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LeBron James and Lakers Drop 0-2 to SGA and OKC as Pistons Win Five Straight in the Playoffs · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us.
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  Speaker 2: Make sure you hit subscribe falls on social at the
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  Speaker 2: Daily Play Joy Taylor. Let's get into it. The Lakers
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  Speaker 2: for most of the games showed up looking different. In
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  Speaker 2: Game two, they led the Thunder at halftime in Okac
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  Speaker 2: and Lebron was flying through the air like it was
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  Speaker 2: the early two thousands. But then slowly, as the game progressed,
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  Speaker 2: the Thunders mother to the Lakers and it was a thirteen
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  Speaker 2: point game at the end of the third quarter, and
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  Speaker 2: that was all she wrote. They win one twenty five,
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  Speaker 2: one oh seven, and that's the thunders seventh straight win
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  Speaker 2: to start these playoffs. Look, I commend the Lakers for
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  Speaker 2: putting up a good effort through the first half, and
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  Speaker 2: they just don't have enough.
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  Speaker 1: And OKAC is making the West look weak.
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  Speaker 2: This is crazy. Seven straight wins to start the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: I really hope this is not a sweet now. Look,
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  Speaker 2: LA has not played at home yet. I think they'll
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  Speaker 2: get a little juice in Game three, probably steal that one,
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  Speaker 2: and this series will maybe go five. But I think
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  Speaker 2: what you saw tonight is similar to what you saw
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  Speaker 2: in Game one and It's why I said that I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if they have enough for a fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: In this case, they didn't have enough for a third quarter.
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  Speaker 1: But what I mean by that is there's no Luca.
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  Speaker 1: There's no guy.
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  Speaker 2: There's no one to turn to if something goes wrong,
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  Speaker 2: if there's turnovers, which there are a lot for the Lakers,
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  Speaker 2: if there are things that fall apart, if they miss
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  Speaker 2: a couple shots in a row. When you're playing a
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  Speaker 2: team like Oka, see, even if they aren't playing their best,
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  Speaker 2: or if they have let you claw back in, they're
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  Speaker 2: gonna figure your way out because they've got guy after
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  Speaker 2: guy after guy after guy, and everything is clicking right now.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know. I don't know what to make
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  Speaker 1: of this Lakers team because.
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  Speaker 2: They're not at one hundred percent. I mean, you just
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  Speaker 2: don't have Luca out there. Austin Reeves is clearly not himself,
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  Speaker 2: so yeah, I mean, I would have liked to see
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  Speaker 2: him more copetitive series. It's a tough draw for the
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  Speaker 2: Lakers at this point with Luca being out for a
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  Speaker 2: few more weeks, and that's how the cookie crumbles.
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  Speaker 1: It's looking like that's going to be.
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  Speaker 2: A gentleman sweep I'm gonna give the Lakers one out
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  Speaker 2: of respect for Lebron James, but yeah, I don't know
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  Speaker 2: about that. The Pistons went again after going down three
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  Speaker 2: to one to the Magic in the first round. Detroit
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  Speaker 2: has now won five straight games is in control of
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  Speaker 2: their second round.
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  Speaker 1: Series against the Calves.
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  Speaker 2: Cleveland is winless zero to five on the road in
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs this year. That's not good, not if you
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  Speaker 2: want to go to the Eastern Conference finals. Cad Cunningham
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  Speaker 2: had twenty five points and ten assists, Obias Harris scored
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  Speaker 2: twenty one points and they beat the Calves one oh
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  Speaker 2: seven ninety seven to take the lead. Donovan Mitchell had
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  Speaker 2: thirty one points and Jared Allen had twenty two points
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  Speaker 2: and seven rebounds, so he bounced back from poor performance.
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  Speaker 1: In game one.
