WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:11.359 It's time for Coffee and Company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:14.119 Sports Talk seven ninety, Holy. 3 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:16.039 Crap, I don't know who the hell we think when we. 4 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:19.640 Are get off our show. Idiots. The kids are playing 5 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:20.199 or trail off. 6 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:21.320 The countries are. 7 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:25.160 Screwing it up. Gold Play Intermurals, Brother, gold Play Intermurals. 8 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:28.280 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:32.159 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 10 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:50.359 kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 11 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:55.159 You know, right before the show started myself, Nick Coffee, 12 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.039 that's me. I hope you guys knew that. And Austin Montgomery, 13 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:00.799 the travel chief, we were talking about the big change 14 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.159 coming for me, which is that this will you know, 15 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:06.879 next Friday will be my last show here on seven ninety. 16 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:08.599 And I really thought. 17 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.359 This week that it would it would, it would set in, 18 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:15.959 it would hit me that the clock's ticking, and it 19 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.040 really hasn't. And I've had to kind of remind myself 20 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:22.719 each day before the show starts, Hey, have fun, Nick, 21 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:24.879 you know, make the most of it. 22 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:27.640 And yet it still feels like a force. 23 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.040 I don't know if it's in denial or if it'll 24 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:34.560 it'll more so hit me next week. But when giving 25 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:36.959 it some thought, as I get older, you know there 26 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:39.480 are like when you think of like big life changes. 27 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:42.680 I mean there's there's I don't know, I guess honestly 28 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:44.959 the biggest Austin, let me ask you this just to 29 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:48.200 get your perspective, because we're different in life. What what 30 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:50.640 do you feel like was the biggest change you made, 31 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:56.920 like as an adult? Oh? Probably, Can I take a guess, yes, 32 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:00.680 Like when you started living with your girl that's now 33 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:04.040 your fiance, because that, you know, that's a big deal, right. 34 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:06.359 Like moving out, like moving out of my parents' house. 35 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:08.240 It was I was thinking about that last night. I 36 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:12.000 did during COVID and then uh moved back in with them, 37 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:14.919 and then eventually moved back out to my buddies and 38 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:17.520 one't even living there for like a like three months, 39 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:19.599 and moved in with my fiance. 40 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:23.479 So I'm technically getting a new job, but I'm technically 41 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:27.280 not right. So maybe that's why, because I was thinking 42 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:31.960 about other big changes that have happened for me in 43 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.599 life as an adult, and there's no bigger change I 44 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:38.400 think for most humans that are parents than when they 45 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:40.400 become a parent and when you are a you know 46 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:42.879 you now, I mean you just you can't really put 47 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:44.960 into words, and I'm sure everybody's different, but for me, 48 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:49.319 I mean you you you Without even really thinking about it, 49 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:52.479 it happens, meaning boom, there's a baby that you're responsible 50 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:56.639 for along with your spouse that you just you automatically 51 00:02:56.680 --> 00:03:01.199 become a more selfless version of yourself without even thinking 52 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:04.639 about it. It's just it's like human nature. So that's 53 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:06.680 the biggest change I can really think about when it 54 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:10.240 cause it's really two different lives pre kid and then 55 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:14.599 you know, as a parent. So you know, I've moved. 56 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:16.639 I feel like moving's a big deal, right, like especially 57 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:19.680 if you live somewhere for a long time. So my 58 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:21.960 wife and I we lived in our first house for 59 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:27.120 I guess about seven eight years, and then we moved 60 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:32.080 in about twenty eighteen and lived there until about twenty 61 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:34.199 twenty two, and then we've been in the house we're 62 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:37.560 at now. And I remember each time we'd move, even 63 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:39.840 the time when we moved out of our apartment which 64 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:41.479 we had for a few years when we were real young, 65 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:44.000 and I would think, Okay, this is a big change, 66 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:48.039 like instead of you know, instead of driving home and 67 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:50.199 going to this place after work every day you're going 68 