WEBVTT - 2026 NBA Finals First Look

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<v Speaker 1>What these young bloods have to understand that this game

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<v Speaker 1>has always been they will always be about buckets. Just

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<v Speaker 1>attack the basket. Stop Yello, yo weds, who.

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<v Speaker 2>Steps back?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, my old man.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Buckets NBA Finals Edition. I'm Matt Moore, Senior

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<v Speaker 2>NBA writer for the Action Network, joined by Joe Dealara,

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<v Speaker 2>host the Cash That Podcast. For this your first look

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<v Speaker 2>NBA Finals best bets for the twenty twenty six NBA

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<v Speaker 2>Finals between the New York Knicks, Thank Mom and the

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<v Speaker 2>San Antonio Spurs. We will dive into all sorts of

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<v Speaker 2>angles here. So the way this is gonna work is

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<v Speaker 2>it was gonna be the Future Jays, but Jim Turvey

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<v Speaker 2>decided to go wandering through a radish field again in

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<v Speaker 2>Vermont and has contracted some sort of disease from a

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<v Speaker 2>bug bite that I'm not going to get into details of.

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<v Speaker 2>It is not is not in a bathing suit area place,

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<v Speaker 2>but he is very ill, and honestly, I cannot be

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<v Speaker 2>more disappointed that Jim chows to do this nonsense like

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<v Speaker 2>just don't go radish picking before the NBA Finals.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe, just stay home, Jim, stay home, cover your man,

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<v Speaker 1>don't don't leave the back door cut open.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I just let the back door cut and get

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<v Speaker 2>you know, yeah, I'm so mad. You might even say

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<v Speaker 2>I'm ticked off.

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<v Speaker 1>I know he's one talk off from Jared McCain. So

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<v Speaker 1>here we are.

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<v Speaker 2>We though, will carry on, and we will give our

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<v Speaker 2>thoughts on the series. I'm doing the big series preview

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<v Speaker 2>with Brandon Anderson tomorrow. You'll get a lot of the

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<v Speaker 2>x's and O stuff, a lot of the details, that

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<v Speaker 2>whole analysis that we do for every single series. Although

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<v Speaker 2>that Brandon Anderson on Monday shows you that'll be in

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<v Speaker 2>your feet on Monday night. Tuesday, we'll do best Bets. Thursday,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll have the pregame show. Uh, and we are that

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<v Speaker 2>for now is what we're gonna do. But might have more,

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<v Speaker 2>but well that's for now is what we're gonna do.

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<v Speaker 2>So Brandon show tomorrow, Jim, Jim was supposed to be

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<v Speaker 2>on here, but be Joe and I and we'll start

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<v Speaker 2>right here. Joe, as a lifelong diehard Knickerbockers fan, what

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<v Speaker 2>is your confidence level the New York Knicks are gonna

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<v Speaker 2>win the NBA title. On a scale of one to five,

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<v Speaker 2>one being not at all at worked, and five is

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<v Speaker 2>we are absolutely one hundred percent winning the title. Nixon

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<v Speaker 2>four bing Bong.

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<v Speaker 1>You caught me off guard because I thought you were

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say one to ten and I was about to

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<v Speaker 1>come out with like a seven, and uh so, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad that I listened to your scale. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the Knicks have a really good chance. This is exactly

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<v Speaker 1>the path that you would have hoped for. I think, like,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously you wish you didn't play either of the Thunder

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<v Speaker 1>or the Spurs, but given the way the bracket was unfolding,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you'd rather play the Spurs. Granted this injured

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<v Speaker 1>the super injured version of the Thunder, Yeah, maybe you'd

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<v Speaker 1>rather play that. But there's no real guarantees like whether

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<v Speaker 1>Jada was gonna play, is aj Mitchell gonna play? Like

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<v Speaker 1>what is that gonna kind of like unfold into? And

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<v Speaker 1>I do think that the Spurs do things to Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 1>City that I don't know if the Knicks can do

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<v Speaker 1>to Oklahoma City. It's just the same way that Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 1>City couldn't do things to the Spurs that I think

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<v Speaker 1>that maybe New York can kind of bring and present

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<v Speaker 1>some different problems there. So I feel good. I think

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<v Speaker 1>They're in about as good of a scenario as they

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<v Speaker 1>could be in. They've played basically only two games more

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<v Speaker 1>than the minimum, so their arrest of the team outside

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<v Speaker 1>of Mitchell Robinson having a broken hand, which is important,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think that I would imagine that he plays.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it sounds like he's gonna play. It sounds like

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<v Speaker 2>he's he's pushing to try and play or turn is

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<v Speaker 2>usually a couple of weeks. But he's just gonna try

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<v Speaker 2>and play through it, which I've seen. Guys. Look, John

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<v Speaker 2>Wall play with a fractured wrist. That's the craziest thing

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<v Speaker 2>I have ever seen is a primary ball handler point

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<v Speaker 2>guard played with a fractured wrist in an NBA.

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<v Speaker 1>Series and was good. Yeah, Like, Mitch can't get worse

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<v Speaker 1>at shooting the basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>So what oh no he got miss free throws?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, oh man, maybe he'll have to do something different.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I do.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry about his ability to grab the rebound. That's the concern,

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<v Speaker 2>right is like can he grab it with two hands?

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<v Speaker 2>But you know that up Yeah, yeah, Okay, what's your

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<v Speaker 2>biggest worry going into the series.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh, I think the biggest worry is that there's just

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<v Speaker 1>zero answer for Wemby like at all, like and not

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<v Speaker 1>so much that you need to slow necessarily slow him

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<v Speaker 1>down individually, but he just goes crazy and then you

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<v Speaker 1>can't slow down anybody else because you're trying to divert

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<v Speaker 1>it to him. So it's really just what does Wemby

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<v Speaker 1>open up for everybody else? So I would say it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a combination of that, and as always, Cat

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<v Speaker 1>foul trouble is the other part of this, so I

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<v Speaker 1>think that they kind of go hand in hand.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm pretty worried about that. On the surface, I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like this matchup for Cat where I'm like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>big physical body can stretch to five, like can stretch

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<v Speaker 2>a three point range, Like, oh, there's like a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of promising things here. And then I went back and

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<v Speaker 2>watched the clips and was like, oh no, oh, oh, no, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>bad things are about to happen to Carl Anthony Towns

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<v Speaker 2>in this series. It's about to be a rough time.

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<v Speaker 2>I think for Cat. I already have some tickets on

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<v Speaker 2>Finals MVP that I'm just already like, yeah, we'll just

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead and write those off possible, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>everything's possible. Jose Alvarado Finals MVP is possible. Okay, so

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<v Speaker 2>what are you most confident in On the Knick side.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that the best thing that the Knicks have

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<v Speaker 1>going for them is that they have they can actually

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<v Speaker 1>play five dudes like five out and I think that

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<v Speaker 1>that's a look that nobody has really been able to

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<v Speaker 1>present to San Antonio. And I think that the number

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<v Speaker 1>one thing with Victor, at least from just watching so far,

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<v Speaker 1>has been if you can kind of get him in

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<v Speaker 1>space a little bit, that's gonna be your best chance.

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<v Speaker 1>And you need to be able to pull him away

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<v Speaker 1>from the rim. And I think that the thing that

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<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma City really struggled with is they didn't have anybody

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<v Speaker 1>else that was consistently doing it. And even when Caruso

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<v Speaker 1>was going bonkers from three, for example, they were just like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll just we'll live with it. It is what it

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<v Speaker 1>is like, go crazy from three. You don't have anybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that New York presents a dramatically different

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<v Speaker 1>problem because Oklahoma City was not healthy. But you do

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<v Speaker 1>have multiple dudes that can not only score off the

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<v Speaker 1>bounce for themselves, but they can also create for the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the team. And I think that that's something

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<v Speaker 1>that Oklahoma City kind of mit, especially because a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of those guys that they were filling in then it

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<v Speaker 1>had major like defensive gaps or they had other weaknesses

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<v Speaker 1>in their game, where New York's guys, that think are

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more well rounded in terms of what

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<v Speaker 1>they can bring to the table.

