WEBVTT 1 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:27.320 Good, good evening everybody, and welcome to another This shouldn't 2 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:30.679 have fire up. I hope we're all fired up tonight, 3 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.200 especially since we're coming to you at such a late hour. 4 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:38.479 I do apologize, but hey, some of us are night owls, right, guys. 5 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:45.679 Yeah, absolutely, I call this get silly hour, all right. 6 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:50.280 That sounds kind of good, sounds kind of fun. Okay, Well, 7 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:54.920 this title of the show is home court advantage. If 8 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:57.719 any of you know anything about the NBA Playoffs that 9 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:01.200 have been going on, except for one game last night, 10 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.439 all of the second round so far has gone to 11 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:09.840 the visiting team. What happened to home court advantage? 12 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:20.680 Guys, Penny, I'll lead off. I don't care. So what's 13 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:25.000 crazy is Minnesota had that five day layoff that no 14 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:28.719 one wanted to mention before they played the Warriors, and 15 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.560 then the Warriors somehow beat them without Steph Curry. And 16 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.560 that game their Game two is actually going on right now. 17 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:39.719 The Timberwolves got off to a thirteen to zero start. 18 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:43.599 So I still think that the Timberwolves are the better 19 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:47.959 teams than this Warriors thing. But we've never even seen 20 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:54.640 those two twenty point comebacks. I mean, and you're away 21 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:58.079 the Knicks were zero to four against the Celtics. 22 00:01:58.439 --> 00:01:59.040 Yeah good. 23 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:03.760 Next in the regular season though, they were zero to four, 24 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:07.400 and then here they are winning two games at Boston. Man, 25 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:11.960 it matters when you play the best basketball, and for 26 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:16.240 whatever reason, the Pacers are playing great basketball. The Knicks, 27 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:19.039 even though they had to come back down from twenty. 28 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.280 That'll probably cost them, I think in the long run. 29 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:25.800 But these NBA playoffs. For a guy that's not really 30 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:30.000 into the NBA playoffs now that Lebron has gone, I 31 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:35.199 have been sly, supremely interested in what's happened so far 32 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:36.719 in the NBA playoffs. 33 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:41.319 Well, do you give everybody an idea? The Timberwolves are 34 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:45.039 up on the Warriors fifty six to thirty nine at half. 35 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:45.800 Ye. 36 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.639 But I will tell you Anthony Edwards went to the 37 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:54.520 locker room after an apparent ankle injury eighteen minutes ago, 38 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:58.000 so I don't know if he'll be back or not. 39 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:02.560 But it's been it seems like these playoffs have been 40 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.159 ebbs and flows, and like one team will go up 41 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:08.680 by twenty and then well team will come back and 42 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:11.719 they'll pull it off. Like they haven't been big. Most 43 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:18.039 of them have been big win points differentials. Like the 44 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.879 last couple of games, they're winning by one point, but 45 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.840 it's the visiting team that comes back. They've been down. 46 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:28.919 I know, I saw a little bit of the the 47 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:35.000 Pacers calves, you know, Indiana Pacers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 48 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:39.080 one twenty to one nineteen. That was a close game. 49 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.840 Knicks beat the Celtics ninety one ninety. I mean, these 50 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:45.560 some of the games have been a little bit one 51 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:50.479 more one sided, but at least those two both, I mean, 52 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:52.400 the Knicks to the last the game before that was 53 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:55.199 one o eight to one oh five. So they're playing 54 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:59.479 really close. But it's the team that's I don't and 55 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:01.199 I don't know if it's the team that's got more heart, 56 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:02.520 the team that's got more. 57 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:05.759 More. 58 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:08.759 I don't even know what to say. What why it's 59 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:13.479 happening Because the Knicks are the lower seed. The Knicks 60 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:16.279 are the ones that aren't expected to do as well, 61 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.639 but yet they're the ones that are up. They're up 62 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:21.040 to nothing. 