 Welkom back to the touchline here. I'm Robert Osoro here on Y254. It is the touchline. If you're just joining us, you can also join us on social media at Y254 at Mirumbi Osoro is where you can find us here for the touchline. A very beautiful Saturday afternoon that will be giving all the Jewish stories that are coming out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It's rather that name stayed like that because the competition was slated to be stated on 2020 but because of the COVID-19 it had to be brought to 2021. But we still call it Tokyo Olympics 2020. It was going to be a very good year for Kenya considering the first ever Olympic title that came to Kenya was won back in 1964 in the 800 meter, 1000 meter yard and it was won by Wilson Kuprogut. He was supposed to be flying the Kenyan flag but because there are no spectators allowed on to the stadium he could not get a chance to get on to Kenya. But so far the medals have started streaming in China already has got two medals. Three medals so far with the two gold medals and one bronze. Japan comes second with two medals so far one gold and one silver. Ecuador has one gold so far Iran also one gold but Kenya we still haven't started our game will be back and that medal table will be changing anytime soon. But for now we are going to talk about everything that has been happening in the NBA finals where the Milwaukee Bucks won against the Phoenix Sands to lift the title for the first time in 50 years. But also the Kenyan lioness the ladies basketball team also coming back to qualifying for coming back actually and qualified for the Afro basketball finals that will be stated in Kigali Rwanda. Joining me to discuss more about this season of basketball we're still having here Taira Uwayaki and I'm still chilling with him and also joining us is the one and only Sami Kitai. Sami how are you? I'm doing okay. It has been a wonderful week of basketball definitely. Started off with the Kenyan lionesses on Sunday evening and then we had games five and six of the NBA finals. I'm a happy man finally I can get some sleep. You can get some sleep because the games are happening way on to the night. Did AJ Afro the Kenyan ladies how they were playing their basketball? Yeah he did catch a few games in there and especially the final them playing against Egypt. We all know the story about 2019 what happened in there and so it was a sweet revenge for the girls and it was good to see them actually keep the lead because the last time they played in the group stages they lost after having a 25 point lead at half time and then the lead dindal and they lost by a point so it was good to see them get through from how they started the tournament they started on a bad note losing to Rwanda winning against South Sudan and then losing again to Egypt. It was good to see them now get the revenge again win against Rwanda and win against Egypt. Some of the players in there that probably caught my eye we talk about a girl like Victoria Reynolds who plays in the United States she was absolutely incredible and was awarded the MVP. Yes same case to Phelmas Koranga and Masi Wanyama too. Those players were really integral for the lionesses and I'm really happy to see them actually now qualify to the Afro basketball tournament together with the morons. You gotta give a chance to the U.S. best what was her name Phelmas Koranga and Victoria Reynolds coming on for the Kenya lioness. They really brought a certain impact and added to the flair of our local game in this championship. Well they definitely did and as I said earlier these are the things that make us proud to be Kenyan it's not much that does you proud to see them do so and in such remarkable fashion turn the tables against recent history That's a sure delight and let me point out that having been born a bit earlier than most youth of today and then grown up in the 80s this is quite a new phenomenon it used to be men dominating spots but over the years we have now seen our sisters stake their claim at very high levels and really emerge as people who are taking Kenya to the next level and I told you earlier over the last three olympics we've won 42 medals more than half of those have been won by our sisters so this this is stuff to be proud of I remember when I was in third form 1996 when Pauline Konga won Kenya's first ever olympic medal that was big news and it was a bit of a culture shock I know that may not sound politically correct now but back then believe you me it was unheard of so to see this progress and to see it across the spots not just in basketball we have a kenya sevens team of men at the tokyo olympics we also have one of the ladies we have the kenyan heat squad as it used to be known our boxers a contingent there in tokyo of men and we also have one of ladies and Christine Ongara is one of our sure prospects for any medal if you've ever told our ladies we'll get to win anything in boxing so I'm very proud to see this in those games that the kenya basketball team was in you've got to give a chance to the Koranga Reynolds and also Masi Wanyama also came in she was also another integral part of the team yeah and that was the difference because the team was consisted of many local players in New York even the captain playing for KPA she used to talk yeah and she was talking about how they need to get a few players from abroad who can come with a little bit of experience yes and that's what we found with Victoria Reynolds especially because she's been a champion in college and again talking about even the family thing she her father is actually Mike Wanjara who was in the 93 squad that played in the afro basketball tournament for kenya and I think they finished fourth place in there so it's been 28 years and she was happy it was a debut came in scored around 25 points in the final and one MVP same case to Felmas Koranga she was the top scorer for our kenyan team scoring over 89 points in the whole tournament yes and it was lovely to see them actually come together and also when you talk about some of the things falling in place and falling in order you're talking about even the technical benches being combined when you talk about the kenya morans and the kenya lionesses all the coaches came together a brilliant combination of great minds in basketball and they were able to come up from the slump that they had in the first two games and then even the logistics no one has complained about maybe they didn't