00:00To the association tonight, Joe, Pistons and the Celtics,
00:03a one-and-a-half-point favorite for the Celtics tonight over the Pistons
00:06and a total of 230-and-a-half.
00:07What's your spread line for some NBA action tonight?
00:10Well, I mean, listen, the Pistons are sitting at 25.
00:13Nobody's talking about them, Don, in the Eastern Conference.
00:15I mean, and they think they are the best team by far in the Eastern Conference.
00:20And at this point, I mean, what can you say?
00:22They've won 20 of their first 25 games.
00:25I mean, that's the second-best start in a pretty illustrious franchise history here.
00:30So, yeah, there's no arguing.
00:32They're very good.
00:33Boston has also been way better than people thought they were going to be without Jason Tatum.
00:38They are coming off a terrible loss here in which they kind of got embarrassed in their last game.
00:45But they are looking to bounce back.
00:47They are at home.
00:48We have seen these two in a pretty high-scoring affair.
00:52This one, Donnie, we saw early opened up for Detroit.
00:56We're starting to see a little more over money.
00:58I think, yeah, I think it's going to be reigning threes in this game.
01:01I think the over is the best luck in this one.
01:04Close line on that one, Joe.
01:05Close line on another game in the association tonight.
01:07The Rockets and the Nuggets, a minus one-and-a-half point favorite for the Nuggets here in a total of 235-and-a-half.
01:12Rockets, Nuggets, good game tonight.
01:14930 start.
01:14What's your spread line here?
01:16Yeah, these are two other teams in the West that will contend.
01:19Denver hasn't played a home game in two weeks, Donnie.
01:22Two weeks, and now they get to go home and take on Durant and the Rockets.
01:27This is much-watched television, but more money coming in on Denver than Houston right now.
01:32I got to tell you, one of the more enjoyable semifinal matchups there between the Spurs and OKC.
01:40And, Coach, I'm just glad that maybe we have finally a rivalry where two teams don't like one another would be fantastic.
01:49And that is exactly what it looked like.
01:51Web Ayama called game on OKC, and OKC is screaming about the refs, which is hilarious to me.
01:58What did you think?
01:59And what is the ceiling for the Spurs team this year?
02:02Well, I thought that they were going to make the playoffs and be in the top six possibly before the start of the season.
02:08It all comes down to, can Wemby play you 65 games?
02:11If he gives you 65 games, you look at that story line now that they're kind of healthy, right?
02:16And you look at, obviously, Fox and Castle in the backcourt.
02:19Stephon Castle was absolutely outstanding in the semifinal matchup.
02:23Then you go to that frontcourt with Wemby, with the Ageless Wonder and Harrison Barnes, with Devin Vassell, kind of a three-guard left.
02:30And then you go, like, Dylan Harper, Sohan, you know, Julian Champagny off the bench, Luke Cornett.
02:38Guys, they're secretly one of the deepest teams in the league right now, and no one's talking about it.
02:44As regards to the game, good.
02:47We need it.
02:48We need someone to step up in the Western Conference that can make you look at Oklahoma City and say,
02:53Oh, they could lose this game.
02:56Now, things have to go right for San Antonio.
02:58And I think the best thing I saw in San Antonio out of Grove is that 13-0 run to end the second quarter.
03:04That game was teetering or getting out.
03:07And that's what they do.
03:08Either late second quarter, early third quarter, Oklahoma City throws that punch.
03:13You can't punch back, and it's game over.
03:15What they did is they threw the punch at the end of the half, and they ran through it again to beating up the second half,
03:21and then you had to suffer game.
03:23Kudos to Coach Johnson and the Spurs for getting into the finals.
03:27Yeah, we got the finals tomorrow night, Coach San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks.
03:30And Knicks started as a slight favorite here, two and a half here, a total of 227 and a half.
03:34We certainly look forward to that one, Coach.
03:36But sometimes in the NBA, we like to look off the court more than on the court.
03:39Give me the latest, because I haven't heard as much since the injury.
03:42Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks.
03:44Is it fractured?
03:46Are we looking for movement now?
03:47Is Giannis resigned to leaving?
03:49Or can they make amends, and he's back and playing for Milwaukee the rest of the season?
