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00:01Western Conference Final gets underway tonight in Oklahoma City between the Timberwolves and the Thunder.
00:09Why don't we start things off by hearing from Thunder head coach Mark Deneau.
00:13Of course, a tough seven games for them, finishing up with the Nuggets.
00:16They get right into the T-Wolves, who of course have been waiting with a little bit of rest.
00:20Here's Deneau breaking down the matchup.
00:22Yeah, I mean, we played them four times, but only once when they were whole.
00:30We were not fully whole yet, so there's always stuff you can take from those games, definitely from a personnel standpoint.
00:37We have familiarity with a lot of their players from previous seasons even, but apples to apples, I don't know if those games are like, you know, the perfect frameworks through which to look at the series.
00:51So it'll be different, just like every playoff series.
00:55They're a team we respect.
00:56They're playing exceptionally well right now since really March 1st.
00:59They've been outstanding, both ends of the floor, and their playoff run's been very impressive.
01:04So it's a tall task and going to require great energy, focus, all the things that we need to bring.
01:11Listen, I, you know, I'm sick of talking about it, to be honest with you, but I want to say that, like somebody said to me today that, you know, Randall's going to go off.
01:22And I'm like, yeah, you know, he's a really good player, but he has nights where he doesn't go off.
01:28Like, right?
01:29So, like, he could go, if somebody's on him and in his face and denies him all of these shots that he takes and he's bricking, he'll have an off night.
01:43I think that people count on Randall and Ann Edwards to have these giant games every night out.
01:49And that's just not the case.
01:51If you look at Ann Edwards, he had games of 20 points.
01:5720 points for him is a bad night.
01:59It really is.
02:00I mean, I had 23 last night, and that's more than 20, okay?
02:06And I'm 60, okay?
02:08And I'm telling you, I've seen Ann Edwards have bad games.
02:11I've seen Randall have bad games.
02:14Not only with Minnesota, you've seen him have bad games with the Knicks, Mike.
02:18And if he's off and they're off, I'm telling you, they're going to get their ass beat.
02:25Now, I want, and I don't know how many times I have to do this.
02:28How many times do I have to do this?
02:30I want Minnesota to win.
02:32I'm on, I'm with Mike.
02:34I'm on Minnesota.
02:35I want them to win.
02:36I'm pulling for them.
02:37I hope they knock them off.
02:39And meanwhile, I got my son here, and he's the biggest Thunder fan in the world.
02:42And he's going to sit here tonight and watch this game with me, and he's going to be cheering
02:46for the Thunder.
02:47And if I ever, like, I was on Denver, and he ate on Sunday.
02:49He's just laughing at me.
02:51He's like, you have no idea what's about to happen to you.
02:54And then he said to me, boy.
02:57And I was like, what?
02:58So, like, look, I think that these guys have to be great to beat this team.
03:04And I'm not sure they're capable of being great against that defense.
03:08I mean it.