WEBVTT - NBA Finals Update

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<v Speaker 1>So if you're a listening live and you're wondering why

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<v Speaker 1>there's music, I hope you hear the music. It's a transition.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a transition from one topic to another, and it

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<v Speaker 1>makes me happy. It's a profess it's something professionals to.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like it's something I I, as a professional, do

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<v Speaker 1>love such a clown, all right. As hard as this

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<v Speaker 1>is for me to say, there might be a ray

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<v Speaker 1>of hope out in Lakerland. They've been down and out

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<v Speaker 1>and I know they're having it. I know I even

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<v Speaker 1>have a hard time believing that there's a ray of hope,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's true they do. New head coach Darvin Ham,

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<v Speaker 1>who ten years ago was an LA assistant working with

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<v Speaker 1>Kobe Bryant, is now making the rounds talking about his

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<v Speaker 1>coaching full he's former Milwaukee Bucks head coach as well.

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<v Speaker 1>He's an NBA champion. Thanks were going pretty well, pretty

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<v Speaker 1>just like standard questions, until all of a sudden, Darvin

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<v Speaker 1>Ham dropped an insane quote that might be the best

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<v Speaker 1>quote I've ever heard about the fact that we all

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<v Speaker 1>work in an industry that's like not really that serious.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really not like that big. We're not talking about

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<v Speaker 1>covering the Avaldi shooting here right, we're not talking about

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<v Speaker 1>covering the war in Ukraine. Darvin Ham said this. I

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<v Speaker 1>grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. This is where it gets weird.

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<v Speaker 1>I was shot in the face by accident. You go

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<v Speaker 1>through something like that, you do one of two things.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to make you fearful or fearless. And it

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<v Speaker 1>made me fearless. I don't feel no pressure. Is just basketball. WHOA.

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<v Speaker 1>I need some more clarity on how that went on,

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<v Speaker 1>and like when and are you okay? And like wow, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>Darvin Ham not a man to be messed with. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you think that this was just a one off

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<v Speaker 1>and that Darvin Ham's gonna be the only hard rock

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<v Speaker 1>on the LA Lakers and it's just him and a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of guys from the front. Vogel Era, the Frank

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<v Speaker 1>Frank Vogel little like minions. You're wrong. News just dropped today,

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<v Speaker 1>courtesy of Shams. It's a different sound than the WOJS bomb.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a poo poo. This is the bomb. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the sound of the Shams bomb. Four time NBA Allstar

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<v Speaker 1>Rashid Wallace has agreed on a deal to be an

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<v Speaker 1>assistant head coach for the Lakers under new head coach

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<v Speaker 1>Darvin Ham. Hell yeah, hell yeah. Both were teammates in

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<v Speaker 1>Detroit and part of that two thousand and four title team.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys remember two thousand and four Pistons. They were

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<v Speaker 1>the last team to win it All without an All Star.

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<v Speaker 1>How did they do this? They punched everyone in the mouth.

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<v Speaker 1>They were tougher, they were meaner, they were stronger, they

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<v Speaker 1>were dirtier. Literally, they were the toughest NBA team of

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<v Speaker 1>probably the twenty first century. Penny Yardaway, who coached the

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<v Speaker 1>University of Memphis, where Rashid coached as an assistant last year,

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<v Speaker 1>said it was a question of loyalty Rashid. I think

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<v Speaker 1>Rashid might be going to LA with Darvin Ham. That

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<v Speaker 1>was the deal from the beginning. If Darvin had gotten

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<v Speaker 1>a job last year, Rashid had already promised him that

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<v Speaker 1>he was going to go with them. So I'm thinking

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<v Speaker 1>this year, with him getting the Lakers job, Rashid might

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<v Speaker 1>still be going along with that process. What does that

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<v Speaker 1>mean for LA, you might ask, Well, it means that

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<v Speaker 1>they have gone from Frank Vogel and a man named

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Penberthy Uh, that's his name. I didn't make that up.

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<v Speaker 1>Google that and you'll see two soft dudes to Darvin

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<v Speaker 1>Ham and Rashid Wallace. And if you thought im Udoka

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<v Speaker 1>was hard on his team this year, calling them out

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<v Speaker 1>publicly saying that they didn't have mental intensity, they weren't tough,

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<v Speaker 1>they weren't sharing the rock, they were you know, all

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<v Speaker 1>these things that he said. If you think that was bad,

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<v Speaker 1>take that toughness and then add it to someone who

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<v Speaker 1>was shot in the face. You know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>Like you think it's gonna go like Emi Udoka from Portland, Oregon,

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<v Speaker 1>Darvindam Saginaw, Michigan shot in the face. That don't mean

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<v Speaker 1>to make light of it, but it's a different tribulation here.

