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Speaker 1: Now that let's talk some basketball. So for the Warriors tonight,

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Speaker 1: that was three quarters of easy, breezy, dominant basketball. Never

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Speaker 1: truly threatened. Steph kind of pulled back his usage a

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Speaker 1: and they did. They went out to Atlanta, Boston, and

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Speaker 1: Phoenix three games in a row and lost all three

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Speaker 1: of them. So when they had an opportunity to prove

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Speaker 1: the legitimacy of their recent good play, they couldn't do it. Now,

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Speaker 1: I expected that with the Kings because they weren't defending well.

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Speaker 1: The reason why I thought the Lakers actually had a

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Speaker 1: decent chance to continue this momentum is Lebron James, Anthony

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Speaker 1: Davis and the seventh best defense in the league that

436
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Speaker 1: actually is the second best half court defense. They're just

437
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,960
Speaker 1: an atrocious transition defense. I thought they had the capability

438
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Speaker 1: to keep this momentum going, but this was a really

439
00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:26,200
Speaker 1: difficult first challenge. This Bucks team, I think is the

440
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Speaker 1: second best team in the league. Um is the second

441
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Speaker 1: best team in the standings. They were my second championship

442
00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,280
Speaker 1: pick behind the Golden State Warriors. They were eleven and

443
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Speaker 1: two at home this year coming into tonight, and they

444
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Speaker 1: were the best paint defense in the league, giving up

445
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Speaker 1: just forty four point five points per one possessions in

446
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Speaker 1: the paint, which was first place in the entire NBA.

447
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Speaker 1: And this is a Lakers team that is very dependent

448
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Speaker 1: on getting into the paint. They are fourth and paint

449
00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,760
Speaker 1: points per game, and obviously Lebron James and Anthony Davis

450
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Speaker 1: do the majority of their damage in the restricted area.

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Speaker 1: So with Chris Middleton coming back with Pat Connaughton, I

452
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Speaker 1: think this was his fifth game back, this was a

453
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Speaker 1: really difficult road game and an excellent opportunity for the

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Speaker 1: Lakers to prove that they've been playing some good basketball,

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Speaker 1: and they did. They controlled this game really. You know,

456
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Speaker 1: there was a little bit of a back and forth

457
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Speaker 1: at the beginning, and then the Bucks actually took a

458
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Speaker 1: brief lead late before the Lakers took it back and

459
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Speaker 1: won the game. But the Lakers pretty much controlled this game,

460
00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,840
Speaker 1: kind of stiff armed the Bucks out to that you know,

461
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Speaker 1: five six points uh through most of that second half

462
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Speaker 1: until the Bucks got it close, and so it was

463
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Speaker 1: a really really impressive win, especially when the Bucks made

464
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Speaker 1: seventeen threes. You get a forty piece from Janice and

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Speaker 1: you still win. It's really impressive. And again for that

466
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Speaker 1: best paint defense in the league, giving up just forty

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Speaker 1: four point five points per one possessions in the paint. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Lebron Russ and Anthony Davis butchered them for seventy paint

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Speaker 1: points in this game. But that's the power of all

470
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Speaker 1: world talent. You know, when I when I was talking

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Speaker 1: about the Lakers coming into the season, and everyone makes

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Speaker 1: their jokes about the roster, and I get it, dude,

473
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Speaker 1: I've been talking about the roster too, But the reality

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Speaker 1: of the situation was is Anthony Davis wasn't available for

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Speaker 1: most of last season, and when he was available, he

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Speaker 1: didn't look like Anthony Davis. He looked like a lesser

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Speaker 1: version of Anthony Davis. He looked like Clint Capella with

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Speaker 1: with the occasional really nice dribble move and a jump shot,

479
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,800
Speaker 1: although he'd shoot like below on jump shots. That's the

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Speaker 1: type of players you were getting earlier on in the

481
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Speaker 1: last two seasons with Anthony Davis and then Lebron James

482
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Speaker 1: wasn't playing very much on the defensive end. He was

483
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Speaker 1: just scoring the basketball efficient efficiently last year and Russ

484
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:39,359
Speaker 1: was a disaster last year. But if Anthony Davis plays

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Speaker 1: like the Anthony Davis that helped the Lakers win the

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Speaker 1: title in and if Lebron James plays like Lebron James,

