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>> RONDO BENCHED IN THE HIGH
FLYING GAME TO THE HOUSTON
ROCKETS.
>> SELF-PROCLAIMED BEST BACK
COURT AND THEY CRUSH THE RAPTORS
IN TORONTO AGAIN.
>> THUNDER FIRE HEAD COACH
BROOKS.
>> IT'S APRIL 22ND.
STARTERS START NOW.
>> GOOD EVENING SWEET WORLD AND
WELCOME TO THE STARTERS, WHETHER
JOINING US LIVE ON-LINE OR
LISTENING TO THE PODCAST OR
CATCHING US ON NBA T.V. WE'RE
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
I'M J.E. SKEETS AND THIS IS AS
THE MULL IS.
>> STARTERS AREN'T GETTING
BENCHED NOT TODAY AT LEAST.
>> AND INTERNATIONAL MAN OF
MYSTERY.
LEE ELLIS.
>> LEIGH LEIGH.
>> WE HAVE ACTION PACKED SHOW
THIS EVENING AND WE'LL GET TO
THE THUNDER FIRING HEAD COACH
SCOTTY BROOKS NEWS LATER IN THE
SHOW BUT FIRST THE GAMES LAST
NIGHT IN HOUSTON WHERE LONG TIME
FRIENDS, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T
KNOW.
SMITH AND HOWARD PROVED AN
UNSTOPPABLE COMBINATION HELP THE
ROCKETS TO THE WIN OVER IN THE
MAVS.
HOUSTON HAS A 2-0 LEAD IN THE
SERIES BUT IF YOU'RE A MAVS FAN
I HAVE MUCH WORSE NEWS THAN
THAT.
CHANDLER PARSONS IS NOW
OFFICIALLY OUT FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE SEASON BECAUSE OF THE
RIGHT KNEE AND INTERESTINGLY
WE'RE JUST LEARNING THAT RAJON
RONDO IS OUT INDEFINITELY WITH A
BACK PROBLEM.
AND I SAY THAT'S INTERESTING
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT WENT
DOWN LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS NOT A
GOODNIGHT FOR RAJON RONDO.
>> QUITE PECULIAR HE WAS YANKED
BECAUSE HE WASN'T PAYING
ATTENTION.
THERE'S NO ATTENTIVENESS.
WHEN YOU'RE IN A PLAYOFF GAME
AND GET CALLED AN EIGHT SECOND
VIOLATION FOR ABSOLUTELY NO
REASON THERE'S SERIOUS
ATTENTIVENESS FOR YOUR GUY
SUPPOSED TO BE CARRYING THE TEAM
AND ALLOWING THE APPOSING POINT
GUARD TO CARRY IT.
GETTING INTO IT WITH JAMES
HARDEN AS WELL.
HE TOOK HIMSELF OFF THE FLOOR.
>> HE DID.
BECAUSE HE WAS LIKE YOU SAID.
FOULING AND JUST GETTING RILED
UP AND NOT DOING ANYTHING TO
HELP THE MAVERICKS OUT THERE AND
BASICALLY HURTING THEM FOR THE
ENTIRE GAME.
>> VALIANT EFFORT JUST TO BE
SAID.
RAYMOND FELTON AND JJ BAREA AND
THIS TEAM WAS AHEAD IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER.
THAT'S HOW HARD THIS TEAM WAS
WORKING.
>> RONDO, CAREER LOW.
TEN MINUTES BECAUSE YOU KNOW
CARLISLE DECIDED TO BENCH HIM
AFTER THE TWO FOULS AND RONDO
DID NOT STICK AROUND TO TALK TO
REPORTERS.
I'M TRYING TO WATCH THE WAY HE'S
WALKING.
>> WAS SITTING ON A CUSHION ON
THE BASELINE.
>> LOOK.