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:52.800 to be going somewhere different, and you know it's but 69 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:55.120 I don't know why. But those things just it's all 70 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:57.560 a blur, like I don't remember any big transition. I 71 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:01.520 don't remember any any real bigodgie adjustment that was made. 72 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:04.960 So I don't know. I'm there's a part of me 73 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:08.400 that says, I'm, I'm this is the way it should be, 74 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:10.240 and this is the this is the better way because 75 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:13.280 I'm not overthinking it. I'm just showing up doing the 76 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:16.000 show and you know, going about it as if it 77 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:19.879 wasn't going to be over before too long. So again, 78 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:21.959 living in the moment, I guess that's the best way 79 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.720 to to you know, experience it and not overthink it 80 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:29.519 and let the raw and real emotion whatever it is, 81 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:33.959 come naturally. But you know, after today, I guess, really 82 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:36.519 after today, it's five more shows because we're off Monday 83 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:40.240 because of the holiday. So again the clock's ticking and 84 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:42.839 I keep thinking, okay, you got to really, you know, 85 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:44.639 and I don't really know what I would do throughout 86 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:48.519 the three hours to make it really you know, to 87 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:50.279 soak the most out of it as I can. But 88 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:55.439 I'll certainly try, but again it's kind of been as is, 89 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:57.639 which I guess that's probably good because people don't want 90 00:04:57.680 --> 00:04:59.839 to hear me gap about it for three hours, and 91 00:04:59.879 --> 00:05:02.120 I I've tried not to really do that. But then again, 92 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:05.240 I'm trying to balance, like, Okay, let's let's continue to 93 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:07.680 go about the show like we typically do, because that's 94 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:09.800 what people have come to expect and that's probably what 95 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:12.439 they would want. But then again, selfishly, I'm like, yeah, 96 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:14.120 you know what, let's not do the show like we 97 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:18.040 typically do. Let's do something different because why not. I mean, 98 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:23.240 it's it's coming to an end here. So yeah, I 99 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:26.040 guess the bit you know, you put in your two weeks, Yeah, yeah, 100 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:29.079 I'm I'm yeah. I mean, at this point, as far 101 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.519 as evaluating what we do here, it would really be 102 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.720 all for nothing. I guess I could really make an 103 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:36.759 asset of myself and completely mail it in over these 104 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:39.240 next five shows, and then maybe they'd rethink about putting 105 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:43.160 me in the mornings on eight forty app. I would 106 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.560 hope that wouldn't happen, but uh, you know, I'll make 107 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.519 sure I finished strong here to where they don't even 108 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:49.360 think about doing that. 109 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:52.079 But welcome into the I. 110 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:57.160 Guess this is the this is the sixth after today's 111 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:00.160 the sixth to the last show we'll have, so so 112 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:01.879 let's make the most of it. It's Coffee and Company, 113 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:04.560 fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. I'm 114 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.120 Nick Coffee. He's Austin Montgomery, and we're taking you up 115 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:09.000 until about five thirty today because. 116 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:09.439 We're out early. 117 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:11.839 The bats are in action, so we'll make the most 118 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:14.480 of what we have. How about the bats stealing the 119 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:17.079 little time I have left? I mean, I'm not complaining. 120 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:19.160 It's a nice day. Wouldn't be a bet, it's always 121 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:20.959 It wouldn't be bad to get out of here a 122 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:24.240 little bit early, so we'll we'll have some fun. And 123 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.639 speaking of fun, I had a lot of fun last night. 124 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:31.759 And before we get into Mia Indiana Pacers. Oh oh, 125 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:34.160 you went to you went to the. 126 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.759 Oh no, I know what you were talking about? Basketball? Okay, 127 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:37.199 that was. 128 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:39.879 Never mind. 129 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:43.680 Anyways, I need to start with an apology to the NBA, 130 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:49.040 because I mean, I completely probably went overboard about how 131 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:51.399 just sad and depressing it was to you. 132 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:52.480 Because I used to love. 133 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:56.000 The NBA and in the last few years I've just 134 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.360 decided that it's not worth even trying to convince myself 135 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:02.240 that it was going