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Now let's talk about the play of the week.

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The pressure to follow up hypnotic and cognac weighing

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heavily on the team. Hypnotic was in

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the cup, blue and ready for the play.

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And boom on Yeho tequila came

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in with a smooth assist to

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hypnotic's tropical fruit finish. Shaken,

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strained, poured. It was green

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and good. The playmaking splash

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shifted the tempo. Another great

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up on NBA Today, the Celtics, they may

0:42

have defeated the second best team in the

0:44

East, but did the Bucks spill the tea

0:46

on how to beat Boston? We're

0:48

having a little tea party. Plus the Warriors,

0:50

they may have some tough decisions to make

0:52

this offseason. What are the repercussions if they

0:55

don't make the playoffs at all this season?

0:57

And Kevin Durant, he passed Shaquille O'Neal last

1:00

night on the all time scoring list, which

1:02

begs the question, who was the greatest scorer

1:04

of all time? Austin tells us don't miss

1:06

it. And you better get it right. Right now. Welcome

1:11

to NBA Today presented by Levi's. If

1:13

you're getting some big birthday energy from

1:15

this corner, that's because it is our

1:17

girl, Shanae Agumike's birthday. Happy birthday. Thanks,

1:20

y'all. Kendrick Perkins, Austin Rivers. I'm Malika

1:22

Andrews. You good, Kendrick? Yeah, I'm

1:24

trying to send him my tie. It's good.

1:26

It's solid. Yeah, you didn't go to big layers

1:28

this morning? No, no, no. OK, all right. Well,

1:31

we're going to start in Boston because they're

1:33

running away with the East. But no, Giannis,

1:35

for last night's game against Milwaukee Bucks, you

1:38

would think this should have been a layup,

1:40

right? This should be an easy win. Well,

1:42

oh, not so fast. Jason Tatum, the Celtics,

1:44

hosting Damian Lillard and the Bucks. Chris Middleton

1:46

playing. Yes, Damian Lillard playing. Yes, Giannis stayed

1:48

back in Milwaukee, missed the second straight game

1:51

with a hamstring issue. Here's the deal, Shanae.

1:53

Tatum entered Wednesday, shooting 49 from three in

1:55

March. 49 percent, that is, and picked

1:57

it up right where he left off. Let me tell you,

1:59

I love the... aggressive nature that Jason Tatum

2:01

started this game with because that's what they're going to

2:03

need come fourth quarters. That has been their issue,

2:05

but he started off off the jump. He's been

2:08

shooting off the dribble extremely well. And so I

2:10

like that mentality. Okay, kiss it, chef, kiss for

2:12

his work behind the yard. He did 16, 24

2:14

fourths passes. Oh, he's going to go

2:16

right there. Second most fine movie donges, but for

2:18

Zingit. You're going off his athleticism, Kendrick.

2:21

He's growing on me. That was a good move. Spells

2:23

except 69, 56 to half. And

2:26

the start of the fourth quarter here, and self except big up at

2:28

18, eight and Prichard. Watch

2:30

him here, Eric White maneuvering, kiss it

2:32

back out, Prichard knocks down the tray ball

2:35

here. Things looking real bad for them to

2:37

walk about. All of a sudden, just over

2:39

three minutes to go, the box goes down

2:41

nine. Bobby Portis gets the ball, throws it

2:43

up, knocks down the screen. And

2:45

then box down six at this point,

2:48

Damien Lillard. Why not? Let's

2:50

try Bobby Portis again, Sinead. Look, I know that we're

2:52

waiting for Chris Middleton to come back and he's done

2:54

a good job, but it really feels like you saw

2:56

a little bit of the hierarchy, Dame, Bobby, and then

2:58

caught up with Chris. But right there, down the stretch,

3:00

he was able to separate Tatum. That was his

3:02

first back in the wall. Austin, this is what we've

3:04

been wanting to see from Tatum down the stretch, from

3:07

taking it over there. Oh, that's right. I've been

3:09

wanting to see how the Chris Saf is being

3:11

good. Clean up on Isle Portingus. What

3:13

is this, leprechaun? Big leprechaun? Yeah,

3:15

the big lucky. The big lucky, that's right, the

3:18

big lucky. Dame Lillard hitting

3:20

a big dame time shot there. Bobby

3:23

Portis. He's fantastic, all game.

3:25

And one. All game. All game. We

3:27

head to the free throw line. So now it's a four

3:29

point game. This is the guy who you want the ball

3:31

in his hands. Maybe just trying to do a little something

3:33

different. Can't quite get it high off the glass to go.

3:35

Boston escapes with the win, 122, 119. So

3:39

with the win, it feels like they reach 55 wins. That

3:42

is before any other team in the

3:44

East has reached 45. They're

3:47

only the 15 to do that in the last 45 years. Three

3:49

of the previous four teams won it all,

3:51

including LeBron James and Pete, Michael

3:54

Jordan Bulls, Moses Malone's 76ers. This

3:57

is a team though, that is measured in

3:59

the post season. The would not mind

4:01

and I can. Just sense of

4:03

foods are better known as

4:06

big Park has nothing his

4:08

has no you thought to

4:10

see his Have me hey

4:12

I. Fly

4:16

At All shared a almost.

4:20

Test. Right

4:24

And I hate to see be known

4:26

a day and forth with damage only

4:28

so would mean whoop. It is a

4:30

lot that a look at every single

4:32

thing I'm prepared to pay them. And

4:35

thirty one five a problem last night

4:37

or hideous and a second half. right?

4:39

Not really looking to be a breast

4:41

cancer? Know you to set of afraid

4:43

of websites City of Regime Chris Miller

4:46

can understand. He's a pretty good defender.

4:48

He gets the strip by you know

4:50

I will say it is less the.

4:52

Guys senses I don't really

4:55

see. How

4:57

see? that's the best You

4:59

flew out. In

5:02

a fourth last night in the

5:04

first nine minutes if fifty four

5:06

seconds to say zero points the

5:08

last two minutes other day eight

5:10

point six to six Winter freeze

5:12

though laws what the zoo From

5:14

the feel this is what you

5:16

need added say to say the

5:18

move your to both the fan

5:20

base in organization you need him.

5:22

The so of when a man of the most

5:24

were made a ride to get back him again

5:27

he finished to Miss Simon cuts you off of

5:29

our little are kind. Of here to view here

5:31

covered it was too hot for as applied at

5:33

we have thought for one second because of you're

5:35

right the Celtic certain are dominating. And a historic

5:37

level. Really? all of. This season. That

5:39

doesn't mean there are questions. Feels like these

5:41

are the types of games They really could

5:44

start that new questions we have and yet

5:46

they're outscored by fifteen in the fourth quarter.

