 What's the word y'all welcome to day number two of the playoff recap don't you absolutely love when you think you're recording the video You forgot to hit the forgot to hit the button Leave a like subscribe if you are new let's get into it Oh, no no no before we get into I gotta let you know that these recap episodes are also available on audio platform So that's Spotify that's Apple podcast go type in called game and subscribe Even if you're a guy that loves the YouTube recaps help the channel out by subscribing to the audio feed it does help out Tremendously I am no longer going in the order of the game So Phoenix of Philly versus Washington y'all gotta hold on because I want to talk about Phoenix getting the win against the Lakers If you didn't know going into game number one the Phoenix Suns were the favorite for the game But the underdog for this series and I've I've expressed this multiple times on this channel recently I am lightly rooting for the Phoenix Suns I'm a secondary Phoenix Suns fans because my boy CP plays for them and the time is ticking for CP to finally get that ring I Understand that the Phoenix Suns are probably not going to win the championship, but I'm gonna root for them You know I'm saying and when this man went down with that injury I promise you my my heart fell out of my chest Because as a guy that has had multiple shoulder surgeries I understand how bad a shoulder injury can be and this is not like a heavily contact injury It was it looked like very light contact and he's on the floor He's in pain and so am I and so is every Phoenix Suns fan across and listen every NBA fan should also see this Because we don't want to see any injuries even if you're a Lakers fan You don't want to see any injuries in the game of basketball, but luckily he came back But he was not he didn't look good. You know I'm saying this man usually has the ball on the string He just was leaving the ball out there. He lost it like three to four times. I'm like, yeah I'm hoping this is not a lingering injury and hopefully this is like 24 hours on some ice on some massaging He'll be fine, but it's something you should really look at luckily for him He had his remaining cast step up to the plate I don't know why weirdos needed Devin Booker to do Devin Booker type things in the playoffs for them to give him his respect But hey, he did it in a game one in the playoffs against the defending champions Can he get the respect now because he deserves it this man was out there absolutely dominated It didn't matter where you regarded him. He was gonna get to a spot and he was going to put up a shot right over the hands of Anthony Davis Boy boy boy Anthony, you know what? We're gonna save the Anthony Davis talk to a little bit later Let's continue to show our love to the Phoenix sons. Devin Booker does his stay Miquel Bridges, Miquel Bridges Devin Booker Deondre Aiden Cameron Johnson, maybe Cameron Payne I would have to look at Cameron Payne's basketball reference a lot of the guys in the immediate rotation for the Phoenix sons This is the first time getting playoff minutes and sometimes That pressure really gets to the younger players now with the Phoenix sons this man Monty Williams had this amazing pep talk in the huddle I've been sitting here from 12 o'clock when I when the first game came on to now 11 30 I've been sitting here for 11 and a half hours. It's bad for my health. I understand that But when Monty Williams was in this huddle given his pep talk He made me want to lace up my sneakers and go hoop and that's not even what I do Monty Williams give an amazing amazing pep talk to the guys to eventually get them to win this game Miquel Bridges defense on LeBron was stellar and Deondre Aiden Deondre Aiden Deondre Aiden is the extreme X-factor for this series and you saw why this is why he was drafted number one I understand there was a guy drafted a little bit after him that is also a superstar, but whatever You can't you can't look at those past things when this man is doing this thing Dominating he got that tattooed across his back. He really showcased that today against one of the best bigs in Basketball he is really the X-factor man a 21 16 game is amazing because if you remember if you really a fan of these recaps You know a lot of the times when I'm talking about the Phoenix Suns One of the major criticism I have about them is that Deondre Aiden doesn't get enough looks today They looked for him like no other There had to be a point of emphasis on the they said the whiteboard things on the whiteboard look for Deondre Aiden Because his man is ready and he was missing one total shot in the entire game playing great offense And also great defense and he could continue to do stuff like this for this series. I Like the chances of the Phoenix Suns But let's talk about the Lakers because they lose this game by nine This is one of the few times LeBron James career where it didn't feel like LeBron James was playing now I understand he typically takes these game ones and take a feel for things LeBron James loses game ones every year It is what he does But this one is a little it feels a little bit different because he didn't it didn't even feel like Sometimes he loses game ones But he'll have this period of time when he takes over for two to three minutes He's like, oh, yeah, he's still LeBron Today he didn't do those things and I'm not saying that LeBron people gonna misinterpret that by me saying thinking I'm saying that LeBron as wise and they have no chance because that is very very far from the truth They only lost by nine with LeBron and Anthony Davis were bad They are they are a little above average three-point shooter team and today they