Warriors CLEAR FAVORITES over Rockets? Most important player in Lakers-Timberwolves?! 🤨 | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Brian Windhorst join Molly Qerim to discuss upcoming NBA playoff series.
0:00 Should the Warriors be clear favorites over the Rockets?
4:57 A toss-up series?
6:54 Most important player in the Lakers-Timberwolves series?
11:44 MAD DOG IS MAD
14:42 Pistons restrict ticket sales
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45 Comments
Why does Stephen A like Udoka so much? I think Udoka’s a good coach and he’s done good things for the Rockets, but what has he done to earn so much praise from Stephen A? Taken Boston to the finals where they lost to a Warriors team where the second best player was Andrew Wiggins?
Sleeping on Dillon Brooks. He gonna get Draymond ejected at least in one game. Udoka in game 3 or 4 gonna be like, "Now, Dillon. Time to channel some 'Bad Boy' vibes. Play like Rodman and Bill Laimbeer is going to call you at home to tell you they proud. I'll cover your fines.".
Rockets don’t like the warriors as they speak for all of us here’s to watching Houston DISMANTLE Jeriatric Jimmy and floppin Steph curry
Skip seems different lately
Stephen A is incorrect about Bridges missed games. Yes he has 5 seasons of 82 games played. The other two seasons he didn’t wasn’t due to “legitimate injuries” as he stated, it was cuz the season was cut short due to Covid so he technically didn’t miss any games in his career thus far
I'ma say it!!!
Skip pissed
The real question is, How did molly get this job?? 😅 I just don’t get it
This looks like one of those different drugs effects
ROCKET IN 7 🔥
Gassing up Edwards too much
Rockets will win against warriors . With rockets defense, rebound and bigger guys they will win.
Mad Dog is right playing 6 second to keep a streak alive is weak
Sengun is better than Jimmy Butler
How does Amen Thompson compare to his brother? Is he vastly better?
I don’t want to hear he was gassed when you have a day off between games
bro they went against the memphis who fire their coach ja got injured & it takes 18 fts for jimmy 13 for steph for them to beat the memphis and somehow they are the favorites against the rockets lol
It needs to be Sunday already I’m tired of you warriors glazers flapping your meat lickers
You can tell they don’t watch rockets I love amen but he’s not our best player imo he still not a shooter which enables him from being a closer like the potential Jalen green has whose been the leading scorer all season we’re like 30-5when he scores more than 30
Thompson who? He be just like Brooks this series a target by Steph. Steph getting 1 point tired wont be the same in a 7 game series remember 2022 how he made a meme oncJa/Joker/Luka/Tatum 😊
I wish I knew the real story about komunga. What did he really do?
Anything EDWAAADS 😂
If Amen Thompson locks up Steph again like he did last time (1-for-10!), should we start talking about him as one of the best young defenders in the league already? Or was that a fluke?
Can we chill on the Ant to MJ comparison. Jordan won Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, 2 Slam Dunk titles, 3 1st Team All NBA selections, 2 NBA All-Defensive First Team, Steals Leader, 5 NBA All-Star selections, 2 NBA scoring titles and and 1 MVP in his 1st 5 seasons. Man stop it 🛑
I got Warriors in 5. They go split in Houston and I think they win both at home and go back to Houston and win on the road
This so stupid warriors are 7th seed and rockets are 2nd seed with Home court advantage. The rockets are the clear favorites and warriors are the underdogs . This take is ridiculous!
Windy sooo badly rooting for Timberwolves to beat Lakers. Mann.
I really hope the Wolves beat the lakers
Curry gonna torch Thompson this series. 😂
Love these odds, put down $50 on the rockets today
Has mad dog always talked like that? Maybe that’s why I’ve only seen him in clips whenever he’s yelling
Keeping Moly entertained and waking up Smith is HILARIOUS!!!😂😂 LOVE MADDOG!!!
Edwads
Whaaaat clearly the guy would play!!! Bridges did that because the team made him do that!!! Terrible take mad dog
I'm fervently hoping the Timberwolves defeat the Lakers. Mann.
This Mad Dog person is almost completely incoherent.
Molly looking good
Julius Randall has to average 25 a game
Probably should mention that the last loss against LeBron and Luka was not only without Ant after he got ejected in the 3rd period, but also missing 2 other starters in Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle. The other Luka, Luka Garza, got minutes that game lol. Let's not pretend that game is predictive of anything.
Cap can’t get I ticket as a Knicks fan from Conn…
Who is gonna play defense lakers got no defense 😂
I agree, this can be a 7 game series
This series is a revenge type for ime udoka. Losing to the warriors during the finals and even to butler when butler made the bubble finals.
luka going to drop 35-45 on MIN
If Podz ain’t dropping 20+, rockets win. Warriors scraped past grizzlies with Jimmy and Steph having 35+.
No one cares if west coast games are on late for the east coast mad dog. You want the games on earlier so you don't have to stay up in New York, while fans in San Fran won't be home until the game is almost over?