5:48

The will the success carry over often? The

5:50

postseason. Would you hope so? I'm

5:52

you know there were some but with as

5:54

though less than own of repeat that do

5:56

people are dpl a weird out. There is

5:58

no surprise that. The house prices are going

6:01

to put that out there that our our cats

6:03

says it all in a regular season game where

6:05

you know have ya to see it in. seem

6:07

like that game was meaningful enough to really put

6:09

out there for me. but is it me most

6:11

is sad to are you know you are gonna

6:14

go on Melrose? similar with your phone anymore that

6:16

with a sore arm Ellison are we talking about?

6:18

yes they there's a gap between the two teams.

6:20

Muffins a better team. We

6:22

talked about. Boss. In

6:24

closing, better in crunch time. I'm.

6:27

That's. What you want to see from Jason us

6:29

him be aggressive or like scene and with it

6:31

a free throw line and will either jumps up

6:33

all the some of them are with other players

6:35

when always fully capable. Sometimes it gets is a

6:38

curse when you can sit so well off the

6:40

dribble you rely on it. So much suffering it

6:42

you six eight an explosive somebody gets it a

6:44

basket against it a free delighted he closes games

6:46

him in Salem Brown they are that best seen

6:48

that we see on the regular season. You want

6:50

us to carry over in the playoffs we want

6:52

to see that that matchup I would like to

6:54

see this mess of at some point with the

6:56

For Healthy Milwaukee. It. Was hard to take a lot of

6:58

a game without younis in the picture. Them: yeah. When we

7:00

speak about Jayson Tatum and we all know

7:03

this as players like. Oftentimes we know that

7:05

great players. Have go to move but the best

7:07

players have a son or moves to those moves you

7:09

know. Enemies and I feel like we're waiting to

7:11

find out what exactly as as game because he's

7:13

so good off the dribble now sitting for you

7:15

see so that I get into the midlands twenty

7:17

rounds. It's nice for like one the games on

7:19

the line. I think the big questions was sources

7:21

as they don't really know. What's with the i

7:23

find a cigarette out in real time? And

7:26

I think it's a little bit unfair because when

7:28

and we proceed they lose and we could see

7:30

if but they're still pacing the entire Mbs at

7:32

the end of the day. This is a team

7:34

to me that will come out of the east.

7:37

This is a team that is built to win

7:39

a championship if they are healthy and this is

7:41

a team that decency has to figure out in

7:43

those did moments because as much as known as

7:45

a Demon Brothers and better the last five or

7:48

so games that process freezing as has really been

7:50

the X Factor is gonna come down to him.

7:52

and I think once he solidifies when are we

7:54

think about the great. Stuff going to get a three

7:56

to define. A. Mom York Le Bron James going to

7:59

attack the basket or. Going to do with

8:01

the signatures. I think figuring out what is

8:03

go to movies in those dire moments will

8:05

help but we're me say this. The one

8:07

thing that we have raised like a question

8:09

about is the deal. Of The Abyss.

8:12

Last. Night peyton pretty good the

8:14

world no notice this was this was

8:16

a guy that was out of rotation

8:19

last full season and without a a

8:21

medal winner basketball game last night and

8:23

when he for from a semester the

8:25

same point getting a profile of are

8:28

more visit his yeah this may be

8:30

good been in cities in at all.

8:34

This is a bright spot. Slow slow supposed

8:36

to cells is no longer. They all have

8:38

a said Ms Merkel me of have nice

8:40

the influence of the bits and and everyone.

8:42

Has been questioned like do they have the

8:44

bill outside and what? If you're the Milwaukee Bucks

8:46

you hum in to Boston without the me are

8:49

sitting without Jonathan tend to compel you. Only knew

8:51

this game by three. Do all of a sudden

8:53

you walk out with a little bit more confidence

8:55

is at least you could give these guys some

8:57

trouble in a five year in a seven game

8:59

series. You damn right they do. You

9:01

know wilde one Chris Miller to look

9:03

damn good I have my use the

9:06

good Aziz com bay for major not

9:08

so lucky duck found somethin were Bobby

9:10

Portis and not just in a gay

9:12

but his ability to stress the floor.

9:14

Brook Lopez was good in Cook. Last

9:17

night with it was in the pick the role

9:19

in a drop coverage stamps which and now with

9:21

are you able to see it as a you

9:23

like give you a.do looking like. Oh

9:25

we met. So begins the cells. Is that

9:28

go down as at the five will bugs

9:30

based on the floor or got more. Now

9:32

Dame has more room to operate and is

9:34

a much better off his foot up for

9:37

Ohm for the Milwaukee Bucks. So good you

9:39

feel damn good. Walk another the I think

9:41

the Bucks stumbled. Into a beautiful synergy because dame

9:43

down the Sense was trying to take over the game

9:45

and in some ways he did. He had some really

9:48

big tough shots but then the Celtic started double teaming

9:50

up and then he to the Bobby Bobby felt like

9:52

he was ready for the moment so that we learned

9:54

that he again as a championship. caliber player in the

9:56

way that they sort of miss do holidays chris

9:58

middleton been on the for them factor you

10:00

insert Giannis now we know that it's not a

10:02

foregone conclusion that the Celtics can just

10:05

win it's gonna probably be a war versus the Milwaukee

10:07

Bucks and healthy yeah and that the seven

10:09

games that I am signing up absolutely that

10:11

was the only battle though that we had

10:13

in the Eastern Conference last night another showdown

10:15

in Cleveland here this one against the Miami

10:17

Heat the Heat had lost five of their

10:19

last seven games the Cavaliers entered Wednesday one

10:21

game back in the Milwaukee Bucks for seconds

10:23

in the Eastern Conference Kimmy Butler on fire

10:25

to start the fourth quarter here off. Kimmy

10:27

buckets? That's what he does. Kimmy buckets this

10:29

is his time of year Shanay. Yeah madness

10:31

right here I mean this is crazy he

10:33

just turns the switch in his head mentality

10:35

wise and no one can guard him it

10:38

just feels like he hit stuff shut. Darius

10:40

Garland backs up hit with a three

10:42

Garland had 20 points nine assists in this

10:44

one now it's a one-point game all of

10:46

a sudden kicks it back out to the

10:49

perimeter beep beep here comes a minivan floater

10:51

adds up two after the made free throws

10:53

then under two minutes left to go here

10:55

to keep down by four. Terry Rosee. Oh!

