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a little bit later, but let's start

3:08

with that physical. Rockets Warriors game

3:11

two, Jaylon Green scoring 38,

3:13

helping the Rockets even this series

3:15

with the 109-94 win over the

3:17

Warriors. The big story though from

3:20

this was Jimmy Butler. Getting undercut

3:22

there on a first half rebound

3:24

attempt and he fell hard on

3:27

his tailbone. Eventually sent him

3:29

limping back to the locker

3:31

room where he would remain for rest

3:33

of the night and he's gonna get

3:35

an MRI today back in the Bay

3:38

Area. we'll wait to see whether he can

3:40

play in game three, but this had an

3:42

impact removing Jimmy Butler from the Warriors' offense

3:44

and even defensively maybe be one of those

3:46

guys that could have slowed down. Jailing Green

3:48

a little bit, what do you think? Well, good

3:50

sign is that Jimmy Butler played two more possessions

3:52

after that and then said, I gotta get the

3:55

heck off this floor and get out of there,

3:57

so we will see what the MRI says. That

3:59

being said, and why. had to kind of

4:01

wonder when you said you were undercut

4:03

by a men Thompson. This was Steve,

4:05

Stephen Adams that caused this injury. Oh,

4:07

oh, yes. After watching, after watching a

4:09

billion times, he had, Dream on Green

4:11

definitely touched a men Thompson, but I

4:13

think this happens only because of Stephen

4:15

Adams. This happens regardless whether or not

4:17

Dreamon Green touched him or not because

4:19

Stephen Adams was going for the offensive

4:21

rebound. He knew where he was going.

4:23

He's a monstrous man. He's got a

4:25

plan. Amen Thompson jumped up into the

4:27

air. Stephen Adams went to his spot

4:29

and he just propelled off of an

4:31

Amen Thompson that 65 pound difference sent

4:33

a men Thompson flying and yeah, Dreamon

4:35

Green touched his arm a little bit.

4:37

It's kind of like a W.W. wrestling

4:39

thing where a guy is flying across

4:41

the ring and the guy sort of

4:43

whipped some really regardless Stephen Adams cause

4:45

him tops and to go flying into

4:47

Jimmy Butler's but And that's what happened.

4:49

Guys were fighting for a rebound. Yes.

4:51

And then on in Thompson trips and

4:53

then goes crashing under Jimmy Butler that

4:55

to you know, I don't think anyone's

4:57

to blame. No, no, no. Just trying

4:59

to go get a board because it's

5:01

playoff basketball. But everybody wants to blame

5:03

Dream on. I'm just trying to go

5:06

get a board because it's playoff basketball.

5:08

But everybody wants to blame Dream on

5:10

Dream on Green. When it's Dream on

5:12

Green's fault. But in this case, Stephen.

5:14

Right. They're up seven when Jimmy Butler

5:16

got hit. They're playing so well at

5:18

cutting way behind the Golden State Warriors

5:20

with those baseline cuts. They had three

5:22

dunks and one layup in the first

5:24

nine minutes of this game. The baseline

5:26

cuts were awesome. Jayland Green was obviously

5:28

in finding guys. He found him and

5:30

Thompson twice. And he started scoring the

5:32

ball. He might say, well, a men

5:34

Thompson also got into foul trouble in

5:36

this game. So if he leaves, can

5:38

the Warriors fight back? Warriors team plays

5:40

up defensively. They lack size. and the

5:42

rockets were doing a good job of

5:44

getting to the baseline. Yeah, there's internal

5:46

belief that Jimmy Butler's gonna be okay.

5:48

It's nothing too serious. Again, game three

5:50

is uncertain, but man, the diagnosis here

5:52

identical to recent Warriors injuries that sidelined

5:54

Curry and comminga. with these like tailbone

5:56

injuries or pelvic intrusions or whatever they're

5:58

called. You know, Korea ended up missing

6:00

one game in the regular season. I

6:02

guess comminga missed a couple. I thought

6:04

it was the flip. I thought it

6:06

was curbing this too. Comminga missed one.

6:08

But it is basically a pain tolerance

6:10

thing. I think it's pelvic contusion, not

6:12

pelvic intrusion. Yeah. Pelvis is one of

6:14

the funniest words on the human body.

6:16

Yeah. I mean, name five, funnier words,

6:18

you can't do it. That's a frenulum.

6:20

Oh, that's a good one. I don't

6:23

even know that one. That's a little

6:25

courage hangie ball in the back of

6:27

your throat. No, wait, that's the uvula.

6:29

That's also on the list. Not bad.

6:31

Nonetheless, tough stuff for Jimmy, that looked

6:33

like it really hurt. It's going to

6:35

be a pain tolerance thing. It's a

6:37

total accident. 36% of the blame goes

6:39

to Dream on Green and then 16%

6:41

goes to Amen Thompson is what the

6:43

stream team says. Definitely Warriors fans thought

6:45

it was a Men Thompson's fault because

6:47

he's got a little bit of a

6:49

reputation here. He had a hard fall

6:51

on Janus. He's kind of been a

6:53

little reckless, more so above the shoulders

6:55

I think on some plays this year

6:57

because he plays so hard defensively, but

6:59

I'm with you guys. I think it

7:01

was an accident. There's a lot of

7:03

bodies flying around in the lane. play

7:05

out the way they've let this series

7:07

play out so far. It's super rough

7:09

inside. When Stephen Adams is in, it's

7:11

gonna be even rougher inside. They got

7:13

their biggest guys out there in Looney

7:15

as well. So a body went flying.

7:17

Unfortunately, it was so poorly timed that

7:19

Jimmy got taken out of the air.

7:21

Man, the fall look totally nasty, but

7:23

the Warriors are in trouble if Jimmy

7:25

can't play. I mean, I don't think

7:27

they'll win a game that Jimmy isn't

7:29

healthy for unless Steph goes for 45-50

7:31

points. Right, but you see, I mean,

7:33

they start to look like the Warriors

7:35

of Old, like the pre- Jimmy Butler.

7:37

Warriors when they were struggling. Yes, exactly.

7:39

Man, they got to do something. They

7:42

got to get Curry some help here

7:44

because then you see the Rockets game

7:46

plan and Eudoka how they want to

7:48

take Steph Curry out of the game

7:50

and obviously get physical with them. Currently

7:52

only attempted eight shots in the first

7:54

half, 15 for the game, finished with

7:56

the game, finished eight shots in the

7:58

first half, 15 for the game, finished

8:00

with as many turnovers as he did

8:02

field goals made. But he feels like

8:04

one of these players and we all

8:06

know them. right? Either in high school,

8:08

if you played at the college level,

8:10

even pick up basketball, there are these

8:12

guys that like, when their offensive game

8:14

is going and they're hitting shots, they

8:16

play a little harder defensively and they

8:18

give a little more effort and like

8:20

some they just pair together a little

8:22

bit better and I thought I thought

8:24

that sort of translated here in this

8:26

game too because he was awesome on

8:28

both ends. Yeah, a couple jump balls

8:30

he forced, he was active, moving his

8:32

feet and stuff like that. So good

8:34

game from him. because their third best

8:36

play, Brandon Pajemski, was also not healthy.

8:38

He was definitely sick in this game.