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<v Speaker 1>I know what was going on. And just like, wait

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<v Speaker 1>what Darvin Ham says when Anthony Davis falls on the

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<v Speaker 1>floor like six times, it has to leave the game

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<v Speaker 1>and he's sitting in the street closed the next night.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen here, I got shot in the face, You tweaked

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<v Speaker 1>your ankle, You go out there, you go out there.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like a dad that literally or a mom where

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<v Speaker 1>they went through something very traumatic, like or even just

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<v Speaker 1>like I went to college and I had a b

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<v Speaker 1>and my mom is like I had all a's and

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<v Speaker 1>I was raising your little ass and it's like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm not you, and it's like, yeah, but but

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<v Speaker 1>I was shot in the face. Only thing that remains

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<v Speaker 1>to me is for Darvin Ham to hire somebody like

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<v Speaker 1>Gary Payton to come in and teach these guys some defense.

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<v Speaker 1>Rob Plinka said, I don't care really what he says,

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<v Speaker 1>but I I like this team lacked an identity of

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<v Speaker 1>toughness last season that Ham will bring this season. I mean, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's true, but the question is, truthfully, how do you

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<v Speaker 1>expect toughness when you're a player who's only off seat,

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<v Speaker 1>Like if you're a front office's only off season signings

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<v Speaker 1>were guys on vet minimums that literally are just trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get a ring. They're on their last miles. They're

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<v Speaker 1>literally the nineteen sixty five pinto that's just like not

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<v Speaker 1>even passing emissions tests, like you think, look like Carmelo

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<v Speaker 1>wants to get into the paint with Evan Mobley, like

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<v Speaker 1>he wants to go up against Joel m Beid. No shot,

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<v Speaker 1>you think White Howard's gonna throw elbows at Jared Allen Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>you can teach a new dog new tricks, but you

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<v Speaker 1>can't make them run wind sprints when they don't close

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<v Speaker 1>out on a corner three at some random game, like

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<v Speaker 1>your name was dan Man Gundy. So I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>so we all do know one truth, right and also

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<v Speaker 1>really quickly, I'm not saying that this is like gonna

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<v Speaker 1>mean anything for the Lakers, like that they're not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>if you're thinking, I'm saying that they're gonna win any

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<v Speaker 1>more games, like they're not. They're not going to the

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<v Speaker 1>playoffs next year, but they will be fun and they

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<v Speaker 1>will be tougher. I'm not saying they're gonna win get

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<v Speaker 1>a title. They're still a train wreck, but at least

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<v Speaker 1>now they're a train wreck with a backbone. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's kind of where we're at though. But we all

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<v Speaker 1>do know just one truth. Can't really judge this team

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<v Speaker 1>until Kendrick Nunn is back on the court fully healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>This is see the song is a transition about a

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<v Speaker 1>team that took an l and then they bounced back.

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<v Speaker 1>So what do you think that the next segment it's

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<v Speaker 1>about the Warriors? Obviously, ain't't nobody. I don't think Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's talk about this game, shall we? Oh boogoo?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh folks, everybody said Golden State's dead. I didn't. I

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<v Speaker 1>put it up on the tweets Golden State plus one

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<v Speaker 1>fifty to win it all dot dot. That means one

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<v Speaker 1>and a half times your money if you're not a

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<v Speaker 1>better This team was minus two hundred to win it

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<v Speaker 1>all the game before. What a swing? Come on, oh baby,

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<v Speaker 1>you know if you watch the game, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>it is. You should know what it is. Golden State

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<v Speaker 1>isn't losing. This team doesn't lose in the finals. They've

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<v Speaker 1>done a deal with the devil. Steph c has become

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who doesn't miss one game one gaming. You write

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<v Speaker 1>them off. Golden State's done. Don't do that, don't do that, No,

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<v Speaker 1>what sir, Let's be honest. Come on, Golden State did

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<v Speaker 1>in the first two quarters of Game one? What they do?

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<v Speaker 1>They play with their food. Then the blitz comes in

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<v Speaker 1>after halftime, right Genghis Khan ripping through villages just like

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<v Speaker 1>just honestly just destroying, mauling you, coming in with an

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<v Speaker 1>intensity that you were not sure was going to come

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<v Speaker 1>because they're just up and down. First quarter, they let

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<v Speaker 1>you in, they let you out, and then the fourth quarter.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I usually say that, this team is organized chaos.

