NBA Today FULL| Hawks stun Celtics, Lakers vs Bucks, Rockets will knock Warriors out of the Play-In

NBA Today FULL| Hawks stun Celtics, Lakers vs Bucks, Rockets will knock Warriors out of the Play-In

Welcome to NBA Today presented by Levis Kendrick Perkins is beaming in from htown Brian wior is here the one and only cha gum I’m Malika Andrews last night’s slate it had 11 games but two of them they were pretty stunning losses I think it’s hard to overstate just how

Much of a mammoth loss Phoenix had at the hands of the Victor San Antonio Spurs was it their worst loss of the Season here Brian it might be one of the worst losses in the NBA this season oh all right we’re going to get to all of

That but Phoenix has lost to San Antonio three times already only 19% of the Spurs wins this year yeah 19% of the Spurs wins coming it’s done so maybe that wasn’t so shocking but today what happened to the Celtics last night in I mean that was a stunner so the first

Seated Celtics taking on the 10th seated Hawks the Celtics get up to a huge lead in this yeah little conversation here with the the referees going back and forth the third quarter though a few minutes into the third the Hawks all of a sudden to give the Celtics back the

Lead here in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter but would it be quite enough well brutal loss I mean it’s tough you want wi every game we play you know for us we never like people think we never should lose um and you know we was up a lot and we

Kind of we [ __ ] the game up um and we we know that we all adults and the professionals and we know we didn’t do the things necessary to win uh and I think that’s sometimes easier to fix when you know if you do the right things

And play the right way how we supposed to we know usually what the outcome is going to be okay so here’s the deal the Celtics over up really big and then they gave it all away the 30o blown lead is the largest for the team in the play-by-play

Era which in case you didn’t know goes back nearly 30 Seasons this is also the second loss of this magnitude for the Celtics this month alone they gave up a lead of 22 in the fourth remember to the Cavalier years that was on March 5th those are their two largest blown leads

For the Celtics all season long clearly teams don’t just go up 30 and lose right since tracking began teams that were down by 30 were five and 2,66 that means they came back less than 1% of the time 0.002% of the time Kendrick Perkins any

Team can lose on any given night it is just one game I’m not trying to overblow that but this isn’t a team that’s judged by what they do on March 2 they’re judged by what they do in April in May in June all of that considered how concerning is this loss for

You well number one let me say Wendy I’m glad you pointed out Joe Missoula with his timeouts because this has been a habit for him you know going home and watching a movie eating popcorn with two timeouts he’s been taking them home for since he’s been the the head coaching

Has been mindboggling to me number two right my high school coach used to always say before I used to go on my a trips hey perk before you step on the floor you never know who’s watching and why do I say that because we’re in that

Time of the year right now where you never know who’s watching NBA Scouts are all over the stands because teams are gearing up for the postseason and if you’re a scout that may have to face for a team that may have to face the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference at the

Top of your list in The Scouting Report you’re writing vulnerable they are very vulnerable and they shouldn’t be at this point team should say you know what I don’t know how we could stop them you look at the Denver Nuggets a team that the Celtics should use as a measuring

Stick they’re not vulnerable they’re going to win games teams don’t know how to stop them and so when you look at this recipe and they continue to shoot these threes the ball continue to get stagered and especially when they’re in close games this is a habit and teams

Was looking at them and saying you know what if we do those things we actually could beat them and they do not fear the Boston Celtics you know perk I’m going to bring it back to you here because on paper the Boston Celtics look at all those Miss threes right there on paper

The Boston Celtics are flawless right they have two young stars that are all stars they have an exactor in porzingis that has helped them improve they brought in some more defense and Leadership from Championship pedigree with Drew holiday but the biggest hole that they’re missing is not on paper

It’s who’s their dog who’s going to hold them accountable and I think that’s why you’re you’re highlighting okay coaches are supposed to hold you accountable but also help you win games that lack of time out to change the TR trajectory of what you’re running towards the end

We’ve been talking about it all year long why is it not addressed all right that’s one but also if the coach is not going to address it or maybe he has his own plan on the floor who’s going to hold you accountable we just listened to Jason Tatum who was just very calm

Collected he’s not a high energy guy based off of you know how we see him interact he’s not going to get up in your face dalen Brown is a little bit of the same way he’s cool right these guys compete at high levels but you sort of