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Speaker 1: then you have to scrap all of that. Do they

488
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Speaker 1: need to make a deal a trade to become a

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Speaker 1: true contender? Yeah, of course, because it's too much to

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Speaker 1: ask for Lebron James and Anthony Davis to go out

491
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Speaker 1: and score seventy points. Everything will game. But this is

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Speaker 1: the power of all world talent. This is why it's

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Speaker 1: worth investing, and this is why I've been pushing them

494
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Speaker 1: to push their chips in the middle. So what I

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Speaker 1: want to do with the Lakers tonight is I just

496
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Speaker 1: want to focus on their three stars. So let's start

497
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,760
Speaker 1: with a D forty four and ten with three blocks.

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Speaker 1: I thought he soundly outplayed Janice, who did most of

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Speaker 1: his damage and transition against that horrific Lakers transition defense.

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Speaker 1: I thought they actually defended Janice really well in the

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Speaker 1: half court. Anthony Davis made nine shots outside of the

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Speaker 1: restricted area in this game, which is reminiscent of Bubble

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Speaker 1: A D. Because that was what Bubble A D did.

504
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Speaker 1: Really was good in that mid range with his pull

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Speaker 1: up jump shot. He had a critical driving layup past

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Speaker 1: Brook Lopez late in the fourth, grabbed a bunch of

507
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Speaker 1: critical um, decontested defensive rebounds. He just he just was

508
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Speaker 1: dominant all game long. You know, this is I keep

509
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Speaker 1: talking about the difference between like regular Anthony Davis what

510
00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,480
Speaker 1: I what I jokingly called the better version of Clint Capella.

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Speaker 1: I keep comparing the difference between you know, that version

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Speaker 1: of Anthony Davis and this version of Anthony Davis. And

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Speaker 1: this is why, like and eight where the Lakers lose

514
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,720
Speaker 1: and he jogs back in transition a bunch, and I'm

515
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Speaker 1: screaming from the mountaintops, like Anthony Davis is not playing well.

516
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 1: And you know Anthony Davis fans would be like he

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Speaker 1: had five and eight. Yeah, he had and eight. That's

518
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Speaker 1: not good from him compared to what he is capable of.

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Speaker 1: Look what he's done in this last two and a

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Speaker 1: half three weeks. Yeah, like he when Anthony Davis is

521
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:32,320
Speaker 1: actually locked in on both ends of the floor and

522
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,520
Speaker 1: has that level of shot making that he has when

523
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 1: he's in shape, in rhythm and actually like polishing his skills.

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Speaker 1: He is a top five player in the NBA. That's

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Speaker 1: how good he is. That's why I hold him to

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Speaker 1: that standard. And what happened was is he won the

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Speaker 1: trophy and just let go of the work showed up

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Speaker 1: to camp. It was widely reported that he showed up

529
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Speaker 1: to camp each of the next two seasons out of shape,

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Speaker 1: which directly leads to things like injuries. And when you're

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Speaker 1: out the gym and you're not working on your game,

532
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 1: guess what happens. Your jump shot stops falling. He let

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Speaker 1: go of it. But you know, as I was hoping

534
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Speaker 1: coming into the season, the humiliation of the previous two

535
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 1: years would be enough to whip a d back into shape.

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Speaker 1: And that's exactly what's happened. He's been incredible this year,

537
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,479
Speaker 1: just like I expected him to be moving on to Lebron.

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Speaker 1: In the first half, it was a lot of really

539
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,200
Speaker 1: good individual defense on Janice. I've always joked about how

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Speaker 1: if you were picking like the perfect defenders to guard Janice,

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Speaker 1: the two names that come to my mind are Draymond

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00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,639
Speaker 1: Green and Lebron James Lebron just says that unique combination

543
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:41,240
Speaker 1: of mobility and legit powerful strength that not many players

544
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:42,720
Speaker 1: in the league. Half and then the same thing goes

545
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Speaker 1: for Draymond and he's not quite the athlete that Lebron is,

546
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Speaker 1: but he just has incredible defensive instincts, so he's good

547
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Speaker 1: at picking up cover. Like Lebron got caught on a

548
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 1: late screen for Janice that led to an and one

549
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:56,879
Speaker 1: layup that it's like one of those things where you

550
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,120
Speaker 1: know Lebron's physically equipped for that, but he just didn't

551
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Speaker 1: anticipate it enough. Draymond Green is gonna be on top

552
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,360
Speaker 1: of those sorts of things like those are the two

553
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,199
Speaker 1: guys that I've always thought of as the perfect Johnie defenders.