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<v Speaker 2>I would agree with that. I would agree on that

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<v Speaker 2>series price on this in the market at Calshi, it

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<v Speaker 2>is Spurs sixty four cents Nicks thirty seven cents is

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<v Speaker 2>what you can get them at. Not surprised that that

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<v Speaker 2>being the number. I am disregarding my model.

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<v Speaker 1>For the series.

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<v Speaker 2>I am not even gonna I ran the number. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not even gonna reference it or look at it because

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<v Speaker 2>it assumes that the Knicks are like a mortal, normal

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<v Speaker 2>team and that's just simply not what they've been in

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA playoffs. Some like stats for you here, it's

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<v Speaker 2>like everyone is so high on the Spurs because they

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<v Speaker 2>beat the Thunder, which is understandable. The Thunder with the

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<v Speaker 2>raining champs and the best team in the league. It

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<v Speaker 2>was incredible. The Knicks and the Playoffs are the number

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<v Speaker 2>one team in jump shot efficiency and the number one

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<v Speaker 2>team in defensive jump shot efficiency. Yeah, they have made

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<v Speaker 2>all the shots and everyone has missed all the shots.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you want to go, yeah, but is that sustainable.

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<v Speaker 2>It only has to be sustainable for another four fucking games.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And I mean I think the thing is too.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like New York hasn't played strong offensive players either.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they're doing like they did this in the

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<v Speaker 1>conference finals to Donovan Mitchell and James Harden. Obviously they

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<v Speaker 1>have their playoff woes. Those are very good offensive players.

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<v Speaker 1>If you look at Philadelphia, Joel Embiid was not healthy,

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<v Speaker 1>but Tyrese Maxey was just put into a body bag

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<v Speaker 1>like the entire series. So it's not like they can't

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<v Speaker 1>do it to strong offensive players. It's I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>it's really that. And I do think that I'm seeing

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<v Speaker 1>a comment here about like does rest matter when it's

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of kids, But I think that it's not

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<v Speaker 1>so much the rest. I think that matters or san Antonio.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the rest matters more for New York, like

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<v Speaker 1>those they aren't New York's not a bunch of kids,

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that it's also it's coupled with that

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<v Speaker 1>and then the fact that like this isn't a real

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<v Speaker 1>four day rest period even heading into the finals. And Matt,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you can being in media, you can speak

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<v Speaker 1>to this even more. It's like, this isn't a regular

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<v Speaker 1>four days off before your next game, Like just not

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<v Speaker 1>at all. So and and it's also because San Antonio

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<v Speaker 1>won on the road, you're traveling back home, So it's

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<v Speaker 1>not like you just got to stay there, stay in

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<v Speaker 1>your bed whatever. It's like you had to. You were

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<v Speaker 1>in Oklahoma City, you're probably celebrating and get back home.

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<v Speaker 1>You're beat because you just played a seven game series

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<v Speaker 1>every other day and you're basically starting media immediately while

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<v Speaker 1>also trying to dive into what New York's gonna bring

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<v Speaker 1>to the table. So it's not like a rest issue.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like it's almost like a time issue. And New

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<v Speaker 1>York's had over twice as much time to prepare for

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<v Speaker 1>the series than the San Antonio Spurs.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm like what I'll say on this too. I

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<v Speaker 2>just talked about this on Brian Pinseca's podcast. You can

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<v Speaker 2>catch that over a YouTube page at Brian Fonseca. Is

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<v Speaker 2>you know you're talking about the media. The bigger thing

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<v Speaker 2>is the mental It's the mental break. Okay, so the

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<v Speaker 2>Knicks got done and they got to just like come

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<v Speaker 2>in and practice for a while. But then like had

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<v Speaker 2>all this time to themselves at home to just like

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<v Speaker 2>live a life and get reset, like a break, like

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<v Speaker 2>a weekend, right, just like reset yourself, go back to normal.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Spurs Spurs one last night, all the

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<v Speaker 2>emotion of that game. It's Sunday. They'll be off today. Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll fly two. They'll they'll be in San Antonio, so

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<v Speaker 2>they're their home. They'll they'll be there. But on Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll start seeing like final stuff that they'll have to do.

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<v Speaker 2>The the league will force them to go through walkthroughs

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<v Speaker 2>on things like hey, this is like what's gonna happen,

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<v Speaker 2>and here's what you have to do and blah blah

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<v Speaker 2>blah blah blah and remember this and this is the

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<v Speaker 2>Like they'll have all these meetings and then Tuesday they'll

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<v Speaker 2>have the mandatory practice that even if you're not practicing,

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<v Speaker 2>which they will, it's one team practices. The last fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>minutes are open to the media. They do thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 2>of media availability with people in the podiums and then

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<v Speaker 2>some people on the court at different podiums, then thirty

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<v Speaker 2>minutes with the other they have to leave thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 2>for the other team, and then they're available for fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>minutes for practice, and the practice is just like them

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<v Speaker 2>shooting around and stretching. Essentially, it's so dumb. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>like be roll footage for the nightly news, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know why we do it, so you can skip

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<v Speaker 2>all this. But it's just like it's one more thing

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<v Speaker 2>on top of everything else, and it is gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>very big, like the like you think the Western Conference

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<v Speaker 2>finals are big. No, no, no, this is the whole

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<v Speaker 2>other deal. You get asked the stupidest fucking nonsense. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>every day, stupidest stuff every day because there's just like

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people there that come just for the

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<v Speaker 2>finals and they just want they just want the attention,

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<v Speaker 2>and so it's like All Star with sometimes the questions

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<v Speaker 2>that are asked. So anyway, it's just like these little

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<v Speaker 2>little distractions. I think they're the other thing I talked

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<v Speaker 2>about with Brian and I do. This is the bigger

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<v Speaker 2>thing for me is it's the emotional part. The Spurs

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<v Speaker 2>are coming off of a hyper emotional game seven win.

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<v Speaker 2>You saw how emotional victoria until on Harper and Stefan

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<v Speaker 2>Castle were and it's great and it's lovable, it's awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, oh, the kids are so happy, and like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>they really cared about we need great. You now have

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with We did it, we'd beat the thunder.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you gotta do the next over.

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<v Speaker 1>It feels wolvesy, like like when the Wolves beat the Nuggets.

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<v Speaker 2>Exact comparison I made, and Brian made a very good comparison,

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<v Speaker 2>which is that's exactly like when the Knicks beat the Celtics. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>We're like, we did it, and then the Pacers were like,

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<v Speaker 2>fuck you, we don't care. Yeah, neat, good for you,

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<v Speaker 2>but we're not them. And it's kind of the same

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<v Speaker 2>kind of deal if you can't tell, like I am,

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't made an official bet on the series yet,

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<v Speaker 2>but like the more I've done, the more I am

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<v Speaker 2>moving towards Knicks. This is very much a This is

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<v Speaker 2>a series that if we were in the second round,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be like, no, thanks, I'll go focus on these

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<v Speaker 2>other series.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think the price of the series would

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<v Speaker 1>be if Home Court was flipped, Because I think that,

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<v Speaker 1>like right now, the way we look at the series,

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<v Speaker 1>and we look at the pricing it has to it's

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<v Speaker 1>accounting for game one, it's counting for four Spurs home games,

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<v Speaker 1>which I do think matters, especially with a younger team.

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<v Speaker 1>But if the series was flipped, or if this was

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<v Speaker 1>played on neutral, how do we, like, how does that

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<v Speaker 1>impact this like line? So imagine it has to come closer.

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<v Speaker 2>It's four and a half game one?

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<v Speaker 1>Do they make it one and a half?

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<v Speaker 2>Ish? I don't know, Like it's probably gonna be more.

