Jimmy Butler & Stephen Curry Lead Warriors to Playoffs!

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Tobin had bad dreams featuring... Vučević! The Miami Heat are back on the hardwood tonight for the play-in game against the Chicago Bulls. We go around the league reviewing the west and east play-ins. Tobin is disappointed the Warriors beat the Grizzlies 121 to 116. Jimmy Butler became "Playoff Jimmy" scoring 38 points.

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00:00you ever wake up in a cold sweat Leroy a panic because you knew you had a rough dream

00:04last night I was tossing and turning because all I kept thinking about was Vucevic oh geez

00:16I just kept thinking about all the times Vucevic has cooked the heat all the times Vucevic has

00:21caused me pain and and my wife was like looking at her she's like you were right last night you

00:27were kind of like tossing and turning I was just like Vucevic she goes what I'm like never mind just

00:31go to work she had no eyes she's like what is he talking about that giant Vucevic terrifies me all

00:40of these bulls they're intangibles left and right just just not in waves of intangibles just coming

00:48at you giddy boo zealous herder Vucevic with a little kobe white uh sprinkled in there as well

00:55if he's got it going you know yep it's all a lot tonight ladies and gentlemen the play-in

01:02which by the way fire game last night between the Warriors and the Grizzlies

01:06such a job got a little banged up he did twist his ankle he did twist his ankle but he fought

01:13through it he uh he fought through it I don't think he was quite the same after that happened

01:17uh great to see uh play off Jimmy Jimmy came out on fire dude I mean he was he was uh

01:25especially in the first half he you could tell immediately um which you you had to wonder

01:30because he took that nasty knee to the thigh from Kawhi in the final game of the regular season

01:36and he had a lot of bounce in him lad he was like getting every put back he was getting every and

01:43one he had a couple of threes in there really set the tone early that being said

01:49they needed every bit of Jimmy and Steph and they held on for dear life against a very very

01:56you know skittish Grizzlies team so I don't know really what to make of it yes he was awesome

02:02uh Steph incredible onions threes as Steph is to do Draymond Green remains insufferable I I mean I

02:09legitimately he's the least likable person to watch the the the turning of the fingers the twirling of

02:16the fingers for reviews that were have no business being overturned he wish he could have 27 reviews

02:22dude he yesterday has this review right and literally the only foul is Zachy needs a foot taller than me

02:30and he has a problem with it because he's trying to get the rebound and obviously you're not going

02:34to get the rebound because Zachy needs a foot taller than me and so he had a problem with that and he's

02:39like review and so of course Steve Kerr you know Steve Kerr's gotta do this

02:44looks to the bench all right let's review it and the referees are like unsuccessful challenge

02:52because Zachy's a foot taller than Draymond Green it wasn't exactly what they said but they wanted to

02:59say that on the on the mic like that's pretty much what happened it would be something if if the if

03:04the ref would have left the the stand and just did the little small thing just the ref look the

03:10refs the refs were bad but they were equally bad on each side so I think everybody was sick of their

03:17ass god some of the calls down the end but some of the ball there was a call on Scottie Pippen on

03:23Jimmy Jimmy knew he got away with one dude Jimmy was at the free throw line looking at everybody like

03:27he got the slide yeah he uh you remember when Jimmy uh faked the head injury and he like peeked over

03:33like over his eye yes he did that at the line we're like Scottie Pippen jr just completely swung and

03:39missed on him and Jimmy's like they call it airball the layup Jimmy he airballed the layup and he's

03:47like they're not gonna call it they're not gonna review that and he just smiles at the bench I'm just

03:51like oh you rascal he was good yesterday though you can't like listen he was he was awesome he had

03:57all the juice in his legs I look at this differently right I look at it as this is what your former

04:07team expected of you and you just chose not to play that way yeah but it's also like everybody's

04:17everybody it's it's so funny how everybody enables it you know like even Draymond after the game

04:22yesterday is just like people talk about layoff Jimmy but now you see it in person and it's like

04:28it really is a real thing it's like it's like him realize like it's it's like Draymond Green saw

04:33Santa coming down the chimney yeah but it's still I like I just get annoyed at part of the whole

04:45preface behind this back and forth between the heat and Jimmy was the fact that Jimmy wasn't giving

04:51the heat this except when he deemed necessary when he said it's that time you know yeah but he said

05:00that last year too he did say it right you know listen it's like Pops and Tony Phil you never know

05:04if playoff Jimmy's gonna show up right but that's that's my that's my whole point that I saw it and

05:09I know Jimmy's capable but I was almost a little annoyed at now now you you know what I mean you know

05:22the one thing that I would say and my situation wasn't anything like that but I did switch teams

05:30and I would say

05:33when I went to new teams they go this is the same way you played in Cleveland Baltimore and I can respect

05:44that because like it wasn't oh I'm gonna save it for the next team or I'm gonna do this and and so

05:53the biggest problem I have with that whole situation is I think Pat Riley is justified

06:02in making the decisions he made about Jimmy because this is the Jimmy he wanted but wasn't

06:10the Jimmy he was getting and he was also whining about not giving him more money so uh I know Jimmy

06:19can play there's a thing but the thing with him is like look it is what it is with him like you know

06:25like we all know that Jimmy in the postseason can rise to a different level I think it probably also

06:31has to do with the way that he plays basketball I don't know if you could play a regular season at the

06:35way he plays playoff basketball yeah I don't know if it's possible because it's but we weren't getting

06:41anything close to that well I mean like when they're here here's what here's what I would say we had

06:48these conversations during the course of the year is that there's moments during the game

06:53where your star player needs to be aware of what needs to be done to win that game and your star

07:02player needs to be the catalyst behind the start of that that's what he does he doesn't have to score

