Hello and welcome to the hoop collective podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we are doing

on what day is today. Wednesday evening. You for Thursday morning, y'all will be here

in this shortly before game six. Elimination slash closeout game opportunity for the Golden

State Warriors as they look to win their fourth championship in the last decade. Joining

me from across the street in TD Garden, where I just got back from is Tim Buntems. Oh,

guys. Joining us from Dallas, Texas. Just off of a secret road trip. Bannock man.

Howdy partners. I just returned from the point in the NBA that is furthest away from

the finals. That could go for a couple of places right now. Somebody told me that could

this be true? I like geography, but I'm not an expert that San Francisco Boston is the

two farthest distances. It's the farthest two cities apart on the NBA map that I would

normally have said. Portland. I want to said Portland and Miami. Yeah, that doesn't sound

true. Today told me somebody today told me it's four miles further. That doesn't sound

like it's possible. I would be skeptical of that information. I would double check that.

All right. Well, anyway, it's a long a way away from each other. The teams had light practices

today before the Celtics had their practice. Al Horford said that they addressed their

playing to the officials. I hope that I mean, he made a doca who got a tech in game five.

He apparently was called on himself that he was he needs to be better too. I know that

there are some calls that are frustrating. I know that there have been some phantom fouls.

The Jordan pool flop the other day with Marcus smart. I don't know how I feel about that

because Marcus smart flops so much. Yes, it's it listen, Marcus smart has no right to

complain about that one. And he didn't. And he didn't. Yes. He is he Marcus smart once

told me about James Harden. He flops on offense just like I do on defense. It's not like

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