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Description: James Young joins Craig Mish to preview three games on tonight's NBA slate, which includes the 76ers vs. Knicks, Heat vs. Celtics, and Thunder vs. Timberwolves.

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James Young joins Craig Mish to preview three games on tonight's NBA slate, which includes the 76ers vs. Knicks, Heat vs. Celtics, and Thunder vs. Timberwolves.

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Pro basketball today every Tuesday here on Sports Grid, hosted by our next guest, coach James Young here with us to preview some of the games this weekend. Also recap the games from the NBA last night. JY, great to have you here as we close out the week here on Newswire, and let's get to some finals from last night. The offensive output for the Los Angeles Lakers, a massive 140. Three-point outcome. They needed all those points, coach, because they gave up 135 to the Utah Jazz. And Luca with 45 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists. LeBron James also had a nice game as well. I mean, gosh, I mean, coach, if they keep Reeves healthy and keep Luca healthy and keep LeBron on the court, this may be the first time in years that I'm looking at the Lakers and saying, hey, maybe all the Hype is actually worth it. We can actually talk about the Lakers with them legitimately having a chance to make some noise. Usually we don't. Welcome back. Well, thanks, thanks, Craig. And listen, they gotta be better defensively. Obviously the 148, 149 points is outstanding. They've had, I think, the worst defensive ratings is LeBron James has been back, uh, having trouble stopping the ball. But when you think about the offensive firepower they have. With Luca, with Reeves, with LeBron, with DeAndre Ayton at times. Like, they have enough guys that they can score the ball. What that means, Craig, is LeBron James could take on the role of a chameleon. Right? To me, it's not so much of the fact that he scored the points, it's been his assists, right? He's got other guys around him that can not only make shots, but make plays themselves. So to me, LeBron's in that chameleon role where he could kind of move around and be that, be that chess piece that JJ Reddick needs. If you need him to score, yes. You need the rebound, yes. Whatever you need. It's a perfect fit for a Lakers team. Let's be honest, it's playing some pretty good basketball right now. Yeah, and, and right now, their total has risen on FanDuel to 4 53.5 for the Lakers, which is as high as it's been in years, maybe since the bubble season. So that's really good news for them. A lot of oddsmakers are telling us there's a shot, Luca wins the MVP. He is + 300. Speaking of MVPs, let's go to the east where Jalen Brunson knocked down the game-winning shot, the cast of characters he usually has, uh, coach. It was limited last night with a lot of injuries and just certainly after winning that NBA Cup, they decided to rest some folks against the Pacers. Boy, it almost bit them. They won 114 to 113 in this matchup. Brunson, 25 points. The key shot at the end of the game, he was 3 of 8 from three-point range. Speaking of the Lakers actually being up to the hype, it feels like the Knicks are also up to the hype this season as well. Yeah, they really have been and uh, uh, you have, a lot of credit needs to go to Mike Brown. You go into last night with Indiana, who's playing a little bit better basketball, right? Uh, you, you don't have, uh, obviously, Kat. You don't have Mitchell Robinson, you don't have Josh Hart. So, other guys stepped up. You see right there, McKell Bridges had a good game. OJ and Obi shook off a rough start, uh, hit a big 3 in the corner to tie the game. And then there's Tyler Cole. Uh, Tyler Coli that, let's be honest, uh, Thibs wouldn't even play him on the court if they made him make 5 guys, he would never play him. And Tyler Coeli has had a really good stretch. He had a good stretch in the NBA Cup, semi-finals and the finals with Dece McBride being out, and he had a double-double last night. Listen, the Knicks are now becoming about the sum of their parts. And what that does for a guy like Jalen Brunson is, it allows him now to pick his spots. Obviously, you know, he was upset that hard foul by Nimberhart uh on the sideline right before that when he had a foul to give. And he looked at Mike Brown and said, I'm sending us home with a game winner. Stepback, Jay, right wing, game, set, match, Knicks win. Big game tonight with Philadelphia on a back to back where I think most of those guys will play tonight. All right, so that's the lead-in to tonight's game. I'm glad you, you said that, JY cause I had no idea what the status would be for those games. By the way, we'll find out later today. But the Knicks are 5-point favorites against Philadelphia, total 229.5. I think it's fair to say, coach, that the 76ers are starting to come on here a little bit in December. They look like a different team than they have. They're 14-11 on the season, and they'll be chasing a playoff berth, hopefully, get themselves out of the final seed in the play-in, but as of right now, it is close. Do you see the 76ers being in this game tonight with New York, getting these 5 points at the Garden. Uh, uh, I'm, I'm gonna lay the points with the Knicks tonight. Uh, we still don't know. Obviously, Kelly Uber out. We don't know, uh, about Joel Embiid. It's gonna probably be a questionable game-time decision, uh, for tonight. That's not Kevin Walsh's show, but do make sure you tune in at 6:30 on sports. Good to listen to Kub's show. Uh, but I do. I think you look at this game, the Knicks 13-1 at home, uh, 88-2 against the spread their last 10 games, playing really good basketball, should get everybody back. I know Paul George is in the lap tonight, but I look for the Knicks to continue their home ways where they've been really good. Lay the points with the Knicks tonight. Coach, the Miami Heat started off fantastic, playing some of the best offense in the NBA that has come completely crashing down. They're struggling just to win games now at this point, and they're catching 6.5 tonight against Boston. The total is 231.5, where the Celtics, of course, have had their own injury issues this season, but seemingly fighting through that. The Heat has just had a lot of injuries lately too, a bunch of players sitting. Do they get things going back in Boston tonight? Is this just a sort of mid-season slump for the Heat? Where do you stand with them? Well, I just wasn't a big believer in the heat before the season began, so I'm not really changing my thoughts on them overall as a team. So I, I would lay the points, uh, with Boston, I would maybe look at Peyton Pritchard on his assist prop, um, and kind of get guys involved. It's kind of taking that role. Obviously, with Drew Holiday, uh, uh, being, uh, gone. So, I'm not a big believer in Miami. I'm wondering at some point, where does Miami put some chips in the middle of the table and when do they start to look to make a trade because of the way that they've been playing as of late. Pat Riley at some point he's got to make a move to go get a guy. Maybe it's time. Yeah, certainly, their uh offense looked like it was gonna be top in the league and then it's uh come crashing down, so to speak. Uh, all right, a team that doesn't crash or burn at all, it's the Oklahoma City Thunder. It doesn't matter how many points they lay these days, coach, they still win, they still cover the spread. They are laying 8 points tonight. I'm not sure what the status is of Anthony Edwards who missed the Timberwolves last game. That's obviously gonna be the key tonight. Total 2:30.5. Is this line telling us that Edwards is not playing in this game tonight? Because would OKC be this big a favorite if Ant-Man was in? Maybe. I guess they're really that good of a team. Uh, to me, Craig, if I'm looking at anything, I'm looking at under 230.5. Um, uh, when you look at this matchup and you look at this game, you have two of the top 10 teams that affect the field goal percentage defense. Oklahoma City's defense is. It's been absolutely dynamic. If you look at both teams, they've been holding teams under the, under, under that 230, 233.5 number. So, to me, I think this game goes under good game, competitive, but I think it's gonna be low scoring. Minnesota will try to slow the game down and win it from there. Happy holidays, coach. Thanks for coming on Newswire. We'll catch up next week. Thanks, Craig.

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