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Reaction to Wednesday Night NBA games · The Cooldown Report

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SPEAKER_00: How's it going, everybody?
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SPEAKER_00: Welcome to The Cooldown Report. I'm Ethan.
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SPEAKER_00: Man, what a slate of basketball and national TV games that we had tonight.
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SPEAKER_00: The Sixers defeat the Pistons 1-12, 1-06, and Wemby drops.
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SPEAKER_00: 52 points in what turned out to be a thriller
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SPEAKER_00: against the Dallas Mavericks tonight.
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SPEAKER_00: Man, what a slate of NBA games that we had tonight.
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SPEAKER_00: Usually we just go into Sixers games here,
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SPEAKER_00: but I figured I'd watch some other basketball and get a sense of what's going
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SPEAKER_00: on around the league. I've been watching other basketball,
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SPEAKER_00: but we haven't talked about it here on The Substack or on the YouTube channel
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SPEAKER_00: at all, so I figured we'd get into that and we lucked into a great slate tonight.
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SPEAKER_00: Per usual, we will start with the Philadelphia 76ers.
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1:08
SPEAKER_00: But let's get into the basketball games.
1:10
SPEAKER_00: The Philadelphia 76ers defeat the Detroit Pistons in a revenge game on the road
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SPEAKER_00: to improve to 8-1, 1-12, 1-06.
1:20
SPEAKER_00: And we got the Jalen Brown and Embiid game in this game.
1:24
SPEAKER_00: Jalen Brown in 37 minutes.
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SPEAKER_00: 30 points, 7 rebounds, was a plus 6 from the field, 11 to 19 from the field, 3 for 5 from 3.
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SPEAKER_00: He was amazing.
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SPEAKER_00: Honestly, this game for the Sixers, they, as close as the score seems, you know,
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SPEAKER_00: 112 -106. It's a six-point win.
1:45
SPEAKER_00: For the most part, the Sixers kind of had the Pistons at arm's length in this game
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SPEAKER_00: for the most part.
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SPEAKER_00: They were up double digits most of this game from the first quarter all the way
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SPEAKER_00: until that late fourth where the Pistons kind of made a push.
1:59
SPEAKER_00: I think they brought it down to four at one point.
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SPEAKER_00: But yeah, The Sixers, they had them at arm's length.
2:05
SPEAKER_00: LeBron played well and Bede obviously played well 26 -15 in his minutes.
2:10
SPEAKER_00: LeBrons 10 assists on the night.
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SPEAKER_00: Tyrese, he struggled really mightily in this game,
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SPEAKER_00: was being guarded by Asara Thompson pretty hard in this game.
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SPEAKER_00: Vijay had a good game.
2:22
SPEAKER_00: Adem Bona made some nice plays, surprisingly, in this game.
2:27
SPEAKER_00: The Sixers, they played a really,
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SPEAKER_00: really good game from start to about four minutes left,
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SPEAKER_00: six minutes left in the game where the Pistons were able to kind of bring it close
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SPEAKER_00: and almost came within stealing this game away from the Sixers. But...
2:42
SPEAKER_00: Jalen Brown is the story.
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SPEAKER_00: He was the steady offense for this game for the most part.
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SPEAKER_00: Embiid also did his thing as well, but he started to really get it going in the second half.
2:52
SPEAKER_00: It was Jalen who kind of had it going in the first,
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SPEAKER_00: along with LeBron in that first And Jalen kept it going in the second half and made
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SPEAKER_00: a stellar defensive play at the end of the game against Cade Cunningham
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SPEAKER_00: where the Sixers, they go down, they miss a shot, they're playing in transition,
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SPEAKER_00: Cade's coming up the right side of the floor.
3:12
SPEAKER_00: Pulls up for a transition three and gets blocked by Jalen Brown as he's recovering
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SPEAKER_00: to him who closes the distance and basically seals the game
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SPEAKER_00: for the Philadelphia 76ers not allowing the Pistons to bring it within one.
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SPEAKER_00: With about a minute and 25 seconds left to go.
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SPEAKER_00: Jalen, of course, has the Sixers team has done all season long,
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SPEAKER_00: closing it out on the defensive side of the ball with that excellent play by him.
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SPEAKER_00: But it was his 30 points.
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SPEAKER_00: And seven rebounds and his overall play on the offensive end during that first half
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SPEAKER_00: and that early third quarter or midway through the third quarter
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SPEAKER_00: where he really kept us afloat in a game where Tyrese struggled.
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SPEAKER_00: He struggled.
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SPEAKER_00: He ends with 19 points, but I believe in that first half he only scored two points
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SPEAKER_00: in the first half on seven shot attempts.
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SPEAKER_00: He was one for seven from the field in the first half.