have the right material they didn't get into the bubble quite earlier so it was lovely to see everything go on smoothly and I hope they can do much better in the afro basketball championship just a quick update on what is happening at the tokyo olympic game so far our kenyan captain commander nick okoth has actually lost two three to mongolian edenbat zenbata in their men's featherweight round of 32 preliminaries contest so nick okoth has lost that one there but it is not always undone we are just the start and we are hoping for team kenya to go ahead and do something wonderful for this one what can you tell nick okoth and the other guys who are waiting for this performance to kick off qualifying for the olympics any level is a huge achievement and he's done his best he hasn't lost by a huge margin yes it's just small errors and small margins but obviously we are reviving what i've just referred to as our heat squad we used to do very well in boxing and we went on a slump and now we are trying to get our stride back it's going to take time there's going to be a few hits there's going to be a few misses there's going to be a few wins and there's going to be a few losses along the way but all is not lost well nick okoth they are losing in the first round of the round 32 of their featherweight boxing championship in the tokyo olympics there but let's come back to team kenya we were talking about the ladies who have actually managed to qualify for the afro basketball it is their sixth appearance this time around considering that they were there in 2019 2013 2007 1997 and way back in 1986 but it seems that there is a bit of a change in the basketball fraternity looking at how the morans also came out and actually went on to play in the afro basketball finals after a very long time i think it was a 20 year drought that we had not made it to the afro basketball finals and now the ladies are also not being left behind yeah it's everything that i said actually about even the technical benches being together that they actually combined with the morans team and they've been there for a long time i was actually listening to the now team manager she's been there since 2013 she was an assistant manager then and she has been working with the ladies quite well in there and then you look at the local competition the one that i was leading to from kpa you're talking about how improved the facilities are right now and how incredible the competition is that you need to be at your best level yes to be in the national team and that is what actually makes the difference with these ladies coming on improving that they can do it and at the same time i mean you talk about going into the bubble if there is something that they mentioned quite a while after they came back to the country was getting into the bubble quite earlier yes and that is september they'll be having the competition so they want to be in the bubble for around maybe a month so that they can actually get through the details and again another thing that i've had a lot even with victoria renaudz when you were talking about winning the mvp was how they went through the films yes that would mean there is a lot of technology going through the they can be able to stream matches and watch how the competitors are playing watch how they are playing their games and make adjustments yeah and that is top quality kind of technology that we need preparation is k there's some guitar here talking about everything that happened in the afro basket but qualifiers and kenya will be playing there for the first time since 2019 we wish them good luck actually want to catch on what they'll be talking about they'll be live on kbc channel one from 2 p.m so you can also go there and enjoy some of their conversations but for us here we've got to go back and talk about what happened on wednesday as the milwaki backs also managed to come from a 50 year drought from a two nail lead in game one and two against the phoenix sands and then coming back to win four two in the game six in the final game of the nba finals did you enjoy the final yes i did and the african input yes i'm sure that tai would be able to pronounce so that natshub's name is named better brilliant uh he was born in greece he's of nigerian heritage and just to see him go out there and with a final tally of a final points tally yes that can only be matched in history by the great michael jordan and another guy with probably nigerian roots hakim the dream olajuwon those are great names when we were growing up those were the legends and for him to surpass kobi brian to that level and all those other big names and to match them historically i think that really says a lot about our continents vast continent of talents going to america and achieving that yes as a black man that's no mean repute that is something you take note of and that is something you celebrate before we go into the details of the march and everything did you enjoy the fine yeah i mean over the years you've been used to predicting who is going to be in the final start the beginning of the season yeah you either talk about leka as you talk about the gold and set warriors the cavaliers or the raptors whoever you're going to mention based on the talent they have in the team and i guess this was a different season altogether we had 72 games in the season from maybe the 82 that you usually have and then if there was a factor that was in this season that probably differentiated teams was held because there was a lot of kovin 19 positives players used to go to health protocol at the same time we had lots of injuries because they just came in from the bubble finished the championship and within two months they already started the new season so this time round to have two different teams that no one expected them to be in the finals the miloki barks probably would have expected them to get beat by the brookliness because they that was a super team with kd kari aving and james haden you know the other side you have phoenixans they finished their last last season and they only came into the bubble one eighth consecutive games yes you look at that kind of a young team that has been booked at gandria h on michal bridges come around pain you don't think that these are the names that are going to make it to the finals and then kris paul yes j krauda gets into the team and they make it to the final so the level of unpredictability in the playoffs in the post season