to be anything other than what 136 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:04.480 it typically is. And look, technically, we've had some real 137 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:09.279 blowouts and games, but overall, top to bottom, I'd say 138 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:13.959 it would be hard to imagine that this postseason up 139 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:18.879 to this point hasn't been substantially more entertaining than I 140 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:21.040 feel like the playoffs have been in a long long time. 141 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:26.000 So last night, my Indiana Pacers, I mean, I would 142 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:28.120 rarely ever want to start with my Pacers because I 143 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:29.480 know a lot of people around here don't really care 144 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:33.000 about the Pacers or the NBA. But I mean, what 145 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:36.920 a finish, I mean, what a phenomenal basketball game. That's 146 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:39.360 what a lot of people are understandably saying, and they're 147 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:43.120 they're correct, because it was a great game from start 148 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:46.680 to finish. And that's the obvious observation if you watch 149 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.480 with really no rooting interest. But for me, I mean, 150 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:55.120 i was watching at his Nie Smith went full Reggie Miller. 151 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:59.399 I'm thinking to myself, well, this is great because they're 152 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:05.040 going to be down one and obviously, you know they 153 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:06.879 could have won this game if they. 154 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:07.680 Do a little bit better. 155 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:12.480 On the backboard if they you know, just little things. 156 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:15.480 If they would have lost last night, I would have 157 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:19.879 felt still confident that they can win. Obviously, you know, 158 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.759 easier Seve than done. But they were competitive. I don't 159 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:26.240 think they played great, but you know, hey, they're competitive. 160 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.120 Eventually you're gonna have to steal one in New York. 161 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.079 So maybe maybe next maybe game two will be when 162 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:34.039 that happens. Well, they ended up stealing game one with 163 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:38.279 another comeback that just makes absolutely no sense. And Nie Smith, 164 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:41.279 I mean, that was one of the best things you'll 165 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:45.080 ever see from I mean anybody in that situation for 166 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:49.559 him to I mean make Yeah. I wanted to pull 167 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:52.120 up the specific stat here, but in NBA history, two 168 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:56.759 players have had twenty plus points and five plus threes 169 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:59.320 in the fourth quarter of a playoff game on the 170 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:05.159 opponent's court. Both did so for the Pacers at Madison 171 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:09.679 Square Garden in the Eastern Conference Finals on a Wednesday 172 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:13.720 for that matter, last night, Aaron NEI Smith and then 173 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.759 on June first, nineteen ninety four, Reggie Miller did it. 174 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:20.559 And for Reggie Miller to be on the call as 175 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:26.320 Nie Smith goes full Reggie Miller Halliburton seemingly hits the 176 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:30.240 game winner and does the Reggie Miller choke gesture on 177 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:33.120 the Madison Square Garden court, only for us to see 178 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:34.159 that he was clearly. 179 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:34.240 On the line. 180 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.360 They go to overtime and then win it. But like 181 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:40.919 that was cinema. That was absolute, straight out of a 182 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:43.519 movie kind of thing. Like you could not have scripted 183 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:48.519 Game one really any better at all for the Indiana Pacers. 184 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:52.039 I mean, I guess it would have been pretty special 185 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:55.559 had the buzzer beater actually been a three point shot 186 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.639 and not a two because he was on the line. 187 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:01.240 But I'm happy they went to overtime and it was. 188 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.759 Actually more impressive they were able to extend the game 189 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:06.559 and then just go beat them, and I kind of 190 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:08.919 feel like they I mean, there was a couple of 191 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:11.200 plays late where they were just like off balance around 192 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:12.000 the rim, where I'm. 193 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:14.399 Like, man, you can't you can't be point. 