 What's the word y'all welcome back to the recap? Oh my god, what a day of NBA basketball, man We had two series in the Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trailblazers in six in a game where the Portland Trailblazers were up by Devil digits with just a few minutes left and then the LA Lakers lose to the Finn I'm sorry not the LA Lakers lose the Phoenix Suns win against the Lakers in Six there's so much and I mean so much to talk about you're probably a little confused Cuz I don't have a microphone and for a whole year. I've been doing these recaps I've held the microphone, but I read this study today that if you're a person that talked to their hands Which I am if you're not able to talk with your hands your brain is not working at full capacity So I was like hey if that's the truth. I want to I want to give out the best content I'm gonna work at full capacity. So I'm gonna free up my hands. I Also made that up, but it feels about right. It feels about right I feel like I'm more confident and I know what I'm talking about my hands are moving So there's so much to talk about today and I like to get these recaps out on a timely manner So so some of the things that are towards the back of my brain that I want to mention today May get saved for another video because I want to get this out because it is already 12 30 central time And I'm just starting to record. I'm gonna work my way backwards I'm gonna start off with the Phoenix Suns taking game six and a convincing win though The Lakers had a couple runs it was over in the very Begin and if you watch called game live, which is something that we tried Wednesday I'm I talked about a lot of different things like the Celtics and other people are asking me stuff I'll go watch that but in that when we were previewing this game six I said that the Phoenix Suns had to come out and Game six as if it was game seven as if there was no game seven because you cannot afford for Anthony Davis to get 70 80% healthy and what we saw today is that Anthony Davis was good to go At least that's what they thought he played a couple minutes and it immediately sat down and they were like He's question will come out But every NBA fan in the world those watching this game knew that he was not gonna be coming back It was bad man It was really bad and I hate it because y'all know I said this before I was lightly wounded for the Phoenix Suns to win a series Nothing against the Lakers or anything, but I'm a Chris Paul fan, so I want to see my favorite player be successful, right? But I also wanted to see a good series Also, I also wanted to see a healthy series and it's unfortunate that a series like this were one of the hottest teams in basketball They came out of no came out of nowhere is what people want to say what the Phoenix Suns going against the defending champion in the First round matchup and everybody had this team is seven this team is seven this team is seven that it ended in six But it wasn't like a fun six if that makes sense because of injuries Chris Paul gets injured in game number one Anthony Davis gets injured a game number three tries to play game number four is trash doesn't play game number five And it gets re-injured in game number six or I guess they said it wasn't a re-injury But he can't his mobility was was down and you can tell it was down, right? Anthony Davis has always been a guy that's like really good defensively He's never won the defensive player the award but everybody knows Anthony Davis one of the greater defenders in the league But Monty Williams Chris Paul Devin Booker, they had a plan like hey, we know this man is not looking good So we're gonna go at Anthony Davis Nobody has ever had a game plan to go Anthony Davis as long as Anthony Davis has been on the basketball court Whether that was all the way in first grade all the way now in the NBA playoffs of 2021 Nobody's ever been like we're going at Anthony Davis until today because they knew that he was injured and it's unfortunate Like I said that he re-aggravated this injury, but it's a part of the game But it's the word it is literally the worst part of any sport is injury But I got to take it at face value and the finger son said a game play and they executed very early on They did not look afraid of the moment at all and a lot of that is Devin Booker man. I tweeted be legendary I mean I mean like those are the words and Kobe Bryant that that was really put in the brain of Devin Booker You can tell today. He was channeling his his tattoos 10 channeling what? What Kobe had told him be legendary starting off this game We had two players to two young life-skinned brothers go out and drop 20 in the first quarter in different games Which is crazy to young players to the NBA's a good hands as you know And from early on, you know me and the guys always watch these games together and we all we already knew it was over Anthony Davis had been out with his injury Devin Booker couldn't miss and well LeBron James wasn't looking like the LeBron James Man, you know if the Lakers wanted any chance any chance to win this even if Anthony Davis was healthy It had to start with LeBron James now LeBron James. If you look at it 29 7 assists 9 rebounds he hit three threes He wasn't great He wasn't great and one of the questions I have posed to my guys multiple times in the history of our podcast was what would it take For for LeBron James not to be considered the best in a league right now and Nobody's really been able to give me a like a real life answer Well, I think I think it was Mike