NBA Cup Finals: Knicks vs. Spurs Game Preview & Picks

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00:00A quick one here, Joe.

00:01The NBA Cup, Spurs, and the Knicks tonight.

00:03Knicks a slight favorite at minus two and a half,

00:04despite the public seemingly being on the San Antonio Spurs.

00:07Joe, give me a quick spread line for Spurs-Knicks tonight.

00:11You nailed it, Donnie.

00:12Public is all over the Spurs,

00:14only the line appears to be growing for the Knicks.

00:18Keep an eye on that total as well, Donnie.

00:21That appears to be getting a ton of love in the market this morning.

00:24Joe gave you the Steelers last night.

00:26I gave you the Utah Jazz outright in overtime last night.

00:30We'll be back for more Hot Top.

00:31You wanted scoring in the association, you got it.

00:34You wanted an underdog to play well in elevation, you got that as well.

00:38Best bet last night, winner on the show for me,

00:40was the Utah Jazz getting two and a half points from the Dallas Mavericks,

00:43winning that game outright, 140 to 133.

00:47Now we look at the Jazz and say 140 is a lot.

00:50How much is 40 itself?

00:51Cooper Flagg dropped 42 points last night as an 18-year-old.

00:55And you see that tweet on the screen there.

00:5718-year-olds in NBA history with a 40-point game.

01:00Cooper Flagg, end of list.

01:0218 years old, beaten up on grown men, Joe.

01:06Yeah, I mean, unbelievable, Donnie.

01:09And signs, we've seen this, right?

01:11I mean, we saw this when he played with the Olympic team

01:14and was practicing with the Kawhi Leonards of the world, right?

01:17And he was basically dominating.

01:19So we all knew he had the talent and it was just a matter of time this year.

01:25He started out slow, but don't forget, they were asking him to play point guard

01:29because they didn't have anybody healthy.

01:31Kyrie's still not there.

01:32They have figured some things out there in Dallas and now look at him, man.

01:36And get ready for this.

01:38Between Cooper Flagg, Victor Webayama, yeah, I got to tell you,

01:43the NBA, the next generation of stars are very much alive and well here this season.

01:48No, it certainly is.

01:49How about alive and well?

01:50Some of the pay for the NBA Cup, the teams and the players who play in it.

01:54Now, if you are a superstar with a ton of money, money is money.

01:57You want to make it here.

01:58How about the players who win the championship get $530,000 here?

02:03If you do lose the championship game, it's 2-12 a man right here.

02:06Not bad work.

02:07And when you understand some of these guys making 40, 50, and $60 million a year,

02:11maybe it's a drop in the bucket, Joe.

02:12But those guys hanging on at the end of that bench right there,

02:16basically doubling their salary, it feels like, as a young rookie

02:20or just a guy that's on a 10-day contract, that's fantastic money, man.

02:24Show up winning.

02:25You might not even get in the game and get an extra $530,000 in your pocket.

02:28Not too shabby.

02:30No, you can't go wrong there, Donnie.

02:32Although, you know, the six-man on a NBA bench, I feel, still makes $12 to $15 million a year,

02:38which is still kind of laughable here.

02:41So, but yes, not, you know, a lot of guys there could certainly use the money there.

02:45Some of those guys, like you said, scratching and clawing their way on the team.

02:50But ultimately, I don't know how many of those guys we're going to see on the court here tonight

02:54between the Spurs and the Knicks.

02:57It feels like a lot of those guys are going to be locked up for a very, very long time on these teams.

03:02Get a Lambo at that point, man.

03:04Hey, man, won that cup championship, spent my $530,000 on a Lambo here,

03:09drive around the corner, have some fun.

03:10And surely, a lot of that money might go to tipping tonight, whoever wins,

03:14because there will be a party at a certain, you know, strip resort, I would assume, in Las Vegas.

03:19So, a lot of fun to be had.

03:21But there is a game tonight, Joe.

03:22It is the NBA Cup final.

03:23It is the Spurs.

03:23It is the Knicks, as the Knicks, a two-and-a-half point favorite over the Spurs,

03:27and a total, which was at 227-and-a-half as the look-ahead line, Joe.

03:32Now we're seeing 232-and-a-halves to 233-and-a-halves on the live number.

03:37People betting that over tonight in the Cup final between the Spurs and the Knicks.

03:42A lot of money towards the over, which is interesting,

03:45because over the last couple of weeks, the Knicks have been top five in defensive efficiency.

03:52They're actually really starting to defend here in a big, big way, which, listen,

03:58we remember Thibs, right?

04:00His years there with the Knicks.

04:02He, you know, from game one to this point in the season,

04:05he probably already burned out half his guys.

