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Stephen A. and Max preview Game 5 of the 2021 NBA Finals | First Take

Stephen A. and Max preview Game 5 of the 2021 NBA Finals | First Take Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Richard Jefferson debate whether Chris Paul will drop out of the list of the top five point guards in NBA history if the Suns lose the 2021 NBA Finals to the Milwaukee Bucks. Then…

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Stephen A. and Max preview Game 5 of the 2021 NBA Finals | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Richard Jefferson debate whether Chris Paul will drop out of the list of the top five point guards in NBA history if the Suns lose the 2021 NBA Finals to the Milwaukee Bucks. Then the crew previews Game 5 and decides which player needs to step up.
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40 Comments

  1. Daniel Cerny

    July 16, 2021 at 1:14 pm

    Richard looks like a thumb

  2. Sports311

    July 16, 2021 at 1:15 pm

    The bucks have all the momentum going into Saturday Night, so Phoenix must establish their identity and pace of the game right from the start of this game. Khris Middleton plays well when he’s at home, but he’s faltered on road games. So, he needs to be aggressive and get to Booker in foul trouble early

    • deanna bell

      July 16, 2021 at 2:15 pm

      Sport311 Hey! No way HOSEA ! NO Milwaukee bucks will ever never-ending a WINNNING games on the VALLEY SUNSHINE of PHOENIX Basketball Players the SUN’S. ” GO SUNS “

    • Trump24

      July 16, 2021 at 5:03 pm

      Bucks in 6

  3. Post Grad Update

    July 16, 2021 at 1:24 pm

    Max?!

  4. Raeshamous Keys

    July 16, 2021 at 1:24 pm

    Tony Parker won a title as the best player on the team 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • Michael Jones

      July 16, 2021 at 1:34 pm

      @MMcCoyC how u figure?

    • Raeshamous Keys

      July 16, 2021 at 1:39 pm

      @Flexer MC in 07 when Parker won finals mvp he was better than Duncan by then

    • Raeshamous Keys

      July 16, 2021 at 2:00 pm

      @Michael Jones I’m a Spur fan I know my team.

    • Justin Dunbar

      July 16, 2021 at 2:11 pm

      Cap

    • Raeshamous Keys

      July 16, 2021 at 2:25 pm

      @Justin Dunbar in 2007 Parker was the best player on our team

  5. Adam Jolayemi

    July 16, 2021 at 1:31 pm

    Bucks in 7 suns getting sunburn tonight. 100

    • David Arrington

      July 16, 2021 at 1:35 pm

      This was bad. Not the prediction but the attempt at the clever line.

    • Johnny TimeStamp

      July 16, 2021 at 7:45 pm

      have fun playing tonight, then fly back to Milwaukee and miss game 5 that is TOMORROW.
      Suns 2021

  6. kk

    July 16, 2021 at 1:34 pm

    Book bout to drop 80

    • Nine5Vader

      July 16, 2021 at 3:27 pm

      Nah he aint

  7. Mike Panton

    July 16, 2021 at 1:35 pm

    CP3 is defying the odds at age 36…he’s not supposed to be in the Finals right now. i don’t see how losing should hurt his legacy. what he did this year is remarkable…if he was in his prime, maybe not, but at age 36, you can’t crush him…basically what we’re telling players is to retire in your prime so they can’t pick you apart when you’re old

  8. kk

    July 16, 2021 at 1:36 pm

    Cp3 n Kobe was supposed to be a duo

  9. David Arrington

    July 16, 2021 at 1:37 pm

    God can we start cutting MAGA Man Stephen A’s mic when Max is talking? Max provides quality, in depth analysis and explains it so all viewers can understand, and Stephen A always cuts him off just to act shocked and try to berate Max.

    • Shannon Sharpe

      July 16, 2021 at 1:43 pm

      Facts!!

    • Trey Chatterton

      July 16, 2021 at 1:58 pm

      Bad comment

    • kevin ramos

      July 16, 2021 at 10:53 pm

      Lol max doesnt know anything abt basketball stfu

  10. KingCantona14

    July 16, 2021 at 1:37 pm

    Everyone at ESPN and Fox Sports needs to stop saying “in all of sports” or “in the history of sports.” These guys don’t watch soccer. They barely watch the NBA outside of nationally televised games

    • KingCantona14

      July 16, 2021 at 5:27 pm

      @Jason Daley probably because every time you tried to kick a ball you ended up like charlie brown

    • Jason Daley

      July 16, 2021 at 5:31 pm

      @KingCantona14 that was super all time corny

    • Mike

      July 16, 2021 at 7:37 pm

      @Jason Daley Football (soccer) is more technical and difficult to master than basketball.

    • Jason Daley

      July 16, 2021 at 7:42 pm

      @Mike all I heard was 1-0 boringness ….MASSIVE racism and PLENTY passing for a snooze fest…beat it

    • Mike

      July 16, 2021 at 8:04 pm

      @Jason Daley You cannot stop racism and ignorance in any sport. Football (soccer) is a low-scoring sport.
      Oh man, I don’t think that you watch football. You have no idea. People watch football for ball-handling/technique/control, dribbling and passes etc.
      Brazil vs German World Cup was a high-scoring game (7 goals, I think), people didn’t enjoy it much.

  11. Milwaukee Money

    July 16, 2021 at 1:54 pm

    Here we come fear the deer

  12. Floyd Gerard Faraon

    July 16, 2021 at 2:06 pm

    PHX must win, otherwise Bucks in 6!

    • Qynn Marble

      July 16, 2021 at 4:29 pm

      They will

    • Trump24

      July 16, 2021 at 5:03 pm

      Bucks in 6 if Middleton shows up in Phoenix

    • Aman Singh

      July 16, 2021 at 11:13 pm

      Joe ingles in 3

  13. Khoa Do

    July 16, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    I want CP3 to win his first ring so bad but guys like Skip, Brandon and Perk make it hard to root for CP3… the disrespect they have for Giannis is ridiculous

  14. Saikumar Bandari

    July 16, 2021 at 2:39 pm

    Max.. James harden is better than cris Paul… And the next season stephs warriors finished the rockets in 6 … Without kd… And a healthy rockets team..

  15. Josh'Aint'Kidd'N

    July 16, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    grant hill injuries stopped his prime

    • Jason Daley

      July 16, 2021 at 5:24 pm

      He’s unstoppable in 2k

  16. Joseph Ramos Flores

    July 16, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    The girl in the middle suck doesn’t know when to chime in and doesn’t care about the job she does

  17. Anony Mous

    July 16, 2021 at 4:55 pm

    I like that max is getting his respect

  18. Trump24

    July 16, 2021 at 5:02 pm

    Curry has 0, igudola was the best on the 2015 warriors

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