63 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:23.639 Now going back to New York too. 64 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:27.279 Yeah, well, I mean I think with regarding the Knicks Celtics, 65 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:30.279 I think, you know the fact that, in my opinion, 66 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:32.600 the fact that the Celtics are shooting twenty five percent 67 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:36.560 from downtown and have lost these first two games by 68 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:39.160 combined four points. I think that says a lot more 69 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:41.720 about the Celtics than it does about the Knicks, and 70 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:43.279 I don't want to take anything away from what the 71 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:47.399 Knicks have done. Jalen Brunson has got Jaylen Brunson has 72 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:50.920 gotten baskets late in the game when when he needs them. 73 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:54.920 In The Knicks are getting stops, especially mccal bridges, at 74 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.519 the end when they need them. They're finding ways to 75 00:04:57.560 --> 00:04:59.480 win games, and I think that's ultimately what the NBA 76 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:03.639 playoffs about. But with that being said, I just can't 77 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:07.279 ignore the fact that the Celtics are shooting as poorly 78 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:10.360 as they are and they're barely losing these games. That's 79 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:11.920 why I still think when it's all said and done, 80 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.920 the Celtics will win this series, because I mean, they're 81 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:19.920 a better team, and for the most part they have 82 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:24.120 played like the better team. They just haven't shot the 83 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:26.639 ball up well. 84 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:30.639 Okay, and samir My question from what you just said 85 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:36.079 then would be, can the Boston Celtics shoot the ball 86 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:39.000 a little bit better? Because, like you said, they're shooting 87 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:44.079 what so even if they shot twenty six percent these 88 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:48.519 last few games, they would have won these games, and 89 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:52.040 so they can they do that? Can they go on 90 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:55.480 that hot of a streak against the Knicks team who 91 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.600 clearly has a chip on their shoulder? Do you think 92 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:02.120 the Celtics could go on a four because they're gonna 93 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:03.879 have to go on a four to one run here, 94 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:08.199 you're gonna have the. 95 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.199 Talent to do it again, I already I agree a 96 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:13.240 better team than Knixt they have the talent to go 97 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:15.879 on a fourd to one run. I think the issue 98 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:18.920 is I mean, obviously Jill Mazzola is a great coach, 99 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:24.839 very good coach, championship coach, But I think when you shoot, 100 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:29.120 like for them to put up those shooting numbers, I 101 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:31.959 think at some point you've got to adjust. 102 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.399 Right well here and let me interject this real real 103 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:37.439 quick to you too. Do you think some of that 104 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:42.000 has something to do with them missing? Christophe porzingis down low? 105 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:47.160 And I think a factor in old? 106 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.120 How old is al Horford? Anybody does it? Can anybody? 107 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:52.160 Is he older than Lebron or younger? Because I feel 108 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:56.639 like he's thirty eight? No? Is he really younger. 109 00:06:56.279 --> 00:06:58.959 Than Yeah, he's thirty eight years old? 110 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:01.839 He looked, it's like fifty six compared to Lebron. 111 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:03.720 It's like fifty six. 112 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:06.839 Yeah, just like, but is. 113 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:08.399 That part of it? Do you think? Uh? 114 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:12.319 Smear, I think that's But still, I mean you have 115 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:14.959 two I mean you've got to your stars Tatum and Brown, 116 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:17.959 who are They're still capable of driving to the rim, 117 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:22.240 They're still capable of, you know, mid range jumpers, going inside, 118 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:24.680 maybe drawing more fouls, get into the free throw line. 119 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:29.279 The bottom line is, I think again, has to adjust 120 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:32.759 because clearly what they're doing right now isn't working. The 121 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.600 shots are falling, so you've got to try something else. 122 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:38.959 If, like you just said, if they can get down 123 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.879 and make layups and make mid range jumpers or draw fouls, 124 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:47.279 why are you shooting sixty three pointers in a game? 125 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:48.160 Exactly? 126 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:53.000 Why? That is one of the most ridiculous stats I've 127 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:56.800 ever seen, Pennson, That's crazy. What if if hockey? What 128 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.839 if hockey put in a two point line and all 129 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:03.519 of a sudden, all of a sudden, the hockey teams, though, 130 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.079 they just are like, hey, forget about it, we can 131 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:08.639 make two points instead of one, so we'll just start 132 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:13.279 jacking up, like make it make sense. Could you imagine 133 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:14.759 that if it happened to hockey pensman? 