10:58

That's why they bought a minivan. Tie

11:02

the game at 100 here under 50

11:05

seconds to go same score and Jimmy

11:07

Butler going to work briefly loses the

11:09

ball elevate. You can't scout that. Butler

11:11

at 30 points. Nice

11:14

cut there Allen 25 and 20 Kendrick

11:17

Perkins the game tied at 102 the

11:19

final second to Rosee step back three

11:21

that's why they brought him in he had

11:23

24 points the heat win 107

11:26

104 Rosee and Butler they

11:28

carried the offense in the fourth quarter they combined for

11:30

17 of Miami's 24 points

11:32

while making six of their seven

11:34

shots including a pair of three that

11:36

we just saw from Rosee. That

11:39

was an incredible game. Now to the very

11:41

very end. Alright we got a lot to

11:43

hit you on today's show. James Harden's defensive

11:46

prowess. Don't do that. It was on full

11:48

display. Could Harden closing out his teammates actually

11:50

help shake LA out of their month-long fun?

11:53

He says so plus. Are

11:55

we witnessing the end of a dynasty in

11:57

Golden State? What exactly is at stake? They

12:00

have so much to begin with. For the Warriors

12:02

if they miss the playoffs completely. But

12:04

watch out, Perk. I hear Austin. He's cooking

12:06

up an all-time list of his own.

12:08

Oh! MJ, Kobe, KD, LeBron, who topped

12:10

his list of most

12:12

certified buckets. Hey, we'll be

12:15

right back. All time. All time.

12:20

Now let's talk about the play of the

12:22

week. The pressure to follow up Hypnotic and

12:24

Konyak weighing heavily on the team. Hypnotic was

12:26

in the cut, blue and ready for

12:28

the play. And boom, on Yeho

12:31

Tequila came in with a smooth

12:33

assist to Hypnotic's tropical fruit finish.

12:36

Shaken, strained, poured. It was

12:38

green and good. The playmaking

12:40

splash shifted the tempo. Another

12:42

great cocktail from the Hypnotic team. Every

12:45

season is Hypnotic and Tequila season. Hypnotic

12:48

liquor, Bardstown, Kentucky, 17% alcohol by

12:50

volume. Hypnotic reminds you to think

12:52

wisely, drink wisely. Now let's

12:55

talk about the play of the week. The

12:57

pressure to follow up Hypnotic and Konyak weighing

13:00

heavily on the team. Hypnotic was in

13:02

the cut, blue and ready for the

13:05

play. And boom, on Yeho Tequila came

13:07

in with a smooth assist to Hypnotic's

13:09

tropical fruit finish. Shaken,

13:11

strained, poured. It

13:13

was green and good. The

13:17

playmaking splash shifted the tempo.

13:19

Another great cocktail from the Hypnotic

13:21

team. Every season is Hypnotic and

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Tequila season. Hypnotic liqueur, Bardstown, Kentucky,

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17% alcohol by volume. Hypnotic

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reminds you to think wisely, drink wisely. NBA

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Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh,

13:54

interesting. I can't, I can't believe that.

13:56

I'm so sorry. They were high and okay, see

13:58

you at the play. We don't know what you

14:01

talk. We can't do that either. What did he

14:03

get? He put another jazz forward on a play.

14:05

They just get dunked on all the time. 10-35,

14:07

SGA had 31, the Thunder remained in first place. Hurk,

14:11

is this team all barked today from serious violence? Ooh,

14:13

do it. Right now, they're

14:15

all barked. They're

14:18

all barked right now. They are potentially. They

14:20

are all barked. All right, next up, the Kings. They

14:22

stay clear of the play and bracket, at least for

14:24

now, after rolling the Raptors. He

14:27

knocked his league-leading 24th triple-double, his

14:29

51st consecutive double-double, too

14:32

shy of an NBA record. Austin, it's a bonus. Does

14:34

he have an all-NBA case this year? Absolutely.

14:36

Look at the stats. Do you just name? And

14:39

then when we consider the success he's had versus the guys

14:41

that we put ahead of him, whether it's Anthony Davis, Carl

14:43

Anthony Townes, he's been dominant. And his team's in the playoff

14:45

picture. Come on, then. Well, the Suns, they stayed a half

14:47

game back in Sacramento for the sixth seed. That's

14:49

thanks to Grace and Allen hitting 9-3s the

14:51

third time this season to Janae. Will

14:55

the Suns be able to crack the top six in the

14:57

West? It's going to be hard, especially with the

14:59

remaining schedule, but I would never say no to

15:01

Kevin Durant, who has been way more aggressive with his field

15:03

goal attempts the second half of the season. And plus,

15:05

I'm wearing the Suns apparel. I was going to say,

15:07

the orange and purple is really perfect for this season.

15:10

Go, Schwartz Center. All right. We're

15:12

going to end in Portland. The Clippers

15:14

were able to hold on to the fourth

15:16

seed with a win over the Blazers. James

15:18

Harden, he dished out four times. Oh,

15:20

my goodness. Closed

15:23

out on Kawhi Leonard before

15:25

eventually connecting with Americana. This is just a little

15:27

bit of a bizarre play from Harden.

15:29

I guess he was trying to lighten

15:31

the mood. Well, he was asked

15:33

about it to explain this decision perk to that

15:36

point. Can you ask your

15:38

own teammate? I mean, he was asked to explain that after the game.

15:41

Take a listen to what he had to say. That's

15:44

my favorite. I'm a good teammate. I

15:46

mean, I think this last few weeks has been

15:48

a fall of person. I

15:51

think everything goes through or something

15:53

to me just to create a

15:55

good energy, create a great vibe.

15:57

I mean, maybe it would be

15:59

better. and anything

16:12

like that no i never

16:14

have uh... but if you know james like we

16:16

both know him to play with them in houston

16:18

yes uh... you put him in okc that is

16:21

the most james like play i've ever uh...

