NBA Playoffs Game 1 Recap: Blowouts, Letdowns & Timberwolves Dominance

Peter Klein

Let’s be honest — most of the opening weekend of the NBA Playoffs was kinda… meh. In this episode, I break down every Game 1 and explain why the Timberwolves looked like title contenders, why the Nuggets survived, and why the Lakers and Bucks might already be in trouble.  ✅ Denver’s comeback vs Clippers ✅ Edwards & Reid lead a Wolves barrage ✅ Knicks turn up the heat late ✅ Bucks perimeter defence = nightmare ✅ Why the Rockets could still bounce back  If you’re looking for a level-headed NBA breakdown without the shouting, this one’s for you.  #NBAPlayoffs #NBAGame1 #NBA2025 #Timberwolves #Lakers #Bucks #Nuggets #Warriors #NBARecap  🔗 Stay Connected & Support the Show 🎧 Listen & Subscribe:  Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couch-potato-diary/id1564122189  Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/3QgazeHcSKSteZbBIubcuM 🧠 Partners & Promos:  C of Dead Apparel → https://www.cofdead403.ca/  Swift Energy → https://www.swiftenergy.gg/?ref=mriusnqm  🎁 Use Promo Code: PKPrimetime for 25% off! 📲 Follow Me:  Twitter (X) → https://x.com/primetimeklein  Instagram → https://instagram.com/primetimeklein  Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/Couchpotatodiary  Twitch → https://twitch.tv/primetimepk 📬 Business Inquiries & Fan Mail:  Email → couchpotatodiary@yahoo.com

Transcript

00:00playoff time is here what a wondrous occasion it is with the one exception this weekend sucked

00:14this was a bad bad weekend of basketball in the NBA and not the jump start to the postseason that

00:21everyone was hoping for now I don't think we need to come on here and say well how do we fix the

00:27NBA how do we fix these issues or anything like that I don't think you need to do that um it was

00:33just that there was you had eight games this weekend and six of them sucked that's basically

00:38what this comes down to um there was just there wasn't much in terms of surprises there wasn't

00:43much in terms of drama it was all just kind of bleh in-depth analysis that you come here for

00:51obviously but uh let's start with the exception of the weekend and that was Denver against the

00:57the LA Clippers um Denver gets uh they flash this on the broadcast Denver gets their eighth 15 point

01:02comeback in the playoffs since 2019 probably not really a way you want to be living your life

01:07especially against the Clippers team that went 18 and 3 to close out the regular season was actually

01:11the betting favorite in this series going into um this particular matchup but you could see why

01:17a lot of people just have this one in seven uh because these two teams are very very closely

01:23matched one thing that was really concerning I think on the Denver side was how poor they were

01:29defensively there was a lot of easy looks at the rim now I do think they kind of overstated it on the

01:35broadcast a little bit they were talking about oh man look at that another easy look in the rim and

01:38it's done having to go up and do like this his no one appendage is facing the same direction and he

01:45hits a wicked spinning layup that goes in and like oh another easy look at the rim it's like

01:49was it like they they got they got to the rim and so that is easier than if he would have tried to

01:54just like spin it up from the three-point line but that was still a contested look anyway but still

01:58it was the fact that he got to the rim and it was the some very poor um defense on the perimeter

02:04which we're going to talk about a bunch today um and there was a lot of issues once you got into

02:08the paint Jokic I know a lot of people say oh you know what his defense is actually defense is

02:13actually underrated uh did it wasn't it wasn't yesterday um or on Saturday sorry it was bad he

02:20was not great uh defensively in this one and so that is going to be I think a real problem for the

02:25Nuggets going forward if they can't keep this Clippers team out of the paint then they're going

02:30to have some trouble because like Kawhi Leonard he is a good three-point shooter and we saw um in that

02:34game but he loves to just dine out on um on mid-range jumpers right and James Harden he'll

02:42chuck up a ton of three balls but he does also like to kind of get into the paint and try to draw some

02:46of those stupid fouls and stuff like that and Norm Powell again has worked his way into being a

02:50somewhat reliable three-point shooter but he likes attacking the rim as well this is a team that really

02:54likes to attack and so if Denver can't stop them from attacking that's going to be a bit of an issue

02:59here and so it looked like the Clippers were going to start to pull away and then Jamal Murray

03:03steps up with big shot after big shot after big shot after big shot here and he he had some

03:09massive massive plays to to get them back into this game and really get them rolling here in this one

03:16and eventually they they come away with a victory and you had your other guy step up enough uh Brown

