 with another wheel of 2k. The current record of our squad is 4 and 2. We've got Invincible T-Mac, Dark Matter LeBron, Galaxy Opal, Jaren Jackson. We've got our team captain Yao Ming. Our Steph Curry is one upgrade away from being the Galaxy Opal and one more from evolving him to Dark Matter. We've got Shea on the bench. We've got McKill Bridges on the bench, Chris Mullin on the bench, Carl Anthony Towns, and Amethyst Taco Fall. We've also got Playoffs Donovan Mitchell. So things aren't looking too bad. Now we've got two games in today's episode and if you take a look at the cheat sheet, I'll probably end up with seven, eight, or nine wins. That's what I'm thinking, but we'll see what happens. I can clean sweep. I could go ten and two. Now what I want to prioritize with my team right now is getting a new power forward. Jaren Jackson Jr. is horrible on offense. And yeah, I mean, he won defensive play of the year. I get that he's a defensive guy, but dude, I can't trust him to make a layup, whereas Yao is just a behemoth on both ends. So I'd like to get a better power forward, one that I could depend on offensively. Beyond that, though, I'm not too picky. All right. Our first spin for our first game were already more than halfway through season two, which is so crazy, but I'm excited. Our spin is an 80s, 90s jackpot. Okay. So whatever player we get here had to play between the 1980s and 1990s. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is honestly just on the latter end of this, but he did win his last MVP in 1980. So I'm going to go with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. All right. So the new starting five now has Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I like Kareem because he's seven-two, but he's kind of light at 225, whereas a guy like Yao is three-ten. So we'll see how that plays into it. It might make him a little faster. I really don't know how good this Kareem is, but I have a feeling he's going to be better than Jaren Jackson. So now Jaren Jackson's on the bench and Carl Anthony Towns is the center off the bench. So we now have depth. We have at least a Galaxy Opal at every single position, so that's amazing. I think we can ball out here. Let's see what Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can do. All right. Of course, our challenge wheel, which has actually been insanely clutched for us thus far, we already got a dark matter from it. Our challenge wheel. Oh boy. Dude, this one is tough and it's going to be extra tough this year, but it's around the world mid-range. You know, I don't know if you guys ever played this game. We played this game called Around the World where you'd have to hit shots all around the arc. Here's how Around the World works. I have to hit four jumpers. One on the far left side, one on the top left key, one on the top right of the key, and one on the far right side. Every single jumper has to be with the same player, and they're all mid-ranges. No threes. This is actually a very tough challenge. He's got Penny Hardaway, Gordon Grant Hill, DiKembe Mutombo, and Anthony Davis. That's a pretty dope team. I'm not going to lie. So Around the World, and I start with a fucking turnover. Why is passing the ball so hard? There's four locations I've got to hit from. Now, honestly, I kind of want to do them with Curry. Oh, that's a three. I meant to shoot a two. Darn it, darn it, darn it. Maybe I shouldn't worry about it too hard because I'm going to start getting ran on. That is a weird shot meter he has. I'm going to get the screen here with V1. Oh, I'm not going to hit that. How are you cold already? We just started. We're not even an entire minute into this game, and Curry is cold. Alrighty. Okay. Oh, shit. That was supposed to be a mid-range jumper. All right. Team ag-free throw. Let's just get on the board. Just scoring some points. All right. I can't worry about it too much right now. I'm just a brick. I'm just a walking brick, and DiCembe Matumbo is going to get an end one. I can't imagine Matumbo shoots a good free throw. Drills it. That's one. That's one. That's one. Oh, darn it. All right. This should make Curry not cold if I can hit this. Right? Yes. Yes, Curry. Let's go, buddy. Getting a little better at his free throw. I still hate it though. All right. All right. All right. All right. He's going to bang out. Okay. Damn. I really thought. Go right back up with Curry. Nice board. Offensive board from Curry. Anthony Davis on Curry. Not exactly the matchup I want, but Jordan gets swatted. Okay. That's a free bucket. Every single time that's a bucket. Let's go, Yow. All right. 