shot terribly from three So there are some things you can look at from the LA Lakers and be like, we'll be fine We'll be fine Anthony Davis had his worst outing ever And me and the guys have this conversation all the time by Anthony Davis or whether or not Anthony Davis is a real superstar I understand it don't matter at the end of the day. What is the definition of a superstar? We can have a whole conversation. It doesn't matter But performances like this make you think that it's okay to just be an all-star caliber player But we also see the games were like early this season his season high was against this team So I'm thinking he gonna come in feasting right score 42 against them He has those games where he is unguardable But he has these games where he settles or he just feel like he don't want to play the man, but it's playing too much RP I like to make that joke Cuz cuz there are people out there that really think that because NBA players don't spend all of their time playing basketball That that's the reason why they're bad. I already saw people know like Anthony Davis gotta stop streaming That's that's not why he played bad. I promise you his his role in GTA is not why he played bad today But man, it was it was really dreadful, bro It's like one of those I don't expect him to ever play this bad again. He does a that's that's a little bit rough so Andre Drummond's minutes are weird like you look at his box score 12 9 a block of steel just just two turnovers well Nah, bro. That's false bro. I'm sorry. I'm sorry His impact was not a net positive in this game even though he scored 12 points He had one less point that Anthony Davis today that is ridiculous I didn't need to find a way to play Marcos all matchup wise I think Marcos all is a little bit better than what Andre drumming can give you my treasure not bad today by any means But I do believe that Marcos all should be getting some the fact that he got literally zero minutes in the game Where the opposing player that was dominating was a big as weird because positionally this man is really really good defensively He wanted to play here I know it's almost a decade ago, but he wanted to fence a player the year or two years ago He was a part of a finals run where his defense was one of the main proponents of it And I know he ain't the same as just two years ago a decade ago when he won defensive player the year But you cannot tell me Marcos saw wouldn't be able to help you on the defensive side of the ball Oh, Calcuz we didn't do anything today like like the Lakers lost by nine with nobody doing anything So again, that could be a thing for them But shout out to the Phoenix sons coming out here and providing a win when um when nothing is promised in this league Man, what a game next game. I want to talk about we got to move over to the Mecca of basketball because oh my god I was so jealous everybody that was at this next game today. I understand y'all caught it. Oh, it's fine I'm jealous that you got to experience Playoff basketball in New York City. The Mecca has never looked more exciting These boys were down by 12 points at one point and it didn't matter the fans were out there And it helped the team stay into it. So let's talk about it Talk about them as a team to start off with Julius Randall had one of his worst games of the season and they lost by 2 I feel like I'm a broken record Sandy type of things Hey, my star player had a bad game and I only lost by this amount of points, but it does matter I mean Julius Randall was terrible today absolutely terrible today I think he had won like really timely shop other than that like the Final play was drew up for him and I didn't understand that at all. Especially since this man I like burst turned into I don't know who has the most points in a single quarter Clay Thompson in the fourth quarter He was doing everything he wanted and I like the Phoenix I like the the New York next because they they do the mid-range game and I love a team that can I'll just step in a little bit. You know, I love three-point shooting too But I also love a team that can step in a little bit and they did a lot of that today They did a lot of that today dare gross. Let me talk about their gross for me I understand how the I'm a biggest their gross fan out there. So I'm gonna give him his roses He played good today But every dare gross fan every bulls fan every person that has followed their gross throughout his career We'll tell you this man the way they officiate this man should be criminal Criminal and he is a he's not a high flyer anymore But he's a guy that can towards his body, but he be getting so much contact for him to shoot a Wapping zero free throws in this game is mind-blowing to me Mind blowing to me. There are multiple times he drove to the basket. He got beat up and I'm like, bro What is happening? Even in this MVP season? We were all saying this man should be shooting forward to six more free throws a game because he is getting his ass beat out There the refs just don't know how to officiate a player like him because he does contort like this He makes you think that he may be not getting contact Sometimes I just wait there grows one straight up because he'll get his file call But then again, he does a whoop-do-whoop and then it's a basket So I don't know he should be getting way more foul calls than what he does. That's all I'm saying That's all I'm saying. Okay, Alec Burks. Um, great You even got some minutes from obi topping. It was really good hitting that top of the corner top of the key three Menu quickly everybody came To play today except for the guy you needed the most and that of course is Julius Randall But there are a lot of things