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Hi, everybody, welcome in some thoughts on the Lakers, Grizzlies, Nick's Calves, Warriors, Kings. Marcus Thompson, who covers the Warriors written books on Steph and k D, will be joining us in roughly twelve minutes. So my first takeaway on the Grizzlies is generally speaking, if a two seed the Grizzlies faces a seven seed the Lakers, and the series starts in the two seeds home as it should, right, you would take the two seed to win the series.
But I took the Lakers to win this series because I think there's a lot of fool's gold with Memphis. And I like John Morant, but I consider him to be much like Derreck Rose. And I've said this for years. I don't think those kind of players can lead you to champions. This is overwhelmingly once the playoffs start, a wing, Big League refs swallow their whistles and the physical teams win. I mean, how effective was Anthony Davis today? How effective the Knicks rebounding over the Calves?
You see?
How effective a Robert Williams, a marginally talented player but great defensively, how he can disrupt Atlanta's offense, wings and bigs. You say, well, what about Steph Curry. The best two Warriors teams had Kevin Durant on them, and Steph Curry realized that. And so John Morant, like Derek Rose, is spectacular and dynamic, not an elite defender or rebounder. He's not going to be a rim protector, and he's still not a great shooter. He's just explosive like Derreck Rose was.
And so I like the Lakers in this series, and I don't want to hear that the injury to Jahn Morant was the difference. The Lakers had their best third quarter, perhaps the best quarter they've played against a good team on the road all season. They scored sixty nine points in the second half, and John Morant played ninety percent of it. He couldn't stop Ruey Reeves ad or Lebron. So I don't want to hear that's the difference. The Lakers had their best quarter Jahn Morant was on the floor.
He'll return in the series. We're not sure about Game two. John Morant has said his availability could be in peril for Game two. I can like Steve Nash as a player, but those Phoenix teams got pushed around in the playoffs. I can like Derek Rose, I can like John Morant, it's different. And so I thought the Lakers' physicality would be the difference in this series with Clark and Steven Adams out, and it was. They mostly controlled the interior,
big rebounding advantage. Eleven blocks for the Lakers and two for Memphis. And that's the series. So you're not going to get another game like that from Rui and Reeves was red hot. But I don't want to hear any excuses here. There's a reason that most people, most people, not just me, took the Lakers in this series is that Memphis was virtually unbeatable at home. Now everybody's equally rested. Rim protection defense means more in the playoffs. You see
who the better team is. Jahn Morant can't play in game two of the series. I think Memphis will be very competitive because I don't think Ruy and Reeves will probably play that well. But I've thought there's a lot of fools gold here on Memphis. I've said the same with Denver is like I like Denver, but efficiency, which is Jokich's game, you got to give me more than that. I'm going to need some thirty five point games. I don't trust some of the guys on that Denver team
who have never delivered in the postseason. You know, if you're a Laker fan, Lebron had twenty one points, a couple of big shots big three, but he had costly turnovers. I didn't think Lebron played great. I didn't think the Lakers played that effectively in the first half. They couldn't shoot, So you got to feel good if you're the Lakers. They completely utterly controlled the second half, out scoring Memphis sixty nine to forty seven, eleven blocks to two for
the Lakers. They were the better basketball team. Doesn't mean they were in the regular season. But we've said this before. Postseason refs swallow whistles. They're gonna let you bang around more. And the dynamic, wildly vertical show stopping point guards Westbrook Walls, Derrick Rose, John Morants, Steve Nash wasn't highly vertical, but you know, two time MVP wildly effective. They don't have the impact in the postseason. So you know, you're a
Laker fan, you have to feel good. Remember the Lakers are two different teams. There's the pre trade deadline deal with Westbrook, and there's this team, and this team has more shooters, has more wings, is younger, more athletic. So you have to look at the Lakers. It's like in the NFL, where sometimes you have a team the Patriot the great ones were usually Thanksgiving on was a different Patriot team than September October. This is a different Laker
team right now now. I think if this series goes six or seven, maybe Jaws out for a couple of games, and it's a quick series that benefits the Lakers greatly. Lebron, you know you'd like to play him thirty two minutes, You probably have to play him thirty six minutes in the postseason, although Reeves certainly can control the offense when he's out.
But the quicker this series.
