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NBA Finals Game 3, Euro Heartbreak with Troopz, and the End of Conor McGregor
The Bucks finally decided to show up for the NBA Finals, and suddenly we have a series on our hands. Giannis is out there dropping back-to-back 40-point games looking like the healthiest man on the planet while everyone else is gasping for air. Big Cat is starting to see a path for Milwaukee, even if the eventual outcome feels familiar.
Big CatThe Suns are still going to win the NBA Finals despite the Bucks' Game 3 win
I do think that the [Bucks]... they have enough guys to make this a series. I do still think the [Suns] are gonna win, but that was a great performance to come home.
Of course, it wouldn't be an NBA playoff game without Scott Foster entering the chat. Chris Paul’s losing streak with Foster officiating is reaching legendary status, and the guys are starting to think the league might have a heavy hand in making sure these series don't end too quickly.
Big CatThe NBA rigs series to make them go longer and more exciting, and fans shouldn't complain about it
The NBA, when it needs a series to go a little bit longer, we'll send a guy [Scott Foster] and you'll make sure that it goes a little bit longer. I like that. People need to quit doing is complaining about [it] being rigged. They rig it to make it better. It's Buffalo Wild Wings. They rig it to get us as close as seven-game series as possible. I want more, right?
One thing that needs to go away immediately is the 8K fan-cam. It turns every crowd shot into a staged performance where people are just waiting to go viral instead of actually watching the game.
Big CatI'm officially over the 8K 'fan-cam' because it makes fans perform for the camera
I'm done with AKA [8K]—the fans and AK, I'm over it... the best fan moments that you have is when the fan doesn't know the camera's on them. With 8K, they have to get close enough so that you know that the camera's on you. So it's everyone going crazy for the fan for the camera. It's basically like watching a jumbotron.
The End of the Notorious?
UFC 264 ended in the most gruesome way possible with Conor McGregor’s ankle snapping in half like a piece of dry kindling. While the guys will always buy a Conor pay-per-view for the spectacle, the days of him being a serious threat in the octagon are likely in the rearview mirror.
Big CatConor McGregor is finished as a legitimate top-tier fighter
So him, him as a legitimate fighter that is over... he hasn't won, he's won one fight since 2016. And the guy he beat had has lost or has not won a fight in his last six fights. So he, he's not, he's just not going to be able to fight at a high level.
Big Cat admitted his favorite part of the injury wasn't the bone snap itself, but finding people who hadn't seen the replay yet so he could watch their souls leave their bodies when the foot starts dangling. Dustin Poirier might have won the fight, but Conor spent his time on a stretcher talking about Poirier’s wife, proving the heel never truly dies.
Heartbreak at Wembley with Troopz
Our good friend Troopz joined the show straight from London to talk about the absolute scenes at Wembley. Between people storming the gates and the sheer volume of "It's Coming Home" chants, the energy was at an all-time high until the penalty shootout happened. Big Cat felt the shift in momentum early, even when England was up 1-0.
Big CatItaly had the Euro 2020 final in hand by the 20th or 30th minute
After like the 20th, 30th minute, I felt like Italy had it in hand, even though they were losing at the time... this was a one-on-one Italy victory. I score too early and let's score to like, got the wiggle. Yeah. Which is why they want it then.
Troopz was rightfully fuming about Gareth Southgate’s management. Putting a 19-year-old in the position to take the deciding penalty after sitting on his hands with substitutions for 120 minutes is a tough pill to swallow.
TroopzGareth Southgate is to blame for England's Euro loss due to delayed substitutions
I think south gate [Southgate], I think you took too long to meet the changes because when you brought on stack off [Saka] is when they equalized... Sack [Saka] was 19. How'd you make it a 19 year old, 10 [take] the final penny [penalty]? How can you make a 19 year old?
Despite the devastating loss and the ugly aftermath in the streets, Troopz is surprisingly optimistic about the future of this squad heading into the next World Cup cycle.
TroopzEngland will go on to do big things at the 2022 World Cup despite the Euro final loss
Right now I'm even more confident that we could go on and do bits of the World Cup. They might not win it, but maybe we could get to a semifinal again. In previous years it was a bit different because when we lost, we were like, yo, this is the end... Right now we've built and we just need to continue.
Who's Back and Respecting the Biz
Who's Back of the week featured the goats. Djokovic is currently dismantling the tennis world, and PFT thinks he’s locked in for a historic run that we won't see again.
PFT CommenterNovak Djokovic will complete the 'Golden Slam' by winning the Olympics and the US Open
I'm not a huge Djokovic fan. However, if he pulls off the joke slam [Golden Slam] this year—by winning an Olympic gold medal and then the US Open—that's something that we'll never see accomplished again [in] our lifetime.
Meanwhile, USA Basketball lost an exhibition to Nigeria, but PFT is looking at the silver lining for the global growth of the game.
PFT CommenterUSA Basketball losing to Nigeria is actually good for the sport
This is good for basketball. I like, I love those people. I don't care. You know, it's, it's, it's shown the, all the good that the United States has done on an international level. The fact that these teams who used to just look up to us and get autographs from our players after the games are now able to compete, it really goes to show you what a great job United States basketball has done in spreading the game.
Finally, the guys took a look at the "Respect the Biz" drama surrounding TikTok star Addison Rae at the UFC fights. While J-school purists were crying into their degrees, Big Cat thinks she might actually be better suited for the red carpet than a guy who spent four years at Medill just to ask about grappling strategies.
Big CatAttractive influencers like Addison Rae can actually get better interview answers from athletes than professional journalists
I would actually argue that she [Addison Rae] probably can get more out of some of these guys than if you have like a guy standing in the suit, a frumpy guy standing in a suit who went to Medill... She's not going to be getting into the ins and outs of performance enhancing drugs... [but] you could probably get actually better answers when you have an attractive celebrity TikToker.
In a fitting end to a wild show, Billy Football managed to land the number 69 in the lottery machine after dropping a fact about squirrels that shouldn't be true but somehow is.
Billy FootballSquirrels can survive falls at terminal velocity
Squirrels can survive terminal velocity. Oh my God. What is that? Oh, fuck. Yeah. Are you kidding me? 69 faxing back 60 nines.
At least someone from the PMT crew had a winning weekend.