194 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:16.360 Blank around the rim, even if you're getting bumped, even 195 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:20.200 if you know, even if you're off balance, you got 196 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.799 to you gotta convert around the rim. So I'm thinking 197 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:26.440 in any moment him showed him doing the choking gesture 198 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.000 and then it not ending the game. I did have 199 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:31.639 a little bit of fear feeling the same thing, and 200 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:35.000 understandably so, a lot of people did. I did until 201 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:37.519 the ball tipped in overtime, and I just could feel 202 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:41.120 that the momentum had completely shifted and the way in 203 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:44.519 which the Pacers extended that game and came back and 204 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:48.120 tied it that defeated the Knicks. The Knicks were defeated 205 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:51.399 at that point. And yes, you had a big, a 206 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:56.039 big jumper late from might have been Towns and maybe 207 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:58.000 maybe McBride on know who. It wasn't overtime for them 208 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.759 that hit a couple of shots in Hotel. Town scored early, 209 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:02.639 they got up, they had a they had a four 210 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:04.240 point lead at one point I think it was Towns, 211 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:06.200 and then Brunson had a bucket they were up for 212 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:09.440 and I kind of felt like, okay, yeah, this this 213 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:13.480 doesn't look good. But then again, I mean quickly the 214 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:16.679 Pacers would respond. I mean the nim Hart three. 215 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:18.480 In the corner was huge. 216 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:21.080 Yeah, maybe they missed the goaltending call, but there were 217 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:24.240 many calls missed, including I mean that dunk from uh 218 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:26.080 from from top and he was hacked. 219 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:27.960 Yeah, I mean he that that's. 220 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:30.399 A guy who is so strong at attacking the rim, 221 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.639 and he clearly loves playing above the rim. That's that's 222 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:36.559 where he's comfortable at that you would never know he 223 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:38.960 got fouled, like there was never any like you had 224 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:40.960 to look at the replay to see the contact because 225 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.679 what he did didn't show that he had been contacted 226 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:43.960 at all. 227 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:44.360 Nobody. 228 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:46.399 I mean, he he made a couple of plays last 229 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:49.360 night that were just only something an athlete like him 230 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:49.720 could do. 231 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:53.320 But I mean the game was pretty physical in both yeah. 232 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:56.519 And it was and look, I thought about I guess 233 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:59.440 midway through the second quarter that the Knicks were really 234 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:01.480 showing that they were going to be the better team 235 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:03.080 on the glass, and that was going to be a 236 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:05.919 real problem for the Pacers. That if their shots aren't 237 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:09.279 falling there and then they're giving up second chance points 238 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:11.480 after they get a potential stop, then that just isn't 239 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:14.080 a good recipe. And really that was the way things 240 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:16.840 had played out until Nie Smith decided he was going 241 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:19.120 to be Reggie Miller. And how many people do you 242 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:20.279 think don't even know who this guy is? 243 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:21.960 Probably a lot. 244 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:25.600 I mean, he's a good player, certainly for the Pacers, 245 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:28.720 but the Pacers, again, they're a small market team to 246 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.159 an extent. They're not the thunder right, They're not a 247 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:34.600 team that didn't exist, you know, fifteen years ago, but 248 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:38.120 they just, you know, their stars don't typically like the 249 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:43.000 last time, the Pacers, I feel like, had superstar level 250 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:47.879 players that got league wide attention that were not just 251 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:49.799 you know, good for being on a good team. 252 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:52.039 But like with Jermaine O'Neil had that a little bit. 253 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.720 He's actually a forgotten Pacer that I think I at 254 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:56.639 times even needed. 255 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:57.919 I mean he was rare. 256 00:12:58.000 --> 00:12:58.840 I mean he was. 257 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:02.200 He was right after Reggie and you went from having 258 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:05.879 one superstar to another. And then obviously there was Danny 259 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:08.480 Granger and then Paul George and Paul George. I guess 260 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:13.279 Paul George did have ye Yeah, Granger was good, but 261 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:14.480 the Pacers weren't that good. 262 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:14.919 When he was there. 263 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:16.600 He was a two K legend. 264 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:18.840 Yeah he was really good, but they weren't great when 265 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:21.960 he was there. And then with Paul George, clearly they 266 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:26.159 got better and they were good. But when Lebron was 267 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.320 in Miami, nothing was going to Nothing in the Eastern 268 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:31.320 Conference was going to get more attention than Bron and 269 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:33.759 the Heat understandably, So I mean that was what a 270 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:36.639 three four year window whenever you had d Wade and 271 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:40.120 Lebron and Bosh and I mean Miami Lebron was different. 