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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine

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Speaker 1: from Newstalks EDB. The biggest seams in sport are on

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Speaker 1: Weekend Sport with Jason Paine and GJ. Gunnomes, New Zealand's

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Speaker 1: most trusted home builder News talks.

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Speaker 2: EDB coming up thirteen past two massive occasion in coming

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Speaker 2: at a sold out Mount Smart Stadium tonight in NRL

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Speaker 2: Round fifteen action, the Warriors looking for a fourth straight

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Speaker 2: victory up against the top of the table Melbourne Storm.

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Speaker 2: Warriors second rower Jackson Ford is one of only two

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Speaker 2: players to start every game for the Warriors this season, Tod's.

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Speaker 3: And on the left the signe.

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Speaker 1: Jackson gone.

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Speaker 3: Over for the Warriors yep.

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Speaker 2: Fourteen starts from fourteen games for Jackson Ford this season.

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Speaker 2: The other player to start every game, Mitch Barnett. Jackson,

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Speaker 2: thanks for taking the time for a chat. What has

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Speaker 2: been different these last three games with with three straight

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Speaker 2: victories for the Warriors, Not.

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Speaker 4: Real sure to be honest, We've had a the game

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Speaker 4: against penwith we had a bit of a you know,

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Speaker 4: a few injuries in that. I think the Boosters sort

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Speaker 4: of thoughts now whenever you know, we're sort of slipping

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Speaker 4: down the end of the table. We've got a fair

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Speaker 4: bit to play for each week, but I think there

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Speaker 4: are some games they'll sort of must wins for us.

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Speaker 4: But there's definitely a lot of confidence now in the Boys,

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Speaker 4: and hopefully we can start to get a roll on

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Speaker 4: over these next few weeks and start to, yeah, just

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Speaker 4: climb that table.

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Speaker 2: Last weekend's went over the Cowboys. What forty two twelve

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Speaker 2: felt like a real statement that the Warriors are back

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Speaker 2: on track? Is that how it felt internally?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, in a way like I feel like our attacks

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Speaker 4: sort of coming back and our defense is coming back.

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Speaker 4: I feel like you're sort of starting to see how

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Speaker 4: we can play now. I think we've could have been

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Speaker 4: in a bit of a slumpet. I know we can

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Speaker 4: definitely play, you know, that nice attacking, sorder and defensive game.

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Speaker 4: And we're just trying to improve each week and it's

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Speaker 4: good to see that we're getting some.

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Speaker 3: Results as a team.

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Speaker 2: How did you handle the challenges of going five straight

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Speaker 2: games without a win from mid April into mid May.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's tough, like when you're in that sort of slut,

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Speaker 4: but you don't know, you don't sort of know exactly

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Speaker 4: why you're sort of losing, and you know, he's got

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Speaker 4: to sort of just keep coming into training after a

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Speaker 4: But when you don't get that next win, you've got

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Speaker 4: to come in again, and you know you're battered and

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Speaker 4: Brews and you know, we had plenty of injuries after

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Speaker 4: each game, but we you know, you just got to

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Speaker 4: keep getting in there, ripping in and just sort of

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Speaker 4: believing that we're going to turn it around.

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Speaker 2: Well, it certainly has come right last weekend. You move

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Speaker 2: from the second row into prop. Does that change much?

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Speaker 2: You know as far as the specific challenges or requirements

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I felt like I was pretty comfortable with getting

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Speaker 4: there's some sort of different parts in the game that

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Speaker 4: I've got to sort of focus on. Like it's just

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Speaker 4: I don't know, in a way, it sort of it

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Speaker 4: becomes a bit more energy efficient, Like when you're you know,

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Speaker 4: in that spot, like when you're not thinking clear and

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Speaker 4: like you don't really know what like you're in different positions,

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Speaker 4: it sort of takes it out of you a bit.

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Speaker 4: But just the main thing just is tackle and keep

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Speaker 4: But yeah, I've been liking it. It's been been fun

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Speaker 4: and it's good to see we've been getting some wins,

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Speaker 3: Good stuff.

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Speaker 2: Those collision areas. It must take something pretty strong mentally

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Speaker 2: you've developed over your career or have you always had it?

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Speaker 4: I don't know, a bit of both, probably, Like it's

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Speaker 4: it's definitely pretty tough, Like I can't say definitely like

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Speaker 4: I haven't worked for a buck. I don't know. It's

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Speaker 4: not of it is tough. I guess you've got to

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Speaker 4: So I guess you got to win those first couple

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Speaker 2: Is it mental? And is it mental? In many ways?

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Speaker 2: You know, actually wanting to put your body on the

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Speaker 4: Yeah, if you're if you've got some injuries and like

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Speaker 4: you know, you got a source, you know, arm or

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Speaker 4: not fully prepared to put your body on the line,

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Speaker 4: you're definitely not gonna you're gonna show it out there,

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Speaker 4: and I think you've got to come each week mentually

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Speaker 4: ready to put your body on the line. To the boys.

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Speaker 2: Sean Johnson back tonight, how does that change the shape

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Speaker 4: He'll provide a lot for us. He's got a good

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Speaker 4: king game. He's keen asked to get back in there,

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Speaker 4: and I'm sure he's watching from the sidelines training heart.

