The NBA Conference Finals are set to tip off and Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni are here to break down the matchups. Out west, the guys discuss Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Anthony Edwards as the best player in their series and the Timberwolves potent three-point shooting. In the Eastern conference, they weigh the Pacers depth and pace against the Knicks grit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. Coming up, Espera Henne and I look at both of the conference finals and come up with our keys to the series.
oh we've made it to the conference finals esperanto dave yeah dave dufour we are here nba daily style uh actually doing this a little bit different um travel day for just about everybody that we would want to talk to today so we decided you know what let's put on our thinking caps and do our own little preview with the keys to the series now look we have watched
All of the remaining teams, as much as just about anybody, I would say the guys covering these teams are probably about the only ones that have us beat on it. I feel like I've got a pretty good sense of who and what they are. Let's start in the West, since that's going to be the first series. Obviously, that game is going to be tonight. I cannot believe we're already here. Game one of the West.
I bet you the Thunder can't believe it either. The fact that it's Tuesday and they got a two-day break until they have to face the Minnesota Nuts. Just wild.
Any recovery from game seven. Right. Like it's just gone. Yeah. But at least they're at home. Right. They didn't have to travel. I'm sure Minnesota had the, you know, had the plane all fueled up, ready to go. Where do you want to start with this series? Because, I mean, obviously it's an interesting matchup. The Thunder dominated all year long.
Felt like the Timberwolves found their footing, you know, after after struggling with an identity crisis for most of the season, they found their footing late. But they've been excellent in the playoffs. And I mean, they were sitting at home waiting for the Thunder, which probably feels a little bit different for the Thunder after they swept in the first round. So where do you want to start there?
Oh, man, let's start right at the top. Let's start with Anthony Edwards and Shea Gildress Alexander. I think they will be the main draws of the series for any casual fan. But even if you look at it analytically, if you look at it from like a pure breakdown perspective, this postseason, and we've talked about it a bunch, has been about Anthony Edwards's growth as a playmaker.
It's like the decision making. He's making easier reads. He's understanding the flow of the game, how to get guys involved. There was this great article about how he was trying to balance the scoring and the playmaking punch. And Chris Finch is like, sometimes him just being a score is our best option. Right. And I think that's going to be the ultimate test.
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