Chris Mannix

You're right.

No, but that's what I mean.

I've always been a little shaky on Cornett.

Like, he didn't play a big role in the Celtics championship.

And I thought that contract he signed was crazy, even though it was all, like, the back end's not really guaranteed.

But this season...

he's been great like all season long, but now we get to the nitty gritty and it's really like, if you're the Spurs, you're holding your breath and hoping that these minutes pass and you're not in too big a hole.

Like I know the Spurs came back in, in the fourth quarter of game two, but I thought some of the most devastating minutes, I think you kind of mentioned this was the last four minutes of the third quarter when towns was out.

And Brunson was out.

And if you're San Antonio, you're down four then.

Like, this is your chance.

Make a run.

Get a four-point lead or something going into the fourth quarter.

Instead, they're down nine at the end of the fourth and third.

And they were lucky to be down nine.

They had to rally to just make it a nine-point lead.

Like, that's devastating if you're the Spurs.

Like, if you can't win the minutes where Brunson and Towns are off the floor, then your second-unit guys aren't giving you enough.

When the Jalen Brown trade rumors ratchet up in a few weeks.

I mean, it's funny, like Boston, they've got nothing to talk about there.