00:00Well, I will tell you what, um, did you, is the NBA play in tournament? Is it, is it grabbing
00:07you? I had a chance to watch it yesterday. I did not watch it yesterday. Quite honestly, I did not
00:12watch it. Um, I, I, I thought about it. I thought about it. It didn't, it didn't grab me. Honestly,
00:19I got, I'm tired of Charlotte's BS. Oh, we're going to beat the Pistons.
00:24I was annoyed that they won, but if you actually go into the numbers, it's good for the Pistons that
00:29the heat lost the heat have been the team that have fared the best against them this year. So good
00:34result for the Pistons. I don't need to see Charlotte celebrating a meaningless win when none of these play in
00:40teams have done anything. Honestly, in the actual playoffs, it didn't grab me. Did it grab you? Yeah. If every
00:48NBA game could be like last night's NBA game.
00:51That's why they're doing it though. Why are they doing it? Well, no, that's why they're doing it because it
00:56keeps more teams in it longer and you create that kind of environment. Bruh, that game last night for no
01:03horse in the race. Oh my God. Goes to overtime. Like the final play where they hit the shot and
01:11then Miami takes it down. I think no timeouts and they go all the way to the length of the
01:15court.
01:15It looks like a layup and Miles Bridges comes from nowhere and pins it against the glass and that's it.
01:22Ball game. Hornets win by one and they get to move on, but they really don't get to move on
01:27because they have to win another game.
01:28One more game. Man, that was excitement last night. Look, didn't have a horse in the race and sat there
01:36and said, wow, this, if every playoff game could be like this, it'll go back to the days when the
01:44NBA was fantastic.
01:45But you know why though? You know why? Because you haven't seen anything that looks like that in six months.
01:51You've seen nothing that looks like that.
01:52Well, that's the whole thing. Problem. No, no. That's why we said there's a difference between the regular season and
01:58playoff basketball.
02:00Nobody's taking the night off because it's win or go home. You don't want to see Kenny and Chuck and
02:06all and Shaq sending you and Ernie sending you off to Cancun.
02:10You don't want to see that graphic. Oh, I do. I love that graphic. Right. But you don't want your
02:14team in that graphic.
02:16So you're playing in that game. You're dialed in. You're focused. Miami went out there and was just devastated.
02:23Like, wait, we're going home with the first team to pack it up and go. Wow. Yeah.
02:30And don't sleep on the potential of Bam Adebayo being available. I'm just floating that out there.
02:37Okay. You think about perfect fits for what Detroit needs. How long is Miami going to keep supporting Einstein's definition
02:44of insanity?
02:45Supporting, you know, doing the same thing over and over again, getting the same result.
02:48They're a 500 team. Congratulations. You got Tyler Hero, Davion Mitchell, Bam Adebayo, Vasquez. You're a 500 basketball team.
02:58If that's good enough for you, you've got the right roster. If not, you might need to make a trade.
03:02Keep an eye out for the possibility that Bam Adebayo and his fake 80-point game could be on the
03:08move.
03:10Now, how does this pertain to the Pistons? We got two more of these play-in games tonight as well.
03:15We've got Philadelphia and the Orlando Magic, the Warriors and the Clippers. Boy, the latter years of Steph Curry are
03:22sad, aren't they?
03:23This is sad.
03:25It is, but you know what? I expect Steph to go out there and try to pull up vintage Steph.
03:30I expect Draymond. I expect all the—because it's the playoffs and it's pride and you don't want to be, you
03:36know, the old guy.
03:37Like, you know, I used to be able—you want to show that you still have it.
03:40So I fully expect the Warriors to come out tonight and try to win this thing over the Clippers.
03:45Like, I think that they would because Steph, with everything on the line, I'll take him.
03:52He's hit plenty of big money shots before.
03:54I would take him to get this thing.
03:56But, if you're the Pistons, going back to what happened last night, it's a very simple question, Mark, for the
04:03Pistons fans out there.
04:06Who do you want to see in the first round?
04:08It can either be Charlotte Hornets, you know, you have a history with them this year, the whole fight thing
04:13that happened.
04:15Philadelphia 76ers or the Orlando Magic.
04:20248-539-9797.
04:22I would say if I'm a Pistons fan, I would rather see Philly or I'd rather see Orlando.
04:30I don't think you want to see the Charlotte Hornets.
04:33Not that the Charlotte Hornets could beat you, but because you have history with them, because they can get up
04:40and down the court and score.
04:41I think you would beat Charlotte, but it would be a series that would take so much out of you
04:47to finally get that fourth win that it would leave your legs a little wobbly for the second round.
04:54You know why I'm leaning OKC?
04:56I'm leaning OKC because San Antonio's got to play Denver in the second round.
05:02And whichever of those two teams comes out of it, and I think it's going to be San Antonio, I
05:07think OKC is going to get like Stone Temple Pilots at half the man they used to be in that
05:12series.
05:13And do you really be wanting to, are you really wanting to expel everything you got in that opening series?
05:22That's not what the opening series is supposed to be.
05:24Then again, the 7, 8, 9, and 10 seed, these are better teams than have been in the past in
05:30the East.
05:30Yeah, and I look at the history that this Pistons team has with the Hornets.
05:34You know it's going to be some bad blood, some carryover from the game down in Charlotte from earlier this
05:40year.
