Previewing NBA Finals Game Six between Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors

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The road work all over the place as we as we get ready for game six tonight. To me this is more about. I think this game will be more about what Boston is or isn't there any will be about what Golden State is or isn't. I know Steve Kerr had talked about what we have two cracks at winning a title they do that is just the fact there is no crime in Golden State losing tonight because game seven is on their floor and even though Boston took game one. This is why you get home court advantage so if it comes down to a game seven.

It's in your building, and this is where Boston failed in game four where they had a chance to really control this series and let it get away from them in a game where it looked like they were the better team throughout and Steph Curry went for 43 and Andrew Wiggins had a big game lease rebounding was and that was enough. Clay Thompson helped out for an Golden State wrestled home court advantage back and maybe that was the sign that the Celtics weren't quite there. As a group now Golden State has yet to bit they have had three cracks at closing out series on the road. They had a chance to close out Memphis on the road. I believe I mean II don't have the score of that game in front of me but didn't they lose that game by about $50 right right not like they were at one point, I believe, down 50 in game six in Memphis. They had a chance to close out was was Memphis in the first round were no credit second the second round was Memphis. I remember McPherson was was a good nose. Denver. That's right, and they they couldn't close out the nuggets in game for their about to sweep and yoga should be game but was our gentleman sweeping when game five a chance to close out Memphis in game six and just, I mean just got pump or they might've been game five and got punk thing was game fun.

Got beat by a thousand points and then they had a chance to close out Dallas and also couldn't close it out on the road. I don't anticipate Golden State winning tonight. I don't but the way the Celtics have played in the fourth quarter in second's of basically getting run in every third-quarter has said a lot to me about what Boston is missing and I know that when we talk to Nada. Guess it was last week in a week.

We kept using the phrase and he did, but this is a phrase that I've used also about playing with their food. This is what Boston does. Like there there goofing around like I think it's worse than that and I don't know that it's coaching does. I think it made no prism of wonderful coach, albeit in year one, and maybe Steph Stephen cursed Steve Steve Kerr is out coaching the joke maybe, maybe worse at what we're seeing is a great coach who maybe didn't get the credit he deserved, for you know winning those three titles, albeit they were loaded in terms of their starters. Not to mention that but guys that they had coming off the bench you were really really good contributors on both ends. Maybe Steve Kerr is going to get his is due. I guess this time around, but I'm just not sure that Boston is a a solid enough offensive team to take advantage of how great they are defensive. What I will say is that I don't believe that they will or should change anything they did from game five tonight say I mean honestly the exact same game plan is good enough. You just can't stink offensively like you did in the fourth quarter and that really started at the end of the third quarter. Remember Golden State and Urbana for step two. Golden State led 5139 or have to Boston scored the first 10 points of the third quarter and ultimately I believe had a four or five point lead with about four minutes to play in the third quarter, it was that kind of a turnaround and then Golden State and had a shot here.

All of a sudden Jordan pulled makes two threes at the end of the third. He scores five points. There were three free throws and then a middle layup scored five points around other scoring in the first three minutes of the fourth row seven Golden State's back in front and they would have to mail it at the end of the third quarter.

Jordan pulled bank three point which he's done that twice now taking a page of steps, but it's funny how anytime he had say that I feel it now you would set up and he's that kind of an offense of player is not great defensively but he's that kind of an offense of player if he gets going, and it's almost like Boston should treat him the same way the treats treat staff to a certain extent, although it can't be foolish almost to set your defense to stop Jordan pool because he's not Steph Curry. When Curry gets going you're at your at his mercy cacique.

He has as quick a release as we've ever seen in terms of a jump shooter mean it when he gets going in it and the thing that their defense did. I thought the Curry was, it became cumulative it became Curry rushing shots Curry taking bad shots or Curry may be thinking too much and not being ready to pull the trigger because he was always wondering where is the defense where the defense even when it wasn't there. And that's what I've always believed that great defense has a lasting effect even when it's not there that I thought that happened the Curry in game fun.

But if you're Boston you don't change anything about the way you defended nothing and frankly, you're gay your offense of game is what it is I don't. I just don't know how it can change Jason Tatum basically initiates their action. Now when he is not on the court, they will run occasionally through Jaelyn Brown. Or maybe they do it through Marcus Mark. Sometimes Derek White has been the initiator but basically all goes dictate and when it don't Tatum has to understand not to force bad shots. But he makes no sometimes once you make a few of those you so I can make anything so see how ultimately that fuels Boston's offense, but they can't turn it over like they have and what's the line of demarcation. If there 15 or fewer. Basically they win. If it's 16 or more. Basically, they lose now. To me that's arbitrary, but that is basically been what's happened and there was a time during the game where they were at 15. Well, one more turnover and it's certain they're going to lose them like I'm not entirely sure that that's how it works but it is certainly worked out in that regard, but I so the other thing I wanted to get to is the. The impact on Steph Curry's legacy.

