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Speaker 4: I'm at More. I'm senior NBA writer for the Action Network and I'm.
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Speaker 5: Of money are coming in, and all sorts of cool stuff, including our Showgreen Dot Daily, which available every day to set your betting agenda. This is gonna be into your NBA Playoff second round preview.
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Speaker 4: We are going to go through and give best bets on where the series prices are.
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Speaker 5: Recording this on Tuesday morning before four the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors begin their series.
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Speaker 4: We're gonna give you some best bets for series.
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Speaker 5: Plays and to do that, I'm joined by two of our best contributors to Buckets. We've got Sean Little from MSG Networks at Chicago Flow.
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Speaker 4: We've got j Money. You can findally on Twitter at j Money is Money. Fellas.
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Speaker 5: Glad to have you on board. The second round looks absolutely awesome. I'm very glad to have the first round over with. I'm running hot a little bit here to start the second half, so I'm excited about that second series round series. Let's go ahead and do it. We're gonna go around the table give our best bets. These are series plays, and then we'll kind of hail on the other ones as before we get out of here quickly. We'll start with Jay Jay, what's your best bet for the second round?
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Speaker 3: Niecks plus series price plus one and a half. This is series handicap there.
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Speaker 4: I love Sean Little what's your best bet for a series play? Second round?
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Speaker 2: Best bet?
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Speaker 1: Series play Suns to win Game three, Nuggets to win the series plus one twenty five. And then we got a little juiced up number here, but I still like it. Still think you can make some money in this spot. Lakers Warriors over five and a half games minus one ninety all.
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Speaker 4: Right, I have two.
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Speaker 5: I like the Golden State Warriors minus one and a half plus one forty and I'll take the Nuggets minus one and a half on the series spread minus one thirty two. Absolutely ridiculous lines still being laid in relation to the market.
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Speaker 4: Let's start.
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Speaker 2: I want to start. I want to start with.
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Speaker 4: Jay, as we look at this, this next game.
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Speaker 5: As you're listening to this, if you're listening to this on Wednesday, you'll already know the results of game two. And we'll just go ahead and say up front, Jay, I assume that if the Knicks lose Game two, you're just like, well, that lost, right.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, if the Knicks lose Game two, I'll be a very unhappy camper. Let's just put it that way. But I don't I mean, anything is possible, but hopefully they don't lose it. But yeah, Nick's series handicapped plus one and a half For me, I think they win the series. So this, I mean, I couldn't talk you off just taking the plus one forty plus one thirty the bitch you can get. But I'll take the insurance with this one NIX plus one and a half at a low number. Got that when it minus one thirty, I absolutely love to play.
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Speaker 5: Okay, So in our series preview, I was like, I like Nicks, and I was like, I just I like this matchup like that, this should be a good matchup for the next And then Brandon was like, it's Tom Thibodeau versus Eric s Folstra And then like my stomach just dropped out of my body and into the Earth's core.
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Speaker 2: And in the first.
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Speaker 4: Half I was like, Aha, the Heat are still the eighth seed.
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Speaker 2: That's right.
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Speaker 5: And then the second half I was like, oh no, it's still Thibodeaux versus Foe. Oh God, what have I done? So I am very curious to hear why you're so confident in the next one the series.
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Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, Knicks in the series. For me, First off, I don't think Jimmy Buler is gonna be one hundred percent. I do think they give rental back at some point in this one. Obviously Brunson's a little banged up in this one. But I'll take the Knicks bitter defensively and offensively my opinion, the better overall team. We saw what the Bucks did in Game two use their size advantage.
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Speaker 2: Man by to Bayo.
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Speaker 3: I mean, he's a great player, but he's got He's like six' nine at the.
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Speaker 2: Most.
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Speaker 3: Right Kevin love as your backup. Center i'm not trusting. It you know what happens sometimes in game one teams will literally tip their tip their hand right and throw the kitchen sink at a. Team that's WHAT i believe that he. DID i don't think there's many other adjustments they can make other than building the wall and try to wall them. Off once The knicks figure that out and if they're hidden outside, shots they will come back.
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Speaker 2: And win this.
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Speaker 3: Series This heat team is very. Inconsistent, Yes Jimmy butler can. Ball they have guys that can knock down Three, Struce Vincent, Duncan, robinson Even, lowery but these are all streaky type of players and there are a couple of bad games away from getting blown out in this. Series given The knicks some confidence in this, one So i'll be, HONEST i have a lot of confidence that The knicks will win this, series let alone cover the plus one and a half. Games, obviously if it goes to game, SEVEN i don't. Care it doesn't matter who. Wins i'll get the win regardless there BUT i see this as a, long hard fought out. SERIES i Know sposter can out Coach. Thibodeau in theory But tims is. Not it's not like He's Joe, mizzoula like he's some rookie out, here. Right he has plenty of experience going up Against butler as. Well SO i don't think the coach and mismatch is that. Big BUT i do think the mismatch is that big as far as The knicks in their depth in this. One so this one's all and guys like quickly grinds the role players R. J, Bard where can you get from? Them Isaiah. Hartenstein BUT i think they just have to take a page out of the books book and.
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Speaker 2: Do what they did In game.
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Speaker 3: Two use your size, advantage pass it to the guys in the, paint use Those aliu passes With Mitchell.
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Speaker 2: Robinson they can't stop.
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Speaker 3: It and Once brunson starts to getting into the, paint And i'll start with they didn't get any foul calls game one as, WELL i think they will even up as the series goes. ON i think The heat literally showed their showed their whole hand to go out there and Steal game, one still home court advantage The.
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Speaker 2: Knicks it's all on The knicks to make. Adjustments.
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Speaker 3: NOW i don't think there's much more than he can do adjustments wise in this. One so given The knicks to win the series and plus one and a.
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Speaker 4: Half it's a good. CAP i THINK i have some.
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Speaker 5: Concerns among them is The knicks, offense which was number two in the regular, season has looked like absolute trash in the. Playoffs like they won that cav series with, defense it was not.
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Speaker 4: Good and some.