272 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:44.120 So I feel like the Pacers right now are really 273 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:46.320 in the limelight more than they've been in a long time. 274 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:48.399 I mean, look, they're back in the Eastern Conference Finals 275 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:50.840 for the first time in a long time. That alone 276 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:54.759 is special. I mean, that was their first win in 277 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:57.919 the Eastern Conference Finals last night since two thousand and four, 278 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:00.919 which was twenty years ago. I think it was maybe 279 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:04.639 even for longer than that. Actually, So if you're not 280 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:07.279 entertained by last night's game, I mean you might have 281 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:08.919 went to bed thinking it was over, and if you did, 282 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:11.320 understandably so, or maybe you just didn't think to tune 283 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:13.559 in because you're just not locked into the playoffs. But 284 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:17.399 if you watch that game from start to finish, I 285 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:20.279 think you would have to say you were entertained. And 286 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:22.559 even even if you watch towards the end, like but again, 287 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.120 who would turn it on late, see the score and 288 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:28.240 see the amount of time left and think, Okay, let 289 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.879 me lock in for this one. In fact, it's a 290 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:34.120 pretty easy channel change if you just tune in as 291 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:36.840 they're in desperation mode, firing up threes and trying to 292 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:37.480 get stops. 293 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:39.080 But it worked out. 294 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:41.440 And I mean I woke up and I woke up 295 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:44.240 this morning almost in like disbelief that that that happened. 296 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:46.679 And I kept my son up way too late because 297 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:49.360 I wanted him to keep to keep watching with me. 298 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:51.200 And I'm so happy it turned out the way that 299 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:53.799 it did. And last night was kind of his moment. 300 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:55.600 He's known that I've liked the Pacers, but he's never 301 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:58.240 really gotten into it like me, just because you know, 302 00:14:58.399 --> 00:14:59.879 I don't sit around and watch a lot of Pacers 303 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.000 games because you know, the NBA is not a really 304 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:05.159 entertaining product during the eighty two game regular season the 305 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.360 last night we were watching and I was trying to 306 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:08.840 explain to him and he didn't have a clue what 307 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.559 I was talking about. But I was explaining the Reggie 308 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:14.679 Miller dynamic and explaining the whole choking thing, and it 309 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:16.159 was just it was it was a hell of a 310 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:19.240 night for me, a Pacers fan. But even if you're 311 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:21.519 not a Pacers fan, I mean, if you're a Knicks fan, 312 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:24.840 that probably was something you really did not like to see. 313 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.840 But are you surprised. Are you surprised? 314 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:33.360 I can't say this about many teams that I root 315 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:36.159 for in any sport, any level, but I can say 316 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:39.039 this about my Pacers. When it comes to the New 317 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:42.440 York Knicks, we own you like we own you. 318 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.240 We just do. 319 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:49.399 And maybe he'll end up losing this series meeting the Pacers, 320 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:51.639 and I won't be able to say that, But like 321 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:54.399 last night has got to be one of the most demoralized, 322 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:57.039 demoralizing losses of a franchise can have. 323 00:15:57.720 --> 00:16:00.679 Doesn't mean it's over. They're REI right. 324 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.279 I mean, wouldn't shock me if they come out and 325 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:07.120 win Game two. But the Pacers have already stolen home 326 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:11.399 court advantage and I'm still in disbelief that that happened. 