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<v Speaker 2>They always do more for home court than I think

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<v Speaker 2>that they should based off of the history, but like

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<v Speaker 2>they've given big home courts.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, because I don't. I don't really know, and I

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<v Speaker 1>don't I never really thought. I didn't really thought about

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<v Speaker 1>the question because I knew that New York was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be I just assumed New York was gonna be a

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<v Speaker 1>dog to whoever they played, based on the way the

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<v Speaker 1>odds were whatever. But now that I'm kind of looking

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<v Speaker 1>at it, and I'm like, I wonder what it would

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<v Speaker 1>be if it was just the opposite and New York

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<v Speaker 1>was home for games one and two. I think candidly,

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<v Speaker 1>and I you know, we've seen what the trends are

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<v Speaker 1>for teams that have a ton of rest against teams

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<v Speaker 1>that are coming off of a Game seven, and how

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<v Speaker 1>that favors the team with a lot of rest. That

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<v Speaker 1>almost is gonna that could flip it in and of

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<v Speaker 1>itself if New York just is able to take game one.

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<v Speaker 1>But because I do like those kind of bet angles

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<v Speaker 1>where New York wins game one and then you can

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<v Speaker 1>figure out the series after that, because I just think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a higher leverage game. But I'm curious to know

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<v Speaker 1>where this would be, Like, would it be closer to

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<v Speaker 1>a pick them? If it's like sixty four cents spurs

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<v Speaker 1>right now, it's a really.

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<v Speaker 2>Good question'd be closer to a pick them, but something

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<v Speaker 2>it is probably like I think you're probably talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>Like a fifty five cents Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I also don't know how much money they have on knicks.

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<v Speaker 2>This is kind of a good question, like I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what the knicks.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's a it's a little weird because I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like New York we've been just struggling for years, decades

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<v Speaker 1>even so it's a little bit different where the money

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<v Speaker 1>is not coming in. Like every year with the Lakers,

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<v Speaker 1>there's that stat where if you put one hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 1>on the Lakers every year. You're like, since two thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>you're winning money. Yeah, so the Knicks are obviously not that.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow Massy Massy ratings, which you can get Massi ratings

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<v Speaker 2>dot com is basically power ratings. They've actually got the

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<v Speaker 2>Knicks right now. Is the number one power rated team currently?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean how could they not. They haven't lost

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<v Speaker 1>the game in a month, they didn't lose a game

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<v Speaker 1>in May.

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<v Speaker 2>It's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. It's crazy to even say,

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<v Speaker 2>are you going to play a side on the series.

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<v Speaker 1>I have some like selfish futures from you know, like

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<v Speaker 1>degenerate futures on the Knicks. But I probably will be

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<v Speaker 1>betting into this, like Game one series side, and honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>I might bet like both ways. I might just bet

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<v Speaker 1>the because I think I'm gonna get a better number

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<v Speaker 1>than what the series would kind of imply. I just

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<v Speaker 1>think that this is a great it's a great spot

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<v Speaker 1>for New York and Game one. So that's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>where I'm at with it, and I think I'll try

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<v Speaker 1>to figure it out from there.

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<v Speaker 2>Makes sense, does make sense?

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<v Speaker 1>There?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, this is interesting. At CALCI, we got minus one

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<v Speaker 2>seventy eight. You're at minus two to five a DK

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<v Speaker 2>on the Spurs, so yeah, obviously holds I think a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit higher a DK.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I think like Knicks Nick plus one and a

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<v Speaker 1>half games is not expensive. You're getting it at like

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<v Speaker 1>on Calshi, it's like fifty five cents. I think DraftKings

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<v Speaker 1>and FanDuel and the like are around like minus one

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<v Speaker 1>twenty or so. Yeah, So I'm interested in that too,

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<v Speaker 1>because I mean, it's basically just the Knicks either losing

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<v Speaker 1>seven or they win the series. And I don't mind

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<v Speaker 1>that either. Like I just I feel like I'm trying

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<v Speaker 1>not to be like over leveraged in my fandom here,

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<v Speaker 1>but I do feel fine. I do feel very strongly

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<v Speaker 1>in game one. So I'm like, I think you're croly

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<v Speaker 1>in game one.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I think in large parts because of the rest. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think that it's the it's the rest, it's the

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<v Speaker 1>days off, it's the letdown spot for San Antonio. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a spot where they had to go to game seven.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that there are aspects of like things. I

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<v Speaker 1>kind of wonder whether or not they're going to try

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<v Speaker 1>to do things that they did against Oklahoma City against

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<v Speaker 1>New York and just say like, look this will we

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<v Speaker 1>have fresh in our brain. This is what we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to try to do. And I don't think that that

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<v Speaker 1>works against New York because I think that that's just

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<v Speaker 1>like if they can do that and say, well, we

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<v Speaker 1>can't reinvent the wheel, we don't have time to reinvent

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<v Speaker 1>the wheel right now. Let's like they have a ball

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<v Speaker 1>dominant guard in Brunson that we think we can maybe

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<v Speaker 1>try to guard similarly to Shay. Let's just roll with

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<v Speaker 1>this plan that we've been that we've got right now

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<v Speaker 1>and then go from there. So I'm wondering if they

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<v Speaker 1>try to do something like that and that maybe just

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<v Speaker 1>comes back and bites in the ass a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Since we're talking about the rest, I want to go

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<v Speaker 2>through the numbers here, so if you have more, if

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<v Speaker 2>you have at least a day's edge on your opponent,

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<v Speaker 2>let's do this. Actually only do road dogs, because I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's important here. So you're a road dog and

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<v Speaker 2>you have at least a day's rest. There's only been

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<v Speaker 2>three of those games since two thousand and three. Those

0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:12.639
<v Speaker 2>games are one and two straight up, but two and

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<v Speaker 2>one ats. It was the Spurs versus the Heat in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty and thirteen, the Cavaliers versus the Warriors in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>and sixteen, Calves lost that game, and Cavaliers versus the

0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:30.800
<v Speaker 2>Warriors in twenty and seventeen. Calves lost that game, but

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<v Speaker 2>covered got So it just doesn't really like we just

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<v Speaker 2>don't see road dogs finish the series sooner than the

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<v Speaker 2>opponent coming off of a Game seven in part because

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<v Speaker 2>like game sevens don't have it that much. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>look at it if I take out that Game seven

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<v Speaker 2>qualifier and look at those those games. Okay, so you're

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<v Speaker 2>on the road as a dog, you have at least

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<v Speaker 2>a day's rest advantage in the finals for game one

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<v Speaker 2>one in ten straight up two and nine ats. But

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<v Speaker 2>that's with like one day's rest. Let's bump it up

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<v Speaker 2>and let's start doing the escalator here on the rest.

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<v Speaker 2>See immediately once we have more than two days rest.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so I understand if you want to try and

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<v Speaker 2>cap this based off of we don't see the situation.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a specific situation, and in this specific situation,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that there's an edge for the rest. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if I can get there.

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't know there. I think it's more about

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<v Speaker 1>just the aggregate miles that you think about with New York,

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<v Speaker 1>where you have these dudes like Ogi was hurt, Josh

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<v Speaker 1>Hart has been dealing with like variety of different injuries,

0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:39.480
<v Speaker 1>Brunson's smaller guard gets kind of banged up throughout series

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<v Speaker 1>as they kind of progress, and then obviously Mitchell Robinson

0:20:43.119 --> 0:20:46.960
<v Speaker 1>with the hand. So I think that having this time

0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:50.240
<v Speaker 1>matters more for New York just because they're able to

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<v Speaker 1>get their shit in order, basically, like they're able to

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<v Speaker 1>get healthy, They're able to kind of reset, recalibrate, and

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<v Speaker 1>go from there. So it's it's not necessarily the rest

0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:02.720
<v Speaker 1>in and of itself that like being off matters and

0:21:02.840 --> 0:21:07.040
<v Speaker 1>having the rest matters. It's more about this team really

0:21:07.160 --> 0:21:11.720
<v Speaker 1>benefits from that specific thing, which is being like having

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<v Speaker 1>time off and not putting these extra miles on these

0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:17.399
<v Speaker 1>guys that do get hurt, because ogn Noobi is somebody

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<v Speaker 1>that you need to have was hurt looked good at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the series, but like didn't really look

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<v Speaker 1>great when he first started in the series. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think that like having time off for guys like him,

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<v Speaker 1>guys like Josh Hart, is instrumental to New York being

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<v Speaker 1>able to be healthy going into the finals, which I

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<v Speaker 1>think makes a dramatic difference. Makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's start talking about the best bets. Let's get into them.

