McDaniels vs Jokic FIGHT After 30-Point Blowout + NBA Gets HEATED | Alley Oop 179

Summary

Episode Overview

Podcast: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (Alley Oop 179)
Hosts: Juju Gotti, Trista Crick, Dylan, Ms. Rebecca Donahue
Date: April 28, 2026
Theme:
A high-energy, wide-ranging breakdown of the heated NBA playoff landscape, including dramatic series swings, player injuries, on-court altercations (most notably Jaden McDaniels vs. Nikola Jokic), and the personal quirks of teams and stars. The episode weaves humor, disbelief, and exasperation throughout as the hosts process wild finishes, questionable coaching, and off-court distractions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Lakers vs. Rockets: Another Frustrating Collapse

[01:13 – 02:43]

• Juju opens by taking aim at the Rockets after their latest loss to the Lakers, despite the absence of KD:
  "Do the Rockets have any shot in hell to come back?... If the Rockets come back and win this series, I'm gonna be mad as hell because I don't want to watch them no more." [01:39]
• Both hosts express fatigue with Houston’s self-destructive play and inconsistency, particularly Jabari Smith and Alperen Şengün.
• Rockets, along with Toronto and Cleveland, placed on the "no more dribbles" watch list.
• Trista: "You guys are just right there on the cusp of ugly, disgusting, horrific vomit in my mouth basketball." [02:53]

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Phoenix Suns Drama & Athletes Dating Celebrities

[03:17 – 05:16]

• Juju questions if Devin Booker is on his way out of Phoenix.
• Trista pivots to a unique take: the perils of athletes dating celebrities, suggesting it correlates with career declines.
  • Lists examples: Klay Thompson, Brandon Ingram with Glorilla, Devin Booker with the Kardashians, Donovan Mitchell with Coco Jones.
  • "If you're a professional athlete, you should go Normie." [05:16]
• They joke about Şengün being "voodooed" for calling out a ref and his subsequent struggles.

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Spurs’ Epic Comeback vs. Blazers & Blazers’ Demise

[06:06 – 13:00]

• Juju reluctantly brings up the devastating Spurs comeback over Trista’s Blazers.
  • "That wasn't the Blazers. That was the Monstars." [06:30]
• Trista, still in shock, details sloppy play and poor rotations, highlighting an egregious Scoot Henderson tech and loss of composure:
  • "When you let a lead disappear like that, that steals your soul... it takes like six months to get it back." [12:40]
• Repeated blown second-half leads at home prompt concerns about the coaching (Thiago Splitter) and roster fit.

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Jaden McDaniels vs. Jokic: Running Up the Score & NBA ‘Fight’

[13:00 – 20:31]

• Juju: "I ain't never seen somebody just take the soul from another team like my boy [Jaden McDaniels] has done this week." [13:00]
• Focus on Timberwolves dismantling Nuggets; Ayo Dosunmu’s explosive bench scoring amid Ant Man and Dante DiVincenzo’s injuries.
• Discussion of the game-ending layup by McDaniels and ensuing confrontation with Jokic, who took issue with running up the score:
  • Rebecca: "Is he supposed to exactly throw the ball off...you're an athlete, you got to finish the play." [17:42]
  • Trista: "Your dignity is already gone. You lost by a lot..." [18:19]
  • Juju: "You ain't your little brothers...I don't believe it no more..." [19:21]
• The panel laughs about the absurdity of Jokic’s response—grandstanding, not actual intent to fight:
  • "Either let it go or do something. Don't run up on me just to be in my face." [19:51]

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Timberwolves’ Playoff Hopes Shatter Amid Injuries

[14:00 – 16:36]

• Acknowledgement that despite Minnesota’s lead, injuries make holding onto the series and advancing much tougher.
• Trista: "Those are sustaining injuries that make it really, really tough... Now you got to end up playing literally the number one defense in the NBA in the Spurs." [15:08]
• Concerns about matchups: undermanned T’wolves vs. deep Spurs backcourt.

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The Curse of #0 Jerseys: DiVincenzo Achilles Injury

[16:19 – 16:51]

• Casual banter about multiple stars with jersey number zero (Tatum, Haliburton, Lillard, DiVincenzo) suffering Achilles tears.
  • "Achilles is popping off number zeros. I'm changing my number from number zero right now." [16:36]

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Celtics Dominate Sixers; Embiid Returns Early?

