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Speaker 3: Good morning, sweetld and welcome to the Nodungs podcast on

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Speaker 3: to Chadwick Boseman. The Black Panther star passed away on

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Speaker 6: I mean it's talking about it there mentally and emotionally.

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Speaker 3: Finally, some big news that got lost in the shuffle

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Speaker 1: of his contract and not think is this Oladipo related.

436
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Speaker 1: You know, Nate McMillan hasn't won a playoff series with

437
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Speaker 1: the Indiana Pacers, he didn't win one with the Portland Trailblazers.

438
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Speaker 1: He's won one first round series back in two thousand

439
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Speaker 1: and five. It's easy to make a case to move

440
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Speaker 1: on from somebody. Despite the fact that the Pacers had

441
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,080
Speaker 1: a bunch of injuries this season. You know, no Sabonis

442
00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,359
Speaker 1: down in the bubble. Oladipo wasn't his himself after he

443
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Speaker 1: came back from his injury. But when you're superstar is

444
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Speaker 1: getting ready to hit free agency, it's not uncommon for

445
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Speaker 1: teams to kind of make some interesting moves around the

446
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Speaker 1: front office. Around the coaching staff just trying to do

447
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Speaker 1: anything they can to keep their superstar around. Kind of

448
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Speaker 1: you know, whatever you say goes at this point, because

449
00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,200
Speaker 1: surely the Pacers want to keep Oladipo. Despite the fact

450
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Speaker 1: that he didn't have a great season. He's still an

451
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Speaker 1: Indiana guy and that definitely means a lot to Pacers fans.

452
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Speaker 1: And he's been so linked to Miami. You know, he's

453
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Speaker 1: very close with Dwayne Wade. He seems like the kind

454
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Speaker 1: of guy that would fit into their general ethos just

455
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Speaker 1: the same way Jimmy Butler did. So I gotta think

456
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Speaker 1: that this has something to do with keeping Oladipo happy.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, according to the athletic sam Amic, McMillan was known

458
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Speaker 3: to be resistant to some of the offensive philosophies that

459
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Speaker 3: have become a major part of today's game. That's, you know,

460
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Speaker 3: translate that into the Pacers were not a three point

461
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Speaker 3: shooting team during the regular season in the bubble, and

462
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Speaker 3: maybe they were behind on that end. Now, yeah, he's

463
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Speaker 3: had a brutal playoff record, But of course context is everything, right,

464
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Speaker 3: There's no SI bonus for this one. There was no

465
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Speaker 3: Oladipo before. I mean, you know, they took what the

466
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Speaker 3: Calves to a seven game series. You know, you can

467
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Speaker 3: almost look at that as a win a couple of

468
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Speaker 3: years ago. But I wonderly, do they have a coach,

469
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Speaker 3: Like when you do stuff like this, you usually have

470
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Speaker 3: like the next coach in mind lined up? Could it

471
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Speaker 3: be Mike D'Antoni? Is it someone else? Like are they

472
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Speaker 3: like just getting ready for what they already know to

473
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Speaker 3: be their next coach, because this is it was a

474
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Speaker 3: little strange the timing of all this.

475
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Speaker 6: I mean, I guess, so you think they would have

476
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Speaker 6: a plan in place. But to me, I still don't

477
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Speaker 6: understand that what was the point of extending him if

478
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Speaker 6: this was ultimately what they thought they were going to

479
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Speaker 6: do anyway, if they got swept, I guess because even

480
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Speaker 6: though it was a soft extension like a team watch,

481
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Speaker 6: and usually they come with some sort of a buyout anyway,

482
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Speaker 6: so they're gonna have to pay him off something, so

483
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Speaker 6: it's not like just a nothing extension.

484
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Speaker 3: But going into that.

485
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Speaker 6: Playoff series, did they think they were going to beat

486
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Speaker 6: the Heat or did they think they were going to

487
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Speaker 6: at least take them to six or seven games? Because that,

488
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,320
Speaker 6: to me is the only reason that they changed their

489
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Speaker 6: course and said no, Actually, this was a complete disaster.

490
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Speaker 6: They didn't get destroyed in that series. You know, those

491
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,879
Speaker 6: games were close enough, even though Miami sort of was

492
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Speaker 6: in control most of the time. So it's a confused,

493
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 6: using decision for me, and questionable sort of logic I

494
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,040
Speaker 6: guess and judgment from the front office there in Indiana,

495
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,800
Speaker 6: because why extend him two weeks before if you're ultimately

496
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,959
Speaker 6: going to decide his fate based on the playoff results.

497
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Speaker 6: That that's the way I see it. And if he's

498
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 6: unhappy with Oladipo or Oladipa's unhappy with him, why didn't

499
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Speaker 6: the front office say, okay, let's get through the playoffs

500
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Speaker 6: and then see from there, rather than throw out this extension,

501
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,600
Speaker 6: which now makes them look silly. And in terms of

502
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 6: coaches out there, well, there's a job in New Orleans,

503
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,159
Speaker 6: there's a job in Brooklyn, there's a job potentially in

504
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:35,000
Speaker 6: Houston as well, and Philadelphia. So Cargo dun Balls, Yeah,

505
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,359
Speaker 6: the Bulls as well, Jim Boyles. I sort of felt

506
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:40,920
Speaker 6: for some reason the Bulls had hired a coach, but

507
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,080
Speaker 6: obviously they haven't. So there's there's going to be a

508
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,200
Speaker 6: lot of competition, And where does Indiana sit in that competition,

509
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,240
Speaker 6: do you think, Like, I think the most attractive job

510
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,679
Speaker 6: is probably Brooklyn, perhaps Philadelphia after that, and then it's like,

511
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 6: you know, so if you're a coach in demand, they're

512
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 6: probably looking at those ones first. So unless Indiana's got

513
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Speaker 6: some guy that I think no one else is going

514
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,920
Speaker 6: to want, then they're going to be sort of bad

515
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,640
Speaker 6: for scraps of the of the coaches as well there.

