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00:00looks at the defense he's just been doing such a great job of that all postseason
00:04kind of pokes it away spurs hold on
00:09castle double champenny has a little room lets it fly
00:12limonyama tips it back out to castle
00:18castle takes drives goes inside block and towns the outlet alvarado's not gonna try
00:25try that one that's a little shake it up on that place slow to get up bodies all
00:30over the place a lot of contacts on that drive by castle
00:34Wemby tries a three and an obie hauls in the rebound
00:41castle still talking to the official Tony brothers saying how could you not give
00:46me that call
00:50towns against castle the big man goes inside and draws the foul
00:56well two free throws for carl anthony towns with the spurs up nine
01:03and the gets him up in the air
01:09looks like a foul it looks it's 100% a foul coming across that right wrist he goes
01:14up initially right there on the ball but yeah that's all forearm after that but
01:18they've been fairly consistent on if you hit the ball first doesn't matter what
01:23happens after that but there was a lot of contact there castle was funny the
01:27other day when he talked about hey i sell calls too i talk to refs a lot but most of
01:33the time they're right it's nice to it's nice to hear a player admit that well you
01:38can sell them the question is is anybody buying that's really a bigger question for
01:42to find castle still a very young guard in this league but he takes the contact
01:47right to you such a physical presence on his drives
01:54mix now seven of ten from the free throw line towns has nine points
01:59towns have another one of those all-around games 18 points 12 boards for
02:05assists he might be the most improved defensive player in the playoffs oh one
02:11thousand percent what he's been doing and it's really been helping the defense
02:15and the communication and the movements of his feet and staying out of foul trouble
02:22harper mcbride a good on ball defender harper though nice dribbling
02:27and an offensive foul call
02:30harper clearly pushed off mcbride is a really tenacious on ball defender and he draws that turnover
02:36two on harper i'll tell you what though he is a very difficult guy to pressure out of the floor
02:41one-on-one you better make sure that you've got tight help on the edge of the lane you can
02:46see right
02:47there that right arm does hook mcbride i don't even know if it was necessary i think he had him
02:52in a
02:52place where he was going to be able to get to the rim and finish when you see that slow
02:56motion you see how
02:57much contact is allowed on drives to the basket alvarado gets inside flips it up swatted out of bounds
03:03by wimby mike brown thought it was on the way down
03:09mix will take it out of bounds and to me if alvarado can just do a little bit more and
03:14get it on the
03:14right side of the rim but you see harper comes over so he doesn't have that option
03:21that's very close towns drives inside and slams it home
03:28carl anthony townsend double figures spurs lead cut to five and is he comfortable right now he's
03:34making every right read to rj's point towns good defense there ananobi comes up with it
03:42og ananobi goes right into barns spins kicks it out mcbride corner three
03:48campenny couldn't hold on but harper was right there castle
03:52attacks the rim and draws a foul he goes down hard the spurs upset
04:00castle had a couple of those in the okc series in the western conference finals where he felt it was
04:05when he was up in the air let's take a look well alvarado was upset on the play before
04:14oh that's
04:16the second one is what i think yes castle objected to
04:22everything he's done in this half offensively has been with aggression but it's also taken
04:29time to read it you've seen him step back for a three when wendy sinks you've seen him
04:33catch and dribble drive like he did there he even had a pump fake and got to a mid-range
04:37earlier the game
04:39and the offensive end of the floor right now happening easily for carl anthony towns
04:44castle hits the free throw
04:45mitch johnson always raving about stefan castle said the amount of responsibility
04:52that he has on both ends of the floor obviously the point guard but even defensively
04:56the head of the defense for a kid who's in his second year 21 years old it's amazing how much
05:02responsibility he carries it is but also don't forget he was a national champion before they drafted him a
05:07one-and-done situation when you have that pressure as an early early player and then
05:12you join a a place like the san antonio spurs given that pressure given those opportunities
05:17those are the things that players like castle dream about they want that responsibility
05:26alvarado gave mike brown some good minutes in game one part of that when jalen brunson was back in
05:31the locker room after the knee injury hart back in hard had two quick fouls mcbride searching towns
05:39he's got castle and great recognition from josh hart he's putting on a show right now he's showing you