7 to 10. Shit. All right. Oh, go into Yow. Bucket. Let's go. Get up. Get that shit out of here. Oh, and Matumbo gets it off the block. All right. Let's get the screen from Yow. Oh, here we go. Around the world. There's a midi. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. All right. So, top left key is completed with TMac. Now, we've got to get far left, top right, and far right. Good team. I kind of thought that was a goal tending. Oh, into Yow. Should be an assist for Curry. Yep. Let's go. Great defense so far. We've been locking up. Okay. Just kidding. That is definitely a slam. Go down to Yow. I'm just going to go up with it because I'm Yow. That's stupid. I love you, Yow. Yow's got his takeover. Let's go, Yow. Okay. Keep playing good defense. Just put a hand up. Yes, sir. Do it again. He bricks the layup. He's going to go for something weak again. Shit. Get that. What? It's no worries. We go down to Yow again for another bucket. Let's go. Finishing the first quarter, 18 to 17. Curry's got a lot of assists. I don't know how many at least. I'm going to say two or three. So, Curry's on pace. TMac's got one piece of our challenge. Let's bring in the bench. These boys are going to get gassed. He's trying to cook TMac right now. TMac's not having any of it. Goes to Kyrie. That's going to be a miss. Great board. Going to go down to Yow and that's a bucket. Oh, come on, Yow. You're unbelievable. He's so busted. He's just so busted. All right. Five assists for Curry's amazing. We're definitely going to get that Curry upgrade. Potentially could get two. Playing really good defense right now as well. Yep. He's going to dish here. TMac on TMac. Great defense. Yow on James Harden. He's going to pass to the Roman. I got a... Oh, I didn't get that spot. All right. Let's get a screen and let's try and get around the world here. All right. So, left side. Ignore it. Pull up. Hit it. No, I fucking suck. Oh, that was such an easy jumper. Oh, if he gets a bucket out of this possession, I'll be so sad. Great work. Great work. Up to TMac. Space for the midi. I'm just trying to get that challenge right now. I keep goofing it. Get up there, Kareem. Wow. Take another free bucket. It's got to be. Donovan Mitchell? Sort of open three. 24 to 21. Benches in. There's no more Yow out here to bail us out. So, we actually got to play basketball here. All right. Cross left with Mullen into JJJ. Great position. Damn. Can't say I approve of that shot. Oh, that's a good three. James Harden rims out. All right. I got JJJ on Kyrie. Now JJJ on James Harden. Good move. I'm going to let the starters get full energy here. Good defense. Get that shit out of here. Chris Mullen's got it. I'm throwing the oop. No, I'm not. I tried to throw an oop there. I'm not going to lie. That was supposed to be an oop. All right. I'm bringing the starters back in to close this out. I want to pull away. Shit. Great shot from James Harden, just as I was catching steam. He drills that. That was a clutch bucket. Good cross from Shay. All the way. All the way. Damn, Shay. What a finish. Shay is a dog, man. Back to Markinin. Back to Kyrie. Back to Markinin. A, Shay is six foot six. I don't hate this. Oh, Donovan cut. Yes. Great positioning. Let's go. Let's go. Great basketball right now. 42 seconds left. He gets a freebie. Unlucky. That's okay. I'll take a freebie myself. Let's go. What the hell's going on? Get over the screen. No, not this again. Oh, he shoots a three. Missed it. I could take the lead. I could take the lead. Donovan Mitchell with a good cut. I thought, ah, maybe not. Maybe not. Shit. Good defense from James Harden. And he gets another freebie. Yeah, three. I'm not mean to shoot that. He's just going to hook up one. Air ball. I'm really bad at setting my feet and just shooting a standard three. I'm really bad at that. But A, 33 to 31 deep. Dude, the bench did amazing, and all the starters are backing with full health. I keep calling it health, stamina, whatever. This isn't fucking World of Warcraft, but you get what I'm saying. He should have passed that for sure. He had a free three. Any hardaway to the line? Can we rattle him? Can we rattle him? Can we rattle him? We cannot rattle him. I'll don't lie. Come on. Come on, brick one. No, penny hardaway. Drills him both. Bronn, wide open three. Drills it. I'm not a three point shooter, but I'll give him a bucket if they request it. Oh, he'll give me a bucket if I request it. Just kidding, brick. Let's go. Shit. God, I got to stop passing so fast. And he does get the three out of that. Damn. What a shitty, shitty sequence right there for me. Oh, end of Korean. That's a bucket. Weird ass shot, Kareem, but whatever. 