[21:52 – 23:33]

• Payne Pritchard’s late-game heroics for the Celtics.
• Joel Embiid’s rushed return for the Sixers prompts debate on timing:
  • Trista: "It felt like...a little too early and a little too late." [22:24]
• Celtics’ shooting barrage (24/53 from three) buries Philly.
  • "Sixers 9 for 30 from 3, Celtics 24 out of 53. I'm only going to shoot 53s. Sometimes they hit 10 of them, sometimes they hit 30 of them." [22:51]
• Juju jokes about the emotional rollercoaster of being a Celtics fan:
  • "Every time they shoot, they be going in. Now they be shooting. I be like, no, no, no, no...oh, I guess." [23:19]

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Knicks Win, Celebrate with Magic City Wings

[24:12 – 24:48]

• Knicks get props for closing out their series and indulging in Atlanta’s famous Magic City wings postgame.
  • Trista pitches the idea of Magic City selling wings nationwide.

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Memorable Quotes & Banter

• On Rockets:
  "No more dribbles. Three teams. We're not really with Toronto, Cleveland, Houston." (Trista, [02:43])
• On Suns & Celebrity Entanglements:
  "I just think if you're a professional athlete, you should go Normie." (Trista, [05:16])
• On Blazers’ Collapse:
  "When you let a lead disappear like that, that steals your soul. It takes like six months to get it back." (Trista, [12:40])
• On Jokic’s Confrontation:
  "Either let it go or do something. Don't run up on me just to be in my face." (Juju, [19:51])
• On Celtics' Extreme Shooting:
  "I'm only going to shoot 53s. Juju. Sometimes they hit 10 of them, sometimes they hit 30 of them, bro." (Trista, [22:51])
• On Playoff Fandom:
  "Oh, my God, my favorite team plays today. And then a long blip is my life...a little tiny blip: Oh, yay, we won." (Trista, [23:44])

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Notable Segments & Timestamps

• [01:13] Houston Rockets Elimination Rant
• [03:17] Phoenix Suns, Devin Booker, and Celebrity Dating
• [06:06] Spurs’ Comeback vs. Blazers Breakdown
• [13:00] Timberwolves-Nuggets, McDaniels vs. Jokic Incident
• [15:08] Minnesota’s Injury Troubles
• [16:19] The ‘Curse’ of #0 and Achilles injuries
• [21:52] Celtics’ Pritchard Clutch Play & Epic Shooting Night
• [22:24] Embiid’s Return Against Celtics
• [24:12] Knicks’ Win celebration and Magic City wings

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Tone & Style

Playful, irreverent, and brutally honest; heavy on inside jokes, regional flavor, and witty roasts. The hosts balance passionate basketball takes with lighthearted storytelling and pop-culture riffs.

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For Listeners

This episode is a must-listen for hoops fans who want a blend of sharp, original NBA analysis, zany storytelling, and hot takes. If you want to relive the playoff drama, hear some offbeat theories (athletes/celebrity dating curses!), and enjoy infectious chemistry between Juju, Trista, and crew—this is for you.

Transcript

[A]

You might not know this about my sister. She gonna keep 13 chains on no matter what.

[B]

Actually, I think the only reason Juju ever met me is he was like, God, is that 75 chains? I actually asked Cameron. He had a big ass chain on the other day. Like your neck doesn't hurt with these chains? He goes, nah, Tris, I've been doing this.

[A]

Hey, yo, Yaka, booyaka, booyaka. Welcome back to the Alley O. I am the kid Juju Gotti, joined as always by my sister, Trista Crick. How you doing, sis?

[B]

I'm good. I got these new glasses, Juju. What you think of them?

[A]

I like them. I like them. Yeah, I like them. I'm hard. You might need to get them in every color they got because I can see once you get that frame that fit the face, it's only up from there. That's why you see me with these guys so frequently. My head's so big. These are the ones that fit the best, you dig? Neither here.

[B]

I know when they come out on me, they go out like this on either sides of my head and. But I still like them.