you could walk away from this game and be proud of I want to talk about the Ladder Hawks because I'm praying that this becomes a rivalry between these two teams because I can see it I can definitely see it. This man Trey young talking trash. I love a player that can talk trash. It's good for basketball I'm gonna talk about Dylan Brooks later, but I love players that can turn the heel be the bad guy We don't have many of those in basketball today and Trey young could be the bad guy for the New York mix I would love it. I would love it now They the next did an amazing job guarding Trey young as far as not allowing him to get to the free throw line It's to the fourth quarter. They got a little bit sloppy with it I know Nick's fans are really upset with Trey and I think 99% of NBA fans despise the way Trey young draws his fouls But it's the way it is. That's just why it's it's the way it is Hey, they won this game because his ability to draw fouls So it's either it's he's not gonna change the way he plays It has to be the NBA and the way they ref the game has to be reformulated Because this is easy points for them for him to be as good of a free throw shooter Why not do this in a close game when you need baskets, you know, I'm saying and then him hitting the shot He called game, you know, I had to say it. He did his thing today I think Deandre Hunter's defense on Julie's Randall was a huge huge x-factor today Because I knew that John Collins wasn't gonna get the assignment I knew click a pillow was gonna get the sign because there was no well is down there So it's all on Deandre Aiden and his defense is so amazing Tony snail only shot 50% from three. I guess that's a season average. So what a good game from him Overall the atmosphere of this game felt like the epitome. Is that the word? It felt like the real play This felt like the playoffs. I don't remember the capacity of what the Knicks are. Is it 50% or something? It don't matter. It's just the way Madison Stewart garden is built. They can have six fans in there It's gonna sound like 2,000. They have 2,000 It's gonna sound like 20,000 and man the Knicks fans came out today I'm excited to watch game two of this one because I think that they they go they go hit Ray on kind of hard here You know, I'm saying he was he was doing a little bit too much. Yeah, if a New York Knicks players I feel like they got a couple that are doing a little cheap shots, you know, just to keep them honest and That could be okay for the game just as long as you not cause no injury injuries a little bit different Oh Chris Paul, you know, you my guy stop playing that that that aren't pulling this I'm gonna get under your skin stuff not don't do that, bro Don't please don't do that. There's no room for that in basketball and that's coming from your biggest fan Don't do that type of stuff. All right next game We want to talk about is the number 8c Memphis Grizzlies walking into a Utah and getting a win I didn't expect them to win this game even after the Donovan Mitchell news came out because I did believe that I mean They've been that without Donovan Mitchell for about a month now and they've been okay without them I figured that they would do the same thing today But this team is the exact opposite of what I was mentioning with the New York Knicks They have a way to play and they're gonna play like that. You know what it almost got the back to this game I'm not saying they got to change the way they go But we've seen three-point shooting teams not be super successful in the playoffs because that's all they really know I think it was Kevin around on his podcast It was like man people people label us as jump shoot or three-point shooting team But if you look at our shot chart, we shot a ton of mid-range jump shots and that's a fact Yes, we do have two of the most legendary three-point shooters of all time But that's not just all we do here because if you take that away my apologies You take that away We can still get baskets and if you take away the three-point line or the Utah Jazz are shooting good from three-pointers They're not gonna they're not gonna win They're not gonna win and they had a streak of what 10 threes at the minimum of every game the season They still hit that but they only shot 25% from three and man Let's talk about this Memphis Grizzlies team because these boys are rolling They feel like a arm they feel like a March Madness type team And then maybe that's cuz everybody on their team is so damn young they feel like a March Madness team And like I said earlier Dylan Brooks playing into the heel row is amazing We don't need to be friends, bro. Him and my colleague routine mates just two years ago He was trying to get under my colleague skin. I don't I don't think that translates outside of the court But while they're on the court I love a guy like Dylan Brooks to try to get under skins and try to be try to be the bad guy So it's it's beautiful beautiful for the league this team with no playoff experience going against a team We'd like the Utah Jazz are constant playoff teams every single year. Yes They blew it through one last year, but they're always in the playoffs. They have experience here My colleague Joe Wiggles really go bear Royson. These are all players that have significant playoff experience going against a team We're close to none And they lost this because the team are close to none Played better defense and that and when it mattered the most I know Dylan Brooks gonna get a lot of love because he scored 31 points He was he was practically unguardable a lot and he even he even said this post came in of you I felt like there are guys in the editing that can't guard me. I love those