While the bottom dwellers are still figuring out who's going to be the first loser of this postseason, we do have the higher seed match ups set in both East and West. So let's start breaking them down beginning with the East. We have the number three Knicks going up against the number six Pistons. Who is the series and in how many games?
I got the Nixon seven. Thanks Nick. I got the Nixon seven. I had the Nixon six.
How about you? How about you? That's a faithy boy. You got no faith?
I told you on the chat late game execution is a problem for this team. I think that's the main reason why they weren't able to win at least one game against the OKC, the Cavs, and Boston, especially when you look at that last game, Shelton, where McKeel bridges can't even catch the fucking ball on a key possession. And then before that, for the end regulation, it had Josh Hart take a three, a turnaround three at that to try to answer. Oh my looze.
I said, I'm going to win a seven. What are you here? Who's strong? Every time I'm like, if I'm taking my team in seven, I'm not thinking of my looze.
Yeah, you got Mr. Beto, Nick. Hey, first of all, I'm fucking second of all, the one thing I will say is that the lineup of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, McKeel bridges, OG, the lineup that they have, I think we're going to start a play off hasn't really been played, you know, if ever in less than 10 games. So they haven't, they're still building a continuity a little bit, but I trust that they'll fix this out in this season.
That's why I say it's going seven. I think it's going to look a lot uglier than it should be. We're going to come here back and forth for a few weeks and you're going to be looking to the camera and talk to them, which will mix a little bit like you know, say they're going to get that, whatever. I think they'll figure it out.
And then after this series, when we face Boston, we'll be rolling all cylinders. But right now we got to work out these Kings as far as game execution. And I think Detroit is going to help us prove that by testing this out. I got the Pistons in six.
I got the Pistons in six. You sound delusional. I'm not there more physical and your two best players, especially Kat, when you get extremely physical that dude, he shuts down. He's going to leave Brunson out there on the island.
I mean, I have multiple guys that they get throw at Brunson to slow him down. I do think he is one of the better guards in the league. And to me again, being a point guard, it's hard to shut me down completely. And I believe that about Brunson.
It's hard to completely shut him down. But when you have prototypical NBA size with athleticism that can slow him down and then we can take Kat mentally out of the game. And the rest of those guys really I'm not worried about. They can match OG.
They can match Mitchell Robinson. They can match everybody else. Like, to me, this is the Pistons year, not just to make the playoffs, but to show that they belong. That goes to get your.
I was just about to ask him that his method showed up. I was like, who's the two best players in the series? It is Kat. No, it's Kat and Brunson.
Yeah. But the third, but the close third is okay. That don't matter. If you.
That's the only thing I'm thinking about is your three to five. What they are in. What is it? Year four.
Kate is in year four. A lot of those guys are playing off experience. Yeah. No, I feel you.
I feel you. But they play playoff level intensity out the whole year. Bro, this is this is a re iteration of the bad boy Christmas. These boys, they don't back up.
Even B one say that. Okay. B's not here. Clearly.
It's all. It's all. I get you on that except for the fact like I said, it's playoffs. It's a whole.
It's all. It's all. It's all over now. It's real now.
So all that goes out the window when it comes we if you said, okay, see, this is your words. Okay, see needs some season. How do you feel? 100% Detroit.
I don't believe in cat in big moment situations. I said it last year. I said it a year before. I'll keep saying it doesn't matter if you go from the East, from the West Coast to the East.
He is soft and if you get in this grill, he's gonna back down. He don't have that dog. But he saw in late game, he's a state post marshmallow man. That's why I came to New York.
Call that man. State puff. But in late games, we know who's the most player on the court and it's going to him. It's going to run.
He got worried about cat and lassen. Like it's going to Brunson. So that's what I'm saying is like, you don't think that. To get the ball out of Brunson's hand.
Double team him. Make somebody else beat you. Like you said, Fifo. Tonight, the game plan for the Memphis is going to get the ball out of Steph Curry's hand.
Because Steph Curry, the way that he goes about his business, it's not always in his hand. He runs around. He gets it off a catching shoot. Brunson don't play that way.