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SPEAKER_00: You know, he was being guarded mainly by Sar Thompson who was guarding him up
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SPEAKER_00: the floor. That allowed LeBron to pretty much bring the ball up most of the game
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SPEAKER_00: because Tyrese was being guided so heavily in the backcourt.
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SPEAKER_00: LeBran made some nice plays.
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SPEAKER_00: LeBram looked like he really had his legs underneath of him in this game.
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SPEAKER_00: He just looked spry.
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SPEAKER_00: He didn't look like a 41-year-old out there, that's for sure.
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SPEAKER_00: He got to the cup a couple times against some easier defenders,
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SPEAKER_00: was able to back them down and get in the post.
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SPEAKER_00: Embiid had a really, really good game, 26-15, 2 assists, 8-18 from the field,
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SPEAKER_00: made all 10 of his free throws,
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SPEAKER_00: and had 11 defensive rebounds and 4 offensive on the night.
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SPEAKER_00: He was great. The mid-range look good.
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SPEAKER_00: He just looks, you know, Embiid's body,
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know if he'll ever get that lift underneath of him ever again.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know if he'll be able to rise like he did before, but, you know,
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SPEAKER_00: the touch is absolutely amazing.
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SPEAKER_00: Still there.
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SPEAKER_00: When he puts his mind to it and is backing down and is going
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SPEAKER_00: into that bump shoulder fade or turnaround fade,
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SPEAKER_00: the pocket pass right above the free throw line into that mid-range shot is patented
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SPEAKER_00: for Joel Embiid.
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SPEAKER_00: He's able to knock that down so consistently, and it's such a reliable scoring option for him.
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SPEAKER_00: The three-pointer is totally not there.
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SPEAKER_00: He's been missing them really badly this season.
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SPEAKER_00: Went 0 for 3 from 3 tonight.
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SPEAKER_00: It hasn't been there at all.
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SPEAKER_00: I do chalk that up to his legs not being underneath him,
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SPEAKER_00: but I don't know if it's coming back because over this first eight games,
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SPEAKER_00: and I believe he's played six of them, that three-pointer just hasn't been there.
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SPEAKER_00: We'll see if it gets there, but the touch in the mid-range,
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SPEAKER_00: the touch in the low post, right in the restricted area,
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SPEAKER_00: it's always going to be there.
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SPEAKER_00: Tyrese, like I said, he struggled.
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SPEAKER_00: 19, 7 assists, really deferred the Jalen, deferred the LeBron, deferred the Joel,
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SPEAKER_00: and that first happened in the fourth quarter, man.
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SPEAKER_00: Tyrese, He's coming alive like he always does and played all 12 minutes
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SPEAKER_00: in the fourth, had 11 of his 19 points,
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SPEAKER_00: knocked down a huge three-pointer in that fourth quarter.
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SPEAKER_00: Tyrese was huge, like he has been in the fourth all season long,
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SPEAKER_00: even being guarded heavily by Asara Thompson and some
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SPEAKER_00: of those other Pistons guards like Danish Jenkins and even Kay Cunningham at times,
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SPEAKER_00: he was able to find his way to the basket and Come up with some clutch buckets.
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SPEAKER_00: Got fouled a couple times, too, as well.
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SPEAKER_00: Made his free throws.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so the Sixers, all-around effort from them.
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SPEAKER_00: Jalen really did his thing tonight for us,
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SPEAKER_00: especially without the role players not really contributing too much.
7:03
SPEAKER_00: Didn't get much from Dean Wade.
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SPEAKER_00: He got a nice corner three from Caldwell Pope.
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SPEAKER_00: At a point in the game, and then Anthony Simons didn't play that much, 10 minutes, didn't score.
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SPEAKER_00: So it was all starters tonight, and it was really a lot of Jalen.
7:18
SPEAKER_00: That block that he had on King Cunningham was clutch as they were starting to close the gap.
7:22
SPEAKER_00: Something I want to mention on the Detroit side, we're going to go to Duncan Robinson.
7:27
SPEAKER_00: Man, oh my goodness.
7:33
SPEAKER_00: Oh my goodness, Duncan Robinson was lights out.
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SPEAKER_00: It felt like every single time he got a clean look off, he wasn't going to miss.
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SPEAKER_00: And he went 7 for 11 from 3, 8 for 12 from the field, 27 points.
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SPEAKER_00: He lit us up in the last game too.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm about to see what Duncan is averaging on the season.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, he's 19 points for the season,
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SPEAKER_00: 47% from 3 on 9 3-point attempts a game.
8:03
SPEAKER_00: Holy mattress money.
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SPEAKER_00: Duncan Robinson, he's a dynamic player.
8:07
SPEAKER_00: I know he takes a lot of threes.
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SPEAKER_00: I just said he just took nine threes a game, right?
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SPEAKER_00: But he's a dynamic player.