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Speaker 1: And I thought Lebron did a really nice job on it.

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00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 1: Like I said, uh, he got a few baskets. He

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Speaker 1: had a spinning dunk in the first half, he had

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00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: that and one layup. In the second half. He had

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00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: to pull up jump shots that he knocked down in

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00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,600
Speaker 1: Lebron's face right around like the top of the key um.

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Speaker 1: But for the most part, I thought Lebron did a

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Speaker 1: good job. Most of Janice's damage came in transition and

562
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 1: against those two funky line ups that Darvin Hamm ran

563
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,520
Speaker 1: with no Lebron James and Anthony Davis off the floor

564
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 1: while Janice was on and Johannice just bullied his way

565
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Speaker 1: to the rim. Off to look at the numbers later,

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Speaker 1: but I think the Lakers the only reason this game

567
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 1: wasn't a ten fifteen point when was because of those

568
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,640
Speaker 1: specific stretches of the game oft to look at those

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Speaker 1: when the data updates. Um. But like he also had

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00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,399
Speaker 1: like a really nice stretch there in that second quarter

571
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 1: where he got some good pick and roll chemistry with

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis. Anthony Davis ended up getting a dunk in

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Speaker 1: that sequence, and then in the second half it was

574
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Speaker 1: just pure shot creation, including a masterful fourth quarter with

575
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:06,119
Speaker 1: countless pivotal baskets, like some huge jump shots in layups

576
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 1: and feeds for other important shots here that um that

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00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,920
Speaker 1: uh um really nice like pocket past Anthony Davis in

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00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: the early fourth right when the Bucks got it back too.

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Speaker 1: I think it was right after the Bucks tied the game,

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00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:20,160
Speaker 1: finished the game with eight and eleven and he didn't

581
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Speaker 1: even shoot that well. I think he was seven from

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Speaker 1: the field. Know, it's funny. I was thinking at the

583
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Speaker 1: end of the third quarter. I think I actually drafted

584
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Speaker 1: out the tweet and ended up not sending it, But

585
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: I was thinking that this is a winnable game, and

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Speaker 1: Lebron's had a bad season by his standards for the

587
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: most part, although he's had some really good games as

588
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,400
Speaker 1: of late, and this is an opportunity to send a

589
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: message and to get a monumentally important win for his team.

590
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: I was curious what he would do in that fourth quarter,

591
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 1: and he was incredible. Um Down the stretch of that game,

592
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 1: the Lakers spammed a Lebron Anthony Davis pick and roll

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00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 1: out of a triple threat with the cleared side lowered

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Speaker 1: to the basket almost down like seventeen eighteen feet, and

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Speaker 1: I wanted to talk about that from a couple of

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00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: different angles. So, first of all, the Lebron a d

597
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 1: pick and roll is deadly when teams don't switch it.

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00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: The problem is is the vast majority of teams will

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00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: switch that action because they'll just put a big forward

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Speaker 1: on a D and a big forward on Lebron, So

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00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: who cares about the matchup. They'll switch it, and they

602
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,280
Speaker 1: probably feel like they can force both of them to

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00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 1: settle for jump shots, you know, at least try to

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00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: if they switch the action. But the Bucks were guarding

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00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 1: it with Janice and help, you know, or sometimes Janice

606
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: was on Anthony Davis when Brooke was off the floor,

607
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: but they primarily put Brooke on Anthony Davis and Drew

608
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: Holiday on Lebron, two very different types of defenders, so

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00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 1: they weren't switching the action. They were in a legit

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00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 1: drop coverage towards the end. Drew really tried to ice

611
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 1: the coverage, trying to force Lebron towards the baseline, but

612
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 1: he just used pivot moves and rescreening to get back

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00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 1: towards the middle. But there's a couple of different interesting

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00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 1: things there. Why they cleared the side is simple, you

615
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 1: push it to that side. It simplifies your reads. You

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00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: don't have to look both ways to see if there's

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00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 1: a helper coming out of the corner in instead, you

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00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,480
Speaker 1: just have to see the one side of the floor. Also,

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Speaker 1: by clearing the side, you push the whole action over

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00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 1: a bit. Now the help defenders have to come further

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Speaker 1: off of their shooters, which either you know, puts them

622
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,960
Speaker 1: in more of a a position where they have to

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Speaker 1: make a more difficult decision. Am I gonna a band

624
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 1: in the shooter to help or am I gonna stay home?