[A]

It make it hard to make you like, you know what? Big money. Let's get straight into it, man. I don't want to start with the. The most. The most hurtful topic. So I'm gonna start with a softball, man. Okay, Lakers versus Rockets, man. Rockets. They. They got them one finally. Without KD and without a lot of confidence from anybody in the world, do the Rockets have any shot in hell to come back?

[B]

Yo, it could be two. Two.

[C]

If.

[B]

If Jabari Smith wouldn't just be what KD said he was, then they. They would have won that game. You're up six. You're up six with 16 seconds left.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

What the hell?

[A]

Hey, what the helly? Burton, bro, like, what the bruh? I was like, not even. I ain't gonna tell you what I was like because I said too many cuss words. Moving forward, though, I don't think I've ever had this feeling. If the Rockets come back and win this series, I'm gonna be mad as hell because I don't want to watch them no more. I don't care if they come back. If they win the next three games by 60 points each, I don't want to watch them. I'm through with them. I'm done. After I saw Shangon's antics, after I saw Jabari Smith, like you said, throw that game away. And they crashed into each other like a cartoon on. On LeBron shot, bro. I don't. I'm straight on them, bro. Salute to eme. Salute to Amen. Thompson, bro, you know y' all my dogs, but at the same time, I'm done. I don't want to watch you play no more. No more dribbles.

[B]

No more dribbles. Three. Three teams. We're not really with Toronto, Cleveland, Houston.

[A]

You did. That's the list.

[B]

A level below, but very similar. Orlando and Detroit, like, you guys are on the list as well. We're still enjoying it just for the trolling of the Detroit Pistons, because you guys already know what time it is in terms of me liking to be right and rooting for my rightness. But you guys are just right there on the cusp of ugly, disgusting, horrific vomit in my mouth basketball.

[A]

Yes, sir, man. Speaking of vomiting, my mouth basketball. The Phoenix size. Pack him up. You dig? Even though Lou Dort, you dirty mother trucker. Come on, Lou Dort. You keep hearing our superstars, bro, with the bs, Bruh. And Jokic hits the deck. He doesn't like it. Neither here nor there. At the same time. The Suns get well soon. Matter of fact, real quick on the Suns, do you think Devin Booker is out of there? Because I think it's about that time for my boy in Phoenix.

[B]

I was thinking about this as I was concocting some takes, some general. General basketball takes. I don't think celebrities. I don't think athletes should date celebrities.

[A]

Tell me more. Tell me more.

[B]

Let's look at all of the athletes currently dating or formally dating celebrities.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Klay Thompson, decline.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Brandon Ingram with Glorilla. I think he hasn't hit his shot in this entire three, four game series.

[A]

I don't know. He had a. He had a couple shots Sunday.

[B]

He's like three for a hundred.

[A]

It was. It was a good three, though, bro. It was a good three.

[B]

It was a good three. You've got Devin Booker with the Kardashians. I don't know what time he's been on.

[A]

Yeah, zero time. He bake.

[B]

And Donovan Mitchell had a stinker. Coco Jones.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, that. That was bad. And it don't help their reputation either that that game went that way for James Harden and Don Jones. Salute to the she, though, because remember, we all got on him for getting chomped off by Dejounte Murray early in the season. We got to give my boy some credit, man. Forcing that 8 second violation in the crunch time. Oh, you did?

[B]

Wendell Carter and Jalen Duran. Angel Reese also. Also declining.

[A]

Nah. But at the same time, Person sample

[B]

in the league of 450 with not, not sleeping with or dating a lot of celebrities. And I just think if you're a professional athlete, you should go Normie.

[A]

Yeah, you should go normy on them folks. Well, I, I think. Well, what about Al Parin Shangon? I mean, is he dating somebody famous? Because it feel like it. Cuz his ass be stinking up the damn joint.

[B]

Stinking. And we love to see it. Somebody asked me, if you were a sideline reporter, what would be the first thing you asked Al and Shangoon if you were unrestrained? And I, I would say, did you apologize for calling that ref a. Because she hexed you? That's a hex. She got the voodoo doll out and you've been voodooed.

[A]

Consider yourself voodoo, my boy.

[B]

Consider yourself doodood.

[A]

Well, speaking of doo doo, I hate to do this.

[B]

Oh, are you doing this? Are we doing this right now? Scooting this right now? This is what we're doing right now.

