Ernie Johnson

I mean, I think in certain instances it has. And, you know, I saw that Steve Kerr said it reminded him of 1997 as he was, you know, he's coaching in this Golden State Houston series. But I think everything always gets amped up this time of year. But, yeah, there have been some moments.

You know, Jamal Murray the other day picks up Norman Powell, and then, you know, obviously you're going to go back at somebody like that. But the degree of physicality, it depends on where you come from, I guess, because, you know, if Kurt Rambis got hit by Kevin McHale, today, that'd be like a flagrant foul 16. Imprisonment. Immediate imprisonment.

You know, Jamal Murray the other day picks up Norman Powell, and then, you know, obviously you're going to go back at somebody like that. But the degree of physicality, it depends on where you come from, I guess, because, you know, if Kurt Rambis got hit by Kevin McHale, today, that'd be like a flagrant foul 16. Imprisonment. Immediate imprisonment.

It'd be like, hey, nice knowing you. You had a good career. We'll see you again some other time. But so it's not as – but I think like in the Houston series, it's just been physical because every possession, it seems, somebody's getting on somebody or somebody's on the floor. But I love it. Yeah, that's what playoff hoops is about.

It'd be like, hey, nice knowing you. You had a good career. We'll see you again some other time. But so it's not as – but I think like in the Houston series, it's just been physical because every possession, it seems, somebody's getting on somebody or somebody's on the floor. But I love it. Yeah, that's what playoff hoops is about.

I don't know if it affects how many buzzer beaters you see. I mean, if both teams are hitting threes all night long, it may come down to who hits the last three.

I don't know if it affects how many buzzer beaters you see. I mean, if both teams are hitting threes all night long, it may come down to who hits the last three.

No, I'd have to look and, you know, I could sit down and look at all the box scores and see. But, I mean, so the Denver Clippers series has been tight the whole way through, okay, an overtime game and a two- or three-point game. The others, like a 1-8, you know, the Memphis OKC, yeah, OK, sometimes you get a 1-8 that's a dog.

No, I'd have to look and, you know, I could sit down and look at all the box scores and see. But, I mean, so the Denver Clippers series has been tight the whole way through, okay, an overtime game and a two- or three-point game. The others, like a 1-8, you know, the Memphis OKC, yeah, OK, sometimes you get a 1-8 that's a dog.

And, you know, maybe Memphis turns that around and says, hey, this is not a dog series. We are going to play well tonight and we're going to get back in it. But I don't know if you blame, you can blame a lot of stuff on the three-pointer. I don't know if you can blame close games on the three.

And, you know, maybe Memphis turns that around and says, hey, this is not a dog series. We are going to play well tonight and we're going to get back in it. But I don't know if you blame, you can blame a lot of stuff on the three-pointer. I don't know if you can blame close games on the three.

I would say, and I'm not saying I see this coming, but in the next round, Indiana-Cleveland, don't sleep on the Pacers. Woo!

I would say, and I'm not saying I see this coming, but in the next round, Indiana-Cleveland, don't sleep on the Pacers. Woo!

Oh, I have heard it. And I do like the cream colored uniforms. I think that's a good look. But like when I was growing up in Milwaukee, I never said, hey, school's out. I got to get back to my home in the cream city. No, I don't know. No, that's not part of my Milwaukee lexicon.

Oh, I have heard it. And I do like the cream colored uniforms. I think that's a good look. But like when I was growing up in Milwaukee, I never said, hey, school's out. I got to get back to my home in the cream city. No, I don't know. No, that's not part of my Milwaukee lexicon.

The cream city, you mean?

The cream city, you mean?

I prefer to call it the mean streets of Milwaukee so that folks think that I had a hard scrabble the first eight years of my life. No one thinks that.

I prefer to call it the mean streets of Milwaukee so that folks think that I had a hard scrabble the first eight years of my life. No one thinks that.

Yeah. Thank you so much. I don't know about Giannis, but you know what? He has been very loyal to that city, and if— But a man has limits, so if they get knocked out in the first round here by Indiana, which I told you don't sleep on Indiana, I could see him wanting to test the waters somewhere else. The team that is better than the Celtics is blank. Is maybe OKC. Can I put the qualifier in there?