00:00So let's preview the team that you'll be working on closely with here,
00:03and that's the Phoenix Suns.
00:05And they're in a play-in situation against the team that they should beat
00:08against the Portland Trailblazers.
00:10There are three-and-a-half, four-and-a-half-point favorites
00:12I've seen all over the map.
00:14Naturally, this just got announced yesterday.
00:16The game is tomorrow night.
00:18The game is in Phoenix, and the winner will play San Antonio,
00:23and the loser is going to have to lose to Oklahoma City.
00:26So, I mean, I don't think that the Suns want that.
00:28I mean, I'm sorry to say that OKC is not going to get challenged,
00:31I don't think, until the end.
00:33So kind of important here, I would say, for Phoenix to get this one done.
00:37Super important.
00:38It's not going to be easy.
00:39This is the Trailblazers team.
00:39I believe they finished the season winning seven of their last ten games,
00:42and they're a very deep team.
00:43Nobody really expected them to be at this point,
00:45especially thinking about how their season began in turmoil.
00:48Your coach is being arrested by the FBI.
00:51You bring in a backup coach, and he leads his team to 42 wins.
00:54That's no small feat.
00:55Then the Avdia is their all-star, but they have a lot of size
00:58with Robert Williams III and Donovan Klingon starting in the front court.
01:01And then a lot of perimeter defenders with Drew Holiday, a two-time champion.
01:05Tumani Kumar, who actually was drafted by the Suns a couple years ago,
01:08but traded before he ever suited up for a game.
01:10So this is a very, very good Portland Trailblazers team.
01:13It won't be easy, but the Suns are a team who are finally at full strength.
01:16We think they haven't been healthy all season,
01:19but they've gotten Dylan Brooks back in the lineup.
01:21Devin Booker's gotten a rest over these last two games.
01:23And I think the big thing, especially in playoff games
01:25that are Game 7-like situations, who has the best player?
01:28And Devin Booker should be the best player in this game.
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