WEBVTT - Are The Clippers Actually Good? Ballghazi Gate!

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<v Speaker 1>You're you're listening to The Hottest, The Hottest. It be

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<v Speaker 1>a podcast out here.

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<v Speaker 2>I said what I.

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<v Speaker 1>Said, it's the Heat Chick, Heat Check Check. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>a crit on this episode of the Heat Check. What

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<v Speaker 1>is happening, folks? My god, Draymond gets suspended indefinitely. Giannis

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<v Speaker 1>goes off for sixty four points, a Milwaukee Bucks record,

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<v Speaker 1>that loses his goddamn mind over his game ball. We're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about the game though, and the Clippers quietly maybe

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<v Speaker 1>the best team in the NBA that nobody is talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>We also got your MVP MVP futures in the NBA covered,

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<v Speaker 1>and some news from around the week. I said, it

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<v Speaker 1>was crazy seasons. All these stars are losing their minds.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's get into it, William and drop that motherfucker

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<v Speaker 1>beating the should be Rihanna. Oh my goodness, there is

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<v Speaker 1>just two much popping in the league right now. I

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<v Speaker 1>tell you what. Draymond Green has been suspended indefinitely. Yannis

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<v Speaker 1>goes off for sixty four points, which is a record,

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<v Speaker 1>and loses his goddamn mind after the ball has to

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<v Speaker 1>be restrained, has to be restrained. Yannis, the nicest guy

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<v Speaker 1>in the league. The guy with the dad jokes. That

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<v Speaker 1>guy was putting his face finger in the face of

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<v Speaker 1>Lloyd Pierce's assistant coach of the Indiana Pacers, putting his

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<v Speaker 1>finger in the face of Tyrese Haliburton. All the while,

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<v Speaker 1>Dame Willard is just like, yo, dude, it's not that deep.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll get the ball. Pat Beverly is the only one

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<v Speaker 1>willing to talk about Josh Giddy on the broadcast with

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Hart, almost said Josh Hart, Kevin Hart, we'll get

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<v Speaker 1>onto all of that in a bit, not all of it.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not talking about Josh Giddy, obviously, but because so

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<v Speaker 1>much is happening around the league, I think everybody is

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<v Speaker 1>asleep on the LA Clippers. Last time that we checked

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<v Speaker 1>in on the Clippers, everyone including me, was clowning them.

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<v Speaker 1>The James Harden era got off to a very rocky start.

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<v Speaker 1>He looked slightly washed. Russell Westbrook was discombobulated. You remember,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure it was all the rage. Everybody was having

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<v Speaker 1>it on their little debate shows. We were making fun

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<v Speaker 1>of the trade. We're mocking LA. Harden was the butt

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<v Speaker 1>of every fat joke, except for the ones about Zion.

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<v Speaker 1>They lost the first six games of the hardened area,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was gully I mean, elation across the league

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<v Speaker 1>and shock and awe in Clipperville. Guess what, Well the

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<v Speaker 1>Clippers convinced Russell Westbrook to come off the bench or

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<v Speaker 1>Russell Westbrook decided on his own, but let's be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't really matter. And since then, the team is ten

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<v Speaker 1>and three and they are the hottest team in basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>They're the only team in the league who hasn't lost

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<v Speaker 1>in the month of December, and the much maligned Harden

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<v Speaker 1>is actually averaging seventeen to five and eight. But get this,

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<v Speaker 1>the turnstile is averaging two steals a game. Do not

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<v Speaker 1>be sleeping on these Clipper folks. Do not be sleeping

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<v Speaker 1>on them. If you break down their run of form,

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<v Speaker 1>it is very impressive. First of all, Kawhi Leonard Paul

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<v Speaker 1>George haven't missed the game all year. Paul George probably

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<v Speaker 1>will end up missing some games because of a groin

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<v Speaker 1>strain or whatever it is. Paul George before his injury

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<v Speaker 1>was top ten minutes played until he left at halftime

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<v Speaker 1>against the Kings. This team Clippers have been also super

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<v Speaker 1>balanced in the last ten games or so, the Big

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<v Speaker 1>four ish Big three and one, Big Three and Change

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<v Speaker 1>have all found a way to get theirs, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a very very difficult thing to do. Russ coming off

