Fast break

It is Raptors at Clippers again tonight.

So time now for Fast Break brought to you by BetMGM, an authorized gaming partner of the NBA.

It is a 10 p.m. start.

Despite the back-to-back, the Raptors are 4.5-point favorites over under set at 221.5. Because it's a back-to-back, we don't have an injury update yet.

I think, you know, probably the thing that stood out most to me was just the defense and how well they ran.

So they had 16 fast break points in the first quarter.

They finished with 34 overall.

And there is one, I forget who finishes the play, but someone hits it ahead.

Okay.

Let's do it.

We have fast break to do in a minute.

But I was also very interesting around the NBA last night.

Well, you have to keep in mind, guys, that in transition, there is no counting of turns when you're in the open court.

And with this personnel, last year, the top four guys in fast break points per game.

Three of them are on this on the Sixers roster.

Giannis ended a cupo led the league and fast break points per game.

Then you have LeBron James Tyrese Maxey and Jalen Brown three of the top four transition scores in the NBA and that is how I think they want to attack.

Like, when you have Tyrese Maxey, the speed of him in the open floor, and LeBron James, who can do his kick-ahead passes, we've seen a lot of that in the preseason, and it sounds good.

He can absolutely play like a big man.

It's just at this point in his career, how much is he going to do that when you know he wants to win at the highest levels in May and June.

And I like that too Serenading.

Now Hoops is basically a fast break card that has, um, the offensive and defensive columns all in one card.

You don't have, you don't have to separate it to make your match-ups.

But what I like about that and Fast Break is a f-

Hello again, everybody, and welcome to Box Scores From The Basement, the podcast companion.

This week, another great episode in store for you, as you're about to hear our interview with Rod Hess, who I call the high priest of basketball sims.

And, you know, you play a wide variety of games, and your knowledge of the sport and your knowledge of that l- arm of the hobby is just phenomenal.

What, what made you decide that you were gonna be the basketball guy?