May 20, 2024 • 37 mins
Ben Maller talks about the Minnesota Timberwolves eliminating the defending champion Denver Nuggets in Game 7, who is to blame for Denver, how the performance of Anthony Edwards will be remembered, and much more!
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Welcome to a brand new week of the original Recipe
Overnight Show. We're up all night recording this podcast so
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for listening. Otherwise, why are we wasting our time? So
here in our number one. It's the NBA Western Semi
Finals Game seven, a full mal monologue treatment on the
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Timberwolves and the Nuggets. Who's to blame for the Denver
Nuggets vacating the NBA playoffs blowing a twenty point lead?
How will history remember Anthony Edwards who had a stinky
performance although Minnesota one? And what does this series win
by the Timberwolves prove? Have any problem with Anthony Edwards
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waving goodbye to the Denver fans as the clock wound down.
We'll cover all of that and much more right now here.
It is our number one. Enjoy a little bit of
magic that's not supposed to happen to a team from Minnesota.
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the lead. My man. Our league comes out of Colorado.
I'm old enough to remember when the Nuggets were the
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reigning champions, but they have been dethroned. Dethroned. That was
the site Game seven, Game seven Timberwolves and Nuggets, with
Alex Rodriguez getting lots of television time making it all
about him, but the winner would advance to the Final
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four of the NBA Final Four cut down the nets
go to the Final four. So if you didn't see it,
I've given you the outcome. You already know the outcome.
But Carl Anthony Towns and Jayden McDaniels each had twenty
three points and Minie Shuta comes back from twenty down.
They were on Life Sport down fifteen and a half
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time down twenty early third quarter, and they eject the
reigning champions of pro bouncy ball, the Nuggets as they're
done ninety eight to ninety the final. The Timberwolves that
have advanced. Now they're in the Western Finals. They'll start
with Dallas on Wednesday in the Twin Cities. But we
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will have plenty of time to discuss the Western Conference finals.
But instead we must do the autopsy on what just
happened here in Colorado with the Nuggets who seemingly had
everything cooking and then they had nothing cooking the rest
of the way. So the question who's to blame for
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the Rocky Mountain collapse in the NBA Playoffs in Game
seven at home? What an embarrassment? What an absolute embarrassment?
Will start with that, So a we focus in on
the headlines. Right in the headlines here are all about
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the stars not performing at the end. Now you look
at the statlan I said, well, the only two Nuggets
and you know double figures were the two stars, but
Nikola Jokich and Jamal Murray they had to have a
higher gear in this game, and they did not have
a higher gear in this game. They did not step
up really from about three minutes in to the second half,
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from that point forward, after going up twenty at the
ten to fifty marks, So it wasn't even three minutes
in ten to fifty mark of the third quarter. So
that's a minute and ten seconds my computer like brain
tells me. From that point forward, the Nuggets, I wrote
it down. They were outscored by twenty eight points in
their own gymnasium.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
There.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Jokichen Murray combined to shoot ten of twenty five from
the floor the rest of the game forty percent. Michael
Porter Junior had one three point basket that was it,
which doesn't sound very impressive until you consider that Aaron
Gordon was shut out. He had a goose egg the
rest of the game. Now, I didn't play in the NBA.
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I don't think that's good, but what do I know.
I just do the overnight show here. So Minnesota, let's
not misconstrue the fact they were a good defensive team.
This was not because of lockdown timberwolve defense. This was
wide open shots, many of them that were missed in
cahoots with some good defensive possessions by Minnesota. But howell
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history remember Anthony Edwards' sninky performance? He got the postgame
interview and all that Anthony adverags you didn't see the
game here he's the headliner. I was told by my
NBA media elites that he is Michael Jordan two point oh.
And I like Anthony Edwards. I have nothing against the guy,
But man, was he a ball a suck in this game?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Man?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Did he stink? Anthony Edwards to answer the question, how
will history remember his performance is stinky performance in this game.
He picked up a residential pardon, is what he got.
Because Edwards took twenty four shots, he only made six
of them twenty five percent. That's it. While he was
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on the floor there just ineffective. He's the offensive dynamo,
but he wasn't the offensive dynamo in this game. And
the idea that somehow he turned on the performance in
the second half. I've heard some pundits trying to say
that it's not true he took in the second half
of the game. He took seventeen shots. He was five
of seventeen. That was slightly better, so still under thirty percent.
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But the deal is, and we know this from past
examples here that victory is one hell of a wonderfully
smelling cologne, and he took a bath in cologne, Anthony Edwards,
And even though he's stunk. Over time, we know how
this works. Over time, people will remember the fact that
Minnesota won the game, the turning point in the third quarter, comeback,
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and then the final score, and that's it, period stuff.
That's what people were going to remember. History has shown
us that people suffer from amnesia, and even over time
long term, you'll forget. You'll forget the turning point. You
just remember the final score. If you go back and
look and you go on like basketball reference dot Com,
you're like, Okay, what happened pro Basketball Reference dot Com?
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And that's it now page two here, What the heck
does this series win by Minnesota prove? So I like this.
I was thinking about it as I was taking my
long ride in from the north Woods here, and what
it proves to me is it debunks a bunch of things.
And I've been hiding out under the cover of darkness
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behind these microphones. And I have over the years had
some positions, some have been attacked by dufuses. But this
is confirmation. And that's why I was happy with the outcome.
I was because the first thing it debunks. I'll go
through not a list. I don't do list video, but
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coach Michael Malone implied that his team was gassed. That's
that's the implication. He said, Ah, I played last year
deep into the summer and all that. That's embarrassing. And
I'll tell you why it's embarrassing. And this is what
it debunks. This is the franchise in Denver that likes
to be very braggadocious about how high up in the
air they play. And they dominated home and all the
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Colorado teams because of the altitude. And they had that number.
Even the jerseys, the uniforms they were wearing five eighty
five to eight. Oh, it's on the court, it's on
the alternative uniforms for the Denver Nuggets. The altitude, the
mile high city. They nobody comes in there and wins, right,
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they have so great you can't handle the team that's
gonna get tired as the road team, not the home team.
Because of the altitude, it's impossible to win there. How
many home games did the team from Denver that plays
at that high altitude losing this series? Not one? Not two? Three? Wow?
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That's uh. It's almost like it debunked the whole altitude thing.
If you're good, it doesn't matter. If you're bad, you
use it as an excuse. Who goofed? I've got to
know now. The other thing that it debunked here is
Uncle Moe. The only Uncle Mo is a guy from
Brooklyn that calls the show randomly. Uncle Mo in sports
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does not exist here, period, hard stock. That's it. It's
just something uneducated fans, low information fans like to grab
onto and yap about we now have d and a
evidence in this series does not exist. The Timberwolves won
the first two games in Denver. Man all the momentum,
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Oh they were right and high. Oh man, they were
looking great all the momentum. So then they went back home.
Everyone's better at home. Surely they were gonna continue. But
what wait a minute, why would why would Minnesota give
up the momentum they had? They had the momentum. Did
they lose it somewhere over Iowa? Did it drop down
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into a cornfield on their way back from Colorado. What
happened to the momentum? Okay? So then the Nuggets they
had all the momentum, oh, feeling good about themselves. They
won the three games in a row. Oh my god.
And then they went back to Minnesota, and then wait
a minute, the Nuggets lost by I mean forty five points.
It says in my note forty five points they lost by.
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But they wait a minute, the Nuggets had the momentum.
I don't understand. How could that happen. Explain that to me.
