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Ant Man played. He came off 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.919 the bench, but he played twenty five He played twenty 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:29.520 five minutes, eighteen big points two or three from the 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.640 three point line, played from minis in that fourth quarter. 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:35.440 He was sensational, Joe, We're gonna kick it off with you, 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:37.200 and then we go to U twin and then, oh Joe, 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:38.920 you take it and then I'll come home with it. 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:43.440 How was Minnesota able to go in there? And San 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.240 Antonio was playing some very good ball? They closed out 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.320 Portland won what two straight games? Three straight games and 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:53.520 closed that series out. How was Minnesota able to go 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:55.560 in there? Because I don't think anybody had Minnesota to 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:57.200 win this game. I don't think no one thought this 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.160 was gonna be a sweep. But I don't think many 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.600 people had minnesot to go in and win the first game. 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:04.640 How were they able to do it? Joe resilient. 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:09.720 I told you, and I told you, and Ocho I said, man, listen, uh, 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:12.040 these Templewolves ain't gonna be no pushover. Man, it ain't 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:13.840 gonna be as easy as everybody think. They got some 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:16.400 dogs too. They got some guys who can compete, some 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.239 guys who can move them puppies, you know, play some defense. 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.200 And then what you want to do with wimbycho twe 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:24.200 you want to be physical with him? 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:24.360 Bro? 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:26.960 You want to be Philly. Yup, he had a triple 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:29.240 double wood blocks. So what you know what I mean? 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:31.520 I think as the game kind of continued to go on, 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.599 he was, you know, kind of starting to wear down 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.320 a little bit. But they both teams was exhausted, Bro, 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:38.240 Timberwolves was exhausted. 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:39.760 At the end. But they did what they wanted to 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:40.599 do to one. 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:43.040 You know this, man, when you go into a playoff series, bro, 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:46.000 your your your first mindset is okay, we got two 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:48.200 games on the on they on their home turf, We 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:49.360 at least want to get one. 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:50.839 I got you know what I mean? 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:53.880 I think you got to give Minnesota the credit the 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:56.520 coaching staff. That was smart. I love the way they 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:58.559 did it with Anthony Edwards bringing them off the bench 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.359 so he could you now to play him only twenty 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:03.640 five thirty minutes you knew he couldn't play a full game. 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.080 I think that was that was the check mark number 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:07.840 one thing right there, bringing them off the bench and 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.400 playing them in spurts and allowed the other guys to 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:11.960 get into the floor of the game where they not 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:14.480 depended on end And I think that and I think 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:17.520 that's what really started at But you gotta give Minnesota credit, man. 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:19.599 They was able to play a small lot. They ain't 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:21.599 able to play a small lineup. I think people don't 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:23.799 realize if you when you look at this game again, 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:25.560 they played small in the fourth quarter. 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:27.559 They didn't have to. They didn't have to play Rudy. 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.720 So as great as one he was defensively, he's gonna 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:33.040 have to figure it out offensively because you can't allow 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:35.800 them to play small because the venice goes to Minnesota 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:37.960 if they able to keep nives red at the five. 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:41.080 Because now that down the mismatches started to happen on 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:44.880 the offensive end for Minnesota. So kudos to Minnesota, big 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.159 win to go in there and get that. But Ethniel 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:49.200 was I thought was great. I thought he didn't force it. 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.000 He played within the system. He allowed he allowed the 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.240 other guys to help him out, and that's why they 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.560 got to win tonight. The series has switched. This This 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:57.680 is gonna be a great series. 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:01.560 I believe if it's gonna it might this series might 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:02.679 end up going the distance. 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:03.680 The second half. 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.160 This is what Chris Finch dead to winby held him 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.440 to five points, two of eight field goals, zero for 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:10.600 three from the three point line, one or two from 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:11.560 the free throw line. 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:13.800 He was zero for eight from the three point line. 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:15.720 Oh, you're watching this game, And like I said, I 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.440 didn't think this was gonna be a four to Oh. 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:19.200 I thought it would be. 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:21.880 I thought it would be an extended series because I 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.920 didn't anticipate in wmby play excuse me not women ad 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:26.640 Man to play until they got back home. 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.599 Guys, that's what I thought Man would come in. 