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Speaker 5: Of that you could be, like, well The calves are a really good, defense and that's, true BUT i, think like after that game one second half, performance LIKE i have legit. CONCERNS i don't know that they have enough poison countermeasures for them to be able to figure out how to attack A heat team that like that's their. Strength LIKE i think The heat will cool off, offensively BUT i think that they'll do like all of these type of things in the mechanism of the defense to be able to slow them. Down the QUESTION i think is gonna come. Down some of this, too is like quickly needs to have a better series like the heater low on ball, handlers, right like they Lose Tyler, hero they Lose Victor oladipo And jimmy's banged, up and that's why, like how do they Win game? One Kyle lowry goes, nuts, right you need to crowd those ball, handlers and they The knicks did not do a good enough job of that In game. One if they do a better, job then they can probably shut this.
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Speaker 4: Down The heat shooting is always gonna be like a wild roller.
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Speaker 5: Coaster it's either insanely good or absolutely. Terrible it's absolute. Garbage SO i think both of those. Things, Sean i'm curious get your thoughts on.
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Speaker 4: This on The.
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Speaker 1: Knicks, yeah the let's start. Here. Man if The Miami heat continue to get five plus threes from a plethora of people at just the right time when they need it in the fourth quarter and in the second, half, yeah they're gonna win the. SERIES i, mean If Gay vince is gonna hit big time, shots If kyle larr is gonna hit big time, shots it's gonna be tough to deal. With but, YEAH i, MEAN i think, overall The knicks are, deeper they have a better. Squad The i've been making front of The spolstra Pat Riley aura. THING i, mean Pat riley's more of The Aura cospose on the, floor, calling calling things and making. Adjustments but That heat culture has shined through no question in The milwaukee series and then In game. One both teams offensively were terrible in, one But spolster made more adjustments and The heat made time lee shots like they've been doing all. Playoffs, OVERALL i believe The knicks are a better. Squad they get it done tonight and they can continue to. Roll the injuries here are the massive. Thing we talked about how difficult it was to cap some of these games in the regular. Season as we record this coming into game, too we have a there's a world where we might see No Jalen, runsing No, randall No Jimmy. BUTLER i will say, This, jimmy if you Follow Jimmy butler on social he has been walking Around New york hanging, out hitting. Shops AND i didn't see any wrap on the. ANKLE i didn't see. ANYTHING a guy that has a bum ankle and is worried about getting rest is not a guy walking Up Seventh avenue ten to fifteen blocks looking at sunglasses on the. Corner so there's a lot of different things than that you could look at. THERE i think, overall this offense has to low up and the Timely buckets For miami.
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Speaker 2: Has to slow.
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Speaker 1: UP i think, overall The knicks are a better team than they end up coming out on top THE i would play the plus one and a. HALF i wouldn't take The knicks outright in the. SERIES i would take that.
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Speaker 4: Insurance. Yeah the the interesting question is are The heat good? Enough the other WAY i will.
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Speaker 5: Say the other way to answer this is The heat were good enough to beat The. Bucks john has been several, games but we're good enough to beat The bucks in? Five Is New york good enough to drag them? Longer, like that's an interesting. Question it's going to be a GOOD i think test of concept on that. One to be fergally honest with, YOU i want to, Like i'll be real cautious with this, series BUT i want to talk about the like the, series the series of the second. Round AS nba executives everywhere pop champagne bottles and.
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Speaker 4: The, heavens they've been. Delevered It's Lakers. Warriors why would we reward casual fans that have watched all year when we could just bring in.
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Speaker 5: The, casuals the casuals series of all, Time lebron versus Stuff lebron with The lakers Versus stuff ratings will be absolutely. Incredible there's a lot of anticipation in the, markets AND i reached out to a few books this morning and they were, like it's real. Early we got to see before the game comes, in but they're anticipating huge handles on this on these. Games they're expecting a lot of money bet on this series because it's fun to Bet lebron Versus. STUFF i took minas one and a half our series preview for The, Warriors so the MORE i kind of looked at, it the MORE i kind OF i felt more and more confident About Golden. State and a lot of this gets Into i'm worried About game one for, sure But curR has been really good In game. One we'll see how it turns out. Tonight even if they were to Lose game. One The lakers that they have the same kind of issue that The suns are having with a math.
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Speaker 4: Problem versus The.
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Speaker 5: Nuggets they don't take enough. Threes they actually allow a huge number Of Brandon. Anderson OUR Nba futures analysts point this out on our series, preview but The lakers actually give up a huge amount of, threes and that's Post All star when they got all those reinform horse means to become my ACTUAL nba, team they still were giving up a ton of.
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Speaker 4: Threes and, look The warriors offense is.
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Speaker 5: Mid my favorite bets in the series are gonna be unders because both these, offenses like everyone's, like, Oh lebron And ad And Stephen clay and The Splash, brothers And i'm, like these two offenses are extremely. Mediocre these are not impressive.
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Speaker 4: Offenses The.
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Speaker 5: King everyone is really overreacting to The warriors performance versus The, kings where it's, like, oh That king's team was so, Good what an.
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Speaker 4: Amazing performance from The.
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Speaker 2: Warriors it's the, LIKE i love The.
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Speaker 4: Kings that was my favorite win. Total it's The.
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Speaker 5: Kings what are we doing the defensive?
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Speaker 4: Rating why are you?
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Speaker 5: Impressed The warriors at the tenth best half court offense in THE Nba playoffs after playing The Sacramento, Kings like that's. Bad that's a concerning. Sign i'm gonna like unders in the. Series and then it's a defensive. Series, now if it's defensive, series you, go it doesn't that lean towards The lake because they've been the number two. Defense it would except for the fact that there's more guys THAT i trust On Golden state by a hair by enough to get the one and a half on The warriors THAN i do on The. LAKERS i think D'Angel russell is gonna be. Unplayable i'm gonna be On russell unders this is gonna be a nightmare series for, him a team that switches with side where he has to Chase.
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Speaker 4: Steph how are you playing D'Angel russell in the. Series The warriors depth is a.
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Speaker 5: Problem The, LAKERS i think have a little bit of an edge in the, depth but The warriors starters are way, way, way way way way. Better so for, ME i will go ahead and now will lay the one and a half. HERE i think The warriors will win between one and two of first. Two they'll win one In. La they always win a road game in the, series and they'll have an opportunity to close it out in five or potentially six if they screw. Around getting That mius one and a half is great for. Me i'm getting a minus one and a half. Here Play everyone's expecting a long, Series, Sean you're expecting a long, Series So i'm kind of curious as to your thoughts on what makes you believe that this is going to be a, knockout drag out all timer Between steph And.