I'm not that bright. Explain it to me, you can't.
And so okay, So then wait a minute. Minnesota won
by forty five points. But back to Denver, and Denver
the altitude, the whole thing and all that stuff. But
wait a minute. The Nuggets had a twenty point late.
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So they did they got the momentum back. They had
a twenty point they were up twenty at home. Oh
my god, oh MG, twenty point lead at home. Game seven,
Championship pedigree, Mike come alone, Bragg, the about it Championship pedigrade.
They puked in their mouth. They all puked in their mouth.
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That Denver Nuggets at the end there, Why would they
do that? Did they not want to win? See, there
is no such thing as momentum in sport, it does
not exist. This series a textbook example. You can also
talk about the Indiana Pacers on their performance on the
road against the New York Knickerbockers. The same situations like, well,
they can't win on the road, the Knicks are at home,
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they had all those acts celebrities there, Well, what happened,
We know what happened. But momentum is used after the
fact to explain the outcome, explain what happening now, and
it usually goes away when it doesn't fit the narrative.
All right, last word, So do you have any problem?
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This is big talking point among the NBA hard ohs.
Do you have any problem with the wolves? Anthony Edwards
as the clock was running down, waving goodbye to the
people that bought tickets or got free tickets to the
Nuggets game, waving goodbye there as the game came to
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an end. So I only have a slight grumble. Generally,
I don't have a problem with this. The only issue
I have since it's a talk show, I have to
have an issue. I do have this issue. My pet,
Peeve Edwards played like manure most of the game. He's
an offensive Mozart. But it was it was just horrific. Okay,
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it was absolutely horrific. And so don't when you go
take twenty four shots and you miss eighteen of them
and you're I don't know, it seems a little odd.
It reminded me of in football when you're and I
don't miss it a one, but it's like you get
a sack when you're not playing that well and the
team's not doing any you celebrate and all that stuff.
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And then I watched on the TNT postgame there inside
the NBA. I believe, unless my TV was not working there,
maybe it wasn't that Anthony Edwards was pointing out that
it was his defense in the second half that shut
down Jamal Murray. I didn't really see it that way either.
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Didn't see that the whole thing was slightly awkward, slightly awkward,
but I did see Murray miss a number of open shots.
I saw nas Read of Minnesota play some pretty good
defense at times there. The ensemble group collectively got it done.
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Ferg dog right, So he says, forget the NBA been,
Let's talk about the horses. You absolutely nailed the Preakness
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a bow. All right? Do I not know the ponies?
Come on? Amazing analysis?
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Did you win?
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Absolutely amazing analysis? Ya feeme right from Chicago says. He says, Hey, Mallard,
a plus with a white castle crave case. You know
it's serious if it's a white Castle crave case. On
the monologue, Tua needs to stop turning down contracts to
a tongue of low. We'll talk about that later. Tyreek
Hill has a kid, a bunch of kids to feed,
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and needs his quarterback. Jason in Cansas City he used
to live in Denver, says nine out of ten on
the Mallard monologue, Ben, the Nuggets blew this game and
they are cool in this series. I actually think the
Wolves should beat the MAVs fairly easily in the next
series after that. I'm not so sure. That's from Jason
in Kansas City. Shane if des Moin writes in says
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two Game sevens in the NBA. My god, how are
we so blessed as sports fans unless we're not. The
NBA sucks and your monologues on pro bouncy ball do not. Okay,
thank you? King Rory writes in and says, what is
going on in the NBA? A team from Minnesota or
Dallas will represent the West? Well, Boston will represent the
East and win the NBA finals. If this doesn't say
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the NBA is rigged and scripted, I don't know what will. Well.
The argument would be that Minnesota would not advance like
Dallas is a major metropolis and all that, but Minnesota,
he said, wollw come on, you can of Minnesota there?
What's up with that? But here they are? Here they are.
The Burner account says Mike Malone is the biggest sore
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loser in the NBA. What a red ass reminds me
of Nick Saban. The caller formerly known as Gunner is
definitely calling in tonight. The cowboy Dan of the NBA
is gunn I'm looking on my board. I do not
see Gunner online. He might be off at the Walmart.
He might not be working at the Walmart. So we'll
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find out, but he'll call up at some point. He's
probably got to wait till his break call from the
break room while he's watching TV, and then he'll call in.
Gunn is a hard working man. He can't just be calling,
you know, at the dime, you know a moment. I
can't do that. Let's see HL rights and says, excellent monologue,
A plus, proving that a couple of stars can't win
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alone against a good team. You gotta have a bench
that can score down the stretch. Go Celtics. So he says,
things are looking really good for everything is like the
parting of the Red Sea for the Celtics. Everything is
lined up. Everything stars absolutely lined up. So over the
weekend there was something that happened while I was not
at the watch post that it's one of those stories like,
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oh man, I would have loved to have yapped about
that and done a monologue, but I wasn't here, and
by the time I came back, it's it. They had
the big event in Valhalla there in Kentucky, the PGA
Tournament Championship tournament this weekend. And on Friday, when I
was getting out of here, Scotty Scheffler had a really
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bad morning and he ended up. We assume you know
what happened by now. It's the stories somewhat old at
this point. But Scotty Scheffler, the golfer who was arrested
prior to the second round of the PGA Championship in
Louisville there, and it was just a bizarre, odd story.
The thing that upset me first of all was the
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amount of people defending Scotty Scheffler based on the account
total douchebag total. Do you know who I am? You know,
I'm Scotty f and Scheffler and like king of all schmucks,
King of all schmucks. Right, that's the story there. But
it appears despite the story on Friday, as I was
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not here Friday, but Friday afternoon the story came out
that he was booked on charges of second degree assault
on a police officer. That's a felony, third degree criminal mischief,
reckless driving, disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic,
and all of that. All that right there Gate one
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at Valhalla Golf Course. The road was closed in both
directions because there was a fatal collision, dead body boom
right there, and he drove by and didn't stop when
he was told to stop, and there you go. So
turns out Scotti Scheffer's famous. This is a big event
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in Louisville. So what do you think is going to happen?
Likely later on Monday here when the sun comes up
in Louisville. That's right. It is expected that Scottie Scheffler
will be cleared of all charges, all of them. It's
just gonna be. It's like it never happened. Prosecutors planning
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to drop all charges against Scottie Scheffler, if not on Monday,
then by the middle of the week for the Rhubarb
at the PGA Championship. How soon before we get the
documentary The Wrong Turn at Valhalla, and very dramatic. Of course,
there was some reporter for the small network out of Bristol,
Connecticut that happened to be following Jeff or following schefter.
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Jeff Darlington was following behind and saw the whole thing
of Scottie Scheffler. And that is an all right's go
to the phones. We'll say hello to Let's go to
Andre in the Commonwealth. Hello, Andre, what's going on?
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Ben?
Speaker 7 (21:47):
It's good to be with you this evening A tough
evening it is for home tunes. In Game seven situation.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
What happened to home court eventage? I thought you couldn't
lose it home home court in the NBA, Come on,
all those rich people, you can't lose at home.
Speaker 7 (22:02):
Well, for the Denver Nuggets, that seemed to be the case.
Obviously a huge game in control going in the fourth quarter.
But as Michael Tyson said, everybody has that plan until
they get socked in the mouth.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Well, the Nuggets, the Nuggets had a big lead that
have done. They only it was a one point game
going to the fourth quarter, so they blew.