that was like in order for me to say that LeBron James It's not the best player in the NBA right now. I need to see him under the biggest lights not perform again And I would argue this is part of it now. He had a good game I don't want people to misinterpret my words. He had a good game before LeBron James that I grew up with the LeBron James that I know and love going into a game six This is a game that he was like, bro I'm putting up 45 because I refuse to go home and we didn't get that and I'm not saying it's necessarily as Fall because even going into the playoffs. He told us like bro. I'm not a hundred percent I'm gonna play because I love the game basketball and I want to win an attempt ship, but I'm not a hundred Percent and there was a there was a time fourth quarter seven minutes and 37 seconds ago Around there LeBron James in this game where his team is making a mini run. He looks at Frank Vogel. He's like I need a couple minutes And it like it made my heart drop and I know this is super dramatic And I'm not trying to make it super dramatic, but it's like LeBron James at least in my eyes I know everybody out there got their own opinions on LeBron James yada yada He has been this Superman of a player as long as I have been a fan of the NBA and today Was one of and I'm not saying it's the only time but one of the few times in my entire fandom where LeBron James looked human LeBron James looked human in that moment. He asked for a sub and they showed a camera from walking over his head is down He's drenched in sweat. He's he's telling Marcos. All give me the booty the booty cushion thing that they be sitting Though Marcos I was like here right here. We need you to come back in two minutes So if this is what's gonna do it so it's unfortunate man. It's unfortunate I don't know if this is it. I don't know if this is the turning point again I don't mean people to misinterpret me LeBron James was was still really good LeBron James was great But he might not be the best player in the league anymore, which is okay You know I'm saying he's 36 as my guy mark would say he's 36 He might not be the best player in the league anymore, but that's okay. You know I'm saying that's okay The the Lakers others this series None of them none of them consistent You know didn't shoot the last game was 0 for 9 and became the first player in Lakers history in the playoffs at least To shoot that bad in a playoff game. The Lakers are a team that's notoriously in the playoffs And he did that today he backed it up with a 20-point game, which is cool Kcp came back from his injury and dropped 19 But like I had to bro if you watch my main channel I had just get you caught Cal Kuzma a lot of love because I'm like hey if he ain't shooting the ball Well now he plays decent defense. He ain't turning the ball over Might have been one of his worst games ever tonight This might have been one of his worst games ever Alice Caruso gets injured as well Montrose hero got early minutes after not playing the entire series practically because Frank Vogels Just trying to throw things at the wall because they just needed energy in that first quarter, bro They came out flat Absolutely flat and I got to get again a lot of praise to the Phoenix sons for stepping on their necks now They go against the Denver Nuggets And I guess that series is going to start relatively early We're like soon And Chris Paul you could tell he's still not 100% he had some big shots with the mad He made some big plays with this matter But it doesn't seem like he's 100% still and of course the different nuggets are not 100% either So I'm curious to see what that series will look like Um, I'm not going to make a prediction or anything because this is not super fun to me But I'm excited to see what that series looks like. I saw Nick Young tweet it like man, it's about to be the worst playoff ever man Nobody wants to see jazz versus blot and blot and nobody wants to see this or that And I I understand what he is coming from because LeBron in the playoffs is good for business. What do you love him or you hate him? You're gonna watch it. You know what I'm saying? Um, and he's out for the second time in three years. He's I mean Two years ago, he didn't make it at all, but it's a second playoff run We won't get a long strength a long amount of time with LeBron James I'm curious to see what the What the numbers look like, you know, I'm curious to see what the numbers look like So, you know, like the Lakers offseason is going to be super interesting because this hasn't been If you look at what they did in the offseason, you immediately thought man, you had a dinner shooter Mark O'Sull, Montress Hale who just got back or they got two of the top three candidates to Six man of the year added on to the roster another year of Alice Caruso be a solid Wesley Matthews They pick up at Macklemore who plays 30 seconds, I guess They had a good offseason, but none of them showed up and a lot of that is due to the injuries and this And then none of them showed up. So I'm curious to see what a Rappelika does to reach tool this team Because they got to be better. Um the competition in the western conference It's not getting easier by the year. If anything, this is going to be even harder next year. Um, and and yeah Yeah, people are already doing the The bubble thing because both of the bubble, uh, conference champions are out in the first round I'm not get I'm not getting into that, bro. Shout out to the fingertips I'm excited to see y'all on this playoff run Let's go to the other game