Gil's Arena - LeBron & The Lakers' Collapse STUNS The Gil's Arena Crew

Episode Date: April 29, 2025

Gil's Arena Reacts To An INSANE NBA Playoff Weekend as The Gil's Arena Crew returns to the arena to break down a wild weekend of NBA Playoff hoops. They kick off the show by reacting to the WILDEST 1st round game in quite some time as Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets STUNNED Kawhi Leonard & The Los Angeles Clippers with a buzzer beating dunk and flipped the series on it's head in one shocking moment. They break down how the Clippers can slow down the Joker in the rest of the series and debate which team is in the driver's seat as the series tightens up. They then react to the New York Knicks taking hold of the series against the Detroit Pistons with massive wins in Games 3 & 4 and break down how Jalen Brunson & Karl Anthony Towns have been instrumental in carry the Knicks over a scrappy Piston's team. Next, they turn their attention to the biggest storyline of the weekend as the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves in 3 straight games to put their NBA Playoff lives up in jeopardy. They give their biggest takeaways from the series, break down how Anthony Edwards is making another statement in the NBA Playoffs, analyze JJ Redick's decision to go with just 5 players in the 2nd half of Game 4 and discuss what LeBron James & Luka Doncic need to do to extend the series and avoid another 1st Round exit. Finally, The Gil's Arena Crew reacts to the Golden State Warriors pulling off a win without Jimmy Butler thanks to a huge night from Steph Curry and preview a pivotal Game 4 before discussing Sheduer Sanders' epic fall in the NFL Draft and compare the start of his career to another child of a Superstar athlete in Bronny James. Please give us a like and subscribe!!! Gil's Arena Crew - Josiah Johnson, Rashad McCants, Kenyon Martin & Nick Young Sign up for Underdog Fantasy HERE with promo code GIL and get up to $1000 in Bonus Credits and A FREE Pick: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-gil's-arena Slide into game changing comfort with MeUndies. Support the show by going to https://MeUndies.com/gil and use code GIL to get 20% off your first order, plus free shipping. MeUndies—comfort from the outside in. To get $15 off your first order and find out if prescription Ro Sparks are right for you. Connect with a provider at https://ro.co/ARENA Use our code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/ARENA10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount Join the Playback chat to interact with Gil and Josiah https://www.playback.tv/gilbertarenas SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvjYgmwadC682OoC4Cc6TQ Join the Underdog discord for access to exclusive giveaways and promos! https://discord.gg/underdog 0:00:00 - 2 Min Countdown 0:01:57 - Show Start 0:02:41 - Update On Alijah Arenas 0:06:55 - The Nuggets Wild Buzzer Beater 0:34:41 - Can The Clippers Slow Down Joker? 0:46:13 - The Pistons Got ROBBED By The Refs 1:04:18 - Kat Has Proven The Knicks Won The Trade 1:15:52 - Will The Pistons Be A Problem In The Future? 1:23:32 - Steph & The Warriors Win Without Playoff Jimmy 1:28:27 - Steph Curry Is The GOAT 1:36:19 - What Happened To The Old Draymond 1:47:17 - Anthony Edwards Is Taking LeBron's Throne 2:08:12 - JJ Redick Doesn't Make Subs 2:16:46 - Sheduer Sanders SNUBBED By The NFL 2:33:40 - MostlyFans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We back. And next to me, the distinguished gentleman from Oak Cliff, former number one pick, Kanyan Martin, back on the couch. What's happening? So like I said, Gil's not here with us today. So as many of you know, this past Thursday, Gil's son Elijah was involved in a single car accident early in the morning. He was coming back from the gym, getting ready to go back, put some more work in the gym, lost control of his car, suffered an accident.

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Just make sure you support the show. Here's what's cracking in the arena today. Nuggets made history in what was easily one of the wildest playoff games ever to even their series with the Clippers. Does Denver have the mental edge heading into game five? Warriors were without playoff Jimmy but got a vintage performance from Steph Curry to retake home court advantage from the Rockets. Does Houston have a problem with or without Jimmy Buckets on the floor? And

Ant-Man dropped a 40 piece to stun the Lakers as the Wolves took a 3-1 lead in the series. Are the purple and gold cooked? No they are not. We still have faith. Unwavering. But before we get into all that, as always, the show is brought to you by Underdog. Download the app. Use promo code GIL. Get up to $1,000 in bonus cash plus a special pick-em. As for tonight, Cemetery Larry has some picks up in his partner pack

on the Underdog app. Let's take a look if we can. So, Defensive Player of the Year, Evan Mobley, higher, 16.5 points. He won. Got him. Davion Mitchell, higher, 12.5 points. Oh won. Got him. Davion Mitchell, higher, 12.5 points. Oh, no clapping for that? We can clap for it.

We got our resident Cavs fans in here. Shout out Chuggs. Let them know, Chuggs. Let them know. About these Cavs. I forgot about that. Take it back. In the building. Steph, higher 27.5 points. Jimmy Butler.

He playing? we know. We'll see. Lower 30.5 points, rebounds and assists. And Jalen Green, higher 18.5 points. How's everybody feeling about these picks so far? Still don't know Jimmy's status for the game, but. Just take note that I just won last night, so. Okay. That's all you need to know.

How much bread did you win, Shad? It was 156 times. Oh, because the one pick X'd out? I'm saying that they... I just bet a lot. I respect it. You got to take risks here. You got to take the risk.

Take risks here on the streets. How everybody else feeling about Shad's picks for this lovely playoff evening? It's good. Jimmy's still hurt. He just wants to be out there. You learned from Dame Leonard last time. Not to go higher.

I went lower last night. I went lower. And, you know, praise up for Dame, too, obviously. Keeley's injury. I've been in the gym all year, haven't I? Been going through it. But we asked the chat if they are riding their fate with your picks. 58% of the chat riding

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Denver had their backs against the wall in Game 4, desperate for a win to avoid going down 3-1, and they would have to do it without Russell Westbrook, who was sidelined with a foot injury after missing the second half of Game 3. Nuggets still had Jokic, though, and even when he missed, he couldn't miss. So let's take a look at some of the highlights. We'll pick it up. End of the second quarter,

James Harden took exception to a Christian Brown foul. Melee ensued. Aaron Gordon and Harden had to be separated after exchanging pushes. Six players getting text as a result of this melee. Harden, Norm Powell, Chris Dunn for the Clippers. Aaron Gordon, Christian Brown, and Jokic for the Nuggets came out of melee. Can you stop using fucking words that don't fit?

Altercation? Altercation? Okay. He took off. He took off on them. Melee? A little melee. A scrum?

No, no. That's the best series. A disagreement. A scrum in rugby is way more contact than that. Verbal fisticuffs. So Denver came out firing the second half, outscoring the Clippers 35-17 in the third. Another dominant third quarter, 16 points, 8 rebounds,

and 4 assists in the period. While the Clippers had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists as a team. Joker came just short of dropping his third straight triple W at 36 points, 21 rebounds, 8 assists, and two steals while shooting 56% from the field. So MBJ and Christian Brown both had 17 points. Jamal Murray, another off shooting night, 13, seven to seven on five and 17 shooting. Aaron Gordon, 14, six boards and five dimes. Two of the biggest points of the game, but we'll have more on that shortly. Kawhi had 24 and nine boards

for the Clippers. Avisa Zubak, another double-double, 19-12, six assists. So Nuggets led by as much as 22 early in the fourth quarter before the Clippers came storming back, going on a 30-9 run, including a stretch where they scored 12 straight points to take a one-point lead with a little over a minute remaining in the game. Like I said, Norm Powell came up big in the fourth quarter, scoring nine of his 22 points, three huge threes. With the game tied at 97, Joker hit a fadeaway in Zubach's grill

to give the Nuggets a two-point lead, 16 seconds remaining. Ensuing Clippers possession, Zubach tipped in a hard miss to even things back up. And on the Nuggets' final possession, Jokic airballed a 26-footer, but Aaron Gordon turned it into an alley-oop, dunking the ball through the rim as time expired. Play was reviewed. Let's take a look.

That's too close to call. Oh, my God. Aaron Gordon heads up play. Getting the ball through the rim, hands off the ball. The play was reviewed. Call on the floor stood. Game Nuggets, first game- first game winning buzzer beating dunk

in nba playoff history as you can see nuggets extremely excited about that obviously clippers devastated series now tied 2-2 as they go back to denver so after the game gordon and joker had this reaction to the series altering play uh they're calling this the first playoff buzzer beating dunk in nba history what does it feel like to make a shot like that? It's a nice pass. Yes. So, Joker, was it a pass? No, not a question. So, just, no no it wasn't. So just how close was Gordon's game winner? Let's take a look.

So we got high angle slow-mo. Back and to the left. Back and to the left. Back and to the left. You can see he gets his fingers off the ball just as the clock expired and backboard LED lights activated. If he wouldn't have grabbed the rim, it wouldn't have been close. Just tip it.

Just drop the bitch in. Drop it in. He's supposed to drop it in there. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, if he would have dropped the bitch in, his hand would have been off the ball already. But thank God it's the replay. I guess.

Benefits some teams, not others. But nonetheless, how devastating was this loss for the Clippers after battling back in the fourth quarter? Like I said, down 22 early in the fourth quarter, make a huge run, take a lead. Excellent. He played for the Clippers. He still got some of that DNA all over his mouth.

I should have shot for it. The slippers. I should have shot for it, man. I'll go over time. That's the best series in the playoffs right now. Best by far. Most entertaining. My thing is, it wouldn't have got that far, right?

Well, it probably would have scored. Denver got a foul to give, right? You let James get to his left hand for the Zubac tip-in. So no one, listen, go for a steal. As soon as he get ready to go down here, like, we going for the ball. They got to take the ball out on the side. Then you got less time. Then you never probably get, so you up two already.

You let James get to his left. File that man before he, as soon as he get ready to go into his move and go down here and I'm gonna reach for the I'm trying to go for the steal you might get the ball that might not call it you never know here's what's bothering me if you give Zubat the ball and a pick and roll at the free throw line what is he gonna do with it pass gonna shoot that bullshit ass floater and or pass it right yeah he passed it He pass it. But games come up. If we, look,

if us three are coaches, right, and we saying that that's going to be our, it's going to be our little game plan for the first half to see what he do. Zuba?

Yeah. But the first thing we got to do though as a team, we got to tell our bigs, stop the fucking ball in the pick and roll. All this,

this fake, and it's, and it's allowing Kawhi and James to turn the corner slowly to slow roll the Zubox while he's at the front of the rim. Instead of blitz them, get them to pick the ball up, throw it to Zubox

early. You can't blitz with Joker though. Why you can't? You can blitz with any big. Just get out of drop coverage. You gotta do too much. He ain't not as fast. But look, you getting out of drop coverage. You got to do too much. I mean, not as fast. But look, you're getting out of drop coverage. Can you know? Show how to stay high. Show how to stay high. Show how to stay high. The space is different, though. Yeah. What's the difference? They don't roll and replace and all that shit. Of course not, because the middle guy is the

playmaker. But that's not Zubac. Zubac is not the playmaker. We want him to have the ball. Ain't no rolling rise on the weak side now because he's just slow rolling. Yeah, you want him to ball like – I want the ball in his hand. Stop the pick and roll though. When it's on the line, like Joker do it. When you tell him he got to, he will. But the game plan is like –

They're not going to put the ball in. When he has to, he will. Yeah. We've seen him do it. Get him on the line, yeah, for sure. like we've seen anyone online yeah for sure so we've seen him do it but i'm just somebody in that situation yeah they had a foul to give and you don't use it the whole current of the game yeah was a a whole pattern that that played out in the fourth the way they was guarding it the way they was guarding it they got lucky at the end denver did but i think yeah the way they got the way they're guarding yeah, the way they was guarding it. They got lucky at the end. Denver did, but I think the way they were guarding it.

Yeah, better lucky than good. You know what I'm saying, man? The way they planned it. God damn. They gave it up. Yeah. Better lucky than good. They was up 22, so better lucky than good sometime, brother.

If Yogi Shots hits the rim, obviously it's a different story game. It goes to overtime. Basketball guys. Clippers had the momentum at that point. No Nutella would have carried over in overtime. For Denver, they have to guard better to beat the Clippers had the momentum at that point. No Nutella would have carried over in overtime. For Denver, they have to guard better to beat the Clippers. They got to play better offensively. They ain't got nobody that can guard them guys.

They have to do it collectively. They can't depend on nobody individually. Because, like you said, they ain't got nobody. I mean, Peyton Watson can be in the way of Kawhi, but he ain't no stopper. Yeah, and he ain't no stopper. Yeah, of course. And Aaron Gordon, he wants to guard him. Yeah. But you need Aaron Gordon to be your mic back.

You need him to be your interceptor. He needs to play the Draymond position. So he can't be out there trying to be a stopper. Because Joker is not a defender. So you're basically telling Kenyon to go out there and guard Kobe, and we got nobody back here if Kenyon get beat. So that's the situation they in as well. What do you do in that situation?

But, yeah, man, he got took off home, so the basketball guys, like, helped him. School, you know, that late nigga, he's like, him. Yeah. You know, I like n***a right. He's like, oh man. Ah and then God said, you know, we're going to reward you at the end and you know, okay, we're going to get to the overtime though. We're going to get to the Lakers in the second. I would have let him win overtime. We're going to get to the Lakers in the second. Many of the playoff games are talking. We're going to talk about God yet. We're going to talk about

God. God is everywhere. God is good all the time. We ain't almost there yet. No, you just got to look at the totality of the play, man. This is that guys don't play complete basketball, man. Talk about it. Listen, man, this game that we play, that we love, that we cherish, it's more than one thing that goes on out there, man. You just can't be a scorer, man. You just can't be a scorer, man. You just can't be a...

Okay, I deflect passes on defense. Man, you got to do it all. And if you look at the play, you got two guys just standing there looking up at the fucking ball. Ain't nobody touching the soul. You probably be doing the same shit. I'm like, please, guys, don't let this go.

But if you don't, you still got to box out. No, but still, but if it don't, you still got to box out. You got to box out. Or at least somebody next to you. Again, listen, I ain't going to power forward, dog. Yeah. His mentality, game on the line. I'm going to the glass, man. Hit it.

I don't give a fuck if it's late, whatever. I'm going to the glass. Three box, both teams didn't box out. Yeah, but no. Two putbacks to come back. Yeah. It was like back to back but I'm saying so if they take the file Nicola doesn't have to come over to help his body is still on

Zubac. He don't have to come over and help in that situation. Yeah. Kawai running at Nicola for what in that situation? What you running at him for he's going to shoot it. There's nothing you can do in that moment. Yeah, and that makes it a two on one. So it's a lot of shit that's going on on this play that you'd like do. This is the playoffs. Are we trying to win or not?

You got to be tuned to that shit. To them 48 it's over man. If you're not as we prove it man. That's something we got to say. You got to play because, it's over, man. You're not, as we proved, man. That's something we got to say. You got to play because they played to point one, man. Do we got to say it in the fucking huddle? Hey, man. Shot go up.

Make sure you box out and secure the rebound. They ain't calling no foul right there. It's a tie game, right? It's a tie game. That's why I'm going to the glass that hard. Yeah. I'm going to the glass like I'm running through a

like I'm playing football at this point. Because you can get a foul. They not calling. You can Reggie Evans get a foul just going to go up to the glass and they hit you. You go up and they try to hold me down. You fly and all that. No, you got to put yourself in winning situations.

Man. Then they want certain teams to win. It was a tight game, though. And then Joker took a bad shot on the entire game. You bailed him out by not boxing out. We seen that all yesterday. I mean, that's a terrible possession.

But that's the possession you want if you're the Clippers. If you're the Clippers. We did our job. Except for, we looked at the film and we're like, Kawhi, you did a great job coming over. Can we see the box office? Yeah, play the last clip where he's shooting. Kawhi, we're in film. We're like, everybody did their job except for James.

What are you doing, James? Yeah, we got James. Take a look. Oh we at the end? Yeah. Oh yeah. To the uh joker shot. Watch out watch this watch out. Fast forward to the end of the clip. Space age technology here in the arena. Boop bop bam.

So that's all I got. It's even better in triple speed. I'm not going to lie. Why? It's killing, bro. Damn, they good. That's a beautiful game. That was a hell of a shot. Right here, Paolo.

Boop. All right. Look at them do. James Harden. That's what I thought. And Norm Powell. Norm got two. Look.

Norm looked. See, Norm did what you're supposed to thought. And Norm Powell. Norm got two. Look, Norm looked. See, Norm did what you're supposed to do, turn and look. Now old shit kicks in. And look, Aaron, if Aaron don't get it, guess who got a chance to get it? Christian Brown. Who's pesky? Listen. Hey.

And he the guard version of Aaron Gordon. You realize you don't box out. He's thinking that too. Old shit kicks in. Old shit. That's his life. Then you look up and you see him. You look up, see him in the air.

Yeah. That's a tough situation, man. That's a great contest by Zubac. Yes, he was going to contest it like that anyway. Yeah. He tried it on the move in the post. But either way, Kawhi, nothing. Nicola wasn't going to try to go by him in that situation.

He waited too long. Bucky should go in there and get the rebound, but he at the top of the key with Murray. So you only got James Harden as the only one. He your first line of defense. That's tough. You don't think that, though. He like, oh, shit, it's long.

Man. Right? Man. Hey. Man. Listen, when you tip-dunk shit for a living. You can judge that thing off that rim man. So think about that James didn't see it. He seen it late.

Late. Yeah you're right. But he seen it. Yeah yeah. Oh shit. Nobody's missing like that. You know when it's long dawg. Wow.

Cause he trying to block that shit. A lot easier for us to see in real time obviously. But James is trying to block that shit. A lot easier for us to see in real time. But James is trying to block that, though. Why would James try to block it if it's a shot? Listen, bro. He's smart enough to know it was short, but he didn't get the box out. He can't get that.

