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00:03 - Why don't we start, looks like we'll do Kyrie first
00:06 here, Scotty, very proud of his team
00:09 and the way that they performed.
00:10 Like you said, big first for him with 24 points.
00:13 Luca cleaned it up at the end, here's Kyrie.
00:15 - Yeah, I think JK's right.
00:16 You know, we didn't play our best game.
00:17 We had moments throughout the game where we looked
00:20 a little lackadaisical energy wise
00:22 and in terms of our rotations and they got in a transition
00:25 and they hit some big threes that we wanted
00:26 to take away from them.
00:27 So we have some correctables.
00:29 We have some things that we can talk about tomorrow,
00:32 but the object of the series is to get as many wins
00:35 as possible first to four while also respecting
00:38 your opponent, understanding that they're gonna give you
00:40 their best shot in game two.
00:41 So we did something great tonight,
00:43 but we didn't win the series and we understand that.
00:45 And we know that they're gonna be highly motivated
00:47 to beat us next game as they were tonight,
00:49 but it just wasn't their night, it was ours.
00:51 And we gotta continue to do the little things
00:53 that got us this win tonight.
00:55 - So I thought that he and his backcourt mate
00:58 were the show and I thought everyone else was on Minnesota
01:03 was relatively fair to Midland average, right?
01:08 Like I thought McDaniels played a good game
01:11 and then I'm gonna give average.
01:12 Towns was average, 16.
01:14 Gobert was average, 12.
01:16 Edwards was definitely average at 19.
01:18 That's not his game.
01:19 His game is 30 plus.
01:21 And then Conley was terrible.
01:23 Anderson had 11 and Reed had 15.
01:27 But to me, that's normal for Nas Reed, about 15, right?
01:32 So I think they played average basketball
01:36 for a game one of a Western final
01:39 to show up and play average is fairly weak if you ask me.
01:42 They showed up and played average basketball.
01:44 They didn't do anything exceptionally well
01:47 at all in that game.
01:48 At one point it was 102, 101, they were up,
01:51 but I thought overall they were really fair to Midland.
01:55 - And you also can't have this if you're Minnesota.
01:57 And I noticed this right away last night.
02:00 You cannot get outboarded by eight against Dallas
02:03 when you have Gobert and Kat.
02:05 You just can't.
02:05 You can't get out rebounded by that much.
02:08 Gobert has seven boards.
02:09 Yeah, that's just, you can't have Edwards
02:12 be the leading board guy on your team.
02:14 You gotta get more from the glass than Gobert, Scott.
02:16 That's why he's out there.
02:17 - I agree.
02:18 - He's out there to clean up the glass.
02:20 - But he is soft.
02:21 He's not a violent seven footer.
02:24 He's not a, he's not jokic.
02:27 And he's, you know, he's there, I think,
02:30 to get long rebounds and block shots and alter shots.
02:33 I'm scared to death when he shoots, which is rare.
02:37 And I'm also scared to death when he's at the line
02:39 with that funky ass free throw delivery of his.
02:42 He and Anderson have the two worst free throw shooting forms
02:45 I think I've ever seen.
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