625
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 1: And then the reason why they started low is it

626
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 1: simplifies the shot making piece of it all. So if

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00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 1: you run the high pick and roll, and you know,

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00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 1: Drew gets caught on the screen, but they're digging over

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Speaker 1: on the roll man and Brooke is containing Lebron as

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00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 1: he's driving to the basket, he might have to make

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Speaker 1: some tougher pull up jump shots. He might have to

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00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 1: make a pull up you know, eighteen foot or a

633
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 1: tougher floater or something along those lines. But when you

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00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:46,520
Speaker 1: move the action inside that far. Once Lebron got over

635
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 1: the screen and Drew Holiday was on his backside, he's

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00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: already at like ten ft, and so from there, if

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00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 1: he has a step, it's one extra step to the

638
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,040
Speaker 1: rim for a layout. If he doesn't have the step

639
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: and Drew fights over, now he can just go to

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00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 1: like a short little jump hook, and Lebron made a

641
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,720
Speaker 1: couple of really nice little short range jump shots in there.

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00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: Just by moving the action in it made it so

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00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 1: that the shot making piece of the ball handler and

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Speaker 1: pick and roll was not pull up three pull up

645
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: you know, long too it was hook shot or lay up.

646
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: It just simplified the shot making piece. I thought it

647
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: was really smart, um and that's the kind of thing

648
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 1: that Lebron James. You know, he's just a chess master

649
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 1: in those sorts of situations. I also thought like just

650
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: by starting at eighteen feet allowed Lebron to start with

651
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 1: a triple threat rather than with a live dribble. If

652
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: you go with a live dribble, Drew Holiday can punish

653
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: the handle, which is one of his best gifts, work

654
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: it out of a triple threat. Now Drew Holiday can't

655
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 1: get into the handle. Lebron's working with ripped throughs and

656
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,720
Speaker 1: he's protecting the basketball. It's just a lot easier for

657
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,479
Speaker 1: him to manage Drew's ball pressure at that point. I

658
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 1: will I'm I really thought that was an interesting basketball

659
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: chess match. So at some point next week, probably on

660
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: Monday or Tuesday, I'm gonna do a video breakdown of

661
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Speaker 1: um A that Lebron a d low pick and roll

662
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 1: out of triple threat. I thought that was a really

663
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,239
Speaker 1: interesting sequence. But what an amazing two way performance from

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00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: Lebron and exactly the type of thing that you're that

665
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 1: this team requires in order to beat the best teams

666
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,239
Speaker 1: on the league, or excuse me, on the road in

667
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 1: the league. That was vintage throwback Lebron is fun to watch,

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Speaker 1: all right, Let's talk about some Russ. What did I

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Speaker 1: say after Wednesday? He was four or four teen from

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00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: the field and only had four assists, But I said

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00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: it was one of his best games as a Laker

672
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: because he limited his mistakes, he got consistent drible penetration,

673
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 1: and he played solid on the defensive end. When he

674
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: does those things, he can still be a damn effective

675
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: NBA player. And he went out and did all three

676
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: of those things again tonight to an even higher level.

677
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: And what I thought was his best game as a Laker.

678
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: Some Laker fans are gonna point to. I think it

679
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: was the Hornets game last year where he had like

680
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,600
Speaker 1: thirty three or something like that and he won the

681
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 1: game with some big time shot making. But that's that

682
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 1: to me is a rale. There was bad team on

683
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: the road, Lebron and d D were out. You were

684
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: just kind of like, okay, go ahead, Russ, try to

685
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 1: win this game. And he did. But this was like

686
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: high stakes team with real expectations. Season still very much

687
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: in play on the road. Second best team in the league.

688
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: Lebron and a d are out there playing great, and

689
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 1: they need Russ to find a way to contribute to

690
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: the two stars that are playing at the top of

691
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: their games on this night. They needed him to supplement that,

692
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 1: and the only way he could do that is once

693
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,960
Speaker 1: again limiting mistakes, getting consistent drivel penetration, and playing solid defense.