Need that one person who used to be Markus smart that used to get in the front of everyone’s face and say like this is the game plan but y’all we need to deviate and get this win like that is what they’re missing that’s what perk has always alluded to all year long who

Is their dog because they’re going to need someone to pick them up because sometimes your best players can’t get out too uh you know too emotional right so it has to be someone else that that helps them up all right two things real quick one Derek white and Drew holiday

Their point guards were out in this game yep so I’m not going to freak out about this individual loss secondly there have been a bunch of games this year with the Celtics where they’ve had a big lead and they’ve put the game away they have a

Great record for a reason and there’s a lot of games where Joe Missoula didn’t need those timeouts but the problem is is that there are times where this team allows this to happen and they don’t have a recourse offensively and they fall into those bad habits and I know

That if you’re Celtics fan you’re watching this game it’s not like that you’re super worried about losing to the Hawks on March whatever you’re also thinking about losing to the Cavs last month where you blew that 22-point lead and that what happens is is that because Boston does that they’re going to get

Into a playoff situation and I’ve seen this repeatedly with this group and I know perk has two over the last couple years where there’s a playoff game that they should win and they have the better team and they have a better situation and they don’t win it because this is

What this team does they fall into 77 games series which should be five or six and they’ve let themselves get put out of position and this is why because they have this habit at the end of the game where they allow the other team who shouldn’t be in it to have an

Opportunity to beat them yeah and they can’t deviate from their natural plan of look look at the assists right there 17 in the first half third quarter we go ISO and then they also really struggle fourth quarter against isolation plays that they initiate but more importantly

Like I’m not trying to overreact I think just having someone that holds them accountable will help them in the malays of an 82 Game season but overall this is the number one overall seed in the NBA and I think they have a six or five or

Six game lead on the Nuggets to are number one the West they know that they pretty much locked this up they know that it’s a tough Jo moua has started nine different lineups last 10 games he’s messed around a little bit but that doesn’t change the fact that they have

These bad habits which I know I know are going to come back at the worst time well and until they win it all the doubt is going to creep in even even after games like this right perk we’re going to get back to this in a little bit but

I do want to shift to a developing story the NBA Raptor forward jont Porter is under investigation by the NBA following multiple instances of betting a regularities over the past several months that’s what sources told ESPN’s David perum Brian wior and Adrien wowski now Porter who is the brother of course

Of nuggets Michael Porter Jr missed the last two games due to what was cited as personal reasons here so the two games that were in question are on January 26th and on March 20th on both dates there was increased betting interest on the under for Porter props so Porter

Played just four minutes in the game against the Clippers before leaving with an eye injury and just three minutes before exiting and with an illness against the Sacramento Kings and according to draftking sports book Porters unders they were the two biggest money winners for any player props on

Both of those dates so Brian you were on the Forefront of this reporting but for some there’s sort of a sense of inevitability that a situation like this could Arise at some point how much concern is there around the league right that this could be a worrisome Trend

That we’re seeing well I think the league is going to investigate right now to find out whether it something was a trend or if it’s a one-off situation um I think a couple of important things one there’s no accusation that jont Porter actually made a bet himself correct this

Is an investigation of suspicious activity around the situation that’s number one the second thing is um and and obviously with the increased focus on betting that that there there was this worry the sports books involved flagged this caught it you know the first time I think it was like something

Strange happened there and then when it happened the second time within 48 Hours it was flagged and he was deactivated he was deactivated on Saturday’s game he was already deactivated for last night’s game when this report came out um so the system you could argue kind of the

Integrity system kind of worked and caught this as a flag but of course the issue is is there something that’s not being caught will this be something that happens in the future and I think what the the thing is is that the NBA is just going to have to continue to look at

Ways to improve their policy one how they allow prop bets to be made for one none injury reporting because injury reporting even though the NBA has improved it there’s still some holes in injury reporting but one of the reasons why this was an issue was even though he

Had had an eye injury that previous week he was not on the injury report with an eye injury right even as available to play he was not on the injury report with an illness I was the illness could have happened at that moment but there was no so any warning to betters that

This would happen so it was truly appeared to be information that maybe was or an event that was maybe had somebody had inside information for of course this is a situation that we will continue to monitor it comes on the heels of JB bicker staff saying that he

Has gotten phone calls to his home with betters saying that he did not cover a spread and being very angry about that it comes on the heels of Tyrese Halbert and saying that he does not want to just show up for fans to yell at him about