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<v Speaker 1>the bench has given them eleven to seven and five

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty five minutes. Kawhi Leonard is putting up MVP

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<v Speaker 1>caliber numbers twenty three, six and fours with two and

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<v Speaker 1>a half steals and blocks per game, stocks and the

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<v Speaker 1>incredible thing, His thirty four point seven minutes per game

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<v Speaker 1>is the highest in his entire career. Paul George twenty three,

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<v Speaker 1>six and four with two stocks per game. His two

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<v Speaker 1>point three turnovers per game is the lowest he's had

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<v Speaker 1>since twenty fifteen. Nuts and as a team, they are gelling.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what they said. We have time. We need time

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<v Speaker 1>to gel, we need time to click. All these other

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<v Speaker 1>teams they've had time to figure each other out. We've

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<v Speaker 1>had no time. This guy just got here midway through

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<v Speaker 1>the season in December. Only three teams have a higher

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<v Speaker 1>field goal percentage than the Clippers, and only four teams

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<v Speaker 1>have allowed a lower field goal percentage. So the Clippers

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<v Speaker 1>are top five in offense and top five in defense.

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<v Speaker 1>If you take their last game when they played against

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<v Speaker 1>the Kings, they used a suffocating defense to smother a

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<v Speaker 1>very good Sacramento Kings team. By twenty six, Clippers were

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<v Speaker 1>plus twelve or better and eight players had eight or

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<v Speaker 1>more points. Balanced scoring, their team shooting splits fifty two

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<v Speaker 1>from the field, thirty eight percent from three, ninety three

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<v Speaker 1>percent at the charity stripe. At the same time, they

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<v Speaker 1>held a very good shooting Kings team to forty two

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<v Speaker 1>percent from the field, twenty seven percent from three, and

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<v Speaker 1>just seventy one percent they adam shook from the charity

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<v Speaker 1>towards stripe. All five Kings starters were negative eight or worse,

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<v Speaker 1>and Darren Fox, which we know has MVP caliber talent,

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<v Speaker 1>he was only held to fourteen points, which is less

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<v Speaker 1>than half of what he's averaging in his All Star

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<v Speaker 1>All NBA year. The Clipper team is just different. They're

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<v Speaker 1>different than we thought that they were going to be.

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<v Speaker 1>They're different than they were at the start of the

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<v Speaker 1>season and the start of the hard and era, and nobody.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody is talking about it. Nuts. Do you want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear something wild? Harden has played eight games with PG

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<v Speaker 1>and Kawhi, so that's already more than he played with

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, which was sixteen. That is

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<v Speaker 1>insane and we're only in December. The team is fun.

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<v Speaker 1>They are deep, so deep they'll put your ass to sleep,

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<v Speaker 1>So deep that Bones Highland has gotten ten straight dnps

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<v Speaker 1>in the last fifteen games, so deep. The PJ. Tucker

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<v Speaker 1>has gotten six straight DMPs and also went six straight

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<v Speaker 1>games before that without scoring a point, nearly eighty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>of basketball and this man, PJ. Tucker only shot the

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<v Speaker 1>ball twice in total. No wonder. He was like, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta figure out a place or a role for me,

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<v Speaker 1>and there are not enough basketballs in the world for

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<v Speaker 1>this team. That's right, That's true. Both Bones and Tucker

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<v Speaker 1>probably getting shipped out. They'll probably be for their own

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<v Speaker 1>good as well, probably be a market for both of them.

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<v Speaker 1>What the Clippers need is another big because with Mason

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<v Speaker 1>plumbleing out, they're relying on a lot of Daniel Heice

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<v Speaker 1>minutes right now in the backup center spot, and as

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<v Speaker 1>just not Daniel Tice is not a very good sign.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll know a lot more about where this Clippers team

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<v Speaker 1>stacks up against the league over the next two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>or so. But not only has Paul George banged up,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning they're gonna probably have to play without one of

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<v Speaker 1>their stars for the first time this year. But they

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<v Speaker 1>also play the Warriors, the Knicks, the Pacers, the MAVs,

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<v Speaker 1>the Thunder and the Celtics in consecutive games. So if

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<v Speaker 1>the Clippers were to come through this stretch at say

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<v Speaker 1>four and two, I don't know, three and three, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>watch out. This could be the team that we've been

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<v Speaker 1>hoping that the Clippers could be. It would be are

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<v Speaker 1>they a contender? So many stars all on expiring contracts, Maybe,

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<v Speaker 1>just maybe we could have faith that they can compete

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<v Speaker 1>with the Denver Nuggets again like they did in the bubble.

