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Speaker 1: Good mornings, sweet world, and welcome to the No Dunks

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Speaker 1: Podcast presented by FanDuel. It's Friday, December twenty sixth, twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty five. Happy Boxing Day to all the boxes out there,

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Speaker 1: the moving boxes, the shoe boxes, the whole lot of you.

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Speaker 1: I'm Jay Skeetz here in the yard and in the

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Speaker 1: background helping me out thanks to the power of technology.

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Speaker 1: It is Eshua Kid. But this guy, he's got so

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Speaker 1: many kids. It's a madhouse over there, as you can imagine,

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Speaker 1: as I'm sure a lot of you with kids. The

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Speaker 1: day after Christmas, there's a whole lot of new toys

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Speaker 1: being played with. So he's gonna lay low and push

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Speaker 1: the buttons and we'll make this work because I am

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Speaker 1: here to recap all five of the Christmas Day games.

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Speaker 1: Not bad, some incredible games, some duds. Will actually rank

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Speaker 1: all five games from most entertaining to least entertaining. But hey,

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Speaker 1: because it's Solo Skeets, Santas Skeets, whatever you want to

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Speaker 1: call me today, hit the like button, subscribe, comment away

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Speaker 1: in the stream team on YouTube podcast listeners, five star

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Speaker 1: ratings and reviews do it for me. I will note too,

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Speaker 1: before we get into the games. We did have a

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Speaker 1: trio of wedgies on Tuesday Night. We're gonna wait to

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Speaker 1: show you those next week. We'll show you on Monday

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Speaker 1: Show as long as I don't forget to put them

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Speaker 1: in the dock for Monday's podcast. When task we'll be

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Speaker 1: back and Esh will be there in the Classic Factory

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Speaker 1: with myself. But we have thirteen hours plus of hoops

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Speaker 1: on Christmas Day to talk about. I had a blast.

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Speaker 1: I watched a whole lot of it. I'll admit I

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Speaker 1: fell asleep somewhere in the first second quarter of the

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Speaker 1: last game. Watch that classic this morning, and that'll be

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Speaker 1: the one we start with. Because Yo, kicch not bad.

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Speaker 1: Not a bad Christmas Day for this guy. Jokic recorded

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Speaker 1: a fifty six point triple double. He set an NBA

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Speaker 1: record with eighteen points in overtime. He led the Denver

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Speaker 1: Nuggets to a wild one two, one thirty eight win

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Speaker 1: over the Timberwolves to cap that busy Christmas Day slate.

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Speaker 1: When I was coming up with how I was going

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Speaker 1: to tackle today show, I was like, Okay, I'll rank

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Speaker 1: them in order most entertaining the least entertaining. An incredibly

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Speaker 1: original idea, and I was like, there's no way that

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Speaker 1: Nicks Cavs is not going to be the number one game.

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Speaker 1: That was awesome. What a way to start the day.

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Speaker 1: And then obviously the Spurs having the Thunders number ones again,

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Speaker 1: I was like, oh, that might be, that might be

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Speaker 1: one at least two. And then here comes Jokic and

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Speaker 1: the Nuggets down three starters doing this because of injury,

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Speaker 1: and take another victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves. So Yokic

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Speaker 1: did a whole bunch of first last night, first fifty

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Speaker 1: five fifteen to fifteen game NBA history. We'll get to

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Speaker 1: wo boy, we have a sponsor. That was an obvious

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Speaker 1: woe boy. There he broke his own record. Jokic did

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Speaker 1: for the highest scoring triple double in NBA Christmas history.

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Speaker 1: Only two other players Bernard King in nineteen eighty four

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Speaker 1: Wilt Chamberlain in nineteen sixty one, have ever scored more

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Speaker 1: points on Christmas. You might remember last week I was

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Speaker 1: hoping as we were getting ready, wait, not last week,

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Speaker 1: earlier this week, Oh man, I'm all out of whack. Here.

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Speaker 1: We were doing our Christmas wish list and I was like,

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Speaker 1: I want somebody to go for fifty. I thought it

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Speaker 1: might be Brunson. In the end, it's Yokich and then Jokic.