516
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,160
Speaker 6: So it's a it's a weird it's a weird decision.

517
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,320
Speaker 6: I think from my Indiana I just would not have extened.

518
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Speaker 6: I don't I didn't understand why that would extend it

519
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 6: before the season was done anyway, That just doesn't make

520
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 6: any sense.

521
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Speaker 3: That part was weird.

522
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Speaker 5: But they it really didn't end up being an extension, right, Well,

523
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 5: then why why did.

524
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Speaker 3: They even do that?

525
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:19,680
Speaker 4: Then?

526
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:20,560
Speaker 3: That's what I don't get.

527
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:21,600
Speaker 4: Why why no they say?

528
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 5: Well, if you heard Nate McMillan's interview after being fired,

529
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Speaker 5: I think this was the most interesting part was that

530
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,400
Speaker 5: he talked afterwards and said, you know, we we said

531
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,440
Speaker 5: that we were going to do some sort of something

532
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,840
Speaker 5: before my last year of my contract. So we had

533
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 5: this conversation before going down to Orlando, and they basically

534
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,920
Speaker 5: just left it open with a team option. It wasn't

535
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,000
Speaker 5: an extension at all. It was just something that they

536
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 5: put on the table. And then he went on in

537
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 5: the interview UH to say I knew I was going

538
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,400
Speaker 5: to get fired, essentially that if we didn't advance past

539
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Speaker 5: the first round.

540
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Speaker 4: I knew it. He knew it, and he was almost

541
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Speaker 4: okay with it.

542
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,400
Speaker 5: He just looked past it, looked at the last few

543
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 5: years and thought, you know, we would have done a

544
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,760
Speaker 5: lot better if I had my guys. But I kind

545
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 5: of knew it was happening. Then Demantas Sabonis goes down

546
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 5: and I still think, you know, if we don't get

547
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,879
Speaker 5: out of the first round, I'm probably still going to

548
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,440
Speaker 5: get fired. He went down there thinking if I don't

549
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,840
Speaker 5: get out of the first round, then I'm going to

550
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 5: get fired. And he just seemed like he was had

551
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,440
Speaker 5: totally come to terms with that, and he was totally

552
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,960
Speaker 5: okay with that conversation about extension, so he didn't have

553
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,680
Speaker 5: this sort of lame duck, you know, situation going on.

554
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,360
Speaker 5: It was just odd to see that read that interview

555
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 5: coming from Nate McMillan's mouth, basically saying that Yeah, I

556
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 5: knew going down there. If I didn't come out of

557
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,960
Speaker 5: the first round, then it was done. And he sort

558
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,399
Speaker 5: of thought it may change if the situation was a

559
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,960
Speaker 5: little different, if Demanta Sabonis was out. After that, he

560
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 5: thought a little bit, But he also thought, nah, I'm done.

561
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 5: I mean, there just hasn't been a lot of success.

562
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:49,919
Speaker 5: That being said, Yeah, you can throw an asterisk on

563
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:54,120
Speaker 5: every single year of his last five years there.

564
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Speaker 3: Yeah, one final thing here, wolves I saw say Indiana

565
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,879
Speaker 3: is planning to search from a pool of candidates for

566
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 3: the coaching spot. They would consider program builders over the

567
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 3: long term. Now, okay, that stuff gets thrown into these

568
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 3: things all the time, But that's interesting to me, Like,

569
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,200
Speaker 3: does that have anything to do with like the possibility

570
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 3: of Ola Depot leaving Indiana, them looking to make a

571
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,760
Speaker 3: move because they like they are somewhat they have talent.

572
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,640
Speaker 3: I mean, Sibonis, Turner, Oladipo, Brogdon, they're all under contract

573
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 3: next season. I mean, these are all really good basketball players,

574
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,880
Speaker 3: some of them all star level basketball players, especially when

575
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 3: all healthy. Of course, so it's like, is there is

576
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 3: there a little code in there? Maybe I'm I'm reaching

577
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 3: here in this Woja article. But like program builders, are you?

578
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,760
Speaker 3: Are you tearing it down to some extent? Does that

579
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,239
Speaker 3: mean you're moving a turner or an Oladipo? Like, what

580
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 3: does that mean? I got my tinfoil hat on with that.

581
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Speaker 1: I want a college basketball team, is what that means.

582
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: The Indiana basketball is high school basketball and college basketball,

583
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,440
Speaker 1: and they want their team to be the same, Which

584
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Speaker 1: makes me think maybe they're looking at Kenny Atkinson. That's

585
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,200
Speaker 1: kind of what he was known for. What the Nets

586
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,439
Speaker 1: right was building culture and getting the most out of

587
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,880
Speaker 1: young guys and a team focused approach, and then when

588
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 1: they got some superstars in that wasn't exactly what they wanted.

589
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: But if you are a young team and you've got

590
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Speaker 1: a lot of great talent that isn't necessarily number one

591
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,040
Speaker 1: type talent, isn't top drawer talent. You know, a team

592
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 1: that works together is better than the sum of its parts.

