Philadelphia Needs to Dictate Tempo in Pivotal Clash
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00:00 To me, it's about how the styles of play are going to be done. You know, to me, folks,
00:07 if it's if this is a half-court series in which Philadelphia is allowed to dictate tempo,
00:13 with Joel Embiid coming back from injury, walking the ball in the half-court, it's going
00:18 to favor Philadelphia because Joel can't get up and down the court. It's just this is just
00:23 not the style of team that you think they are. But the Knicks, I think it benefits them
00:29 more ready folks to run. Hartenstein runs the floor better than Mitchell Robinson. You
00:35 know, you put OG at the four, OG runs the floor better than Julius Ramble. Josh Hart,
00:41 one of the premier guards in regards to rebounding and pushing the ball, you put him at the three.
00:49 That opens up Deuce McBride, gets up and down the floor. To me, the Knicks have to play
00:53 this game with pace. If the game gets into a half-court game, and Joel Embiid can sign
00:59 up on the low block, and then the Knicks walk the ball up the floor, you rest when you defend.
01:06 If you're the Knicks and you push the floor, push the pace, you're going to see Embiid
01:10 maybe get a little bit winded. That's when you maybe look a little bit more at Paul Reid's
01:14 props. But I think the Knicks play with a little bit more pace. I think this is going
01:18 to be a fascinating series because if Philadelphia is right and JoJo is right, they could go
01:24 all the way to the NBA Finals. The problem is, is I don't think he's right. And I think
01:29 the Knicks are going to try and expose it by making this more of a track move.
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