WEBVTT - Instant Reaction | 2021-22 Sixers Schedule

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<v Speaker 1>This podcast is part of the seventy sixers podcast Network

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<v Speaker 1>Search seventy sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>back into the seventy sixers podcast network. On this episode,

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<v Speaker 1>we break down the Sixers twenty twenty one twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>season schedule, released Friday afternoon, alongside Lauren Rosen. I'm Matt Murphy.

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren's schedule release day always an exciting one on the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA calendar, a signal of the season to come. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just an exciting time and we're here to break it down.

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<v Speaker 1>Our instant reaction as we say to the new schedule

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<v Speaker 1>instant indeed, And Matt, I realized something while you were talking.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a really hard time broadcasting last year when

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<v Speaker 1>we had to say things like the twenty twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one season, because I had to say twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>times in a row, and I never I lost track

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<v Speaker 1>of how many twenties I said. This season really rolls

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<v Speaker 1>off the tongue. It's three consecutive numbers, twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two. It's incredible. So I loved the way it

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<v Speaker 1>sounded what you said. It's going to be so much

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<v Speaker 1>easier to say without further ado, I think we can

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<v Speaker 1>jump into the schedule because nobody cares. But when I

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<v Speaker 1>think things like oh, the score is a palindrome or wow,

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<v Speaker 1>this season is so satisfying to say, I hope that

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<v Speaker 1>at least one or two people can agree with me.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody cares until it's the negative side of it. And

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<v Speaker 1>I found myself rerecording things if I accidentally said two

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<v Speaker 1>twenty last year because it didn't see right. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, nobody cares until it's too late. But a

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<v Speaker 1>good one for the upcoming season, which, as we dive

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<v Speaker 1>into it, is back to an eighty two game season,

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<v Speaker 1>not a December start, but in a late October start.

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<v Speaker 1>Once again, we are going to run through a whole

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of things about the seventy six ers schedule. We

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<v Speaker 1>might as well start with from the outside looking in.

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<v Speaker 1>The most important date would be the opener, which is

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<v Speaker 1>on the road against the New Orleans Pelicans in New

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<v Speaker 1>Orleans eight pm on October twentieth, which is a Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the home opener is Friday, October twenty second

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<v Speaker 1>versus the Brooklyn Nets at seven thirty. So we've got

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<v Speaker 1>the opener. Zion Williamson on the road, and then we've

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<v Speaker 1>got the home opener against the Brooklyn Nets, which was

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<v Speaker 1>released actually early that date, but those are the two

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<v Speaker 1>games to get things started for the Sixers this season.

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<v Speaker 1>And while we're drumming up excitement prior to that opening night,

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers also released their preseason slate, which starts Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>October fifth, at the Toronto Raptors. Then the team will

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<v Speaker 1>host the Hornets and Brooklyn Nets later that week. Preseason

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<v Speaker 1>finishes up at Detroit on October fifteenth, So October fifth, Matt,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a month and a half away. More pretty wild

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<v Speaker 1>and more nets too. The Nets in the preseason, so

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<v Speaker 1>multiple regular season matchups, of course a few that are early,

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<v Speaker 1>but you get one even earlier with the preseason against

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<v Speaker 1>the Brooklyn Nets October basketball. It's good to have it back.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I like, and I'm sure you agree with

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<v Speaker 1>this in some respects the sense of normalcy that this

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<v Speaker 1>schedule will bring to me. I even think back to

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<v Speaker 1>playing video games as a kid. NBA video games and

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<v Speaker 1>when the season starts in your franchise mode or whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>they're sometimes Halloween like themed graphics around the first couple

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<v Speaker 1>games or early in the season. I always have associated

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning of the NBA season with Halloween, so we're

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<v Speaker 1>back to that standard. One of my favorite things about

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA season, and this just again, if you listen enough,

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<v Speaker 1>you know I'm kind of a loser, and at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the day, to me, the fact that the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA season is as long as it is is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the things I love about working in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 1>And we have had two consecutive seasons cut short. I

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<v Speaker 1>am not a fan of the shortened season. I am

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<v Speaker 1>a fan of the long season. Thirteen back to backs,

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<v Speaker 1>starts in October, doesn't end until well, hopefully July if

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<v Speaker 1>my math is correct, but goes certainly through April. The

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<v Speaker 1>rigorous schedule eighty two games. I know a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people around the league whish it was a little bit shorter.

