PMS 2.0 1350 - NBA and NHL Playoffs Game 5 Previews, Jamal Crawford, Pat Maroon, NLL Superstar Chase Fraser, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 158 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the Thunder eliminating the Wolves and officially making it to the NBA Finals after a complete and utter domination, as well as the Florida Panthers eliminating the Canes and reaching the Stanley Cup Finals for the third straight season, as well as all the other news floating around the NFL and the world of sports as a whole. Joining the show is 21 year NBA veteran, 3x Sixth Man of the Year, and future lead game analyst for the NBA on NBC, Jamal Crawford to chat about the Thunder and how good they could be and why they’re so tough to beat now, his thoughts on Pacers/Knicks, how important defense becomes this late in the playoffs, and more. Next, 3x Stanley Cup Champion, NHL on TNT analyst, Pat Maroon joins the show to chat about the Panthers once again reaching the Stanley Cup Finals, how Florida has become the hockey capital of the world, why the Panthers style of play is so difficult to play against, and his thoughts on Dallas vs. Edmonton. Later, back-to-back-to-back NLL Champion and human highlight reel from the Buffalo Bandits, Chase Fraser joins the show to chat about the NLL and it’s growing popularity, the differences between box lacrosse and traditional lacrosse, being “PLL tough,” the olympics, and more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you, enjoy Memorial Day weekend, we’ll see you on Tuesday. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello beautiful people and welcome to our Humbley
0:04.0	the Thunderdome on this game five's Thursday.
0:08.0	May 29, 2020, this program starts now.
0:12.0	Sports are happening in a big way.
0:15.0	Last night, two teams punch their tickets
0:18.0	to their league's respective championships.
0:21.1	Let's say congratulations to the Stanley Cup champion, Florida Panthers.
0:26.6	They punched their ticket for the third straight Stanley Cup finals.
0:31.6	They could potentially go back to back.
0:33.6	I do believe there are only five teams, I think, that have gone back to back, or eight teams that have gone back to back in the history of the NHL.
0:43.3	It would obviously be a dynastic conversation with this Florida Panthers team who not only have most of their returning starters from last year, but also added the absolute beast.
0:53.3	Brad Marchand from the
0:54.6	Boston Bruins in the middle of the season, that has only up their toughness. Now, what they
0:58.8	were doing to the Carolina Hurricanes in front of the 20,000 Caneacs is bully them and beat
1:04.5	them up. And there was a time here late in the series, the last two games, or it looked like maybe
1:08.4	the hurricanes remembered who they were. The Carolina Hurricanes were going to try to thump this Florida Panthers team back.
1:13.6	They were up 2-0 last night after a massive sweeping 3-0 win in the game prior to this.
1:19.6	The Cains had a 2-0 lead and then all of a sudden the Florida Panthers woke up with some nasty,
1:24.6	some nasty shots and they came back in 30 seconds, two goals
1:28.1	to get two, two, and then they would score a few more and end up winning this thing
1:33.2	and punching their ticket to their third straight Stanley Cup final. This Florida
1:36.9	Panthers team is ridiculous. There's a guy that's to bark off right here, bang, bow,
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