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Tyrese Maxi was a big 0:02:10.499 --> 0:02:13.939 part of it. Joel Embiid had his first career playoff 0:02:13.979 --> 0:02:16.819 triple double. There's a lot to get into, Nick, but 0:02:16.939 --> 0:02:20.979 off the top as you, I mean, you actually texted 0:02:21.019 --> 0:02:25.059 me that it could go down as one of the 0:02:25.099 --> 0:02:28.979 best comebacks or most unlikely comebacks in NBA history. What 0:02:29.059 --> 0:02:29.659 was your reaction? 0:02:30.339 --> 0:02:32.259 I mean, I thought the season was dead in the water, 0:02:32.619 --> 0:02:36.539 down six with twenty eight seconds left. Not sure how 0:02:36.539 --> 0:02:40.219 many times that's been done in the playoffs in NBA history, 0:02:40.259 --> 0:02:43.779 but definitely a tough feat to do. And you know, 0:02:43.899 --> 0:02:46.859 almost feels like a little bit of payback for the 0:02:46.979 --> 0:02:50.019 comeback the Knicks had in Game two at the Garden, 0:02:50.619 --> 0:02:52.739 And so sometimes you need to get a little bit lucky, 0:02:52.899 --> 0:02:57.579 and in this case, just everything went just right in 0:02:57.619 --> 0:03:01.299 that last thirty seconds of the game. And man, that boy, 0:03:01.419 --> 0:03:05.699 Tyreees actually is something special. My goodness. We talked about 0:03:05.859 --> 0:03:08.379 coming into this series, the playoffs being you know, a 0:03:08.459 --> 0:03:12.859 trampoline to kind of, you know, boost yourself to that 0:03:12.939 --> 0:03:17.339 next level of going from star to superstar. And the 0:03:17.379 --> 0:03:20.659 performances he's had in this first round, and you know, 0:03:20.739 --> 0:03:22.859 to do it on a stage like the Madison Square 0:03:22.899 --> 0:03:26.619 Garden hostile environment season on the line. It was just 0:03:26.859 --> 0:03:29.419 truly an incredible game to watch. 0:03:30.019 --> 0:03:32.699 And the Reggie Miller performance that a lot of people 0:03:32.739 --> 0:03:37.099 are comparing the Maxi end of the game too, was 0:03:37.979 --> 0:03:41.179 in nineteen ninety five, a series that the Pacers ended 0:03:41.259 --> 0:03:44.779 up winning in seven games at MSG. So if you're 0:03:45.139 --> 0:03:46.859 it was earlier in that series, but if you're a 0:03:46.899 --> 0:03:49.299 Sixers fan, you're hoping that history can repeat itself with 0:03:49.379 --> 0:03:52.059 the visiting team winning in a game seven. That's what 0:03:52.139 --> 0:03:55.659 it will take for the Sixers against the number two 0:03:55.699 --> 0:03:58.859 seed the Knicks and Lauren. For Tyrese, it was seven 0:03:58.899 --> 0:04:02.179 points in the final twenty five seconds. He goes for 0:04:02.179 --> 0:04:06.219 forty six, five and nine in Game five, seven of 0:04:06.259 --> 0:04:09.699 twelve from three point range. What was your instant reaction. 0:04:11.379 --> 0:04:14.619 I know I said this sort of immediately on X 0:04:15.219 --> 0:04:18.619 but I was thrilled for him. 0:04:19.419 --> 0:04:24.019 I was totally unsurprised, just because it feels like we've 0:04:24.019 --> 0:04:27.459 been building to this type of Tyrese Maxie performance now 0:04:27.499 --> 0:04:31.179 for four consecutive years. He has played a major role 0:04:31.259 --> 0:04:34.659 in every playoffs he's ever been part of, including his 0:04:34.899 --> 0:04:37.699 rookie playoff season that he harkens back to a lot 0:04:37.739 --> 0:04:39.699 when he talks about falling out of. 0:04:39.619 --> 0:04:41.419 The rotation not playing a. 0:04:41.379 --> 0:04:44.459 Few times early in that year, a conversation he had 0:04:44.459 --> 0:04:46.259 with Doc Rivers about how he was going to go 0:04:46.339 --> 0:04:48.859 on to help that team win a playoff game. 0:04:49.019 --> 0:04:50.339 At coach, how am I going to do that? I'm 0:04:50.339 --> 0:04:51.139 not even playing. 