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Speaker 1: Lebron, yeah it's purely on the fact THAT i believe it did take absolutely every. OUNCE i know, YOU i know we're talking about The, kings AND i know they had a great, series and, hey and let's be, clear absolutely fantastic season for the, franchise for the fan, base for. Everything but it took everything out of The Golden State warriors to beat those guys and all the all the the roster and the experience and all the people that we talked about With. Steph steph was, like, Clearly i'm gonna go out here try to get this w all by, myself and that's what he did In game seven with that. Performance, NOW i just think the the D'anngelo russell point is a great. One, Actually, MATT i hadn't even thought about that and broke that down yet till till you mentioned. It BUT i Think lebron and the rest of those, guys that roster is full. Enough they have enough experience against each other where this will get to at least six. GAMES i don't have to worry about who, wins how that shakes, out the different rest periods and all that. STUFF i believe this is a six or seven game. SERIES i Believe Lebron james will be ready to go in this. Spot the only Person i'm worried about Is Anthony davis and What looney could potentially do to. Him The Anthony davis is not a guy that likes to overcome how DO i say this and be? Nice he's not the guy that likes to overcome a lot of difficult. SITUATIONS i can See looney And draymond getting in his ass and bothering him quite a, bit and he has a hard time mentally trying to get over that. Block but if he does and it continues to make an impact like we know we, can this is for sure going six or seven.
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Speaker 5: Games his most dominant playoff series run was obviously in the bubble when he was hitting. Jumpers he faced a small Ball houston. Team he faced who's their other opponent in? There they Faced houston in the first.
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Speaker 2: Round come, on, guys, well what we you gonna?
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Speaker 1: Say?
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Speaker 2: Jay what AM i gonna?
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Speaker 3: Say Ndy davis will Destroy Draymond green And looney in this. Series this is not some bonus that they're going up. Against they have to deal with. Size they Had vanderbilt as. Well, man you can Play russ on this. One russell will have a little some up in. Sleep you used to play with The warriors for like a year and now when But russell And Klay, Thompson my, god it's all you gotta.
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Speaker 2: Do, Man The lakers will win this. Series no disrespect to, You, matt BUT i will fade. YOU i will take The lakers plus one to have very. COMFIDENT i know it's.
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Speaker 3: High you can't actually you don't have to get plus minus one. NINETY i did see a minus one sixty out. There but regards to That, LAKER i think The lakers same. Way if you The knicks, SERIES i think they'll win the. SERIES i think plus one and a half is taking insurance. Here lakers will advance to The Western Conference. Finals The warriors don't have enough. Form The warriors can, ball they're defending. CHAMPS i do not think they make it out this. Series this is not The Sacramento. Kings The lakers actually play. Defense they have size and they have the depth to stick with these guys as.
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Speaker 2: WELL i Like lakers outright.
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Speaker 1: Series Anthony davis is gonna there's, been there's games already on the record of him having trouble With. Looney it's this is not like they haven't played against each, other, Right So looney can definitely bother a d And, jay you know as well as anyone. Else because you've been betting The lakers the last two, months have been making quite a bit of. Money SO i commend you there. There there hasn't been a stretch at least offensively where especially in the playoffs since that, started Where Anthony davis has just impacted the game and shown his will game in game. Out it's just SOMETHING i CAN'T i can't get on board with and expect out of. Ad so that's WHY i see it going six or seven twenty.
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Speaker 5: Twenty and The Bubble, run his jumper efficiency was through the. Roof that's why he was so great in that. Run was like he was making jumpers in an empty.
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Speaker 4: Building.
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Speaker 5: Uh he faced The blazers use Of nurkic golf clap for. You he faced the small ball, rockets. Congratulations he faced The Kohala jokic earlier in his career before he got way.
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Speaker 4: Better good job.
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Speaker 5: And then they face the heat who obviously like again not, little not huge size, Here so, LIKE i think you're, right the physicality bothers, him like the most likely.
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Speaker 4: SCENARIO i hate to say, this LIKE i really.
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Speaker 5: DO i don't want this to, happen but like we have to be real about, this as better is like the most likely. Scenarios eighty gets banged, Up like that's the most likely. Scenario, JAY i will close with this before we move. On Steph curry has never lost A Western conference playoff, series has never lost A Western conference playoff. Series should be a good. Point we'll see how it. Goes, MAN i love the, Confidence. Sean you like The suns to Win game three and The nuggets to win the. Series this is an awesome. Bet give me your cap and THEN i will just talk about how awesome this bet.
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Speaker 1: Is, YEAH i love this. PLAY i think it's a real good chance that The nuggets can can win this, game win this series in five. Games The Phoenix suns are gonna get A w and this is the spot to get one going back. Home minus four is the number right now In. Phoenix but, YEAH i think they show up and get it done In game. Three they're not going down. Three, oh the desperation factor is gonna be, there the bounce back, factor all those numbers we laid out last, Week matt with teams going back home that they're gonna be able to take care of business. HERE i like them to get THE. W But i'm not gonna let my. Eyes i'm gonna believe my eyes watching this, team This phoenix ton This Phoenix suns team is beyond. Thin they have literally three or four players on the entire roster that should be getting time in a playoff. Series so The nuggets played well the first two. Games they're gonna continue to play. Well they have too many bodies that they can throw At. Phoenix If Devin booker doesn't. Score the Minimum Devin booker can score in the game is thirty Five if they want to, win it's gonna be up there in the low, forties and Then durant's gonna have to follow him up with thirty five plus as. WELL i do think they show up in a major, way get some role player production here At phoenix in game. THREE i think they get THE. W BUT i cannot. SEE i watched game two. TWICE i watched it live last. NIGHT i rewatched it this. MORNING i just don't they don't have. Enough remember we talked about The nets not having. Enough phoenix doesn't have enough, period especially WITH i think with or Without Chris, paul they don't have. Enough now we're talking About Chris paul dealing with the. GROIN i like The suns to get the w because they're gonna get, one BUT i like The nuggets to get the series And i'll take the plus one twenty.
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Speaker 4: FIVE i WISH tv three could catch a break, man just wish you could catch A.
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Speaker 5: Yeah but, YEAH i will say that the mood was not positive with The suns last night at the arena About Chris, Paul like it was very much, like, yeah this may be without.