Not making their prop bets so certainly this is something the NBA is going to have to continue to contend with and we will cover it as it comes up coming up we have a lot to get to on our show the West has been wild all year long but

Since Cowboy Carter comes out this week we’re really diving in right now because things aren’t slowing down as we approach the final stretch of the Season here right the race that may have the most twists the most turns is the one to stay out of the playin tournament right

Entering last night the Suns just a half game set separated them from both the Kings and the Dallas Mavericks so each and every game it counts for all teams but maybe none more than the big three out in Arizona so starting tomorrow’s Clash against the defending champs on

ESPN every single team remaining on the sun schedule is against a team with a better record than Phoenix it is an absolutely brutal stretch all of their opponents they currently top six seeds and would be in the playoffs if they started today but take a look at this

The Mavs the Kings they both are taking care of business last night so it was even more imperative right the Kevin duranton company capitalized on the cool 78% chance they had to win according to ESPN analytics against the San Antonio Spurs who by the way were without Victor

Wanyama it should be easy right well uh let’s show you what happened Kevin Durant and Company in San Antonio no Victor nice jacket though we’re going to pick this one up in the fourth quarter chenet Deon vasel elevates extends do not sleep on that man Devon vasel but

One thing about the Sons Kevin Durant he has been on one since Allstar he’s been upping his field goals he’s knocking it down but he needed help Malika he needed more help to your point he had 29 Points eight rebounds six assists but still the suns were down Devon Booker getting

Crafty gets that one to go Brian how do they have 97 points with two minutes left in the game with that offense how well dein Booker looks to add to it there and all of a sudden the Suns take a lead in the final seconds here though

Of the fourth quarter for three soam yes that one’s good Chan so now letting him know are you not entertained San Antonio on its feet Devin Booker trying to cook this is the guy you want to take the shot oh and it rolls around but doesn’t

Go down that could have gone this one too looking Devin Booker another chance and can’t quite get it to go here’s head coach Frank vogle after arguably the sun’s worst loss of the Season yeah it’s just it’s unacceptable to lose that game you know for our guys you know we all

Said the right things we all uh did the right preparation to come in but we didn’t play with the necessary focus and disposition shouldn’t lose that game especially after how we beat him last game you got to start the game Gottis fion down like two points to start the

Game more so we got to be better and I think everybody’s feeling the pressure of in season you just control what you can control so the suns were outscored yet again again in the fourth quarter that continues on their final frame wo here just look at those numbers Phoenix is

The worst team in the league this season in the fourth quarter they’ve been outscored by more points than any other team for perspective over the last two seasons only the Spurs prei were outscored by Moore in the fourth quarter which is pretty astonishing perk how alarming was this loss here for the

Suns it it’s very Al alarming number one right this son’s team is not going to be good until they like consistently involve Bradley Bill last night he had 11 shots that’s not enough they did not trade for Bradley Bill to be taking 11 shots anybody heard from Kevin Durant

Lately since he went on that little cute adorable postgame interview talking about you know dropping the word leadership and leader eight or nine times because if you have a leader then you don’t lose a game like that against the San Antonio Spurs without Victor wi biama matter of fact before you take off

And land in San Antonio that message is being sung all throughout the locker room on the team playe hey man get y’all Minds right when you get to the arena you supposed to have the the focus there to say you know what we got to go out

Here and handle business and get this win that we supposed to win and they didn’t do that so they could come out and they could talk about oh we had the right preparation this is unacceptable we only can control what we can control what you know what you can control is

Not is stopping Sohan from having a awesome night probably the best game of his season you know what else you could could control sharing the damn basketball sharing the damn basketball getting others involved it’s not just the KD and Devin Booker show you have to get others involved especially Bradley

Bill I’m right there with you perk with the exception of the Kevin Durant slander a little bit saying that oh he has to be the leader that gets everyone involved what more can Kevin Durant do he’s 35 years old he’s averaging 27 he’s being more aggressive the second half of

The season this is a guy that is a two-time NBA champion a two-time Finals MVP who’s trying to be the most consistent he can be like a couple years ago this is a guy who tour his Achilles and now is back at Peak form so like okay I understand leadership it takes