03:22comes up with a couple of steals and some dunks when they really needed those kind of things um you

03:27got a couple of big shots from MPJ specifically early from him and I love that motion they run to

03:33to get Gordon going a little bit where you have um Jokic at kind of the top of the circle there

03:39and Gordon basically from the free throw line will set a screen it lets Murray come around and you

03:45either get a handoff to Murray where he is looping around and has a lot of momentum to either stop up

03:50for a three or come around and either attack the rim or see what you have because you now have

03:54essentially two pick and rolls going at the same time or what the Clippers do they end up doubling

04:01Murray coming around the top of it that leaves Gordon basically wide open Jokic is going to find

04:05that dumps it off to him and get and gets the dunk so they got Gordon going in a very good way

04:10this starting five they work together very very effectively and so there were obviously some great

04:15moments there and then Russell Westbrook did just enough to not screw things up they it was very

04:21obvious the Clippers were going to let him shoot and it was at times one of those ones where you do have

04:27to ask hey great that you're taking open shots have you wondered why you're open all the time

04:32because there were a few of those but he still he makes some very very big shots in this game that

04:39let the the Nuggets a kind of hang around and then at one point take the lead but god damn did he make

04:44some dumb calls in this game too that were just so from a like I I I like the the Nuggets I I would

04:52like to see um like I enjoy watching Jokic play obviously you know Canadian here want to see good

04:57things for Jamal Murray now I also want to see some good things for um for Norman Powell and for

05:03Kawhi Leonard and all that too but I I did find myself kind of leaning in the the direction of

05:07cheering for Denver in this animated prediction of them in seven so you know you want that um you want

05:11that to be correct and so I I found myself getting incredibly frustrated with Russell Westbrook and a

05:18couple of times one at the end of the game they get the the the ball in Jokic's hands they go from

05:24Murray I'm pretty sure it was a screen um and they they get it to to Jokic at the top of the key

05:30a double comes off of Westbrook because obviously and there is six seconds left Jokic if he would

05:37have as soon as that double came if he would have skipped it over to Westbrook Russ has a wide open

05:41three and who knows but instead because he's not in a video game or a robot he has to turn and face

05:48him he passes it to Westbrook it gave the defense just enough time to rotate over and then Westbrook

05:53didn't have a fucking clue what to do um he just kind of got caught in a moment where he thought

05:58about shooting it and it's like ah no I I'm this isn't my shot I should try to attack I should try

06:03to get something but that got cut off because the rotation came quick enough because the clippers

06:07are good defensively um and you have Zubats over there as well so he stops up and tries to force up

06:11this weird awkward three and it just it doesn't exist and it just falls down it was very much like the end

06:17of the the March Madness National Championship game and so to have the ball coming out of a timeout

06:22with enough time that you could kind of settle up and run your offense with 10 seconds to go

06:28and to get exactly zero shots out of it you can't can't be doing that and then on the opposite end

06:33of it in overtime the Nuggets are up by I think one and so you can't just sit back and just not do

06:39anything right and I do understand you kind of want to do something so that if they do something

06:44you still have time to do another something but they are up by one there is I think 14 seconds

06:50left and 10 seconds left on the shot clock and Westbrook's like all right time to go and just

06:56drives it into the lane and forces up this ugly awful contested layup now he gets lucky because

07:02Gordon is there for the offensive rebound and if you are a Westbrook defender which I do somewhat

07:08fall into at times um you can say well he knew he could do that because you have a size advantage

07:12down low with Gordon who can get an offensive rebound and do exactly what he did but I don't

07:17think that thought process went in I think Russ was like I have ball there is rim let me go and oh man

07:23it was just holy cow could we not could we not like if if you feel like there is a lane to go

07:29and you're up by up by one and there's 10 seconds left again just like you you can't because you have

07:35to take a shot at some point you don't want to let them hold it and like oh hey we held it we missed

07:40now they have a chance to win if you have something then go but he he didn't and it missed

07:45and they they get lucky because Gordon gets the offensive rebound makes a couple of free throws

07:49and they end up being able to ice that game away but holy cow the Russell Westbrook experience was on

07:54in full display out in Denver on uh Saturday afternoon on the Clippers side Leonard and Harden

08:01were just simply fantastic uh both of them put on very very good performances I thought Zubats was strong

08:07really as well um you got a couple good showing like Powell hit a couple of good shots um also

08:12the big thing for them is that just that that final stop that they needed in overtime they never really