327 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:15.000 I mean, some more crazy stats that put into perspective 328 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.480 that come back last night. NBA teams were zero in 329 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:20.840 nine hundred and seventy in the playoffs over the last 330 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:24.360 twenty seven years when trailing by fourteen or more points 331 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:28.320 with under three minutes left in regulation. Now it's one 332 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:31.360 in nine to seventy. And it's the Indiana Pacers who 333 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:33.960 did it. And that's just their dying's that's their DNA. 334 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:38.879 This is this team. They could lose the next four 335 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:41.480 and have their season come to an end, which, by god, 336 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:43.960 I hope that doesn't happen, but they could do that 337 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:46.480 and I think still be viewed as maybe the most 338 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:49.200 clutched team we've ever seen in the postseason of the 339 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:55.399 NBA playoffs. I mean, they now have three wins that 340 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:59.200 are unheard of, and they've done it all this postseason 341 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:04.359 and three different series. Down seven with forty seconds left, 342 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:08.519 first the Bucks, they win down seven with forty seven 343 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:12.480 seconds left. Against the Calves, they win down fourteen with 344 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.559 two point thirty five left against the Knicks. Last night 345 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:20.480 they win. I mean, it's it's it's almost unbelievable. People 346 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:24.759 talk about the NBA Draft lottery being rigged, You might 347 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:27.319 be able to convince me that the NBA has somehow 348 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:30.359 rigged it for the Pacers to pull off these never 349 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:36.000 before seen come from behind victories. And Jalen Brunson I 350 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.279 have a lot of respect for him. In fact, one 351 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:41.240 of the things, you you know, when you consider the 352 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:44.680 Mavericks getting lucky for being a dumb ass franchise that 353 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:48.079 let Luca, that traded away Luca and got an old, 354 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:53.200 often injured player that clearly, if he's out of the 355 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:54.880 league in four years, I won't be shocked. 356 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:56.960 They also gave up Jalen Brunson. 357 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.440 Like people forget Jalen Brunson was on the Mavericks and 358 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:02.480 he was good and they let him go, and then 359 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:05.000 they have Luca let him go, and then they get 360 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:07.039 the lottery and they're gonna get Cooper Flag. So what 361 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:09.599 I've always felt like, Joylyn Brunson is a guy that 362 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:13.599 did not check boxes that everybody said you had to 363 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:17.400 check to be good in the NBA. He wins, he's competitive, 364 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:21.599 he's tough, but he was a guy that this year, 365 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:23.519 I'm pretty sure they said it on the broadcast last 366 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:27.799 night he won clutch Player of the Year. He wasn't 367 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:34.160 very clutch, and Nie Smith and Haliburton collectively were insanely 368 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:37.960 more clutch than he was. And Halliburton when he had 369 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:39.920 the ball late and it was tied, I'm sorry when 370 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:42.880 they were down two. I mean, Austin asked me this 371 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:45.680 before the show. I mean, I felt like he was 372 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:48.559 gonna score in some way, just because not only has 373 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:51.359 he proven to really thribe in those moments and he's 374 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:55.200 shown it this postseason, but also the Knicks were just defeated, 375 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:57.680 like they were on their heels. They were in disbelief. 376 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:00.519 The air had been sucked out of Madison Square Garden. 377 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:04.240 All the bandwagon celebrities that want to show up and 378 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:06.079 sit court side and act like they like the Knicks 379 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:08.400 year round, they were all in disbelief, or maybe they 380 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.480 weren't because they don't really care. 381 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.960 They're fake fans. 382 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:14.680 Spike Lee's the only guy who I think legitimately we 383 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.839 can say he's a day one. Also, I'll give Ben 384 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:19.359 Stiller a little bit of a pass here too, because 385 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:21.279 I think he's always been a knit guy. 386 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.759 And Larry David, maybe because I like Larry David. 387 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:25.480 But like Larry David, I haven't seen him courtside at 388 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:27.079 a lot of Knicks games recently, but he was there 389 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:30.119 last night. So anyways, I felt like he was gonna 390 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:34.480 go score, but just for him to realize, Okay, we're 391 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:37.640 a little out of sorts here. I'm certainly gonna try 392 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:41.839 to take the last shot, but you know what, I've 393 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.880 got somewhat of a pack. 394 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:45.079 To the rim. Now I'm gonna go try to win it. 395 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:48.160 And for him to pull off that step back that 396 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:51.039 really he wasn't I mean, I don't want to bag 397 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:53.759 on Brunson too much, but like I don't Brunson was 398 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:56.759 awful defensively against him late. I'm pretty sure that's who 399 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:58.799 was on him. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm not remembering correctly, 400 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:02.359 but whoever it was, Halliburton hit the step back and 401 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:05.960