Everyone not just KD not just Devon Booker who by the way on that starting five outside of those two the rest of the starting five only combined for 21 points Beal is integral and I keep saying that Beal missing this you uh incoming season being able to practice

With the guys that has been crucial because now he’s trying to learn learn this offense learn how to play with those two guys on the Fly more importantly I’m looking at this loss as they have the hardest Road moving forward uh not too long ago they were in

The playoffs now they’re in the play in this loss made me feel old because right now we’re looking at a play I know perk we’re looking at a play that has LeBron James Steph Curry and now Kevin Durant I’m like what’s going on with our gen

Our my I mean you and I no offense Wendy all together she said it she said it somebody just had a birthday last week you just got older but here’s the thing you mentioned it’s not just the hardest remaining schedule in the League this year right perk they have the hardest

Final 10 games of any team since the 201516 Memphis Grizzlies who that year had to play the 73 win Warriors twice and 67 win San Antonio Spurs twice in that stretch you know what they went in that stretch Chan one and nine they went one and nine I wonder are the Suns

Lining up for the same fate and what would the ramifications of this incredibly expensive team be if they do fall to you know what you know what it’s not about the schedule it’s about being 30th in the league and offense and being the worst fourth quarter team in the

League that’s what’s unacceptable and whatever happens to them at the end of this season will be a result of that of those failures not just a single game in this run when you put it like that sure Phoenix Suns they have look we on their plate over these next couple

Road trip tonight in Milwaukee remember this is the first time they played outside of the State of California since February 25th and every single game is all too important for Los Angeles in this race for the playin now welcoming in our reporter covering the Lakers Dave McManaman who is live from Milwaukee

Dave the Lakers they start that six-game Ro trip tonight against Giannis in the bucks but LeBron is listed as out tonight so what more can you tell us about his injury and his status here moving forward Le I saw LeBron at the Lakers morning shoot around today and his

Longtime athletic trainer Mike Manus was working on him and it was in relatively good spirits I asked him hey are we going to see you tomorrow against Memphis Grizzlies because they play second night of a back toback to start this road trip he said nope I’m out for

The rest of the season he was joking which tells me he’s in decent Spirits this is something he’s been dealing with now for months now now th this left ankle of his he dealt with it around the All-Star break went to get treatment prior to the All-Star Game and got

Treatment after the All-Star Game and has mostly been on the court but they’re trying to look at this final stretch of 11 games as they want him to be as available as possible that means sacrificing one game when you consider also the fact that this is the first

Season since LeBron played for the Heat in 2012 2013 that his team has a winning record without him this was The Prudent decision to hold him out tonight Dave you should have seen my eyebrows shoot up before you dropped the line that LeBron was joking when he said that it

Was going to be for the season but you’re right the Los Angeles Lakers they have experienced some success even recently against the Milwaukee Bucks it did take an enormous game from D’Angelo Russell in order to win that game and it was home here in Los Angeles but how is

This team preparing to face Giannis and the Bucks tonight since LeBron will be out for this one oh yeah certainly good of you Malika to mention that big game from D’Angelo Russell and Spencer dwy who filled in for D’Angelo Russell on Sunday against the Pacers with Russell out with a

Non-co illness had one of his biggest offensive games all year but when you spoke to him this morning at shoot round it wasn’t that I expect to go out and score 25 26 points again he said he remembered in that game in early March he was the screener setting up looks for

D’Angelo Russell the good part about this Lakers team is that they feel like they have enough continuity at this stage of the Season even without LeBron to be able to play different scenarios based on different opponents you you saw them playing a defensive style of the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on

Friday held the Sixers under 100 points and that was a track race on Sunday against the Indiana Pacers when the Lakers put up a season High 150 it’s probably going to take some combination of those two things against this Bucks team tonight and certainly you get a confidence Spencer didn’t what he ready

To step in for LeBron James in his absence Dave McManaman from Milwaukee thank you so very much the thing about NBA today though is that you don’t just get what you get on any other show you get the recipes for Success that your team may need so for more on that let’s

USS it over to Chan who is the key for the Lakers if they want to replicate what they did on March 8 what are they going to need to do against the buck Chan well the key is Anthony Davis who is fresh off of winning Western Conference player of the week but

Tonight he won’t have his guy by his side that hasn’t been a problem though for ad this season the brow is putting up over 28 points in games without LeBron James and here is how the he gets his buckets right here so let’s run the

