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Speaker 1: On Today's show, twenty year old Kevin Porter Junior did

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Speaker 1: something only three NBA players have done before him. Jannis

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Speaker 1: and Chris Stops leave their games with reportedly minor but

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Speaker 1: what could be impactful injuries and give us Steph Curry

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Speaker 1: in the play in tournament basketball gods. Come on now, Hey,

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Speaker 1: I'm Tasmelis and this is what you need to know

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Speaker 1: in the NBA for Friday, April thirty, Good morning, everybody.

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Speaker 1: Hope you have a great Friday like Kevin Porter Junior

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Speaker 1: did on Thursday. Ken Porter Junior had himself a night

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Speaker 1: for the Rockets. He had fifty points versus the Bucks.

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Speaker 1: You may not know who Kevin Porter Junior is. You

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Speaker 1: may not be a huge basketball geek, but let me

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Speaker 1: give you the background. This is his second year in

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Speaker 1: the league. He operated in the Shadows in Cleveland last season.

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Speaker 1: Number thirty pick out of USC in the twenty nineteen draft,

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Speaker 1: had a solid rookie season with the Calves. But because

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Speaker 1: and then Darius Garland a higher pick that same season,

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Speaker 1: they took Porter Junior. They took much of the spotlight,

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Speaker 1: especially because they're all backcourt players, but many thought Kevin

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Speaker 1: Porter Jr. Was the best prospect of the bunch, the

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Speaker 1: smooth shooting left. He had a thirty point game off

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Speaker 1: the bench last season that left me in awe last year,

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Speaker 1: I remember that. Then he had an off court incident

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Speaker 1: in the offseason that he was working through coming into

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Speaker 1: this year with the Calves. Then he had a blow

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Speaker 1: for a second round pick, and that deal could be

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Speaker 1: quite the heist by Rockets GM Rafael Stone. Now Porter

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Speaker 1: Junior has all the ball handling responsibilities in the world

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Speaker 1: to try and figure out his game because he's more

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Speaker 1: of a traditional shooting guard. But he's learning on the

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Speaker 1: fly here. He's having fun in the big had fifty

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Speaker 1: big ones plus eleven assists. He can score with both

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Speaker 1: hands as he was doing in the lane. At six four,

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Speaker 1: he has the size for a ball handler to see

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Speaker 1: over people. He's got to improve the handle a little bit,

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Speaker 1: but the shots there. Nine three is on the night

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Speaker 1: and he set some marks. Twenty year old Kevin Porter

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Speaker 1: Junior surprissed Lebron James to be the youngest person with

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Speaker 1: fifty points and ten plus assists in NBA history, per

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Speaker 1: Statthead on Twitter. Lebron was twenty three when he did that.

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Speaker 1: Porter Junior became the fourth youngest player to score fifty.

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Speaker 1: He joined Lebron, Devin Booker, and Brandon Jennings as the

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Speaker 1: only player to score fifty points in a game before

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Speaker 1: Porter Junior said the last time he scored fifty was

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Speaker 1: in the fourth grade. The orange slices must have been

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Speaker 1: extra suite that day. Hopefully, Kevin Porter Jr. And keep

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Speaker 1: this together for the Houston Rockets. Those assists, you know,

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Speaker 1: they happen in today's MBA with everybody knocking down threes.

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Speaker 1: But I think what is sustainable is the scoring. Kevin

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Speaker 1: Porter Junior's got that in his blood. From the Bucks side,

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Speaker 1: Gianni Stittkoombo played only forty six seconds before leaving this

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Speaker 1: game with an ankle injury. Coach Mike Bunholzer said he

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Speaker 1: hoped it wasn't serious after the previous game. After the game,

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Speaker 1: I should say, but it's a hit to the Bucks

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Speaker 1: if he misses time. Ten games left and they need

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Speaker 1: am rap as many reps as possible in fourth quarter

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Speaker 1: situations to end the season. If they want to knock

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Speaker 1: late game execution has to be sharper. Even if it's

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Speaker 1: not serious, you gotta assume he doesn't play versus Chicago Friday.