16:24

part of our their people could have that are what is

16:26

actually on the bed but i thought that was great about

16:28

it and i don't

16:30

know what to do that if you know james is that

16:32

i think that kind of people in the family major

16:35

about himself but it's a funny way like he's he

16:37

would do that up for the first portland messing around

16:40

he knew that they were in a way that game

16:42

regardless of which so he got out there

16:44

trying to lighten the mood get the energy up people have

16:46

a lot of negativity to say about the team recently that

16:48

ten independent of the last twenty look at

16:50

the good look at the good but no

16:53

no no no no no no we have

16:55

the point of the season was not about

16:58

lightning the moon all the art they're playing

17:00

portland always not about playing pool in this

17:02

is the team that has been struggling with

17:04

the guy that has a resume of struggling

17:07

especially doing this period of time they're going

17:09

into the going into the public

17:11

that his resume of struggle and i personally

17:13

travel on the long way and run it

17:16

out of the way we would i'll get

17:18

it back to you the only issue i

17:20

have a quiet letter that word he's like

17:23

well what what's going on here yeah i

17:25

i get from a guy that the one

17:27

who follows MVP knows james is different i

17:29

didn't take it too serious it was unusual

17:31

but yeah i don't hear things unusual is a

17:33

good word thank you it's not it's not going

17:35

to be like all this can never happen again

17:38

who would like to tell good about it because

17:40

why do they win i mean i don't

17:43

think anybody expected that's the thing okay i

17:45

thought people do that to me in practice

17:48

yeah i know it's not the game we're talking about

17:50

practice we are talking about practice okay

17:52

we're talking about a team though if we're going

17:54

to give you the benefit of doubt here percourer

17:56

seven and eight since the break there were twenty

17:59

eight and seven before for that. So I think

18:01

that that's probably from where you're where you're coming

18:03

from. This is what I'm saying. It's not about

18:05

lightning the move. When in when in the championship

18:07

or trying to go compete or

18:09

competing to win the championship is not easy about

18:12

that. And it's supposed to be frustrating. You're supposed

18:14

to walk in and be in your feelings like

18:16

it's nothing past there. So at the end of

18:18

the day, I get where he was trying to

18:21

lighten the mood. But maybe the mood doesn't

18:23

need to be like like maybe T Lue needs

18:25

to keep applying pressure because I know he's been

18:27

on the ass like back pocket. So it sounds

18:29

like you're a little bit concerned about the Clippers.

18:32

Yeah, I picked them to come out of the

18:34

West. And now? That

18:39

damn yokies man. He got me thinking

18:41

otherwise. Yeah. Are

18:43

you as concerned as Kendrick? Yes. There's definitely concern

18:45

just due to the fact that we hear in

18:47

comments from Paul George talking about we haven't found

18:49

our identity. This is a team that went 25

18:51

and five at one point and we didn't hear

18:53

any whispers of anything about identity. They were saying

18:55

the opposite. We found who we are. We found

18:57

our groove. Yeah. Now we're right before the playoffs

18:59

in like we're hearing these type of things. So

19:01

there is concern in that regard. But this is

19:03

a team you still don't want to play early

19:05

on in the playoffs. They have so much firepower.

19:08

James is in a position also. Let's talk about it. The reason

19:10

he's lighthearted is because he's in a position he's never been in

19:12

before. He's not the first option or the second

19:14

option. He gets to be the third guy

19:17

have a lot less pressure on himself. There's

19:19

pressure. It's not as bad

19:21

as previous years. I don't fault him for trying to

19:23

lighten the mood because sometimes you have a teammate that's

19:25

going to do that, whether it's with their play. And

19:27

typically that teammate is Russell Westbrook, right? And they miss

19:29

him. They miss him. So I do think he's trying

19:31

in his own unique, unusual way to lighten the

19:33

mood in which how are you going to else

19:36

find energy? I mean, maybe through your play. Cool.

19:38

But I didn't mind that I didn't take that

19:40

too serious. We had the Clippers

19:42

saying this is their year. They do need to switch

19:44

gears the way that we've seen other teams do that. Like

19:46

the Denver Nuggets. I still think that they can make some

19:48

noise if they're able to be hopefully more healthy come to

19:51

play off in place. But I still have the nuggets in

19:53

front, but this is still a team that like is

19:55

capable of switching their numbers back to that.

19:57

We don't see yokies playing with. the

20:00

game like this. He literally ran down

20:02

the hallway saying unrelenting the light. Yeah,

20:08

but that was a hidden camera.

20:10

That wasn't on the floor. Well,

20:12

I understand where you're coming from. We

20:15

talked about the Clippers as being one of the

20:17

top four seeds that's really locked in. The Denver

20:19

Nuggets OKC, the Timberwolves, the Clippers in some way,

20:22

shape or form, in some order. And now all

20:24

of a sudden the Pelicans are really knocking on

20:26

that door. There is a very, very real chance

20:29

that they fall out of that fourth

20:31

seed and therefore home court advantage. Look,

20:33

to me, their goal, the Clippers, was always

20:35

to be ahead of the Denver Nuggets. And that's not

20:38

happening. And I don't think that that helped them because

20:40

as long as they were in the mix, they felt

20:42

like they would play better. But they have to realize

20:44

the competition is not just the Denver Nuggets. It's the

20:46

entire top six in the West. The issues

20:48

are happening at the wrong time for the Clippers. I'm

20:50

not sure whether or not James Harden closing out on

20:53

his own teammate was going to be the thing that

20:55

broke the camel slap. But at least he gave us

20:57

something to have a little check. I got your

20:59

back, bro. Coming up on NBA today. Good luck.

21:03

It's broken, right,

21:05

Perk? Is that what Golden

21:07

State's headed for a breakup? What

21:09

could happen if the Warriors miss

21:11

the playoffs entirely? And Kevin Durant

21:13

keeps on moving up the scoring

21:15

ranks. Is he the best scorer

21:17

of all time? Often, I think it's time for

21:19

an all time list. It's about that time.

21:22

And I'm in and I'm going to need a best

21:24

court from the week around the association. Who said that?

21:26

My favorite game. Chanae, Perk's got a lead on you

21:28

for the first. He's

21:31

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21:33

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may have been trying to hurt him. Of course,

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there was another. It wasn't just Reggie's church that

22:24

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22:30

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22:48

warrior has sent a shorthand in Grizzlies last

22:50

night. Let's check in on how that went. We

22:52

call this a must-win for the Golden State Warriors

22:55

in the middle of a three-game home stand here,

22:57

but there was some early fireworks. This is the

22:59

second quarter here. Watch Draymond Green and Santi El-Dama

23:01

here. Oh, great. If

23:04

we continue. Can't grab a bench like that.

23:07

Draymond and Desmond Bain would

23:09

later get into it too. Benches

23:12

would clear, tempers would flare. Watch

23:14

Grizzlies head coach for days to

23:16

clear. No. No. No

23:18

what? That's... Listen. Draymond

23:21

said that on his recently released

23:23

podcast that Taylor Jenkins milked it. I'm not

23:25

here to see you. More importantly, look at how

23:27

the bench reacted to Draymond. It feels like they're tired

23:29

of those situations, but at least the Warriors get playing.

23:31

Well Draymond had 10 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists

23:33

on the night. In the second half, Steph Curry

23:35

really started to find his shot here, Parker. Just

23:38

for Golden State. Not hooked.

23:40

It's only prep against the depleted

23:43

method business. Steph Curry

23:45

feeds Draymond Green, throws it down here.

23:47

A bright spot though for the Golden

23:49

State Warriors really has been the play

23:52

of Jonathan... Oh, absolutely. Look at this.