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  Speaker 2: But James Harden miss ten of thirteen shots was limited
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  Speaker 2: to ten points for turnover, including one with thirty three
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  Speaker 2: seconds left when the Calves trailed by six and the
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  Speaker 2: Caalves went oh for eleven from three point range in
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  Speaker 2: the fourth quarter, Kenny Atkinskins said, unfortunately it was nine
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  Speaker 2: night where we shot the ball well seven of thirty
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  Speaker 2: two from three. Yeah, you're not gonna win a game
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  Speaker 2: with those kind of statistics, and listen, numbers don't tell
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  Speaker 2: the whole story all the time, but those.
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  Speaker 1: Are pretty straightforward.
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  Speaker 2: So the Pistons and Nick seemed to be on a
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  Speaker 2: collision course, which would for what would be a very
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  Speaker 2: intriguing Eastern Conference Finals matchup. Feels very like old school basketball.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not gonna jump too far ahead. I do still
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  Speaker 2: think this will be a six game series, but the
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  Speaker 2: way the Calves are playing, they're gonna need to play
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  Speaker 2: mistake free basketball and they're gonna need to win on
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  Speaker 2: the road. So that's that's something that's gonna need to happen,
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  Speaker 2: and they haven't done that yet. So I don't want
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  Speaker 2: to get too far ahead of myself.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to I don't want to jump the
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  Speaker 1: gun too quickly.
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  Speaker 2: But this second round of NBA Playoffs is not looking
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  Speaker 2: exactly as exotic as the first round has looked, So
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  Speaker 2: we will see what.
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  Speaker 1: Happens when they go back to Cleveland.
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  Speaker 2: I do think that they will answer the bell in
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  Speaker 2: the third game, but we will see how this all
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  Speaker 2: turns out.
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  Speaker 1: I'm still sticking with my six game prediction for that series.
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  Speaker 2: Finally, Russell Wilson is in demand. He met with the
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  Speaker 2: Jets about staying in New York but switching teams to
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  Speaker 2: be Gino Smith's backup. It was also reported last week
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  Speaker 2: that he is in talks with CBS about a broadcasting
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  Speaker 2: gig for this season. He spoke about the meeting and
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  Speaker 2: his next chapter at the BTIG charity Day New York,
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  Speaker 2: saying it was great the Jets offered me, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: still trying to figure out what's the next best thing
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  Speaker 2: for me to do. I know I can still play
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  Speaker 2: ball to high level, but I also have the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to do TV, so we'll see what happens.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a little torn on this. I'll be honest with
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  Speaker 1: you on just up front right now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not gonna I'm not gonna be unbiased about the Jets,
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  Speaker 2: like my nephew plays there, so when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: family like, it's just I'm just gonna say nice things
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  Speaker 2: about about the Jets. I would like him as a
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  Speaker 2: backup quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: In New York.
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  Speaker 2: I think Russ still has some decent football to play.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously he's not what he was years ago, but I
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  Speaker 2: still think he can contribute to a team in a
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  Speaker 2: meaningful way, and he certainly has a lot of experience,
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  Speaker 2: so working with young players would be something that I
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  Speaker 2: would like to see. And when it comes to guys
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  Speaker 2: retiring or moving on from any sport, I think you
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  Speaker 2: should get all of the juice from the squeeze, Like
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  Speaker 2: you don't have forever to play a professional sport.
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  Speaker 1: So even if it's you know, might not be what.
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  Speaker 2: We expect you to look like, you should play until
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  Speaker 2: you literally don't want to play anymore. Now, the way
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback market is looking, Russ may have an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: for a couple of years to come now because it
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  Speaker 2: is starving out here. But he is going to be
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  Speaker 2: great at television. Russ has that kind of personality. He's
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  Speaker 2: a very smart person. He is someone who takes everything
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  Speaker 2: very seriously. So when it comes to television, as someone
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  Speaker 2: who has done television for a very long time, it's
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  Speaker 2: not something that you can just win your way through
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  Speaker 2: and be good at, and I think he'll take it
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  Speaker 2: seriously and be a.
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  Speaker 1: Really good analyst.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm excited to see him on TV if he
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  Speaker 2: does choose to go that route. But I also think
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  Speaker 2: it would be interesting to have him with the Jets
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  Speaker 2: and see what he can contribute to them this year
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  Speaker 2: as well. So hope you all have a great weekend.
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