07:09all the points but he has to show everybody the effort the determination or whatever because he's your

07:16number one yeah I mean but you do have guys like like Kawhi is kind of the same thing like you know

07:22when he's it's one of these hurt he's he's playing on bad knees I mean is he always hurt or you know

07:29there's been times where people have been pissed because they feel like he he takes liberties with

07:33how many games that he takes off and then you see you know when he's available he's the most you

07:39know one of the most dynamic players in the league yeah but always when he's available you very rarely

07:44hear Kawhi had a stinker when he plays he plays well I don't know what you're doing here like you know

07:54do I agree with what Jimmy you know with how Jimmy behaved obviously not but it's not like Jimmy was

08:01out there like throwing up nine points every night like you're you're kind of you're you're making it

08:06seem like Jimmy Butler's out there acting like Draymond Green every single game no no no I'm not I'm not

08:11but I'm I'm also reminded folks that

08:16this team

08:21Jimmy couldn't pick and choose when to be Jimmy they were paying him to be Jimmy not as far as scoring

08:32but as far as leading right and it got to the point where

08:37the people who were supposed to be following his lead

08:41start giving him the stink eye

08:43mm-hmm and that that's the only problem I have with that

08:47it became more about

08:49how he was doing things instead of what he was doing

08:54we'll see too I mean like I know a lot of people are like the Warriors are pretty heavy favorites in this next series

08:59I don't know yeah I think they are I think they're minus 220 to win this series

09:04I think Houston beats them

09:06but I'm just saying oh they're minus 220 because I'm pretty sure I saw the percentages and it said

09:12the Rockets were a 54% chance of winning so maybe the Warriors are a favor right now

09:17yeah I'm just talking betting lines betting lines for the series I'm pretty sure they're minus 220 to win the series

09:23wow which

09:24I'm gonna throw a little chili pepper on the Rocker

09:26right

09:27I'm gonna throw a little chili pepper on the Rocker

09:29because let me tell you something dude

09:30they had some issues with that ED yesterday

09:33and that dude's a big stiff

09:34like he didn't know

09:36no disrespect to him he's gonna he's gonna be a fine player

09:38but he had no idea what he's like I'm just being tall

09:41he he like led went through the game with five fouls

09:44um

09:45Shingun I mean like dude that guy that guy's polished

09:49like we're we're talking

09:50yeah Timu Jokic is nice

09:52yeah man I I don't know like that

09:55they the one thing that that that hasn't changed with the Jimmy team

09:59is they're gonna play small

10:01and right

10:02you know you wonder how that's gonna be because you're gonna have Draymond here

10:06who fouled out yesterday in like 30 minutes

10:08you're gonna have this uh this situation where he's gonna have to bang with everybody

10:12I don't know man like and they have

10:15so many athletes to throw at you

10:17yeah

10:17the only the thing that I think keeps the Warriors

10:21close

10:23is Houston doesn't really shoot threes

10:26they're not that good at it

10:28yeah but you know if the Rockets

10:30have the Warriors not shooting threes well

10:32it's not gonna be a good game for the Warriors

10:34right right

10:34and that and that's that's

10:36I

10:37Vlad for years

10:39if you've watched basketball for a long time

10:41you always have in the back of your mind

10:45and

10:45we used to say this with the Celtics

10:47in the last couple of years

10:49they shoot

10:50so many threes that

10:52if they get cold you can beat them

10:53but they never really get cold

10:56now

10:57that's different with

10:58the group

10:59that's different with the Warriors

11:01they only got one guy

11:02right

11:03exactly

11:04well they have a couple guys who can make threes

11:07but not on a consistent basis

11:09I'll live with

11:10Kaczynski and a GP three

11:12a GP the second taking threes

11:13I'll tell you one thing though dude

11:15thanks for nothing Grizzlies you flock of pigeons

11:19hey

11:19by the way

11:20how about this

11:21you know

11:22if you're gonna fire your coach

11:24like dude

11:27I'm telling you

11:28I'm sitting

11:29Leroy

11:29they had a chance to tie the game

11:31couldn't get the damn ball in

11:33I'm like

11:33are you kidding me

11:34missing free throws Vlad

11:38couldn't get the ball in

11:39I'm like

11:40you guys are gonna lose like this

11:42you got them on the ropes dude

11:44so I'm watching the game

11:45and I'm watching it

11:47and I'm like

11:47ah this game is such a Tobin and Leroy game

11:50this is like the perfect Tobin and Leroy game

11:53Tobin is watching Jimmy

11:56being playoff Jimmy

11:58while Leroy's watching Ja

12:00being Ja

12:02and then getting hurt

12:03and everything that Leroy says about Ja

12:05being you know

12:06injury prone

12:08hey

12:10I gotta tell you

12:12we were

12:13I can't think of two other people

12:17watching the game

12:19and not having any idea what the score is

12:23but you look at

12:24you got your feelers out for your hot takes

12:27can I

12:27dude I'm telling you

12:28it definitely is

12:29but can I tell you one thing that annoys me

12:30about Jaron Jackson Jr.

12:32not only that

12:32and that was another one

12:33that was the other

12:34you see how he shoots threes

12:36why does he

12:37why does he shoot threes

12:39like Tyler shoots floaters

12:40like why does he do that

12:42he does like a lean float mingo

12:44from the three point line

12:45it's so weird

12:47it makes him

12:48I know

12:48it's very confusing

12:50I don't understand how a 6'10 7 footer

12:53shoots a flat three

12:55and he says

12:57absolutely

13:01I know

13:01like

13:02which one

13:02is

13:03and

13:04that's

13:04it's

13:05it's

13:06it's

13:07you

13:07to

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