SEVEN ASSUMING THAT MAVS ARE
JUST CALLING IN A BACK PROBLEM
BECAUSE THEY JUST WANT TO GET
AROUND AND HOPEFULLY THE STORY
GOES AWAY QUICKER OF RONDO AND
CARLISLE AND RONDO NOT GIVING IT
HIS ALL CHECKING OUT MENTALLY OF
THIS GAME WHICH HE NO DOUBT DID
AND WE'LL RUN WITH BAREA AND
FELTON TO SEE IF THEY CAN WIN.
>> WHAT'S HE GOING TO BUTT HEADS
OVER WITH RONDO.
AGAIN LAST NIGHT YOU SAW HIS
ATTITUDE AND EFFORT AND ENERGY
ON THE COURT WAS HORRIBLE SO IF
YOU'RE CARLISLE YOU CAN'T AFFORD
TO DROP TOO FAR BEHIND LIKE THE
ROCKETS.
THEY'VE LOST THE FIRST TWO AND
RONDO WAS ATROCIOUS.
CARLISLE HAD NO OPTION AND SAT
HIM DOWN.
>> LAST TIME WE'VE SEEN HIM IN A
DALLAS MAVERICKS UNIFORM THEN?
YOU DON'T EXPECT HIM THERE NEXT
YEAR?
>> HIGHLY.
I UNDERSTAND HIM NOT WANTING TO
TAKE A CHANCE BUT YOU SAW WHAT
HE DID THERE IN GAME TWO.
HE JUST WASN'T THERE MENTALLY.
HE CHECKED OUT SO HOW CAN WE GO
TO GAME THREE WITH THIS GUY AS
OUR STARTING POINT GUARD.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE DEVIN HARRIS
AND HE'LL COME BACK BUT THEY
WENT WITH BAREA AND FELTON AND
THEY NEED HELP AND RONDO IS NOT
HELPING.
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE THROWING OUT
THE IDEA THAT HE'S CENT SENDING
A MESSAGE WALKING THE BALL UP TO
RICK CARLISLE BECAUSE AGAIN THEY
HAVE BUTTED HEADS ABOUT RONDO
WANTS TO PLAY, LET HIM CALL THE
PLAYS OF COURSE RICK CARLISLE
WANTS TO DO THAT SO MAYBE RONDO
SENDING A MESSAGE SAYING I'LL
JUST WALK IT UP HERE WHICH IS
CRAZY TO THINK IF TRUE.
>> IF THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING
BUT RONDO SEEMED CALCULATEING SO
IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF HE
WAS TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE BUT
IF YOU WERE A TRADE HATER COMING
EVERYTHING YOU SAW WAS WHAT YOU
WERE WHERE I HAD ABOUT GOING
INTO THE TRADE AND BETWEEN HIM
NOT SHOWING UP, HE HAD FOUR
JUMPERS OR WHATEVER IN THE
SECOND QUARTER OF GAME ONE
GETTING BENCHED FOR FELTON.
CAUSING WAVES IN THE LOCKER ROOM
AND BEING HUGE STORY IN THE
IMMEDIATE YAY! THINK THAT IT WAS
A WORTHY SHOT IN THE DARK THAT
THE MAVERICKS TOOK BECAUSE THEY
WERE NOT GOING TO WIN A FIRST
ROUND SERIES ANYWAY BUT TRADE
--ING HIM HAS NOT WORKED OUT.
>> SOMETHING JUST OCCURRED TO
ME.
RONDO HAS NOT BEEN IN THE
PLAYOFFS FOR A LONG TIME AND
MAYBE HE FORGOT THE 8 SECOND
RULE USED TO BE A TEN SECOND
RULE.
>> RICK CARLISLE HAS NOT BEEN
ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO HIDE HIM
ON OFFENSE.
THEIR OFFENSE WAS ALL ABOUT
SPACING JUST MOVE THE BALL
AROUND WHOEVER GETS OPEN AND
RONDO DOESN'T ALLOW THAT.