23:54

Oh my gosh. The

23:56

road is down with authority. And in case you thought that

23:58

was a fluke, the point guide... one more

24:00

time. Come on! He ran a round. He

24:02

had a team high 26 points. The Golden

24:05

State Warriors

24:07

get the win 137-116. So with the win, the number 10 Warriors remain three

24:13

and a half games behind the number eight sun.

24:15

So Golden State has minus 200 odds

24:18

to miss the playoffs after the conclusion of the

24:20

playing tournament. This is all according to ESPN Bet.

24:23

And last night on NBA Countdown, we

24:25

got into what missing the playoffs could

24:27

mean for the dub. What

24:29

would it mean if the Warriors aren't able to

24:31

secure that eighth seed at all? It wouldn't

24:34

mean a damn thing to me. I

24:36

didn't have the Warriors pick to do

24:38

with them being the seasons. They knew

24:40

that they didn't have enough around Steph

24:42

Curry to defeat in the Southwest Conference.

24:44

I'm not sure that's true because they

24:46

were playing some of their best basketball.

24:48

These conversations that were so difficult in February

24:50

are gonna be easier for them to structure

24:52

something around Steph. You cannot have emotions

24:54

with this. They're holding

24:56

on too long because of the emotional

24:58

highs. I think you're saying it means

25:01

everything. That now by losing, by

25:03

not making the eighth seed at

25:05

all, it ushers in these conversing

25:07

forces. It forces their hands. Y'all give them

25:09

a hand. Y'all give them a hand. It's

25:12

alright. So

25:16

last night, Kendrick, you said the

25:18

Warriors not making the playoffs at

25:20

all means nothing. You said there's

25:22

no ramifications. Janae, Brian, and I

25:24

all disagreed with you. You said

25:26

all of that means absolutely nothing.

25:29

The floor is yours. It

25:32

absolutely means everything. I'm gonna tell you

25:34

why right now, okay? You don't not

25:36

make the playoffs with a team that is based and

25:38

built off a dynasty of winning championships with

25:41

a player who's still at the end of his prime but

25:43

yet in his prime is important to Steph Curry. You don't

25:45

make the playoffs and run it back. So if you aren't

25:47

running it back, now you have to make decisions on change.

25:50

When we talk about change with the Warriors, what direction we

25:52

going in? Are we still building around Steph

25:54

Curry? That's a different thing than building around

25:56

Jonathan Kuminga. They have two different timelines. They've

25:59

been playing tug of war all year. And we've been seeing

26:01

what the benefits of that are not the benefits of

26:03

it, right? So them not making the playoffs is a

26:05

huge deal, bro By the way for the market of

26:07

basketball having Steph Curry in the playoffs is important man

26:09

this is the guy who's carried the league along with

26:11

LeBron James in Monumental memorable

26:13

moments in the playoffs Steph

26:15

Curry not the playoffs is not good You're

26:17

here with all three of us. Absolutely. Contradiction

26:19

at his fondest is what Austin just did

26:21

He talked about how everything and then you

26:23

just broke down How the

26:26

war you've been playing tug of war

26:28

all season long So we all have

26:30

been witnessing and watching this team

26:32

and know that they're not good

26:34

enough to actually compete We

26:37

do that before the trade deadline We

26:39

knew it after the trade deadline Richard

26:41

Jefferson actually said net seat that you're

26:44

sitting in Look into the camera and

26:46

said they suck they don't

26:48

get trash Hello that they suck

26:50

in the Western conference And so

26:52

I'm a child this question is

26:54

Steph Curry ever gonna get traded from the

26:56

Golden State Warriors? No, okay So

26:59

why should it mean everything that stuff

27:01

is not gonna ever he's not ever

27:03

going to leave the oil. Hello Hello,

27:07

he's not ever going to leave the

27:09

organization. So you go into

27:11

this offseason now You

27:13

have seen a lot through Jonathan Kamega,

27:15

you know what you could get from him

27:17

You've seen with but gypski is going to

27:20

bring to the table now done leaving He

27:22

has to do is do diligence and make

27:24

sure he put the pieces around Steph Curry,

27:26

but those exact decisions weren't

27:28

made at the trade deadline What

27:31

I'm saying is if they do

27:33

make those decisions this offseason Kendrick wouldn't this

27:36

be the catalyst the one Domino that made

27:38

the Golden State Warriors move in that direction

27:40

when everything you're saying perk None of us

27:42

disagree with you on that, but that's why

27:45

it means every that's what I'm saying It

27:47

means everything because if this is the time

27:49

chinae that Golden State decides that they need

27:51

to make all of these drastic changes Whether

27:54

that means clay Thompson is on the roster

27:56

or not huge decisions that you Kendrick Perkins

27:58

have been calling for it This is the time

28:00

they make it and this is the moment they decide.

28:03

It's no facto, it means everything. Yeah, and you were

28:05

talking about February breaking up potentially the Golden State Warriors

28:07

because that's the only way you save stuff season. You've

28:09

had that same tracker of you talking about the Boston

28:11

Celtics and the mother teams and those teams haven't done

28:13

that yet. The Celtics are building a championship right

28:15

now. No, they're completely different. But first, hold on, hold on.

28:17

They're not. Yeah, they are. Because my

28:20

point is that you don't really rush the natural course

28:22

of events. You don't break up the Celtics two years ago

28:24

before you see what they're doing right now making a chance

28:26

to win a championship. You also don't break up the Golden

28:28

State Warriors in the middle of a season where things haven't

28:30

fully been evaluated. Also, knowing that post, you know,

28:32

everyone knew internally that they had their own tumultuous

28:35

start, right? That's, that's the fact of the matter.

28:37

But they had to have these natural course of

28:39

events that work things out. You don't just give

28:41

up someone two years ago that won a championship

28:44

by Clay Thompson without just letting him see

28:46

himself through this season before you say, all

28:48

right, these natural things that happened. You're on

28:50

the bench. But lastly, I think this is the most

28:53

important thing. When it comes to Steph Curry, you have

28:55

to allow him to have his final chapter. You're

28:57

witnessing LeBron James's final chapter. He's

28:59

coming after the season. Steph Curry will come off of year

29:01

15. What happens to LeBron James after year

29:03

15? He joined the Los Angeles

29:06

Lakers. He made a shot at another superstar

29:08

and Anthony Davis. And now he has another

29:10

championship. Steph Curry is probably the closest in

29:12

our generation of great players. So

29:14

give them the opportunity to evaluate

29:16

all that. And see how to build

29:18

it based off of the timeline that they have

29:20

lined up with Steve Kern stuff by their contract.

