He Is Doing The UNTHINKABLE...

Wemby just did the unthinkable. The ending of Mavs and Indiana got controversial. And the student met the master in Houston. We had 8 thrilling games on Monday night, so let's start off with a bang by the sophomore sensation. Flagg put on a dunk fest in the first period against the Pacers, taking the early lead, and his mentor reminded everyone why he's considered as Mr. Best Handles. Oubre goes down too easy. Drills to three. Block's starting to be a factor, dribble handoff. This guy could do magic with the clock on his side. Kyrie and Cooper were super flashy at the start, but Spicy P erased all of that in a blink of an eye. And now Jackson, Siakam for his third three. Pascal Siakam has a 17-point first half. Siakam is 6 of 6 from the field. He's feeling it. That's a heat check. And he's got 22. Siakam erupted for 17 of his 29 points in the second quarter on 4 of 5 shooting from downtown, taking over the lead for Indy. So, trailing by double digits coming out of the break, the Mavs 2-0 were right back at it. But then Washington takes it back from Smith, cross court, touch pass, wide open, that's what they want! Wow, that was a ridiculously tough shot by Kai, reminding me of how the Black Mamba used to move. Speaking of making plays, Bryant banks it in, off balance, falling down. Mama, there goes that man. We get back to Dallas with Kyrie and Cooper still flying up and down the court. They have a chance to tie or take the lead, and Kai is going to tie. 10 to go in the third quarter, 8-2 run right now, but Cooper, basket for him. Gallo Zubac, take it away. Clayton snuck up from behind, good pass up to Cooper to clean. With 24 points combined in the period, Irving and Flagg narrowed the gap to just three heading into the fourth. But the best part for Mavs fans was that they were just heating up. Coup sizing and flashing and... Three against Braden Smith. Now, Braden Smith had a great career at Purdue. This, however, is not Winslow yet. Caleb Martin, to Kyrie, he nails it, and finally the Mavericks savor the flavor of the league. Flagg gives Dallas a 5-point lead before entering the 5-minute mark. Andrew Nembhard on the other end made things interesting with this and one cutting the deficit to just 3 points in the clutch. Led up by a deuce in the closing moments of the game, Cooper was ready for the final task. This is a two point game now after the three free throws. 30-plus by the free-throw shooter, Marshall. Let's go, man! Ginormous play. Drive, Cooper. Touchdown! The 19-year-old phenom puts the icing on a spectacular performance with his 43rd point of the night, giving his team a two-possession lead. Let's go! But the job wasn't done yet, as the Pacers had an immediate answer. Let it go. Dee Smith, top of the key for three. Good! That's a one-point game! Nismith hits the quick 3 closing the gap to just a single point, but now they have to foul. This guy thinks the earth is flat, so what does he know about pressure? Nothing, it doesn't exist in his vocabulary as he switches both free throws for 35 points total. Still, the Pacers have 18 seconds left to make things interesting, and so the chaos begins. Same shot a year ago with Nismith trying to win it. PJ needs to make only one of his two shots to seal the deal for the Mavs, but he ain't Kyrie. To give Dallas a four-point lead. Missed them both, dropping a timeout. Pacers still have a chance with 3.8 remaining. Washington chokes both free throws giving Indiana a second chance at overtime. So can they punish him? on Nembhard. Let's get it over the top and hard look they switched it. That's going to be knocked away and that's going to do it The Pacers tried to get it in battle Rick Perlow angry felt like there was a foul. There was some contact. There's plenty of contact Rick Carlisle is irate at the refs for not calling a foul on Siakam by Caleb Martin here who clearly hit his hand instead of the ball. But unfortunately for the Pacers, it ain't a foul until the whistle blows so the win goes to Dallas who have a solid 7-4 start of the season. Speaking of that, the Lakers have been red hot thus far with Luka and Austin taking turns lately. After dropping 43 on the Pistons, AR was out against the Hawks so it was time for Luka to shine. He's another one of