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<v Speaker 1>The Golden State Warriors one of the most creative teams

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<v Speaker 1>in NBA history. They don't do things with structure and

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<v Speaker 1>order and discipline. It's fucking creation and what do you do.

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<v Speaker 1>Some times things get messy, some things get bad. Turnovers

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<v Speaker 1>are plenty, and that's exactly what happens when you think

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<v Speaker 1>you're up twelve points going to the fourth quarter, Steph

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<v Speaker 1>Curry sitting on the bench, and then the deluge of

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<v Speaker 1>points from Jalen Brown happens. Right, they let the lead

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<v Speaker 1>slip away. Don't act like somehow Golden State's just the

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<v Speaker 1>worst team. Let's not act like what Boston did was

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<v Speaker 1>so repeatable. Right, you're talking about look at these role players.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at these role players. My man Al Horford twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six games, twenty six points in game one, six threes.

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<v Speaker 1>You think my man Al Horford is gonna do that

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<v Speaker 1>in game two? Come on, Like Draymond knew that too,

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<v Speaker 1>because he was talking about it, Like, you had two

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<v Speaker 1>points in game two, he's over under ten and a half. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a big, big swing, big swing. Derek White he

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<v Speaker 1>hit four threes in game one, did not hit four

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<v Speaker 1>threes in game two. Marcus Smart, he played really well

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<v Speaker 1>game one, what did he do two points? In Game two?

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<v Speaker 1>Marcus Smart was an awful I mean historically bad one

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<v Speaker 1>for six five turnovers, never created for his teammates, never

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<v Speaker 1>generated offense. He was a liability to the point Udoka

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<v Speaker 1>played him twenty five minutes with a minus twelve twelve

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<v Speaker 1>rating and Pritchard had to play the point over Marcus

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<v Speaker 1>Smart eugh. So let's be honest. These role players, they

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<v Speaker 1>showed out in game one. They got open, they hit

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<v Speaker 1>their shots early. That created confidence, and when Golden State

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<v Speaker 1>left their foot off the gas, that's when the opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>came for Boston. Boston's a good team. As for the Warriors,

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<v Speaker 1>they lost the fourth quarter in Game one mostly because

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<v Speaker 1>andre Iguidala ugh ugh n minus nine and twelve minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>And I like andre iguidala I think he's a great player,

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<v Speaker 1>but he hasn't played much all year and we're not

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<v Speaker 1>even sure what he has left in the tank right now,

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<v Speaker 1>and it didn't look like he integrated did particularly well,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly fast game two. Game two. What happened he was

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<v Speaker 1>out with nex soreness. Yep, I feel that. I feel that,

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Kerr. Just tell him, go sit down a little while,

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<v Speaker 1>Go sit down, You'll get a ring. Don't worry about it.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just not gonna win finals MVP again. Listen, listen.

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<v Speaker 1>Haven't you been tired of watching the ball go everywhere

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<v Speaker 1>that you've turned it over to like you have? It's

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<v Speaker 1>sore now, I can't feel myself Steph Curry. What we

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<v Speaker 1>also know about him is that if you look at

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<v Speaker 1>Boston and who they played, neutralize KD, They neutralized Kyrie,

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<v Speaker 1>they neutralized Giannis, they neutralized somewhat Jimmy Butler. Steph Curry

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<v Speaker 1>has not been neutralized. This man is averaging twenty seven

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven points, twenty nine and thirty. Shit, he's already

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<v Speaker 1>an MVP. He's already gonna get the finals MVP. It's happening.

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<v Speaker 1>And you might say, like, trust, you've said so many

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<v Speaker 1>mean things about the Golden State Warriors. Are you trolling?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I don't think so. Like I'm actually

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<v Speaker 1>I'm serious, I'm dead serious. How do I know that

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<v Speaker 1>Golden State's gonna win it all? Because that would make

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<v Speaker 1>me so sad, It would make me so sad if

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<v Speaker 1>they won it all. I am desperately searching for reasons

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<v Speaker 1>that they could lose, and I am struggling to find them.

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<v Speaker 1>Really like, they had to historically collapse in a fourth

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<v Speaker 1>quarter for Boston to win Game one. Historic it was

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<v Speaker 1>so gross. So Boston, of course they can bounce back

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<v Speaker 1>after game one. They're great after losses. But you're still

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<v Speaker 1>going up against championship medal of Golden State. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>the difference. Celtics' top seven Celtics players by minutes played

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<v Speaker 1>all had negative plus minus, with every single player who

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<v Speaker 1>played more than twenty minutes in double digit negative numbers. Yuck.

