Brian Windhorst’s 3️⃣ WILDEST moments in the Cavs’ 4th quarter vs. the Mavs | First Take

Brian Windhorst’s 3️⃣ WILDEST moments in the Cavs’ 4th quarter vs. the Mavs | First Take

All right we got a lot to get into so let’s do it and we’re going to start with the NBA Max stru 59 foot shot at the buzzer lifts the Cleveland Cavaliers over the Dallas Mavericks streu heave As Time expired his fifth made three-pointer in the final four minutes

Gave Cleveland a wild 121 119 win over Dallas the memorable shot was the second longest game winning buzzer beater in the three-point era Stephen A onreal it was I got to give credit with credit do I mean streu who was I mean there was an APB out for him in the

Playoffs last year when he was playing for Miami you couldn’t find him couldn’t find him I mean they they still looking for him in South Beach couldn’t find him anywhere so that was certainly problematic no doubt about that but in the end he’s going to Cleveland he’s

Looked pretty good uh you know they look great and I got to give credit what credit is do we all know what a huge Donovan Mitchell fan I am My Hope Is that they’ll struggle they’ll lose and ultimately he’ll one out to comeing to the New York Knicks that’s my game plan

For Donovan Mitchell because that’s where he should have been to begin with and don’t get me started with that but in the end here’s the bottom line Cleveland looks like a Bonafide threat within the Eastern Conference with everyone but Boston you could say Boston as well because obviously uh you know

Cleveland you they get hot they can beat anybody I’m still not sold I still believe if the New York Knicks come back healthy and that’s a huge if the New York Knicks can take them just like they did last year but it doesn’t take away from what I’m seeing right now credit

Where credit is due to the Cleveland Cavaliers and that was obviously a big- Time Performance in the fourth quarter by Max streu and clearly that was a big shot made 53s you’re right about him he was a disappearing act in the postseason listen I don’t necessarily believe in

Him in a short series I don’t know if they get off offense they got overmatched by the Knicks last year they didn’t do anything Mitchell played poorly now if you look at the big picture they they’re the two seed right now and they get a nice little lead over

Milwaukee Stevie so and Brian so as a result they will be in a spot where they get home court through the first couple of rounds of the postseason and Cleveland Milwaukee let’s say Nick Celtics not knowing embid those very well could be your semi-finals so the

Two seed to me is important because you don’t have to deal with the Celtics into the NBA two three SE the two order three either one but you know you want the twos then you’re the home court against the bucks so they have a chance to get

That but I don’t necessarily believe in them off offensively in a short Series in a big spot that’s where I feel with Cleveland go ahead Wendy yeah yeah so I think this game actually made me worry about the Cavs a little bit and impressed me with the

Mavericks but I’ll get to that in a second because there’s no way we can start today without talking about three crazy things about this fourth quarter which probably will be one of the craziest fourth quarters I say fourth quarter I mean last seven minutes cuz I’m going to tell you seven minutes to

Play it’s a tie game two excellent teams tie game for the next three minutes on the clock the first thing I I watched was Luca and Kyrie killing the Cavs clinical surgical offense destroying one of the best defenses in the league they were playing good defense and they were

Giving up points and in three minutes on the road Dallas takes a 10-point lead just puts them in the ground very impressive then maxu hits four three-pointers in like a minute and a half of game time I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that like we’re talking like Tracy

McGrady level hot streak there that was before the 60 footer he hits four threes in a minute and a half to save the Cavs in this game this game was over okay and then the third thing which is amazing everybody was out of timeouts with nine seconds left the the Mavericks inbound

The ball and run a brilliant play Luca donit shows incredible Poise which will be lost to the history and memory of the play he makes to get the Mavericks the lead the Cavs have no guards in the game Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland their two All-Star level uh ball

Handling guards are on the bench because JB bicker staff wanted size on the court which is one of the Cav’s issues that’s not for right now so he’s now got two seconds and they need to get a miracle shot off and they’re two guys that they

Have on the team that could maybe catch the ball do two dribbles and make a long shot are sitting on the bench this is a terrible situation I mean what’s the chances of the Cavs winning here it’s like 1,000th of 1% um with those two

Guards on the bench so but I will say this the Cavs did have a play called and it was the oldfashioned doggy you’ve seen it before it’s the hook and ladder it’s the Val forzo play Bryce Drew except for instead of throwing at three quarters they threw it one quarter and

It’s just a basic hooking ladder and it’s a one in a 100 shot and so to see those three things all play out in that last seven minutes absolutely jaw-dropping NBA basketball game 100% good point I mean remember no timeouts so they couldn’t get the board half

Court there at the end they no Cleveland timeouts couldn’t time on this show we proud ourselves on being fair so I have to be fair Wendy brings up Dallas this brother Kyrie Irving have you been watching him well he had a big game last night got a big spectacular spectacular

I mean he he looks magical on the basketball court I’m just telling you and we all know what Luca looks like Tim legler props to him has been talking about the Dallas Mavericks for weeks I’m paying attention now because they look absolutely Unstoppable when you see