was something to enjoy and it was actually a record even in game for around 12 million viewers watched that game so it will it sums up the level of excitement that was there in the nba finals this season yeah but some of the things that now started out was i think uh the the championship of the clivalent cover layers winning that one they were also beaten the first game one and game two and then now miloki barks they have come in lost game one lost game two how do you recover from that go ahead and win four now consecutive games for you to be declared the champion more than anything is the psychological aspect that you have to conquer because basketball you could be good you could be spot on yes there's things obviously you can polish up on but the fact that you're now losing by two games to nothing yeah that calls for the psychological strength on your side to overcome anything else to surmount the challenge of the two game deficit and you really must come together and believe that you're going to conquer your opponents in every single department you're going to match them yeah everything counts at that level every pass every block every steel every attempt at a three pointer every attempt at a two pointer every attempt at going for it and hoping to win yourself a foul in the process and net it while looking for the foul as well yes everything has to be top notch and for that to be achieved psychologically you must be at a nice place what do you think it changed for milwaki bags and where did it go wrong for the phoenix and well first you go back to when milwaki started becoming a a team that could win the championship yes i think it was two years ago and they made it up to the eastern conference finals and the game team that there was kawaila and i don't know it was a part of the Toronto Raptors yes he defended yanisat into kumpo for life he was there with him every second and it was a devastating loss for the milwaki bags at that time and then come in the bubble they played against the miami heat and lost yes going back to those two seasons the other seasons where milwaki bags would absolutely tear up the league win the eastern conference place be the best in the league yeah but then it comes to the playoffs they somehow didn't find a way so they decided to test themselves this season they made a few trades and brought in bobby potis jr and also brought in jru holiday from the New Orleans pelicans who was absolutely money that in itself was an upgrade to what they had before because they had Eric Bledsoe now was transferred and traded to the New Orleans pelicans yeah looking at the differences between now and what they were before you could say that they somehow decided to test themselves on how you're going to face the post season yes and they didn't actually focus on having the best record in the league they finished that actually in the eastern conference yeah and they tested themselves they tried to make new adjustments coach bad was doing absolutely incredibly he lined up some players who without that he wouldn't get into the team he made some good adjustments in there and I guess they learned through the process at that time and going back into even the journey they had this post season they played against the miami heat quite easy for them they swept them and then they played against now the super team that everyone expected them to win against and that was the brooklyn nets against kevin durand you had carry aving and you had james had and yeah they lost also to the first two games in there and their resilience was able to show up again they were able to come back you look at their home record in the post season they have won 10 and only lost one game so that would tell you something about the the backs that they actually prioritized mostly on the fism forum and you can see even the fans out there they are really enjoying the mix and so for the backs to have come up against the brooklyn nets and win against them in our best of seven series that might have given them the confidence going in against the phoenix hands facing adversity if there is anything that yanisatento kumpu has been known for this season has been how he's been able to fight his strength and he's been able to at least conquer when he has some weaknesses in the game everyone in the past few seasons has been talking about just yanisatento kumpu being that kind of a player that can shoot from the perimeter he can shoot free throws free throws are problem for you and what you saw in the finals and the final gamer is called 50 points he converted 17 out of 19 free throws actually the level of disrespect was seen in miloki where a certain pub decided to gift free drinks to every made free throw by any satento kumpu he ended up sinking 17 we probably could at least keep those people in our pairs because they had lots of booze in there but at the same time you talk about the nature of yanisatento kumpu going through his profile on twitter and there is a certain statement he has on his bio where he says that the sweetness in success he after the game talked about probably how it would have been easier for him to move away from miloki bags go to a lake as go to a golden state where he has joined a super team and just play a role and win the championship but he decided to stick with miloki being a 13th pick in 2013 probably would have gone to the Atlanta hooks picked by the backs and he decided to build a team with Chris Middleton who also was part of that team and got into the second round pick from Detroit it was impressive it's good you have brought in the super teams and the likes of Lebron who was not going to make it this time round with an injury and all that so Stephen Curry also never made it with the golden state warriors a lot of changes with Durant also going to the Brooklyn nets but is it another term also now we are seeing another shift in basketball the the the term of Lebron Steff is now gone the likes of Durant Harden it's not the terms of yanisatento kumpu and Jiro Holiday well it's not the first time we've seen this kind of wave in basketball but it could spell that wind of change coming in for a few seasons and i would like to think this is not a one of because what we saw from this side is that they've learned how to win once you learn how to win you can win again if you maintain the same level of discipline and it's a side that's built on guys who can go the whole hog for the next few seasons i think