Luka-Kyrie combine for 66 points, Brou's Wolves are done, Celtics impressive? | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Luca and Kyrie combined in the fourth

quarter this series 20 points a game

shooting 56% 70 from three from three

pretty good only four Turners last night

they had 21 wow so Nick they were tough

shots last night man he's he's making

them unbelievable he's making them the

defense isn't horrible what I'm saying

uh what impressed you the most well I

mean they're up 3 0 and this series

started in

Minnesota which means Brew what did they

do

oh here we

go into the timber wolves house he got

to get a better not get a sandwich they

got comfy on the couch and listen Luca's

not into sandwiches chips and sod pop we

know what LC is into he said you know

what let me crack open an ice cold beer

wow let me grab hold on let me grab a

controller so I can get my OverWatch

ranking even higher

and then he said Rudy bring me my hookah

and he absolutely

celebrate listen in their house he

kicked his feet up turned on

OverWatch you you better not be getting

high no it's hook tobacco base glorious

rips from his

hookah and took control of the series

did we buy that we bought we bought that

hookah after game two anticipating game

three and that's be hon that looks

better than sandwich yeah you got the

nice PlayStation controller you got the

nice cold beer and you got Lucas be

careful Lucas those those charcoals get

very very hot uh listen guys this is a

perfect storm of and this is where I

think you'll agree one of I actually

agree with what you just did I mean

that's exactly what they did I hate to

say

it's a perfect storm of one of the

greatest offensive players the League's

everever seen Luka is that he is one of

the greatest heliocentric or not

offensive forces the league has seen a

number two option who when his mind is

right and he is not relied on to be the

number one option is as good of a number

two postseason killer as we've seen like

that's what his resume is in this

specific

and a roster built exactly with not only

those players strengths but maybe more

importantly those two players weaknesses

in mind and all of that plus two guys

who are absolutely Fearless at the end

of close games is how you take a team

that looked like oh my God they're go

they're they should be the favorites to

win the title in Minnesota and three

games later every close game late you're

like well they're going to lose yeah

they're going to lose because the other

guys are going to take it from them it

looks somewhat not exactly the same but

it's a lot like the Lakers Nuggets where

the games were you know Lakers are right

there and then Denver just pulls away

and it gets to the point where it seems

inevitable and that's what this is look

the difference in this series is the two

stars for Dallas have shown up in a huge

way particularly down the stretch and

the two stars for Minnesota for the most

most part if not ants had

moments cat is totally been non-existent

shooting 27% from the floor 133% from

three that and then down the stretch

look at this the the Timberwolves have

held the lead in the last five minutes

in each game I know they were up four or

they were they were up four with three

and a half minutes left in game one get

out scored 10 to three they're up five

with a minute and a half left in game

two get out scored 60 to rest of the way

what are you smiling about you got

something they're they're up to with

five minutes left yesterday and they get

out score 14 to three down the stretch

and you are right Nick look Kyrie

Irving will probably not go down I mean

who knows what he does going forward but

most likely won't go down as a top 10

point guard of all time but skill-wise

I've always said this about Kyrie up

until like this season he's really only

been about as far as accomplishments

about 75% of the player he could have

been and he's still a Hall of Famer if

you if he didn't have and some of it was

injuries too not just off the court

stuff but his game is crazy and so at

the end of games you have literally got

two unguardable players all right and

they they both can handle the ball

terrifically they both can get to the

rim and finish they both can score in

