00:00And this is one of those where I feel like we have to be very careful with a point spread
00:05in
00:05the NBA, because tonight the Knicks will play the 76ers. And I think when you look at the odds here,
00:13it feels a little fishy to me, which is why I think the Sixers win tonight, because everyone
00:19is going to load up on New York here. I mean, that's the, oh my gosh, how can the Sixers
00:25be
00:25favored? The Knicks are a lot better. It doesn't make any sense. I mean, I know OG Ananobi is out
00:30and maybe Carlin, he's worth a point at most, maybe half a point in this game. But to me,
00:35that would be my concern for the Knicks is that if you, if you told me he'll go ahead and
00:40make the
00:40line in this game, I would have said, ah, you know, Knicks pick them Knicks by one. The Sixers being
00:45favored tells me gotta be careful on this one tonight. I think Philadelphia absolutely has a
00:51shot. Yeah, they do. And, and, and this is a must win situation, right? Their season's on the line
00:55in this one. What's going to be interesting for me is, is whether or not Joel Embiid actually plays
01:00in this game. And, you know, I actually think that the, for this matchup specifically, I'm not talking
01:06about overall and I'm talking about championship, you know, potential, but for this matchup specifically,
01:11the less Joel Embiid, the better for the Sixers, because they, they played well in game two and,
01:17and gave the Knicks different problems to kind of solve when Joel Embiid wasn't in the lineup in
01:22game two. Now, can the Knicks make adjustments? Absolutely. But if they don't have OG Ananobi,
01:27those adjustments are going to be very limited. And OG Ananobi should not play in this game. If
01:32I'm advising the New York Knicks, sit OG down because the hamstring injury is one of those
01:36things that always get re-aggravated. You don't want to put OG in that situation because if he gets
01:41his hamstring injury and misses the rest of the playoffs, kiss your championship hopes goodbye if you're
01:45the Knicks. So he's not playing in this game, in my opinion. The flip side, you know, if Embiid does
01:51play, it makes the Sixers a little bit more predictable. If he doesn't play, then you have
01:56a little bit more fluidity in that offense. The ball's going to move a lot better and that's going
02:00to cause some problems for the Knicks to have to guard all five positions. So, you know, for the line
02:04itself, I think that, you know, the Sixers will have a better chance of blowing the Knicks out,
02:08you know, winning by 10 or more. If Embiid doesn't play, I think it's a closer game if he does
02:13play
02:13because it makes their offense a little bit more predictable and something for them to kind of set
02:17up against and mitigate. And that's, again, if Mitchell Robinson also plays in this one too,
02:22which he should after missing game two. Do you like anyone in particular in this game?
02:27I like the Sixers because I think that, and this is a complete chip on their shoulder kind of moment,
02:32not only do they have to win the game, but there's going to be a lot of Knicks fans in
02:35that building.
02:36And you, whenever you have a lot of, you know, opposing team fans in your building,
02:40you kind of want to shut them up in your own building. So, you know, it's going to feel like
02:43a road game for the Sixers for some parts of that game. I think the Sixers use that fuel and
02:49go out
02:49and kind of say it's us against the world and they get game three.
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