Nightcap Hour 1: Unc & Iso Joe CALL James Harden TRASH after Cavs FUMBLE a 22-point lead to Knicks

19:43Shannon Sharpe:And guess what? Now you can't offset that porous defense with elite offense. Yeah, but he can't give you those 35, 40, 45, 50, sometimes 60 over a 30, 40 game stretch. So now you like damn cuz see we overlooked a lot of this this is who James Harden is being let's be real all the way real chat Y 'all know this but when he's getting 40 point triple doubles he's getting 50 point triple doubles We've overlooked him. We overlooked like damn James boy. You matter Oh, hey, he could never be a security guard. He just opened the vault gone and they get what you need that was bad the only thing i can think about obviously some people say man what you're saying is ridiculous you know my my idea how do i motivate a player that we know is a top 75 player that we know can go on out off offensive runs and go crazy how do we get him back to that mode how do we get him back to that you know i just i just don't see it you have to do something you have to do something because this is this is this is continuing to happen game after game and the narrative is still being the same in the postseason and it's lack of production but forget forget the defense in i need you to put some i need you to put some points up it's like it's like you're playing with no confidence amazon presents laura versus fruit flies swarming your fruit and terrorizing your kitchen these little freaks multiply at a rate that would make a rabbit say yo chill but laura shopped on amazon and saved on cleaning spray countertop wipes and fly traps hey fruit flies your baby boom ends here save the everyday with amazon hey donald really flying on that treadmill i'm trying to run as fast as t-mobile 5g home internet zach well you better pick it up because now t-mobile has the fastest 5g home internet according to Ookla speed test.

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24:36Chad Johnson:Hey, you can't forget the damn defense in because if you ain't putting up no damn points, I just need a couple stops. I need a stop or two, Ocho. I'm talking about when we really need it. Hell, we still up 10, 12 points with three, four minutes left and can't get one stop. I'm with you when you're right, Mac.

24:51Shannon Sharpe:I'm with you when you're right. I mean, that's embarrassing. Look, I've had to block some of the greatest pass rushers, Bruce and Reggie and Strahan. And am I going to make a living all day? I just go into the game and say, look, I'm only going to have to block you three times. You're not going to beat me all three of these reps. I refuse to let it happen. I don't give a damn who it is. J.J. Watt, Aaron Donald, Miles Garrett, rest your soul, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, you're not going to beat me every damn rep. I got too much pride for that. I'm going to win one or two. That's all I need. And the one I win, that's going to be the most important one.

25:31Shannon Sharpe:Yes, sir.

25:32Chad Johnson:There you go.

25:33Shannon Sharpe:That situation, I hadn't stopped them all game long. But this is for, hey, they complete this, we get a first down, that's game. James has been bad on the defensive end the entire game. We got two minutes left. I'm going to get me a stop. I'm going to get me a stop.

25:52Chad Johnson:Yeah, got to get one. I just need one stop, bro. Joey, it all come down to want. I want it. It's a want to. You're absolutely right. You're right. You're right. Like, you got to want to go out there, sit in that chair. You have to bite down and really say, damn this, I'm going to get a stop this play. Like, that's what you need, bro. You can do it offensively when you're trying to get a bucket. But defensively, it's just like, damn, as soon as he get by you, you put your hands up. It's like you put so much pressure on your bigs. I think they played well enough for y 'all to win tonight. I'm like, damn.

26:26Chad Johnson:Bro, I couldn't believe that. They was up 22 with what, seven, eight minutes left, man. You don't lose no game. Six minutes, Joe. six minutes. That's embarrassing. The funny thing about it, Joe, if you were playing NBA 2K, you probably, you couldn't, on a video game, you couldn't come back, let alone do it in real life. You got to lay the controller down to come back down 22 with six minutes to go, Joe. But let alone they did it in real life and not just any game in the goddamn Eastern Conference Finals. What are we talking about? And knowing that You have to win a game on the damn road. This is the perfect game to win.

