Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh dissect the NBA Finals, highlighting the Raptors' victory over an injury-depleted Warriors squad missing Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson. They critique user predictions from Kaz and Nilas while debating Kawhi Leonard's isolation style against Kobe Bryant and questioning his trust in Fred Van Fleet. Amidst rumors of Durant's return timeline and Kyrie Irving's home purchase, the duo concludes that the series outcome hinges on health rather than strategy, challenging optimistic pre-game narratives. [Automatically generated summary]
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Warriors Game Recap00:07:29
Guys.
We're going on like three hours of recording or whatever.
Holy shit.
Let's talk about the game.
What?
Let's talk about the game.
Oh, yeah.
Let's talk about the game.
My raps won.
The raptors won.
Called it.
Very depleted.
Warriors.
Yo, who a lot of people.
Yo, who called out Kaz's bullshit?
Remember what Kaz was trying to front?
Like he called raps from the jungle.
We got receipts, son.
We got receipts, son.
And during that episode, I specifically said everyone's picking the Raptors in six.
And I said I wanted to go Raptors in six, but then I changed during the episode because during the slam podcast, the Raptors.
And then the next episode, you said I always picked the Raptors.
And I said, yeah.
Then I said Warriors and how many?
Al.
Whatever.
Al.
I motherfuck out.
So what?
What?
So what?
So what?
The down KD. Boogie's hurt.
The skin fails.
Everybody's hurt.
The fuck, man.
Shit.
Fuck y'all.
So is it a rap?
Yeah, I don't think it's a rap yet.
It's a rap.
It depends on who comes back.
It's not even fun to watch.
I don't think it's a rap.
Honestly, it's still kind of fun to watch because Toronto does.
They had a good game yesterday, but that should have been a blowout.
Like, that should have been a straight.
They needed to beat them.
Their role players don't ever all seem to play well at once.
Right.
I'll tell you this, though.
They can't put it all together.
Kind of fucked up that stuff had his best game in the finals ever by himself.
Well, this is just...
But he had to.
This is exactly what LeBron had to do in 2015.
And LeBron did it better.
LeBron took two in a row off of these guys.
So, Steph, we're going to have to see.
We're going to see how LeBron you are.
What was really interesting about this last game is that we got to see the importance of Clay Thompson.
Oh, yeah.
Like, Clay.
I'm telling you, man, it's greatest segment ever.
Sure, sure, sure.
Look at this.
So here's the tweet.
At Real Life Caz.
Hold on, just a second.
Explain after.
Your explanation is going to take four minutes.
At Real Life Caz said Warriors in five.
Warriors take game one.
Raptors take two.
Warriors take both at home.
Win it in Toronto.
Draymond Green, your MVP.
I vividly remember Grant Durmond Green finals MVP.
At 502, strictly for my Andrew, you can say this word.
Nilas.
Today he said raps on six, which has been sick.
Nilas.
Which one is it?
I remember, and I called it then.
I was like, didn't Cass says.
This asshole didn't remember right before me.
I said this.
I said originally I had rappers in six, but I thought.
Oh, but that's what matters.
What matters if you take matters is you say originally I thought this, then you came to mind so you can pick and choose.
Fuck you, all right?
That's a good idea.
That's what matters.
I feel like it became too sexy of a pick.
So I was like, let me not overthink it.
No, your final answer doesn't matter for anything.
Let's focus on this.
Everybody go to the fucking video.
Watch this ill-ass dunkie that I hit.
I thought I was done.
That's my girl got me jagged.
Let's see that shit.
Son, you are fierce.
You are fierce, bro.
Look at the throw-off.
Yo, you dance better than any of them fat beehive, bro.
Real talk.
And the game's so worse.
Why should their heels be sinking into the tile all the time?
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, bad.
I've seen the beehive in the action, bro.
Look it.
Throw it.
Catch that.
Ooh, that was ill, son.
That was kind of hard.
My man is a beast with it.
An absolute fucking beast with it.
All right.
So we know for a fact, no chance for the Warriors to ever do this or what?
No, I don't know that.
Carl Lentz just hit me.
Oh, shit.
Scoops.
Carl Lens just hit me.
Carl Lenz says.
DJ.
Kitty's pastor, right?
Yeah.
Well, he's home.
He's a KD.
I don't know if he's a pastor, but Carl has been on a podcast before.
And he just hit me up and he goes, he goes, he goes, hey, man, I'm down to talk about why the Raptors have no chance and never had it.
I think he's obviously team KD, maybe team reps.
You know, he knows Steph's a good Christian boy.
I think KD plays tonight.
KD ain't playing.
KD plays tonight.
It's not tonight.
It's not tonight, but Monday.
