NBA Latest: Weekend Recap, Cup Finals Set, Monday's Best Bets

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00:00Shane Chung is our hoops analyst extraordinaire on SportsGrid Catches show, betting above

00:09the rim.

00:10I used to do it with him and it was always better with the two of us together talking

00:14rack.

00:15Now he does it without me and he said yesterday to someone at a bar, he doesn't miss me at

00:19all but he's on C2C again talking rack.

00:23I want to go back to Saturday and the cup games and it's simple for me if you can't

00:28and no one can stop Giannis, you're not beating this team in a big game.

00:33He had 32 against the Hawks and it didn't matter how good the Hawks have been this year

00:37because they've been better in the box but they weren't better Saturday night and Milwaukee

00:41makes the final against the Thunder.

00:43First talk about this game then we'll talk about the Thunder's win over the Rockets.

00:47Yeah I mean what a performance especially in the fourth quarter by the Milwaukee boxing

00:51team.

00:52Let's be honest Pharrell that I've you know kind of questioned how they've looked but

00:55Pharrell I mean name a better team since the middle of November since Milwaukee.

01:00They've lost two games and one of them they avenged which is that 119-104 loss they had

01:04to Atlanta but to me it's about the fact that I've liked what I've seen Pharrell on the

01:09defensive end of the floor only giving up 102 points.

01:12Giannis with a 32-14 a monster performance from a guy that let's be honest Pharrell when

01:20he's engaged and he's rebounding and doing everything and they're not atrocious at the

01:27three-point line they defend they give themselves a chance to win but as good as you got out

01:33of 34-14 and nine from Giannis you still got 25-7 and six from Dame you got 16 from Brooke

01:40Lopez you got almost a double double out of Bobby Portis.

01:44They're playing better basketball and it sets up a really interesting matchup versus OKC

01:49tomorrow night in Vegas.

01:51How about Middleton not mattering in that rotation right now like Bobby Portis matters

01:56more to the Bucs than Middleton does I know it's crazy to say but it's true.

02:01It is true but also Pharrell if you really think about it it was really a smart move

02:07by Doc Rivers putting Andre Jackson Jr. into the starting lineup.

02:12Why Pharrell?

02:14They can't defend guards.

02:18So now you put Andre Jackson you remember him from UConn 6'5", 6'6", long-span can guard

02:231-2-3 now you can protect Dame guarding the perimeter and have Andre be the best the better

02:30defender and then you bring guys like Portis, Middleton, Trent Jr. off the bench.

02:37That's a pretty good bet for Milwaukee right now.

02:40Let's see if Jackson can slow down probably a guy that could be the MVP this year and

02:45that's SGA tomorrow night.

02:47So how do you lose a game when well I know the Thunder are better than the Rockets but

02:50how do you lose a game when you get six guys in double figures?

02:54That's what happened to the Rockets Saturday night.

02:57Listen simply as put you could have six guys go get you whatever they can get you but when

03:02you got a guy at the caliber of SGA that can just do it all and especially the fact you

03:08gotta realize Pharrell they also in the second half right outscored him 60 to I think 44

03:15if I'm not mistaken because if I'm not mistaken, I think it was a one-point game after the break

03:19at the break if I'm not mistaken.

03:21So when you have that killer, it was 70, 70, 70 to 54.

03:30So a team that does good as they are defensively is Houston.

03:34You get 70 points and you were going to talk about the fact you have six guys go double

03:38figures, but I thought the fact that you had four players get you 19 or more for Oklahoma

03:44City and let's be honest, Isaiah Hartenstein has integrated himself perfectly into that team.

03:5121-8 and two assists.

03:55This guy shows why New York is missing him right now, particularly his rim protection.

04:01Five steals for SGA.

04:03Really good performance.

04:04Should be a good game tomorrow night, but I still think right now I'd like the Thunder

04:07to take the NBA Cup.

04:08So do I and I'll tell you what, I miss Hartenstein too on the Knicks, but the Knicks have moved

04:13up to three in the East and they looked really good in Orlando last night.

04:17I was watching with one eye open, Brunson went off and how about Cat, 22 and 22 boards?

04:23Well, listen, I want to dispel this notion about the quote-unquote softness of Cat, right?

04:31The rim protection of Cat.

04:32Let me tell you something, you're going to give me 22 and 20, you're going to be okay

04:37by me.

04:38And I think what you have with the Knicks is this, they could have, folks, the best

04:43starting five.

04:44I'm not saying the best team, the best starting five in the league because at any point, any

04:50of them dudes can drop 20, any of them dudes can drop four, three or four threes and Cat's

04:56been tremendous.

04:57And it was really interesting because Jamal Moseley made some points about the refereeing.

05:03Jalen Suggs was playing, you remember the game rough, you remember the game rough, 21

05:08when we were a kid, when there was no fouls, they were playing rough last night on Jalen

05:13Brunson.

05:14The Knicks could have shot 60 free throws and it would have been enough.

05:17But I do, I must admit, I must also give my props to Jamal Moseley, Jamal Moseley, he's

05:23done such a great job with this team right now, the way they're playing.

05:28Screw them.

05:29Let's talk about your picks for tonight in the NBA because it's like the worst night

05:34of college basketball I think I've ever seen.

05:36Yeah, for real.

05:37I tried to find college basketball games and I had none.

05:41So I'm going just to the NBA today.

05:43I'm going to go with the Heat, minus four and a half at Detroit.

05:46The Miami Heat has covered four straight games.

05:48They're playing a little bit better basketball, folks, as they try to climb their way up.

05:52Right now they're sitting fifth in the Eastern Conference.

05:55Give me the Heat, minus four and a half.

05:57Next, I'm going to go with the Sixers on a Monday night.

05:59No, no dwelling beat, but I mean, dang, it's got to be enough with everybody else, right?

06:06To beat the Hornets, a Hornets team that is scrappy, but I do like Philadelphia to go

06:11ahead and get a win.

06:12By the way, folks, you can bet the Philadelphia 76ers at plus money to make the playoffs.

06:17I think they're going to find a way.

06:19I know it sounds crazy.

06:20Play number three.

06:21I'm going to go with the Nuggets, plus one and a half at Sacramento.

06:25Last two games, one by 30, one by 22, they're playing better basketball.

06:30I know, like the Beamers, great at home, but I'm going to take the Nuggets, plus a point

06:35and a half.

06:36Next, Jalen Durant, over 19 and a half points, plus rebounds, over in six straight versus

06:42Miami.

06:43Forget the fact that he's not covered his last four games.

06:45Pharrell, this is about styles, make fights.

06:48Give me Jalen Durant, over 19 and a half points, plus rebounds.

06:52The last, James Hart, over 14 and a half rebounds, plus assists.

06:55We should get it done tonight.

06:56Those are my plays.

06:57And who do you like in the hated most Pharrell Ballers semifinal tonight?

07:04Pharrell Ballers, the old team goes down to Pharrell's new team, you've got to call the

07:08Pharrell Ballers, and Chop Suey goes for 21 and five threes tonight.

07:14Mark it down.

07:15You got a 23 and a 20 game so far.

07:17She's lighting it up.

07:18Let's get those scholarship offers in, coach.

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