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SPEAKER_00: Chasing him off screens, you give him that much data.
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SPEAKER_00: That much daylight and it's good.
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SPEAKER_00: He's automatic back there.
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SPEAKER_00: He's one of the very best shooters we have in the league and he was torching us all night.
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SPEAKER_00: Vijay left him alone on two possessions and LeBron had to get in his ear
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SPEAKER_00: about not leaving Duncan open because he was torching us, torching us.
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SPEAKER_00: He was the Pistons offense for a good while there when you don't really have
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SPEAKER_00: a lot else going on.
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SPEAKER_00: Cade, you know, Cade's going to give you good offense.
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SPEAKER_00: He gave you 26 tonight, 7 rebounds, 11 assists.
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SPEAKER_00: Cade Cunningham is a dog. His efficiency wasn't great.
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SPEAKER_00: He was 9 for 22 from the field and 1 for 9 from 3.
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SPEAKER_00: Godly.
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SPEAKER_00: Had 4 turnovers as well, but, you know, Cade's going to give you offense.
9:00
SPEAKER_00: He's going to do that.
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SPEAKER_00: Asar Thompson, you know, he had his moments, but he was only 4 for 10 from the field.
9:05
SPEAKER_00: He was a dog on the glass, though. Oh, my God. 17 rebounds.
9:08
SPEAKER_00: He's an athletic freak.
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SPEAKER_00: He's one of those guys, like I just mentioned earlier,
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SPEAKER_00: that can actually keep up With Tyrese Maxey,
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SPEAKER_00: one of the fastest players in the league.
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SPEAKER_00: He was keeping up with Tyrese Maxey, which is crazy.
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SPEAKER_00: But you're not getting much else.
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SPEAKER_00: You know, Kevin Herter gives you eight.
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SPEAKER_00: You know, Danish Jenkins gives you five.
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SPEAKER_00: Ron Holland gives you three.
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SPEAKER_00: You got 16 from John Collins in the minutes that he gives you.
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SPEAKER_00: But, you know, he was efficient from the field.
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SPEAKER_00: But you're not getting offense from much else.
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SPEAKER_00: Duncan Robinson was like...
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SPEAKER_00: Their best offensive player tonight.
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SPEAKER_00: And that's insane to say that Duncan Robinson,
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SPEAKER_00: in a game where they almost lost to the 8-1 Philadelphia 76ers who have been,
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SPEAKER_00: in my opinion so far, the best team in the league play-wise so far.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know if they are that, but they've been playing like it so far.
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SPEAKER_00: And he was the best offensive player on the floor for the Pistons tonight.
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SPEAKER_00: 92.2 true shooting percentage.
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SPEAKER_00: 92.2.
10:13
SPEAKER_00: He was torching us all night long.
10:16
SPEAKER_00: He was absolutely on a heater.
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SPEAKER_00: And it just got worse and worse as the game went on.
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SPEAKER_00: Six points in the first.
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SPEAKER_00: Five in the second.
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SPEAKER_00: Nine in the third. Seven.
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SPEAKER_00: He was consistent all night long.
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SPEAKER_00: He didn't miss in the fourth quarter.
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SPEAKER_00: He went three for four in the third.
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SPEAKER_00: Like, he was nuts tonight.
10:37
SPEAKER_00: Um...
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SPEAKER_00: He almost beat us late in that game.
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SPEAKER_00: If we don't close out on him on a couple possessions,
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SPEAKER_00: we might have lost that game in a game that I felt
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SPEAKER_00: the Sixers were up pretty comfortably midway through that first quarter.
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SPEAKER_00: They took a 19 -17 lead, and then didn't relinquish it throughout the rest
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SPEAKER_00: of the game where they were comfortably up 10.
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SPEAKER_00: Took their biggest lead at 18 in that fourth quarter with 11 minutes
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SPEAKER_00: and 40 seconds left to go and ended up bringing that down to four at one point.
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SPEAKER_00: But yeah, Sixers get away with a win so far. They have looked like...
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SPEAKER_00: It's crazy to say, but the best team in the NBA.
11:20
SPEAKER_00: They played some really hard competition so far to start the year.
11:26
SPEAKER_00: They obviously beat Detroit tonight.
11:28
SPEAKER_00: They had two kind of cakewalk games against They beat New York twice.
11:36
SPEAKER_00: They beat Cleveland in their home opener.
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SPEAKER_00: They have some good wins on their schedule.
11:42
SPEAKER_00: The team is, again, still just coming together.
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SPEAKER_00: They're playing elite.
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SPEAKER_00: They held the Pistons to 106 points tonight.
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SPEAKER_00: That's another game where the Sixers hold a team
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SPEAKER_00: to under 115 points so far this season.
11:59
SPEAKER_00: They've been playing like one of the very best defenses in the league.