Goes, this is not a young team, the better it is for the Lakers in the next round. All Right, some thoughts on a series that I thought Cleveland had too many shot makers for the New York Knicks. And I also thought Julius Randall could miss the first two games of the series. That's what was reported about two weeks ago. Julius Randall played so one of the things that jumped out is not Jalen Brunson's play. He's been terrific all year. Okay, Jalen Brunson is a really, really
good player. You know, your classic Villanova's second round in big national championship level games. Can defend a little though. He's small, but he's a great leader. He's just your classic point guard that can score, can distribute, excellent leadership skills, sets his guys up. And that didn't surprise me. What does Because I don't necessarily think losing Game one's the end of the series. It's not for the Warriors, but I do think there was something that was really noticeable.
The New York Knicks were the second best rebounding team in the league during the regular season. I think they were tied for second best rebounding team. Cleveland was middle of the pack. How many times when Cleveland was inching back in that game did the Knicks get a second, third, and occasionally fourth look.
At the basket?
New York I felt like got every big rebound in the second half. And that's a problem. Evan Mobley's excellent, he's still young, he's still ascending. But if New York that's Tom Thibodeau's classic team play defense, slow it down a little bit, crash the boards, get some freebies underneath, limit the Calves to one shot. So I still like Cleveland in the series. But if that is a pattern, and remember the best coaches are in the playoffs, they
make adjustments, right, They're gonna make adjustments in Cleveland. But you can rebound your way to a series win if you limit their second shots and you get yours second and third shots frequently. So you know, Jalen Brunson's been good all year. The Knicks have some interesting depth. You know, they can melt. Any Nick fan will tell you they're a team that can lose leads and melt. But I thought that rebounding edge in the second half it was noticeable.
It was stark. They were controlling the glass every time they needed a rebound. So we have a real series between the Knicks and the Calves. That's fun. Thoughts on the Warriors. I had predicted last week on Fox Sports one and Premiere Radio that I thought Sacramento would win Game one and I would take the better coach, Yes, Steve Kerr four titles, the better coach, the better roster, Yes.
Now that Wiggins and Gary paytnerback. It's the better, deeper roster and the more experienced Warriors to win in six. I thought it was going to be a hornet's nest in Game one. But something that really jumped out to me is that everybody likes to brag how much basketball you know on the internet. If you think Jordan Pool's a great player, just you don't know basketball when you watch him on the floor. He is so bad defensively in the second half, I thought he cost him the game.
And I think on a pretty regular basis, Steve Kerr and Draymond Green call him out. And you know, Draymond Green on the volume on his podcast, you can't give Malik Monk thirty plus points. It's okay. Daron Fox is going to get his. Steph Curry's going to get his right, Jimmy Butler's going to get his in the playoffs, Donovan Mitchell's going to get his. Anthony Davis is going to get his. You can't let role players have huge, huge game games. And so I think Jordan Poole, and I've
said this multiple times, it's a problem. I think they want to move him. Somebody will overpay for him, somebody will lock him into a deal. But that series came down to Jordan Pool on the floor late in the game and just surrendering too many easy buckets and momentum for the Kings. Listen, Sacramento is certainly capable of winning this series. It's going to be really hard for Golden State to win on the road. But I think everybody noticed with Wiggins now available, that gives them two wings.
Wiggins and Cominga. They've only really had Cominga for a while now. Dante DiVincenzo, Gary Peyton, I'll always banged up. They got plenty of depth. Now they're fine. It's a really nice eight man rotation if Peyton is okay, he got banged up. But one of the only things that really surprised me in that game is that Andrew Wiggins was that effective. Obviously he missed, you know, most past the trade deadline. I thought he was really effective. But again,
he's a super high IQ player that's been around. That's why he fits so easily is that, you know, Golden State asks a lot of its players on both ends of the floor to catch and react offense. It's you know they're going to make switches on defense. You have got to be paying attention. Jordan Poole doesn't, Andrew Wiggins does, and that's why he was so effective. I think the Warriors are going to be fine, but I had said last week the words I used, it's going to be
a feisty series. If you can give Wiggins and Gary Payton real minutes, I think the Warriors are win their experience and their roster. I think what they're going to do in the next game in the series is they're going to be much more physical. Just too many easy buckets for the Kings. So I think the Warriors are going to be physical, and I think officials will play a part in this series. The dynasty gets the whistle, But overall, I thought it was a great weekend. And
let's talk more on the Warriors. Bringing Marcus Thompson from The Athletic who has covered this team multiple years, part of this dynasty for many years. The NBA Playoffs are upon us. Twenty teams get in all trying to get that one crown for last minute amazing deals. To watch your favorite NBA team. It can be the Warriors, it could be the Kings, it could be the Sixers, it could be the Bucks to get great last minute deals on amazing tickets. Check out game Time, the fastest growing
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now lost seven straight playoff games. He disappeared for the last four minutes, which I don't know if it put it on KD. Maybe I should Monty Williams, Chris Paul, Devin Booker, can we get him the ball? That was shocking. So let's start with that. Who do I put the blame on for Kevin Durant not getting more looks in the last four minutes?
