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Speaker 1: It's our one Dan and the Dan x Dan Patrick Show.

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Speaker 1: Chris Mannocks from Sports Illustrated will recap Nets versus the Bucks,

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Speaker 1: and boy was I'm mad last night. I was actually

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Speaker 1: yelling at the TV during that game. Hawks seventy six

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Speaker 1: to our radio and TV partners. The Phoenix Suns, according

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Speaker 1: to The Athletic, will probably not have Chris Paul anytime soon.

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Speaker 1: They don't have any games to play right now, but

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Speaker 1: he has entered the NBA's health and safety protocols. He's

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Speaker 1: sidelined for an indefinite period of time, according to the Athletic.

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Speaker 1: His status is up in the air for the start

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Speaker 1: of the Western Conference Finals. According to sources, Chris Paul's

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Speaker 1: son will face the winner of the Jazz Clippers series

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Speaker 1: that's tied at two games apiece. The NBA is yet

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Speaker 1: to release the Conference finals schedule. But if a game

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Speaker 1: a Game seven is needed Jazz Clippers, that'll be played

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, so Tuesday would be game one. It looks

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Speaker 1: like for the Conference finals. No other word on this.

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Speaker 1: Depending on the medical circumstance, an isolation period could be

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Speaker 1: shorter for a vaccinated individual. So that's the breaking news

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Speaker 1: that I have this morning. And COVID is still grabbing players.

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Speaker 1: John Ram cost him a victory at the Memorial. Justin Turner,

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers third baseman during the World Series. It's still there.

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Speaker 1: It's still lingering, and this may have an effect on

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Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns at least when they start the Conference

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Speaker 1: finals next week. All Right, I said yesterday, this is

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Speaker 1: where Kevin Durant needs to prove that he's the best

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Speaker 1: player in basketball. You need to have one of those games.

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Speaker 1: He had one of those games and then some. He

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Speaker 1: was spectacular, marvelous, did everything that you want, big time player,

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Speaker 1: a guy who hadn't played much the last two years,

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Speaker 1: coming off the worst injury you can possibly have as

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Speaker 1: an athlete, and he was great down the stretch. And

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Speaker 1: there hasn't really been a lot to knock about Kevin

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Speaker 1: Durant through his career. I know at one point the

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Speaker 1: criticism was he needed to join his super team to

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Speaker 1: win a championship, which, yes, he joined the Warriors to

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Speaker 1: win a title, but now he's on his own. Even

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Speaker 1: though he was joining a super team or creating a

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Speaker 1: super team in Brooklyn, last night felt like he was

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Speaker 1: all alone. James Harden was out there in name only.

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Speaker 1: You got Kyrie Irving, who's still in street clothes. But

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Speaker 1: last night Durant played the entire game, and it's one

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Speaker 1: of those where he put the team on his back.

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Speaker 1: Milwaukee was leading at halftime, leading comfortably at halftime, and

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Speaker 1: it looked like they're going to go home and wrap

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Speaker 1: this series up, and then Durant took over. James Harden

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Speaker 1: found a way to play despite that injured hamstring. I

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Speaker 1: don't think he was helping the team that much. If

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Speaker 1: you want to say he's a decoy, but he wasn't

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Speaker 1: shooting well and he couldn't guard anybody. We'll get to

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Speaker 1: that in a moment, but this is one of those

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Speaker 1: playoff appearances, performances we'll remember for a long time, but

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Speaker 1: we remember these when you win. That's the most important

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Speaker 1: part to remember. With all of this, the series isn't over.

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Speaker 1: Nets still have issues to make history. You win these series,

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Speaker 1: you move on. I always bring up Julio Jones had

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Speaker 1: one of the great catches, clutch catches in Super Bowl history,

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Speaker 1: should have been the game winning drive for the Falcons.

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Speaker 1: They screwed it up with their play calling, but Julio

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Speaker 1: the Nets to whatever they can do in Milwaukee, and

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Speaker 1: you're not gonna have Kyrie. James Harden played forty six minutes.