the mid-range they both can shoot the

three they both can catch and shoot they

both can pass so if you double them they

can either throw an alleyoop or or spray

it out to a three-point shooter or pass

it back to the other like Kyrie there's

nothing it's it's actually different

than that because LeBron was not the

jump shooter especially at that time

that Luca is like they I think it's more

dangerous offensively not defensively

obviously because LeBron was such a

great defender but when you got two guys

that can shoot it the way and we said it

earlier the defense on some of these

threes Lucas hitting and some of the

mid-range shots the turnarounds the

defense is good by Minnesota it's just

yeah they're they're playing you follow

the NBA transactions probably closer

than most people certainly me when did

Kyrie and Luca hook up when when did

they sign mid through last year oh last

year yeah oh so Brew you knew that Kyrie

and Luca were two great offensive forces

going into this series right they're on

the team yeah yeah so why did you pick

the Wolves after you just gave this long

spiel about how great they're two the

best players are better the woles were

good in the clutch against

Denver what that it's not look at how

close these games have been it's not

just that they've lost but they've these

games are right there for the taking and

they Anthony Edwards has falling off

down the stretch in some of these games

and and I we'll get to him because I got

a lot to say about him but yeah I I just

think it's not like they're getting

blasted I'm I'm wondering what is

this have

something I can tell you he he was

grinning because he thought you were

going to unveil close sweep again we're

right that's what he thought that's why

he

was he did the absolute it's been so bad

down the right and then he did this

thing where he tried to kill you for

your pick when he refused to make a pick

because in part that's exactly what I

did to him the Nuggets Tim series and

you're catching trapnel I everything you

said about Kyrie is true and I will I

have no problem sitting here on TV and

saying listen I picked the Mavs to win

the title last year and when they got

Kyrie I said it hurt their chances like

I I was so I was so down on Kyrie the

actual player versus Kyrie the idea and

he has totally I I saw you because of

the off the court yeah yeah well because

the off the court stuff impacted on the

court it wasn't just off the court

things it was because of off the court

things he couldn't he wasn't available

for you and post LeBron when he was

available for you in the playoffs he was

bad in the postseason and that has now

obviously changed and so I he does

deserve credit the Luca piece of it if I

may quickly this has been the trajectory

he's been on since he was a child at 16

years old he's an impact player in the

second best league in the world at 18

years old he's the MVP of That League

and a champion at 20 years old he's

League MV or rookie of the year in the

NBA at 21 he scores 42 in his first

playoff game ever at 22 he averages 368

and 10 in the series against the

Clippers at 23 he has a down year and at

25 he is or I skipped a year there but

you guys follow it or no 23 at 23 he in

the Conference Finals pardon me beating

the at 24 he has a down year and at 25

he's on the precius of the finals and

entering the is he actually the best

player in the world discussion that's

been who he's supposed to be with one

weird outlier year last year and

obviously kid and Nico Harrison and

Kyrie and everyone else deserve a ton of

look I I honestly as much as I've Loved

Kyrie's game from Jump Street yep I

didn't think they should resign him

yeah because I felt like if you give him

multiple years now he's got the security

financially to just maybe he does some

more stuff off the court but maybe that

was a wakeup call maybe the fact that he

didn't get the full Max the full Max

just matured yeah no I think that's a

big part of it too okay as you were

referencing earlier uh t- wolves this

series some people are calling it a

close sweep I don't know if you want to

go there but are you giving up on your

wolves it's got to

I'll go there close sweep I'm not

ashamed of a close sweep you think it's

a sweep well look this is

[Laughter]