Only Gordon could get that pass. So why he jump and try? Why he jump and try? Of course he going to jump and try. Oh, shit kicked in. Yeah, he got to live too late. Man, look how high that ball was. You know what we say, we say, watch your head. Watch your head.

What's up? Not on James tonight, Boxer. Nor Pyle obviously. Nor Pyle both of them. Nor Pyle guarding too, but- He has two, yeah. The way I see it, Norm looked and he's like, all right, my man ain't going. Look, now there's two people behind him.

But he didn't see the left. He didn't see- He didn't look left. He only looked to the right. I dig it. He didn't look to the left. But, you know, I think that's the thing. I think that's the thing.

I think that's the thing. I think that's the thing.. He didn't look left. He only looked to the right. I dig it. He didn't look to the left. But look, James knew. He didn't help, man. Go back to the... Can you rewind to the other angle, Paolo? Be smart. What's the help? Joker not driving.

Go back when Nicole was getting ready to shoot it. Yeah. Go back when Nicole is getting ready to shoot it. Yeah. Like, go back to when... Norm in the skip pass position, though. Norm is preparing for the skip pass. Nicole not passing the ball. And he not.

Fuck is you talking about? You got to know that in this situation. But that's the position he in. That's a shot, bro. So go back, go back some more. Go back some more. Go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. All right.

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All right, stop it. Stop it. Where we at now? We see our position. See? Now, look, we got the ball on the left. Everybody in hell right now. Stop.

Three. Stop it. Two. No idea what he's supposed to do right there. But. Because Boggy's in. Turn his back. Boggy can literally rotate. I think he turned his back to him.

He's not not gonna see me It's full rotation to yes full rotation. So norm is up for Christian Brown, but Christian dives Yeah, he said buddy in front of you now now him for another now you see how don't but do I say them? No, no, but you see I do see him. He's going he moved and he goes Christian Brown move Yes, all right, but it's still 2.8 on the clock Now he moving and he look where he at now. Yeah, it's 2.8. So I'm Norm. I'm passing. Hold on, stop. Norm is passing on to James.

Right, hold on. But James is Gordon. Gordon first and foremost. And he's not low enough right now. Not at all. He's not low enough. This is a problem. This is a problem. I already said that. Because Nicole is not going to pass the ball to Christian Brown in the middle of the paint right now. And Norm is thinking he's passing him off to James. Absolutely James

Not seeing nothing are passing him off to James you got to take go you got to drop back you got to take Now you're gonna Do skip it enough time. It ain't we good with that. We're living with it. Derek Fisher. You got a two point point. So yeah, what's that to get the ball cross-quarter MPJ shot right now off one leg behind the way Michael Porter is gonna take him. He got a he got a yeah.

Yeah, it's a lot to it. Yeah. He's not catching it. He got the leg kick. He got to get his shit together before he shoot not catching it high, so it's, he got the leg kick, and he got to get his shit together before he shoot it. And you know, like, in who world Aaron Gordon, this is his dream position, where he at right now.

He's a dunker, dog. He's reading that bitch like, oh, yeah, this easy. We live for that. This is easy. We live for the dunker, dog. With nobody, with nobody to box me at all. I'm thinking of time running out. I don't know. We going? James is thinking that

Braun is Gordon right now. He never looked behind him. If James really tried to box him out, it would have been... Listen. If he tried to box him out, he might have boxed him into Gordon. That's fine. I'm just saying. He can't jump. Yeah, that part. He can't jump.

He ain't going to jump and get that. He can't jump. Yeah, but yeah, that part. He can't jump. He ain't going to jump and get that. He can't jump and do this, but he is going to. He's going to have to throw it in. Yeah. He got to go over my back. Listen, it's going to be a wrestling match before. Now, you got to get into his body beforehand. Like, in these situations, we need a body on a body.

They hit the clock. Right where that ball goes up. We need a body on a body. And Kawhi put it like it's. Our one big man is out there guarding the big man. Our one big man is out there guarding the big man. Our second big man is out there guarding the big man. Now we got cars down here. They held the clock.

Look, it's.5 seconds on the clock. It's my first time hearing that. First time I heard that was the game. They held the clock. It's.5. He's still in the air. .5 on the clock. Shot held the clock. It's 0.5. He's still in the air. 0.5 on the clock. Shot the ball.

It was a minute. It was one second when he shot it. It was one second when he shot it. The ball was in the air forever. So you mean to tell me you could do this in 0.2 seconds? You seen it. You seen it? In slow motion.

Jump. Get it. You ain't have to gather. You ain't got to do shit. The ball's right at the rim. Like I said, if he wouldn't have tried to grab the rim, it would have been like point two still. Point, like he would have...

You would go this far to try to defend your man for not boxing out? That's not how it is. Game's over, man. They cheated him. Damn. They cheated my dog. After you get took off on, they feel sorry for him, you know? He got took off on? Yeah, he get took off on, they feel sorry for him, you know?

He got took off on? Yeah, he got took off on. He got took off on in practice by his own teammate. Then he got took off on. Who took off on him? You seen him the first game. Eyes black and lips, you know. There was some question about.

Are you sure that's what happened, Nick? You sure that's what happened, Nick? Or you just spread rumors and lies? I don't know. You know, there's a lot of people watching this show. You know who C.E. is sitting there, right? What else happened, though? You know just spread rumors and lies? You know there's a lot of people watching this show. You know who C.D. is sitting there, right? What else happened, though? You know there's a lot of people that watch this show, right?

They got took off on you. So you said you had an allergic reaction where your eye get puffy and your lip get puffy on the side? I don't know. I've never seen that allergic reaction. What does that have to do with the dunk? He got took off on. They feeling sorry for him. The basketball guys feel sorry for Get puffy on this side. I don't know. I've never seen that allergic. What does that have to do with the dunk? What does that have to do with this? He got took off on.

They feeling sorry for him. The basketball guys felt sorry for Eric Gordon and allowed him to make history with his game-winning buzzer beating dunk. In their locker room still. And it's like, get back to James. It's all in one, you know? Your mom used to tell you to shut up a lot, right? Shut up, Nick. Nick, shut up. From the whole other room.

Right, yes, yes. From the whole other room. Absolutely. Shut up, Nick. You still talking in there? Yeah, yeah. Your ma, she had to. These are coming all the way down here.

Yeah, absolutely. She got company. She's telling you to go to the room. Nick, go to your room. Shut up. Because you're not going to be talking like that in front of my company. Nick, go to your room. Shut up. Right, because you're not going to be talking like that in front of my company. Hey, fuck y'all.

What's up? If you're going to take your little ass upstairs, Nick, I'm going to bring your sandwich upstairs. Stop coming down here. Oh, man. But Nick talking to his goddamn imaginary friend over here like this. I told you they didn't want to fix those sandwiches. Yeah, absolutely. I don't know why he would ask me for that in front of her.

Like, you know. Like, who you talking about, Nick? Me and my friends. Me and my friends. You ain't got no damn friends, boy. You ain't been outside in two weeks. What friends you been playing with? Cedric and Rodney.

Cedric and Rodney. Cedric and Rodney. Cedric and Rodney. Cedric and Rodney. Swag, I still support you. I still support you. I can't breathe. Oh my lord. You're in control of the smoke now. And Gil's abscess, alright? Cedric and Rodney.

Cedric and Rodney. We're drinking Rodney. Make three sandwiches. I want three sandwiches. Okay. She picked it in a way that grows because every time she come in, she's got the same sandwiches. Who took a bite out of it?

Rodney! Where the hell is Rodney? I'm not fixing no more sandwiches for these niggas. They gotta go home. They can't stay tonight no more. Oh, shit.

The chat is imploring you to fight back. Oh, shit! I can't breathe. My bad. I didn't mean to. We have diverted. the chat is imploring you to fight back oh shit I can't breathe for my bad I didn't mean to we have diverted I love you right but like we said hindsight 2020 you can go back and watch the slow-mo break it down

but you know you don't anticipate you don't anticipate Jokic air balling you should listen the game the game is on the line, man. Yeah. So do whatever you got to do to get to OT. No, we...

You boxing out for sure. So we played... You boxing out. You don't want it to be the thing you look back and say, that's what we did. Yeah. We didn't do that. We didn't do that in the championship game in the finals.

Which one? And with the words? Miami Heat. Tim Duncan. Oh, yeah.. Miami Heat. Tim Duncan. Offensive rebound. Didn't box out. We saw the impact that had on the Spurs moving forward in that series.

There's a 48-minute game. We all know that. There's plays to be made and missed all game long. We know that. But we as when you're in this, and them last two, three minutes of the game, four minutes when it's this,

you got to be locked in, man, to all of it. Right? Whatever the game plan was, whatever, if it's changed throughout the game, if we didn't switch our pick and roll coverage, if we double teaming this guy now, if we didn't drop coverage now, whatever we have switched throughout the game, if we didn't switch our pick and roll coverage, if we double team in this guy now, if we didn't drop coverage now, whatever we have switched

throughout the game and whatever it's supposed to be them lads in the fourth quarter, how have we... You have to be like A1 with it, man. You like... I know there's no such thing as perfect, but

you want to be close to perfect as you can possibly be, y'all, when the game on the line. Anticipate, anticipate. When the game on the line. That's what we call execution, though. Right. When the game on the line, you got to be as close to perfect as you can possibly get.

It ain't going to happen, but you got to try, man. So, like we said, Nuggets, 22-point lead, fourth quarter, Clippers battle all the way back, 30-9 run, take a lead at one point. Clippers thing, man. Trick a game off in this fashion. But, you know, this is, both L.A. teams right now are struggling, but this is a situation that has plagued the Clippers franchise

since the stench of Donald Sterling was removed. Steve Ballmer took over, has not gone away. Shelly Sterling still got tickets, even after the sale. So you're trying to tell me y'all had deeper runs with Donald Sterling at the helm? No, I'm just saying this this is The curse that is not going away Steve Ballmer bought the team Shelly Sterling still involved She was doing shit with Donald. She might be a new ownership thing No, no, I'll do whatever to win bump. Yeah, you know he's a basketball enthusiast. You can see

But it's exciting. He loves it. But it's... Into a dome, obviously home court advantage in game three. Back to technology, man. They haven't had the luxury of being in the draft, the draft picks, all that shit from that Shea trade. It's just... Like from Paul George, shit, it's just... Can you imagine if Kawhi was playing like this when they had PG?

No, it probably wouldn't have worked then either. Damn. So, we talk about that, though. Devastating loss for the Clippers. It happened in this fashion. Game goes to OT. They had the momentum. I'm not saying they were going to win,

but what impact will a loss like this have on the Clippers as the series shifts back to Denver for game five? We'll see. No, it's just all they... They can just flush it? It's 2-2. They had to get home court back, right? They did Denver.

So, they went to Denver and got one. They had to get home court back. I think They did Denver. So they went to Denver and got one. They had to get home court back. I think this favors Denver. Nah. Yeah. You winning like ask yourself. Because you don't have to win an L.A. game. Ask yourself this.

Has Joker had a good game yet? Yeah. He's the only one playing. Has he had a Joker game yet? And that's crazy to say. He hasn't had a Joker game yet. That's crazy to say that he has 30 and 20 and 8

And remember what we said He could literally have one of them fuck you games And be like yeah fuck you 30, 20 and 8 36, 21 36, 21 36, 21 and 8 and that's not a fuck you game This last game?

36, 21 and 8 It was a fudge you game. He didn't curse just yet. No, it wasn't a triple-double. It wasn't no fuck you. It was a B. He hit you with the pinkie toe. It's the others, man.

It's over. It's the others. Jamal Murray ain't had a good game yet. Jamal Murray hasn't been struggling. And he do. And he's not going to have a good game. Is Russ going to play today? No, they got two. Y'all got three wing defenders. Yeah, he's not going to had a good game yet. Jamal Murray hasn't been struggling. And he do. And he's not going to have a good game. Is Russ going to play today? No, they got too many.

Y'all got three wing defenders. Yeah, he's not going to have a good game. MPJ not going to have a good game? He's not even here. He not going to have a good game? I don't know where he at. I think he's already at his. He's not back for it.

He already at his? 15 to 15. No, he got another one. He got a full clip. He got another scoring out. He got a good full clip ready to go. He got another 19. 100%. 100%. Like 15 rebounds was an go. He got another 19. A hundred percent.

A hundred percent. Like 15 rebounds was an anomaly. That's his other side of I was here tonight. Because he got questioned because the game before he didn't play well. That's him. I woke up. I did other things and when my shot not going. But he still got a game where he can get his clip off and look around and be like,

I wish I would get rid of me. He need one of those. They don't cheat you right over here. That's how they do it. I don't want them to take it. So that's all you got to say to these type of people to get them off their rockers? I'm done, folks. Man, man, fuck off. And Russ didn't play?

So you all talked about your kids. Yeah, it is. Yo, man, I don't know. I don't know either. James going to have a fucking night too, though. He ain't had one yet. He hasn't. You right?

Game one. Game one. Game one. Game one. But it's kind of slowed down. He had 20-something at the half. He take the back seat. The Hennessy kick in. Bottom of your belly, it start burning.

You start moving too much. You be like, damn, not enough bread. You got to soak it up with bread, James. So, Jokic have a triple-double this season, has two in this series, plus this. You're not even calling it a dominant performance, but. It is. No, 36, 21, and 8, definitely dominant.

But we know he could do more, which is crazy to say. So he's averaged 29 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists in this series, shooting 54% from the field, 47% from three. Seems like if the Clippers can find a way to slow him down, like you talked about, the rest of the supporting cast is going to struggle to carry their weight. So what can the Clippers do to try and slow down Joker for the remainder of the series? They just got to. Nothing, man. Does Joker have a 20 game or anything under that?

They're losing by 50. They're losing by 50. That's what I'm saying. Y'all had y'all game already. The Clippers won by 34. That shit ain't happening again. I said Clippers going to win. They're going to win. They got lucky yesterday.

The other day. Not yesterday. The other day. You've never been right. I said seven with the Lakers. I said seven with the Lakers. Said seven with the Lakers. In 98? And it looks like it's going seven. Swaggy, you did predict seven, and the series,

the way it's trending does look like... You talking about the Lakers in seven? Yeah, we'll talk about them later in the show, but it does look like it's trending towards the seven game series at this current juncture. I say yes. With the one we're talking about, the one that said 2-2? Yeah, I think so. The one that said 2-2, the one that we about, with the one that said 2-2? Yeah, I think so. The one that said 2-2,

the one that we're talking about right now that said 2-2? Yeah, that's the one we're looking like it's about. Clippers can't do anything to slow down, it seems like if they can figure out a way to, even like Swaggy's saying, just... No. The last seven game series they went to...

Listen, Shaw said it best the other day when we talked about it, right? The other guys got to find out a way to get it it, right? The other guys got to find out a way to get it done, right? You're getting what you need to out of your top three guys.

Norm Powell is... He came on the fourth quarter. That's how they made the run. Yep. A little too late. A little too late. But you're getting what you're supposed to out of James. You're getting what you're supposed to out of Kawhi. You're getting what you're supposed to out of James. You're getting what you're supposed to out of Kawhi. You're getting what you're supposed to out of Lisa Zubach.

Zubach has been doing it. He's been balling, right? But like I said, listen, you've been playing great and it just so happened that you have to go up against this machine every- Yeah, definitely said that. Definitely said that. Yeah, you've been playing great, man. I praise him, but it's taking my hat off to him.

But this man over here is different. And it's 2-2. So good, good. Like, good, 2-2. And they should have lost. If Kawhi make one of them threes, it's over. But he didn't, so we're sitting at 2-2. That's what I'm saying.

But you saying that is like if he would have hit that shot. That's what I'm saying. I heard you. But you saying that is like if he would have hit that shot. But I'm saying. You can't say that for anybody else over there who balling for them besides Joker. That's all they need. You see, I'll go far doing. Jamal, their second best option ain't play well. So that's all they've needed so far to get two wins.

To get two-two. Come on, bro. And our third best option ain't play well. You're not giving credit. Your two best options are playing well. You're on it. Yeah, you good. Don't worry. Don't worry. Don't get, though. You're not giving credit. Your two best options are playing well. You're good. Don't worry. Don't worry.

Don't hit the start. You're good. Don't hit the start. Go all the way down. You got it. Is that what you be doing in mid-conversation, man? Shit. You got to carry your gift with you.

My bad. God damn. You just held a whole sentence in the slobber. That shit was, you said some shit, it's gone now. You got to make some whole other shit up. A whole sentence in the slobber. But, Swag, we appreciate you having me in the driver's seat of this show. It's good to be back.

It is good to be back in the arena, obviously. Everything we all dealt with last week, obviously Gil as well. Yeah, I miss Gil. I'm getting double teamed. We miss you, Gil. We're praying for you a lot. He wouldn't be agreeing with this shit that's coming out of your mouth right now. And you never know.

Unfortunately, he wouldn't be agreeing with this shit. It's cool. It's cool. He don't believe it. I think he does. Oh, no. Oh, no. But this is a good series. It's a good one. They don't have to win again in L.A.

They need to get their game back. But you see how quick a series can go from potentially being 3-1, obviously Clippers. Yes. Being able to. Very fast. And that changes. So now we got to go back

to Denver playing that highest altitude yeah lungs burning yeah but hey man it's a 48 minute game and they are

you played two zeros yeah oh man it's what it is man at this point like they got to go back to Denver

they proven they can win there so let's go back and get another one right right? And that's what like that's the mentality that you need in these moments when you've already won on that that home floor on your opponent's home floor already. The game win it the way it was the way it played played out now. All you can do right is reset and be like, hey, we got to go there and get one we know we can so this is the mentality

from james and kawai and ty lue and the staff and van gundy and all those guys right they've been there yeah they've been in these situations james been in these situations kawai's been in these situations so so just got to go out and hoop clippers first two playoff games into a dome uh we talked a lot this season about the home court advantage you provide I think David Adam and after game three I just talked about The Clippers the wall the things they have going on but the Nuggets obviously have a home court advantage as well Including that altitude. Can you play it in Denver? the biggest home court

With how big of an advantage? I mean, we you know now I'm a Clippers. I could have been up 3-1. Man. Got back to L.A. with a chance to end the series after game five. Now I got to go out and get this game five. You've been gone for a few days, so it's going to get your lungs. Same for the Nuggets. Your lungs are going to have to get some readjusting to the first five minutes of the game, but they already played that, man. If people don't respect the altitude you just look at

nicola yokes right if you look at him i test and all that people he fad out of shape did like all these narratives that you could come up with and you watch him play the game and runs and how great his condition it is. He's like, so, yeah, it's a real thing going in there. And the reason that they, Talou said that he don't think that, the reason he's playing Ben Simmons at the five at times because of Vincent Zubach, they wanted to match minute for minute with Jokic. You can do that well, too. Thank you.