Speaker 7 (22:21):
It in the third quarter, third quarter, third quarter, up
twenty comfortable, uh, and then Minnesota made their move and
all and all bets were off. You know, Mike Malone,
we we don't need, uh the language in the press conference.
We need a little bit more professionalism. But it's an
unfortunate situation for them, ben in that they've kind of
got mad dogs, you know at Minnesota, Anthony Edwards just
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the more, the more explosive, more dynamic team. I thought
you saw Denver's lack of athleticism. Frankly, obviously jokers known
you know for his efficiency more than his overall athleticism.
Murray kind of faded. Michael Porter Junior was on the bench.
He's supposed to be their young kind of you know,
alpha or you know, just somebody to match fire with fire,
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And that was the thing that kind of stuck out
with me. I thought that Minnesota was better pounced to pound,
Deniver was the more efficient team. But when it came
to just like a monolymno just athlete for athlete type
of situation, I was surprised. You know that they didn't
just lose, they lost handily.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
And so well, I look at it differently, andre I
like Denver should have won the game they got They choked,
all right, they just stopped playing for whatever reason. You
can make a bunch of excuses, but they'd stopped playing
in the It wasn't It's one thing if Anthony Edwards
beat you, you were like, okay, that's the that's the
you know, the guy that's being anointed is the next
big thing in the NBA. But he was terrible throughout
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the game. So it's not like he all of a
sudden played great down the stretch in the second half.
He didn't. He played a little bit better than suck
in the second half. This was a total. There's a total.
There's a total gag by the Nuggets. That's it. And
now you're saying, well, they're not athletic, and they weren't
athletic they won a championship last year.
Speaker 7 (23:58):
Yeah, Ben Edwards, it doesn't show in the statue. But
how about all those steals, those breakout dunkity got.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Well, actually, steels are in the box. Swe they do
have that in the box Scoe.
Speaker 7 (24:08):
Yes, And so my point with that is I just
feel like they ran AGAs nothing. Minnesota wasn't going to
back down, and I think once they Minnesota made their move.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Boy, well didn't they back down. They were down by
twenty points. They backed down at the start of the game.
They were down by twenty. You know how rarely you
have twenty points you win ninety five percent of the time,
especially in a game seven. You don't lose a game
seven at home up by that many points.
Speaker 7 (24:37):
But Ben, Minnesota, excuse me, just quit cores and I
know you got other callers. Okay, see was up sixteen,
Dallas came back. Okay, but okay, sucks.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
They're not that good. They were a fraud team. Okay, See,
Denver won a championship. They're legit.
Speaker 7 (24:51):
They didn't lose by double Diggs is my point. And
that inconclusion.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Then, by the way, Anthony Edwards had two steals wall
By that really changed the whole game. Those two steels.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Were amazing breakaway dunks that gave them.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Yes, those those four points. You say momentum? Did you
say momentum? Did you say the word momentum?
Speaker 7 (25:10):
You?
Speaker 1 (25:15):
I wish you could just shut your big yapper.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Wow. I don't even think he watched the game. I'm
pretty sure you didn't watch the game. Anyway, we'll press
on here. That was upsetting. That was an upsetting start
to the festivities.
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Speaker 6 (25:37):
Now, I don't care much for NASCAR.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Why are you doing a story?
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Then?
Speaker 6 (25:40):
Why you because it's a good story. I'll fight between
and Rick face.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
Do we have audio this?
Speaker 7 (25:50):
Well?
Speaker 6 (25:50):
I don't know if we can play because what were
some naughty language.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
In there the audio?
Speaker 7 (25:55):
No?
Speaker 2 (25:55):
No, I don't know if you did or not.
Speaker 6 (25:58):
Well, we have the audio of the uh from the video.
We could do that, but there's a naughty lab and
then Ricky Stenhouse Junior.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Live television, we had a throw.
Speaker 6 (26:06):
His dad got involved as well. Man, you got Papa
Stenhouse Stenhouse Senior. I assume right, Rickey Standhouse Junior Senior.
But there's some you know.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Yeah, but now Kyle pretty good. So Kyle Busch approached
Ricky Stenhouse Junior after the race and they were surrounded
by cameras and they get into a hole down, throwdown
right there in North Carolina at the North Wilkesboro Speedway.
I believe is that what this was? I believe it was.
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And Stenhouse though he threw the first dunch. He threw that.
So he's the one that should get in trouble, right
because he's the one that threw the is not that
playground rules?
Speaker 5 (26:48):
Man?
Speaker 2 (26:48):
I know I was in elementary school. You throw the
first punch, you in trouble.
Speaker 6 (26:51):
Well, but Kyle Busch went to him, got in his face.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Yeah, but he didn't throw a punch.
Speaker 6 (26:54):
Had the fight doesn't happen if he doesn't do this.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Listen, he was there. There was a verbal argument and
then it escalated because Stan has this this thug, this
absolute thug. Ricky Standhouse doing your throwing a punch like
a chance to get the first The gangster, fake tough
guy wasn't even fake. It wasn't even a good punch
any good. It was not better than that guy. My god,
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Arya throws a better punch than this guy. I like
the camera view from behind though, Kyle Busch as he's
walking over there.
Speaker 6 (27:25):
Yeah, that was like almost like, uh.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
It was like.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Something they're pointing. Bush's pointing is out of the conversation,
and then they're going back and forth a little bit.
Bush is holding the water bottle and uh, then Stan
has things kind of get escalated a little bit there.
The clip I saw ninety seconds. There's a ninety second
clip and they're going.
Speaker 6 (27:45):
Back and then like, oh, guys getting just like that.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
Bam, right hook, right hook, and then it was on
and then a bunch of middle aged white guys came
over there to try to break them up. So anyway,
I enjoyed it. Yeah, that was good. So is NASCAR
going to ban these guys for life or something like that? Probably?
Speaker 6 (28:09):
Seriously, Dot that this happens fairly regularly in NASCAR.
Speaker 2 (28:14):
Yeah, I know it's happened a few times every year.
I don't know regularly and it's not unusual. No, that
was the All Star Race, I believe Is that right?
That was the All Star Race? No, that was I
thought you were the NASCAR.
Speaker 6 (28:26):
Guy, you know, clearly not. Yes, it was the All
Star Race.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Okay, it is the Ban Malor Show. As we continue
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and if you'd like to be part, hit us up
on next at Bean mallor that's at Ben Maler. If
you want to be part of the program, we may
read your comments on the air. Josh says, the Pacers
versus Wolves finals is all coming to plan. Noah, that's
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that's a tough one. That's a tough sell. That's a
good luck on that. Good luck on that. Ferk Dog says,
mystic Dan had all the momentum, but Ben knew better,
sees the Gray sees the day. HL says, to just
follow up for a minute. If your bench is good
and can score and play defense, you can win without
your superstar. Why is it that when your star is
(29:15):
hurt and asks to sit, that the good teams step
up and their bench players played better and can still win.
The Other thing that has been an annoyance of mine
in the NBA playoffs, and we saw it on display
in the Nuggets Timberwolves game, because early on in that game,
when Denver was flying high and they were feeling good
(29:37):
about themselves, and they had a fifteen point lead at
halftime and things were looking very encouraging. Jamal Murray, who
his elbow was need to be amputated in the last game,
and then he goes out. He shoots eight of fifteen
from the floor, three to five from three point range,
had twenty four points, just dominating and so okay, he
(30:00):
was hurt. Now he's back, he's great, he's wonderful. And
then in the second half of the game, same game,
uh you you know, it was just kind of not
that great second half. Any let's go to the phones.