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Speaker 1: Kevin Durant played forty eight minutes. But this is really

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Speaker 1: on the Milwaukee Bucks right now because I'm watching and

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Speaker 1: I kept wondering, are you going to send a second

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Speaker 1: player towards Kevin Durant. There's only one guy on the

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Speaker 1: floor who can beat you, and you know it, you

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Speaker 1: can see it. Yes, is he wonderful. Yes, As a

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Speaker 1: him pick up the dribble. If somebody else is going

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Speaker 1: I can never understand this that the best player gets

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Speaker 1: to give up the ball. James Harden couldn't guard anybody.

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Speaker 1: the line. There's a lot of guys who are great

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Speaker 1: to do it? And that's what was frustrating last night.

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Speaker 1: Now full disclosure. I made predictions prior to the start

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Speaker 1: of the playoffs, and I predicted Milwaukee would go to

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Speaker 1: the NBA Finals, and they should. But you have no

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Speaker 1: excuses none. You're healthy, I mean, you don't have to

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Speaker 1: is a golden opportunity. Here's Nash, the Nets head coach,

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Speaker 1: on what he saw last night from Kevin Durant. Historic

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Speaker 1: historic performance. I mean, he played the entire game, he

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Speaker 1: it's it's ridiculous what he's able to do. We know

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Speaker 1: he's capable of nights like this, but to do it tonight,

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Speaker 1: you know, we lose Kai. You know, James obviously is

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Speaker 1: for him to have the toughness, the mentality, you know,

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Speaker 1: that's what makes him one of the all time greats.

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Speaker 1: And so this is a performance that, you know, a

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Speaker 1: Now do you expect that from Jeff Green? No? Can

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Speaker 1: I live with Jeff Green scoring twenty seven if it

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Speaker 1: from Kevin Durrett. Yes, I can't let the best play

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Speaker 1: And I know after the game the Greek freak said, hey, yeah,

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Speaker 1: should have been? Yes? Did the Bucks take advantage of this?

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Speaker 1: Absolutely not, Drew Holliday, Bucks mortgage the future to get you.

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Speaker 1: You guys have no excuses none. You're healthy, they're not.

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Speaker 1: And you let Kevin Durant have one of the great performances.

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Speaker 1: And I do say part of that is you let

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Speaker 1: him because PJ. Tucker. If they're not going to let

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Speaker 1: when he wanted to do it, And to me, that

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Speaker 1: comes down to coaching with the Milwaukee Bucks, and I've

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Speaker 1: had questions about that coaching Mike Budenholzer the entire series.

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Speaker 1: You guys should win this, even if it's Kyrie and

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Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. I thought Milwaukee was the better all around team. Here.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to Mannix about this coming up. Here is

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Speaker 1: the Greek freak talking about Kevin Durant, obviously one of

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Speaker 1: the best quotes over to play the game. It's tough.

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Speaker 1: we gotta we gotta bid him as a team. We've

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Speaker 1: got to guard him as a team. We gotta make

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Speaker 1: him make tough shots led to night. We just gotta

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Speaker 1: gotta guard him as a team. Yes, yeah, club, But

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Speaker 1: Jannes isn't the coach. I mean, he doesn't set the

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Speaker 1: defensive assignments. I know, but he should say to the

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Speaker 1: defensive Player of the Year that you can do something

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Speaker 1: That's not scaring Kevin Durant. Yeah, Paul, he guys, I'm

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Speaker 1: this Durant guy. Yeah, let's all get together and you know,

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Speaker 1: like a figurehead. But like, is he really gonna tell

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Speaker 1: have to tell him anything, right, You don't have to

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Speaker 1: say a word. Yeah, not a word. Yes, mclovin. What

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Like, yeah, I say that in the post game.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to match up with Durant. He's impossible

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Speaker 1: because he's fifty feet from the basket and open. I'm

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Speaker 1: just saying. I understand the other thing too. If I

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Speaker 1: fourteen twenty two, two for four from three, which is unbelievable. Yes,

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Speaker 1: four points. Yeah, you would have taken that, Yes, I would.

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Speaker 1: But they couldn't stop the nets. The nets scored one

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Speaker 1: hundred points in a row, the depleted nets. It's nothing

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Speaker 1: to do with Yannis well some because he takes a

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Speaker 1: fade away on Harden, who fouled the heck out of him.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't want to shoot free throws. He misses a

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Speaker 1: want to see greatness. I can look at the stat sheet.