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SPEAKER_00: They are third in opponents points per game at 105.2.
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SPEAKER_00: That's 105 .2, that's only worse than the Pistons and the New York Knicks.
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SPEAKER_00: They're playing like an elite defense.
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SPEAKER_00: The offense is still coming together in a game
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SPEAKER_00: where you don't have Tyrese Maxey playing at his absolute best. You still get three.
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SPEAKER_00: 30 from Jalen Brown.
12:28
SPEAKER_00: You get the Jalen Brown game.
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SPEAKER_00: You get an Embiid game.
12:31
SPEAKER_00: You get LeBron with 13, 10, and 8 in this game throwing dimes like crazy.
12:37
SPEAKER_00: Those two passes that he had,
12:39
SPEAKER_00: I believe one of them was the VJ and one of him was to a Dembona.
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SPEAKER_00: They might have both been the VJ, I can't exactly remember,
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SPEAKER_00: but those were some elite passes,
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SPEAKER_00: even through some passes to VJ that VJ wasn't able to catch that would have led
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SPEAKER_00: in some pretty easy buckets there, but yeah, the Sixers, they passed.
12:57
SPEAKER_00: They played another good game.
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SPEAKER_00: They got their revenge against the Pistons.
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SPEAKER_00: They're 8-1.
13:01
SPEAKER_00: Let me check the standings.
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SPEAKER_00: I believe they have the single best record in the NBA. Yes, they do.
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SPEAKER_00: The Blazers are 6-1 out in the Western Conference as they went on and beat
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SPEAKER_00: the Phoenix Suns tonight.
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SPEAKER_00: But yeah, they've been playing like...
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SPEAKER_00: The very best team in basketball, especially after beating Detroit tonight,
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SPEAKER_00: who probably would have had a case for one of the best teams in basketball.
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SPEAKER_00: The Lakers do. The Rockets do. They're 7-2.
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SPEAKER_00: The Lakers are 6-2.
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SPEAKER_00: They just won their game.
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SPEAKER_00: Luka's on an absolute tear.
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SPEAKER_00: He's averaging like 40.
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SPEAKER_00: Right now, the Rockets have been really good, but they just lost to Minnesota without Ant.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, the Sixers team has a lot of potential.
13:43
SPEAKER_00: They could really do it this year.
13:45
SPEAKER_00: It's... It's surreal to say.
13:47
SPEAKER_00: They're on a five-game win streak and could possibly be the best team in the NBA.
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SPEAKER_00: They definitely have been through the first nine,
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SPEAKER_00: eight games of the season that everyone has played.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so they get a win against Detroit tonight.
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SPEAKER_00: Really big win.
14:04
SPEAKER_00: If we check their schedule, they go on and play Cleveland on the road.
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SPEAKER_00: LeBron going back to Cleveland.
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SPEAKER_00: That'll be the second time they play them.
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SPEAKER_00: This season, Cleveland is on a two-game losing streak against OKC.
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SPEAKER_00: So they're going to be desperate for a win.
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SPEAKER_00: But the Sixers, they go in there and beat Cleveland again.
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SPEAKER_00: Another top Eastern Conference team.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we need to have some conversation about the Sixers.
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SPEAKER_00: We might make that Sixers video later and have that posted up on the channel
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SPEAKER_00: because they've looked really, really good so far to start the year.
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SPEAKER_00: All right, we will move on to the Spurs game
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SPEAKER_00: that just ended.
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SPEAKER_00: The Spurs win a thriller that looked like it could have been a blowout at one point.
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SPEAKER_00: The Spurs at one point had a 19-point lead in the third quarter,
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SPEAKER_00: but they win by one after a clutch stop
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SPEAKER_00: on Kyrie Irving in the fourth quarter.
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SPEAKER_00: In that last possession, he goes to a fadeaway, misses, they grab a rebound,
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SPEAKER_00: and were able to close it out against the Dallas Mavericks in a game
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SPEAKER_00: where Cooper Flagg, man, he struggled.
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SPEAKER_00: In that first half, my golly, in the first quarter, he was 0-7 from the field.
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SPEAKER_00: In the second, 1-4 for just four points in the first half.
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SPEAKER_00: But was able to kind of get it going once they took Wemby out of the game in the third quarter.
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SPEAKER_00: And then early, and then, you know, halfway through the fourth,
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SPEAKER_00: Wemby played the second half of the fourth quarter.
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SPEAKER_00: Cooper Flagg was able to get it going.
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SPEAKER_00: He just looked uncomfortable going against Wemby.
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SPEAKER_00: But the Spurs get a win, 1-12, 1-11.
15:48
SPEAKER_00: And Wemby, man, holy...
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SPEAKER_00: Like, when Wemby's going, man, he... How do you stop him?
16:00
SPEAKER_00: How do you stop him when he's going like this?