[A]

The spurs mounted an epic comeback against your guys. As a matter of fact, I'm gonna let you set it up because I don't want to offend you. I don't want to trigger you by something saying something wrong.

[B]

Go ahead, go ahead, do it. It's okay. Do it. Just get it out of the way.

[A]

Following and, and I'm trying to say this the most polite way possible. An ass performance in the second half. The second half didn't even. I. Who was that in that? In the Blazers bodies in the second half. That wasn't the Blazers. That was the Monstars. Remember they took away the talent from Charles Barkley. That's what happened to the Blazers at halftime. Them boys was up at the half. I'm talking about soon as the third quarter came on. High belt, high belt, high belt. No offense.

[B]

If you're up 20, if you ever reach almost 20, I think you should be able to eliminate halftime from that game.

[A]

You know what? As a Celtics fan deal.

[B]

What was that? I was in the building for that.

[A]

Oh my God, bro. What was.

[B]

I was on the plane Friday coming back from Miami for game three. Saw we were up 14 and then Dylan Harper put on an absolute light show. And I thought that they, they more won that than we lost that. I mean we definitely lost that. But Scoot Henderson Tech in game three really turned things around. I thought the dearon elbow hit to Denny's tooth. He lost a tooth and somehow Denny got called for the foul. I thought that was really where things turned around. But game four, we're up 18.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

17. Up 17.

[A]

19.

[B]

At one point.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And. And then you just let them come out and shoot four consecutive threes in a. Like, step into them, too. Like, just. Hey, just have them. You know what I mean? You want to get your rhythm back, we'll just let you. You know. It was Champagney Fox, Castle. Time out, coach. Time out.

[A]

What are we doing, bruh? I wonder what Thiago Splitter halftime. Nothing was, bro.

[B]

It hadn't been, like, doing great. Just keep. Keep it up. Just keep doing what you're doing, right?

[A]

Everybody went back there. Hey, boy, y', all boy kicking ass, man. I don't need to say nothing, y'.

[B]

All.

[A]

It's a done deal, right? Lego kick ass.

[B]

Do we even need to come out for the second half? No. He said in the pregame presser we got way too comfortable and thought we had the game of 15, so if we have it again, we won't do that. And that's what exactly you did. I'm concerned about Thiago Splitter as a coach. The rotations made me very uncomfy. Donovan Clingan is not a great matchup for anybody in this series whatsoever. He really should be benched. Rob Williams has been kind of the only saving grace. I thought Denny played a lot more aggressive. I thought Denny honestly got fouled a lot and. And really didn't. Even though he went to the free throw in like, a bunch of the first quarter, I thought he got fouled a lot more than they called it. I thought in general, it was just very physical. It Drew, you can't. It can't just be Drew, okay? He's like 40.

[A]

I mean, if he can't get it done. But it can't be just Drew, bro. It's like the problem was. The problem was bruh. School Henderson, my boy. Like, you remember the other day, they asked school after the game, when did

[B]

you know you had.

[A]

Right? You had it. I wish somebody would have asked his ass yesterday.

[B]

When did you know you didn't have it? Yo, Scoot. When did you know you didn't have it?

[A]

Today? Sincerely. Ask that question when I woke up. You know what?

[B]

That's a great question. If I see him, if we come back for game six, which we won't. I'll ask him. Which we won't. It's over. The series is over. You know what was nuts was like Wemby in the first half was breaking everything. I was like, oh, we got a bad Wemby game. We don't just have a We don't just have Wemby out. We actually have minutes where Wemby is a negative. This is tremendous. Where they're missing shots. We're getting out in transition. We're hitting threes. The crowd's going, ah, ah, crow. Yeah. Yes. And I tell you what, I'm sitting in there in the media section. All I could do was a little. Yes. Because I was concerned. Up 17, up 18. I'm concerned, Juju. I don't think it's enough. I don't think 30 is enough. I don't think 40 is enough. And then whit me in the second half block, when they alley ooped him and he reverse dunked. I had. I literally went to the parking lot.

[A]

She said she don't think 40 was enough. Like, damn. Literally, when you might have been right.

[B]

Consent. Like four consecutive open threes. And everything was wet. It was like that side of the court. Everything was wet and that side of the court. Everything. Like the rim was bent or something.

