Britt Robson Previewing The Clippers Matchup + Ant's Big Night

The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

Dane Moore

Sports News, Sports, Basketball, News

4.9 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to discuss Britt’s most-recent column previewing the Wolves play-in matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers. But prior to previewing the Clippers, Dane and Britt reflect on Anthony Edwards’s historic if not a bit overzealous 49-point performance on Thursday night. Topics today include: — Ant’s 49-point performance against the Spurs — How much should we care about Ant gunning for 50 points? — How many teams in the West are a worse matchup for the Wolves than the Clippers? — An extensive preview of the matchup against the Clippers — The importance of KAT’s offensive volume being high — Will Finch go with the same starting 5 against the Clippers? Who will be in the rotation? — The role physicality, experience, poise and Pat Bev will play against the Clippers — Play-in score predictions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Dane Moore NBA podcast, brought you by Blue Wire podcast coming at you Friday afternoon.
0:20.3	The Wolves played their 81st game of the season
0:23.3	last night. Obviously Anthony Edwards is 49 point performance. I have Britt Robson of Minpost
0:30.7	here to join me. The Wolves are locked into the 7-8 play-in matchup against Los Angeles Clippers.
0:37.3	So that will that will carry the, you know, the majority. to the 7-8 play-in matchup against Los Angeles Clippers.
0:43.2	So that will carry the, you know, the majority of this conversation today,
0:45.6	just kind of previewing that play-in matchup.
0:47.0	But I also have Britt here.
0:49.8	He wrote a play-in preview.
0:55.4	But I want to start, Rip, by just talking about Anthony Edwards' 49 point performance.
0:57.7	You didn't get to that in your column today.
1:06.0	It's obviously a very encouraging sign, even stats aside, just to see the way that Anthony Edwards played in that game, looking 100% himself, looking like the player he was back in December, January.
1:14.1	So I'll just kind of give you the floor to start with
1:16.1	what we saw from Anthony Edwards last night
1:19.0	and why that seems sort of instrumental
1:21.1	in predicting what this team can do in these playoffs coming up.
1:26.8	Yeah, I think that the, this is one of the rare ant games where the statute underrates
1:35.8	the performance.
1:37.3	I really think that he started by playing great defense.
1:43.7	I really thought that they're on ball defense.
1:46.1	I know Kat said last night, you know, all Kat did was look at 35 points at the end of the first quarter.
1:52.2	But the first half of the first quarter was really encouraging, really nice rotations,
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