You know he put the blame on. I got the answer for you. His name is Russell Westbrook. That's how you put the blame on. That's the one who came in and says, you know what, I'm going to take over this game all the shade. Russell Westbrook hasn't do it all these years. I mean that might that was the greatest three for nineteen playoff performance of all time. We think about you went three for nineteen and he completely dominated the game. He had he played great on
Kevin Durant, turned him into a passer like facilitator. He had Russell Westbrook like, I mean, he had Devin Booker bothered, and that play at the end with the block and then throwing it off Booker and like showing the world is heard. I mean, Russell Westbrook is the blame for all of it. They had no answer for us. Can you believe it? Well?
And Devin Booker's interesting because you trailed by three with seventeen seconds left a lamp? Does you no good? Shoot the three?
Yes?
And the second thing, you know, situationally, that was bizarre. And Booker complains a lot to the refs, So it's like, dude, you get your shot blocked, don't complain to the ref Finish the play like that. That is a moment that a star can't allow to happen, Like you can't be in dialogue with an official as a play late in the game is going on like, that's on book And I like him, but that that was situationally really bad basketball to That was my takeaway. And Russ deserves great credit.
That was an untremendous play, But that's bad situational basketball by Phoenix, isn't it.
Oh? Yeah, no question. I mean they they made some questionable decisions down the stretch. And that's I mean, that's Bookers in mo right, I mean, that's that's what the modern player does. They they stop playing to complain, right, They stopped playing to argue with the rest. We see Luca do it, we see all of them do it. But there's something about playoff basketball. You just got to
play through that. You have to play through that. And the bottom line is, like you said, this is solved by getting Kevin Derrett the ball, Like that's that's that's the answer. And so if you're going to say, all right, I got this, I'm gonna take over. I got Westbrook Brunner one, I'm taking him, and it don't work out, you need to get back in place. He played great d That's the crazy part. Booker played great d. He
was he was the incredible in defense. But at the end of games when it didn't go his way, it just wasn't. It was a great play by Westbrook, not a great play by Devin Booker. And I feel like Russell Westbrook deserves that.
Let's pivot now to the Warriors, because we're gonna get twelve to fifteen minutes with you on the Warriors. I came out last week and I thought Sacramento would win the opener. I'll take the Warriors in six. My question was how much do you get out of Andrew Wiggins. Were you surprised how effective Andrew Wiggins was having not played for three months?
I was, I mean, he's such a freak athlete that like, how do you do that? He's bouncing around, he had three blocks, he's playing defense, he's rebounding, he's getting to his spots, and it looks like normal. It is even if you know, like this dude is a unique athlete, Like really he is special in a very like created in a lab kind of way. Right, he could run all day before this year, he never missed games, Like he's just a guy who could just play all day.
And he looked like that. It did catch up with him, right, he was winded. I think it was one for a from three. He missed the three that would have won the game, basically wide open from the corner. So you could see like the effects of it. But man, let me let me tell you Kyler. After the game, in a loss, you could feel that they're like, oh, we got wiggants back. Oh oh okay, Like even after a loss, they were like, oh we got we got wiggts back.
And that was kind of the sentiment like we're jet, we're fine, our whole squad is here, and Wiggins looks like that already, Okay, we're pretty good. That's one of the words to never get down. They very rarely get down. That's still one of the higher moments I felt in that locker room after a loss, where they felt like rooting confidence.
Well, now with Kaminga and Wiggins, Peyton will get to him in a second and Dante DiVincenzo, they they do have a seven to an eight man rotation here of you know veteran players. You know a player the Warriors don't have to mention Jordan Poole by name, but it's pretty obvious Kerr and Draymond take turns, you know, firing shots at him defensively. Marcus, he's it's a problem, Like he's not engaged. I thought he had three or four lapses defensively, and I honestly thought it cost them the game.