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<v Speaker 1>One thing is for sure, as long as the Clippers

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<v Speaker 1>stay healthy, this is a dangerous ass team they're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>very much have to worry about when they're in this playoff.

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<v Speaker 1>Moving on, by now, everyone who's talking about what I

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<v Speaker 1>call game Ballgate? What Tom Ziller, who I absolutely love,

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I thought of this name ball gaizy aka

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<v Speaker 1>ben Ghazi no ball Ghazi ballghazi gate. If you're not

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred percent up on it, let's set the stage.

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<v Speaker 1>It is kind of fool gayzy, It is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>ball gayzy. It is The Bucks played the Pacers last

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<v Speaker 1>night and what has become a tiny, tiny bit of

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<v Speaker 1>a rivalry. The Pacers beat Milwaukee in the semifinals in

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<v Speaker 1>season tournament. In the game where remember Tyrese Halliburton arrived,

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<v Speaker 1>He's tapping on his wrist where his watch should be,

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<v Speaker 1>looking at Damian Lillard saying, dame time, Nah, it's my time.

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<v Speaker 1>Damian Lillard after that game was like, oh boy, you

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<v Speaker 1>might God get humble. Your time's coming as well. And

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<v Speaker 1>the Bucks they might have felt some kind of way

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<v Speaker 1>about it. Damian Lillard must have fallen some kind of

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<v Speaker 1>way about it. Giannis must have felt some kind of

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<v Speaker 1>way about it. Because Wednesday's game intents from the jump,

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<v Speaker 1>hard fouls, closeouts on defense, bodies, let the bodies hit

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<v Speaker 1>the flow, let the bodies hit the flow. Teams coming

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<v Speaker 1>close to brawling on multiple occasions. Bobby Portis flashing those

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<v Speaker 1>murder eyes, charging at everybody getting ejected. I think I watched.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it was the same highlight, but it was

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<v Speaker 1>multiple scuffle highlights before the main event occurred, which happened postgame.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, the Bucks, because they were feeling some kind

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<v Speaker 1>of way and they were at the crib oh too

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<v Speaker 1>much for the Pacers. In the second half, it looked

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<v Speaker 1>like they were putting the game away for good. Giannis

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<v Speaker 1>had just beaten Michael Red's scoring record in Milwaukee. He's

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<v Speaker 1>going to the bench. Everything looks like it's normal, and

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<v Speaker 1>then fifty eight points is what he scored. Five minutes left.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole Indiana Pacer bench was in all the scrubs

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<v Speaker 1>and for development time, and they decided to bomb away,

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<v Speaker 1>start making shots, and with like two minutes left, they

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<v Speaker 1>gotta bring back in Dame. They got to bring back

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<v Speaker 1>in Giannis. Adrian Grippin was like, we can't be losing

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<v Speaker 1>to the Indiana Pacers at the crib. So Yannis proceeded

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<v Speaker 1>to be dominant, scoring another six more points sixty four

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<v Speaker 1>on twenty for twenty eight from the field, with fourteen boards,

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<v Speaker 1>four steals, and a block. What a monster game for Yiannis.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, woo. The kind of game that I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, you'd like to commemorate, right, like maybe pick

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<v Speaker 1>the ball home, maybe, like I don't know, have the

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<v Speaker 1>game ball given to you? Yeah, I don't know. The

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<v Speaker 1>Pacers were like in Milwaukee, no, fuck your game ball.

