FIRST TAKE | Mavs Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving is the most dangerous duo left in NBA Playoff – Windhorst

FIRST TAKE | Mavs Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving is the most dangerous duo left in NBA Playoff – Windhorst

Eastern Conference Finals tip off tonight in Beantown it’s game day folks tyres hurn in Indiana looking to continue their impressive run as they take on a very talented Celtics theme that has hardly been challenged thus far now when it comes to Dynamic Duos left in these playoffs we got Luca donic and Kyrie Irving maybe the most potent Duo of any remaining scoring a combined 48.4 points per game but then there’s Anthony Edwards and Carl Anthony towns and of course Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown so Dre I want to come to you first which Duo and those are some serious ones yes right left in these playoffs do you feel is the most dangerous they’re all great so we’ll just start with that before fans just light all of us up for picking one if I’m picking one yeah I’m picking the duo that beat the reigning Champions after being down 20 on in in an away game I’m going with Anthony e and Carl Anthony towns those two players with ant the way he can impact the game when he is not shooting the ball well when he’s not scoring his defensive presence his energy his leadership he is the alpha male on that team so I’m giving him a nod over everybody we’ just talked about him being the best player left in the playoffs Carl Anthony Town’s commitment to ant being that number one guy to defending to rebounding he put up 23 points in game seven again when they were down 20 when I look at those two as a duo their understanding of who’s the alpha and who’s The Supporting Cast their commitment to the defensive end and their ability to impact the game when they’re not scoring those two they are the most dynamic duo and the biggest threat as a pair left in the playoffs J give me give me Luca and Kyrie because I trust look nobody has taken and made more bigger shots on the big stage than Kyrie I watch them average 25 26 27 points a game in an NBA Finals I watch him take one of the biggest shots in NBA history in the finals against the defending champ a 73- win team I watched him do that I I understand that they’re guards and hard is you know you say you’re taking two guards over two you know uh uh two uh uh threes uh a guard and a and a big yes yes absolutely Kyrie Irving and his ability to get off any shot to finish at the rim with either hand he’s a below the rim player three levels the three ball mid-range can shoot you f him you go go to the free throw line and what do I say about slow motion man Luca man Luca ain’t got but one gear but I tell you what he might it might take him like n seconds to get from the top of the keys to the paint but guess what he GNA finish it off give me Luca and Kyrie uh I’m going with the guys that have gone to the Conference Finals multiple multiple multiple multiple times going back to the finals for the second time I hear Minnesota I hear these teams these guys won two playoff series all right L Luke is the guy who went to the Conference Finals him and him and Irving are just now jelling together and they’re playing really well Brown and Tatum are a known success now they have a won rings but we know together they have played highlevel basketball and when we talk about the best team in basketball they they are the two best players uh what we need to see with them the question with them has always been growth who are who is the only Duo out of this list who if they don’t win a championship the whole world’s going to come on down with them it’s those two right there there’s a reason behind that is because they have the best team and because they’ve had the most success as success as a Duo yeah uh being able to play one another and it’s been even more impressive due to the fact that they’re both ISO players the fact that they’ve been able to co-manage and be next to one another is has been you know a Marvel to see by the way there always uh when we talk about these two um when it comes to Luca and Kai this is a story that I think people were shaky about for a long time up until recently this year when we saw that working so I I I give Shannon you know a point for them you know listen we know how exciting they are playing I can’t argue about that we talking about who’s the most exciting to watch ain’t nobody better than basketball to watch than Kyrie Irving he’s put on a show yeah yeah he’s goingon to put on a show every time he steps on the court but I think the best duo for now until a and Carl take that real round I think it has to be brown and Tatum I I I I hear you on that my my thing with the Mavs like you said them them just now playing together Kyrie had two games in the last series we only scored nine points like I’m I’m going off of what I’ve seen in the playoffs and what I’ve seen this season and my issue with both of those pairs is that they’re the most dangerous when they’re playing well and when they’re scoring yeah but Carl Anthony towns and Anthony Edwards are the most dangerous no matter what no no that’s not true by that no no no by that logic by if if you’re going to use that logic then then then then you’re contct the game no I’m not impacted I they can impact the game The Wolves did better when when Carl got in foul trouble they got Nas Reed coming in with 23 points saying Reb but the series before Carl wasn’t even the second best player in the series it was Jaden McDaniels who was guarding well and and averaging 20 putting 20 on Katie’s head every night but I think what Anthony Edwards has done lifts Carl Anthony I’m just taking that duo like I’m not saying Carl Anthony towns is the best out of the list of players but those two together but I’m looking at I’m looking at Kyrie he’s also dealing with Jaylen Williams running off screen he’s also taking the Challenge from time to time to G Shay but we saw we saw Kyrie play alongside LeBron James now remember he got hurt in the first time they played or that might have been a different Series in 2015 he comes back in games he comes back the following year and guess what y’all remember that game that game five that that game five that he had y’all remember that when he dropped 41 and only missed like five shots and then he came back the following year although they almost got swept by the uh uh uh Golden State when they got KD he averaged like 27 and big shots you’re not going to take anybody that’s playing on either side cat ant uh JT or or JB to take a bigger shot than Kyrie who you want the ball in their hands last 10 seconds of the ball game who you want Andrea who you want Austin I want Iggy dollar I’m just kidding but no I hear I want to go back to the Celtics though Austin because we were just talking about who the alpha is on that team so when you’re looking at that duo in a close game yeah in a close game when the game’s on the line and you’re looking at that duo what do you expect them to do who uh uh Brown and Tatum yes close it which one and how what does it look like Tatum could close games why you act like Tatum can’t close G like G feel like he’s consistently Clos games I believe he I believe he’s showing growth already I think him being able to pass the ball a little bit more I hear what you’re saying though I we were just talking earlier and about how they kind of like defer to each other you said that you were a little worried no I do it is a concern it is a concern but I I mean the the difference is the reason it’s a concern because we’ve seen them as at a large sample I haven’t seen other Duos even be in that position yet that’s fair you know what I mean like we’re only able to pick back and look at all the things that Tatum and brown can’t do CU these two are always in the finals or in the Conference Finals these other du that we thrown in the list just now getting here sh I just want to know one thing which team took down the number one seed Minnesota so when did different become the number one seed I thought it was OKC oh OKC the the best team Shannon that was a trick question and you know that team was den and you know it I the best you a whole about how the weakest one of all time I said which team took down the number one seed yeah that was that was good you know what Shannon I like your Duo but I’m curious of your Duo going up against Minnesota’s defense and that’s where we’re going next when we come back on first take we’re making some picks on this show these Celtics have dominated the first two rounds of the playoffs and our heavy favorites against the Pacers is this the year they finally win a title picks on Deck can’t wait to hear who you guys got bless so delicious for V for traumatic assassination crumble first my last breath take you have defeated an enemy go on an ally has been defeated enemy double kill something delicious This Way Comes you have defeated an enemy defeat double kill an enemy has been defeated an ally has been defeated enemy double kill [Music] an ally has been defeated [Music] you have been defeated the Dr enemy ultimate my last enemy double kill Bast your tower has been destroyed power base is 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