>> RONDO WILL BE A STORY FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS SO LET'S
TALK ABOUT THE ROCKETS AND HOW
THEY PICKED UP THE WIN.
BEFORE THE SHOW WE SHADE THAT
WAS POSSIBLY JOSH SMITH'S
GREATEST BASKETBALL QUARTER OF
HIS LIFE.
IT SOUNDS HILARIOUS TO SAY BUT
HE JUST TOOK OVER THIS GAME AND
A LOT OF IT JUST THROW TOGETHER
HOWARD INSIDE.
>> MAKING PLAYS LEFT AND RIGHT
AND ASSISTING ON EVERY DUNK THAT
WAS NOT HIS OWN AND YOU CAN SEE
WHY THE ROCKETS ARE NOT MISSING
MONTEUNIS RIGHT NOW AND HE CAN
MAKE PLAYS WITH HIM RATHER THAN
HARDEN HAVING TO DO ANYTHING.
>> IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD
TO TALK ABOUT.
WATCH THE ROCKETS TRY TO PUT
DIRK NOWITZKI IN A PICK-AND-ROLL
SITUATION AND WE SAW IT TIME AND
TIME AGAIN DOWN THE STRETCH AND
DIRK NEVER LOOKED SLOWER WITH
THE NUMBER OF TIMES JOSH SMITH
BLUE BY HIM AND I FEEL BAD FOR
TYSON CHANDLER RIGHT NOW.
WELL DO HELP OUT ON YOUR GUY OR
STAY ON MINE BECAUSE EVERY TIME
HE HELPS OUT USUALLY A DUNK.
>> TYSON CHANDLER TOWARDS THE
END OF THIS GAME HE'S LIKE I'M
NOT LETTING MY GUY SO IT'S JOSH
SMITH'S GUY.
>> MARK CUBAN CAN'T EVEN WATCH.
>> KEVIN MCHALE HAS BEEN
STRESSING FOR A TIME AND LAST
NIGHT WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
HARDEN ONLY PLAYED FOUR MINUTES
WHEN THE ROCKETS WENT ON THE RUN
AND HARDEN HASN'T BEEN SHOOTING
WELL SO FAR BUT IT HASN'T
EFFECTED THE ROCKETS AT ALL.
GREAT FOR HOUSTON.
YOU HAPPEN WE WITH HIM.
YOU HAVE TO PLAY MINUTES AND BE
AGGRESSIVE.
HE DID THAT.
>> YOU SAW THE RESULT IN THE
END.
DOMINANT AT THE END AND IF HE
PLAYS LIKE THAT CONTINUALLY THEN
IT REALLY GIVES THE HOUSTON
ROCKET AS GOOD CHANCE IN THE
WEST AND I REALLY ENJOY SEEING
HIM PLAY LIKE THIS.
MADE HIS FREE THROWS AND DIDN'T
DO ANY OF THOSE SILLY PLAYS THAT
HAVE CAUSED HIM PROBLEMS IN THE
PAST.
>> HAD 15 SHOTS AND ONLY THREE
ROUND UP POST ATTEMPTS.
0-3 BUT THIS IS JUST HIS FORTE.
PICKING AND ROLLING AND DROP
OFFS AND IF HE CAN BE A DEANDRE
JORDAN EXTREME THAT'S WHAT YOU
WANT.
THE POST UPS ARE FINE EVERY ONCE
IN A BLUE MOON BUT HE'S
UNSTOPPABLE.
SHOWED YOU THE PERCENTAGES AND
PICK-AND-ROLL 75% FROM THE FIELD
IN POST UPS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO
THAT.
SOMETHING LIKE 43 SERVE %.
>> SEEMS TO BE LABORING WITH
THOSE INJURIES AND NOW HE JUST
LOOKS EXPLOSIVE AND FRESH.
>> MENTIONED MCHALE AND I THINK
HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB TRYING TO
SPEED UP THE TEMPO WITH SMITH
AND CLINT AND THE YOUNG GUY THAT
PLAYS 88 MINUTES.