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<v Speaker 2>Where do you want to start with yours?

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<v Speaker 1>We could start with the let's start with the Bridges stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>So I like mckail Bridges to average two threes per game.

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<v Speaker 1>It's plus one seventy five. You can get that at

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<v Speaker 1>DraftKings and MGM. In large part, I think that they

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<v Speaker 1>don't really have like they're not going to really resort

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<v Speaker 1>and spend I think a lot of effort trying to

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<v Speaker 1>guard Bridges. I think that we might see a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of hedging on Brunson looks maybe even on Anonobe to

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<v Speaker 1>a degree, but I think the main focus is obviously

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<v Speaker 1>going to be Brunson and Cat and I think the

0:22:18.680 --> 0:22:20.840
<v Speaker 1>Bridges just kind of gets into the teeth of the

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<v Speaker 1>defense to a degree. But Bridges also has been getting

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<v Speaker 1>up a good amount of threes of late. The other

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I liked here in regards to Michel Bridges

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<v Speaker 1>is if you look at what he did this season

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<v Speaker 1>against San Antonio in the first game back in early December,

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<v Speaker 1>one for five from three scored eleven points thirty three

0:22:39.080 --> 0:22:43.119
<v Speaker 1>minutes next game three for seven, and then in March

0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:46.280
<v Speaker 1>he was five for nine from three, so putting out

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<v Speaker 1>averaging three threes per game in that kind of time frame.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that he's just somebody that he's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>able to get loose. He also does a pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>job of getting shots from the corner, which I think

0:22:58.800 --> 0:23:01.360
<v Speaker 1>matters here against San Anti. I think that we saw

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<v Speaker 1>some I don't want to say, like defensive lapses in

0:23:04.280 --> 0:23:06.359
<v Speaker 1>regards to that, but I think the Bridges is a

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<v Speaker 1>better version from an offensive perspective of what we just

0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:13.880
<v Speaker 1>saw Oklahoma City kind of do. Where you saw Caruso

0:23:13.960 --> 0:23:16.840
<v Speaker 1>get a ton of good looks, you saw Cason Wallace

0:23:16.880 --> 0:23:18.960
<v Speaker 1>get a lot of good looks. Lou Dort sucks, but

0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:22.040
<v Speaker 1>like he missed a lot of good looks, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that Bridges is going to be the guy that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of gets into a lot of that space on

0:23:26.480 --> 0:23:29.280
<v Speaker 1>the perimeter. So I think it for him to average

0:23:29.400 --> 0:23:32.040
<v Speaker 1>two plus three's per game at that number is a

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<v Speaker 1>really good look. So I like Bridges. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>you need him on the floor. I think that you

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<v Speaker 1>need his defense on the floor to throw at whether

0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:44.920
<v Speaker 1>it's Fox, Castle, Harper, et cetera. And I do think

0:23:44.960 --> 0:23:49.920
<v Speaker 1>that because san Antonio, Santonio's got a lot of guards,

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<v Speaker 1>like I don't even want to call them wings. They

0:23:52.160 --> 0:23:54.640
<v Speaker 1>have a lot of guards and Wemby, So I think

0:23:54.680 --> 0:23:56.800
<v Speaker 1>that Bridges isn't going to be able to get played

0:23:56.880 --> 0:23:58.720
<v Speaker 1>off in the same way with like a bully ball

0:23:58.800 --> 0:24:01.280
<v Speaker 1>type of mentality, even though some of the guards are

0:24:01.440 --> 0:24:03.359
<v Speaker 1>pretty strong. I think the Bridge is going to be

0:24:03.440 --> 0:24:05.600
<v Speaker 1>really important and play a ton of minutes for New

0:24:05.680 --> 0:24:06.399
<v Speaker 1>York in the series.

0:24:07.520 --> 0:24:11.040
<v Speaker 2>So I am one hundred percent with you, and I

0:24:11.160 --> 0:24:14.760
<v Speaker 2>have just met both of these at DraftKings Sportsbook, and

0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:18.040
<v Speaker 2>I have McHale my sole. The one, the only one

0:24:18.040 --> 0:24:19.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm giving out tonight on this show because I'm saving

0:24:19.880 --> 0:24:22.480
<v Speaker 2>most of mine for the show with Brandon, also because

0:24:22.480 --> 0:24:24.040
<v Speaker 2>we don't want to be here for three hours, is

0:24:25.440 --> 0:24:28.960
<v Speaker 2>McHale Bridges series leader at fifty to one. That's how

0:24:29.040 --> 0:24:32.200
<v Speaker 2>much I like Bridges in this spot. I have a

0:24:32.520 --> 0:24:35.320
<v Speaker 2>more advanced number for you. In the regular season series

0:24:35.359 --> 0:24:37.639
<v Speaker 2>between these teams, the three games that they spent between

0:24:37.680 --> 0:24:41.119
<v Speaker 2>the end season tournament NBA Cup Final and the two

0:24:41.200 --> 0:24:44.640
<v Speaker 2>regular season matchups here are the catch and shoot opportunities

0:24:45.320 --> 0:24:51.440
<v Speaker 2>for the New York Knicks. Brunson had twelve, og At eighteen,

0:24:51.920 --> 0:24:55.280
<v Speaker 2>Clarkson had eighteen. Mo Diawara had twenty.

0:24:56.000 --> 0:24:56.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he was awesome.

0:24:57.119 --> 0:25:03.960
<v Speaker 2>Shout out to Town's had twelve, Pulick had six, heart

0:25:04.040 --> 0:25:11.400
<v Speaker 2>Head three mcbrideead three, McHale. Bridges had twenty seven. Yeah,

0:25:11.440 --> 0:25:14.000
<v Speaker 2>seven more than the second highest player.

0:25:15.160 --> 0:25:16.920
<v Speaker 1>This is massive.

0:25:17.920 --> 0:25:25.240
<v Speaker 2>So if the idea is that you can find opportunities

0:25:25.400 --> 0:25:29.200
<v Speaker 2>for him, it's basically if the Knicks shoot better, then

0:25:29.240 --> 0:25:32.040
<v Speaker 2>the Spurs do. This number is going to be live

0:25:32.359 --> 0:25:34.800
<v Speaker 2>by the end of the series, depending on if they

0:25:34.840 --> 0:25:38.359
<v Speaker 2>can guard Jalen Brunson, Like, that's the challenge here is like,

0:25:39.480 --> 0:25:41.720
<v Speaker 2>is are Harper and Castle able to get over the

0:25:41.800 --> 0:25:46.680
<v Speaker 2>screens Fox two able to get over those screens as

0:25:46.760 --> 0:25:49.440
<v Speaker 2>well as they did versus shake yoldess Alexander to stay

0:25:49.480 --> 0:25:51.879
<v Speaker 2>with him? Can you still do that?

0:25:52.640 --> 0:25:54.399
<v Speaker 1>So I was this is part of what I was

0:25:54.480 --> 0:25:57.120
<v Speaker 1>wondering about with Brunson, And I know you'll get into

0:25:57.160 --> 0:26:01.359
<v Speaker 1>it tomorrow, but with Brunson, right, Like, Shay is a

0:26:01.359 --> 0:26:05.840
<v Speaker 1>little bit different than Brunson, right yeah, And I think

0:26:05.880 --> 0:26:09.560
<v Speaker 1>their shot diet is even different, and Shae gets a

0:26:09.600 --> 0:26:12.720
<v Speaker 1>lot more free throws than Brunson, as much as anybody

0:26:12.760 --> 0:26:15.600
<v Speaker 1>wants to say that Brunston doesn't, uh, but Shay gets

0:26:15.600 --> 0:26:17.399
<v Speaker 1>a lot more free throws, And a lot of Shay's

0:26:17.440 --> 0:26:20.440
<v Speaker 1>game is in the paint. It's like in the mid

0:26:20.600 --> 0:26:24.960
<v Speaker 1>range in the paint. Brunson's isn't exactly like that. And

0:26:25.080 --> 0:26:30.640
<v Speaker 1>I do wonder, like they stop throwing doubles at Shay

0:26:31.000 --> 0:26:33.879
<v Speaker 1>around Game four of the Western Conference Finals, and I

0:26:33.960 --> 0:26:38.120
<v Speaker 1>think that that really like bothered Shay, It bothered Oklahoma City,

0:26:38.480 --> 0:26:41.720
<v Speaker 1>It really kind of screwed up their offense, I think entirely.