0:04:51.899 --> 0:04:55.339 Sure enough, goes into that playoff run, ends up coming 0:04:55.419 --> 0:04:58.419 up huge for his team that was again a veteran 0:04:58.899 --> 0:05:00.299 depthy team. 0:05:00.819 --> 0:05:01.619 Then watching him. 0:05:01.499 --> 0:05:03.899 Do it again year after year after year, and now 0:05:03.899 --> 0:05:06.259 to be able to do it in such a dramatic fashion, 0:05:06.419 --> 0:05:10.379 to be likened to a Reggie Miller, to be talked 0:05:10.459 --> 0:05:14.459 about among Michael Jordan, the greats in the game right now. 0:05:14.539 --> 0:05:16.899 I mean Anthony Edwards well deserved has gotten so much 0:05:16.939 --> 0:05:19.139 shine in these playoffs so far. But this morning you 0:05:19.179 --> 0:05:22.019 wake up and people are saying that Tyrese's playoff performance 0:05:22.419 --> 0:05:24.619 is the performance of the playoffs thus far, and you 0:05:24.739 --> 0:05:26.859 love to hear that. You love to hear his name 0:05:26.939 --> 0:05:29.899 mentioned among the greats because he deserves it and he's 0:05:29.939 --> 0:05:31.699 been working towards it for so long. So it was 0:05:31.739 --> 0:05:35.899 spectacular to watch. It was really cool to watch. But 0:05:35.979 --> 0:05:39.619 I wasn't I really am not just saying this. I 0:05:39.779 --> 0:05:42.339 was not surprised to see him put on that type 0:05:42.339 --> 0:05:42.939 of performance. 0:05:43.059 --> 0:05:44.939 Someone was going to be able to do something like that. 0:05:45.059 --> 0:05:47.219 To me, it was Tyrese Maxi. 0:05:47.339 --> 0:05:52.379 The Michael Jordan man. Is that forty six points ties 0:05:52.699 --> 0:05:55.619 Jordan from the ninety five ninety six playoffs for the 0:05:55.619 --> 0:05:58.539 most points by a visiting player in a playoff game 0:05:58.939 --> 0:06:02.699 at MSG. That's Tyrese Maxey getting forty six and Nick 0:06:03.299 --> 0:06:08.379 how it transpired was chaotic, just like our game two references. 0:06:08.459 --> 0:06:11.539 So first with the four point play that he got 0:06:11.939 --> 0:06:14.739 on Mitchell Robinson, how did that happen? 0:06:15.819 --> 0:06:18.379 If you're the Knicks, if you're Thibodeau, like you have 0:06:18.499 --> 0:06:21.939 to be livid with your guys. The one thing you 0:06:22.019 --> 0:06:24.979 don't do is give up a four point play when 0:06:25.019 --> 0:06:26.859 you're up six with twenty eight seconds left. 0:06:26.899 --> 0:06:28.539 Then you know he got. 0:06:28.419 --> 0:06:30.899 Robinson on his feet, just off his feet just a 0:06:30.899 --> 0:06:33.739 little bit, and you know he was able to finish 0:06:33.859 --> 0:06:36.659 through some contact, gets the call and then knocks it down. 0:06:36.779 --> 0:06:39.259 But really to me and the. 0:06:39.739 --> 0:06:44.299 Broadcasting team, you know, touched on this on the national broadcast, 0:06:44.339 --> 0:06:47.979 but tyrese, what was maybe the most impressive part about 0:06:47.979 --> 0:06:51.379 the whole thing was he didn't look tired ever, like 0:06:51.459 --> 0:06:53.019 he was going a million. 0:06:52.699 --> 0:06:54.499 Miles an hour all game long. 0:06:54.859 --> 0:06:57.779 That last shot was a thirty thirty footer, you know, 0:06:57.859 --> 0:07:00.499 to tie the game. Had his legs underneath them, had 0:07:00.539 --> 0:07:02.779 all the pop. I mean, some of his takes to 0:07:02.779 --> 0:07:05.779 the basket was just using pure speed and strength. Like 0:07:05.819 --> 0:07:08.899 the amount of energy he had to exert throughout the 0:07:08.939 --> 0:07:10.379 whole night and overtime. 