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Join me on RateGame: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6477869711?pt=126905374&ct=Heat%20Check%201&mt=8 The playoffs are skyrocketing with wild endings, and ludicrous individual games. So we gotta start with the absolute crazy finish between the Thunder and the Pelicans. New Orleans were of course without Zion but they were able to hang in this game mainly because the young and inexperienced OKC guys couldn’t really put them away. And not only that but this is a chance to go up by 4 in the final minutes… Hold on you gotta rewind that. Nance had his dunk rimming out and missing a golden opportunity here unbelievable. At this moment the Thunder are 5 minutes without a field goal, and the crowd is anxious. So OKC goes to Shai to try and fix things… This sets up one of the wildest offensive sequences that I’ve seen in the clutch with a bunch of completely wide open looks… This madness was only stopped by a shot clock malfunction, so when they return, we have yet another chance for New Orleans to take the lead… Woooow what a block by Chet preventing what would have been a sure bucket. And this opens up the opportunity on the other end… Yeaah look at him ice cold look after the crucial bucket and the foul. And of course he knocks it in. But on the other end, it’s CJ Mccollum with a quick response from the baseline to get this game back down to 1. Aaand with all the pressure in the world on him, the rookie Holmgren misses the first at the line as the drama continues. So down by 2 and 14 seconds to go, the Pelicans have one last try to tie or take the lead. And this is where the chaos ensues. Oh my goodness…inches away from the win, OKC survives in a frenetic finish and takes the lead in this series. This is RateGame, an app that I’m a part of, and the users on there rated this game at 8.8 which is the highest so far for these playoffs. Amazing. Moving on to a highly anticipated matchup between the Clippers and the Mavs, we saw two former MVPs on one side turning back the clock and dominating the game, and on the other, a team that was ranked 3rd in made 3’s during the regular season went 2 for 18 from deep in the first half. Dallas simply couldn’t hit anything in the first half, like there was some kind of a lid on the rim. They went 9 for 41 from the field, that’s 22% shooting, this sounds more like some celebrity contest efficiency, not like an NBA contender. Scoring just 8 points in the 2nd quarter they fell into a 26 point hole at the break. And as the saying goes, you can’t win a basketball game in the first half, but you can certainly lose one. This is what concerns me about the Mavericks in this series, the entire offensive load is on Luka and Kai, and when they both have a bad shooting game like they did in the first half, it’s game over. There is no real 3rd option who can hold the team competitive when the top guys are struggling. For them to even have a chance of moving past the Clippers, players like P.J. Washington and Tim Hardaway must step up scoring wise. On the other side, the Clippers were missing Kawhi Leonard, and their second best man in Paul George started the game struggling himself. But this team is so deep, that they have multiple guys who can win games by themselves. And last night it was Harden. The beard was cooking at the start, hitting his first 4 shots from downtown. He was hitting stepback 3’s, driving inside for some of his signature floaters, and even drawing fouls like it was 2017. Another key player in this game was Ivica Zubac, who was feasting inside the paint, especially in the 1st quarter. Zubac had a monster game with 20 PTS and 15 REB on 58.8% shooting. There wasn’t a single guy on the other side that coach Kidd could put on him in order to contain him. Luka and Kyrie tried their best in the 2nd half, hitting some incredible shots to push for a possible comeback, as they both finished with 30+ point games, but the rest of their teammates combined for only 33 points on 27.7% shooting, and that was the story of the game as the Clippers won game 1, and are looking to take a commanding 2-0 lead on tuesday when they meet again. I thought I was low on this game, rating it a 5.4 but it got an average of 4.1 Anyway moving on to the Bucks and the Pacers where I thought that Indi would be able to steal this game without Giannis. But just watch these shots: Wooow I don’t know if I’ve ever seen so many bad misses. The Pacers shot 3 for 18 from downtown in the first half. That’s a miserable 16%. And look at how wide open a lot of these were. Without a doubt it’s the nerves that got to this young and inexperienced team in the playoff opener. They were a 37 and a half percent three point shooting team for the season, no way you miss this many open looks. And on the other end it was the complete opposite as Damian Lillard went out of control: Dame exploded for 35 points in the first half, going blistering hot 11 for 19 from the field and 6 for 10 from downtown.