03:53If I'm Giannis, and I'm home in Milwaukee, Athens, his place in New York City, wherever he is,
04:01and I watched you lose by 47 to the Nets yesterday, I'm like, bro, I ain't going, I'm like George and Wheezy.
04:09You got to move me on up, because I can't stay there in that environment as bad as they are.
04:15So at the end of the day, it's not going to be if, Donnie.
04:19It's going to be when.
04:20When does when be, when does John, remember if he plays, oh my Lord.
04:25When does Giannis pull the trigger?
04:27And I think the thing is this, there's rumors going around that other teams may not be involved.
04:32So now if you're a team like the Knicks, you sit back and you just watch and see what happens.
04:39But at the end of the day, the way New York is playing right now, and it's Connor Anthony Towns where he played in the semifinals,
04:45does New York want to mess up that chemistry now that they're finally playing better?
04:49It's interesting times.
04:51But I'll tell you this at the end of the day, you know who should not be in Milwaukee?
04:54That is Glenn Doc Rivers, the master of messing up ham sandwiches, and he done did it again.
05:03And this was not your blimpy's best, if you know what I'm saying.
05:06So to me, you need to start over, look for a trade, and then obviously get Doc up out of there and start over.
05:15Yeah, I'll lay back.
05:16Do we think the Knicks pull this out here tomorrow night, Coach?
05:20Are they your NBA Cup champs, or do you think the Spurs and that depth are going to win out?
05:26It's going to be interesting.
05:28Now, the Knicks do have some injury concerns, namely Deuce McBride, who should not be playing.
05:32So to me, I still like the Knicks.
05:34You know what I do like, guys?
05:36I like the under, which is kind of weird because you're talking about a Mike Brown team that's starting to play a lot better defense.
05:43Look for that game to be a championship fight.
05:46I look for the game to go under.
05:47The Knicks probably sneak it out in the end.
05:50Coach, real quick, college basketball topic question.
05:53Michigan looks like they are destruction, terror, and mayhem every night.
05:57How long can this go on for Michigan where they're just pummeling teams?
06:01It ain't even right.
06:03I mean, what they did over the weekend was absolutely criminal.
06:05But it's really, it's a two-team race right now, guys.
06:07It's Arizona and it's Michigan that's clearly ahead of everyone else.
06:11But let's see how these portal teams, St. John's, Kentucky, can they start to rate the ship as the season goes along?
06:17There we go.
06:18He's the coach.
06:19He knows what he's talking about.
06:20College basketball, NBA action.
06:22His Knicks are in the cup final tomorrow night.
06:24Raise the banner at NSG.
06:26Coach, take us to break with a fadeaway hump fake release rotation splash.
06:32By the way, you want to make some big money here, Joe?
06:34Take a look at this.
06:35The NBA pro basketball all-star market right now.
06:38Giannis Antetokounmpo, 99%.
06:41Nicola Jokic, 94%.
06:44Cade Cunningham, 91%.
06:46As a matter of fact, Joe, I'm clicking on these numbers like, hey, let me get Jokic's number for $100.
06:50They don't even let you play it out because how easy he's going to get into there.
06:54How about that, Joe?
06:55Easy does it here.
06:57Jalen Brunson, come on.
06:58Who's betting in this market?
06:59Everybody's in.
07:00That's absurd.
07:01So you're talking about somebody named to the all-star team?
07:04Oh, my goodness.
07:05Save the money.
07:06Save the money.
07:07Name it to the all-star game.
07:08You can't even bet on Giannis.
07:10And by the way, this is what I always find fun about the all-star market.
07:13Giannis has been hurt just about damn near half the season.
07:15Why is he an all-star?
07:17Shouldn't be able to qualify at this point.
07:19That's the way it is, man.
07:21For me, I'm going to head to the NBA, Joe, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Utah Jazz.
07:24Nobody wants the Utah Jazz except for your boy DRS.
07:27How about 30% of the tickets coming in on the Jazz as a favorite for the Mavericks at minus three at the opening number?
07:32We're down to two and a half and one and a half.
07:34Give me the two and a half tonight on the Jazz.
07:36Cash in both of these tickets.
07:38Let's head into the weekend stop.
07:39Let's do it right here on Wednesday morning.
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