Inside the NBA discuss Donovan Mitchell & Dillon Brooks FIGHT - February 2, 2023

foreigner, we go with Memphis and Cleveland, but I love the All-Stars Donovan Mitchell, you have John Morant, who was named a reserve, it was Jared Jackson, who couldn't play tonight due to a thigh injury, there is Mitchell connecting from three jacks, look at that bullet. to Brandon Clark I love Brandon Clark man oh that's a great pastor he's a great catch too Jah oh doing things with his jaw tells you what this team really missed you said it before they really miss Steven Adams oh question , goodbye, look. then Darius Scarlett, he had a night, yeah, with Adams, they were really the best rebounding team in the league and then they were with him the last five games, it was Outreach, but again they outrebounded him by four, wow, uh .

Meanwhile, back to this game, expect a bad road back often, hey, Mitchell again didn't have a great night, you can still get 71, you can't quit, oh, tough move, yeah, here we go, oh, this one It's the moment everyone talks about, oh friends. so, yeah, I like it, okay, yeah, I like it because this is bad, this is bad, there's a left, oh yeah, yeah, there you go. Shaq can't go south of the border like that and Mitchell got offended to say the least and uh then it all broke oh yeah yeah he did that out there you think so and of course I didn't think about it, but man, yeah, when you see it, you look back, ejections for both of them, they both had to go, yeah, they can.

He wouldn't be here committing a fumble foul, someone had to do it. You already know his favorite young players. Chuck, no, I stopped. I thought he was Mellow. Darius Garland was 32 and 11. It means three, yeah, if he played more games, he probably he would. I've been an All-Star Darius Garland, yeah, oh, if he hadn't had enough games, yeah, yeah, I guess I don't know from the beginning when Donovan was Jared Hamilton, right there, by the way, um no, he had a lot of games, yes tell me. What is interesting about this Cavs team? Can you make an exchange?

Yes, they just need experience. I think no, they needed, they need to make most of their banking. It's okay, in my opinion, it's okay. 44 of 53 games before tonight only nine were lost, oh yeah. he could have easily could have been one uh 128 to 113 is your final score uh what do you hear what do you say? we heard some of the yakity yak about the incident that we just saw it's called a

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that's won, not an incident that's just who he is, you know, we've seen it, we've seen it many times in this league with him, him and me We've had our personal battles for years, frankly, I've been busting his ass for years, playoffs, regular season. like I said if you just can't guard someone just say that and just get a change up it was a cheap shot in multiple ways you know you bend a guy's ankle and then obviously you know what happened next a Dude should have done it. the right to hold your own with some nice young men, you know, we've got some nice young men in you, try to do some weird things like that guy did there, um, I mean, we're still tough, even though we're a tough bunch, uh, you .

We've got some guys chasing you and we're going to

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back if you try to pressure us first. Sometimes people mistake our kindness for weakness. You know, we don't have those guys who start, but we have guys who don't run away and. you have to do it in this league, that guy who spiced things up there in the third quarter of that game when Cleveland beat Memphis at home, what would you think? I mean, if he doesn't know, you think he knew what he was doing. no one, no one knows the intention, however if you look at the actions, it seemed intentional, I mean the way you look back, he had the opportunity to look back to do it, you backed away, win if you back off here like him. he sees it here, I'm going to hit something on the electronic season back there, you're going to hit something, come on, Kenneth, that's intentional.

I'm not saying I'm never going to tell anyone's intention, but I will say. who saw it um and but I think he's also one of those, he's one of those guys, that means you know how Draymond used to be with his foot like that, they're CR, he crosses that line constantly, Dave Chappelle would say he's a regular that walks online and dies all the time. I think the hit was intentional, but I don't think he meant to hit the guys, but like you said, he looked back and when you make your arm like you're going to hit. something is trying to hit him in the thigh, his stomach, thigh, guys, that extra physical, that extra.

I'm here because I don't want you to say, come on guys, what's going on here. I agree before you start with him because that's what he did. That's a great point to me, it's like he just wants to be here, yeah, I'm going to do a physical, I'm going to show you and then when you do that, that happens and then guys throw basketballs at you. and to the entire bank. Sure, man, that was just a dirty play, listen, I like the toughness of kids, but you can't go around hitting people, come on, that was a cheap shot, period, yeah, nobody, nobody disagrees, yes, and the final result of this game. for Memphis 3 and 13 on the road against teams with winning records now, oh, let's continue with Golden State and, uh, Denver, uh, we have the Joker.

I think this team could be the best team in the NBA. The best of Jamal Murray is going to be. plays like that oh yeah he was huge tonight there's Steph from the beginning talking about making a move the Warriors definitely need to make a move Golden State yeah they definitely need to make a move Joker had his eighth triple double in those last 10 games tonight Jamal Murray jumps I told you Ernie, this is the guy that is going to dictate how far the Nuggets go, they need a second player to step up and if he plays like this, the Nuggets man, it will be hard to beat Ernest. yeah you know there's a team no oh hey oh not in America the Toronto Raptors with a lot of young talent okay they might be on the verge of life you look at their record you go with 12 they got some very interesting pieces. yeah, a lot of people would want OG and Adobe and uh Ben Fleet, they have a lot of pieces, yeah, but they have to start over, yeah, they have to start over, as much as we like to massage your Jerry.

Who is possibly the best basketball gym we love? him, but the Nuggets excuse me, the Raptors need to start over, a lot of good young people, of course, you have Scotty Barnes, who I love, yes, you are very good, yes, Denver, meanwhile, I know we got sidetracked in Toronto , uh, with his players. available but Denver now 36-16 22-6 when shooting 50 percent and that 28 shooting games 50 the most in the Western Conference Brooklyn has the most triple doubles in the NBA 17 um this is kind of shocking to me? what the Pelicans, I lost 10 games in a row, I'm a little surprised, well Zion missed his 16th game and they just got Brandon Ingram back, yeah, but still Dane played against 10 good teams in a row, oh the Luca New Orleans himself in the first quarter. had 21 Dallas led 40-22 after one What happened to the hard fouls?

Chuck no, they don't call, I call hard tests, you can't do it, you'll be suspended, you know, he lands awkwardly on his right foot, his heel is up. two years, so he would walk away with 31 points, eight rebounds and four assists and the game got really interesting after that. Yeah, I was wondering how they got back. Yes, it was gone midway through the third quarter and then 30 to 16. New Orleans outscored Dallas in the fourth. fourth Josh Green connected and Dallas was able to contain the Pelicans who were within three at the end of that game 111 106 is the last 10-game losing streak for New Orleans the other double-digit losing streaks this season belong to the Rockets The Spurs and the Wizards are not a good list to be on for the first time this season.

New Orleans has been below the 500 mark as they fall to 26th and 27th. We'll take a break here on Inside the NBA, presented by Kia and when we get there. We'll go back to the highlights of a couple more games to get to um and you'll hear from the experts. There is no expert America. Why do I want to say that every once in a while just for you to say that, in fact, 'I'll be back