38, 36. Curry's rocking six assists right now. Good defense, Kareem. Stop, Kareem. How is he cooking so hard there? Oh, that's a charge. 100%. He held that for so long. That was smart. I didn't see it till it was too late. I was holding sprint, looking at the rim, and take the charge. Put him in. Okay, no more easy buckets. Got to make him earn all these. Hey, yeah, that's fine. You got Yaw in there on you. Get that shit out of here. Let's go. Some T-Max, somebody turn around. Dude, the amount of turnovers I have off of just basic passes gave me in so much trouble. Playing good defense, though. Hey, great defense right there. I don't want to do this fast break unless I really have it because I keep throwing bad passes. Oh, I got that with Brown. That's got to be a something. What the fuck? 38, 36. Defense is picking up here. He is really setting up something. Oh, that was very smart play. Yep. No. Oh, I got to settle down. I'm going to lose this game. I got to settle down. I'm going to lose. That was such good defense. I jumped right as he shot it. All right. Ball don't lie, baby. Oh, and another ball don't lie. All right, now I can go up to Curry. Oh, I can go all the way with Curry. He fucking missed, and it's out of bounds. Oh my God. I'm getting so pissed. Just got to play this. Bingo. Where's the mismatch? Oh, it's Jaren Jackson right now. Got to get the bench in, dude. We're going to get so tired. Really good defense here. T-Max got the ball. Time out. One point lead. Let's go, boys. Oh, that T-Max three was huge. Okay, we got to pull. We got to pull the boys. Carl Anthony Towns can come in. A bronze coming out for Mullen. Curry's coming out for Shea. T-Max coming out for Mikhail Bridges. Out to Shea. Shea, pull up. Oh, it's a bad shot. It's a bad shot. Chris Mullen. Not a lot of time here. Basket. He's not going to get anything off. I got to get the starters back in. Okay, around the world would be so hard right now, but getting staff and upgrade and winning the game, very realistic. I'm going to give the bench one more minute. I'm going to ignore the screen. I'm going to dish to Chris Mullen. Who's going to do it? Oh, it's a two. It's a two. It's a two. Shit. Healthy five point lead. Starters aren't in. Great defense. Oh, shit, bad. Good. I would love a James Arden contested layup. Chris Mullen. Good move, Mullen. Okay, interesting dish. Get that. Oh, he got the foul. He got the foul. Nice play. Nice play. All right, starters are coming in. No. Starters are coming in. He's got to shoot two. He drills the first. Yao is in. T-Max is in. The boys are in. Oh, come on, baby. Come on, baby. Into Chef Curry, who's got a point, but seven assists. Curry has been dishing today. Shit. I'm about to lose the ball. The LeBron midi for the assist. Oh, but a great offensive board and a horrible pass. Oh, yep. Yep, we're there. Great defense. No, he gets a three out of that. Just keeps doubling. Oh, Curry. Wide open three. I just got my takeover. I got my takeover off a brick three. I don't know how that happened. Trash shot. Works for me. Run it, Kareem. Oh, great defensive play. I was kind of hoping for a backcourt there. No. Why are you so open? He's going to take the lead. 48 to 47. Oh, this is bad. This is really bad. Into Kareem. Oh, okay. We'll take that. I just got to get back on the board. He is just running it on me. There we go. 48 to 48. Wow. This just got spooky. 48 to 50. I can't choke. I just can't. I don't really know why. Oh my God. You got T-Max on Yao. How the fuck is Yao in the passing lane? He's up by four. There we go. That is exactly what we needed. 