00:00Kind of felt like I just watched the same game twice.
00:05Same flow in game one is same two as in game two.
00:08Pistons go up 2-0.
00:09John, did you feel the same way I did?
00:11Yeah, and I was excited to see that they came out with an intensity.
00:13I know they were down 3-0, but after that, it was,
00:16hey, we're going to take control of this game,
00:18and we appreciate the participation.
00:21We'll let you come back.
00:22We might even in this one let you have a lead,
00:24but we're still going to beat you by 10.
00:26Yeah, look, it's another 10-point win
00:28where the Pistons lead most of the way,
00:31including a hot start,
00:33a Cleveland comeback effort,
00:36and Kate Cunningham leading the charge to close the door.
00:39Not identical games because Cleveland got to the free throw line this time.
00:43Still didn't matter.
00:45I'm sure they'll complain that it's uncharacteristic
00:48how many threes they missed,
00:49and it'll be something else in game three
00:50or something else in game four.
00:53The Pistons have followed the same familiar script in both of them.
00:56Play tenacious defense,
00:57and have our star player close out
00:59while their star players
01:01are fumbling around with the basketball.
01:03I don't know if anybody's playing worse than James Harden right now.
01:06He's their worst player.
01:07He is the second worst field goal percentage
01:10in game two that he's had all season long,
01:12and that is in a tribute to the Pistons defense.
01:17In the series so far,
01:19two games,
01:21he's got 11 turnovers
01:23and nine field goals made.
01:25Ouch.
01:26He was a minus 15 yesterday.
01:27It was the worst of any Cleveland Cavalier.
01:30Keep playing him, please.
01:32Three of 13,
01:33and for as annoying as it is watching him draw fouls,
01:36he only shot four free throws.
01:39It's not like
01:40it really had much impact on the game
01:43other than helping the Pistons.
01:44Yeah.
01:45That's one of those guys
01:46where you just make sure
01:47you do him a solid.
01:49Send him a personal assistant
01:50for the couple of games
01:51that you're going to be playing against him.
01:52Make sure he's not late for the bus.
01:54Make sure he gets to the stadium
01:56on time
01:57and is ready
01:58because you want him on the floor
02:00when you play against him.
02:02Things are going according to plan.
02:05And you know the stats.
02:06When a team goes up 2-0,
02:08they win 92% of the time.
02:11I think the most gratifying thing
02:13is following the Orlando series.
02:16That two games in a row right now,
02:18they look like a one seed.
02:21It didn't look that way in the first series.
02:24Even when they,
02:25hey, they made the great comeback in game six.
02:27Cade's 45 points.
02:29All of those different things
02:32were great.
02:33Not getting down 3-1,
02:35but the comeback.
02:36But they never looked like
02:37they were a one seed.
02:39In these first two games
02:40against Cleveland,
02:41they absolutely look like
02:43the best team in the East.
02:44Yeah, they were scared straight.
02:46Like, they were put in a position
02:47where their season and their lives
02:48flashed before their eyes.
02:50And they've responded emphatically
02:52every step of the way.
02:55I mean, this looks like
02:56what they were supposed to be.
02:59This is what we anticipated.
03:01We thought that Cleveland
03:03was going to be Orlando.
03:05Like, that was a series where,
03:07okay, maybe it goes six.
03:08Maybe it even goes seven.
03:09But you use your home court.
03:10All that stuff goes into your advantage.
03:13Didn't think that would happen
03:14in series one.
03:16Thought it was going to be this series.
03:17And it's so far,
03:18not at all.
03:20Are the Cavs cooked?
03:23I'm never going to count
03:24a team out.
03:26There is still a lot of basketball
03:28to be played.
03:29It appears they are.
03:31The pressure
03:32is 100%
03:34on the Cleveland Cavaliers.
03:35They were the team
03:37between these two
03:38that went out
03:39and made a big move
03:40at the trade deadline.
03:41They had to find a way
03:42to get over the hump,
03:43get past that second round series.
03:45They are facing the coach
03:46that they fired
03:47because he couldn't
03:48get them over the hump.
03:50And now,
03:51down 2-0,
03:51going back to Cleveland,
03:53I'm not going to say
03:54they're cooked,
03:55but, I mean,
03:56fire up the burner.
03:57They got to win
03:58four of the next five.
04:01I'm not seeing a team
04:02winning four
04:02of the next five.
04:05I didn't see a game,
04:06I didn't see a team
04:07that we're playing against
04:08in games one and two
04:09that can win four out of five.
04:10And what's their track record
04:12come this point of the season?
04:14Out.
04:14Flame out.
04:15And their solution
04:16was to add a player
04:17who's famous
04:19for bowing out
04:20in the postseason
04:21with wretched performances.
