The Thunder make history in their 29 point comeback against the Grizzlies as Ja Morant goes down. Zena Keita is joined by Andrew Schlecht to break down OKC’s win in Memphis to go up 3-0 and what it means for Memphis with the injury to Ja Morant. Then in segment 2 Zena is joined by Hunter Patterson to discuss the strange ending other the Knicks/Pistons game and what it was like to be in the building for the first Pistons home Playoff game since 2019. Then finally Dave DuFour joins from Intuit Dome to discuss the Clippers dominant win against the Nuggets.Host: Zena KeitaWith: Andrew Schlecht, Hunter Patterson and Dave DuFourExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson Moodyhttps://www.nytimes.com/athletic/nba/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What historic comeback did the Thunder achieve?
So I think the threes as most shooters and just confidence scores in this league go, you see a couple go down. That's all you really need to see, especially, like I said, coming off a scoreless 24 minutes in the second half. game two. So it'll be a challenge.
I think Isaiah Stewart, as we mentioned, didn't play game three, but he'll possibly be back in the mix for game four and it'll take a gang of bodies to stop Kat.
Yeah, that seemed to be the thing that Stewart was able to keep Cat from doing the work early. Like he kept pushing him out and making it hard for him to operate in the mid post or even to have clear looks in transition. Like we saw the catch and shoot threes that Carl Anthony Towns had early in the game. And you're right. I think that that kind of opened things up.
He ended up with 31 points, 10 of 18 from the floor, four of eight. from three and then also a hundred percent from the free throw line seven for seven. That's a big factor. Detroit fouling and Detroit playing with this physicality. Like that's going to be what my eye is on in the fourth matchup because Detroit
Out of all the matchups last night, I mean, this was the closest one from tip to buzzer. So going into Game 4, it's going to continue to be physical. It's going to get even more physical. There were techs throwing around. There were some dust-ups, right? Nothing crazy, but some dust-ups.
So now going into Game 4, what are you expecting in terms of how Detroit is going to be able to handle that physicality and also get a win at Little Caesars Arena? Yeah.
I think the passion and intensity in here is going to be pretty consistent from game three to game four on Sunday. I think one of the biggest things as far as what I just got from the locker room and post-game interactions, The team, as far as the Pistons, don't seem any less confident than they did at the beginning of the game. We spoke with Asar, Tim, Cade, JB.
And from the top down, you hear JB say things like we're not deflated to a question he asked about the way in which they lost, which could seem a bit deflating. But he responded back quickly, pretty prompt, saying we're not deflated at all. This isn't a locker room full of anyone who... or any players who are looking to hold their heads or are down on themselves.
And it was pretty consistent from, like I said, the top down from JB to Tim to K to Asar, they each seem to not just say that they weren't flustered, but they seem to have a sense of calm about them. So I think they're going to look to regroup. A lot of shots didn't fall. It was, like we said, a rough go for Malik Beasley at one point.
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