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Celtics & Cavs in 6! Warriors Done without Steph? OKC Finals Favorite

May 10, 202536 minSeason 3Ep. 134
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Basketball fans — the NBA Playoffs have completely gone off the rails 😳 and the Pick'em Pros are here for ALL the smoke in this emergency episode!

🔥 Derrick is standing ten toes down on the Boston Celtics despite their shocking collapse and 0-2 hole. He says they're just “playing with their food” and confidently predicts 4 straight wins. But the crew isn't letting that slide...

💥 The panel dives into the Cavs’ epic collapse vs. the Pacers, debating if Indiana is just lucky or if Cleveland choked under pressure.

🚨 Plus:
 - Should Celtics fans panic or trust in Kristaps' return?
 - Are the Thunder for real after blowing out the chamionship tested Nuggets?
 - Will Jimmy Butler turn back the clock if Curry stays out for the Warriors?
 - Who’s the true threat in the West — SGA or Anthony Edwards?

From bold takes to wild predictions, this high-energy 30-minute show is packed with unfiltered NBA playoff reactions.

🎥 Episode 134 – recorded LIVE on Friday, May 9th at 7pm EST

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Transcript

Snippet from Show & Intro Song

Speaker 1

Donovan Mitchell was playing with G League Unite or Ignite , whichever G League team you want to pick . That's who he was playing with and they had an eight-point lead . So he was dog tired , couldn't even walk up the court without hunching over , so he was looking like Luka in the last few minutes of the game .

Speaker 3

He was so tired . That's crazy .

Speaker 4

We still get shots when we're out in the playoffs . Let's show us how much we be on y'all minds . I see the hatred . I see the hatred . I pick them like a pro Global trial ball . Talk a big and roll . We're going up the score . Touchdown . This is not field goal . We the winning team champions .

Speaker 5

When you walk through the halls you can play spread with we gone with them all . Yeah , this is a major play . We do it big in a major way . Diego , be having the pick of the day . Here we come , don't care if you ready .

Speaker 1

We them boys to go . All right , ladies and gentlemen , welcome back . You know who it is . I am Derek Thompson .

Speaker 2

I'm Diego Thompson .

Speaker 1

And who are we , the Pick'em Pros ? We are the Pick'em Pros coming back at you in the house with a special no , we always say special , but this is a special emergency , emergency 911 NBA playoff show . It's a short one . Normally our shows are an hour hour and a half .

Quick 30-minute show where we are going to talk about just how right I am with all of my picks . We knock Chris out , we knock C-Pain out of the way

Celtics in 6!

. All right , now the spotlight is on me and you , diego . We're under fire . Well , you're more under fire because I'm good .

Speaker 2

All right . Well , the team you picked is down 2-0 . Mine's tied . So I mean I'm really up in this case . Do I look concerned at all ? Do I look concerned ? I know I'm not concerned . You should be concerned . You're going into New York down 2-0 . Tatum's out here looking like a 5'11 point guard . You can't get to the rim .

Speaker 1

You may or may not be correct about that part , but anyway , man , we're ready for a fire show . Man , we're going to dive right into it . We're going to bring Christopher Davis , c Payne Davis and the princess of pick and pros , brianna , on in a second man , you want to just go right into it and bring them on .

Speaker 2

Or you got something you want to say to me directly before we bring our colleagues on . Yeah well , what's up with the Celtics , man ? I mean , come on blowing two 20-point leads , tatum and Brown looking like they're forgetting how to play basketball at the end , I mean , just what's up with that man . Come on , you got anything to say for yourself ?

Speaker 1

Well , you know , man , like my other Boston comrade , you know Julian Heggie said you know , shout out to him , man , we're just playing with our food . You know , playing with our food a little bit , it's all good , you know , just getting used to the flow of things . But I am not concerned whatsoever and we'll definitely .