We'll say hello to e Meani money. Let's go to
Ja Dot who's in Utah, get an update on his man.
(30:20):
Have all charges been dropping against you?
Speaker 7 (30:22):
J Dot?
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Like you're a golfer on the.
Speaker 8 (30:24):
No, no, no, no, no no, I'm going to court.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
In two weeks, two weeks, two weeks. You have an attorney.
Speaker 8 (30:34):
Well, so the turn told me that they can look
out all the files, all the police have this everything
that on the cops perspecutives and and take edge a
file and when I go to court, but it costs
one hundred dollars for atturning. So I'm like sucking the
mud and then and then tell me I'm either I'm
(30:58):
a little court and then you know, I'll suck it
up and take the L or I'm gonna have to
take a chance of born in jail.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
And yeah, yeah, So here's the this is a great conundrum.
Would you rather be in debt to a bunch of
attorneys for money or go to jail?
Speaker 8 (31:16):
Yeah, exactly, like I'm gonna take the L.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
So you are, you're willing, You're willing to You're gonna
take the L either way. But what are you planning
on doing here, Jada? Are you planning on trying to
come up with the money or are you thinking maybe
I'll go to jail for a little bit. Maybe they'll
only throw me in there for a little bit.
Speaker 8 (31:31):
Well, I mean, what thing is man if I go
to jail? Yeah, when I go to court? So okay,
so they sent me an omen on January June twenty,
Pip is beyond that day or before I have dischedule
my court date.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
No, you should do. I've seen this in with celebrities.
You should try to delay the court date as much
as you possibly can so you avoid going to jail.
Just keep pushing it back, Say that you've got like
a doctor's appointment or something like that, and you get yeah, yeah,
just keep delaying it. Play the long game. Got to
play a long game?
Speaker 8 (32:06):
Is okay? Smart? What if I play a long game
and I get attorney because I got like, I really
want to see what really happened because at home, my buddy,
me and my buddy we talked that he was there
the other night.
Speaker 6 (32:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
For those for those that know, j Dot had an
incident at a hotel in Utah. He has been charged
with how many crimes have been charged with Jada.
Speaker 8 (32:27):
An affair with the rest officer and antoxification.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
Yeah, so, Scott, you're your basician, You're Scottie Scheffler of
the show. You didn't, man, Yeah, you didn't. You didn't
drag You didn't drag a cop on your car though,
you just there was something that happened in the hotel.
But just thinking here, let me tell you something. I'll
tell you right now. You want all charges to be
dropped and cleared of all charges. Just joined the PGA
tour and then you all charges will be dropped. That's it.
(32:53):
But Scotti Scheffler yeah from Utah.
Speaker 8 (32:58):
No, no, no, no, seriously, they saw it. Concert.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
I gotta go, Jed, I'm up against the clock.
Speaker 8 (33:06):
Oh okay, okay here on Twitter, all right, hit me up.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
I got thank you or X thank you time now
for the who am I? Game? At Minnesota has a
player named Jaden McDaniels. He is the second youngest player
in NBA history. Depp back to back elimination games with
twenty or more points, three or more steels, and a block.
Only I did it at a younger age. Who am I?
That is the question. The answer. We'll get to it.
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And here's the who am I game? Minnesota's Jaden mcdangels.
That's a basketball player. He's the second youngest player in
NBA history to have back to back elimination games with
twenty or more points, three or more steels, and a block.
Only I did it at a younger age than Jaden McDaniels.
Who am I? That is the question? What is the answer?
(34:26):
Who else you have? Paige down? John James Rambo guests
by Art Puffin it's his answer. Matt the Warrior Raider,
Tom Brady, roast fan, going with Lebron James as his selection.
Who else we have Paige down? Page Down Rehab Robbie
(34:46):
thought I gave out good legal advice to just play
the Scheffler defense. Thank you for that. Benito a cowboy fan,
going with Freemi Homie Scottie Scheffler as his answer. Sean
Kemp bring back my son Onyx as Evan the depressed
Mariner fan Joe kim Noah from Eke in Roseville, Minnesota.
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Hollywood Haul Cogan from Rob in Lost wages about a
fir dog from so Cow Rights and says Eddie's horrible
picks is the answer, Uncle Heavy and just Steele, those
were pretty bad picks. You should have gone seize the Grayety.
You should have gone see Reek in Minnesota, says former
Timberwolf guard Poop Richardson. That's not his name, it's not Poop.
(35:30):
Shame on you, mal a prop guy going with Pacer
Poppy as his answer. The Apache Chief guessed by Greg
the real estate mogul there in Baltimore. Paige Dan, Paige, Dan, Yourphimi,
says the president of Iran. Wow.
Speaker 6 (35:46):
I mean, come on, is that justin Cincinnati?
Speaker 2 (35:49):
That was Yourphomi? Actually that's he's Justin's rubbing off.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
I know.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
THEO Ratliffe guessed by Dante that's his answer. Mason plumb
Lee from rob in Minnesota. Who else do you have?
Page Dan Kareem guessed by Johnny Q. Front row Amy
from I forty in stave Puff marshmallow Man or Darryl
Dawkins from Spock's Weed And that's their answer, Cameron says,
that dude from Utah who joined the Peace Corps at
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that ought to be.
Speaker 6 (36:17):
His movie and he met him.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
He's a good dude. I know, he's a nice guy.
Speaker 6 (36:20):
He needs to maybe not drink so much.
Speaker 2 (36:22):
Yeah, yeah, you know, he drinks a little. He likes
the sauceity, he likes to get a little sauce. Their
life can be hard. Do you have an answer, Eddie,
I do.
Speaker 6 (36:30):
It's former Clippers legend eldredg Rakasner.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
Wow, not as big a Clipper legend as Eric Patkowski
the Polish rifle. But that close, but not correct, Eddie Raw.
The correct answer is Michael Jordans. Michael Michael Jeffrey Jordan's
the pride of Little Manton, North Carolina.
Speaker 6 (36:51):
He went to his high school.
Speaker 2 (36:52):
Well, I didn't go to his I stopped by his
high school that same thing. Yeah, but it was not
the same high school that he went to. There have
been a lot of renovations that have gone to that
high school. There's the Jordan logo. I saw that in
the little Hall of Fame Hall of Fame thing.
Speaker 6 (37:08):
I wonder how he got there.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
Yeah, how much do you think Jordan spins like because
it's a tax ride off, right, all this stuff you
donate to the schools from all.
Speaker 6 (37:16):
My big donations to my schools.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
Yeah, a big radio guy, yady come on overnight update guy.
That's a big, big money position, right. No, doesn't that paywell?
I think I saw Steve de seger Man. He was
he was feeling good man. He had the Hawaiian vibe going.
That whole thing went to Hawaiian. Good for him. It's good. Yeah,
he's a good time. They never been there before. You
enjoyed it. How do you not enjoy Hawaii though? How
do you not enjoy that? It's great?
Here we go.
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Welcome to a brand new week of the original Recipe
Overnight Show. We're up all night recording this podcast so
you have fresh audio content on demand. We thank you
for listening. Otherwise, why are we wasting our time? So
here in our number one. It's the NBA Western Semi
Finals Game seven, a full mal monologue treatment on the
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Timberwolves and the Nuggets. Who's to blame for the Denver
Nuggets vacating the NBA playoffs blowing a twenty point lead?