See, I told you. But he wanted, so somebody asked him about matching Zubac minutes with Nikolas. Yeah. He said he didn't think that Zubac could do that because of his long stints that time. Yeah. Because he's not playing that altitude.

Like, you're going to, if you don't play that regularly, playing long stints is hell. Mm-hmm. Like, I played the whole first, like, my career under hell. Like I played the whole first, like when I, my career under, like I played the whole first quarter, unless I was in foul trouble. Yeah.

I played the full first four, 12 minutes. So we're going to roll. I can definitely play the first 18 minutes of the game. Like easily. Yeah. Let me, I'm good.

I'm good. I'm actually good. I'm not. So. And is it a noticeable difference for you leaving, leaving him go. Hey, let me out. I'm not good. Yeah, I'm good. I'm actually good. Yeah, like, I'm not so. And is it a noticeable difference for you leaving Denver? Absolutely. Absolutely noticeable difference, Josiah. Like, you can, and just guys coming there. Like, guys that, that first game of their road trip, you lucky,

you'll get lucky if you went to Utah first, then Denver, or Denver, then Utah. Like, you go one of them, like, you'll be good for the second one. But that morning, a shoot-around that morning, whatever, as soon as we get in, if we get in early, that practice, we run up and down just to, just to, damn, shit. What the hell is that? Denver was cool, right? You doing mock shit.

You ain't even running fast, right? No, yeah, you just trying to just run. You ain't even running fast. A little lather up. Y'all doing your little five on old shit. Yeah, all that. Get up and down. Tired as hell. Tired as hell. You ain't even going full speed. Tiredather up. Y'all doing your little five on old shit. Yeah, all that. Get up and down.

Tired as hell. You ain't even going full speed. Tired as hell. Salt Lake Air, very musty. I was there for All-Star weekend. Utah just not. Very musty. It's not. Humidifier in the hotel room.

I didn't have any idea why. It's just the energy. It's not, man. I like air. You do? It's Caucasian. Got to spend a little time out there recently. Got to know how to adapt.

You got to adapt to the air. You got to adapt. Shout out Park City. Yeah, you're not musty. That damn hotel. You got to know how to adapt. You got to adapt to the air. Shout out Park City. Yeah, you're not muscling. You got to have it all. It's a nice sense. And that's why you can see, like, watch the way Denver's trying to run.

Like, Denver's pushing the ball against them boys. They're getting out and trying to run. And that's the advantage that they have. Jamal Murray get out his head and start playing basketball, I don't know what he going through. But once he turn it on, they'll be in and they'll be out of this series. Just like that. Think about him not even playing well.

They still 2-2. Y'all winning like how the Bucs win one game. It takes like a Gary Grant to go for 37 for y'all to win. Who is Gary Grant? He just a goal for 37 for y'all to win. Like Gordon's got to. Who's Gary Grant? Gordon's got to. It's Daddy and him. Whatever.

Gary Grant. F. Gary Grant. Junior. Red Grant. Red Grant or Gary Grant? You know who had 37. Trent. Trent Grant.

Yeah. Gary and Grant. They're the same dude. But the daddy different. The daddy difference. Gary and Gray? The daddy's son had 37. There you go.

Now we know who you're talking about. Nick! Shut up! Shut up! Nick! Don't make that a thing. Hey Nick! This is technically your arena right now. You have to be back there talking to himself. No. Rodney and them.

Rodney and Cedric. I ain't seen Rodney in weeks. He's tied up. The sandwich is just stacking up. Let's keep this thing moving. Shift it over. To the Eastern Conference. I'm tired of this shit.

We're moving on. He making different kinds. He making syrup sandwiches, ketchup sandwiches, and shit. Everybody just happy to be back in the arena. We are adjusting our acrobatics. Waiting for this goddamn thing. These motherfuckers had this planned.

They were. They were trying to set me up. Mama, I am downstairs. They were. I'm trying to set me up. Mama, I am downstairs. They were colluding prior to the show. You didn't hear a swag. Look at that man again. So let's shift over to Easter conference.

It took 30 pieces. I have two. Dang, what are you doing? Peely and little girl. Man. Fuck up, man. So I know how it look. You know what it look like? I know what it look like.

Perfect, right? Perfect. Perfect. Yeah, man. Nick got a couple of imaginary friends. Yeah, I see. I've been trying to hold it in, but I've been trying to hold it in. Everybody... Yeah, yeah. I've been trying to hold it in. Everybody in the chat says we're ducking Lakers. We're going to talk about it later in the show.

We're going to build up. We need you to keep watching. You never know when it's going to happen. Nah, nah. But it will happen. I'm talking. Let them keep talking. I'm trying to just waste time.

You already know. We know we got enough time to talk Lakers. We got to just say it. First 30 minutes. We Gucci. We ended early now. We had a discussable underdog. Said the shows were too long.

I dig it. I got my own platform. Got to make some tough decisions. Going to be a slow roast today. But let's move over to Eastern Conference. It took 30 pieces from Jalen Brunson and Cat to help the Knicks bounce back from their Game 2 loss with a two-point win in Detroit in Game 3. Pistons' eighth straight home playoff loss dating back

to 2008. Damn! One shy of tying the Six for the worst home losing streak in playoff history. Damn! But this came less than a week after Detroit snapped an NBA record 15-game playoff losing streak with a Game 2 win in the Garden. Game 4, New York's dynamic duo did their thing once again to help

will the Knicks to another tough road win. Let's take a look at the highlights if we can. Please pile up. Cade Cunningham came through with his first career playoff triple-double and third in Pistons history with 25-10-10. But Cade also had seven turnovers in the game. Cade went to work in the third quarter, 12 points, five boards, and five dimes on six or seven shooting to give Detroit a seven point lead heading into the fourth. Pistons led by as much as 11 points in the fourth quarter before falling victim to another New York rally. So Jalen Brunson led the Knicks 32 points, 11 assists and five rebounds. He was 13 for 26 from the field, four or seven from three, while the big bodega added 27 and nine boards hitting five of the seven three pointpoint attempts. So Brunson and Cat combined to score the last 16 points for the Knicks,

knocking down big shots to keep them within reach. But Cat was doing his thing as well, man. Yeah. Now he's destined for a breakthrough. Did you see Cat? Meow. That's a hell of a pass. I thought it was a three.

Give me that. That's a hell of a pass, Jalen Brunson.. That's a hell of a pass, Jalen, bro. He didn't think it was a three. It was a three. It's this right here. This the one. Cat coming through. Over the shoulder.

That's the one. Over the shoulder. Let's go. Big shot over Jalen Durr. Jersey he got on with. OK. Less than a minute remaining. Come here.

Pistons up two. Cat with the step back jumper. I've done this before. Give him a one point lead. Pistons final possession. Whoa, whoa, before. I've done this before. Give him a one point lead. Pitson's final possession. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Foul. Foul.

Foul. Foul. Foul. Foul. Foul. Foul. Foul. Foul.

Foul. Foul. Foul. Foul. Foul. Foul. Foul. Foul.

Foul. Foul. F That's a foul. It is. That's crazy. It ain't got nothing to do with they didn't call beforehand. I get everybody saying there was a lot of calls that could have been made, plays and all that. The players, no, that's a fucking foul. That's a foul. That's a foul.

Here and there, I get there's a 48-minute game. We all that shit, do it like I've been saying before. At home, too. That's a foul. At home. At home. I don't give a fuck. At home, roll. Yeah. At the park. Live it. In the driveway. I'm getting kicked out. That's a foul. At home. At home. I don't give a fuck. At home, roll. Yeah.

At the park. Live it. In the driveway. I'm getting kicked out. That's a foul. We are the Knicks. Take that shit with you. We have the extender, Scott Foster.

Take that shit with you. Even Scott said that was some bullshit. Let's get this thing two-two. Get two more games. Take that shit. Our dog has the extender promo going on. The longer it's needed to go, the more bread you can win. We needed some bread.

That's crazy. So after the game. Yeah. 3-1? Yeah. 3 more bread you can win. We needed some bread. That's crazy. So after the game... Yeah. 3-1? Yeah. Knicks advance. Knicks advance. See, that's crazy.

That's what they wanted. Yeah. Sean, this is... Obviously, you left the Celtics free agency after the championship, took your talents to the big...

What's the next matchup? After this? Cleveland. It'll be the Celtics or Boston. Your two teams colliding. Are y'all playing Boston? In the second round. Hell yeah Your two teams colliding. Y'all play Boston? In the second round.

Hell yeah. Who your team going to play? Boston. That's my team. The winner of the World Rocket Series. Boston. Cucamonga. They playing.

Cucamonga? Cacahill. Would you like tickets? What Boston said. But after the game, Tim Hardaway Jr., Bickerstaff, and Josh Hart had this to say about the no call on the final play. You guys saw it. Blade, you think?

I mean, Cade got his shot. He got to his spot, and he got to his shot and had the shot that he liked and that we all like. And I trust Cade to take that shot um you know 100 times in a row and you know again you go back and look at the film you know the guy leaves his feet there's contact on tim hardaway's jump shot um you know i don't know any other way around it there's contact on his jump shot the guy leaves his feet he's at timmy's mercy um and i repeat there's contact on his jump shot i made contact with him yeah i mean i made contact with him, yeah. I mean, I made contact with him. Was it legal?

I don't know. We'll let the two-minute report say that. So we didn't even have to wait for the two-minute report because right after the game, crew chief David Guthrie admitted the refs missed a foul call for THJ, saying, quote, during live play it was judged that Josh Hart made a legal defensive play. After post-game review,

we observed that Hart makes body contact that is more than marginal to Hardaway Jr., and a foul should have been called. Tim Hardaway Jr. would have got three free throws if a foul was called.

The Knicks up one chance to win the game for the Pistons, even the series. So how pissed should the Pistons be at the league admitting they blew a game-deciding call like that? Pissed at them? No, they fucking blew it. That'd be hot right there. Yeah, you got to be pissed at the league for admitting it. We all saw it.

You don't got to admit there's nothing. If they would have came out and said he didn't foul him, that's what you should have been pissed off at yeah right then we come out and you now you're playing with my intelligence we were right we fucked up yeah yeah like yeah that's all like if you come out and say no there wasn't no file the world saw it we are watching in real time that's a foul and you come out and say it, but we down 3-1, like god damn. That's crazy. Because it affected the shot. Yeah, that's tough.

You can't take it back. You cannot. And you can't. That's the thing about it, man. Ain't no duo. That's weird that you would even come out and try to make them like that. Ain't no duo. What you admit.

It don't make you feel better. Like apology means nothing. Yeah, like we down 3-1. Damn. Because you don't forget about it. You definitely don't. It's like you're apologizing to your spouse. How many more times can this happen?

It will never be forgotten. Should they get fined and they fine coming to our pocket? Hell yeah. They should get fined. For that type of shit right there? A hundred percent. If they don't, they ain't. That would be dope, though.

The refs start getting fined and they start coming to. Well, they get penalized by not getting to officiate games down the road. Especially games of the road. That's a week. Special games of this magnitude. But you don't get to cheat me and then apologize. Right, because we don't know what games you miss. We don't know what games you don't ref. Man, it's like the word.

That's bad. You don't get to cheat. You're back, bitch. You're gone. You're gone now. It's a horrible feeling for Detroit right now. They ain't been to playoffs. They ain't won at home.

All this shit exists. Now they tie the Sixers for Detroit right now. They ain't been to playoffs, ain't won at home. All this shit exists. Now they tie the Sixers for the long game. Yeah, so now there's a lot riding on this game. Yeah. Right? There's a lot riding on that no call. Yep. And unfortunately on the bad end of it now.

And like you say, namesake Detroit versus New York, 2-2, extending a series we would rather see a different series. Two major markets instead of the potential of two smaller, you know what I'm saying? to extending a series, we would rather see a different series. Yeah. Two major markets instead of the potential of two smaller, you know what I'm saying? Like, let's get this out of here now. Yeah, let's get Detroit out of here. They don't want to see Isaiah Stewart. Stewart hurt right now, but they have been cutting to him on the bench anytime

there's been a situation on the floor. Let me ask you a question. In that moment, if they would have called the foul or women there are they allowed to look at it? Yeah, like the referees allowed to look at it review. I believe This is still had their review. I don't know how it works in that particular situation cuz no no foul was called I don't think yeah, so you know, it's good that you can't challenge a no call no call But then the words get a call changing to a foul over the weekend or something like that?

It was a call. They blew the whistle. They blew the whistle first. So my thing, if you're unsure, blow the fucking whistle. Yeah. If you're unsure. What happened? It was out of bounds, right?

And then they made it a foul. That did happen in the Lakers-Wolves game. Never before seen camera angle. The AC-130 is a trap. You talking about the Lakers game? No, I'm talking about the— No, we're just talking about— I'm talking about— Questionable calls that get made. Well, they get made all the time. Well, but— I mean, when your hand is a part of the ball, listen, all the time, you get fouled, and you hit my hand, and I got the ball, that means that you get the ball. Right? Because my hand.

We'll get to that. We'll get to that. We'll get to that. Pistons used their challenge early in the game. First quarter, I believe the score was 10-8. Yeah, used it. So they didn't have the challenge. And that's bad coaching.

Yeah. Because you need it right there. That's bad. Dude, once again. Because he could have called a timeout and then reviewed it. Once again. No, the timeout. The timeout.

I'm saying, like, if he wanted to. Timeout. Timeout. Either then reviewed it. Once again. The timing ran out. I'm saying if he wanted to. Timing ran out. Either way it go. But in playoff basketball, let me just say this. In playoff basketball, everything is different, man. Like during the regular season, I complain about coaches challenging shit in the first quarter of the regular season. I'm really going to question your coaching if you do that shit

in the first quarter of a playoff game. Nah, you can't do that. Don't do that to him. No, I don't give a fuck. Any coach. I don't give a fuck who it is. If you use your challenge in the first quarter of a playoff game. Yeah, that's just too bad.

That's like all the players be doing this shit in the first quarter. Why you keep doing that? When the playoffs start, listen. I'm not challenging shit until the That's like all the players be doing this in the first every day like why you Defense when the playoffs start listen, I'm not challenging shit Overtime don't look over Here and do this shit you say that first but even if it's blatantly But if you get the challenge you get another

Chances are in the first quarter you just you say some stupid shit. Yeah, I'm not going. Play, man. Listen, you know you got one. Kay Cunningham, you know you got one already. Listen, don't pick up a second one right now. It's easier for me to tell you that than me to use my fucking challenge if you go across somebody arm, right? So why did they

do the challenge? Somebody got fouled? Something, whatever. It wasn't worth it in the first quarter. But we see this happen all the time like we pointed out. Players always ask weakest hill and they go into it every time. And then they're wrong and it's like, oh my bad. They're like, why are you doing that? Kaminga was doing that shit like, do this

and it's like, bro, get back on fucking defense, bro. Like the other day, you fouled the right in front of his bent. Who was it? Was it T. Lou them? T. to the other day. You found him right in front of his bench. Who was it? Was it T. Lou them? T. Lou the other day. Game at home. Right in front of your bench, the ball went off of Kawhi.

We all saw it. It's right in front of your bench. Why are you challenging that? Because he said so. Because Hope said it. We know how it works out, but sometimes you got to day off. No, dog. Not in the fourth. No, dog. Not in the fourth.

Listen, dog. First three quarters, we're going to have to make that possession up somehow. Dive on the fucking floor, boy. Give me the possession back. I need it back. I can't challenge you in the first three quarters of a playoff game. Get your ass back on defense. Stop fucking crying.

I don't want to see you do this. I'm subbing your ass out if you do this. Talk about his coaching for the ref. There's no circumstance. But he fucked up by trying to do something in the first quarter. But he couldn't do anything in that. Nothing he could do

in that situation. The game was over. You can't game over and call a timeout. You can't do that. Absolutely. I don't know what the hell you were thinking. I'm was over. You can't game over and call a timeout. You can't do that. Absolutely. I don't know what the hell you were thinking about. I'm with you.

Yes, Nick. Yes. Absolutely. I'm fighting back. This is a fight back. But you stayed obvious though. This is a fight back.

But you stayed obvious. We know the game was over. But he was saying they could do it. I'm trying to give you the win.

Let everybody know what I'm saying. You got to follow me. One second. Timeout. Yeah, right. But y'all ain't got the ball. That's what I'm on. That give you the win. Let everybody know what I'm saying. You got to follow through with it. Point one second. Time out. Yeah, right? But Charlie got the ball.

That's what I'm on. The ball's out of hand, right? The ball's out of hand. Here we go. No. No. Time. Time out.

It's triple zero. Review that. No. No. Review it. It's triple zero. No. No.

We got one left. We got one left. I didn't use it. We got one left. He fouled him, right? But, you know, yeah, you know the challenge. Not the first. But to your point, if they call a foul on Josh Hart there,

they can go back and, I believe, review it. Yeah, that's my thing. The referees can review it. To see if it was a foul or not. But nothing was called on the court. In two minutes, do they pull the review stuff, though? Right. Yeah, they can.