50 to 52. I just need a simple bucket. I need a stop and a bucket. That's it, man. One stop is all it's going to take here. No. I got lost in the sauce and I'm standing in the fucking paint. Oh, my God. 53 to 50 now. That was off-balling with you. That's what I get for off-balling like that. Come on. She in a good defensive possession. It's a horrible defensive possession. Lebron for three? Bricked, but Yao gets it. Puts it up and scores 55 to 52. It's not over yet. It's a bit of a crumble, but it's not over yet. Get that out of there. No way. What a bucket. All right. Going up with Yao. What the fuck are you shooting? What? Are you serious? Great play from Bron out for three in a carry. 57 to 55. Anthony Davis is wide opening this. Patience. Bad three. Bad three. There's clock. There's clock. Why is nobody on him? 56 seconds to get our best shot all the way, T-Max. No. Oh, bad shot. Take those. No way. Lebron for three. I thought for sure that was a make. He's going to dish and brick a three. Shot that way early. Drills it. I go foul. 59 to 58. Michael Jordan at the free throw line in clutch time. Can I get him to brick one? Jordan, will you brick one so we go all T? Drill is the first one. No question. Drills the second one. All right. So we got to hit a three, huh? We got to hit a three. Oh my god, did I hit that? Oh, he missed. Oh, darn it. What a good game. Dude, Curry keeps ending with 7.7 assists. Oh, what a bummer of a game. Dude, no challenge. No Curry upgrade. No win. Yao with 20 points, 10 for 12. Curry was two for eight, two for five from three. Shea was 0 for two from three. T-Mac one for two. Tough game. We fall to four and three. All right, boys. So, unfortunately, in our first game here, we don't get to keep Kareem. Back in goes Amethyst Taco Fall and we'll move on to the second game. All right, boys. We got to redeem ourselves after a close game loss. Dude, we hit that three with Curry. I thought we actually had a shot. 16-bit choice. There's this promo called 16-bit, right? Yeah, is this it right here? 16-bit and it has a lot of good cards. Now, there is a Kristaps Porzingis, but I've had this Porzingis before. I'm not the biggest fan of him. He is really good. He's very meta. I'm just not a big fan of him. I'm honestly leaning towards more something like a Lamello ball. All right, we're going to go with Dark Matter Lamello Ball. So, Dark Matter Lamello Ball is going to be my shooting guard off the bench. Kind of interesting. So, we got Shea and Lamello off the bench. He's a really good off the bench. Curry's still starting as my Galaxy Opal. Chris Mullin, Carl Anthony Townsend, Taco Fault. It's a little weird. I'm not going to lie. All right, of course, the challenge wheel. This is so clutch. If we can get it, 30 points, one player. Any guesses as to who I'll be attempting to drop 30 points with? All right, y'all, Ming, we're going to need you, buddy. Benedict Mathurin, Dyson Daniels, Sam Decker, Ryan Hollins, and Bob Bennett. What the fuck is that lineup? That is a disgusting lineup, bro. Ryan, isn't this the commentator, dude? I didn't realize he played. Yo, Ryan Collins, I want you to know right now, you are in for the worst night of your life. Yao is dropping 40 directly on your head. Oh, I almost ripped that, but I didn't. Ooh. Back to Curry. Back to Bronn going up. I had to get that assist to Curry real quick. Guys, help. All right, he's going to pull off LeBron. LeBron's going to cut. All right, let's see what we got. Bronn, Bronn. Bronn, Bronn. Trill's the first one. Okay. Oh, go JJJ. Ooh, we could have a really nice game here. Good, good starting lead. Oh, shit. Bob Bennett. Down to Yao. We need 30 with the man. We need 30. Ryan Hollins with a nice pass. Curry to Yao. To backing in Ryan Hollins. To scoring. Oh, good dish. Oh, that's Yao. That's a bucket. Oh no, Yao. You fucking, Curry. Nice layup, buddy. Curry to Yao. Keep it simple and then just hold X. Oh my God. Did I hit that? What the fuck out of here? That was supposed to be like a turnaround or something. I'm going to start getting weird. I'm going to start cooking with Yao, bro. I'm going to start doing moves I've never done. Good defense. Good defense. I don't want this. I want it to go to Yao. Get off of me, Ryan Hollins. No way. Actually, no way. That was so good. Wait, what? Wait, what? I'm here. Shit. I'm no longer here. Sam Becker with the 180. Back down to Yao. Put it up. I needed, I needed to bully someone in a game after my pitiful last match. He's not actually playing bad though. This game is very much still a game. I'm