29:22

Okay. Okay. Was

29:24

it, was it rumors out there? Or did I make them

29:27

up that the Golden State Warriors actually

29:29

called Rob Pelinka and Jeannie Bock? That's

29:32

the point for it. This is the moment that they

29:34

go big game hunting again. Oh God. And

29:36

then we're going to look back. I can't even get my sentence out. I

29:39

can't even get my sentence out. Go ahead. Did

29:41

they not call it the All-Star break and actually get LeBron

29:43

James? They did. So they knew

29:45

right then that they weren't good enough. They knew

29:48

that they needed to add pieces. Draymond knew it.

29:50

Steph Curry knew it. Who was going to be

29:52

included in that? Probably Clay Thompson.

29:55

Maybe Jonathan Kamega. They didn't do it.

29:57

You know why? Because they're holding

29:59

on with Ema. It's a bit in that

30:01

is what a long time ago food

30:04

you think it was a good call

30:06

the such as it was easy call

30:08

the say hello hello hello do you

30:10

think it was a brief conversation That's

30:12

true that's of place between plates on

30:14

easy conversation between Klay Thompson is Steve

30:17

Kirk when is a sizable plates at

30:19

a bit? it wasn't a smoker do

30:21

you think has been of a easy

30:23

conversation when I've been going back to

30:25

forces the beginning of the season Would

30:28

like Thompson it is contract negotiation so.

30:30

The right now as then on the wall. Let me

30:32

ask you this. Is the

30:34

airport old and say warrior for

30:36

continue to go. This summer

30:39

big game hunting they call around to see

30:41

what stars they compare with Steph Curry as

30:43

they did at the trade deadline as our

30:45

remoteness, Albert's and Eight Or and Motorists airport

30:47

and and they knew that they get somebody

30:50

else to put nexus of curry whether or

30:52

not that person is still Klay Thompson, Whether

30:54

or not they need to part with Jonathan

30:56

coming home from everything I've heard that is

30:58

as. Someone that the Golden State Warriors would really like

31:00

to see a future with as they just. They do

31:03

that. We're not gonna look back at this moment

31:05

when they don't potentially make the playoffs as the

31:07

catalyst for why they did all that. Are

31:09

won't jobs here because an office in writing on

31:11

the wall before the all star break so dulko

31:13

help me most is about it's as if it

31:15

means nothing for me. Also I were all we're

31:17

saying is there's a fine line between them contending

31:19

and not even making the playoffs so they're not

31:22

making the playoffs. I just think it's a clear

31:24

cut, more sign of one direction nicola have to

31:26

go and versus public some type of those as

31:28

the policies of of the makes it is before

31:30

we go to both. Audio. Average

31:32

team or good thing. Became.

31:34

Been good at time. oh that's a it's a

31:37

lot richer to me that that another have you

31:39

seen that is in the Great Call I actually

31:41

the like I'm as last three with a com

31:43

were saying it name or when my place or

31:45

at park it's not friday but how about how

31:47

appropriate we take a deep breath by the play

31:50

a little my some fixes. Edits:

31:53

Who's the fans that are going to take

31:55

a look at some of the quotes the

31:57

Qataris henson announced or seems consensus? He says.

32:00

Kendrick, sound good? We're

32:02

keeping a cool, everything.

32:04

Here's the current standing.

32:06

Kendrick Perkins sitting at the

32:08

top. I think this is your day. All right, Perk,

32:12

you're up. Ready? I'm not even on the list.

32:14

Why you even got me the frame? Give me

32:16

out the frame. Who

32:19

said this quote? Did you watch the movie

32:21

Benjamin Button? What if I'm getting more athletic

32:23

in my 30s? Was it Teddy Butler? Was

32:25

it except Korea or was it Kyrie Irving?

32:27

You know what? This is easy because

32:29

I believe Kyrie had a dunk in

32:31

his last game. I'm going with Kyrie

32:33

Irving. Was it Kyrie Irving? Ding,

32:36

ding, ding, ding. I love

32:38

that. That was good. If

32:42

I'm getting more athletic in my 30s, that would

32:44

be a heck of a thing wouldn't it? We're

32:47

gonna have aging backwards. You

32:49

said? Kyrie, look, Kyrie's been balling all across

32:52

the board. And look, you know the thing

32:54

that we don't give him enough credit for?

32:56

What? It's how in shape

32:58

he always is. Fair. Well-conditioned. Tine,

33:01

you're up next. Oh, I feel

33:03

pressure. What coach took their team

33:05

to pass with these posting comments? Dap,

33:08

dap don't mean bleep. I don't care

33:10

about your individual stats. I don't care

33:12

how many points you score. I don't

33:15

care what you post on Instagram. It

33:17

doesn't matter. Steve Clifford, Will Hardy, or

33:19

Greg Popovich. Shoot, I'm gonna go

33:21

with Steve Clifford. Oh, it wasn't

33:23

Steve Clifford. See, that sounds like

33:25

pop. I just popped last

33:27

time. Was it Steve Clifford? Oh,

33:30

it was a little hard. It's gonna take so hardy

33:33

too. I'm in a slump. That was a tough

33:35

one though. I don't care about your individual

33:37

stats. I don't care how many points you

33:39

score. I don't care what you post on

33:42

Instagram. It doesn't matter. Let me tell you

33:44

this about Will Hardy. Because they're getting posterized.

33:46

That's why. Postgame quotes are gold. So just

33:48

keep that in mind for future. Man, I

33:50

think it's like two misses, right? All right,

33:52

Austin, it's your turn. We're gonna get you

33:54

on the board here. Who described the recent

33:56

statistical uptick with this quote

33:59

saying For a mat, I'm more

34:01

dominant. People like to laugh at it, but it's

34:03

the truth. Was it Grayson Allen? Well, we don't

34:05

want to be Grayson Allen. Was

34:07

it DeAngelo Russell? It has to be DeAndre.

34:10

Was it DeAndre? I wanna get that.

34:12

The layup. Yeah. Hey.

34:16

Hey. Let's

34:18

get Austin on the board here. That's why

34:20

I'm mad. I'm more, you know,

34:23

dominant. People like to laugh down.

34:25

The illusion. The illusion's

34:27

a powerful drug. You

34:30

did not. The illusion

34:32

is a powerful bit bolder. He has, but

34:34

that team is playing basketball right now. That

34:36

is absolutely... But he makes our... Who

34:38

said that that much more much? I appreciate you, DeAndre. You

34:40

got me a point. Well done. Austin,

34:42

I think he will be on the standings next time. Today,

34:45

because it's your birthday, we won't... Oh, are

34:47

we watching it? We won't put up

34:49

where you uh... Wow. Still

34:51

to come on NBA Today, Kaitlyn Clark's quest

34:54

for a national championship starts on Saturday. Our

34:56

Hall of Famer, Holly Rose, joins the show

34:58

to talk about her mindset heading in. That's

35:00

next. I'm

35:03

gonna blame you, Condis, our jazz producer.