Tape all right one thing I love about ad is that he can really go off of the dribble people forget he was a point guard in high school he’s going up against Brook Lopez they don’t send a double because this is a great defender and what does AD do he rocks him to

Sleep a little bit gets him with a heesy and nice little reverse layup so he’s able to create his own baskets but this right here is nasty it’s dirty again on an island Brook Lis he can really guard ad but watch this send the double why when he’s comfortable knocking down

Shots at this clip a turnaround mid-range fade away from the free throw line that guy is in his bag sorry my ifb fell off but we’re going to keep running with it now as for the bucks their Duo of dam and Giannis they have been growing chemistry throughout the season

But lately y’all they’ve been on another level now last time that they played the Lakers Dam Yannis each went for over 25 points and had 12 dimes a first of any teammates in a game like that in league history so that Synergy is growing and I

Love this pick and roll watch this right here Dame he attacks and these are the buckets that the Bucks need draw to Giannis not staying on the perimeter instead he gets him where Giannis can finish but next level again in this pick and roll here watch this Giannis quick

Dribble hand off no thinking what is Dame do he comes off knowing that guys are inside Dame has been shooting 42% from three since Allstar so yes ‘s hands are full because these two guys have been playing so well ever since All-Star break Malika J is our All-Star doing it

Even without an earpiece but your Rockets chanet get rolling as well they’re winning a current NBA High ninth game in a row after beating the Trailblazers 110 to 92 by the way that’s their longest win streak since November of 2019 we’ve been waiting sis they have the seventh toughest remaining schedule

CH only 11 games to go so let’s just take some quick inventory here of the playing race because look here they come the Rockets are a half game back at the golden Warriors so the race for the final playin spot it has really started to heat up here one

Thing to remember Houston needs to finish ahead of Golden State to earn that spot remember because the dubs they do have the tiebreaker so they cannot finish with the exact same record so with all of that as a backdrop it’s time now for setting the pick brought to you

By ESPN bet the official sports book of ESPN two teams who are currently in the playin tournament in the respective conferences square off tonight in the Golden State Warriors and the Miami Heat they match up for the second time this season season Golden State comes in losing their last two games but they

Haven’t lost three in a row since December so Kendrick Perkins starting with you who do you got in this all important game tonight I’m I’m going with the team that plays hard consistently the team that’s well coached a team that has Jimmy Butler the Miami Heat right after they

Got smacked down a couple games Ago by the Pelicans we saw them return to favor last game and look the one thing about the Heat they’ won wants to keep it going and what you called it uh Wendy the Miami flu is that the new term for

It the Miami flu yeah so I mean at the end of the day I don’t trust the Golden State Warriors I don’t think either none of us does on this panel but I’m going with the Miami Heat for tonight well speaking of the flu Jimmy Butler missed

Sho around this morning with an illness now the expectation is that he’s going to be able to go tonight but I want to see Jimmy Butler in the starting lineup before I’m going to make my pick so I’m just going to stand back what wait I’m

Going to wait for that list I’m going to wait for line I’m going to wait for the starting lineups I have until tip off so if Miami if Jimmy Butler who is listed as probable with a head semicolon illness non-co official diagnosis I’m not even sure what that is um you’re

Going with Miami if Jimmy plays probably okay wow as probable as Jimmy Butler is play regardless regardless I’m going with the Miami Heat and I’m I’m very concerned about the Warriors not only because my Rockets are hot on their backs right Jaylen green averaging 25 cents All Star break that

Was my only time to get the rockets in sorry guys but the reason why is because the Golden State war is they have played better lately and but they still have no solution for the Steph Curry on the uh bench minutes they don’t if you look at

The lineup of Steph giving you 31 kaminga giving you around 14 uh Draymond giving you 12 Klay giving you 16 on the bench we’d say oh that’s an automatic win they were close vers the T wolves but they still can’t figure out those big moments and so I’m going with the

Miami Heat because they have bam out of bio as well that’s the only only person that perk didn’t mention he gives you 15 and 16 in the last time out I mean at this time of year I just become a Believer if the Golden State Warriors

Lose this game mhm they have the exact same record as the Houston Rockets bring bring so we’re Dynasty that means Dynasty loading Dynasty loading that’s what we got and we here who you picking is the question download the ESPN BET app to get started new customers receive $100 in bonus bets