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<v Speaker 1>As assistant coach Lloyd Pierce, you remember him from Atlanta,

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't particularly well liked, apparently snatched one of the game

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<v Speaker 1>balls and proceeded to spirit it away, to secrete it

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<v Speaker 1>away to the Pacers locker room, and Giannis found out,

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<v Speaker 1>and he lost his mind. He was so furious. He

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know that. I guess a Milwaukee Bucks security guard

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<v Speaker 1>grabbed the first game ball and he had it, but

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<v Speaker 1>he lost it. He went ape shit, started yelling at everyone,

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<v Speaker 1>took a small army into the Pacers tunnel, where a

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<v Speaker 1>scuffle ensued that ended with my guy Pacers GM Chad

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<v Speaker 1>Buchanan taking an elbow to the ribs and maybe more.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what Rick Carly'll say, and not allegedly that really happened, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>The Pacers were apparently saving the game ball. They took

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<v Speaker 1>the game ball for Oscar to Shebays first NBA point commemoration.

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<v Speaker 1>And I say apparently because this all seems petty and

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<v Speaker 1>quite shady as hell, considering that I think Oscar to

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<v Speaker 1>Sway has already scored a point in an NBA game

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<v Speaker 1>in the nd season tournament. After the game, the tea

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<v Speaker 1>continued to spill everywhere. Both Giannis and Dame claimed that

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<v Speaker 1>the ball had been switched. They think that that was

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<v Speaker 1>never been used in a game, that it seemed like

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<v Speaker 1>a brand new ball, and that the Pacers were still

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<v Speaker 1>holding on to it. Where is the ball from the

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<v Speaker 1>Milwaukee Buck security guard that he grabbed, probably already on eBay.

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<v Speaker 1>There is so much about this that is just hilarious.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start with Rick Carlile's postgame presser. It's oh, it's tremendous.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think any punches were landed, but my general

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<v Speaker 2>manager got elbowed in the ribs one of their players,

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<v Speaker 2>and so he certainly has a bruised rib, and who knows,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if it's anything more than that, but unfortunate situation.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't need the official game ball. There's two game

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<v Speaker 2>balls there, you know, we could have taken the other one,

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<v Speaker 2>but it didn't need to escalate to that.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait, so he admitted it take the official game ball.

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<v Speaker 1>The conspiracies are afoot. I don't think anyone really knows

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<v Speaker 1>what is going on. This is also really funny, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>is anybody in the NBA more low key anonymous than

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<v Speaker 1>Chad Buchan the Pacers GM. A lot of people think

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Pritchard, President, of basketball operations is actually the GM

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<v Speaker 1>of the Indiana Pacers. My guy Chad Buchanon aka Buck

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<v Speaker 1>just getting no key respect at all, to the point

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<v Speaker 1>where you've got head coach Rick Carlisle just not even

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<v Speaker 1>saying his name, just the our GM Pacers GM just

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<v Speaker 1>got elbowed in the ribs. We gotta put a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of respect on Bucks name. Second, as someone said

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<v Speaker 1>on Twitter, the whole like give the game ball in

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<v Speaker 1>a loss to the rookie scoring his first and only

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<v Speaker 1>point of a game on a second free throw that

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<v Speaker 1>Carlisle tried to pull. It was said with the straight

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<v Speaker 1>face like that is not a thing, and he knows.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not like a real tradition, This is not

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<v Speaker 1>something that normally happens like Shenanigan's are afoot. This is

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<v Speaker 1>now an ongoing situation, and it appears in a video

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<v Speaker 1>that a Buck's official secured the game ball from the

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<v Speaker 1>rep at the end of the game, and that Lloyd

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<v Speaker 1>Pierce might have gotten the second golf ball which Giannis

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<v Speaker 1>flipped the fuck out over, And we don't really know,

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<v Speaker 1>We have absolutely no clue. What we do know, though,

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<v Speaker 1>is that the Indiana Pacers just signed James Johnson, the

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<v Speaker 1>scariest man in the league a day after this kerfuffle,

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<v Speaker 1>this fracas, this scuffle. Why because they don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>be bullied like this again. They don't want to be

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<v Speaker 1>made out like they can just get elbowed in the

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<v Speaker 1>ribs or GM isn't protected, like we need somebody like

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<v Speaker 1>James Johnson to make sure this shit doesn't happen again,

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<v Speaker 1>unlike the Draymond drama. This is what I live for.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the stuff that the NBA on social media

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<v Speaker 1>is all about. And guess what, and guess what, and

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<v Speaker 1>guess what. New Year's Day Baby pacers bucks in Indiana.

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Silver cannot stop grinning from ear to ear. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>your girl will be there.