Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's popping real once Logan Murdoch here out here in the trenches in these playoff streets.
Chapter 2: Why are the Rockets struggling to close games?
I'll be in the Netflix scenery next week. But got Howard Beck and Rajabell on next where we are going to discuss everything that happened on Friday night in the NBA world. The Rockets are down 0-3. The Lakers are going to go to the second round with just LeBron and no Luka and no Austin Reeves? How does that happen? What does that mean for the Rockets going forward?
What does that mean for Kevin Durant? What does that mean for M.A. Udoka? What does that mean for the young guys? All of that. We talk a little Celtics, Jason Tatum, even if he's balling. Does that mean that Roger's still hating? Going to figure that out.
Chapter 3: How did the Lakers manage to win against the Rockets?
And then is Roger still hating on Rudy Gobert? And what is Jokic's legacy? Are we being too hard on Jokic? Are we being hard enough on Jokic? Then we talk a little Knicks. Sorry, Ben. And then we talk a little Pistons and then we get into some real one of the weeks that we talk about the Blazers new ownership a little bit and not looking great. I think that's it.
Chapter 4: What impact did the Celtics' win have on their series against the Sixers?
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Chapter 5: What implications does Kevin Durant's injury have for the Rockets?
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Chapter 6: How are the Nuggets performing against the Wolves?
Real Ones. Logan Murdoch here. Howard motherfucking back there. Raja Bell over there.
Chapter 7: Is Jayson Tatum back to his best form for the Celtics?
We in these streets. We're talking... We're gonna talk Sixers, Celtics in a minute. But let's talk Lakers-Rockets. One of the oddest games of the playoffs. Me and Howard were on the Zoom call, Raja, before you got on. And we were just flabbergasted by all the dumb mistakes.
Chapter 8: What challenges is the Knicks offense facing in the playoffs?
Mostly down the stretch by the Rockets, but some by the Lakers. The biggest play of the night, though, was Jabari Smith Jr. inexplicably throwing the ball to Marcus Smart and then Tate from the Rockets, fouling Marcus Smart behind the line when they're down six. Then they throw the ball again away, and then LeBron gets the ball to send the game into overtime, shoots another three.
Raja, you see a lot of terrible – dare I say dumb plays like that from bad teams, but I can't, I don't, I don't think that I've ever seen this many dumb plays from a contending team as I've seen from the Rockets. And I thought that that really did them in today. It was pretty brutal, the mistakes that they were making. What did you see?
And kind of take us through, you know, the basketball genius that you, that you possess and talk us through the terrible mistakes that the Rockets were making.
No, I don't ever profess to be a genius, but I don't think it takes one to diagnose what happened late in that game. That game was over. I mean, Stan Van Gundy was on the call and basically was saying what all of us were thinking. It was like, that game was a wrap. Um, they did the two things you absolutely couldn't do, right?
Like you, the first turnover, Jabari Smith, the foul, well, three things, right? Like everything had to go right. You fouled. Then, you know, you get the back tap by LeBron on, um, on our, uh, Shepard. And then he hits the head fake, like.
fadeaway no dribble three everything had to go right but all of that is look they're not a contending team so let's be let's be real about that right like so while contending teams don't do that i don't see them in the contending team category but we're striving for a championship yeah i understand goal yeah yeah i got you but the but my point would be you know and and I've talked about it.
The media has talked about it. This all gets rectified by having someone who's used to being in those situations, having the ball in their hand, conducting offense, conducting late game situations. And that's what they get fucking paid to do. And you don't have that on your roster right now.
And, you know, there were a lot of guys floating around that you could have taken a swing at around the deadline. They might not have been A1 players on your team, but they certainly were years into a career of having to run a show. And you would have probably closed that game out with one of them. You don't have him on your roster. And so that happens.
Me and Howard were discussing this before you got on the call. I was more just dubious to the fact of no matter who was on the floor, they were going to be bound to make these mistakes if you watch Houston throughout the season. This is just what they do. Their worst team in the league in club situations is kind of who they are, right?
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