35:07

Oh my goodness. We good now? Heart.

35:10

I love you, guys. You're cooking on your

35:12

birthday, though. I love... Was I cooking a little bit? It was.

35:15

It felt good. It definitely was. You

35:18

saw me do the ad-lib. I said, whoo! I... I

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36:34

Clark will go dancing for the final times,

36:36

starting on Saturday when the top-seated Iowa

36:39

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36:41

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36:44

made history of course in her collegiate

36:46

career becoming the all time NCAA Leading

36:48

IV but the Hawkeyes, they did fall

36:50

short of the title last season so

36:52

now she has one more

36:55

shot to win it all, so we

36:57

welcome in our Hall-of-Famer Holly Rowe to

36:59

be chronicling Katelyn's quest during this March

37:01

Madness. Holly, I want to start here,

37:03

what is Katelyn's mindset, her headspace as

37:05

she enters this tournament for the last

37:07

time? Well,

37:09

before we get to Katelyn, I just have to

37:12

say happy birthday to Chanae and I just wanted

37:14

to show our viewers the gold I have in

37:16

my phone as the cutest baby girl ever. Oh

37:18

my gosh! Hello, happy birthday,

37:20

love you. Holly, I

37:23

love you too. Oh my gosh. You

37:25

are the best. I

37:27

have gold in my phone about the Chanae O'Goomakay family

37:29

so I just had to share that with everyone. We

37:31

love you, thank you so much. Okay,

37:35

back to Katelyn. Katelyn has

37:37

a really interesting mindset right now. You know,

37:39

I've been along with every single record that she

37:41

set this season and I think what's blown me

37:43

away is the way she's

37:46

handling this pressure. There are crushing crowds,

37:48

so much attention, a million interview requests

37:50

everywhere she goes and she's just performing

37:52

at the best of her ability. And

37:54

I want to read this quote she said to me a couple

37:56

of weeks ago. I've given this

37:59

place a briefing. and I'm leaving here with

38:01

no regrets. I want to have the closure of

38:03

knowing this is going to be laying backs two

38:05

times on the court with my teammates, my best

38:07

friends, and I'm just excited and happy for the

38:10

future. She has proven that

38:12

she can handle this pressure, this stage,

38:14

and she seems like she's in a

38:16

great mindset. That quote really underscores how

38:18

close Caitlin is, Holly, with all

38:20

of her Iowa teammates. What does she need

38:22

from them in order to capture this

38:24

championship? Caitlin

38:27

can't do this alone. If they're going to

38:29

advance, it will be because of her teammates.

38:31

And I want to point out, Kate Martin

38:33

is a woman that walks to college. She

38:36

was a five-year-old going to Iowa basketball camp,

38:38

and she is on the biggest stage. Kate

38:40

was four for five from three in

38:43

their last game in the Big

38:45

Ten Championship Final. She's shooting 38%

38:47

from the perimeter. Kate will be

38:49

crucial. Also, Gabby Marshall, their

38:51

best defender, she's also got to hit

38:53

threes. And then Hannah Stolke, their post,

38:55

I think, is maybe the most important

38:57

piece. She's just a soft move for

38:59

25 points in their last game. And

39:01

if they can throw it into the

39:04

post and count on Hannah Stolke, that

39:06

changes how defenses can corral Caitlin Clark.

39:08

And then the last piece, the

39:10

crowd. Their regional sold out in

39:12

15 minutes. It is going to

39:14

be wild and packed in Iowa City, and

39:16

that energy is going to help this

39:18

Hawkeye team. They've had it all season, and

39:20

now they'll have it for the first and second

39:23

rounds of the NCAA tournament. It all starts on

39:25

Saturday, the peerless Holly Rose. Thank you so much for spending

39:27

a little bit of time with us here on NBA Today.

39:31

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39:59

no matter how. tournament goes. We're

40:01

down to just a handful of Kaitlyn Clark games left

40:03

at ISW. So before she heads to the W, we're

40:05

going to do a little Kaitlyn Clark top of

40:07

the top best plays of her career. This is

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brought to you by Nate's Federal Credit Union. We're

40:12

going to start Sinead Gomakay with top

40:14

range. This is in 2022. Remember this?

40:16

Against Michigan. Hold up from... What?

40:19

That's half court. Two steps inside from half court.

40:21

Like, come on. That

40:23

doesn't even count as a logo. What? And

40:25

then earlier this season, of course, this is

40:27

when she breaks the women's NCAA scoring record

40:29

with this. And my

40:31

favorite part was how they put her number and her name

40:33

on that spot on the floor where she broke the record.

40:37

And then top tournament moments, both of these are from 2023.

40:39

First, oh, I

40:43

think this is a laugh. It's not a

40:45

little fake. That's what you call the slippery

40:47

eel. That's a slippery eel.

40:49

I see a lot of men. And then she hit this.

40:52

There you go. Slap! Who did?

40:54

She hit that. The cap

40:56

off a 30-point purple double in the Elite

40:59

Eight, Austin. There you go. There you go. And

41:01

then we have to have some top

41:03

game winners. This is last season. This

41:06

one's against Indiana. Ridiculous. Oh,

41:09

man. I just love it. I love

41:11

how intense she is when she celebrates too. She's got

41:13

a flat foot on a prowl. Okay, remember. Rebecca

41:15

Lobo, she couldn't believe it. And then this is this

41:17

year. This is against the Spartans in this one.

41:19

That one was really tough because the shot clock was

41:22

low. As you guys noticed, bam.

41:24

I didn't think she got that

41:26

off. She did. The women's

41:28

tournament this year. Where is that? Where is

41:30

that coming up? Austin, are you ready? Come

41:33

on now. It's time for your all-time list of certified buckets. You're

41:35

not going to believe it. Aren't you ready? He left off. Oh,

42:00

he's here! He's still

42:03

here! He's here! He's here! He's

42:07

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42:55

Kevin Durant had 22 last night. And also, he passed

42:58

Shaquille O'Neal to move to 8 on the

43:00

all-time scoring list. Next up, Wilt Chamberlain over

43:02

2,800 points away. But

43:05

who's counting? Kevin Durant is averaging almost 28 a game. He

43:07

shows no signs of slowing down. We thought it

43:09

would be nice though, if Condor Perkins can

43:11

take a little break today. That's fine. That's fine. I have no problem

43:14

with it. We're going to give Austin a shot. Thank you. This

43:16

is Austin's all-time list. Yes. Certified

43:19

bucket getters. What do you got? We're going to start

43:21

at number 5, Austin. At number 5, we'll get right

43:23

into it. We go on. Carmelo

43:26

Anthony. You already know. Pure score. Got

43:28

everything on the block. 3-level score. Could finish at

43:31

the basket. Mid-range, 3-pointer, scoring

43:33

assassin. Let's get to the next one.