there'll be a factor going forward but then again the more established sides like the LA Lakers will want to reassat themselves back into dominance they have the money and in sports money is like a mother's breast milk to an infant it keeps that child going and going and going and growing and growing and growing and fighting off disease so there's going to be a contest let's not throw in the towel yet there's going to be a contest between the much more established basketball sides versus the new kids on the block who've now brought their team first victory yeah for 15 years man yeah look at the game five 13 seconds to go drew all the throws all up and then yanis comes in with a dunk was not the turning point and they were like if we're going to game six now we're going to kill these guys off no that was not the turning point yeah the turning point was in game four final seconds of the game bugs are leading by two yes and ryan reyton has a chance to draw a dunk and yanis at end of kumpo with the level of flight that he had he was able to block that short probably one of the best blocks you've seen in nba finals and i i can stand for it because he was defending devin buka and he decided to see that dandey hiton is all over him and he jumped over him and was able to gather block if they lost that game they would have gone down three one yes pro they would not come back because they are going away in the next game but those kind of plays have been seen by those instrumental guys that you need and true holiday was instrumental especially in that game five that you're talking about because it was a steal from true holiday that he he picked it from kris paul and was able to drive through so yanis screaming at him and he was able to throw the alley past plus a foul yeah i think the level of plays that they showed in big moments yeah for example even that 50 point game yanis at end of kumpo doesn't have any nerves and i was looking back at his history and how he's coming to the nba he knew nothing about the nba he came straight into the miloki box and everyone is telling them hey do you know brandon jenningsson he's like who's that and that is the thing that built him up that he doesn't fear anyone and he's going to judge you by the way you play yeah and we've seen that and they are the survey champions this season definitely finally you're looking at uh michael jordan sometime back and even when you watch the last dancing is being asked about was the goat in basketball and he says that's a bit of disrespect for the other players who were before my time and me playing this time and the players were coming after my time and yanis yesterday said it's not about being the best of the best it is just being about the history you being part of the history winning the nba just playing in the nba and winning the nba being part of that you're already great enough and everything but before even winning the championship this year round he had already been named mvp i think two consecutive seasons he had been mvp for the nba and also coming out as one of the best players in this generation that is playing in the nba do you believe he has joined the status of the goats now and they'll be there for some good time it is it's time now to rule the nba not yet he's on his way there he's on his way there yeah it takes a bit more than that he's on his way there let's not jump the gun and pile pressure on him he's got some great days ahead yeah and to and he hasn't even retired he's only 26 years to start really putting him there with jordan yes and the rest of them yes like abdul karim jabar yes and magic johnson maybe even larry bard it's too early too soon to to do that uh usually the british media the ones that do that with their soccer player the english media let me be more precise the english media do that with their soccer players they even went as far as calling wen runi the white pele yes and wen runi only ended up scoring one goal after after three or four wildcups yes let's not jump the gun let's give him time to grow and when he's done and dusted with it yeah that's when we can come up and say he got there or he almost got there whatever sami i would like you to give me your final word on this session of the nba considering that milwaki backs have won it now and i think three key players for me i will go with the yanes and titokumbo we had bobby porches there and then drew holiday when you look at them if they stick together the way the golden state warriors stuck with their golden troops for some time is it also their time now to make sure that they can sam some authority in the nba yeah those are the key things for the milwaki back going into next season number one coach baldin hosa is ending his contact next season probably you might want to extend it because you've seen what he can do you are doubting it but first but this time around you've seen what he can do with the adjustment that is made all over bobby porches is good that you mentioned him he came in as a free agent he's going to be a free agent this season probably you want to see whether he'll get a new contact at the club or he's going to go out on free agency and maybe get a better deal elsewhere and the other guy that you've just mentioned again is Joe holiday they've got to keep him PJ taka is another impressive player for the team he he made a record of not scoring points in three games of the nba finals but his defensive attributes for what just stood out he's been there for a long time with the houston rockets in this time around the championship he came in as a free agent another man they should keep going into next season keeping the band is really essential for these franchises especially if you want to defend the title yep talk of people who actually do not sleep at night one of them is samigita staying all night watching the nba all the way from the draw the group searches and the preliminaries all the way to the championship those are the guys what is the name what is the name we'll be looking for it a little later on and also Teira Zwayaiki here let's take a break with some of the matches that have been played in the Olympics with brazil winning 4-2 against germany richard coming on with the hard trick and when we come back we'll be talking about what do you expect from the tokyo Olympics 2020 and also some of the highlights of the transfers that have been happening kwa wakiniwa. 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