27:04Chad Johnson:You steal one. You want to steal one. They rusty.

27:08Shannon Sharpe:Think about how long they been on Joe and Ocho. They been off over a damn week.

27:12Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, they didn't shoot great. Hell, I thought Brunson got it going, you know, later, especially in their fourth quarter. Hell, he scored 17 in the fourth. Man, you had everybody at bay, bro. this is your game to win that's all i'm saying you know like like i said they've been resting is rest versus russ you've been in the seven game series over the past two series yeah you might have got a little bogged down and tired that's why i just felt they weren't gonna win in that overtime so hell they too damn tired they they can't even muster up a couple buckets they from from the fourth quarter to overtime okay i think they only have 11 from that point in which they were had to they had that, they got a score, I think, 42-11, 42-11, yeah.

28:02Chad Johnson:Wow, come on, man, come on, man.

28:05Shannon Sharpe:Hey, James got us going to the locker room and apologize to everybody. This was on me. Hey, what is next game? Ocho, you seen it too. Guys, drop a plate, make a mistake. Guys, that's my bad. I'm sorry, I let y 'all die today. James Harden got us going to the locker room and I let y 'all die. Hey, what the next game at, huh? New York. They're still in New York. Oh, so they doubling up. Yeah. Yeah, it's 2-2-1-1-1. Hey, let me tell you something. If the Cavs don't come out, Donovan Mitchell going to do what Donovan Mitchell do. Evan Mobley always being consistent. James got to show up to the party.

28:41If James don't show up to the party, Merrill, I mean, it would be hard to repeat what he did two, what, three nights ago? It'd be hard to repeat that. But if James Harden don't show up, I'm not saying get the brooms ready, but the dust is on the floor.

28:56Chad Johnson:Man, listen. What is my kids doing? Hold on, man. This was the prime opportunity.

29:03Shannon Sharpe:This is a stealable game, Joe. Yeah.

29:06Chad Johnson:Because you got enough contribution from the guys on your team. I mean, there's no way around it, bro. That fourth quarter was just so bad. I'm talking about no resistance defensively. From none of them, if you ask me for real, I just – James was the catalyst in it. But Donovan can't play no defense.

29:24Shannon Sharpe:That's why they don't take the challenges. Guard Bronson. If you think about it, a lot of great players, be it KD, say I want the opportunity, I'm taking Bron. Bron says I'm taking KD. Russ says I'm taking this guy. Chris Paul says I'm taking that guy. That's what the greats do. They guard other greats. They're not going to put that man on somebody else and say somebody else having this responsibility. Same thing with Chet last night. They got all – they got Lou Dort and they got Caruso. And you seven foot one and you got six, six and six, four guys out there trying to guard them, seven, eight guys.

29:59Chad Johnson:Got to take the challenge.

30:00Shannon Sharpe:You got to take the challenge on. And like you said, Joe Spada, I thought you stopped passing him the ball.

30:07Chad Johnson:Yeah, I'm like, damn. Look, they ain't getting nothing great offensively down the stretch in the fourth quarter. They steady going to James. He ain't really getting by his man. He ain't really creating enough separation to really get great shots out. But I'm looking at Donovan like, what the hell are you doing? Why are you steady passing this man the ball? You got it going. You know what I mean? I just felt, man, it's like, okay, boom, I done got you to this point. Now, James, bring us home. Damn, you got us to this point. You got to bring our ass home too. Hey, you can see the shore.

30:39Shannon Sharpe:You know, the studies say that most accidents happen in the five-mile radius of your home. You can drive a thousand miles, two thousand miles. Most accidents occur within a five-mile radius of home. No matter how far you go, you can see the damn shore. And I'll be damned if James Harden don't drown, y 'all. Damn, boy. That would hurt. I'm telling you, that hurts. That is the type of game you don't recover from. because, I mean, you got everything going. Everything is going your way. And in the last eight minutes of the ball, how we even get to overtime? As a matter of fact, with three minutes to go, y 'all ass should have been on the damn bench if you got some stops.