Are his minutes? I mean last year in the playoffs, Marcus, the longer they went, the fewer minutes he played like there was there. Do you think there's real concern about what he gives up on the defensive end. He's just not engaged a lot. I don't know if it matters if he's engaged or not. He's just not very good at it, so it doesn't matter at this level.
Right, Like you could be as intuite as you wanted. He made a few good plays, but in the end, he's not guard Deer in Fox, so what he's not guarding Malik Monk. So the thing that is important for him is to be able to go back at you, Like they need somebody to go back at it. They don't have a guy outside of Steph Curry who can catch the ball at the three point line and end up at the rim. He's the only other guy who
can do it. He's the only other guy who can dribble well enough and create, so they need him for that. But he also gives up stuff on defense, and that's kind of to catch twenty two with Jordan Poole. If he's rolling and his shot is falling, all right, you bro with him. Like there was a stretch where they couldn't score and it was him and Milik Munk going at each other and it was like, what the heck is this is this Michigan verus Kentucky? Like I know,
but crunch time. You just get the sense in this series, against the most efficient offense, the team that could explode like this, he probably won't be playing down the stretch, not that much. He didn't play that much this game like he just wasn't there. And Steve Kerr is gonna lead defense, He's going to lean defense. Every time they scored one hundred and twenty three points, they should win that game. They gave up one twenty six. That was the problem.
What are they going to get now from Peyton who left the game some sort of core injury. What's the latest on him?
He seemed to be fine. He said he felt good, he came back in. He just you know, Peyton is one of them, dudess. He's like a football player in that sense, like a running back, Like he's all his whole body's on the line. He's running, he's jumping, he's falling, he's playing big right, and you just feel like he's got a few years of this, so you need to get him because there's always something with him, right. He's just he's so physical with the way he plays. He's
a revelatory. He changes everything to them. He gives him something. I feel like he might get a lot of Pool mints. If it's not Wiggins, it'll be Gary Payton.
I honest think that Peyton's a better fit. I think when I watch Pool on the floor with the Warriors, I can. I feel like Draymond's body language isn't great sometimes Kurr isn't. I feel like they hold their breath a little with Jordan Poole. They don't trust him. They know he's gifted, but they don't trust him. I think they trust Peyton though he's limited.
Yeah, the problem with Jordan is he's just very young, and the mistakes and the stuff he's got to learn, there's literally no other way around it. Like he gets the ball at the end of the quarter in the game and Steph is on a court and it's Jordan Poole and he goes one on one with Fox and he turns it over and it's like, you got to get a ball to Stephan in that situation, right, But in the same vein, he's taking that play and he's
gotten a bucket out of it. He just does so many things that nobody else on the team can do. So they gotta live with it. And you know what, here's the reality. They created that monster, right, They taught him out to play. So if he's taking bad shots, he watched him take bad shots. He learned from them, right. He his swagger, his confidence, they reeded it. So this is just part of it. Like it reminds me of like, you know, you're messing with a teenager, right, like you're
raising a teenager. Like there's just parts of raising a teenager that are tough. You got a young dude with that much talent, that much confidence, that much arrogance, that much belief in himself and also that many flaws. You just gotta live with it because they can't without him. But also it's some things on the court that frustrates you. And they're all thirty plus years old, they've got four championships. They're veterans, right, you know, they make mistakes too, so
they just have to live with it. I feel like they just have to live with it no matter what, because bottom line, if Gary Payton's out there, that's one less score, and if Clay's not making his shots like he wasn't, especially down the stretch. Now it's just all on Steph. They running a boxing one on Steph. Who creates offense at that point now is like, yo, you kind of need your pool in the game, so figure out what to do on defense. But that dude could go get a bucket.
So Draymond does podcast right after the games. He did last year. You know, it's I see people take shots head him. It's not like he divulges game plans. How does it sit though with the team? I mean, Draymond gives you insight that literally nobody in basketball gives you he's off the floor for the dynasty. Does it sit uncomfortably with a team? How do they feel about it?
I don't think so. Number, if there's one thing the I mean, first off, the only people who could possibly say something are like the Ogs, right, Steph Curry, Clay Thompson, Andre right, but anybody else, it probably doesn't matter what they say. Is there any team more brand conscious in the Warriors?
Right?