134 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:17.600 Oh yeah, oh yeah, easily. Yeah. 135 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:20.800 I mean again, it's it's not a winning recipe, necessarily, 136 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:21.319 it's not. 137 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:24.439 But you guys are you guys are missing one piece 138 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:27.560 of formula that everybody's doing. They're playing defense for a 139 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:31.639 change that they are. You guys are missing. You guys 140 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:34.679 are talking about shooting and shooting percentages, but you keep 141 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:39.360 forgetting about the Boston Sounds going up twenty. If any 142 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:45.399 team's up by twenty, that's a comfortable lead. But you 143 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.799 gotta think a full court press, half court press, playing 144 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:52.039 man the man like like I'm talking about peanut butter 145 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:57.120 and jelly defense. You guys gotta remember that defense wins championships. 146 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:01.080 And all these teams that are in there besides the 147 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:03.519 Warriors of Wolves right now, according to what Candy said, 148 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:05.320 is playing defense right now. 149 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:12.679 My question go ahead, go ahead, No, go ahead, Candy, 150 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:14.200 I was about ask the question go ahead. Good. 151 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:20.480 My thought process was if so the Celtics led by 152 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:24.120 sixteen points, they were outscored twenty three to six in 153 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:28.159 the final eight minutes and thirty seconds. Boston has struggled 154 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.360 from three in the first two games, shooting four of 155 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:35.759 twenty six in the fourth quarter both games. So my 156 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:40.559 question to you guys is, when you're struggling like that, 157 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:44.840 do you change your game plan and say, Okay, I 158 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:46.559 need to get hot. I need to be able to 159 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:49.320 shoot better. So in order to do that, maybe I 160 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:54.600 need to not keep shooting the threes and getting driving 161 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:58.200 more in to the basket, maybe getting more free throw 162 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:02.720 opportunities and getting hot that way. So then maybe if 163 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:06.000 I'm because let's face it, if you're in the groove 164 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.279 and if you're hot, it's your night. The buckets are 165 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:13.440 coming easy. But if you're struggling, do you keep struggling 166 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.120 and keep taking the shots from three? Because if you're 167 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:19.399 not rebounding those, you're you're shooting and one and done 168 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:22.039 and the other team goes and if they get on 169 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:25.960 a run like obviously they have, that's why the Celtics 170 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.639 have lost both of the games. 171 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:32.879 Well, that was gonna be my question there exactly, though 172 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:35.960 I'll tie my answering my question and together for Pensman here. 173 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:40.159 My question was gonna say, yeah, they played such really 174 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:42.799 good defense that they got down by twenty points in 175 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:47.399 both games and had to come back right, So was 176 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:50.679 it really them putting on that full court pressure, that 177 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:55.840 half court pressure, changing their game plan? As Candy just 178 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:59.799 said here and then I feel like this too. I 179 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:05.360 don't watch much regular season basketball, but then once they 180 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:08.960 get to the playoffs, it seems like the team that 181 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:12.960 can rebound, get an offensive or a defensive rebound, get 182 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:16.919 the ball out and transition and score quickly. That seems 183 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.120 to be the bread and butter in the NBA. And 184 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:23.039 that's what New York Knicks created, though, when they change 185 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:27.200 their defensive game plan, Like, we don't hear about teams 186 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:31.440 coming back from twenty points down much often, like if ever, 187 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:34.120 like we don't. 188 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:36.879 Unless we don't turn in two in two games in 189 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:38.799 a row. Is on t heard off? They're the first 190 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:42.360 team since Night's ninety eight to do this too, especially. 191 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:42.440 On the road. 192 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:47.480 Yeah, and in the playoffs, and so yeah, I just 193 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:51.440 don't know at this point, Boston, they need to get downhill, 194 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:56.519 attack the basket, play more efficient basketball. But that was 195 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:58.559 gonna be kind of my question all humped up in 196 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:00.759 the in one right there with Candy's question. 197 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:03.440 I didn't take a stat away from you, did I, Candy? 