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Speaker 1: There are guys who don't do anything for three quarters

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter. That's what I want to and that's what's

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Speaker 1: missing from Yannis. But he's a wonderful player, but in

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Speaker 1: crunch time he doesn't have a go to move. He's

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Speaker 1: nervous about getting to the free throw line, and you

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Speaker 1: know that that's hard. You can't rely on him. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: mcle Well, remember Shack had all those things, and he

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Speaker 1: could win titles because he had you know, he had

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Speaker 1: was brutally bad in the second half of Game four.

424
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Speaker 1: Over twelve missed that bunny and clearly, Dan, you can

425
00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,080
Speaker 1: tell that knee is bothering him. Like you watch that

426
00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 1: last play, that last Philadelphia possession, excellent play called by

427
00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,720
Speaker 1: Doc Rivers, excellent execution by almost everybody, and then mbad

428
00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,399
Speaker 1: gets it, and because he can't explode off that knee,

429
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,840
Speaker 1: he just muffs a lay up at the very end

430
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,920
Speaker 1: that winds up costing them the game. I do expect

431
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,280
Speaker 1: being back at home is going to give Philadelphia bounce.

432
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,720
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons did not play well in that game four,

433
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,640
Speaker 1: and beat, of course, I think we'll play a little

434
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,640
Speaker 1: bit better on his home Floorid well, and I thought

435
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:54,040
Speaker 1: the Sixers perimeter defense overall was pretty good against Atlanta.

436
00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,200
Speaker 1: So I think Philadelphia wins that game, wins this game six.

437
00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 1: But man, that Game four, they blew a really big

438
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 1: opportunity to potentially get MB three or four extra day's

439
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,239
Speaker 1: rest going into a conference finals that could wind up

440
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 1: costing this team, if not this series, in subsequent series

441
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,880
Speaker 1: moving forward. Are you all in on the Clippers now? No? No, no, no,

442
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,639
Speaker 1: I'm not. I can't be. I can't I no no no.

443
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,439
Speaker 1: The Clippers to me, yeah, they still look when they

444
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,360
Speaker 1: flip a switch. And I hate using that phrase because

445
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 1: it's such a cliche, but like they do. They flip

446
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,399
Speaker 1: a switch, and they played great. They did it in

447
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,679
Speaker 1: games three and four against Dallas, they did it in

448
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,960
Speaker 1: games three and four against Utah. I just don't know

449
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 1: what to expect from them in a Game five, Like,

450
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,359
Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me if Utah went out, Mike Conley came

451
00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,440
Speaker 1: back and they won by fifteen points. No, the Clippers

452
00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,040
Speaker 1: are just too wildly unpredictable. I mean, if you're telling

453
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,160
Speaker 1: me Paul George is going to play exactly like that

454
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,119
Speaker 1: in Game five, sure, all in on the Clippers, but

455
00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 1: he's unpredictable. The front court, a small lot of Marcus

456
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,919
Speaker 1: Morris is unpredictable. I just I think the Clippers did

457
00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 1: an unbelievable job get back into the series in those

458
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,679
Speaker 1: two games, but I'm still not buying the Lake levels.

459
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Speaker 1: Thank you, Chris, you got it. That's Chris Mannox, the

460
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,320
Speaker 1: senior NBA writer for Sports Illustrated, once again, speaking to

461
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,760
Speaker 1: him prior to the start of the show, and so

462
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 1: he wasn't aware of what happened with Kawhi Leonard Kawai

463
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,879
Speaker 1: doesn't look like he will play in tonight's Game five

464
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 1: due to the knee injury. That's according to the Mothership.

465
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,000
Speaker 1: And then you have the other news with Chris Paul

466
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: in COVID protocol right now, and we don't know exactly

467
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,840
Speaker 1: the time frame for that. We don't have any other information.