of the day again Like I said, like I said, I got a lot to say Like LeBron James with two minutes left and I understand at this point it's like a 12 point game He didn't get back on defense for like three plays in a row Like by the time he was back on defense, it was five seconds on the shot clock. You know what I'm saying? Um, so he's out there arguing calls. Okay, let's get to this different nuggets win Or the collapse of the Portland Trailblazers a little bit above man Michael Porter Jr comes out immediately 20 points. Um made yokas get into foul trouble early Feel like it didn't matter because uh, they didn't need yokas to score at all in this first quarter Because Michael Porter Jr was doing those things and then later in this game Again, I know he's a big part of them coming back. I think he had 22 in the first court He ended with 26 or something like that He was a good part of them coming back But it was later moments in this game where he was like jack balling because he had been hot earlier And I'm like, ah, that's the that's the love-hate relationship Michael Porter Jr Because he would take those crazy shots of his sixth supplement in the first quarter And you know take some more crazy shots in the fourth and go over four. Um, but they they end up getting his win Eric Gordon big big for the team. I can't believe that Austin Rivers Played such a big part of this yokas 36 six and eight and big baskets and not to mention monta morris Monta Morris has is looking like a steal of a contract and I felt like I knew that when it happened But I didn't expect this man to be in a game six of a playoff game. Um dropping 22 and oh the Michael Green game existed too So I I love the way the Denver nuggets are orchestrated because even without they're missing three rotation players As we all know jamal Murray will barton pj doger. These are guys that play big time minutes for them all season long all gone um But the others like me and the guys always talk about the others when it comes to the playoffs because yes Yokas can have the same set line And if the others don't show up then it don't matter just game five of this series is an exact example of that Damian lilor had 55 But the others just show up they shot like one for 19 in the fourth quarter Over time and double overtime if the others don't show up It don't matter what type of MVP candidate It don't matter what type of performance you put on because you need the others and yokas putting up 36 six and eight And as others playing well is a recipe for them being great So big big w for the uh different nuggets um front office because they they they added layers to this team Or hey, we can afford of injury here. Now. Yes. I still don't know if the different nuggets are I don't think they're championship quality team and if they were healthy they would be But this just showcases like hey, they can be when it matters, you know I'm saying so shout out to them um I cannot believe the Portland sureblades went out the way they did Um being up at double digits was just a few minutes left and really like talk about collapsing That's exactly what happened and I saw people like looking at dame because dame shot with like one for seven in the fourth quarter or something like that and it's just It's unfortunate Because damian lilor gave us all this series like I said a 55 point game And I think they even mentioned this on the broadcast. He dropped 55 in a game. He dropped 55 in game five, right? Um, and he's probably just gassed He played all but six minutes in a double overtime game He's probably just gassed and he's in the the fourth quarter of this game And he just didn't have it and this is the mo these are the moments where you need the others for example Devin booker early. I mean levin booker in the fourth quarter wasn't the devin booker We saw in the first two quarters that was okay They had built his lead and then the others stepped up none of the others stepped up for for the trailblazers today None of them when it mattered at least for a moment They did because they had this they had this what seemed like a comfortable lead in the game six at home You know, but nobody else decided to show up This off season Should be the tear down of this current core 100 percent I love the cj and dame backcourt But you probably hit the ceiling a couple years ago when you made the conference finals run I can't see dame and cj being on the same team and that being a championship quality team It's hard the seed does not defend And it boils down to hey, we don't have perimeter defenders like that We can we can say we trust norman pal is six three who's six three small four We can say we trust robert coveton. Oh, but robert coveton's got the yokich assignment now a guy that can guard Guard guards. He's got the yokich assignment Anthony simons a good shooter, but he's not a defender. We we bring it right in holly's jefferson But he got him garden yokich's we don't have any perimeter defenders And and and I love cj bro cj if you want to come on to call game, bro. I would welcome you with open arms This series was out to cj. We know and love. I know statistically he averaged like 20 something I know I know that but if you're watching this game and you can tell that This wasn't a good serious for him. I don't care what the numbers say watching these games It wasn't a good serious for him He had the biggest shoe in the world in game five and it was part of the reason they lost He's stepping on the outline So I expect this is what I expect from them terry stotz gets fired last