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Speaker 2: That's the way to go.

594
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 3: Mm hmm for sure. So let's hear from you guys

595
00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 3: out there. Who would you like to see be the

596
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 3: Pacers next head coach? Again, D'Antoni could be at the

597
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:28,159
Speaker 3: top of that list, depending what happens with the Rockets.

598
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,760
Speaker 3: If he moves on. But like you said, Lee, there's

599
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 3: a lot of openings. He would maybe then get to

600
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Speaker 3: pick where he would want to go, if you know,

601
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Speaker 3: if every organization would want him that has a vacant spots.

602
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Speaker 3: let's let's get into this Raptor Celtics second round series.

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Speaker 3: Game one tip and Sunday, August thirtieth, at one pm

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Speaker 3: Eastern on ESPN. Celtics took three out of four games

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Speaker 3: during the regular season, including one hundred victory inside the bubble.

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Speaker 3: The Beantown Boys missing Gordon Hayward. But let's get into

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Speaker 3: our keys to this series will make our predictions task.

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Speaker 3: Get us started. What do you watch and when it

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Speaker 3: comes to you know, obviously a very highly anticipated Celtics

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Speaker 3: Raptor series.

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Speaker 5: Here, Yes, it is Raptor Celtics for the first time ever.

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Speaker 5: I think the two teams that people have been talking

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Speaker 5: about the most in the bubble as well playing really,

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Speaker 5: really well. The Raptors you have one of the best

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Speaker 5: defenses and they should be dealing the Celtics some tough looks.

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Speaker 5: But on the other side, the Celtics are going to

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Speaker 5: do the same. Now the Raptors are basically playing a

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Speaker 5: defense as good as there. So I'm looking at Pascal

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Speaker 5: Siakam as a guy that has to basically overcome that

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Speaker 5: by saying, my offense is better than your defense, because

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Speaker 5: he's probably the only guy on the team that can

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Speaker 5: get his own shot at any time, regardless of the defense.

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Speaker 5: And is he going to have learned something from Kawhi

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Speaker 5: Leonard last year where he's going to be the go

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Speaker 5: to guy down the stretch because you can imagine it's

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Speaker 5: going to be there are going to be some low

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Speaker 5: scoring games. And he had it tough against the Celtics

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Speaker 5: in the bubble there in that seeding game. He was

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Speaker 5: not himself. He looked pretty poor eleven point nine, he

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Speaker 5: was five of fifteen. And I just think, you know,

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Speaker 5: Lowry and Fred van Vliet, they may be held down

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Speaker 5: a little bit because of this great defense. We're going

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Speaker 5: to probably see some small ball. It's going to be

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Speaker 5: it's gonna be real fun because you know, the the

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Speaker 5: Raps may want to just get some more scorers on

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Speaker 5: the floor, as many scorers as possible, or maybe we'll

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Speaker 5: see some searche who knows, But I think Pascal is

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Speaker 5: going to have to take over at times, and I

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Speaker 5: think he may be the key and maybe what may

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Speaker 5: come down to down the stretches these two great defenses,

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Speaker 5: who's going to be more of the Stuperstar Pascal Siakam

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Speaker 5: or Jason Tatum on the on the other side, because

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Speaker 5: these ds are just gonna be so so tough. We're

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Speaker 5: going to see some ugly games. And I don't take

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Speaker 5: a lot from that seating game because you know, they

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Speaker 5: put up one hundred and twenty two points on the Wraps.

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Speaker 5: But the Raps they also had just kind of a

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Speaker 5: dud of a game as well. They weren't right. So

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Speaker 5: we're going to see some uglies here. And I think

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Speaker 5: Pasky good sign that in the final game against the

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Speaker 5: Nets he was coming on a little bit offense aggressive

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Speaker 5: even though he does a ton he does a ton

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Speaker 5: of and he.

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Speaker 4: Did a time. But I think the scoring is going

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Speaker 4: to have to come.

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Speaker 5: They're going to take away a lot of those other

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Speaker 5: three point shooters in Pascal might be open and he's

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Speaker 5: got to be. He's got to be a big point

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Speaker 5: guy in this series for them to win.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so Superstar Siakam, for the Raptors to uh to

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Speaker 3: beat the Celtics. That's what Tass is watching. What you got, Trey, Well,

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Speaker 3: I'm with Tass on this one.

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Speaker 1: I think this is gonna be Lou Williams's favorite series

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Speaker 1: because it's all about the wings.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: There are all stars in back the back court for

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Speaker 1: both of these teams. They're very evenly matched, and I

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Speaker 1: think it's gonna come down to Siakam and Og matchup

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Speaker 1: versus Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown because these two sets

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Speaker 1: I would think you would probably give the advantage to

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Speaker 1: the Raptors defensively and probably in transition, but in the

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Speaker 1: half court offense, it's likely going to the Celtics. So

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Speaker 1: maybe if it comes down to clutch time, you're seeing

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Speaker 1: some Jason Tatum pull ups, You're seeing some Jalen Brown

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Speaker 1: surprising pushes to the hoop. I don't know what it's

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Speaker 1: there on the wing because both of though both of

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Speaker 1: these duos can really guard each other. There, both of

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Speaker 1: them will be cross matching left and right. You know,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Smart's gonna be able to guard some of the

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Speaker 1: wings for the Raptors, Fred Van Vliek, Kyle Lowry. They

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Speaker 1: It's just going to be so interesting to see all

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Speaker 1: of the different ways that these players are matched up

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Speaker 1: on each other and which of the four of them

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Speaker 2: Maybe it is Siakam.