SMART MOVE AND JOSH SMITH, YOU
KNOW HE'S GOING BY DIRK AND I
THINK THEY HAVE TO GET OUT IN
THERE JUST TO SLOW HIM DOWN.
>> DIRK CAN'T HANDLE HIM AT ALL.
>> HE NEEDS TO PLAY LIKE 40
MINUTES.
HE CAN GUARD HARDEN AT TIMES.
>> 40 MINUTES IN THE PLAYOFF
GAME HAS NOT HAPPENED BEFORE?
>> THIS TEAM IS SO THIN.
CHANDLER PARSONS OUT FOR THE
ENTIRE PLAYOFFS AND RICHARD
JEFFERSON GETTING AS MANY
MINUTES WHO IS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE OUT THERE.
THEY'RE KILLING DIRK AS THE
PICKER AND AS WELL AS THE ON
BALL DEFENDER.
SO HE NEEDS TO DO THAT.
>> INTERESTED SO SEE WHAT RICK
CARLISLE DOES.
>> DON'T TELL HIM.
>> WHEN WE RETURN.
WELL I'LL PROBABLY CURL UP INTO
A BALL AND CRY LITTLE BIT.
YEP, TALK ABOUT THE RAPTORS AND
WIZARDS WHEN WE RETURN.
YOU'RE WATCHING "THE STARTERS".
>> WELCOME BACK TO THE STARTERS
TIME FOR ME TO EAT SOME CROW.
ONE GAME AFTER SCORING TEN
POINTS JOHN WALL DOMINATED
TORONTO AND KYLE LAURIE FOR 26
POINTS A PLAYOFF.
CAREER-HIGH 17 TIMES TO DIMES TO
PICK UP THE VICTORY AND STILL
STEAL BOTH GAMES IN CANADA.
THIS GAME GOT AWAY FROM THE RAPS
AND WASHINGTON JUST KILLED THEM.
71 POINTS IN THE FOUR MINUTES.
>> TWO GUARD HEAVY TEAMS.
ONE SET GETTING IT DONE WHILE
THE OTHER IS NOT AT ALL.
LOOK AT THEM RIGHT NOW AND FEELS
LIKE THE WIZARDS HAVE AN
ADVANTAGE AT EVERY POSITION.
PLAYING 1-5 AND THE BENCH WHICH
NO ONE SUSPECTED.
JOHN WALL WAS SO FUN TO WATCH
THE WAY HE WAS GETTING IT DONE.
YOU FELT LIKE SOME GUYS ARE
PLAYOFF PERFORMERS AND HE'S LIKE
I'M WINNING THIS GAME TO GO
25-15.
JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
ONLY FIVE GUYS HAVE 25 POINTS OR
15 PLUS ASSISTS OVER THE PAST
TEN YEARS AND JOHN WALL IS NOW
ONE OF THEM.
THAT IS SPECIAL, SPECIAL,
SPECIAL.
>> LOOK AT THE LIST.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK THIS SERIES HAS SUDDENLY
COME DOWN TO THE GUARDS AND
WHO'S GOING TO BRING IT ON A
NIGHT-TO-NIGHT BASIS AND IT'S
WALL AND BE MUCH MORE THAN
LAURIE WHO OF COURSE HAS
INJURIES AND PICKED UP THE SHIN
CONTUSION AND EVEN LOU WILLIAMS.
>> AND PIERCE NOT WANTING TO GO
THROUGH CUSTOMS AGAIN.
I'M NOT DOING IT.
TWEETED PIERCE AND SAID WE'RE
SWEEPING THEM.
WOULD ANYONE BE SURPRISED?
>> NOT AT ALL BUT THE WAY
THEY'VE PLAYED IS NOT A
SURPRISE.
THEY CAN'T DEFEND ANYONE AND
WASHINGTON IS NOT A FANTASTIC
TEAM BUT HE DID THAT.
