00:00Let's take a look at the series, Adam.
00:01Right now, Pistons are favored two and a half.
00:04Backs against the wall, really.
00:06And Magic are just, you know, kind of playing with house money here.
00:09I'm not even sure which way this is going to go.
00:11Adam, I've maintained that Orlando is the single biggest wild card,
00:16entering the play-in games, entering the playoffs,
00:18just because they have so much talent that I'm not surprised at all
00:21that they've made this a series.
00:23I will be shocked, though, if they win the series outright.
00:25I'll say that.
00:26I had said to someone, boy, the Magic really limped into the playoffs
00:31after the way they, you know, lost a pseudo-must-win game
00:35against the G League Celtics in the regular season finale,
00:39and then, obviously, the non-compete against the Sixers in the play-in,
00:43only to then destroy the Hornets in that true must-win
00:46to get themselves into the playoffs.
00:48And the response was, they didn't limp into the playoffs.
00:50They were practically dragged in.
00:52But here they are as a team that is finally, for the first time really all year,
00:57playing the way it was supposed to play all throughout the season
01:01based on preseason expectations when a lot of people thought,
01:04hey, Orlando could be the top seed in the East under Mosley,
01:08who could be the coach of the year.
01:10Fact of the matter is, Banqueiro, who is wildly inconsistent, is performing now.
01:15Wagner is healthy.
01:17Bain, obviously, is performing, and it's a tough three-headed monster.
01:22My feeling going into the playoffs was the biggest concern about the Pistons
01:27and why I didn't have them at the top of my board in the East
01:31and, quite frankly, had them fourth on my board in the East despite being a one-seed
01:35is the lack of scoring depth behind Cade Cunningham,
01:39who, all the while, coming off that collapsed lung
01:42and, you know, still obviously playing well.
01:45But is he 100%?
01:46It was for me to, you know, say.
01:48You're relying too much on Duren, on Harris, on guys like that.
01:51And this Pistons team, like any other team in the East, quite frankly,
01:55but this team is flawed.
01:58So if Orlando, to your point, as far as being a wildcard team,
02:02is going to show up as an eight seed
02:04and play like a top four seed as it was supposed to all throughout the year,
02:09then, yeah, Detroit is in trouble.
02:10Now, all that said, I am invested in the Pistons tonight
02:14to even up this series and make it a best of three.
02:16I just think that Detroit ultimately is the better team,
02:20not much better, but a little bit better.
02:23That's why you're looking at a two-and-a-half point spread.
02:26And I think the Pistons, knowing that their season very well could be on the line,
02:29you don't want to fall down 3-1,
02:31are going to find a way to show up and get this job done.
02:34All right, let's get to Thunder Suns.
02:36If we want to do this quick, we can.
02:37Again, Suns have shown very little fight to be able to win a game.
02:42Yes, the spread has been a factor in the series,
02:44but Oklahoma City going to win the series, I just don't know when.
02:47You think it's tonight?
02:48I do.
02:49Thunder, done.
02:50It's the, yes, quick as I can go.
02:53I wouldn't be surprised if they cover.
02:55They don't obviously need to cover.
02:57Of course, if you're investing, that's a whole other story.
03:00But in terms of it finishing in a sweep,
03:02I would say yes, I have Oklahoma City as part of all of my Moneyline parlays.
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