I know Brianna and C Payne want and C-Pain want to get in this , so let's bring them on . Thank you everybody for checking us out Again . We are about to get into it . Hold on , let's pull up some of the comments here . Rihanna doing her thing , Summer , let's go . Thank you everybody for watching and checking us out .

Yes , yes , yes , Yep , Cavs are down 0-2 as well . Yes , All right . Well , let's bring on a colleague . Let's bring on C-Pain and Brianna . What's going on y'all Hi ?

Speaker 2

I'm doing good .

Speaker 1

Yeah , great man , this is great , you're right into it . Quick show today Celtics in six . I'm looking good man . That's basically what I predicted celtics and six , and I'm right on track with that . So , oh , so they're gonna win for sure .

Speaker 4

Four , okay , okay . So they're star players shooting tour dates and that's just gonna be fine . Like five or twenty , like he should , he should may 20 , if we're just supposed to be like , oh , oh yeah , you still believe you Celtics , we got the glasses on . Hold on , let's see what the glasses are .

Speaker 2

Glasses don't mean anything Exactly . He thinks it's cool . He's a guy , he's trying to protect himself .

Speaker 4

Jalen Brunson cooking y'all in the clutch .

Speaker 2

I mean , I don't know A guy , jalen Brunson , cooking y'all Mikael .

Speaker 3

Mikkel Bridges is cooking , y'all Okay with an amazing defense that he's always had , but the Suns gave up Mikkel .

Speaker 1

Freaking Bridges Never forget Mikkel Never ever Mikkel .

Speaker 3

Mikkel . He's like the best on the team .

Speaker 2

And you know not better than Brunson .

Speaker 3

Well , that defense says otherwise .

Speaker 2

The two clutch plays . He does play better defense Tim .

Speaker 1

He's making some clutch plays , for sure . What's aggravating about it ? You know it's always aggravating when it's not like the number one star , who's the one that's got the biggest mouth . So it's fun when it's your team , but when it's the opposition , isn't that the most aggravating thing ?

Speaker 4

Yeah , it is . But I had a quick question for you as the biggest Joe Bazzzula hater , saying you may , you don't . It should be the coach , right ? I had a question because you think that you're gonna win four straight . However , his whole live by the three , die by the three . Philosophy is what's got them in this situation ? I mean 25 for 100 , like that .

Yeah , you missed 75 threes and nobody thinks , hey , let's just , we got a bunch of big guys that can get the paint , let's just make this a little bit easier on us . So I'm just asking you , still rocking with Joe , you think you know it's gonna swing the other way ?

Speaker 1

so I'm not necessarily rocking with Joe , alright , because you know how I feel about Joe . I'm just rocking with the Celtics overall . I'm rocking with Tatum . I'm rocking with Brown . I'm just rocking with the Celtics overall . I'm rocking with Tatum , I'm rocking with Brown . I'm rocking Porzingis . It's going to get healthy .

He's going to get over whatever respiratory issue he has . That's the missing piece . Porzingis , when he shows up , because see , that's who I want to see Porzingis with . Who's going to guard Porzingis ? And the other thing I want to see I want to see Porzingis with the ball . Who's going to guard Porzingis ?

And the other thing I want to see I want to see Tatum . The fourth quarter this time they're going to put Tatum on our guy that's killing us . The point guard , brunson . We're going to put him on Brunson and see he guarded Brunson early .

Speaker 2

Then Kat and Mikkel Bridges and OJ Anobi are going to get whatever they want .

Speaker 1

That's fine . They're not clutch enough . They're going to miss the shot . Brunson is the only person on that team that I'm concerned about shooting in the fourth quarter . All we have to do is put Tatum on Brunson and it's over . Not even worried about it , Not even worried about it .

Speaker 2

I think if they wanted to do that , I think that if that was something they thought was going to work , they would have done it after the first game . That's not going to work .

Speaker 1

Again , that will work . That's poor coaching . I saw that . But Tatum , tatum's going to step up to the plate , he's going to take the challenge . He's going to tell everybody move out the way . He's going to say I got Brunson .

