Leigh Ellis
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first heard May 2025
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No Dunks · The Drop | Leigh Ellis Returns To Talk Traveling, Basketball & Life · 16 Jan 2026
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China, yeah.
Yeah, Beijing.
Yeah, totally.
In what conversation?
MVP?
In what conversation?
Yes.
In what conversation?
No Dunks · Thunder Big 3 Take Game 4, Quiet Ant Night & John Haliburton Is Free! · 27 May 2025
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Let's talk about basketball, the greatest game of them all, and maybe changing the rules to make it even better.
Why? It's perfect. There are eight scars guards. I had no idea.
You have to start with Ant here in the semifinals. Back to the wall, down 2-1 in a very, very important game. He didn't perform to his abilities. He didn't force the refs to make calls by driving to the hoop. Of course, OKC is good at swarming him, but he didn't perform. He was not. The Anthony Edwards were all wondering if he will show up. He's 23.
Maybe he will show up in a couple of years, but this just wasn't. And I know it goes hand in hand with Julius Randle. Both those guys not performing to their capabilities whatsoever. Randle, way more turnovers than Buckets. Five to one. Anthony Edwards, the same amount of turnovers as Buckets.
It is wild that you mentioned, you know, we went down to the wire considering those numbers because it is wild to think about what many did end up winning in terms of stats in this game. Fast break points. Yeah. They hit more freaking threes. Problem was, their bench hit double the amount of threes that their starters did. Points in the paint.
They won so many of the categories, but when it comes down to it, what Anthony Edwards said after the game was everything. He said, quote, they outplayed us, out-rebounded us, got more of the 50-50 balls, wanted it a little bit more. Now, they didn't out-rebound them, but they did want it a little bit more. It's totally true. This game... Had OKC taking 12 more shots in the first half.
Just think about that. A team takes 12 more shots. How are you going to win? How are you going to beat the best team? They had 11 offensive rebounds in that first half to six for the Wolves. The Wolves turned over 12 times while the Thunder only turned it over seven. Manny was playing good. In terms of shooting. Offensively, they're shooting well. 50 and 44.
But you just couldn't get down like that. And they kept fighting back. It was miraculous to see Dante DiVincenzo and Nikhil Alexander-Walker splashing threes to get them back. Those guys both score over 20. Jaden McDaniels scores over 20 to get them close, to get them to a tie-fricking game multiple times in the second half.
But it's just the way they started and the way their top two guys led their team. without really leading their team. That really came down to that. I mean, they just got down, and they couldn't make up for it. That's it.
Yeah, Chet, to be able to cover that Jaden McDaniels drive, spin with 40 seconds left, stuck with him every step from the three-point line to the rim to seal it. That was it. That was a beautiful thing to watch. Has to be mentioned along with Jalen Williams. Those two guys to support Shea Gildress-Alexander were monstrous. And yeah, you went through some of the numbers up there. Roll guys, Trey.
They weren't exactly needed when you get your top three balling the way they did. And so that was the huge difference. Jalen Williams just came out. Yeah, the secondary action and the open three-point shots, he was coming to play.
Yeah, they were totally even keeled, Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams. Yes, I mean, they've had a little playoff runs, but they haven't had this much playoff success. So you think at some point maybe, you know, will they start to win? Will the lights be too bright as you brought up there, Skeets? But no.
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