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Speaker 4: So it won't change much. We sort of we sort

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Speaker 4: still be there. So he's been doing the shipp around

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Speaker 4: pretty well, like he's very well. Actually, he's been unreal

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Speaker 4: for us while Sean's been away. So it's good to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right about to Mighty Martin and everyone's been

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Speaker 2: Steven Jumper. I guess internally you would have known how

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Speaker 2: good he was. But but has it been in any

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Speaker 2: way a pleasant surprise that he's stepped up in Sean's absence.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's an unreal trainer and like he you know,

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Speaker 4: he's put a lot of work into his game over

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Speaker 2: And your second season at the Warriors, obviously you've played

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Speaker 2: of your years at Saint George. Wherever the big growth

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Speaker 4: Sort of just moved over here for an opportunity. I know,

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Speaker 4: I had to knuckle down. Like to be honest, there

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Speaker 4: come over here to knuckle down and maybe he sort

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Speaker 4: of has to look back and he's been started me

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Speaker 4: and I've been you know, I haven't been very grateful

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Speaker 2: Get why don't you think?

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Speaker 3: Do you really think not many other teams were that

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I was not really Like I didn't play

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Speaker 4: manager had a girl, chatt and we didn't have much coming.

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Speaker 4: So I just sort of thought best thing for my

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Speaker 2: And you've tuned up here and you've hardly missed a game,

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Speaker 2: so it's obviously being the right decision.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's really good decision.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely. The Storm, the Melbourne Storm.

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Speaker 2: Can't get away from the fact the Warriors haven't beaten

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Speaker 2: the Storm for quite a long time.

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Speaker 3: Why are they so difficult to overcome?

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Speaker 4: They're just a great team. They've been great for the

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Speaker 4: last century sort of thing, like, they're just a really

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Speaker 4: good team. They got their big forwards and they've got

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Speaker 4: don't know, just their team culture always everyone knows the

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Speaker 4: a yeah, they're a really good team and they don't

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Speaker 2: I think back to round two, you you know, it

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Speaker 2: How much did that last minute loss with Xavier Coach

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Speaker 4: That was a hard one. That was a hard one

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Speaker 4: you know, you can't do that. You don't think you're

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Speaker 2: And yeah, and another massive crowd coming tonight, sold out

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Speaker 2: know you're going to have these pack stands again tonight.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a massive. Home games are massive for us.

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Speaker 4: That's Mart's always. I think they've sold out for the

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Speaker 4: which is crazy. And I don't think we've played there

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Speaker 4: that hasn't been sold out for the last my whole

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Speaker 4: pretty much my whole career. Yeah, the Warriors, Yeah, it's

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Speaker 4: good to drive in, see all the jerseys, all the

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Speaker 4: flags going around. It's a going to be like a

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Speaker 4: night one, so it's going to be nice and dark hopefully,

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Speaker 4: can't wait.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we can't wait either, Jackson, great to chat. You

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Speaker 2: made all the Beast against the storm tonight. Really appreciate

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Speaker 2: you're taking the time for a chat.

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Speaker 4: No cheers, appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: No, I appreciate your time, Jackson, Jackson Ford. Then out

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Speaker 2: of the Warriors seven thirty tonight. Good to know that

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Speaker 2: for sports viewers who enjoy their rugby and their rugby league,

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Speaker 2: no clash Super Rugby semi Final four to thirty Warriors

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Speaker 2: at seven thirty. If this Super Rugby semi final happens

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Speaker 2: to be level after eighty minutes, they go into golden point. Sorry,

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Speaker 2: they go into extra time and then golden point extra time,

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Speaker 2: and then if it's still level after that, so there's

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Speaker 2: it's still level, they play up to ten minutes of

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Speaker 2: golden point extra time, so the first team to score

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Speaker 2: a try or a drop goal or a penalty wins.

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Speaker 2: If it's still level after that, they go to they

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Speaker 2: ten minutes, golden point extra time and then the shots

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Speaker 2: T twenty World Cup. On email from Leon, always enjoy

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Speaker 2: your correspondence, Leon Piney. The idea of holding an origin

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Speaker 2: game in Auckland could be lucrative, but the biggest herd

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Speaker 2: life feel will be its midweek and the finishing time.

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Speaker 2: Most in attendance would have work and school the next day,

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Speaker 2: I picked, says Leon Boston and six it looks like

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Speaker 2: Dallas will save some face today, but in saying that

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Speaker 2: it'll most likely wrap early next week in Game five,

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Speaker 2: the Celtics will be happy to return home and win

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Speaker 2: it all in front of their home fans. And what

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Speaker 2: is known as a gentleman's sweep, that's when you win

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Speaker 2: four to one. Here's a crazy stat says Lee on

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Speaker 2: History Shows that teams leading three games to nil are

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Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty six. And oh and I can't

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Speaker 2: see that Celtics changing that this series finally go your

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Speaker 2: Hurricanes tonight and what should be a close and brutal contest.

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Speaker 2: It'd be nice to see the Canes host the final

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Speaker 2: after a very consistent season. Well I agree with that, Leon,

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Speaker 2: but then I'm very biased when it comes to the Hurricanes.

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