Is there anything that spends as much time building like who they are? I mean, Clay's riding boats to games, right, Like, he's got his whole shtick. Steph you know, has his thing, Like even andre Igodala is the super smart tech guy, right Like they look at Draymond as that's Draymond's thing. As long as he's playing, well, it's fine. I haven't heard anything negative about it, right, Like, you know, Draymond is a guy who will do some things that irritates people.
The podcast ain't one of them. From what I can hear. It's just Draymond. Plus I don't know how much of this is Like, Yo, this is Draymond. We've known this dude for ten years now. Like why we get mad about the sky being blue? Like Draymond likes to talk. He's gonna talk. He's pretty smart, so he knows what he's doing. It's gonna be calculated. Why Like, why worry about it? I think the fans don't like it more than the players don't.
Yeah, I think you nailed it. I think he's very measured and calculated. He knows exactly what he's saying.
I love it.
I find the access fascinating.
But there's like an other element too to it. I think that people should probably know, Like like he's essentially putting his team on notice, right, Like if he's out there talking, they they kind of gotta go back him up, right, And the only reason you would complain about him doing that is if you are afraid you can't back it up. And that's just not worries basketball. Right, They're gonna go into arena and they're gonna talk, and then they're all
gonna back up the one who's talking. Like that's just how it is, So I do think there's a little bit of like an ulterior motives, like, all right, I'm gonna put us on notice and we're gonna have to live. We're gonna have to rise up to the occasion because nobody else on the team will do that. I do feel like this is a little bit of team chemistry situation as well. Well.
You mentioned Malik Monks thirty two, which is he's right about this. You can give up forty to a Donnovan Mitchell or occur. Oh yeah, you can't give up thirty two to Malik Monk. I believe I felt going into this series that the way to win this series. I think they're going to get a little physical. I think they'll get the dynasty whistle. I think they'll get the veteran whistle. Do you think we'll see a different kind of Game two in Sacramento?
Oh yeah, I definitely. I mean that's playoffs in general. It's gonna change a little bit. But I also think the it's gonna work the other way. Like Steph Curry got two free throws and Malik Munk got fourteen, So I think Curry's going to get to the line more, right, Like at some point you got to start saying, hey, this dude just driving a lot. I definitely think their answer is to get more aggressive, get more physical. Yes, I don't think you'll see I think you'll see very
physical defenders on Deer Fox and Milik Munket. It won't be like the guys who are good stay in front, but don't make you feel them, like Dante DiVincenzo or Klay Thompson, like Gary Payton, Draymond Green, Jonathan Kaminga, like they wear on you, they physical, they foul you like you know they're there. I think you'll see that type of yeah guy. I think Trey Lyles they'll be looking for him, and mostly they feel like they got punks, like on the board, so the only way to respond
is to kind of punch back. But I do I wouldn't be surprised when somebody gets too quick fouls though, because it was too free flow and it was fun. It was exciting, like you know, you know we're gonna get that ninety five ninety seven game at some point.
Yeah, I mean I thought the one, like I still think the Warriors are fine. I think Phoenix is fine. People adjust. I think the one game over the weekend that I did take a step back is the Knicks ability to dominate the glass in multiple key situations. They were the second best rebounding team in the league. They have to rebound well because I and I watched that and I thought, wow, now that's something that's repeatable.
Uh.
People are looking at Jalen Brunson. He's been great all year. We know that that I don't doubt. But the New York Knicks ability to kind of push Cleveland around and get rebounds, I'm like, wow, that are we looking at a different series here? Was there any outside of the Warriors? Was there any takeaway for you this weekend? Marcus? That was anything you took a step back and went, you know, once Giannis got hurt, it's going to be a different game.
Celtics are going to dispose very quickly. Uh, Philadelphia is going to dispose of Brooklyn very quickly. Anything surprised you at all? Not necessarily surprising. I thought Memphis would be a tougher fight for the like the Lakers kind of waxed them. I mean second, it was like Rory and and.