31:31Shannon Sharpe:And you know how it is. Once they see that damn ball go in.

31:39Chad Johnson:And that crowd get behind them. It's a wrap.

31:41Shannon Sharpe:crowd was at bay. Look here. Man. Hey, Unk, you just said something. You and Joe just said something, right? Down that goddamn stretch, when they got to have it, the Cavs got to have it, and you saying Donald Mitchell, damn, passing that goddamn ball? Yes. He passed that ball for a reason, because I need you. I know I'm not going to be able to get this done by myself. I'm going to need you to hit those big shots. I know if you hit one shot, you get yourself in rhythm or get you any kind of confidence. Joe, he's not playing with any confidence. I've been in that situation before. Not the playoffs.

32:19I'm talking about, hey, Unk, dropping a ball, and I get the feeling, man, don't throw it at me no more. Don't throw me the ball right no more. Let me get myself back acclimated. Let me reset my mind mentally before anything else come my way.

32:39Chad Johnson:Man, listen. If you Donovan, you make the big bucks. This is why we damn pay you, okay? This is why we, you make the big bucks. This is why we pay you. In these situations, when we need you the most, bro, hey, look, maybe you don't make the shot, Ocho, but damn it, I need you to be aggressive enough getting to the hole to where you even get up a shot of what he did, get some hitbacks, or we can get some extra possessions, but these damn turnovers, they had 10 turnovers between James and Donovan tonight. That ain't gonna work, bro. You know if you limit your turnovers, hell, you have a better chance of winning the ball game.

33:13Chad Johnson:You know what I mean? And I just felt like for Donovan, he should have took over the game, bro, instead of just kept deferring to James down the stretch. I know it has worked in the past. It worked in the last series. Yeah, but damn that, bro.

33:28Shannon Sharpe:We on to the next round. You know what? Time to AA. Hey, it's like a poker hand. Them cars don't know you on a bad beat. you keep thinking oh I blew this with eight let me and let me raise the pot Joe I would get it back this one they don't know that right absolutely and so that game game seven each game is a game in and of itself you can't look okay this is what we did this game that doesn't necessarily work that the next game they don't I just refuse to believe and I know I know Brunson is outstanding and I will never deny that. He's as good a one-on-one player. He might be the best one-on-one player at his size.

34:12Chad Johnson:Yeah.

34:13Shannon Sharpe:You talking about a guy that's 6 '1", 6 '2"? Yeah. Not elite jumping. Not elite size. He don't play a buttery. At his size, he might be the best one-on-one player in basketball. But damn that. I agree. Damn all that. All that. For the win? Yeah. I got to see you, bro. It's embarrassing. It really ain't nobody else really his size, though, when you think about it. Yeah. Think about it. It makes it that much more impressive. Yes.

34:48Chad Johnson:Hey, look. James walked in the locker room. He should have had his hand on my back. For sure. I owe y 'all one. Hey, look. I've done that on several occasions. Okay, Ocho. to where I had a shitty game, I'm like, you know what? My bad, bro. I got to be better. I got to be better. It happens. It happens to all of us, bro. But the accountability part that you have to take on that, like, come on, man. He has to see it. You know what I mean? So I don't want to see these post-game interviews talking about, oh, we got to be, we got, no, we ass.

35:18Shannon Sharpe:Don't talk about no we.

35:18Chad Johnson:Yeah, we need you to. Got to be better, bro, down the street.

35:22Shannon Sharpe:I want Wimby to talk. I want Wimby and Rudy Gobert to say we. I want you to say I. Yeah. This is, I mean, Joe, if a pitcher says a thousand words, what does this video of Brunson say? Take a look.

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39:13Chad Johnson:Oh, for the desperation. Desperation. He know what time it is. Winning time. Damn.

