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Chapter 1: How did the Timberwolves manage to steal Game 1 against the Spurs?
Coming up on the Zach Lowe Show, the great Tim Legler is here to help break down game one of Spurs-Wolves and game one of Knicks-Sixers. There was a little more than half a game in that series, at least, and obviously a thriller in San Antonio that came down to the wire. The Wolves, man.
Chapter 2: What were the implications of the Spurs not calling a timeout?
underestimate the Wolves at your peril. What a game one win for them. We'll talk about what happened in those games. Should Mitch Johnson have called a timeout? How is this series going to unfold? What adjustments do we see from all four teams coming into game two? Then we do some quickie previews of Lakers thunder. Are the Lakers just drawing dead here without Luca? What can they do?
What should we expect to see? And then a little more on Cavs Pistons, which I think is a sneaky, interesting series. Obviously both teams coming off seven game wins that feel a little hollow. Little disappointing, like Cavs, you needed seven. No Emmanuel quickly. No Brandon Ingram. Couldn't win one road game.
Yeah, RJ Barrett's shot hit the moon and back, but still, like, feels a little disappointing. Detroit, do they even win that series if Franz Wagner doesn't get injured? That would be a pretty disappointing question to ask, regardless of what your answer is to it, for a number one seed that won 60-whatever games. They got tested.
Both these teams got tested and they're going to test each other in really interesting ways. We get into that. And then I go solo for a little bit on the big news of the week. Jamal Mosley out in Orlando.
Chapter 3: Should the Spurs be worried after their Game 1 loss?
Masai Ujiri in Dallas. Bryson Graham in Chicago. Good luck to Bryson Graham dealing with the Bulls ownership.
Chapter 4: What factors led to the Knicks dominating the Sixers in Game 1?
I hope they give him carte blanche to do stuff. We shall see. That's all coming up on the Zach Lowe Show. The Zach Lowe Show is brought to you by FanDuel. It's been a wild playoff run, but it's not over yet, and FanDuel wants to bring you closer to the court to make more of all the action to come. FanDuel is the best place to bet the teams, the players, and plays during the NBA postseason.
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Welcome to the Zach Lowe show. The second round of the playoffs actually started for a while. I thought we might never get there. Tim Legler is here from ESPN. The great Tim Legler and the all city podcast. How you doing, bud?
What's up, man? I'm good. I'm good.
Chapter 5: What adjustments do the Lakers need to make against the Thunder?
I'm looking forward to this round. The first round was wild, but this round is going to be even better.
Yeah. We, we weeded out some of the chaff or whatever the phrase is. And now we're getting into brass tacks to use another. I just combined a lot of cliches all in one. I'm on really off to a great start today, this morning Spurs wolves game one, you know, I've warned bill on Sunday, underestimate the Minnesota Timberwolves at your peril.
Chapter 6: Why is the Cavs-Pistons series being overlooked?
This is just a tough ass team that raises its game in the playoffs every year. The conference finals appearances are not a fluke. Now that said, Did I pick them to win this series? I did not. I picked Spurs in six. I flirted with Spurs in seven, and I just thought, I don't know what we're seeing from Io, if anything. I don't know what we're going to see from Ant, even if he plays in game one.
And I thought he was kind of like in decoy mode for a lot of game one until the fourth quarter when he heated up a little bit and actually looked it up. It was his... his like fifth lowest pick and roll frequency of the entire season or 10th lowest, 10th lowest. He only ran 10 pick and rolls the whole game, 10th lowest frequency of the season per possession.
And so I was like, I just, I don't know. I don't even chance was already out. And then they go into San Antonio and, And just tooth and nail the whole game, pull away a little bit at the end and survive.
Chapter 7: What are the latest coaching changes in the NBA?
Boy, if that champagne shot goes in at the buzzer legs, we are talking about Julian champagne. He gets three offensive rebounds at about 30 seconds. Two of them are, and just not boxing them out. Ant throws away an inbounds pass after a Devin Vassell deflection that is kind of Ant's fault.
It was probably not thrown high enough, but also the Wolves gave him just literally one potential pass to make on the play. And then the Spurs don't call timeout. Champagny gets a great look and it misses. And here we are, Wolves up 1-0. I want to start with the no timeout. What did you think of that decision and the shot that they got?
I don't like it, and I always go by my own mentality on that. So it looked like luck to me, and I froze it a couple of times. It's somewhere in the 7.5-second range. That's about where it would be by the time the timeout was called when they secured the rebound. To me, that falls directly into the range where you call timeout.
If you've got 13, 14 seconds, I'm more inclined to play on because it gives you ā
Chapter 8: How do the recent trades impact the Mavericks' future?
a chance at multiple options and actions. And you don't have to just take the very first look you get with seven and a half seconds. That's the shot you're going to have to take a look. He did get a great shot off. So the end of the day, it worked out pretty well for them. And I think they're going to live with champagne, taking that shot to win the game.
You know, Mitch Johnson would sign up for that. But I personally was seven and a half. You take time out, you advance it.
I just like having more control as a coach to be able to initiate the action that I want to force the reaction that I want defensively to give me, put the ball in the hands of the guys I want, hopefully in the places of the court that they can operate and maybe have even more than one opportunity because you usually have a counter in there if they defend something well.
as opposed to seven and a half play on, it's going to be one shot at this. It's going to be the first half decent look you get. And he got a good shot. So, you know that, and the people that are going to, I guess, you know, stick with, Mitch Johnson's decision, ride or die because they're Spurs fans or whatever, are going to say, hey, you got a great shot. That's true.
You did get off a good look. I personally, it's a preference thing, man. I personally, in that time range, I'm taking time out because I think as a coach, I feel like that's my responsibility to help them in that situation have an opportunity because of what we draw up. to get the ball in the best place on the floor, in the hands of the guy that I wanted.
And that to me, if you can dictate that, you do it. Again, you get up 10, 12, 13, 15, 18 seconds, you know, 20 seconds, maybe you play on to not allow them to organize their defense in a huddle. seven and a half for me, that's a timeout, but they got a good look, man. You can't really fault that champagne. It's a tougher shot, you know, going directly left like that.
You're going to drift a little bit and it ended up a little bit short, but it's a clean look from a really good three point shooter.
Yeah, it's a great shot. And to your point, like you'd sign up for that. And I think what I hear you say and what I thought was you'd sign up for that same shot if you got it after calling timeout and advancing the ball. If that's the one shot you end up with, you're OK with it. That said, I expected them to call timeout.
I kind of think Dylan Harper and when Benyama both kind of expected big Johnson to call timeout. And then he didn't. And if you freeze it, if you, and again, Harper grabs the rebound at 8.1. So you're right. Like when he lands and calls time, I was probably seven and a half champagne. He misses the shot. And I was looking for everyone's reaction afterwards.
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