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Bill Simmons podcast live here on Netflix. Zach Lowe is here. You can hear his pod. He just put one up last night. Little post-game reaction to Nick's Cavs. Uh, your Tuesday mornings, Thursday mornings. I have rew- what's coming Monday last comedy movie that we uh that we did for month of May. Animal House.
Wow.
Classic.
Really good. A lot of great lines. Had a great time. So that's coming. You can watch all those movies on Netflix. All right, we are coming off Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Game 4. I love Game 4s. Game 4s are always great. Game 4s are always like, you bet three games of feeling each other out and then Game 4 is the awesome game. Not today. That did not happen.
But there's a certain but there's a certain buzz for Game 4s because if it's a two, forget the 3-0 Game 4s like we're gonna see tomorrow. The 2-1 Game 4s, it's the fork in the road game. It's either this is going to be an epic potential seven-gamer or 3-1 and it's going to have to be a crazy comeback to get it to seven. Now at least we're looking, I just I'm I'm canceling your Saturday plans now because if at wouldn't you be surprised at this point if we go like, it doesn't feel like one of these teams is going to take the next two games consecutively.
Counter.
Okay.
Are we getting Jaylen Brown's the rest of the way here? And if we don't get him and we don't get AJ Mitchell, the thing that jumped out tonight was just all of a sudden OKC had one creator and San Antonio, you know they're gonna guard Jaylen differently tonight. I think that was the easiest prediction to make. Basically like knock yourself out. We're gonna guard the hell out of you. If you get 35, great. We're not letting these other guys get good shots. We're not letting them get going, which is what they did. But you could feel the lack of a second creator in this game. So you lose Jaylen Mitchell, I mean Jaylen Williams, but then you also don't have AJ Mitchell either. Now all but goes on McCain who stunk tonight. And, you know, in the fourth quarter, Aaron Wiggins was running offense for them. It was just weird. All of a sudden they felt depleted.
Well, the whole fourth quarter was kind of a slow motion give up by the Thunder. I mean, Chet came back in the game, but SGA did it. But yeah, I mean, there are Game 4s where you feel like, uh oh, did one team solve the other team? Even if it's a 2-2 series, did one, the poster series for that is the 2015 finals when the Warriors went small and played the death lineup and everyone was like, uh oh, is this just a wrap even though it's 2-2 and we should feel tense about it. I'm not like, I agree with you that something happened tonight that gave me a glimmer of that sensation. And it was the combination of softening the double teams on Jay to the point that we're just not doubling you high on the floor. If you get to within 14 feet, we'll start darting guys at you, stunting guys at you, maybe a hard double here and there, but it's going to come late and it's going to come suddenly and it's not going to come every time and it's going to be a much more confused defense for you to pick apart because they were picking apart the traps. And the combination of that plus to your point, the lack of your second and third creators to play off of to throw the ball to. And I spent the second half of the game trying to think like, if I now know this is coming, and I don't have Jaylen Williams and AJ Mitchell either. What is what is adjusting to this look like? Like, Shay can get by anybody off the dribble and get into the 18 foot range. But what does life look like after that? How am I recreating the open threes and the good shots that we got if they're not just throwing guys at me? And I don't know, I'm I'm workshopping some answers, but I don't have a good one yet.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast breaks stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't get to do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox wasn't amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you also lose the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. Castle was flat out awesome.
The loudest 13.6 assist game, like possible, I think. Um, and all the guards, none of the guards, like, jump off the page and plays and plays and plays. Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling. Um, but just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe. And just a calm to the offense. And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime. And I thought that number really stood out as like, they're just not creating open shots against this defense right now. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series. And that's, you know, that's also alarming for the Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
Did you think that the half court shot was going in?
Because I did.
I was like, that's going in.
I knew it was going in because I was like, yeah, I knew it was going in because I was about two minutes behind in the game and our text thread blew up and you all ruined it for me. Like my friend ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees last week by texting me before I'd seen it.
So I knew, I knew.
It was just a bunch of wow. So I knew something was going to happen and then obviously that was it.
I want to talk about Wemby and one second. You mentioned something about the guards and none of the box scores were spectacular. But to me, the turnovers was the big thing. Because that's what killed them, you know, in in Game 2. Um, but Fox, even though Fox was not amazing, at least he can take care of the ball. That allows Castle to be more of a two-way freelancer guy. And I just felt like their team seemed like their team tonight. Like we watch the team that we watch all year. And, you know, there are some weird stuff happening.
We see this happening in a series where you just start losing guys you can trust as the series goes along. So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in. So two, two pretty big guys for them during the season that now are like, they're in a major, major funk. And I'm wondering like, if we get to like a Game 6, Game 7, like really like these seven minutes are going to determine our season.