8:40

His first three chucks were chucks. I

8:42

mean, he threw a mid-range shot off

8:44

the backboard. He had some sort of

8:46

food poisoning, and he was over in

8:48

this game. They needed somebody to come

8:50

out. And so, yeah, here comes Jonathan

8:52

Kaminga. who hasn't played in a long

8:54

time, but you gotta come out and

8:56

solve it. So come on out of

8:58

the dog house, comminga. He wasn't expecting

9:01

to play. No, not at all. He

9:03

was not ready to play. You could

9:05

tell. Pat Spencer checked in at the

9:07

exact same time. Pat Spencer played better

9:09

than Jonathan Comminga did. Comminga came in

9:11

smiling and laughing, went 11 points, 4

9:13

of 12 from the field. He only

9:15

got credit for one turnover. It should

9:17

have been like six or seven the

9:19

guy could not catch the ball couldn't

9:21

rebound like these are the problems with

9:23

comminga They ran a lineup out there

9:25

after him after Jimmy went down with

9:27

his injury. It was a line up

9:29

a Moody Pajemski who was hurting or

9:31

was feeling sick, Buddy Healed, Gee Santos,

9:33

and Kvonne Lunian, you're like, literally who's

9:35

gonna score for this team? They have

9:37

to put in Komingger. Komingger goes to

9:39

the scorers table right away. This is

9:41

a big opportunity for him to get

9:43

out of the dog house, do the

9:45

little things, show some effort. And he

9:47

was a complete dud. So now it's

9:49

like they need him again in game

9:51

three because Curry can't play 48 minutes.

9:53

They're going to need some sort of

9:55

offense, but how can Steve Kerr have

9:57

any confidence that this guy's going to

9:59

do anything to help them win a

10:01

game? I thought it was a little

10:03

odd that Moses Moody was having his

10:05

best game in a while and Steve

10:07

Kerr pulled up me. He only played

10:09

him 15 seconds in the second quarter

10:11

after he had a seven point first

10:13

quarter. He looked good. And it's Moses

10:15

Moody than I'm bringing. When you look

10:17

down at the list, Pat Spencer, sure,

10:20

play him. Guy Santos, was not playing

10:22

well. I mean, you gotta play who

10:24

you got. Moses Moody was. Ballot. And

10:26

so I was a little surprised that

10:28

he said, get the heck out of

10:30

here. But, butler's got, I'm just trying

10:32

to be positive. We'll see how many

10:34

games Butler misses. Maybe it's just one.

10:36

Maybe it's zero. Yeah, I mean, they

10:38

have a couple days off here. Yeah,

10:40

for sure. And you see what the

10:42

MRI says. And they do have some

10:44

experience again with these sort of tailbone

10:46

issues. As for the rockets, though, not

10:48

only green, obviously contributing. Shangoon was great.

10:50

17 points, 16 boards, 7 assists. Tarii,

10:52

I thought, was a nice spark off

10:54

the bench. He had 14 points. Then

10:56

he, you know, had a weird decision

10:58

to throw a towel later in the

11:00

game. Though he did nail. Did he

11:02

now Spencer, was it Spencer that got

11:04

the towel to the face perfectly? I

11:06

mean, you know, you're like, okay, you

11:08

don't really need to do that. But

11:10

anyway, I thought he was great when

11:12

he was on the floor, and if

11:14

you remove the towel part of the

11:16

equation, so they just got enough, and

11:18

yeah, maybe they just got enough. And

11:20

yeah, maybe they would have, I don't

11:22

know, like you're saying they probably would

11:24

have won this game regardless. I think

11:26

it completely become the old warriors that

11:28

were floundering for months. you take them

11:30

out. Yeah, to me, this is just

11:32

me sitting here and saying, well, the

11:34

Rockets lost game one, game two, they

11:36

played an entirely different game, they weren't

11:39

going to go to Golden State down

11:41

2-0. And their season was on the

11:43

line. Yeah, so to speak. It was

11:45

a must-win game. It was the first

11:47

must-win game of the playoffs. And they

11:49

did it. The first-win game of the

11:51

playoffs. I would say, yeah, the Rockets

11:53

just did a better job of using

11:55

those baseline cuts, being smarter. They're extremely

11:57

physical and so I think game three

11:59

will be different. I think the referees

12:01

are going to call it a tighter

12:03

game. They are going to get a

12:05

memo. Be tight. Call fouls right away.

12:07

Because there could have been so many

12:09

fights in this. And if Scott Foster

12:11

was available, I think he's injured right

12:13

now. Oh, wow. Yeah, he was a

12:15

sub yesterday, right? Like he was a

12:17

game time decision, they pulled him. I

12:19

think, but I'm with you, I think

12:21

that it's going to be a great

12:23

whistle for Steve Curry in game. That's

12:25

true. I mean, you saw the play

12:27

where Brian Anderson called a foul. Steph

12:29

hit a three had Fred Van Vleets

12:31

arm wrapped around his waist as he

12:33

shot it. He's like, no, actually not

12:35

a foul. It just was good. And

12:37

then Sam Band's like, he was a

12:39

foul. David Guthrie just didn't call it.

12:41

And that's completely what was happening. They

12:43

get a lot of. They get away

12:45

with a lot, guarding Steph Curry. Like,

12:47

if they call the file for every

12:49

time, this guy got followed, the rockets

12:51

would not be able to finish the

12:53

game with players. So he's going to

12:55

go to the free throw line 15

12:58

times, I imagine, in game three. Yeah,

13:00

Fred Van V had his arm around

13:02

Curry's, a ton of time, I imagine,

13:04

in game three. Yeah, Fred Van v.

13:06

Had his arm around, Curry's, Curry, before

13:08

the... to 33 rebound advantage for the

13:10

Rockets last night. I think they're plus

13:12

33 in the rebound department through two

13:14

games now. So that, you know, there's

13:16

got to do a better job. And

13:18

I would like to give you a

13:20

point in the instigator draft there. T.K.

13:22

Dream on green. Got you. A technical.

13:24

Yeah, one point. Yeah, should have been

13:26

more. They didn't give him a double

13:28

tech at the end because he had

13:30

the technical earlier, but it should have

13:32

been a double tech and an ejection,

13:34

I do believe. But, uh... You'll get

13:36

another one though on Thursday, I ain't

13:38

worried. Oh, absolutely. First half are coming.

13:40

Yeah, even earlier, he grabbed Dylan Brooks

13:42

neck and kind of threw him to

13:44

the ground. No foul. Yeah. And so

13:46

this was a strange one. This was

13:48

a strange game. This was a strange

13:50

game. This was a strange game. This

13:52

was a strange game. This was a

13:54

strange game. This was a strange game.

13:56

This was a strange game. This was

13:58

a strange game. This was a strange

14:00

game. This was a strange game. This

14:02

was a strange game. This was a

14:04

strange game. This was a strange game.

14:06

This was a strange game. This was

14:08

a strange game. This was a strange

14:10

game. This was a strange game. It

14:12

was a strange game. It was a

14:14

strange game. It Triple D, which is

14:17

Trey's team name, Drey Mondon, Donchich and

14:19

Darius Garland. They have one. I still

14:21

have one. My team of Isaiah Stewart,

14:23

Jason Tatum, and Contavius called, well, Pope,

14:25

who... Nearly got another one last night.

14:27

Yeah, a little trippy room. Someone on

14:29

the stream team called them the Potatum.