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Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ On this random Tuesday, pure chaos took place in the league. We got a bunch of wild endings, led by unlikely heroes. Then superstars going mano a mano in a marquee deathmatch that left us speechless, and a bunch of other crazy stuff that we need to go through. But we gotta start in Chicago. The Timberwolves played their usual brand of basketball and had control of the game the entire time. This 3 pointer made it a 12 point lead. But then, with their backs against the wall, Coby White decided to take matters into his own hands, and try to mount a comeback with effort on both ends. And once he felt that he might have it going we got this… White scored an astonishing 21 points in the fourth quarter to single handedly wipe away the deficit and actually take over the lead. With the game tied, the Bulls had a chance to win the game at the buzzer, buuut this tough shot by Derozan misses so we go to overtime. And Demar made sure he made up for that miss in OT. With 10 points in the overtime period Demar put the Bulls in control of the game. And along with some tough defense Chicago were able to completely turn things around and win this game in dramatic fashion. As if that wasn’t enough drama, the Thunder and the Jazz gave us another chaotic finish. The heavy favorites were clinging to a 1 point lead on the road in a thriller ending. But then, another unlikely hero steps up. The rookie Keyonte George. And with a 4 point lead at the end, now it was time for their top gun to take over and close out the game. The Jazz are continuing to be a land mine for top teams in the league and I love their effort. Moving on to my Knicks where they managed to fumble a 26 point lead in the 4th quarter and brought me close to a heart attack. Let me explain. This was supposed to be a nice and relaxed game. A matchup against the Grizzlies who’ve had so many injuries, that their team turned into a hospital this season. I mean look at the starting 5, I don’t even know half the guys on their team. Then this was a celebration of the 25th anniversary of arguably the greatest duo in NBA broadcasting. Mike Breen and Clyde Fraizer. So everything was great. Reminiscing about old times and the greatest calls while the Knicks were absolutely destroying Memphis. But in the 4th, it seemed like New York took their foot off the gas, for the first time this season. And everything went downhill in the blink of an eye. The lead started to melt, as the crowd and myself became increasingly anxious. And things culminated when… So now it’s tough, this next possession will determine everything for the finish of this game. How will the Knicks respond? Fortunately for myself, they responded like this: New York managed to save this game and made it a double digit win at the end, but the fear with 2 minutes to go was absolutely real. The Suns vs Bucks matchup was held back a bit as Dame sat this one out, and Khris Middleton got injured and left the game early. Still, Giannis was playing like the incredible hulk. 34 points and 10 rebounds for Antetokounmpo as he tried to will his team to the win throughout the entire game. But Phoenix of course have a superhero of their own. And he went chest to chest against the Greek Freak. KD responded with 28 and 10 of his own, but the thing is that the Suns just had too much firepower in this game. 32 points from Devin Booker, and 25 and 10 from Bradley Beal. This would have been a lot even if Giannis had Lillard and Middleton. Playing alone like this, it was mission impossible. Phoenix gets a much needed win to climb up just a hair out of the play in zone at the moment. Next, in Brooklyn Kyrie did something that even shocked Luka Doncic. Actually, Irving did all kinds of crazy things throughout the entire game. Beautiful layups, circus finishes, impossible threes you name it. 36 points and 5 assists on incredible efficiency. But what about Luka? Aaah, he wasn’t too far behind. Doncic dissected the defense methodically time after time on his way to 35 and 18 and 9. Yeah dude got 18 rebounds in this game. Unbelievable. This night was so crazy that even a usually chill guy like Tyrese Haliburton went chirping at Dillon Brooks after icing the game at the end. And best of all is that this madness is only going to continue. Tomorrow is the NBA trade deadline, possibly the most chaotic day of the season. There will be trades that could change everything. And I go in depth on all of those scenarios right here in this video so you gotta check it out. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
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