39:24Chad Johnson:I hate that for Cleveland, bro. You know, going into that environment, you know, playing against the Knicks, bro, and I couldn't even imagine the Eastern Conference Finals, you know, in that hostile environment, and we up 22 with six minutes left. Nah. Damn. Can you imagine? The magic of the garden.

39:47Shannon Sharpe:Jalen Brunson had 38. He had 17 or 15 in the fourth quarter. In the fourth. Because I know he had two. I think he had like four points in the overtime.

40:00Okay.

40:01Shannon Sharpe:He had 38 points, five rebounds, six assists, three steals. Landry Shamit, who had zero points in the first three quarters, scored nine points in the fourth quarter in overtime. And you see, Mike Brown didn't take his ass out, did he? Nope. Ride the hot hand. Damn somebody feelings or emotions. I'm trying to win a damn game. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

40:25Chad Johnson:That's how it goes, bro. Every game in the playoffs brings us different challenges.

40:31Shannon Sharpe:Yes.

40:32Chad Johnson:You know what I mean? So you have to watch your film. You have to make adjustments and try to be better than you were the game before. Now I don't know what adjustments Cleveland can make because I thought they played solidly defensively. I thought they, you know, pretty much controlled the boards and all that. Donovan had it going on, and that's what you're going to need. You need Donovan. He's going to have to play great. He's going to have to have an out-of-body experience for them to, you know, to be able to even compete, bro, because I just don't think any of the rest of these guys, you know, are going to really be able to get off like that.

41:04Chad Johnson:You know, the Knicks got guys who are very mobile, long, lengthy, guys who really sit down and play defense, and they understand, like, you know, possessions. And these turnovers lead to these easy baskets, and it kind of gets them going. That's kind of what happened in that fourth quarter. Then you wake a guy like Brunson up. He give you 17 in the fourth. Now you can't cool his ass off.

41:26Shannon Sharpe:It's too late. You know, once them guys, Joe, you know this. Once a guy get going, you might as well just throw your hands up. Ain't nothing you can do. It ain't nothing you can do. It's just like a pitcher. When he's hot, I don't give a damn how hot Joe Hitter is. That Joe going to paint, he going to paint the corners going, hey, he's throwing a two-seam, a four-seam, a slider, a change-up. He's throwing a cup, he's throwing all that. And he's doing it at 100 miles an hour on the tip. Pause. Hey, Joe, hey, that goddamn Brunson, that little floater, boy, that bitch catch every time. Cat, 13 points, 13 rebounds, five assists.

42:01Shannon Sharpe:He's leading the Knicks in rebounds and assists this postseason. I mean, I'm trying to think when the last time I see somebody come back from a game like this. Didn't the Cavaliers come back on the Pacers in a game like this in the playoff? They were down like 26.

42:20Chad Johnson:Oh, you're talking about Indiana. Yeah, you remember that?

42:22Shannon Sharpe:And they benched Kyrie and Kevin Love. They did. I didn't want to say that, Joe, because everybody going to say, see, Joe, that's how you make an assist. Oh, Joe, you saw that assist? You saw what I did? Hold on. Time out. I dug that thing up and Joe said it. Time out. Did you hear what you just told me? What's that? Well, you said they just benched Kyrie. In the second half.

42:45Chad Johnson:Yeah, they benched Kyrie and Kevin Love in the second half. They were down like 20 or something. They benched him, yes. So, okay, so what I just asked, it wasn't that far-fetched if they benched Kyrie. They benched him for a reason. Was he playing bad? Yeah, they were playing bad. So what? Okay. James Harden. Ocho.

43:07Shannon Sharpe:You see why? You see? Okay. All right. You got it. There are different. Ocho. You got to realize James Harden is an MVP. James Harden is a top 75 player. I get what you're saying. This is Kyrie Irving we talked about. He doesn't have it going into fourth quarter. Why not put Schroeder in? Well, if you do that to him, you lost it. Yeah.