How will history remember Anthony Edwards who had a stinky
performance although Minnesota one? And what does this series win
by the Timberwolves prove? Have any problem with Anthony Edwards
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waving goodbye to the Denver fans as the clock wound down.
We'll cover all of that and much more right now here.
It is our number one. Enjoy a little bit of
magic that's not supposed to happen to a team from Minnesota.
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Femieke and Roseville, Minnesota. All our guys in Minnesota they've
smiled ten thousand times. I don't know why, some random
reason they smelled ten thousand times on Sunday, but tyrack
dot com the way tire buying show me, don't bury
the lead. My man. Our league comes out of Colorado.
I'm old enough to remember when the Nuggets were the
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reigning champions, but they have been dethroned. Dethroned. That was
the site Game seven, Game seven Timberwolves and Nuggets, with
Alex Rodriguez getting lots of television time making it all
about him, but the winner would advance to the Final
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four of the NBA Final Four cut down the nets
go to the Final four. So if you didn't see it,
I've given you the outcome. You already know the outcome.
But Carl Anthony Towns and Jayden McDaniels each had twenty
three points and Minie Shuta comes back from twenty down.
They were on Life Sport down fifteen and a half
(02:57):
time down twenty early third quarter, and they eject the
reigning champions of pro bouncy ball, the Nuggets as they're
done ninety eight to ninety the final. The Timberwolves that
have advanced. Now they're in the Western Finals. They'll start
with Dallas on Wednesday in the Twin Cities. But we
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will have plenty of time to discuss the Western Conference finals.
But instead we must do the autopsy on what just
happened here in Colorado with the Nuggets who seemingly had
everything cooking and then they had nothing cooking the rest
of the way. So the question who's to blame for
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the Rocky Mountain collapse in the NBA Playoffs in Game
seven at home? What an embarrassment? What an absolute embarrassment?
Will start with that, So a we focus in on
the headlines. Right in the headlines here are all about
(04:02):
the stars not performing at the end. Now you look
at the statlan I said, well, the only two Nuggets
and you know double figures were the two stars, but
Nikola Jokich and Jamal Murray they had to have a
higher gear in this game, and they did not have
a higher gear in this game. They did not step
up really from about three minutes in to the second half,
(04:23):
from that point forward, after going up twenty at the
ten to fifty marks, So it wasn't even three minutes
in ten to fifty mark of the third quarter. So
that's a minute and ten seconds my computer like brain
tells me. From that point forward, the Nuggets, I wrote
it down. They were outscored by twenty eight points in
their own gymnasium.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
There.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Jokichen Murray combined to shoot ten of twenty five from
the floor the rest of the game forty percent. Michael
Porter Junior had one three point basket that was it,
which doesn't sound very impressive until you consider that Aaron
Gordon was shut out. He had a goose egg the
rest of the game. Now, I didn't play in the NBA.
(05:03):
I don't think that's good, but what do I know.
I just do the overnight show here. So Minnesota, let's
not misconstrue the fact they were a good defensive team.
This was not because of lockdown timberwolve defense. This was
wide open shots, many of them that were missed in
cahoots with some good defensive possessions by Minnesota. But howell
(05:29):
history remember Anthony Edwards' sninky performance? He got the postgame
interview and all that Anthony adverags you didn't see the
game here he's the headliner. I was told by my
NBA media elites that he is Michael Jordan two point oh.
And I like Anthony Edwards. I have nothing against the guy,
But man, was he a ball a suck in this game?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Man?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Did he stink? Anthony Edwards to answer the question, how
will history remember his performance is stinky performance in this game.
He picked up a residential pardon, is what he got.
Because Edwards took twenty four shots, he only made six
of them twenty five percent. That's it. While he was
(06:11):
on the floor there just ineffective. He's the offensive dynamo,
but he wasn't the offensive dynamo in this game. And
the idea that somehow he turned on the performance in
the second half. I've heard some pundits trying to say
that it's not true he took in the second half
of the game. He took seventeen shots. He was five
of seventeen. That was slightly better, so still under thirty percent.
(06:34):
But the deal is, and we know this from past
examples here that victory is one hell of a wonderfully
smelling cologne, and he took a bath in cologne, Anthony Edwards,
And even though he's stunk. Over time, we know how
this works. Over time, people will remember the fact that
Minnesota won the game, the turning point in the third quarter, comeback,
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and then the final score, and that's it, period stuff.
That's what people were going to remember. History has shown
us that people suffer from amnesia, and even over time
long term, you'll forget. You'll forget the turning point. You
just remember the final score. If you go back and
look and you go on like basketball reference dot Com,
you're like, Okay, what happened pro Basketball Reference dot Com?
(07:19):
And that's it now page two here, What the heck
does this series win by Minnesota prove? So I like this.
I was thinking about it as I was taking my
long ride in from the north Woods here, and what
it proves to me is it debunks a bunch of things.
And I've been hiding out under the cover of darkness
(07:40):
behind these microphones. And I have over the years had
some positions, some have been attacked by dufuses. But this
is confirmation. And that's why I was happy with the outcome.
I was because the first thing it debunks. I'll go
through not a list. I don't do list video, but
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coach Michael Malone implied that his team was gassed. That's
that's the implication. He said, Ah, I played last year
deep into the summer and all that. That's embarrassing. And
I'll tell you why it's embarrassing. And this is what
it debunks. This is the franchise in Denver that likes
to be very braggadocious about how high up in the
air they play. And they dominated home and all the
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Colorado teams because of the altitude. And they had that number.
Even the jerseys, the uniforms they were wearing five eighty
five to eight. Oh, it's on the court, it's on
the alternative uniforms for the Denver Nuggets. The altitude, the
mile high city. They nobody comes in there and wins, right,
(08:46):
they have so great you can't handle the team that's
gonna get tired as the road team, not the home team.
Because of the altitude, it's impossible to win there. How
many home games did the team from Denver that plays
at that high altitude losing this series? Not one? Not two? Three? Wow?
(09:10):
That's uh. It's almost like it debunked the whole altitude thing.
If you're good, it doesn't matter. If you're bad, you
use it as an excuse. Who goofed? I've got to
know now. The other thing that it debunked here is
Uncle Moe. The only Uncle Mo is a guy from
Brooklyn that calls the show randomly. Uncle Mo in sports
(09:32):
does not exist here, period, hard stock. That's it. It's
just something uneducated fans, low information fans like to grab
onto and yap about we now have d and a
evidence in this series does not exist. The Timberwolves won
the first two games in Denver. Man all the momentum,
(09:53):
Oh they were right and high. Oh man, they were
looking great all the momentum. So then they went back home.
Everyone's better at home. Surely they were gonna continue. But
what wait a minute, why would why would Minnesota give
up the momentum they had? They had the momentum. Did
they lose it somewhere over Iowa? Did it drop down
(10:14):
into a cornfield on their way back from Colorado. What
happened to the momentum? Okay? So then the Nuggets they
had all the momentum, oh, feeling good about themselves. They
won the three games in a row. Oh my god.
And then they went back to Minnesota, and then wait
a minute, the Nuggets lost by I mean forty five points.
It says in my note forty five points they lost by.
(10:35):
But they wait a minute, the Nuggets had the momentum.
I don't understand. How could that happen. Explain that to me.
I'm not that bright. Explain it to me, you can't.
And so okay, So then wait a minute. Minnesota won
by forty five points. But back to Denver, and Denver
the altitude, the whole thing and all that stuff. But
wait a minute. The Nuggets had a twenty point late.
