Harden steals Game 1 for 76ers vs. Celtics! Nuggets win Game 2 vs Suns with Defense!

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

Sports, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Sports News, News, Basketball

4.7 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Sam Vecenie goes live to break down the two NBA games tonight. First, we go into the film and explain how in the world a Joel Embiid-less 76ers team just went into Boston and defeated the Celtics in Game 1 behind a virtuoso James Harden performance. There will also be Joe Mazzulla thoughts. Then, we'll dive into Game 2 of the Nuggets-Suns series. How the Suns are in some trouble with Chris Paul being injured now, and with their inability to put pressure on the rim. On top of it, the Nuggets have been exceptionally good on defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Game Theory podcast.
0:08.9	I'm your host, Sam Vasini.
0:10.5	We are presented by The Athletic.
0:12.2	Today on the show, it's just me.
0:14.0	We're going to dive deep into the two NBA playoff games that occurred tonight, Monday, May 1st.
0:22.7	The first game was the Philadelphia 76ers, surprisingly defeating the Boston Celtics,
0:28.3	119 to 115, without Joelle Embed behind a tremendous 45-point performance by James
0:37.0	Harden.
0:37.4	The second game we're going to talk about was an absolute slog.
0:41.0	It was a disaster, mess, trash fire.
0:45.5	I don't even know that this was a great defensive game on one hand, at the very least.
0:51.4	I do think Denver played particularly well defensively, especially after Chris Paul went out. But Denver beats the Phoenix Suns in an ugly 97 to 87 affair
1:02.8	that, oh boy, oh boy, that was a messy one to watch. The moment that i knew that was going to be an ugly
1:12.8	game was when devon booker bricked an open transition three without even hitting the rim
1:21.3	at the 630 mark of the first quarter there was just something in the air, something that went beyond
1:27.8	analysis at that point in the game that said, you knew that this was going to be a disaster.
1:33.3	You knew this was going to be an absolute shit show of a basketball game. And it was fun to watch
1:37.4	because holy shit, it was a shit show. We're going to talk a little bit about that one later on,
1:42.4	though. I thought the bigger story of the night, all due respect to the Denver Nuggets,
1:47.4	was the Philadelphia 76ers going into Boston, much like the Florida Panthers did,
1:53.8	and beating the Boston Celtics, the top-seeded remaining team in the Eastern Conference.
2:00.4	The fact that they did this without Joel and Bede is staggering, should be staggering
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