14:31

Stoo Tatum Stoo yeah, that's from third

14:33

Bab on YouTube anyway Skeets you got

14:35

a zippo right now Dylan Brooks Anthony

14:37

Edwards and Lou Dort surprise that Dylan

14:39

Brooks He was in the mix in

14:41

a couple of these little things could

14:43

have picked up his game attack he

14:45

was in the mix in a couple

14:47

of these little things could have picked

14:49

up his game tack one he had

14:51

a stupid fell his third foul and

14:53

this would be a point for the

14:55

Golden State Warriors chance at winning third

14:57

foul early second early second quarter when

14:59

he hit a floor for what reason

15:01

just to say I'm awesome yeah because

15:03

he did have a couple good shots

15:05

oh yeah he had some tough like

15:07

turn around fade away jumpers for sure

15:09

like a couple of them he hit

15:11

but you're right that one he thought

15:13

there was contact he felt good about

15:15

it so I got a tell dream

15:17

on right to his face and yeah

15:19

didn't get assessed anything from the rest

15:21

so we got a good race here

15:23

we got a good race in the

15:25

instigator so what's my team name I

15:27

got two Canadians in an ant I

15:29

Okay. Two Canadians and then the farthest

15:31

north. That's good. With Anthony Edwards. Yeah.

15:33

Okay, I like it. That's better than

15:36

mine. We'll go with that. One fun

15:38

moment from this game is, you know,

15:40

it's a bit of a slog because

15:42

it's physical and there's a lot of

15:44

fouls and nothing easy. But at the

15:46

end of the first half, when they

15:48

went bonkers trading. three point shots. I

15:50

saw a worldwide wobs shared sort of

15:52

the play-by-play breakdown. It was Shengoon makes

15:54

a three from up top, then it

15:56

was Buddy Heald makes a three on

15:58

the right wing, then it was Van

16:00

Vlee makes a three from up top,

16:02

that is Steve Curry makes a three

16:04

from the left wing, that is Jaylon

16:06

Green makes a three from the right

16:08

wing, and then Steve Curry makes a

16:10

three from up top. That happened In

16:12

about a span of a minute of

16:14

game time, was back and forth there

16:16

for a good 60 seconds, which got

16:18

them some points. Six-threes in a minute,

16:20

beautiful basketball, and then the next shot

16:22

after that was, Shangoon catches the ball

16:24

in the middle of the lane and

16:26

somehow has a ton of space around

16:28

him and he shoots a flat-footed floater

16:30

from like 10 feet. It was like

16:32

the most beautiful, six shots you've ever

16:34

seen, and then a guy who looks

16:36

like a duck shooting a floater in

16:38

the lane. It looked hilarious! The same

16:40

sport, allegedly. That was great. Shengoon was

16:42

awesome though in this one. He had

16:44

the double spin move on Pat Spencer

16:46

and then Quentin Post. Inside, Post had

16:48

a nice game. Shot it well from

16:50

three, four threes, I believe. They need

16:52

that more from him. And then Jaylon

16:55

Green, like, we talked about an awesome

16:57

game. Took 18 threes. And I think

16:59

Jaylon Green, as soon as he makes

17:01

one shot, he's like, he checked. I'm

17:03

shooting it next time I get it.

17:05

No matter what. He was much better

17:07

in this game. Super aggressive. He seemed

17:09

to actually have a plan for what

17:11

he wanted to do and he realized

17:13

there ain't room defenders out there right

17:15

now so I can get to the

17:17

hoop. He was good. Yeah, that felt

17:19

like the best jail and green distribution

17:21

game. I've seen where he's just ready

17:23

in the lane to find whoever was

17:25

cutting. Because the baseline cuts to Amen

17:27

Thompson. Again, too extremely early. Six assists

17:29

for him. he felt like that the

17:31

mind was in the right place for

17:33

jail and green in this game to

17:35

both set up guys and score like

17:37

a machine and play defense this was

17:39

an incredible game for him after a

17:41

garbage game one yes where even he

17:43

admitted he gave us the Jared Allen

17:45

quote basically the lights were too bright

17:47

or I wasn't you know expecting how

17:49

bright they would be in game one

17:51

and sort of got into that playoff

17:53

rhythm and had it as like one

17:55

of his best games this season this

17:57

incredible game you're right 18 three-pointer attempts

17:59

here's where we're at insane. That's a

18:01

lot of three-point attempts for a guy

18:03

that's not, let's be honest, he's not

18:05

Steve Curry from three. It feels like

18:07

only like a handful of guys should

18:09

ever be taking that many, but that's

18:11

where we're at. You know, like there

18:14

weren't many that were like, oh, what

18:16

are you doing? I think it was

18:18

sort of in the rhythm of the

18:20

game. It's just, wow, that's a lot.

18:22

But is it? It's not anymore. It

18:24

feels like... Yeah. That's still a lot.

18:26

Yeah, it's a lot. Okay. Yeah, I

18:28

guess it is. But how many times

18:30

throughout the playoffs, the rest of the

18:32

playoffs, will a guy attempt more than

18:34

18 three pointers? Great question. My guess

18:36

is zero. Oh, I'll take the over.

18:38

What do you think? The lines out

18:40

of half. Uh, okay, let's see. Somebody.

18:42

Most three point field goal attempts in

18:44

a playoff game. Uh, I gotta, gotta

18:46

load my standard. I will say, well,

18:48

you load the stat. It was rockets

18:50

history for, or tied rockets. Okay, so

18:52

ten times a guy has taken 18

18:54

or more threes. One time ever, a

18:56

guy has taken more than 18 threes.

18:58

Okay, so it's a ton. Westbrook took

19:00

19. You would guess that's the guy.

19:02

Wow. Jerry Smith never took it? Not

19:04

in the playoffs. No, not in the

19:06

playoffs. Okay. All right. I guess it

19:08

is a lot. I thought about 12

19:10

of them were good. Okay. You'll live

19:12

with that. Yeah. Yeah, I guess with

19:14

a starting lineup where you have two

19:16

guys that ain't shooting threes in Man

19:18

Thompson and Stephen. Somebody's got to shoot.

19:20

This this kind of. It rubs out

19:22

the fact that Fred Van Lee had

19:24

a bad shooting night again. And so

19:26

you don't really notice that just because

19:28

he's he's been quiet. He just hasn't

19:30

been hasn't been feeling it Fred. As

19:33

you said, that he needs pelvic intrusion.

19:35

He needs to get a son going

19:37

again or another child. Oh, wow. What

19:39

a reverse order. I want to call

19:41

that. Look, he gets his pelvic, his

19:43

pelvis intruded and has a baby. Yeah.

19:45

Yeah. Yeah. All right. Any other thoughts

19:47

on that game? Rockets tying up the

19:49

series and we'll see again Jimmy Butler

19:51

status and I guess Pojemski should be

19:53

better after the. He gets the. poops

19:55

out. You think that's what it was?

19:57

Because he disappeared for a while. I

19:59

think so. And played a little bit

20:01

more. I don't think when you can't

20:03

play because of a stomach ailment. It's

20:05

not because, oh, my stomach is just

20:07

sore. It's because I gotta be on

20:09

the can, because I'm gonna crap my

20:11

pants. I think. I was, I was

20:13

saying, maybe it was a mouth extrusion.

20:15

Yeah, I don't know which end it's

20:17

coming out. Here's another thing. Buddy healed,

20:19

I'm seeing here, according to the stacks,

20:21

is three for eight from the field

20:23

in these two games. I don't think

20:25

he's actually made a shot in the

20:27

playoffs ever in his life. It's been

20:29

quiet. You would not believe that this

20:31

guy's like a top 10 all-time three-point

20:33

makes guy. It's true. It feels like

20:35

a dice roll every time he shoots

20:37

it in a postseason game. Yeah. They

20:39

would like to see him actually make

20:41

some, I think. Though allegedly he did

20:43

last night. It's three-pointer. Did he make

20:45

it? I don't know what it says

20:47

here. Says he made one. Not good

20:49

for him. Yeah. Baby steps. McDonald's

21:47

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of six collectibles and your choice

21:51

of a Big Mac or ten-piece

21:53

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21:55

available with a Minecraft movie meal.