Speaker 4

And he's gonna say I got brunson and he's gonna shut it down . What about on the offensive end of the court is is that somebody else's role or is he swing ?

Speaker 1

we just got to swing the ball . They swing at the first three quarters of the game . All right , get these shots , all right . And then , fourth quarter , they want to go iso ball . That's not their game . Tatum and Brown can't dribble , all right , they're going to get ripped . So you know , that's just . They need to just swing the ball .

Just swing the ball , swing , swing , swing . Get an open shot . Porzingis boom for three . And we got it . But this next game , saturday , that's going to be a blowout . Now , game four will be tight . We're going to blow them out . Game three , game four , will come down to the fourth quarter . We're going to pull it out and then tables will be turned .

We got it . We're going to take them four straight .

Speaker 3

I think the Knicks want it more . The Celtics blew two 20-point leads , though , so I wanted , I believed that the Celtics were going to win it all and like it wasn't going to be close , but now that the Knicks are really like putting in their effort and like showing that they want it , I feel like they're probably going to win this series now .

Speaker 1

Yeah , a lot of people feel that way . Brianna , you're there , you know . Chris C-Pain .

Speaker 4

I think C-Pain is more hopeful because of his Lakers being knocked out , so he's hoping that I can join him in this business .

Speaker 2

I'm not going down . I'm not going down .

Speaker 1

Oh yeah , diego , we're going to get to you later . You are going down , diego , we're tied .

Speaker 4

The series is tied .

Pacers Benefiting from Cavs Injuries

Speaker 1

Yeah , I'm feeling good , y'all , I'm feeling good , y'all , I'm feeling good , all right . Well , keep the comments coming in . Let us know if you have any questions . Uh , we see all of these are filing in , so thanks for joining us for this emergency nba playoff show . I just wanted to come and give y'all a little bit here , all right ?

So let's move on to our next topic . Let's move on and talk about the lucky Indiana Pacers . All right , the lucky Indiana Pacers . I still believe in the Cavs . I don't think this is going to be a problem at all . I think they just have to get their people back is all they have to do , and they're going to be fine . Diego , let's start with you .

How do you feel about this Cavs-Pacers series ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , well , obviously no one wants the Pacers to advance , so that's why the Cavs they got all their people . They're rested Now , they're ready to go and they're about to win four straight and knock them out of here . Okay .

Speaker 4

I just got a quick question on why we keep calling the Pacers lucky or just Cleveland choking . I think there's a mix of the two , because , yes , all the players were out . All the players were out , I'm not going to lie . Game two all the players were out .

Speaker 2

Three Three starters and two all-stars .

Speaker 4

Wait , so nobody can . Everybody forgets how to do an inbounds pass four straight times . We're just going to let that slide .

Speaker 2

Yes , you got Mitchell playing with the G-team .

Speaker 4

On the Tyrese Halliburton game . They didn't rebound . That's nobody else's fault . They let Tyrese Halliburton get the rebound with Jared Allen on the court . So that's nobody else's issue . That's nothing but the Cavs . It's just oh , everybody was hurt . This is their excuse . They'll be fine .

Not the fact that they were up eight with like 40 seconds left In like regular basketball terms . The game's over . Oh , we can just solve this away , get fouled and we'll be good . And they couldn't get an inbound pass right now . Nobody has this problem .

Speaker 2

Ever since March , madness Final Four , eight-point lead and end has never been saved . That's right . That's right , this is Duke . It's never been saved .

Speaker 4

But this is the NBA , this is game . You need to get this game . Steel wants to split the series , so the Pacers don't have hope . Then you let Tyrese Halliburton , where everybody called most overrated , get you for game .

Speaker 2

Still is , still is ready to get you for gate like still is .

Speaker 3

Still is sorry , man , at least the cavaliers were close last game . Yeah , it shows some hope for them it's like right , right , well , yeah they .

