Doris Burke and Malika Andrews Talk NBA Playoffs
ESPN's Doris Burke and Malika Andrews hopped on Twitter Spaces to talk NBA Playoffs. Here are highlights, plus the schedule on Sling.
We’re deep into the second round of the NBA Playoffs, which means the championship picture is becoming clearer, even if it's still muddled. Thus far, the Golden State Warriors look like the team to beat in the Western Conference, as they’ve dropped only two of their nine playoff games in the first two rounds. After Luka Dončić evened the series at two games apiece, the top-seeded Phoenix Suns rebounded with a blowout win over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.
Out East, the Philadelphia 76ers are on the verge of summer vacation after getting crushed by the Miami Heat in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series. And the Milwaukee Bucks-Boston Celtics series has been everything we’d hoped it would be, with the [GAME 5 RECAP].
Immediately following that game, Sling hosted a Twitter Spaces with ESPN’s Doris Burke and Malika Andrews. Here are some highlights from that conversation, along with the upcoming schedule. To watch every game from the Semifinals, Conference Finals and the NBA Finals, all you need is Sling Orange with ESPN and TNT. Use the link at the bottom of the page to sign up for the best price!
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"Jrue Holiday, I've always felt has been underrated in his career. Perhaps we will underrate him no more." - Doris Burke, on Milwaukee's clutch point gaurd.
"He has been playing at such an unbelievable level for so long that you forget that he's only in his early 20s." - Malika on Luka Dončić
"The luxury of having somebody as electric offensively with the upside of Jordan Poole. I just...I've been impressed, and I could not be more impressed by these young guys who stepped between the lines." - DB
"Tyus Jones slides into that Ja Morant position. He plays such a similar brand of basketball that it seems to just be—from a tactical standpoint, let alone a familiarity standpoint—so similar that they can continue to roll." - Malika
"This is a group that, despite their age, plays and plays the same regardless of what the score is. And then the second thing is, as Ja Morant so happily put it, they want the smoke. They wanna run up the chimney. They're not ducking anybody." - Doris on the Grizzlies
Player that has surprised DB and Malika the most this playoffs:
DB: Al Horford — “His overall performance in every way, shape or form has been a big surprise for me.”
Malika: Jalen Brunson — “I mean he's earned every penny that he's going to demand and more in this series."