If you will, and I hate using legacy as a term because he's not done right, but in his career to date. This would be his crowning achievement like Lebron James has four NBA titles we got to with Miami in the middle two years of his four-year stint with the heat.

We have the one in 16 with the Cavaliers over these warriors we have the one he one with the Lakers. There is no question which of those is the signature Lebron James title. It's the one with Cleveland. This would be the crowning achievement in Steph Curry's career because theoretically speaking, even though I believe the Curry was the best player on those warriors. Teams that one. 3/5 years. Kevin Durant put them in a in a in a stratosphere that nobody could touch in 1718. You had no chance to beat the warriors if they were healthy with Kevin Durant. No chance because Durrant was essentially unremarkable that at that point in his career and then you had all of the other pieces that they already had that had already won a championship real quick with having these conversations constantly and I try to bring it up as often as I can.

Harrison boards is completely overlooked as a big piece of Golden State's first title is great. Harrison was a good players great. I get if you can, and they did. If you can swap out Harrison Barnes for Kevin Durant and you can do it financially, which is what the warriors could do because Steph Curry's contract allowed it to be good to be that way.

I dream of contract at that time allotted to be that way so you can swap out Harrison Barnes in favor of Kevin Durrant, you're going to do it to get better because Durrant actually better at both ends of the court and then the Harrison Barnes, Lily Harrison Barnes was a very good player and like if you if you could put Barnes back on the warriors today he'd make them better than they are so Barnes is never gotten the. The. Thus, the credit for being part of that championship team.

But again, if Durrant is coming. I yeah and the fact that you had stuff obviously in his prime. Clay Thompson fully healthy before the injuries of dream on green in his prime, and Kevin Durrant at his true peak.

You know he still playing at that level. Yeah, I mean I could been the fifth guy pretty much I probably good upgrade actually was.

It was Indra Bogert I think was the site was honorably yeah I mean he was he was there exit and your lawyers could've been there but I don't think they needed to center me dream on played center from you know a lot Bogert played some, but he was just there if they needed size right and honestly a lot of this run has been made without size so innovative, they often play with a with a small lineup on the court at golden studio them on their coats be diverted with the capital financial advisory group. We are talking retirement coach. Let's say you have more than $1 million balance in my 401(k) revelations that determine how connect actually come back and bite me because in this is a thing that we did we get to Marrakesh receiver Rogers of the desert before you see what's what. Her head was not there when your financial garage is thinking that that total balance in your 401(k) or diary is yours.

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At this point or they're missing a piece if they can't win games.

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I think you're missing a piece. I think what were starting to see the limits of not having a point guard right like that and activities. I'm talking about. That's the piece I thought Derek White was gonna be that piece mean you had this conversation yet.

The deadline to be the piece. I am shocked that's not the piece. I thought Derek. What would be better with them. They're going to need a starting point guard and they're going to need a high-caliber starting point guard. If this is going to be the case, and if that's what they're missing.

If you're running your offense through Jason Tatum and that's what they're doing and maybe what they're going to do forever. I mean do you really need a high-caliber point guard or you do you just need somebody to come to get you through those moments when it's going sideways, I think you'd meet.

That's a tough one but Derek White was high-caliber point for this all began right I wonder if this becomes one of those situations where you're going to need a high-caliber point guard. Maybe Phoenix is something that you maybe Phoenix is one of those where you're just like what's the situation what the status is eight going to be the sign of something that comes down later were Chris Paul says I no longer want to be fair right and maybe you do something for feet in terms of getting a Chris Paul what you're going to need an elevated point guard at this point because of Derek White's not going to be good enough to get you there, then you need to start thinking okay I need, I might need a top 10, top 15 point guard because what they're wanting right now is not that good right and that's what leads to all of their second-half turnovers in their breakdown in the fourth quarter.

They had one great fourth-quarter in the playoffs. It came in game one and maybe it was surprising because I think that was serious changing. I honestly think if they don't wind that were talking about warriors and five or board jump were talking gentlemen sweep talk doing this as light.