198 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:06.919 I usually usually the stat person, so I take any 199 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:07.960 stats away from you. 200 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:12.919 O, I'm good. My thought process too is, you know 201 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:17.799 NFL games, they play, they go, they play the first 202 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:19.759 two quarters, they go in at halftime, and then they 203 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:22.120 regroup and then they come back out. And now I 204 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.960 know the NBA they have timeouts, especially in between the 205 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:29.480 third and fourth quarters. Are the coaches not prepping them 206 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:32.720 enough for that fourth quarter because for them to have 207 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:35.440 the collapses that they are in the fourth quarter, is 208 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:39.279 that a coaches? Do we think that's coaching or do 209 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.519 we think that's on the players. Do we think they're 210 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:44.720 getting tired they've played too much, or is it a 211 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:48.039 matter of coaches not calling, not having the right people 212 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:48.919 out on the court. 213 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:53.000 I think New York's just hungry. They're just hungry. They 214 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:55.600 haven't won, they haven't done anything since Patrick Gilling, So 215 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:59.200 they want to prove to New York. They're tired, don't 216 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:02.320 I'm gonna's say, I'm gonna use my team as illustration. 217 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:05.159 But they're tired of the Yankees winning, They're tired of 218 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.480 the Mets winning. They want to be part of the 219 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:10.960 New York winning formula teams. And I love New York 220 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:14.279 Yankees winning in the Mets and not so much. But 221 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:16.320 the New York Knicks want to be part of the 222 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:17.840 winning New York teams. 223 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:21.080 So does a dynasty. 224 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:24.720 They do, but the New York is hungry. They so 225 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:28.720 they haven't experienced that since Patrick Ewing. So I think 226 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:31.080 they're just playing. They're stepping up with the The coaches 227 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.919 are are preparing them better than that. They Boston coach 228 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:38.919 said that they they're out rebuilt about us. They they're 229 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:43.360 guarding Tatum. We're doing all we could do. They're just 230 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:46.159 out they're just out playing Boston. That came from the 231 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:46.919 Boston coach. 232 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:51.120 Yeah, I mean, I mean, yeah, I mean, I think 233 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:54.639 you do have a point there, But it's just hard 234 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:57.320 for me to say. And look, again, I don't want 235 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:01.159 to take anything away from what the Knicks have done. Again, 236 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:04.279 They've scored when they they've made baskets when they've needed them, 237 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:06.759 they've made stops when they've needed them. They've done and 238 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:10.720 they've done enough to win. But it's just hard for 239 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:14.080 me to say definitively that they are out playing Boston 240 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:17.960 when Boston is shooting the way they have and they've 241 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:21.039 lost games one and two by a combined four points, 242 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:30.360 Like if they make two more shots Game one, one 243 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:33.279 more shot Game two, they're up to Oh right, now, 244 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:36.919 this is not even a conversation. Instead of, you know, 245 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:42.240 having this discussion, we're having Okay, whats need to do 246 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:45.840 to close this series out as as soon as possible. 247 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:50.799 M Oh yeah. If I'm the Knicks, I'm trying to 248 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:53.919 close it in the next two no doubt about it. 249 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:56.440 I do not want to go back to Boston. 250 00:14:56.840 --> 00:15:01.320 Well, what's been interesting is that so far they're undefeated 251 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:04.879 on the road, but they were They're one and two 252 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:08.440 at home so far. So let's see if that trend continues, 253 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:11.279 or if they can close this thing out. 254 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:14.080 And that one and that one win is game that 255 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:17.720 closer against the Pistons and Bronson's three pointer. 256 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:21.159 And isn't that some mirror with the best segue ever? 257 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:24.919 We all started talking about home court advantage and here 258 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:28.399 comes the ties. It all in a nice little bow 259 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:30.720 for you, miss Candy. Oh my goodness, I know. 260 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:31.720 Isn't that nice? 261 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:32.799 That's awesome? 262 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:39.559 So Pensman, let's let's there's another another sport that's in 263 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.159 playoffs right now, and it's more of I think you're 264 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:48.120 up your Yeah, if you're Alliott, cup of tea however 265 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:50.440 we want to put it. Let's talk about the n 266 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.679 NHL playoffs. 