Thunder knock out Mavericks in NBA Cup

Hour 2 ends with NBA notes including OKC's win over the Dallas Mavericks to advance to the semifinals of the NBA Cup.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Get back to the NBA.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Last night, Cameron Parker was very happy to see his
beloved Oklahoma City thunder dispatched the Dallas Mavericks beat them
and move on to the If you Will Final four
of the Emirates NBA Cup.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
They won last night one eighteen one oh four.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
SGA said gil just Alexander thirty nine points for that.
The Mavericks couldn't stop turning the ball over in the
first half. That was a big problem. They just kept
turning over the ball and that that really dug them
a hole. And then they tried to come back a
little bit. But too much, SGA. Too much Oklahoma City.
They do look like certainly the best team in the

(00:46):
West right now. And I know they were the number
one seed in this tournament, but they do look like
the best team certainly in the West of not all
the NBA.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah, they did.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
And you know, it's it's kind of tough to really
evaluate this game because on one hand, ok see, you
don't have Chut Homegrend Dallas that I had PJ. Washington,
two guys that played big roles in last year's semi
finals matchup, and you know, two guys who were gonna
have big roles down the stretch later on this season.
For the two games, but going back to last year
semi finals, there was two reasons why I thought okay

(01:15):
Se lost that series. One rebounding, could not get rebounds,
and critical moments against Daniel Gafford in PJ. Washington. The
second thing was didn't not have a reliable number two
score behind Shay Now last night Shaye dropped almost forty points.
Did not matter who was number two and number three,
But on the glass, okay See dominated, and especially with

(01:38):
Isaiah Hartenstein thirteen rebounds, okay See out rebounded them by
like eight or seven. It was a little bit longer
before the subs came in. That was critical for me
to see because last year so many more second possessions
were created by Dallas able to rebound. The basketball kind
of flipped in the game last night. Craig, So, a

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big victory for okay See and they're going to get
Golden State team that they've beaten once and lost two
once in a Houston team that has given them fits
so far this season.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
Which one do you think wins the game? It's in
Houston tonight.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
Houston beat them the other week. I think without chet
Holme Bren Houston can play a little bit smaller to
their advantage. But you know, so I'll go with Houston,
I think. But that's just the cynical Okay, see phantomy.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Okay, all right, And last night the other matchup, Milwaukee
held off a feisty Orlando team. They won one fourteen
one O nine, but they went down into the final
final seconds.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
Of that before the Bucks won.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
And by the way, it's the second straight year for
the Bucks to get into the semifinals, to get to
Vegas where the semifinals and finals are played.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
Yeah, Milwaukee, everyone was ready to write them off after
the first like two weeks of the season.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
Now they're playing doctor Rivers firing watch was on, yep, yep.

Speaker 3 (02:58):
But as you see, you know that now they're playing
good defense, which is it's huge from Milwaukee team for Orlando,
no Apollo, no friends, Wagner. You know, they're battling the
injury bug right now.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
How do you see Hawks Nicks tonight?

Speaker 3 (03:13):
I think New York win this game. You know, Trey
Jones does seem to be does seem to always play
way or Trey Young? Sorry, it seems who's Tredy Jones,
Trey Young seems to always play really well at the
Garden for some reason.

Speaker 1 (03:27):
But I think New York is just a better team.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
Okay, all right, that's the first game, and then Golden
State Houston saying, and the winners of those two games
advanced to Las Vegas, where Oklahoma City and Milwaukee have
already set themselves up and moved in the semifinals to
that Emirates NBA Cup. All Right, we'll be back to
wrap about number two year on Sports Radio AM thirteen

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under the Zone.