0:07:11.139 --> 0:07:14.259 He never looked worn down. He never looked like he 0:07:14.339 --> 0:07:15.459 was running out of gas. 0:07:15.539 --> 0:07:17.859 And I think that might be the most impressive part, 0:07:17.859 --> 0:07:19.899 and that's something that comes from you got to be 0:07:19.899 --> 0:07:21.419 in the gym. You got to be in the gym, 0:07:21.619 --> 0:07:23.739 and you got to be putting in the time and 0:07:23.819 --> 0:07:27.859 effort to get yourself in a position where it's second nature. 0:07:27.859 --> 0:07:30.699 You don't get tired because your body's so conditioned to 0:07:30.779 --> 0:07:33.059 keep going, keep going, keep going. And this is one 0:07:33.099 --> 0:07:35.859 of those games where it's an instant classic. I think 0:07:35.899 --> 0:07:39.299 all New York fans will definitely remember this one as 0:07:39.339 --> 0:07:43.339 a heartbreaker, and obviously all Philly fans are going to 0:07:43.379 --> 0:07:46.259 hopefully remember this as the game that maybe turned their 0:07:46.299 --> 0:07:48.819 season around as they were kind of against the ropes 0:07:48.819 --> 0:07:49.299 and the sense. 0:07:49.699 --> 0:07:51.979 Nick, you talked about how he didn't look tired, and 0:07:52.059 --> 0:07:55.219 I completely agree. Even after the game he was wired. 0:07:55.299 --> 0:07:57.139 He was the first player in the weight room. And 0:07:57.379 --> 0:07:59.939 I will say, people that sort of don't understand how 0:07:59.979 --> 0:08:02.459 the course of an NBA game works, going to the 0:08:02.459 --> 0:08:05.739 weight room immediately following a game is not actually that abnormal. 0:08:05.779 --> 0:08:08.859 It's part of some guy's game to game routine. My understanding, 0:08:08.859 --> 0:08:11.019 and Nick obviously correct me if I'm wrong, is that 0:08:11.339 --> 0:08:14.219 if you work your muscles while they're tired, that is 0:08:14.379 --> 0:08:19.059 helpful for future really long game performances where you have 0:08:19.099 --> 0:08:20.979 to continue to have that type of energy. Right, So 0:08:21.019 --> 0:08:23.259 that's a habit that he's built up all season long. 0:08:23.539 --> 0:08:27.379 He did it again last night after playing fifty plus minutes. 0:08:27.419 --> 0:08:29.379 And what I was going to say to you guys, 0:08:29.459 --> 0:08:30.819 is how. 0:08:31.179 --> 0:08:35.659 Useful, in hindsight was that double overtime performance in San 0:08:35.699 --> 0:08:39.259 Antonio without Joel Embiid not the first. 0:08:38.979 --> 0:08:41.419 Time in a one month period a one month. 0:08:41.259 --> 0:08:44.219 Span where Tyres has played fifty plus minutes in a 0:08:44.259 --> 0:08:46.059 game where he put the team. 0:08:45.939 --> 0:08:50.939 On his back to go on and win spectacular And the. 0:08:50.979 --> 0:08:54.339 Last time we had a podcast with the three of us, 0:08:54.779 --> 0:08:56.739 they ran a similar play to the end of the 0:08:56.779 --> 0:09:00.299 Spurs game and Maxi was not the hero in that game, 0:09:00.579 --> 0:09:02.339 so and it was at the garden, so like he 0:09:02.419 --> 0:09:04.899 had a chance to redeem himself from that he ends 0:09:04.939 --> 0:09:08.099 up playing fifty one minutes on the logo three Nick, 0:09:08.459 --> 0:09:12.419 should Tibbs and the Knicks have intentionally fouled up by three? 