straw Damian lilor this I big big thing and I know we've been going on for a while Like I said, I can ramble all day and I might ramble again tomorrow Damian lilor needs to look himself in the mirror and say it's okay to let go This man has been the number one fan of terry stotz's terry stotz has come into the team You know I'm saying and terry stotz for the most part has been cool for them But it is time It might have been time last year if we're being honest, but this guy damian lilor is so attached to terry and Understand loving your guy loving your coaches But for you that wants to win a championship for the city of portland, you have to realize terry not the guy CJ is your bro It's probably not the guy Not if you want to win this championship here So this is what I would like to see for this team It's going out on a lemmy trade cj for a wing player that can defend I don't know who that is. I'm not proposing the actual trades And you resign norm and pow to play the cj role The two guard the off guard that can get you a bucket cj's obviously better than norm and pow, but they have a similar type game I and and and the way nercus is talking. I don't even it's not that even I don't even know if nercus is a free agent The way nercus is talking in this post game interviewers his exit interviews. They were asking Um, what a chance to do back and I could have swung he was on the contract He's like things have to change for me to come back It's probably hinting that terry stotz has to be the guy to go because I can't imagine Many people in that locker room other than damien littler is in love with the way terry stotz is going doing things like two years ago Nerkas was a big part of the offense. He was playmaking like like for really a lot of the office was going through him They didn't get that this season at all. And maybe that is part of nercus being a shell of his form himself Um, but he played that role pretty well and this year he didn't get that So he wants to see changes and he said it has to depend on his role Um, I thought that the porlyn trailblazers realistically I thought that the porlyn trailblazers had an amazing offseason going into this I was super high on this team. I caught an L. I thought bringing a robber coveted was going to be great He shot perfect from the field. He had 10 rebounds three steals He also had the guard yelkett. So you know what I'm saying? Um, it really hurts that like I said, nerkits wasn't amazing Um, but you can't like you can't have a team Where enus cancer can't enus cancer can't play You know in the playoff series, he can't cancer can't what they say can't play cancer Is that what it's called can't play canter. I thought they won the offseason I thought they were one of the winners at least of the offseason with the robber coveted and tray They got another wing defender on a team. They can't defend and it didn't matter It didn't matter. So I'm expecting big time changes for them. I cannot wait to see this phoenix versus denver series Um, because I I think I think they match up very well. I think this could be a very long series. Um, just because There's no answer for nicole yokich We found that out where they'd be this series last year I mean yokich have been has been an amazing playoff player since the moment he stepped into the playoffs a few years ago So there's no answer for him But I think the andre aiden's gonna have a it's gonna be a good duel It's gonna be a good duel between those two the one thing that I worry for the denver nuggets is they don't have a devon booker Um, of course, there's no devon booker stopper But they don't have a single player on this roster that I would trust to guard devon booker When it matters Austin rivers did a solid job guarding But he's also going to his name is cj who are both like six two six three devon bookers a bigger guard You know what I'm saying? Maybe we see some shack harrison But he's also six three. He's a good defender. He's also six three Maybe you throw um erin erin gordon on devon booker like you do erin gordon on damien lillard I don't know. I think it's gonna be a chess match between michael malone coach michael malone and um, and and and coach mighty williams I think it will be so we got all but one series done And then tomorrow might be the end of the next one We don't really know and they were on to the second round if I am grading the first round based on what we got today I mean, I would I would say for the most most part the first round has been Underwhelming I would say that now i'm saying i'm not having fun The job is to sit here watch basketball. I'm having fun whatever i'm doing it But I would take underwhelming for a year that we like hey all of these Oh, this is going seven. This is going seven. So i'm moving with six But it wasn't like a fun six like we have blowouts in these six game series The nix versus hogs going five was boring You know what i'm saying other than the antics between tray young becoming a villain everything else is pretty boring The bucks dominating the Miami heat born We already knew brooklyn versus boss. It was probably gonna be boring same thing with philly versus wassey. We kind of knew that that was gonna be born But yeah, all right, that's all I got. There's a longer video um I might do another one about the lakers future and and things because everybody loves lakers talk There's so many lakers fans out there. I got I got to capitalize on that Let me know what you think about today's games the series being wrapped up It's labor on washed That'll open up a door