08:18got it they got the stop at the end of regulation but even then to get it to that point where they

08:22needed to hit a couple of big shots late they needed a couple more stops and those just weren't

08:26coming for them and so I do still think that this is going to be a lengthy series I don't think that

08:32seeing that you're thinking okay well now Denver's got it I think you are kind of on the assumption

08:36oh my god Denver just stole one thank god they were on home court and didn't just lose home court

08:41advantage which is the biggest advantage they have in this series so desperation time comes through for

08:46the Denver Nuggets but um settle in folks because this is going to be a long series and we got for

08:53what the weekend was a banger of a game um by real actual eyeball standards an okay game between the

09:00Detroit Pistons and the New York Knicks um eventually a lot of guys on the Knicks had big

09:06moments OG Ananobi was massive at both ends in this game coming up with 19 points in the first half

09:12really extending the offense with his range from three-point shooting like he was the best version

09:17of OG Ananobi on Sunday or Saturday afternoon um just making all of those shots and defensively

09:25taking on the number one assignment on the other team and really making life difficult on Cade

09:31Cunningham early on and that was where from a Knicks standpoint you were getting a little bit concerned

09:35because OG is knocking him down from three and um on the Detroit side Cade was doing nothing I think

09:43he started like two for seven or something like that which like percentage wise doesn't look too

09:46terrible but just on the court it didn't look great for him and the Pistons were still hanging

09:51around at one point winning uh Beasley was hitting a couple of good shots from distance and they were

09:55just kind of hanging around in this game and so you were getting a little bit concerned like look

09:59we have shut their guy down and we're still not ahead here what's what is going on and then

10:04eventually things start to wake up a little bit Cat has a couple of big plays on offense I like

10:08like he can he is obviously very confident in his three-point shooting I think we've established that

10:13right um but he also I I like it when he can attack a little bit and it is not the quickest

10:19of first steps or anything like that but he had Tobias Harris on him um because and that was one

10:24of the adjustments we were looking for in this series is how do they defend Carl Anthony Towns

10:28the three-point shooter because before it was with uh Stewart and um Duren and they would just back

10:33off and Cat is going to to hit those say what you will about the guy he's gonna hit those and so

10:37instead they put Tobias Harris on who they feel a little bit more comfortable going out and challenging him

10:41at that distance but Cat is like a hundred pounds bigger than him and so he like he didn't just like

10:46NBA live style post him up from the top of the key but he just went right into his chest and drove in

10:52and got some buckets so I do like how Cat played in this game and so those guys came up with some big

10:58plays while Brunson was trying to to find it and then eventually Brunson did find it and maybe in

11:03playoffs he just needs to have one injury before he can really get going but the the ankle roll gives you

11:08some concern on the the Knicks side uh but Brunson eventually does get going and then Josh Hartman

11:14every year you watch him in the playoffs and every year it is just like this is a dude who you win

11:21with he makes those basketball plays that are the the types of plays that you need this time of year

11:28to to be successful so many opportunities so many second chance opportunities and offensive rebounds and

11:33big plays defensively he was just everywhere when they needed him and still it was a little bit

11:38close and then campaign comes in and he is I don't even want to say polarizing because we all know

11:45what he is at this point when it is on hot damn man it is such a it is so valuable because the other

11:50team they're not expecting it it feels like found money for you and it just feels like a gut punch when

11:55he goes out and just starts styling on guys and he had a couple of big shots that launched that 21

12:00nothing run for the Knicks at the end of this game that helps them pull away so from a Knicks standpoint

12:05if you are a Knicks fan you look at you've got great contributions from everyone you wanted to

12:09right OG, Cat, um Brunson, Hart you get some extra ones from even Robinson like some big plays inside

12:16um helps you out there too and then uh Payne gives you some energy off the bench so you're feeling like

12:21okay everyone contributed we ended up winning this game that's fantastic on the we're concerned

12:27aspect of it you get a little bit worried because uh you needed a 21 nothing run to kind of put a

12:35wrap on things and that's uh you know suboptimal I would say when you need to to put that kind of a

12:41thing together to to win a basketball game you had to try really hard against this Pistons team so

12:46a little bit of concern I would say there on a Knicks standpoint but you have to be fine with how the

12:51Detroit Pistons started this series they did a lot of good things for this being their first

12:56playoff game they hung around for a really long time they had their top player kind of feeling in

13:01a little bit he's locked down by one of the better defensive players in the league you're on Madison

13:05Square Garden you got um Breen eight steps away from you yelling bang at different points like there's

