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01:01right here on 97.1. Kevin McGonigal
01:03is writing a 21 on
01:05base streak right now. The Pistons
01:07practice this afternoon in Orlando
01:09ahead of Game 3 against the Magic tomorrow
01:11afternoon. Three other NBA games are
01:13tonight. First at 7, the Celtics have the
01:1576ers. Both teams have blown each other
01:17out for a 1-1 tie in the series.
01:19The Lakers and Rockets tango at 8. LA
01:21has a 2-0 lead in that one despite being without
01:23Luca and Austin Reeves. The Spurs
01:25will look to shake off a Game 2.
01:27A loss against the Blazers at 10-30
01:29as well. They could be without star Victor
01:31Wemenyana. He's still questionable with
01:33that concussion after hitting the floor
01:35last game. At the Corwell
01:37House Sports Desk, I'm Jeremy Otto. For
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01:55Okay. Hour
01:57one. We talked a lot about last night with
01:59the draft. We will look forward to hour two.
02:01You can use odyssey.com. Rewind.
02:03Going to bring up the Pistons
02:05because
02:06I don't know. You tell me if you disagree
02:08with it. I know trends don't define
02:10everything, but if
02:12a series is tied at one, the winner
02:14of Game 3 wins 80% of the time.
02:17And as you
02:18go to Orlando, you're not
02:20a 10 or a 9 or an 8-point favorite.
02:24Somehow, someway,
02:25after what you did to Orlando
02:26coming out of halftime with one of the greatest
02:28playoff runs in the history of the NBA,
02:30I've just never seen a 30-6
02:33run. You just don't see it.
02:35I don't care if Michigan was playing
02:36the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
02:38You don't see that.
02:42You're a two-and-a-half-point favorite.
02:45I would love to hear from Piston fans.
02:47Now, again,
02:49Game 2 was weird.
02:51They can announce whatever crowd they want.
02:53There were plenty of empty seats.
02:54Ticket prices were coming down.
02:56You want to tell me it's because
02:57the Tigers were at home?
02:58I'll tell you it's an April baseball game.
03:00This is a playoff game.
03:01I'm not buying that.
03:03But if you're a Piston fan,
03:05what's your confidence level?
03:07We all talked about it, Rico.
03:09For me, I was like,
03:10I expect you to play the best game of your season.
03:11They played the best seven minutes of their season.
03:14The first half,
03:14I don't know what I was watching.
03:16Yeah, it was tied up.
03:17It was gross.
03:18It was 45-45,
03:18and it was disgusting basketball.
03:20But that third quarter,
03:21they dropped a bomb on this team.
03:23But you know what it is,
03:24to me,
03:25what that number is saying?
03:28Honestly,
03:29I'm not taking away
03:31a 30-6 run.
03:32That's not what I'm doing.
03:33But outside of that run,
03:35that's what that number is based on.
03:38Versus,
03:39things fell apart
03:39in a seven-minute hurricane.
03:41These teams are actually
03:43close to each other.
03:43Now, I hope I'm wrong,
03:44but I think tomorrow
03:46is going to be fascinating.
03:48Now, I mean,
03:49do you buy the winner of tomorrow,
03:50wins the series?
03:51I do.
03:52I'll always say
03:53it's the winner of those
03:54odd-number games.
03:55Those are the ones that win,
03:56and yeah,
03:57that third game
03:58and the fifth game
03:59normally cement
04:00who's going to get this thing done.
04:02Fifth game,
04:02if it goes seven,
04:04it's normally that guy,
04:05that team.
04:06But you're right.
04:07It's still Pistons
04:08at minus two and a half.
04:11In that time span,
04:12in that third quarter,
04:14everything that you needed,
04:16Pistons basketball happened.
04:17Blocked shots,
04:19turning into easy transition baskets,
04:21and that's what you do.
04:22That's how you crush teams.
04:24That's how you went
04:25wire to wire in the East.
04:26I don't know if that's sustainable
04:28for an entire series.
04:30It was a great six,
04:32seven minutes.
04:33But yeah,
04:34Mike,
04:34I'm going to agree with you on this.
04:36I think Vegas looked at that as,
04:38okay,
04:38that was an anomaly.