43:31Chad Johnson:You can't. That ain't gonna work. But I remember the game Unk talking about. I remember they were down big. They were down like 26 points. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

43:42Shannon Sharpe:Came back and won the game. That might have been Bron's first year back. What year was that? It might have been one, if not the biggest, one of the biggest postseason comebacks in NBA history.

43:57Chad Johnson:No doubt.

43:58Shannon Sharpe:And I'm like, bro.

44:02Chad Johnson:But Ocho, see, they had LeBron, which was the biggest difference. It was 2017. They came from 26 down, Ocho. So it wouldn't matter who was there because you still got, okay, I got you. I got you. I got you. Now, if Donovan was going off and he had Bob 40. Going crazy like that? Right. Right. But see, and them guys caught fire.

44:24Shannon Sharpe:Guys like J.R. and other guys, guys Richard Jefferson. They were on point. Channing Frye. Those guys caught five from three. And the next thing you know, it's 26. Now it's 16. Now it's 10. Next thing you know, they got the lead. And you're like, what the hell happened?

44:43Hey, you got to understand that, Uncle Joe. Now, I'm new to this. Now, when you say the name Kyrie Irving. Yes. Hey, we talk about one of the best handlers, one of the best finishers of all time. Matter of fact, probably the best, Joe. Especially when you come to a toolbox and them goddamn handles. Yes. And the fact that you just said, I question him, why not bench hard if he's playing bad? And then y 'all tell me about a point in time where they bench goddamn Kyrie. Bench who? Which Kyrie? Not, not.

45:12Chad Johnson:But this was before Kyrie won any, you know, championships or accolades for real. You know, this one, Bron went back to Cleveland. Yeah, it was 2017.

45:23Shannon Sharpe:This was the year after they won the title.

45:26Chad Johnson:Oh, this is after. after they won.

45:28Shannon Sharpe:Yes. Hey, that's nasty work, huh? Yes. That's nasty work. Just the thought of it, it sounds crazy to me. But y 'all know the game better than I do. It's like, Ocho, it's like a quarterback. You can bench certain quarterbacks. Aaron Rodgers got MVPs. Even though he's playing bad, you not benching him. Russell Wilson played bad, Ocho. What'd they do? They bench. He don't want the same number of Super Bowls as Aaron Rodgers. Yeah.

45:57Chad Johnson:Yeah.

45:58Shannon Sharpe:Peyton Manning played bad. Aaron Rodgers played bad. Oh, play your way through it.

46:03Chad Johnson:Yeah.

46:04Shannon Sharpe:And so that was the thing. But it's just hard for me to fathom. I mean, some people, I just cannot let you beat me every single time. Nah. I got to get one.

46:14Chad Johnson:I can get one. I'm telling you, listen. Man, the best defense is to not let your man catch the damn ball. I'm in full out denial, Uncle Ocho. Hey, Joe. Hey, your leg. Probably tied too, over tied. Hey, if they tied, you know they tied offensively because he couldn't really get no lift for separation. So defensively, we just need a stop, bro. We just need one stop. I don't give a damn. How we get it, we got to get one. Damn. Hey, y 'all show, we both picked the Knicks. We all, all three of us picked the Knicks to win the series, right? Come on, man. Come on, man. Now all of a sudden, you don't know what's going on.

46:53I'm just making a show. I'm just making a show. I'm just making a show. Yeah. What you making sure for? Yeah, I damn sure. Huh? What you making sure for? Making sure y 'all pick the Knicks as well like I did.

47:05Chad Johnson:Yes. Hey, I might even pick the Knicks to sweep them now. Well, hold on, there's a good chance that they don't play this bad again. Now, I give the Cavs a game now, especially back home. Man.

47:18Shannon Sharpe:It was plus 25. Damn. Plus 25 in 17 minutes. Perfect from the three-point line.