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Speaker 4: Him groins don't heal. Fast they just. Don't groins don't heal.
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Speaker 5: Fast he had finally started to find space Versus jokich and started to knock down the drifting. Fader now like they The nuggets have done a much better job. Defensively this just like a much better defensive.
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Speaker 4: Squad there was a lot of all of the, talk all of the talk.
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Speaker 5: In the in the pre series stuff content, wise was, like how are.
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Speaker 4: The nuggets gonna defend This sun's, team and it was, like, well how about they just Let Josha kogi Or Damian lee Or Cameron payne or.
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Speaker 5: Any of these other other dudes that are probably six men or seventh men. Hobbout we let them, shoot and then they'll just live with two pointers From katie And. BOOK i do think they Win game. THREE i think they will carry enough momentum they're gonna play. DESPERATE i think they Win game, three and THEN i do THINK i said before the series my pick Was nuggets, one, Two sons, Three nuggets. FOUR i actually kind of think that The nuggets are gonna Lose game five at home because it would be an Extremely.
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Speaker 4: Nuggets thing for them to.
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Speaker 5: Do chance to close out The suns at, home and they put just enough terror into their fan base and they close it out In game six And, phoenix.
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Speaker 1: Really, Quick jay before you jump. In Kevin durant took twelve threes In game two purely on the fact that he's looking at the situation like no one else is gonna get up any. JUMPERS i have to take threes. HERE i Think devin feels that way as. Well there's in no world knowing how Efficient Kevin durant has been his entire. Career does he want to be in a spot where he's attempting twelve? THREES i can't remember the last Time Kevin durant put up twelve to three pointers in a. Game so they don't have Enough Christian brown For. Denver that's the last guy off the. Bench he was playing great on ball. Defense he was Bothering, durant he was bothering book in certain. Spots This denver squad looked really. GOOD i think the desperation factor will be. HUGE i expect a big game out Above durant And booker coming. In they Win game, three lose the.
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Speaker 4: Series, jay you got thoughts on that?
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Speaker 3: ONE i would look IN i can't find it right now With, FanDuel BUT i would take either over five and a half games Or sons plus two and a. HALF i know it's pretty, juice BUT i think The suns can win at least two games in this. Series would be surprised one bit if they Won game. Three In game, FOUR i think the altitude misses with them right they're playing their top five heavy. Minutes we know WHAT kd likes to do in his off. TIME i think The alps two really got to the. Guys they ran out of. GAS i Mean game two as. WILL i think at the house it'll be a lot More phoenix type of. GAMES i still think this series goes six or seven.
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Speaker 5: Games the problem is the markets is really really putting the skews to screws to you on. This it's minus one seventy eight for plus two and a, half, right so it's, like, wait so The nuggets are up to, oh.
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Speaker 2: Could you find the over five and a half? Games COULD i couldn't see.
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Speaker 4: It imagine that's probably gonna be juice as well in the.
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Speaker 5: Market SO i just think it's gonna be, like you, can you can play, it but you're gonna be Laying it's, Okay LIKE i don't this is not podcast Where i'm ever gonna be like you should not lay min as two. Hundred BUT i think you need be aware like you're you're it's gonna be you're laying some juice here when The suns do not look like they have.
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Speaker 4: ANSWERS i will also say, This Michael malone is ahead in the road in the adjustments. Game came out with a good game.
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Speaker 5: Plan Many williams did not his adjustment failed with starting A kogi's probably gonna go back To craig In game. Three The nuggets will adjust The game three's, adjustments and like they're, ahead that always leans towards whatever coach is like hasn't had to make those big, changes AND i think we're gonna see that more and more as the series goes. On in the last, One philadelvious seventy Six ers took a one zero series lead on The Boston celtics On monday night in a. Shocker in our series preview For, BUCKETS i took six ers plus.
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Speaker 4: Two and a.
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Speaker 5: HALF i mean one more win from From philly for that to cash because that number was pretty ridiculous, outright especially with how The celtics screw. AROUND i will tell you both this AND i want to get your reaction to. It my Dream celtics.
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Speaker 2: Are gonna Win game.
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Speaker 4: Two we're all on That celtics gonna win the game.
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Speaker 5: Two my, Dream my dream is That joel mb comes back For game three and THEN i can bet The. Celtics that's like the BECAUSE i took sixt ers plus two and a. Half Once joelle comes back in the market goes the mvb's.
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Speaker 4: Back now the other, WAY i think.
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Speaker 5: That this ACTUALLY i THINK i think The celtics defensively are helped by HAVING. EMBID i think less pace and, SPACE i think less. HARDENED i actually think this is like an advantage for The. Celtics they have DOMINATED embiid in terms of the head to head, matchups And bed's gotten.
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Speaker 4: Better Versus, horford but still struggles with their double.
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Speaker 5: Teams that's my, goal is LIKE i want mb to come back at the, series the market to overreact and that gets Me celtics AND i can bet have this both, ways on A celtics bet and A sixers.
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Speaker 4: Bet, jay what do you?
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Speaker 2: Think, YEAH i.
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Speaker 3: Saw celtics to win this. Series minus one NINETY i say is, Juice BUT i still think they win the. Series it's not an official bit for, me but that's Time i'm looking at.
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Speaker 2: IT i, mean got our.
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Speaker 3: Wish celtics Lose game one at the. House now they come back there they're. GRISSERS i still think they win this series and go to The Eastern Conference.
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Speaker 1: Finals, MATT i agree one hundred, percent because the mental side of it is now we actually have to play because we're on the road And embiid is. Back this is gonna be a tough, game And boston will show. Up boston tends to just pull up games, like, oh we're eight deep and we have Two ALL nba caliber, guys we have the sixth man of the. Year we'll just hang around and we'll be able to get the when when we need. To and then at the end of, games their offensive execution is completely lost because they haven't they haven't been going through that motion all year. Long they end up. Folding that's what we've seen From boston all year, now when they're backed in a little bit of a corner and then know they're gonna get a team's best. Shot they, said they tend to show up in in these spots and play hard and play more. Together if you, remember we were all coming into that massive regular season Matchup boston In. Milwaukee this is going to be The Eastern Conference finals. Preview boston blew the doors Off milwaukee In. Milwaukee they tend to get up for those type of. Situations SO i agree one hundred, Percent, No, embeid it's that it's that same the the what we talk about all the time With Jay. Money teams come in The superstar six. Teams, relax they think they can show up to the gym De harden scoring forty, plus that's never gonna. Happen and then he's scoring twenty in the first quarter in this. Spot Now game, three hostile, environment THE mvp now in the fold and it's one to. One boston will always show up for that.