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Speaker 1: Like I said there in the intro, he broke Steph

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Speaker 1: Curry's record of seventeen overtime points from twenty sixteen. This

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Speaker 1: guy scored eighteen points in overtime, making that the highest

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Speaker 1: NBA Cup game, if you want so. Just incredible, just

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Speaker 1: like those threes in the overtime period. Obviously got a

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Speaker 1: I think I saw CBS Sports sort of tackle it

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Speaker 1: this way, or maybe it was the Athletics, so excuse me,

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Speaker 1: but I love that the Christmas Day games like they

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Speaker 1: showcased sort of the past, present and future of NBA greats.

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Speaker 1: Right the past, we had the old Guard, we had

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Speaker 1: The present. Your shake guilt is Alexander, your Anthony Edwards,

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Speaker 1: it felt like he won MVP on Christmas yesterday, like

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Speaker 1: I did that knowing full well. It's like, well, yo, Kich,

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Speaker 1: to Anto for fighting through that early shoulder injury. He

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Speaker 1: Jamal Murray with like one point one seconds remaining in

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Speaker 1: regulation that forced overtime. Then he was on fire in overtime,

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Speaker 1: have happened often, So Ant was awesome. I love that

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Speaker 1: thirty and maybe forty here on Christmas Day. He backed

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Speaker 1: It's the right call, but it's just a bummer that

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Speaker 1: But it all added up, it was a cumulative and

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Speaker 1: a part of Ant's frustration. But man, what a game?

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Speaker 1: What away again? Christmas Day? Slate started it with a banger,

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Speaker 1: the Wolves number like the Spurs have the Thunders number

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Speaker 1: going three and zero. My only concern here with the

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Speaker 1: he needs to learn how to miss a free throw

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Speaker 1: on purpose. Did you see that, dude? You gotta hit

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Speaker 1: the rim man. He wasn't even close, But you're just

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Speaker 1: and they seem to show more depth than you did.

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Speaker 1: Don't love that, but holy crap to have four guys

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Speaker 1: Julius Raynold going for thirty plus, Jamal Murray he was

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Speaker 1: hitting out huge three in overtime and he finished with

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Speaker 1: triple double bang. What a game. What a game? Even

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Speaker 1: the result, knowing Yokich's stat line and like seeing how

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Speaker 1: what the hell, How the hell does he get to

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Speaker 1: fifty six? What's going on here? It didn't. It was

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Speaker 1: he got there, so great game and the yo kitch,

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Speaker 1: excuse me. The Nuggets, you know they're on the short

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Speaker 1: for championship contenders. We had one probably add their name

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Speaker 1: to the list in the San Antonio Spurs if they

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Speaker 1: weren't already on your list. But the Nuggets remain there,

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Speaker 1: especially with You'll kiit ching Jamal Murray at the end

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Speaker 1: of game situations. Still the most unstoppable duo in the

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Speaker 1: clutch in my opinion, I don't know what you do

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Speaker 1: Such a great game, so much fun. Again, that's how

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Speaker 1: you start five days on Christmas is five games too many? Probably,

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Speaker 1: Now that's coming from someone that's trying to watch them all.

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Speaker 1: I'd love to pull the average person out there. How

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Speaker 1: You know, are you watching just one game? Maybe two?

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Speaker 1: Can't imagine the percentages high for sikos like us. A

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Speaker 1: the thing. I wouldn't mind a gap between the games.

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Speaker 1: give me a ten thirty. I don't even want a

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Speaker 1: ten thirty. But I understand for the West Coast, right,

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Speaker 1: that's not late for them. So I think we do

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Speaker 1: saying that because two of these were duds. But back

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Speaker 1: to the Knicks. I wrote first thing in my notes

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Speaker 1: from this game. Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell are the

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Speaker 1: definition of big game players. Both those guys feels like

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Speaker 1: they show up in big games, you know, Christmas Day

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Speaker 1: being a marquee game, and they both were fantastic. But

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Speaker 1: the reserves is what won the game for the Knicks.

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Speaker 1: Got the comeback. Jordan Clarkson in the custom red SHADESE

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Speaker 1: the Knicks sort of going Tyler Klick. He had the

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Speaker 1: garden fricking rocking sixteen points, nine assists. Maybe this guy

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Speaker 1: is Steve Nash. Maybe I was wrong. He had the

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Speaker 1: fans channing his name. After that late block on Donovan

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Speaker 1: Mitchell originally called a foul, They reviewed it and correctly

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Speaker 1: the big dunk and Colick slapped it out perfectly. I

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Speaker 1: The regular season is one thing. The playoffs is a

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Speaker 1: whole different beast. And when they meet again in the

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Speaker 1: regular season or the playoffs, chet Holmgrin has to play better.

