"In the NBA playoffs, the team that wins Game 5 when a series is tied 2-2 wins the series 85% of the time" — PFT Commenter

Take Slip·May 15, 2024

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In the NBA playoffs, the team that wins Game 5 when a series is tied 2-2 wins the series 85% of the time

I think it's what, 85% somewhere around there in basketball. The team that wins Game five when it's tied 2-2. They going to win the series. We have to, as a sports podcast, we have to remind everybody that I think it's legally required.

Fact Claim Basketball Mild

While historically true, in 2024 both the Nuggets and Knicks won Game 5 at 2-2 and proceeded to lose the series.

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Win

Take Slip·May 15, 2024

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Big Cat

Nikola Jokic is the best basketball player in the world, and that's a fact

I am so happy that I'm alive, that I am blessed to be able to do a sports podcast while Nikola Jokic is playing basketball because holy shit, he is the best. ... remind everyone that yes, I am the best player in the world. And that's a fact.

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Jokic had just won his 3rd MVP in 4 years and was widely regarded as the consensus best player following the Nuggets 2023 championship.

Void

Take Slip·May 15, 2024

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PFT Commenter

It is better to guard Nikola Jokic with average defenders than one elite defender like Rudy Gobert

I think it's almost better to guard Jokic with like one and a half slash two average defenders than it is to guard him with one good defender [like Rudy Gobert].

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The Nuggets eventually defeated the Timberwolves in 2023 and the Wolves' strategy of single-covering Jokic with Gobert was heavily debated throughout this series.

Loss

Take Slip·May 15, 2024

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PFT Commenter

The Timberwolves look like they are still exhausted from the Tom Thibodeau era and have officially hit a wall

The Timberwolves actually, they look better at times defensively with [Rudy] Gobert on the bench... I think maybe we need to have the conversation about the Timberwolves. They look like they're still exhausted from when [Thibodeau] coached 'em back in 2018. They hit the wall after game two. I feel like this is it. Classic [Thibodeau] just ran its guys too hard and now they can't win another playoff game.

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The Timberwolves were not actually dead; they won Game 6 in a massive blowout and forced a Game 7, which they also won to reach the Western Conference Finals.