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:32.280 But he's progressed so far, so fast that they say, 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.560 you know what, he's able to give us something. And 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.040 whatever he's able to give us is more than what 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:38.440 we would have been able to get if he was 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.040 not on the court. On eighteen points that he gave 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:44.479 you and great efficiency eight of thirteen, two or three 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:47.520 from the three. Now, he wasn't attacking like he normally 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:49.760 was because but you know a that Nie still probably 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:51.720 lit little sore let But just say, you know what, 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:54.280 I still can get my shot out here and foul. 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:56.680 But I thought, I thought Chris Finch and. 0:06:56.600 --> 0:07:00.120 The game plan that he had was unbelievable, especially in 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:00.760 the second half. 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:05.000 Yeah, hey, listen, the god damn Wolves were Resilian. 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:07.680 Huh. There was a regilion. 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:11.360 They gave Wimby Hell okay, defensively, he had a shipload 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:14.520 of goddamn blocks and stayed on changes back what they 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:16.560 was able to do. They kept the game close. Listen, 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:18.480 the game was back and forth. It could have went really, 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:20.560 it could have went really idiot either way. If you 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:22.960 watch the entire game, they was they was. They were 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:24.880 scoring back to back to back to back to back. 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:27.520 The game was close the entire time, and Ant coming 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:29.280 off the bench being able to do what he did, 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:32.160 even though he wasn't effective as he normally is, coming 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.000 off the bench, giving them boys, you know, some minutes, 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:37.440 not only minute, but some some effective points as well. 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:41.360 That god damn mcdams, that mcdams and god damn Julius random, 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:42.480 but the boys had. 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:45.960 You know what I was surprised by, guys, is that 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:48.320 when you really look at it, and you you look 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:50.720 at these two teams, they really don't have an answer 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.400 for Jude Randall. They had Stefan Castle trying to guard 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:54.679 you Ramble in the fourth quarter. 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:55.520 Can't do it. 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:57.800 I mean, I take my hat off to it, because 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:00.000 he stepped up to the challenge. He ended up filing out. 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.600 But that's a lower you see. You see lest eight 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.760 six nine, two forty two fifty. Can't deal with him 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:08.800 down there in the blox and you got your starting 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:11.840 point guard trying to deal with their power forward because 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:14.200 you don't really Yeah, because they like to play more. 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:18.200 They like to play wimby and basically threes and twos 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:18.679 and ones. 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:20.600 Yeah, cause they don't have a four. 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:22.400 And let me let me add this, guys, you gotta 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:25.720 think about this. The Minnesota team has been together for 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:28.440 some years now, They've been in the Wars. This this 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.000 is the first trip for San Antonio. You gotta think 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:33.920 Minnesota's not gonna get rid of that. They cores seven. 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.960 Eight guys besides Terren Shennon have been in these wars 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:38.480 and been and played these tough games. 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.240 So they got an advantage that way. Nobody's talking about that. 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:43.760 Everybody's thinking, because the Spurs had a great season that 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.680 this is gonna be an easy series. Nah, Minnesota feel 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:49.480 confident this group has been together. Don't look at the seeds, 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:51.640 don't look at being because they just sixth seed and 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:54.360 all that. No, this group, that Minnesota guy has been 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:58.840 together for this probably third or fourth year with this crew. Yeah, 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:00.600 when you think about it, so that they really kind 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:02.560 of got that advantage. When you think about it, they're 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:05.080 not scared to go on the road. They everybody knows 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:07.840 their role, and you saw that tonight. If ethne Everts 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.720 can give them that no consistently, I don't know how 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:13.720 hurt he is. You know, it's hard for us to tell. 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:17.400 But if he gets anywhere to twenty twenty five a night, 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:18.960 they got a chance to get this thing over at 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.800 five man, I like Minnesota. 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.800 Hey, hey, hey, the piggyback with hold on piggyback with 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:29.160 toyn say. I agree with Toying wholeheartedly, especially early when 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:33.320 he said when Minnesota goes small, San Antonio got a problem. 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:35.600 They gotta figure it out because it takes Windby away 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:38.000 from the basket. When you got nas reed at the five, 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.760 you feel so if he ain't gonna guard nads reading, 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:42.600 he gonna play health defense. Now, it's gotta hit him 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:44.920 upside his head. Every time you feel what I'm saying. 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.200 So I like the t Wolves. I don't know if 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.240 they can win this series, but damn day off to 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.560 a damn good start, and I got faith in the bro. 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:55.960 I got faith in them. Hey listen, y'all see them 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:57.160 boys out there competing at. 0:09:57.040 --> 0:09:57.720 The highest level. 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:02.240 They were he outside of win I think Rudy Gobert 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:04.960 played some solid defense, gave him some great effective minutes 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:08.240 by outside of Winby Bro when he go out the game, man, 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:09.520 they get what they. 