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Speaker 1: He's been bad in all three losses to the Spurs.

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Speaker 1: He shot three of eight in the NBA Cup semi

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Speaker 1: final loss. I think he did hit a lot free

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Speaker 1: throws that game, but that's not good. Three of eight.

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Speaker 1: That's quiet Tuesday. Earlier this week he shot three to

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Speaker 1: ten from the floor only at seven points, and then

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Speaker 1: on Christmas five to nine, only ten points, whereas Wemby's

434
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Speaker 1: like putting up those numbers and better in like ten

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Speaker 1: minutes less because they got him come off the bench still,

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Speaker 1: And that's the other scary part. It's like, holy crap,

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Speaker 1: Spurs beat the Thunder three times, and Wemby's like he's

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Speaker 1: playing two thirds of what he's eventually gonna play, maybe

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Speaker 1: a half of what he's eventually gonna play in, you know,

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Speaker 1: in a do a Die big playoff game. But the

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Speaker 1: Chet part of it all, Trey's brought it up. Should

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Speaker 1: they just put Chet on Wemby? I heard the Hoop

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Speaker 1: collective wonder the same thing. I will say t K

444
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 1: was first to this point, but they added to it,

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Speaker 1: wondering put Ched on, put Chet Holmegrin on web Minyama

446
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Speaker 1: because maybe Wemby, he's so invested in that rivalry with him,

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Speaker 1: that that distaste for Chet and the team that he

448
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Speaker 1: might like try and do too much. He might take

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Speaker 1: the Spurs out of their rhythm because he wants to

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Speaker 1: expose Chet Holmegrun. I think it's worth a try. I

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Speaker 1: think they should at least do it in one of

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Speaker 1: these fourth or fifth games in the regular season. And

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Speaker 1: then the other thing is, just like Harrison Barnes and

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Speaker 1: Keldon Johnson, they are not afraid of Chet Holmgren at all.

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Speaker 1: They defend a very physical despite the size difference, and

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Speaker 1: they're both comfortable attacking him off the dribble. So that's

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Speaker 1: a great matchup. Jaell and Williams bad game. You know,

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Speaker 1: Shaye didn't have a great game either, and that's got

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Speaker 1: to go to the Spurs defensive game plan. It's awesome.

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Speaker 1: These guys, like I said the first time they beat

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Speaker 1: him in the NBA Cup semi final, they're like the

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Speaker 1: They're like they they're the people that step back to

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Speaker 1: the bullies, right the thunder of the bullies, and they

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Speaker 1: don't put up with it because they're just as big

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Speaker 1: and just as strong and just as athletic the Spurs are,

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Speaker 1: especially on the wing. And then you got Wemby's Roman

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Speaker 1: back there for the twenty five minutes that he's out there.

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Speaker 1: So definitely watching Chet in the next game what they

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Speaker 1: do with him, and and Jdubb too. I mean, and

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Speaker 1: he's got an excuse because the injury, but like you know,

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Speaker 1: I'd like to see a little bit more. I didn't

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Speaker 1: think he he played all that well. But I am

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Speaker 1: just falling in love with Steph Castle and Dylan Harper,

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Speaker 1: both those guys. They're so good. They're just such in

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Speaker 1: control and I just love their Like I don't know,

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Speaker 1: the way they hold themselves out there, there's no no

477
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Speaker 1: not ever too high, never too low. They let Wemby

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Speaker 1: like Wemby's sort of the crazy one, you know, in

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Speaker 1: a good way the emotional leader. And then they're just

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Speaker 1: steady as a rock, and that's pretty impressive for their age.

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Speaker 1: So those are the three best games. We're gonna take

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Speaker 1: a quick break and when we come back, we'll get

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Speaker 1: to the other two. I promise I won't do as

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Speaker 1: their coffee. Okay, let's go to the other games here,

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Speaker 1: we'll move with some pace. Our fourth best game of

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Speaker 1: the day. I debated between the Rockets win and the

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Speaker 1: Warriors win, but I'm gonna put this one here. Amen

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Speaker 1: Thompson scoring twenty six points to lead six players in

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Speaker 1: double figures as the Rockets never trailed beat the Lakers

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Speaker 1: one to seventeen ninety six. I would say Amen Thompson.