Speaker 1

They had a a substantial lead , with missing three of their starters . Donovan mitchell was playing with G League Unite or Ignite whichever . G League team you want to pick . That's who he was playing with and they had an eight-point lead .

So he was dog-tired , couldn't even walk up the court without hunching over , so he was looking like Luka in the last few minutes of the game .

Speaker 3

He was so tired . That's crazy .

Speaker 4

That was wild . We still get shots when we're out in the playoffs . Let's show us how much we mean to y'all minds . I see the hatred . I see the hatred , but I'm going to just be real . That doesn't I get it . Donovan's tired . He's literally great performance backpacking this team .

However , nobody else is not like , hey , we got to step up because this guy's been killing it for us . Nobody else not . We got to really box out on this rebound . If he misses it , there's so many chances that they had to win that game . That's my issue with the Cavs . It's not that . You know , despite all the injuries , I get it .

You know you're not at full strength , but you still have a chance to let the series split . Go to Indiana . You're going in with the confidence . Other Pacers they're playing with house money . They're like okay , nobody expected us to be here , nobody expected us to be too well , so let's just see what happens . And now they're back in their place .

Speaker 1

They're back in their place . They're going to have some Twitter confidence at first , and then , once the Cavs get a double-digit lead , all that's going to go away and they'll be fine . They just need to have Wow New South . They just have to have all their starters .

Speaker 2

Once they have their starters , they're going to be just fine NBA roster .

Speaker 3

I guess we'll see tonight .

Speaker 1

This is a team that could have won 70 games . The Cavs are strong . Cavs are strong .

Speaker 2

Very strong . I agree with what .

Speaker 3

Brandon , the Cavs are strong . Cavs are strong , very strong , yeah , but I agree with what Brandon said . I think Halliburton is overheated and underrated , so I don't know . I feel like the Pacers might take it tonight again .

Speaker 2

He still scored like 15 points last game .

Speaker 4

So A lot of game , though . I think game , listen , I understand the concept of like , oh like . Donovan Bichette at 40 did he hit the shot that he needed to to win the day game he did , he did , but he had no pressure .

Speaker 1

You take all the pressure away from Hallenburton . He's clutch . He's as clutch as they come if there's no pressure involved , but the moment there's pressure , he's as clutch as they come if there's no pressure involved , but the moment there's pressure he had house money and house money like they should .

Speaker 2

They should have just let him go to the rim and at least like just get , just get him to overtime , instead of let him shoot the three to win the game we all knew he was going to step back and shoot the three , don't we ? Yeah , so why did ?

Speaker 1

the guy , guard him , go for the fake .

Speaker 4

I don't know how people know more about what's going to happen to an NBA player , but hey , that's the story of that game , so we will see . I hope , listen . I hope the Cavs win . I hope that this is a series , because Pacers-Knicks would be ugly work . I'm not going to lie , it was just ah .

Speaker 1

Oh , my goodness that wouldn't be .

Speaker 4

I mean , yeah , we could go back to the air . It's like oh , reggie Miller , I'm sorry , I'm too young for that , that's not my area .

Speaker 1

We already looked ahead in this because we know ESPN suffered financially last year by the Pacers being in the Eastern Conference Finals . Now , thankfully for ESPN , they switch , so ESPN is going to have the Western Conference Finals this year . Tnt is going to have the Eastern Conference Finals .

Speaker 4

TNT's got nothing to lose . Yeah , this is their last year . Yeah , TNT , they don't care . They're going to bail it in . This is going to be all jokes away . Hey man , we barely watched . Oh , my care , they're going to bail it in . This is going to be all jokes . Hey man , we barely watched . They're going to have a good time .

They're going to check it , Check it , check it .

Speaker 1

They're going to have a good time . Yeah , that's going to be a tough watch . That's going to be a tough watch , if it's that . Alright , we got about 12 minutes

Warriors in Trouble

left . Let's turn our attention to Mr Diego , all right , and talk about how much the Warriors are in trouble . The Warriors are in trouble and let's get a hold on . See , I'm managing . See , we're at the crib today , so I'm managing comments and I'm also managing our screens . Hold on , let's get a little shout here . Keen Brianna dot sports is her Instagram .