0:26:43.240 --> 0:26:45.400
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you can do that with Brunson

0:26:45.920 --> 0:26:49.679
<v Speaker 1>in the same way, where like, if you stop throwing

0:26:49.800 --> 0:26:52.080
<v Speaker 1>doubles at him and you're gonna put him in single coverage,

0:26:52.880 --> 0:26:55.800
<v Speaker 1>like he can score from three, it's not the same.

0:26:56.080 --> 0:26:59.000
<v Speaker 1>It's not the same defensive scheme that you can kind

0:26:59.000 --> 0:27:01.640
<v Speaker 1>of run. So I do think that New York's gonna

0:27:01.640 --> 0:27:03.520
<v Speaker 1>be able to kind of get into this defense a

0:27:03.520 --> 0:27:07.120
<v Speaker 1>little bit differently than Oklahoma City did, and really any

0:27:07.160 --> 0:27:09.120
<v Speaker 1>team did against San Antonio during the postseason.

0:27:10.400 --> 0:27:15.959
<v Speaker 2>So I think that the challenge here is they went

0:27:16.040 --> 0:27:19.200
<v Speaker 2>to a high drop coverage versus him, and that was

0:27:19.240 --> 0:27:20.760
<v Speaker 2>why and the reasons we won't like the three point

0:27:20.800 --> 0:27:25.480
<v Speaker 2>plays on Shay. Yeah, but that's taken a shot that

0:27:25.520 --> 0:27:27.800
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't want to take. They know that Brunson wants

0:27:27.840 --> 0:27:31.600
<v Speaker 2>that shot. So a lot of this is that the recovery.

0:27:31.720 --> 0:27:34.879
<v Speaker 2>Let's take Stefan Castle. Castle's recovery coming over that screen

0:27:35.200 --> 0:27:38.680
<v Speaker 2>and getting back onto Brunson's hip is so good. And

0:27:38.840 --> 0:27:41.320
<v Speaker 2>the challenge for Brunson is in the regular season you

0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:43.680
<v Speaker 2>can get space, you can get that space and create it.

0:27:44.359 --> 0:27:46.960
<v Speaker 2>In the playoffs versus when they are that good and

0:27:47.040 --> 0:27:50.600
<v Speaker 2>that physical, it does get a lot more difficult because

0:27:50.720 --> 0:27:53.760
<v Speaker 2>now if you've got the guy on your hip on

0:27:53.880 --> 0:27:56.480
<v Speaker 2>three point range, you do have him in jail, and

0:27:56.720 --> 0:27:59.560
<v Speaker 2>usually that's an advantage, but the problem is went Big

0:28:00.200 --> 0:28:02.040
<v Speaker 2>is that when he's able to And part of it

0:28:02.040 --> 0:28:05.600
<v Speaker 2>also is like the Knicks are not good in float range.

0:28:06.000 --> 0:28:10.840
<v Speaker 2>They're shooting thirty six percent in the non restricted area

0:28:10.880 --> 0:28:13.520
<v Speaker 2>of paint. In the playoffs, they take the fewest attempts

0:28:13.840 --> 0:28:16.680
<v Speaker 2>and they make the fewest attempts, they shoot the worst

0:28:16.680 --> 0:28:19.920
<v Speaker 2>on them. So like that floater for Brunson is not

0:28:20.160 --> 0:28:22.879
<v Speaker 2>necessarily his sweet spot, and so what he can do

0:28:23.000 --> 0:28:25.720
<v Speaker 2>is he can come off the screen, wait for Castle

0:28:25.760 --> 0:28:28.159
<v Speaker 2>to get into him, put him in jail at the

0:28:28.200 --> 0:28:31.320
<v Speaker 2>three point line, and then accelerate downward and may be

0:28:31.440 --> 0:28:33.200
<v Speaker 2>able to get to a pull up jumper with enough

0:28:33.280 --> 0:28:34.800
<v Speaker 2>space to shoot over women Yama.

0:28:36.000 --> 0:28:37.000
<v Speaker 1>But I do think it's.

0:28:36.920 --> 0:28:42.280
<v Speaker 2>Easier for Castle to come wide over the screen and

0:28:42.520 --> 0:28:45.480
<v Speaker 2>close that gap distance even as good as Brunson isn't

0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:48.960
<v Speaker 2>drifting to get to his three, I do think that

0:28:49.040 --> 0:28:51.280
<v Speaker 2>they have the capacity to be able to challenge that.

0:28:51.640 --> 0:28:54.000
<v Speaker 2>So what this basically comes down to is the counters

0:28:54.000 --> 0:28:57.080
<v Speaker 2>that san Antonio went to versus Shay, they won't go

0:28:57.280 --> 0:29:01.600
<v Speaker 2>to versus Brunson because because of the differential in the players.

0:29:01.920 --> 0:29:04.200
<v Speaker 2>With Shay, it was very much make him take the

0:29:04.240 --> 0:29:05.920
<v Speaker 2>pull up three. He doesn't want that. He wants to

0:29:05.960 --> 0:29:07.960
<v Speaker 2>get you into mid range with the hut with the

0:29:08.120 --> 0:29:10.920
<v Speaker 2>XL d CL. Brunson is a lot different in terms

0:29:10.960 --> 0:29:12.680
<v Speaker 2>of Brunston's like, can you leave me open up shooting?

0:29:13.400 --> 0:29:16.280
<v Speaker 2>So they'll respect him to that end. Now he'll find enough.

0:29:17.000 --> 0:29:20.880
<v Speaker 2>But I do think it's an in question. The uh

0:29:21.200 --> 0:29:25.200
<v Speaker 2>my biggest concern honestly with this three series leader bet

0:29:25.800 --> 0:29:28.520
<v Speaker 2>is gonna be Jillian Champagne whos plus two forty, who's

0:29:28.560 --> 0:29:32.680
<v Speaker 2>the favorite? He took thirty in the regular season series,

0:29:32.720 --> 0:29:34.560
<v Speaker 2>and he's gonna once again gonna be left open.

0:29:34.880 --> 0:29:37.880
<v Speaker 1>Just yeah, I think that you probably they're probably gonna

0:29:37.880 --> 0:29:42.440
<v Speaker 1>play cat on him, for better or for worse. I

0:29:42.680 --> 0:29:45.480
<v Speaker 1>don't like the good thing is that a three point

0:29:45.520 --> 0:29:50.080
<v Speaker 1>shooter in theory cat shit int fallum like if that's

0:29:50.120 --> 0:29:52.440
<v Speaker 1>what the concern is. But at the same time, Kat

0:29:52.560 --> 0:29:56.640
<v Speaker 1>is not the most like attentive on in any of

0:29:56.680 --> 0:29:58.800
<v Speaker 1>his defensive assignments. Great, he has been a lot better

0:29:59.240 --> 0:30:02.440
<v Speaker 1>during the post season run, but that is That's definitely

0:30:02.480 --> 0:30:05.320
<v Speaker 1>my concern with Kat in that regard. But this does

0:30:05.440 --> 0:30:07.680
<v Speaker 1>kind of tie me. This conversation ties me into what

0:30:07.800 --> 0:30:10.600
<v Speaker 1>my next one is is I like josh Hart six

0:30:10.720 --> 0:30:15.600
<v Speaker 1>plus sis per game. This is to me, like the

0:30:15.680 --> 0:30:18.040
<v Speaker 1>reason I like this he's it's like plus four hundred

0:30:18.160 --> 0:30:20.040
<v Speaker 1>or so in the market, And I also am playing

0:30:20.080 --> 0:30:22.160
<v Speaker 1>a little bit for fun. You can get josh Hart

0:30:22.200 --> 0:30:24.320
<v Speaker 1>triple double in any game at plus eight point fifty

0:30:24.440 --> 0:30:27.120
<v Speaker 1>as well. I think that's like a fun way to

0:30:27.200 --> 0:30:29.160
<v Speaker 1>kind of bet on Josh Hart rather than trying to

0:30:29.200 --> 0:30:31.440
<v Speaker 1>guess the game, just say, hey, he might get one.