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00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: And that's exactly what he did. He had five assists

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00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 1: on his first five offensive possessions. I'm not sure I've

696
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 1: ever actually seen that before. It was like there was

697
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 1: like Russ assist, Russ assist, Russ assist right like it was.

698
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 1: It was unbelievable on his way to an eleven assist night,

699
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 1: and he limited his mistakes. He only took two shots

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00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: I didn't like. There was a a one like fade

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00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: away over Drew Holiday. I think it was in his

702
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: first shift that he actually made that was like early

703
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 1: shot clock where I was like, man, we probably don't

704
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 1: need that shot, but he made it. And then the

705
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: second one was the two for one that he went

706
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: for the pull up three. And the general idea there

707
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 1: is you go for the two for one because of

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00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 1: the math of it all right, Like, Okay, if I

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00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 1: have two possessions, and you know, I run these two

710
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: actions and I get on average one point whatever points

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00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: per possession, you know, just by math, I'm gonna have

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00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 1: a better chance of scoring, you know, Whereas if I

713
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 1: go one possession and they go one possession, just the

714
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,880
Speaker 1: odds are are less in my favor. But you know,

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00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 1: it's all about shot quality because a pull up early

716
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: Russ three early and the shot clock has like what

717
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: a ten twelve percent chance of going in. So when

718
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 1: you really look at the points per possession on that possession,

719
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: it's so low that you're actually better off running a

720
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 1: really good, sound offensive possession. But those were the only

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00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 1: two shots I like he had. Didn't like he had

722
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 1: zero turnovers. That's two games in a row. Was zero

723
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 1: turnovers after he had twelve in the last two games. Um,

724
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 1: but yeah, so like I'd say, what two mistakes total?

725
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: And he played just on just under thirty minutes, Like

726
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 1: that's a great way to contribute. And then he played

727
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 1: a great defensive game, you know what I gotta I

728
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 1: gotta hand it to him too, like that diving play

729
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: where he dove at the ball. Um when Chris Middleton

730
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: went to the ground and he kept the ball alive.

731
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 1: That led to the run out dunk from Lebron to

732
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 1: a d That was a game winning type of play.

733
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 1: You Know, it's funny with Russ. He he has he

734
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 1: has so much like moxie an audacity that like, when

735
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,320
Speaker 1: he sees those opportunities to make those pivotal momentum plays,

736
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 1: he always goes for it. And sometimes it can hurt

737
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: him when he does something like shooting that late through

738
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 1: pull up jump shot that he did against the Blazers

739
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 1: in the third game of the season. Like you're like,

740
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 1: he felt an opportunity to ice the game there and

741
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 1: he just couldn't help himself, you know what I mean.

742
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,360
Speaker 1: But like in this version of Russ, when he's measured

743
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,400
Speaker 1: a little bit more and he's a little bit more calm,

744
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,440
Speaker 1: when he goes for those types of plays. You know,

745
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 1: that was that that that's the type of play that

746
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:48,879
Speaker 1: you put your heart on the line for. The way

747
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: that he did um and just just unbelievable um performance

748
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: from him tonight. Like I said, I thought it was

749
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 1: his best game as a Laker. I was talking to

750
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,319
Speaker 1: one of my co workers at the volume and I said,

751
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 1: to him. You know, I'm like, I still think at

752
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: this exact moment in time that you know the Russ's

753
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,360
Speaker 1: salary because of the vehicle that that provides you to

754
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 1: bring back multiple larger salaries. I still think that that's

755
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 1: the way to go in terms of trade at the

756
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: trade market. But it's because these performances like these last

757
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 1: two games have been more the exception, Like he's had

758
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 1: like probably four or five games where they've met this

759
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: standard that I think really helped the team, and then

760
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:29,239
Speaker 1: another four or five what was kind of a mixed bag,

761
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: and then there's been some bad ones. Right, But if

762
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:33,799
Speaker 1: he puts together like three or four more like this

763
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: in a row where it becomes like consistent that he's

764
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,919
Speaker 1: figured out how to fit within this group, like he's

765
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 1: being so productive that at that point you have to

766
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,919
Speaker 1: keep him. And so if he puts three or four

767
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: games like that in a row over the course of

768
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: this road trip, I will start to think or consider

769
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:55,840
Speaker 1: the idea that maybe a Patrick Beverley Kendrick Nunn package

770
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 1: targeting one mid level salary is actually a better option.