05:45everything he's got the finesse for the perimeter and then the power game
05:52champagne back in harrison barnes stays in castle
05:56hesitant that line jumper can't get it boxing out as towns he's got five rebounds to go with 14 points
06:04down stakes
06:10this is where carl anthony towns has to get in the paint mcbride can't hit the three that's got to
06:14be so
06:15hard taking a three with that body coming out to that that length mike brown didn't like it that's for
06:20sure
06:20that's a really difficult shot and it's early in the clock no need fox turns it over hart the other
06:26way
06:27five point games we come up on four minutes left here in the second carl anthony towns a little heat
06:33check there
06:38fox nearly stripped
06:41they're letting them play there a lot of contact there fox gets inside draws the foul and one
06:48the knicks are complaining that fox put the arm underneath the hook the spurs complaining that
06:54he got fouled well josh hart is looking right at him now they're both having a conversation
06:59dearon fox look he's he's gripping his arm josh hart's looking at the official not sure what
07:06is the call there but great job by dearon fox continuing to play until you hear a whistle
07:12seven points in game one already eleven five of six from the field
07:20ryan wright the general manager what an acquisition this was getting him from sacramento a player who's an
07:25all-nba player still in his prime at 28 years old he was their second leading score during the regular
07:30season and when wendy was out with some injury problems fox stepped up that man has done an excellent job
07:45like doesn't it feel like every time the spurs
07:48go up 12 13 it seems like that's when the knicks cut it back to four to five keeping it
07:53within reach
07:55and as a result keeping the roof from blowing off this place when you're on the road it's so important
08:00to keep those runs short and stay within striking distance as the knicks have to this point
08:06alvarano shot clock winding down has to throw it up
08:12where they call a foul yes shot clock was at 0.7 as castle commits his third
08:22this is just not smart play right here first of all you got alvarado basically pinned in the corner
08:26he's looking up at the clock can't bite on that fake you've already got to your closing on his
08:32shooting hand i'm not going to say it's an unmakeable shot because we've seen two banking from the
08:37corner in this series but that's tough
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09:02alvaro alvarado getting three free throws um mid-season acquisition
09:07i always loved tom kuchowski who was the late grade high school recruiting guru
09:11he had a high school scouting report on every player in the country and he always tried to put a
09:16little
09:16flare in there when he talked about alvarado this is what he wrote he'd rather win than breathe
09:23well that's the way he plays that's the intensity plays with it and look i'm not surprised we did his
09:29first game in philly when he joined the knicks and had an outstanding performance box pulls up jumper off the
09:37mark hark the rebound rebounding numbers spurs have done a good job again they're playing
09:42five right now and that third foul on castle's important he's going to sit the rest of the half
09:47brunson's going to check back in and you won't have him to guard him to close out this quarter
09:52box deflects it towns gets it picks it back out bridges corner three it's good
09:58that's bridges this is second shot of the game and his first points
10:03and a timeout call by san antonio nicks after trailing by 12 back within three
10:12and we talked about it every single time the san antonio spurs pushed that lead
10:16to 10 or 12. the knicks make big shots right now spurs up by three
10:33i grew up a knicks fan i've seen the struggles to give them something to cheer for it's something
10:38special there's no greater currency in new york than respect to earn that respect is everything
10:46towns born in edison new jersey jersey kid
10:49his second year with the knicks after so many years with minnesota and off to another excellent
10:55start he's been playing some of the best all-around basketball of his life in these playoffs and i'll
11:00tell you what this is why it's so important carl anthony towns to attack
11:03wendy the way that he is because it gives wendy something else to have to deal with
11:07when he's trying to find his offense on the other end harper drives baseline goes reverse
11:12and banks at home six points for harper off the bench
11:20fox putting some pressure on bridges robinson back in the game
11:26spurs only have two team fouls
11:30brunson steps back brunson had a hot start and been sitting a while finds ananobi shot clock winding
11:35down but still right on top of him not going to get it off in time 24 second violation and
11:41that's the
11:41fourth nick turnover harrison barge right there just sat right there in the middle of the foul line
11:47waiting on og ananobi because he was going to dare that kick out to josh hart excellent job
