Jason Timpf reacts to the De’Aaron Fox and Sacramento Kings beating Steph Curry, Draymond Green & the Golden State Warriors 126-123 in game 1 of the NBA playoffs. He discusses the adjustments the Warriors need to make to get back into this series & if the Kings have a shot to beat the defending champs. Later, he talks Jalen Brunson & the New York Knicks 101-97 upset victory over Donovan Mitchell & the Cleveland Cavaliers.
00:00 – Introduction
01:09 – Kings beat Warriors 126-123
12:02 – Knicks beat Cavaliers 101-97
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44 Comments
Kerr needs to stop benching Steph when he's hot. Other superstars play as many minutes as possible to win the game. At the end of the 3rd, Warriors were up 10 and he took Steph out while he was cooking
It is gonna be seven game series. The win could have gone either way. But Kings deserved it , they wanted it more and fought for it.
Thank you for vocalizing the simple fact that defense isn’t a one man show it’s a line action of constant gambles and rotations
This is the only series I had not picked a definite winner. I had to see Game 1 before I made my pick. That being said sometimes how you lose matters in a series. I think the Warriors gotta start GP2 to contain Fox and the Warriors win in 7 maybe.
Fox is a LEGIT superstar now big time performance on the BIGGEST stage this was a PRIME TIME game 🔥
Agreed! Was talking telling my boy that the thing that bothers me most about the Cavs loss was the lack of aggressiveness when it came to rebounding. A lot of what happened was a lack of hustle and that’s just something you can’t have. I know they’ll pick it up however that was extremely frustrating to watch. That mixed with Mobley missing 7 layups lol.
The Warriors continuing to shoot heavily contested jumpers while being in the bonus was absolutely fucking stupid. While the kings immediately started attacking the paint as soon as they got in the bonus.
Still Baffles me the amount of time Steph is on the bench lol
Too early to say the kings! It just 1 win!! Hahaha
Kings got 126 pts with bad games by Sabonis/Huerter. Dubbs in trouble LOL!!!
All these talking heads wrote the Kings off. They took a hell of a punch from the Warriors and prevailed. Can’t wait to see how everybody walks back they takes when this series is over 😂
I watch the usual suspects among nba commenters, but man, Timpf, along with Tim Legler seem to be the most knowledgeable, most articulate, most level-headed, most no nonsense.
Knicks are one of the best teams in the playoffs.. definitely the most physical and DAWGS!!! and no arena place will be like New York at MSG.. other teams think there crowds are crazy and loud just wait until you hear MSG.. different type of energy
I disagree i saw jalen brunson get crazy separation plenty of times lol ppl gotta get it out there head just cause a player might look a little slower or cant dunk as aggressively does not mean they are not as good or as athletic.. watch jalen brunson highlights from this year and tell me u are not mind blown at what he does.. what did mitchell do that was so much more crazy this game then brunson?????? Brunson put up only a few less points and he did not play basically the whole first half.. oh yea and took less shots…
Jalen jus has that it factor and is a winner.. he hits big shots in key big moments and thats the difference.. media is just bias cause they dont wanna be wrong about him and like picking their stars and all the dummies get fooled by it
Happy Bday to your wife
Wifey in the background like , mtf this my birthday, fuck basketball 😂
I'm happy to say, as a Knicks fan, you called this ON THE MONEY!
SO GLAD the dubs lost😂😂😂….. Love when the underdogs win…. Love the pushing back on the narrative that its a foregone conclusion…… Good luck to the Kings….. Can't wait to see the so called analysts fumble for excuses tomorrow😅😅…. Now its just for Memphis and the Clippers to win their first games…… Remember, KEEP THAT SAME ENERGY…✌
Why everyone talking about teammates if this was bron we would just say he choked that last shot
Two blowouts and two close games. Good Saturday of action.
120 pts plus is bad recipe for playoff games the defensive minded team will win chip this year. Eastern conference team will most likely win
anyone else see Draymond laying on Sabonis at the end of the game?
I really hate this type of analysis
Kings got this , my dubs are going to disappoint this post season
The kings won their championship
Easy adjustments for the Warriors
The Kinds KILLED them in transition
Paint pts, higher quality offense, less rainbow rebounds from 3s that lead to easy 4 on 3s
Opening up the pod with your wife's age is a bold move.
There is no way possible slow-of-foot Klay can stick with Fox or Monk. He is still a deadly shooter but his speed on defense is gone because of past injuries. He will never be who he once was on defense and that's an issue. I still do not think the Kings should be trying to get into a shootout with GSW because that wont work but I was impressed with their energy. The team game stats were so close to each other but the one that stood out was the rebounds. The Kings had 50 to 41 for GSW but it was the offensive boards where the Kings had 17 offensive boards to GSW 9 for GSW still the game was razor close. This is going to be a great series. As a Laker fan watching last night, I will never forgive them for letting Malik Monk walk for a measly 9 million when I know have to look at horrible Malik Beasley ugggh
Monk didn’t even take shooting shots he was really just getting to the line. If they can’t stop that then it’ll be a rough series
I hope the warriors and lakers both lose in round 1. Will Jason just not make another show for the rest of the playoffs? Probably.
Stephen Curry was hot then Kerr seated him.. 😢
You would’ve thought the kings won the nba finals by their reaction to the win, for this to be as close as it was and the warriors being extremely bad on the road this season, I don’t think this is a good sign for the kings but time will tell
Darius garland only taking 3 shots in the second half just doesn’t help them at all. Letting Mitchell do hero ball doesn’t help to an extent
Kings were not going to lay down for the Warriors great game
D’Aaron Fox is not Jalen Brown. The speed difference and rim pressure is entirely different . I believe defense is best played off switches. Playing man will get the Warriors in trouble .
Cedi made Brunson miss on multiple shots at end of game his defense was fine if we grab a rebound
I still rly like the warriors in this series. They missed a lot of open shots down the stretch but Wiggins for the most part looked comfortable and everybody else played well on the Warriors I could easily see them taking next game.
I appreciate your detailed analysis Jason, very well thought out. Mad props
That 4th quarter from Fox and Steph showed me what it’s all about. No hiding in the corner afraid to shoot nonsense that Lebron does. No hot potato with the ball. All clutch goodness.
6:50 am, just got home and listening to your podcast. As far as I'm concerned you're right on time!
Warriors will win this series
Steph shot 2 FTs
This guy just simply analyzed every single detail of what I watched re Kings – Warriors for 21/2 hours. How good is he?
Brunson really impressed me at the end he looked calm even when he made shots at the end he kept his cool not too high not too low really impressive when emotions run high.