Game Night Predictions: Key Strategies & Star Performances

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00:00What do we anticipate for tonight? Because I know that between you and I and me and Dexter,

00:07we've talked a number of times about where these totals can go or what the best angle

00:11is coming into these tough matchups. I'm seeing the spread going between two and a half and

00:15three and a half. And most importantly, it's this total of 159. Now we saw the total kind

00:19of hang there on game two, but obviously get blown up a bit in game three. So what are

00:24we seeing initially for these numbers?

00:27Well, listen, when you get to this elimination game case, everything gets thrown out the

00:31window. Like all your strategies, everything is going to be all hands on deck. So first

00:37things first, you got to look at is the superstars, right? Who's going to be that one that shows

00:43up or one that shows up? Obviously, we talked about Nafisha Collier and how well you just

00:48said she played. You know, she took 11 shots in the first half of game number three. So

00:54I expect I'm sure we've I'm running my offense through someone like Nafisha Collier, Kayla

01:00McBride, her best shooting performance in the playoffs in a couple of games with especially

01:05hitting three threes in the first half. So when you're looking at it is this, if you

01:10are Minnesota, you're going to want to try and come out aggressive early. So I didn't

01:14even put it as one of my best bets, but I think Minnesota on the money line in the first

01:18quarter could be a play because if I'm sure we've I got to play with the lead, right?

01:23I got to play with the lead. The Liberty team that starts to make their run in the

01:27second half, particularly in their fourth quarter, they tighten up the screws. So Minnesota

01:32early in this game is what you want to watch for because remember, game number one, Liberty

01:38had a huge lead and blew it. They're not blowing this again. So to me, if you're Minnesota,

01:44play with the lead. Minnesota first quarter, they should jump off to a good start at home.

01:49I actually love that a lot because you and I have talked about it on here where there's

01:52been a few games where I took Minnesota in that first quarter and the fourth quarter

01:56because their ability to open up and strong fast has been pretty consistent throughout

02:00the regular season and somewhat throughout the postseason. But most importantly, their

02:04ability to close in the preseason or in the regular season was something I was consistently

02:08seeing. I'm a big fan of patterns. So I love that for an approach tonight, especially because

02:13like you said, elimination, everything is on the line here. They know they have to get

02:16that fast start, but most importantly, they know that they cannot get the fast start and

02:20then give up all of that success and progression that they make in the first half.