00:00Charlotte's a good team. Like, make no mistake. Charlotte's a good team. Atlanta was red hot before that. Oklahoma City
00:06is the defending champs. Those are their last three games. They've won three in a row. They've won seven out
00:11of eight.
00:12And it feels like, to me, Tatum is looking like himself. And if that's going to be the case, Keith,
00:19they really are not just the favorites in the East. They're the favorites in the whole thing.
00:22Uh, yeah. I mean, if Tatum looks like him, you're right. You're right. Because I think we've sort of slowly
00:28morphed into definitely the favorites in the East into versus the Thunder or the Spurs.
00:35They got like a chance. It's not like one of these, like, oh, whatever weaker conference emerges, they're just going
00:40to get slaughtered. Like, it's not that.
00:42I still think Oklahoma City and San Antonio, as of this moment, might be the favorite in the series.
00:49But, I don't know. Like, let's see what it looks like. Both teams are going to have to win three
00:52series to get there.
00:53And then, I think things can change, right? Like, do the Celtics just obliterate everybody and then maybe feel differently?
00:58But if they're going to seven with the Knicks, seven with the Pistons, I don't know. Maybe you feel slightly
01:03different.
01:04But they're right there. I mean, they're absolutely right there. I guess my slight fear is I thought they were
01:09going to win the East last year.
01:10And they got sent home packing in the second round.
01:12But, you know, that Minnesota game notwithstanding, and they had a bad weekend a weekend ago where even they beat
01:19Minnesota and then they had that game against Memphis they could have lost against a glorified G League team.
01:23So, I didn't think they had a great weekend. I didn't think they were playing great then.
01:27In general, these last eight games, I think they're playing at a way higher level now than they were at
01:32any point late in the regular season last year.
01:35They started their title defense great, but they kind of sleptwalked through late in the season.
01:40They're not sleepwalking through. They're beating Oklahoma City. They're beating Charlotte.
01:44They're beating Atlanta, who's red hot. I feel like they're playing some of their best basketball.
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