11:52identifying late in the clock they look the way these teams are defending each team has four
11:57turnovers that's pretty good considering how physical the defense is fox gets inside comes
12:02up short robinson the rebound and that's one of those moments mike where you were saying that's
12:06defending right there without fouling great job of contested dearon fox and not giving it up
12:11and ananobi fires away can't hit the three harper the rebound harper lost it gets it back
12:19for sell corner three is up that's well short bridges to brunson
12:26spurs again get back defensively well blocked by cornet
12:30harper against ananobi goes inside blocked by ananobi
12:35and hart comes the other way spectacular defensive play bridges nails the three og ananobi one of the
12:42elite defenders in the league with a massive block there yeah he felt like he should have been first team
12:48all defense he was second team and happy about it but he gets an opportunity to prove why he felt
12:53he
12:54should have been on that first roster
12:56cornet touched it last
12:58i wish people understand the difficulty of going up here backtracking and and getting that block
13:07without fouling again defense turning into offense mikhail bridges
13:10sees that first three go down now he steps into the next one with even more confidence
13:17spurs lead is two that's where manana returns
13:23the cell pokes away from hart
13:26ball kicked out of bounds and it's going to be still nick ball
13:30boy they have put in so much pressure as soon as a nick dribbler comes across the timeline
13:35so what does this happen now it's 14 seconds did it ever call ball knocked loose
13:44did that ever cross it didn't look like it crossed that's what the officials are talking about yeah it
13:48didn't cross so either they would have to go full length and while the crowd is going crazy because
13:54they can see the right the replay the referees are not looking at the replay until right now together to
14:00be in the front court established front court position both feet and the ball have to go across
14:05here's tony brothers first appearance there was no foul called on the player the players being
14:10reviewed debuved for a potential hostile act
14:15there you go tony brothers 32nd season his 20th nba finals game josh tivett is 16th season tyler
14:25forward 11th season i definitely think he tripped him but i don't but was but was that just a again
14:35well i guess it's a trip yes what i'm saying is like josh hart wasn't looking so to me though
14:42the
14:42hand reached out touched him and then it lingered there for a bit i think that's what differentiates
14:48a little bit yeah it just kind of stays wrapped around his ankle i think the wrap around the ankle
14:54i'm gonna say that they're probably gonna call a foul that's just me i'm going out on a limb here
14:58legs what you got hostile acts that's what they're looking at okay do you think that's an intentional
15:03trip that they've got to go with that meanwhile the ball was deflected in the back but they didn't get
15:10it across the timeline it would have been an eight second violation so they got a couple of things
15:14perhaps to look at hart has two fouls right now
15:20this has become a an extremely physical game i mean still 512 remaining 44 42 right now
15:27well this is going to be a physical series and i don't know who that favors the knicks they didn't
15:34really have this type of physicality in the eastern conference but we know the spurs have been dealing
15:39with physicality especially in that last series against okc
15:43right now i'm surprised we're sitting here five minutes from half victor women yama has four shots
15:49only five points we talked so much about him finding his offense he just has not really gotten enough
15:55touches in the half court or is more the credit go to the defense for the knicks or the offense
16:00for
16:00the spurs not doing enough to get him the ball i think tonight it's more him i i feel like
16:05he's drifting
16:05away from the lane after review the trip by hart rises to the level of a flagrant foul penalty one
16:12the contact was unnecessary therefore it'll be two shots plus possession of the ball san antonio
16:19though a big call there you know hart declare when you see the hand come around and grab the ankle
16:26again this is is what the spurs are doing right now defensively they are picking up
16:30as soon as the dribbler gets across half court so that actually almost gives you an extra defender
16:36by the timeline a hundred percent and understand this they have the depth to maintain that so they
16:42could just keep bringing in talented bodies and allow them to pick up full court you don't necessarily
16:47have to worry about the fatigue factor with them and that's the third foul on hart
16:53the cell will shoot the two free throws and then possession for san antonio and i think back to the
16:59point with wimby he had a couple of drives early where i thought he timed some cuts well but here
17:05over the course of the ladder under the first quarter into this quarter it's it's more drifting