04:40Other than that,
04:41this has been a pretty even series
04:44where it's going to go back and forth,
04:46where,
04:46yeah,
04:47at 45-45,
04:49at halftime,
04:50I'm thinking,
04:50this isn't looking good for this team
04:52because you're at home.
04:54If you were on the road,
04:55I could say,
04:56okay,
04:56maybe it's the crowd,
04:58really get into it,
04:58the Orlando crowd's bothering you,
05:00but you were here,
05:02you had all the former Pistons in the house,
05:05and you still weren't getting it done,
05:06and then all of a sudden it clicked.
05:08So,
05:08I don't know if you'll be able to get
05:10as easy transition baskets
05:11and as many blocked shots
05:12and that type of stuff.
05:14It is concerning.
05:16That being said,
05:17go out and get it done.
05:18What's more true,
05:19the seven quarters of basketball
05:21where it's been even
05:22or you're losing
05:23or the seven minutes
05:24where you dropped an atom bomb
05:26on this team.
05:27I think it's a fascinating
05:28backstory for tomorrow's game.
05:31I was confident about game two.
05:33That's just based on,
05:34like you,
05:35watching the league your whole life.
05:36You're winning that game.
05:37But man,
05:39this?
05:39No,
05:40this must see TV tomorrow.
05:41I just would like to know
05:42where Piston fans are,
05:43if you exist.
05:452-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
05:48They exist, Mike.
05:50They're wearing the belts.
05:51Are they?
05:52Yeah.
05:53Because they seem like a nervous lot.
05:55They should be nervous.
05:56No.
05:57No, no, no, no.
05:58They should be nervous.
05:59The Pistons won again.
06:00No, no, no.
06:02All year I had to listen
06:03to these chatty Cathy's.
06:04But then the minute things get tough,
06:07they crawl back in their cave.
06:10I'll say it with your chest
06:10if you're confident.
06:12I picked you to win the series,
06:13but I'm telling you,
06:14tomorrow,
06:15that number's a little nerve-wracking.
06:17And I think knowing
06:19what's on the line tomorrow.
06:20And realistically,
06:22you blew the doors off that team
06:24in a seven-minute span,
06:26again,
06:26like 30-6.
06:27What was the first half?
06:29Yeah.
06:30What was game one?
06:32Here's why it's nerve-wracking.
06:34Because when you look like
06:35the Spurs and Trailblazers,
06:37it's the Spurs by minus two,
06:39but their star
06:40banged his head
06:41against the floor.
06:42It's not even a real thing.
06:45That'd be the equivalent
06:46of you losing Cade.
06:46Right.
06:47And more.
06:48Because when Vignana
06:48is a one-of-one.
06:50You don't have any injuries.
06:51You don't have anything going.
06:52And you're the number one seed.
06:56You're only favored
06:57by two and a half.
06:59I didn't realize that number
07:00until you just brought it up to me.
07:01Yes.
07:02It's still there.
07:03I know.
07:04I just thought it was interesting.
07:05No, it's very interesting.
07:06It's very concerning.
07:08If you look at this,
07:09so yeah,
07:10I do think that Vegas is saying
07:11take the seven quarters,
07:13not the seven minutes.
07:142-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
07:17And do you believe
07:18the winner of tomorrow
07:19wins the series?
07:20I just,
07:20I do.
07:22I mean,
07:22minimum you lose tomorrow,
07:24you're going seven.
07:25But I think if you come out
07:27and you do the job here
07:28and you get a little bit more
07:29carryover from that third quarter,
07:31you show Orlando
07:32every possession
07:33is going to be hell.
07:34The turnovers.
07:35Orlando has an ability here now.
07:37I think to,
07:38to play tight
07:39because what the third quarter
07:41showed is,
07:41oh damn,
07:42we've missed four in a row.
07:43Now all of a sudden
07:44we're down nine.
07:45We're never getting back
07:46on these guys.
07:48So yeah,
07:49could the gentleman's sweep
07:50be in order
07:50if you win tomorrow as well?
07:52But I'd like to know
07:53where you're at with it.
07:55Yeah,
07:55because they're not
07:55a three-point making team.
07:57So yeah,
07:57they fall down by that much.