04:07But not so much with Mike Brown right now.

04:09They're really starting to show up and show out.

04:13And in this game, call me crazy, Donnie,

04:15but, man, watching all the clips and the tape out,

04:19San Antonio celebrated like they won the NBA championship after that win against OKC.

04:25Not to mention, Victor Webayama is going to be on a minutes restriction here.

04:29I mean, this is nice, but he only played 21 minutes, 22 minutes in that game there.

04:35You know, it feels like the Knicks stars are going to be on that court a lot longer than Webayama is going to be.

04:42So it feels like big advantage to the New York Knicks,

04:45but the public loves themselves some San Antonio Spurs right now.

04:50Oh, they do.

04:51Take a look at some of those player points props in this game tonight.

04:53Victor Webayama, 21 and a half.

04:56You take a look at the Aaron Foxes at 20 and a half for the New York Knicks.

04:59Jalen Brunson, 30 and a half.

05:01Carl Anthony Towns at 20 and a half.

05:03Points are expected tonight, Joe.

05:05Usually as a superstar-driven sport,

05:07specifically in the biggest moments, like the final of the NBA Cup.

05:11If you're looking at some of those player prop points bets here tonight, Joe,

05:13does any one of those get your attention?

05:17Well, just for perspective, Brunson's averaging 36 a game ever since Miles McBride went down,

05:23and he's still not available to them.

05:25So, you know, he has been an unstoppable force, and you've got some young guys.

05:31I mean, Steven Castle has been tremendous, but Brunson's going to eat him alive in this game here.

05:36So, the fact that if I can get Brunson six points under what he's already averaging in a big game,

05:42you know he's going to show up tonight and show out.

05:45I got no problem backing Brunson over his point prop.

05:48Taking a look at some of those rebound props tonight.

05:51You know the guys get after it on the boards.

05:52Webanyama, 10 and a half at a plus 108 price.

05:55The other big man across there, Carl Anthony Towns, he also is listed at 10 and a half at a 138 price.

06:00I like this game as a bye-bye-bye measure, Joe, on a certain side, which we'll give it a little bit later in the show.

06:06But you should get some entertainment.

06:07You should get some fun.

06:08It's a big game atmosphere there in Vegas.

06:10And also, the NBA understands that they want to push this NBA Cup, which I don't really care about it.

06:15But the final, I do, once you get there, I just don't know how you actually get there, the mathematics involved.

06:19But here we are with the San Antonio Spurs and the Knicks.

06:21Only one game tonight, Joe.

06:23It is the NBA Cup, so all eyes will be on attention there tonight, 8.30 p.m. start.

06:27Yeah, which means you're going to get a ton of public money here.

06:31And like I said, tickets and money we've already seen on San Antonio.

06:36The line is frozen right at two and a half, Donnie, for the Knicks.

06:39But every metric I know of points to the New York Knicks.

06:44And maybe the biggest one is experience.

06:47And, you know, the Knicks have been here and done this before.

06:49The Knicks, when they beat Orlando in the semifinal, Donnie, it looked like another,

06:55okay, we won a game on a, you know, just a regular season, went great.

06:59It was business as usual.

07:01San Antonio, for as young as they are, as talented as they are, okay, can you get up for a second game

07:08as much as you were for that OKC game?

07:11We shall find out.

07:12No, we certainly will.

07:13And by the way, some of those fun markets, you can bet on like the first basket.

07:16It's sort of like doubling up, you just say, in the NFL in a touchdown prop.

07:20Hey, take two plus money guys, get the plus money if one of them hits.

07:22Victor Webanyama, plus 430 to score the first basket.

07:26Jalen Brunson, 6-1 price to score the first basket, Joe.

07:29That's where I'm going.

07:30If you had a first basket scorer tonight, Joe, who are you going with?

07:34OG Ananobi, 12-1?

07:35You going a little bit down that list?

07:38Oh, Miles McBride.

07:40I'm sorry, Mikael Bridges.

07:41That's who I'm going with.

07:42Mikael Bridges.

07:43You're the guy from deep.

07:44Nobody scores for eight minutes there.

07:46You come off the bench, get that first 2-0 leader.

07:48That's got to be a big time payday, people.

07:50For me, I'm going to go to the NBA Cup Final, and how about this?

07:53The Spurs getting 60% of the tickets, which means the Knicks only about 40%.

07:57That line opened up at 2-1⁄2, still sits at 2-1⁄2.

08:00The Knicks, minus 2-1⁄2 tonight.

08:02Louisville and the Knicks, what a combination.

08:05Just like your boy DRS and Joe Ranieri.

08:06We'll be back at it early tomorrow morning.

08:08Make sure you join us.

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