0:09:12.539 --> 0:09:14.059 Or was there too much time? Or you think they 0:09:14.099 --> 0:09:14.739 should have done it? 0:09:15.899 --> 0:09:19.339 I mean, I think most coaches in that scenario, they 0:09:19.579 --> 0:09:22.619 would prefer to foul, just because the guys are just 0:09:22.699 --> 0:09:25.179 too good now. They're too good, and it's you take 0:09:25.219 --> 0:09:28.499 on too much risk by not fouling, because you have 0:09:28.539 --> 0:09:30.699 guys like Maxie who can step over half court and 0:09:30.739 --> 0:09:33.779 they're within range, and so you know, it's such a 0:09:33.819 --> 0:09:37.099 tricky thing now because guys have also become so good 0:09:37.099 --> 0:09:39.939 at anticipating the foul, and the last thing you want 0:09:39.979 --> 0:09:43.459 to do is, you know, foul someone thirty five feet 0:09:43.459 --> 0:09:46.179 outside the basket as they're you know, going up into 0:09:46.179 --> 0:09:49.219 a shooting motion. But you know, for me, it wasn't 0:09:49.219 --> 0:09:52.979 even just that last Obviously, what's getting the most attention 0:09:53.539 --> 0:09:58.179 is those last two shots of regulation, but it was 0:09:58.259 --> 0:10:02.299 really throughout the entire night he was consistently making the 0:10:02.339 --> 0:10:04.939 big play. Like even overtime started, they were down five 0:10:05.019 --> 0:10:07.499 and I'm like, oh, here we go again. They're you know, 0:10:07.539 --> 0:10:10.939 dead in the water. Who answers Maxi step back three, 0:10:11.419 --> 0:10:14.779 you know, cuts it to two. Even at halftime, you know, 0:10:14.819 --> 0:10:17.579 coming into half knicks, we're kind of making up some 0:10:17.739 --> 0:10:20.939 I think they're up eight or nine points and Maxi 0:10:21.059 --> 0:10:23.579 comes flying down the court for a high off blast 0:10:23.619 --> 0:10:27.099 finger roll to kind of cut that momentum a little bit. 0:10:27.139 --> 0:10:30.699 And it just seemed like all throughout the night, anytime 0:10:30.739 --> 0:10:33.339 the team needed him, he was stepping up. And it's 0:10:33.459 --> 0:10:35.739 just it's special to watch, especially when you have a 0:10:35.739 --> 0:10:39.139 guy like Joel who's maybe you know, not quite himself 0:10:39.219 --> 0:10:41.619 right now, as we would all expect, you know, to 0:10:41.739 --> 0:10:45.259 have a second a second option. I feel about even 0:10:45.259 --> 0:10:47.619 calling Maxi a second option, but have someone like that 0:10:47.659 --> 0:10:50.699 who's capable of just complete taking over it is insane. 0:10:50.979 --> 0:10:53.619 Credit to the partnership that the two of them share too, 0:10:53.739 --> 0:10:56.979 because Joel shows a lot of humility to me in 0:10:57.099 --> 0:11:01.219 Game five, understanding that his partner has it going more 0:11:01.259 --> 0:11:03.619 than he does. And he called himself in postgame he said, listen, 0:11:03.619 --> 0:11:05.499 if I have to be a decoy, that's what I'm 0:11:05.499 --> 0:11:07.899 gonna do. And then Tyree said something funny too. Terry's 0:11:07.899 --> 0:11:09.739 talked about the defense. He played down the stretch in 0:11:09.779 --> 0:11:13.739 overtime where Joel was fantastic defensively, but said he did 0:11:13.779 --> 0:11:16.379 such a good job of being seven feet tall. And 0:11:16.419 --> 0:11:18.859 I loved that, like the way that they just understand 0:11:18.899 --> 0:11:21.259 what each of them is able to do on any 0:11:21.299 --> 0:11:24.459 given night. For Joel to know, hey, yes, this is 0:11:24.499 --> 0:11:27.339 my team. I am the rating MVP, but my twenty 0:11:27.379 --> 0:11:29.539 three year old, who a lot of people consider my 0:11:29.619 --> 0:11:31.979 number two or my