04:2392% chance
04:25teams that go up 2-0
04:26advance to the next round.
04:27So I ask,
04:29can I push the button?
04:30No.
04:31No.
04:32So when you say cooked,
04:34you mean...
04:34Done.
04:35Finished.
04:36They have no chance
04:36of winning the series?
04:37It's done.
04:39Or,
04:40is this,
04:40are you saying
04:41it's pretty much a given
04:42it's coming back 3-1
04:44minimum?
04:45It won't come back tied.
04:48I'm asking,
04:49is the series over?
04:50I'm asking if I can
04:51press the button
04:51because I know people
04:52get weird if I say it,
04:53so I'm asking you guys...
04:55No, you can't press the button.
04:56No?
04:56No.
04:58If you press the button,
04:59I'm probably coming
04:59over the desk here.
05:01It's pretty tempting.
05:02It's right there on the right.
05:03Yeah.
05:03It's about six,
05:04seven buttons down.
05:05You're such a dork.
05:06You have the button
05:07on your phone
05:07like you play it
05:08for yourself sometimes.
05:08Oh, I know.
05:09You know he does.
05:10Can I push the button?
05:11What are you guys seeing?
05:122-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
05:15Text says,
05:15John,
05:15I'm begging you
05:16to choke this guy out
05:17with the double-digit nonsense.
05:19Costa,
05:20if you hit that button,
05:21you will summon
05:21the Michigan militia
05:22to put you in your place.
05:23You've done this
05:24too many times.
05:25Leave,
05:25period,
05:26the button,
05:27period,
05:28alone.
05:29That's from Tater.
05:30The only time
05:30it's been successful
05:31is when you've actually
05:32wished for bad things.
05:33Oh, the wings deal?
05:34Yeah.
05:36I mean,
05:37just saying.
05:38Okay.
05:38I believe he predicted.
05:39He did not wish.
05:41Yeah,
05:41I didn't want them
05:42to miss the playoffs,
05:43but it was a double-digit.
05:45Okay,
05:46so the only time
05:46it's worked
05:47was when bad things
05:48were going to happen.
05:50Forecasted?
05:50Yeah.
05:50I don't think
05:51Cleveland's cooked.
05:52Look,
05:52they have played
05:53and they have competed
05:54in these two games.
05:56They tied game one.
05:57They took a brief lead
05:58in game two.
06:00The Pistons have had to
06:02earn it.
06:02Be forced to earn it
06:04down the stretch
06:05and make plays.
06:06They're not exactly
06:06going away,
06:07hiding,
06:08and playing without game pressure
06:09for the last six minutes
06:10of the game.
06:11It's not Oklahoma City
06:12and the LA Lakers.
06:13Yeah,
06:13with like Shea's board
06:15on the bench,
06:15you know?
06:18Text coming in.
06:20Cleveland trading
06:20for Harden
06:21is the best thing ever.
06:23It's the best thing
06:23they could have done
06:24for us.
06:25LMFAO,
06:26that's Roy in Clarkston.
06:28My buddy in Cleveland
06:29described Harden
06:29as a terrorist
06:30and openly grieved
06:32when they traded for him.
06:33This series is proving why
06:34Nick in Clinton Township.
06:37He's played so poorly
06:38I saw people say,
06:39hey,
06:39didn't Terry Rozier
06:40get kicked out of the league
06:41for this?
06:43Like,
06:44he has to be on the take
06:44he's playing so bad.
06:46Yeah.
06:46No,
06:46I just think he's 36 years old
06:48and this is who he is
06:49in the playoffs
06:49and the aging of him
06:51watching him be washed
06:52in real time.
06:54I don't know.
06:55Does playing in Cleveland
06:56suddenly make him
06:5710 years younger?
06:59That's a huge issue.
07:01They're one of their
07:02highest paid players,
07:03a player that they
07:04traded away
07:05Darius Garland for
07:06is a negative.
07:08Who played well
07:08against the business.
07:09he was kind of a thorn.
07:11What else?
07:1210 more.
07:13It gets tough.
07:14Relax.
07:14I've been watching sports
07:15a long time.
07:16Take my advice.
07:1810 more to win
07:19the NBA championship.
07:21I get that.
07:22Orlando was one game away
07:23from being the fifth seed
07:25and they matched up well.
07:27Glad we got them
07:27because they're tougher
07:28than Cleveland
07:28and it's showing
07:29we're sweeping Cleveland.
07:31Unnamed text.
07:32That would be awesome.
07:34So,
07:35any lessons
07:36from probably the
07:38I don't know,
07:39I guess
07:39I don't know how painful
07:41was game five last year
07:42for the Tigers?
07:44The 15 inning loss.
07:45Pretty painful.
07:46At no point in that series
07:47did you,
07:48were we saying
07:48anybody was cooked?