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<v Speaker 1>I do not. I am all in on a very

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<v Speaker 1>long schedule. I found this whole thing very comforting to

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<v Speaker 1>see the schedule start in October, go all the way

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<v Speaker 1>through April before the playoffs begin, and all Star break

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<v Speaker 1>in February. That's a full, proper all Star break. Really

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<v Speaker 1>really looking forward to the same old schedule that we've

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<v Speaker 1>been used to for a while, and I think there

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<v Speaker 1>are a lot of exciting things within as well. Before

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<v Speaker 1>we move on to some of the other notable matchups

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<v Speaker 1>and then select our own, I'm looking calendar month by

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<v Speaker 1>calendar month to see if anything stands out home, away,

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<v Speaker 1>nights of the week, anything like that. I know the

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<v Speaker 1>might as well identify the season long road trip here,

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<v Speaker 1>which is six games from the middle of November through

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<v Speaker 1>essentially Thanksgiving. It'll start in Indiana an end in Golden State,

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<v Speaker 1>so that is going to take place in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of November, so a lot of road games in that month.

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<v Speaker 1>But all in all, I mean it's usually pretty balanced.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like home heavy a little bit towards the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the season, so maybe the Sixers will be

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<v Speaker 1>in their stride. The month of March has more home

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<v Speaker 1>games than road games, so as the team gets ready

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<v Speaker 1>for hopefully a playoff run, it looks like March could

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<v Speaker 1>be a good tune up month there at home pretty balanced. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't feel the way that this past season felt,

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<v Speaker 1>where there was about a four week period where it

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<v Speaker 1>seemed like the team was really going to be up

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<v Speaker 1>against it, and then of course Joel Embid ended up

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<v Speaker 1>sitting for quite a bit of that long tough stretch.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't feel like there's a stretch that's that tough. Compared

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<v Speaker 1>to the twenty twenty twenty one season, this feels a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more balanced. One little basketball nerd note that I

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyed is is seeing the return of the series. I

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<v Speaker 1>like that the team is playing at Charlotte in December

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<v Speaker 1>on December sixth and again on December eighth. That was

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<v Speaker 1>obviously something that the league rather experimented with this past season,

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<v Speaker 1>and due to COVID and due to the condensed nature

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<v Speaker 1>of the schedule, they wanted to have more games played

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<v Speaker 1>back to back in the same location. Cool to see

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<v Speaker 1>that they're at least going to test out keeping that around.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously on a much smaller scale. The team did it

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<v Speaker 1>a lot last season and won't do it nearly as

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<v Speaker 1>much this season, but cool to see that that might

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<v Speaker 1>be something that's here to stay. Doc Rivers was a

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<v Speaker 1>big fan of those little series. A lot of the

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<v Speaker 1>players enjoyed those little series as well, So looking forward

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<v Speaker 1>to that one, and that'll be the first time that

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<v Speaker 1>the team does it this season in December. There's yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's the Charlotte one. There's also some just geographically where

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<v Speaker 1>they don't go too far. I mean, there's one early

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<v Speaker 1>on in Texas which we might talk about a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more, the Spurs and the Rockets at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of January, both on the road, back to back nights.

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<v Speaker 1>There's also speaking of Doc Rivers, his former team, the Clippers,

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<v Speaker 1>on the back end of a Lakers Clippers two games

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<v Speaker 1>set in Los Angeles. That's March twenty third, and then

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<v Speaker 1>March twenty fifth, starting with the Lakers, ending with the Clippers.