>> KYLE LAURIE IS NOT STAYING ON
THE FLOOR.
AGAIN IS IT INJURIES?
IT'S IN THESE GAMES.
IT'S NOT VASQUEZ AND LOU
WILLIAMS TRYING TO GUARD THEM.
THAT'S FAIR BECAUSE THEY'RE
PLAYING PHENOMENAL BUT IN MUCH
BETTER POSITION IF HE'S OUT
THERE.
VASQUEZ CAN'T GUARD ANYONE.
TRAILING JOHN WALL IN EVERY PLAY
AND LIEU C NOT A GREAT DEFENDER
EITHER SO I DISAGREE AND LAURIE
HAS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO STAY
OUT THERE.
TERRIBLY FRUSTRATED BOTH WITH
SHOT SELECTIONS AND THEN GETTING
FOULS.
SOME OF THEM TICKY ATTACKY THE
THIRD ONE WAS REALLY DUMB ON HIS
PART.
NINE MINUTES TO GO AND YOU REACH
IN AND GIVE THE LAYUP?
HE KNOWS THAT AND THAT KILLED
HIM.
I'VE BEEN TERRIBLY IMPRESSED
WITH HIM IN THE BOUNCE-BACK
ESPECIALLY AFTER MISSING SHOTS
IN GAME ONE.
>> THEY GET ANYWHERE THEY WANT
TO BECAUSE THE RAPTORS CAN'T
PLAY DEFENSE AND THE RAPTORS
CAN'T GET WHERE THEY WANT
BECAUSE THE WIZARDS ARE UP AND
THEN IT COMES TO THE BIG GUYS
AND THE BIG GUYS HAVE OUT PLAYED
THE RAPTORS IN EVERY SINGLE
MINUTE SO FAR.
PATRICK PATTERSON NEEDS MORE
MINUTES AND THEY NEED GUYS TO
PLAY HARD AND TOUGH.
>> YOU CAN'T POINT OUT ONE THING
WHEN YOU LOSE BY 20 POINTS AND
YOUR ALL-STAR THAT INJURED JUST
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SEASON
HAS GONE YOU HAVE TO CARRY THE
TEAM.
FIRST TIME ALL-STAR AND HE CAN'T
GO FOR 6.5 POINTS A GAME.
IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
>> NOT GOING TO WORK ON SUCH A
GUARD HEAVY TEAM SO DEPENDENT ON
OUTSIDEJS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH KYLE IS
HE'S NOT GETTING OFFENSE OFF TO
A GOOD TEMPO.
>> HE CAN'T BECAUSE HE'S NOT ON
THE FLOOR ENOUGH.
BUT TO DEROZEN HAD 20 POINTS
LAST NIGHT BUT I SAID HE NEEDS
TO GET TO THE FREE-THROW LINE.
HE'S BEEN THERE EIGHT TIMES IN
TWO GAMES AND MADE FIVE OF THEM.
I KNOW SOMETIMES HIS BALL
HANDLING IS NOT THE GREATEST BUT
HE NEEDS TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE
AND SOMETHING JUST TO GET TO THE
FREE-THROW LINE AND GET FOULS.
THAT MID RANGE FEELS SO MUCH
WORSE WHEN YOUR TEAM IS
STRUGGLING LIKE THEY ARE.
>> PEOPLE WANT THEM TO BE MORE
LIKE JAMES HARDEN TO SHOOT
THREES LIKE LAST YEAR BUT HE
DOESN'T HAVE HANDLE SO HAS TO
SETTLE FOR SOMETHING FROM TEN TO
16 FEET AND HE'S NOT A GREAT
SHOOTER NOT TO MINT MENTION IT'S
NOT AN EFFICIENT SHOT.
>> AS RAPTOR FANS I'M SO
DISAPPOINTED IN THIS EGG THEY
THROUGH UP THERE BUT AGAIN
CREDIT IT TO THE WIZARDS.
