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Speaker 1: and players have done a great job of executing in

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Speaker 1: very good in those situations. Um, they have a very

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Speaker 1: for us. I thought our guys really stepped up in

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Speaker 1: all that is. I don't think there were anywhere we

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Speaker 1: the press conference after the game. But my question is,

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Speaker 1: it's UM, And you've really identified the problem. And the

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Speaker 1: you hit it there. It's one thing to have that

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