They can if they so choose. It's better than the game on the line, man. It's a lot riding on that call. The challenge system is supposed to make things more equitable, keep refs accountable a lot riding on that call the challenge system's supposed to make things more equitable keep refs accountable but do you feel like the challenge system is flawed like if you get a challenge right you prove a ref to be wrong yes should there be a limit on how many challenges you get you should keep going yeah should be any challenge yeah coaches will abuse it i think there should be a limit in the game. You just can't get unlimited challenges, right?

But I shouldn't be penalized a time. Like, oh, my second challenge, if I get it right, I don't get another one. Like, no, I got both of them right. But if you lose the first, you don't get the second. Okay, I agree with that one, right? If you use it and you lose it, you don't get the second one., I agree with that one. Right? If you use it and you lose it, you don't get the second one. I agree with that. That's cool.

I'm with that. But if I get a challenge once, I get another one, right? If I get the second one right, I should... I think there's a limit to three challenges in a game. Especially if I get the second one right. No limit.

It'd be like... We would never get to the end of the game. It'd be like instead of two, right? Instead of two. Especially if I get the second one right. No limit. It'd be like. Yeah, it'd be like. We would never get to the end of the game. It'd be like us at 24. At 24, I would finish. You'd never get to the end of the game, right? Yeah. So.

It takes the fun out of it. What? What? You know how we can manipulate a ref to call something? That is fun. You know how we can be like, no, that's us, that's us. And we know we ain't touch it. Right?

But then if you go to the replay, clearly you see that I was bullshitting, I was trolling. But I almost got it. That used to be the thing in the league before the replay. We could get the ref to give us the call. Like, yeah, that's us, let's go. I ain't touch that bitch at all. Then go to the ref and be like, hey, good the ref to give us the call. Like, yeah, let's go. I ain't touch that bitch at all. Then go to the ref and be like, hey, good call, good call, good call.

I'll hit that shit out. No, I'll hit that shit out. Because you can't go back and change it now. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I just thought, this is crazy. This is way off topic. This is on topic.

This is Gil's Arena. Everything is on topic. So, we all are, right right we are liars like a motherfucking sports what like all athletes are the biggest liars on the planet do whatever right we'll do whatever anyone like when we get in relationships and we get in situations and all that people like why did you lie and carry on like i'm fucking used to and we get in situations and all that, people are like, why did you lie? To carry over. Like, I'm fucking used to lying.

Yeah. Right? I know I hit that ball out. I was down. I wasn't. That was your rotation. Just stop. Why was it so easy?

Right? And all of it. Football, bad. You think about every sport, right? So, like, it's nothing. Don't think about it. Excuse. Right away.

Stop. Excuse. Right away. Nah, it wasn't me. And it's just so easy for us to do it. It wasn't me. In real time. No, we hit that ball at a point our way.

See, knowing damn well. Rewind it. Look, you hit the. That wasn't me. No, no, no. It wasn't me. It wasn't me. Right there.

Right? You know that commercial that said it was out on me, coach? Yeah. I know y'all hated that shit. Absolutely. That's not bad. No, we got bad. We got bad at the commercial. I got bad at the commercial. The worst commercial in history. Bad at the Absolutely. That's how bad. No, we gonna get, we got mad. We got mad at the commercial.

The worst commercial in history. That's how bad of a liar we are. Yes. We got mad at the commercial. It was out on me. Man, fuck this sportsmanship. No, I think the worst commercial in the history of sports. I think everybody trying to swing on the TV at that point.

I'm like, first word, man, fuck this sportsmanship. Bro, it's five seconds. Championship. Coach, without me, It's five seconds left. Championship. Coach, without me, I wouldn't swing him. He overturned the call. What's crazy is the coach looked like J.B. Bickerson. That's not on me. And then he said, go tell the ref.

He said, well, then go tell the ref. We're going to fight you in the locker room. We're going to jump you. We're jumping you in the locker room. Come on, Alex. At that age? Absolutely. We're jumping you. Jumping you for being honest. That's what I'm saying. We were winning. the locker room. Come on, Alex. At that age? Absolutely. We jumping you. Jumping you for being honest.

We were winning. We were winning. And we lost because you wanted to be this fucking Boy Scout. We didn't need that. Like, no. I touched the cup. Man, I do not care. Right?

Get your ass. Get your ass up. I'm going to sub you out right there. Sub. Sub. I'm sitting next to you. I don't trust you. Man.

I don't trust you. Fucking honest Abe, man. I don't trust you. I don't sit your ass next to me, man. I don't trust you. Right there Fucking honest a bad situation to me man. I don't trust you to like the chest You know many fights have been started over lies like late life Started knows their line. Yes, whatever blatant y'all got a right. Yes. Go lie with me. Yes We all know he's like did we don't believe me or your line? I right? They can't believe I or your lying eyes? Right. Damn, I can't believe I just rode with this nigga, man. You don't believe me or your lying eyes? I think you're just lying right with him.

Your teammate, you're just lying right with him. But he convincing. Hey, once we start convincing, we feel like we putting on the show. We got him. Did we get him? I got your attention? We got him. They believed us, didn't they?

Yeah, we got their ass. I'm watching the commercial right now. You just sit in that motherfucking interrogation room and look you right in your goddamn face. Wasn't me. Wasn't me. Right in your face. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?

You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm watching the commercial right now. You just sit in that motherfucking interrogation room and look right in your goddamn face. Wasn't me. Wasn't me. Right in your face. Wasn't me. But who was? Wasn't me. Man, I told you I wasn't there.

Try to get you to look at the video. Wasn't me. He keep saying I was there. Molly. Wasn't me. I don't believe it. You keep saying I was there. You got to get real emotional.

You got to make him believe it. He walked over to the fence like he saw something. No, your ass is still right there in the living room. Come on, Alex. It's a championship game, dawg. Proof. Come on, Alex. I'm not giving you for that shit.

The whole proof is you. Look, this is you. Hey, man. I'm out of here. I don't care. Walk all the way down the street. You got to switch it. You play the whole character.

Walk all what? You got to come up with some more shit. You got to come up with it. On the way. You street You you play the whole air. Oh, you got to come up some motion You gotta go take a walk On the way back you got you got it every time I cover this motherfucker microwave on high like What the fuck like Every time I cover this motherfucker, the microwave on high. Like, huh? Like, what the fuck? Like, I can't do this shit no more. I got it now. I got it.

I know what I'm going to go with. I know what I'm going to go with. Now, let's go back and figure it out. Let's tell it now. Let's tell it now. It's all about game planning and strategy, ladies and gentlemen. But back to this Pistons-Knicks series. Let's talk about the Knicks side. Obviously, we know what Jalen Brunson has been doing, King of New York, but Cat's been

instrumental as the Knicks' second option in these two straight road wins, averaging 29.9 rebounds, two blocks, 49-60, 100 shooting splits in those two games, taking advantage of Isaiah Stewart being sidelined with a knee injury for the last three games. But what has Cat

shown you in his first playoff series with the Knicks? Yeah. for the last three games, but what has Kat shown you in his first playoff series with the Knicks? Yeah, she's full. I was going to do it, but I'm a little sly. All right, he's balling. He's balling. I thought I was Kobe. I thought I was Kobe. You thought you was Kobe? Anyway, give me the ball.

Watch. Let's keep it positive here. Anyway, give me the ball. Watch. Let's keep it positive. Okay. Okay. That was pretty good. He was balling up. That was pretty good. He was doing what he's supposed to.

For sure. He's doing what he's supposed to. He's making the Knicks fans enjoy this trade. Like, they are, he's, this is when they want you to show up. And he's doing that. Well shit, both teams. As we've seen, both teams appear to be benefiting from this trade. And questionable officiating. Well, yeah.

Yeah. Cat being a traditional big that New York ain't really had in a while. Man. Like a big over the 6'10 threshold that can rebound a score. Ain't really seen that since with Pat. Shit, Amari was the closest. Fadeaways. You know what I'm saying?

That was tough. That was... He looked good. That remind me of Cole, for real, behind the backboard. The one thing he's doing that the Knicks fans appreciate, he's competing. Yeah. Right? He's competing and he's playing with emotion. And they enjoy that. Right? They can live with the results.

If you're competing and you lead with emotion for them, right, that's what they've been built on. So, yeah. That's what Julius Randle couldn't get to. What? He couldn't get to that part where we were talking about. Competing? No.

He took y'all to the playoff by asking if you came to the national team. Listen to what he just said though. He's saying leading with the motion. Oh. They want you to be passionate. They want you to show that passion. That New York grit. That New York passion.

They want you to embody them. When you're playing there you walk down the street, they be like, hey, man, I love the way you fucking playing. Hey, man, shit, you. Hey, no matter, we just lost. Hey, man, shit, hey. Post will get that ball.

Hey, man, shit. They love Josh Hart because he played with the Indians. We'll get him next time, man. Y'all played hard last time. Hey, we're going to get him. Yeah, let's go. Julius was doing that. In the beginning.

His play was a two-time All-NBA, all that shit. His personality was it. His personality wasn't. His personality in the 50s. Once Brunson came, that's when his personality. I feel like it. It was a struggle over who team it was. Yeah, but Cat shone. Cat shone.

Cat shone that. But what did Cat do immediately? He played secondary. Julius Nolte was great. So that's the difference. Julius Nolte was great as a New York Knick. Yep. It's just that aspect of it.

Genality. They won't, you know what I'm saying? Is Cat playing second fiddle, or is Cat playing I'm next to you? Mm. 29 and 10. Am I playing I'm deferring, or are we playing Superman and Batman? No, no, no, no, no. This game, he did well. Or the series. No, no, no, no. This game, he

did well. Oh, the series. No, no, he been balling, but remember, he didn't shoot the ball. No, just these last two games. What's the... The game, he didn't shoot the ball the whole damn fourth quarter. Had a 10-point game, I believe. Game two. So for the series, he's averaging 23-9 rebounds.

23-9. What did Brunson average? 34. 34? Yeah, 34.9. What is Brunson averaging? 34. 34? And what? So Brunson, 33-9 assists. 33-9 assists. So that's 23-9 on one side,

33-9 on the other. For a big. Yeah. He's holding his weight. He took that. Because McHale Bridges doing what he's supposed to do. Brunson, 30-point games in every game in this series.

Obviously, Cat had 23 in the first game, 10 in the second, but he's bounced back. Yeah, but I'm just saying. Because McHale Bridges is doing what he's supposed to do. Brought to 30-point games in every game in this series. Obviously, Cat had 23rd, first game, 10, second, but it's bounced back. Yeah, no. With the 31 and 27 games. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it.

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I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I'm a fan producer pointing out Julius Randle, 17 points per game, nine rebounds in his playoff career with the Knicks. 17 and nine in the playoffs.

With 34-28, 75 shooting splits. What is he doing in Minnesota right now? In comparison to Cat. Benefiting from- Man, fuck. You're a 22-year-old. You can't say that Jew is not helping Minnesota right now. What, man?

23-5. You can't say he's not helping. 23-5. 23-5, five assists. You can't say he's not helping. He's just not boarding. He's not boarding like he used to. No, he's playing well.

He's not boarding like he used to. You have 23-5 and five. 47 from the field, 46 from three. They both got what they needed. I can't wait. We'll see what we do, King. We have so many other things to talk about here on Gills. Both teams got what they needed.

They both got what they needed. Beautiful playoff basketball. Well, I'm here tomorrow, too, so. Well, about that, King. You got to get to it eventually, Joe. You'd be surprised. Can't duck this. It's called a film of us, ladies and gentlemen.

I'm here tomorrow, too. I will now read the cat in the hat for the next hour. And then the next time I'm here is Thursday, so it can definitely be over for y'all by then. You better hope not. We're going to be together. Filibuster. You can't escape this.

You can't escape this. Cat is... Fuck, man. Yeah. Can't escape this. Playing in Minnesota, people didn't see this. Playing great in Minnesota as well, but it's when you're on that stage

and you have a certain brand that people follow, spotlight is bigger. And he's accepting that. He's thriving in it. Yeah, and one thing you don't want to have, like I said, you walk down the streets and people praise you in New York, they ain't afraid to tell you when you're walking down the street that you fucking suck. So, and that's not playing.

Julius Randle dealt with a lot of nicks. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, man. Ripping his sign down. It's real. The booze. So, but no, Cat is stepping up to the plate, though. So, what's up?

And, Sean, like you pointed out, you don't think Cat traditional number two option in this regard. He feels like he's a superhero too, can put that cape on as well. Obviously, Jalen Brunson. He definitely won that game. Leading the charge. No, for sure. But Cat stepping up in that moment.

No, he's doing what he's supposed to. Jalen missed the time with the angle when he went down. He held it down. Yep. So he made some big shots. Standing in. He doing what he went down. He held it down. Made some big shots. He's doing what he's supposed to do in the mix. The last two minutes, it was all cat, right?

Four minutes? I think cat and brusting. He hit the three, then he hit that fadeaway, then he hit the three again, another one. You know what he made? He made Durden and Reed look like they ain't really that good of defensive players as I thought. He's moving. He's making them move.

He's making it hard for them to actually get clean contests. Like, they trying to get clean contests, and he's making them. Who? Durden, for one. Durden's having a hard time. No, they can't play him on. That's why they're playing Tobias on him. But the times that he was on them, he couldn't get no clean contests,

and he's getting those little. Going by, you got to score. You know what I'm saying? That's why they got to play small on him. But the times that he was on him, he couldn't get no clean contest and he's getting those little... You know what I'm saying? That's why they got to play small on him. And even if you play Tobias, I'm telling Cat, post his ass up. That's what they was doing. They was trying to.

Post his ass up. Tobias had some good possessions in the third quarter on him. The first quarter, he felt like it was going at him. Cat was going at him, but in the third quarter, he had some good strips

and good possessions on him when Detroit took the lead. But no, he's doing what he's supposed to, man. It's been a sweep. Cat would have did that the second game. Just shot the ball. That 10-point game? Yeah, just shot the ball.

He didn't even get a shot. I watched that game. I had to go back and watch that game, and I seen it was pushing him off his spots a lot. Oh, okay. And when they was doing that, he get lazy, and he pass the ball. When you push him off his spot, that's a good way to guard him.

Push him off his spot. Make him redirect his thought of getting it and shooting it and getting comfortable. You crowd his space, he'll throw that bitch. He don't get it back. Yeah, he passed. He was very passive that game. Very passive game that game.

I remember that. And I think that's why you see this cat these last couple games for sure. So we're talking about cat ball in the playoffs. Julie's Randall ball in the playoffs right now. On the other side, we asked the chat who won the cat Randle trade. Chat appears to be prisoners of the moment. 63% say the Knicks have now won the trade. 37% say the Wolves.

And the team they've been beating is way better. You think the Pistons are better? No, I'm talking about Wolves. The Wolves. A much stronger roster. Yeah. Much better than the record success. The 7th seed beating the 3rd seed.

Future face of the league, Anthony Edwards. 3rd seed beating the 7th seed. This is how we push narrative. This is what we do here. And this is why I don't stop. This is why we don't stop either. Right there. This is why we don't stop either.

Lakers are better than the Pistons. Right there. Right? You want to bring them into this? We ain't talking about them. Lakers are better than the Pistons. The chat said we're ducking. The chat said that we are ducking.

The chat said y'all ducking. No, the chat said y'all ducking. It's all better. They said they won the trade. The chat said y'all ducking. How did you win the trade when the other team is beating the team that's better though? That's all I'm just saying. Nick! You can hate all you though. That's all I'm just saying. Yes. Nick!

You can hate all you want. It's the obvious. What you doing back there? Hey, me! Hate is real. The series is not over, ladies and gentlemen. It's not over. It's Rodney again, mama!

Rodney and Cedric. My team is playing Tobias Harris. The other one is playing the Kings. You know, as Steve, our resident Knicks fan, pointed out prior to the series, it would be difficult for the Pistons to win a series with Tobias Harris. That's what I'm saying. One is playing Tobias.

The other one is playing LeBron. No, hey. Yeah, Tony Allen said that too. Knicks, Tobias, there's no way Tobias Harris is going to get it. Well, not winning the series but not getting cheated neither. And we do have to point that out. The game has zero. They probably wouldn't win the series as in this segment, but still. Was it a missed call or was it cheating?

Both. Both. If you're the Detroit Pistons. They admitted they missed the call. If I lived in the state of Michigan in the state of Detroit, we got cheated. They admitted they missed the call. But you admitted it like five minutes later. We just admitted it.

You know what? You know what? Actually. She admitted it. We didn't have to wait for the two-minute report. We're going to have to beat you to the point. She admitted it, Nick. Players on the team hadn't even showered yet.

She was in my room first. And then she came to your room second. Does that happen? All the time. On the run? Thought it was the same room. I ain't gonna be

in the same room. No. No, man. No. No. Don't participate. No. No.

We do not support that. No. No. No. No. No. No. That's how you... No. No. No. Oh, we do not support Whatever you're doing, Ro will help you. Ro will help you. But heading into this series. No, no, no, no, no. Knee hill with your whole car, Ro.

Heading into this series, many people picked the underdog Pistons to pull the upset. They've had their chances, but their postseason experience has shown that they've blown fourth quarter leads in three of the four games in this series. But is this Piston squad going to be a problem in the East down the road? Cade Cunningham playing at an all-NBA level, made his first all-star game. This game, first career playoff triple-double.

A bad call away from potentially tying this series up 2-2, Hayden back to the Garden for Game 5. The second-leading scorer, is he still hurt? What's his name? Beans? No, the shooting guard. Not, well, here's the point. The shooting guard, he averaged like 18 points.

Ivory? Jayne Ivory. Yeah, Ivory. Is he playing? Uh, Ivory? Well, he ain't played yet in this league. I don't know if he hurt or not. He ain't seen the floor, so.