43:35

Kevin Durant. Yes, son. He's got to be in there.

43:38

Got to. Don't make no face at me yet, Perk.

43:40

Come on. Now I'm a 90s baby. I'm

43:42

a millennial. Let's go. Next up. Come

43:45

on now. KB24. Yes,

43:47

sir. This is a guy hitting left-hand 3s when he's on the

43:49

other side. Left-hand 3s when he was doubled. 81.63 quarters. Score

43:53

machine KB. I see Perk's wheels

43:55

turning. He's taking oath over here. Number

43:57

2. Okay. LeBron James. Got to put him

43:59

in there. Listen, he's the least traditional scorer

44:01

of the group, but all time leading in scoring, you

44:03

gotta be on the list. Okay, so for number

44:05

one, do we get a bam, or are you too nervous

44:07

to? I'm gonna let you

44:09

do it. I want you to do it. Come on, come on,

44:11

come on. Bam! There

44:14

it is. Come on, now's the go. Michael Jordan, we

44:16

know what it is. He only played 15

44:18

seasons, taking a break in his prime, took

44:20

two years off after he retired to come back with the Wizards,

44:23

if you wanna count that, and he's still top five in

44:25

scoring. This is a guy that, if you played in modern day

44:27

there, God knows what his numbers would be. This

44:29

is the year he retired. He retired after hitting this shot.

44:33

Let's see this listen for just

44:35

one minute. Let's follow this. At

44:37

number one, we have Michael Jordan,

44:39

LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant,

44:41

and Carmelo Anthony. Kendrick Perkins,

44:43

have you had enough time to marinate on

44:46

Austin's all-time list here? What are your thoughts?

44:49

It's not bad. That he's crazy. What? That

44:52

he's crazy. One, you cannot leave

44:54

out Kareem Abdul-Rabbar, the man who

44:57

scored 30,000 points with

45:00

a signature move of a running hook.

45:02

He has to be on this list.

45:04

And then number one, okay? Watch out.

45:07

Who? Kevin Durant, bro, is

45:10

the greatest scorer ever. When

45:12

it comes to zero flaws

45:14

and being efficient, I

45:16

get it that Jordan career average is about

45:18

49, 50% from the

45:20

field. What else does Steph need to do to be on

45:22

this list? K-D-E-F-E up there. Steph, to

45:24

me, I- Now look, that's how I'm case. You gotta probably

45:26

put Jordan number one as a greatest scorer. No, no, no,

45:28

no, I got a problem with you leaving out Kareem. I

45:30

only get five. So who goes off? So who's off? Mellow.

45:34

You would take off Mellow, you would put- There's a

45:36

plan. I will put K-D-E-F-E up there as a ball. Wait,

45:39

Melita, it's the millennial list. Millennial

45:42

list. You can't say the things you just said about K-D

45:44

and then say Mellow's off the list. He

45:47

does everything- What? Well, they may

45:49

not be on Austin's list, but we do have

45:51

some bucket getters and

45:53

next Wednesday's star-studded ESPN doubleheader, Kawhi and

45:55

the Clippers. They start a four-game road

45:58

trip against Tyreese Mackay in the- That's

46:00

at 7 30 Eastern and then

46:02

Mikki Leokic and the Nuggets host

46:04

Kevin Durant, one of those certified

46:07

bucket getters and Devin Booker coverage

46:09

begins with NBA countdown at

46:12

7 o'clock. You

46:16

know what day it is? What is it? It's

46:19

Chanae Aboumakay's birthday. Okay girl, happy birthday girl. Happy

46:21

birthday baby. We're going to see how well we know Chanae. Okay.

46:24

I'm going to ask Chanae a question. Okay,

46:27

show us though. I'm going to see. Nope.

46:30

No cheating here. I

46:32

got you. All right. We're going to

46:34

start this. Okay. First

46:37

jersey that you ever got. I have my guess. Oh, my

46:39

marker is not doing well. Yeah. And

46:41

this is any jersey. You need a new marker.

46:43

I need a new marker. All right. We can get

46:45

you a new marker. Javier is going to work on that. Sharpies. Give

46:48

me that one. Let me try that one. Yeah, we're going

46:50

to try this one. All right. Austin, what

46:52

is your first jersey? Yeah, we're going to try this one. All right. Austin,

46:55

what do you think is

46:57

her first jersey ever?

47:00

Cher or Swoop? Okay. Swoop?

47:02

I'm going to go with Lisa and Liz. I

47:06

think it was...I think you had Neko's. Yeah.

47:08

I feel like you had Neko's jersey. That was your first

47:11

ever jersey. All right. The answer

47:13

is, here we go. You

47:15

can't really see it because... Oh!

47:18

Houston Commons. It was a Houston Commons. Oh,

47:20

you're close. I was close. I would give

47:22

it to Austin. All right. Austin gets

47:24

one point. All right. How about this one?

47:26

Who's your pick this year? Here's another

47:28

pass. Thank you. To win the NBA title.

47:30

Oh, okay. Tine,

47:33

I think she's going with the Denver Nuggets. I think she's

47:36

going with the Nuggets as well. I'm going

47:38

to go with the Celtics. Celtics? All

47:41

right. Here we go. Ah! See,

47:44

you got to... I try to be different. Those are what

47:46

you spend the last three years every day with her. All right.

47:49

Thank you. One more for you. Okay.

47:52

Who's from the NBA today staff would you be

47:54

hanging out with tonight on your birthday? Who

47:56

won the what one? Pick this one.

47:58

Who won? Anybody? One from the

48:00

NBA staff that she would hang out with. This one's tricky. Careful.

48:04

This one's tricky. Really,

48:08

Rance? Rance is no

48:10

one because she's gonna go be asleep. The

48:13

real answer is, but I think it's gotta be

48:15

one of the researchers, right? Maybe Jason Joseph. Guess

48:18

y'all, think open-minded. I'ma

48:21

go Hillary. Hillary was my second

48:23

guess. I'ma go J-Jo. I'ma go

48:25

J-Jo. Austin? I don't know.

48:28

I'ma go. Thanks. Thanks?

48:31

Look, Hillary. Ah!

48:34

Anybody for a rich girl. Correct

48:36

answer. Yes, sir. I

48:39

knew you would get that. Sinead, we love

48:41

you. Happy, happy birthday. Thank you, J-Jo.

48:44

Oh, thank you. I know that Hillary has been

48:46

great with you for years and years. Look

48:48

at this. Happy, happy birthday. So far, you're so

48:50

funny. I love y'all. So cute.