The Inside Crew Debates Who Makes A Playoff Push In The West After Busy Trade Deadline | NBA on TNT

The Inside Crew Debates Who Makes A Playoff Push In The West After Busy Trade Deadline | NBA on TNT

GO TO VEGAS TOMORROW. >> DON’T PUT THAT BAD JUJU IN THE ATMOSPHERE. >> NO, NO, DON’T BE PUTTING BAD JUJU IN THE ATMOSPHERE, ERNIE. DUDE THAT WAS A LAYUP. >> UH, THE NUGGETS WIN IT BY EIGHT. UH, JOKER. 2413 AND NINE JAMAL MURRAY HAD 29. SO ALSO HAD DOUBLE DIGIT

ASSISTS FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT GAME. FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER. HE’S DONE THAT. AND MICHAEL PORTER JR GOES FOR 27 AS UH THE NUGGETS DO NOT TRAIL IN THAT GAME. AND NOW THE ALL STAR COACHES AS DOC RIVERS AND CHRIS FINCH. NO DAMIAN LILLARD NO KHRIS MIDDLETON FOR THE BUCKS AT

HOME TONIGHT. DOC’S FIRST GAME AT HOME. AND THIS WAS NOT PRETTY MAN. >> THIS WAS COME ON. THIS WAS I WAS THEY CAME OUT AND JUST BEAT THESE BOYS LIKE A DRUM. >> GIANNIS. OH JUST A 17 POINT NIGHT 1717 YEAH. >> HEY WE ONLY PLAYED THE FIRST HALF OKAY RUDY RUDY

GOT OUT THE WAY KARL ANTHONY TOWNS YOU WILL SEE HIM IN THE THREE POINT CONTEST AT ALL STAR WEEKEND. THAT’S JUST A GROWN MAN RIGHT HERE Y’ALL ANTHONY EDWARDS. >> AND THAT’D BE A 6353 HALFTIME LEAD. >> SO MUCH OF FOCUS ON MILWAUKEE’S DEFENSE. BUT JUST LOOK AT THEIR EFFORT.

>> YEAH THERE’S ROBIN LOPEZ BY THE WAY WHO WAS TRADED TO SACRAMENTO IN THE WAIVE. SO THEY’RE AROUND READING THE BOOK MINNESOTA GOES 39 TO 22. IN THE THIRD QUARTER TO BLOW IT OPEN. SO HE GOT WAIVED. >> LOOK AT THE EFFORT. >> SO HE DIDN’T LEAVE. YEAH THAT EFFORT. BUT WHY

WOULDN’T YOU WANT TO READ A BOOK LIKE IN A QUIET PLACE RIGHT. OH GLASS. >> WELL IT GOT PRETTY QUIET IN MILWAUKEE BECAUSE THEY GOT GOOD POINT, ERNIE. >> THEY GOT THUMPED 129 TO 105. WELL THAT DEFENSE THAT PAT BEVERLEY CAN’T GET THERE FAST ENOUGH 23 AND THREE ARE THE TIMBERWOLVES.

>> WHEN THEY SHOOT 50. THEY LED BY 28 IN A GREEN AJ GREEN. >> YEAH WELL THE AJ GREEN AND A CAREER HIGH CAREER HIGH 27. >> OH MAN. HE WAS A HELL OF A WIDE RECEIVER TOO. >> YEAH. AND UH I THOUGHT THAT WAS A.C. GREEN’S DOC RIVERS.

>> DOC RIVERS OFF TO A ONE AND FIVE START AND LOSING THE HIS HOME OPENER. WOW. >> WELL, I MEAN THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS AND THEY WERE UNDER NO NO LILLARD. >> OH NO THEY WERE UNDER UNDER MAN. >> THEY HAVE BLAKE GRIFFIN. >> WAIT WHY WAIT OUTSIDE DOC .

>> YOU KNOW DOC TAKES JOKES. >> YEAH HE CAN I’M SURE HE’S I’M SURE HE’S IN THE MOOD TO HEAR ONE TONIGHT. AFTER AFTER A 24 POINT LOSS. >> DOC’S A GOOD GUY. >> YOU KNOW WHO’S LAUGHING. ADRIAN GRIFFIN HE’S LIKE SEE WHAT? ME >> OH MY GOD. OH, Y’ALL

THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO GET FIXED RIGHT AWAY RIGHT? OKAY AND THE SHIP BE SINKING THIS . >> YEAH. YEAH. IT’S, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT DAME THEY’RE NOT THE SAME TEAM, BUT THEY’VE GOT TO FIX THAT DEFENSE. YOU KNOW WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT ALL YEAR. THIS NOTION THAT THEY’RE

JUST GOING TO MAKE THESE TRADES AND BRING BACK BEVERLEY IN. NO IT’S A DEFENSE. IT’S A TEAM EFFORT. THERE’S NOT THAT MANY THERE’S VERY FEW. GREAT ONE ON ONE DEFENDERS. AND THEY DON’T HAVE REALLY ANY RIGHT NOW. >> GIANNIS IS A GREAT ONE. >> YEAH HE HASN’T BEEN PLAYING GREAT DEFENSE. THIS YEAR.