Uh re right, like they were cooking the Lakers look like uh oh, if you're reminded of the ceiling they had, right, they've played below it for so long you get they have it. But it's like, wait a second, if this thing clicks, it might click click right. They could like if Memphis doesn't put up a fight here and the Warriors Kings go six or seven of a brawl. But like the track race right now, whoever comes out of it, you got to deal with the size of physicality of
the Lakers. Man. You could see this kind of kind of shaping up for them in a way that's a little bit like, wow, we would we just would have never thought this two months ago. We would have never thought this, like they would have this ride to the you know, to the Western Conference Finals. I was I'm interested in the Miami Milwaukee series. I think this was more of a blue kind of game one Like I think even without Jannis, the Bucks are so used to
playing without them that they might figure something out. So I'm interested to see what they have left. I think this is a phenomenon. The team that comes in off the play in usually a little bit rolling and now, you know, I remember I think it was Memphis got Game one against Utah today. If you win two games to get into the playoffs. Your a nice little rhythm, and you're playing a team that was just sitting, was just rested. I think that's a little bit of thing.
So I really want to see what Miami has. Actually, they lost one in one one, but I want to see if Miami is legit, if they could really extend a series that changes the entire East of Milwaukee's out entire East. It blows everything up. Now, another team could sneak in, like like the Knicks into the East Finals.
I don't think they will, but you know, going back to what you said about the Lakers, I thought they'd
beat Minnesota, and I thought they'd beat Memphis. But I did feel like the longer it goes, it's more of a disadvantage because if you could get in and out of this series with Memphis in five games and Labon gets like four days to rest, then you have a real chance to win game one against whoever you play, Like, I think, wherever you play, there is a path that the Lakers need to hit to win the Warriors, don't. You know a lot of the good teams don't the
Lakers do. There's a path to success, and it's getting rid of Memphis fast.
But doesn't look feasible. I mean, like even like John got hurt and this is becoming a thing. Jock gets hurt, right, this is obviously a thing where this is now the second playoffs in a row. He got hurt. And remember before they were like better without him, they like played in a way where it was like yo, they actually lock in on defense. Right, But no Steven Adams, no Brandon Clark. That that that's a problems mishus might be
in trouble even if Josh somehow plays. You're down one and they've got Anthony Davis who could at any moment just drop forty on you, right, like they got the guy who can do it, Lebron can just drop forty on you and you're in trouble.
Yeah, I mean they were trailing by four. That was an offensive foul on jaw. The Lakers were getting the ball and were hot. And by the way, the Lakers had their best quarter of the season and the third quarter and John was on the floor, so he wasn't stopping anybody. I thought the Lakers got so many good looks. I mean the first half, the whole game, they got him. They just didn't hit him in the first half, but they were getting phenomenal looks. Their ball movement was excellent.
That's the part though, that makes you think, Eh, how real is this? I mean, it is Ruy hitting all those the whole series. He won't. No, you know, you're not sold on the Hotchi Brewer BADWG. You're not hopping on You not ready for the twenty four average of twenty four for the series for Hotchi Borer. You ate, I'm signing up Ruy hotchiburrs average of twenty four for this entire series put me down.
I got yeah, But I will say their third leading score Russell Ruy reeves. They've got a collection of guys who are all I mean, D'Angelo Russell is capable to drop twenty six.
Is going to give you a game? Right? Yeah, no question, no question.
He can be a little shrewder yep, Dennis shrewder By the way the play in game. Dennis Schreuder was their third guy. So they don't have a they don't have a nail down three. But I mean, listen to Celtics got to the finals last year and Marcus Smart is hot and cold. You don't know exactly what you're getting offensively from Marcus Smart. So I mean there, if you have two legitimate scorers, I mean, what's impressible.
You can do the number three by committee?
Right, you can kind of do it by committee. So all right, So you still feel good about the Warriors before we let you go. I still think they went it in six. I mean, this is how it played it out. Like I think they lose the first game. I just felt like Sacker BDDO was gonna make everything. This was like everybody to be like Sherman Club.
Right, this is thirty five years of woning and wonting, like they've been waiting for this moment forever. I felt like they were going to make every shot, and there was a stretch when they did, and now the adjustments happened. Let's see if they can handle it. I feel like Warriors get game to hold Servant home and we go back. We either go back to Sacramento tie to too, or we go back to Sacramento with them playing for their lives to stay alive. That's how I see it shaken out.
I wouldn't be shocked though, if Sacramento won, because I don't know. Some bonus was kind of terrible in that game, so maybe he rebounds.
All right, Marcus Thompson, the Athletic just fifteen eighteen great minutes from him. He's a busy guy. We're gonna let him go. Thanks for coming on, buddy.
I'm about to write about Klay Thompson. I'm about to get my bag. Let's go.
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