17:10out kind of waiting and watching the action we'll give credit to the next but wimby if you're one of
17:14those players it's not about the defense it's about your will and it's about how you impose your will
17:20on the game you'll give credit when you want to compare him to the kareems to the shacks they imposed
17:26their will there was no defense created for wimby there's no player that can guard him it's about
17:31how he decides to approach and attack champagny back in as is kelden johnson bridges chasing the cell
17:41wimby against mitchell robinson jam step drive robinson stays with him nicely champagny quick
17:48release contested three that won't go fight for the rebound still loose and a loose ball foul against the
17:54mix and i think rj we both looked at each other we both thought the same thing that's a shot
17:59he's
17:59going to go into one-on-one space against mitchell robinson he goes to that little fade jumper on the
18:04baseline he's got such a length advantage where he releases it we both were certain he was going to
18:09shoot that basketball and instead he skips it to the weak side my mistake the foul was on ananobi
18:15as wimby and robinson robinson's just got hit with a technical foul
18:21i don't like that call well let's see the replay the two were jostling for position
18:28and then there was a shove from robinson well look they're both being physical i don't disagree with
18:33that i think a warning in this space so watch this then wimby turns and pushes him so he wimby
18:39pushes
18:39them and then they push each other back and then that's where the technical occurs on mitchell robinson that
18:43should be a double technical a double technical are warning nothing are nothing hey guys knock it
18:48off knock it off separate
18:52the always good play on
18:55when he hits the free throw so a flagrant foul and a technical foul against the dicks here
19:00so look they're jostling here this is this is normal basketball now wimby he pushes him back now that
19:06could have been a technical on wimby and then he pushes him back and now you're like oh that's a
19:11technical on robinson you got to call this thing even right down the middle for both players
19:16under five to play here in the second harper jam it right with him
19:21stolen by ananobi
19:23ananobi gets inside and a foul
19:26boy we are seeing some tough physical defense here in the first half
19:37you better be prepared when you take it to the rim right now play through contact nice job that time
19:42by shaman forcing harper to pick it up and then he just didn't know where to go with the basketball
19:48that pressure defense og and ananobi out the open floor and he's going to earn a couple
19:53and ananobi had a slow start scoring wise but came up big in the fourth quarter in game one
19:59his offensive improvement is a huge part of why the dicks are here playing in the finals in the offseason
20:07he consulted with dirt novitski who helped him with his shot
20:10let's call him a lot of things including really spread your fingers on the ball
20:15when you shoot it his shooting is much improved legs
20:18oh no question about it comes off with perfect
20:21backspin back rotation so he gets that soft bounce like he just did on that free throw
20:27champagne off the bounce
20:29floats it up ball knocked loose
20:32and ananobi with the foul
20:35it's really the lob passes to women yama are indefensible
20:38they are indefensible especially if he has his feet underneath them and he's able to explode
20:43right there he was a little engaged and that's ultimately where the foul come he's pointing for
20:48it and yes there's not much you can do there against women yama you know there haven't been too many
20:53times in this half where he's been down there on the guard penetration when he's already at the rip
20:58it makes it an impossible decision for a shot blocker of when to release to pick up the guard
21:04because you know what's waiting behind you with that lob that's his second missed free throw he's an
21:09excellent free throw shooter throughout the playoffs 87 he said after game one i'm not worried
21:15we're going to be so much better the defense has been so much better well again when everybody gets
21:21excited after game one understand this san antonio team they were down three two against the defending
21:26champs and had to go on the road and win a game seven they are comfortable with having to answer
21:31the call
21:35the alien fans here in attendance at frost back center four point spurs lead just under four and a half
21:42to go second quarter
21:45towns back in brunson trying to get away from harper gets into the paint kicks it out shaman
21:52shaman kicks it out here's bridges to brunson up top at an ob drives
21:58right back out bridges corner three is good bridges now three for three from three point range
22:04that's one of the best nicks possessions i've seen offensively in the entire postseason multiple
22:11dribble penetration move that ball till you get a clean look eldon johnson bounces around how many
