It was popping.

It was a lot of fun.

Plenty of scoring to be had, as is for the case of the Nets.

Whenever they play like you, just expect the score.

Just take the over right for those that are degenerates like a couple of my friends on the flip side of that, everybody's like, All right, this is the Nets Big three coming into their own.

This is the formidable force that will go through the East.

I was actually more impressed with what the Clippers were able to do.

They only lost by four points and it was CO I and Paul, George and Nicolas Batum.

Eso if that was the Big three in this particular instance against James Harden, who had a triple double, Um, I was actually optimistic about the Clippers chances going down stretch?

No.

Yeah, I wouldn't be too like First of all, we used to roast Nicolas Batum for stealing money from the league shall see him for actually coming through for the clips.

I think late game Steve Nash showed up and showed, like why he's going to be an asset coaching watch.

He was the one who directed Jeff Green to be this outlet path gets the I want put the games on, put the game on ice and look.

Brooklyn gets another impressive win.

It's beautiful.

Here's my question.

Do the Nets actually need?

I think they're like number 25 defense right now in the league.

Do they actually need to play defense?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they do, because there's never been an N b A champion that's been less than lower than 11th, I believe is the number.

But like you cannot.

You cannot win in this league without playing at least some semblance of defense and by a semblance of defense.

Yeah, I got five guys out there and they're gonna be there when the other team makes the ball to get the ball back in bounds.

But like they're putting up a com 1 24 on any given night, any one of those three guys can drop a 40 piece.

Kyrie had 39 of them, but at any rate, is a sustainable scoring wise.

Yes, but like will they be able to get figured out?

And people, you know, body them in the paint.

Things like that also.

Yes, I don't know that.

Like Like what if they don't all go for 30 like that has happened.

The Houston Rockets missed, like 27 threes in a row, like this is the thing that can happen.

So I would just be concerned that if you cannot stop a soul, you better be able to put up a buck 40 every night.

I mean, defense does win championships, but if there is any team that can win a championship without playing defense, I feel like it's this team.

But I do want to ask you about Paul George.

He had one free throw last night.

I think how I had nine.

Do you feel like he was mad about it after the game?

Did you feel like that was warranted?

Sure, disparities and free throws were just like their subjective there.

Some nights you get the call.

Sometimes you don't also, you just got to be like upper echelon classic elite, to expect a certain quota of any like No, I didn't get my four.

I'm appalled.

George type player calls.

I'm a little upset, So yeah, I guess in the free throw put some respect on the man's name.

Why?

Look, you drive that.

They're all right.

Let's just put some respect on Pete.

I mean, I know he had his issues with Put some respect s So let's go with the things that we've seen in the n b A.

This week.

Let's talk about best record breaking moment.

Bed band Fleet is a bucket.

He set the Raptors franchise record with 54 points.

Wow.

Yeah.

And also, uh, Todd for seventh best point performance by any player under 61 I'm here for the substance book gang Way in here slash undrafted players putting up north of 50.

So, like he checked a lot of boxes against the magic and good for him to because we've seen not even a new, immediate essential we've seen, like season by season came being more trusted.

Him being mawr of that primary score so good on him and also more paid.

And yeah, hey, also got the bag around here along those everything's coming up a G like a D league success story, but also I love that after the game he was like no disrespect to the Magic, but and then proceeded to tell them exactly the magic way was scoring on the Magic so much.

But I love that I love that so much.

All right, so sleek.

If you next.

Let's talk about Drake because Drake likes Fred VanVleet, and this is some of the stuff that he said about I want everybody just take in the fact that, like Fred VanVleet, Turks and Caicos 10, is just on 10 million and that boy's looking like Frederico.

That's why I keep doing the salsa dancing.

I don't know if you guys finish.

I don't know if they put me on TV, but that boy's looking like Frederico.

First of all, I don't know if I've been on TV.

You daggone Drake.

You know you've been on TV.

Quit playing what Rico you like.

You know you've made it when Drake knows who you are and you know you Super Extra made it when you get a shout out in a song.

So drink What's good?

That's when you that's when you've made it when yeah knows who you are.

When Drake drops your neighbor on the song, Skip around.

Whatever, whatever.

All right, let's talk about best height, man this guy Kyle Lowry recognizes, recognizes game Friday comes to the yo yo that joy he got money to Hey, people is watch.

He got on to look at the watch.

Okay.

Hey, I know you know what I was about to say.

Hey, we're not gonna do that right now, Larry, though literally punching at an AP talk about looking at his watch, bro, you got a mortgage on your wrist.

Let me talk about.

But I love this.

And every facet of, like, kind of the old head in this regard being Kyle Lowry, like the old, grizzled vet kind of welcoming in that new guard, that young buck who, at first, he may have been a little bit of apprehensive and a little pensive towards him.

But then you know what?

He earned his stripes.

And now he's my boy.

I also love DEMAR DeRozan coming off the top ropes for Kyle.

Uh, Kyle, Ilario acting like like he's not a million.

Chill out.

You love to see it.

All right, let's go.

The worst fashion statement.

And honestly, I I would argue this isn't the worst we've seen.

We're seeing this in our closet.

I do have some pants like that.

Maybe not that shawl, but this is Russell Westbrook walking into the game.

I am.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

You don't know.

He looks like he is going.

He looks cool.

Looks cool.

He looks like a jeepers Creepers stunt double.

Here's the thing about here's the thing about what he does, whatever the heck he wants to do.

And I am not necessarily a fan of what he wears all the time, but I understand that what he's doing is what he's doing.

I don't think anybody else could do it.

And even though I would say, Oh, he's like, best dress, I would say, Wow, he's really pushing the limits.

Simply put, Russell Westbrook every single time he walked into Arena wears confidence.

The clothing is just an accessory, in my opinion.

Write that down.

That was good.

I'm not.

That was a good, pretty good.

That was a good bar.

Thank you.

I will not deny that you're gonna say it on camera.

Russell Westbrook wears confidence into the arena.

The clothing is simply an accessory there.

Now my face is associated to that tagline.

Boom.

Hey.

Yeah.

So it's sort of production seem very clearly once that clipped off and sent out a great job on that.

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