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Speaker 1: He was pretty good in the last game for the

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Speaker 1: Raptors in the seating, but we've also seen him struggle

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Speaker 1: in half court settings. You know, the Celtics are a

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Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of ways this could go,

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Speaker 1: going to pull off the benches to be in the

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Speaker 1: wing rotation as well. We will see, but I don't

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Speaker 1: I think that the advantage lies with the Celtics there

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Speaker 1: right now, at least we've seen. Tatum hasn't had great

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Speaker 3: Yeah. The missing Gordon Hayward I think is big in

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Speaker 3: this series because that's another big guy that you know,

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Speaker 3: then you're taking Smart out of the starting lineup, and

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Speaker 3: or a Van Vliet is forced to teak a guy

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Speaker 3: But now you know, you at least remove one of

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Speaker 3: their big guys, powerful guys in Heyward wing guys, and

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Speaker 3: you got Smart in there who's more their size. I mean,

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Speaker 3: that's that's better. That's a huge, huge plus I think

849
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Speaker 3: for the Raptors not having him out there because he's

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Speaker 3: played well at the times. But Lee, what are you

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Speaker 3: watching for in this?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, this is going to be a great series. I

853
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Speaker 6: expect it's going to be very, very tight. So, you know,

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Speaker 6: looking into it, I was trying to find where one

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Speaker 6: team maybe had an advantage over the other, And in transition,

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Speaker 6: the Raptors had the best offense in transition in the

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Speaker 6: regular season, and in this bubble the Celtics was second.

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Speaker 6: But the key point here is that defensively, the Raptors

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Speaker 6: were one of the worst teams in the bubble at

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Speaker 6: transition defense, whereas the Celtics were the best. So that's

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Speaker 6: sort of a margin. If the Celtics were able to

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Speaker 6: slow down the Raptors transition game while still scoring a

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Speaker 6: lot in their own. That could really sort of tilt

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865
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 6: you know Brown and Tatum and with Kember there as well,

866
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 6: they love to get out and run. So it's a

867
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 6: very very much that's a way that the Celtics will

868
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,479
Speaker 6: continue to score because I think in the half court,

869
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 6: you know, the Raptors are good defense of Celtics good defense.

870
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,320
Speaker 6: You know, both teams are able to score while defending

871
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 6: it as well. But I think those are the sort

872
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 6: of key areas that if the Celtics can keep up

873
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,800
Speaker 6: their transition game, that's going to be very very important

874
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 6: to them. But if the Raptors can keep up theirs

875
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 6: and the Celtics can't slow them down, then I think

876
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 6: it does tilt back into the Raptors favor. So I'm

877
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 6: really torn on this series as a whole. So I

878
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 6: think it is going to be great, and I think

879
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 6: if Gordon Hayward was there, it probably tilted back in

880
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 6: the Celtics favor, But he's not there, so you know

881
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:48,360
Speaker 6: it's going to be very very close, and it's going

882
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 6: to be one in the Margins. I think I don't

883
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:51,319
Speaker 6: think you're going to see any blowouts like you saw

884
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,440
Speaker 6: in that in that one bubble game, which was you know,

885
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 6: no team was really playing for all that much at

886
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 6: the time, and the Raptors were down big. But I

887
00:41:57,880 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 6: think it's going to be a great series, and I

888
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:00,799
Speaker 6: think it could be just one of those ones where

889
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 6: you look at what you know. It could be a

890
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 6: little a section of play in one of the quotas

891
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 6: that could really change the game if one team can

892
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 6: go on a run.

893
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, especially with these coaches, you know, thinking outside the

894
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 3: box so much and not being afraid to try things,

895
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 3: both in Nick Nurse and Brad Stevens. It's that will

896
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 3: be fun. Like if you're an NBA nerd, I think

897
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,800
Speaker 3: you're drooling over this series, you know, with the amount

898
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 3: of talent out there and the different looks again that

899
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 3: these coaches will throw at the other team. They're not

900
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,399
Speaker 3: afraid to try things. There's gonna be zone defense at times,

901
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 3: will be box one defense. Like it's gonna be awesome.

902
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:33,280
Speaker 3: I think it's gonna be a very close series. I'm

903
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:37,479
Speaker 3: excited to see how the Raptors defense tries to play

904
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 3: Kemba Walker you know, they have the Raptors have the

905
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,720
Speaker 3: luxury I guess of having two different types of bigs

906
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 3: and how they play, and Marcusol and Serge Ibaka, you

907
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,280
Speaker 3: know one Marcusol definitely more of the like I'll stay back,

908
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,040
Speaker 3: you know, in the paint off pick and rolls. Now,

909
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,799
Speaker 3: we saw what happened to the Sixers with dwell and

910
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 3: Be doing that and Kemba Walker and a lot of

911
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,239
Speaker 3: these guys just stepping into open jump shots, so that

912
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 3: probably won't work. But Serge Ibaka much more athletic, he

913
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,760
Speaker 3: can get up there a little bit more. And also

914
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 3: just your wing perimeter guys are just going to fight

915
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:10,280
Speaker 3: through screens more on the Raptors, they just play harder

916
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 3: defense than the Sixers do, especially missing Ben Simmons, So

917
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 3: that will be something to watch. But I'll focus on

918
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 3: the benches and I guess Abaca comes into play there.

