Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns combined for 59 points to lead the Knicks to a game four win over the Detroit Pistons, aided by a missed foul call on Tim Hardaway Jr. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the weekend’s wild finishes between the Clippers and Nuggets, the Knicks and Pistons, and the Wolves and Lakers. Then, they take a look at the 3-1 series and ask, “Is it over?”Host: Dave DuFourWith: Es BaraheniExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson Moodyhttps://www.nytimes.com/athletic/nba/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What were the key playoff moments over the weekend?
It was the exact same shot, but it was just more absurd. It was over way more contact. Yeah.
um and i i just thought like this is why they have this two-headed monster offensively that when the going gets tough when it's extremely physical when it is hey you have to get a bucket jalen brunson can do that for you he's the clutch player of the year that's exactly what he's there for and i think carl carl anthony towns cat showed that he could do it too it was it was exactly what the knicks wanted kind of confidence wise heading into round two of
Maybe eventually they'll figure out a way to use each other to get open.
I mean, it would be amazing to see them play together.
Let's talk Wolves-Lakers. The Wolves pick up a huge win. Mm-hmm. Anthony Edwards, before we get to the finish of this, I want to talk about Anthony Edwards because it's not a breakout for him because we already knew that he was a big game player. But, I mean, he's been the best player in this series. He puts up 43 points, has nine rebounds, six assists. He plays both ways, right?
I mean, he makes defensive plays. To see him actually take over this game down the stretch for the Wolves and beat LeBron and Luka, I think that this is one of these things where – When it's all said and done, like we'll probably talk about this playoff series as him sort of taking the torch. You know what I mean? Yeah.
Yeah. No, he is taking a leap right before our eyes. And Dave, you actually highlighted this a couple of weeks ago before the playoff started, where you said Anthony Edwards is making a little bit of a playmaking leap. You can see that his decision-making is a little bit better. He's more decisive. He's learning how to leverage his pull-up shooting to be able to make openings for other teammates.
And you see that in this series. Going back to game three, he had some massive plays in that fourth quarter to really separate the Wolves. You think about that kick-out pass to Nas Reed for the three. just constant pull-up shooting to be able to really leverage that as an isolation score to create shots for his teammates. In Game 4, it was exactly the same thing.
And to your point, he's also making plays on the defensive end. So not only is he locked in defensively, but he's making those reads. It's not like he's making complex reads like Luka Doncic or LeBron James, but just making the right play and also being this incredible scorer for the Wolves. You can see him...
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