BE IS 22?
PORTER HAD A GREAT GAME LAST
NIGHT AGAIN 22.
YOUNG, YOUNG NUCLEUS HERE IS A
VERY IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN THIS
LEAGUE.
JOHN WALL I'M GLAD HE BECAME AN
ALL-STAR BUT HAS TAKEN IT TO
ANOTHER LEVEL.
KILLING THE RAPTORS.
>> NOT THE BEST REFLECTION OF
THE DEFENSE DEEPER IN THE
PLAYOFFS BUT BE AS YOU MENTIONED
IN THE FIRST GAME HE COULD NOT
SHOOT.
BE LAST NIGHT TOOK THE SAME
SHOTS AND DROVE INSIDE AND SO
MUCH BETTER LAST NIGHT ONCE HE
SAW A FEW GO DOWN HIS CONFIDENCE
ROSE AND HERE YOU SEE THE SHOT
CLOCK COMBINED.
LOOK INSIDE ALL 13 FIELD GOAL
ATTEMPTS INSIDE THE RESTRICTED
AREA.
>> THEY'RE WORKING TO GET IN THE
LANE AND THAT'S FRUSTRATING.
DEROZEN'S LINE LOOKS SEXY.
BUT IT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S
HAPPENING.
JUST DOESN'T WORK WITH THIS TEAM
IF HE WAS WORKING ON A TEAM WITH
PLAYER MOVEMENT AND BALL
MOVEMENT HIS SHOTS WOULD BE
DIGESTIVE BUT THREE FREE-THROWS
DOESN'T WORK ON THIS TEAM THAT
TAKES JUMPER AFTER JUMPER AND WE
THOUGHT THIS MAY HAPPEN JUST
WATCHING THE TEAM.
ALL THEY DO IS RELY ON DEROZEN
JUST TO SHOOT THE OUTSIDE, J'S.
WIZARD SERIES DID NOT LOSE AS
THEY HEAD BACK TO WASHINGTON.
QUICKLY, CAVS AND CELTICS PUT UP
ANOTHER FIGHT BUT IN THE END,
LITTLE TOO MUCH LEBRON AND KYRIE
IRVING AND THEY PICK UP THE
99-91 VICTORY SO THEY ALSO GO TO
THE 2-0 LEAD.
EVERY SINGLE SERIES RIGHT NOW
2-0 WHICH IS SORT OF
MIND-BOGGLING.
LEBRON JUST DID LEBRON THINGS.
DID PASS JERRY WEST.
MOST POINTS IN PLAYOFF HISTORY
LAST NIGHT PASSING HIM AND NOW
MOVING TO SEVENTH JUST BEHIND
YOUR JORDAN'S AND KAREEMS AND
KOBE'S.
>> HIGHLY RESPECTED GAME FROM
CELTICS.
PUSHING THE CAVS TO THE LIMIT
RIGHT DOWN TO THE END OF IT BUT
THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO JUST
DEFER BOTH LEBRON AND IRVING.
THEY JUST KILLED THEM IN THE
FIRST QUARTER.
>> FOR LE BRONS PART IT SEEMS
HE'S SPENDING THE FIRST THREE
QUARTERS GETTING EVERYONE ELSE
COMFORTABLE AND DECIDING IT'S
THE FOURTH QUARTER AND I'M GOING
TO TEND GAME AND THAT'S WHAT HE
DID.
>> SAYING SO MUCH.
I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING.
SORT OF IS SCARY.
WHEN WE COME BACK THE THUNDER
HAVE FIRED HEAD COACH SCOTT
BROOKS AND WE'LL BREAK DOWN
TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN WE
RETURN.
>> WELCOME BACK TO THE STARTERS
THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER HAVE
FIRED HEAD COACH SCOTT BROOKS
AFTER SEVEN SEASONS ON THE JOB
AND A TRIP TO THE FINALS IN 2012
AND 300 WINS HE WAS LET GO.
