00:00Maybe the series with the most intrigue right off the bat.
00:06How about this?
00:06The number three seeded Timberwolves taking on the six-seeded
00:10Phoenix Suns in round number one.
00:12Lining this series up, Moneyline, Phoenix, minus 140.
00:17You want the dog price here for Minnesota?
00:18It's a plus 114.
00:20If you're looking to lay the spread in the series as a minus one and a
00:23half for Phoenix, that's a plus 118 and Minnesota at a minus 144.
00:28If we're expecting this to be a short series in four games, the odds
00:31makers are not.
00:31Plus 470 for it to end in a sweep.
00:34Five games, plus 250.
00:36The favorite, six games at plus 185 and seven games at a plus 230.
00:41Let's start right here.
00:42The T-Wolves that were battling for the number one seed for the majority
00:46of the NBA regular season lost Carl Anthony Towns for about a month,
00:51similar to the Philadelphia 76ers with Joel Embiid.
00:53They didn't tank.
00:54They actually did a very good finish to the season, but just couldn't
00:57overtake the Denver Nuggets and or the Oklahoma City Thunder.
01:01Now, we're taking a look at the Phoenix Suns.
01:03All we asked for, Joe, all season long was for Phoenix to be healthy with
01:08their big three.
01:09By the time we got to the playoffs, we have that now.
01:12What a series between the T-Wolves and the Suns on deck for us.
01:17Yeah, I think it's going to be a great series because in one hand, you
01:21have a Minnesota team that is defensively the most elite team in the
01:28NBA. And Orlando's been good.
01:31And, you know, teams that we consider, you know, defensive-minded teams,
01:36there is nobody better than Minnesota.
01:38I mean, what they have done statistically this year on the defensive
01:42side has been phenomenal.
01:43It's why they have been as good as they have been.
01:47You take that and now you put it up against maybe one of the best
01:51three-headed monsters offensively in the game here with Devin Booker,
01:56Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal, who, you know what, are going to make
02:00Rudy Gobert useless in this game because they're not going to be
02:04driving to the basket so he can swat them and defend the rim.
02:07Booker, Durant, and Beal are three guys that can create their own shot.
02:12We just kind of saw this towards the end here.
02:15When those three guys are rolling and they are three guys, or at least
02:19two of the three, have unbelievable playoff experience here.
02:23There is no defense in the world that's going to slow them down.
02:26It's just not.
02:27So, I think it's going to be a fantastic series.
02:30Do you believe in defense?
02:32If you do, well, then you probably are leaning towards Minnesota.
02:36If you like offense and think there's no way, even as good as Minnesota
02:40has been, that Booker, Durant, and Beal can beat you in a seven-game
02:44series, then you're all over Minnesota.
02:46I think it's got six, seven games written all over it.
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