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.600 Want, Yes, they got no because they don't fear, at 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:14.960 least think about it. He had twelve blocks, but he 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.480 had about another five or six alterations where you like, 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.880 I ain't I know what's problem up in there, but 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:24.800 you know who I think. And look, ju Ramdall played unbelievable. 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.679 If he was five offensive rebounds, he had double digit. 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:30.000 He had a double double. But I think what goes 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:33.360 unnotices Mike Conley because every time they needed a shot 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.280 to quell the run down, Mike Conley hit the three, 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.480 and remember Winby blocked the shot and the Blues ball 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:41.720 was all over the floor. They kicking to Mike Conley 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:43.560 in the corner and he knocks down a three. 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:44.319 Blackout. 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:47.360 Yeah, you know what I'm saying, because now the crowds 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:51.120 in the friends look when Winby blocks the shot, it's 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:53.880 almost like step shooting a three. That's the equivalent of 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:57.160 the crowd erupts. Yeah yeah, so now the crowd is 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:59.240 going crazy. We just shut him down. We go, Hey, 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.280 somehow Minnesota comes up with the ball. They kick the 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:05.640 call in the corner in the left handed up side 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.560 the head and and you know, hey, you we've all 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:12.280 been there, Joe dwy you know you scrammed it and 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:12.920 all a sudden. 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.640 Yeah, yeah, but you got a message. But like Collie 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:21.480 plays so good to know you really don't have to 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.280 rush Allo back. You can kind of it now, you know. 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:26.640 I all get to get now two games to come back. 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:29.240 You don't have to rush him back. You get about it. 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:31.720 He didn't play at night, and he's playing really good 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:32.200 right now. 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:34.679 Hey, I agree with that. 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:36.720 I think when you think about it, do you do 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:38.760 you play a man in game two though? Or do 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:40.439 you let him continue? Do you let him get a 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:42.880 little rent? I would play him. I think I just 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:44.360 think you have to watch his minutes again. 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:46.720 I think you put him on a minuteccount because if 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:48.880 you get a chance to steal game two. Now, it's 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:51.440 a really really big different series now going back home, 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:53.040 so you still want to take a shot at it. 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.560 But I wouldn't play him extended minutes. You got you, 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.040 you stole you one. Now you can be a little cautious. 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:00.440 Gotta see how we gotta see how you feel like Joe, 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:01.679 you know how the thing is, they got to see 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:02.760 how I feel tonight. 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:04.040 See how you feel in the morning. 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.839 If he walking around limping a lot and can't putting 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.160 no pressure on that leg, then maybe you may think 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:09.520 about it. 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:12.080 But right now I'm going for the kill. I'm gonna 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:12.400 go two. 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.600 Oh yeah, yeah. 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.199 I think the thing is Joe also is that you 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.680 really he hadn't did any running, so his cardio, he 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.240 really ain't in the shape that he really needs to 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:24.560 to be able to play those extending minute So I'll 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:27.360 watch out for that. But I'm gonna be surprised if 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:29.760 game three or four he's not in the starting lineup. 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:31.760 I'm gonna be shocked if they continue to break. Now, 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:33.599 I think one more game, I think the game, but 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.160 that that'll be Wednesday. I think he comes off the 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.640 bench again. I think when they go home, I'm not 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.480 gonna be surprised if he comes. If he's in the 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:41.560 starting lineup. 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.600 Probably so hey, but listen, I like how a man 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:46.960 pours confidence into his teammates. 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:48.120 Bro, Yes, you know you. 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:52.520 See it, especially the young guy Tan Shannon. Obviously always 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:55.280 you random McDaniels, but the Tan Shannon kid. 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:59.000 I like his aggressiveness. Fellas. I don't know about y'all. 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:01.440 I know the first two his first two positions were 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.600 blocked by womban. The second one was a damn goldten 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.520 and they miss it. But I like the aggressiveness that 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.880 he plays with. I like the confidence that they pulled 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:13.480 with him down the stretch, meaning handling the rock, making decisions. Bro, 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.520 they got a nice squad, man, they got they built 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:18.720 for this, They built for the San Antonio team. 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:19.480 Built for this run. Man. 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:21.480 I'm telling you this is team has been together three 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:23.520 four years. Man, I'm saying they built for this. They 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:26.240 not scared of no situation. I think all the wars 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.520 with the Denver Nuggets has made them ready for this 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.200 type of moment. You know, Santoio are not gonna beat 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:34.600 them with trying to get shoot shooting threes, and one 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:36.120 is gonna have to mix it up a little bit. 