468
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,359
Speaker 1: This was reported by the Athletic, but we'll keep an

469
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,159
Speaker 1: eye on both of those stories because that affects the

470
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,439
Speaker 1: Western Conference Finals. But we don't know if Kawhi is

471
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Speaker 1: going to be available for Game six right now. Game

472
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: five big question mark, and the report is he might

473
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Speaker 1: not be available for the rest of this series due

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Speaker 1: to that knee eight seven seven three D P show

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Speaker 1: email address DP at Dan Patrick dot com, Twitter handled

476
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Speaker 1: it DP show, mcluvit. You got a pull question. I

477
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,639
Speaker 1: actually already put one up your permission. Who do you

478
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,200
Speaker 1: blame for the Buck's loss last night. Jannis Jannis is

479
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,679
Speaker 1: supporting cass or a coach, Mike Budenholzer right away winner

480
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 1: so far the coach, Yeah, I just have to take

481
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 1: and look, I've only been watching the NBA for fifty

482
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: years now. When I see the best player on the

483
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: floor with the ball, with the game on the line,

484
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:32,720
Speaker 1: then I got to get the ball out of his hands,

485
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 1: or at least try to get the ball out of

486
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 1: his hands. I still go back to the Utah Jazz

487
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,880
Speaker 1: against the Chicago Bulls, and I was right there for it,

488
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 1: and I thought, Okay, are they going to double Michael.

489
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,920
Speaker 1: They're gonna have Brian Russell guard him? They and they did.

490
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 1: You don't even throw somebody out and you don't flash

491
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,720
Speaker 1: at him. Make Mike pick it up. Now. Has John

492
00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,360
Speaker 1: Paxson hit a big shot before as Steve Kerr? Yes,

493
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 1: And that's who I would want to rely on in

494
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 1: this situation like that. If I'm utalk, if Mike passes,

495
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,200
Speaker 1: that's a win. Now, the great players find a way

496
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,159
Speaker 1: to get shots. I understand that. But at some point

497
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: last night I have to make Durant pick up his

498
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: dribble and pass the ball. But now you go into

499
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 1: game six, maybe maybe you can rally and get a

500
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,719
Speaker 1: little momentum and now you've got to take matters, you know,

501
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,439
Speaker 1: to New Jersey or Brooklyn and uh and face the

502
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:42,920
Speaker 1: nets there. But you should have won that game last night. Yeah,

503
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,359
Speaker 1: and that's a position the Utah Jazz are in tonight.

504
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 1: They got they got the Clippers at home with no

505
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,360
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard. This should be an easy dust off. They

506
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 1: can't afford to let they go the other way. They shouldn't.

507
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,160
Speaker 1: You don't think they will. But if we're talking tomorrow

508
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,920
Speaker 1: and the Clippers somewhow win this game, that Jazz would

509
00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,919
Speaker 1: be like, what did they do? They had an opportunity.

510
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:01,879
Speaker 1: You don't have to see the Lakers. I got to

511
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,679
Speaker 1: dust off the Clippers. Well, if Paul George starts to

512
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,439
Speaker 1: go off, maybe you run a couple of people towards

513
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,119
Speaker 1: him and then you make more a speech, you or

514
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:14,760
Speaker 1: whoever it's going to be. I can't let the best

515
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 1: player beat me. He's going to sometimes, but I would

516
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: rather take my chances with guys who normally don't take

517
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:27,679
Speaker 1: that shot. Those shots. If Joe Harris beats me, that's okay.

518
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,400
Speaker 1: If a wounded James Harden beats me, that's okay. At

519
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:38,640
Speaker 1: some point you realize something's happening with Kevin Durant. As

520
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: many games as I've witnessed in person or watched where

521
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 1: you just get a sense it's somebody's night, and that's

522
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,760
Speaker 1: where as a coach you have to go, let's break

523
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: up this rhythm here. Let's just you know, hard fout something.

524
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: We got to take him out of his comfort zone here,

525
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 1: and they never did that with Durant last night. Yeah,

526
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 1: I'm McLean. If you're the Nts, do even play James

527
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,479
Speaker 1: Harden in Game six? And one of my reasons is

528
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,240
Speaker 1: Odesley the week calls on Jannis off the ball. They're

529
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: not gonna happen in Milwaukee. You're not gonna get Yann

530
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: at three fouls on Yannis, I charges. I don't see

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Speaker 1: how the Net's win in Milwaukee. Well. I was surprised

532
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 1: that James Harden played as long as he did because

533
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 1: I thought he was a detriment to his team. I

534
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: wouldn't have had him out there for forty six minutes

535
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: because I know what's happening with Durant, and maybe I

536
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: just ride Durant as long as I can, even playing

537
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 1: him all forty eight minutes. I know they had to,

538
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 1: but that was risky as well, James Harden, I thought

539
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 1: you could have taken him out and then I want

540
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 1: to make sure he's better in game six, so then

541
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 1: I don't have to rely on Kevin Durant as much.