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SPEAKER_00: I'm about to read you out this stat line here.
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SPEAKER_00: 34 points.
16:08
SPEAKER_00: Sorry, 34 points.
16:09
SPEAKER_00: Wow, that wouldn't be crazy.
16:12
SPEAKER_00: I'm going nuts here.
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SPEAKER_00: 34 minutes, 52 points.
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SPEAKER_00: 52 points in 34 minutes.
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SPEAKER_00: That alone should say a lot.
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SPEAKER_00: 34 minutes, 52,
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SPEAKER_00: 52 chicken nuggets.
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SPEAKER_00: 52 chicken nuggets.
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SPEAKER_00: Only hit one three, by the way.
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SPEAKER_00: Just want to point that out there.
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SPEAKER_00: 52 points, 24 rebounds, two assists, two steals, and eight blocks.
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SPEAKER_00: Eight. One, two, three, four, five.
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SPEAKER_00: 6, 7, 8.
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SPEAKER_00: Eight of them.
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SPEAKER_00: Eight blocks for Victor Webinyama in this game to go along with his 52 points
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SPEAKER_00: and 24 rebounds as the Spurs get that win.
17:01
SPEAKER_00: What an all-time performance from Wemby.
17:05
SPEAKER_00: Man, he played a stellar game.
17:09
SPEAKER_00: A game where it looked like he wasn't going to get close to 50
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SPEAKER_00: because when they pulled him in that third quarter, the Spurs,
17:16
SPEAKER_00: they had almost a 20-point lead.
17:20
SPEAKER_00: I was getting ready to walk over here because Coop didn't have it going at all.
17:26
SPEAKER_00: The Dallas Mavericks did not have it going.
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SPEAKER_00: They were shooting terribly.
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SPEAKER_00: They couldn't get anything going in the paint, especially Coop.
17:33
SPEAKER_00: I think he got blocked by Wemby three times in that first half.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, Coop looked uncomfortable.
17:38
SPEAKER_00: Everyone looked uncomfortable everyone's doing the kind of you know drive
17:41
SPEAKER_00: into paint thing and then you see Wembe standing there
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SPEAKER_00: and it's like ah yeah we're gonna turn around go the other way and put up a bad shot
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SPEAKER_00: because Wembley's standing in the paint
17:49
SPEAKER_00: but um yeah they just look totally uncomfortable and I was getting ready
17:54
SPEAKER_00: to sit right here on this couch and be Yeah, the Spurs just dominated the Mavs.
17:59
SPEAKER_00: But you know, the Maves with Wemby out of there were just able to make a push.
18:06
SPEAKER_00: It shows in the numbers.
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SPEAKER_00: Wemby was a plus 23 in the minutes that he played.
18:12
SPEAKER_00: A plus 23.
18:13
SPEAKER_00: The Spurs won by one.
18:15
SPEAKER_00: They won by one.
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SPEAKER_00: That means in the minutes that he was off the floor, the Spurs were losing by 22 points.
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SPEAKER_00: 22.
18:25
SPEAKER_00: That's insane. Right. Oh, perfect.
18:28
SPEAKER_00: It shows in Luke Cornett's on-off minutes.
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SPEAKER_00: In 14 minutes, then Luke Cornett paid.
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SPEAKER_00: Minus 22.
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SPEAKER_00: Minus 22 from the field.
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SPEAKER_00: That's how bad they were with Wemby off the floor.
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SPEAKER_00: And Coold looked comfortable.
18:40
SPEAKER_00: He was able to get to the rim.
18:42
SPEAKER_00: He looked like he was going to have a second stinker in a row.
18:44
SPEAKER_00: It still wasn't a great game from him.
18:45
SPEAKER_00: You know, he played 40 minutes, 19 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists,
18:49
SPEAKER_00: 7 for 9 from the field, 0 for 3 from 3.
18:51
SPEAKER_00: Did not have that three ball going whatsoever there.
18:54
SPEAKER_00: But, you know, he just looked uncomfortable going to the rim.
18:57
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
18:58
SPEAKER_00: You know, that's one of his strengths.
19:00
SPEAKER_00: He's, you know, about 6'9", got a bigger frame, super athletic,
19:04
SPEAKER_00: gets to the rim really well, has a nice touch around the rim, a good floater,
19:09
SPEAKER_00: a good, you know, fadeaway jump shot that he has, you know, and like I said,
19:14
SPEAKER_00: he gets to the basket almost at will with his athletic, you know, abilities.
19:20
SPEAKER_00: But, you know, Wemby was just stopping all that. He was stopping all that.
19:23
SPEAKER_00: But once he came out the game, the game completely turned.