You see Chris's Instagram there . See everybody's name . See everything . Shout us out . Make sure you follow everybody , like and subscribe , all right . So Warriors , diego , man , whoo , y'all are one in one , but you're basically done with Steph being out . I don't even know why you're wearing that Warriors jersey .

Speaker 2

We're good , it's one in one . We won out . I don't even know why you're wearing that warriors jersey . We're good , it's one and one .

We won the one game where steph got hurt and I mean we were basically really throwing that game , throwing the game two out because we probably weren't going to win anyway even if steph was playing , because me with them , I mean two games in minnesota we probably weren't going to win both of them . And I mean we just we played 14 guys .

So , um , yeah , that's a lot for a playoff game , but you know , we were seeing what lineups would work , what players would be ready for this stage . So then , game three we know the lineup's going to be ready and that's going to be the game we're going to take . We're going to be up 2-1 .

Then it's going to be just like that , like , just like that yeah .

Speaker 4

So y'all having the greatest shooter of all time Not being scheduled to play until like game 6 , that's not going to matter at all .

Speaker 2

We figured it out . We took the game to analyze .

Speaker 4

I was like , okay , this might be even . And now he came back .

Speaker 2

We want a game without Steph , so we analyzed it and now we know what we need to do For this game .

Speaker 3

Well , Michael Jordan's son's coming for you guys .

Speaker 2

So no one's getting . No , he's gonna . He's gonna be scared just about just of steph sitting on the bench . He's scared of steph , everybody knows that you can take all these other stuff he's scared of steph no , he's not .

Speaker 3

He wants .

Speaker 4

He wants to win , he's going for everyone the two-headed monster of my team , a yoke which last year .

Speaker 3

I'm just saying I'm a little little worried , a little worried , yeah he has like that old school mentality , like he wants it , he's very , he's very . Um , what's the word competitive ?

Speaker 2

he's very competitive yeah , he's very competitive . Yeah , he really wants it .

Speaker 3

He's going to get it .

Speaker 2

Can't be stopped because Luka beat him in five last year . Luka and Kyrie , we just need to .

Speaker 4

What does that say about us ?

Speaker 1

Yeah , two points .

Speaker 2

One . I want to go . Kyrie might be better than .

Speaker 4

LeBron , that's going to take us over the show we got to win . I'll address that with you later , man .

Speaker 1

Let me make two quick points . One , let me go back to Brandon . We got the balloons here . We'll go to Brandon's comment about the Pacers . We do know a lot of what we're saying you got to take with the Pacers . We like poking fun at them , we know they're're small market and all that .

You got to take a little bit of , uh , what we say with a grain of salt with the pacers . We like messing with them , we like trolling . Some of what we say about the , some of what we say about the pacers , is trolling . So don't uh , don't get too caught up in that . All right , um , and then my other point about the warriors .

So what I will say is coming off of that Houston series . It looked like the Warriors had a whole lot more freedom in that game one . The court looked wide open , like Houston locked them down . They had trouble moving . They looked like they were a whole different team . Game , one against the Timberwolves . And then , of course , steph goes out and we have that .

But I'm the . The ? Uh warriors need to get a game . They've got to win one of these two games at home . Uh , they cannot go down three , one to the timber wolves . So they've got to find a way . Steph , he's not coming back until game five at the earliest . So , jimmy buckets , he's gonna have to find a way to pull one of these games out .

Speaker 2

Yeah , this is the same Jimmy Buckets that took the heat , carried them to two NBA finals . How many players in the league have carried their teams to two NBA finals by themselves as the main guy ? Yeah . It's a game against Anthony Edwards Is he the same guy ?

Speaker 1

Is he the same person ? He's older now . He's still Jimmy Butler .