13:12there's a lot going on in your playoff debut at Madison Square Garden and so eventually he kind of

13:17settles in and your other guy like Tim Hardaway Jr. had a great game letting Cade kind of get the feel

13:23of everything and I I thought again Beasley hit a lot of really good shots to to get them rolling

13:29in this game and so again Cade eventually gets his playoff legs under him and you're feeling good

13:33about it the one thing and this is where the inexperience comes is once the Knicks got rolling

13:39this team couldn't stop it late that momentum is building the garden is bumping people are getting

13:43fired up again bang is being yelled over there and you have a young team that just they can't they

13:49can't stop it they don't they haven't experienced this before it's one thing to face a bit of a nine

13:55nothing run against the Knicks on a Tuesday in January but this is the playoffs at the garden

14:00and it got to the Pistons I think a little bit so a very valuable learning experience I I don't know

14:05if it is enough to make a difference into a game two but a very valuable learning experience for the

14:11Detroit Pistons a reminder if you missed any of the live stream today um you can catch it all in

14:17podcast form just search uh couch potato diary wherever you get your podcasts including on

14:22apple podcasts we move on uh what a performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves they needed their

14:29offense to step up and the big question we had coming into the series was will they be able to

14:33shoot from distance if they can do that then they have a real opportunity here in this series and oh my

14:39god did they um let me just take a look here really quick um I wanted to see the official stats on this

14:48one before we uh dive in I just kind of forgot to to pull that up in doing the prep for today uh

14:55killing some time getting over here uh from three they were yeah 21 of 42 it really felt like they had

15:01more of an edge on that than uh six extra threes which is 18 extra points which ends up being close to

15:07the game I guess but it felt like honestly 21 threes that's a lot 21 of 42 when you're shooting 50%

15:15and you're putting up over 40 shots from three that's a very good night and that still feels low

15:20for what they were able to do because they were all from deep and they all just felt like daggers

15:24when it's Nas Reed pulling up and you have Anthony Edwards getting away from the steal of LeBron

15:29and jacking one up from distance that they just they it felt like soul crushing threes that these teams

15:36were getting and really really disappointing from a Lakers standpoint when that was when that was

15:41tough um and then like after that barrage it's just like Nas Reed was fantastic Edwards was great he

15:47gets banged up in this game um and I think came back for a little bit and then left again but either

15:51way they were great and then the area you thought they were going to control they started off a little

15:56bit slowly on right like they were out rebounded and uh out second chance in the first quarter and

16:02you're thinking man if if the Lakers can win that then this thing is this thing is a wrap and you're

16:07watching it early on um because I watched this after I knew what happened and so you're watching

16:11it early on it's like okay well Luka has 12 of the first 28 points in this game they have an eight

16:15point lead like how did this go and they're they're dominating in the paint how did this go so

16:19sideways well then they stopped dominating in the paint and they were just getting crushed down low and

16:25so again that is where that big advantage that Minnesota has really starts to shine and the other area

16:31that we talked about was defensively uh the Lakers just couldn't get a stop when they needed to now

16:35they're giving up three point shots from half court so some of those like what do you want him to block

16:40that like I don't know what more you want to do on those when the team is just jacking those up and

16:44they're just feeling it so a little bit of the the credit does go to to Minnesota but the Lakers again

16:49they couldn't stop the bleeding when that was happening and then Minnesota's strong defense is turning

16:53into fast break points uh through three quarters fast break points for 23 to 4 Minnesota was just out

16:58and running on the Lakers and crushing them in that way and you think about like all these LeBron

17:02teams over the years they were the ones who dominated in the fast break and those were the ones that

17:06really ended up killing you um Minnesota was able to get that but again Anthony Edwards was big in this

17:11game and just a lot of guys stepped up in in some big time ways Nas Reed probably being the the chief

17:17among them and now for the Lakers that there are concerns right you need more than just Luka on the

17:22offensive side of things LeBron in I think they said the first time in his playoff career he had zero

17:27points in the first quarter he was kind of silent and just kind of letting Luka do his thing but then

17:32when they needed more than just Luka it was still just Luka doing his thing um Reeves didn't have a

17:40phenomenal game and boy did they beat him up defensively no one really had a great game

17:44offensively aside from Luka Doncic and so they are they are going to need that they're going to need

17:49more than that to be successful and make this run that a lot of people expected them to to make

17:55when you go out and make that Luka Doncic move and you end up getting a top three seed in the

18:01Western Conference now the Minnesota Timberwolves aren't your regular six seed but you're not going