sidekick, has it more than I 0:11:32.019 --> 0:11:33.939 do tonight, and I'm going to do everything I can 0:11:34.059 --> 0:11:36.499 in the body that I'm in tonight to make sure 0:11:36.539 --> 0:11:38.219 that he is able to get it done for the team. 0:11:38.299 --> 0:11:40.779 I love what they have been able to do for 0:11:40.859 --> 0:11:43.939 each other, the respect that they share for each other 0:11:44.339 --> 0:11:46.459 that I feel continues to grow every time they go 0:11:46.499 --> 0:11:47.499 through adversity like this. 0:11:48.099 --> 0:11:52.499 Nineteen points sixteen rebounds, a playoff career high ten assist 0:11:52.579 --> 0:11:56.299 for Embiid four block shots. It's his first playoff career 0:11:56.739 --> 0:12:01.419 triple double. And yes, the nine turnovers. Turnovers were really 0:12:01.459 --> 0:12:03.179 a problem for both teams in this game. It was 0:12:03.179 --> 0:12:07.019 played much sloppier than the first few games in the series. 0:12:07.259 --> 0:12:10.379 Early in the game felt looser, like they were playing 0:12:10.419 --> 0:12:12.939 with more especially the Sixers, playing with more freedom, as 0:12:12.979 --> 0:12:15.979 you have to in that type of elimination game situation. 0:12:16.339 --> 0:12:19.339 Being I mean, Nick, you tell me, but tension can 0:12:19.379 --> 0:12:22.539 often be a disservice in a high pressure moment, and 0:12:22.579 --> 0:12:24.579 it was good to see them playing looser. But as 0:12:24.619 --> 0:12:26.979 you mentioned, turnovers one of the first things that coach 0:12:27.059 --> 0:12:28.659 Nurse and Joel said they're going to have to fix 0:12:28.699 --> 0:12:29.259 for game six. 0:12:29.339 --> 0:12:31.579 Well, rebounding was something they had to fix as well, 0:12:31.619 --> 0:12:34.339 and then Joel goes out and grabs sixteen And the 0:12:34.339 --> 0:12:37.419 rebounding battle is not always indicative of the winning team, 0:12:37.419 --> 0:12:40.219 but it has been in this series, so that to 0:12:40.259 --> 0:12:43.659 me was a sign of Joelle's leadership and just evaluating 0:12:43.699 --> 0:12:46.539 his situation and going and grabbing a game high sixteen 0:12:46.579 --> 0:12:49.539 rebounds felt important, and the ten assists, a lot of 0:12:49.539 --> 0:12:52.899 those were well executed passes. You just wanted to clean 0:12:52.939 --> 0:12:56.179 it up on the turnover column obviously, but his floor 0:12:56.219 --> 0:12:58.339 game overall, how did you evaluate it? 0:12:58.979 --> 0:12:59.339 Lauren? 0:12:59.499 --> 0:13:03.459 You mentioned that, you know, he shows some humility and 0:13:03.659 --> 0:13:07.059 understanding that you know, maybe it wasn't his night to 0:13:07.139 --> 0:13:10.219 carry the team, you know, and I heard you had 0:13:10.219 --> 0:13:14.339 a migraine as well, maybe wasn't feeling great physically and mentally. 0:13:15.019 --> 0:13:17.939 And what I loved is still him being able to 0:13:18.219 --> 0:13:21.739 attract the double teams in the post knowing the whole 0:13:21.779 --> 0:13:24.139 time he probably was never going to attack, and just 0:13:24.379 --> 0:13:26.699 you know, having those quick hitters out to Maxi for 0:13:26.779 --> 0:13:29.659 three who it just seemed like he Maxi didn't miss 0:13:29.859 --> 0:13:32.859 any step in three throughout the night, especially when Joel 0:13:32.979 --> 0:13:35.139 was kicking out to him. But you got to give 0:13:35.179 --> 0:13:39.019 credit to Joel and just understanding that, hey, you know, 0:13:39.059 --> 0:13:41.019 in order for this to work, I'm going to have 0:13:41.059 --> 0:13:42.979 to make some sacrifices