542
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 1: Has the point spread changed in the Jazz Clippers polling? Yes,

543
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 1: the Jazz were favored by three, they were minus three.

544
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 1: What do you think the Kawhi Leonard being out does

545
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 1: to that line? Seven? Seven and a half. Kawhi Leonard's

546
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 1: worth four and a half points, yeah, seven and a half, yes, Mcluban.

547
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: You know Durant played forty eight minutes. How is he

548
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 1: gonna have anything left in tank for game six? I know,

549
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 1: I feel like I want to bet on Milwaukee, but maybe,

550
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 1: but that doesn't make sense anything. But he had to

551
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 1: play forty eight minutes, right, But can he have anything

552
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,320
Speaker 1: left for game six? Well, we're gonna find out. You know.

553
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: That's I don't know, like in normal situations, you'd go

554
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: Guy's thirty two. Yeah, he should be able to bounce

555
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: back given what he's gone through for almost two years.

556
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: That's what makes the performance last night even more remarkable.

557
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: He's coming off a torn achilles. That's the worst injury

558
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 1: you can have as a basketball player, and for him

559
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 1: to be able to come back, and you would never

560
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 1: know that. If you're watching that game and I said

561
00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 1: pick out the guy who blew out as achilles, you

562
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: would not pick out Kevin Durant. But that's remarkable and

563
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 1: all credit to him for what he did last night.

564
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: It's truly one of the more remarkable performances in NBA

565
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 1: playoff history. It's not a surprise because it's Kevin Durant,

566
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 1: but it's still a surprise because you go, he did

567
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 1: what he had? How many rebounds, how many assists, how

568
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 1: many points played, how many minutes? And everybody knew. That's

569
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 1: why I picked Steph Curry to be the MVP, because

570
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 1: everybody knew. Everybody knew who's going to shoot the ball

571
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: with Golden State Warriors, and he led the league in

572
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 1: scorn and he was incredible. You know, Kevin Durant's gonna

573
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 1: get the ball and you know he's gonna shoot. You

574
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: can't go gay that the seven footers doing. He looks

575
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 1: like he's pretty good tonight. It's gonna be I gotta

576
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 1: have everybody all hands on deck that we have to

577
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: make sure that we have Durant pick up his dribble.

578
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,240
Speaker 1: Frustrate him, give him the impression we're going to double

579
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 1: team him, make him go to his left like, whatever

580
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: it is, I gotta get you out of your comfort zone.

581
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: Skip in Texas leads us off high. Skip, what's on

582
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 1: your mind today? Hey, congratulations on your call for Kevin Durant.

583
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: I give you credit. He said he had to be lebron.

584
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 1: I thought he was left. Yes he was, Yes, he was,

585
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: he was. He was wonderful. What else, Yeah, Well, as

586
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: far as Harden goes, I have to go a little

587
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: mckayton on Reggie Miller yesterday. I thought the only reason

588
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: he was in that game was just to create offensive

589
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 1: fouls and it was easy to call. I think any

590
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 1: any referee could have called all of them offensive fouls.

591
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: And on the other end, he looks like a Euro

592
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: twenty twenty soccer player flopping the other way. He just

593
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 1: hadn't nothing. No, I didn't think so. But but once again,

594
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 1: and thanks for the phone call, Skip. I like that

595
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: he wanted to be out there whatever I can do,

596
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: and I thought he was a detriment. But I think

597
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 1: Steve Nash was thinking, let's just keep him out there.

598
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: Maybe he's going to hit a couple of big shots,

599
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 1: which he didn't. He looked lost, but Milwaukee didn't take

600
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: advantage of him. But look, I want athletes to go

601
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 1: out there and play. If they can play, play as

602
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 1: long as they can, as hard as they can play.