Probably hurt. He playing Holland and other kids, but. Beans. So it's not really a blown lead.'t went up like that like Nick's been in every game. So It's a game of Like but Sam blown lead like like they would say sick that it's not I know it's not but for Denver was up 22 That's a blown lead in the fourth quarter You have 22 and a fourth and the team that's a blown lead with the fourth quarter. You have 22 in the fourth, and the team, that's a blown lead.

But the point is holding their own in this series. The pressure marks about their experience. Obviously, Cade kind of had to lead the charge his first postseason. I know, Joe. I actually agree with you. I kind of think that you can say a 22-0 or a 22-6. Yeah, they've blown that lead. That's a blown lead.

But I consider a 7-0. If you blow a marginal lead. 21-0 run for the Knicks. That's cool. That's cool. That's a blowing lead. But I consider 7-0. If you blow a marginal lead. 21-0 run for the next guy. That's cool. That's cool. Two possessions. But we know it's a game of runs. That's two possessions in this NBA.

We know it's a game of runs, though. Right? And we know it's playoffs, so we know every possession counts. A six-point lead? Yes. Six-point lead. It's two possessions. It has to be a 12-point lead.

That's what I'm saying. 12? I hear you. But I'm saying we got to look at a six-point lead like a 12-point lead because every possession counts. We can't look at, oh, we blew a lead because we were up 22 and now they came back. We could sustain a six-point lead like we should a 12-point lead

because turning the ball over is one thing. Offensive rebounds is another second chance points. And then we look at that transition. Like, how are we going to capitalize on fast breaks and all these other things if we're not really doing what we're supposed to do? But still two possessions. Jay and I, if you offer the season... I hear you all, but it's two possessions,

man. You're up six points in this NBA, it's two possessions. And I understand, but it's not like they've just been getting mollywhopped and smacked. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. They're in every game. So the Knicks have been, it's been a back and forth tug of war, drag out, dog fight, and you go up six, seven points. Twelve, fifteen. We go up seven.

We go up seven. The start of the fourth, it was what? They was up what? I think nine something. But look, if we up, right, and we know something like nine, something. But look, if we up, right, and we know that,

if we look, nine ain't shit. Not the start of the fourth, but if we got a nine point lead going into the fourth. They were up seven. They took a nine point lead 11 minutes ago

in the fourth. So nine, it's not a lot, right? But for us to stay in front of them, what's our key? For us, we up. For us front of them, what's our key? For us, we up. For us to stay up, what's our key to stay up?

What do we have to do? We have to get stops. We don't have to score. We have to get stops and stop their run. They need to make a run. We need to sustain. That's harder to do. That varies.

They don't even need to make a run, shot. They just need to get do man that's very it's definitely don't even need to make a run shot they just need to get stopped yeah it's just each possession right yeah you get a stop either you get a bucket or you don't but whatever it is to your point you need to get a stop either way it go if you up whether you score you don't you need to get a stop absolutely i hear you yes the strategy for that is they can make a run and they can do what they're supposed to do based on us Not doing what we already did we supposed to do we ahead? They got to come they got to come get us we can we can literally chill because they getting stopped, right? They got to get stopped. They got a score. So and they doing it but yeah, but like I said this NBA man you

Do three possessions you you up six them three possessions you down boom boom right 100 you up six up six down three that fast right turn your head boom boom right quickly that's my focus too you lose focus just like that yeah you do go back door to give up anything like so all of these things but yeah like Nick's are Nickicks been a nicks of the last year jaylen brunson is one of the best fourth quarter players we've seen in a long time so in order to put them away in order if you know in the fourth quarter if you up eight ten with jaylen brunson on their floor that's not enough so that's not enough that play validates that oh that play brunson could have done before that before that play we end the we in the regulation with Kate missing a shot no we in with the roof not call a

foul they had the media road you in and I'll be mr. shot ball it was like oh yeah lucky somebody get lucky somebody try to get the ball and great position before that. The Knicks have played so well. Take advantage of it. Let's not make the call. The game is too good. Drop between the legs.

That's his shit, too. All right, do we remember us saying, do we want the referees dictating the game at the end? We do have the extender scoffing. Do we remember that we said, do we want the referee dictating the outcome of the game? You already know what you're going to do. I'm going to pump fake him.

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They following him around. Hey, stop playing around. No, they following him around like... Sit down, Cedric. You're always stepping on people's couch. So while we wait for Cedric to return, we will talk about the series that you've all been waiting for. The Warriors lost Jimmy Butler in the first quarter of game two with a pelvic contusion, proceeded to lose the game

as the Rockets tied the series. Yes, Waggy, the most important series. The most important. More important, most important series. It's over later. Rockets tied the series. So hours before game three, it was announced Jimmy would miss the game. So heading into the matchup, the Dubs were 23-7 with Butler in the lineup

with a plus 10 point per game differential, but just 25-27 without Butler with with a plus 10 point per game differential, but just 25-27 without Butler with a minus.5 point per game differential. So Jonathan Kaminga started in place of Butler with Ricky Quinton Post joining him in the starting lineup as Curry looked to shake things up. But the Warriors still had their Batman in Steph Curry, and he looked like a superhero once again. Let's take a look at the highlights. So Steph led the Warriors with 36.7 rebounds and 9 assists. He was 12 for 23 from the field, 5 of 13 from 3.

Chef Curry also made some history in the game, passing Tony Parker on the career playoff scoring list. For 10th most in league history, Steph now has the most points by a point guard in playoff history. Jonathan Kaminga looked shaky in his 17 minutes of action, finishing with 7 points on three of seven shooting. Fred Van Vliet led the Rockets with 17 points, but he was five of 14 from the field. Alperin Shingun had 15 and 11 boards.

After dropping a playoff career-high 38 points in Houston's Game 2 win, Jalen Green was held at just nine points on four of 11 shooting, going scoreless in the fourth quarter of the game. Buddy Hilde and Gary Payton II were big off the bench. Hilde dropping 17 points, including five threes. Let's watch Steph do his thing just for a moment. That is Batman right there. Shout out to Steph. Benefiting from a solid jumper, strong roster,

to keep this Warrior squad in the game. So GP2, fourth quarter, scored 11 of his 16 points. He was 7-9 from the field in the game. The Rockets were leading midway through the fourth quarter. Warriors went on a 21-9 run to take control of the game. So how important was this Warriors game three win without Jimmy Butler, the self-described Robin of this team? Missing the game, pelvic contusion.

Steph steps up, does what Steph does, vintage performance, gets the Warriors a 2-1 series lead. Hey, Joe, I need you, like, when you're doing your write-up, I need you to call me so we can start talking about some of the words that you use. Are they trying to jump us? Right? I will not call you. you to call me so we can start talking about some of the words that you use. They trying to jump us. You got to jump us. Right? I will not call you.

Like, before you, like, when you doing, when y'all doing y'all production meeting and you, like, this is when you typing these words. Get them. Like, when you say Jonathan Kaminga looks shaky, that's not, I'm not going to allow that. It's called not being in the fucking rhythm because I ain't played. That's fine. Right?

Right? This ain't going to throw me off, take me off the bench rhythm cuz I ain't played Right. Mm-hmm. Right just ain't go told me I'll take me off the bench and I had no idea Go from hmm. I go from this to the motherfucker words was we don't know if we gonna play him I ain't played been on the bench tell them you just told me to start line up and I'm supposed to play well all of A sudden stop telling me to be ready Doesn't work that way don't say I'm shaky. He keep telling me to be ready. It doesn't work that way. Don't say I'm shaky. You keep telling me to be ready. It doesn't work that way. But if he would have came and dropped a dub, I would have gave him the prize. But you said it was shaky. No, it's not shaky.

It's called not being in rhythm and not knowing what the fuck my role is on this team. It's called being frozen out. Right? That's what that is called. Let's call it a spade a spade. Frozen out. No, we're not, like, no. We're not going to lie. Just, no. The man's not

shaky. The man can actually play. They've been fucking with him. And they want to prove that they can win without him. Yeah, that's all that is, man. But like we talked about, there's going to come a point where they may need him. He needed to stay ready. Yeah, but still, so say that. Don't say the man was shaky, Joe. Like, people like, yeah, we ain't going to put that narrative out there

about the kid. Yeah, because he's still ready for the moment. I know what you mean. Because it's not saying that he's not ready for the moment or he was playing bad because of the moment. It's not saying that. It can be insinuated that shaky is like, yeah, he ain't playing well because he ain't good enough type shit.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Nothing to do with his talent. Oh, and we're not saying you meant that, but I'm just saying other people can interpret it in that. And I just hear it. I'm just like, nah. Even when I'm watching motherfucking TV, like, no, we're not going. And that's why we have our platform. To protect at some point.

We got to protect. I'm going to protect him because other people, nah. I was prepared for this before I didn't sleep last night me neither good put on my me under came to work good but on a more positive note because Cedric and Rodney you know my goddamn nerves to keep me up on keep me up all night but no no but they go Houston Steph? Go. Houston in trouble. There was a reason I was making this. I don't...

Steph is the GOAT. Let's just talk about fucking Kaminga. Let's talk about Steph Curry is the GOAT. I'm more positive. Of this era. Of this era.

No, not... This is the Stephen Curry era. He out there playing with PE teachers and shit. Steve Curry just throwing anybody

out there with him and he's still performing. Who the fuck is the guy? That they got as a GOAT right now? Yeah. No, no, no, no, no, no. Quentin Post?

Huh? Quentin Post. Who the fuck is that? Rookie big man. Who is he throwing out there right now? Why are you doing this type of thing when stuff is still out there delivering? Every night. Yeah.

2-1. They host our lineup at 7, 7, and 7 and 10 and shit like that. 7, 7, 7 and 10 and shit like that. Shit is crazy, bro. They did. Doing it without a Luka Doncic. 7, 7, 2 and 10. Doing it without a Luka Doncic is a thing.

But it's a young team. Draymond Green, Hall of Famer. Solid vest. He deserves more credit, don't he? He deserves more credit. Definitely does. Young Rockets player. He deserves more credit, don't he? He deserves more credit. Definitely does.

Young Rockets player. He deserves more credit, you know, especially doing it to. But Houston is, you know, you got some nice Jeff Green, Gerald Green. I mean, Jalen Green, you're going to have. Every green of them. You just said three people. You're going to have. Three different greens.

Houston three. Collard Green. You got to have. They come in threes. You got to have. Mixed greens. You know, you got to have all these guys step up, and, you know, they so up and down because they young,

so you don't know what nights. If they making shots, the game going to be good. If they missing shots, you know, you don't get what they did the other day. We will give 30 his love. Yeah, that's what we're trying to do here. If Nick will let us. No, you talking about Kaminga and Shaky. You trying to If Nick will let us. No, you're talking about Kaminga.

Shaky, you're trying to punk my mans and shit. No, no, no. No, no, no. He's trying to tell you to change up your motherfucking wordplay. If your motherfucker was shaky, he was shaky. Steve Kerr was shaky. So fuck everybody was shaky out there besides Steph. Hey, Steph was shimmy.

Hey, put your shoulders down when you're doing all this. I'm trying to let y'all know I'm tired of this shit. Face of your voice, please. You know what else I'm tired of? That right there. That right there. Right there. Right there.

That right there. Can't eat his candy? We don't know who it is. Not why we fucking talking to him. We don't know who it is. Somebody's talking to him. Yes. We don't know who talking to you, though.

Fuck. I'm going to pick. You're going to pick the right one. Rodney. Rodney. Rodney coming. Come on. A revolving theme for this episode, but in all sincerity,

Steph out there doing his thing. Absolutely. I would say to somebody, it warms my soul to watch him play basketball. To an extent. No, it won't. It does. He tries. I want to see him run around and shoot threes, yeah.

After a while, I want to see something else. He'll give you something else. Listen, go watch. Can somebody please go put this layup package together this man put on the other day? I'm saying out of the game. I want to see something else out of the game. That first quarter float. Hey, man.

It's nice. Nice as fuck. On that first quarter the other day, I was like, yo, dog. I just want to see some more of his game. Like, we've seen all of this shoot three shit. I get it. Trust me. Trust me.

He's getting to the cup. I get it. I'm just saying I want to see more now. Off-ball movement. You've lived with this. We give you credit for this. What else do you want to see from him? More.

Like what? You want to go post somebody up now? No, I just want credit for this. What else do you want to see from him? More. Like what? You want to go post somebody up now? I just want to see more. What can he imagine? He want to become a dominant post player? He's a horse player, so he should be able to do all kind of shit now. So you want him to become a dominant post player?

Shoot that bitch from half court now. He's doing that. Shoot from out of bounds, goddamn. It don't count. He been doing that shit from the tunnel, see? We've been seeing it. He done did everything. That don't count neither. That don't count, yeah. He shoot the ones that count. You've been doing that shit from the tunnel. See that we've been seeing it They don't get everything that don't count neither. Yeah, he should the ones that can dunk that motherfucker We have said yeah in the past then we put you up there a rush

I said so you want to become they will put you up there a rush now We have a conversation about greatness. She won't leave the league in the system once you look the part Are you gonna leave the league in the system like that art look the part speak the part? Because if Russ got championships, we ain't talking about no other point of guard. Wait, wait, wait. You just said he's the GOAT of this era. Then you said you wanted to be like Russ? How many people you got in your head, motherfucker?

Statistically, is Russ not the greatest of all time? See, he is different. Statistically, is Russ not the greatest of all time? Let's just talk talking about? Statistically, is Russ not the greatest of all time? Let's just talk about this. Statistically, is Russ not the greatest of all time? Let's talk about his brand. Who's a better point guard than Russell Westbrook statistically? In this?

Are you talking about right now? Are you asking your friends or are you talking to me? Your friends don't got the answers. You can't be together. Your friends don't even got the answers. So you know your brand. Your brand. You be talking to people.

Your friends don't even got the answers. You can't be together. Your friends don't even got the answers. Do you know your brain? Your brain, you be talking to people. Your friends don't even got the answers. Who's better than Russell Westbrook as a point guard? I seen you say you can score 81 points. Answer the question. On your ass. I seen you say you can score 81 points. On you. No, no, I seen you say.

On you. So who was that in your head that made you say you can score 81 points? It was Rodney. Nigga. So Rodney talk to you could score 81? It was Rodney. Nigga. So Rodney talked to you too? No. All right, good. That's what I'm talking about.

As long as I get this clarified, we together in this. Rodney be fucking with both of us. I mean, fucking with both of our heads. You said you could score 81. I said, nigga, Steph Curry is the GOAT, so it's cool. So I said I could score anyway? Yeah, you said I scored 15 in the first quarter. You know how many more points you got to score?

Oh, you looked at the highlight. You did what niggas do. No, no, no, no, no. You just went in. You didn't go support the interview. You just looked at the highlight. You didn't watch the show, Swag. And then you read the highlight.

It was like, what is he talking about? Oh, the fact that it matters. Tony Allen say what he say, right? And everybody go was like, what is he talking about? And then Tony Allen said what he said, right? And everybody go, what are you talking about? But if niggas did math and counted what I was saying, you would get what I was saying. But y'all half-assed in school. That's why you're here with a fucking imaginary friend. Trying to help you with the math.

And they hate you. Your Sasha Fierce. Shit. It was like you was trying to get into your shit. Sasha Fierce, you know, it was like you was trying to get into your shit. Sasha Fierce? You know, like Beyonce, you got the third personality. Like you was like, man, I'm going to score 81 from 15. I'm going to get to 81.

They're not helping you with the math right now. No, you said 15 in the first quarter. They're not helping you with the math right now. I was wondering how, you know, how many more points you was going to score in the second quarter, then the third, and then the fourth. You was wondering? Yeah how are you gonna do it? I'm gonna cuz I didn't watch it. I'm only going off of my little clips. If I pull out the times table little tablet you sure you're not gonna run away? How are you gonna do it? Show me. Are you gonna run away if I pull out these numbers? Show me. Show me. One plus two. One plus two equals three.

First quarter over, you got 15. Two plus five is seven. Seven plus 12 is 19. It is. Two fish, blue fish, one fish, two fish. Knick-knack, patty-whack, give a dog a bone. Something you can understand. What's the most you ever scored, though?

Realistically, on any game. 34. Oh, any game? Any game, yeah. 47. And you had a lot of, you was able to take a lot of shots? No. This was in high school or college? After.

Oh, okay. I'm saying 81 is hard, that's why I asked, what's the most you ever scored? Wasn't about me. It wasn't? Well, my bad, man. That's why I asked, what's the most you ever scored? It wasn't about me. It wasn't? Well, my bad, man. It's about the team. It was a formula I was giving out to the youth. Oh, to tell them to get 81.

Like Donovan Mitchell, who can get 70. So, like, highlights Draymond Green back at Michigan State. What happened to that player? He old and got three hits. No, when he got into, like, Draymond was shooting fadeaways and shit. We had this conversation last week, and I point out that Game 70 at the Finals 2016, his ability to do it, obviously he took a backseat with Steph, Klay.

Of course, he's always taking a backseat to them, expectedly. Yeah, but it's like, y'all. But looking at the highlights of Michigan State, I was like, like, he was getting to it, putting that bitch on the deck and doing like, I was like, go look. And you get comfortable in your role, don't you? Yeah, but you don't lose that though. Shit.

If you don't work on it. If you don't use it, you lose it. No, you can work on it constantly. That ain't your role no more. But it's shocking to look like it did at Michigan State, like none of it. Remember what he said? He was like, when they were leaving him open,

it fucked with him. Because I dig it. Because I'm sagging off you and he's like, I used to be that nigga. What you sagging off me for? That shit fucked with me. I understand.

Like, what you mean sagging? And then he know he can't shoot it because he supposed to be passing. The shot don't even look the same as it did at Michigan State.

It was fluid then. Because he was confident. Yeah, bro. You can shoot it and you can let you shoot it. he's supposed to be passing. The shot don't even look the same as it did in Michigan State. It was fluid then. Because he was confident. Yeah, bro. You can shoot it and you can let you shoot it. Yeah, bro. Shit, that shit is going. When that nigga say, hey, listen, we'd rather you hand it off. I dig it. Then you thinking, I'm open. He don't understand that. Hand it off.

