Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast. I'm your of San Vassini. Today, Bryce Simon joins me.

We're going to talk about the NBA Western Conference Finals. Bryce, Oklahoma City in San Antonio are putting on just a totally different animal right now than what like any other teams in the league are.

It feels like to me these two games have just been elite.

Like this game ends, this game two.

It finishes up at 122 to 113.

So almost a carbon copy of game one in reverse, except game one went to double over times.

100 and or no, I'm sorry, 235 total points scored in regulation.

And I think my immediate reaction to this was just, I don't know how either of these teams are scoring, let alone

scoring 122. Like the refs are allowing crazy physicality on both sides, frankly. The thunder

are certainly just more physical in general than the spurs are. They're hard to officiate.

It is what it is.

Wemby totally changes the geometry to the point where, like, Oklahoma City's guards are terrified to even go in the lane right now.

On the other side, there's just, like, an incredible amount of defensive pressure being applied to guys like Stefan Castle and before he got hurt Dylan Harper. But then like, I don't know, I feel like Harper and Castle and all those guys

are providing the same pressure on the other side. This series is amazing. I love every single

thing about it. I need seven games of it. I love every single thing about it.

I need seven games of it.

I just can't get enough of it, Bryce.

Where are you on this wonderful series now?

Yeah, that's, uh, I had this conversation with somebody associated with one of the teams.

And I just said, give me seven games.

Give me seven games.

It's like, with all due respect to your team, they can even win the seventh game.

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