NBA on TNT crew previews Timberwolves vs Clippers | March 12, 2024

NBA on TNT crew previews Timberwolves vs Clippers | March 12, 2024

STRAIGHT ANTHONY EDWARDS HAD THE ONE GAME WITH THAT INCREDIBLE BLOCK AGAINST THE PACERS. NAZ REID HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL IN HIS ABSENCE. BUT WE KNOW THAT AT THE TOP OF THE STANDINGS FOR THE WEST, IF YOU WANT TO MOUTH AND PRETEND LIKE NO, NO, I’M JUST SMILING FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OUT THERE.

>> HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. >> YOU SMILING FOR THEM? >> YES WE ARE FIVE DAYS AGO. >> IT DOESN’T MATTER. YOU MISSED THE DAY. >> I TELL YOU WHAT. EVERY DAY IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. OKAY YOU SOUND LIKE LUCILLE PUNI PUNI. YES. I’M PUNY DOWN IN CECILIA, LOUISIANA. LOVE Y’ALL. I’M

SMILING FOR Y’ALL. THAT’S GREAT. >> LET’S PUT UP THE STANDINGS. >> CONTINUE. >> OKAY. WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS. IT’S WE’VE NOW HAVE THE TIMBERWOLVES SLIDING TO THIRD. AND WE KNOW IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS EVERY SPOT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU GO FROM PLAYING A PLAY IN TEAM TO THE PHOENIX SUNS.

WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW WITH THE WOLVES. >> IF THEY MATCH UP TODAY AND IT WAS THE WOLVES VERSUS SUNS WHO YOU GUYS GOT. >> WHO DO YOU GOT. SHAQ >> THAT’S THE QUESTION AGAIN IF THE SUNS SUNS IF THEY PLAY IN THE PLAYOFFS WHO I’M GOING WITH THE WOLVES. HE’S

GOING WITH THE WOLVES ANTHONY EDWARDS IS A DOG. YOU WOULDN’T BET I WOULDN’T BET OH I BET I BET YOU ANOTHER MILLION SHAQ MILLION NO NOT NO SHAQ MILLION I WANT THE REAL MILLION I DEAL BETTER. THAT’S BETTER STARBUCKS SHAQ. >> SO YOUR POINT THERE WAS YOU WOULD TAKE THE SUNS I

WOULD TAKE THE SUNS. >> THEY HAVE THREE CLOSERS. THEY HAVE THE THIRD GUY RIGHT NOW IS BRADLEY BEAL. AND HE UNDERSTANDS HOW TO PLAY OFF THOSE TWO ROYCE O’NEALE IS A SNEAKY PICKUP BECAUSE HE CAN ACTUALLY PLAY SOME POINT GUARD. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY TO ORGANIZE THEIR OFFENSE. THE

LEVEL OF DURANT AND BOOKER PLAYING THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE PLAYOFFS. THEY WOULD BE A TOUGH TOUGH, TOUGH GROUP TO GET OUT FROM A MINNESOTA PERSPECTIVE. >> CANDACE, WHEN YOU LOSE KAT AND NOW IT’S SEEMINGLY ALL ON ANT AND HE JUST SAID HE’S BALLING RIGHT NOW. WE

SAW HIM TEAM USA WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT AN AS A NUMBER ONE IN THIS NEXT MONTH? >> I THINK ANT HAS BEEN A NUMBER ONE. HE HE GREW UP LAST YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS WHEN KAT FOULED OUT AND ANT TOOK OVER. AND I THINK THAT’S WHEN EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT ANT MAN WHO

I’M ROCKING HIS SHOES TONIGHT FOR A REASON. YOU ARE IS THE NUMBER ONE OPTION. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS WE’RE TALKING ABOUT OFFENSIVELY. YES KAT IS SHOOTING CRAZY FROM BEYOND THE ARC CAREER NUMBERS. BUT DEFENSIVELY IS WHERE THE TIMBERWOLVES HAVE HUNG THEIR HAT ON RIGHT. LIKE DEFENSIVELY IS THEY LOCK UP.

THEY PLAY MAN TO MAN. THEY ALL GUARD THEIR OWN. THEY FUNNEL TO THE TO THE TO RUDY WHO’S HAVING AN OUTSTANDING SEASON DEFENSIVELY. SO I THINK ALMOST OFFENSIVELY SHAQ DON’T PLAY GAMES OFFENSIVELY. THEY’RE BETTER WITH KAT IN THE LINEUP. BUT DEFENSIVELY I THINK THEY CAN HOLD IT DOWN AND THAT’S

WHERE THEY HANG THEIR HAT. SO I DON’T KNOW. I THINK THAT THEY ARE A BUILT FOR THE PLAYOFFS TEAM WHEN THE GAME DOES SLOW DOWN. >> I LIKE ANT BECAUSE HE HAS THAT LOOK. HE WANTS IT. HE WANTS ALL THE SMOKE. HE WANTS TO BE THE BEST PLAYER. YOU KNOW, THEY’RE COMPARING

HIM TO MICHAEL JORDAN. I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THOSE COMPARISONS. YOU AGREE WITH WHAT THE COMPARISON THAT HE’S GOING TO BE THE NEXT MICHAEL. >> OH GOD HERE WE GO. >> JAMAL’S VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT CAN WE STOP DOING THIS WITH MJ? >> LISTEN, MICHAEL JORDAN

ISH. I DIDN’T SAY THE NEXT MICHAEL JORDAN. I SAID HE DOES. >> WELL, SAY, SAY, CAN YOU SAY HE. >> HE KIND OF MOVES LIKE MIKE. >> THANK YOU. HE MOVES LIKE J.R. RIDER UPDATED. >> NO. >> WOW J.R. RIDER J.R. SLAM DUNK. EAST BAY FUNK DAY’RON RIDER DENYING THAT.