21:57

I participate in McDonald's for a

21:59

limited time on Minecraft movie only in

22:01

theaters. I

26:29

was going to say, he has his

26:31

last name rhymes with a popular Boston

26:33

dish. Beans? Kendrick jeans? Oh, oh, oh,

26:35

oh, Carl Jobster. No, no, Jay Crowder.

26:37

Yeah, that's good. I thought it was

26:39

a good hit. Austin, Claire, Crowder. Yeah,

26:41

and then the other guy. Austin Rivers.

26:43

No, Avery Bradley. Avery Bradley, a very

26:45

Bradley. Anyway, two all defensive teams, I

26:47

guess those were some. Wow. Anyway, it

26:49

was a long time, was the whole

26:52

point of that. And first time, you

26:54

know, forever, Jaylon hadn't played with Dusentatum

26:56

in a playoff game. Sort of sort

26:58

of wild to think. Tatum hadn't missed

27:00

one. And what I think they play

27:02

Friday is their next game? Is that

27:04

right? I don't know. I think so.

27:06

I think that's what I said. If

27:08

he sat out that he would get

27:10

to rest until Friday. So maybe he'll

27:12

play a game through here. Maybe they're

27:14

just like, whatever man. Yeah. Come back

27:16

when you're 100%. It is his shooting

27:18

risk. Yes, right. It's something you could,

27:21

yeah, of course, re aggravate and stuff

27:23

like that. So it's like, okay. We

27:25

feel common that we can take care

27:27

of we can take care of. We

27:29

can take care of the magic with

27:31

or the magic with or without. With

27:33

or without you. With or without you.

27:35

With or without you. I've heard tale

27:37

of Larry Bird playing left-handed when he

27:39

had an injured right wrist. Oh, that

27:41

would have been cool. Step your game

27:43

up, Jason. It is a shame, though,

27:45

because Boncaro and Franz Wagner were awesome.

27:47

But they absolutely need a third guy,

27:50

and it just ain't happening. Wendell Carter,

27:52

Jr. He tried. Anthony Black, he tried.

27:54

I mean Carter Jr. was 16, that's

27:56

the most you're going to get from

27:58

him most likely, but Franz Wagner to

28:00

score over Chris stops Porsingas over and

28:02

over again was pretty cool. A giant

28:04

able to post him up and drive

28:06

past them, you got a nice throw

28:08

down, Barkero doing the same dunked over

28:10

Porsingas, spun on Cornette. Some good stuff

28:12

from those too, but it's the Boston

28:14

Celtics. They have those two guys. 57

28:16

combined from Apollo and Franz, like you're

28:19

saying, when Del Carter chipped in, 16

28:21

points had eight rebounds. They only turned

28:23

the ball over seven times, held the

28:25

Celtics to 12-3s, on 33%. All of

28:27

that is great. They barely scored 100

28:29

points and never led in the second

28:31

half. It's over. I mean, maybe they'll

28:33

win one if the Celtics shoot 5%

28:35

from three, but I mean, this magic

28:37

team needs. better offense. They need to

28:39

play like such a perfect game to

28:41

even like have a chance to beat

28:43

this Boston Celtics team. And what I

28:46

mean by that is like by my

28:48

count in the first half alone. they

28:50

were just failing to capitalize on fast

28:52

break opportunities that should have been easy

28:54

buckets and they need every easy bucket

28:56

they can get as we've talked about

28:58

because they struggle to score they missed

29:00

three layoffs that they should have had

29:02

in fast break opportunities and then two

29:04

wide open corner threes which of course

29:06

they just struggled to shoot the three

29:08

ball that's that's ten points right there

29:10

excuse me that's twelve points right there

29:12

that they should have had in fast

29:15

break opportunities that their sort of defense

29:17

got them running in transition 15 to

29:19

24 at the line too, so they're

29:21

leaving a bunch of points there. They

29:23

need all those to have any chance

29:25

to even upset this team without Tatum

29:27

playing. And yeah, despite Palo and Franz

29:29

looking great at times, those guys, though,

29:31

they've yet to win a road game

29:33

in the playoffs. They're all for six

29:35

now. Because they lost obviously to the

29:37

Cavs in that seven game series and

29:39

that was one of those series where

29:41

the home team won every game They

29:44

had the heartbreaking loss in game seven

29:46

and now that's too straight now in

29:48

Boston Like you know that'll be the

29:50

next step for this team to level

29:52

up and it will help if they

29:54

get a point card. Let me go

29:56

Nico Harrison on you. You're looking at

29:58

it from a negative perspective I'm looking

30:00

at it from a positive perspective undefeated

30:02

at home in the playoffs. Okay, good.

30:04

Problem is you don't have home court

30:06

advantage. That's a problem. Yep. And either

30:08

of these series last year or this

30:10

year. Yeah, the Orlando Cats, round one.

30:13

Yeah, nice Niko. You should be the

30:15

Mavericks or the Magic GM, sure. Shout

30:17

out to another GM. Calvin Booth gave

30:19

up on contagious Caldwell Pope in Denver.

30:21

Seems like a good move. Just betting

30:23

on Christian Brown. It's just been a

30:25

bad season and. Bad Night shooting the

30:27

ball. They just need somebody to splash

30:29

them threes. KCP could not do that.

30:31

He was over in this one. He

30:33

did hit two in the first game,

30:35

but yeah, he just can't. He just

30:37

can hit him right now. And I

30:40

can't believe we haven't talked about it

30:42

yet. Late in the third quarter, Chris

30:44

Porsingas. Go into the locker room with

30:46

a gash to the forehead. He would

30:48

return to shoot some free throws. We'll

30:50

show everybody here on YouTube. Go go.

30:52

Excuse. Excuse me. Just. Just me. Just

30:54

clocked excuse me. Just clocked me. Just

30:56

clocked him. Just clocked them. Just. Just.

30:58

Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just.

31:00

Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just.

31:02

Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just.

31:04

Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just.

31:06

Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just.

31:09

Just. Just. Porsingas included pulling on him

31:11

and then his elbow just comes through

31:13

and nails him on the forehead. And

31:15

that blood just started streaming down his

31:17

skull. Just looks sort of awesome. I

31:19

think he was having the time of

31:21

his life. Porsingas was. Like again, here's

31:23

the big first bandage and the dried

31:25

blood and they let him shoot free

31:27

throws, which was so funny to me

31:29

because they're so anal about anyone ever

31:31

having blood out there. But they're like,

31:33

all right, I guess it's dried enough

31:35

at this point after all the reviews

31:38

they looked at. Like, all right, just

31:40

come shoot him, you're going to check

31:42

right back out. He got five stitches,

31:44

came back with a little bit of

31:46

a smaller bandage. But he was loving

31:48

this, the crowd was going bonkers. He

31:50

was smiling with it. Like, I think

31:52

he wanted the battle scar, I guess.

31:54

You never get a slow mow of

31:56

blood streaming down a skull in basketball,

31:58

but they're going to the end of

32:00

the quarter and they're showing that little

32:02

montage and they show Kristaub's blood streaming

32:04

down his shaved blonde head, which makes

32:07

it very evident of what's happening there.