and adjustments to. 0:13:42.979 --> 0:13:44.179 The way I normally play. 0:13:44.379 --> 0:13:47.179 And you know, it provides opportunity for other guys to 0:13:47.259 --> 0:13:49.459 really come in and make plays. And it wasn't just 0:13:49.539 --> 0:13:52.939 Maxi too, I mean Kelly Ubrig, Tobias Harris, you know, 0:13:53.059 --> 0:13:56.939 both did their fair share in helping this team win, 0:13:57.019 --> 0:13:59.179 and it's just, you know, it's crazy to see you 0:13:59.179 --> 0:14:01.819 you know, playoffs start and things begin to shrink in 0:14:01.899 --> 0:14:04.379 terms of the rotation and the amount of guys that 0:14:04.419 --> 0:14:06.779 are even playing, Like you see the Knicks one playing 0:14:06.819 --> 0:14:09.899 seven guys, and so, you know, the people who are playing, 0:14:09.939 --> 0:14:12.259 it really calls a lot on them to step up 0:14:12.339 --> 0:14:14.299 and do their part. 0:14:15.659 --> 0:14:19.939 We have a visitor to the podcast, Nick's daughter popping 0:14:19.979 --> 0:14:25.099 on to screen a little behind the scenes. That's awesome. 0:14:25.379 --> 0:14:28.939 He's on dad duty right now, so we appreciate it 0:14:28.979 --> 0:14:31.859 for sure. Campaign had some big shots for the Sixers 0:14:32.219 --> 0:14:37.299 while Kyle Lowry was dealing with boll trouble. So these rotations, 0:14:37.419 --> 0:14:40.219 and there's a question that we had submitted about Buddy 0:14:40.259 --> 0:14:42.659 Healed as well that we want Nick's take on. But 0:14:42.779 --> 0:14:46.219 really good Tobias moments. Kelly Ubred Junior had some big 0:14:46.219 --> 0:14:49.939 buckets when the lead kept changing hands and also Batoom, 0:14:50.379 --> 0:14:52.459 you don't get to the overtime without his block of 0:14:52.499 --> 0:14:54.779 Brunson on the last play. It took an extra stop. 0:14:54.939 --> 0:14:57.659 Yeah, it took a little bit from everybody last night, 0:14:57.659 --> 0:14:59.059 and that was sort of something that this group has 0:14:59.059 --> 0:15:01.419 talked about and continue to talk about last night after 0:15:01.499 --> 0:15:04.339 the victory that they are yet to play their best 0:15:04.339 --> 0:15:08.219 basketball together. Last night felt like a very positive step 0:15:08.619 --> 0:15:11.579 in the right direction, getting contributions across the board. You 0:15:11.619 --> 0:15:14.299 mentioned guys that have played in this series, Buddy heal 0:15:14.419 --> 0:15:17.259 d Anthony Melton, who didn't have the opportunity to play 0:15:17.339 --> 0:15:20.819 last night, but you could see affecting things positively as 0:15:20.899 --> 0:15:22.859 this playoff run hopefully continues. 0:15:23.019 --> 0:15:23.179 Right. 0:15:23.259 --> 0:15:27.059 So the way that the group was each able to 0:15:27.059 --> 0:15:31.139 step up, I mean Tobias scoring first, scoring early and 0:15:31.419 --> 0:15:35.859 more often makes a huge difference for this team overall, 0:15:35.939 --> 0:15:38.819 because when you have to take Tobias into account, you're 0:15:38.859 --> 0:15:43.699 already doubling Joelle Tyrese then has the night of his life. 0:15:44.059 --> 0:15:46.139 What are you doing as a defense, especially when you're 0:15:46.179 --> 0:15:48.859 only going seven deep? Is New York now probably for 0:15:48.979 --> 0:15:51.659 the rest of the series right without Bogdanovich, yesh. So 0:15:51.739 --> 0:15:53.339 that's going to be something that they're going to have 0:15:53.419 --> 0:15:57.099 to contend with, getting Tobias going early, having more productivity 0:15:57.099 --> 0:15:59.099 from Kelly Ray Junior, like he's now done on both 0:15:59.139 --> 0:16:01.739 sides of the ball in this series. They're going to 0:16:01.779 --> 0:16:03.859 be hard to chase around in these next couple games. 