Speaker 3

He's not in his prime anymore .

Speaker 1

No , Diego .

Speaker 3

You're just getting your hopes up , Diego .

Speaker 2

We're going to get a game . This is the .

Speaker 1

Wild , wild West . This isn't the East .

Speaker 2

He beat the Celtics twice in the East Conference Finals . That isn't the East . He beat the Celtics twice in the East Conference .

Speaker 4

Finals . That wasn't the Celtics .

Speaker 2

The year after , the Celtics went to the NBA Finals and everybody was saying they're going to win against Golden State . They went back to the East Conference Finals and Jimmy and the Heat beat them .

Speaker 1

Those were the Marcus Smart Celtics . Those weren't the same Celt them . Those were the Marcus Smart Celtics . Those weren't the same Celtics . All right , yeah , not the same guys .

Speaker 3

Yeah , they're different now .

Speaker 1

Uh-huh oh shots fired .

Speaker 4

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Speaker 2

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Speaker 4

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Speaker 1

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Speaker 2

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Speaker 1

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Speaker 2

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Speaker 1

Join us works . I just pulled up a comment from the person who named Christopher C Payne Davis . C Payne , my wife just put a comment up saying C Payne is LeBron enjoying watching our series from the comfort of his home . Worry about that . Just a nice little jab at C Payne .

Speaker 4

Rest up the FCL . You feel me A 40-year-old with an injury . We used the injury compound . He was hurt . Oh he was hurt .

Speaker 1

MCL . That's right . That's why we didn't win .

Speaker 4

Not the fact that Luka can't defend a traffic code and Anthony Edwards just decided to go nuclear and all of our role players suck and Austin Reeves was terrible . I'm not bitter about this at all . We saw the supercut last week . You know we can just move past that alright , seems like you're hurt a little bit , yeah , but hey , chris , don't worry about it .

Speaker 1

In the final segment NBA finals , you're going to get a chance to pick your new champion so I don't have to worry about that , because I'm still good . But yeah , chris , you can pick your new champion . All right , because I don't think you've officially gone on record and given us your new pick .

Speaker 4

Not the new pick . Not the new pick yeah , okay , we'll see .

Speaker 1

We'll see We'll get that All right . So let's move on to the Thunder OKC Thunder and Denver Nuggets before we talk about the finals and

Thunder Bounce Back – Finals Favorite?

get on out of here . So Diego's got a big AAU game that we got to run to here . Yeah so Thunder , man . So they're tied 1-1 . Joker , you know , won that first game . There had a great play by Gordon there made the clutch three at the end . Westbrook has returned back home to OKC . They stole that first game .

Thunder controlled most of it and then the Thunder just came out and whoo , totally blew them out . In game two they did them the way the Celtics are going to do the Knicks tomorrow . So they came out and really stomped on them . So , diego man , what happens with the rest of this series ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , on them . So , uh , diego man , what happens with the rest of this , this series ? Yeah , the thunder , uh , it's probably the thunder , and I'll say six , just to be safe . Um , I would I like to say five , but I'll give , I'll give the nuggets a game . You'll get two more game . Um , yeah , they just , they just look so good . Um , the first game .

I think you know the , the nuggets are coming off an intense series from the flippers and um and the thunder . They had a lot of time off . So I mean , I think I think they just had to get used to the speed of the nba playoffs again and uh , yes , why I lost that game . But second game they were back like their normal selves and they were dominating .

So I think that's how it's going to go . Rest of the series .

Speaker 1

Okay , all right , ooh , I would what do you think , bree ?

Speaker 3

Well , I think Oklahoma city is going to take this one , just because Russell Westbrook Brooke well , can't even say his name , sorry , he's like .

He also has that competitive energy still , like after every team , like after all he's been through , and the hate on him is still so forced that it's like proving everyone wrong , like I don't know why everyone hates on him . He's a good player and he's proving it . And the nuggets ? They don't really need it . Hey , I saw that .