COACH'S CONTRACT HAD BEEN
GUARANTEED WITH TEAM OPTION FOR
THE 2016-17 SEASON BUT THEY'RE
MOVING ON.
MAYBE A BIT OF SHOCK IN TERMS OF
TIMING BY A LOT OF US THINKING
THIS MIGHT BECOMEING WITH THE
WHOLE DURANT DILEMMA AND HIS ONE
YEAR REALLY LEFT UNTIL HE HITS
FREE-AGENCY.
THIS MAY BE A WIN NOW MENTALITY
AND THEY DON'T THINK HE CAN DO
IT JICHLT WHY THIS YEAR?
WE KNOW THIS YEAR WASN'T HIS
FAULT WITH ALL THE UP INJURIES
WHY NOT A COUPLE OF YEARS PAST?
THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES AND AT
THE SAME TIME THEY'RE DOING FOR
IT DURANT SO THERE'S NO EXCUSES
NEXT YEAR BASICALLY FOR THEM TO
SAY WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD
INCLUDING FIRE A COACH FOR YOU.
BUT THIS YEARS WE SEE HERE AND
HOW MANY GAMES WERE MISSED IT
WASN'T SCOTT BROOKS FAULT.
>> THE TEAM SAYS IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS YEAR AND A
LONG-TERM THING MAKING YOU THINK
IT'S A DURANT CENTRIC THING FROM
A TALENT STANDPOINT THERE'S
NOTHING MORE AND YOUR PLAYING
FOR A TITLE BUT YOU NEVER KNOW
WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING AND YOU
DON'T WIN A TITLE IT LOOKS BAD
SINCE THAT'S THE ENTIRE POINT OF
BRING IN A COACH.
>> BUT YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE
THEM FOR ONE YEAR PERHAPS LONGER
THAN IF YOU LOOK LIKE DEREK
FISHER YOU WOULD RATHER TRY AND
WIN SOMETHING WHEN YOU HAVE ONE
OF THE TOP FIVE PLAYERS IN THE
LEAGUE.
PROBABLY TWO OF THE TOP TEN OR
12 AND THE OPPORTUNITY THEY'RE
IN THEY PRIME AND YOU HAVE A
PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THIS
IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
INTERESTING BECAUSE AFTER THE
SEASON SCOTT BROOKS SAID HE WAS
GOING TO COME BACK AND WE DIDN'T
HEAR ANYTHING FROM SAM AND THE
GENERAL MANAGER DOESN'T COME OUT
AND ENDORSE HIM STRAIGHT AWAY.
>> FASCINATING TO SEE A NEW
COACH WORK WITH HIM AND SEE WHAT
THEY CAN DO.
THAT'S ONE THING SCOTT DOESN'T
GET CREDIT FOR.
HE LET RUSSELL GO AND GOT THE
BEST BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR
RUSSELL TO TAKE IT JUST TO THAT
NEXT LEVEL.
JUST SORT OF REIGN IT IN AND
BECOME A CHAMPION BECAUSE IT'S
FUNNY.
ANY OF THESE PAST YEARS, THE
THUNDER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE
CHAMPIONS AND IF THERE WASN'T A
KEY ENERGY INJURY IN THE
PLAYOFFS INCLUDING WESTBROOK OR
IBAKA THEY COULD BE CHAMPIONS.
>> U.S.A. TODAY TWEETED HE MADE
THIS CALL WITHOUT CONSULTING ANY
OF THE PLAYERS WHICH I THINK IS
A LITTLE SURPRISING TALKING
ABOUT THIS DURANT ANGLE BECAUSE
A BIT OF IT SCREAMS K.D. WHO YOU
WANT TO COACH HERE?
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME IN
AND HELP YOU GET TO A TITLE?
THAT AS BIT OF A SHOCKER TO ME.
