NBA TODAY | Richard Jefferson thinks New York Knicks over Miami Heat as East team win Playoffs serie

NBA TODAY | Richard Jefferson thinks New York Knicks over Miami Heat as East team win Playoffs serie

Not we’re going to go Coast to Coast here we’re going to start with the red hot heat Duncan Robinson showing off his handle Jimmy Butler was getting buckets late the heat they won their 11th game out of 14 so Richard are they already in postseason form I I think they are and

Look to be honest haime hakz I think he’s going to play okay I see Duncan Robinson with the S we starting the Duncan Robinson most no no no no we’re not we’re not doing that but what I our to Terry Rosier Jimmy Butler that crew they’ve got some they’ve got some time

To mix in it’s going to be well they’re still looking up at Orlando though in the standings after the magic got their fourth straight win they’re now 10 games above 500 for the first time since 2012 Kendrick Perkins is this their best team of the last decade hell yeah it is and

Look they’re going to continue to improve this is a young team that has bought into their coach system they play with a certain type of tenacity led by that man right there be Caro that’s me pulling into the next stop the garden Jaylen Brunson missed the game with a

Knee injury the Knicks fell to the Hawks 1161 100 CH New York has dropped eight of their last 11 are these injuries just going to dash any hopes for the Knicks to get homec court advantage it might because in a hot second they can drop as

Far down to eighth but still orange and blue skies especially next season we have great pieces they need to get Heth but I was surprised I was surprised they went 16 for 52 from three beep beep all right that’s where we’re ending Brooklyn Tyrese Maxi missed the game due to a

Concussion protocol the Sixers fell to 9 and 18 without Joel embiid Philadelphia entered the game Joelle went down sitting in third entered Joel went down sitting in third place right so that’s when he went down where they’re at now they’ve tumbled all the way to seventh and the playin tournament zone so a

Little bit concerning here for the Philadelphia 76ers the East race to avoid the playin it continues to tighten up look at that Richard five teams separated by just a game and a half with the magic moving up into that fourth spot as we say hello to Scott Perry who

Spent two decades in NBA front offices including most recently with the New York Nick thank you so much for being here my friend I think it’s it’s fair to say right we we can count the Cavaliers the Bucks and the Celtics CH as some way shape or form the top three certifi okay

Top three CS so when you’re looking at the best of the rest who Scott do you think could win a playoff series in the East absolutely the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks and here’s why I say the Miami Heat they battle tested we saw

What they did last season they won three playoff series go all the way to the finals they have two All Stars led by Jimmy Butler who was very capable of winning the series so and they have the best coach I believe in basketball so they’re going to be very well prepared

And they won’t beat themselves and then obviously the Knicks if they’re healthy they’re the deepest team they’re physical they can shoot the basketball all the things that are necessary to to be able to win a playoff series the Knicks have it on their complete roster and they’re deep the health is just

The but look you look at even Denver right they win the championship because that was the first year that they’ve been healthy in three years and so health is such a big part of it I look at the New York Knicks I look at them to

Me as a very scary team so you don’t know what what when everyone’s going to get back but when they were healthy they looked like they could have been a team that could possibly go to the NBA finals the way they were playing their defense their offense the way everything was

Clicking and I think look when you look at Josh Hart has raised his level there’s different guys that have kind of used this opportunity to up their game if they can maintain that intensity and get everyone back healthy then they could be a problem for me it’s the Nick

I’m giving you this one shot okay golden opportunity go ahead give me a slap across the head wow but anyway look I deserve that you know why because when the Miami Heat was struggling that’s okay that’s fine when the when the Miami Heat was struggling I was like you know what it’s

Time to trade Jimmy and you did that me for that because because when the time is right they always step up to the plate and now they’re playing playoff type basketball and it’s the culture once again yes Jimmy is out there doing what he does Best But I look at what bam

Is providing on both ends of the floor the growth of the young players coming in into the system and right now this team is playing agenda free guys are playing with you know within the team and when I look at this team I’m like

Man not only do I know but the rest of the Eastern Conference know that we don’t want to see the Miami Heat oh Boston looks at themost they’re doing double tap right if the necks are healthy it’s a whole different conversation right and our fingers crossed are that they get

Their health very soon but the truth of the matter is that the heat are healthy and they are coming and this is when they really play their best version of basketball and start gearing it up and as much as we like to forecast seeing them oh yeah it’s the heat like we know

That they’re going to be good they still find ways to compete now when we talked about James Harden going to the Clippers a lot of people looked at those first six games they like oh it’s not going to work it was a it took a little while for

Terry Rosier to find his momentum and his chemistry and now that that is found you’ve got an All-Star in bam you have just overall this identity that has helped them move forward it’s them like top tier was it Celtics bucks Cavaliers Cavaliers heer right there at the right

Time yeah there’s something to be said for experience and they have it in Spades talking about the Miami and they’re going to have a confidence I remember talking to someone just a couple of months even when they were hurt even when they were were downtrodden a little bit and saying you

Guys don’t really fear anybody in in the conference do you that absolutely not but I think we should ask this question again in two weeks because health is going to be such a key factor in whatever we’re discussing in terms of who could make that noise Scott Perry

Thank you so much for spending some of your day with us coming up here on NBA today Kevin Durant in the sun two of the best three-point Shooters in NBA history are going to face off tonight with their teams heading in very different directions the Bucks have won six

