Game 1 of the the NBA Playoffs is in the books, and Dave DuFour, Zena Keita and Es Baraheni discuss the Lakers big loss to the Wolves, the Warriors thriving in Houston, Boston, OKC and Cleveland’s dominance and much more. The NBA Daily crew discuss big takeaways from each game, adjustments that need to be made, and if Game 1 changed any of the opinions on any series.Host: Dave DuFourWith: Es Bareheni and Zena KeitaExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson Moodyhttps://www.nytimes.com/athletic/nba/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chapter 1: What were the key takeaways from the Lakers vs. Timberwolves Game 1?
bread and butter just started toasting in the second half and there wasn't enough legs under the clippers to really handle that they're ready now they now have seen that and they will adjust in this next game and so i think it's just going to be back and forth of who's uh Whose bread and butter all season, whether it's the Nuggets offense or the Clippers defense, is really going to shine.
The advantage that the Clippers have, though, is once they get their legs back under them, which I anticipate will happen next game, they also have offense to back it up. And that's when I wonder what is going to happen with the Nuggets, because they don't always have the defense. They haven't. I mean, they have a 21st in the league defense.
So at some point, the Clippers are going to have an advantage because they've had both and they came into the playoffs together. Having both roaring.
Yeah, Denver is a tough place to go and play, right? And, you know, the Clippers, I don't know if they got there early, you know, how many days they got there early. But those Game 1s, I mean, the Nuggets, they try to get you running. How did the Clippers come back in Game 2? You know, I mean, it feels like Game 1, you know, you lose an overtime game. There's not much you can do.
They lost in overtime by 2. So it's pretty close.
I would say, This is the one the Clippers might have let go away. They needed this one just because it went to overtime. James Harden played 43 minutes. Kawhi played 42 minutes. I think the way the Clippers adjust is, one, the turnovers. They had 20 turnovers. It led to tons of points off those turnovers in transition for Denver. And then the other thing is offensive rebounds.
Late in the game, one guy we haven't mentioned yet, Russell Westbrook, was massive.
in this game tons of deflections tons of offensive rebounds just making tons of hustle plays we think back to that denver minnesota game a couple weeks back in early in april where he basically botched the game for them this was a redemption game where he won the game for them just because of the the highlight plays he was making so offensive rebounds turnovers limit those and the clippers will probably be able to get back into the series
Before we go to break and talk about the East, anything from the Western Conference Game Ones that you guys saw that has changed your opinion on a series?
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Chapter 2: How did the Thunder dominate the Grizzlies?
You could say the same thing about Houston versus the Warriors. All of these teams are going to have at least one game in which they are reminded, oh, those folks have been here before. And that's what you saw with the Pistons. You saw Jalen Brunson cook in the fourth quarter, even after doing something weird with his ankle and looking as if he shouldn't be in the game in the third quarter.
Changing shoes, doing all these things. And he still found a way to produce having 12 points in that last quarter, whereas no one could get above eight in the fourth quarter for Detroit. Ja, die Knicks haben einen Talent-Eingang, ja.
They do have the talent of adjunct. Right. But like, I think the Pistons should be confident heading into game two because they led for the majority of this game. And yes, there was this massive run caused by turnovers and caused by tons of defensive lapses. But if you play how you played for the first three quarters. You're still in Game 1 in MSG.
So like build and understand that your game plan worked and there was this lapse, this moment where things didn't go your way and sort of be confident in what you can do in Game 2. I think the Pistons are headed in the right direction with what they're trying to build in this playoff series. It's just you got to do it consistently.
But I'll say this really quickly though. Okay, so on the point of defense though, all these teams that were amazing in defense or on defense throughout the regular season, it doesn't matter anymore. It's great. It's awesome. Bring it in to the postseason.
But everybody else is going to be really good on defense because everyone else is going to be playing with the desperation and the urgency of the playoffs. So they just got to step it up on a different level. And I don't know what that's going to take for the Pistons or any of these other teams that kind of fell apart towards the second half.
Well, what's it going to take for the Bucks, Zena? Because the Pacers just, I mean, obliterated them. Made them look, hopefully, right? Like, can they get Dame? Put them in a time machine, get them back to game one. It was a blowout, right? In Indiana.
indiana just looks so much more athletic uh so much more um they have more juice to them um you know janice puts up 36 12 rebounds and and they lose by you know 19 points um zena any big takeaway for the bucks in the game they need a point guard um and they're a little bit seasoned so yeah that's that was real and more than anything kyle kuzma
You have one job. You were brought here to produce. Literally do anything. To do anything. And for 21 minutes to happen with Kyle Kuzma having 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists. Nothing other than minutes racked. That's a workout. That's not the type of workout you're looking to get. He just has to do something. And I can't imagine that's going to happen another game in a row.
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