22:17shots have we seen go that high and go through the hoop in these playoffs shot it off the bounce
22:21gets past
22:22wendy banks at home and the knicks take the lead first lead here in game two after trailing by as
22:30many as 12
22:35what a spark off the bench shaman has been in this postseason harper goes right at shaman shot won't go
22:41almost gets it comes out with a rebound when bonyama up top the cell launches his three-pointer that's good
22:49and a foul
22:53galen brunson says no way brother said you hit him in the head and a chance for a four-point
22:57play for
22:57the cell
23:08i got the hair the hair i never had that issue so i never got that call but is is
23:14the hair a foul
23:16and are the braids a foul the hair the hair is part of the head why are you laughing so
23:24sure that's in
23:24the rule book somewhere let's go so the hair so the hair is a part of is a part of
23:29i guess so hey you
23:31learn something every night around here like you said you never done that right i never rule yeah
23:38that would have just been a nice scalp massage it would have slid right off my bald head like you
23:43ever get hit in the hair i don't think i ever did i recall getting hit there and i had
23:48a mullet at
23:49one point i think in the early part of my career brunson goes down a lane layup is good a
23:53rare open
23:54space going to the rim for jalen brunson he's in double figures and it's back to one
24:02bridges chasing fox fox an outstanding first half throws it up top the cell off the bounce to sell
24:08inside double clutch can't get it bridges the rebound pass deflected by fox shaman comes up with it
24:15brunson steps into a three in and out and one bignano with his fifth rebound nicks are playing
24:20so fast right now their surge up the floor has really got san antonio backpedaling defensively
24:26very difficult to match up and find shooters
24:32bridges an outstanding defender guarding fox champagne against towns goes into the paint
24:37stops kicks it up top the cell quick release and that's short brunson the rebound
24:45og ananobi goes right at wimby reverse layup can't get it
24:50ball knocked out of bounds last touched by women yama and it's going to be nick's ball
24:55and we'll take a timeout 207 remaining second quarter spurs lead right now just one
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25:31welcome back to san antonio during his press conference yesterday victor
25:34remedyama was asked about how the spurs have found themselves with their backs against the wall
25:38throughout these playoffs he answered in french not sure how many people understood what he said but
25:42when you translate it he said we're like spoiled little kids in a way it's the first season for many
25:47of us and we don't fully realize what's happening or what's at stake for me women yama went on to
25:53say
25:53the team that truly values the position that it's in right now will be the one that wins guys maybe
26:00about that that's a big big statement but it also is a statement of perspective of how rare these
26:06opportunities is to hear a young player like wimby understand that is very impressive
26:12brunson backing and meanwhile to show you how dedicated lisa salt is in she found the translator
26:17and have them translate the comments is the next turn it over well done lisa
26:21there's fox in the front court drives on bridges sneaking inside he's double team
26:26kicks it out champ penny corner three won't go and towns is seventh rebound
26:36that's going to be a big win by harper
26:37brunson guarded by harper harper's played 15 minutes here in the first half
26:43pounds poked away brunson gets it back
26:47sham it towns kicks it out corner ananobi fakes fires
26:51can't hit the three and vasil comes flying in for the rebound
26:58well manana throws it behind that's going to be a backcourt violation
27:02six turnover first for the spurs he's just so out of rhythm right now he catches the basketball he
27:07says right there that's my bad what he's saying right there is i need to catch the ball turn face
27:11and see what's in front of me he never even looked at the rim immediately through throws it back
27:17no way you're expecting that return pass
27:22and a whistle on a foul grabbing the jersey once again
27:30fourth team foul
27:35champ penny picks up his first brunson three of ten from the field ten points two assists
27:41as kelvin johnson comes in harper's going to sit
27:50the cell guarding brunson tries to go back door when manana right there
27:56falling away shot is up short
27:59brunson again another slow start shooting the ball early
28:03as johnson battles in offensive foul on kelvin johnson
28:06brunson who led the nba in the regular season and drawing charges
28:10johnson's like come on his anticipation is uncanny
28:14he just reads it so well gets squared off his feet are there he's established
28:20excellent job by jalen brunson a number of possessions he saves for the knicks over the course
28:26of a season both teams now with seven turnovers final minute first half
28:30brunson trying to get in rhythm offensively