919
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 3: What you guys are saying, like, you know, the guards

920
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,520
Speaker 3: are fairly evenly matched, the wings are fairly evenly matched.

921
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 3: Like you know, inside probably favors the Raps at the

922
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 3: center position. But we could just go to the benches

923
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 3: here to decide this thing. And two of the best

924
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:33,799
Speaker 3: players on the Raptors in terms of score on the

925
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 3: ball are serge of Baka and Norman Powell. And I

926
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,239
Speaker 3: think that's where the Raps have a huge advantage over

927
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,399
Speaker 3: the Celtics in this Raptors have four guys averaging over

928
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 3: seventeen and a half points per game in the playoffs,

929
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,320
Speaker 3: and that doesn't include arguably their best player in Kyle Lowry,

930
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 3: who's like, you know, much much lower. So it's Van Vliet,

931
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 3: Siakam and then Abaca and Norman Powell. So those guys,

932
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:56,759
Speaker 3: you know, when they come off the bench, they could

933
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,399
Speaker 3: be the game changers. And you said it, Lee, maybe

934
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,319
Speaker 3: those are a couple of minutes here or there that

935
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 3: ultimately decide that game and maybe the series. So that's

936
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:04,880
Speaker 3: big And I'm not like that's not a knock on

937
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,399
Speaker 3: some of the guys, as Celtics have played like they're

938
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 3: gonna throw the Williamson's out there, and I'm even sure

939
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,480
Speaker 3: Langford is gonna get minutes, especially if guy's get into

940
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:14,640
Speaker 3: foul trouble and Canter and all this. But I think

941
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,680
Speaker 3: it favors the Raptors unless you guys disagree that when

942
00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 3: you go to the bench they did and like even

943
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:22,759
Speaker 3: like a Hollis Jefferson I think is gonna have a

944
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 3: role in this series in terms of again another guy

945
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,360
Speaker 3: that can play defense and could be a bit of

946
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 3: a game changer just the way he plays. He just

947
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 3: plays at a different, oddly different speed than a lot

948
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,400
Speaker 3: of people out there and energy. That's where it's a

949
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 3: It could be a difference maker to me.

950
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:39,239
Speaker 5: The bench big time. I think that the bench is huge.

951
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:42,480
Speaker 5: The Raps are probably gonna go small and that they're deep.

952
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:45,280
Speaker 5: You know, you mentioned all those guys like Norman Powell,

953
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:48,560
Speaker 5: and especially without Gordon Hayward, I feel like the Raps

954
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 5: are gonna say, all right, you know, bring out Romeo Langford,

955
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,280
Speaker 5: give it a shut and play Siakam and og Ananobi

956
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:57,399
Speaker 5: at the four five and go totally small and see

957
00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,360
Speaker 5: if the Celtics want to throw out as Chemi, you know,

958
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,839
Speaker 5: or somebody who who's going to try and keep up

959
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 5: with a lot of wings, and we're going to see

960
00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:08,080
Speaker 5: some major small ball, I think. And then it's an

961
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,759
Speaker 5: advantage I think if if the Reps do throw out

962
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:13,560
Speaker 5: Serge or Marcus Soul, because you can play Daniel Tice

963
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 5: who's a great defensive player and can move, or Ennis Kant,

964
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 5: who can hurt the reps a lot. Actually he can

965
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:23,319
Speaker 5: get on the glass and hurt him. So, yeah, we're

966
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:24,839
Speaker 5: going to see a ton of small ball and yeah,

967
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 5: two of the most creative coaches out there. So we're

968
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 5: going to see a bunch of things out there.

969
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:30,720
Speaker 3: Oh, we are going to see I think a lot

970
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 3: of like, hey, leave that guy wide open, leave him.

971
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 3: Let's see if Marcus mart can hit eleven threes, Like

972
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 3: let's see if og can hit the corner three, you know,

973
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 3: with any consistency. I think we see a ton of

974
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 3: that where these guys just load up on the stars

975
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,279
Speaker 3: and say, well we're not letting see Acam beatas or

976
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:50,439
Speaker 3: we're not letting Tatam beat us like that type of thing,

977
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:52,839
Speaker 3: and like these fringe guys like you better be able

978
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 3: to hit an open shot, because I think guys are

979
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:56,319
Speaker 3: going to get them, and it's like who's just gonna

980
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 3: be able to knock them down with more consistency. And

981
00:45:58,280 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 3: that's like a bit of like a who knows right

982
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 3: Tye can step out there and hit shots at times,

983
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 3: you can also miss him. Of course, a bacha sort

984
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:06,680
Speaker 3: of hot and cold at times from out there, he'll

985
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 3: get looks it'll be fun. This will be fun. So

986
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 3: unless there's anything else to add, I mean, let's get

987
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:12,040
Speaker 3: to these predictions.

988
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,400
Speaker 1: I guess the only real question is what's gonna be

989
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,400
Speaker 1: up with Lowry? Is he going to be playing?

990
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:16,839
Speaker 4: Right?

991
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 2: Like, yeah, how much are we going to see Lowry?

992
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,080
Speaker 1: It's hard to rule him out, right, Like, I think

993
00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:24,080
Speaker 1: we all assume he's gonna be there for a minute.

994
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,680
Speaker 1: He could possibly play. But if Lowery's missing time, that

995
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 1: certainly hurts the Raptors. That hurts their depth obviously. And

996
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:32,840
Speaker 1: he's done a really good job on Jason Tatum actually

997
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 1: despite the size difference.

