NBA Play-In Battles: Miami vs. Atlanta, Dallas vs. Memphis

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00:00Tonight, we got two eight games.

00:02The winners go in as the eighth seed in the NBA.

00:07You got Miami-Atlanta.

00:08You got Dallas with a big game tonight on the road in Memphis at the FedEx.

00:14What do you think is going to happen in these two ballgames?

00:17I really like the Miami Heat tonight, Scott, against this Atlanta Hawks team.

00:21The Hawks can score points in a regular season game,

00:24but when we see when somebody absolutely clamps down on them,

00:28they're a one-man operation, all right?

00:30They just don't have the pop.

00:32Miami are a much better defensive team.

00:35Miami have players, Scott, that have been in the NBA Finals before.

00:38They have arguably the best coach in the league, in Eric Spolstra.

00:43And I think, and I was guilty of it a bit too, Scott,

00:45like after they traded Jimmy Butler and all the criticism about the Heat culture

00:51and players criticizing Pat Riley and poor Eric Spolstra is even getting a divorce, Scott.

00:58This year.

00:59So, like, nothing.

01:00Yeah, yeah.

01:01They just broke up, and there was a rumor, and his wife, actually,

01:06his ex-wife did a video and said, you know, it's not true,

01:09and you guys are crazy, but that she was sleeping with players.

01:13And, like, so it's like this whole, this whole, it hasn't been a good year

01:18for the Miami Heat, right?

01:19Like, they've dealt with, there's normally, you know, Scott,

01:21normally they're one of the more solid organizations in sports, right?

01:24And it's been a chaotic year for them on and off the court with Butler,

01:29with personal problems, with people, like, you know,

01:32questioning Riley now at his age.

01:35With all that being stated, bro, all right, you lose Jimmy Butler,

01:38and I know Jimmy Butler, Scott, you know, as a whole.

01:42Is he better than Andrew Wiggins?

01:45Yeah, okay, I guess.

01:47Wiggins, Wiggins is, you know, kind of emotionless.

01:51Yeah, but exactly, Scott, like, Wiggins doesn't talk, doesn't smile.

01:55He doesn't sweat, Wiggins.

01:56That's what's always fascinated me.

01:58I swear to God, guys, watch Wiggins.

02:01It'll be like the fourth quarter, everybody will be dripping,

02:04and Wiggins will be stone-cold dry, bone dry.

02:08It's not like he's not trying.

02:09I think he's just that cool.

02:10I don't know what it is with him.

02:12But my point is, Scott, Wiggins is a good defensive player, bro.

02:15Wiggins has won championships.

02:16So, yeah, you lose Butler, but you're bringing in a high-IQ basketball player in Andrew Wiggins

02:21who can, you know, all right, he's not Butler, but it's not that much of a drop-off, guys.

02:26And now Tyler Hero gets to shoot, and I don't like his fashion choices, Scott,

02:30but this kid is lights out, bro, and he's got ice in his veins.

02:34And then you throw in Adebayo in the paint here,

02:36and Duncan Robinson hitting threes, coming off the bench, bro.

02:40I just think Miami are going to be too much for Atlanta tonight, Scott.

02:42I will say this.

02:45On that note about Spolstra's wife, the new show on Apple TV with Jon Hamm,

02:50he walks in on his wife with a former NBA player, let's just say,

02:54getting involved with his wife and his marriage.

02:56I saw that, Joe, Scott.

02:57I liked it.

02:58Yeah, good show.

02:58I like that.

02:59He becomes a thief.

03:00It's great.

03:02That's a great show.

03:03His wife's tagging the NBA player.

03:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.

03:08I like it.

03:10I got to watch that all day.

03:11It's funny what his buddy tells him.

03:15What are you going to do?

03:15He's a four-time NBA All-Star, aren't you?

03:17And he's like, yeah.

03:18He's drinking.

03:20Four-time NBA All-Star stole this rich guy's wife.

03:23He's like, yeah, what are you going to do?

03:25Either way, that guy does not look like an NBA player.

03:29He looks like a washed-up football player.

03:32Anyway, game two, Dallas and AD and Clay going to Memphis

03:37against the grenade launcher.

03:39You know, I said the other night, you know, this Memphis team,

03:43I think, is pretty good, but they're a streetball team.

03:47And I can't trust a streetball team, Scott, laying this type of points, right?

03:53You never know what they're going to do.

03:55Is Joe Marat going to get kicked out of the game?

03:56Is he going to get hurt in the game?

03:57Are they going to win plow?

03:58Are they going to be able to inbound the ball properly?

04:02Dallas have a chip on their shoulder as well, right?

04:04They want to, like, really, you know, these players have been really,

04:08really picked on and criticized.

04:11Not them.

04:11The organization has.

04:13But, you know, the players, you know, like AD would like nothing better

04:17to get in the freaking postseason here and remind people how good he is still.

04:21So I'm going to fall for it, Scott.

04:23I feel like whatever I do in this game is going to be wrong.

04:25Like, if I took Memphis to win, I see a six right now.

04:28I know it's bouncing around.

04:29But in front of me in my book, I got a six.

04:31I feel like if I take Memphis minus six, they're going to win by five or four.

04:36I believe in Dallas a little bit more getting the six here, Scott.

04:40But I like the Miami game better.

04:42I'm not going to lie to you.

04:42I like the Heat bet a lot better.

04:43I like the Heat bet a lot better.

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