Kawhi Leonard poured in 39 points on 15/19 shooting to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a game 2 win over the Denver Nuggets. Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and James Edwards react to the Detroit Pistons game 2 win over the Knicks, discuss what it means for the city of Detroit and what went wrong for New York. Then, Law Murray joins the show to breakdown Kawhi Leonard’s brilliant game 2 performance.Host: Dave DuFourWith: Es Baraheni, James Edwards, & Law MurrayExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson Moodyhttps://www.nytimes.com/athletic/nba/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chapter 1: What happened in the Pistons vs. Knicks Game 2?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. Coming up, the Knicks got beat by the Pistons, so James Edwards here to talk about that. And Law Murray stops by to talk about Kawhi Leonard having one of the greatest NBA playoff games ever. The Knicks and Pistons are tied at one game apiece after game two. Here to talk about it, James Edwards, a little bit of both sides here.
This is the James Edwards Bowl, if you guys have been following his career. James, what do you think about the Pistons bouncing back from that 21-0 run that ended their attempt at winning game one?
I think it was impressive for them to come out and really not miss a beat. They started the first three quarters. Similarly, they started the first three quarters in game one. They were the better team for much of that game. And I think they felt the pressure in the fourth to close this one out. I think the building was waiting for them to let it go.
And to their credit, they couldn't hit shots from players other than Cade Cunningham for the first three quarters. But then Dennis Schroeder came up huge. So, yeah. That's why you get veterans, and that's why you get guys who have played in big moments before. So they were able to get that done. First playoff win for the franchise since 2008.
Obviously a big moment, but I don't think it was super celebratory in that locker room. I think a lot of people exhaled and were happy that they got out of New York with that win.
Huge game for Cade. 33 points led the way for them the entire way. I mean, obviously, you know, knowing this is the James Bowl here, watching his evolution, what did you think of game two from Cade?
Yeah, I think he did a great job of just letting the game come to him. One thing about Cade is he will adjust. If you look at kind of different points in his career, his first game in his rookie season didn't come to multiple games in because he had an injury and he went 0 for 20 from three to start his career, right? And then he figured it out.
Comes off other injuries, takes him a little bit to get going. He didn't come off an injury going into the playoffs, but this is a whole new setting to him, something to get adjusted to. And I think he's one of those guys, once you get to taste something, he's able to figure it out. And the Knicks did soft switch a little bit more than I remember them doing in game one.
They didn't really force him left like they did in game one. He did a good job of getting to his spots.
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Chapter 2: How did Cade Cunningham perform in Game 2?
The playoffs won't be on for another two months.
There's always a problem to solve in basketball. That's the fun part about it. Law and Murray, you know what? You may not have the data experience, but you got the humility to pull it off. So I appreciate you hanging out with us. Go and read them over at The Athletic. And that's going to do it for the show, folks.
For James Edwards, for Law and Murray, for S. Barahany, I'm Dave DuFour, and this has been the NBA Daily. Thanks for waking up with us.