tough but I guess I'm not

immune each one of us has had to take

our medicine this postseason you picked

the Lakers to beat Denver you of course

nobody's beating the nuggets in a seven

game series yeah and I guess now it's

looking like with bruised wolves in not

a hole in an abyss all right and you

guys know I don't abandon ship at the

first sign of danger no all right when

they were down 32 to the nuggets and you

were dying for me to come over to your

side what did I do I stood 10 toes down

true when they when they were down 20 if

you had texted me with them down 20 I

would have said the wolves are going to

win all right I I had them all right

now as much as I would love love to sit

here and say I

Envision later this week throwing on the

sunglasses putting on the robe kicking

up my feet I like that I also am

responsible on this show for True

heartfelt cogent analysis not out here

like a

car all right so

Timberwolves it's

over you're run is done at least this

year there will be no historic comeback

I hate to say it but you are done yeah

there we go yeah it's as simple as that

I thought it would feel better to be

honest with well here's the thing and

Brew tried to be a little tricky there

saying I had to eat it cuz I got a first

round serious right yeah but the but

then by that same logic I do believe and

by I do believe I mean I checked the

tape this morning you multiple times had

the Clippers beating these Dallas

Mavericks who I think now you're

time I the Lakers over theet but that's

neither here nor there here's where you

guys both I think missed the boat on

this

one Dallas has arguably been the best

team in the league for a couple months

we can show it to you what Dallas has

been since early March the numbers I was

going to show it earlier but we can get

it to it now it's 27 and8 but it's

better than that cuz two of those game

three of those eight losses number one

they didn't play I think it's Boston I

would say Boston take this graphic off

the screen okay so I don't I don't

actually age is that the best in the

west 27

and8 I understand but so if if just

please let me finish exploring the

graphic if I may the 26 and five is when

their guys play because LCA and Kyrie

both sat out the final two games of the

year that is the best record in

basketball the the defense has been

unbelievable and when you consider

difficulty of competition over the

course of the playoffs I think that

tilts heavily in the favor of anyone in

the west versus anyone in the East you

then add to this series or what the Mavs

have done all playoffs which is a stat

TNT showed we put our own little twist

on it which I don't think is about the

the Timberwolves not having it they

luc's thrown 28 Aly oops successful Aly

oops these playoffs the rest of M has

thrown 20 every other team's at nine so

it's 48 to 9 to 8 to 6 it's not like Al

oops are worth more but they basically

it's about a 98% shot and the fact that

they're getting them at 5x the rate of

everyone else means they are creating

some of the easiest offense I don't

think that's an indict and by I don't

think that's an indictment on the

Timberwolves I mean a little bit man I

if they were doing it they did it in

round one to the Clippers they did it in

round two to the number one seed top

five defense Thunder they're going to do

it in round four to Boston whether

they're going to win or not they're

going to have five six Aly oops a game

and it is part of the the last one Luca

had in this game to ice it was falling

down left-handed and like there's no and

for as much as people want to rip gobear

it's it's almost an impossible for

situation for him because to come up and

help and then Luc just throw the L but

don't don't you think that that um they

took that away from the Nuggets like

that that joker to Aaron Gordon all of a

sudden it wasn't there

and then and then it's back where goar

is letting I'm not saying he's letting

it happen but it seems to be available

in this series and it wasn't in last I

part of it the Nuggets had really one

playmaker as great as Jamal Murray is

not really a playmaker for other players

and they got two and that's that's also

you got to guard Luca further out from

the basket than you have to guard Joker

so there's you know what I mean there's

more ground to make up I I'll say like I

I should what I should have seen is and

we talked about a little bit no 22

Anthony AB is 22 no 22 has ever been the

year old player has been the best player

on his team in the history of the NBA

that won a championship and this goes

back to George mik all right all the

others magic Kobe who were young they

had they weren't the best players on

their team at that LeBron didn't win

when he LeBron didn't win and and so I

thought with his Supporting Cast even

know he's technically the best player I

thought with cat and goar and Conley

that they would be good enough to win it

and obviously that's not the case and so

um you know he's learning you're seeing

why no 22s year old players ever led a

team to a championship because he's

still figuring it out he's still

figuring out when to be aggressive when

to get other series of his life which

isn't helpful well Tak shots pre game

probably i' bring it down to 1100 I

would save 400 for the game here's the

best point differential in the last 30

postseasons now maybe this says

something about the Celtics dominence

maybe it says something about a

moderately easy uh injury plagued path

even though porzingis isn't playing uh

have you been impressed with the

Celtics yeah yeah you guys know I'm hard

on the

Celtics to say the EAS the path has been

easy is it's just unbelievably like I've

never seen this in the NBA I it done all

the years but I don't remember a team

Jimmy Butler best player out in the

first round Donovan Mitchell best player

Jared Allen maybe be the second best

player out against Cleveland and now

Tyrese halberton out can I make it just

a quick porz is not close to their best

no I know isn't that the reward for

getting the number one seed injuries the

other team's being injured I don't think

so yeah a little bit because when you're

playing a Heat team that is been you're

playing other teams that go through some

injury strife and drop down in the

rankings and you get to be the number

all these injuries happened but that's

not but that the heat weren't the 18

because Jimmy got hurt Jimmy got hurt in

the final game before the playoffs

started the the Donovan Mitchell was