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<v Speaker 1>But let's talk about some other notable matchups before we

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<v Speaker 1>pick which ones we are looking forward to. The Brooklyn

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<v Speaker 1>Nets obviously are the first opponent for the Sixers in Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 1>They will play twice more in December and once in March,

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<v Speaker 1>So that NET series three of the four games are

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<v Speaker 1>pretty early in the season, and that series is probably

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<v Speaker 1>the one that most people are going to be looking

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<v Speaker 1>for first when they look at this. Yeah, it's top

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<v Speaker 1>heavy for the at least the Sixers NET series, but

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more bottom heavy with the Milwaukee series,

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<v Speaker 1>which I think would probably be the other top marquee

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<v Speaker 1>matchup at least in the East. The first one come

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<v Speaker 1>November eleventh, the second comes February seventeenth, and the final

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<v Speaker 1>one comes March twenty ninth. Only three times against Milwaukee,

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<v Speaker 1>four times against divisional rival Brooklyn. Really looking forward to

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<v Speaker 1>all seven of those matchups and hopefully with the season

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<v Speaker 1>being more stretched out, having a little bit more rest time.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of the complaints among fans, among players, among

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<v Speaker 1>coaches last season where the players weren't able to play

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<v Speaker 1>in all the marquee matchups that they wanted to play,

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<v Speaker 1>and I remember a lot of people were really excited

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<v Speaker 1>about that last game between the Sixers and the Nets,

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<v Speaker 1>but then of course the Nets ended up having to

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<v Speaker 1>postpone their game ahead of their matchup with the Sixers,

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<v Speaker 1>which meant they ended up not having everybody available for

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<v Speaker 1>their matchup with the Sixers. Looking forward to a more

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<v Speaker 1>traditionally spaced out schedule in the hopes that some of

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<v Speaker 1>these marquee matchups that we're talking about will truly be

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<v Speaker 1>the marquee matchups that everybody looks forward to. The Milwaukee

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<v Speaker 1>series you mentioned, it'll be in Philadelphia in November, in

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<v Speaker 1>Milwaukee and February, and then at the end of March

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<v Speaker 1>back in Philadelphia, So I agree with you. Nets Series

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<v Speaker 1>Bucks series another one that's interesting to note is the

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Wizards game on Martin Luther King Junior Day, two

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<v Speaker 1>pm in the Nation's Capital, so a playoff opponent of

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<v Speaker 1>the seventy Sixers last season. The Washington Wizards the first

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<v Speaker 1>round opponent that is an afternoon game on MLK Day

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<v Speaker 1>January seventeenth in DC, which is a pretty fun, interesting game,

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<v Speaker 1>no doubt about it. Looking forward to that one know

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<v Speaker 1>that there will be some maybe a little extra at

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<v Speaker 1>stake when those teams meet again. Something to prove from

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<v Speaker 1>these Sixers as the guys have trickled back into town

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<v Speaker 1>or some folks have signed new contracts, that's something that

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<v Speaker 1>left a sour taste in their mouth, and it'll be

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<v Speaker 1>good to see the guys have an opportunity at redemption

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<v Speaker 1>early and in a pretty marquis situation. I know. Martin

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<v Speaker 1>Luther King Day is a game that people really look

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<v Speaker 1>forward to and circle on their calendars. So it'll be

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<v Speaker 1>cool to have that one be a little extra meaningful

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<v Speaker 1>for of course, many profound reasons, and then one or

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<v Speaker 1>recent Sixer's history reason. And then they get the another

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<v Speaker 1>playoff opponent from last year pretty early Atlanta on October thirtieth.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of my Halloween preferences. When it comes to the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA season, Saturday night home against Atlanta will be the

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<v Speaker 1>first rematch against the Hawks October thirtieth. All right, let's

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<v Speaker 1>wrap up with which individual matchups you and I are

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<v Speaker 1>looking forward to the most we can do. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to do one of each. One marquee matchup

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<v Speaker 1>that we're looking forward to most, and then one under