47:28Chad Johnson:But guess what he out there doing, though, Uncle Ocho? He ain't take but four shots. He out there fighting his ass off. And he ain't known as a defender. Nah, he was just on it.

47:41Shannon Sharpe:He just wants it.

47:42Chad Johnson:That's it. Thanks. He just giving the effort, bro. If you give the effort, you don't know what's going to happen.

47:51Shannon Sharpe:The streets are saying this is how Jalen Brunson was looking at James Harden. Check this out, guys. Fried catfish, yams, collard greens, mac and cheese, cornbread. These are braised oxtail, and these are neck bone. And so normally that's what I do. Anytime I'm in Indy, I always come see my girl. Hey. Friday. Hey, you ate all that, boy? Huh? You ate all that? Yeah, I do. When I go to Country Kitchen in Indy, Joe, they got a great sale for a spot called Country Kitchen. Yes, sir. My girl said, how you doing? I go, I get some everything. No, I don't get all of it. No, I can't. Okay, okay, okay, okay.

48:33Shannon Sharpe:And I go straight back to the hotel. Hey, you know anything about North Carolina? What you mean? You know anything about North Carolina? Huh? Like what? Like soul food spots. You know, I got to be in North Carolina for the... What part you going to? I'm going to be in like Ralea, Carrie, Charlotte, like right there in that area for like a week. No. Damn. Can't Cam be able to tell you? Oh, I got it. Yeah, I own it. Okay. Okay. I just want some soul food spots, nice cigar bar. Yeah. Hey, ask the chat. Chat will give you something good, bro. Yeah, I'm serious. Hey, chat, what they got down in Carolina, in the Charlotte, Raleigh, Cary area?

49:17Shannon Sharpe:Man, you know, when I go to Carolina, I'm going from point A to point B. I'm going to do absolute sudden. I ain't spent no time hanging out or anything like that you don't like Carolina like that hey I went to Carolina I went to Kannapolis to pick up some dogs I got huh I went to pick up some dogs no I'm saying what's the name of it how you say it Kannapolis

49:41Chad Johnson:okay hey don't sleep on Carolina that's the NASCAR

49:46Shannon Sharpe:that's the you know NASCAR the Kannapolis Mechanicsville that's where all the shops are You know, Joe, I play in that soccer tournament out there, Joe.

49:57Chad Johnson:Oh, when is this again? 26th through the 1st. But I get there on the 23rd, you know, the practice and stuff. Oh, y 'all gonna be out there getting it. No, this month. Oh, so next week? Yeah, yeah, next week. You know, Chris Paul got something. I think Chris Paul maybe invested, you know, he got a team or something. Okay.

50:19Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, nah. This is embarrassing, man. I couldn't believe this.

50:23Chad Johnson:Me neither, bro.

50:25Shannon Sharpe:Man, I... Hey, Joe, I went up and started packing because, you know, I got to get up out of here in the morning, so I started packing. About five minutes, I come back. I say, man, let me cut my TV off. My TV... Hey, let me cut my TV off. Then, you know, you cut the TV off and then try to cut it back on. It'd be taking it's time to come back. I said, come on, TV. Damn.

50:45Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah, yeah. I couldn't believe it either, man. I cut the TV off.

50:49Shannon Sharpe:I should have known it was real because at this point in time, the fans going crazy.

50:54Chad Johnson:Yeah.

50:54Shannon Sharpe:Because before when I left, they was doing nothing. I mean, hey, man, you could hear a rat peeing on a bale of cotton.

51:01Chad Johnson:Oh, man. Yeah, you're absolutely right. They had them quiet. Real quiet. Man, I'm looking like, hold on, bro. You know, I got people over there in Cleveland, man. My boy, Johnny Bryant over here, assistant coach over there. Damn, I hate it for him, bro. You know what I mean? because they put up enough fight to win their game, and I just feel like they exhaled in their fourth quarter, and them boys started to make their run. It was a deer headlight. It's like they didn't know what the hell was going on. I'm like, damn.

