaker 2: have to reconvene here and figure out if we can

1454
01:06:33,080 --> 01:06:34,040
Speaker 2: get some wanners.

1455
01:06:34,360 --> 01:06:36,400
Speaker 3: Oh so it's gonna take as long to get a

1456
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:38,560
Speaker 3: Grateful Dead ticket as it takes to hear a Grateful

1457
01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:39,000
Speaker 3: Dead song.

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01:06:39,960 --> 01:06:43,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly right. I turned on Fire on the Mountain

1459
01:06:43,360 --> 01:06:45,320
Speaker 2: at the start of this show hoping to lock in

1460
01:06:45,400 --> 01:06:49,160
Speaker 2: my tickets. The solo hasn't even finished yet, Skats, and

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01:06:49,240 --> 01:06:51,680
Speaker 2: I'm waiting waiting for confirmation.

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01:06:51,840 --> 01:06:56,560
Speaker 1: All right, Grateful Dead, as timeless as the chop, Raise

1463
01:06:56,640 --> 01:07:06,960
Speaker 1: the day people every day, and I'd be happy every minute.

1464
01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:12,480
Speaker 1: It's been so long that you're the one I've waiting for.

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01:07:14,520 --> 01:07:16,640
Speaker 3: It happened already.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be grippy.