(10:57):
So they did they got the momentum back. They had
a twenty point they were up twenty at home. Oh
my god, oh MG, twenty point lead at home. Game seven,
Championship pedigree, Mike come alone, Bragg, the about it Championship pedigrade.
They puked in their mouth. They all puked in their mouth.
(11:17):
That Denver Nuggets at the end there, Why would they
do that? Did they not want to win? See, there
is no such thing as momentum in sport, it does
not exist. This series a textbook example. You can also
talk about the Indiana Pacers on their performance on the
road against the New York Knickerbockers. The same situations like, well,
they can't win on the road, the Knicks are at home,
(11:38):
they had all those acts celebrities there, Well, what happened,
We know what happened. But momentum is used after the
fact to explain the outcome, explain what happening now, and
it usually goes away when it doesn't fit the narrative.
All right, last word, So do you have any problem?
(11:59):
This is big talking point among the NBA hard ohs.
Do you have any problem with the wolves? Anthony Edwards
as the clock was running down, waving goodbye to the
people that bought tickets or got free tickets to the
Nuggets game, waving goodbye there as the game came to
(12:20):
an end. So I only have a slight grumble. Generally,
I don't have a problem with this. The only issue
I have since it's a talk show, I have to
have an issue. I do have this issue. My pet,
Peeve Edwards played like manure most of the game. He's
an offensive Mozart. But it was it was just horrific. Okay,
(12:45):
it was absolutely horrific. And so don't when you go
take twenty four shots and you miss eighteen of them
and you're I don't know, it seems a little odd.
It reminded me of in football when you're and I
don't miss it a one, but it's like you get
a sack when you're not playing that well and the
team's not doing any you celebrate and all that stuff.
(13:06):
And then I watched on the TNT postgame there inside
the NBA. I believe, unless my TV was not working there,
maybe it wasn't that Anthony Edwards was pointing out that
it was his defense in the second half that shut
down Jamal Murray. I didn't really see it that way either.
(13:28):
Didn't see that the whole thing was slightly awkward, slightly awkward,
but I did see Murray miss a number of open shots.
I saw nas Read of Minnesota play some pretty good
defense at times there. The ensemble group collectively got it done.
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Ferg dog right, So he says, forget the NBA been,
Let's talk about the horses. You absolutely nailed the Preakness
with your seize the Great pick take your victory lap
who Well, me and the crew give you a well
deserved standing ovation. Well, I see Eddie's standing up over there,
Loraina standing staff, Cooper Loop also standing up. Thank you
all for the applause. I appreciate that. I will take
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a bow. All right? Do I not know the ponies?
Come on? Amazing analysis?
Speaker 6 (16:18):
Did you win?
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Absolutely amazing analysis? Ya feeme right from Chicago says. He says, Hey, Mallard,
a plus with a white castle crave case. You know
it's serious if it's a white Castle crave case. On
the monologue, Tua needs to stop turning down contracts to
a tongue of low. We'll talk about that later. Tyreek
Hill has a kid, a bunch of kids to feed,
(16:40):
and needs his quarterback. Jason in Cansas City he used
to live in Denver, says nine out of ten on
the Mallard monologue, Ben, the Nuggets blew this game and
they are cool in this series. I actually think the
Wolves should beat the MAVs fairly easily in the next
series after that. I'm not so sure. That's from Jason
in Kansas City. Shane if des Moin writes in says
(17:02):
two Game sevens in the NBA. My god, how are
we so blessed as sports fans unless we're not. The
NBA sucks and your monologues on pro bouncy ball do not. Okay,
thank you? King Rory writes in and says, what is
going on in the NBA? A team from Minnesota or
Dallas will represent the West? Well, Boston will represent the
East and win the NBA finals. If this doesn't say
(17:25):
the NBA is rigged and scripted, I don't know what will. Well.
The argument would be that Minnesota would not advance like
Dallas is a major metropolis and all that, but Minnesota,
he said, wollw come on, you can of Minnesota there?
What's up with that? But here they are? Here they are.
The Burner account says Mike Malone is the biggest sore
(17:47):
loser in the NBA. What a red ass reminds me
of Nick Saban. The caller formerly known as Gunner is
definitely calling in tonight. The cowboy Dan of the NBA
is gunn I'm looking on my board. I do not
see Gunner online. He might be off at the Walmart.
He might not be working at the Walmart. So we'll
(18:08):
find out, but he'll call up at some point. He's
probably got to wait till his break call from the
break room while he's watching TV, and then he'll call in.
Gunn is a hard working man. He can't just be calling,
you know, at the dime, you know a moment. I
can't do that. Let's see HL rights and says, excellent monologue,
A plus, proving that a couple of stars can't win
(18:30):
alone against a good team. You gotta have a bench
that can score down the stretch. Go Celtics. So he says,
things are looking really good for everything is like the
parting of the Red Sea for the Celtics. Everything is
lined up. Everything stars absolutely lined up. So over the
weekend there was something that happened while I was not
at the watch post that it's one of those stories like,
(18:52):
oh man, I would have loved to have yapped about
that and done a monologue, but I wasn't here, and
by the time I came back, it's it. They had
the big event in Valhalla there in Kentucky, the PGA
Tournament Championship tournament this weekend. And on Friday, when I
was getting out of here, Scotty Scheffler had a really
(19:16):
bad morning and he ended up. We assume you know
what happened by now. It's the stories somewhat old at
this point. But Scotty Scheffler, the golfer who was arrested
prior to the second round of the PGA Championship in
Louisville there, and it was just a bizarre, odd story.
The thing that upset me first of all was the
(19:36):
amount of people defending Scotty Scheffler based on the account
total douchebag total. Do you know who I am? You know,
I'm Scotty f and Scheffler and like king of all schmucks,
King of all schmucks. Right, that's the story there. But
it appears despite the story on Friday, as I was
(20:02):
not here Friday, but Friday afternoon the story came out
that he was booked on charges of second degree assault
on a police officer. That's a felony, third degree criminal mischief,
reckless driving, disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic,
and all of that. All that right there Gate one
(20:23):
at Valhalla Golf Course. The road was closed in both
directions because there was a fatal collision, dead body boom
right there, and he drove by and didn't stop when
he was told to stop, and there you go. So
turns out Scotti Scheffer's famous. This is a big event
(20:45):
in Louisville. So what do you think is going to happen?
Likely later on Monday here when the sun comes up
in Louisville. That's right. It is expected that Scottie Scheffler
will be cleared of all charges, all of them. It's
just gonna be. It's like it never happened. Prosecutors planning
(21:05):
to drop all charges against Scottie Scheffler, if not on Monday,
then by the middle of the week for the Rhubarb
at the PGA Championship. How soon before we get the
documentary The Wrong Turn at Valhalla, and very dramatic. Of course,
there was some reporter for the small network out of Bristol,
Connecticut that happened to be following Jeff or following schefter.
(21:30):
Jeff Darlington was following behind and saw the whole thing
of Scottie Scheffler. And that is an all right's go
to the phones. We'll say hello to Let's go to
Andre in the Commonwealth. Hello, Andre, what's going on?
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Ben?
Speaker 7 (21:47):
It's good to be with you this evening A tough
evening it is for home tunes. In Game seven situation.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
What happened to home court eventage? I thought you couldn't
lose it home home court in the NBA, Come on,
all those rich people, you can't lose at home.
Speaker 7 (22:02):
Well, for the Denver Nuggets, that seemed to be the case.