Brunson is a ball dominant point guard. My main thing is regardless of what game plan you have, he is going to overcome. The best is you're going to try to slow him down. Again, like Shelton said, these Pistons haven't, they don't know what the hell about that happened and he's playoff.
They don't know how to play as a role team to start off the first two games. They don't know about the head coach is the only one who has somewhat of experience, but he couldn't get the job done in Cleveland. That's why they kick this ass out. The only thing that's going to stop the Knicks is the Knicks, which is why I'm putting a lot of pressure on top with this late game execution.
And that's why you make it my point right there. That's my thing. I always talk about having some season and going into the playoffs. And I know that that's against my stance by picking the Detroit businesses.
100%. But I do not believe in the Knicks. I don't believe in Thibido. With late game execution, I don't believe in Cat.
I don't really believe. I think he's going to be solid. I think Mikel Bridges, he's been up and down. I really don't know what to expect out of him.
I do expect Brumbra and to be one of the best guards in the league. But outside of that, I don't believe in any other parts of that squad. And Detroit is physical. Then boys is going to get up in your mug.
They're going to play defense. And their point guard, K Cunningham, has elite NBA size. That's a big issue. My thing is you started off saying the players, you ain't saying nothing about the coach.
So now you just trying to fake it. You're talking about all your takes on this thing. I've been talking about them all year. I said they're going to win the hot seat.
Did I not have them in the power rankings? The hot seat? I'm talking about this. I'm talking about this.
Your first two points in this series was cat is soft. One of the points. And that's what I'm starting to say. And then you said that Detroit Pistons are the next best iteration bad boys, which is nuts.
Because they just got to the playoffs a little bit in the first time. And they're the first team that ever tripled their wins from a year before. I was two years earlier. No, no, they was young.
I was two years early on the Pistons. I told you they had all of the time. They just needed to put together. I was two years early.
I was two years early. I was back. I heard that before. I looped.
God damn. Incredible. I was wrong. Give me the nickname.
I don't think the business have enough season. I think that I do believe in Brunson. I do believe in Cat. I think his mentality has changed since he's gotten to New York.
He fought from the Hudson and the Soder. I didn't watch as much regular season basketball as you did. But I do think in the playoffs he's going to be able to switch. He's had a different mentality from what I've seen in New York this year.
I said, Nick's at five. Did you go to shelter? Yeah. Yeah.
I see Nick's at six. Just put the experience back there. I wish I went first because I hate him on the right. I hate him on the side of the FIFA.
For different reasons, though, none of what he said. I've had a sneaky suspicion that this is a match up that the Pistons could win. They played against them pretty well throughout the regular season. I know it's the playoffs and I know it's different.
The likes of Ryder. It's the right of the net. And all the other good stuff. But it's just a gut feeling.
I have no basketball inside to give you. But drinks of pet though, they should have. I think about this, you know, but I just think that these boys are hungry and I think they're motivated and they want to win. And I think they believe in themselves.
And I don't think they're afraid of New York, bro. I don't disagree with you on the last part. I don't think they're afraid of nobody. However, they never face nobody.
They haven't faced a player like Cat or Brunson for a seven game series. They're not worried about it. They definitely not worried about Cat. I'm talking about the experience level of like, how do we guard this dude?
How do we guard this dude? How do we, what do we like in late game situations? Because if you're not, because to me, the only way that y'all are saying that they can win is by a close game, keeping this under 100, making it ugly, then they're fighting, which they, you know, we know they can do, which may hurt them because they may get ejected. They think some of the best players out.
But that's my thing is like, the Knicks are favorite in all of those categories, heavily favored in some of those categories. Because again, they have the two best players in the whole series. How many games? How much are you this?
Makes sense? Seven. No, yeah, I'm gonna be having games. I'll say they would have to do it in six.
They would have now we've seen we've seen the Knicks choke away again. Thanks. They got hurt. They got hurt by getting.
They would have to do it in six as they are. As they are stewards, probably gonna come off the bench and light cat up once twice. He could be done for the rest of the series. But yeah, they would have to do it in six.