Oh, the day this comes out.
Game four is Friday.
Oh, yeah.
Sorry, the day it's coming out.
Game five is my best.
I don't know if KD plays because we haven't heard anything.
We haven't heard likely.
We haven't heard optimistic.
It's going on a month.
And I want, if he doesn't play at all, I want to dig up Andrew's clip and time stamp it of him saying he knows KD's not coming back and then put that out there for everybody.
Ain't playing.
Ain't playing.
And this seems to be what they do with the Warriors.
Oh, he'll be back in a week.
Oh, he might be back because they might be doing the same thing with Klay.
I said, I don't see how you come back from a strained hamstring in two days.
I don't see how the fuck that happens.
I'd be surprised if he came back in game four.
I'd be shocked if he came back in game four.
Let's see if I got any information on.
Let me see.
I might have a little information on Clay.
You know who the Raptors are?
Bill Simmons used to always call Tony Allen trick-or-treat Tony back in the day because he had to play with the Raptors are the trick-or-treat Raptors.
What does that mean?
They're either going to, all their role players are either going to have big games or nothing.
Treat or tricks.
Klay was close last night.
Danny Green.
He was close up.
He was close to playing last night.
You saw him getting shots up the day before.
My feeling is that Klay will absolutely play.
How effective will he be?
Hammys are tough, man.
Hammy's.
Dude, that's the thing.
You aggravate him.
And man, if they don't run him the fuck ragged.
Yeah.
I mean, the thing is, like, you can't ask stuff to get put up like 48 again.
But at the same time, you know, they were right there for a lot of the game.
They pulled away at the end.
The Warriors played.
I mean, the Raptors, the thing they did great was anytime the Warriors pulled a seven or four or six, they hit a big hit a big shot.
Danny Green will hit a big shot.
Ibaka would get a big shot.
Danny Green, six for eight from three.
I don't know if he's going to be able to do that multiple times.
But see, I think he will.
Like, Danny Green's been there before.
Like, that's his stage.
He's been playing like shit, but yes, it's not surprising that he's hitting threes.
That's what he does, and that's why he was brought there.
He's been homeless.
I know.
I have to worry about the age.
Homeless Clay.
He's been homeless Clay.
Homeless Clay Thompson is very good at that.
Not the best defender, not the best three-point shooter, but like a whole version of him.
Yes.
I can see that, man.
I can see him having another big game.
I don't see Kyle Lowry having another big game.
Probably not.
I liked Lowry's aggression, though.
Yeah.
I'm taking the shots.
If you read any of the post-game things, the Warriors wrote, one of the Raptors players wrote, let it rip on the whiteboard.
That's all it said.
Let it rip.
And Nick Nurse said, I asked Kyle Lowry, did you write that?
And he goes, no, but that's pretty much what I'm thinking.
So God bless.
That's what they got to do, man.
They got to let it rip.
Don't play scared.
That's what cost you game two.
In the third quarter, when the Warriors went on their run, they were just like, fuck, it's over.
And then they're just putting up bad shots, taking too much time out of the shock.
Also, much as I love Kawhi, is he not the best passer?
I see, it seemed to see open people all the time.
He has so much control, right?
I seem to see open people all the time.
You know, try to split a double.
And it's like, bro, you got Van Fleet open, wide open for a three.
And then you'll look him off or just try to, and it's like, I don't know.
Maybe he just doesn't trust him.
But I saw that multiple times with multiple.
It's not about trust is that he is an alpha score, right?
So he's like, I want my bucket first.
He passes like Kobe passes.
Yeah.
Interesting.
Kobe passes.
Kobe passes on the way down.
Yeah.
Right?
So yeah, it's never his first intentional pass.
And that's fine because they need the scoring.
You can't rely on Fred Van Fleet to give you 30 a game like Kawhi's.
You can't rely on him to hit open threes.
Kawhi's Aggressive Play00:00:59
Totally.
But you want Kawhi to be aggressive.
Yeah.
Fair.
If I'm a Warriors fan, that's the one thing that scared me.
Kawhi looked aggressive.
He was dunking on people.
He was driving.
He looked like he's getting healthier.
And I'm just like, even if Katie comes back, healthy Kawhi is still a problem.
And KD's not going to be healthy.
So it's going to be a long.
I think Rap's got it, man.
I really do.
If Clay is healthy, he's a little scarier.
But I don't know.
I mean, I would love for you, if you know somebody, just find out how good is his hamstring.
He'll be back.
That's what I heard.
I heard he could have went yesterday, but there was.
He was almost there.
It was preventative.
Yeah, he was almost.
It was almost there.
All right.
So should we talk about Kyrie making a public purchase of a home?
Yo, what's up?
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