32:09

So it looked. It did look awesome.

32:11

In a crazy way. Yeah, they put

32:13

that bandage on his face. The first

32:15

one was the biggest bandage I've ever

32:17

seen. That's why he was laughing so

32:19

much. They call him the unicorn. It

32:21

looked like he had his horn post.

32:23

I thought people would say. I like

32:25

that. I thought that was a pretty

32:27

funny moment. I also loved Laylin' the

32:29

game. Jaylin Brown actually misses a jumper.

32:31

Al Horford follows it up with a

32:34

put-back, I-in-in-eagle. Clean up on I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I- That's

32:36

a lot of ice. Yeah, that's good.

32:38

It's a big story. And we did

32:40

have tempers flaring between Contavius Caldwell and

32:42

Al Horford. They got their feet tangled

32:44

up there. And both guys crashed to

32:46

the floor. I think that was in

32:48

the second quarter and then sort of

32:50

brown stepped in to exchange words with

32:52

KCP. Referees reviewed the play and they

32:54

determined you won't believe this just a

32:56

common tripping foul on KCP But for

32:58

a second there looked like you're gonna

33:00

pick up another Potential point there in

33:03

the instigator draft with KCP's already got

33:05

you one. Yeah, no nobody's got Goga

33:07

Bitazzi in their draft He got a

33:09

flagrant for that one to Christops's head

33:11

You said there's a lot of a

33:13

lot of aisles in the store. I

33:15

like I like when little short aisles

33:17

are numbered. You'd rather have like 10

33:19

aisles that go super long? Yeah, rather

33:21

than 30 aisles that are interesting, because

33:23

that can be a pain in the

33:25

ass too if you're going in for

33:27

like a, you know, just to pick

33:29

up eight things, because then you gotta

33:32

go like deep into some of these.

33:34

Yeah, but I like, the aisles can

33:36

be labeled better, easier than these little

33:38

teeny tiny aisles. There's some department stores

33:40

that say, oh, oh, this is a

33:42

lot, I'll 42. Four feet long. Oh,

33:44

it's not long. Yeah, but are you

33:46

a fan of Trader Joe's now? That's

33:48

like a smaller store That's small isle

33:50

low number of aisles. Yeah, the problem

33:52

with that But I just don't want

33:54

numbers. What I'm complaining about is the

33:56

numbers. I don't like numbers. I'd rather

33:58

not look for Lane 42. That's like

34:01

you know what numbers? Yeah, for these

34:03

tiny a for these tiny tiny little

34:05

aisles it's impossible they don't know what

34:07

they're doing I'm just trying to think

34:09

I'm trying to think if there were

34:11

no numbers and you're like hey where's

34:13

the spices I don't even know what

34:15

they would tell you I think like

34:17

just where the spices are just where

34:19

the spices are you're right the beef

34:21

turkey backlapped it's more clear it's more

34:23

clear than these I can't stand Trader

34:25

Joe's because I don't think they're wide

34:27

enough I guess we're not eating. We're

34:30

not eating whatever was down there. Too

34:32

many people. I hate it. Because I,

34:34

you know, me, I get impatient. I'm

34:36

like, what are you doing? Get your

34:38

card out of the way. People aren't

34:40

aware of their surroundings enough for my

34:42

liking. So I like, no, we're not

34:44

eating, not eating that aisle. Just cross

34:46

it right off the list. Sorry, we're

34:48

not getting chilly, spicy mango, and win

34:50

a game or two. Or is this

34:52

one screaming sweep here as some of

34:54

these Eastern Conference series might be? Looks

34:57

like a sweep. Last year against the

34:59

Cleveland Cavaliers in round one is where

35:01

Orlando was great at home. But that's

35:03

a different team. Cleveland was a different

35:05

team then. And Boston's a very very

35:07

different team. I think it's over. I

35:09

still got hope. I got hope they

35:11

take one here in Orlando. The other

35:13

game last night. Donovan Mitchell scored 30.

35:15

Caves held off the heat to take

35:17

the two-o-series lead. He delivered down the

35:19

stretch TK. Caves were up 19 in

35:21

the third quarter, they were up 13

35:23

at the start of the fourth, but

35:26

the heat rallied, and it was a

35:28

one possession game, I think it was

35:30

105-103, with about 3-11 left, and that

35:32

is when Donovan Mitchell got to work,

35:34

snaked around a high pick and roll,

35:36

sort of got to his spot on

35:38

the baseline, hit a little fadeaway jumper

35:40

jumper jumper jumper jumperper. yo Vichy like

35:42

everybody get out of the way get

35:44

out of the way I'm just gonna

35:46

walk into this three bang that home

35:48

on the wing and then the next

35:50

one he used to pick up top

35:52

poorly sort of played I thought by

35:55

hero and Davian Mitchell, how they were

35:57

switching, where they weren't switching, and then

35:59

he hit another three and that was

36:01

enough freezing room. Yeah, pretty sweet for

36:03

Donovan Mitchell because he got subbed out

36:05

in the middle of the fourth quarter,

36:07

just an unusual substitution pattern and the

36:09

heat were chipping into the lead. They

36:11

played pretty solid. I thought at the

36:13

beginning of the fourth quarter, but then

36:15

yeah, like you mentioned, Mitchell checks in

36:17

last four minutes and 25 seconds, 10.

36:19

points on four jump shots in seven

36:21

plus seven as just awesome post game

36:24

Darius Garland said the game plan for

36:26

the Cavs pick on Tyler Hero and

36:28

it's worked twice so far we saw

36:30

Ty Jerome had 50 points in the

36:32

fourth quarter of a game tracking data

36:34

last night I don't know how this

36:36

can possibly be accurate it says the

36:38

Cavs scored 27 points on Tyler Hero

36:40

as the primary defender believable enough to

36:42

me yeah okay 27 points is a

36:44

normal normal number but it also said

36:46

that the Cabs were able to generate

36:48

93 team points on plays where Tyler

36:51

Hero was involved as the primary defender.

36:53

I'm like, that's an absurd number, but

36:55

also maybe that's the number, because they

36:57

were just any time he was part

36:59

of the zone that the heat were

37:01

trying or involved in a pick and

37:03

roll or they'll set a down screen

37:05

for, whoever he's guarding, easy shots. Now,

37:07

look, on the other end, it's not

37:09

like the Cavs are doing a great

37:11

job of guarding Hero either. It's kind

37:13

of going both ways, but... Unfortunately, the

37:15

Cavs have a lot more offense than

37:17

the Miami Heat do, because the Heat

37:20

have been right there in both of

37:22

these games, but they're a bad fourth

37:24

quarter team, and now we got Yovitch

37:26

playing in the fourth quarters over Andrew

37:28

Wiggins. What was that all about? Yeah.

37:30

I couldn't make a shot. One for

37:32

eight from three. You're trying to score.

37:34

Yep. I'm glad you brought up the

37:36

hero part where they're putting them in

37:38

action. We got a good chart here.