[A]

Did you see how Stefan. You know what I mean, when that Danny at the end, too. This is how, you know, the game was in hand. Stefan Castle, bro, why did you do Denny like this, bro? He scored on him and won. Then put the ball in my boy chest.

[B]

Mad disrespectful foul.

[A]

Put the ball right in that boy chest. And that was a weak push, Danny. Come on, bro. And then don't get.

[B]

Don't give him a hard time. His calf's messed up. He didn't have enough. Didn't have enough force off that right

[A]

leg and his tooth. Chill, bro. So, yeah, get what I mean. It's over for the Blazers. I. I have no faith in them coming back. If I could, I at least I would want to watch it.

[B]

When we were up, though, did you see the potential?

[A]

I saw it, bro. I was. I had some text I about to send you. I was like, bruh, remember we said even with or without Wimby, that first half was looking good, but we could

[B]

be up 3:1 right now.

[A]

You're supposed to be. You was up a dub in this last game, and he was up, what, 15 the game before that.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. No, it's tough. It's tough. You can't. In the playoffs. You cannot let. Let lead disappear like leads disappear. I think that's. I got to make a note because that's a good point. I think when leads disappearing, well, she's

[A]

gonna take a note while during the show, bro. We keep it real here at the alley.

[B]

When you let a lead disappear. Like that, that steals your soul. I honestly think it takes a piece of your confidence every time that happens. And it takes like six months to get it back.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This was just a disgusting display of basketball in the second half. Both games for the Blazers and both at the crib.

[A]

Both at the crib in the motor, man, no T shirts, nothing. Just straight belt to ass second halves. But speaking about the ass and taking souls, my boy Jaden McDaniels, man, he's. I ain't never seen somebody just take the soul from another team like my boy has done this week. Bruh. The Timberwolves whooping feet like them boy going crazy on the nuggets. Like every single thing that Jada McDaniel said has happened. Come to pass Ayo don sumo big 43 points off the bench. Off 13 or 17.

[B]

Man, that's an efficient ass night, right?

[A]

But the sad thing about it, he gonna need him because Dante went down season ending Achilles injury and Ant man went down out for at least multiple weeks. This the playoffs, it's games every couple days. My boy already out two weeks.

[B]

Juju, is the conference final like now.

[A]

Day up 3. 1. Do you have any faith in the Timberwolves? Because this is going to be one of the toughest closeout games I feel like in the, in the NBA right now. It's three ones everywhere right now. But this one feel a little different because they down Ant man and Dante even though ao, bro, great game. But you're gonna need that same game again. You're gonna. You're gonna have to do that once more or, or something. And then on top of that, what's my boy name? Kyle Anderson's of the world. The ghost of Mike Conley's of the world. Bones. Big minutes. But you have to replicate that not only if you get this win next series too, bro. So do you got faith in them boys moving forward?

[B]

I don't. But I do think they close this series out. I don't know that they close it out in Denver. Let's just get it back at the crib. Yeah, yeah. I just think juju, those are sustaining injuries that make it really, really tough. And now you got to end up playing literally the number one defense in the NBA in the Spurs. That's a tough, tough matchup. As somebody who has watched them up close put belt to ass. I mean, you're talking about tremendous players up and down that roster. And you're undermanned. Like you're going to have Mike Conley matching up against who, who, who is Mike Conley going to be playing. You're going to what? Bones Highland and A.O. dumo in your backcourt against Steph Castle. De' Aaron Fox, Dylan Harper, Champagney Johnson.

[A]

Yeah, Caldino.

[B]

Yeah, Caldino. Devin Vassell, Wembley, Yama. The green, black and white, black and silver. Cornet. Come on now.

[A]

You feel me? Magic City, Luke. That's what they calling them these days.

[B]

Yo, in the building, really quick aside in the building, everybody said, let's do it for the strippers. Portland's the home of the strippers. And Luke Cornette said, I rebuke you

[A]

that, but I'm rebuke the hell out of them folks, man. You see, though, bro, with Dante DiVincenzo, bro, that's the fourth number zero to Teddy Achilles. Achilles is popping off number zeros. I'm changing my number from number zero right now. I'm so sorry.

[B]

It should be like the 13th floor on an elevator, right?