>> POSSIBLY TRUE BUT GENERAL
MANAGERS LIKE TO SAY YOU PLAY
AND WE'LL WORRY ABOUT THE REST.
>> THERE'S PLENTY OF GOOD GUYS
AND WHO HAVE THEY GET THERE'S NO
SHORTAGE OF GUYS THAT WANT THESE
FOR THE REASONS TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COACH.
>> GOT TO BE A GUY THAT CAN
COACH OFFENSE WELL AND THAT IS
REPERTOIRE.
ALVIN GENTRY AND THE WARRIORS
ASSISTANT DID IT SO WELL IN
PHOENIX AND THAT'S ALL THIS
THUNDER TEAM NEEDS YOU LOOK FOR
THE PAST FEW YEARS AND DESPITE
INJURIES TOP THREE OR SO ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE FLOOR WHICH IS
INCREDIBLE AND NOW THEY JUST
NEED TO DO IT IN THE POST-SEASON
AND STAY HEALTHY AND I THINK
AGAIN SCOTT BROOKS LOOKS AT THE
RESUME AND SAYS WE PROBABLY
COULD HAVE WON ONE HAD WE BEEN
HEALTHY.
>> LED THE FINALS SERIES.
>> YEAH AND IF NOT FOR PHANTOM
PUSH OFF MAYBE THEY WIN THE
SERIES BUT - I MEAN JUST SO
CLOSE AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
>> I DON'T THINK THIS WILL TAKE
TOO LONG.
I HAVE A FEELING HE HAS SOMEONE
SPECIFIC IN MIND TO REPLACE AND
MAYBE THAT'S TIMING.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS AN
EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH TO GET THEM TO
THE TITLE.
>> HE HAS TO GET THIS RIGHT.
IF HE MESSES THIS UP AND DURANT
AND WESTBROOK LEAVES HIS JOB IS
IN JEOPARDY.
>> HEAR WHAT YOU THINK.
WERE YOU SHOCKED?
LET US KNOW ON TWITTER.
ONE MORE BREAK AND WHEN WE COME
BACK A VERY SOLID WEDGIE?
WELL YOU PUT YOUR THUMBS UP FOR
THAT?
>> BACK ON THE STARTERS TIME FOR
THE SOLID PLAY OF THE NIGHT.
>> TWO TEAM VERY SOLID PLAY AND
DOUBLE ENDER START WAS HOUSTON
ROCKETS WITH A DOUBLE BLOCK AND
THEN ROCKETS GO DOWN IN
TRANSITION AND WITH A BLOCK
HIMSELF.
DWIGHT HOWARD.
>> VERY SEXY.
>> I KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO A SEXY
FACE AND THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT.
>> LOOK AT THAT SEX APPEAL.
>> WE ALSO HAD A SEXY WEDGIE.
FANTASTIC WEDGE.
HOWARD POST UP ATTEMPT GETS
BLOCKED RIGHT IN THERE.
PROVIDING THE SEXINESS AND
SOLIDNESS ON THE SHOW.
>> FINALLY A REAL ONE.
>> WEDGIES IN THE AIR.
WE SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ONE SOON.
>> COUNTING THE POST-SEASON WITH
THE REGULAR SEASON FOR TOTAL
WEDGIES AT 42 ON THE YEAR.
WILL WE HIT 50 BY THE TIME THE
CONFETTI DRAWS.
NETS AND HAWKS.
KAK
KAKAW.
ACROSS THE BOARD.
HORFORD GOOD TO GO AND MILSAP
TAKEN OFF THE PROTECTIVE PAD AS
WELL AND PARKER AND AFFLALO
PLAYING.
HEALTHY GUYS BACK AND HOPEFULLY
A SERIES TIED ONE, ONE.
>> WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THOSE
TOMORROW.
THANKS FOR JOINING US AND
REMEMBER IF YOUR BACK COURT IS
NOT LEADING, YOU'LL BE LEFT