07:50No.
07:50Right?
07:50If anything,
07:51we maybe thought
07:51the Tigers were cooked
07:52before game four.
07:53Right.
07:54But before that,
07:55the NFC championship loss,
07:5817 point halftime lead,
07:59I don't think anybody
08:00thought that game
08:01was completely over
08:02at that point.
08:02When you say cooked,
08:03it's over.
08:04How about this one?
08:072009 Red Wings
08:08won the first two games
08:10of the series at home
08:11and went on to lose
08:12four out of five
08:13to lose at home
08:14in game seven.
08:16Is that,
08:16is there,
08:17remember that lesson?
08:18You were young cookies
08:19and I know that hurt you
08:20painfully.
08:20I'm asking you to compare.
08:22So he's the pre-bake.
08:25He was the cookie dough.
08:27He was the cookie dough
08:28at the time.
08:30Fat Jim.
08:31Cookie dough.
08:32That's how we're going
08:33to refer to you.
08:34I'm asking you
08:35to compare this Cleveland team
08:36to a Crosby,
08:38Malkin,
08:39Letang,
08:41Flurry team
08:41that was on their rise.
08:43And you tell me.
08:44The mood of the city
08:44at that point
08:45was the series was over.
08:47That the Wings
08:47had pretty much dominated
08:48playing games one and two
08:49and they'd also come off
08:50beating the year before.
08:51That they were our bitch.
08:54And I feel like
08:55we feel like the Cavs
08:56are our bitch right now.
08:57You want to say
08:57at least let's see
08:58what it looks like in Ohio.
08:59I think you got to respect
09:02that stat about
09:03or the saying
09:04wait until the road
09:05the team wins a road game.
09:06And before I take
09:07too many arrows,
09:07I haven't declared anything.
09:08I'm simply asking a question.
09:10Are they cooked?
09:11Is this series over?
09:13Oh no.
09:13Shoot your arrows now.
09:142-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
09:17I know it's not going to
09:17stop them from coming.
09:19But I mean,
09:20look,
09:20we're watching the same series.
09:21We're all watching
09:22the same thing.
09:22The Pistons have
09:23two double digit wins.
09:25The Pistons are playing
09:26the brand of defense
09:27they played in the regular season
09:28only ratcheted up
09:29another notch.
09:31And Cleveland can blame
09:32this from game one
09:33or that from game two.
09:34The reality is
09:34they're being outclassed.
09:36You want to talk
09:36who's in whose class?
09:38Yeah, sure.
09:38Cleveland's not
09:39in Detroit's class
09:40because Detroit's
09:41a rung above,
09:42a class above.
09:43I've got the best player
09:44in the series.
09:45I'm up 2-0.
09:46I mean,
09:46I've got home court.
09:47Why would I not feel
09:48the way I feel?
09:49That's why I'm feeling.
09:51Chessies,
09:51you do have the best player
09:52in the series.
09:53You have a player
09:54that we questioned
09:55last year.
09:57Can he do it
09:57in the fourth quarter?
09:58Double digit leads.
10:00Couldn't get it done.
10:01Missed some shots
10:02when it mattered most.
10:03This year,
10:04he's the guy
10:05that you turn to
10:06because he's gotten
10:07it done
10:08when they've needed
10:09to have it.
10:11John,
10:12if he hits that button,
10:12you need to take
10:13his computer
10:13and smash it
10:14over his damn head.
10:15That button
10:16is the ultimate jinx.
10:17Yeah,
10:18that becomes
10:19a work issue for me.
10:20It's not,
10:20if it was your computer,
10:21I'd say,
10:22yeah.
10:23Series doesn't start
10:24until the road team wins.
10:26So that's someone saying
10:27back away,
10:28back very far away.
10:30Series has a long way
10:30to go.
10:31Guys,
10:32I'm getting chesty.
10:32Pistons in five.
10:33Cleveland might get game three,
10:34but the Pistons will take
10:35the next two.
10:36Wrap it up at home.
10:38Pete in Cedar Springs.
10:40Someone take him out.
10:41No one will miss him.
10:42He has no kids.
10:44Shut up cookies.
10:45Why'd you bring
10:46that one in here?
10:48That might be
10:49the greatest one yet
10:50on your...
10:51Are you just pulling
10:51the Ron Burgundy?
10:52You bring in anything
10:53he brings in?
10:55The rest of them were good.
10:55I just started reading it.
10:57When you get braggadocious,
10:58that's probably
10:59one of my favorite
11:00responses so far.
11:01Yeah.
11:01People don't like
11:02when I get braggadocious,
11:03but I feel like the city
11:04is collectively
11:05feeling themselves today,
11:06right?
11:08In one way or another.
11:12Feeling very hardened.
11:13It's 97.1.
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