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Speaker 1: If we were doing winners and losers of Christmas Day,

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Speaker 1: I think Amen Thompson would be a big winner for me.

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Speaker 1: He has had somewhat of an up and down little

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Speaker 1: sophomore season. His usage has risen, in large part because

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Speaker 1: of the absence of Fred van Vliet, but his efficiency

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Speaker 1: has dipped. I think his defense maybe has dipped a

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Speaker 1: little bit too, just because of this new role, more

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Speaker 1: difficult role. He's trying to adjust, but he was awesome

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Speaker 1: on Christmas Day. He got to the rim at will

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Speaker 1: as we know he can, and he had twenty six points,

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Speaker 1: twelve to nineteen shootings, seven boards, five assists filled up

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Speaker 1: the box score. And I saw Sam Quinn at CBS

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Speaker 1: Sports note how last night perfect example of what Houston's

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Speaker 1: offense is meant to look like at its best. Amen

545
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Speaker 1: thompson athleticism blended with Kevin Durant's shooting and then a

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Speaker 1: gazillion offensive rebounds from Schengon, from Steven Adams, from Compella

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Speaker 1: and co. Because they dominated the glass. That's what they do.

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Speaker 1: But that is the balance right there, that athleticism from

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Speaker 1: some of the younger guys led by Aman Thompson, that

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Speaker 1: lights out shooting from Katie and then just work on

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Speaker 1: the glass. So really just professional win. Rockets had been

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Speaker 1: reeling a little bit. I thought they needed this one

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Speaker 1: sort of just to remind everybody, Hey, we're here still, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thunder of the defending champs. Yeah the Spurs are the

555
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Speaker 1: next best thing. Yeah, nobody can stop Yokich, but what

556
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Speaker 1: about us, right, Because they're either in that tier or

557
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Speaker 1: they're the top of the next tier in the Western Conference,

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Speaker 1: and they're showing to me I do have more faith

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Speaker 1: in them than this Lakers team and potentially the Wolves.

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00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: That one's tough between the Rockets and the Wolves, but

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00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 1: those are the squads that are in that mix right there.

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Speaker 1: As for the Lakers, this is the sort of loss

563
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Speaker 1: we've seen a couple times this season. It's they are

564
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Speaker 1: just outclassed against athletic groups like Houston. Time and time again.

565
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Speaker 1: We've seen it. When they can sort of slow the

566
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Speaker 1: game down a little bit, let their ball handlers control everything,

567
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: then they're not bad. Now they're only going to win

568
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 1: with offense too. But when they get against a team

569
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Speaker 1: that actually is more athletic, get stops and run, man,

570
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 1: it is tough. And this loss was so bad it

571
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Speaker 1: had JJ Reddick calling into question for like the second

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Speaker 1: time in a week his team's professionalism. He said, quote,

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Speaker 1: we don't care enough right now, and that's the part

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Speaker 1: that bothers you a lot. We don't care enough to

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Speaker 1: do the things that are necessary. We don't care enough

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Speaker 1: to be a professional. And he went on to say

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Speaker 1: a whole lot more and the part that like really

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Speaker 1: got people going, whoa, JJ, He said, I'm not doing

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Speaker 1: another fifty three games like this. JJ Redick was over

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Speaker 1: this shit. And this isn't just him reacting to one game.

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Speaker 1: This is like a week or if not two week

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Speaker 1: trend here from how the Lakers have played. All the Lakers' losses,

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Speaker 1: they get spanked. I think all ten have been by

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Speaker 1: ten or more. So there's no real like close losses.

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Speaker 1: It's like, oh, we could have had that one. Like

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Speaker 1: when they lose, they lose. And when they lost to

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Speaker 1: the Suns on Tuesday, Reddick was doing the same thing.

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Speaker 1: He was questioning the team's commitment to playing the right way.

