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00:00Shane Chung is our hoops analyst extraordinaire on SportsGrid Catches show, betting above
00:09the rim.
00:10I used to do it with him and it was always better with the two of us together talking
00:14rack.
00:15Now he does it without me and he said yesterday to someone at a bar, he doesn't miss me at
00:19all but he's on C2C again talking rack.
00:23I want to go back to Saturday and the cup games and it's simple for me if you can't
00:28and no one can stop Giannis, you're not beating this team in a big game.
00:33He had 32 against the Hawks and it didn't matter how good the Hawks have been this year
00:37because they've been better in the box but they weren't better Saturday night and Milwaukee
00:41makes the final against the Thunder.
00:43First talk about this game then we'll talk about the Thunder's win over the Rockets.
00:47Yeah I mean what a performance especially in the fourth quarter by the Milwaukee boxing
00:51team.
00:52Let's be honest Pharrell that I've you know kind of questioned how they've looked but
00:55Pharrell I mean name a better team since the middle of November since Milwaukee.
01:00They've lost two games and one of them they avenged which is that 119-104 loss they had
01:04to Atlanta but to me it's about the fact that I've liked what I've seen Pharrell on the
01:09defensive end of the floor only giving up 102 points.
01:12Giannis with a 32-14 a monster performance from a guy that let's be honest Pharrell when
01:20he's engaged and he's rebounding and doing everything and they're not atrocious at the
01:27three-point line they defend they give themselves a chance to win but as good as you got out
01:33of 34-14 and nine from Giannis you still got 25-7 and six from Dame you got 16 from Brooke
01:40Lopez you got almost a double double out of Bobby Portis.
01:44They're playing better basketball and it sets up a really interesting matchup versus OKC
01:49tomorrow night in Vegas.
01:51How about Middleton not mattering in that rotation right now like Bobby Portis matters
01:56more to the Bucs than Middleton does I know it's crazy to say but it's true.
02:01It is true but also Pharrell if you really think about it it was really a smart move
02:07by Doc Rivers putting Andre Jackson Jr. into the starting lineup.
02:12Why Pharrell?
02:14They can't defend guards.
02:18So now you put Andre Jackson you remember him from UConn 6'5", 6'6", long-span can guard
02:231-2-3 now you can protect Dame guarding the perimeter and have Andre be the best the better
02:30defender and then you bring guys like Portis, Middleton, Trent Jr. off the bench.
02:37That's a pretty good bet for Milwaukee right now.
02:40Let's see if Jackson can slow down probably a guy that could be the MVP this year and
02:45that's SGA tomorrow night.
02:47So how do you lose a game when well I know the Thunder are better than the Rockets but
02:50how do you lose a game when you get six guys in double figures?
02:54That's what happened to the Rockets Saturday night.
02:57Listen simply as put you could have six guys go get you whatever they can get you but when
03:02you got a guy at the caliber of SGA that can just do it all and especially the fact you
03:08gotta realize Pharrell they also in the second half right outscored him 60 to I think 44
03:15if I'm not mistaken because if I'm not mistaken, I think it was a one-point game after the break
03:19at the break if I'm not mistaken.
03:21So when you have that killer, it was 70, 70, 70 to 54.
03:30So a team that does good as they are defensively is Houston.
03:34You get 70 points and you were going to talk about the fact you have six guys go double
03:38figures, but I thought the fact that you had four players get you 19 or more for Oklahoma
03:44City and let's be honest, Isaiah Hartenstein has integrated himself perfectly into that team.
03:5121-8 and two assists.
03:55This guy shows why New York is missing him right now, particularly his rim protection.
04:01Five steals for SGA.
04:03Really good performance.
04:04Should be a good game tomorrow night, but I still think right now I'd like the Thunder
04:07to take the NBA Cup.
04:08So do I and I'll tell you what, I miss Hartenstein too on the Knicks, but the Knicks have moved
04:13up to three in the East and they looked really good in Orlando last night.
04:17I was watching with one eye open, Brunson went off and how about Cat, 22 and 22 boards?
04:23Well, listen, I want to dispel this notion about the quote-unquote softness of Cat, right?
04:31The rim protection of Cat.
04:32Let me tell you something, you're going to give me 22 and 20, you're going to be okay
04:37by me.
04:38And I think what you have with the Knicks is this, they could have, folks, the best
04:43starting five.
04:44I'm not saying the best team, the best starting five in the league because at any point, any
04:50of them dudes can drop 20, any of them dudes can drop four, three or four threes and Cat's
04:56been tremendous.
04:57And it was really interesting because Jamal Moseley made some points about the refereeing.
05:03Jalen Suggs was playing, you remember the game rough, you remember the game rough, 21
05:08when we were a kid, when there was no fouls, they were playing rough last night on Jalen
05:13Brunson.
05:14The Knicks could have shot 60 free throws and it would have been enough.
05:17But I do, I must admit, I must also give my props to Jamal Moseley, Jamal Moseley, he's
05:23done such a great job with this team right now, the way they're playing.
05:28Screw them.
05:29Let's talk about your picks for tonight in the NBA because it's like the worst night
05:34of college basketball I think I've ever seen.
05:36Yeah, for real.
05:37I tried to find college basketball games and I had none.
05:41So I'm going just to the NBA today.
05:43I'm going to go with the Heat, minus four and a half at Detroit.
05:46The Miami Heat has covered four straight games.
05:48They're playing a little bit better basketball, folks, as they try to climb their way up.
05:52Right now they're sitting fifth in the Eastern Conference.
05:55Give me the Heat, minus four and a half.
05:57Next, I'm going to go with the Sixers on a Monday night.
05:59No, no dwelling beat, but I mean, dang, it's got to be enough with everybody else, right?
06:06To beat the Hornets, a Hornets team that is scrappy, but I do like Philadelphia to go
06:11ahead and get a win.
06:12By the way, folks, you can bet the Philadelphia 76ers at plus money to make the playoffs.
06:17I think they're going to find a way.
06:19I know it sounds crazy.
06:20Play number three.
06:21I'm going to go with the Nuggets, plus one and a half at Sacramento.
06:25Last two games, one by 30, one by 22, they're playing better basketball.
06:30I know, like the Beamers, great at home, but I'm going to take the Nuggets, plus a point
06:35and a half.
06:36Next, Jalen Durant, over 19 and a half points, plus rebounds, over in six straight versus
06:42Miami.
06:43Forget the fact that he's not covered his last four games.
06:45Pharrell, this is about styles, make fights.
06:48Give me Jalen Durant, over 19 and a half points, plus rebounds.
06:52The last, James Hart, over 14 and a half rebounds, plus assists.
06:55We should get it done tonight.
06:56Those are my plays.
06:57And who do you like in the hated most Pharrell Ballers semifinal tonight?
07:04Pharrell Ballers, the old team goes down to Pharrell's new team, you've got to call the
07:08Pharrell Ballers, and Chop Suey goes for 21 and five threes tonight.
07:14Mark it down.
07:15You got a 23 and a 20 game so far.
07:17She's lighting it up.
07:18Let's get those scholarship offers in, coach.
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