18:06to get regular six seeds in the West for a bit because of how stacked this conference is so they

18:10are going to need more from LeBron in game number two they're going to need more from Reeves in game

18:15number two and they're going to have to figure out this thing defensively now you have to assume

18:19that like 21 three-pointers probably aren't going in on you on uh for for the next game in game two

18:25but I mean like 15 is still a lot and so where what where does the rest of the defense come from

18:31like Reeves got exposed on the defensive end and so all the thing all the areas you were worried

18:37about on the Lakers really shined through and then a couple areas you weren't even thinking about

18:42also struggled in this game I still think the Lakers have what it takes to to win this series

18:46but they they need to show it and I thought JJ Reddick was right in his um kind of chat with

18:50the ESPN sideline reporter the Lakers played like this was a regular season game Timberwolves didn't

18:56and that was a big difference in this one speaking of different Steph Curry another brilliant performance

19:02for the Houston Rockets or sorry for the Golden State Warriors against the Houston Rockets now in his

19:08career I don't think this probably cracks his top 50 for games but 31 points 12 of 19 shooting another

19:14five of nine from three he is just he's special and it is just an absolute joy and treat to be

19:20able to watch him play at this high of a level consistently and what like this is tell your

19:27grandkids about type of stuff for Steph Curry the thing that would concern me a little bit from a

19:32Golden State standpoint is you have an epic performance from Steph um Jimmy Butler puts on a very very strong

19:38showing you couldn't even break a hundred and you only won by 10 so there's a little bit of a

19:43concern there that you had your best case scenario from your best guys and it was still a bit of a

19:49rock fight for a lot of this game there was quite a bit that I think was played at the Houston Rockets

19:55pace and I think even though you lose on home court and you lose by double digits in game one I still

20:01think that there is a lot that you can take away positively from a rocket standpoint a lot of guys

20:05making their playoff debut and now okay now you've experienced this now you've experienced

20:11them can we go out and play our basketball now um I think Shen Goon getting those big numbers in the

20:16paint that's going to be repeatable no one else on Golden State is his size now it is just about how do

20:21you play off of that and now we're not exactly talking about Bill Russell as a passer in the paint

20:27there for Shen Goon and we are talking about a fairly responsible Golden State team so I don't think

20:31all of a sudden they're gonna rush in any sort of um wild ways that is going to lead to a lot of open

20:39looks for some of these guys and that's going to allow a Van Vliet to get going or a Brooks to get

20:42going or a Thompson to get going or anything like that I think Golden State is smarter than that but

20:46I do still think that we saw best case scenario from a couple big guys on on Golden State and we

20:52didn't see close to that for the Rockets and they still were able to keep this one relatively close

20:56um on this night so some positives to take away I think on the Houston Rockets side of things

21:02moral victories uh a couple of teams could say they had them in the playoffs on the first weekend

21:07uh you cannot say that about the Memphis Grizzlies they just got absolutely worked over and just

21:13destroyed by Oklahoma City um six players for the Thunder get into double digits no one played more

21:20than 26 minutes they they showed up in a big time way and just really put that foot down like hey

21:26uh this is this is who we are and we're not messing around this time in the playoffs at all this was

21:34this wasn't close from the word go it wasn't close and Memphis they're just talent wise they're not

21:39close to them when we kind of broke down the Memphis Dallas game a little bit and it's okay well they

21:42got this they got this they have no answer for anything that uh Oklahoma City wants to do on either

21:48end defensively they can shut things down offensively they like there's just there isn't a whole lot

21:52that Memphis can offer and so my one note on the Memphis side is this is where we miss the five

21:57game series in the first round because yeah this one's this one's gonna be over very very quickly

22:03um speaking of which the Celtics just too good um it's not fair when Derek White can score 30 didn't

22:10get a chance to check I feel pretty good that their record is probably pretty strong when White is

22:14scoring 30 here um like they're just this is what the series is going to be is the Magic have two guys

22:21who you feel confident in and they have an offense that struggles and a defense that is very good

22:26but not good enough to drag the Celtics down into a game where their scoring output is going to be

22:32comfortable for them and so you look at it like it's just the Magic are who we thought they were

22:36Bancaro 36 points 11 rebounds uh Wagner had 23 points no one else had more than seven and you're just

22:44they're not going to be able to keep up with Boston scoring their defense is excellent but it's not going to

22:48be able to limit Boston in the way that you need to and you limited um Tatum and Brown and White still

