Mavericks Strive to Clinch NBA Finals Spot in Game 5

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:03 - We got a big one tonight in Minneapolis at the Target

00:06 and we got all kinds of reaction going into this puppy.

00:09 - We do have all kinds of reaction for it.

00:12 Really fast, I wanted to tell you,

00:13 the A's were about to close out the Rays

00:15 in the bottom of the ninth.

00:17 The problem is they gave up a solo homer to Jose Siri

00:20 and that game is now tied at fours,

00:22 going to the 10th between Oakland and Tampa.

00:26 The Brewers had taken a 4-3 lead over the Cubbies.

00:29 The problem for them, Scotty,

00:31 they just gave up a homer to Christopher Murrell.

00:33 4-4 again, tied Cubbies and Brewers

00:36 in Milwaukee in the eighth inning.

00:38 So a couple tight ones this afternoon.

00:40 They're about to start in about a half hour

00:42 with that Astro Mariner game.

00:44 You are right, as you and Gabe were just discussing,

00:46 we have a game five tonight in Minneapolis.

00:51 As the Mavericks were up 3-0,

00:53 they lose game four at home.

00:54 Minnesota stays alive and they will try

00:56 to extend this series even further back to Dallas

01:01 for a game six.

01:03 Why don't we start with Maverick head coach, Jason Kidd.

01:07 Believe it or not, Scotty, somebody asked him,

01:10 this is the first game they've lost in the series,

01:13 if he needed to do anything different

01:14 to kind of clear the players' minds.

01:17 He didn't really understand what they were talking about,

01:19 but he says, "No, the focus is we gotta beat Minnesota

01:22 "here in game five and move on to the finals."

01:24 Here he is.

01:25 - This isn't time to go for a bike ride

01:28 or go to the park or the zoo.

01:30 We gotta figure out how to slow these guys down.

01:34 We got a responsibility, we got a job to do,

01:36 and that's the final way to win in Minnesota.

01:38 We can do that after the season.

01:42 Take our mind off the basketball.

01:44 Right now, this is a great opportunity for us

01:47 as a young team to go through this.

01:50 There's no reason to figure out

01:53 or think about something else.

01:54 This is how do we get better, what mistakes did we make.

01:57 This is a new group going against

02:00 one of the best teams in the league.

02:02 So I don't think we're gonna have time

02:05 to do something different right now.

02:09 - So Gary Franchise just hit a two-run shot

02:13 for the Brew Crew in Milwaukee.

02:16 Sanchez to deep center field, a bomb,

02:20 and it's six-four Brewers.

02:22 So anyway, I thought that was a great line.

02:25 You don't have time to go to the park or to the zoo.

02:30 (laughing)

02:32 - What do you think they're gonna do?

02:35 I mean, honestly, there's three teams left.

02:38 They're one win away from the NBA final.

02:41 What do you think they're gonna do?

02:42 I thought that was perfect for the game.

02:44 Although I did hear they have a nice zoo in Minneapolis,

02:49 if any of the guys did wanna go do that

02:51 after shoot around today.

02:52 - Listen, bro, I don't go to zoos, okay?

02:55 (laughing)

02:56 Honestly, I didn't even go.

02:59 I've been to the San Diego Zoo when I was a little kid,

03:02 and it's like the greatest zoo in America, right?

03:04 Everybody knows they have the greatest zoo.

03:06 And here's me, I've been to San Diego 5,000 times,

03:10 and I wouldn't go to that zoo if you paid me.

03:12 I went to SeaWorld,

03:13 and it was the worst experience of my life.

03:15 I smelled fish for a week.

03:17 Honestly, dead fish for a week I smelled.

03:20 You know, they're throwing these whales fish.

03:22 - Yeah.

03:23 - They're doing flips and splashing me,

03:25 and I just, I got time to smell like fish.

03:29 - You don't need any of that.

03:31 Nobody wants any part of that, that's for sure.

03:33 Here is next Timberwolf head coach, Chris Finch.

03:37 He loves to fight in his team,

03:39 getting this thing back to Minneapolis.

03:41 And something that we see coaches do now, I guess, Scotty,

03:44 in every playoff series in the NBA,

03:46 he makes sure at the end of this clip

03:48 to add in that little, we want some calls next game,

03:52 because you didn't give us any calls in the last game.

03:54 Here we go.

03:55 - Yeah, I think we've been a resilient team all year.

03:58 I think, you know, we never lost three in a row

04:00 until we got to the playoffs.

04:01 So, we never lost four in a row.

04:04 Guys, you know, respond.

04:06 You know, it's a fun team to coach

04:08 because they believe that they can always win

04:10 no matter what, so.

04:11 - Consistency of calls out there, is that what was bothering you?

04:15 How did you see the game?

04:16 - Yeah, I thought it was a little inconsistent for sure.

04:20 For sure.

04:20 - Yeah, as you won.

04:21 As you won the game.

04:23 So, here's the deal.

04:25 Here's how I see this.