998
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:37,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, and a quick Schumann stat. I don't know if

999
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,239
Speaker 3: he's still watching, but you said it sort of off

1000
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 3: the top there, class he left. Okay, he saw my

1001
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,120
Speaker 3: picture frame up and he was like, okay, we're good

1002
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:46,960
Speaker 3: to go. The Raptors and the Celtics are the two

1003
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:49,759
Speaker 3: teams that have played the most Eastern Conference playoff games

1004
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 3: over the last six years, and they've never faced each

1005
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 3: other here in the postseason, so this is a first. Yeah,

1006
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 3: Raptors sixty six games, Celtics sixty playoff games. Pretty crazy,

1007
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:00,520
Speaker 3: So we finally get this series. Who wants to get

1008
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:03,160
Speaker 3: a started task. Go ahead, man, throw down your prediction.

1009
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 3: Rap Celtics, where are you going?

1010
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:05,120
Speaker 4: Well?

1011
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:09,040
Speaker 5: I believe, for no actual reason of fact, that Kyle

1012
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 5: Lowry's going to be healthy. I think the three days

1013
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:15,399
Speaker 5: had to benefit him sure in some way, shape or form,

1014
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,200
Speaker 5: the three extra days that he's got off, I think, yeah,

1015
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:21,840
Speaker 5: the Raps are going to go small and try and

1016
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 5: see what the Celtics bench can do.

1017
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 4: And I buy that the Raps are a little bit

1018
00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 4: more deep.

1019
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:31,759
Speaker 5: And the last factor as well, families are supposed to

1020
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,640
Speaker 5: be joining for the second round, and no idea if

1021
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:36,759
Speaker 5: that's still the case, and what's still happening, because I

1022
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 5: haven't heard a little bow peep about that for weeks

1023
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 5: and weeks and weeks.

1024
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 3: I think Monday is when a lot of them are

1025
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:45,080
Speaker 3: then clear to see them. Actually a lot of them

1026
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 3: are there already, but they have to be in quarantine,

1027
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:50,360
Speaker 3: right right, Yeah, Oh, that's why I've heard that Monday

1028
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 3: might be like the actually getting to hug your loved

1029
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 3: ones and stuff like that.

1030
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,839
Speaker 5: Well, Fred van Vliet's son is probably their advantage.

1031
00:47:57,960 --> 00:47:58,480
Speaker 4: Raptors.

1032
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 5: Give me the Raptors in seven just Couz Lowry is

1033
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:05,880
Speaker 5: Lowry is huge. Yef Flowery's not playing, I would definitely

1034
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:09,319
Speaker 5: lean towards the Celtics, and sure feels feels like the

1035
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 5: Celtics series to take. But yeah, I'm playing a Homer

1036
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:16,280
Speaker 5: Code Wraps.

1037
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:19,120
Speaker 3: In sevens in seven Okay, League, where are you going? Yeah?

1038
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:20,080
Speaker 3: I think I'm going the same.

1039
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,160
Speaker 6: It's a tough one to pick because you can easily

1040
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 6: see both teams kind of getting on top of the

1041
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,400
Speaker 6: other one at some point, but they're both both talented.

1042
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:31,000
Speaker 6: With Gordon Hayward out, I think it does, excuse me,

1043
00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:33,959
Speaker 6: does tilt it back towards the Raptors, And I think again,

1044
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 6: just the Raptors have an advantage with their bigs. I

1045
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 6: like Gasol and a Buck are a little more than

1046
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:40,799
Speaker 6: Tyson Canton, even though both of them are capable and

1047
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 6: Cant He's actually been a solid defender for the Celtics.

1048
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 6: So but I just I just like the Raptors a

1049
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 6: little bit more. So I'm taking Raptors in seven as well.

1050
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:51,399
Speaker 3: Okay, Trey, are you leaning here?

1051
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:52,920
Speaker 2: I can't wait for this series.

1052
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,280
Speaker 1: This might be the best series of the entire playoffs,

1053
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 1: and as we all know, the winner of this series

1054
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:00,760
Speaker 1: is going to the NBA Finals. Give me a green hat,

1055
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 1: get my man chief in the chat, because I'm going

1056
00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 1: with the Bean Town Boys Celtics in seven.

1057
00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:08,280
Speaker 4: Wow.

1058
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:11,360
Speaker 3: All right, Well, look, I'm sorry. I know it's the

1059
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:13,040
Speaker 3: first time they were played in the playoffs, but I'm

1060
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:16,439
Speaker 3: never picking the Celtics over the Raptors. Kyle Lowry could

1061
00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:18,719
Speaker 3: not play, Van Lee could not play. A Baka could

1062
00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 3: not play, you know, on and on and on. I

1063
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:23,200
Speaker 3: cannot play. I'm still picking the Raptors. I just I can.

1064
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 3: And this is Paul Pierce's fault, There's no doubt. I'm

1065
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:26,440
Speaker 3: just like, I can't.

1066
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:26,960
Speaker 2: You know.

1067
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,200
Speaker 3: It's like I dislike Mike Bibby the most, and then

1068
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:31,040
Speaker 3: it's Paul Pierce right there, and a lot of it

1069
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,439
Speaker 3: because he know hurt our Raptors and has had things

1070
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:35,080
Speaker 3: to say in the past. I know he's not even

1071
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:37,320
Speaker 3: on this team anymore, but you know it's Paul Pierce.