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:37.960 He's gonna have to post up a little bit. I 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:39.640 know that's not his game. I know he's more of 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.880 a perimeter type guy. But he's gonna have to mix 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.520 it up. He's not gonna better who is in because 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.200 you're you're allowed. You allowed him not to play Rudy. 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:49.719 If he's gonna stay at the three point line, you 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.200 don't have to play Rudy as much. Now you play 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:55.000 into Minnesota's hands with Nasrie, who can shoot the three 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:56.520 and make Clais off the driven. 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:58.160 So they're gonna have to make a decision. 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:00.640 Man, it was not a forced winby post up a 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:02.080 lot more than he's been doing. 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:05.920 He's gonna have to because you can't women, You can't 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:08.880 play forty minutes and only attempt two free throw. Ain't 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:11.640 no way, ain't no way that can happen. Because now 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:13.920 you played right into the hands. Like you said, we're 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.720 gonna stay small because the advantages that you have is 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.720 that when Rudy's on the court, because Wendy can pull 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:23.040 Windy can pull him away from the basket. Well, if hey, now, 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.600 if women's gonna stay out there and let him shoot threes, 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:26.680 he was oh for eight tonight. 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:28.760 Wow, I think that's an anomaly. 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:31.240 I don't think he'll go over again from the three 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:33.840 point line, but he's gonna have to be somewhere around. 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:35.600 And I'm not saying he needs to be around. 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:38.680 Twelve fourteen attempts, but he's got to be eight nine 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.480 ten attempts a night in order for him to have 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.240 his impact offensively, because I don't think he can just 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:46.200 hover around like you said, And there are a couple 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:48.240 of times I don't know what he's trying to do, Bruh, 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:50.560 Just grab the rebound. He was trying to grab the 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:54.479 rebound and all in one motion shoot it, which was unnecessary. 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:56.200 Just stay first, rodeo too. 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:59.960 We gotta realize too, we gotta just stay first rodeo 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:04.000 just the first time in this group where the hot 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:07.320 seed everything is. Everybody expects them to win so that 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:09.440 they know some nerves tonight, and they got to be 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:11.320 by a veteran team who've been there before. 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:16.480 Yeah, Hey, you gotta give we gotta give Minnesota a 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:20.680 lot of credit though defensively, bro I'm talking they locking down, man. 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.680 He we got to show them some love on that end, 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:25.080 and I'm sure coming. 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:25.800 Into this series. 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.240 That was an emphasis, you know, not giving up too 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.520 many easy buckets. I know late at the end they 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.200 were dead tired and they gave up some offense and rebounds. 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.680 But for the most part, man, they battling naked nick 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:36.080 with you. 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:40.160 That was a good game. 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:41.200 Give J. J. 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:44.920 McDaniel's credit. He's doing an unbelievable job on dr and Fire. 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:49.560 He's doing an unbelieved because the thing that look, he's 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:53.080 so he's so long is that because most of the 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.400 time you're dealing with a guy that's short. But hey, 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:58.800 even if he beat him on the initial move, hey, 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.200 he can get a poke here a pope, they're a 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.360 slide and he's right back where he needs to be. 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.760 I thought he did a fabulous job on de Fox tonight. 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:10.120 Everybody struggled. Now, I'm not so sure that they're gonna 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.360 shoot this pathetic again from the floor, but I do 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.960 one thing that we do know, Minnesota will lock in. 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:19.600 We've seen them lock in against the Nuggets, oh several occasions, 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:20.200 so we know. 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:22.080 The one thing that Chris Finch. 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:23.440 Is gonna hang his hat on, is gonna have his 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:25.800 hat on the defensive end because they say, look, guys, 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.080 we can't just let these guys just like it's a freeway, 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:30.280 get up and down. We got to put hey, we 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.200 got to put stop cones in their way. We gotta 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:33.880 make him slow down. We got to make them stop 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:37.600 on occasion. But in all cases, we've got to be physical. 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:37.640 With the big. 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:42.040 If we're physical with him, that is not what he likes. 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.520 He wants to he wants to play in space. He 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:47.080 wants to be able to run a roll. Put a 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:50.040 body on you. If you see a the shot goes up, 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:52.240 find his bony hass and put body on me. 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:54.320 Look and how many times? How many times? 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:57.960 How many times did he hit the floor tonight fellas Hey, 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:01.000 oh you know, and he hit the flo number of times? 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:05.560 And hey, look, I enjoy watching it because Minnesota understands 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:07.320 that you gotta keep a body on him. 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:08.240 Bro, you gotta keep it. 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.720 You can't let him roam freely, you know, ugg his 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:12.760 ass on offense when they coming through, when he coming 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:14.679