Suns Sweep, Bucks Bounce Back: NBA Playoffs with Kirk Goldsberry

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🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Another weekend of NBA playoff action is in the books. On Sunday, tensions flared between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets, with league MVP Nikola Jokic getting ejected in the third quarter as the Suns swept. The Milwaukee Bucks put together a dominant effort led by Giannis Antetokounmpo to win Game 4 vs. the Nets, putting the series at 2-2 as Brooklyn grapples with Kyrie Irving and James Harden’s injuries. Kirk Goldsberry assesses all the on-the-court action and looks ahead to the rest of this week’s games. Then, newcomer Nets superfan Mina Kimes reassures the Brooklyn faithful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Next three throw is not good.
0:05.5	Rebound comes down to Tori Craig.
0:07.7	Craig gets the ball off to Chris Paul.
0:09.9	Two seconds, one seconds.
0:12.4	Suns win.
0:14.8	And the Suns defeat.
0:16.3	Denver in four straight games.
0:18.9	And the Suns will move on to the Western Conference Finals.
0:23.0	Oh, brother!
0:24.6	Confidence is a dangerous feeling.
0:28.6	Last week, you were sure the Nets are a title favorite super team.
0:34.6	But this week, it's the Phoenix Suns shining through as injuries rain all over
0:41.5	Brooklyn's parade. Today, Kirk Goldsbury maps out the weather system of these NBA playoffs,
0:49.7	where chaos is the only sure thing in the forecast.
0:55.7	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Monday, June 14th.
0:59.7	This is ESPN Daily.
1:04.6	Kirk Goldsbury, it is 11 p.m. Eastern. You're staying up late with us. We appreciate it because we needed to make sense
1:13.0	of the chaos that was Sunday in this insanely unpredictable NBA postseason. Yeah, I mean, this was a
1:21.4	crazy day. Dr. Kirk Goldsbury is a cartographer, best-selling author, professor at the University of Texas,
1:29.2	and former vice president of strategic research for the San Antonio Spurs.
1:33.8	And we thought it was going to be crazy when the Kyrie Irving injury happened earlier,
1:38.3	but then just when we thought it was going to be relatively crazy,
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