0:16:03.859 --> 0:16:05.739 So you hope that the Sixers now are able to 0:16:05.779 --> 0:16:08.819 sort of build on this momentum and take these factors 0:16:08.859 --> 0:16:11.619 that it does feel a little bit like things are 0:16:11.659 --> 0:16:13.539 lining up in their favor in a way that they 0:16:13.579 --> 0:16:16.419 really didn't in the first couple games of this series. Now, 0:16:16.459 --> 0:16:18.059 heading into Game six and seven. 0:16:17.819 --> 0:16:20.379 Hopefully Tobias had a three to start the game. He 0:16:20.419 --> 0:16:22.259 also had a three that brought an eighteen to two 0:16:22.419 --> 0:16:25.179 Nicks run to an end in the second quarter, which 0:16:25.259 --> 0:16:29.939 felt important. And now Game six is a nine pm 0:16:30.019 --> 0:16:33.499 local start with the potential to start later. So you 0:16:33.539 --> 0:16:36.299 talk about recovery for all these players that played fifty 0:16:36.339 --> 0:16:40.579 plus minutes, how do you prep for a game that 0:16:40.939 --> 0:16:42.739 is scheduled to start that late. 0:16:43.339 --> 0:16:46.459 It definitely throws your throws your timing off a little bit. 0:16:47.179 --> 0:16:49.179 I remember my last year playing when I was on 0:16:49.219 --> 0:16:53.579 the Celtics, the NBA Finals games. Because of the East 0:16:53.579 --> 0:16:56.379 Coast West Coast, the games in Boston would all start 0:16:56.379 --> 0:16:58.659 at nine to nine thirty and the game would finish 0:16:58.659 --> 0:17:00.899 and it's like we're in the locker room at like 0:17:00.939 --> 0:17:03.259 midnight and it just you know, you get home, it's 0:17:03.339 --> 0:17:06.699 one in one thirty, And it threw me off a 0:17:06.699 --> 0:17:08.699 little bit. But I guess that's at the end of 0:17:08.699 --> 0:17:10.899 the day, it's an entertainment business, and so I guess 0:17:10.899 --> 0:17:14.019 the TV slots are what matters most. But I feel 0:17:14.019 --> 0:17:16.259 like NBA players are just so used to having their 0:17:16.859 --> 0:17:20.099 clock all messed up with, like the travel and you know, 0:17:20.179 --> 0:17:22.859 flying after games and getting in late to hotels, that 0:17:23.379 --> 0:17:26.139 if there's anyone that can do it seamlessly, it's it's 0:17:26.379 --> 0:17:29.579 you know, these athletes. But you know, maybe just an 0:17:29.579 --> 0:17:32.979 extra long nap in the afternoon and maybe some of 0:17:33.139 --> 0:17:34.779 MJ's secret stuff as well. 0:17:35.219 --> 0:17:36.579 So that's what I was going to ask Nick. 0:17:36.659 --> 0:17:39.339 Logistically, as we get into sort of the later later 0:17:39.419 --> 0:17:42.059 hours of the pod, if you're still listening, hopefully you're 0:17:42.059 --> 0:17:45.499 as interested in these little logistical NBA you. 0:17:45.579 --> 0:17:47.739 Might even say that we all love each other again 0:17:47.939 --> 0:17:48.659 on the sign. 0:17:48.419 --> 0:17:49.539 Off, and I hope so. 0:17:49.619 --> 0:17:52.099 But Nick, what I'm curious about when you go into 0:17:52.139 --> 0:17:55.379 a situation where you start having your game two hours later, 0:17:55.419 --> 0:17:57.059 you'd imagine that more often than not. 0:17:57.739 --> 0:18:00.739 There's a shoot around in the morning. Do you prefer 0:18:00.859 --> 0:18:02.659 that the whole day gets pushed back? 0:18:02.699 --> 0:18:05.779 Would you rather shoot around later, would you rather start 0:18:05.819 --> 0:18:08.619 your nap later or