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Speaker 1: He was calling out players without using their names. He

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Speaker 1: sort of did that again yesterday, and it has a

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Speaker 1: lot of people going like JJ Redick, man, you got

592
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Speaker 1: to slow your role, like you're doing too much. It

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Speaker 1: is December man, but he obviously sees something, and he's

594
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Speaker 1: been in this league long enough to know that, like

595
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 1: you got to right the ship or or you're gonna

596
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Speaker 1: be left behind. And like, I think they are starting

597
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: to get left behind here against these other elite teams.

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Speaker 1: They feel like a team that's almost gonna have to

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Speaker 1: make a move at the deadline. He's calling out without

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Speaker 1: calling out particularly their names on the back of their

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Speaker 1: there's frustration with effort really and maybe how they're approaching

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Speaker 1: the game and who is he talking about. That's what

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00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: everybody's like trying to figure out. I think Ruey who

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Speaker 1: guy had zero points, not loving that he should be

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Speaker 1: calling out Lebron because Lebron is if you watch the

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Speaker 1: basically told we should have known this because he said,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to be playing on Christmas. He's like,

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Speaker 1: I'm done. Twenty is too many, And in his defense,

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Speaker 1: it probably is go back to three games. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: we can get rid of the Lakers and then maybe

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Speaker 1: some of these guys off the bench. There's got to

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Speaker 1: be a shake up to some extent. Austin Reeves did

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Speaker 1: get hurt in this game. That's not good. He left

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Speaker 1: with a brace on his left leg. He scheduled for

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Speaker 1: an MRI today. Is that a guy they trade though

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Speaker 1: get you a decent return. Is he too important? Is

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Speaker 1: he redundant. I mean, with Luca and Lebron, the Lakers

622
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Speaker 1: are gonna do something. I don't know what, but they

623
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624
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Speaker 1: in this Tier one TIERSH two mix because you can

625
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 1: fall in a hurry in the Western Conference. In terms

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Speaker 1: of seating Luca and Lebron nine of the Lakers sixteen turnover.

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Speaker 1: It's just a brutal game, Like I get redex frustration,

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Speaker 1: like there's just no fight right now. And again, maybe

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Speaker 1: is this like you're following your leader in Lebron, who's

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Speaker 1: like coming in with a sour attitude because he's playing

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632
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Speaker 1: but they the whole team had the vibe of him

633
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Speaker 1: not giving effort. At least. Lebron is a minus thirty three.

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Speaker 1: That's the worst plus minus he's ever had as a

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00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,439
Speaker 1: Lakers player. That's his third worst of all time guys

636
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 1: played in ten thousand games. So that says it all

637
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,840
Speaker 1: right there against a Rockets team that brought effort, monsters

638
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,279
Speaker 1: on the glass and got the victory. So good stuff there.

639
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: Final game, We're almost there. Steph Curry scored twenty three points.

640
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler flirted with a triple double fourteen, nine and nine.

641
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 1: That's definitely flirting. As the Warriors beat the Mavericks one

642
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 1: twenty six, one sixteen. As I said, could have put

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00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 1: this one fourth, Maybe elected to put it fifth. Just

644
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: from like a narrative standpoint, there wasn't a whole lot,

645
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 1: I guess here's the narrative. For the second straight year,

646
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 1: the Mavericks had a star player forced to leave the

647
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,800
Speaker 1: Christmas Day game with a lower body injury. Last season,

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00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: Luca had the left calf strain against the Wolves that

649
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,399
Speaker 1: ended up being his last game played with Dallas before

650
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 1: he was traded. Yesterday, it's Anthony Davis. He exits the

651
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: game early in the second quarter. The team described it

652
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 1: as right groin spasms. Right groin spasms. That sounds like

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00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: something that should be fun, but it's not. So now

654
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,399
Speaker 1: you gotta wonder, like, is he ever gonna play again

655
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: for the Mavericks. They say they don't want to trade him.