The postscript were doing a eulogy on this year's Boston Celtics anything so just so's you and I've already had some so many conversations about this. I keep watching these games and I realize the warriors lead three to Aggie watching these games and I believe I am watching games in which Boston is the better team agreed even though they have lost three times agreed even in the games they lost. They looked like the better team to me. They've been the better team and that's why I won't disagree with you.

They've been the better team throughout the series.

They just can't stop like finishing it just can't stop turning the ball over right, it drives you nuts but that's where the point guard and comes in and also at the same time that first game was. That was a show from Stefan warriors. That was an absolute show and what Boston Celtics did was they were like you know what I enjoyed that you're having a little fun were going to take that away from your just going to it.

It was a little legitimate run mutual situation we are going to take what you love right now and were to take game one. We are here outside of that, can you really say that this didn't like this team lacks the focus and it lacks the point goes back to just talk about the steam likes point it what that there is there is no question we probably have this conversation about the Celtics for the last few months they have been able to mitigate all of those because you don't market Smart is a great defender. The defensive player of the year in the NBA whether he was or not he certainly a great defender like nothing Boston flop sold too much, but we see that all are all over the leave the NBA grade that they are one of the bigger offenders 100 biggest offenders of saints of the cryptographer and clippers again. If your MBA had you know exactly what I'm talking about the lock too much. They wind too much. They were just generally unlikable bunch of clippers yet awesome so yeah I think the Celtics are likable. They are, they are outside of maybe a market Smart that like market Smart I think Smart knows what he's doing.

He tries to get away with it and I think Smart is like aggravating stand that is not Patrick.

Beverly will know known can be packed right no one could be that big of a scrub and set up like hat on side. But what I know, I know you're going, but I stop and I appreciate Matt Barnes for: that out yet. By the way, thank you yeah thank you that was it.

That was one of those things like oh you're talking Mr. Mr. get Chris Paul basically eliminated me and made me look bad or remember that that was a Larry's at the time.

Bill is let's limit just fold this into Steph Curry. I've actually talked about this for a while and I thought that with even with all of their injuries and retirees decision-making on and off the basketball court.

The fact that it hasn't gone well in Brooklyn yet for Durrant and he said his own injury issues has sort of brought back the warriors tenure may be into clear focus. Yet, we are relitigating that looked the warriors want title before Durrant got Durrant was amazing with the warriors and I'm not saying that he is not a better player than Steph Curry because he might be the second greatest scorer in the history of the NBA.

So and it's all about points.

The most points wins. Not the best, most defensive stops right so he might be the second greatest scorer of all time behind your waist, but I think that based on what we see out of this warriors team with a sporadic Clay Thompson, dream on, can be a complete zero, and even a negative them. I think were seeing that what happened in 17 and 18. While Durrant was the play off the finals and beeping. It might've been more about Curry than anything else and I just think this that this is what it's saying to me that Curry to an end to an extent, Clay and Raymonde. That's the core that won three titles in that Durrant just was an embarrassment of riches. What I want to warn you about: don't doesn't don't miss early disagree with you what I do want to warn you about is we've had this conversation alongside couple contract and it's on the bus about uncle Joe is suggesting what we are going to talk about. But this workup was welcome to the structure like the stallions of the structure of the fact that curry is the foundation of big part of that does drain money off of that. Yes yes we can make a case that Raymonde was last delete maybe 26 and 2017 toys harvesting plays been Clay booklet is allowed to be Clay because Steph that's that's just the greatness of the structure of what the Cold War state warriors are built to see will commingle when he grows into his role in the sea with Moses Moody when he grows as we see it with a guy like Yvonne Looney who is look like Bill Russell. Like how light we can we get down 22, 26 rebounds game like that's the thing with guys like that. The structure matters more than the individual talent and all that tells me is that Kevin Durrant has a horrible job does a horrible job picking structure wants to be great. He wants to do all these things you want to score he wants to be this entertainment mobile you want to have this media company, but at the same time he lacks the structure in his basketball life to do that.

He picks markets outside of this one time. This one, three year run with a basically what's the finals twice the number with the final three times what it twice grants to rings. That's the one time he's ever chosen structure and that he's chosen to reject it ever get like you chose rejected. And it's funny because you can make the case that Lebron had the same kind of career on just a little bit earlier in his career, Lebron was 25, 26, 27 we did, rather than Kd being basically 27, 20.9. If Kd chooses structure were going to read relitigate this narrative again. I can guarantee that right so I wanted I want to explore this real quick Lebron when he left Miami when he left structure to go back to un-structure in Cleveland.