Well, and you didn't even mention losing the transition stuff. They're losing the fast break stuff because he's the only guy that really felt good hands. It was not a good night for the Kason Wallace on worth 30 million a year agent strategy.
Listen, Game 3. I thought Shay and Game 2, I didn't do anything after Game 3. I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, you know, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right? So they knew they couldn't do whatever they did defensively again.
It was notable like his stats aren't that good in this series for how well it seemed like he played those two games. Like I think he's under 40% for the series now. I mean, Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four. Which now makes two games where he's the best player on the floor in the four. And we're 2-2, which is kind of where we thought we'd be anyway.
So I look at it like Game 2, I didn't love the officiating. I thought it really affected the game. Game 4 was the other way. I thought the officiating affected the game for San Antonio's favor. Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes. And it just like they weren't allowed to have the same physicality that they've had in some of these other games. There's big free throw advantages for San Antonio. That was one thing. Wemby had a superstar game. And then Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought
Takes mentioned in this episode
- San Antonio Spurs team · positive
“for San Antonio's favor.”
for San Antonio's favor.
- New York Yankees team · negative
“against the Yankees last week”
against the Yankees last week
- Tyron Taylor player · negative
“ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees”
ruined Tyron Taylor's three run tying home run against the Yankees
- Wembanyama player · positive
“Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four.”
Wemby was the best player on the floor in the four.
- Kelvin Johnson player · negative
“I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in.”
I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander player · negative
“I no longer think Shay's shots are going in.”
I no longer think Shay's shots are going in.
- Kason Wallace player · negative
“not a good night for the Kason Wallace”
not a good night for the Kason Wallace
- Oklahoma City Thunder team · negative
“Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.”
Oklahoma City Thunder that he's the best player by that much in half the series now.
- Victor Wembanyama player · positive
“Wemby had a superstar game. And then, uh, Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile.”
Dominant performance; best player on floor by significant margin in multiple games of the series
- Victor Wembanyama player · positive
“Wemby had a superstar game. And then, uh, Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile.”
Speaker emphasized Wembanyama's dominance in Game 4, calling him the best player by a significant margin in two games of the series.
- Victor Wembanyama player · positive
“And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile.”
Dominant performance in playoff series, described as best player by significant margin
- Victor Wembanyama player · positive
“Wemby had a superstar game. And then, uh, Castle, the two-way game he played and the stuff he was doing defensively. I just thought he was awesome tonight. And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile.”
Speaker emphasized Wembanyama's dominance in Game 4, calling him the best player by a significant margin for the second time in the series.
- Wemby player · positive
“Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series.”
And Wemby, he wasn't just the best player in the game for the second time in the series. He was the best player by a mile in the game for the second time in the series.
- Victor Wembanyama player · positive
“Wemby had a superstar game.”
Wemby had a superstar game.
- Shay player · negative
“I no longer think Shay's shots are going in.”
So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in.
- New York Yankees team · neutral
“Yankees”
Yankees
- Victor Wembanyama player · positive
“Wemby had a superstar game”
Wemby had a superstar game
- Fox player · positive
“Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff”
Like, I thought Fox looked pretty good with the ankle stuff and Harper had a couple explosive plays that are pretty encouraging for how he's feeling.
- Dort player · neutral
“Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes.”
Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes.
- San Antonio Spurs team · neutral
“San Antonio's favor.”
San Antonio's favor.
- Keldon Johnson player · negative
“I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in.”
So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander player · positive
“I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, uh, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right?”
Speaker praised his performance in Games 2-3 despite lower shooting percentages in the series overall.
- Oklahoma City Thunder team · neutral
“Oklahoma City Thunder”
Oklahoma City Thunder
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander player · negative
“I no longer think Shay's shots are going in.”
So I no longer think Shay's shots are going in. I no longer think Kelvin Johnson's shots are going in.
- Luguentz Dort player · negative
“Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes.”
Dorton Caruso, Dort had four fouls in 5 minutes. Caruso had four fouls in 12 minutes.
- San Antonio Spurs team · negative
“12 turnovers for the Spurs.”
just the presence of them, uh, 12 turnovers for the Spurs. That's a winning recipe.
- San Antonio Spurs team · neutral
“We are coming off Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Game 4.”
We are coming off Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Game 4.
- Oklahoma City Thunder team · negative
“the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime.”
And on the other side, the Thunder finished with 33 threes attempted, but they only had 11 at halftime.
- Victor Wembanyama player · positive
“Wemby had a superstar game.”
Wemby had a superstar game.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander player · positive
“I just thought Shay was so good in those two games and, uh, just picking them apart and the way he was using his teammates. It was about as good as you can play the guard position, right?”
Speaker praised his performance in Games 2-3 as elite guard play, though noted his series stats don't reflect it.
