48 Minutes: Warriors without Draymond, Bucks Bounce Back, Brooks Taunts LeBron, & Ross' Best Bets

0:00 ... Hello and Welcome

0:32 ... Ross reads BetOnline copy

1:39 ... Bruce's opening tip on Draymond Green's damaging antics

4:30 ... World B's opening tip on the 37th anniversary of Michael Jordan's 63 point game against the Celtics

5:33 ... Ross opening tip on Jamal Murray's great performance for Denver on Wednesday

6:29 ... Can Jonathan Kuminga help fill the void left by Draymond Green in Golden State?

7:19 ... the Warriors' defense will be tested without Green on the court ...

8:33 ... Ross feels the first 6 minutes of game 3 will tell us a lot about the Warriors chances of winning

10:13 ... Game 3 is "Do or Die" for the Dubs and Steph Curry has had to use a lot of energy against the aggressive Kings defense

15:27 ... In the Suns/Clippers series, LA needs contributions from more than Kawhi Leonard

17:25 ... Devin Booker has actually played well at both ends of the court in the series ... on defense his steals and blocked shots have been big

19:16 ... In the Heat/Bucks series, Jrue Holiday led Milwaukee to a huge game two win with Giannis sidelined due to his back injury

23:00 ... Ross asked Bruce and World B whether Giannis should play if he is only at 80% in game 3

... Bobby Portis filled in admirably starting for Giannis with 15 rebounds and 13 points

27:30 ... Bruce was impressed with Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and his handling of Duncan Robinson and Victor Oladipo while understanding the need to reduce the minutes of Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo in game two

29:05 ...In game two against the Lakers, Memphis was aggressive from the start and had much better energy than LA.

30:39 ... The Grizz were the more desperate team and Xavier Tillman and Tyus Jones led the charge

31:27 ... Dillon Brooks is doing his best to be "Draymond 2.0," taunting LeBron James

32:29 ... Ross felt Luke Kennard and David Roddy also made great contributions off the bench for Memphis

33:39 ... LA's Anthony Davis was subpar in game two but he will have a bounce back game back home this weekend

34:50 ... LeBron James has been cold from outside and is getting most of his points at the rim, but if he doesn't start making outside shots, the Grizz will load up to stop his drives to the bucket

35:43 ... Minnesota got way behind against Denver in game two on Wednesday and Bruce feels that they had to work so hard in the 3rd quarter to get back in the game that the altitude eventually got to them in the 4th and the Nuggets pulled away

41:37 ... Ross' "Best Bets" sponsored by BetOnline.ag concerned the same game parlays that he's been cashing in on all week.

43:30 ... Madison Square Garden hosts game 3 of Cavs/Knicks on Friday and there is NOTHING like playoff basketball on Broadway.

47:31 ... Bruce's closing comment is on the three 6-4 guards on the Boston Celtics (Derrick White, Marcus Smart, & Malcolm Brogdon) who remind him of another 6-4 Celtics guard who won two rings in Boston: the late Dennis Johnson.

49:10... World B's closing remarks concern Dillon brooks of the Grizzlies and how he's competing with Draymond Green to be the biggest knucklehead in the playoffs.

50:28 ... Ross' closing comment concerns the drama involving Rappers E-40 and "Fitty-Cent" in Sacramento

51:24 ... Bye until next time

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