The nuggets they don't even really need it , like whatever , like I don't know , I don't really care for the nuggets because they always beat my sons . So you know that's what I think all right , right .

Speaker 1

Yeah , they do put a hurting on the Suns , yeah it's really sad . What do you think , C-Pain ?

Speaker 4

Hey , I got the young boys in OKC because I'm just , you know , I like what I saw in the second game . I feel like again , that was another close game-time decision , like again with Chet you know , kind of Wrecking the free throws , not getting out to the three point line , that's what got him .

And I think that when it comes to like this young team , again it's all about them Taking their lumps and then responding Because again they have the most talent , they have the deepest roster . It's just everybody being like , hey , let's lock in , play a good 48 minutes , nobody else can beat us .

Speaker 1

So I think that , yeah , that does sound like I'm shouting my pick early , but you know , that's how the eastern conference is looking at that I figured that's where you go , figured you go that . Go that route for sure .

Yeah , uh shout out to uh johnny o up here so said uh , hey , ladies and gentlemen , how y'all doing , what's up , johnny yo , johnny yo , we're playing your uh performance as we end the uh show today . So stick around and take a look at that as we play , that as we go out . So yeah , I think that the Thunder will definitely strike .

I think they win this in at least . I probably agree with Diego and say six . I don't see it going seven . I think the Nuggets are going to come out strong , so they'll probably get one of those games at home , either three or four , but I see the Thunder finishing this one off in six . But what about that home crowd ?

Like the coordination , like I've never seen . You've seen them put the shirts out right , but normally 70% might wear the shirts out right , but normally 70 might wear the shirt , 60 , 70 .

Speaker 4

Pretty much everybody in okc wears those t-shirts yeah , it's funny because apparently , like they'll show you like on camera , on like the big screen , if you're not wearing a t-shirt , so it's like yeah that'll force you to not like a bear shit . Like you know , do your thing , but I really like it . I like seeing you know . It gives that old playoff feeling .

Everybody wears shirts , everybody's excited . My favorite stadiums during these playoffs have been Minnesota and OKC . Just how crazy those crowds have gotten .

Speaker 3

Yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1

That's a great home court advantage . I've been able to go to one game there before . Yeah , it was great , so a great environment . I think they are going to build a new stadium but uh , yeah , I mean , they weren't even supposed to have a team .

I think the , if I remember right , they have their team because the uh , the hornets , were there for like a year and the support was so huge that then the NBA , you know , saw that and then they were able to , you know , eventually get a team down there . But , yeah , that fan base is crazy .

That's their only professional team , so great place to watch again . So , yeah , definitely think the Thunder will strike and get this All right . Well , we're about out of time , so it's time to make NBA picks . Are we sticking with our picks ? Are we changing , or has anybody's team got knocked out and are you forced to change your picks ?

So , erica , we see you've got OKC solid pick there , all right . So , diego man , let's start with you here Again . We already gave you the olive branch , so you know you're . Let's start with you here Again . We already gave you the olive branch , so you know you're pretty much stuck with the Warriors . But how confident are you in your Warriors holding on ?

Speaker 2

You might as well just skip over me , because you know I have the same pick .

Speaker 1

Same pick , and who are they playing in the finals ?

Speaker 2

Celtics , Warriors Celtics Just like 2022 . Beat them down just like 2022 .

Speaker 1

Okay , so see , see , I'm not the only one saying Celtics . You know , we'll say the Celtics are still going to get there . All right , bree . I don't know if we got your official pick from the beginning .

Speaker 3

Yeah , you're not on the record , so you kind of .

Speaker 1

No , I got to make a good choice , then You're kind of cheating a little bit here , because you're making it midway , but we'll still count it .

Speaker 3

Yeah , it's okay . I'm going to take the Timberwolves . I really see them winning . I don't know why .

Speaker 2

I mean , I know why .