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<v Speaker 1>As an aside, really quickly, Damn Clay looks slow. He

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<v Speaker 1>looks so slow on offense when he's dribbling the ball

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<v Speaker 1>trying to quote unquote penetrate. It doesn't even look like that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not that's not Clay. He's shooting under thirty percent

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<v Speaker 1>for the series. He needs to get back healthy healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Will his quickness ever return? I'm not sure? I hope.

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<v Speaker 1>So those two injuries are tough, and what does Boston

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<v Speaker 1>need to do in order to win and compete get

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<v Speaker 1>some games under their belt again? One They need to

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<v Speaker 1>up the physicality. They need to out physical Golden State.

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<v Speaker 1>They're bigger, they're stronger, and they're meaner, and they have

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<v Speaker 1>more depth, so they can body them up a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>If Boston can find a way to get under the

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<v Speaker 1>skin of Jordan Poole, who you know very clearly has

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<v Speaker 1>had up and down periods during Game one and Game two.

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<v Speaker 1>Mostly down in Game one, a little up in Game

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<v Speaker 1>two in the second half. They need to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>a way to get basically Draymond Green out of the game,

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<v Speaker 1>whether that's technical fouls, so that's foul trouble, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>They need to make it really, really uncomfortable. They need

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<v Speaker 1>to make it intense. Of course, it's easy. Role players

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<v Speaker 1>need to hit their threes, baby, like they're gonna leave

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<v Speaker 1>you open. Babis, you need to hit them. Grant Williams,

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<v Speaker 1>Peyton Pritchard, you need Al Horford, you need Marcus Smart.

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<v Speaker 1>All those guys need to hit threes, right, You need that.

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<v Speaker 1>Star players, of course need to show up. Jason Tatum

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<v Speaker 1>not only needs to be a scorer, he also needs

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<v Speaker 1>to facilitate in the same way that he did and

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<v Speaker 1>play make in the same way that he did in

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<v Speaker 1>game one. Tatum in Game two had twenty eight points,

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<v Speaker 1>but he was a negative thirty six for the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Tatum had twelve points thirteen assists in game two,

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<v Speaker 1>he was a plus for the game. He doesn't need

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<v Speaker 1>to look to score every time, and when he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>look to score every time, he just gets into the

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<v Speaker 1>paint and like, let's the offense come. The team plays better,

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<v Speaker 1>they get open shots, open looks. I think Jason Tatum

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<v Speaker 1>needs nine ten assists in Game three in order for

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<v Speaker 1>them to win. Jalen Brown needs to play a lot cleaner. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he just has hard time putting the ball

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<v Speaker 1>on the ground, doesn't he He just does Boston moving forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Protecting the ball is key too. They had a surreal

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen turnovers in Game two, and fifteen of them were

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<v Speaker 1>live ball turnovers that led to thirty three Warriors points.

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<v Speaker 1>Boston had ninety eight possessions to Golden State's ninety seven,

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<v Speaker 1>and some somehow managed to score nineteen fewer points all

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<v Speaker 1>because of turnovers. So they need to figure out a

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<v Speaker 1>way to force Golden State into turning the ball more often.

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<v Speaker 1>Press them, make them hurry, make them feel like they

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<v Speaker 1>need to make decisions quickly and then personally, you guys

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<v Speaker 1>need to protect the rock better on your side of

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<v Speaker 1>the floor as well. Credit to Draymond Green played awful

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<v Speaker 1>game one, said he was going to play better. Steph

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<v Speaker 1>even said five minutes after the game, I knew Dre

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<v Speaker 1>was going to come out in game two with intensity

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<v Speaker 1>through the roof. Set the tone defensively from the get go,

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<v Speaker 1>from the jump ball, from the first possession where he

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<v Speaker 1>got into it with the I want to say it

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<v Speaker 1>was he Marcus Smart or Jalen Brown. He got into

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<v Speaker 1>it later in the game with Jalen where Jalen I

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<v Speaker 1>think he had his feet on Jalen's face or something.

