A notable match up on national TV tonight, the Clippers air playing the Nets.

The Clippers own the league's best record as they face off against the Nets on the road.

So fizz.

If you were just saying those teams, if those teams ended up in the finals against each other, who would you pick for the title?

That's not right.

E, with teams that are playing tonight is this is what I got.

I mean, that's how you gonna hit me, huh?

Well, right now, today, today I'm picking the Clippers.

If you're gonna put pressure on me like that just because they've been together longer and they really defend, they take pride of their defense.

They're more connected right now, defensively.

But obviously for these two teams to make it, health will be a huge issue for both teams.

All both things have to get through this season healthy, but I gotta go with the Clippers just because they really play both ends of the floor right now.

Yeah, I gotta go.

The Clippers, too.

I mean, when you look at the Clippers, they have the Onley to wingman that could possibly match up well versus the Nets.

I mean, Kawai.

Leonard's a great defender, Paul George to.

And if you want to, guys in the N B on the same team garden.

Kevin Durant, James Harden.

Those are the two guys that you want on them, and I don't see no other team in the league with that combination of defenders that can match up with these guys all night.

And so I have to go with the Clippers.

I'm fascinated to see this matchup.

I think it's gonna be fantastic and really a test for Steve Nash's group of when their attention is served, and when they know they have to lock down, can they do it?

These guys have shown that they can play team defense, even if none of them are sort of lights out defenders on their own.

And they got to do with, though, as Steve has said, they haven't been doing it yet.

They'll freely admit that, Kyrie said.

Every guy was going past him the other night, so I hope that they can find their focus and give us a really good basketball game.

The matchup looks incredible.

Time for our league, past game of the night, gentlemen six games on the slate, including two on TNT.

So our producers Air Band Band, I tell you, from choosing any national TV games, they had to go with Blazers Wizards, which hey, that's tonight at eight Eastern and both game.

Willard Tobe Russell Westbrook Coming off hitting those insane game winners may have a history going back and forth to Paul, you know that.

So what do you expect from this matchup tonight?

Oh, man, is there a better matchup between Wessel, Russell Westbrook and Dame Lillard?

You know, to competitive guys?

Dave Lillard has pulled Russell Westbrook out the playoffs, and you know how competitive Westbrook is.

And he's coming off his best game of the season and right in time because Dave Lillard he's gonna be up in his game, and so will Russell Westbrook.

I love these two guards, two of my favorite in the league.

I love it the same way, but you got to unique, uniquely different guards, Right?

You got Lillard, who's a bomber.

You got Westbrook, who's just a downhill attacker.

They already got history of Turpin.

They're going at each other.

There's been some heartbreak in that competitiveness, and so I can't wait to watch this one.

I love seeing those two guys go head to head.

They're gonna put on a show for us.

Paul.

It's so interesting watching Breast now.

He took that time off injury wise to just sort of rest and rejuvenate to a little extra bit to make sure that he came back healthy.

But he's clearly figuring out how to play now.

Paul, what would you advise Russ, as he's aging in the game here of what he needs to do to continue to adjust?

Well, Russia has to continue to just I think this is the thing.

Sometimes Russ doesn't understand, you know, stopping, going.

What I mean by that, you know, he plays at one speed, and as he gets older, you know, as that athleticism starts to decline, he has to figure out different ways that he could be effective.

We already know what he could do, rebounding the ball in passing, but as he gets older and he's not as explosive to the basket, just finding that medium and what I saw in those highlights, he went back to the medium range, something I thought he abandoned for a couple of years, and I think that was an important part of his offensive game.

Instead of settling for so many threes, play to your strengths and I think he could be a big guard.

You could put in the post and make plays from there.

Also.

What do you think?

This I think you hit it on the head.

Both of those areas are sweet spots.

I think him being back with his old coach, who really knows how to use them, eyes gonna put him in the right positions.

And hopefully he could stay healthy so we could see that.

What Russell Westbrook that were used to.

Well, hopefully tonight to barnburner MBA.

Just announcing Lemelle a ball and Tyree's Halliburton as the MBA rookies of the month.

So congrats to them and thank you to coach and pill for joining me today.

We'll be back tomorrow with the jump Seah.

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