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BRYA AND WITH THAT WE SAY
WHAT'S FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS.
CARSON CUNNINGHAM.
DO.
YOU READY FOR THIS?
CARSON: PLAYOFF EDITION, EASTERN
EDITION OF CRASHING THE BOARDS.
BRYAN: A NOT SO GREAT EDITION OF
CRASHING THE BOARDS IF YOU ARE
ROOTING FOR THE THUNDER.
HALF.
I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
GAME TONIGHT.
TONIGHT?
IN THE FIRST HALF, THE THUNDER
WERE RIGHT THERE, ONLY DOWN FIVE
AT HALFTIME.
THIRD QUARTER, THEY WERE OUT OF
IT IN A HURRY.
IN THE FIRST QUARTER BUT THEY
LIMITED THE ROCKETS BEST ASSET,
THREE-POINT SHOOTING.
THIRD QUARTER, THE ROCKETS
SCORED 30 POINTS, SCORED 33 IN
THE ENTIRE SECOND HALF.
SEASON LONG.
OFFENSE.
CREATE THEIR OWN OFFENSE.
THIS OFFENSE WAS NONEXISTENT.
ANDRE ROBERSON LINDA TEAM IN
SCORING.
GOT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT.
THE BEST PLAYER ON THE FLOOR.
CARSON: I THOUGHT HE PLAYED
WELL, BUT NOBODY ELSE ON THE
THUNDER.
BRYAN: HOW ABOUT THE BEARD AND
BEV'S REVENGE?
JAMES HARDEN WAS THE BEST PLAYER
ON THE FLOOR AND THE SECOND-BEST
BEVERLEY.
PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA CITY DON'T
WANT TO HEAR THIS BUT HE WAS
FANTASTIC TONIGHT.
JAMES HARDEN HAD 37 AND NINE
REBOUNDS.
THEY DOMINATED THE BALL GAME.
RUSSELL WESTBROOK, HE'S NOT
GOING TO BE SUPERHUMAN EVERY
NIGHT, BUT HE GOT NO HELP.
VICTOR OLADIPO A NO-SHOW.
THE THUNDER, I THINK THEIR
SHOWED.
VICTOR OLADIPO LOOKED LIKE A GUY
WHOSE EYES WERE WIDE OPEN,
DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO RESPOND.
CARSON NO ONE PLAYED WELL FROM
ROBERSON.
MUCH.
IT IS ONE GAME.
BRYAN: THAT LEADS ME TO MY NEXT
QUESTION.
IS THE SERIES OVER?
I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO
HYPERBOLIC EITHER, BUT IS THIS A
MICROCOSM OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE?
BETTER TEAM.
WE KNEW THAT GOING IN.
I PICKED THEM IN SIX.
I THINK PEOPLE FORGET EASILY, IT
IS THE FIRST GAME OF THE
PLAYOFFS, WE FORGET HOW MANY
GAME.
THIS IS A GAME OF CHESS.
I THINK ONE THING THE THUNDER
CAN HANG THEIR HAT ON IS BILLY
DONOVAN HAS PROVEN HE'S CAPABLE
RIGHT PLACE.
WITH SOME OF THE LINEUPS.
BUT BILLY DONOVAN HAS PROVEN TO
ME OVER HIS LAST YEAR AND A
RIGHT MOVE.
LINEUPS.
THEY GOT HELP-REBOUNDED.
WHEN THEY DO THAT, THE THUNDER
HAVE NO SHOT.
BRYA WE BOTH PICKED THE
ROCKETS TO WIN THE SERIES.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT BACKING DOWN.
FOR THE THUNDER TO WIN THE
IMPOSSIBLE.
THEY'VE GOT VERY LITTLE CHANCE
TO WIN THE SERIES.
THEY CAN'T SCORE ENOUGH POINTS.
THE THREE BALL THAT WELL.
THEY CAN'T SCORE ENOUGH POINTS.
THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POINTS TO
BEAT HOUSTON FOUR TIMES.
THAT IS NOT TO SAY THEY CAN'T
SERIES.
RUSSELL WESTBROOK IS GOOD ENOUGH
TRIPLE-DOUBLE AND WIN A COUPLE
GAMES HIMSELF.
SEE IT.
THE ROCKETS DIDN'T PLAY GREAT
AND SCORED 120 POINTS.
THE THUNDER CAN'T SCORE 120
POINTS ON A NIGHTLY BASIS.
MENTIONED, RUSSELL WESTBROOK,
WE'RE SEEING WHY THIS GUY HAS
SCORED TRIPLE-DOUBLE.
HE HAS TO.
THEY HAVE TO NOT JUST PUT THE
BALL IN THE BASKET, BUT CREATE.
BRYAN: WHERE IS STEVEN ADAMS?
THE GUY IS GOING T MAKE $100
MILLION NEXT SEASON.
SOMETHING PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE.
HE'S A NO SHOW TONIGHT.
CARSON: I THOUGHT THAT HOUSTON
BIGS OUTPLAYED HIM SEVERELY.
BRYAN: THE THUNDER ARE GOING TO
PAY ENES KANTER $18 MILLION AND
STEVEN ADAMS $25 MILLION AND
THEY WERE NO-SHOWS TONIGHT.
PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR.
INVOLVED.
BRYAN: IF THE THUNDER CAN FIGURE
ADJUSTMENT?
HOW DOES OKLAHOMA CITY COME BACK
IN GAME TWO AND STEAL ONE GOING
BACK TO OKC.
CARSON AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE
THINK THE BIGGEST ADJUSTMENT HE
CAN HAVE IS HAVE HIS
TEAM SHOW UP.
VICTOR OLADIPO WAS A NO-SHOW.
IT IS HIS FIRST PLAYOFF GAME.
I'LL CUT HIM SOME SLACK.
BUT HE IS THE SECOND LEADING
SCORER ON THIS TEAM.
AS MUCH AS I WANT TO SAY BILLY
HAS TO PLAY THIS LINEUP, THAT
UP.
STEVEN ADAMS HAS TO STEP UP.
I THOUGHT GIBSON GAVE HIM SOME
DECENT MINUTES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TODD GIBSON
MAY BE PLAY THE CENTER ROLE.
THEY HAVE TO PLAY SMALL BALL.
GUYS.
WE'VE SEEN IT OVER AND OVER,
WHETHER IT IS AGAINST HOUSTON
THE LAST TWO TIMES IN THIS
BUILDING, AGAINST GOLDEN STATE,
OKLAHOMA CITY'S BIGS, THEY ARE
GAME.
IF THEY CAN'T DOMINATE THE GAME,
YOU CAN'T PLAY THEM AND GIVE UP
THREES AND WIDE-OPEN PICK AND
ROLLS.
THEY HAVE TO PLAY SMALL BALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS GOING TO
IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY.
THE BASKET.
THEY GOT TO FIND GUYS WHO CAN
SCORE AT ALL.
SIMILAR?
BILLY ROLLED WITH IS BIGS.
IN GAME TWO.
BRYAN: SMALL BALL.
HAD GAME ONE FOR OKLAHOMA CITY.
GAME TWO IS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
CARSON: KEEP IT TUNED HERE.