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Speaker 1: also preying on his indecisiveness. Loudor drives and kicks. Zion

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Speaker 1: because this is actually kind of crazy. None of the

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Speaker 1: Notice Larry Nts is not rotating. He's content, he's digging,

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Speaker 1: he's stunting, but he's content to let these guys play

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Speaker 1: a strategy I do think we'll see from the Pelicans

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Speaker 1: the Thunder picking on CJ McCollum. So Jaylen Williams is

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Speaker 1: advantage for Jalen to look at it, He's just going

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Speaker 1: and this is just really bad ballscreen defense from Trey Murphy.

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Speaker 1: Trey Murphy's on inside position. Excuse me, Trey Murphy's got

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Speaker 1: exact same time. You're gonna get an easy shot and

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Speaker 1: you end up getting again once he turns the corner there.

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Speaker 1: It's just hopeless. And Laryn antswould probably be in better

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Speaker 1: that ends up icing the game here. So again beyond

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Speaker 1: the the lookout for the thunder attacking c J. McCollum

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Speaker 1: as well. All right, guys, that is all I have

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Speaker 1: for today. For this morning, I should say, as always

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Speaker 1: as sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting the show. So

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Speaker 1: we got all eight series previews. They're all up on

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Speaker 1: the YouTube feed. Again, enjoy the games today. I'll see

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Speaker 1: you guys. After the final buzzer of Nuggets Lakers for

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Speaker 1: an instint reaction, the volume