What We Learned From Each Game 1 of the First Round | The Dunker Spot | NBA Playoffs
Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. are back with another episode of The Dunker Spot!
With the playoffs officially tipping off this weekend, the guys react to all eight of the Game 1s played over the weekend. They dig into the story of each game, questions they have, and potential adjustments to look out for in Game 2 and beyond.
0:00 Intro
1:30 Award finalists announced
5:10 Boston Celtics-Miami Heat
16:30 Oklahoma City Thunder-New Orleans Pelicans
29:30 Minnesota Timberwolves-Phoenix Suns
45:10 Milwaukee Bucks-Indiana Pacers
58:45 Los Angeles Clippers- Dallas Mavericks
1:25:45 Cleveland Cavaliers-Orlando Magic
1:33:10 New York Knicks-Philadelphia 76ers
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MVP: Jokic
DPOY: Rudy
ROTY: Wemby
MIP: Coby White
6-man: Portis
Clutch: Demar
Coach: Thunder coach I’m not gonna try and spell
Man the Knicks pulled a Reggie Miller of their own. And the nuggets rallying with a Jamal buzzer beater for game was insane.
I'm a simple man, I see Nekias and/or Steve and I click.
Taking my chance, MVP: Jokic ROTY: Wemby 6MOY: Malik Monk
MIP: Tyrese Maxey DPOY: Gobert CPOY: Curry COTY: Mark Daignealt
The breakdowns are too good for covering the entire playoff pool at a national level. Well done guys.
Bobby, Bobby, Bobby for 6th man of the year
JJ a real one
Jokic (mvp) Wemby (dpoy) Wemby (roty) Steph (clutch) Monk (6 man) Coby (mip) Daigenault (coach)
I love Steve’s energy, he just makes the world a great place to be, even ir you are a sixers fan
Thank you!!!!! Milwaukee Bucks-Indiana Pacers analysis was very fun to lestining to!
I love watching the Knicks play. They are scrappy af. Mitch, when healthy, is a dpoy level rim protector. And if Josh and the others are gonna start hitting 3s, Knicks will get to the conference final.
Great job guys
steph deserves clutch player of the year
Im a wolves fan, and im addicted to Anthony Edwards content. I may need to go to AA again.
MVP: Jokic
DPOY: Rudy
ROY: Wemby
MIP: Maxey
Clutch player: SGA
6th Man: Naz
Coach: Daigneault
jj hate mn, swear this guy gives us no coverage
Like the wolves game plan of letting kd cook while slowing down the others . Kd getting his regardless so best to put your best defenders on guys you can slow down instead of wasting them on a guy who will score no matter how good of defense you play . Sun's will likely bounce back but if wolves continue to play elite defense while getting contributions from your bench like they did game 1 & they have a great chance to go up 2-0
Kinda weird how Hali played no idea why he didn't shoot more 9 shots in a playoff game is wild from a supposed franchise player
Needed this, always nice when these gentlemen are talking basketball
The only gripe I have in the awards is Joe not being in the top 3 COTY, winning 64 games ahead of everybody and not even in the consideration lmao
It sucks because you can tell with Haliburton it’s almost completely mental. He had the same coverage from Beverly a couple times this season and he destroyed him. Now he hasn’t been aggressive and even his decision making has been off. I’m hoping he learns how to become “the guy” during this playoff run and figures out whatever has been holding him down 55:54
MVP jokic
DPOY Rudy
ROTY wemby
MIP maxey
COTY okc coach (not gonna try spelling it)
Cpoty Steph
6MOTY Malik monk
tatum haters cant stand the fact that theyre focusing on him, hes not even the best player on his team!
MVP: Jokic
DPOY: Gobert
ROTY: Wemby
6MOTY: Monk
MIP: Maxey
Clutch: DeRozan
Coach: Mark D
Exec: Stevens
My predictions, not personal picks.
You cannot upload this video today lol, the only things folks wanna hear about is the Nuggets and Knicks game 2 wins
MVP: Nikola Jokic
DPOY: Rudy Gobert
ROTY: Victor Wembanyama
MIP: Tyrese Maxey
6-man: Naz Reid
Clutch: Demar Derozan
Coach: (i WANT chris finch but im expecting–) Mark Daigneault
The reason for the days in between for Celtics/Miami is because of the Bruins. Since the Bruins are a one-seed and are hosting as well it's also based on the NHL playoffs and their schedule since they have to share the Garden
COWARDS
Most Improved – Maxey
6th Man – Naz Reid
Clutch – shai
Coach – Jamaal Mosely
Rookie – Wemby
Defensive – Wemby
MVP – Jokic
let me give this a shot
MVP – Jokic
ROTY – Wemby
DPOY – Rudy
6MAN – Naz
MIP – Maxey
CPOTY – Curry
COTY – Daigneault
Love when you guys are on the channel ❤❤❤ Amazing people who provide amazing analysis
JJ, pay attention to what Jamal Murray did on his last 2 clutch shots. He went full speed right and pulled up on the second to last shot. He went full speed right into baseline fadeaway. On both shots, Murray square in mid air. These moves and movements were standard in MJs game. This is why Lebron is not the GOAT; he choked; he flops; his movement does not compare to MJ; he has no bag.
If I had a ballot I'd vote: Jokic for MVP, Gobert for DPOY, Wemby ROTY, Coby White for most improved, Daigneault for COTY, Malik Monk for 6th man, and Steph for clutch player
hornets coaching staff — jj, steve, nekias
Shai MVP, Rudy DPOY, Wemby ROTY, Maxey MIP, Portis 6M, Daigneault COTY, Steph Clutch
Finch, Gobert, Jokic, Maxey, Monk, Wembanyama
Mvp jokic
Roty wemby
6moty naz reid
Dpoy gobert
Mip alpie sengun
Coty mark d
KD. Greatest scorer ever but… people will obviously disagree, he's not enough of a modern scorer. Doesn't shoot enough threes and doesn't get enough free throws for today's NBA. 31 points on 15 shots is amazing but is it as impactful as the 30 points u get from Ant fro example, when most of it comes from threes? Idk
MVP – Jokic
DPOY – Gobert
MIP – Maxey
CPOTY – Curry
6MOTY – Malik Monk
COTY – Daigneault
ROTY – Wemby
Michael Jordan may be supperman of the nba but labron JAMES IS GALCTUS OF THE NBA HE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME HE IS GALCTUS A COSMIC BEING OF THE NBA HE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME HE IS GALCTUS 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🌿🌿
Jokic, Gobert, Maxey (made list after announcement), Wembanyama, Reid, DeRozan, Daigneault
These dudes crush any analyst out there, the detail for EVERY game is insane
MVP: Jokic
DPOY: Gobert
ROTY: Wemby
MIP: Maxey
6M: Monk
COTY: Daigneault
CLUTCH: Derozan