00:13so jb after the game and yeah pistons and calves tonight game four and i got a weird feeling i
00:21i
00:21don't i i'm concerned that there's going to be great ruling over not putting them away in game
00:26three in a very winnable game and the pistons were not great in crunch time and kate had the three
00:31consecutive turnovers that have been well documented here's my fear the micro fear leading
00:38to a macro fear the pistons have played back to back for 16 consecutive days they've had one day
00:44off between games the pistons star player is the only player left in the playoffs averaging over 40
00:52minutes a game four players have done it and the other three are out kade's minutes are piling up
00:59i think you look at the defensive focus of the calves is to make life as difficult on kade cunningham
01:05as
01:05they possibly can and i think the wear and tear is starting to show a little bit here and this
01:12team
01:12this team if they had gotten the three nothing lead i think they would have had a zombie calves team
01:18tonight and now they've got a reinvigorated calves team and the macro fear is now the knicks are
01:25resting now the pistons haven't taken care of cleveland yet so the macro fear is is a concern
01:32for later i have concerns about the wear and tear starting to impact kade and i think i think that
01:38might had to do with the with the fourth quarter turnovers um and and i'm just kind of watching him
01:45and it's something to keep an eye on maybe it's all much ado about nothing but gator that's where
01:51i am right now i have i mean dude's coming off a collapsed lung had a what 10 day ramp
01:57up before
01:58the postseason started and he's been a warrior he's an absolute warrior at a triple double in that game
02:04and yet i i i don't know how much longer he can keep this up this team needs to finish
02:11off cleveland
02:12asap the eastern conference finals if they have if they have any aspirations and i don't know that
02:17they're going to beat cleveland i certainly hope that they're going to beat cleveland i they're
02:21still in a good spot if they could come out and play their game tonight and and i'm wrong about
02:25fatigue
02:25and kate but they need time off and they're back to back the soonest eastern conference finals could
02:31start is sunday uh they could start next tuesday but they got to get there first if it goes the
02:38full
02:38seven it's going to be every other day every other day every other day right into the eastern
02:42conference finals for one day off and i i just i don't know how much longer kate can keep this
02:46up
02:47i can keep it up a lot longer he's he's a young guy um he says he's he feels great
02:53um you know 39
02:55minutes and playing 41 minutes a game or whatever i mean this is the playoffs it's i recognize that
03:00nobody else is doing it but he's doing it and he's the leader in this team yeah he had a
03:04triple
03:05double and it was two uh it was two turnovers away from a quadruple double um 10 of 27 from
03:10the field
03:11i don't want to assassinate kate cunningham i love kate cunningham i think he's phenomenal and i think
03:16he can handle the workload if there are concerns and this is was was my main concern heading into
03:22the playoffs with him it was it was the dumb turnover the completely unnecessary turnover i don't
03:27mind if he's trying to thread the needle and make a pass and it gets deflected away and the ball
03:31goes the other way all right that's going to happen you know you're going to make plays like that
03:35but the two plays that were inbounding the ball i don't know how you have that happen you know
03:40just throw it into the backcourt for for jenkins and you've got it and he he's trying to be cute
03:45with it looking one way and throwing it the other and streus is like oh thank you and then they
03:50had
03:50the one underneath the basket where again it's just a simple bounce pass to the side gets the ball in
03:57and he tries to like do this lob underneath and it hits the bottom of the backboard and next thing
04:01you
04:01know it's it's cavalier's ball he's better than that and if if there's concern about him
04:09expending too much energy then maybe take some of those responsibilities away from him like inbounding
04:14the basketball do you need him inbounding the basketball or should he be a guy who receives
04:19the basketball i think that's a strategy thing gator because i had a friend no no but my point is
04:25why the strategy is there is my friend was asking the same thing why is kate inbounding the ball he
04:29needs to be one getting the ball because he's going to bring it up i think they have him inbound
04:33the ball because they know as soon as he gets it they would he get double teamed he's the guy
04:36that
04:36you give the ball right back to once he inbounds the ball and i agree with you the two turnovers
04:40like he had a bunch of turnovers that were bad and you're going to live with that with kate kate
04:44has
04:44the ball a lot he's playing a lot of minutes he's going to turn over the ball but the two
04:48inbounds
04:48are inexcusable for me too that that you just cannot let that happen and i hate i'm not trying to
04:53crush
04:53kate because they wouldn't be where they are without kate you know so we all say that right before we
04:58say
04:58you can't turn the ball over on inbounding the ball like that that's just two possessions you
05:03need man in a close game in the fourth quarter cannot happen two four eight five three nine
05:0897 97 matt's at oxford and he's on 971 hello matt hey guys how's it going what's up hey so
05:15doug you
05:16you made a point like hey pistons need to put them away as soon as possible but i wanted to
05:20make a quick
05:20comparison because i know they're two different sports but 2012 the tigers you know they swept the
05:26yanks and then giants took it to seven we came in and we just were we were maybe sitting too
05:31long
05:31like i i get it it's basketball a lot more minutes per game these guys are getting you know wiped
05:36but
05:36like is it maybe in our best interest now that the knicks are sitting and waiting that to take this
05:42to
05:42seven you know make six or seven and and uh then we could come into the easter concert finals and
05:47just
05:47and wipe these guys i think that sometimes can be the case i will tell you this matt and if
05:52i think
05:52i think kade needs a break uh to me and i'll give you an example of something that looked to
05:58me like
05:59oh man he is gassed it was after one of the in the inbounds pass that got intercepted at midcourt
06:04his his defensive recovery after that he looked uh like tired as tired as i've seen him running back
06:13on d and so i just want kade to get a break i want them to put cleveland away and
06:18as quickly as
06:19possible and i i think there was a lot on the line to close out that game on saturday and
06:24they
06:24couldn't do it and yeah you know i give cleveland credit part of this let's keep in mind here part
06:29of this is respect i have for cleveland is i think cleveland's going to make this incredible like
06:33today's going to be way tougher than saturday was right you know it's funny because i'm listening to
06:38the morning show too even during the the match with the uh magic the callers were calling in saying
06:44you know game seven kade was looking gassed so it's like we're now getting into the middle of this
06:48next series and if he's already starting to show it what's he going to be like if we can even
06:53get
06:53through cleveland in you know against the next in game three four five you know who even knows so
06:58uh it's going to be a pretty scary thing for kate if he's already tapping out here on you know
07:04and i could be wrong i it's not like i've talked to sources close to kate cunning and they tell
07:09me he's
07:09you know have problems getting out of bed in the morning i just think he looked more tired in this
07:14game than i've seen him look and i think i'd be i'm not sure that wasn't a reason for turnover
07:20problems i'm sure it doesn't help doug but bicker staff did address that after the uh the game saying
07:25basically they're trying to use real time rest for him you know like they count all the minutes that
07:30he's just not playing whether it's game time or not and but it doesn't matter because exactly so
07:36like in football you know how they say oh they've been off the field for this long sure he's been
07:40off
07:40the court for this long but it's still not a lot of minutes he's still playing a ton he's still
07:43playing more than anybody else in the playoffs yeah and you know but maybe maybe it's uh paranoia
07:49and it's not going to amount to anything but i'll be uh watching to see if there's some spring in
07:55the
07:55step of kate tonight and if he can how long he can keep it up uh because the minutes are
07:59piling up
07:59more than anybody else in the league i would be surprised if if he looks fatigued tonight i hope you're
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