656
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: None of us believe that, so we'll see. But he

657
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 1: came up limping when he's trying to run, like down

658
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: the floor in a fast break and something He's had

659
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: this injury before. I mean, he's had a lot of

660
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,839
Speaker 1: injuries before, so that can't be a surprise. But we'll

661
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: see same thing though last year with Luca. Then they

662
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 1: trade Luke for Ad and that guy, mister glass half

663
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,840
Speaker 1: half man, half a season, whatever we're calling him. He

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Speaker 1: comes up limp on Christmas. Luckily for MAVs fans, at

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00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,280
Speaker 1: least he had Cooper Flag bawling out twenty seven points

666
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: thirteen to twenty one shooting, six boards, five assists in

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00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:07,880
Speaker 1: his debut. He's going to play a lot of Christmas

668
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: Day games. I would imagine if the team is competitive

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Speaker 1: here moving forward, he if lou if Y'll kich one

670
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 1: MVP on Christmas Day, maybe Cooper won Rookie of the

671
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: Year on Christmas Day. Over his last twelve games, the

672
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 1: guy's averaging twenty five plus on fifty four percent shooting.

673
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 1: It's him and Konkoer Nipple, and that's very entertaining. Flag's

674
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 1: going to win it, gayarond Head, but he was good.

675
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: That was the one good takeaway. What else was fun?

676
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,359
Speaker 1: Klay Thompson got a nice little ovation when he checked

677
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: in halfway through the first quarter, but he didn't really

678
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: do much. As for the Warriors, Yeah, their star guys

679
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 1: led the way Draymond Green and Steve Kerr have put

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00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 1: to bed that little tiff they had. Everybody's happy again,

681
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:54,279
Speaker 1: those guys are just competitive freaks. Came to blow. Steve

682
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 1: Kurr did take a lot of responsibility for that, and

683
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: again when it happened, we did. Draymond did the right thing,

684
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 1: like he walked away, cooled down in the locker room,

685
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: didn't make things worse. And then you know, didn't have

686
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 1: to check back in the game or didn't Kurt didn't

687
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: put him back in. That's fine, and they seem okay. Now,

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00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: It's not like Draymond played well yesterday. In fact, I

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00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:19,399
Speaker 1: think he was like bad again, was he not when

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00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 1: he was out there? Or the team struggle when he

691
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: was out there? I think after a d left it

692
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,360
Speaker 1: was like he was trying to guard PJ Washington and

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00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 1: PJ Washington had scored every time on him from what

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00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:29,959
Speaker 1: I can remember, I have to actually do a deep

695
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 1: diving into the numbers, but what was Draymond Green? Yeah,

696
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: he's a minus nine yesterday again, two turnovers, seven points,

697
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 1: So I guess you'll live with that. Seven shots, seven points. Anyway,

698
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 1: they've put that to bed at least for now. And

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00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,360
Speaker 1: the other big takeaway, I got sidetracked there with the

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00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 1: Steve Draymond Green of it all. Al Horford and those

701
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: sexy eyes playing well on Christmas Day. This was his

702
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,040
Speaker 1: second game in a month. I think, you know he

703
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: he's had the seatica issues in his one leg. That sucks.

704
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: I've had that. And he came off the bench in

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00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: the first quarter on Christmas knock down four to threes

706
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 1: sparked the Warriors, and he finished the game of fourteen points,

707
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,879
Speaker 1: five to seven from the field in very limited time

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00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 1: as you're going to get from Al Horford at this point.

709
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 1: But that guy's that's what we hoped and thought maybe

710
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: when the Warriors outed him, that's exactly what he can do.

711
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 1: We saw it in Boston. He can give you a

712
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 1: little defense in spurts and you can hit threes. And

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00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,760
Speaker 1: he has not done any of that really this season.

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00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 1: A big part of it's because he's gotten old and

715
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 1: he's had the seatica, and I'm sure that flares up

716
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 1: from day to day. Felt good on Christmas, gave it

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00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 1: a go and look good. So goodwin from the Warriors.

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Speaker 1: Sixteen and fifteen now ten and four at home as

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Speaker 1: they try and to write the ship a little bit

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00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: after they had dipped below five hundred. So that's the

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00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 1: five Christmas Day games. Whoops, agree or disagree with me?

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Speaker 1: My name is Jay Skeiths and kiss you forgot before

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Speaker 1: we go, though, we might as well hit you with

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Speaker 1: a lobby of the night. And we do have a sponsor.

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Speaker 1: No music here today, don't worry about the music because

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Speaker 1: we're in the yard. But you might remember Chris ho

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Speaker 1: I believe Chris Hoe started this whole sponsoring Woe Boy

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Speaker 1: after I was saying it was unsullied by sponsorship and

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Speaker 1: he started giving money there in the in the stream.