Yes, Lebron could do it because of the Kuiper type of basketball player that he was just an evening and he's we've already seen Lebron make curious or agree to much they make agree to curious personnel that he endorses it something so is he, like some folks embrace debate, others embrace chaos that is Lebron right when you start thinking about that career you think about his choices now like he went back to Cleveland.

He could've stayed in structure and then he says these podcasts were talking about man on the missing piece in Miami. Yes, we know Lebron. Then he goes to LA you should have been better like your topic, then he's going to LA and then he's choosing the bus family that has been clearly chaotic since Jim Buss is is past like Dr. bus pass back kind of established at this point you're talking about a guy that that can't stay away from the drama that only had the structure that three years and that was probably the most dominant Lebron outside of that, 2009 2010 cashier were talking about Lebron being Lebron Lebron is a singular force. Lebron does everything Kd like we just established scores. He doesn't perfectly that's all like he's a really good defender but is not what he does best, Lebron does everything.

Unfortunately for Katie, and this is where the structure helps if you have someone to take some of the pressure off of you and that can't be a Kari Irving because Kari Irving is reliable for multiple reasons but but Durrant hitched his wagon to Kyra yeah yeah and Brooklyn doesn't seem to be all that solute or smartphone market, but personal. The year before Durrant got there the next worst kind of sneaky good working. They remember Kenny Atkinson now asking Shirley Horn as coach had some structure and wanted to build a culture built built around Jeremy Lin and the last vestiges of what was Lynn's sanity built that around. He had a gun again Jared Allen Charis Warner legendary Jeremy Lin exactly hornets? Don't German infants that they will be in my matches. After this, and I'm not looking forward to it. I would say like they'd built a culture and then Katie came in there. Kari came in.

Their portal part and they are what they are right now and that's the thing. Some folks are just addicted to the difficulty they don't want to win on regular All-Pro. They gotta go to all Madden to feel that to satisfy that itch and therefore that's why some folks don't like structure Lebron CKD. It's just a little bit like there are just certain things that people just it's the competitiveness might get it and I respected.

I just wish they would make it easier on themselves would they make it easier on us to love them not to describe his in studio is take a quick break.

We have to come back and make bets yes we are that we are talking about the final absolutely. And I think I think that is hostile comic books with you absolute and that was it. When I leave a week and we can fill in our I will be right back and try to make some money next June 19, 2006, but it all started May 6, 1997 with the announcement that the Hartford whalers were coming to North Carolina transition of heartbreak. Figuring it out on the fly became split look at the 25th anniversary of the moon, presented by the Carolina listen to different pocket shows three right now just three articles about both my primary ones for my work with Brinson on pick six. Every now and again and then I like to know you, like Brinson, don't you well on one of like the five people that do come on love will yeah but with that guy. Okay so your tool of the fee everybody's flights funny just poke fun at Brinson though that is entirely too easy, but like whirling to the five people actually like what else and then I'll do occasional pit pigeon on all things covered with Patrick Peterson and Brent McCracken that's that's very cool that is a very fun one. It is you get to see athletes and their elementals and other athletes. It's been really media's new media but is responsible to media responsible are you saying the dream on green is not responsible immediate who disses him again who have no idea. Remember he's under the column covered in sublime sports like I like certain podcasts within drug regimens obviously is probably number one but there's a responsibility factor that sometimes you have to have when you have these athlete podcasts and you have to be like okay maybe you do. This will make you don't say this. Maybe I cut this in their net never none the wiser.

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I don't think he's just in their recording, editing, and then putting out know I'm pretty sure is not Lisa hogan is too rich to do you have to critique our wagers here are Evan now and then look at it when I have some other question. We had a talk more and knows this might stretch over to the other out unless person I know Tom shouts to our friend Lauren Brownlow who is this nursing her way back to help you are nursing away back out degree.

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I do not have a stethoscope either. But what I used to be. I use before I did. Media media is my second career. So before that I used to hang around in, you didn't.

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I'm not saying that's where she will idle soul but that's that's harsh, you're trying to get me to buy a ranch when I get back. She knows nothing about respect for Lauren Brownlow. I place a bet is only one. Let's do this then is God. I think I lost all of my bets again yesterday like third day in a row, but I keep it not a big one so that matter even so what did you win yesterday.