the guards off the bench. Luka turns and knocks it down. There's Lou Dort in front of him. Goes right around there. And he attacks the rim and scores. Went right around him. Right back to Doncic. Two for one. My goodness, Luka Magic has eyes on the back of his head, it's 100% confirmed, trust me. He kept feeding his teammates off the bench as Mamou and Sexton were huge in this one. Were 125, so the first back-to-back this year at home, Toronto and Miami, they get 12 of them all year. Sexton! Still hot. The Young Bull and Mamu combined for 41 points on a blistering 8 of 12 from downtown, that's 67%. And the Lakers got up by as many as 20 points in the first half. However the Hawks were able to pick themselves up and get right back into the game. Atlanta cut a 17-point deficit in a span of 12 minutes to make it a one-possession game late in the third. Meanwhile, Doncic had to work extra hard just to keep them afloat. He was cooking Lou Dort all game long scoring an easy 32 points on 50% shooting and he made sure to remind Hawks fans what they missed out on back in 2018. Anyway, Atlanta kept things interesting in the last minutes of the game until Luka and the Lakers decided to turn on the pressure cooker. There's Zaire. And Zaire throw it down. Throw that baby down. It's a big play. Luka with the deuce and Zaire with the steal and the dunk. 119-111. Gives Luka some cushion. Yep. Jalen Johnson leads in. Can't score. Mamu. Mamu. Mamu. He's got the rebound. Run with him. Boy, a bucket here and you're in great shape. What a pass. Finish it off Jake LaRavia. Geez, in a span of 45 seconds, the Lakers sailed away, executing an electric 6-0 run to ice the game. Doncic didn't break 40 this time, but he stuffed the stat sheet with 10 assists, 8 boards, 5 steals, and 2 blocks, leading LA to their 6th win in a row. Another team that's sizzling hot right now are the San Antonio Spurs, and mostly thanks to this guy. Wemby Nyama, the shimmy, at the shot clock buzzer! Big run here by San Antonio. Reverse alley-oops, back-to-back blocks, aesthetic fadeaways, you name it, Victor was doing it all. But just when you think you've seen the most impressive play of the game from him, he goes back and does this. Gillespie, the dish, done. Webby! Are you kidding me? A freaking finger roll from well behind the free throw line. This is insane. If I'm playing in the league, I'm starting a petition to get him out of there. And if that wasn't enough, he decided to play some games with the poor Suns in the fourth. Huge matchup set up for the short little lob there. Castle had room, but lays it for Victor, who stuffs it down. You can see that one coming. That's a Jalen Johnson special out of the change of quarters. 46 points in the paint compared to 28 for Phoenix. Gillespie turned away by Wembanyama, goes at him, spins away. Wembanyama, another abduction, and they got him again on the jumper. That was a dad block right there. I'm lost for words, I'll let the Spurs commentator paint the full picture. So, up by 30 in an already decided game, Wemby puts the cherry on top. When you can draw that lot of oohs and aahs from the opposing crowd, you know you're doing stuff right. At the end, it was an out-of-this-world performance of 40 points on 79% efficiency, 11 rebounds, and 9 big blocks in just 25 minutes of action. That is just brutal. The Spurs are now chasing the Lakers, riding a 9-game winning streak. We all knew how dangerous the Spurs would be, but no one could have predicted the rise of the Warriors. Yaxel took a beat there. Don't throw it away. Step for the step back three, and he got it. Pantos, shot's not gonna let him. He with the step-three, returns the favor, Pods outside step three. That's the one he is making with regularity. Yaxel walks into a three. Yaxel Vandenbergh. He's got 10, 3 of 5 shooting, and the Pelicans Yax, Podge and Steph were on a heater last night. All three of them scored at least 23 points on a rock solid 60% shooting from long range combined. And when you produce such heavy rain from outside, it's obvious you'll be up big. This wasn't even a contest after the first half, so Jimmy Butler had time to make his teammates laugh on the bench. Dressed as one of his assistants, he had a very clever tactic in mind. Pass to Steph. Genius. And check