James Herbert jumps on today's podcast to discuss the Game 1 surprise by the Oklahoma City Thunder over the Golden State Warriors, and do a deeper breakdown of what the Toronto Raptors are up against on and off the court against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals.
Here are the topics we discuss:
- The Raptors have a daunting task in going against the Cavs, so how much pressure should they feel?
- Do the Cavs simply have too much firepower for the Raptors' defense or can Toronto adjust?
- Is DeMar DeRozan on Kyrie Irving to start out games in order to preserve Kyle Lowry a terrible idea?
- Is Jonas Valanciunas going to be ready for this series at any point?
- Will the long layoff for the Cavs end up hurting them with some rust?
- How competitive will the series end up being?
- How did the Thunder take Game 1 from the Warriors?
- Russell Westbrook played some of his best playoff basketball in that game.
- Did Stephen Curry look like himself to us?
- Should Kevin Durant have kept shooting?
- What happened in that fourth quarter?
- How much of Game 1 translates to the rest of the series?
We discuss all of that, plus the idea of disrespecting a team and if that even means anything, eating dog food as a human, and snacks!
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