28:36pass inside bridges another beautiful look from carl anthony town oh it was outstanding mike but that
28:42was a great screen by mikhail bridges and kept the defender on the outside and bridges has come alive 11
28:48points all here in the second limby throws it away
28:55and brunson will bring it up there's about a little over a second difference between the shot clock and game
29:00clock
29:02champ penny putting pressure again out at half court here comes the double
29:06bridges towns wide open corner three knocks it down
29:10and the knicks a four-point lead shot clock turned off
29:18box on the drive leans in a floater's up it's short
29:22a 16-point turnaround knicks trail by 12 now lead by four one manana just seven points in that first
29:30half
29:31coming up
29:32coming up half time presented by kia they're here in the building
29:37journey jack charles and kenny and the knicks once again bouncing back after a slow start
29:43the gang is here at the frost bank center
29:47game two here is nba finals carl anthony towns 17 points seven rebounds three more assists
29:56we play two quarters next lead at 56 52
30:11they were down by 12 in the second quarter they are up by four at halftime carl anthony towns and
30:18the new
30:19york knicks turning frost bank center into the garden southwest version of the crowd just going
30:28wild here is going to work he is 56 52 game the knicks on top it's nba half time and
30:36is presented
30:37by kia ernie johnson with shaquille o'neal kenny the jet smith charles barkley i know you're raring to
30:44talk what's on your mind wimby's in shock right now it's probably been a long time since he got
30:51his ass kicked like this i remember when i got in high school there was a guy named lewis jackson
30:56oh yeah that lewis jackson and i remember the first time that's like you know when you're a great
31:03player very rarely you just get your ass kicked lewis jackson did it to me in high school
31:09leonard mitcher did it to me in college at lsu when he's spinning he's throwing the ball all over
31:16the place it's a shock to his system he's too young to understand like i got over it but right
31:24now
31:25he's turning the ball over he is so flustered right now and listen we can say what we want to
31:32he's 22 he's going to own the league soon but right now he's being owned our big cat is just
31:38taking his ass to the woodshed plain and simple the first half highlights presented by kia and cat
31:44centers centers on cat car last time for the second straight game he's the best player on the floor
31:52he's got 18 in game one he's got 17 in the first half of game two on six of eight
32:00three out of five
32:02from deep and uh kenny he's been the story of the first half he's definitely been the story and
32:10because it's not only this fact that he's scoring it's timely baskets just like in game one if you look
32:16at the score right now the knicks are down 12 points so cat is making timely baskets in these
32:25moments that cuts it to nine now here it cuts it to five wow so every time freezing here this
32:32is a 32
32:3439 game the san antonio spurs were actually on a momentum one cat says i'm not going to allow
32:41castle to guard me inside i'm going to get a basket for us timely baskets those timely baskets are the
32:50baskets when you say momentum changers or starters cat has been a momentum starter and a changer
32:57throughout this series so far 17.7 rebounds three assists he's six out of eight and three out of five
33:04from deep meantime look there's no disrespect intended when i say this but if you had not
33:09watched an nba game and you said wait wait until you see this guy who's all that victor women he
33:18hasn't shown any of that in a game and a half in this series how come and i agree i'm
33:23surprised uh
33:24i thought he's gonna come out with a little more aggression being at home others the fans involved
33:29he didn't take his first shot in the first four months of the game right here i'm gonna show you
33:33number two of his plays right here he fakes it takes it to the hole i think he can do
33:37that every time
33:37i'm gonna like him to throw it down and right here he's not even running hard enough for me you
33:41know when you're by yourself you're not being touched you gotta run and look i don't like you
33:45shooting those threes of course you know when they go and everybody you know wants to say you're all
33:49ready to go but right now look guys don't really get on the ball but he's not showing me anything
33:54right now and again i'm actually surprised chuck i know you said he's 22 but hey 22 means more
34:01energy to me no that doesn't mean that check physicality listen we check you i'm not trying
34:08to take a shot with energy that's all i'm saying he's in shock right now is he playing with energy
34:12yes or no he's in shock is he playing with energy yes or no i i'm not going to crush
34:17you the key of
34:18energy i'm just saying call is punching him right now and he's staggered he's going on the league
34:25but he's 22 years old he's never been in the finals check you're one of the greatest players