Speaker 3

I mean , they're just that good . I want the Knicks like at the end of the day because McHale bridges that they're not going to , I don't know . They're not going to make it to the finals .

Speaker 1

Nah , they definitely will not make it to the finals . So sad , but you know , okay , he made it further with them than the Suns , so it's fine , all right , okay , okay , I like that C Payne man . So , lakers , you know we tried to give you that olive branch . Didn't want to take it , but now you're kind of forced to make your new pick .

So looks like you've already said OKC . So sounds like you had that there .

Speaker 4

I mean I had the Celtics before . Y'all decided to miss 75-3 , so now I'm like it was like , oh well , obviously the Celtics are going to win , because you know my team's out . And now it looks like , oh well , obviously the Celtics are going to win because you know my team's out . And now it looks like , oh okay .

So I would still say , even though I did roast them , I do think it's possible for the Celtics to come back if the variance swings their way . But I'm still picking the Thunder to win the whole thing . So I will say Celtics-Thunder . But again , the Celtics have to play perfect these next two games . It can't be no dilly-dallying , it can't be .

You know , I'm 20 , and all of a sudden they forget how to play basketball . That cannot happen . They have to survive this series because I believe they'll whoop on whoever wins Calf Spacers . I firmly believe in that . Because , again , I still don't believe in the . Calf's experience the cows experience . But liz , yeah , yeah , y'all gotta do something .

This y'all gotta win for sure . Yes , it's all that or nothing . I'm also saying that , like you know , because of my roommate . You know he was going through . He actually like went to game two and like it was like yeah , so we saw the story point , look , that's where it went . Well , like one lead . So , yeah , shout out to dj .

Speaker 1

I just who was dj pulling ?

Speaker 4

for , oh no , he's . He's a Celtics fan , he's a diehard Celtics fan . So that's why I was like ah yeah . Man , yeah , in fact it was scary how calm he was after those games , so I was like ah man , he might know something , I don't .

Speaker 1

Yeah , oh yeah , just waiting for something to break .

Speaker 4

All right yeah .

Speaker 1

Okay , okay , well , see , see y'all , y'all still believe in myself . I mean , hey , they , even if they were , I mean we know they're going to easily win game three . But let's say something . Let's say there was a fluke , injury or something you know , and they lost game three , they still take the last four . I mean they're just that much better , all right .

Speaker 2

It's that much better we're not coming back from 3-0 , man .

Speaker 4

That happened , that happened .

Speaker 1

Hey , they came back from 3-0 . The other time forced a game seven and it was a win .

Speaker 4

They didn't win the game , they didn't win the game .

Speaker 2

They didn't win the game .

Speaker 1

They didn't twist his ankle in game seven .

Speaker 4

If Eric Jared White doesn't get one of the craziest layups we've ever seen , that series is over .

Speaker 2

That was a one in a million chance to get to this . It was himmy jimmy . Just like he's going to close out the temple , steph might not even come back . Yeah , we might just close it out .

Speaker 4

Man wow . We only get that one out , Steph .

Speaker 1

Wild , wild , wild , all right . Well , hey , let's go on and get

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on out of here . I appreciate y'all hopping on just doing a little smack talk Again . We weren't supposed to be on but with the big deficit it seemed like a home team couldn't win , had to come on here and chop it up , talk a little bit of junk , but we'll be back in the studio next Friday with a full-blown official show , deep Dive .

We'll have all the clips of me correctly predicting how everything was going to go , so we might have a little intro . We might have an extended intro before next week's show .

Speaker 4

All right man .

Speaker 3

Sounds great Because .

Speaker 4

I need a subject , super kind of like the Lakers do if y'all get swept . I'm just saying , if that happens , I need that same energy returned for me , because that was hilarious last week . I ain't going to lie , but I need to get my get back . So , yeah , yeah , cut the clips , cut the clips , cut the clip .

Speaker 1

All right , cool , all right , well , hey , peace and love . We will see y'all next week . Until then , pick'em Pros Out Later .

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