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<v Speaker 1>the radar matchup that other people might not talk about

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<v Speaker 1>as much, but we are looking forward to that one

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<v Speaker 1>for whatever reason. Let's I will go first for the

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<v Speaker 1>marquee matchups. My pick was going to be the Brooklyn Nets,

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<v Speaker 1>but I've talked the first one, the home opener, but

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<v Speaker 1>I've talked at length about that one already, so I

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<v Speaker 1>can't talk anymore about the Nets. So I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>pick the Lakers coming to Philadelphia, which is always a

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<v Speaker 1>fun game, and one that's in the spotlight, which by

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<v Speaker 1>my calculations is Thursday January. Oh, excuse me, that might

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<v Speaker 1>not be No, you're right, Thursday January twenty seven. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for the health the assist PM on TNT. There

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<v Speaker 1>you go, so Thursday night, I don't I'm second guessing it.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the Lakers. I don't know if I want to.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I come back and adjust my pick after you

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<v Speaker 1>go for the market. I just want to remind you

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<v Speaker 1>that there's absolutely nothing at stake here, and i'd maybe

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<v Speaker 1>encourage you to just stick with your guns on this way.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so fresh, it's so fresh that I'm just bouncing around.

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<v Speaker 1>There's so many teams, There's so many thoughts going through

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<v Speaker 1>my head. But maybe I'll change it, maybe I won't.

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<v Speaker 1>But which is yours that you're looking forward to the most?

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<v Speaker 1>I promise I did not put in as thought as

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<v Speaker 1>you did on this one. I'm gonna go pretty plain

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<v Speaker 1>and simple, straight up. Milwaukee Bucks defending NBA champions The

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<v Speaker 1>first matchup between the Bucks and the Sixers November ninth,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty one. Too. It's a Tuesday night, It's nationally

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<v Speaker 1>televised on TNT, It's at the Center. It's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be very loud. I think Joel and Beat and Yannisanto

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<v Speaker 1>Dakumpo will always be a little bit linked based on

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<v Speaker 1>their backgrounds, based on their rise in the NBA, based

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<v Speaker 1>on the caliber of player that both of them are,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously two MVP level players, one of whom of course,

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<v Speaker 1>has accomplished that feat, one of whom is set to

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<v Speaker 1>accomplish that feat. And I know that Joel really wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to see Janis at his best with his team at

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<v Speaker 1>his best this season. It didn't happen. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity to do that. And anytime you get a go

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<v Speaker 1>at the defending champs, you're going to bring your best.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really looking forward to Tuesday, November ninth, seven thirty pm.

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<v Speaker 1>One of sixteen nationally televised games as of today, that

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<v Speaker 1>one is going to be awesome. No arguments there, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care what you say. I'm going to change

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<v Speaker 1>my pick before we pick are under the radar ones

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<v Speaker 1>because simply because of the day of the week and

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<v Speaker 1>it's another nationally televised game. It's December eleventh, another Western

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<v Speaker 1>Conference opponent, but it's on a Saturday night rather than

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<v Speaker 1>the Lakers game on a Thursday. Saturday night game against

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<v Speaker 1>the Golden State Warriors on December eleventh is my official pick.

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<v Speaker 1>The popular pick. I liked that one as well. That's

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<v Speaker 1>an ABC primetime game. It doesn't really get better than that.

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<v Speaker 1>I too, am looking forward to that one. I love

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<v Speaker 1>the pick. I'm gonna go out on a limb and

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<v Speaker 1>say that you want me to pick my under the

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<v Speaker 1>Radar game first. Okay, So if you've listened to the

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<v Speaker 1>pod for a while, you know I hail from the

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<v Speaker 1>great beautiful state of Texas. A lot of beautiful things

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<v Speaker 1>about Texas. I'm not as beautiful, but we're not going

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<v Speaker 1>to get into that today. The Sixers are going to

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<v Speaker 1>play a back to back. It's a Sunday Monday back

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<v Speaker 1>to back in January. That's not going to be one

