Chuck Sounds Off on Wolves First Half vs Mavs in Game 5 😬

Chuck Sounds Off on Wolves First Half vs Mavs in Game 5 😬

[Music] the American Express halftime report live from the 2024 NBA Western Conference Finals is brought to you by the powerful backing of American Express the Dallas Mavericks came here to Minneapolis in search of a birth in the NBA finals in game five and they have opened up a serious can here at Target Center can of what Ernest and a whoopass 69 48 man alive uh welcome American Express halftime report O’Neal is here Kenny The Jet Smith Charles Barkley you said you smelled a blowout coming but this wasn’t the kind you thought was coming yeah a couple things uh number one you know I saw these other guys on other networks talking about the all the adjustments the wolves made against Luc and Kyrie yeah adjust that but also it seems to me that the the Wolves were content not to get swept they were like we didn’t get swept they were satisfied they which is not what you thought was going to be the case you said this place going to be off the charts and they’re going to run them out of the building they have never given them anything to get excited about Luca came out and put his foot on their neck right FR I’m I’m totally and I think uh Kevin just said that was so no Stan Van gun excuse me I was so disappointed in the way the Ws played the first half they were content not to get swept and they do not want to go back down to Dallas that was one of the more disappointing halves of basketball I’ve seen in a long time embarrassing the word that Stan Van Gundy used here your American Express teammates in the first half um I mean it starts this way Luca outscored Minnesota in the first quarter by himself and then he and Kyrie have outscored the Timberwolves as a duo in the first half series low first half for Minnesota series High first half in fact a postseason High For This postseason for Dallas with 69 points so uh Luca came out with a message did he not yeah I was once that guy but I played with four guys mmud Abdul Penny Dade and Kobe Bryant and games like this they would say give me the ball and follow me move out the way he came out listen this is what superstars do Ernie on a road at home we need this game we let one slip away I had a bad game I’m coming out to let the world know hey I’m the best player in the league and look like you said ear he outscored the Minnesota Tim boyss by itself in the first quarter but this is what superstars do I grew up watching Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley and Keem elijan and David Robinson and Magic Johnson and Isaiah Thomas this is what superstars do in in big moments and that first half Luca said follow me Mavericks yeah Luca took it on himself after game four too said I didn’t have the energy I didn’t lead us the way we should and he’s taken care of that here in game five well you asked me before the game what I said if anyone you you have to trust Luca and I thought he could have a big game tonight but it’s also about strategy because yes as good as Luca is you cannot let him play one-on-one Rudy doesn’t hold a screen there and now he’s already the flamethrower he’s already kind of moving in the direction of being Ultra aggressive freeze it here there’s no help you don’t have you have eyes on Luca but look at the body language they’re not coming to help so if you’re a superstar a great scorer you understand that all you have to do is get your space so to me the strategy changed and I said before the game Luca walks into the gym and says I know what I’m looking for if I’m going to be great Kyrie walks in the gym and says I know what I’m looking for if I’m going to be raped great Anthony Anderson is learning I mean Anthony Edwards is learning and then also now and you hear those other guys talking all the adjustments that M well they didn’t the adjustment that they didn’t make they didn’t double these guys they let the best one-on-one players play one-on-one in the first but I was just laughing I was just laughing watching I’m like didn’t make no adjustments please stop but I got to I got to say this that was embarrassing I’m embarrassed with these Minnesota fans you go down there and you win that game don’t get swept these people think like uhoh we might have a series and like I say I told you I’d be shocked if the MS won this game I’m way past shocked the way they’re winning the game I play with no sense of desperation no sense of desperation and they have packed it in right now Ernie you as a player kenon Shack know when you when it’s an elimination game you’re flying all over the place the MS are flying all over the place like like they’re trying to get this thing over uh I I am kind of I I’m at a loss of words how bad Minnesota looked that first half by the way the largest halftime deficit ever overcome by a team facing elimination uh in the shot clock Era 16 by the Nuggets uh in 2020 that was in the bubble against the Clippers when they came back but this is a 29-point game and Luca and Kyrie who combined for 44 in game four in that loss have combined for 44 in the first half I was with you though CH that’s okay brother I thought this play I cannot wait never had a body like that that ain’t Charles that look just like me brother that Ain Charles that’ll be me tomorrow on the beach what those hands in the water that’s about anything that looks like yours oh

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