04:27 In all honesty, this is helping the Boston Celtics

04:32 more than anyone else.

04:34 The more games that the Mavericks have to play,

04:38 the more of a disadvantage they're gonna be at

04:41 against the deepest team in the league

04:43 and the healthiest team in the league.

04:46 I don't believe that, you know, one game I'm okay with.

04:51 That they're gonna be fine if they win tonight.

04:54 They're gonna be fine and everything will even out.

04:56 They lose tonight and have to go back to Dallas

04:59 for a stressful game six, which people will start saying,

05:04 "Are you gonna blow this?"

05:05 And that's gonna be the talk of the town is,

05:08 "Are they gonna choke and lose game six at home

05:12 and go back to Minneapolis for a game seven?"

05:15 They have to win tonight.

05:16 If they lose two games to the T-Wolves,

05:21 I guarantee you that the Boston Celtics

05:25 annihilate them in the final

05:27 because they're already three or four days ahead of them

05:29 in rest and they're getting Porzingis back

05:32 and they're already the best team in the league.

05:35 They are.

05:36 You can look at the Celtics' performance

05:39 and the Mavericks' performance throughout the season.

05:41 They're just a better, deeper team

05:43 and you're giving them that much rest.

05:45 If they lose again, the Celtics will win the final

05:49 as sure as I'm sitting here.

05:50 If they win tonight,

05:52 you still got the best backcourt final we've seen

05:56 since, I guess, you know,

05:58 Boston and the Lakers several times.

06:00 But for me, Luca and Kyrie against Brown and Tatum

06:05 is the most delicious final in terms of, you know,

06:09 talent in backcourt that I've seen in forever,

06:12 in 25 years.

06:14 And I'm telling you, if they lose tonight,

06:17 they're gonna lose the final.

06:18 If they, 'cause if they win this series,

06:20 no team's ever lost a 3-0 lead ever.

06:22 It's not happening.

06:23 I still don't believe Dallas is losing this series.

06:25 And you know why?

06:26 'Cause they have Luca Doncic.

06:28 And I'm not even mentioning Kyrie Irving

06:30 'cause Luca Doncic is the one that's taking over games.

06:33 - I'm with you.

06:35 I think tonight is very key.

06:37 Despite them having a 3-1 lead,

06:39 they win tonight, it's a full week.

06:42 They don't start until next Thursday night.

06:44 That's seven days.

06:45 And all we've heard about for weeks is

06:47 how Luca drags himself around

06:49 and he's got all these ailments

06:51 and he's got all these things going on.

06:53 You start getting into now playing Saturday

06:55 and then potentially playing Monday

06:57 and potentially play, it just,

06:59 I think you're making it right.

07:00 It just drags on for so long

07:03 if you don't get this thing over with.

07:04 And then the questions start.

07:06 Oh, well, it's 3-2 now.

07:08 What happens if it's 3-3?

07:09 What happens if it gets this?

07:11 So I'm with you.

07:13 Get it over with tonight

07:15 if you can actually go and get that done.

07:17 The numbers for tonight, Scotty,

07:19 as of right now, you guys were mentioning it before,

07:22 at this very second, 4 1/2 for the Timberwolves

07:26 with a 2-0-9 1/2 total.

07:29 - I don't know anything.

07:32 I do know that I got 'em at five at minus about 15.

07:35 That's what I bet it at this morning.

07:37 It's on them.

07:40 It's not on me for them to get this done tonight,

07:43 but they'll rue the day if they lose.

07:45 They'll rue the day that they had to play six games

07:49 with Minnesota when they were up 3-0.

07:53 When you're up 3-0, you gotta ice it, and they didn't.

07:56 And now tonight, they need to ice it.

07:58 Otherwise, they're gonna have ice bags on their knees

08:02 when they play Boston,

08:03 because Boston will run 'em out of the building.

08:05 They'll run 'em out of the building.

08:06 Boston will be sitting on about 10 days rest,

08:09 and people say, "Oh, they've lost their swerve."

08:11 This isn't hockey.

08:13 I don't believe in hockey,

08:15 you stay playing or you lose your swerve.

08:20 You get rusty.

08:23 In golf, you don't play golf, you will not play golf well.

08:27 If you don't play basketball,

08:29 I still believe rest is good for basketball pros

08:33 that are playing in these series.

08:36 The Southerners have a major advantage.

08:37 They played four games that were easy.

08:39 I don't care what anybody says.

08:40 I'm done listening to the rhetoric about the Pacers

08:42 gave 'em a tough series.

08:44 My ass, they got worked in every single fourth quarter.

08:47 They got worked, and they slept with their wives.

08:50 I mean, it was like, you know, unbelievable,

08:54 watching them melt down, turn the ball over,

08:56 not hit a shot and lose every game in the fourth quarter.

08:59 It was unbelievable.

09:01 Total domination.

09:02 That was a horrible Eastern Conference final.

09:05 Anyone that says otherwise is imagining things.

09:08 (upbeat music)

09:11 (bells chiming)

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