Kyrie Irvin and Luca clicking and by the way Tim Hardway Jr is nothing to sneeze at either it’s special to watch it really is absolutely the Cavs or Mavs as sleeper teams in their respective conference essay I I I view Dallas that way yes I do I think that Dallas and you

Could say a sleeper but think think about it this way we think about size and we know they acquired some size Molly uh you know prior to the to the trading deadline uh with gaffy and others and we love I love dck Lively personally I really love what I see and

I just think that Jason kid I think he’s a sensational coach so I give credit what credit is do in that regard but when I think about the rest of the Western Conference as tough as it is Minnesota Oklahoma City that’s youth there Dallas could take advantage of

That especially with people as great as Luca and Kyrie Denver is a different animal because of their size experience and now Championship pedigree but the Lakers they can’t shoot like that you can take them the Clippers they’ve been up and down as of late they look like

They could be had just like they can take anybody and so that’s up in the air Phoenix struggles in the fourth quarter struggles with leadership in the fourth quarter which is why Kevin Durant was being a little bit Petty when he kept talking about leadership leadership leadership when he was being asked about

It sort of you know just just throwing shade at the media whatever but they’ve had a problem in the fourth quarter they’ll have to get that together and we don’t know about the status of Bradley Beal in terms of his up and down roller coaster ride as it pertains to his

Health Dallas is formidable they can score on anybody and they are they’ve got not one but two showstoppers I believe they’re a sleeper Cleveland I’m not sold on yet I believe in Donovan Mitchell I really really do I believe in Darius Garland to a lesser degree

Everybody else to me is suspect am I supposed to believe and get caught up in last night and think that that’s going to be the max truce that we see come playoff time I’m not sold on that a Jared Allen who can play a 15 and 10 guy

But is he going to show up come playoff time I don’t know about that and so I don’t think when I talk about the sleepers I’d look at Dallas as being more so of a formidable answer to that question than the Cleveland Capal is well you know I watched a lot of the

Pelican game last night against the Knicks and I understand the Knicks are all banged up you can’t down you can’t you got you can’t look at the game from a standpoint of big win sure but the Pelicans got a lot of players I mean they got two big offensive players that

Kid Murphy can shoot mallum didn’t even play they can play some defense that they have to the Travis Kelce look alike and vas Lunas let’s throw him in there too and I’ll let Wendy take over he the he is a Travis Kelsey look like brother they look they look exactly like said

That no it was Han said I together and we got we got to investigate that tree they look like un Brothers unbelievable how they look Al I’ll let Wendy I’ll let Wendy handle it from here the NBA in the west is fascinating because the the ninth and the the Warriors and the

Lakers they’re going to be in a playing game they’re going to be in a playing spot against Curry and Lebron in that situation that’s very risky and I can’t separate Pelicans Thunder Timberwolves and Mavericks I don’t think any of the four is going to win a conference but I

Think any of the four can be very very dangerous I think it’s Clippers Denver in the conference final so I can’t but I can’t separate those middle four and which I would put there uh Wendy I put the Mavericks right in the mix there with the Pelicans Thunder and U and

Timberwolves so Kyrie came back from his latest injury nine games ago they are seven- two in those games and I’m going to give them an aster exra last night because they deserve to win that game last night it goes down as a loss great job but I’m not even talking about that

In those nine games since Kyrie came back Luca donic is averaging 34 points n and a half rebounds n and a half assists he’s basically averaging a 34 Point trip double alongside Kyrie the trades that they made by the way Kyrie in this stretch guys he’s averaging 275 and five

He’s putting up Mass numbers across the board plus the trades gave them size Stephen A mentioned that twice it’s so important in the Western Conference because you’re either going to need size to go up against the big teams like Denver like Minnesota uh or you’re going

To need size to go up against the teams that want to play small and overwhelm them like Golden State and uh and and Phoenix so the way that they were able to add size and the way these two guys are playing extremely impressive but I want to talk about the Cavs real quick

They are three and three in their last six games they should be two and four okay they hit the shot great Victory their problem is is that their best players when they’re on their on the court they don’t play their best basketball in the Evan Moy has been back

From his own injury for 13 games the Cavs have won 10 of them that sounds awesome they’re great the problem is in nine of those games he’s been negative in plus minus because when he’s on the court they can’t spread the floor when Max Tru was making all those threes last

Night he was essentially playing Power Forward because JB bicker staff took Evan Mobley off the court and it’s not a commentary on Evan Mobley it’s a commentary on they need the floor spread for Donovan Mitchell and I and I don’t want to ruin your morning Stephen A but

I I don’t know if the Donovan Mitchell Nicks thing is really still a possibility I guess it is because he can be a free agent in a year that’s what I’m thinking I don’t know how Donovan feels I don’t know how he feels but I

Got to imagine as a kid from New York who want wanted to play for the Knicks in 2022 that’s where he wanted to get traded that’s not an insult to Cleveland I’m from Cleveland I’m not insulting it he wanted to be a Nick he’s got to be