603
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 1: But you know, I've mentioned it the last couple of days.

604
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: This is attrition, like can you stay healthy? Who's going

605
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: to stay healthy? And I said, the healthiest team's gonna

606
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 1: win the NBA Championship this year. It feels like Anthony

607
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,880
Speaker 1: in South Dakota. Hey, Anthony, what's on your mind? Hey guys,

608
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: I just wanted to share my excitement about the Phoenix Suns.

609
00:33:56,280 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 1: On January second, to actually put in a dollar bet

610
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: at the casino and I got forty to one odds,

611
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: so I was a little bit ahead of the curve.

612
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: I've been watching the Sun since, you know, the mid

613
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 1: nineties when I was seven years old, and just to

614
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 1: see where they are now, it's super exciting. And all

615
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 1: the bad luck they had when you know, they had

616
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 1: rest betting against him, and Steve nas gets elbowed out

617
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: of bounce Man, he gets a bloody knows and even

618
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: Joe Johnson bacon his eye, so hock could be. It's

619
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: just been so much stuff, and Chris Paul's a revelation.

620
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,320
Speaker 1: I just found out that he's in protocol. I just yeah,

621
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Speaker 1: I really hope he comes back because he has just

622
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 1: been It's just fun being a sun stand right now.

623
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Speaker 1: It's awesome. All right, Well, thank you, Anthony, and good

624
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 1: luck with your beat. Yeah, Chris Paul might miss the

625
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 1: first two games of the Western Conference Finals, but I

626
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,279
Speaker 1: shouldn't speculate. I'm just going by what is being reported

627
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: by ESPN that Chris Paul is out in concussion or

628
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 1: a COVID protocol and how many games could he miss?

629
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 1: I don't know. Hopefully he's he's okay. Hey, Like this

630
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 1: isn't a bigger picture here, but man, these playoffs are

631
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 1: going to be known for all the injuries. When we

632
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: look back, we're gonna go God, that was the playoffs

633
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: that everybody got hurt. Jazz are waiting to get Mike

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Speaker 1: Conley back, but you got him beat who's playing on?

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Speaker 1: You know what he's gonna He's gonna require surgery on

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Speaker 1: that knee to clean out the meniscus. Uh, we saw

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Speaker 1: that with the Lakers with now you got Kauai out,

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Speaker 1: Trey Young, Chris Paul had a shoulder injury before. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's almost like fifteen players who have been nicked up. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm the club. I think Donovan Mitchell has a knee too. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's two of him. As a matter of fact, Yes

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Speaker 1: he does, Yes he does. And one's healthy and one

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Speaker 1: might not be health. And this is a hot take.

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Speaker 1: The Bucks missed de Vincenzo more than I think people know.

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Speaker 1: He was hot at the end of last year. No,

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Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, Kevin Durant's eyes got big when

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Speaker 1: Connaton was on the court there like, oh, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: exploit this guy. And de Vintenzo is really good. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Connaughton is a great athlete. You know, he's a former

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Speaker 1: baseball player and a dunker. I mean, he's a great athlete.

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Speaker 1: But how about a couple of guys, a couple of

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Speaker 1: different guys. How about two guys guard Kevin Durant day.

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Speaker 1: Why don't we try it? Just just see how that goes.

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Speaker 1: Don't let him get into a rhythm. Good God, take

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Speaker 1: a break. Play of the day's next. Thanks for listening

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Speaker 1: Play of the day, play this is the play on

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Speaker 1: the day. Check this out hard and holds, I'll lay

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Speaker 1: all over and finds Durant marking right put on three,

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Speaker 1: Got our poll question right, McLevin, we do Who do

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Speaker 1: you blame for the bucks lost? Coach bootenholder? Now Paully

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Speaker 1: has a strong candidate for an hour two poll here? Okay,

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Speaker 1: all right, Polly. You know, I like to call Kevin

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Speaker 1: Durant just Kevin because there's not very many famous Kevin's

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Speaker 1: in the NBA. Who is the most famous person in

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Speaker 1: our country named Kevin all time? Kevin now, not just now,

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Speaker 1: but all time? Kevin Durant, Kevin Hart, comedian, Kevin Bacon,

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Speaker 1: Kevin Costner, other Kevin from the office. Not allowed because

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Speaker 1: it's a fictional KIK all time peak fame, no no offense.