Before he had arc on it and all that, I just wanted to close out the highlights and I'm just like, he questioned his own offensive ability at times because he don't look at the rim and shit like that. But he does enough to circumvent that shit. Coach's confidence, all that could play into you not being able to do the shit you used to.

I dig it. And then with a lot of people, injuries play a part of it, that you're not able to work on your game. You change a team, the uncertainty, you're trying to fit in. He's been there. The plays of the team, too. But he's been in this one situation for... Yeah, I just.

Because it can definitely benefit them if he did do more offensively. Well, that's the thing. How do you adapt as Draymond? Do you adapt? It's too late now. It's too late now. You can't adapt to be a more offensive player. You can't be like, my game will get better now.

It's too late now. Because he's been doing this for so long. 14, 15. Yeah, no, my game will get better now. It's too late now because he's been doing this for so long. 14, 15. Yeah, no, it's definitely too late now. But I just want over time, right? When he first came in, you watched how he was playing to now. It's just like he's been doing what they have to do to win. Absolutely.

Don't get me wrong. He's been playing what, like, they got four championships. So, obviously, he's been playing a huge role in that. But I'm just looking at the highlights of Michigan State and just like, yeah. Would Draymond make an impact felt on the court, off the court? Could you sag off of him and, like, would you just leave Draymond open to make him score, like force him to try to get 20? Double team.

You'd have to score more than that. Double team, Steph, just make it blatant. I don't think he wants to go in there and do it. Leave him. If I'm defending him, if I'm coming up with a game plan defense, I've been saying this shit for years. He's going to have to score 80, though. But he's smart enough.

Draymond is smart enough to do this. He is. When they pick him, trap Steph. Coach has got the balls to not guard him. But give it to him. No, they don't. They don't have the balls to just listen. But if they give it to him, right? They say, all right, Draymond is going to make a play.

The scramble is on the weak side of trying to figure out who's the shooters on the weak side. If you let him make a play between getting it to Quinn Post or getting it to Jimmy Butler. I'm talking about putting two out there on Steph, dog. Yeah. No.

And then you give it to Drake. No, I'm talking. Listen, dog. You don't think you understand what I'm saying. Man, that's what I'm saying. Make it so blatant. Throw the ball to Josiah. Josiah's Draymond.

Yes. I would prefer to be. He's Steph. I would prefer to be Steph. Me and you are assigned to him. Oh, you're talking about triangle and two? No, nigga. Whatever.

No. They playing man and man on that side, whatever they want to do. Absolutely. So, face guarding. Us two. Him. Whole night. The entire night.

That's not going to work. He's going to have to lay up. Yeah. That's what I said. Colters ain't got the balls to let. He's going to have to lay up. That's what I said. Coach has ain't got the balls to let this man go get layups. And it's not going to work with a boxing one.

Because Draymond's smart enough to know how to get it off. But the other guys ain't playing the zone. They're not playing the zone. They're guarding their man. Yeah, you're right. And they don't know

how to get off and be on that. That's all I'm saying. Steph can always get off on teams like this because they don't know how. Because they're sagging off Draymond. They're sagging off Draymond. So they're sagging off of him. You have to be up. You got to be up on him or you just motherfucking

put two on the guy. And that would be crazy because that would look crazy just to have two on him. And we got an advantage on the back side. Wide open layup. Wide open. Nobody could test me, right? That's crazy.

If he drives to the basket, if I'm guarding Pajinsky, if I'm guarding Kavinda, my hand is in his chest. Whoever guarding post could guard both of them at the same time. So you play it like that? Yes. So I got two on the back side. I played two on the back side. Post can shoot the three, but I would much rather have him like that. Yes. So I got two. I got two on the backside. I got the ball. I played two on the backside. Yep. Post can shoot the three, but I would much rather have him beat me.

Yeah. Like, people rotate the Draymond. Like, people rotate the Draymond. Yeah. I'm letting him shoot. You want a big playing the two, or you want the guard playing the two? Because you got to play two at one. With Quentin Post and Draymond.

Big to big. They ain't got the balls to do it. Man, Post. I would definitely try. ain't got the balls to do it. Man, Post, this is a moment to dig for Post. I would definitely try it. So you would pick on Post? Yeah, Dray, I'ma make them, I'ma let them both shoot. No, no, you ain't letting Quentin Post shoot it.

Post gonna make it. He can shoot? Yeah, that's why he's out there. He's the new age big. That's why Looney not really getting it. He's the new age big, man. He just bases the floor. So Draymond...

If he catching that motherfucker like Brook Lopez, shoot that bitch from out there like Brooke Lopez. Soon as he catches it, too. Yeah, absolutely. Post-struggle with the start, those one for seven in the game. Draymond had, I'm just saying, Draymond had a three for 11 shooting in that game. So it would seem like that strategy. How many threes did Quinn Post shoot in that game?

Three threes. It was 0 for three from three. So he's shooting. He in there. He's pulling. He's shooting. But I'm just saying the moment, too. He's a threat. He's a threat at the three. So he's shooting. He's in there to shoot that. He's shooting. But I'm just saying the moment, too. He's a threat.

He's a threat at the 3, so you got to respect it. Just because he can shoot, you got to respect it. Let's talk a little bit about Draymond's impact in a variety of ways. Let's go back to a moment immediately after the game. We got the video right here. As both teams were leaving the court, Draymond and Jalen Green had to be separated after exchanging some words. Draymond also appeared to repeatedly do a gesture which many believed was him clowning Jalen for painting

his fingernails. This comes on the heels of Jalen elbowing Draymond in game two getting hit with a flagrant Dray also got a tech in that game serenaded with F.U. Draymond chants from the Rockets crowd throughout the game. But Draymond's antics helping or hurting the Warriors

can we see the video one more time please? I Well, we had to I had to watch several times See them drawing back and forth with each other Draymond is gonna be Draymond. Yeah, nobody's better at Draymond. Yeah, no, they can't be that soon Talk about elite level trolls. Dylan Brooks. That don't do him. But Draymond, a whole nother level. That's what he was saying. Yeah, you paint your fingernails.

I'm not scared of nobody that paint their fingernails. That's what I would have told him. Yeah. You can't wait to talk about that. No, I put myself in Draymond's situation all the time, don't I? Because I understand. Listen, I understand the mentality, though. I'm in your head.

I understand the mentality. I'm in your head. You're not going to act tough with me, though. That's all. Listen, that's all I'm saying. You're not going to act tough with me. Not when you do that. There ain't no way.

That's all. You can be a stone cold killer. You're going to have to prove it to me. You got to show me. You got to prove it to me. You got to prove it to me. Yeah, absolutely. That's all I'm saying.

But I'm curious, when they paint their fingernails, do they paint their toenails too? Some people paint their toenails. You should ask them. You know who has the nasty nails? You should ask them, Nick. Hoopers with the nasty nails. I don't know the category. You consider that a good question?

Pristine feet? None of my toenails are black. I don't know the category. You consider that a good question? Pristine feet? None of my toes are black. My dad got like three inch black gnawed nails. You never thought about that? Do they go all out? Right? Do they go all out?

Are they sitting there like this? All right, well. No, but that's a great question. You're already sitting there. You're already sitting there. It's a great question. You're already like this. Don't do your hand like that. Don't do that. You're like this. Get your nails done. You're on the phone like this. You already sit there. You already sit. It's a great question. You run across one of them. Don't do your hand like, don't do that.

You like this. Get your nails done. When you're on the phone like this, get your nails done. You're like, might as well. Might as well. When you run across the guys that do, you should definitely inquire. Hey, man, do you want to? Because I can't answer that question for you.

Nah, he don't fuck with me. I don't even listen. I go get my feet done, and I don't let them shiny buff my toenails. Hey, you can do my hands, but we not finna buff my toes. No toe buffing. Not at all, bruh. Like, I enjoy every part of the foot massage. Hey, you can put the all this shit in it.

I'm with all of it. But you said, hey, we not finna do that part of it. All right, well, let's keep this thing moving. They get their nails to match the feet. That's what I'm saying. It's the same color. Coordination is key. When they wear their sandals, do they got their toes? That's crazy.

Dudes get the what's-her-name on their nails now, like the clear gel. The dudes get gel nails, and it's clear. And I'm like, it's the same length of that just go over their nails but they get the jail shit so it's extra shiny longer. I'm like... What happens if you're just having dirty nails? I'm not going to agree with that one. What happens if you're having just dirty nails?

Everything is wrong with having dirty nails. If you must know. I'm sorry. What type of man do all this shit? I'm sorry. What man does this, bro? With the dirty nails? It's dirty in itself. No We know you don't roll ocean nigga, so we don't expect you to understand what I'm talking about Well, I'm

Don't keep that grip. I am totally against that. Whatever. That don't include. Gil, please come back, man. Gil, come back. I get manicured and pedicured. We're in your basement. I'm in there regularly. I'll take care of myself.

Take a nigga's hand and look at his fingernails, man. Turn his hand over and look at his. That's why I don't have black toenails. I took care of mine. Well, we respect it. He ain't in the trenches. Turn his hands over. I wasn't the guy to go in there and see the train and get my toes,

my ankles taped and got my socks on the end of my toes because I don't want my teammates to see my toes. That's what you was like? No, that's what some people do. Some people got ugly toes, right? I definitely see that. Dirty nails, ugly toes.

I don't know about it. Let's move on to the moment some of you have been waiting for, some of you have been hating for. There was another series that we need to talk about, unfortunately. So after tricking off game three by allowing the Wolves to go on a 13-1 run in the fourth quarter to take a 2-1 lead in the series, the Lakers were fighting for their playoff lives in game four. But Ant-Man and the Wolves had a simple message for LeBron.

Future is now, old man. Gil texted me as well. Can somebody else please read these highlights? But got to give Anna's love. Spectacular on both sides of the ball on this one. 43 points, nine rebounds, six assists. He was 12-23 from the field, five for 10 from deep. Julius Randle had another solid game as well, putting up 25 points and seven rebounds.

J.J. Redick made the decision to keep the five second- half starters in for the entire third and fourth quarter, replacing Jackson Hayes with Black and Miles, also known as Dorian Finney-Smith. Decision proved to be unbeneficial, but Luka did lead the way with 38 points with just two assists. LeBron had 27-12 rebounds, eight assists, three blocks, and three steals in 46 minutes of action, but did go scoreless in the fourth quarter. Lakers' big three struggled offensively down the stretch. Let's enjoy these moments right here when they were playing high-level basketball. Struggled down. You have a problem with the writing on this?

No, no. Okay, it's pristine. Beautiful. Absolutely. Everywhere more eloquent than the last. Lakers blew a 10-point fourth quarter lead. That travel, man. That travel is so nasty.

Anthony Edwards scored 16 of his 43 points in the fourth quarter. Nas Reed, Jaden McDaniels, and Dante DiVincenzo combining for the other 16. Wolves outscored the Lakers 32-19 in the final frame. Lakers had no answers for the Wolves' late run with Luke and LeBron both tricking off point-blank layups. Minnesota taking advantage. So, again, Wolves leading by one of the final moments. LeBron Maywell could have been a game-alter on play,

slapping the ball out of Ant's hand. So, play was initially ruled as an Ant-man turnover, but after the Lakers took a timeout to try and advance the ball, the Wolves decided to use their coach's challenge after extensive review, including what many believe to be a never-before-seen camera angle. The AC-130, as it's been referred to on social media, showed LeBron appear to slap Ant-Man's wrist. Refs reversed the call. Ruling was actually a foul on LeBron, giving Ant two free throws. Lakers got their final timeout.

Ability to advance the ball taken away. Ant man knocked down the free throws. Lakers had one last chance to tie the game, but Austin Reeves missed the three. The Wolves now head back to L.A. for game five with a 3-1 series lead. Still seven game series. Still much more basketball left to be played. As the series returns here to Los Angeles. City of Angels. The city of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

All right. Led by Dave Roberts. What they got to do with this conversation? I was at Dodger Day yesterday, can't you? Yeah, all right. But they got to do with this. Watching some exhilarating baseball. But what they got to do with this?

With this baseball season. So you needed some feel-good words to go along with the fact that y'all down 3-1? Mm-hmm. That was, you know, as some people point out, are not leading the series after y'all down 3-1. That would, you know, some people point out are not leading the series after four games. Yeah. Not tied. That's secure one.

So what are we going to talk about? Which part of this do we want to talk about? Lakers have now lost nine straight road playoff games, second longest streak in franchise history. Instead of talking about the Lakers, I will read the cat in the hat now to continue this. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Red fish, blue fish. Instead of talking about the Lakers, I will read the cat in the hat now to continue this. Red fish, blue fish.

But for you gentlemen, this is your moment to hate. Gil wanted you to have your time to shine, to get your hate on without any distractions or delays. Here on Gil's Read and Present about Underdog Woo Woo. So biggest takeaways from the Wolves holding down home court with their wins in Game 3 and Game 4? Mr. McCats? What was the question again? Biggest takeaways from the Wolves holding down home court in their

Game 3 and Game 4 wins? I think the biggest takeaway was Anthony Edwards showing up and saying, fuck you, pay me. You got to earn this and we not laying down no more for no false king. It's my turn. Lucas Lander already? It's my turn. What's up?

Take the king's throne and Edwards, we not playing no more. Send him home. Told Obama to his face, I'm the truth. The king did co-sign that, also telling Obama yes, he is the truth. That's all I gotta say about that. Yeah, I think. Sipping rather loudly from the Cemetery Larry Cup.

J.J. Redick being a rookie coach reared his nasty, ugly head. That was in my notes. In this situation, in this sense, I looked up how many minutes that LeBron James has played before the other day. 40-year-old LeBron James, year 22. Yes, the 40-year-old LeBron James, right?

40-year-old man. It's called how many playoff minutes he's played. You can't expect that for a 40-year-old, all the greatness that he has shown, all the heroics that he's shown, he's still human, man. Yeah. And to think that he doesn't need a break. We're going to tell you,

I was talking to somebody, so you don't think he asked him? Of course he asked him. We're going to say no every single time. I'm gonna fuck how I'm feeling. I don't want to come out the game so you can't leave it up to the player you got to take control of the situation and I saw Kendrick Perkins said I'm gonna agree with him when you're up ten you got to find a minute or two to get this man out of the game and

Look at the end of the third quarter when he went to the bench and the camera was on him fucking exhausted he has to do too much at this age in order for them to compete you get 90 of your scoring from four guys. You're not going to beat nobody in a series that way. I don't care for who you're not. It's just too much in these moments, man. Like you got to rely like you you didn't get to this point only playing five guys, man. You didn't and you look at Indiana, right?

This is second quarter. Ricard out and played 10 guys already. This is how I got here. This is how I've been successful at getting here. The Knicks do it. Them dudes ain't 40. They've been doing it. Josh Hart has been doing it. Mikael Bridges

has been playing 600 straight games. They've been doing it. Your Josh Hart has been doing it. Mikael Bridges has played 600 straight games. They've been doing it. They ain't 40. They don't have that many miles. They got LeBron shit in yellow on the fucking basketball reference because these are career numbers. Minutes played.

Career number. Minutes playoff played. Career numbers. Nobody's close to these numbers as far as minutes on the floor. So you got to win when you're on them. Has to do too much. It might be over. It might be over. He has to do too much.

He needs help. Luka's out there, but the things that LeBron does, he's trying to overcome. Luka has no interest in those parts of the fucking game. That's what I said about the AD situation. Right? So people want to talk about the trade, and at least you got that part of it from him, and he was averaging fucking 26.

He wasn't supposed to. We didn't say he was going to win this year like that. And it ain't over. It ain't over. Of course, you still got games to play. We did smoke the Michael Malone pack, though. You still have games to play. Why do you keep bringing people into this conversation?

Are you concerned? Y'all playing the Minnesota Timberwolves, right? No, I'm just saying we were smoking the Michael Malone pack. We thought that would give us a clearer lane. You need to worry about this Timberwolves pack. You need to worry about this Wolf pack. This is the pack you need to worry about. This fuckingves pack. You need to worry about this wolf pack. This is the pack you need to worry about.

This fucking wolf pack. Enjoy this moment, gentlemen. I'm trying to help y'all out here. I'm trying to help y'all out here. Are you concerned? Yesterday was very sad. I don't think nobody watched any other games after that.

It was a game. The TV was off. I blame Shayna Sharpe. This whole energy just fucked this up. You're not going to blame Kevin Gates? It's all his fault. Y'all ain't won a game since he showed up at the... Man, I forgot all about him. Bringing people into this conversation.

How about the five guys that played? The dude that made the decision for all of you. How about the front office? How about we get into the front office? We're talking about the dudes that are going on? The Los Angeles Lakers are addicted to the nostalgia of a fading star that they refuse to let off. Instead of building the future of

the Los Angeles Lakers. They're writing a story. But do you feel like making that Luka trade wasn't building towards the future of the Lakers? Well, we're talking about the last seven years. Not when LeBron is still there. The last seven years, they've been riding this wave because they've been waiting for this to be a part of credit.

They get credit for having LeBron last. Instead of building a future that can last. And that's been the problem because they haven't built any sustainable rosters that can have veteran leadership into the playoffs that can get you past the second round. So you haven't been past the second round because the front office refuses to get guys

in the offseason that can sustain that. Didn't make a Western Conference final. Yeah. That wasn't good enough. And it's a 50- sustain that. Didn't make a Western Conference final. That wasn't good enough. Didn't win the hardest championship in NBA history. Wasn't good enough. In 2020. We're talking about 2025 here, dog. And here we are. It's not over.

We're living in the past, man. You talked the last seven years, K. You can't be living in the past. We're talking about now. It was number three in the West. They down. They are currently. You are currently the three seed. Right? You're currently the three seed in 2025.