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Speaker 4: We are going to go through and give best bets on where the series prices are.
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Speaker 5: Recording this on Tuesday morning before four the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors begin their series.
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Speaker 5: Glad to have you on board. The second round looks absolutely awesome. I'm very glad to have the first round over with. I'm running hot a little bit here to start the second half, so I'm excited about that second series round series. Let's go ahead and do it. We're gonna go around the table give our best bets. These are series plays, and then we'll kind of hail on the other ones as before we get out of here quickly. We'll start with Jay Jay, what's your best bet for the second round?
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Speaker 3: Niecks plus series price plus one and a half. This is series handicap there.
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Speaker 4: I love Sean Little what's your best bet for a series play? Second round?
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Speaker 2: Best bet?
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Speaker 1: Series play Suns to win Game three, Nuggets to win the series plus one twenty five. And then we got a little juiced up number here, but I still like it. Still think you can make some money in this spot. Lakers Warriors over five and a half games minus one ninety all.
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Speaker 4: Right, I have two.
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Speaker 5: I like the Golden State Warriors minus one and a half plus one forty and I'll take the Nuggets minus one and a half on the series spread minus one thirty two. Absolutely ridiculous lines still being laid in relation to the market.
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Speaker 4: Let's start.
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Speaker 2: I want to start. I want to start with.
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Speaker 4: Jay, as we look at this, this next game.
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Speaker 5: As you're listening to this, if you're listening to this on Wednesday, you'll already know the results of game two. And we'll just go ahead and say up front, Jay, I assume that if the Knicks lose Game two, you're just like, well, that lost, right.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, if the Knicks lose Game two, I'll be a very unhappy camper. Let's just put it that way. But I don't I mean, anything is possible, but hopefully they don't lose it. But yeah, Nick's series handicapped plus one and a half For me, I think they win the series. So this, I mean, I couldn't talk you off just taking the plus one forty plus one thirty the bitch you can get. But I'll take the insurance with this one NIX plus one and a half at a low number. Got that when it minus one thirty, I absolutely love to play.
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Speaker 5: Okay, So in our series preview, I was like, I like Nicks, and I was like, I just I like this matchup like that, this should be a good matchup for the next And then Brandon was like, it's Tom Thibodeau versus Eric s Folstra And then like my stomach just dropped out of my body and into the Earth's core.
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Speaker 2: And in the first.
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Speaker 4: Half I was like, Aha, the Heat are still the eighth seed.
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Speaker 2: That's right.
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Speaker 5: And then the second half I was like, oh no, it's still Thibodeaux versus Foe. Oh God, what have I done? So I am very curious to hear why you're so confident in the next one the series.
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Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, Knicks in the series. For me, First off, I don't think Jimmy Buler is gonna be one hundred percent. I do think they give rental back at some point in this one. Obviously Brunson's a little banged up in this one. But I'll take the Knicks bitter defensively and offensively my opinion, the better overall team. We saw what the Bucks did in Game two use their size advantage.
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Speaker 2: Man by to Bayo.
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Speaker 3: I mean, he's a great player, but he's got He's like six' nine at the.
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Speaker 2: Most.
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Speaker 3: Right Kevin love as your backup. Center i'm not trusting. It you know what happens sometimes in game one teams will literally tip their tip their hand right and throw the kitchen sink at a. Team that's WHAT i believe that he. DID i don't think there's many other adjustments they can make other than building the wall and try to wall them. Off once The knicks figure that out and if they're hidden outside, shots they will come back.
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Speaker 2: And win this.
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Speaker 3: Series This heat team is very. Inconsistent, Yes Jimmy butler can. Ball they have guys that can knock down Three, Struce Vincent, Duncan, robinson Even, lowery but these are all streaky type of players and there are a couple of bad games away from getting blown out in this. Series given The knicks some confidence in this, one So i'll be, HONEST i have a lot of confidence that The knicks will win this, series let alone cover the plus one and a half. Games, obviously if it goes to game, SEVEN i don't. Care it doesn't matter who. Wins i'll get the win regardless there BUT i see this as a, long hard fought out. SERIES i Know sposter can out Coach. Thibodeau in theory But tims is. Not it's not like He's Joe, mizzoula like he's some rookie out, here. Right he has plenty of experience going up Against butler as. Well SO i don't think the coach and mismatch is that. Big BUT i do think the mismatch is that big as far as The knicks in their depth in this. One so this one's all and guys like quickly grinds the role players R. J, Bard where can you get from? Them Isaiah. Hartenstein BUT i think they just have to take a page out of the books book and.
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Speaker 2: Do what they did In game.
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Speaker 3: Two use your size, advantage pass it to the guys in the, paint use Those aliu passes With Mitchell.
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Speaker 2: Robinson they can't stop.
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Speaker 3: It and Once brunson starts to getting into the, paint And i'll start with they didn't get any foul calls game one as, WELL i think they will even up as the series goes. ON i think The heat literally showed their showed their whole hand to go out there and Steal game, one still home court advantage The.
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Speaker 2: Knicks it's all on The knicks to make. Adjustments.
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Speaker 3: NOW i don't think there's much more than he can do adjustments wise in this. One so given The knicks to win the series and plus one and a.
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Speaker 4: Half it's a good. CAP i THINK i have some.
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Speaker 5: Concerns among them is The knicks, offense which was number two in the regular, season has looked like absolute trash in the. Playoffs like they won that cav series with, defense it was not.
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Speaker 4: Good and some.
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Speaker 5: Of that you could be, like, well The calves are a really good, defense and that's, true BUT i, think like after that game one second half, performance LIKE i have legit. CONCERNS i don't know that they have enough poison countermeasures for them to be able to figure out how to attack A heat team that like that's their. Strength LIKE i think The heat will cool off, offensively BUT i think that they'll do like all of these type of things in the mechanism of the defense to be able to slow them. Down the QUESTION i think is gonna come. Down some of this, too is like quickly needs to have a better series like the heater low on ball, handlers, right like they Lose Tyler, hero they Lose Victor oladipo And jimmy's banged, up and that's why, like how do they Win game? One Kyle lowry goes, nuts, right you need to crowd those ball, handlers and they The knicks did not do a good enough job of that In game. One if they do a better, job then they can probably shut this.