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00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:01,319
Speaker 1: It all depends on how good Russ is and if

772
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 1: he's gonna be there, if he's gonna be this good,

773
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 1: then that changes that math. The Lakers have a classic

774
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 1: trap game on Sunday there on the road in Washington. UM.

775
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 1: I believe that game starts at three pm Pacific Standard time,

776
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 1: so it's kind of like an early start. It's off

777
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,800
Speaker 1: of a big win, so it's tempting to bring a

778
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 1: sloppy efforts, like a letdown type of game. They need

779
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 1: to keep their foot on the gas, uh, to keep

780
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,640
Speaker 1: building momentum. Why because they are nine and twelve and

781
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 1: they've banked too many losses. They don't have room in

782
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: the standings to mess around. A couple of notes on

783
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 1: the Bucks, I need to look at the film, but

784
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 1: it looked like a rough half court game for your

785
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: honest it seemed like the vast majority of his damage

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00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 1: was in transition. And then, like I said, against those

787
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:39,839
Speaker 1: non lebron A D lineups. But I need to look

788
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:41,919
Speaker 1: back at the film, so I will dig back into

789
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 1: that a little bit to keep an eye on my

790
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 1: Twitter feed. And then again, like the Lakers are a

791
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: good half court defense, or the second best half court

792
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 1: defense in the league. So with a team that struggles

793
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: to score in the half court like the Bucks and

794
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,319
Speaker 1: a player generally struggles to score in the half court

795
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 1: in Janice against a really good half court defense, you know,

796
00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: that's kind of that thing's uh, that's the kind of

797
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 1: thing that's going to happen. But once again in transition,

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00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:04,759
Speaker 1: he was completely unstoppable. I bet you he scored on

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00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: every single run out. I didn't even think he played

800
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 1: all that well, and he had forty seven and five

801
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: on shooting like he is so clearly the best player

802
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,399
Speaker 1: in the world. To me, um Chris Middleton, I said

803
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: that I liked this as a first matchup for him

804
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,359
Speaker 1: because of the overhelping from the Lakers, which he got

805
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 1: some good three point looks from he made three out

806
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,480
Speaker 1: of four threes, and then the shorter Laker wings I

807
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: gave him good options to shoot over the top. He

808
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 1: had seventeen points in twenty seven minutes, and I thought

809
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: he was playmaking. Was the most impressive thing that I

810
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 1: saw tonight, and I think that's really gonna help the

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00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: Bucks in their half court offense moving forward. He finished

812
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 1: with seven assists. You know, like, as a Bucks fan,

813
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: the way you gotta look back at this is like

814
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,959
Speaker 1: just tip the cap to Lebron in a d because Look,

815
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: how did the Lakers win the title? They want it

816
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,880
Speaker 1: because Lebron was the best player in the world and

817
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis was something like the fourth or fifth best

818
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: player in the world. Two top five players playing at

819
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: the top of their games. You're gonna have a really

820
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 1: hard time beating them when they're like that. Now. One

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00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 1: of the reasons why I don't have the Lakers as

822
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: my championship favorite and instead I have, you know, the Warriors,

823
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: Bucks and Celtics, is because I trust your honest and

824
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: Drew and Chris to be good almost every single night,

825
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: and I trust Jalen Brown and Jayson Tatum to be

826
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,240
Speaker 1: good almost every single night. And I trust Steph Curry

827
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: and those guys to be good every single night. Like

828
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 1: this is the first time in a long time that

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00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: Lebron and a D have been this dominant together. I

830
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: would need to see them demonstrate that over months and

831
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,240
Speaker 1: months for me to really believe in the ultimate ceiling

832
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,400
Speaker 1: of the Lakers. So as a Bucks fan, you just

833
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 1: gotta tip your cat. You know, Lebron and A D

834
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 1: came in to night and they both played like top

835
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 1: five players, and you got beat and it was this

836
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 1: close anyway in spite of all that, and that just

837
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: goes to show you how good your team is, and

838
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: so you gotta be feeling good about where you are,

839
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 1: all right, guys, That's all I have for tonight is

840
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,879
Speaker 1: always I sincerely appreciate your support. I hope you guys

841
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,359
Speaker 1: enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I will see

842
00:39:53,360 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 1: you on Monday. The Volume