0:30:31.480 --> 0:30:35.320
<v Speaker 1>This series. We've seen him do that anyway, But a

0:30:35.360 --> 0:30:37.760
<v Speaker 1>lot of times when Brunson gets the ball forced out

0:30:37.760 --> 0:30:41.880
<v Speaker 1>of his hands, I think that it's not always directly

0:30:41.960 --> 0:30:44.480
<v Speaker 1>to somebody that's shooting the basketball a lot of times,

0:30:44.720 --> 0:30:46.680
<v Speaker 1>and the guy that I think that San Antonio is

0:30:46.720 --> 0:30:49.400
<v Speaker 1>going to leave open is Josh Hart. So it doesn't

0:30:49.440 --> 0:30:51.760
<v Speaker 1>necessarily mean that Josh Hart's going to shoot the basketball.

0:30:52.040 --> 0:30:53.880
<v Speaker 1>He might, but I also think that it could lead

0:30:53.920 --> 0:30:55.920
<v Speaker 1>to a lot of opportunities where Josh Hart is the

0:30:55.960 --> 0:30:59.080
<v Speaker 1>guy that's more or less running the offense. So I

0:30:59.120 --> 0:31:02.720
<v Speaker 1>think six assists per game is reasonable here looking back

0:31:02.760 --> 0:31:07.000
<v Speaker 1>over the past couple of seasons against against San Antonio.

0:31:07.160 --> 0:31:09.320
<v Speaker 1>So let's look really just this season and last season

0:31:09.480 --> 0:31:13.040
<v Speaker 1>he said six, seven to three and seven assists against

0:31:13.080 --> 0:31:17.800
<v Speaker 1>them and eleven, yeah, eleven fifteen. This one doesn't have

0:31:17.880 --> 0:31:19.680
<v Speaker 1>the tracking data, I think because it was the Cup final,

0:31:19.760 --> 0:31:23.240
<v Speaker 1>he had three and then he had nine potentials. So

0:31:23.360 --> 0:31:25.800
<v Speaker 1>he's had a ton of potentials, a lot of passes,

0:31:26.040 --> 0:31:28.600
<v Speaker 1>a lot of opportunity there. And the other thing is

0:31:28.640 --> 0:31:30.400
<v Speaker 1>part of why I like the triple double play is

0:31:30.800 --> 0:31:34.400
<v Speaker 1>if Mitchell Robinson isn't really either a able to go

0:31:34.640 --> 0:31:37.600
<v Speaker 1>or just ineffective. Then I think that the series trent.

0:31:37.680 --> 0:31:40.200
<v Speaker 1>If the series trend small, you always want josh Hart

0:31:40.280 --> 0:31:43.560
<v Speaker 1>rebound stuff. So I like kind of the angle here

0:31:43.720 --> 0:31:46.120
<v Speaker 1>for josh Hart to be able to dish the ball,

0:31:46.440 --> 0:31:48.400
<v Speaker 1>start running the offense trying to move. I think you

0:31:48.520 --> 0:31:51.479
<v Speaker 1>want to be moving with pace too, which I think

0:31:51.560 --> 0:31:54.960
<v Speaker 1>is advantageous for Heart in regards to these assists numbers too.

0:31:55.160 --> 0:31:58.800
<v Speaker 1>So he hasn't always been in this role of needing

0:31:58.840 --> 0:32:01.320
<v Speaker 1>to dime. But it kind of depends on It's kind

0:32:01.360 --> 0:32:04.480
<v Speaker 1>of dependent on what has happened in each individual series.

0:32:04.600 --> 0:32:08.080
<v Speaker 1>So uh, I still like the six plus assist assists

0:32:08.120 --> 0:32:10.400
<v Speaker 1>per game at the number it's like plus four hundred

0:32:10.480 --> 0:32:13.000
<v Speaker 1>or so right now. But you don't like Heart. You

0:32:13.000 --> 0:32:16.080
<v Speaker 1>don't like Josh harten the series, right, Ah, I do.

0:32:18.200 --> 0:32:20.760
<v Speaker 2>I kind of wonder, like he's twenty seven. So here's

0:32:20.800 --> 0:32:23.320
<v Speaker 2>the thing. The Spurs give up the most corner threes

0:32:23.640 --> 0:32:25.560
<v Speaker 2>per game in the in the playoffs, and they were

0:32:25.600 --> 0:32:28.440
<v Speaker 2>hiding the regular season two and so that was a

0:32:28.440 --> 0:32:30.720
<v Speaker 2>big reason to play various guys like Okay, like there

0:32:30.760 --> 0:32:33.040
<v Speaker 2>was a reason we like Caruso, right, We're so fucking

0:32:33.160 --> 0:32:34.000
<v Speaker 2>close on Caruso.

0:32:34.040 --> 0:32:36.440
<v Speaker 1>So annoying. That was so annoying.

0:32:36.760 --> 0:32:41.640
<v Speaker 2>One and five in the final game. Oh God, that hurt.

0:32:43.200 --> 0:32:46.280
<v Speaker 1>So wide open, so many times, no one hurt.

0:32:46.360 --> 0:32:51.640
<v Speaker 2>That was a great bet. But so Josh takes the

0:32:51.760 --> 0:32:54.720
<v Speaker 2>second most corner threes in the Knicks behind og. Og

0:32:54.920 --> 0:32:58.920
<v Speaker 2>might be a really good play for threes too, but

0:32:59.040 --> 0:33:02.440
<v Speaker 2>he's twenty seven percent on these corner threes. The other

0:33:02.600 --> 0:33:06.880
<v Speaker 2>thing is that Heart did run into enough sequences versus

0:33:07.000 --> 0:33:10.600
<v Speaker 2>the Hawks, and versus the Calves, and in some sets

0:33:10.680 --> 0:33:14.840
<v Speaker 2>versus the some lineups with the sixers of teams playing

0:33:14.960 --> 0:33:18.440
<v Speaker 2>at level coverage. So what you do there is that

0:33:18.480 --> 0:33:21.920
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna put two at the level. You bring Josh

0:33:22.000 --> 0:33:24.400
<v Speaker 2>hardover as the screener, and either they put two on

0:33:24.440 --> 0:33:27.240
<v Speaker 2>the level and Heart slips, or they switch it and

0:33:27.320 --> 0:33:29.760
<v Speaker 2>then Heart slips, and then Heart gets the ball downhill

0:33:30.000 --> 0:33:32.680
<v Speaker 2>and he's got field vision. It's a lot harder to

0:33:32.800 --> 0:33:35.840
<v Speaker 2>create assist opportunities out of catch and sheet drives from

0:33:35.880 --> 0:33:39.200
<v Speaker 2>the corner. You just don't have no court in front

0:33:39.200 --> 0:33:42.120
<v Speaker 2>of you. The baseline is your other defender, and it

0:33:42.200 --> 0:33:45.520
<v Speaker 2>cuts off that angle. So the two guys that he

0:33:45.640 --> 0:33:47.640
<v Speaker 2>had that he has most assists to in the playoffs

0:33:47.720 --> 0:33:49.880
<v Speaker 2>or McHale Bridges, who we like in the series right an,

0:33:49.880 --> 0:33:52.680
<v Speaker 2>they're good sign for McHale. And the second one is

0:33:52.760 --> 0:33:56.120
<v Speaker 2>Karl Anthony Towns, who is converted forty two passes from

0:33:57.040 --> 0:34:00.360
<v Speaker 2>from Heart in the playoffs. But the problem is if

0:34:00.400 --> 0:34:09.200
<v Speaker 2>those are like drive pass, floater, lay up, Wemby destroys

0:34:09.239 --> 0:34:12.080
<v Speaker 2>all of it. Wemby just kills all of it, and

0:34:12.160 --> 0:34:13.880
<v Speaker 2>now you're in a real problem. So like, I'm just

0:34:13.960 --> 0:34:16.239
<v Speaker 2>like a little nervous. I don't mind Heart as a

0:34:16.280 --> 0:34:19.040
<v Speaker 2>trigger man on some of these sequences, but I'm not

0:34:19.239 --> 0:34:22.040
<v Speaker 2>sure that he's gonna have the room or the options

0:34:22.080 --> 0:34:24.680
<v Speaker 2>to pass for the kind of passes that he's going

0:34:24.719 --> 0:34:26.759
<v Speaker 2>to need to get to. If I'm wrong, it's because

0:34:26.760 --> 0:34:28.799
<v Speaker 2>he's driving and then kicking to the weak side corner

0:34:28.800 --> 0:34:31.120
<v Speaker 2>because the Spurs defense collapsed. But I'm not sure how

0:34:31.160 --> 0:34:32.000
<v Speaker 2>much they're gonna do that.