34:30ever your first year in the finals you got swept it happens he's 22 but right now cat is playing
34:40with
34:40so much cup kenny my first time in the finals did i not play with aggression or did i play
34:45with
34:45aggression the whole time now listen you did however can i say this and this is no knock against him
34:53because he was a great great player nick anderson but when he missed those free throws he became in
34:59shock we were so worried about nick anderson when we walked into that series and throughout that
35:04series until he missed it cat is in cat has him in shock yes that's it one great player is
35:11in shock
35:12nick anderson was a great player at that time he became in shock let me say this too time and
35:17again in
35:18this first half my watch has said you were in a loud environment and it just said it again when
35:22you
35:23guys were having that exchange you're about to be playing with energy and it just it just won't
35:27stop just play with energy no no no that's not that that's not the finals you always try to act
35:33like everybody's got your personality he doesn't work he doesn't have you
35:38before yes he's been playing with energy
35:40the man had 40 in the game what the hell are you talking about to the man had 40 in
35:45the last series
35:45well he can't let's he play with energy hey hey you gotta give up 40 tonight
35:50there goes my watch again what are you talking about
35:56live from the nba finals nba halftime is presented by kia movement that inspires
36:04game two of the finals from san antonio nick's already up one nothing in the series now lead by
36:08four because we're about to start the third the key story is victor women yana the spurs need more
36:13from him they need more from him and it's the physicality we've seen the technical there on
36:18mitchell robinson and look the physicality can wear out a player and you talk about experience if you
36:24haven't been on this run these type of things can cause frustration yeah he just absolutely right now
36:31is not seeing what's in front of him the aggressiveness was there early but right now
36:37he has to come out here and find his game offensively and settle his team hey look at
36:42that second quarter nicks were down 12 at one point and then went on that run meanwhile
36:47carl anthony towns continues just playing spectacular basketball
36:51brunson brings it up castle guarding him the bridges
36:56the spurs out stretch where they were just suffocating defensively nicks found out some
37:01spots box to flex it out of bounds let's check it in with lisa salters yeah mike i talked to
37:08mitch
37:08johnson coming out of the locker room asked him what he saw in that second quarter he said he thought
37:12that they got a little hesitant after missing some shots early he said he also didn't think they did a
37:17very good job crashing the boards to try to get multiple opportunities about victor women yama he
37:22said obviously we need more than just four shots he thought they missed him at the rim a couple times
37:26he said hopefully we can triple those shot attempts in the second half all right lisa and you see towns
37:31again beating woman yama to the rebound the put back nicks up six it's their largest lead of the game
37:43castle double team and a foul carl anthony towns just picked up his second
37:54yeah this is just carl anthony towns getting inside position clamping down on that arm right there
38:01preventing wemby from being able to jump beats him to the spot though beats him to the ball and starts
38:06his half the way that first half ended brunson knocks it away brunson with his second steal drives
38:12inside back the heart and an obi goes inside kicks it out the heart back up towns thought about a
38:20three
38:20now drives his floater won't go let me tips it ball taken by the cell i'm curious to see how
38:26castle reacts
38:27now that that he's back here in the second half after those three fouls and that's really when the nick
38:32run
38:33started when castle foul got that third foul one-on-one when minyama finds a spot jump shot he's good
38:41maybe that'll get him going look smooth there really important shot i actually thought he was just gonna
38:46jab ananobi and just shoot that jumper on the baseline still found a clean look
38:55bridges and an excellent second quarter 11 points in the period ananobi catches and hits the three-pointer
39:01his second three-pointer nicks now nine of 22 from long distance champagne gets inside ananobi right
39:09there another block
39:13deflected out still nick ball i'll tell you what rj ananobi hits the three and then he's the guy that's
39:19back ahead of all of his teammates to make that play at the rim that is playing both ends of
39:24the floor
39:28and his three-point shooting continues to excel then comes down the other end
39:34that's his second block of the game towns one-on-one with wetman yama
39:39backs in trying to draw a foul castle comes the other way castle goes right at hard block by hart
39:46and the
39:47save to bridges
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