just take a much longer one, 0:18:08.939 --> 0:18:11.499 do you wake up groggier if you take a longer nap, 0:18:11.579 --> 0:18:15.099 Like what goes into the calculus of reordering your day 0:18:15.139 --> 0:18:17.059 when you're really giving two hours back. 0:18:17.539 --> 0:18:19.779 Personally, I would prefer to do a normal shoot around 0:18:19.819 --> 0:18:22.659 maybe like ten am, you finish at eleven am, and 0:18:22.659 --> 0:18:26.339 then bam, you got seven eight hours to really get 0:18:26.379 --> 0:18:29.299 yourself together before you got to head back to the 0:18:29.339 --> 0:18:33.299 arena and get prepared for the game. So as a player, 0:18:33.499 --> 0:18:36.059 I was definitely a huge napper in the afternoon, Like 0:18:36.099 --> 0:18:38.859 I would take three four hour naps and I was 0:18:39.099 --> 0:18:42.419 fine doing that. The thought of doing that now when 0:18:42.459 --> 0:18:45.499 I'm not playing would just I don't even understand how 0:18:45.539 --> 0:18:48.459 I took such a long nap in the afternoon. But again, 0:18:48.499 --> 0:18:50.779 I think you you just get used to it, like 0:18:50.819 --> 0:18:52.819 you have game days and then you have practice days 0:18:52.859 --> 0:18:54.939 as an NBA player, and I think you just get 0:18:55.019 --> 0:18:57.539 used to whatever rhythm is working best for you. And 0:18:57.579 --> 0:19:00.419 I think everyone's different with their preferences. Like I'm sure 0:19:00.419 --> 0:19:02.939 some guys they only nap for you know, twenty thirty minutes, 0:19:02.979 --> 0:19:03.739 and that. 0:19:03.699 --> 0:19:05.179 Might work for them. 0:19:05.299 --> 0:19:06.939 I was kind of like, get my half of my 0:19:06.979 --> 0:19:08.859 sleep at night, half of my sleep during the day, 0:19:09.019 --> 0:19:12.259 so probably not very healthy, but we may do so. 0:19:12.259 --> 0:19:14.379 If you're playing for the sixers in this game six 0:19:14.539 --> 0:19:16.259 are you taking a six hour nap? 0:19:17.019 --> 0:19:18.539 I don't know. It would be like a it would 0:19:18.539 --> 0:19:20.979 be like a. 0:19:19.979 --> 0:19:20.659 That's a slumber. 0:19:20.739 --> 0:19:22.499 Well, you said a three or four hour nap, so 0:19:22.539 --> 0:19:24.859 you get two hours back now we're talking of I 0:19:24.899 --> 0:19:25.219 feel like. 0:19:25.219 --> 0:19:26.819 You can five or six hour nap. 0:19:27.739 --> 0:19:30.499 Like you can't sleep for more than three at least 0:19:30.499 --> 0:19:32.139 for me, you can't sleep like more than three or 0:19:32.139 --> 0:19:33.059 four hours during the day. 0:19:33.099 --> 0:19:34.619 Otherwise it's like big trouble. 0:19:35.179 --> 0:19:36.819 You wake up at the same time then, though, and 0:19:36.859 --> 0:19:38.859 you don't have to go to the arena for two 0:19:38.979 --> 0:19:40.579 more hours than you'd normally spend. 0:19:40.579 --> 0:19:41.979 Like what are you doing in that extra time? Are 0:19:42.019 --> 0:19:44.579 you getting nervous? Are you keeping yourself calm? Are you 0:19:44.659 --> 0:19:46.099 welcoming anxiety? 0:19:46.179 --> 0:19:48.539 Do you go to the arena earlier than usual? 0:19:49.139 --> 0:19:52.939 Personally, I would probably just like keep my arrival time 0:19:53.739 --> 0:19:57.019 kind of like at the same time, you know, depending 0:19:57.059 --> 0:19:58.859 on what my shooting time is before. 0:19:58.699 --> 0:20:00.979 The game, you know what my way hold on. 0:20:01.459 --> 0:20:04.259 Just again, while we're being really specific, the same time 0:20:04.339 --> 0:20:06.659 on the clock or the same time of day, because 0:20:06.699 --> 0:20:10.059