0:34:32.680 --> 0:34:35.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, I'm not one hundred percent sure. But

0:34:35.520 --> 0:34:38.560
<v Speaker 1>it's also I'm sure enough to bet at four to

0:34:38.680 --> 0:34:41.040
<v Speaker 1>one as opposed that, you know, if it was like

0:34:41.120 --> 0:34:42.000
<v Speaker 1>minus one ten, it's.

0:34:41.880 --> 0:34:43.640
<v Speaker 2>A little bit different, makes sense, all right?

0:34:44.080 --> 0:34:48.560
<v Speaker 1>With your next one, I like og here to average

0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:52.120
<v Speaker 1>twenty plus points per game plus four hundred. I think

0:34:52.160 --> 0:34:55.520
<v Speaker 1>that when we looked at what og Ananobi did during

0:34:55.560 --> 0:34:59.200
<v Speaker 1>the last series, he really kind of got it shit

0:34:59.320 --> 0:35:02.640
<v Speaker 1>together at the back end of the series. I don't

0:35:02.640 --> 0:35:05.600
<v Speaker 1>think that he was really trusting the hamstring at first.

0:35:06.200 --> 0:35:08.320
<v Speaker 1>He's averaging nineteen point seven points per game during the

0:35:08.360 --> 0:35:10.959
<v Speaker 1>playoffs as it is. You remove those two games where

0:35:10.960 --> 0:35:14.520
<v Speaker 1>he started the series a little bit, I think tentatively,

0:35:15.080 --> 0:35:18.880
<v Speaker 1>and we're over twenty points per game. Again, going back

0:35:18.920 --> 0:35:20.960
<v Speaker 1>into some of the corner looks, I think that that's

0:35:21.160 --> 0:35:24.000
<v Speaker 1>important for him here as well. And when we look

0:35:24.080 --> 0:35:27.600
<v Speaker 1>at what Oklahoma's or rather with San Antonio is kind

0:35:27.640 --> 0:35:30.560
<v Speaker 1>of bringing to the table, Obviously, og is gonna play

0:35:30.560 --> 0:35:33.840
<v Speaker 1>as many minutes as he possibly can in this in

0:35:33.960 --> 0:35:37.040
<v Speaker 1>this series and during the season. In the one game

0:35:37.040 --> 0:35:39.320
<v Speaker 1>where you'd say like was probably the most important for

0:35:39.480 --> 0:35:43.040
<v Speaker 1>New York was the obviously the Cup Final, he put

0:35:43.120 --> 0:35:45.520
<v Speaker 1>up twenty eight points five or ten from three. Some

0:35:45.600 --> 0:35:48.200
<v Speaker 1>of these other games thirty four points or thirty four

0:35:48.280 --> 0:35:51.640
<v Speaker 1>minutes nine points, thirty five minutes twelve points. But I

0:35:51.760 --> 0:35:55.520
<v Speaker 1>do think that overall his role in the offense has

0:35:55.640 --> 0:35:58.759
<v Speaker 1>changed a lot since the playoffs started, and I'm trying

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<v Speaker 1>to trust that data a little bit more than anything else,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously looking at some of the information that we had

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<v Speaker 1>from the regular season series where we saw og obviously

0:36:09.840 --> 0:36:12.240
<v Speaker 1>play against San Antonio. But his role in the offense

0:36:12.280 --> 0:36:15.839
<v Speaker 1>has really really shifted during the postseason and he's getting

0:36:15.840 --> 0:36:19.120
<v Speaker 1>plenty of opportunity, plenty of chances. He's been great from

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<v Speaker 1>beyond the arc. So I like that type of look,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think that probably like the most comparable player

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<v Speaker 1>for him is maybe like some of the Jaden McDaniels

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<v Speaker 1>stuff that we saw on McDaniel's had a pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>series against against San Antonio. Would say, so, just one

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<v Speaker 1>of the kind of one of the thoughts that I

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<v Speaker 1>have here in regards to og Ananobi. At twenty plus

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<v Speaker 1>for four to one, I think it's a good line

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<v Speaker 1>and a good number for us to back.

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<v Speaker 2>Oj so Jim sent over a bunch of his plays.

0:36:49.160 --> 0:36:51.480
<v Speaker 2>He's also on this as well. He likes this angle.

0:36:52.200 --> 0:36:54.960
<v Speaker 2>He's averaging twenty one point four per game before injury

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<v Speaker 2>and now should be fully back to good health. Some

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<v Speaker 2>minutes and usage should be back to early postseason levels.

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<v Speaker 2>The artificially deflated by not fully healthy return games is

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<v Speaker 2>what he says.

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<v Speaker 1>Kind of even locks up there.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't mind it. I think it's I think I

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<v Speaker 2>have a little bit of trepidation based off of are

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<v Speaker 2>they going to allow the ball to him enough? Like

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<v Speaker 2>I do think an interesting question is like how much

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<v Speaker 2>are they how much of the Spurs gonna respect to

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<v Speaker 2>Ognoby Like that I think is like a really interesting question.

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<v Speaker 2>He got four shots in the regular season series versus

0:37:31.560 --> 0:37:36.320
<v Speaker 2>Julian champagnee he went oh four, that's just luck Sevon Castle.

0:37:36.400 --> 0:37:38.560
<v Speaker 2>He went three to four against so on switches, one

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<v Speaker 2>of three versus Harrison Barnes. He had three shots versus

0:37:41.480 --> 0:37:43.719
<v Speaker 2>Kelly Lennock, probably not gonna get those. He went oh

0:37:43.840 --> 0:37:49.400
<v Speaker 2>three versus Victor Webbin Yama Shock Dearreon Fox. He went

0:37:49.440 --> 0:37:51.880
<v Speaker 2>two of three against so. He really punished the small matchups.

0:37:52.120 --> 0:37:54.400
<v Speaker 2>So if the Spurs switched more, he might really punish that.

0:37:54.760 --> 0:37:58.239
<v Speaker 2>His two biggest minutes of matchups for Jillian Champagne and

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<v Speaker 2>Harrison Barnes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean yeah, like if he if that's who,

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<v Speaker 1>if that's who they're gonna match up him with him,

0:38:06.440 --> 0:38:10.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna like this prop more. I think sure.

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<v Speaker 2>His most points scored were Castle six points, Barnes five points,

0:38:16.920 --> 0:38:18.960
<v Speaker 2>and Deer in Fox four Points. I do like Harrison

0:38:18.960 --> 0:38:20.479
<v Speaker 2>Barnes actually to play off the bench in this series.

0:38:20.480 --> 0:38:23.120
<v Speaker 2>I think he even plays some minutes about that with Brian.

0:38:23.200 --> 0:38:25.880
<v Speaker 2>I actually really like if they if they go to

0:38:25.960 --> 0:38:28.240
<v Speaker 2>Towns four shooters, which is what they kind of eventually

0:38:28.440 --> 0:38:34.680
<v Speaker 2>rotated to, is like Landry Shamtt Jose Alvarado with McHale

0:38:35.200 --> 0:38:40.279
<v Speaker 2>Towns right, and then yeah, one more guard? What the

0:38:40.360 --> 0:38:42.080
<v Speaker 2>good counter? I think a really good count for san

0:38:42.080 --> 0:38:45.600
<v Speaker 2>Antonio actually is to go Kelvin Johnson at five or

0:38:45.680 --> 0:38:48.920
<v Speaker 2>Harrison Barnes, go Barnes Johnson and then just don't play Cornett.

