Yeah, let's talk about this Golden State Houston series.

And I guess I've been thinking about this for a long time since it became the most likely

outcome with Golden State losing.

And also, we were at that game about a week and a half ago where Houston really put it

on Golden State, who was red hot coming in, although clearly it was kind of out of guess.

I think the key to this series is something that I

just don't really feel like I can predict all that accurately. And that is just simply how much can

Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Draymond Green physically give what is their energy level

in this one? Because I think they didn't have it in that other

Rockets game. They largely have played very well against the Rockets in this era, including almost

blowing them out even without stuff before the Jimmy trade. And then they did lose that one that

was super close down the end, but they made a bunch of mistakes in the in season tournament.

Obviously, this is going

to be a spicy series with Ima Yudoka is very familiar with them. But I think if those guys can

play at their best, and obviously the Rockins have something to do with that, I think the Warriors

win the series. I'm just not sure that they're going to be able to hold up against a team

with this kind of athleticism and physicality over a seven-game series?

We don't usually start in this place, but in part because the schedule timing came out before we

recorded this on Wednesday evening. I think the timing of games in this series is really

fascinating and could end up telling part of the story. So here's the

timing of these games. Series starts in Houston on Sunday. They don't play again until Wednesday.

Then they don't play again until Saturday. Then after that Saturday game three, it's every other

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