22:56killed you like there's just there's so many options on this team they are so good and they are really

23:01going to shine I think as this series probably is a pretty quick one ditto out with Cleveland and Miami

23:08the Cavaliers with a statement over the Miami Heat Miami I just they don't have a clear answer for the

23:15guard play of the Cavs uh Ty Jerome was a beast with 28 coming off the bench Mitchell and Garland go for

23:2030 and 27 um Bam is awesome but he can't guard everyone and so you see like the the points for

23:27the bigs not a whole lot now there wasn't a whole lot for them because the guards kept scoring the

23:30whole time but I just it is great for Miami that they got here and battled their way through that

23:37that overtime game against Atlanta to to get into this spot but they aren't close to Cleveland and

23:44they actually stack up in a way that is really really bad against this Cavs team so this is another

23:51one that you can kind of see being a bit of a quicker series because Miami it's just their their

23:56vulnerabilities on the defensive side uh can be attacked very aggressively by Cleveland and now look

24:01Cleveland is a team that you can say that about anyone and Cleveland can do that because we can say

24:06like okay defensively the guards for Miami have their moments um and so they can take advantage

24:11of them but if you were we were talking about the Lakers and their problems on the interior okay well

24:16Cleveland can take advantage of that too like this is just a spectacularly built basketball team that

24:21would do this to a lot of teams in this first round and so that the the eventual challenge moving up

24:27is going to be I think interesting um you look at how the bracket would stack up obviously Cleveland has

24:33the one seed they would not have to worry about the Celtics until the the east final um and they'll

24:39get the winner of the series we're going to talk about in a second but they they just stack up really

24:42well against everyone so very fascinated to see what this whole thing is going to look like when we

24:47get down to with all due respect but the high level teams coming out of this a reminder that um

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25:16really having to work really really hard to get their buckets and like the Pacers we'll talk about

25:22them defensively in a second good on them for what they have been able to do so far um defensively but

25:28this is not a team that you should be working that hard against on the offensive side of things

25:32and it just felt like with no Lillard out there and that's going to be like blood clots that's serious

25:37um with no Lillard it was just really really difficult for Milwaukee to get anything going

25:42on their offensive side and then defensively they were just getting killed no perimeter defense and

25:49they just got beat up at the rim because of it everything that the Pacers wanted to do offensively

25:54they could do they were attacking so effectively and then you start to collapse on that and then

25:59you start kicking it out and then you get Turner open for three and you get Siakam open for three

26:02and you get all these different things and it just really starts to pile on so credit goes to the

26:09Indiana Pacers for a really dynamic performance they looked really good uh Nembhard was a stud in game

26:16one he took it to him off the dribble he was hitting from distance as well he just had a really

26:20well-rounded attack and like you look at this like Halliburton I didn't even stop to look at his

26:24numbers like he had a fine game but this was not a game where Halliburton took over this was about

26:30Nembhard and about Turner and about Siakam and about those guys being weapons on the offensive side of

26:36things and when Turner and Siakam are hitting from deep this team becomes almost unstoppable at that

26:41point and you could see like Giannis he wants to get up on Siakam but Pascal is still quick enough that

26:46he can go off the dribble too and so even Giannis this excellent defender is kind of caught in no

26:50man's land because everything is falling for the Pacers but they're also killing you when they get

26:54into the paint and so it's kind of a damned if you do damned if you don't when things are rolling that

26:59way the Pacers offensively are a really fun team to watch the upgrade this year for them and I get

27:04they went far last year but no one took that super seriously the the upgrade for them is that they

27:09have really worked hard on the defensive side of things um this is not the Pacers from a year ago

27:15that this is a team that has really stepped up their game defensively and really worked at

27:21everything to to um start to to make this a bit more of a complete basketball team now again they're

27:26not Orlando when it comes to defense that it is still a weakness for them but you're not just

27:32going to be able to blow by them it's going to be 140 to 135 this is going to be a team that's going

27:36to make you work on the offensive side that is for sure so I don't know what the answer for the

27:40Bucs is it basically is play Giannis 48 minutes and just hope for the best because

27:45offensively um it looked it looked like a grind and defensively it looked like a major problem

27:51all game and it's tough to have to fix both of those at playoff time so that is the rundown of

27:57everything from the NBA gonna have more of a recap coming up on the stream on Tuesday again we'll be

28:02live uh coming up Tuesday at um 10 a.m on twitch.tv slash primetime pk youtube.com slash at couch potato

28:12diary and uh kick.com slash primetime pk

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