51:31Shannon Sharpe:I don't know what people tell me. Momentum is a real thing. Oh, yeah. Because I've been on the side, and the momentum happened, and we snowballing people, and I've been on the other end. Well, we have that big-ass lead, and all of a sudden, like, come on, D, get a star. Damn. And the funny thing about it, regardless of what sport you play, the momentum always shifts at some point. Always. So you hope they extend a lead big enough before that momentum. Before they slap, before it's their turn.

51:59Chad Johnson:Yeah. It's going to happen, though. And in basketball, it's all a game of runs. But I just thought Cleveland played well enough for the Knicks not to get a run. You know what I mean? And the Knicks run didn't come into that fourth quarter. Listen, man. once you get it going as an offensive player, I don't give a damn who you put in front of me. You're not going to stop me, bro. I'm going to get a bucket or a foul. We're going to get some points every time. And that's what I've seen how Brunson was just coming down, just picking out, hey, you come set the pick. Yeah, we're going to go ahead and we're just going to make his ass work.

52:33Chad Johnson:I'm talking about just getting whatever they wanted, bro. Hey, Joe, I don't make it. Hey, look, look, look. I ain't even really rooting for Cleveland like that. I like to see a good game, but I want to see the pressure put on the Knicks, you know, in this game one. Man, come on.

52:49Shannon Sharpe:Hey, we need seven. That's all I need. Hey, really and truly, I just want seven games. Seven what? Seven dollars? Seven eleven? I want to go game seven. You ain't even gonna get no seven games. Not this series. No, sir. Man, we be lucky here. Man, please. Hey, Donovan probably learned his lesson. Say, I know I shouldn't have put my trust in you.

53:12Chad Johnson:Mm-hmm. Come on, man. Hey, this is Donovan's first time getting to the conference finals, too? Man, you supposed to go. You supposed to throw the whole sink at these boys. And I'm from around this area, too? Man, please. If I'm not mistaken, I think this is James Harden's first time

53:29Shannon Sharpe:in the conference finals since 2018, right?

53:33Chad Johnson:Yeah, I think so.

53:35Shannon Sharpe:So?

53:36Chad Johnson:I think so. But, damn, you can't put that onus on James like that, bro. Keep giving that ball down the stretch, and we ain't getting no good looks come on man you're not supposed to put the onus on him joe donovan donovan mitchell man come on man i got these boys i got these boys in my back pocket i get to what i want to get to i can do whatever i want to get can't no hey look i don't care because bridges and heart out here playing hard hell they can't guard me that's how he had to think oh joe he got it going listen joe i'm with you when you're right i'm with you when you're right i just understand no one man ain't finna win that game for you i need somebody i need one person to come along with me if i'm up 22 with six minutes left it is nowhere in hell we losing this game i'm sorry i'm sorry yeah i'm sorry hell no i'm with you no not not that not that

54:27Shannon Sharpe:and basically it's one man it's not like because if you look at a lot of times come back they spread the ball around there's a bunch of people hitting threes that's brunson yeah they They smart enough to know to give him the ball to get the hell out the way. Hey, we gonna crash the boards. That's what we gonna do just in case he miss. We gonna get a, we gonna get a second chance at it.

54:47Chad Johnson:And just letting him, just letting him comfortably just walk the ball up, pick out who he want to come, say to pick, he wasn't under no stress. Man, you gotta, hey, make that man know you here. Come on, man. Doing what he want, too comfortable out there, Ocho. Listen, Ocho, I'm with you when you're right now. I ain't gonna argue with you. Hey, but I don't mean to be off topic, right? Joe? What's up? But you know if we played, you'd be like the Cavs, right? If what? When we played, you'd be like the Cavs. Oh, Joe, you got me bent. I'll just tell you right now, partner. Hey, you going to keep talking.