267 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:57.559 Well, I'm watching the Veiggest Knights and the Oilers right now, 268 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:00.039 so JD's no surprise there. 269 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:04.080 No, but he just always sounds so depressed when you 270 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:07.240 go to literally it was like an ICL playoffs and 271 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:07.720 you were like. 272 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:12.799 Well, no, the Capitals they came back and they won. 273 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:17.080 They they won their games, so they even up the series. 274 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:20.639 We'll see what happens on this game at zero zero 275 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:22.679 with eleven and a half to go in their first period. 276 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:26.720 But both I'm happy with the NHL playoffs. Charles Barkley 277 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.919 came on n b A, on NBA tonight whatever, on 278 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:34.000 TNT halftime. He even made a bracket. So far he 279 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:36.960 has a perfect bracket. Charles Barkley of all people. 280 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:42.080 Oh, before we go back into the hockey, did you 281 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:45.480 guys all hear what Paul Pierce did and what he 282 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:49.639 said about the Celtics and how he said that there 283 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:53.960 is no way the Celtics would lose. And then he 284 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:57.759 said I will walk to work barefoot and with a 285 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:01.120 bathroom robe. And mind you him walking to work is 286 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:08.359 it is twenty miles. He actually was walking today to work. 287 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:13.079 Kudos his word. 288 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:15.880 He's old said if you said he'll do it. 289 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:19.200 I just had to. I just thought that was interesting, 290 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:22.000 and kudos to him for being a man of his word, 291 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:25.240 you know, following up with what he said right. 292 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:28.359 Well, the whole viral moment came from the Florida State 293 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:30.960 fan last year that said if they lost to somebody 294 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.799 or Georgie attack or whoever it was, they were like, oh, yeah, 295 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:37.799 I'll eat a cup of you know, and they didn't 296 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:41.079 do it. They just deleted their stuff and it don't 297 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:43.720 put stuff like obviously we knew you weren't going to 298 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:46.400 eat that, but at least eat like a cup of 299 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:50.960 chocolate pudding, you know, at least do something and follow 300 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:53.359 up on your bed. I don't care what you eat, 301 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:56.359 just eat something, right Crow. 302 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:58.960 And the Vegas Knights just took the leap, by the way, 303 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:01.799 just as we got done talking about it. 304 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:06.480 Yes, I mean, I can tell you that the Florida 305 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:10.160 Panthers are down to nothing to the Toronto Maple Leafs 306 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:16.359 they played yesterday. They do bring the series now to Florida, 307 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:22.599 so they've played the first two games in Toronto. I 308 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:29.079 don't know Florida, Florida has played. If you didn't, if 309 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:31.359 you're a big hockey fan, I would advise you to 310 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:36.119 go check out our YouTube channel because previously to this show, 311 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:40.839 we had Sports Exchange, which was more exclusively about NHL, 312 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:46.039 but and a former GM we have on there. Mike 313 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:52.039 Santo said, Florida Panthers have played a lot of hockey 314 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:54.680 the last two years because they made it to the 315 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:58.440 Stanley Cuff Playoffs both years. So if you think about that, 316 00:18:58.920 --> 00:18:59.680 they start. 317 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:03.160 Playing what June, September. 318 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:06.759 September and they play all the way to June. Yeah, 319 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.880 you know, and they did that back to back years. 320 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:13.920 So he doesn't know if they have enough gas in 321 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:17.799 their tanks to keep this as competitive and keep going well. 322 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:22.000 Preseason is it September? The real season starts in October. 323 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:23.839 That's why I'm saying September. 324 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:28.920 Right, But that's a long season, it is, you know, 325 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:33.119 and hockey is not a forgiving sport on your body. 326 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:36.920 I had a friend that an actual friend that I 327 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:39.880 played hockey with when I was younger. He played with 328 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:43.400 the local team down here. He called me up one 329 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:45.480 day he said, I have a chance to play for 330 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:48.680 the Phoenix Coyotes. I said, coold, you take it. He's like, no, 331 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:51.079 I said, what do you take it? He said, because 332 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:54.640 it's too much hockey, he said, with traveling and practicing. 