not going to act like it's over or something. Oh, cut Yao. Bucket Yao. Thank you, Yao. I love you, Yao. Yao with 14 points, halfway to the 30 mark. Steph Curry with seven assists in this first quarter. That's my guy. Oh, great cut. And a great shot, but that must have been a bad release. That came off so fast. Yao, coast to coast. Give him the spin. Give him the spin. Then behind the back. Then the step back. Then the escape. And then the spin. And then the buck owns you, fraud. Dude, after last game's loss, I think 2K thought I was dog shit. So now they just put me with a bum. That's Yao to your top. I'm keeping Yao in the entire game. I don't care if Yao wants a break. I don't care if he wants a breather. Yao, you're putting up 50 today. Can't stop the men. You can only help to contain him. Mr. Yao, Sophia and Jackson. Shit. Good and good. That's a bucket. Yao with the rip. Yao with the rip. And the bucket. Damn. He's getting buckets up there, though. Gonna dish to Curry. Curry's gonna goop it down. Eight assists, five-point step, Curry. We're gonna get him that double-double. Oh, shit. Good play. Got a little mismatch here. Tackle, fall on T-Mac. He gets the bucket. We are scoreless for a bid here. Okay. You know what? Whatever. Send him to the line, baby. Yao is big tired, but that's his 23rd point of the day. Make it 24 for the big man. Even when he's tired, he just drills those free throws. Yes, sir. He doesn't want the three. Are you spooked? Oh, all right. He does want the three. Eight assists for Curry. Yao is going back to the line. Come on, Yao. Keep shooting a perfect. Oh. Let's make it 25 right here. Great free throw, Yao. Geez, that guy can slam. 29 to 35. I'm being a little cocky here. Whole third quarter of playing ball, and Yao's coming back in to do some Yao-ming shit. It's just not gonna happen, man. It's just not gonna happen. Ryan, Ryan Hollins ain't seen the floor. You know what's good, though, too, is his Tackle falls gotta be getting tired, right? So as soon as he gets too tired to play, he's gonna have to bring back in Ryan Hollins, who's gonna get cooked in Lamello with a beautiful midi. Okay, okay. Someone's gonna have to step up here. Damn it. I keep giving that up. Oh, end of Mr. Mullen. Donovan Mitchell on Josh Giddy. Clamped. You're just clamped every which... Oh, you're not clamped. This is Chris Mullen on Steven Adams. Oh, Donovan Mitchell. Space to the three. Where do you think you're going, buddy? This lineup is getting tired. This lineup of his is getting tired. Great defense. Great defense. Oh, come on. Tackle on Tackle. Dude, it's 37 to 39. I was relying very heavily on Yao Ming, and I just turned the ball over. 39 to 39. He gets another bucket with Tackle. All right. Donovan Mitchell, a wide open three. He'll drill it. Dude, that game just got tied up. How? Dude, he keeps doing that. It works every time. Oh, good dish. In the Tackle. Who drills it? Dude, he's gonna have to pull this lineup after this, and my starters are gonna come in, and Yao is going to dominate. I got to play on ball because my off ball isn't working. Come on. Let's see some good defense. We're gonna go with the screen here. Down to Tackle. He's got Giddy on him. Let's go. We're having an Amethyst Tackle fall off. This is so stupid, but I love it. God, he keeps doing that, and it keeps working. How does that keep working? That's stupid giving go. Oh my God, and Lamello drops the ball. Yep. I was there that time. No way. I was gonna get a freebie off of that. Okay, that's fine. That's a horrible shot. Yes, sir. Great defense, you guys. All right. Cross right, cross left. Take him. Whoo. In the cat. One, eight. Carl Anthony Towns. Shoot it, Stephen Adams. You can have a three. I am more than okay with that. Top out. 2.8 seconds left. 45 to 48. I want a bucket. Oh, Carl Anthony Towns. Midi! Third quarter. That game was tied up, and Yao gets to come back in full energy against his completely depleted Tackle fall. Now he's in trouble, and he knows it, and he knows it. Let's go, Yao. Yao with 27. I got to get him 30. I got to get Curry, two more assists as well. Great defense. Every time there's a pass out of shot, you know you play great D. Let's get up on him. Oh, a nice cut. He's looking for a cut with Ryan Hollins. Oh, that was on that. Damn. He'll get a three out of it, and drill it. All right, let's just