Zaslow drove all the way home from North Carolina on one tank of gas and made his son pee in a water bottle because the Panthers needed him to be here to talk about Game 1 of the NBA Finals and tell us why Panther fans do not need to panic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What happened in Game 1 of the NBA Finals?
You don't like that, that cliche?
No. Why? It's the second worst cliche that the series hasn't started yet. until the road team wins the game. The worst cliche is when a team goes up 2-0 and the series is over. That's the absolute worst.
And the second worst is... Get ready to learn that, pal, on Lord Stanley.
Series hasn't started. Yeah, look, we obviously have a series because worst case scenario now... We get, you know, the Thunder win game two and game three. Worst case scenario, you're going to game four with the home team a win away from making it 2-2. And then you know you're locked into a long series, potentially seven. Like, we are, this is a very, very juicy series.
Can I ask Tony a question? Yes. No. All right, never mind. Let's move on. Damn. Hold the umbrella. Tony, when did the push off become a move? Like I was watching this one clip of SGA and he was on the baseline and it was, look how much separation SGA gets with this step back. The answer is Tatum. Well, no, is that when it happened? No, Michael Jordan. No, well, see.
No, but it was so odd when Jordan did it.
Everyone pointed it out.
It's like, whoa, look what he did right there.
He cheated.
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Chapter 2: Why are Pacers fans excited about their team?
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All right, y'all. The Super Bowl is in the rearview mirror.
The draft has come and gone. So now what? Now it's time to get the crew together. You keep the fandom energy going. It doesn't stop when the Super Bowl's gone. We gather. Exactly.
And look, just because the pads are off doesn't mean game day stops. Around here, we do game days, even in the offseason. And what better way to do that than with a cold drink and your people around?
You've heard it all season long. Football is not a solo thing. This is not a me thing. This is not an I thing. This is a we thing.
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Chapter 3: How did Indiana manage to win against OKC?
At least we'll have that in our back pocket. If we were to go down 3-0 of, hey, maybe we'll just do what they did.
I don't like how you're talking. 1-0 is nothing. I don't like how you're talking.
Look, man, I want to put on a brave face right now, but Edmonton looks good. So do we. We win tonight, I'll be back. But right now, I'm a little scared. I'm going to be honest.
It's making me feel better. If their biggest issue is the Panthers looked kind of tired in the third period in overtime, they'll be fine. They'll get over that. They're not going to be tired.
I just worry that we wasted, of these first two games, in my mind, it was going to be, hopefully we steal one, we probably get blown out one. And I'm fearing that we blew our chance at the close game and that this one, Zaz, make me feel better.
Yeah, I don't see it that way at all. I like when the Panthers start the series on the road, which, by the way, these last three postseasons, almost every series they play, they start on the road.
Well, not last year. Not last year. Two out of three.
Right, but the year before that, all of them, and in this year, also all of them. So I love when they start the series on the road, because the way that I look at it is, do I think this Panther team can win one of the first three games? And certainly I think they can win one out of three, and if that's the case, then okay, then you have a game four at home with a chance to tie the game.
That's right, that's right. I instantly feel a little better.
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