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<v Speaker 1>They started getting into it, like he had so much

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<v Speaker 1>intensity that he probably should have been ejected during the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Like And the whole idea that refs as an aside

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<v Speaker 1>of the aside is that refs should be looking at

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<v Speaker 1>how many technical fouls you already have before assessing a

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<v Speaker 1>second technical is absolutely banana land. No. Like no, that's

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<v Speaker 1>like being like, hey, I'm gonna pull you over. Looks

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<v Speaker 1>like you got drugs in the back seat, But let

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<v Speaker 1>me see if if you have any priors, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean, Like before before I asked to search

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<v Speaker 1>your trunk, let me see if you've been arrested recently.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like, honestly, they were like, oh, well, the

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<v Speaker 1>standard needs to be higher for Draymond Green to get

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<v Speaker 1>a second technical because we know what the impact of

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<v Speaker 1>that technical second technical is. That's garbage. Is it worth

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<v Speaker 1>a technical foul on its own or is it not?

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<v Speaker 1>It was and I liked Dreimon Green, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>happy that he didn't get technicaled out because then Golden

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<v Speaker 1>State might have lost. And then they we said, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's because Draymond's ejection and blah blah blah. But drey

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<v Speaker 1>felt he could push the envelope further, not less, because

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<v Speaker 1>it was like, Oh, what you're gonna do, You're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>eject me. I've already been ejected multiple times to this playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>I get a bad rap. He's not immune from consequences,

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<v Speaker 1>and nobody wanted to send him back to the showers

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<v Speaker 1>for the second tech. Just bonkers. Game three Wednesday night,

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<v Speaker 1>TD Garden Folks. Boston has been strangely not so great

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<v Speaker 1>at home right now this year in the playoffs, five

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<v Speaker 1>and four at home this playoffs. They are eight and

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<v Speaker 1>three on the road usually a huge advantage at home,

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<v Speaker 1>and TD Garden's known, you know, Boston Garden's known for

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<v Speaker 1>having a huge advantage. We talked about that in our

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<v Speaker 1>winning time recaps, where there was like literally rats running

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<v Speaker 1>through the locker room. They shut the lights off on you,

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<v Speaker 1>They poop in your bed out in the hotel room.

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<v Speaker 1>This was like Amber heard before Amber heard that was

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<v Speaker 1>just like random Boston fans. That's probably where she got

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<v Speaker 1>it from. They literally did it too, Bill Russell. They

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<v Speaker 1>pooped in Bill Russell's bed for what reasons. Still don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what do they think they what do you think

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<v Speaker 1>they did the opponent's bed. I don't even know what

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<v Speaker 1>is worse than that, but probably vomit, vomit blow. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. I'm not gonna even go in there anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Two games in a row, though Golden State has had

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<v Speaker 1>massive third quarter runs. You gotta fix that. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>allow Steve Kerr to out coach you coming out of halftime.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't can't allow Golden State to do what they've done

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<v Speaker 1>all year long. The problem is Boston has had bad

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<v Speaker 1>third quarters all year. They don't even know why, They

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what's happening. They have no answers. They need

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<v Speaker 1>to figure that shit out. If Boston can win. If

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<v Speaker 1>Boston wins any third quarter, I think they win that game.

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<v Speaker 1>They're in good shape. They were up in both Game

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<v Speaker 1>one and Game two at halftime by two points. Third

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<v Speaker 1>quarter bugaboo all year. So Tatum, I think off Rip

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<v Speaker 1>from halftime needs to be more aggressive. I don't mean

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<v Speaker 1>just chucking, I mean more aggressive setting the tone. They

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<v Speaker 1>need to set the tone more on defense, clamp down

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<v Speaker 1>on Steph, blitz him, and I think Brown does need

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<v Speaker 1>to do a better job coming out of the locker

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<v Speaker 1>room too. Prediction. I think Boston does find a way

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<v Speaker 1>to win Game three. Boston has not lost back to

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<v Speaker 1>back games at all this playoffs, and frankly, neither have

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<v Speaker 1>the Warriors, So I think this is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a back and forth situation. I think that's a trend

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm willing to believe in. I expect the intensity

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<v Speaker 1>at TV Garden will be high. I think the role

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<v Speaker 1>players will show up at home. I think Peyton Pritchard

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<v Speaker 1>could have a big night. I think Al Horford could

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<v Speaker 1>find a way to get in ten points more than two, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>more than two. Nothing so far, though, has caused me

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<v Speaker 1>to change my opinion from the beginning of the series.

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<v Speaker 1>Warriors are winning it all. Steph is getting Finals MVP.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a lock. Put your four to oh one k

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<v Speaker 1>on it. That's all the time that we have for

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<v Speaker 1>new episode preview in Game three of the NBA Finals.

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