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Speaker 4: Down The heat shooting is always gonna be like a wild roller.
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Speaker 5: Coaster it's either insanely good or absolutely. Terrible it's absolute. Garbage SO i think both of those. Things, Sean i'm curious get your thoughts on.
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Speaker 4: This on The.
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Speaker 1: Knicks, yeah the let's start. Here. Man if The Miami heat continue to get five plus threes from a plethora of people at just the right time when they need it in the fourth quarter and in the second, half, yeah they're gonna win the. SERIES i, mean If Gay vince is gonna hit big time, shots If kyle larr is gonna hit big time, shots it's gonna be tough to deal. With but, YEAH i, MEAN i think, overall The knicks are, deeper they have a better. Squad The i've been making front of The spolstra Pat Riley aura. THING i, mean Pat riley's more of The Aura cospose on the, floor, calling calling things and making. Adjustments but That heat culture has shined through no question in The milwaukee series and then In game. One both teams offensively were terrible in, one But spolster made more adjustments and The heat made time lee shots like they've been doing all. Playoffs, OVERALL i believe The knicks are a better. Squad they get it done tonight and they can continue to. Roll the injuries here are the massive. Thing we talked about how difficult it was to cap some of these games in the regular. Season as we record this coming into game, too we have a there's a world where we might see No Jalen, runsing No, randall No Jimmy. BUTLER i will say, This, jimmy if you Follow Jimmy butler on social he has been walking Around New york hanging, out hitting. Shops AND i didn't see any wrap on the. ANKLE i didn't see. ANYTHING a guy that has a bum ankle and is worried about getting rest is not a guy walking Up Seventh avenue ten to fifteen blocks looking at sunglasses on the. Corner so there's a lot of different things than that you could look at. THERE i think, overall this offense has to low up and the Timely buckets For miami.
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Speaker 2: Has to slow.
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Speaker 1: UP i think, overall The knicks are a better team than they end up coming out on top THE i would play the plus one and a. HALF i wouldn't take The knicks outright in the. SERIES i would take that.
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Speaker 4: Insurance. Yeah the the interesting question is are The heat good? Enough the other WAY i will.
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Speaker 5: Say the other way to answer this is The heat were good enough to beat The. Bucks john has been several, games but we're good enough to beat The bucks in? Five Is New york good enough to drag them? Longer, like that's an interesting. Question it's going to be a GOOD i think test of concept on that. One to be fergally honest with, YOU i want to, Like i'll be real cautious with this, series BUT i want to talk about the like the, series the series of the second. Round AS nba executives everywhere pop champagne bottles and.
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Speaker 4: The, heavens they've been. Delevered It's Lakers. Warriors why would we reward casual fans that have watched all year when we could just bring in.
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Speaker 5: The, casuals the casuals series of all, Time lebron versus Stuff lebron with The lakers Versus stuff ratings will be absolutely. Incredible there's a lot of anticipation in the, markets AND i reached out to a few books this morning and they were, like it's real. Early we got to see before the game comes, in but they're anticipating huge handles on this on these. Games they're expecting a lot of money bet on this series because it's fun to Bet lebron Versus. STUFF i took minas one and a half our series preview for The, Warriors so the MORE i kind of looked at, it the MORE i kind OF i felt more and more confident About Golden. State and a lot of this gets Into i'm worried About game one for, sure But curR has been really good In game. One we'll see how it turns out. Tonight even if they were to Lose game. One The lakers that they have the same kind of issue that The suns are having with a math.
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Speaker 4: Problem versus The.
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Speaker 5: Nuggets they don't take enough. Threes they actually allow a huge number Of Brandon. Anderson OUR Nba futures analysts point this out on our series, preview but The lakers actually give up a huge amount of, threes and that's Post All star when they got all those reinform horse means to become my ACTUAL nba, team they still were giving up a ton of.
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Speaker 4: Threes and, look The warriors offense is.
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Speaker 5: Mid my favorite bets in the series are gonna be unders because both these, offenses like everyone's, like, Oh lebron And ad And Stephen clay and The Splash, brothers And i'm, like these two offenses are extremely. Mediocre these are not impressive.
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Speaker 4: Offenses The.
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Speaker 5: King everyone is really overreacting to The warriors performance versus The, kings where it's, like, oh That king's team was so, Good what an.
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Speaker 4: Amazing performance from The.
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Speaker 2: Warriors it's the, LIKE i love The.
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Speaker 4: Kings that was my favorite win. Total it's The.
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Speaker 5: Kings what are we doing the defensive?
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Speaker 4: Rating why are you?
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Speaker 5: Impressed The warriors at the tenth best half court offense in THE Nba playoffs after playing The Sacramento, Kings like that's. Bad that's a concerning. Sign i'm gonna like unders in the. Series and then it's a defensive. Series, now if it's defensive, series you, go it doesn't that lean towards The lake because they've been the number two. Defense it would except for the fact that there's more guys THAT i trust On Golden state by a hair by enough to get the one and a half on The warriors THAN i do on The. LAKERS i think D'Angel russell is gonna be. Unplayable i'm gonna be On russell unders this is gonna be a nightmare series for, him a team that switches with side where he has to Chase.
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Speaker 4: Steph how are you playing D'Angel russell in the. Series The warriors depth is a.
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Speaker 5: Problem The, LAKERS i think have a little bit of an edge in the, depth but The warriors starters are way, way, way way way way. Better so for, ME i will go ahead and now will lay the one and a half. HERE i think The warriors will win between one and two of first. Two they'll win one In. La they always win a road game in the, series and they'll have an opportunity to close it out in five or potentially six if they screw. Around getting That mius one and a half is great for. Me i'm getting a minus one and a half. Here Play everyone's expecting a long, Series, Sean you're expecting a long, Series So i'm kind of curious as to your thoughts on what makes you believe that this is going to be a, knockout drag out all timer Between steph And.