I want nothing yesterday at a future out with wills outsource okay. Her son got futures and that even though Zachary or if you just want I'm lost the Tampa Bay Lightning because I had them a money line +135 the overtime laws I had JT come for scoring a goal three great scoring chances in the game-winner. That's right it a great chance on that soon so there's that. And then one so didn't play again again so the no action on that once I lost 100 units is bent bent brother entry. Okay, I not tell me if I make it a good bet here is very three or more three-pointers in the first half +185 take that back yet you take that you run 109 today to make one in the first half, but this is going to be will to talk about Boston's defense will not change. I thought Boston's defensive game plan was brilliant and it should lead to win, but it did that same game plan I think will lead to a win at home are going to start with this Al Orford okay three or more threes made for the game at +375 I'm going without Hartford you're relying on a guy playing seek to straight game seven game seven stars to have some sort of legs to shoot threes in game six. I am flights +375 if it was a sure thing. It would be +175 separate syrups are your units if you're in my nephew leave my units alone. Yes, I shall ongoing our for record on our pretty score 15 or more points at +350 that might've been safer be a dead serious like that might've been safer here you are trying to risk more for no like I have more faith in Al Orford scoring 15 than I do Al Orford's getting three threes that relies on a lot of legs. At least with 15 he can at least score in the paint get filed. There's a whole lot all the way that this can happen by, let me ask Dennis can I change it to 15 or more points but a single look in sale at 350.

They're both, everyone got a iPhone go will go 50 or more points.

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How was it just +245 is money that is like not like these guys aren't looking for you as you just rob them. You had to see my overall unit total. It's in the Naz you should look at it.

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If that floats me tonight so NBA Jason Tatum and Andrew Wiggins to each have 10 rebounds or more is a good one +375 Tatum one maybe not.

I think were going to see the best.

Tatum has sent like to see a Tatum haymaker, which means this may be one of those Pantheon games.

We talk about even in a loss testing like this. This could be this could be the Isaiah Thomas lost like game six lost type game where he does something not seen any Isaiah Thomas against the Nixon 1984 in game five rescored Lakers 31 in the fourth quarter Lakers game that the layers going on yet that I'm talk about the Lakers 119 I believe is a summary rescored that likes pickles 20 point quarter on one ankle.

Okay, like I think were getting that kind Jason Tatum effort to live. While I am both to get at least 10 rebounds a +375 I Dennis I give me Andrew Wiggins right all under 7 1/2 rebounds today +120 think he comes back down to under under 7 1/2 rebounds low to lost 122. Enter only one can survive. So what you're telling me is your explaining why your units are the way they look pretty much okay I normally don't make these prop bets like a lot of futures that made by the way, not I was down like mine is 2400 actually like 2450 amount 1540 7X ability to utilize the endless yes and you're here you are trying to set yourself back on the sentencing transit you wrong you can't be doing that this is progress.

Your spouse make progress forward. Working on it and you Dennis. We went Aaron judge is a homer today. None of the other plus some surprise you just didn't go back to show hypotonic. I just had a long-running better Sony Otani hitting a home run. He finally did, and did it did feel good. It did felt great. Ms. like the fourth try, but I weep like you first. Don't be mad at yourself for not doing it exactly got to be there when it happens and that of course came again against Metz yet and came in game against Memphis. Let's wear their okay no know to grow ministers of the stuff on I want to see where that after July 4.

I'm just going on on the less I mention them, the happier I am okay but my this.

Did you give us all three are and I did write my my final pick I think Boston win tonight at the Boston win by a comfortable number and so I'm go to take the line I'm going to go take it up and meditate Boston -7 at +145. I mean, I don't think that they'll do what the grizzlies did to the warriors in game five in Memphis where it was one 3495 and it wasn't that close. I think Boston wins comfortably tonight if Boston were one of the worst home finals teams in history. I think I will. We know that they'll be.

This team is not the same as the other teams.

This I feel comfortable saying this.

This team along the spoiled one has not been able to do much at home. Do I think there's a good chance that they survive and they take this the San Francisco yes I don't feel comfortable about that one at all. They don't they play with their food too much. They do today due to the turnover thing entirely too much. I don't trust them at all. I don't disagree with that but I think they win tonight. I think if they don't, it says too much about what they don't have their own or what they aren't and I think that there really just inexperience.

The duty to point out somebody settle, but I don't think they need a guide to be on the court all the time. They just need that guy when they need that guy that's a lot to ask. A lot of it is. I think that when I think they when tonight and I think they would comfortably.

That's when taken a -7. I just need to jump the line up a little bit to +145 so was there like -170 or something in the game after game one. I got the warriors of plus money. We waited for that. This is the atom gold shell June 19, 2006, but it all started May 6, 1997 with the announcement that the Hartford whalers were coming to North Carolina transition of heartbreak. Figuring it out on the fly became 25th anniversary of the presented by the Carolina listen