Straight thanks to some Stellar defensive play holding their opponent below 110 points in each of their last six games that’s their longest such streak over the last two seasons and they’re going to visit a warrior Squad that’s had a difficult time closing games ranking last in defensive efficiency in the fourth quarter and

Second to last in fourth quarter points differential that issue didn’t really matter on Sunday when the Warriors lost to the Celtics by 52 points their third largest loss in France history although they’re still 5- two since the allstar break for more we bring in our Warriors reporter Kendra Andrews and Kendra why

Is this 52 Point loss that I keep bringing up not a concern for the Warriors yeah Shay the Warriors really have a flush it down the toilet mindset when it comes to that game and they look at that three in one road trip as a wild

Success and now Shay they’re going to be whole they’re going to have their whole roster for the first time since November Andrew Wiggins is going to make his return to the court tonight after missing the last four games due to a personal Family Matter and it’s a little

It feels a little bit like two years ago when they won that 22 Championship they weren’t healthy until this point of the season and then they want went on a massive run now they have an important stretch over the next six to 10 games and they have some opportunities to gain

Some ground in that play in picture maybe even avoid it as they match up against some of the teams that are also in that hunt but of course first they have a big test against the Bucks tonight and the Warriors they have struggled recently even during this good

Stretch against top teams in the league like the Celtics like the Nuggets they’re going to try and change those uh Tunes tonight against Milwaukee that makes sense well in that loss of the Celtics that was 52 points I guess Steph Curry didn’t play in the second half I

Don’t know if it mattered because he had such a horrific first half nonetheless as you mentioned Kendra tonight begins a three games in four nights home stand with the Warriors Kendra thank you so much for more on the Bucks in that game tonight we go over to Matt we now bring

In our bucks reporter Jamal Collier he’s out there in the Bay Area getting set for for the game against the Golden State Warriors and six-game winning streak for the bucks Jamal some people thought it wasn’t a matter of if but when Doc Rivers got this team going it’s

Happening now what impact has he made on them yeah Matt when I talked to Doc coming right out of the All-Star break before this six-game winning streak even began one of the things he pointed to that gave him confidence was the defense and really that they could reach maybe

An elite level of defense that didn’t seem possible when he first took the job you know you got to remember they were a bottom 10 defense for most of the Year under Adrien Griffin and rivers really one of the things the players have appreciated it’s just giving them

Clarity he went around in practice and sort of defined everybody’s roles very clearly called people out and said hey this is what you need to be doing on defense this is what you’re doing and showed in film why it’s not working and I think that it’s really just turned

This Bucks team around that they’re all playing for each other they’re playing together and they have a whole lot of confidence on that end of the floor yeah quick refresher he took over the job at midseason not an easy thing to do to get everything to jail but it appears he’s

Doing that especially with Damen Lillard 41 points in that comeback win over the Clippers on Monday night Superstar loaded team what has Dame specifically said about how Doc Rivers has come in and maybe helped him and I think that was one of the biggest emphasis coming in right from

The start doc looked at the Playbook that the Bucks have been running and the plays they’ve been running and said Dame had a lot of plays in Portland that used to give docs fits trying to coach against and they were running any of those plays and that was one of the

First things that doc especially coming out of the All-Star break he emphasized to me is we have to get Damen Lillard going and this has been Dam has been open about how he’s struggled getting comfortable adjusting to a new situation in a new role and you really saw it in

Action against the Clippers you know he was aggressive when he needed to be he really uh kind of turned into a vintage Damen Lillard performance using the Clippers aggression with in a game without Giannis without Chris Middleton to you know bait them into double teams and set up his teammate and really just

Looked much more comfortable on the floor so I think that for damee going forward that going to be one of the emphasis for the bucks to keeping him playing at this level look I know it’s been the Celtics all year in the Eastern Conference but if there’s one team that

They don’t want to have to deal with especially when this thing starts to go it’s the Box who faced the Warriors tonight 10 pm. Eastern on ESPN Jamal good stuff thank you it’s like Damen Lillard just needed the All-Star break he just needed the game the three-point

Shooting contest all the things for more we bring in our NBA analyst Austin Rivers and Austin what have you seen from Damen Lillard here post allaw break well we’re starting to see him be aggressive it looks like he’s starting to get back to himself in terms of you

Know whether he’s looking hunting for his three-point shot he’s mixing it up getting to the basket still creating and I think there was a little bit of hesitation when he first came here when you think about Damen Lillard you have to realize this guy’s never played with

A guy like Giannis before his he’s been used to you know you talk about his time in Portland this was a guy historically who the whole system was based around and now suddenly he goes to a team where he’s playing with not an All-Star but a superstar like Giannis that’s going to

Take time to an adjust and then you add to the fact that obviously they have a new coach new schemes new plays it’s very encouraging to hear that you know Doc is now implementing some of the things that led to Damen Lillard’s success in Portland so you just want to

See him continue to be aggressive that way you can get the you know Dame time I love hearing for fore fore fore foreign foree spee foree fore speee fore For Foree for foree Fore foree spee spe fore foree Fore foree fore speee spee foree Speee speee

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NBA TODAY | Richard Jefferson thinks Knicks over Miami Heat as East team have best chance to win Playoffs series

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