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Speaker 1: Lebron, yeah it's purely on the fact THAT i believe it did take absolutely every. OUNCE i know, YOU i know we're talking about The, kings AND i know they had a great, series and, hey and let's be, clear absolutely fantastic season for the, franchise for the fan, base for. Everything but it took everything out of The Golden State warriors to beat those guys and all the all the the roster and the experience and all the people that we talked about With. Steph steph was, like, Clearly i'm gonna go out here try to get this w all by, myself and that's what he did In game seven with that. Performance, NOW i just think the the D'anngelo russell point is a great. One, Actually, MATT i hadn't even thought about that and broke that down yet till till you mentioned. It BUT i Think lebron and the rest of those, guys that roster is full. Enough they have enough experience against each other where this will get to at least six. GAMES i don't have to worry about who, wins how that shakes, out the different rest periods and all that. STUFF i believe this is a six or seven game. SERIES i Believe Lebron james will be ready to go in this. Spot the only Person i'm worried about Is Anthony davis and What looney could potentially do to. Him The Anthony davis is not a guy that likes to overcome how DO i say this and be? Nice he's not the guy that likes to overcome a lot of difficult. SITUATIONS i can See looney And draymond getting in his ass and bothering him quite a, bit and he has a hard time mentally trying to get over that. Block but if he does and it continues to make an impact like we know we, can this is for sure going six or seven.
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Speaker 5: Games his most dominant playoff series run was obviously in the bubble when he was hitting. Jumpers he faced a small Ball houston. Team he faced who's their other opponent in? There they Faced houston in the first.
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Speaker 2: Round come, on, guys, well what we you gonna?
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Speaker 1: Say?
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Speaker 2: Jay what AM i gonna?
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Speaker 3: Say Ndy davis will Destroy Draymond green And looney in this. Series this is not some bonus that they're going up. Against they have to deal with. Size they Had vanderbilt as. Well, man you can Play russ on this. One russell will have a little some up in. Sleep you used to play with The warriors for like a year and now when But russell And Klay, Thompson my, god it's all you gotta.
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Speaker 2: Do, Man The lakers will win this. Series no disrespect to, You, matt BUT i will fade. YOU i will take The lakers plus one to have very. COMFIDENT i know it's.
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Speaker 3: High you can't actually you don't have to get plus minus one. NINETY i did see a minus one sixty out. There but regards to That, LAKER i think The lakers same. Way if you The knicks, SERIES i think they'll win the. SERIES i think plus one and a half is taking insurance. Here lakers will advance to The Western Conference. Finals The warriors don't have enough. Form The warriors can, ball they're defending. CHAMPS i do not think they make it out this. Series this is not The Sacramento. Kings The lakers actually play. Defense they have size and they have the depth to stick with these guys as.
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Speaker 2: WELL i Like lakers outright.
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Speaker 1: Series Anthony davis is gonna there's, been there's games already on the record of him having trouble With. Looney it's this is not like they haven't played against each, other, Right So looney can definitely bother a d And, jay you know as well as anyone. Else because you've been betting The lakers the last two, months have been making quite a bit of. Money SO i commend you there. There there hasn't been a stretch at least offensively where especially in the playoffs since that, started Where Anthony davis has just impacted the game and shown his will game in game. Out it's just SOMETHING i CAN'T i can't get on board with and expect out of. Ad so that's WHY i see it going six or seven twenty.
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Speaker 5: Twenty and The Bubble, run his jumper efficiency was through the. Roof that's why he was so great in that. Run was like he was making jumpers in an empty.
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Speaker 4: Building.
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Speaker 5: Uh he faced The blazers use Of nurkic golf clap for. You he faced the small ball, rockets. Congratulations he faced The Kohala jokic earlier in his career before he got way.
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Speaker 4: Better good job.
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Speaker 5: And then they face the heat who obviously like again not, little not huge size, Here so, LIKE i think you're, right the physicality bothers, him like the most likely.
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Speaker 4: SCENARIO i hate to say, this LIKE i really.
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Speaker 5: DO i don't want this to, happen but like we have to be real about, this as better is like the most likely. Scenarios eighty gets banged, Up like that's the most likely. Scenario, JAY i will close with this before we move. On Steph curry has never lost A Western conference playoff, series has never lost A Western conference playoff. Series should be a good. Point we'll see how it. Goes, MAN i love the, Confidence. Sean you like The suns to Win game three and The nuggets to win the. Series this is an awesome. Bet give me your cap and THEN i will just talk about how awesome this bet.
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Speaker 1: Is, YEAH i love this. PLAY i think it's a real good chance that The nuggets can can win this, game win this series in five. Games The Phoenix suns are gonna get A w and this is the spot to get one going back. Home minus four is the number right now In. Phoenix but, YEAH i think they show up and get it done In game. Three they're not going down. Three, oh the desperation factor is gonna be, there the bounce back, factor all those numbers we laid out last, Week matt with teams going back home that they're gonna be able to take care of business. HERE i like them to get THE. W But i'm not gonna let my. Eyes i'm gonna believe my eyes watching this, team This phoenix ton This Phoenix suns team is beyond. Thin they have literally three or four players on the entire roster that should be getting time in a playoff. Series so The nuggets played well the first two. Games they're gonna continue to play. Well they have too many bodies that they can throw At. Phoenix If Devin booker doesn't. Score the Minimum Devin booker can score in the game is thirty Five if they want to, win it's gonna be up there in the low, forties and Then durant's gonna have to follow him up with thirty five plus as. WELL i do think they show up in a major, way get some role player production here At phoenix in game. THREE i think they get THE. W BUT i cannot. SEE i watched game two. TWICE i watched it live last. NIGHT i rewatched it this. MORNING i just don't they don't have. Enough remember we talked about The nets not having. Enough phoenix doesn't have enough, period especially WITH i think with or Without Chris, paul they don't have. Enough now we're talking About Chris paul dealing with the. GROIN i like The suns to get the w because they're gonna get, one BUT i like The nuggets to get the series And i'll take the plus one twenty.
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Speaker 4: FIVE i WISH tv three could catch a break, man just wish you could catch A.
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Speaker 5: Yeah but, YEAH i will say that the mood was not positive with The suns last night at the arena About Chris, Paul like it was very much, like, yeah this may be without.
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Speaker 4: Him groins don't heal. Fast they just. Don't groins don't heal.
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Speaker 5: Fast he had finally started to find space Versus jokich and started to knock down the drifting. Fader now like they The nuggets have done a much better job. Defensively this just like a much better defensive.
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Speaker 4: Squad there was a lot of all of the, talk all of the talk.