[A]

Jason Tatum, Halliburton, Dame, Lillard. Now my boy D. Hey, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm gonna go ahead and change my number to about seven. I'm gonna get about seven away from that.

[B]

But at the same 23's ever torn their Achilles.

[A]

Just knock on everything, because I don't know what number LeBron is, but I don't need that. Not from this show.

[B]

Not from this show.

[A]

But at the same time, Timberwolves did get that. Proving my boy right. And, bro, it was. The vibes was so fire in there the other night, you couldn't help but feel it from the TV. And whenever Mike Conley passed Jaden McDaniel the ball, he knew for a fact at the end of the game. But two, three seconds to go, he knew what he was doing, bro. Jada McDaniels went ahead and said, effort, bro. I'm scoring. And that's how I feel, too. You got a problem with me scoring this? This basket at the end of the game, and we up 30. Stop me then. Come play some defense.

[B]

Ms. Rebecca, you have a question?

[C]

Yeah, I just. I was wondering why Jokic went after him. He went after him because he's running up the score, but also, like, what is he supposed to do? Is he supposed to exactly throw the ball off that like, you're an athlete. Like, you got to finish the play. Like, is he supposed to toss it out of bounds? It makes zero sense. Like, tell him.

[B]

I think what they wanted him to do was just hold on to the ball and do nothing.

[C]

No, nobody's gonna do like that. You look stupid. I like.

[A]

You just gotta tell them, Mr. Becca. Tell them you look stupid.

[C]

Let me save your dignity. You're up 30 points.

[B]

Your dignity is already gone. You lost by a lot, and you did it when we're under, man. One guy hyperextension, one guy torn Achilles. We got a guy named Ayo treating you like a O, right?

[A]

Where was your dignity, baby?

[C]

Man, he looked like Joker. Looked like a baby man doing that right?

[A]

What was your antennas and your dignity when ayo was at 30 and when. Then he was at 34 and then when he was at 38. You ain't had no dignity in. So I don't want to hear about no dignity now that we finna wax your ass. And I'm gonna dunk at the end of the game.

[B]

That's what we called it. Jada McDaniels has had one hell of a run, Juju.

[A]

Exactly. And then he ran down there to not even have smoke. Look at my boy. You did. What you think he about to do? I'm scoring. I don't give a damn about nothing. I don't respect. Y' all ran down up. Boy, you would have thought the Joker was about to swing on my boy, push him, do anything. He ran up just to play and get what my boy say, man, I wanna yoke your ass. You feel me? Ran down there just to get yoked up by my boy and smiled at all that crazy eyes you were doing with okc. Nah, it don't work over here. We don't. We don't believe it. And guess what? At the alley you. I'm proclaiming this right now. I no longer believe it, bruh. Y' all can. Y' all can. Joker his brothers and all that to death if y' all want to. I don't believe it no more, bro. I'm not. Look at this. Yo, that man up. I'm not saying get suspended, but I'm just saying do more about you. Do anything other than run up on them. Either let it go or do something. Don't run up on me just to be in my face.

[B]

They could get suspended. I mean, Joker could get suspended for that. Like, I don't know. But he could easily have been suspended for that.

[A]

If anybody gets suspended, it should be him. Because none of this wouldn't have happened if you ain't run down here like you about to. Like you was Ron o'. Neil. Look at him. Goof ass.

[C]

Not only that, it's like it was a gentle layup. It's not like he did a windmill like slam dunk. And was hanging on the rim. You know what I mean?

[B]

You just call it a windmill.

[C]

What's it called? Windmill.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yep. Now it is. No matter what.

[C]

English.

[A]

Nice color.

[B]

You know what that was? Juju. That was Ms. Rebecca in Maine hearing juju in Georgia say windmill.

[C]

Windmill. No, I just can't.

[B]

That's how juju Kai says it. Windmill.

[A]

Windmill, I say. Like Dominique Wilkins said. But yeah, man. Joker, you gonna need more people, bruh. I don't believe that. Tough no more. Out the window. You ain't your little brothers, bro. Yeah. You get locked up. Cool. Everybody get locked up for BS Sometime at the same time, though. Timber was in trouble, man. Cause if it's any team, I wouldn't want to be in this exact scenario, it's the Denver Nuggets, man. So hopefully I can close it out, man. Moving on, bro. You. Did you see my boy Payne Pritchard from the. Or was it the Oregon University?