Obviously a huge game in control going in the fourth quarter.
But as Michael Tyson said, everybody has that plan until
they get socked in the mouth.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Well, the Nuggets, the Nuggets had a big lead that
have done. They only it was a one point game
going to the fourth quarter, so they blew.
Speaker 7 (22:21):
It in the third quarter, third quarter, third quarter, up
twenty comfortable, uh, and then Minnesota made their move and
all and all bets were off. You know, Mike Malone,
we we don't need, uh the language in the press conference.
We need a little bit more professionalism. But it's an
unfortunate situation for them, ben in that they've kind of
got mad dogs, you know at Minnesota, Anthony Edwards just
(22:43):
the more, the more explosive, more dynamic team. I thought
you saw Denver's lack of athleticism. Frankly, obviously jokers known
you know for his efficiency more than his overall athleticism.
Murray kind of faded. Michael Porter Junior was on the bench.
He's supposed to be their young kind of you know,
alpha or you know, just somebody to match fire with fire,
(23:05):
And that was the thing that kind of stuck out
with me. I thought that Minnesota was better pounced to pound,
Deniver was the more efficient team. But when it came
to just like a monolymno just athlete for athlete type
of situation, I was surprised. You know that they didn't
just lose, they lost handily.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
And so well, I look at it differently, andre I
like Denver should have won the game they got They choked,
all right, they just stopped playing for whatever reason. You
can make a bunch of excuses, but they'd stopped playing
in the It wasn't It's one thing if Anthony Edwards
beat you, you were like, okay, that's the that's the
you know, the guy that's being anointed is the next
big thing in the NBA. But he was terrible throughout
(23:41):
the game. So it's not like he all of a
sudden played great down the stretch in the second half.
He didn't. He played a little bit better than suck
in the second half. This was a total. There's a total.
There's a total gag by the Nuggets. That's it. And
now you're saying, well, they're not athletic, and they weren't
athletic they won a championship last year.
Speaker 7 (23:58):
Yeah, Ben Edwards, it doesn't show in the statue. But
how about all those steals, those breakout dunkity got.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Well, actually, steels are in the box. Swe they do
have that in the box Scoe.
Speaker 7 (24:08):
Yes, And so my point with that is I just
feel like they ran AGAs nothing. Minnesota wasn't going to
back down, and I think once they Minnesota made their move.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Boy, well didn't they back down. They were down by
twenty points. They backed down at the start of the game.
They were down by twenty. You know how rarely you
have twenty points you win ninety five percent of the time,
especially in a game seven. You don't lose a game
seven at home up by that many points.
Speaker 7 (24:37):
But Ben, Minnesota, excuse me, just quit cores and I
know you got other callers. Okay, see was up sixteen,
Dallas came back. Okay, but okay, sucks.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
They're not that good. They were a fraud team. Okay, See,
Denver won a championship. They're legit.
Speaker 7 (24:51):
They didn't lose by double Diggs is my point. And
that inconclusion.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Then, by the way, Anthony Edwards had two steals wall
By that really changed the whole game. Those two steels.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Were amazing breakaway dunks that gave them.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Yes, those those four points. You say momentum? Did you
say momentum? Did you say the word momentum?
Speaker 7 (25:10):
You?
Speaker 1 (25:15):
I wish you could just shut your big yapper.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Wow. I don't even think he watched the game. I'm
pretty sure you didn't watch the game. Anyway, we'll press
on here. That was upsetting. That was an upsetting start
to the festivities.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.
Speaker 6 (25:37):
Now, I don't care much for NASCAR.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Why are you doing a story?
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Then?
Speaker 6 (25:40):
Why you because it's a good story. I'll fight between
and Rick face.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
Do we have audio this?
Speaker 7 (25:50):
Well?
Speaker 6 (25:50):
I don't know if we can play because what were
some naughty language.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
In there the audio?
Speaker 7 (25:55):
No?
Speaker 2 (25:55):
No, I don't know if you did or not.
Speaker 6 (25:58):
Well, we have the audio of the uh from the video.
We could do that, but there's a naughty lab and
then Ricky Stenhouse Junior.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Live television, we had a throw.
Speaker 6 (26:06):
His dad got involved as well. Man, you got Papa
Stenhouse Stenhouse Senior. I assume right, Rickey Standhouse Junior Senior.
But there's some you know.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Yeah, but now Kyle pretty good. So Kyle Busch approached
Ricky Stenhouse Junior after the race and they were surrounded
by cameras and they get into a hole down, throwdown
right there in North Carolina at the North Wilkesboro Speedway.
I believe is that what this was? I believe it was.
(26:39):
And Stenhouse though he threw the first dunch. He threw that.
So he's the one that should get in trouble, right
because he's the one that threw the is not that
playground rules?
Speaker 5 (26:48):
Man?
Speaker 2 (26:48):
I know I was in elementary school. You throw the
first punch, you in trouble.
Speaker 6 (26:51):
Well, but Kyle Busch went to him, got in his face.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Yeah, but he didn't throw a punch.
Speaker 6 (26:54):
Had the fight doesn't happen if he doesn't do this.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Listen, he was there. There was a verbal argument and
then it escalated because Stan has this this thug, this
absolute thug. Ricky Standhouse doing your throwing a punch like
a chance to get the first The gangster, fake tough
guy wasn't even fake. It wasn't even a good punch
any good. It was not better than that guy. My god,
(27:18):
Arya throws a better punch than this guy. I like
the camera view from behind though, Kyle Busch as he's
walking over there.
Speaker 6 (27:25):
Yeah, that was like almost like, uh.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
It was like.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Something they're pointing. Bush's pointing is out of the conversation,
and then they're going back and forth a little bit.
Bush is holding the water bottle and uh, then Stan
has things kind of get escalated a little bit there.
The clip I saw ninety seconds. There's a ninety second
clip and they're going.
Speaker 6 (27:45):
Back and then like, oh, guys getting just like that.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
Bam, right hook, right hook, and then it was on
and then a bunch of middle aged white guys came
over there to try to break them up. So anyway,
I enjoyed it. Yeah, that was good. So is NASCAR
going to ban these guys for life or something like that? Probably?
Speaker 6 (28:09):
Seriously, Dot that this happens fairly regularly in NASCAR.
Speaker 2 (28:14):
Yeah, I know it's happened a few times every year.
I don't know regularly and it's not unusual. No, that
was the All Star Race, I believe Is that right?
That was the All Star Race? No, that was I
thought you were the NASCAR.
Speaker 6 (28:26):
Guy, you know, clearly not. Yes, it was the All
Star Race.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Okay, it is the Ban Malor Show. As we continue
on through the overnight hours, chopping down the late night
and if you'd like to be part, hit us up
on next at Bean mallor that's at Ben Maler. If
you want to be part of the program, we may
read your comments on the air. Josh says, the Pacers
versus Wolves finals is all coming to plan. Noah, that's
(28:54):
that's a tough one. That's a tough sell. That's a
good luck on that. Good luck on that. Ferk Dog says,
mystic Dan had all the momentum, but Ben knew better,
sees the Gray sees the day. HL says, to just
follow up for a minute. If your bench is good
and can score and play defense, you can win without
your superstar. Why is it that when your star is
(29:15):
hurt and asks to sit, that the good teams step
up and their bench players played better and can still win.