>> BUT I THINK ANYWAY, LIKE MIKE, I LIKE HIM. >> HE WANTS ALL THE SMOKE. THIS ERA IS CRAZY. HE IS THE NUMBER ONE GUY. YOU KNOW DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AND PHOENIX IS THAT WHEN YOU PLAY AT MINNESOTA EVERYBODY KNOWS THEIR ROLE. LOOK AT HIS BLOCK SHAQ YEAH THAT’S A

GREAT BLOCK RIGHT THERE. SO YOU KNOW JORDAN THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN A RHYTHM. THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH PHOENIX IS ONE GUY DO IT ANOTHER GUY DO IT BADLY. YOU DO IT LIKE SOMETIMES THEY DON’T REALLY HAVE A RHYTHM. YES THEY MAKE A LOT OF SHOTS. BUT CAN THEY

MAKE THOSE HEROIC SHOTS IN PLAYOFF STYLE BASKETBALL? RIGHT NOW WE KNOW. AND AS A GUY GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP. RUDY DOES WHAT HE DOES ON DEFENSE. THEY HAVE A RHYTHM. THEY’RE PLAYING VERY WELL. THAT’S WHY I PICKED MINNESOTA THE OTHER SIDE. >> DENVER HAS BEEN THE TEAM

ALL YEAR LONG WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO BE THE CREAM OF THE CROP. I’M GOING TO CATCH YOU AGAIN. BUT THE CLIPPERS WERE THE TEAM FOR ABOUT A MONTH WHERE IT WAS OH. THEY’RE FIGURING IT ALL OUT. THERE WERE 26 AND FIVE FROM ABOUT DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY, SEVEN AND SEVEN IN THEIR LAST 14.

AND THE LAST FIVE WITHOUT RUSSELL WESTBROOK. IT’S KIND OF BEEN AN ISSUE. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO WATCH THIS TEAM WITHOUT WESTBROOK? THAT ENGINE OFF THE BENCH. >> THAT’S IT. THE ENGINE AND CANDACE’S POINT. SHE SAID WELL HE’S KIND OF GETTING NORMAN POWELL SHOTS. THEY’RE GOING TO NEED NORMAN POWELL

TO BE AGGRESSIVE. BUT HE’S THEIR EMOTIONAL LEADER. HE’S THEIR TOUGHNESS LEADER PAUL KAWHI AND JAMES HARDEN LIKE QUIETLY THEY LEAD BY EXAMPLE RUSS IS THAT GUY. THAT’S THE DOG. HE’S GOING TO BE LOUD. HE’S BIGGER THAN HIS POINTS. LIKE HE’S BETTER THAN HIS ACTUAL STATS. AND HE HAS RESPECT TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO THEY’RE GOING TO MISS RUSS UNTIL THEY GET BACK. THEY GOT TO HOLD IT DOWN. BUT THEY’RE 26 AND FIVE. THOSE 31 GAMES. THEY GOT THEM BACK IN THE HUNT. SO THAT’S WHO YOU NEED TO HOLD ON TO. >> WE’VE ALL BEEN THROUGH THIS. WHEN YOU’RE A GOOD PLAYER AND YOU HAVE NOT

GOTTEN IT DONE, THAT’S THE ONLY QUESTION THAT REMAINS. SO LISTEN THAT GREAT PLAYERS ON THE CLIPPERS. BUT THEY HAVE NOT GOT IT DONE. >> CAN THE CLIPPERS HAVEN’T GOTTEN IT DONE. >> THE CLIPPERS PLAYERS ON THE CLIPPERS HAVE GOTTEN THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN KAWHI WUN KAWHI’S GOT TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> YOU SAID PLAYERS. THAT’S ONE GUY. >> BUT YOU SAID YOU SAID PLAYER THOUGH SAYS HE’S THE BEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM OKAY. >> THAT’S ONE GUY EXCLUDING KAWHI. >> WHO ELSE. BUT LET’S TAKE YOU OFF THE LAKERS OKAY. EXCLUDING SHAQUILLE O’NEAL OFF THE LEAGUE. >> SHAQ NO I’M SAYING WHO

ELSE GOT IT DONE PAUL GEORGE AND NEVER GET IT DONE JAMES I’M NOT DENYING IT. >> YOU JUST SAID THAT THEY HAVEN’T GOTTEN IT DONE. >> WELL THEY AS A TEAM OKAY. THE CLIPPERS IF THEY ARE GOING TO GET IT DONE. >> WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS OFFENSE THAT GETS THEM TO A

CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL. >> WELL THEY RUN THE ISO PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP FIVE IN THE LEAGUE, BUT WITH JAMES HARDEN ON THE TEAM THEY’VE OBVIOUSLY SWITCHED TO MORE PICK AND ROLL AND NOT STEREOTYPICAL. WHERE A BIG RUNS UP, THEY PUT THE BIG IN THE SHORT, SHORT ROLL. THEY SEEK OUT MATCHUPS

IN JAMES HARDEN. ANY TIME THE BALL TOUCHES THE PAINT, IT’S PAINT TO GREAT RIGHT. SO YOU THINK RIGHT HERE BOOM HIGH HIGH LOW TO THE BIG AND THEN AGAIN JAMES HARDEN GETTING DOWNHILL. KAWHI PAUL GEORGE. THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN SHOTS. BUT THEY DON’T GET TO THE PAINT AND REALLY

COLLAPSE THE DEFENSE LIKE JAMES HARDEN FINDING PG 13 ON THE MONEY. AND THEN AGAIN RIGHT HERE. THIS IS SOME FLUFF ACTION DOWN SCREEN JAMES HARDEN BACK TO THE PICK AND ROLL ROLL. PLUMLEE ROLLS KAWHI SHOOTING 40% FROM BEYOND THE ARC. PASS TO MAN WHO WAS ABLE TO KNOCK

DOWN THE JUMP SHOT I THINK THEY’RE A BALL MOVEMENT WHEN THEY WERE WINNING GAMES. AND THEN IF YOU TRY TO JUMP RIGHT CELTICS WANT TO KEEP A LITTLE A LITTLE RIGHT. BIG BIG SCREEN. YOU HAVE SHOOTERS THAT ARE ABLE TO KNOCK DOWN SHOTS. AND SO I THINK THE CLIPPERS IF

THEY’RE ABLE TO GET BACK TO THAT AND JAMES HARDEN IS ABLE TO GET BACK TO ATTACKING THE PAINT I THINK THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. >> YOU SAY NO SHAQ. >> WHY WHY ARE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD. >> IT’S ONE WORD ADAM CONSISTENCY. YOU CAN’T YOU CAN’T DISAPPEAR IN PLAYOFFS.

ME YOU AND JAMAL HAD THIS LET ME FINISH. BUT ME YOU AND JAMAL HAD THIS CONVERSATION TODAY I DON’T LET’S JUST SAY PAUL GEORGE IS AVERAGING 25 AND THEY SEE 25 AND ABOVE EVERY GAME, NOT 2516, 18. SO THE WORD I’M LOOKING FOR IS CONSISTENT. IF ALL THREE GUYS CAN BE

CONSISTENT I LIKE THE CLIPPERS, BUT THEY’VE SHOWN THE PLAYERS WHAT THEY DO THIS AND THAT’S NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE OKAY. >> BUT THE ROLE THAT JAMES HARDEN IS PLAYING ON THIS TEAM IS DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE OTHER ROLES HE’S PLAYED ON EVERY OTHER PLAYOFF CONTENTION TEAM, AND THAT’S

NOW THEY DEPEND ON HIM TO FACILITATE THAT. >> HE’S GOING TO NEED TO SCORE CANDACE AND HE’S GOING TO NEED IT. >> YEAH, BUT HE CAN MIX IT UP. >> I’M SAYING THE SCORING LOAD ISN’T ON HIM IN PHILLY. >> HE COULD HE NEED TO BE 25.12 ASSIST JAMES.

>> YES HE DID HERE HE CAN BE 15.13 ASSIST JAMES HARDEN HIS IQ IS GOING TO ALWAYS KEEP HIM IN THE GAME. >> HE DOESN’T HAVE THE PRESSURE TO BE THE SECOND GUY. WHEN YOU HAVE KAWHI AND PG THERE. >> AND YOU GOT NORMAN POWELL AND NORMAN POWELL AND WESTBROOK COULD BE HEALTHY.

>> THE REASON THAT I THINK GET OTHER SHOTS THEY DON’T THEY DON’T GET SHOTS. >> THEY GET SHUT ON THE CLIPPERS BANDWAGON. >> OF THE 63 GAMES THEY GOT OTHER SHOTS PG AND KAWHI HAVE PLAYED 57. >> THERE HAS BEEN CONSISTENCY. >> THIS CONSISTS OF AVAILABILITY. >> WHETHER OR NOT THEY TURN

IN THE PLAYOFFS. WE WILL FIND THEY HAVE A BIG THREE. >> THE BIG THREE GOT TO BE CONSISTENT. NO UPS AND DOWNS OUT OF THE BIG THREE. >> WE HAVE A TWEET. WHAT’S UP WITH SHAQ’S 5:00 SHADOW ON HIS HEAD. HIS PERSONAL BARBER IS SLACKING. HE SURE IS. >> COME OVER HERE LAUREN.

>> OH DID YOU JUST BREAK THE CHAIR? SHAQ

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