05:40And I do, you know, hopefully nobody does anything stupid, but I just think that Charlotte is going to take
05:47so much out of this team in the first round
05:50that they're going to expel unnecessary energy in order to get to the second round.
05:54I don't see it as being a sweep.
05:56If I'm a Pistons fan, I'd rather see the Sixers.
05:59I'd rather see the Sixers, plain and simple.
06:01That would be my team if I had to pick one of the three.
06:04I would want Detroit to play the Sixers.
06:06I think you'd be OK.
06:07See, I agree with you, Rico, on the Charlotte Hornets, just for a different reason.
06:11I don't want to see the Charlotte Hornets.
06:14Yes, you beat them.
06:15I think you beat them 4-5, whatever it is.
06:18But there was one incident in the Charlotte game last week where I think it was Brandon Miller came down,
06:26Duncan Robinson.
06:27They kind of pushed each other, all this stuff.
06:30And then there was a video you see from that, and you see Isaiah Stewart sitting on the sideline.
06:34He was on the sideline.
06:35He was standing there because he was on the bench, and he wanted to be involved.
06:40And he did not involve himself because of what happened before.
06:43What I'm worried about, if they play the Charlotte Hornets, is that kind of wrestling with him, getting him involved
06:52in a fight that may get him suspended.
06:54I don't want anything close to the Charlotte Hornets just for that reason.
06:58They'll be tougher than I think any of the other opponents, but I don't want a suspension.
07:02See, that's what I said.
07:03Because of the bad blood, Charlotte will take too much out of you.
07:07Whether it's suspension, whether it's just emotional energy, because you're going to want to beat them.
07:13And not just that, you're going to want to sweep them.
07:16And Charlotte's going to come in here, and they're just going to be like that mosquito that just buzzes around
07:22you, and you just can't seem to swat it away.
07:25That's what's going to be, ironically enough, the Hornet or a Hornet at a picnic.
07:28And you're just trying to get rid of that thing.
07:30So, for Pistons fans out there, who do you want to see this Pistons team take on in the first
07:36round?
07:362-4-8-5-3-9-9-7-9-7.
07:39For me, anybody but Charlotte.
07:41I'd rather see the Sixers or the Magic.
07:45But you're praying to God that Charlotte loses this next game.
07:50I'd like to add a second thing to that if we can, Rico.
07:52And that is, who are you going to get?
07:55Who do you want to get, and who are you going to get?
07:58Because I want Philadelphia.
08:01You are unbeaten against Philadelphia.
08:03That's what I said, yeah.
08:04You're the only team that, they're the only one of these teams that you have not worn the L to
08:09at all this year.
08:11But, right, Charlotte is not guaranteed a spot.
08:15They're going to get the loser of Orlando and Philadelphia.
08:19And it's almost like I want Philadelphia to win tonight, right?
08:23But if Philadelphia wins tonight, no.
08:25That means they get the seven.
08:26Then they avoid the Pistons.
08:29I think Charlotte's going to beat Philadelphia.
08:32I don't think Charlotte's going to beat Orlando.
08:33Yeah, Tobias Harris has great games against his former team.
08:37Philly is the team that you want.
08:39You're right.
08:39You need Philly to lose, and then you need Philly to beat the Hornets.
08:43What you don't need is the Hornets to win that next game.
08:46Because then you're going to get Charlotte.
08:49And let me say this again.
08:51You'll beat the Hornets, but at what cost?
08:54It's almost like Thanos.
08:55What did it cost you?
08:57Everything.
08:57Well, let's be honest, right?
08:59That's going six or seven games.
09:02I think so.
09:02I think Charlotte's going at least six games.
09:04I think so.
09:05With their offensive firepower, that's not Detroit's strength.
09:08The defense will win out in the end.
09:09That's going six games.
09:11Right.
09:11And to what David said, you've got to hope that you just don't have somebody coming off the bench
09:16just to poke the bear.
09:18You know what?
09:19Hey, Beef Stew, look at this.
09:20I tripped somebody.
09:21They're going to sweep the leg out there.
09:22Right.
09:23And David was right.
09:24You saw Beef Stew.
09:25He was sitting there like, if I could put a little thought emoji, it would be bet.
09:30Man.
09:31It was like bet.
09:32And it was like smoke coming out of his ears.
09:33You're going to have to put a seat belt on him when he goes to the bench so he just
09:36can't get up.
09:39Seriously.
09:40You're exactly right.
09:41Straight jacket on the bench.
09:42Yeah.
09:43Because if not.
09:43Stay seated.
09:44Stay seated.
09:45I mean, the assistant coach, your job, or the towel boy, whoever, your job, as soon as he gets up,
09:52you snatch him down.
09:53Tackle him if you have to.
09:54But you're talking about one game.
09:56This could be a seven-game series.
09:58So this is, maybe he is able to maintain for a game two or three, but by game four, five,
10:04or six,
10:04he's going to be, the steam is extra going to be coming out of his ears, like Mark said.
10:08Yeah, he's got a 50% chance of losing it seven games in a row.
10:14Great odds.
10:14How many suspensions are we talking about here?
10:17Over, under 1.5.
10:19Gosh.
10:20So who do you want the Pistons to play, and who do you think they're going to play?
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10:28Valenti Enrico, 97.1.
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