type of comments Especially when you do stuff like this just don't score six points in this game. It's all I'm saying but when it mattered the absolute most Jammer in the pick and roll Deadly they had no way to stop it You know Utah will come down and hit a couple shots But it didn't matter because Jammer and was coming down and getting that floater Get into the basket and especially would Rudy go bear be a AB in the foul charge within eventually fouling out Jammer records is get to the basket whenever he wanted to grace and now it comes in the game immediately hits a three Desmond Bay hitting the three going into the fourth quarter This team is not afraid of anybody and that's great to say about a young team man Great to say about a young team Utah will be back I hope that eventually does play like I would hate for us to get another update before game number two and say Ah, Donald Mitchell. He ain't ready just yet because I want to see every team at the fullest strength possible and Donald Mitchell playing Does dramatically change the series? They probably win this game of Donald Mitchell was playing But he would have been guarded by Dylan Brooks. So maybe not we will see we will see I mean like look at this 4-4 11th of boyan boyan didn't score into the second half which he had 29 and so set up to him One for three for Royce O'Neil from three Three for seven for Mike for Joe Ingalls three for 11 for my colleague Oh for eight for probably the six minute a year Jordan Clarkson George's Nyang school one for six It was just a bad bad bad shooting night and you have to mix it up eventually Rudy go bear It's my guy y'all notice. I've been I've been a big fan of real bear for a long time But in this game he tried to sell a foul when he wasn't even in the game and use he uses look dumb, bro Be honest with you You just did I'd like if you would have drew the foul and got the technical boom by the bam y'all But you did it and now you just fallen on the floor for no reason looking like a next game We want to talk about is the last game or I guess the first game of the day to watch the Wizards lose this game to the Philadelphia 76ers Listen, the watch the Wizards didn't play bad today. Russell Esper did but as a collective They had a they had a game plan and they they capitalized on that It's just so happy they don't have the talent to match Philadelphia You know I'm saying they had a game plan and the game plan is hey Let's get Joel and beat a foul trouble because as long as he on the bench We can ride with anybody else in the same But if he's on the court, we can't do anything But I will give a lot of respect to to Alex land to Robin Lopez and Daniel Gaffer. There's no garden Joel and beat They did the closest thing to it. They slowed him down at least a little bit He's gonna draw as many fouls. He really want to the officiating in this game God awful both sides terrible terrible There's multiple times this game I'm like, I don't even watch it because the officiating is so bad I'm watching stuck in this. No Russell West for game Bradley Beale scored Pretty well Robin Lopez's hook shot is ridiculous. And that's all they were talking about captain hook captain hook They got super repetitive on the call. You got to dive his bird's hands good shooting day, but the end of the day At the end of the day, it was Toby It was Toby Tobias Harris last year in the playoffs Tobias Harris was terrible I'm just gonna keep it a buck in the plans last year. He was terrible with no Ben Simmons being there Tobias Harris had to shoulder a lot more of the pressure on this team And they got swept by the boss of Celtics and in that he just didn't look good And he was like, hey that was last year. This is this year and I see Rui Hachimora in front of me But I don't Rui Hachimora got destroyed today Absolutely destroyed it didn't matter what Rui tried to do Tobias Harris had a game plan for the man I think it went into halftime with 29 and he ended with 37 a ridiculous a ridiculous game for this guy Ben Simmons Good game. I guess I just I The free throws I like you look at his stat last six fifteen to fifteen. It's amazing stuff and plus good defense You know great defense too But over six from the free throw line is the white Howard at least hit three of his Same amount of attempts. He at least hit three. It's one of the worst shoot three free throw shoes of all time He had three like I just I just want Ben Simmons to shoot the free throw more I ain't even asking this boy to shoot jump shots. I don't know that that ship is sailed I'm not looking for the ever again making free throws a crucial part because late-game situation where this is a relatively close game You can't have the ball in your hands because teams will foul you it's gonna be hack a bin You gotta hit your free throws you gotta gotta hit your free throws and he didn't set curry caught fire Was that third quarter early fourth quarter? I remember set curry caught fire and they ended up getting this win another great day of basketball Now tomorrow we have game number two of Miami Milwaukee Portland and Denver again They will those could be both stinkers. I think they're I think I saw my guy I got a funky diabetic tweet something. They're like we're gonna have a day. Yes. What is Tuesday's games Tuesday games 6 30 my time You got Celtics versus next nine o'clock my time you have game two of Lakers sons and then 9 30 you got Lakers Mavericks Why are you making fans pick which game they want to watch? Why not? Why not just divvy up the time a little bit? I don't know I don't know you enjoyed the video leave it a like go listen audio platforms and Maybe see you tomorrow if the game's a whack. I'm not talking about