The Other thing that has been an annoyance of mine
in the NBA playoffs, and we saw it on display
in the Nuggets Timberwolves game, because early on in that game,
when Denver was flying high and they were feeling good
(29:37):
about themselves, and they had a fifteen point lead at
halftime and things were looking very encouraging. Jamal Murray, who
his elbow was need to be amputated in the last game,
and then he goes out. He shoots eight of fifteen
from the floor, three to five from three point range,
had twenty four points, just dominating and so okay, he
(30:00):
was hurt. Now he's back, he's great, he's wonderful. And
then in the second half of the game, same game,
uh you you know, it was just kind of not
that great second half. Any let's go to the phones.
We'll say hello to e Meani money. Let's go to
Ja Dot who's in Utah, get an update on his man.
(30:20):
Have all charges been dropping against you?
Speaker 7 (30:22):
J Dot?
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Like you're a golfer on the.
Speaker 8 (30:24):
No, no, no, no, no no, I'm going to court.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
In two weeks, two weeks, two weeks. You have an attorney.
Speaker 8 (30:34):
Well, so the turn told me that they can look
out all the files, all the police have this everything
that on the cops perspecutives and and take edge a
file and when I go to court, but it costs
one hundred dollars for atturning. So I'm like sucking the
mud and then and then tell me I'm either I'm
(30:58):
a little court and then you know, I'll suck it
up and take the L or I'm gonna have to
take a chance of born in jail.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
And yeah, yeah, So here's the this is a great conundrum.
Would you rather be in debt to a bunch of
attorneys for money or go to jail?
Speaker 8 (31:16):
Yeah, exactly, like I'm gonna take the L.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
So you are, you're willing, You're willing to You're gonna
take the L either way. But what are you planning
on doing here, Jada? Are you planning on trying to
come up with the money or are you thinking maybe
I'll go to jail for a little bit. Maybe they'll
only throw me in there for a little bit.
Speaker 8 (31:31):
Well, I mean, what thing is man if I go
to jail? Yeah, when I go to court? So okay,
so they sent me an omen on January June twenty,
Pip is beyond that day or before I have dischedule
my court date.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
No, you should do. I've seen this in with celebrities.
You should try to delay the court date as much
as you possibly can so you avoid going to jail.
Just keep pushing it back, Say that you've got like
a doctor's appointment or something like that, and you get yeah, yeah,
just keep delaying it. Play the long game. Got to
play a long game?
Speaker 8 (32:06):
Is okay? Smart? What if I play a long game
and I get attorney because I got like, I really
want to see what really happened because at home, my buddy,
me and my buddy we talked that he was there
the other night.
Speaker 6 (32:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
For those for those that know, j Dot had an
incident at a hotel in Utah. He has been charged
with how many crimes have been charged with Jada.
Speaker 8 (32:27):
An affair with the rest officer and antoxification.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
Yeah, so, Scott, you're your basician, You're Scottie Scheffler of
the show. You didn't, man, Yeah, you didn't. You didn't
drag You didn't drag a cop on your car though,
you just there was something that happened in the hotel.
But just thinking here, let me tell you something. I'll
tell you right now. You want all charges to be
dropped and cleared of all charges. Just joined the PGA
tour and then you all charges will be dropped. That's it.
(32:53):
But Scotti Scheffler yeah from Utah.
Speaker 8 (32:58):
No, no, no, no, seriously, they saw it. Concert.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
I gotta go, Jed, I'm up against the clock.
Speaker 8 (33:06):
Oh okay, okay here on Twitter, all right, hit me up.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
I got thank you or X thank you time now
for the who am I? Game? At Minnesota has a
player named Jaden McDaniels. He is the second youngest player
in NBA history. Depp back to back elimination games with
twenty or more points, three or more steels, and a block.
Only I did it at a younger age. Who am I?
That is the question. The answer. We'll get to it.
(33:30):
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Speaker 2 (34:05):
And here's the who am I game? Minnesota's Jaden mcdangels.
That's a basketball player. He's the second youngest player in
NBA history to have back to back elimination games with
twenty or more points, three or more steels, and a block.
Only I did it at a younger age than Jaden McDaniels.
Who am I? That is the question? What is the answer?
(34:26):
Who else you have? Paige down? John James Rambo guests
by Art Puffin it's his answer. Matt the Warrior Raider,
Tom Brady, roast fan, going with Lebron James as his selection.
Who else we have Paige down? Page Down Rehab Robbie
(34:46):
thought I gave out good legal advice to just play
the Scheffler defense. Thank you for that. Benito a cowboy fan,
going with Freemi Homie Scottie Scheffler as his answer. Sean
Kemp bring back my son Onyx as Evan the depressed
Mariner fan Joe kim Noah from Eke in Roseville, Minnesota.
(35:06):
Hollywood Haul Cogan from Rob in Lost wages about a
fir dog from so Cow Rights and says Eddie's horrible
picks is the answer, Uncle Heavy and just Steele, those
were pretty bad picks. You should have gone seize the Grayety.
You should have gone see Reek in Minnesota, says former
Timberwolf guard Poop Richardson. That's not his name, it's not Poop.
(35:30):
Shame on you, mal a prop guy going with Pacer
Poppy as his answer. The Apache Chief guessed by Greg
the real estate mogul there in Baltimore. Paige Dan, Paige, Dan, Yourphimi,
says the president of Iran. Wow.
Speaker 6 (35:46):
I mean, come on, is that justin Cincinnati?
Speaker 2 (35:49):
That was Yourphomi? Actually that's he's Justin's rubbing off.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
I know.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
THEO Ratliffe guessed by Dante that's his answer. Mason plumb
Lee from rob in Minnesota. Who else do you have?
Page Dan Kareem guessed by Johnny Q. Front row Amy
from I forty in stave Puff marshmallow Man or Darryl
Dawkins from Spock's Weed And that's their answer, Cameron says,
that dude from Utah who joined the Peace Corps at
(36:16):
that ought to be.
Speaker 6 (36:17):
His movie and he met him.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
He's a good dude. I know, he's a nice guy.
Speaker 6 (36:20):
He needs to maybe not drink so much.
Speaker 2 (36:22):
Yeah, yeah, you know, he drinks a little. He likes
the sauceity, he likes to get a little sauce. Their
life can be hard. Do you have an answer, Eddie,
I do.
Speaker 6 (36:30):
It's former Clippers legend eldredg Rakasner.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
Wow, not as big a Clipper legend as Eric Patkowski
the Polish rifle. But that close, but not correct, Eddie Raw.
The correct answer is Michael Jordans. Michael Michael Jeffrey Jordan's
the pride of Little Manton, North Carolina.
Speaker 6 (36:51):
He went to his high school.
Speaker 2 (36:52):
Well, I didn't go to his I stopped by his
high school that same thing. Yeah, but it was not
the same high school that he went to. There have
been a lot of renovations that have gone to that
high school. There's the Jordan logo. I saw that in
the little Hall of Fame Hall of Fame thing.
Speaker 6 (37:08):
I wonder how he got there.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
Yeah, how much do you think Jordan spins like because
it's a tax ride off, right, all this stuff you
donate to the schools from all.
Speaker 6 (37:16):
My big donations to my schools.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
Yeah, a big radio guy, yady come on overnight update guy.
That's a big, big money position, right. No, doesn't that paywell?
I think I saw Steve de seger Man. He was
he was feeling good man. He had the Hawaiian vibe going.
That whole thing went to Hawaiian. Good for him. It's good. Yeah,
he's a good time. They never been there before. You
enjoyed it. How do you not enjoy Hawaii though? How
do you not enjoy that? It's great?
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