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Speaker 1: Team Well, this is crazy, this is fun. We have

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Speaker 1: a third ho oh actually, I take that back after

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you who the Hoe is. Chris's wife,

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Speaker 1: Serena has paid for a third Woe Boy sponsorship. She's

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Speaker 1: doing it for the both of them, for Chris and Andrew.

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Speaker 1: This is a Christmas gift. So this is amazing. We

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Speaker 1: literally on Christmas Week, guys have a ho Ho ho

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Speaker 1: sponsorship for wo Boy. So who boy once again, ho

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Speaker 1: Boy of the night and we can throw it up

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Speaker 1: ash if you want there it is, yeah, never in doubt.

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00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: Look at that guy in the sexy rainbow jersey. It's

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00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 1: Nikola Jokic. Fifty six points, sixteen rebounds, fifteen assists, two blocks,

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Speaker 1: and a partridge in a pear tree. My god, it

744
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: looks fake. It's video game numbers from this guy. So

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Speaker 1: Jokic gets your hoe Boy of the night. Chris Andrew

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Speaker 1: Serena Serena, Are you Serena? Hoe? You keep your name?

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00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,800
Speaker 1: I bet you kept your name, didn't you. That's a

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00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:54,839
Speaker 1: smart move. Thank you, guys. I appreciate that. And we've

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Speaker 1: got more sponsorships coming for whoa boy. Okay, pick them,

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00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 1: let's do it. I need this one because I'm running

751
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,399
Speaker 1: out of the month of December. I'm in last place.

752
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 1: I'm six and eleven, Trays eight and nine, so I'm

753
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 1: two games behind them. We got tonight's game in a

754
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,520
Speaker 1: few games early next week as we close out December.

755
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,279
Speaker 1: Test is fine, he's thirteen and a four. But our

756
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:17,239
Speaker 1: game tonight, I went with that Heat Hawks game. Like

757
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 1: I said in the live ad read Hawks are favored

758
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,560
Speaker 1: by four and a half at home. The Hawks should

759
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: not be favored by that amount of points against anybody

760
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:28,400
Speaker 1: right now, but I know the heater bad right now too,

761
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:34,280
Speaker 1: So anyway, I'm taking the Hawks. Cocker Cock, Come on, Hawks,

762
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 1: I need it. I needed to win by five or

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00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: more to make things interesting. Otherwise I'm not even sure

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00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:44,279
Speaker 1: I can come back. So big game, big, big game.

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00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,240
Speaker 1: I need the Hawks to win. Trey and Tass obviously

766
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,080
Speaker 1: taking the heat, they got some points to play with,

767
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:52,400
Speaker 1: but come on, come on, Atlanta. I don't know is

768
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 1: it worse or better if I go down to the

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00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,280
Speaker 1: Fortress tonight to cheer them on. I have no idea.

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00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: I think it's I'm gonna I think I'm gonna avoid it.

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00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 1: I've been to a lot of Hawks game recently, and

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00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,360
Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of losses recently, so I'm not

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00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,800
Speaker 1: bringing them any luck, so I might have to avoid it.

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00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:13,839
Speaker 1: But go atl Okay, we'll call it there. Dear Lord,

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00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:17,400
Speaker 1: I talked for a lot. I talk very fast, so

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00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 1: I forced you to not listen to this one on

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00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: one point five speed or one point two five speed,

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00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,439
Speaker 1: because if you're listening to me on that speed, that's

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00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: little at I mean, you're not even hearing me at

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00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 1: that point. But even if you listen to that speed,

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Speaker 1: Apple or Spotify. We have twenty four games on over

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Speaker 1: the next three days, so we'll be back on Monday. Myself,

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Speaker 1: task and Esh to discuss as many of those games

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Speaker 1: as possible. Give you our winners and losers at the

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00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 1: NBA weekend. If you see one you think of, note

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Speaker 1: on YouTube, let me know on Twitter, and we'll figure

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00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,480
Speaker 1: it out from there. Until then, Clipper Bros. You heard

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Speaker 1: it here first, have a great time, turn up. Love

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Speaker 1: you guys awesome. Thank you so much for joining me,

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Speaker 1: Happy Holidays, Happy Boxing Day, and we'll see you guys

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Speaker 1: on Monday. Race the weekend, people,