Nick, this is gonna give the Knicks clarity. And what I mean by that, when they take this L in the playoffs, they're going to clean the house with Tom, they're gonna make whatever move that they're gonna try to do to go get KB, they're gonna have to shake up this roster because it's obviously especially constructed. They not winning nothing, bro. And all of the fandom that you have is not gonna give enough good juju to win nothing.
I know I already got a bet with Lou already like, let's go ahead and do this again. I'm gonna double down people. Let's be doing the bottle. I got a little bit about a bottle too.
I got a little bit of it. I got a little bit of it. I think it was a football bet for this upcoming. You said you should do it.
I'm gonna get a few people. I don't care how many games it is. I'm just an overall series. You got the pieces.
I got the Knicks. You already know what I drink. You don't want my drink. I don't know what you do.
I'm gonna tell you my audience. I don't know what you do. I'm gonna win this. Well, speaking of that, it looks like the magic is gonna go ahead and take this game and the hearts are going or fly home right now.
It's 104 last I checked 104. 104 85. We're five minutes left. That game is quick.
Yeah. It did. Yep. So there's that.
Let's talk about the next game in the East. We have the Pacers versus the Bucks. Who wins the series and how many games? It shouldn't take long.
Yeah, this should be. This should be. I got the books. Oh, sorry.
I got the books in five. Yeah, I got this. You got the books in six. Yes.
I got Indiana in six. And I got two words for you. Before you go. Doc.
Glenn Rivel's. I think y'all just gonna keep it going and play out in his mind and get them over the series. He'll go off to two games. Yeah.
You know, I don't typically side with Nick, but I do got Indiana in seven. Again, clarity. For me, the Bucks don't have it. The Caucoos matrade.
I get it to a degree, but not having them. I know that there's definitely going to hurt him in the playoffs and I just don't see the fire power in the end of his thing. Like I know that they are somewhat defensive liabilities, but we know offensively with Tyree's Halliburton at the helm. They can get buckets.
They can play up and down. And Yannes is going to be honest. Like they don't have a Yannes stopper or somebody to slow down. Yannes, but Yannes can't beat a whole team on.
So, and I just, I don't see it. I think it's going to give the Bucks clarity. I think it's going to be a big off season and it just is what it is. You know, so I think the Bucks go home in seven.
I'm going to go with who has one quarter of the pasters? Bucks and six. Bucks and six. I'm betting on Yannes.
I'm betting on Yannes. I'm betting on Yannes. I'm just kidding. I wouldn't do that.
I wouldn't do that. I'll get you. I know you had to talk about it as well, but it's not a good time to do that. It feels like, you know, he's kind of settled into a group and like he's used to being a one man show.
Again, they don't have a lot there, but you know, I think, uh, I don't know, man, I think, I think the Bucks are playing well. And I think, I think, I think they're going to find a way to win it. But this is going to be a boring ass series. You know, we know how the places, the places play.
Like everybody's a score threat on that team down there with the offense that they throw with. They play without a play, but Yannes is going to be tough, bro. Yannes is going to be tough. Carol Trianne just got to check it.
He did. Yeah, he was a little dick. He came to ball away from the rough and shit. He frustrated.
Yeah, he'll be about Atlanta. He's playing a game. He got home. Oh, yeah.
Next week. I think they played Friday night. Um, Lulu. Can't wait to go.
They played Thursday. They played tonight. Lulu, the RBet was a bottle for, um, I may lose this one. Brown's drafted.
You got browns, not drafted Sanders. That's who I got. Brown's drafted. Sanders.
You might win. Which you, when you catch me, whatever it is. Nick, I thought you said they went and will draft him. No, this is right.
This is right. This is 20. This was 20 days ago. So before they started make before they got.
I don't know what the hell. I'm going to be praying on that next Thursday. They're not drafted. I promise you that we may have to do that live.
Well, I was hoping that we could do that. Okay, next Thursday. Yeah, I'm going to do, um, all right. Well, that, I guess I was pretty young.
I shouldn't say about it. All right. So. I was supposed to do the most warrants here.
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