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<v Speaker 1>of the ones that folks that are traveling with the

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<v Speaker 1>team as fans or as staff are going to be

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<v Speaker 1>looking forward to. I am going to be looking forward

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<v Speaker 1>to that one. I love San Antonio. I grew up

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<v Speaker 1>sending time in San Antonio, and of course Houston is

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<v Speaker 1>my hometown. And the Rockets don't look the way that

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<v Speaker 1>they've looked in the past decade or so. Some of that,

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<v Speaker 1>one might say, could be could be due to the

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<v Speaker 1>Man at the Helm, who now, of course is the

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<v Speaker 1>man at the Helm of the Sixers, Daryl Morey. Switching

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<v Speaker 1>over to the Sixers front office. We of course are

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<v Speaker 1>thrilled to have him here. But I am looking forward

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<v Speaker 1>to that matchup. I look forward to it every year

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<v Speaker 1>at Houston in my hometown with my new team. It's sentimental.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not going to be that exciting. Christian Wood fans

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<v Speaker 1>might enjoy it. I don't know. I'm grasping at straws

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<v Speaker 1>to make it relevant to Sixers fans. But here we are, Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>January twenty fourth. That's my undergaradar matchup Houston Rockets with

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<v Speaker 1>Jalen Green. There's a lot of top picks that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>intrigued to watch this season, including Jalen Green. Another one

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<v Speaker 1>is Kaide Cunningham, which makes the Pistons a somewhat underrated matchup.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm not going to select the Pistons. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to pick the game right before that. It's early in

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<v Speaker 1>the year. It's at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks.

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<v Speaker 1>My under the radar game, given that the Knicks aren't

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<v Speaker 1>a top top team in the NBA despite a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good season for them last year. Only because you're from Houston,

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<v Speaker 1>you picked Houston. I'm from Jersey, so the Sixers were

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<v Speaker 1>my home team growing up. But I went to school

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<v Speaker 1>in New York, so Madison Square Garden there's nothing quite

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<v Speaker 1>like that for me, So any game at Madison Square

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<v Speaker 1>Garden always catches my eye, and this one is early

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<v Speaker 1>again at the Knicks Tuesday, October twenty sixth at seven thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my under the radar pick deal. Any game at

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<v Speaker 1>MSG is exciting. The vibes are high. Looking forward to

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<v Speaker 1>seeing what Kemba looks like with them. I've always been

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<v Speaker 1>a fan of Kemba Walker as a human and as

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<v Speaker 1>a player, so really excited to see him playing his hometown.

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<v Speaker 1>That's gonna be a good one. There there are things

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<v Speaker 1>across the schedule. I mean, look, if you're a basketball fan,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna love any of these games. If you're Sixers fan,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna love them even more. I'm really looking forward

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<v Speaker 1>to an eighty two game season. I find it extremely comforting.

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<v Speaker 1>This was a comfort pod for me. Matt. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for walking me through it. I'm really excited. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope we didn't miss anything. I don't think we did.

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<v Speaker 1>There are eighty two games, and I think we probably

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<v Speaker 1>covered about twenty of them, and let us know if

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<v Speaker 1>we missed something. Seriously, I'd love to know which which

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<v Speaker 1>of these games our listeners and fans are most excited about.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys, never hold back, so don't start doing it now.

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<v Speaker 1>Bonus episode where we go through game by gide ye

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<v Speaker 1>two games with a ten minute breakdown of each game. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>if anyone could do it might be us. That is,

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<v Speaker 1>this is not the time for that, I should say so.

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<v Speaker 1>On that note, NBA training camps open September twenty eighth. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers home opener Friday, October twenty second verse the

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<v Speaker 1>Brooklyn Nets at seven thirty, and then prior to that

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<v Speaker 1>they opened a season on the road at New Orleans Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>October twentieth at eight pm. That's going to do it

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<v Speaker 1>for Lauren Rosen. I'm Matt Murphy. Thanks as always for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>See Yeah,