37:40

JD, if you want to pull it

37:42

up from Owen Phillips, excuse me, at

37:44

the F5 substacks, which does a great

37:46

job, especially charts and breaking down the

37:49

games and the series. Here's a list

37:51

of players that have faced the most

37:53

pick and rolls as the screener defender

37:55

in this year's playoffs. And as he

37:57

wrote, do you notice anything a little

37:59

odd? this list, we're showing you on

38:01

YouTube, Tyler Hero is the only non-center

38:03

on the list. Again, this is the

38:05

screener defender and that's what Cleveland was

38:07

doing test, just targeting him, putting hero

38:09

in as many pick and rolls as

38:11

they can because as Garland just straight

38:13

up said after, yeah, we're picking on

38:15

the Miami's weakest offender, we want him

38:18

and all this stuff and you saw

38:20

Cleveland use a combination. Max Drew, Sam,

38:22

Sam Merrill, Sam Merrill, Sam, Sam. you

38:24

know defending and that gets him in

38:26

the action and then he gets cooked

38:28

1.2 points per direct pick I guess

38:30

last night so I get all these

38:32

numbers are backing up yeah you're scoring

38:34

but man they are just putting them

38:36

and and sort of exposing them on

38:38

that end I don't think it really

38:40

mattered when it came to Donovan Mitchell

38:42

in the fourth quarter he was a

38:45

monster and so they used Max Truce

38:47

as sort of a dribble ball handoff

38:49

guy time guy time, guy once and

38:51

he just flew around it and flew

38:53

into the mid range and was able

38:55

to just put the brakes on like

38:57

crazy and rise and hit. He looked

38:59

like Super Star Mitchell for a quarter

39:01

there and it looked like he could

39:03

take over. There was Colin was their

39:05

clutch guy this season. He was really

39:07

really good this season but it feels

39:09

like Mitchell will take over more of

39:11

those opportunities like he did yesterday. They

39:14

just gave him the ball. He made

39:16

a lot of threes in that fourth

39:18

quarter, six shots, four of them were

39:20

three, so for 17 points. But it

39:22

feels like, just give him, let him

39:24

cook. And if you have him going

39:26

on some sort of downhill towards the

39:28

rim, he'll find a spot where he

39:30

will rise and hit a shot. Cav

39:32

set an NBA playoff record with 11

39:34

three pointers in the second quarter. They

39:36

finished 22-45 from Deep, tied for 6th

39:38

most in a playoff game. I watched

39:40

this one this morning, and I felt

39:43

like every time in that second quarter

39:45

that I was like taking a sip

39:47

of coffee, like another Cavaliers 3, was

39:49

going down, it was mobily up top,

39:51

Hunter on the wing, San Marilyn transition,

39:53

Mitchell pull up, and then you had

39:55

the one where Don of the Mitchell

39:57

through the sort of like, you know,

39:59

that little fastball ball. ahead to Strues,

40:01

bang another three, like I could not

40:03

keep up. Every time I was taking

40:05

a sip of the coffee, like it

40:07

was just non-stop that barrage. It was

40:09

an awesome matchup. It was Hayward

40:12

Highsmith versus DeAndrey, Hunter, and Sam

40:14

Merrill for a little bit. I

40:16

mean, Hayward, Eijsmith, versus DeAndrey, Hunter,

40:18

and Sam Merrill for a little

40:20

bit. I mean, Hayward, Eismith, and

40:22

Sam Merrill, because he did start

40:24

off well. But then he got

40:27

off well. And he didn't, Jovitch

40:29

didn't play in game one. He

40:31

played a tiny bit. But he

40:33

was, you know, it was a

40:35

plus two. They needed him in

40:37

game two. They got some performances, as

40:39

I said, to get five threes

40:41

for Hayward Highsmith and heroes numbers

40:44

and Davy on Mitchell again, feeling

40:46

it again. But unfortunately, when you play

40:48

a Cleveland Cavaliers team, that just keeps

40:50

bombing threes. 18 in game one, 22

40:52

in game two. That's impossible to beat.

40:54

Yeah, Miami made 16th reason they got

40:57

outshot badly. Yeah, it's tough. I, uh,

40:59

I was the only thing I was

41:01

wishing from this game. We talked about

41:03

Jaylon Green 38 in the win for

41:05

the Rockets. We had Jaylon Brown, 36 in

41:07

the win for the Celtics. How great would have

41:09

been if Jaylon Tyson had like 25 off the

41:11

bench with a cast last night, lastly. The thumbnail

41:13

would have just rode itself, man. Just what a

41:15

road itself. Three Jaylon's on one night of the

41:17

one night of the playoffs on one night of

41:19

the playoffs. But he didn't even see the court.

41:22

Because Miami, they got back into it. I couldn't

41:24

believe they made this a game when I was

41:26

watching. I started, I knew what happened, obviously the

41:28

final score, but I was like, oh my god,

41:30

they're getting destroyed here with these threes. And I'm

41:32

like, how is this a close game down the

41:34

stretch? Why do they need Donovan Mitchell to take

41:36

over? So, yeah. credit to them for fighting. Oh

41:38

yeah. Not giving up and making it a one

41:41

possession. Getting there late. Any other thoughts? Well,

41:43

the Cavs played Sam Merrill, Isaac, Acoro, and

41:45

a center at the start of the fourth

41:47

quarter. And the heat just went zone and

41:49

said, Sam Merrill, you're a standstill shooter. You're

41:51

easy to guard. A coral shoot it if

41:53

you want to. Mobley and Allen, like, maybe

41:55

you'll get the ball inside. But it was

41:57

just stagnant offense. And the heat we're able

41:59

to. Strangle it out of them and

42:01

then make their threes on the other

42:03

end I thought was what happened So

42:06

I think you cut those eight and

42:08

ninth men out of the rotation if

42:10

it gets down to it you're look

42:12

fine Fair enough. The other thing I

42:14

like from this down Kenny Atkinson had

42:16

a stare down challenge 39 seconds left

42:18

Tyler Hero grips some free throws I

42:20

think it was Jared Allen on the

42:22

foul call you see Kenny Atkinson watching

42:25

on the board then just stairs at

42:27

the ref Yeah. The sassiest review of

42:29

all time. That was awesome. And he

42:31

was right. That was like, that's so

42:33

funny. It's so good. He's got the

42:35

best facial reactions of a coach. He

42:37

gets super angry with his face. Like

42:39

when he's talking to a referee and

42:42

he doesn't believe what the referee is

42:44

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50:40

I mean, Joe Dumar's got the job

50:42

without an interview, it feels like. Yeah.

50:45

Yeah, yeah, there's that part. He convinced

50:47

the ownership that. I hate to put

50:49

on the Tinfoil Hap. What is going

50:51

on here in New Orleans? I'm starting

50:54

to think, like, there was so much

50:56

talk about, what are the Mavericks doing?

50:58

Trading Luca? Are they actually trying to,

51:00

like, actively tanked their franchise? Like, okay,

51:03

okay. I don't believe that with Dallas.

51:05

I'm starting to believe it with what

51:07

New Orleans is doing here. Like, it's

51:09

already, like, it's tough, like, to become

51:12

like a really true basketball city. There's

51:14

an uphill climb there. I get that,

51:16

you know, football country and college football

51:18

and all that in Louisiana. And obviously

51:21

not a lot of success for this

51:23

pelican's team. Like, but these, yeah, they're

51:25

not inspiring by any means here. These

51:28

front offers hiring. And they're like, are

51:30

they just getting ready to move? We're

51:32

crying. We're crying out loud. We're crying

51:34

out loud. We're crying out loud. We're

51:37

crying out loud. We're crying out loud.

