The Ryen Russillo Podcast
How to Stop SGA and Brunson with Raja Bell. Plus, Conference Finals Preview.
20 May 2025
Ryen Russillo is joined by Raja Bell to discuss the Conference Finals, including whether the Pacers can upset the Knicks and what makes Anthony Edwards’s game so special as he tries to stop the Thunder from reaching the Finals (01:16). Plus, Life Advice with Kyle (53:00)! Check us out on YouTube for exclusive clips, livestreams, and more at youtube.com/@RyenRussilloPodcast. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Raja Bell Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias This episode is sponsored by State Farm. A State Farm agent can help you choose the coverage you need. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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On today's pod, we have Raja Bell. We're going to get into a deep dive on the Eastern and Western Conference finals. We'll talk about some of the other theories I have, but it's just a good little back and forth with a guy that I really like talking hoops with. And we have a Kyle Heavy. I don't know if it's Kyle Heavy. We have life advice, and it's about 30 minutes, and Kyle's in it.
So what else do you need? Joining us to dig in to getting into the conference finals, we have Roger Bell, who, along with Logan Murdoch, part of the Real Ones podcast. It's out Tuesdays and Thursdays. They've got a good Giannis episode talking about that and also the self-described best playoff preview in the business. So make sure you check that one out. It's good to see you.
Yeah, good to see you too. I didn't know we had self-proclaimed that, but hey. I'm not missing it, if it's the best.
we'll try to do as good of a job. Let's, let's start in the East here a little bit. You know, there's not really much left to say with Cleveland, but since we haven't really talked, you know, I think that if you were Colby Altman or Kenny Atkinson, you could say, okay, look, I mean, it sucks. We lost, but we had a, compromise Garland, we miss Mobley for a game, blow the game too.
But I still think that game five, for them to get that lead and then the Pacers to put it on them and come back and close that one out and close out game two, there's something to be said of what the Pacers did to this team. So I think both things can be true, that the Cavs have legit excuses, but the Pacers put it on them
And so when you look at that series and their comfort level now, getting through what they got through last year, but then closing out a really special Cleveland team, special regular season team, how much do you think that factors in to how you see the East play now?
Yeah, I mean, it's going to be a really interesting summer for them because it's almost, you know, for me, I was saying a week or so ago, it's like the worst place to be in. If you're the Cavs, Dan Gilbert, and Kobe, it's that – You could make the excuse if you wanted to make the excuse to hang on and not have to shake it up at all. You could very easily hide behind what you said.
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