healthy when the series started was

Donovan Mitchell healthy the whole

season no but Donovan Mitchell got hurt

the Cavs dropped and they got to play

and then and then he was fully healthy

and we were talking about him being

great in round one and scoring 50 and

then he got hurt and Tyrese Hal was hurt

during the year that's what I'm saying

Tyrese halber was hurt during the year I

I agree yes but I don't I I just you

asked the question I I think you're

saying give them credit for putting

themselves in the number one right cuz

cuz the Nick like the the um bucks

didn't put themselves in the number two

spot like they couldn't they could have

avoided in the so I get what you're

saying but it's still been a yellow

brick road to the NBA finals I'll give

them Credit in that they're not fooling

around they you know two five game

series You could argue they could have

swept but they've blown them out in all

the wins essentially and this series

hasn't been they haven't had all

blowouts but no you

all of a sudden I I haven't you're oddly

defensive about a team that I feel like

you were openly skeptical of up to an

including discounting Tatum's

performance in the finals when brew and

I defended him and now being and now and

all week we tried to get you to pick a

team to win the championship are you now

picking Boston I certainly like them

okay but that's you ready to make a pick

so are are you ready to make a pick your

wounds have healed not ready yet ready

to get back out what I'm certainly not

going to side with you and and the naavs

and your sh I got to make here's the

thing I will say this I will say this

and I'm look I'm leaning Dallas strongly

I think I'm gonna pick Dallas the

Celtics if you go there Wilds look they

do have great Defenders and Drew holiday

and Dereck white two great perimeter

Defenders for Kyrie you got size and

some good defenders in brown and Tatum

to defend Luca and they spread the floor

with that fiveman out offense to bring

Gafford and guys away from the rim so

they I think they do match up remember I

said last week I think they match up

better with Dallas than Minnesota so I

think there's a reason if you want to go

there I might there's a little support

for you I just can't give them a ton of

like people like say what more do they

have to do if being down eight with two

minutes left to a Pacer teams without

Tyrese halberton even though you pulled

out the win is not something to me that

in Confidence Game one they have the

number one scoring margin in the

playoffs that's I what do you want to do

I I I understand that and if they which

is why we are paid for our analysis I'm

just my opin well they have the number

one scoring margin in the playoffs and

you're like they were down in the fourth

and came back what do you want to have a

bigger number one Mar the question is

man was I impressed with Boston and

since I was last here since we were last

on TV here is what I seen them do have a

nice win in game two and then game three

I think Sleepwalk against a team that

has that that starting five has no

business in the Conference Finals and

they got away with it does that impress

me is the question it does not we'll see

if they end up playing up to their the

stat you're showing say they are one of

the greatest teams ever I think that

they are not even one of the three best

teams in the NBA so we'll see so we

we'll we see how it plays out I'm

definitely taking the Celtic is that

yeah yeah after this you got the Celtic

all right there it is some sad news uh

we're going to end the segment with uh

bill walon has passed away at the age of

71 he anchored a Legendary Run with UCLA

won two NBA championships is a member of

the Hall of Fame and brought an

infectious joy throughout his

broadcasting career Brew how will you

remember Bill Walton well first of all I

mean obviously was a tremendous player

and a lot of people might not know cas

fans that injuries really I don't ruined

his too strong but hurt his career

because he it it broke my heart Dr J was

my favorite player and Bill Walton led

the Portland Trailblazers to Series

championship over them in 1977 um so I

remember him as a great player whose

career was sabotaged by injury but I

worked with Bill at ESPN and he was a

ton of fun to work with he he said my

analysis was Baler Dash fash poppycock

but hey he was a lot of fun to work with

and I remember him as a great guy I was

disappointed when they took him off the

NBA broadcast he did with Steve Snapper

Jones because I thought those two were

great together so I I remember it was a

great player a great fun guy to be

around and uh I thought he was a

tremendous broadcaster as well so on on

the basketball side of things from

Midway point of his junior year of high

school until the Midway point of his

senior year of college he didn't lose a

game didn't lose a game uh there was an

88 game Collegiate winning streak in

there plus what he did in high school

plus what he did as freshman year at

UCLA if you ask the question who's the

greatest college basketball player of

all time you're allowed to give two

names either L all sender or Bill Walton

they're the only two eligible then in

the pros as Brew mentioned he has 20 20

points 23 rebounds seven assists eight

blocks to win a championship against Dr

J at the peak of Dr J's Powers then next

year was the youngest te ever to win a

corre and then next year he followed

that up by winning League M VP and then

foot injuries derailed it but despite

that he then was Sixth Man of the Year

for a team a lot of people think is the

greatest team ever the 86 Celtics with

all that said he might have been an even

better broadcaster and I was telling

these guys before the show when I was a

little kid Bill Walton is who I wanted

to be when I would tell people I want to

do

broadcasting and I wanted I I said I

want to talk about the NBA for a living

it was the Walton Steve snapper Jones

combo on NBC that I loved and wanted to

do and I didn't know he had to be a

player or a coach to sit in those seats

um so I so many of my memories as a kid

growing up the soundtrack are him and

Snapper bickering you know playfully

with each other and I remember getting

mad telling my mom how that I thought

that Snapper Jones was so mean to bill

because I didn't know their friendship

so he is a legendary career over 60

years or 50 years truly truly

unbelievable that was well said Bill

Walton was 71 years old thanks for

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