Kelly Iko

All right. Kelly, you cover the entire Western Conference, it feels like. So I'm going to swing this question to you in a second. But I want to start with us because we talked last night about the path to the finals because we had the big Cavs-Thunder matchup. Right. Can any of these teams, can they beat Can they beat the Thunder?

All right. Kelly, you cover the entire Western Conference, it feels like. So I'm going to swing this question to you in a second. But I want to start with us because we talked last night about the path to the finals because we had the big Cavs-Thunder matchup. Right. Can any of these teams, can they beat Can they beat the Thunder?

Man. Yeah. Well, we've run out of time. Otherwise, I would have talked about the Spurs defense. But Kelly wrote about the Spurs and their defense. We just saw Wemby versus Giannis, which we went deep on on yesterday's show. It was amazing from Giannis, some of the stuff that Wemby does. So go and check that out over at The Athletic. Follow Kelly's work. I mean, the guy, come on.

Man. Yeah. Well, we've run out of time. Otherwise, I would have talked about the Spurs defense. But Kelly wrote about the Spurs and their defense. We just saw Wemby versus Giannis, which we went deep on on yesterday's show. It was amazing from Giannis, some of the stuff that Wemby does. So go and check that out over at The Athletic. Follow Kelly's work. I mean, the guy, come on.

Man. Yeah. Well, we've run out of time. Otherwise, I would have talked about the Spurs defense. But Kelly wrote about the Spurs and their defense. We just saw Wemby versus Giannis, which we went deep on on yesterday's show. It was amazing from Giannis, some of the stuff that Wemby does. So go and check that out over at The Athletic. Follow Kelly's work. I mean, the guy, come on.

So definitely do that. That's going to do it for today's show, folks. Thank you guys for tuning in. For Kelly Eco and S. Baraheni, I'm Dave DuFour, and this has been the NBA Daily. Thanks for waking up with us.

So definitely do that. That's going to do it for today's show, folks. Thank you guys for tuning in. For Kelly Eco and S. Baraheni, I'm Dave DuFour, and this has been the NBA Daily. Thanks for waking up with us.

So definitely do that. That's going to do it for today's show, folks. Thank you guys for tuning in. For Kelly Eco and S. Baraheni, I'm Dave DuFour, and this has been the NBA Daily. Thanks for waking up with us.

I think the biggest thing why Emei was mad was because the lack of communication defensively. There were too many breakdowns. They allowed Brooke Lopez to catch fire, a guy that came into the year shooting 30% from three. And a team like Milwaukee that is pretty even across the board in terms of their shots at the rim, shots from three. It's kind of...

I think the biggest thing why Emei was mad was because the lack of communication defensively. There were too many breakdowns. They allowed Brooke Lopez to catch fire, a guy that came into the year shooting 30% from three. And a team like Milwaukee that is pretty even across the board in terms of their shots at the rim, shots from three. It's kind of...

I think the biggest thing why Emei was mad was because the lack of communication defensively. There were too many breakdowns. They allowed Brooke Lopez to catch fire, a guy that came into the year shooting 30% from three. And a team like Milwaukee that is pretty even across the board in terms of their shots at the rim, shots from three. It's kind of...

tricky when you want to scheme and trying to figure out what you want to take away. Do you want to form a wall on Giannis? Do you want your line to cook and then keep everyone else at home? This was a game where you kind of see a number of breakdowns in communication.

tricky when you want to scheme and trying to figure out what you want to take away. Do you want to form a wall on Giannis? Do you want your line to cook and then keep everyone else at home? This was a game where you kind of see a number of breakdowns in communication.

tricky when you want to scheme and trying to figure out what you want to take away. Do you want to form a wall on Giannis? Do you want your line to cook and then keep everyone else at home? This was a game where you kind of see a number of breakdowns in communication.

They either switch too late or they didn't switch at all and they try to let guys go one-on-one and that led to further breakdowns and you just see a compounding of mistakes and that's why you saw it. You may just storm off the game. It felt like a playoff game. It felt like they lost game one at home and it was like they lost that home court advantage.

They either switch too late or they didn't switch at all and they try to let guys go one-on-one and that led to further breakdowns and you just see a compounding of mistakes and that's why you saw it. You may just storm off the game. It felt like a playoff game. It felt like they lost game one at home and it was like they lost that home court advantage.

They either switch too late or they didn't switch at all and they try to let guys go one-on-one and that led to further breakdowns and you just see a compounding of mistakes and that's why you saw it. You may just storm off the game. It felt like a playoff game. It felt like they lost game one at home and it was like they lost that home court advantage.

But it's mid-November and that's kind of telling you the level of urgency that Rockets have in terms of trying to set the tone from a defensive standpoint and also trying to put their name in that Western Conference hierarchy.

But it's mid-November and that's kind of telling you the level of urgency that Rockets have in terms of trying to set the tone from a defensive standpoint and also trying to put their name in that Western Conference hierarchy.

But it's mid-November and that's kind of telling you the level of urgency that Rockets have in terms of trying to set the tone from a defensive standpoint and also trying to put their name in that Western Conference hierarchy.