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Speaker 1: As the Bucks enter their final ten games on the sked.

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Speaker 1: The Bucks want to have their best players peaking before

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, like Kevin Durant, and the Nets are. Durant

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Speaker 1: had a season high forty two in a win over

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Speaker 1: Indiana on Thursday. The Nets are twenty nine to eight

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Speaker 1: other Hall of Famer and they're trying to get that

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Speaker 1: Speaking of Hall of Famers, I'll be clear, i want

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry in the play in Tournament. I'm cheering for

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Speaker 1: and media. Sometimes I'm unbiased, but not now. Tenth place

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Speaker 1: players coming from the week side. Maybe he should watch

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Speaker 1: a play from the Warriors first half to make him

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Speaker 1: happy again. It was a real, real cool play. Draymond

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Speaker 1: MAVs had that twenty eight to oh run against them

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Speaker 1: the previous game. Now the Warriors are still up three

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Speaker 1: including a back to back on Monday and Tuesday. Some

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Speaker 1: great scheduling by the league, the first on National TV two.

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Speaker 1: Should the next one be flexed? I love calling games

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Speaker 1: But I doubt it will be the Nets Bucks will

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Speaker 1: you gotta be excited. Rookie Anthony Edwards continues his fearless

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Speaker 1: He hadn't shot at three through the first three quords,

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Speaker 1: Nodunks episode on Friday, Edwards plus Dangel Russell, who had

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Speaker 1: a nice fourth quarter stretch sealed it. Russell continues to

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Speaker 1: star D'Angelo Russell running the pick and roll, controlling the game.

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Speaker 1: The Wolves have a season long win streak at four games.

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Speaker 1: It comes here when the games don't mean as much.

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Speaker 1: So hopefully Karl Anthony Towns and Russell are healthy to

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Speaker 1: He had a solid twenty seven point night, nothing but love.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of the Pelicans who were chasing the Warriors, they

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Speaker 1: the bench. Charlie Brown played in just his second game. No,

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Speaker 1: not that Charlie Brown. This is Charlie Brown Junior. The

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Speaker 1: Peanuts character was the senior. Obviously. The OKC thunder player

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Speaker 1: hope for OKAC in this one. Zion had twenty seven,

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Speaker 1: Brandon Ingram had twenty four, and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to Pelicans Wolves on Saturday, small markets

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Speaker 1: more games on the scat MAVs visiting the Pistons, the Mavericks.

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Speaker 1: Tim Hardaway Junior was back in his old Michigan stomping grounds.

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Speaker 1: Because Dallas didn't have Luka Doncic left elbow. Hardaway got

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Speaker 1: plenty of shots, a season high in shots for him,

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Speaker 1: and he came through with the career high forty two

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Speaker 1: high of forty five, So Junior's got to be going

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Speaker 1: two step and the MAVs have won five of six,

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Speaker 1: Chris tops porzingis left the game because of soreness in

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Speaker 1: in the offseason after having to bow out of the

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Speaker 1: games because of a sprain ankle. The MAVs have carefully

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Speaker 1: monitored his playing time this season, but this stinks. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: he's all right. Raptors Nuggets to end it. The Raptors fought,

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Speaker 1: of course, that's in their DNA, but the Nuggets were

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Speaker 1: too much. Despite not having their top three guards, Denver

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Speaker 1: They're also missing Will Barton and Monte Morris, but those

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Speaker 1: who is done for the season. I am done here,

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Speaker 1: YouTube and at home. Just want to make sure my

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Speaker 1: mind isn't completely shot. Saw a Warriors player on the

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Speaker 1: bench wearing a hat. I do believe it's Kelly Ubray junior.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me if I'm wrong, But before the bubble

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Speaker 1: players weren't wearing hats on the bench. Am I right?

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Speaker 1: Bubble hats? Sure, hats this season? Sure? But am I

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Speaker 1: just seeing things? It's just recent, right, Just let me know,

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Speaker 1: you check out our full Nodounk's episode. On Friday, we

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty twenty one NBA season. I'll be back Monday

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