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Speaker 1: So the most famous person named Kevin right now all time,

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Speaker 1: like when they were at their peak of fame. That's

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Speaker 1: kind of hard to quantify. There, I'm gonna go with

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Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna go with Kevin Costner because in

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Speaker 1: the eighties and nineties he was a world famous actor.

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Speaker 1: I know, Kevin Durant's a world famous basketball player. If

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Speaker 1: he's listening, By the way, he's not gonna like Paulie. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know. Yeah, you got to be careful whatever you

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Speaker 1: say about Costner because he always interprets it as a negative.

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Speaker 1: Paul the eighties or nineties and not now. Yeah, he's

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Speaker 1: still very famous. He's got a very successful show. He's

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Speaker 1: got he may have the longest run of any Kevin

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Speaker 1: of all time. Um. Yeah, Well, Kevin Durant's famous around

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Speaker 1: the world. I don't know how many people in China

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Speaker 1: remember Field of Dreams. Oh crushed there, I don't think so.

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Speaker 1: They loved him. Yeah, China lives with Field of Dreams.

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Speaker 1: Nothing in reality, but they got Field of Dreams. Yeah. Seton.

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Speaker 1: When you google just the name Kevin, Yeah, Kevin Hart

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Speaker 1: is the first one that shows up. Well, that's because

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Speaker 1: he's big now and Paul he's saying in their prime,

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Speaker 1: Kevin Hart would probably be my choice there. I'm guessing.

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Speaker 1: I never thought I'd be answering this question today, but

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Speaker 1: now that it's posed to me, I would say, Kevin Hard, Yes, James, Kevin.

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Speaker 1: There's a couple of NBA Kevin's, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Love

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Speaker 1: not now, no, they're not. They don't approach Kevin Durka,

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Speaker 1: Kevin Garnett. I would say, Kevin Garnett approaches him. He's

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Speaker 1: not there but all time now m KG. Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: Pau's right, you say, Kevin pulls up for the jomper.

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Speaker 1: Let's kick it out to Kevin for three. But like

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Speaker 1: it's like Lebron is only called by his first name.

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Speaker 1: No one never says Marve, Albert says James. But usually

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Speaker 1: it's like Lebron from the corner, Kobe from the corner.

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Speaker 1: It was never Bryant. It's always first name with some people.

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Speaker 1: And Kevin is Kevin Durant. You have to either go

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Speaker 1: Kad or Durant Underpertram in the game, no one ever says, oh,

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Speaker 1: let's get down to Kevin on the blocks. A couple

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Speaker 1: of phone calls in here John and Ohio, Hi John,

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Speaker 1: what's on your mind today? Well, first of all, on

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Speaker 1: five ten and pretty soft post quarantine one eighty, right,

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Speaker 1: but Dan, a couple of things I want to kind

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Speaker 1: of encourage you to stay in your lane. I'm not

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Speaker 1: really sure scoring guard like yourself should be breaking down

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Speaker 1: defense on Kevin Durant. Well, I knew what defenses couldn't

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Speaker 1: do against me, and you know that they didn't take

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Speaker 1: the ball out of my hands. John, I was the

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Speaker 1: Kevin Durant of Mason, Ohio. Just letting you know, of course,

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Speaker 1: my bad. The other thing is, I didn't even know

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Speaker 1: there was a thing called the Sports Emmy until you

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying is you are making them relevant by

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Speaker 1: that until you guys were around. All right, Well, thank you, John,

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Speaker 1: that's great advice there. I keep saying it's bad for

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Speaker 1: Let's just see. Yeah, yeah. Dakota in Indiana, Hey Dakota,

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Speaker 1: Hey Dan, thanks for taking my call. Six foot one

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Speaker 1: catch up with you guys. About a week behind. Jess

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Speaker 1: found out this morning that we didn't win the Sports Emmy,

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Speaker 1: Dakota everything. Yeah see spoiler alert for Dakota the Lakers

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Speaker 1: week behind there, nikes. Come on, Dakota, on to play

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