And I want to talk about it. A six seed. I don't want to talk about what y'all did. Why does your star have zero points in the fourth quarter? Can't blame it, bro. I'm looking at the totality of the whole thing. You got some young dogs over there that's not afraid

you got some young wolves over there that ain't afraid of the old dog Ant Edwards didn't go pushing Luka he wasn't pushing Luka right can you imagine

Ant pushing Luka like that elder abuse actually you remember that you see that no place in the game just like now if you

if you was at the gym they'd be messing with you like show old ass doing a period. You think so? Yeah, man. You don't believe that. You don't believe that. Child, are those muscles functional?

No, they're not. They're functional muscles. So did LeBron hit his hand or his wrist? The ref cheated all yesterday. It was just... That's a question. That was a question, y'all. It was.

Well, technically, the wrist part of the hand... I didn't ask you that. Was his hand... Of course, it's attached. It is attached question, y'all. It was. Well, technically the wrist part of the hand. I didn't ask you that. Was his hand... Of course it's attached. It is attached to the hand. Yeah. Was it his wrist or his hand? Should have been going the other way. That was Rodney.

Is that what I... Oh, that was Rodney the answer? Oh, because he can see it. Oh. So... Hey, look, man. Yeah yeah it's alright it ain't no it wasn't his hand

it was his wrist 10 seconds left Paolo can we cue that that video I didn't see that do we gotta see it so let's go back

let's go back to that play that altered the game hold on so we got the same blurred vision that we showed on the Aaron Gordon dunk just by the way

so whatever that camera was, we got it. The AC1. No, it was a different camera. The league said that they never used the camera they had from LeBron in the history of basketball. Sounds good. Merely there to ruin the Lakers' hope to dream. The league said that?

Adam Silver. That was a good one. The joke's on you, niggas. We've had this camera. It's here, though. Never used it. The AC-130. Can I ask y'all a question?

Let's take a look, though. No. Like, really. Like, when the game is on the line, why do teams continue to run pick and rolls? To try to get a certain matchup. Lazy. Right? It's lazy.

To get a certain matchup. Why? When the game is on the line. Because what they prove. Now, hold on. Just hear me out. In y'all's situation,. Why? When the game is on the line. Because what they proved. Now, hold on. Just hear me out. In y'all's situation, right? End of the game.

Y'all running people like. They just double teamed him. They just double teamed him to get it out of his hand. They just double teamed him to get it out of his hand. You welcomed him to double team. And then you threw it to the next best guy. Guess what they did? Double teamed him too.

So you're not even playing to play out of this. Just like whatever happens. So you're not even planning to play out of this. Just, like, whatever happens. So, if it's his hand, Never before seen a camera angle. Can you see his fingers? You can't see?

We see his... This is... His knuckles are covered by LeBron's hand. That's wrist. That's wrist. Knuckles covered. That's wrist.

Whose knuckles? The extension of his knuckles covered. Is he hitting the ball, though? Does he ever... Does he ever actually hit the ball? The extension of his knuckles covered. Is he hitting the ball, though? Does he ever actually hit the ball? The side of his pinky hair appears to karate chop the ball. Okay. Yeah, that makes sense.

Shout out Mr. Miyagi. You don't call that? You're not going to want that call? They ain't calling it for the Knicks, huh, Nick? As an ethical basketball player, I wouldn't want a game. You wouldn't want that, right? I would have did like Alex in the commercial. Do you think LeBron will, do you think if LeBron is

Ant-Man on that call, he's asking for a foul? See, that's the thing. You don't think LeBron is going crazy? That's the thing. That's the thing, right? ESPN didn't want to post my tweet. I'm mad at them. What was the tweet, y'all? Because what I just

said. Okay. How the hell are you sitting there saying the ball is a part of the hand is part of the ball and you clearly hit his wrist. It wasn't that high. It wasn't this high. If that's the case, you clearly don't foul nobody. It was like their hand. 6% risk 94%. So back to what you were just like.

If you got the ball LeBron and Anthony Edwards went across your wrist, do you want that call or not? And the answer to that is... Well, LeBron's an ethical man, ethical basketball player. We'll go back to Boston, right?

Like I just said... We'll go back to the ball. Like I just said earlier, we all... We'll go back to the ball. What'd I say? We all are what? The no call. What'd I just say? We all are what? Liars.

Liars. You did say that earlier. Right? For sure. So therefore... We can sell the fuck out of that bug bugger therefore, bruh Yeah, we're gonna die on that here. We will die on that you Get that call you gonna get it. We're gonna sell it. No your hand doesn't hit him on his

Can't get it. So if it's me as a defender No, I don't want you to call that. Oh, no, it's the offensive player. I know what I want you to please call all of my So yeah, we are both we are full of shit at its finest, people. They should ask you for it in the NBA. Right. They should ask you for it. Shoot for it. At the top.

Yeah. I'm shooting for it. When you make it, I get to shoot for it. Do I get to match it? Shoot for it. Yeah, that's the way it goes. I should be able to match it. We used to go, we shoot for ball, right? Shoot for ball. We saw the play, obviously. The Lakers called. I should be able to match it. We used to miss this ball, right?

Shoot for ball. We saw the play, obviously. The Lakers called a timeout trying to advance the ball. Wolves challenged. So, the Lakers ended up losing their timeout ability to advance the ball. That's crazy. That's the crazier part. To advance the ball.

So, ball goes out on the floor. The Lakers called a timeout to advance it. It's their last play going. So, it was supposed to be Lakers ball and advance. Timberwolves decide to challenge during. Doing it. Oh, that's. Yeah.

Lakers lose the timeout. Timberwolves get the ball and it gets to two free throws. So who challenged? Who made the challenge? Finch. Finch made the challenge. So LeBron had these thoughts on the call getting reversed to a foul on him. It's coming right now in the media.

That's crazy. On my timeout? Enjoy these moments, my haters. So that next possession, you're supposed to advance the ball. Yeah, but. That's why Luka threw the ball to LeBron and all that shit happened. All the time. You know, hand is part of the ball.

That's what they say. That's what they say. I feel like the hand was a part of that ball. I was able to get his hand on top of the ball. The ball stripped they say. That's what they say. I feel like the hand was a part of that ball. I was able to get his hand on top of the ball. The ball stripped out and out on himself. I've seen that play over and over before, but it is what it is.

Last question. Very ethical, LeBron. Very honest, earnest answer. Man. It says on the rule book. The rule book says. So if his hand was on top of the ball, it would have been like this right on the steel frame that we just all seen Hand on top of the ball as he explaining it right this the way it would have looked

Mm-hmm one hand on top of the other you slap down. This is that's a no-call That's a no-call because the ball goes down like. Even if you slap off my hand, all that. As long as my hand touching the ball. Yeah, some part. Some part of it. It's a no call. That's a no call right there. But in that situation.

I don't know how to take on him. The ref could change the game. I'm like, are you acting? No. But you know what I didn't hear him say? The ref changed the game for certain people? You know what I didn't hear him say? I got to do better in the fourth.

Man. Well, that was just a small snippet. I got to do better in the fourth. Man, I got to. Did he say something about the turnover at half court? Did he say something about that? For my team to win in the fourth. I'm asking.

I didn't see the press conference. Did he say something about the turnover at half court? He talked about a lot of different topics. I don't think they want to highlight that stuff. If ESPN can block me, man. Goddamn. Talked about the trick layup he had, the trick layup. The Luka one.

It's all plays. What about the Luka turnover, though? But there was a play in the third quarter, too. Brown shot the tech. We had Austin Reeves on the court. Ended up missing that free throw. This is stuff you don't go back

and watch. But he hit the free throw before a good attack. He goes and takes the next one, misses that one. But Austin Reeves... They're complaining about the Luka trip. Like it was a trip. That's a foul.

That's a foul. No place in the game for things like that. That's a foul. That's a foul. Slovenian Jesus. That's a foul. You should get that call. It's the same type of call.

He gets that call in Slovenia. Isn't it the same type of call? It's a hand on the ball. It used to be no matter how I tripped is... Sometimes people who are overweight, they just keep falling. But you tripped me. Yeah. So...

But sometimes when you... You can balance yourself when I trip you. You be like, hey, hey, hey. And then you be like, whoa, whoa, whoa. And then it's just a boom. Free Willie. So people, after watching the game, reacted that Nico may not have been incorrect in making that move.

How did Lucas' conditioning look to you, gentlemen? He got the move, bro. He should be able to. Listen, he's young enough to do what. 26 years old. He's young enough to do what Josh Hart and all them dudes are doing, playing them many minutes. Absolutely.

He should be able to do that. LeBron,, but he should be able to play the whole second half without Okay, who poisoned him is the real question I think a rock cool the flu Okay Yeah, 15 the other night right that 16 or something like that? He didn't feel well. He didn't feel well. I dig it. That's usually what happens when you get the itis.

Yeah. Okay, he didn't feel well. I dig he went out there and played. Nothing a good napkin can't take. He had a bounce back game. It wasn't like he played bad the other day. Had a very good game. Just not interested in playing any defense out there, Muff.

At all. That's how you see a 40-year-old LeBron coming through, getting some big stops towards the end of the game and blocking stuff. It doesn't inspire him at all. There's so many lost plays out there, man. Their defense

have to do so much to cover for him. Like, dudes get wide open looks because they got to be so far at the elbows when the guy has the ball on him at the top of the key.

They got to be so far in, man. J.D. McDaniels is averaging 20 a game right now based on Luka's health defense. All right. Period. He a liability out there, man. It's embarrassing at times. Man, Anthony Edwards at 43?

I did not know that. Mm-hmm. Big game. Got to give it up to Ed. And he was bullying your king The whole time Hey, look It's like, it's okay

You ever seen a well-done steak? You ever had a well-done steak? Can't play guys like that And an ounce of blood in them It's over So let's get back to that So Lakers, been in the last two games late in the fourth quarter before melting down So as Jovan Buha pointed out,

Wolves have outscored the Lakers in each fourth quarter in the series. Fourth quarter scoring margin being 105-69. About nine points a quarter in the fourth. So J.J. Redick obviously drew some criticism for his decision to not sub in the second half. First time a coach has done that

in the playoffs in at least the last 25 years. Redick was asked about the decision to not sub at all, and this was his response. Not a planned thing to play five guys an entire second half. Asked him at the beginning of the fourth quarter, told him we had two extra timeouts. You know, if you need a sub, let us know. Those guys gave a lot. Those guys gave a lot. LeBron didn't score in the fourth quarter, as I mentioned.

Luka was 1 for 6 from the field, 0 for 2 from 3, but did go 5 for 5 from the line. Austin Reeves was 2 for 7 from 3 in the fourth quarter. That's your big three right there. Austin Reeves and the fire truck still managed to play 35 minutes. All right? That's a normal game. 35 minutes is a normal game, right?

You're trying to... Had he not been fired, he would have been 45, 46, too. Facts. Facts. Doran Smith would have been over there not doing nothing. Yeah, absolutely. Jackson Hayes, I think, only played four minutes in the game. But congratulations, J.J. Riddick.

You allowed yourself... Got a lob in that time. J.J. Riddick has allowed himself to reap the benefits of being a hypocrite. Remember that time he criticized Doc Rivers when he was working for ESPN? I do remember. Talking about how Doc doesn't switch up his lineups and all this shit, and now he the coach looking like Doc up there. Doc look like Doc right now. No, out. Doc look like Doc right now.

No, he don't look like Doc. He look like the guy who was criticizing Doc. Now he sitting in Doc's seat being criticized. Because he look like he stressed out. He look like he ain't confident that he gonna be there for the next three years. Oh, he confident. He confident. That man sweating.

Ain't nobody trading. Ain't nobody firing him. You must don't know. It just... It's two years Sometimes you be in those situations First round exit this year Mind the game podcast It ain't reflecting

It ain't reflecting You was just glazing You was just glazing You ain't ran none of them sets Sometimes you can't take them out You ain't ran none of them sets I would run this If I was Darwin You ain't ran none of them sets. Sometimes you can't take them out. You ain't ran none of them sets. You was glazed. I would run this if I was Darwin.

They was winning, though. I'd run this. You winning. You winning up until the last minute. Full of shit, man. Full of shit. That's what the hell y'all get. Any coach that asks a player, hey, do you want to stay in the game or come out in that moment?

A player's going to say, I want to stay in the game. You can ask a six-year-old that shit They do they do want to say Is it me this time Automatic Got y'all they making they making me put y'all in every five minutes the best Play more so this just like right so but yes any age group Let me put y'all in every five minutes. It's 10 of y'all. The best one when a couple kids don't show up. Absolutely, yeah. You get to play more. So this is just like, right?

So you ask any age group of basketball player, any athlete. Who want to thank you? Who want to come out? But you got to listen. I ain't saying, listen. So you can't find two minutes? No. Why?

You up 10. People just talking about New York. You up 10. They complaining about getting subbed out. Of course they want to come out. Yeah, they want to come out the game. We were just talking about, when you just said, I wish I had that. During the regular season? Because you're playing hard while

you're out there, bro. I don't want to average 43. You're playing hard. I don't want to average 43 minutes during the regular season. There's no way you can play the whole second half and play hard. I don't want to average 43 during the regular season. You know that. So how many do you want to average in the playoffs? During the regular season? In the playoffs. 43. Not in the regular season. You know that. So how many do you want to average in the playoffs? During the regular season? In the playoffs. 43.

Not in the regular season. I want to average in the regular season. I play 34. I average like 34, 35 minutes a night. So can you? The question is can you? That's the question. Are you in shape to? I played 55 in a game before.

Shit like that. You love to play those minutes. You love to play them minutes. You love to play them minutes. Can we actually do it and be ready for those minutes if you can be effective when you're out there? You got to prepare for that shit. You can't ask a 40-year-old not to do that.

They ain't did it all year. They ain't did it all year. Only reason it's bad with LeBron, because you know he's going to take some plays off, and their plays, they might screw on that. Luka take more plays off than anybody. You know he's going to take some plays off and their plays, they might screw on that. You said you know he's going to take some plays off? Just because you're 40.

Anybody at this age can't. What about Luka? What's Luka's excuse? 26 years old? You can't take no plays off. He take more off than anybody. But with all that being said, he was up, though. That's the, I mean, he was up 10.

Right. So, sub. Yes. 46 minutes season high for Luka in that game. Sub. And guess what? You're down now. There's timeouts coming.

You can buy time. Them two minutes can turn. And you know the timeout's coming because he's telling you. Yes. TV timeout coming right now, JJ. Take him out. Can I see that turnover? The half court one?

With LeBron? I want to see. Did it go off somebody's foot or bounce? Bad pass. Bad pass. Bad pass. Fuck. He looked tired.

He looked like a tired pass. He didn't get open. This thing skews like. He didn't get open. Did it go off somebody's foot? No, Nick. It's a bad pass. And LeBron admitted he said it was a bad pass.

It's a bad pass, man. Oh, he admitted that? He did. Okay. He's accountable. It's a bad pass. It's a bad pass. He admitted it. It's a bad pass. And LeBron admitted he said it was a bad pass. It's a bad pass, man. Oh, he admitted that? He did. Okay. He's accountable. It's a bad pass. It's a bad pass. He admitted it.

It's a bad pass. Maybe it went off somebody's foot. Probably did. You never know. LeBron, ethical hooper. He didn't take a look at it. Hand a part of the ball.

Normally. We tell the six-year-olds that. If you hit it, it's a part of the ball. There he say go. When you take a look at it. My six-year-old said, Dad, hand a part of the ball, right?

How could that possibly be a part of the ball? Your six-year-old said that. Yeah, it, my six-year-old said, Dad, hand's a part of the ball, right? How could that possibly be? Your six-year-old said that? Yeah, it is. They said that. All right, this is what we're doing in the world. Hand is a part of the ball. This is what I've been taught.

Hand is a part of the ball. If you get it. Sometimes. If you the defense to hand a part of the ball. If the offense, that's a foul, right, Dad? If he hit my hand, right, Dad?

Hey, Dad, if I shoot the ball and he hit my hand, that's a foul right dad like if he hit my hand right dad hey dad if i shoot the ball and he hit my hand that's a foul right absolutely you have to tell him no son ethical no son no he hit my hand he's allowed to hit your hand like if you got the ball in your hand he can hit you sportsmanship commercial no he hit my hand it wasn't no it was good so dad we can take an extra step after we have our pivot foot established? We can change it? To another foot and it's not a travel? It's a gather, son.

What's up with Ant-Man? It's a gather step. Damn, that's weird. I thought you had to always keep your pivot foot down. But let's talk about Ant-Man. We got to give him his love. Average of 30 points, eight rebounds, six assists, 45-43, 83 shooting splits. Got it done on both sides of the ball. Easily been the best player in the series.

And now on the precipice of potentially eliminating the Lakers, so in the last two playoffs, swept KD, beat Joker in seven. And I had the chance to beat LeBron. Phoenix 2.0, man. Darwin, yeah. Phoenix 2.0. man. Darwin, yeah. Phoenix 2.0. Last year was KD. Fuck, man. Thank you.

You can see our staff not rolling. We all fucked up. You needed that, huh? Yeah, I needed that. Somebody had something slapped out of their hand, did not call for a foul. No call. Hit them. Hit them part of the ball. for a foul. No call. For me,

both teams I don't want to see lose just because Ant-Man is one of my favorite players. Lakers is obviously my team. This was a tough series for me anyway. It's time for Dodger baseball. Don't worry, we got Shohei, Mookie Best, Freddie Freeman, Andy Pahe.

Way to deflect, Josiah. We still got Tatum. LA Sports Day game. We still got Tatum. We still got Tatum. We're talking about the Lakers now. It's good you want to talk about the Dodgers, but we're talking about the Lakers right now. A great baseball team.

We're talking about the current state of this 3-1 deficit that the Los Angeles Lakers are in. How they're going to try to come out of this. Shannon, Shannon Frye. LeBron tried. Luka died. Luka died. Wolves in fire. Shannon Frye.

Luka tried. Shannon going down. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro.

I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro.