this out. This is their first 8-game winning streak since 2022 when they won the championship. They've been a revelation thus far. On the contrary, the Nuggets didn't have the start they wanted. And last night, Nikola Jokic had to go against Shengun in a classic showdown of the master vs the student. Lead back to three. Tested at the rim by Shane Goon. Murray got Durant on his back. The teardrop won't fall, but Jokic the offensive rebound. No look inside to Murray. Already two phenomenal passes in this first quarter for Joker. Brazil to rebound again, and he gets a second chance. It's for the flush. All right, here we go. It's definitely... Oh! Oui, the Turkish Terminator throws down the monster jam through the heart of Denver's defense. It's always fun to watch these two go at each other, so they kept throwing punches late in the game as well. All right, four minutes to go. Shengun behind the back to Thompson. That's in the score. Jokic faces up from 16 feet out, bumped off his path by Shengun, floats in! 51 action again, Shengun trying to answer on Jokic, stepping back with the Flamingo! Shengun puts the exclamation point with the Sombor Shuffle over Nikola. Unbelievable. It's safe to say that he got the best of the Joker in this one, despite the slight advantage in numbers for the three-time MVP. What got me cracking in this one was the Rockets commentators on Christian Brown's free throws. He's never missed a free throw in his career against the Rockets. This is a career move for you, man. Also, actually, we play the best three point defense in the league. Just another nuance of the show. Welcome to it. That was hilarious, Craig Ackerman turns into one of my favorite NBA announcers. But he still got work to do to reach the absolute GOAT, Eric Collins of the Charlotte Hornets. And from one alley to another. Eric was wilding behind the mic while the Hornets were wilding behind the 3 point line, knocking down 23 shots on 50% efficiency to blow away the Cavs in this one. But this sequence really tells the entire story of the game. Mobley gets called blocked on one end and then watch James Harden on defense giving up the offensive rebound just like that and then refusing to move whatsoever letting Zion shoot a wide open three before getting hopped on by Grayson Allen who wins a third chance for the Hornets. He's an absolute disaster on that side of the ball. Moving on to Detroit where Anthony Davis and AJ DeBonte put on a show. Anthony Davis. Got it for three. Just like that. AD messed around and put up the most points by any player in the first half this season with 30 of his 44 on a superb 76% efficiency. Meanwhile, AJ looked nothing like a rookie. Oh my god! You know, everybody does the Eurostep in today's day. Look how he fakes it. Where are you going, Mr. Collins? Javante Green's first two there. Oh, boy. Oh, DeBonte just explodes. He needs a... A.J. DeBonte has nothing for it. A.J. wants... Oh! Damn, A.J. DeBonte rocked the rim with a poster slam over Collins. Amazing. He tied his career high of 21 points to go along with eight boards. However, the Wizards still lost the game, and by a wide margin, too. Okay, nice cut. Good cut. Asar Thompson, the one-handed bounce pass on the delivery. Cade Cunningham going upstairs for the flush. Where'd they go these next two minutes? Asar. Oh, goodness. My goodness. That was a guard who went up there and got it. And there's the Jenkins. The Pistons completely outworked and outplayed the Wizards controlling the game from start to finish. They dictated the pace and never allowed Washington to get closer than 10 points. Jenkins, Collins and Robinson all had 20 plus points at the end. In Toronto, the Grizzlies extended their surprising start. Ty Jerome and Cam Boozer combined for 49 points in another win for Memphis over the Raptors this time, bumping the record to a shocking 7-3 for the season. I had them at the bottom with teams like the Kings and the Clippers, but they are somehow still fighting the odds. And fans are still chirping from the front row, waking up the sleeping giant. Yesterday things took a wild turn in the NBA, so you gotta check out exactly what happened right here in this video. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out. Oh, shooting like Mikal Bridges out here.