>> BUT HE COULDN’T BE. AND NOT ONLY THAT DEFENSE IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO WANT TO PLAY I TRIED TO SHOW THEIR EFFORT BUT EFFORT IS NOT THERE. ESPECIALLY LIKE WHEN YOU GET A NEW COACH AND YOU LOSE ONE TWO LITTLE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT. IF YOU’RE A CHAMPIONSHIP

CONTENDER TEAM, IT SHOULD NEVER BE ONE PLAYER WHERE YOU DON’T ROTATE LIKE THE FIRST PLAY YOU SAW. LIKE EVERYBODY’S IN THE LANE LIKE, UH, GUYS ARE WIDE OPEN SHOTGUNS. NOBODY GIVES EFFORT. AND YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ROTATES OUT. SO IF THE EFFORT IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE, THEY’RE DEFINITELY

NOT GOING TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. >> YEAH, THEY ALLOW MINNESOTA TO SHOOT 55% IN THIS ONE. MEANTIME IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE YOU TALK ABOUT A TIGHT RACE AT THE TOP OF THE CONFERENCE. >> IT’S GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE WIRE TO ERNIE. >> YEAH. LET’S LET’S TAKE A

LOOK. BECAUSE YOU SAW YOU SAW DENVER WIN. YOU SAW MINNESOTA WIN. UH I IDENTICAL RECORDS OF 36 AND 61. LOOK AT OKC RIGHT THERE AT 35 AND 16. AND THE CLIPPERS WHO HAVE BEEN SMOKING RIGHT BEHIND THEM. AND OH BY THE WAY UH THE PHOENIX SUNS NEW ORLEANS PELICANS HAVE QUIETLY BEEN

PLAYING SOME BALL AND ARE NINE GAMES OVER 500. SO ERNIE DO WE HAVE TIME TO TALK. >> UH YEAH THAT’S WHAT WE DO KENNY, I ASKED YOU EARLIER, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE 4. NO, I ASKED YOU EARLIER. WHAT ARE YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GORDON HAYWARD GOING TO THE THUNDER?

>> I THINK YOU KNOW, HEALTHY. HEALTHY. GORDON HAYWARD IS ONE THING. OR THE, YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN, YOU KNOW, HE BRINGS VETERAN LEADERSHIP. HE BRINGS THINGS OFF THE BENCH. YOU COULD START HIM AT TIMES. WELL HE’S COMING OFF THE BENCH FOR SURE. BUT YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT LINEUPS HUH.

>> YEAH. THEY DON’T NEED THEM. >> YEAH. WELL IT’S GOOD TO HAVE VETERAN LEADERSHIP COMING OFF THE BENCH. THEY’RE A YOUNG TEAM. I DON’T THINK ANYBODY ON THEIR TEAM HAS EVER BEEN ANYWHERE CLOSE TO GOING DEEP IN THE PLAYOFFS. THEY HAVE A VETERAN GUY IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND COMING OFF THE

BENCH, I THINK. I THINK THAT COULD BE A GOOD PICKUP FOR THE THUNDER. >> THE ONE THING I WAS SAYING, SHAQ, I JUST DON’T WHEN I WAS SAYING YOU DON’T WANT TO BE FOR, YOU KNOW, AS WE WATCH GORDON HAYWARD BECAUSE FIVE AND SIX ARE GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD

TEAMS RIGHT NOW. THAT’S PHOENIX AND NEW ORLEANS. SO LIKE IT’S NOT IF YOU’RE THE FOURTH SEED AND YOU HAVE TO START OUT WITH ONE OF THOSE TWO TEAMS OR VICE VERSA, THOSE THREE TEAMS, IF THEY END UP 4 OR 5, SIX, THAT IS A TOUGH, TOUGH MATCHUP. UH, FOR ANYONE ONE, TWO AND

THREE, YOU CAN GET OUT THE FIRST ROUND PRETTY EASILY. >> AND IF YOU’RE BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO BE OVERMATCHED, MATCHING THE TEAM. I DISAGREE WITH ‘3 SHAMET BECAUSE 3′ GOING 3′ MIGHT BE PLAYING THE PELICANS AND KENNY. YEAH THREE AND THREE AND FOUR ARE GOING TO BE IN FOR SOME

TOUGH FIRST ROUND. YES. IF YOU’RE A REAL CHAMPION YOU WANT TO GET THE TOUGH TEAMS OUT OF THE WAY ANYWAY. IT DON’T MATTER. >> THAT’S NOT THAT’S NOT THE WAY IT’S GOING TO WORK. IF YOU IF FIRST OF ALL DON’T FIRST OF ALL, YOU’VE BEEN THERE FIVE TIMES. >> I’VE BEEN THERE.