51:39

We're crying out loud. We're crying out

51:41

loud. We're crying out loud. We're crying

51:43

out loud. We're crying out loud. We're

51:46

crying out loud. after the pistons drop

51:48

in doesn't even look into the ecosystem

51:50

what's going on in the NBA world

51:52

he just hires a guy he knows

51:55

like ownership did with Joe Dumars and

51:57

Benson decided okay we know him come

51:59

on in but this the secondary part

52:01

even if Joe goes in does some

52:04

interviews and hire somebody who was capable.

52:06

I wouldn't be so disappointed, but this

52:08

was literally 36 hours or whatever it

52:10

was. I mean, it's very short since

52:13

Joe Dumars got the job. He turns

52:15

to somebody who wasn't successful in Detroit,

52:17

wasn't. leading the front office in Washington.

52:19

They just got- They're just a consultant.

52:22

No, they did a great job in

52:24

Washington. It was not, it was not

52:26

led by Troy Weaver. So it's disappointing

52:28

that they don't interview some people. Indeed,

52:31

LinkedIn, anybody. Just put up even the

52:33

facade that you're interviewing people for the

52:35

sake of your fanbeas. Yeah, I would.

52:37

Well, I guess that's what they're doing

52:40

in Sacramento because New King's General Manager

52:42

Scott Perry, he has talked to Doug

52:44

Christie, current head coach, after they fired

52:46

Mike Brown this year, about the head

52:49

coaching position, but he plans to speak

52:51

with other candidates too. The tasks. You're

52:53

going to like that, Perry said, quote,

52:56

my phone has incessantly rang for interest

52:58

in this job, so I'm going to

53:00

have a few more conversations in and

53:02

around this job, and hopefully I can

53:05

come to some sort of resolution within

53:07

the next week or so. And he

53:09

went on to say a lot more

53:11

that we could also parse, but New

53:14

GM, other King Scott Perry says, hey,

53:16

I'm not just saying we're running back

53:18

with Doug. There's a lot of people

53:20

calling me Doug, so I got to

53:23

talk to them and hear their visions

53:25

maybe of what we could do with

53:27

this team But you got to be

53:29

pumped about this. I do I do

53:32

Yes, you have to interview people and

53:34

so he's not just coming in and

53:36

getting this job and saying Doug Christie

53:38

you were Decent after the firing of

53:41

Mike Brown. I guess he was what

53:43

when they go 27 and 24? 27

53:45

and 24, 10 and 14 in March

53:47

and April. Yeah, it wasn't good. But

53:50

it was completely Sacramento Kings fine, I

53:52

guess. I think you would have been

53:54

just as good keeping Mike Brown as

53:56

your head coach. But anyway, they're gonna

53:59

see, do you think Doug Christie will

54:01

be the guy here TK though or

54:03

Scott Perry gonna actually, you know, go

54:05

with one of these phone calls? He's

54:08

good. No, it's probably gonna go with

54:10

the guy he knows. to be Doug

54:12

Christie. They did fine, but they completely

54:14

fell apart down the stretch and were

54:17

losing to bad teams. They somehow want

54:19

to play a game. No, they didn't.

54:21

They lost their playing game. Didn't they

54:24

say this year? Yeah, so it won't

54:26

be him. I don't think. I don't

54:28

think you really did anything to keep

54:30

the job. It seems like maybe he

54:33

was like one of Subonuses guys. So

54:35

I think that might be a question

54:37

mark for the King's period is like,

54:39

what's going to be Subonuses future here?

54:42

With regards to the coach, does that

54:44

keep him in Sacramento or is it

54:46

kind of a package deal? Like, the

54:48

bonus is gone. One of the coaches

54:51

he likes is gone. I've seen clips

54:53

of Scott Perry totally trashing Zach Levine

54:55

who he now, he was complaining like,

54:57

oh man, this guy, does he really

55:00

impact winning out, 43, 45, 48 million

55:02

dollars? Now that's your team. And you're

55:04

the one who's on the hook for

55:06

it. So lots of questions to be

55:09

answered in Sacramento and they didn't do

55:11

interviews either. They didn't do interviews either.

55:13

They just pick Scott Perry. Because he

55:15

was there for three months once a

55:18

long time. It wasn't a disaster for

55:20

those three months here this year. We'll

55:22

take him. So who does he know?

55:24

Because that's probably who will be the

55:27

coach. Perry also mentioned, I guess yesterday

55:29

in talking to the media, how there

55:31

was, quote, an obvious need for a,

55:33

quote, true point guard, adding that we

55:36

need to add more length and athleticism

55:38

to this group to enhance some of

55:40

the talent that's here. You're laughing that

55:43

they need to add a true point

55:45

guard because. They've had a few. Yeah,

55:47

they've trained three of them. Not too

55:49

long ago. Yeah, they've got two of

55:52

made all-star teams. Yes, in Fox and

55:54

Halliburton. Who's the third I'm missing? Davy

55:56

on Mitchell. Not an all-star. But he's

55:58

playing well. Yeah. It's not a true

56:01

player. Whatever. Hey, they'd happily have a

56:03

group. He would be on this team.

56:05

Yeah. And then Perry did the classic.

56:07

I always love this. Any new. repeatedly

56:10

stressing the need for what's the word

56:12

speed no no no what's that when

56:14

someone comes in what's the one word

56:16

they always say Especially defense. No, that's

56:19

good as well. It's like a look

56:21

in the mirror type thing. It's just

56:23

a classic buzzword. Starts with an A.

56:25

Assessment. Oh, you're close. Analyze. Accountability. Accountability.

56:28

Accountability. Accountability. They all say it. They

56:30

come in and say. We need accountability

56:32

and that goes for me as well.

56:34

They always like make sure to add

56:37

something like that I'm not just talking

56:39

about the guys in the locker Me

56:41

himself and the coaching stuff. Anyway, we'll

56:43

see where it talks about those here.

56:46

We'll see his head coaching Did we

56:48

didn't talk about the worst coach in

56:50

the league? Yeah, yeah Don't ask the

56:52

new pelicans GM or what senior VP

56:55

I guess I shouldn't call Troy Weaver

56:57

about Brian Keith I don't know there's

56:59

it was just strange anonymous because only

57:01

73 people decided to vote that's just

57:04

like half of the people who voted

57:06

for MVP 155 73 people decided yeah

57:08

Brian Keith is the majority the he's

57:11

the worst Then doing holes with then

57:13

rivers, then Charles Lee, then Nickner, then

57:15

Tom Thibitt, then Darko, then Doug Christie.

57:17

Who'd you say was second there? The

57:20

Bud. Yeah. I guess around that time

57:22

when they were all being asked, the

57:24

sun's were faltering and falling apart. Yeah,

57:26

interesting. Well, it makes you, what's the

57:29

best job that's available? Sun's is open.

57:31

Kings is obviously coming open right now

57:33

likely and then we've got interim jobs

57:35

in Denver with Adelman and then E

57:38

solo in Memphis. Good point. He seems

57:40

most locked in I would say E

57:42

solo just because they paid him all

57:44

that money. Yeah. There were some rumors

57:47

that part of the reason Taylor Jenkins

57:49

was let go was because they didn't

57:51

want to lose Thomas E solo to

57:53

like I don't know like maybe the

57:56

Kings would want to you know. Yeah.

57:58

Mm-hmm. And then I'm trying to think

58:00

who in the currently in the playoffs

58:02

you know flame out here early in

58:05

the first round could be out of

58:07

job. Doc Rivers, Knicks, the Milwaukee, yeah,

58:09

Tibbs, yeah, maybe, with New York if

58:11

they lose. I guess, I mean I

58:14

guess Quinn Snyder is a question mark

58:16

just because they let go Landry Fields.