I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate you bro. I hate. What's wrong with you? Talk about one more thing. When you did this, that's what made me think of you. Shannon Fry.

That's a first pick. Shannon, yep. Shannon Fry. We got to talk one more thing in the world of sports. We're going to shift over to football. NFL draft was last week. Biggest story was Shador Sanders. Sanders was projected to be a first round and potential top ten pick by many.

We only got ten minutes left. We got ten minutes left. We got ten minutes left. Way to go, Joe. Way to go, Joe. Chad said they wanted to hear a little football today. Oh, have mercy. NFL draft. Yeah, man.

Like you said, NFL numbers. Important topic. We were talking football. Speaking of hating. Right? Speaking of hating. So Sanders projected to be a first round and potential top ten pick by many analysts. Went undrafted after the first two days, slipping all the way to the fifth round.

As the Browns traded up to grab him with the 144th pick. After picking Oregon quarterback Dylan Gabriel in the third round. So drafted two quarterbacks in the draft. So as Shador and the rest of the Sanders family watched the disappointment during the first round, Shador's big brother Shiloh did what big brothers do, tried to lift his spirits. See, bro, I don't even know what they're going to do with me, bro, because they're doing you like this. They're doing him? Making him wait? Oh, what? Me? No. You're good, man.

Shiloh went undrafted, ended up signing with the Buccaneers, so he was very accurate in his assessment of how they were doing, the Sanders family. So after the first round came and went, with Shador not getting picked, he had this message at his draft party. We all didn't expect this, of course, but I feel like with God, anything possible, everything possible.

I don't feel like this happened, you know, for no reason. All this is, is of course fuel to the fire. And under no circumstance, we all know this isn't going to happen. But we understand we're on the bigger and better things. Tomorrow's the day. We're going to and better things. Tomorrow's the day.

We're going to be happy regardless. That's a dare. Whoo. Yeah. Unfortunately, tomorrow was not the day, as he went undrafted in the second and third rounds. It took all the way to day three when his moment finally came with the Browns ending his draft nightmare. Freedom Browns select.

Working out. Well, well. All right. Be grateful. This is a bathroom, man. Shout out to Cleveland. Don't show what Cleveland look like. I know you're about to.

We don't have a video of what Cleveland looks like. No, they did. You see it? They people trying to make fun of me. I didn't like it. Oh, the draft room? Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Like, that's fucked up, bro. Like, the prank call and shit. We'll try to keep it. We have some negative things to address shortly. We want to keep it somewhat positive for Shador. Did Shador get done dirty in the 2025 NFL draft? Slipped all the way to the fifth round. Day three, Mel Kiper crashed out.

Fought out the entire league. There's only a few teams that were looking for quarterbacks but nonetheless. Personally, yeah, we wanna say yes. Like, it's because we watched him bro. We watched the whole from Jackson State to Colorado transition and the whole whole thing, right? We watched it all, right? It's great story. Uh family of family success. Dion giving different light to college football. Great.

Very unexpected in a lot of eyes, man. But people were – Irwin Allen said, and I think it was – Riddick said, that you can play football, that you can play quarterback, you just ain't going to play it for us. So that's what they proved. Sending messages. It's unfortunate that people allow their personal thoughts and feelings into these type of situations.

You can think he's arrogant. You can think he's cocky. You can think all these things about him. But what athlete and what player that's trying to be successful is not. So if you show me one that isn't, I'm going to show you one that's not successful. If you don't believe in this ability, if he's not willing to tell you I'm this good or I can be this or you want to win, you pick me. If he's not telling you these things, then he's not the guy for you. I'm pretty sure if you ask all those other guys those same questions,

they gave you the same answers. It's just that his last name is Sanders and you've seen him plastered everywhere for the last two years. It's very unfortunate that like I said, people let their personal feelings and thoughts get in the way of of this kid's moment and it's sad but you gotta praise the moment that he of this kid's moment. And it's sad. But you got to praise the moment that he had.

Still an NFL player. We know that now. But wishing him nothing but success moving forward. Yeah, so. Yeah, it was tough because the person you work out with go first, another friend of yours go second, and then you gotta wait until the third day just because people think you're cocky or I don't know, they don't want your dad all in the... So reports that, this is just reports that some of the interviews didn't go as well as expected. That's what was the kind of rumblings around.

But it did feel like... Because I didn't answer your question the way you wanted me to answer it. You were expecting me to answer it. Hey, boy, you asked the way I wanted you to answer it, boy. Yes. All right. So if I don't like your answer, guess what you're not going to do? You're not going to get hired.

See, you missed the point, man. Cam Ward worked out with Shador Sanders. There was a blaring difference in the workouts. It had nothing to do with talent. What was it? It had everything to do with what are you. Cam said, I'm a football player. Cam said I'm a lifestyle.

No, he didn't. He can't do that, man. So. They friends talking trash. Cam said, listen, when you look me up at the end of my life, it's going to say football player. Go back and watch the movie Draft Day. They tell you about drafting the right guy. And it's not that he don't got talent.

It's that when you have something in front of your talent that's stopping us from seeing what you can truly do, you've got to go in there and just get it and go in there and just take it. It ain't never about where you draft it. It's always about what you do once you get there. Well, honestly, I see a Jalen Hurts situation for him in Cleveland, so it's a blessing. You still got a massage man over there that old massage man going to do. That guy that drafted me, whoever that dude was,

he was the GM for the Cleveland Browns? Yep. He's seen the camera. He's looking at the camera. Look at him as they draft Shador So they seen their own body language in real time. Yeah He's seen it like we said they already took a quarterback to third round Deshaun Watson status for the next season I Recovered from injury uncertain the Browns owner has already said that they missed on that. They said a lot.

Yeah. Then they said a lot of shit to cover up the energy behind taking Shador. Yeah, we were tired and we were all this, but it just looked like it looked bad. It didn't look like y'all wanted him. Like he's not good enough to play. And he looked happy going fifth round. Is that more about Deion? I think it is. I think it's about Deion.

We all know he can play the position, man. The line is going to be better in the NFL than the line that he had at Colorado. He has the opportunity to go out there and fight for a job and beat out the guy who they picked in the third round, which a lot of people think he's a better quarterback than him. It's on him to go out and continue. Like you said, just add

fuel to the fire. You got to win your players. You got to win your players. You do not want to be Willie Beamer on any given Sunday going out there thinking that the line supposed to work for you. You got to get your team around you so they believe you're a great leader And any given Sunday, going out there thinking that the line is supposed to work for you. Nah.

You got to get your team around you so they believe you're a great leader. You're going to take us where we're supposed to go. He don't seem like you're a bad teammate. No, I don't. But he's not showing the opposite side. He gives everybody that confidence. He don't like to talk. Yeah.

He let his dad talk for him. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? And that's the bad side because his dad has people who love him and he has people who hate him. I think that's why they didn't draft him. Yeah. They're coming with his dad. Man, that man is good.

Boy, there's a great upbringing, man. Yeah. Like, God-fearing family. Like, man, let's go. I feel like GMs are scared. Dion might come in and take their job. Coaches are scared. They draft him. Dion in and take their job. Coaches are scared. They draft them.

DM going to take their job. When you just got to accept that fate has placed you here because this is where you supposed to be. That's why I like this. I love this. Yeah, the expectations of, oh, I'm supposed to go here. It's like, nah, bro. We put you exactly where you are.

You can't say that God made a mistake and this ain't what God wanted. And you here because you got work to do now. He looked very happy to be selected. He should because he's in. You actually got in. Go work now. Because it's hard to go and draft as a quarterback and get a job.

Great position because like I said, the main guy there, they can't depend on. The main guy got a whole lot of money and they can't depend on him. They got got a whole lot of money and they can't depend on him. They got Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Junkies from Ohio State. There's opportunity there for you to go out and make a name for yourself and play and become something and wish you nothing but the best. But you got teams like the Steelers too though.

Steelers passed on you. I don't got a quarterback yet. But they just left, what, Justin Fields? They think they got the opportunity to guard and get money. They drafted a quarterback. Other teams pick quarterbacks ahead of Shador. But let's talk about another moment that happened to Shador as he waited to be drafted during the first round. He was the victim of a diabolical prank

with someone calling his personal phone and doing this. Chad, one more time for me. This is Mickey Loomis here, GM of the Saints. How you doing? Good. How are you, man? Good. Been waiting on you.

Yeah, we have. It's been a long wait, man. Not for sure. We're going to take you with our next pick right here, man. Yes, sir. Let's be legendary. All right, but you're going to have to wait a little bit longer, man.

Okay. Sorry about that. You're going to have to wait a little bit longer, man. Sorry about that. So a video was later released of the caller on the other end with two Ole Miss students

identifying themselves as the culprits after some investigation was discovered. One of the men in the video was Jax Ulbrich, a member of the Ole Miss football team

who was the son of Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. Wait, what? So Falcons released a statement saying the younger Ulbrich, a member of the Ole Miss football team who's the son of Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. Wait, what? So Falcons released a statement saying the younger Ulbrich gained access to his father's iPad, which had Shador's personal phone number on it. Shador got that phone just for the draft.

NFL personnel had it. His dad had it on the iPad. I think his son went home to visit. Got the number, leaked it, provided it to his buddy who made the call. As he sat nearby Kee Kee. There's another video of those two. But Jackson Aldridge later apologized for his actions.

Falcon said there would be no discipline for Jeff Aldridge allowing his iPad to be compromised, Shadur's number to be leaked. But that's just, I mean, you look at that. I'm sorry. And there's more than that. Yeah, he gone. He got, yeah. That's a fade on site situation.

Oh, man. You said Ole Miss? Right. What? Don't think so, but Ole Miss quarterback Jackson Dart taken in the first round. Ah. But got the number a week prior, said iPad was out, took the number, went back. So they got him, Gabriel, and Shadour? No, so the Giants drafted Jackson Dart in the first round.

That was kind of Shador's last hope to get picked in the first round. So he did that to rub it in. Ah, Ole Miss quarterback. But players made that call to Shador, making him think that they were the Saints on the clock. Hell of a prank. Hell of a prank. Hell of a prank.

In cell, man. You would talk about diabolical pranks. I left my iPad open. Fuck. Here's the number right here. Son, I don't see shit. Go ahead. I'm going to talk to your trash now.

They probably, yeah. That's a hell of a prank, boy. Shit. Type of shit to get your ass whooped, I'm just going to be honest. Type of shit might your ass whooped? I'm just going to be honest. What type of shit might get you whooped? But you know, white people prank. They do some shit. Nah, that ain't a prank.

Don't look at me like that. They pour dishwasher soap down your, while you're sleeping down your mouth. No human being like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's crazy. What, am I going to pee on you while you sleep? Wake up and high five you. Hey, man.

Don't go to sleep. What? Tattooing? Yeah, a whole tattoo on your face type shit. Oh, man. Man, they don't care. They still laughing. Still giggling, but I did apologize.

Said it was a mistake. But everything Shador's been through, we touched on this lightly, but everything he's been through now, a humbling moment to get selected 144 by the Browns, still has his chance now to show what he can do in the NFL, albeit a lot of bread left on the table by not getting selected first, second round as he was anticipated. So if you were Shador, how would you approach your rookie season in the NFL after this draft experience. Go on, bro. Continue to work, man. Continue to work.

It's all he can do. There's nothing, can't look back. Can't get redrafted. It is what it is. Your fifth round pick. Go make the best of it, man. I guess continue to work. There's opportunity there.

Go beat out the guy they picked in the third round. Show them that you're better than him. Show them that it's not even close. Right? Where did uh... Like his quote, shit, go be legendary. Like everything is legendary, right? Where did Lamar Jackson get drafted? 32. First round?

Last pick in the first round. Yeah. He was disappointed, wasn't he? Yeah. Ammunition motivation. Lamar Jackson got overlooked. He's been the MVP how many times? True time MVP. And then when he got over last year before he got drafted. He didn't put on no show. After he got drafted, he ain't put on no show. He just went and got that shit done. They go get it done. When you got to go, hey, even Tom Brady. Tom Brady. Man, I ain't. 199th pick. Man, I ain't tripped. Didn't come in tripping. Didn't leave out tripping. I got to go put the work in and prove it. You got the Black

Purdy's, the Jalen Hurts. Go prove it. Go get them. Go tell them tell them man you made a mistake and do it gracefully you don't got to be mad and are you are you made him is not a you made a mistake and it's okay. They humbled him already. Yeah. They humbled him. That's crazy. That's what they were trying if they were is that if that's what they thought of him before if they thought he was cocky and arrogant and all those things and those meetings and all that if that's the message that they were trying to

relay I'm pretty sure it hit home we can't control you in our own business it doesn't make sense for us you can come in and change our rules because of your fame, your wealth, and even your ability. You good enough to come in and be like, yes, like Russell Wilson did in Denver. You good enough to come in here and tell us what to do and how to

move. How many times are we going to allow players to dictate what they want to do based on what? Johnny Manziel. Ain't that his name? Johnny Manziel? Johnny Manziel. Johnny Football. He did? Johnny Manziel? Johnny Manziel. Johnny Football. What about him? He did more, right? No, for turning up.

What you mean, did more? Like, he was showboating and did everything. Nah, Baker Mayfield did more. I'm just saying, in college, they both was like, you know. Yeah, Baker was an asshole. For sure. But we will see how it plays out for Jordan. But he won the Heisman.

They could win the Heisman, though. All right, let's move on to Mostly Fans. Presented by our friends at Underdog. Download the app. Use promo code GIL. Get up to $1,000 in bonus cash plus a special pick-em. So somebody in the chat trolling. We have a question from Underdog user LakersDunchick. Who you got in the games tonight?

So we have Cavs at heat, Cavs up 3-0, Rockets are Warriors, Warriors up 2-1. So what's your prediction for the two games tonight? Sweep, Warriors.

Sweep, Warriors. Sweep, tie up. Jimmy Butler playing tonight? Jimmy Butler did a walkthrough with the Warriors. I think questionable playing game four.

Yeah, I'm going, yeah, I'm going sweep and I'm going... Tied up. Yeah, I'm going. Yeah, I'm going to sweep and I'm going tied up Houston to two tied up. I'm going to work these for game five. That's why you how about yourself? I'm going Warriors. I'm gonna go Cleveland and the Warriors. Jimmy Baguio? Mm-hmm. Nah, I'm going to go two. Rockets. They missed their opportunity. Nah, this is the game where they score now.

Yeah, they hit shots and then next game they're going to be off. Yep. They blew it. I think so. That's how I'm looking at them. They streaky right now. They can't find it. They can't find it. They just gonna throw it up there and hope it go in.

They blew their opportunity. Probably. But I think Jimmy coming back. Jimmy Butler. Jimmy not gonna be Jimmy. Jimmy is walking around with a hurt butt. Got that BBL. He can't stretch the way he used to. He can't stretch the way he used to. He can't stretch the way he used to. Pelvic contusion.

He's sitting down soft. Boy hit the ground hard as hell. He's sitting down real soft. Nah, he got that, what's it called, that shot. He can't feel shit right now. Pelvic contusion. Heading into game four. So we got one more question.

Back hurt. He can't. Back hurt. Stop talking about that. It's just a little sound right now. He can King feel shit So we got a question under dog user. Look at me 59 Who are the best three corner guys since 2000 best three corner guys 2000 swaggy? This is your area expertise

So you getting excited since 2000 since the the URL are 2000 2000 best three corner guys Me of course you ever like yourself Though JR in there, of course swaggy Jr. Smith Lou will and Lou will Swaggy, JR Smith. Lou Will. And Lou Will. Shout out your estimation, best three corner guy since 2000. I'm gonna go JR.

JR's major list. He's got way more chips. I'm gonna go Jason Terry. Oh, I forgot about that. He's on the board. He's on the board. He's on the Mount Washmore. He's on the board.

Jamal Crawford. Jamal Crawford. Jamal Crawford is probably my GOAT. I forgot. Nobody scored 50 for 40. He's the president of it. 50 for four different teams. He's the president.

He's the president. Jamal Crawford is absolutely the GOATs of all GOATs. Should get way more credit of being an actual basketball player who played in our era and everybody act like some shit. He ain't an all-star. He was never an all-star.

Corner boy history. He's one of my GOATs, for sure. Top three corner boys since the year 2000? Gotta go with Jamal Crawford. He was in my draft. Oh, shit. JR, underrated. I'm going to go with Mo Williams. Mo's big.

Mo can play, man. Yeah. Mo can play. He's on there. Alabama. All right, well, appreciate you, gentlemen. I appreciate you. I appreciate you.

I appreciate you. I appreciate you. I appreciate you. I appreciate you. I appreciate you. I appreciate you. I appreciate you. I appreciate you. play, man. Mo can play. He's on there. Alabama.

All right, well, appreciate you, gentlemen. As you can see, obviously, we're talking about the topic of the show. Gil not here today at the hospital with Elijah and his son. I went up there to see him. He makes progress. Yeah. He was in good spirits. He seen me and smiling and stuff.

It was just tough. It was a tough situation to see him there, but he's up. He was trying to talk a little bit. No broken bones. Everything is good. Praying he'll get out. He's only at UCLA. He said my bad for being at UCLA. So Gil sent me when he first started running an apology to Coach Musk over at USC for being at UCLA. I don't know why. God was just telling you, Elijah. I told him, don't take it easy on me. Where you need to be, but in all sincerity.

Absolutely, man. Speed of recovery, Elijah. Absolutely, man. And to my mom as well, man. I went through some personal stuff with my mom, but doing better. She's going to be all right. She'll fight her. So that's why I'm praying for your mom as well.

The way I am has got it from her, man. But, yeah, speedy recovery. Yeah. Absolutely. Sending love and light to all. Absolutely. Definitely. And I appreciate you, Jennifer, for holding it down today,

obviously in Gil's absence while he was dealing with what he was dealing with. Appreciate everybody in the chat for being so supportive during these times, and obviously appreciate our whole crew, but this has been another episode of Gil's Arena presented by Underdog. We will see y'all tomorrow.