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Speaker 5: In the in the pre series stuff content, wise was, like how are.
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Speaker 4: The nuggets gonna defend This sun's, team and it was, like, well how about they just Let Josha kogi Or Damian lee Or Cameron payne or.
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Speaker 5: Any of these other other dudes that are probably six men or seventh men. Hobbout we let them, shoot and then they'll just live with two pointers From katie And. BOOK i do think they Win game. THREE i think they will carry enough momentum they're gonna play. DESPERATE i think they Win game, three and THEN i do THINK i said before the series my pick Was nuggets, one, Two sons, Three nuggets. FOUR i actually kind of think that The nuggets are gonna Lose game five at home because it would be an Extremely.
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Speaker 4: Nuggets thing for them to.
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Speaker 5: Do chance to close out The suns at, home and they put just enough terror into their fan base and they close it out In game six And, phoenix.
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Speaker 1: Really, Quick jay before you jump. In Kevin durant took twelve threes In game two purely on the fact that he's looking at the situation like no one else is gonna get up any. JUMPERS i have to take threes. HERE i Think devin feels that way as. Well there's in no world knowing how Efficient Kevin durant has been his entire. Career does he want to be in a spot where he's attempting twelve? THREES i can't remember the last Time Kevin durant put up twelve to three pointers in a. Game so they don't have Enough Christian brown For. Denver that's the last guy off the. Bench he was playing great on ball. Defense he was Bothering, durant he was bothering book in certain. Spots This denver squad looked really. GOOD i think the desperation factor will be. HUGE i expect a big game out Above durant And booker coming. In they Win game, three lose the.
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Speaker 4: Series, jay you got thoughts on that?
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Speaker 3: ONE i would look IN i can't find it right now With, FanDuel BUT i would take either over five and a half games Or sons plus two and a. HALF i know it's pretty, juice BUT i think The suns can win at least two games in this. Series would be surprised one bit if they Won game. Three In game, FOUR i think the altitude misses with them right they're playing their top five heavy. Minutes we know WHAT kd likes to do in his off. TIME i think The alps two really got to the. Guys they ran out of. GAS i Mean game two as. WILL i think at the house it'll be a lot More phoenix type of. GAMES i still think this series goes six or seven.
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Speaker 5: Games the problem is the markets is really really putting the skews to screws to you on. This it's minus one seventy eight for plus two and a, half, right so it's, like, wait so The nuggets are up to, oh.
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Speaker 2: Could you find the over five and a half? Games COULD i couldn't see.
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Speaker 4: It imagine that's probably gonna be juice as well in the.
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Speaker 5: Market SO i just think it's gonna be, like you, can you can play, it but you're gonna be Laying it's, Okay LIKE i don't this is not podcast Where i'm ever gonna be like you should not lay min as two. Hundred BUT i think you need be aware like you're you're it's gonna be you're laying some juice here when The suns do not look like they have.
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Speaker 4: ANSWERS i will also say, This Michael malone is ahead in the road in the adjustments. Game came out with a good game.
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Speaker 5: Plan Many williams did not his adjustment failed with starting A kogi's probably gonna go back To craig In game. Three The nuggets will adjust The game three's, adjustments and like they're, ahead that always leans towards whatever coach is like hasn't had to make those big, changes AND i think we're gonna see that more and more as the series goes. On in the last, One philadelvious seventy Six ers took a one zero series lead on The Boston celtics On monday night in a. Shocker in our series preview For, BUCKETS i took six ers plus.
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Speaker 4: Two and a.
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Speaker 5: HALF i mean one more win from From philly for that to cash because that number was pretty ridiculous, outright especially with how The celtics screw. AROUND i will tell you both this AND i want to get your reaction to. It my Dream celtics.
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Speaker 2: Are gonna Win game.
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Speaker 4: Two we're all on That celtics gonna win the game.
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Speaker 5: Two my, Dream my dream is That joel mb comes back For game three and THEN i can bet The. Celtics that's like the BECAUSE i took sixt ers plus two and a. Half Once joelle comes back in the market goes the mvb's.
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Speaker 4: Back now the other, WAY i think.
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Speaker 5: That this ACTUALLY i THINK i think The celtics defensively are helped by HAVING. EMBID i think less pace and, SPACE i think less. HARDENED i actually think this is like an advantage for The. Celtics they have DOMINATED embiid in terms of the head to head, matchups And bed's gotten.
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Speaker 4: Better Versus, horford but still struggles with their double.
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Speaker 5: Teams that's my, goal is LIKE i want mb to come back at the, series the market to overreact and that gets Me celtics AND i can bet have this both, ways on A celtics bet and A sixers.
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Speaker 4: Bet, jay what do you?
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Speaker 2: Think, YEAH i.
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Speaker 3: Saw celtics to win this. Series minus one NINETY i say is, Juice BUT i still think they win the. Series it's not an official bit for, me but that's Time i'm looking at.
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Speaker 2: IT i, mean got our.
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Speaker 3: Wish celtics Lose game one at the. House now they come back there they're. GRISSERS i still think they win this series and go to The Eastern Conference.
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Speaker 1: Finals, MATT i agree one hundred, percent because the mental side of it is now we actually have to play because we're on the road And embiid is. Back this is gonna be a tough, game And boston will show. Up boston tends to just pull up games, like, oh we're eight deep and we have Two ALL nba caliber, guys we have the sixth man of the. Year we'll just hang around and we'll be able to get the when when we need. To and then at the end of, games their offensive execution is completely lost because they haven't they haven't been going through that motion all year. Long they end up. Folding that's what we've seen From boston all year, now when they're backed in a little bit of a corner and then know they're gonna get a team's best. Shot they, said they tend to show up in in these spots and play hard and play more. Together if you, remember we were all coming into that massive regular season Matchup boston In. Milwaukee this is going to be The Eastern Conference finals. Preview boston blew the doors Off milwaukee In. Milwaukee they tend to get up for those type of. Situations SO i agree one hundred, Percent, No, embeid it's that it's that same the the what we talk about all the time With Jay. Money teams come in The superstar six. Teams, relax they think they can show up to the gym De harden scoring forty, plus that's never gonna. Happen and then he's scoring twenty in the first quarter in this. Spot Now game, three hostile, environment THE mvp now in the fold and it's one to. One boston will always show up for that.
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Speaker 4: Spot all, Right it's gonna do.
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