19:26
SPEAKER_00: The reason the Mavs were able to stay in this game was However,
19:31
SPEAKER_00: outside of absolutely not getting demolished without Wemby
19:34
SPEAKER_00: on the floor was Kyrie Irving,
19:36
SPEAKER_00: who had a really good game outside of that final shot that he missed.
19:40
SPEAKER_00: He was only 9 for 27 from the field,
19:42
SPEAKER_00: but his offense was much needed in a time where they were struggling,
19:45
SPEAKER_00: even though they were down 20.
19:47
SPEAKER_00: Kyrie in his 36 minutes, 29 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and a steal.
19:52
SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, went six for eight from the free throw line.
19:54
SPEAKER_00: He did miss a clutch one there at the end.
19:57
SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, but Kyrie looked really, really good.
20:00
SPEAKER_00: This is my first time, uh, getting to watch him after coming back from his injury
20:04
SPEAKER_00: and he looked good.
20:05
SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, he was going at Wemby.
20:08
SPEAKER_00: Uh, you know, he was able to get some stuff going.
20:10
SPEAKER_00: Uh, some of those jump shots that he took late in that four quarter were a little tough.
20:14
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I would have liked to see some better shots out of there.
20:16
SPEAKER_00: I definitely would have liked to see, um, You know,
20:18
SPEAKER_00: him go to that last shot a little bit earlier so there's more time on the clock.
20:23
SPEAKER_00: But, you know, it is what it is.
20:24
SPEAKER_00: Kyrie's one of the best clutch players in our game.
20:28
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, but...
20:30
SPEAKER_00: The Mavs, they were able to bring it back with him on the floor.
20:32
SPEAKER_00: Najee Marshall having the game of his life in his 26 minutes, 22 points, 5 rebounds,
20:36
SPEAKER_00: 3 assists, went 9 for 12 from the field, and 3 for 3 from 3.
20:41
SPEAKER_00: Hit all of his three-pointers, including one that gave the Mavs the lead, I believe,
20:47
SPEAKER_00: late in that game, and it looked like they might be able to come away with a win,
20:51
SPEAKER_00: but when we was able to close it out, he got to the free-throw line.
20:55
SPEAKER_00: At one point, he missed four in a row, but he made one that counted,
20:58
SPEAKER_00: got there again, made A pair of free throws, or sorry,
21:02
SPEAKER_00: got a putback and got him up to 52 points, and that was all she wrote.
21:08
SPEAKER_00: Wemby, man, he's just a story, oh my god, like this, dude.
21:13
SPEAKER_00: When he has it rolling, and he doesn't always have it rolling,
21:16
SPEAKER_00: and that's kind of the thing with Wemby on offense is
21:19
SPEAKER_00: that he doesn't always have it going.
21:22
SPEAKER_00: On the offensive side of the ball.
21:23
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes you want to see him take down the three-pointers a little bit.
21:30
SPEAKER_00: He shot eight of them today and only hit one.
21:35
SPEAKER_00: You would hope those go to some better shots.
21:39
SPEAKER_00: You still score 52.
21:40
SPEAKER_00: That just shows how good he is.
21:41
SPEAKER_00: You still score 52.
21:43
SPEAKER_00: You hit 19 of your 23 free throws.
21:46
SPEAKER_00: You go 16 for 28 from the field.
21:48
SPEAKER_00: But you miss seven three-pointers.
21:50
SPEAKER_00: If you change some of those shots up, maybe it goes to some of the teammates.
21:54
SPEAKER_00: Maybe it goes to himself, but lower down on the floor.
21:58
SPEAKER_00: I know it's easier said than done, but...
22:02
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you would like to see some of those shots change,
22:04
SPEAKER_00: especially from him as he's struggling from three, I believe, to start the year.
22:09
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, he's only at 26% on six attempts.
22:13
SPEAKER_00: Not the best for Wemby there.
22:16
SPEAKER_00: But yeah, he was fantastic, especially on the defensive end.
22:20
SPEAKER_00: That small ball lineup late in that game that the Mavericks were running,
22:23
SPEAKER_00: I don't know what was going on with that because they could not guard him
22:27
SPEAKER_00: on offense.
22:29
SPEAKER_00: They couldn't get anything going around Wemby
22:31
SPEAKER_00: on the Mavericks' offensive side of the ball.
22:37
SPEAKER_00: He's just a force, man.
22:39
SPEAKER_00: Stephon Castle, after struggling in that first quarter, 0 for 4, 0 for 1 from 3,
22:47
SPEAKER_00: 2 for 6 in the second quarter as well, didn't really shoot well.
22:52
SPEAKER_00: All that well, but he got it going, was able to hit some of his three-pointers,
22:55
SPEAKER_00: ended up with 17, 10, and three assists.
22:59
SPEAKER_00: Dylan Harper looked like the second-best player on this team with 21 points, five rebounds.