58:18

So the new guy might want to

58:20

pick their coach. That's fair. That's probably

58:23

it. Who would you rather work for

58:25

Vivak or Matt Ispia? Those are the

58:27

two open jobs right now. That's a

58:29

tough, tough scenarios. Oh, that is a

58:32

tough one. Oh, I don't know. I

58:34

was gonna say Ispia, because at least

58:36

he's proven that he'll just chuck money

58:39

at things, like he thinks that can

58:41

fix things. That's the best job. Where,

58:43

think about the last two guys that

58:45

had that job. They're still getting paid.

58:48

And they're not working there. You work

58:50

for nine months and get paid for

58:52

five years. Yeah. So the sons is

58:54

clearly the job. Yeah, sure. Yeah, they're

58:57

not getting scenario of David Allen. He

58:59

may not have his job, I suppose,

59:01

if they get fired. If they get

59:03

bounced, I should say. Yeah. I suppose.

59:06

But Michael Malone. Worked for Vivac. One

59:08

month. Once upon a time. No. No.

59:10

He did not have a good end

59:12

to his tenure there either. No. Three

59:15

more games on I was confused there

59:17

was a graphic going around during one

59:19

of those games I was watching last

59:21

year broadcast that showed like the upcoming

59:24

National TV schedule and it was like

59:26

for Thursday it showed one game for

59:28

Thursday night It was just showing Denver

59:30

LA at 10 o'clock didn't want to

59:33

show the National League televised games on

59:35

another network. No, no, no, this was,

59:37

that was on TNT. They were showing

59:39

that graphic on TNT, but we're not

59:42

highlighting their two games tonight on TNT.

59:44

It was so perplexing. Oh yeah, I

59:46

figured that it wasn't on TNT that

59:48

after they weren't promoting it. I know.

59:51

But they are. Yeah. So anyway, I

59:53

got a concern for a second. Why

59:55

is there only one game on tonight?

59:57

But there's not. There's not. We got

1:00:00

Nick's Pistons. Game. three in Detroit series

1:00:02

one one huge little Caesars Arena baby

1:00:04

that's gonna be bumping you'd have to

1:00:07

imagine gonna be hot and ready and

1:00:09

say nice okay see Memphis okay

1:00:11

yeah that one's a she and she right

1:00:13

flex it yeah and then the one

1:00:15

on MBTV oddly enough is nuggets clippers

1:00:17

which has been has been maybe the

1:00:19

best series so far I think that's

1:00:22

I'm not going out on a limb

1:00:24

saying that so mmm Yeah, I guess

1:00:26

it's got to do with the 7

1:00:28

and 930 starts there a little later

1:00:30

in LA Thunder I guess and it

1:00:33

is the thunder Yeah, I'm just sure

1:00:35

I think that should be Denver

1:00:37

LA. I'm a joke. Yes, that

1:00:39

has been anyway. We'll be watch

1:00:41

a series What is it? I

1:00:44

mean are they even points wise?

1:00:46

I think clippers are plus one

1:00:48

so far. Yeah any any any

1:00:50

predictions here tonight just with these

1:00:52

three games in Detroit Memphis in

1:00:54

LA We get to see the wall in

1:00:57

action in the playoffs. Wow, win for

1:00:59

the wall. That's right. I think they

1:01:01

will, exclamation point. Okay. I'm starting to

1:01:03

come around to that. You liked the

1:01:05

shirt. Yeah, these are for these 300

1:01:07

fans, specifically. I like that. If I

1:01:09

sat in that section, I would get

1:01:11

that shirt. Absolutely. Oh yeah. Do we

1:01:14

know what, what is, what does Detroit's

1:01:16

shirt say? That was one I don't

1:01:18

remember, remember, you talking about. I don't

1:01:20

know if they have a mantra shirt

1:01:22

shirt. Can't think of it if

1:01:24

they do. But I'm excited about

1:01:26

that game. My God, Detroit. They're

1:01:28

going to be so pumped for

1:01:30

a game there hosting a player.

1:01:32

Back to work. Oh, just what

1:01:34

theirs is. Yeah. Back to work

1:01:36

if they're like, hey, we haven't

1:01:38

been here in a while. That's

1:01:40

right. We took a long sabbatical.

1:01:42

Fitting for their team. Yeah. Okay, good

1:01:44

stuff. Let's hear from everybody in the stream

1:01:47

team. But these are big game threes. especially

1:01:49

for those teams at home in Detroit and

1:01:51

LA in their series. We'll be back tomorrow

1:01:53

to talk about those. If you're a survivor

1:01:55

fan, great episode last night a little bit

1:01:57

later at 1 p.m. Eastern over on the

1:01:59

No Buff's YouTube account will go live

1:02:02

to talk about episode 9. Lots to

1:02:04

break down with this one. Bring your

1:02:06

chocolate milk. If you're a fan of

1:02:09

Survivor for that show. And yeah, otherwise

1:02:11

we'll be here tomorrow until then, Clipper

1:02:13

Rose. You heard it here first? Have

1:02:16

a great time. Love you guys. Awesome.

1:02:18

Do you think that that child who's

1:02:20

now a man is in the wall?

1:02:23

Tonight. Wow. Plipper bro himself. He's a

1:02:25

charismatic guy. Oh, man. He's got his

1:02:27

jug. What's his jug of vodka? Pop-off.

1:02:30

Yeah. It's called pop-off. P-O-P-O-V. Oh, pop-off.

1:02:32

Pop-off? I want to see that guy

1:02:34

in the wall tonight, man. We would

1:02:36

pop so hard. Oh. Hopefully we see

1:02:39

him. He'll get kicked out. So I

1:02:41

guess that's a Russian. vodka that he

1:02:43

was having? Yeah, for sure. What aisle

1:02:46

can you find that in? Listen, I

1:02:48

know people were getting at me for

1:02:50

the small aisles, the people who designed

1:02:53

those small aisles and department stores, they

1:02:55

just don't know what they're doing with

1:02:57

the numbers that they're throwing out there.

1:03:00

It's not clear. All I want is

1:03:02

for things to be clear and I'm

1:03:04

speaking specifically about it. Target. Wow, calling

1:03:07

them up. Just target. Actually, Home Depot

1:03:09

does the small aisles pretty well. Home

1:03:11

Depot, they got the biggest isles you

1:03:14

ever knew. They got 42, it's the

1:03:16

biggest is one of the earth. But

1:03:18

let me tell you something about the

1:03:21

Home Depot is. There's the opening sector,

1:03:23

the front sector, and then there's a

1:03:25

whole back sector. That's true. Yes, yes.

1:03:27

They got an aisle in between their

1:03:30

aisles. That's crazy. Yeah. Yeah. Those smaller

1:03:32

ones are extremely clear beyond that aisle

1:03:34

between the two isles. You know what,

1:03:37

I guess 30 through 45, whatever they

1:03:39

are. You see aisle number 14A, I

1:03:41

think they throw a letter after each

1:03:44

one, 14A, maybe not, but anyway, they

1:03:46

don't have good signs. They're terrible signs.

1:03:48

Maybe that's what it comes down to.

1:03:51

Yeah, it's a part of it. Signage

1:03:53

is important. Yeah. They're like,

1:03:55

oh, you're so

1:03:58

small. We're not putting

1:04:00

a big sign,

1:04:02

I guess. not putting a big

1:04:05

didn't guess. I didn't design. Praise

1:04:07

people. people.