[B]

Oh, you University of Oregon.

[A]

University of Oregon, man. Another one, bro. If the clock running down, give Payton Pritchard the ball no matter what, bro. The dribble dance. Triple top. I trust him more than I trust LeBron. In the late game scenario, I ain't gonna hold you. Am I blaspheming?

[B]

The only one that I trust more. Half quarter back.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Is Steph.

[A]

Yeah, that's it. That's tough. That's tough to beat. Yeah. But the Philadelphia 76ers, they got Joel Embiid back. You know what I mean? They had everybody scared before the game pre game. Oh, it's a bird. It's a plane. It's Embiid. Spank that, baby. It came back just to get spanked. What you think about him coming back? Did he come back too early? Cuz he shot 20, 20 times. He.

[B]

He.

[A]

He had a. A good showing, but that belt was there, nevertheless.

[B]

Came back. It felt like juju a little too early and a little too late.

[A]

I like that.

[B]

You know what I mean?

[A]

I like that.

[B]

Too late for you. I'm sorry. Like when you see the, you know, we got good Celtics and bad Celtics. And what you got today was elite Celtics. You got Celtics shooting 45% from three, shot 25 of them joints. 24 out of 53. You're talking about a team that out rebounded you 51 to 30.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You're talking about a team that, you know, gave you 11 points off of turnovers. The thing that they really crushed him at juju was. Was hitting those threes. And that's what that's what truly the Celtics do, right? Like Sixers 9 for 30 from 3, Celtics 24 out of 53. I'm only going to shoot 53s. Juju. Sometimes they hit 10 of them, sometimes they hit 30 of them, bro.

[A]

Watching these boys play, man, I love them so much, man. But every time they shoot, they be going in. Now they be shooting. I be like, no, no, no, no, no, whatever. No, no, I guess.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Why you? Why? Okay. That's how I watch my Celtics.

[B]

There was a graphic that I saw juju that I think is applicable to being a Celtics fan as well.

[A]

Hold on, go back. No, no, no, no, no, no. What was that?

[C]

Applicable.

[B]

Applicable.

[A]

Come on now. Bit words, my sister using them.

[B]

Bit words applies here. It applies here. And the graphic is a little blip that says, oh, my God, my favorite team plays today. And then a long blip says my life. And then like, or, you know, whatever. Something also bad. And then the rest is, oh, yeah, a little tiny blip. Oh, yay, we won.

[A]

Exactly, bro. That's how it be, though. Especially watching these boys, man, I be about to have a heart attack, but they getting it done. It terrifies me to see what's coming around that mountain when she comes, if the Knicks can beat the Hawks. Because I. I do still think that the Knicks have what it takes to. To undermine these Celtics. You did. But neither here nor there. Salutes also salute to the Knicks. They got the job done. We made fun of them for putting down them two games in consecutive tyro, but they got it done. And after the game, they got them some Magic City wings, man. Salute to them. Yeah, they did. And that's.

[B]

I think Magic City should sell their lemon pepper wings of pre made. And then you can put them in the oven or in the fryer. I think I would buy like a hundred Magic City wings.

[A]

You did. Come on now. Like, I. I would too. And apparently the New York community is right. They got them on Uber Eats where I stay. So you can get you some Magic City kitchen at any time. Maybe I just put some people on from Atlanta. Yes, you can order some wings to your door. Absolutely. Salute to Lemon. Lemon pepper L. Williams, my boy. But that's gonna do it for another episode of the Alley oop. Thanks as always to my brother, the distinguished Dylan, and as always to our sister, Ms. Rebecca Donahue, who has never been in any movies ever, not even one of them. So don't. So stop saying it and stop asking. Any last words on the way out of here, sis?

[B]

Enjoy San Antonio Blazers. Yeah, get them next year. Wemby, you're too damn smug. Everybody hates you from Portland. Never come to the city. We're never feeding you a good meal. And Danny, get well soon.

[A]

And the shouts out to all the fans and the listeners without y'. All who? Dad. Catch us again this Friday on the Levitar show feed on YouTube. Same bad time, different bad Channel A,

[B]

you dig me? Www.alyopeshow.com.