1072
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:39,840
Speaker 3: He is forever linked with the Celtics. I can't do it.

1073
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:41,960
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Beantown Boys, I'm not picking your team. I

1074
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:44,880
Speaker 3: know they're amazing. I've been talking up Kemba Walker, this

1075
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 3: entire bubble experiment down there, right from the get go.

1076
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:50,440
Speaker 3: I'm like, oh my god, even in limited minutes, like

1077
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Speaker 3: this guy looks awesome. I was always confused. Still listening

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Speaker 3: to Bill Simmons, he seemed hesitant. I don't know if

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Speaker 3: he was like worried about a jinx or something, but

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00:49:58,120 --> 00:49:59,759
Speaker 3: he kept so I started saying, oh, he was worried

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Speaker 3: about MBA. He looked incredible, and they worked him in

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00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:05,080
Speaker 3: slowly and now he's just dominating. He worries me here

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00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 3: in this series. But I'm going Raptors in seven because

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00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:11,000
Speaker 3: I can't pick those green hats ever, ever, ever, ever.

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry, chiev, but Wraps in seven, a lot of

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Speaker 3: US Trey Celtics in seven. What's the comment saying, get

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Speaker 3: your predictions in guys, I wonder where people will lean

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00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:22,400
Speaker 3: in this one. It's tough. It's it's really tough. It's like,

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Speaker 3: who is just gonna knock down me? Again? I think

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00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:27,480
Speaker 3: these guys on the fringe, these open shots that are

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00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:29,600
Speaker 3: gonna get who's gonna knock them down? More? In the

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00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:33,560
Speaker 3: great sight lines there in these arenas, who knows? I

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00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:36,400
Speaker 3: mean the Raps obviously, well, I guess they both have

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00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:39,759
Speaker 3: fantastic home court advantages. You know, great crowds but it

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00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,160
Speaker 3: probably hurts the Raptors more. I actually think playing on

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Speaker 3: a neutral floor in this series, because they would have

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Speaker 3: had comb court. You've had a potential game seven at home.

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Speaker 3: You always gonna like your chances there. But tough, tough, tough. Okay,

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Speaker 3: we gotta wraps in seven. We gotta wraps in six.

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Speaker 3: As I'm reading the YouTube comments, we got a season seven.

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Speaker 3: There's gonna be so many.

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Speaker 1: In seven, it's very split in it's a lot of

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Speaker 1: people picking long series.

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Speaker 2: And of course some people are just saying poop Pierce, So.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, poop Piers.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, of course you got to, you got to, You

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Speaker 2: got it all right.

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Speaker 3: Look we got we got a little bit more. We're

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Speaker 3: gonna set up today' scams.

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Speaker 2: Beans in seven. Here we go.

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Speaker 3: We're all winners at the beat.

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Speaker 4: And that's from j stew as beans and fitting.

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Speaker 3: So listen to this Instagram message we received last night.

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Speaker 3: got last night from Ricardo. A fantastic recommendation, very much appreciated.

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Speaker 3: Also a little funny because Ricardo accidentally spelled compliments wrong,

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Speaker 3: But that's okay, that's okay. Probably turned off as grammarly

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Speaker 3: Holy crap, do I need that? You ever knows how

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'll take a word and I will beat

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Speaker 5: Okay, basketball, do you guys ever lie in bed and

1147
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:17,120
Speaker 5: wonder maybe our adreads are too good?

1148
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:18,839
Speaker 3: It's cross my mind.

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00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:22,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, we put more work into our ads almost than

1150
00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:26,640
Speaker 5: our actual show. And I don't know, I just don't know.

1151
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:29,640
Speaker 5: Maybe maybe we just maybe start an agency.

1152
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:35,600
Speaker 3: Maybe we just yeah, yeah, well maybe just let's flip

1153
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:39,040
Speaker 3: everything around. Let's just start with the ad reads and

1154
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:42,080
Speaker 3: then the basketball talk will be the ad reads. You

1155
00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:42,839
Speaker 3: know that makes sense.

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00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:47,640
Speaker 1: This series brought to you by Raptors versus Celtics.

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00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:50,719
Speaker 3: Let's take a quick break to talk a little bit

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00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:54,200
Speaker 3: of basketball. All right, Well, let's talk basketball here. You

1159
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:57,040
Speaker 3: we got basketball back in our lives here on Saturday.

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00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:58,120
Speaker 3: What are we looking at? Three games?

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00:53:58,200 --> 00:53:58,399
Speaker 2: Right?

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00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:02,480
Speaker 5: That's right, starting the ESPN Bucks trying to end the

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00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:06,719
Speaker 5: Orlando Magic. That was the first game where we saw

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00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,040
Speaker 5: the walkout of the Milwaukee Bucks. They're back taking to

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00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:13,200
Speaker 5: the floor here on Saturday after a hectic couple days

1166
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:16,279
Speaker 5: where everybody seems to be on the same page now

1167
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:18,920
Speaker 5: looking forward to how the Bucks play in that game.

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00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:20,759
Speaker 4: I think it's pretty big.