Looking at what Jaylen Brunson has and feeling like damn like that could have been me because Jaylen Brunson crying in front of the fans when he gets named to the All-Star Game Jaylen brunson’s name echoing in the streets of New York jayen Brunson becoming a hero at the Garden I

Don’t know if Donovan Mitchell first off I don’t even know if they fit Stephen A I don’t know if Mitchell can come into you stop that blasphemy you stop that blasphemy you stop it right now you I want to hear that Donovan Mitchell is a scorer Donovan Mitchell is a number one

Scoring option I don’t think anybody would deny that there’s there’s levels there’s tiar to Superstar status but this brother is something special that’s number one number two we can look at their size of them being undersized and I get that part but look at everywhere else they have size and when you take

That into consideration along with Theo’s ability to coach defense what you need if you’re the New York Knicks trust me on this my Lord please don’t sit up there and listen to Wendy echoing this stuff and and people might go get we can’t have this Wendy we can’t have you

Distracted the New York Micks F you have to have a scoring option see we get caught up and what we see the Knicks doing during the regular season for years you doing New York radio you get caught up in what the New York Knicks are doing in the regular season and then

Come playoff time when it’s a best four of seven when you’ve got the spost of the world and others able to game plan against you and really it comes down to everybody knowing what the hell you going to do but what you going to do

About it you got to have that dude on your offensive side of the ball as great as Jaylen Brunson is and as great as I know he will continue to be he’s not enough and Julius Randall God bless him I hope he comes back healthy we really

Really need him he’s a Workhorse he shows up to work every day mad love and respect to him but I can’t rely on him especially with shooting come playoff time I need another offensive weapon I need a dude that could put it in a hole that could help Jaylen Brunson do that I

Know it Donovan Mitchell knows it now is he gonna leave Cleveland New York Knicks 11 first round picks over the next seven years six first round picks over the next two you can trade for some assets now but in Mitchell’s case he’s going to be a free agent after next season and he

Wanted to be in New York to begin with Leon Rose and gersha roas on the phone trying to Bluff the great Danny a the most stupidest thing is Leon’s done a great job give him credit but how stupid can you be to try to Bluff Danny a that

Was not smart okay otherwise Donovan Mitchell would have been here don’t that blasphemy what do you think before we move on what do you think it would take to get Mitchell me personally well first of all I I think that he has to want to leave which I believe he will but it

It’ll it’ll be couple of first round picks like what it’ll be a couple first round picks it don’t need to be three or four anything anything like that it’ll be a couple it’ll be a couple but he’s worth it Wendy tell me what do you think

It would take I I mean I mean look first off Donovan Mitchell he’s gonna get offered a contract extension this offseason he’s either going to take it and stay in Cleveland or not take it and then all hell’s going to break loose that’s right and if that happens the

Cavs are going to you know want everything from the Knicks they’re going to want six first round picks from the Knicks that doesn’t mean they’re going to get it right but I’m just telling you Stephen A Donovan Mitchell is now a point guard he’s become a point guard

For the Cavs the reason they’re second place is because how well he’s played a point guard he gets into problems when he’s got to share the ball you’d be hurting both of them by bringing them together and I think that that’s that’s a factor think I think if you’re looking

At their games you’re right I think if you’re looking at their basketball IQs their selflessness their willingness to play together I think those are adjustments that can easily be made by guys of that ilk you’re right in terms of what you’re watching with the eye but we’ve seen Donovan Mitchell as a two

Guard we’ve seen him in a postseason in Utah we’ we’ seen that this brother can show up and put the ball in a hole and we know for a fact that the New York Knicks do not have enough offensively okay to sit up there and and and have to

You need a number one option uh you and it doesn’t need to be Jaylen Brunson Jaylen brunson’s great but you can’t ask him to be a number one option and carry you through the playoffs as deep as I want the Knicks to go well mon Ron

Frasier did it right I mean in the 1973 Championship the last time they won you mean years time they w title big guy they brought monoe in and they won I understand and you know one thing about Donovan Mitchell can we calm down did anybody see him last year against the

Knicks and he wasn’t awful he had some he wasw no no no no he had he listen he didn’t have a he didn’t have a play great playoff te he had some great moments he had some good games they got smoked with home court most than five

Games I well you know what they were an inferior team kid

Brian Windhorst’s 3️⃣ WILDEST moments in the Cavs’ 4th quarter vs. the Mavs | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Brian Windhorst react to Max Strus’ buzzer-beater against the Dallas Mavericks and debate whether the Cleveland Cavaliers or the Dallas Mavericks is the bigger sleeper team.
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0:00 Reaction to Max Strus’ buzzer-beater vs. the Dallas Mavericks
3:00 Brian Windhorst breaks down finals minutes of Mavs vs. Cavs
5:35 Which team is the bigger sleeper: Mavs or Cavs?
11:00 Brian Windhorst; Donovan Mitchell has to be thinking I wished I was in New York

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