333 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:57.880 And he said, NHL, you go town to town and 334 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:01.559 practice practice, and then you're at hotel practice practice. He said, 335 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:04.359 it takes a more toll. He said, we're not at 336 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:07.519 the park anymore. Buddy's up. Just let you know. So 337 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:10.880 he listen to what he said, It takes a toll 338 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.480 on your body. 339 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:15.680 Mhm, Samir, what what do you think about that? 340 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:19.920 I mean, I don't really follow hockey that much. I 341 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:22.599 don't really know much about it. I mean I know 342 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:24.880 a little bit about it, and we don't have a 343 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:27.680 seen in Atlanta obviously, but if there's a team, I 344 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:30.720 probably follows the Flyers. So I don't really know much 345 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.279 about hockey. 346 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:36.039 But bright right, Hey, listen, Hey, me and Samir are 347 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:37.880 in the same boat. And what we're not gonna do 348 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.880 is we're not gonna make fun of him. Pisman, you're 349 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.720 gonna stay out of. 350 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:45.160 This, okay, okay, and. 351 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:50.799 The southern gentleman. Hey, So Samir, to their point, though 352 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:54.839 we can talk generically about hockey, would you agree that? 353 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.279 Yeah? 354 00:20:57.279 --> 00:21:01.519 But one thing about hockey, Samir A can you see 355 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:05.559 the puck? And b can you agree with me though 356 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:07.720 that it is hot like football on ice? 357 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:12.039 I would say it's kind of like a mix of 358 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:14.640 football and in a way baseball on ice. I don't 359 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.240 know why, but. 360 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:18.440 Yeah I can see that. Yeah I can see that. 361 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:21.960 But as far as the contact level goes right, yeah, 362 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:24.079 they smash into the glass a lot. And then can 363 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:25.920 you see the puck though? When you watch a hockey game? 364 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:28.119 So yeah, yeah I can't. 365 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:30.119 So you're a step ahead of me. You might have 366 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.680 more of a future in hockey than I do. 367 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.039 Brother. 368 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:37.559 So if we're gonna talk hockey though, and we're talking playoffs, 369 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:41.799 I also have to talk about my AHL Milwaukee Admirals 370 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:47.039 because they are going for the Calder Cup. Yes, JD. 371 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:49.440 So I've got to do that because you know, I 372 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:54.160 didn't grow I didn't grow up with NHL. I grew 373 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:59.240 up with AHL. There they are the feeders for the 374 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:04.519 national product. So but they are actually still in the playoffs, 375 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:08.359 so let's hope that they can continue their run. But Pensman, 376 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:14.559 any other thoughts about the NHL playoffs Just exciting. 377 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:20.160 It's back and forth. The teams are surprising, Brian, since 378 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:22.480 you're on hereby as we'll talk about since you can 379 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:26.680 blare my ear off about it. The Dallas Stars are 380 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:31.119 making a impressive run. So we'll see what happens with 381 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:33.680 the Dallas Stars. We'll see if they can make a 382 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:36.400 Cup run. Since Brian picked them, I don't know what 383 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:40.000 he picked from. But it's not like March's Madness, where 384 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:42.920 you make a bracket but wherever. But Brian picked him 385 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:45.240 to win the Stanley Cup. But I still say the 386 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:47.759 Capitols are the best team in the playoffs. 387 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:55.759 Okay, okay, pen'sman, there's been some We're gonna switch to baseball. 388 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:59.440 There's some big news coming out of your town there. 389 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.720 You want to talk about it. 390 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.960 Let me know what that is. Because in case I 391 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.799 didn't hear about. 392 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:07.960 It, the Pirates fired the manager that one. 393 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:10.039 Yeah, but by the way, everybody go look at the 394 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:14.960 short I made it short about that, Yeah, forgot. 395 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:18.920 He had no idea what you were talking about. 396 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:25.599 I follow two teams, That's why. So Derek Shelton got 397 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:31.119 fired today. He tried, he tried, he failed. Do I 398 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.839 blame him? 399 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:32.480 Not? 400 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:40.240 Really? It's Derek Shelton is a low uh not. He's 401 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:43.200