Once they their first sport then in and out does Monday was his 54th straight double double the longest streak by any player since the NBA ABA merderer that M passed the mark that Kevin Love set he had 53 straight that was back in 2011 and look who is here fresh off his

Record setting night Damonte sabonis is joining us thank you so much for taking a little bit of time and congratulations I want to start domas with last night right after you realized you broke the record you pointed out in the stands you blew a kiss to your wife to to your

Family how did it feel to share that moment with them uh it it was really cool you know it kind of worked out where uh the basket and the rebound happen at the same time and it was a out so I had a little moment there to um celebrate with

My family with my kids you know and uh make it more special it it’s pretty wild when you think of all the greats that came before you I think of Duncan I think of Kareem Moses sha your streak of double doubles lasts longer than all of

Them what does it mean to you to hear your name in that Hall of Fame company and and know you’ve even exceeded those records um you know it’s definitely an honor to be mentioned with all those guys like you said they’re all they’re all in the Hall of Fame they’re all

Legends you know Big Time centers and um just to go out there and uh be able to do my job for this team every day you know that’s why we play this game you know I love this game you don’t just lead the league in double doubles though

Right you lead the NBA in triple doubles as well no one has more combined rebounds and assists than you and you haven’t missed a game how many big men do you think are playing at your level or playing better than you are right now because you’re right up there at the top

I mean the the NBA is full of talent there’s a a whole bunch of uh talented NBA bigs you know that’s why it makes it so fun every night you go against a different team and uh it’s another future Hall of Famer so um that’s why I

Love playing you know and um it’s just it’s just what makes it more fun I promise we’re going to move on from it right after this question did your teammates do anything to celebrate you uh nothing we just came in they gave me the uh game ball you know um they all

Congratulated you know um that’s it pretty much oh I’m sure that’s also how you would have liked it all right we can move on now because you have a massive two game set right the Dallas Mavericks against them coming up it starts tonight I really appreciate you doing this on a

Game day how important is this final stretch for you in in the Western playoff race and picture here uh for sure we have 11 games left uh we know we’re fighting for that six fifth seed you know to not be in the playing and uh Dallas Dallas is right there with us you

Know so we can win win tonight get the tiebreaker and then we have another game against them so it kind of counts as two so we’re definitely locked in you guys got a taste of the playoffs as a group last year what did that leave you feeling that you want to prove and

Achieve this season uh we definitely had a lot of fun in that series and um we we want to go more we want to go higher we want to advance and um it all starts with today you know putting us in the right position uh to get a right seat and then

Uh get ready for the playoffs domas thank you so much for spending a little time with us we appreciate it good luck tonight and go a thank you thank you appreciate well sabonis didn’t set the only record in the NBA last night so let’s play a little chop it or drop it

With some other action around the association we’re going to start in New York because the Knicks they rolled the Pistons man 12499 thanks to Dante D venzo who scored a career-high 40 points set the Knicks single game record for the most three-pointers made with 11 but

It was what was said after the game that raised a couple of eyebrows here was Pistons coach Monty Williams after the game but first um I mean if Jaylen passed the ball more I could have had probably 15 of them tonight but nah everybody was unselfish everybody was

Playing for one another and it was a fun game to be a part of I don’t care about their team at all it could I could care less um those guys uh the way they got those threes I don’t want to be a part of that

Story he do want to be a part of this St sure guys that [ __ ] better say we got a guy that’s hot we’re going to try to find a guy that’s hot I mean that’s it’s common sense of basketball okay pause Mii was clearly upset with the Knicks running up the

Score at the end Josh Hart kind of had the perfect response though so uh perk chop it or drop it oh we got to chop it I got to chop money Chop Chop Monty Williams up for a second first of all you should want to

Be a part of the Nick story because they actually win it nobody wants to be a part of the Detroit Piston story right now you’re 12 and 60 you have the worst record in the NBA you can’t get mad at the Knicks because they’re doing their

Job this is not a local form league with some mercy room rule if you wanted to stop it you should have game planned or trapped them in and slowed him down look the Knicks did nothing wrong this is professional basketball we’re talking about grown men again Monty Williams is

Upset at the wrong person or the wrong team he should be upset with the individuals that he’s coaching in that locker room so Kendrick Perkins and Josh Hart clearly agree on this one enough said next up the Clippers they lost 133 to 116 to the Pacers last night who were