55:29No, I'm just saying. Hey, listen. Hold on. Listen to me. Stay with me now. The mentality that you keep talking about is a mentality that I already have. You know, so that's the discrepancy When it comes to obviously you being great at what you do But the mentality that I have is how I know I'm gonna wash your ass

55:46Chad Johnson:Hey, Chad And Chad, when I go to kicking on his ass Don't y 'all go to talking about, oh, Joe, you too big You don't need, I don't wanna hit none of this shit Cause see, he ain't had no business Keep my name out your mouth, partner For real, just keep my name out your mouth Yeah, you good, Tilly Mitchell, you brought you up, huh, Joe Yeah, you know what I'm saying? What I got to do with this, man Look, hey, don't get me started tonight, Ocho don't get me started tonight. Hey Joe, you been drinking? Nah, I'm trying to be cool though. You know what I mean? But the way you talking to me, it would sound like you drunk, boy.

56:14Nah, I ain't drunk. Okay, I'm just making a show. So you and your right state of mind, huh? Yes sir. Okay. All right. Hey, I'm gonna tell you what my grandma used to tell me, boy, keep it cute now. You,

56:26Shannon Sharpe:hey Joe, even if you took the, even if you took the calves and the points, then when they up 22, you like I'm Gucci. So really you up 30? Really, you up 31 and a half. Yeah. And they lose by 11. What was the line? Nine and a half mix. Oh, my God. And they lose by 11. They don't mess up by the parlay smoother.

56:55Shannon Sharpe:Damn. That's crazy. Are you best on the game? It was a 44-11 run on the final 745 of regulation. and overtime. So you're looking at 12 minutes and 13 seconds. They outscored them by 33. Knicks shot 15 of 20. Cavs shot 4 of 18. Brunson was 17 points on 8 of 10 shooting. Harden and Mitchell was 3 points on 1 of 10 shooting. The Knicks had a 173.2 offensive rating. The Cavs had a rating of 50.6. And therein lies the problem. Damn.

57:35Chad Johnson:That was bad, though.

57:36Shannon Sharpe:24 of 18. One guy scored more points than your two superstars combined. On the same amount of shots.

57:46Chad Johnson:You're absolutely right. Damn.

57:50Shannon Sharpe:Boy, they're going to be kicking.

57:53Chad Johnson:Get a Knicks credit, bro. I'm going to get a Knicks credit. They were very resilient, obviously. I think fatigue played a little part in the Cavs. And I think with the Knicks being so well-rested, you know, it kind of helped them throughout that fourth quarter in that overtime, obviously, you know, going on to what, 44 to 11 run? Is that what it was? I mean, come on, man. Damn.

58:22Chad Johnson:Look like this is going to be a short series, man. I'm thinking, you know, we get on here, get to hang out. This is like going out to the club for me, you know. Hey, if we ain't gonna have no basketball, I'm like, come on, man.

58:34Shannon Sharpe:Nah, nah, they go, hey, all they need to do is just go home and hold serve. They might steal one. We need, we, hey, we need to see, we need, hey, we need them to steal one.

58:45Chad Johnson:They ain't giving me no faith tonight, I'm sorry. They gonna steal one in Cleveland. Steal one? You mean Cleveland? No, no, no, no, I said it just right. They gonna steal one right at home.

58:56Shannon Sharpe:You can't steal your own stuff out your own house, Ocho. Hey, that's what that's wrong. That's my point. They're going to have to steal one right at home. That's wrong. You can't steal your own stuff.

59:09Chad Johnson:Right.

59:11Shannon Sharpe:Damn. This was bad. This was bad. But the Knicks use a 44-11 run over the final seven and a half minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime. So a little under 13 minutes, they go on a 33-point bender. So basically they're plus 33. The best player for the Knicks did what he was supposed to do, did what we accustomed to him doing, and the Cavaliers' two best player didn't answer the bell when they absolutely had to have him. They didn't do it.

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