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00:00It's the NBA Cup, baby. Get ready. LeBron James, the reigning champion, and it doesn't
00:08look like he's going to get to defend his title in the Cup here at this point where
00:11I do believe the Lakers raised a banner for the NBA Cup and maybe the New York Knicks.
00:16They haven't reigned up. I mean, they didn't even make banners back in the day the last
00:19time the Knicks actually won anything here, but they're looking to win the NBA Cup. They
00:23had a nice victory last night, 121 to 106 over the Magic, easily putting them away,
00:29coasting to a victory, which meant they only need to score 15 points in the fourth quarter
00:33here and still won by double digits. Wagner had 30 for Orlando. Josh Hart, a triple-double,
00:3811 points, 13 points, and 10 assists. The Knicks, 7-2 at home, 13-8, advancing into
00:44the NBA Cup. Yeah, they take group. I absolutely pummeled the Magic. They've been playing some
00:51really good basketball, a little surprising. They've been a money-earner, Orlando Magic,
00:55but for the Knicks, that was a fantastic win. They'll top group A, I believe, to advance.
01:01They'll square off against the Hawks in the quarterfinals next Tuesday. And for the Magic,
01:06they're still going to punch their ticket through. They'll square off against the Bucs
01:09next week. So two teams vying for, I guess, that second tilt at the NBA Cup, but that
01:15was a big performance there. Josh Hart, he was fantastic for the Knicks last night, 11,
01:2013, and 10, getting that triple-double. And suddenly, the Knicks are trending in the right
01:24direction. You look at the FD Sportsbook, they're currently the shortest price to take
01:28out that NBA Cup. But I feel like it's very similar to the Par-3 tournament at the Masters.
01:34You know, to make that golf comparison, nobody wants to win the Par-3 tournament on Wednesday.
01:40That's a bad omen going in to the big dance. And I feel like that's the same for the NBA
01:45Cup. It's a distraction. I like it. I like it, Dov. See, I like where you're going with
01:49this too, which means that, let's just say Giannis and the Bucs end up in the finals
01:52of the NBA Cup. You get hammered by 60. Like, you get those vibes out of the building. Like,
01:57you know what? We didn't want to expend any energy on this. We want to continue and win
02:00the actual NBA Championship. Another team that hasn't played great basketball to start,
02:04but maybe rounding the corners, the Bucs, 11-9 on the season, downing the Pistons, and
02:08now the Bucs with that 128-107 victory. They move forward into the NBA Cup here with a
02:14group win, and they're looking, Giannis and the boys, and Dane, to maybe hang a banner
02:19for themselves, something they tried to do last year and were very successful in doing.
02:23Yeah, 128 points up there from the Bucs on Tuesday night, and they're going to need both
02:29of those superstars gelling, trending in the right direction. It's been a little spicy,
02:34both on and off the court. They've struggled to get them both out there at times, but we
02:38saw them both, and we saw what they're absolutely capable of. This could be the best one-two
02:43punch when they are both cooking and singing along in a similar step there. Giannis last
02:49night goes for 28. Dane time went for 27. You've got two players who can absolutely
02:54take over that game at any point in time, and they've got a couple of nice weapons off
02:59the bench there, giving them some production as well. Bobby Portis, he was pretty big last
03:03night going against the Pistons as well. So for the Bucs, it's a step in the right direction.
03:08I know it's early in the season, but I think they'll take a lot of confidence from this
03:12one, and they'll get to square off against the Magic. So it won't be an easy feat next
03:17Tuesday night, but I think this would bring a lot of confidence into a locker room, Donny,
03:21that's been, not to say divided, but a little split. I think they needed this one, and this
03:27could be the catalyst and that spark for them to get this season really moving in the right
03:31direction and show us that they are one of the heavyweights that we thought they were
03:35coming into this year.