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<v Speaker 1>I do I have been wondering, like New York's. New

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<v Speaker 1>York's played actually pretty deep into their bench throughout the

0:38:55.760 --> 0:39:00.880
<v Speaker 1>entire postseason. We've seen san Antonio kind of tighten it

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<v Speaker 1>up a little bit in terms of who they want

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<v Speaker 1>to get out there. Do we do you think that

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<v Speaker 1>New York just alt like finally just says like you

0:39:08.560 --> 0:39:11.120
<v Speaker 1>guys playing forty minutes? Like do you think that they

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<v Speaker 1>do that and just really cut through the fat in

0:39:14.920 --> 0:39:16.560
<v Speaker 1>the bench and just say like We're just not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>play you guys like at all?

0:39:18.239 --> 0:39:18.800
<v Speaker 2>I don't think so.

0:39:19.800 --> 0:39:21.719
<v Speaker 1>Maybe not until like later in the series, like.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, have to five, six, seven, Yeah, yeah, I'd agree

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<v Speaker 2>on that. I want to hit out some more because

0:39:28.160 --> 0:39:31.200
<v Speaker 2>we mentioned Jim some more that he's got any player

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<v Speaker 2>to break the threes made one Finals record is one

0:39:33.800 --> 0:39:37.319
<v Speaker 2>hundred to one. At Caesars. You need ten. Champagne had

0:39:37.400 --> 0:39:40.200
<v Speaker 2>eleven in their late December matchup. Got streaky shooters galore

0:39:40.239 --> 0:39:42.760
<v Speaker 2>in the series between the Cell, Champagne and even Shamantan

0:39:42.800 --> 0:39:45.399
<v Speaker 2>Bridges fun little sprinkle, he says for that, it's Jim

0:39:45.480 --> 0:39:49.200
<v Speaker 2>Turvey's house of intrigue. Castle twenty plus points plus two

0:39:49.239 --> 0:39:51.520
<v Speaker 2>to seventy. He was at eighteen per game against the

0:39:51.560 --> 0:39:55.040
<v Speaker 2>Thunder much tougher defense. Nicks don't really have a physical

0:39:55.080 --> 0:39:57.560
<v Speaker 2>player to match him unless they burn O G on him,

0:39:57.560 --> 0:39:59.960
<v Speaker 2>which would be a massive waste. So the idea is,

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<v Speaker 2>like Castle can get downhill. What do you think about that?

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<v Speaker 2>Castle twenty plus points plus two seventy.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's pretty reasonable. I think when we let

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<v Speaker 1>me look at I'm gonna look at Castle a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more what he's been doing. But he's definitely been

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<v Speaker 1>scoring a little bit more. It's just it's hard to

0:40:14.239 --> 0:40:17.120
<v Speaker 1>it's hard to necessarily gauge like who they're gonna have

0:40:17.280 --> 0:40:19.720
<v Speaker 1>cover him, But I do think that's a good spot.

0:40:20.040 --> 0:40:22.520
<v Speaker 1>He's been playing really well. Didn't really hit that mark

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<v Speaker 1>against New York during the season, But at the same time,

0:40:25.640 --> 0:40:28.240
<v Speaker 1>he's just kind of playing on a totally different level lately.

0:40:28.360 --> 0:40:30.120
<v Speaker 1>And I think that's the thing with these younger teams.

0:40:30.200 --> 0:40:33.520
<v Speaker 1>It's hard to fully capture just how good they are

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes just because they get better as the season goes on,

0:40:37.239 --> 0:40:38.800
<v Speaker 1>and so it's harder to sometimes look at some of

0:40:38.840 --> 0:40:42.160
<v Speaker 1>the old data. But we have seen spikes from him

0:40:42.440 --> 0:40:44.799
<v Speaker 1>where like if he has a thirty point game at

0:40:44.800 --> 0:40:48.640
<v Speaker 1>any point during the series, that's gonna really elevate this average,

0:40:48.680 --> 0:40:51.200
<v Speaker 1>where you know, then you get a lot more leeway

0:40:51.680 --> 0:40:52.320
<v Speaker 1>in that regard.

0:40:53.840 --> 0:40:59.359
<v Speaker 2>Okay, oh, back on the OG thing, Jim also very

0:40:59.480 --> 0:41:03.759
<v Speaker 2>much like OG. In a heads up matchup versus Champagney

0:41:03.880 --> 0:41:07.320
<v Speaker 2>Mius one thirty on DraftKings, it's another deflated OG angle.

0:41:07.640 --> 0:41:10.320
<v Speaker 2>He averages seven and a half healthy and we'll probably

0:41:10.320 --> 0:41:12.320
<v Speaker 2>get some time on web base always nearer to the basket.

0:41:13.200 --> 0:41:15.479
<v Speaker 2>Champagne's awesome, but he also could be the one left

0:41:15.560 --> 0:41:18.000
<v Speaker 2>off in some games with the Spurs Big six saw

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<v Speaker 2>some games of twenty two and twenty five minutes throughout

0:41:20.080 --> 0:41:23.760
<v Speaker 2>the postseason, so he likes Og to have more rebounds

0:41:23.800 --> 0:41:24.680
<v Speaker 2>than Jillian Champagne.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a good bet.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you got one more series play and you're going

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<v Speaker 2>back to the well on Josh Hart. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So again, like I like the assists play, I also

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<v Speaker 1>like him to get a triple double in any game.

0:41:37.560 --> 0:41:40.759
<v Speaker 1>I think that at plus eight point fifty, it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a fun bet that you can back and again,

0:41:43.000 --> 0:41:45.040
<v Speaker 1>like instead of having to guess which Josh Hart game

0:41:46.040 --> 0:41:47.879
<v Speaker 1>he gets this in, I think you kind of get

0:41:47.880 --> 0:41:52.040
<v Speaker 1>the opportunity in any game here. So in any game

0:41:52.160 --> 0:41:54.319
<v Speaker 1>is always a good angle for some of these series,

0:41:54.360 --> 0:41:56.120
<v Speaker 1>especially if you think the series maybe goes longer. It

0:41:56.200 --> 0:41:58.600
<v Speaker 1>gives you a little bit more value. And we have

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<v Speaker 1>seen these final I think I think that we should

0:42:02.480 --> 0:42:05.080
<v Speaker 1>expect that the finals goes a little bit longer here.

0:42:05.160 --> 0:42:07.200
<v Speaker 1>I think this should be a fun series. I think

0:42:07.239 --> 0:42:09.520
<v Speaker 1>it should be a little bit longer series. So at

0:42:09.560 --> 0:42:13.160
<v Speaker 1>plus eight fifty, I don't mind it, especially again, if

0:42:13.320 --> 0:42:15.640
<v Speaker 1>Kat gets into foul trouble in any game, if Mitch

0:42:16.000 --> 0:42:18.239
<v Speaker 1>just can't really play because of his hand or whatever

0:42:18.280 --> 0:42:20.840
<v Speaker 1>it is, there's a lot of extra rebounding upside for

0:42:20.960 --> 0:42:21.879
<v Speaker 1>Josh Harten the spot.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm actually gonna save your best bets for the

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<v Speaker 2>game one because you're back on back yeah, on Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 2>So check out Joe's best bets on Tuesday for he's

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<v Speaker 2>come back for Game one. Get more bets coming to

0:42:38.760 --> 0:42:40.560
<v Speaker 2>you for Game one, and then we'll have bets with

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<v Speaker 2>your pre game. Lots of best coming up. Check out

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow full series preview with Brandon Anderson. I'll have more

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<v Speaker 2>questions and answers and topics and all sorts of stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>as well as Brandon's plays that you know he'll have

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<v Speaker 2>seven hundred up tomorrow as well. My thanks David pain

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<v Speaker 2>Ot producer. My thanks to Joe Dealarra for joining me.

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<v Speaker 2>Feel better, Jim Turvy. We'll see you guys again next time.

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