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First Take

Hour 1: Sky's The Limit?

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins, and JJ Redick break down Game 1 of the NBA Finals and debate if Miami can still win the series despite last night's loss. As far as duos go, Jokic and Murray might be the best in the league, but does Perk think so? The crew debates that as well as if Tatum and Brown can make it work in Boston with Mazzulla running it back next year. Speaking of star duos... did JJ and Perk just agree to go skydiving together?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good day. What's going on? Everybody welcome in to first take on this feel good Friday not for the Miami heat and JJ reddick in studio. Hello, sir. How we doing?

0:10.0

Kendrick Perkins, Stephen A live from Denver, fellas. How are we?

0:15.0

What's going on? I was doing I was you know, it's been a long evening. I was doing absolutely wonderful until I got mic'd up and I heard this just awful singing.

0:28.0

I mean, I don't know what the hell was going on before the show. I mean, it was screeching in my ear. I just had my man, Juvee go and get me some Tylenol because I just got an instant headache and I'm trying to get over it.

0:45.0

But I'm all right other than that. I'm using comes on the voice goes the hips move. I can't help it. It's Friday guys. All right. Let's get it.

0:53.0

Yo, the tips for moving. Nicola Yulkins. He got a triple double and his NBA final debut, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the nuggets had little trouble with the cold shooting heat on the way to a one of four

1:06.0

93 win in game one on Thursday. Yulkish finished with 27 points 14 assists and 10 rebounds for the negative franchise. That's waited 47 years to make the finals in trails for all of 34 seconds.

1:18.0

You and eventually led by as many as 24 on the heat side Jimmy Butler have 13. Here he is.

1:26.0

I definitely think they came out with a lot of physicality and we have to be able to match that. They did their job on the home floor.

1:34.0

You have to say that, but we will be ready. Like he said, we will adjust do some things very differently and come out and be ready to get more for game two.

1:43.0

How much sense action you're taking the night and old record at home in the playoffs?

1:47.0

Have we lost? Remund? No. I think we're doing a good job.

1:58.0

Yo, Gitch Scorter assisted on 58 points in game one. That was tied for third most in a player's final debut. According to our analytics, Yo, Gitch is the second player in NBA history to lead both teams outright and points and assists in a final debut joining Michael Jordan.

2:12.0

Good company to be in back in 1991. Okay, Perk. I want to talk to you, my friend. You went out on a limb. You picked the heat to win the series. So are you still feeling confident now that game one is in the books and Miami?

2:27.0

Well, well, my first of all, I don't believe that I went out on a limb for picking the team that actually made it to the NBA final. Sorry for the trigger word.

2:36.0

Yeah, they knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks in the Boston Celtics. The two teams that had the best records in the NBA. That's number one. Number two is that I still feel confident in the Miami Heat team.

2:48.0

I'm not going to overreact from this game one. Although the nuggas did play well, but like Jimmy Butler said, they're going to make adjustments. I feel like Eric Spokes for the best coach in basketball.

2:58.0

I got the utmost trust in him when it comes down to putting his guys in position to be successful. I will say this though. When you look at the NBA finals, it is different.

3:10.0

It is different. When you walk into the arena, it is different. The vibe when you walk out to get your pregame shots before you run out with the team is different.

3:21.0

And I think we saw that last night when it came down to the role players of the Miami Heat, Max Trues, Caleb Martin. They felt the energy. Now, it's even harder when you're on the road.

3:35.0

And number two, I seen too many my bads that had nothing to do with adjustments. It was simple switches that could have been communicated.

3:45.0

And two of those were in the second quarter by Barry Mottorbio. And I thought when the heat was chipping away at that double figure lead, those two switches back to back that really cost them to make a run.

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