>> NO, I DON’T CARE. YOU DON’T. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO PLAY CARE. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO PLAY. NO I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT. I DON’T CARE HOW LOUD YOU ARE. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO PLAY NO BAD TEAMS IN THE IN THE. ONCE YOU GET PAST THE FIRST ROUND,

RUNNING AWAY FROM THE TOUGH TEAMS. LET’S. YOU’RE NOT RUNNING AWAY FROM THE TOUGH TEAMS. YOU’RE GOING TO PLAY TOUGH TEAMS DEEPER IN THE PLAYOFFS. HE JUST LOUD. >> NO HE JUST SAID YOU DON’T WANT TO BE 4’ BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO PLAY BOOM AND BAM. I WANT TO PLAY BOOM AND

BAM EARLY. GET HIM OUT OF THERE. >> BUT HE THOSE AREN’T THE TEAMS THAT GOT TO BEAT. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PELICANS AND THE SUNS. YOU KNOW WHAT. YOU DON’T HAVE TO PLAY. YOU DON’T HAVE TO PLAY THE CLIPPERS. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY THE CLIPPERS AND THE NUGGETS. YOU KNOW

WE’RE TALKING LIKE HE’S SCARED I WANT TO GO NO NO NO NO THAT’S NOT WHAT HE SAID. TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THAT’S NOT WHAT HE SAID TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. >> THAT’S NOT WHAT HE SAID I DON’T WANT TO PLAY THEM OR I DON’T THINK I CAN BEAT THEM. THE REASON IS I KNOW THAT

THEY CAN PLAY DEEPER INTO SO I DON’T WANT TO GO IN A SIX, SEVEN GAMES AND BEAT THEM. I’M NOT SWEEPING THOSE GUYS. SO, OKAY, I’M SWEEPING SEVEN AND EIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO GET REST BECAUSE I CAN’T TAKE THE CHANCE THAT DAMIAN LILLARD TWISTED AN ANKLE. ANTETOKOUNMPO I CAN’T TAKE A

CHANCE OAKLAND. UH SHEA GILDER IS GETTING UH TIRED HURT I CAN’T JUST TAKE THE CHANCE. LET ME GET ONE ROUND THROUGH AND THEN I’M READY OKAY. ALL BETS ARE OFF BECAUSE I JUST DON’T WANT TO PLAY SIX GAMES IN THE FIRST ROUND. >> I DON’T CARE WHO WE PLAYING IN THE FIRST ROUND.

OKAY? >> I DON’T CARE WHO WE PLAYING. I’D RATHER NOT PLAY, BUT I THINK I THINK KENNY’S POINT WAS IF YOU IF YOU SHOW THE LIST AGAIN, YOU PUT THE STANDINGS BACK UP. >> WE CAN DO THAT. >> I THINK THE SUNS. >> NO, NO THAT’S THERE HE IS

. NO HE’S NOT. NOBODY’S SCARED OF ANYBODY. WE’RE ALL THEY GOT. CAN YOU PUT THE STATS BACK UP PLEASE. HE’S SCARED OF THE SUNS. THAT’S NOT WHAT HE SAID OKAY. >> WHAT HE SAID IT’S THE WAY I THINK THAT THE WAY I THINK THIS THING IS GOING TO FINISH.

>> IT’S GOING TO BE THE CLIPPERS AND THE NUGGETS GOING TO BE ONE AND TWO. WHAT SHAQ WHAT KENNY’S POINT WAS IS IF YOU’RE THE THUNDER OF THE WOLVES PLAYING THE PELICANS OR THE SUNS THAT’S GOING TO BE A HELL OF A SERIES OKAY. >> BUT I WANT TO GET THE

THREE JUGGERNAUTS OUT OF THE WAY. >> NO NO THE JUGGERNAUTS AT THE TOP. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS. LOOK >> AND A BILL CAN TAKE OVER A GAME. ALL THEY NEED IS TWO GOOD TWO GOOD GAMES OUT OF. THAT’S WHAT HE’S SAYING. >> HE’S SAYING THAT’S WHAT.

>> HEY, THAT’S WHAT KATIE’S SAYING. IF YOU’RE THE 4, TAKE KEVIN DURANT OUT. >> I WANT TO GET HIS UP OUT THE PLAYOFFS. YOU WORRIED ABOUT HIM OVER THE JOKER? UH, THE FIRST ROUND? YEAH. >> NO, NO, I WANT THAT INFORMATION. >> WELL, NOT ME REST. >> I WANT TO REST BECAUSE I

WANT TO BE SOMEBODY AND KEEP IT MOVING. >> NO, NO, YOU DO NOT WANT THIS SMOKE. YOUNG FELLA. YEAH, THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. THAT’S SHAQ. >> OH, NUMBER TWO, I WAS JUST. >> YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY LOUD IN ERNIE’S EAR. >> COOL HAND. LUKA AND THE MAVS.

>> I DON’T CARE WHO WE PLAY. ALL

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