Minnesota vs. Dallas Series Opener: A High Stakes Opening Game
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00:00In Minnesota, Gilbert is favored to win the series, but I don't know. I mean, Dallas is
00:04going to win some games, and if they get hot, I mean, and Luka gets hot, all of a sudden this
00:08goes to seven. It's anybody's, but Minnesota is favored in game one. We know what that
00:12environment is going to be like. It's going to be incredible. Total is 206 and a half.
00:17I mean, Gilbert, is game one the game that Dallas wins in Minnesota? I mean, I know next week we're
00:22going to be talking, and I'm going to tell you this now. Dallas is going to win a game in
00:26Minnesota. I don't know when it's going to happen. It could be tonight. It could be the next game.
00:29It could be game five or seven. Dallas will win a road game, in my opinion. Is this the one tonight?
00:36You know what, Craig? You mentioned the environment. It's an environment 20 years in the making for
00:40this Timberwolves team, and I don't think that they're going to lose game one, having not played
00:45a Western Conference Finals game in the Twin Cities in the last 20 years. Similar to the Celtics
00:50Pacers series, there are two teams. The Timberwolves are 2-0 in game ones this postseason, and the Mavs
00:56are 0-2 in game ones this postseason. So you can see that the Timberwolves are trying to make
01:00a statement to start the series, and the Mavericks are feeling things out a little bit. I'm torn
01:04between this series being a toss-up and the Mavericks having no chance, but why I say that
01:08is that the Mavericks kind of feel like a team of destiny, the way that they've been doing things, but
01:13I think game one will go to Minnesota.