make this simple. This for Steph. One more for each, and we're looking good. Challenge wheel and Steph upgrade. God, he literally does that every play, and it always works. I have to go guard that. Okay. That works, Yao. I don't think I... That's 31 for Yao. Wait, I didn't even see it. I don't think that counts as an assist for Curry. No, it doesn't. All right, so Curry's still sitting at nine. I got to be ready for this cut. Yes, sir. I'm there. This time, I actually stopped it for the very first time. He's coming around. He doesn't have shit. He's got no good shot right now. Great defense. Yes. No way. It's 55 to 56. I can't believe that rattled home. Down to Yao. Yao being Yao. Oh, I missed. Wow, I love how the coverage is open on a Yao layup, and that's a miss. I don't know how that is, but whatever. Go ahead, Ryan Hollins. Do your thing, man. Do your thing. Good defense. Where's Curry? We need a Curry assist. I don't care who it goes to now, though. I can do it. Jared Jackson, three. But two minutes left. Takes us up by four. That's huge. He's going to do the cut. He's going to do the cut, but I'm there this time with Yao. He up. Great defense. What's he going to do now, Ryan Hollins? He's going to cover Ryan Hollins. I'm here. I'm here. You just fucking traveled across the earth. Are you shitting me? Oh, my God. A travel if I've ever seen one. All right. He assumes I'm going to Yao, so I can probably just pull up. Luckily Yao is an absolute cheat code and just has literally saved this game for me. 33, five rebounds and two assists for Yao. Curry, I would really like to get a Curry double double, though. He's going to cut. Yep. Yep. He's going to pass off and then cut every time. Nice. Up to T-Mac. He knew I was going there. What an excellent play. Yao doesn't stop that. Oh, no. That was a really big bucket to not get. Had a freebie and he read me like a book. Oh, got boarded on what? 59 to 61. He's going to cut. Yep. Winner is doing. Oh, he had that shot. He goofed it. He's going to pull a three. He's going to miss 50 seconds in this ball game. Out to Yao. Oh, should have been an end one, but that's all right. My Yao free throws have been great today and we'll get another one. Is that every p-chance? For 35. He's going to do that cut. Okay. Okay. We're up on him. Uh-oh. Okay. That's fine. He's going to dish out here. Get a hand up. Good defense. Good defense. Where's Curry? Where's Curry? If he's going to foul, I want Curry to have it. Ignore the screen. Put up a three. Dumb. Dumb. I didn't need to do that. Okay. Wait, what are you doing? You only have 10 seconds left. You have to score. Wait, he got a great three off. He fucking drew a little bit. Curry. He's not going to foul. Oh, that game. 63 to 62. I shot the three with Curry to try and get 10 points, but I think he was at five, so I don't think it would have mattered. How did you not foul there? Oh, look at this Yao stat line. 35 points. Six sports to assist. Four steals a block and no turnovers. Five points, 10 assists, which is an upgrade. Four turnovers. He shoots two great. Jaren Jackson drilled his only three-point attempt down. Even Mitchell drilled his only three. Lamello bricked his. 100% carried me there, man. He had a budget squad and he played great and almost beat me. I simply, my daddy's credit card, propelled me to a W on that one. All right. We get another promo super pack because we completed our challenge. Let's see what we got in this. Oh, there's a shit. No, don't tell me that's a, that's a fucking dark matter again. Isn't it? Cause it's shaking. Oh, wait, we got another dark matter. We got Shay last time. It's 11% point guard. Number two. It's Lonzo. No way. We got Lamello and Lonzo. We got the ball brothers. So we got the upgraded Galaxy Opal Steph Curry. The next Steph Curry is the 99 dark matter playoffs right here. So I'll be looking forward to getting my hands on that. But right now, man, dude, we have so many point guards. What are we going to do? All right, boys, that is it for today's episode. We moved to five and three. It's coming down to the wire here. We have two final games left. The next two games, I'm going to call the NBA playoffs and then the final game, I'm going to call the NBA finals. Those, those are the next two episodes, but I'm excited. I love you boys. Thanks for watching. I'll see you in the next one. Peace.