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Speaker 5: In that as we talked about with the Celtics and

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00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:27,399
Speaker 5: the Raptors playing so great going into Round two, sort

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00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:30,160
Speaker 5: of the Miami Heat who are waiting for the Milwaukee Bucks,

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00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:33,160
Speaker 5: so they got to end that series pretty well, and I,

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00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:36,120
Speaker 5: like everybody else, assume that's over. Obviously, we're all looking

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00:54:36,160 --> 00:54:39,080
Speaker 5: forward to the first game of the TNT debleheader, Russell

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00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:42,400
Speaker 5: Westbrook coming back against ok See pivotal Game five, and

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00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:46,160
Speaker 5: then the last game on TNT tonight, the Blazers and

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00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:49,200
Speaker 5: the Lakers. Totally understand why some people may be a

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00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:52,040
Speaker 5: little down on this game, as Damian Lillard has left

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00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:54,160
Speaker 5: the bubble and so have the chances for the Blazers

1180
00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:57,040
Speaker 5: to come back from three to one. Let's be entirely honest.

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00:54:57,520 --> 00:55:00,200
Speaker 5: That being said, I think we're going to he had

1182
00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:03,279
Speaker 5: a big game from Carmelo Anthony. We're going to get

1183
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:08,080
Speaker 5: a throwback because his shots. Shots shots shot shot shots

1184
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:12,000
Speaker 5: are available here with Damian Lillard out, and you know

1185
00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:15,400
Speaker 5: Melo's going to take them. Does that help his team win?

1186
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:19,680
Speaker 5: Doesn't matter, it's not the point. The point is we're

1187
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:22,600
Speaker 5: going to see a flashback Mellow. Last time he had

1188
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:26,080
Speaker 5: a monstrous game in the postseason was a long long

1189
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:28,400
Speaker 5: time ago, twenty thirteen when he was a member of

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00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:31,600
Speaker 5: the Knicks. He had a thirty nine to end his

1191
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:34,160
Speaker 5: run there. That was the last game in the playoffs.

1192
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:37,399
Speaker 5: I think he's going forty tonight. I think I think

1193
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:39,560
Speaker 5: we can see a forty spot. Why the heck not?

1194
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:45,000
Speaker 5: He's I think CJ McCollum quite often. You know he's

1195
00:55:45,880 --> 00:55:49,600
Speaker 5: passing up to Damian Lillard. But I think he will

1196
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:51,279
Speaker 5: pass up a lot of shots and Mellow will be

1197
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:54,160
Speaker 5: there to jack them. So let's see a forty spot

1198
00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:56,440
Speaker 5: from Camaralo Anthony tonight. As long as it's not a

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Speaker 5: blowt and he sits, I guess that's an issue. But

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00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:01,000
Speaker 5: he'll be He'll out there, he'll be out there.

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00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:03,800
Speaker 3: Why not, We'll see what were we gonna say earlier?

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00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:04,160
Speaker 1: Ah?

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00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:06,000
Speaker 6: No, the blaze It's a bit of a bit of

1204
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:09,120
Speaker 6: a disappointing end to them, because you know, they bought

1205
00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:11,799
Speaker 6: their way from really a lowe chance to get into

1206
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:13,560
Speaker 6: the playoffs. They get into the playoffs, they win that

1207
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:15,799
Speaker 6: first game. Little It has a monster in that first game,

1208
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:18,719
Speaker 6: and now unfortunately his body's gotten a little beaten up

1209
00:56:18,719 --> 00:56:20,120
Speaker 6: and he had to leave and the Blazers are going

1210
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:23,600
Speaker 6: to lose in five. So the gentleman sweep there, No

1211
00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:24,880
Speaker 6: excuse me, it's the douchebag.

1212
00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 3: The douchebag. Yeah, the douchebag sweeps and play here today.

1213
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,840
Speaker 6: Yes, yeah, we were on track for three there until

1214
00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:33,359
Speaker 6: the Nuggets came back and beat the Jazz. So yeah,

1215
00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:36,280
Speaker 6: but yeah, you think the Bucks are going to finish

1216
00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:37,719
Speaker 6: off the magic and the Lakes are gonna do that.

1217
00:56:37,719 --> 00:56:40,480
Speaker 6: The real big game is the pivotal game five between

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Speaker 6: the Rockets and Thunder, which I'm looking forward to with Wes.

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00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:44,560
Speaker 4: Yeah.

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00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:47,399
Speaker 6: So yeah, good, good to have basketball back.

1221
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Speaker 3: Who is going to drop a salute too to Chadwick

1222
00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 3: Boseman tonight? Who's going to drop the Wakanda Forever sort

1223
00:56:56,120 --> 00:56:56,600
Speaker 3: of salute?

1224
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Speaker 7: Is it?

1225
00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 3: Will it be Lebron? Will it be someone else? That's happening.

1226
00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:02,960
Speaker 3: Someone's gonna hit up big a big dunk or something.

1227
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:05,919
Speaker 3: It'll be pretty iconic, I think when it does happen,

1228
00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:07,560
Speaker 3: I don't know it will be first, but we'll probably

1229
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:09,799
Speaker 3: see it tonight. It'll be very very cool. All right, guys,

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Speaker 3: let's call it there. Thanks for joining us here on

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Speaker 3: a Saturday. Email us your questions and comments to No

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Speaker 1: first of the month, So get some good ones in.

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Speaker 3: Okay, great, and we will be back on Sunday morning

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Speaker 3: here to recap today's games. Get you all set up

1241
00:57:40,080 --> 00:57:42,720
Speaker 3: again for the games on Sunday. Never stops, No Duncks

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Speaker 3: never stops here, guys, So thank you so much, honestly

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Speaker 3: here first.

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Speaker 2: Have a great time, turn up. Love you guys.

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Speaker 3: Awesome.

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