On the second night of a backtack by the way across the street they’re now 8 and 10 since the All-Star break they’ve Fallen to fifth in the Western Conference and let’s just say that head coach tyou he was not too happy about his team’s performance last night take a

Listen right now do we have an identity um I think yeah we’re soft that could be an identity if you want to call that like we got to be tougher like mentally and physically okay so for one one short day the Clippers got to first in the Western

Conference that was in early February since then they’re 10 and 12 and their defense has been absolutely awful Brian wior chop it or drop it oh we’re chopping it and we’re chopping a different spot in those standings when we look at the playin because guess who

Is in heavy reverse and we now have to look at the Clippers when it comes to the playin because guess what folks not only they in fifth they are two games out of seventh that’s playin Zone and they’re about to go on Eastern Conference road trip oo boy they’re

Fifth right now the Pelicans have their number so if they’re not incredibly careful Brian they could be looking at a firstr exit if they don’t figure this out quickly oh being a playin team in this season with where they’ve been with with what they’ve got on the line would

Be a disaster ending up playing the Lakers in a one- game playoff and the play in to get into the playoffs in their last game potentially in crypto would be a quadruple disaster well they are hoping to avoid quadruple disaster all right lastly here Caitlyn Clark and Iowa they kept their National

Championship hopes alive last night beating West Virginia 64 to 54 Clark LED all scores with 32 points but it was the free throw differential that caught a whole lot of people’s attentions West Virginia finished with five total free throws Iowa had 30 Damen Lillard took to social media had some

Thoughts on the officiating he said this I feel like West Virginia Women’s team getting did Bad by the referees so Chan chop it or drop it does dve have a point here oh we going to chop this because your girls working March Madness and this has been a thing now mind you Iowa

Caitlyn she did her thing too right 32 points I think eight rebounds six or so assists they won but the storyline of the tournament really has been being able to play at home helps you and then also being able to get to the free throw line which has helped Iowa and has

Helped LSU LSU actually has a plus 51 free throw jump differential in their first two games yes yes and this is a team that shoots the ball in Iowa right so like you think that how do they get these free throws it has been a little

Touch and go with the referee but still it is better I I I think people all know what what people are striving for but the at the end of the day Iowa made the big shots that matter the most they weren’t necessarily free throws they were actual shots but West Virginia does

Have a right to be mad the same way that Middle Tennessee state has a right to be mad as well all I know is the women’s tournament has so much fun to watch it’s where it’s at if you’re not watching you are is fully on they’re just one game

Ahead of the Houston Rockets right now but take a look at this they’re slate tonight besides the Warriors and heat we also have the Bucks and the Lakers the Thunder they’re in New Orleans to take on the Pelicans we have a battle for the sixth seed between the Mavs and the

Kings there is a whole lot going down and I know Kendrick has his popcorn but perk you know what time it is you remember when I walked in here today you remember what I told you with our MO is today we standing on business we standing on business we still

Standing on business Richie you not a part of this cuz damn it I’m standing on business even more bam all right perk you saw the games who needs to stand on business tonight uh the person that you just interviewed his team deont sabonis damn it they got

To stand on business tonight you got the Dallas marage coming in y’all battling for that six spot to stay in the postseason they coming into your crib or they going to take their shoes off at the door or they walking in with a muddy and they go dirty up your carpet damn it

Dear Fox got to show up and show out and match Luca and match Kyrie intensity I’m looking forward to seeing what Malik Buck is going to do Off the Bench you at the crib either you going to be light in the Bean or it’s going to be dark Sixth

Man of the Year candidate Malik monk who you looking at Brian after that performance in Milwaukee over the weekend the Thunder have got to come back and have a great performance tonight in New orans this is a potential first round matchup the way things are going got dominated inside in this game

You know Zion’s going to be hunting that Rim tonight yep go show that you can defend the interior you’re going to have to do that very soon this is a great opportunity to recover and send a message for what you’ve got as a team what are we talking about guys it’s the

Golden State Warriors clearly we’re talking about a team that things would be crazy if they don’t make the play in they’re on the brink of not even making the play in the Houston Rockets are hot perk where you from you from bont you should know this they won nine in a row

They’re right on their heels the State Warriors right now with a probable Jimmy Butler if they are you know in in the nicest ways gifted a game without their star they have to win to stay ahead of the Rockets this is it feels like every game at this point is must win go

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