00:00So if we take a look at that Western Conference finals, which is going to be absolutely tremendous.
00:07You take a look at Minnesota and Dallas.
00:09These lines have been fluctuating back and forth, even coach in the last 24 hours.
00:13We saw the Timberwolves as high as a minus 180 dip to as low as around a minus 150.
00:18Now we're back to a minus 168 with home court advantage for the Timberwolves set us up for
00:22this series.
00:23Number one coach on how these two teams got here and what we can anticipate out of this
00:27series.
00:28Well, I think the series is going to be absolutely tremendous if you look at, you know, Dallas,
00:32how they've got here.
00:34It was really the acquisitions during the midseason of getting P.J. Washington and Daniel
00:38Gafford to kind of shore up the defensive problems that happened.
00:42Jones has taken the next step.
00:44Hardaway Jr., after a rough start with injury, has started to come on.
00:48But also the player, Derek Lively, has been really, really good.
00:51I think him coming off the bench has taken pressure off of this kid and him and Gafford
00:56has become affordable.
00:57One, two points.
00:58So getting up by a Clippers team that seems to just can't get out of their own way when
01:02times get tough and then going into Oklahoma City team, which really arrived the year early.
01:08Very impressed by what I've seen out of Dallas, Minnesota was a team that just took a huge
01:13leap.
01:14I mean, let's be honest, getting rid of D'Angelo Russell was the best thing that ever happened
01:17to this franchise because they bring in Mike Conley a couple years ago.
01:20He stabilizes the roster.
01:22He gets them to play defense and the ascension of Anthony Edwards really becoming, I feel,
01:29a two-way force.
01:30And I'm going to be honest, he's kind of a likable guy.
01:33His comments, he's kind of funny.
01:35He talks a little trash, but he's got the game to back it up.
01:38But I think also Chris Fitzgibbon, Rudy Gobert, and Cat had a play together has been really,
01:44really critical.
01:46So this is going to be a dynamite matchup.
01:47It's not the matchup that we thought we were going to get, but it's the one we got, guys.
01:52And buckle up.
01:53I think this is going to be an outstanding series.
01:55Right now I'll say, I think this is going seven and it could go either way.
01:59So to me, I like the series to go seven games.
02:02Best way to play it to me, we'll just take a Dallas plus a one and a half games and play
02:07it that way.
02:08And don't let it go seven games because you got star power on both sides.
02:13You got good defense on both sides.
02:15You have underrated coaches on both sides.
02:17You have bench play on both sides.
02:19Guys, this is going to be such an intriguing matchup.
02:23And I would say this, we're arguably the three best one-on-one guards in the NBA in regards
02:30to creating their own shot between Kyrie, Luka, and Edwards.
02:34Guys, it's going to be fantastic.