23:03
SPEAKER_00: He shot 60% from the field.
23:06
SPEAKER_00: De'Aaron Fox looked good, even though he had only 10 points.
23:08
SPEAKER_00: He was a plus 12 from the field.
23:12
SPEAKER_00: This was the Wemby show. It was the Wemby show.
23:15
SPEAKER_00: You got to clap it up for Wemby.
23:19
SPEAKER_00: I'd like to see them tick down the three-pointers a little bit.
23:22
SPEAKER_00: Just please, please, please, Wemby, just tick down the three-pointers.
23:27
SPEAKER_00: Just a little bit.
23:28
SPEAKER_00: Just a little bit.
23:30
SPEAKER_00: But, like, man, what are you going to say to 52?
23:35
SPEAKER_00: What are you going to say to 52-24?
23:39
SPEAKER_00: You're not seeing that from any other guy in our league.
23:42
SPEAKER_00: He's special, man.
23:43
SPEAKER_00: Spurs get a win here.
23:45
SPEAKER_00: They improved the 6 -2.
23:46
SPEAKER_00: They're on a six game winning streak. Wow!
23:49
SPEAKER_00: And they're looking like probably the favorite of the Western Conference with OKC
23:55
SPEAKER_00: a little damaged because of injuries right now.
23:58
SPEAKER_00: Um, you would probably poise them to be the favorite right now.
24:03
SPEAKER_00: And they get a big win against Dallas in prime time on ESPN.
24:08
SPEAKER_00: All Alright, we're going to go to some quick hitters.
24:11
SPEAKER_00: Just some quick stuff.
24:13
SPEAKER_00: I tuned into some other games while we were watching those two games on Primetime.
24:19
SPEAKER_00: Just checking in a little bit.
24:21
SPEAKER_00: First, we'll go to the Celtics.
24:22
SPEAKER_00: They get a win without Jason Tatum playing tonight.
24:24
SPEAKER_00: They rested him.
24:27
SPEAKER_00: Paul George looks really good.
24:33
SPEAKER_00: He had 25 points, hit a dagger with about a minute 25 left to go to put them up eight.
24:39
SPEAKER_00: The Celtics, they're a really good team.
24:42
SPEAKER_00: They are out to a good start to start the season.
24:47
SPEAKER_00: They have started – let's give it a check here.
24:50
SPEAKER_00: They have starting 6 -2.
24:52
SPEAKER_00: Yep, I thought so they started 6 -1 to start of the year. They look Pretty good.
24:56
SPEAKER_00: I've watched them, obviously, a couple times so far this year.
24:59
SPEAKER_00: Paul George, Jason Tatum, they look good.
25:01
SPEAKER_00: Jason Tatum kind of getting it back together.
25:03
SPEAKER_00: You know, you rest him in the night because they're playing the Bucs. But, yeah.
25:06
SPEAKER_00: And for the Bucs, yeah, they're on serious.
25:09
SPEAKER_00: Sell of the deadline. Miles Turner, got to go.
25:11
SPEAKER_00: Hami Hakez, got to go.
25:12
SPEAKER_00: You know, keep Tyler Hero, whatever. Stay confident. All that stuff. But, yeah.
25:16
SPEAKER_00: They're on serious.
25:18
SPEAKER_00: Move on. OKC.
25:20
SPEAKER_00: They play Cleveland for the second game in a row.
25:25
SPEAKER_00: Shea drops 40 again. Again.
25:29
SPEAKER_00: I don't know how you're Cleveland and you play Shea on the road and you're like,
25:34
SPEAKER_00: yeah, he dropped 40 and then you play him at home and you let Shea drop 40
25:38
SPEAKER_00: on you again.
25:41
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, Shea's showing that this team is not left for dead right now.
25:44
SPEAKER_00: OKC is full of talent, full of depth.
25:46
SPEAKER_00: They have Adai Mara, they have Bennett Sturtz, they have Jeremy Kane still,
25:50
SPEAKER_00: they have AJ Mitchell who had a good game.
25:53
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you don't bail out on OKC. They're going to get their guys back.
25:57
SPEAKER_00: They're going to get Caruso back.
25:59
SPEAKER_00: They're going to get Chet back in about two months.
26:01
SPEAKER_00: They're going to be a good basketball team.
26:02
SPEAKER_00: You don't count them out.
26:04
SPEAKER_00: Without J-Dub and AJ Mitchell last year,
26:06
SPEAKER_00: they went to a Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals with probably the best team
26:10
SPEAKER_00: in the Western Conference right now.
26:12
SPEAKER_00: So you don't count them out even though they lost J-Dub,
26:15
SPEAKER_00: even though they're going to be without Kaysen,
26:17
SPEAKER_00: if not the entire season for a majority of the season.
26:19
SPEAKER_00: Do not count OKC out.