07:59That's,
07:59that's game,
08:00set,
08:00match.
08:01David,
08:01your take.
08:02Talk to me.
08:03I mean,
08:03am I oversimplifying that,
08:05hey,
08:05winner tomorrow
08:06takes the series?
08:07I don't think
08:08that's an oversimplification,
08:10but I am nervous
08:12about game three.
08:13And it was before
08:14I even saw the spread.
08:15It's,
08:16it's just that first half
08:17in game two.
08:19Something just doesn't
08:20feel right
08:21about the way
08:21the Pistons are playing.
08:22It doesn't.
08:23And I get it.
08:24They went on that run
08:25in the second half
08:26and eventually
08:27I was able to breathe,
08:28but something
08:29doesn't feel right.
08:30It feels like
08:32others are trying
08:33to do too much.
08:34Danis Jenkins
08:35seems like he's
08:35trying to do too much.
08:36He's over dribbling,
08:38turning the ball over
08:39when he should just,
08:40you know,
08:41simple,
08:41make the simple play
08:42and pass the ball.
08:43Something just doesn't
08:44feel right with this team.
08:45And I am definitely
08:47nervous about game three.
08:48And it makes me
08:49even more nervous
08:50because of what
08:52the numbers say
08:52about game three
08:53in the winter.
08:54B-ball Paul,
08:55stop it, Rico.
08:58I love it that he was
08:59able to get into the game.
09:00But no,
09:01David,
09:02I'm,
09:03I understand
09:04and I think the thing
09:05that makes you nervous
09:08and it's what a lot
09:09of Pistons fans
09:09don't want to hear,
09:10but I think it's just
09:10the reality that the playoffs
09:12is different than
09:12the regular season.
09:13And it's not going to be
09:15you just blowing
09:15through this series
09:16and winning it in four.
09:18That Orlando came to play
09:21and yeah,
09:22I mean,
09:23Vegas who doesn't care
09:24about anything
09:24but balancing money
09:25is saying,
09:26basically,
09:27you can flip a coin
09:27for this game.
09:31David,
09:32text while Kenny's
09:32finishing screening calls.
09:34Because I'm really,
09:35I want to get to Piston fan.
09:37Jalen Duren
09:38has been arguably
09:38the sixth most
09:40important player
09:41to the Pistons
09:41in this series.
09:42K, Stewart,
09:43Tobias,
09:43Duncan,
09:44and Thompson
09:44could be argued
09:45as playing better
09:46or more important
09:47in the first two games.
09:49I really don't want
09:51to do another
09:51Duren referendum deal.
09:53This is a tough matchup
09:54for a guy who has
09:55absolutely no
09:56offensive ability.
09:57Tough matchup.
09:58They're going to crowd
09:59the paint.
10:00He's incapable
10:00of stepping out
10:01of the paint
10:01and he's incapable
10:03of operating in traffic.
10:04And once in a great while,
10:06he'll throw up
10:06a little meat hook.
10:07He'll certainly be capable
10:09of giving you a putback.
10:11But to me,
10:12if it continues this way
10:14for Jalen Duren,
10:15this is every reason
10:16you cannot meet
10:17his demands
10:18if they rise
10:19to 40 million.
10:20I just don't want
10:21to do that.
10:21I want to win the series.
10:23We have all summer
10:24to talk about
10:24Duren's contract.
10:25I don't really want
10:26to do another one
10:27of those shows.
10:28No,
10:29because what you don't
10:29want is end up
10:30like New York is
10:31with Michael Bridges
10:32and they're saying
10:33how severely overpaid
10:34he is
10:35and he's not producing
10:36for what they paid.
10:37You hate to see it.
10:382-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
10:41We are going to get
10:41to your phone calls
10:42and we've got to
10:43now Piston Fan
10:44wants to party.
10:45Let's do it.
10:45I really would like
10:47to know
10:48where you're at with it
10:49and does tomorrow,
10:51if you don't buy
10:52into any of that stuff
10:53about the point spread,
10:54if you don't care,
10:55say it.
10:56But do you agree
10:58it's winner take all tomorrow?
11:00The winner of game three
11:00goes on to win
11:01just a shade
11:02under 80%
11:03of the series.
11:05I think there's
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