But that would make a lot of people in St. But I don't know, everybody here is pulling for me so I gotta join there side for a little bit. "I was saying earlier my two favorite players are Jimmy Butler - Jimmy Buckets - and Jayson so I hope they both go off and it's an exciting game. "It's crazy that we were in the same gym class for all those years and it's cool to say that we are both representing Chaminade and I know everyone back in St. Louis - with Celtics All-Star forward Jayson Tatum. The Heat and Panthers have been in a bonded bromance as dominant-looking 8 seeds during their respective playoff runs, but Tkachuk goes way back - all the way back to Chaminade Prep in St. I think that's one thing that helped me right away when I came to the NHL."Īs far as the NBA Finals, Tkachuk does find himself in a bit of a rooting conundrum. "He always said two things to me: Compete and be a good teammate," Tkachuk said. Johnson mentioned that Keith Tkachuk is one of 47 players in NHL history to score more than 500 goals (he is 34th all-time with 538) and asked Matthew the best advice he got from his legendary dad. "I think my dad is more happy with (Shaq) though than Chuck after Chuck gave over the title of (best player in) the family to me," Tkachuk joked. The games go by so fast and next thing you know you're playing in Game 2 and going to another overtime and guys are like 'come on, seriously, we're doing this again?' But the fact that we were able to recover that fast and get that Game 2 win was huge for us in that series."Īfter O'Neal pleaded ignorance on the sport of hockey, Tkachuk said, "I like the honesty." "I did a lot of sleeping," Tkachuck laughed. Tkachuk shared some laughs with the crew, especially when Barkley asked what he could possibly do after that marathon four overtime Game 1 against the Carolina Hurricanes. "The fact that I'm sitting here with you guys and getting ready to play in the Stanley Cup Final, at my first-ever Heat game here with them having a chance to make the (NBA) Finals? It's storybook for South Florida." Nobody in the whole world thought we would be in this position right now, let alone even make the playoffs," Tkachuk said. "I think back to like two or three months ago. Tweet from Matthew Tkachuk joined the crew at the Heat game for an all-time pregame interview 😂 /bNxbM3gbZv Tkachuk sat down with the "NBA on TNT" crew - Barkley, veteran host Ernie Johnson, Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal and two-time NBA champion Kenny Smith - for an interview before Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference Final between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics. On Saturday, the pair finally had a little time face-to-face.
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