26:21
SPEAKER_00: They're still a good basketball team.
26:22
SPEAKER_00: Shea's showing he's one of the best players in the league.
26:25
SPEAKER_00: He dropped 40 again.
26:27
SPEAKER_00: For Cleveland, they're 4-4 now.
26:30
SPEAKER_00: You lost to them twice.
26:32
SPEAKER_00: James Harden really struggled shooting the ball in this game.
26:36
SPEAKER_00: You kind of want him to be a little better for you guys.
26:40
SPEAKER_00: He struggled in the game that they played against the Sixers, too.
26:43
SPEAKER_00: He wasn't all that great, even though he had a nice couple buckets in that game.
26:47
SPEAKER_00: But yeah, Cleveland's now 4-4.
26:50
SPEAKER_00: I don't know what the road we think of them heading.
26:53
SPEAKER_00: They're a good regular season team.
26:55
SPEAKER_00: They're going to be a good regular season game as far as the playoffs are concerned,
26:58
SPEAKER_00: I don't really know. I don't really like this team all that much.
27:01
SPEAKER_00: I like the addition of Peyton Watson.
27:03
SPEAKER_00: I like that they added some more guys over the offseason.
27:08
SPEAKER_00: But Donovan Mitchell, James Harden backcourt, going to get fried.
27:12
SPEAKER_00: Jared Allen and Evan Mobley.
27:14
SPEAKER_00: Evan Mobley still hasn't made the leap leap, and it's been a couple years from him.
27:19
SPEAKER_00: You got drafted in 2021.
27:20
SPEAKER_00: It's six seasons, seven seasons now, something like that.
27:25
SPEAKER_00: I don't know where Cleveland really goes,
27:26
SPEAKER_00: but they're going to be a good regular season team, but they lose to OKC.
27:31
SPEAKER_00: Tonight, the Knicks, they blew out the Hawks bad, like real bad.
27:36
SPEAKER_00: Brunson had 22 in the first quarter,
27:39
SPEAKER_00: and the Knicks scored 84 points in the first half.
27:46
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and then I turned the game off because that was unserious.
27:50
SPEAKER_00: I talked about the Knicks in my... What's it called?
27:54
SPEAKER_00: My article about them, how they have been struggling so far to start the year,
28:00
SPEAKER_00: and they get a nice win there.
28:03
SPEAKER_00: They blow out the Bulls.
28:06
SPEAKER_00: Sorry, I said the Hawks earlier. They blew out.
28:08
SPEAKER_00: The Bulls by 30, and this game was never close,
28:13
SPEAKER_00: especially after Brunson dropped 22 in the first.
28:15
SPEAKER_00: It was never close.
28:16
SPEAKER_00: And for Chicago, this is my second time watching you guys.
28:21
SPEAKER_00: I watched you guys play the Sixers as well.
28:22
SPEAKER_00: You guys might be the worst team in basketball.
28:26
SPEAKER_00: That's crazy when the Kings exist.
28:29
SPEAKER_00: Alright, and we're going to move on to Miami.
28:32
SPEAKER_00: I wrote down a note for them.
28:34
SPEAKER_00: I didn't really catch that much of that game because they were losing to the Clippers.
28:40
SPEAKER_00: Let's check in. Oh, it's not over yet.
28:42
SPEAKER_00: They're winning by one.
28:44
SPEAKER_00: We won't touch that game.
28:46
SPEAKER_00: And the last game that I did tune into for a little bit, the Blazers,
28:50
SPEAKER_00: they ended up going out and beating the Suns.
28:53
SPEAKER_00: They look really, really good this year.
28:55
SPEAKER_00: I really, really like the Blazers.
28:58
SPEAKER_00: I like what they're kind of doing with their guard rotation.
29:00
SPEAKER_00: Drew looks good.
29:01
SPEAKER_00: Ja looked good when he was playing.
29:03
SPEAKER_00: I know he's out with injury right now, but when he gets back, he looked good.
29:06
SPEAKER_00: Dame looks good.
29:08
SPEAKER_00: Denny looks really good.
29:10
SPEAKER_00: He might make another all-star push this season.
29:14
SPEAKER_00: You know, the Blazers, they have an interesting lineup with all the guys
29:19
SPEAKER_00: that they can roll out, all the talent they have on the basketball team.
29:22
SPEAKER_00: They've rolled out to a great, great record to start the year at 6-1.
29:28
SPEAKER_00: They have the best record in the Western Conference right now.
29:31
SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, clap it up for the Blazers.
29:33
SPEAKER_00: And for the Suns, they have one win.
29:37
SPEAKER_00: But that'll do it for The Cooldown Report.
29:39
SPEAKER_00: I am Ethan.
29:41
SPEAKER_00: I'll see you guys next time.
29:42
SPEAKER_00: Peace.