Cavaliers clinch playoffs | Giannis gets 20k points
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What led the Cavaliers to clinch the playoffs?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. Coming up, the Cavs become the first team to clinch a playoff spot. Peyton Pritchard did what? And we got Fred Katz on to talk about his big feature on Shea Gildas Alexander and the Thunder's chance at a title. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, S. The Cleveland Cavaliers, man. We are running out of ways to call them good. They won their 12th straight game. That's their third winning streak of the season of at least 12 games, which is pretty insane. They now have 52 wins and... On March 5th, they clinched a playoff berth.
That's absurd, S. It's absolutely absurd. The fact that they are head and shoulders above the rest of the competition, it's just awesome to see from a team that's really versatile. I wanted to mention something about DeAndre Hunter. Because in this game against Miami, by the way, Miami pushed them like Bam had a really good game against them. I thought in general, they just played a good defensive game overall against the Cavs. But then they went to their lineup. The Cavs did with DeAndre Hunter at the four and Evan Mobley at the five. And so this is what you expected when they traded for Hunter in the first place, a guy who can space the floor a little bit. Obviously, he's shooting like 58 percent from three in his little stint with Cleveland so far. Not sustainable, but something that will be really prevalent in what he can bring to this Cavs team. And then another guy who can bring size, another guy who can just be able to make some plays across the floor. He was in that short roll area to start it. Another guy who can run screens, right?
Like he can come set screens for the guards up there.
Yeah, that lob to Mobley in the fourth too. Overall, man, like I think he fits like a glove. And when you have a guy who can add that little bit of versatility to that lineup, it changes things for me.
I think he's the piece that they've been missing in the perfect position because they've needed a guy. You know, they had Karis LeVert, who, in my opinion, more of a two that slid up to play three a lot. Sure. Yeah. You know, they were constantly like undersized at the three. And now they've got the guy who can give them that.
He's a three who can be a four. Yeah, that's right.
That versatility that they need because it'll allow them to split the bigs up. And now, like, honestly, they're big man rotation. could just be Hunter, Mobley, and Allen when you get to the playoffs, you know, because you only really need to spell those guys for a few minutes here and there and to mix things up. But, yeah, I did think some of the stuff they were doing, using him as a screener, you know.
Look, you just have to be able to have solutions in the playoffs, right? Just other options that you can go to. And if the double big lineup doesn't work, you can go to one big, and Hunter just makes that all the more easier, right? So he's been great for them.
Yeah, let's talk about the Celtics because Peyton Pritchard scored 43 points off the bench. He hit 10 threes, and also Derek White hit nine threes and had 41 points as the Celtics beat the Blazers. Jason Tatum didn't play, and look, we're going to put a pin in that for later on when we have some anti-Jason Tatum agenda that we need to work out. But... Ridiculous game from Peyton Pritchard. This guy, he's good enough to start for so many teams. And if you put him on a bad team, they instantly would become more watchable and more fun. But he had a crazy game. There was just no answer whatsoever. to be found for the Blazers for the three-point shooting yesterday.
How did Peyton Pritchard perform against the Blazers?
After watching the Orlando Magic for the last week, they could use Peyton Pritchard. Peyton Pritchard, really? Yeah. No, I mean, look, he's been an absurd shooter all season, legitimately one of the best shooters in the league this year. I think I saw a stat a couple of weeks ago. He generates 1.7 points per possession off of screens, just elite stuff, like ridiculous stuff from a guy who, who just has to sit there and shoot, right? He's playing next to Tatum, playing next to Jalen Brown. He can really just maximize his possessions, and he does. And so, look, he's one of those guys who is in the conversation for sixth man of the year, rightfully so. And nights like these are going to put you in that conversation. Crazy that this is the first Celtics duo. Yeah.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What led the Cavaliers to clinch the playoffs?
0:07–3:50
2
How did Peyton Pritchard perform against the Blazers?
3:50–16:41
3
What is the significance of Giannis reaching 20,000 points?
16:41
4
What makes Shea Gilgeous-Alexander an MVP candidate?
16:02
5
How have the Nuggets been performing recently?
11:06–13:22
6
What are the Kings' chances of making the playoffs?
13:22–21:01
7
How does science influence player development in the NBA?
21:01–32:14