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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 2: What is up Straight Fire Family. It's me Jason McIntyre,

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Speaker 2: Straight Buyer for Friday, April of fourth. Oh my goodness,

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Speaker 2: what a thriller last night in the NBA. Lakers won sixteen,

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Speaker 2: Warriors won twenty three. I was there buddy who as

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Speaker 2: he's in tickets and VI to me and another buddy

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Speaker 2: of ours. We went and I don't know, guys, Oh

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Speaker 2: my goodness. I don't want to start the podcast on

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Speaker 2: too much of a down note, but man, that was

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Speaker 2: a brutal loss for the Lakers. We'll obviously dig into that.

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Speaker 2: Maybe we'll just do the whole podcast on that game.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I know, Jannis went for thirty five, twenty

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Speaker 2: assists and seventeen rebounds against the Philadelphia Top Sixers. That's

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Speaker 2: what their new nickname is. Apparently not the seventy six

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Speaker 2: ers anymore. They're the Tops because they need to keep

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Speaker 2: their top six picks. So they've been losing and losing

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Speaker 2: and losing anyways, all right, So yeah, you know what,

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Speaker 2: We'll save best bets for the end of the podcast

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Speaker 2: with the final four Duke Houston and Auburn, Florida. By

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Speaker 2: the way, joh john A Broom, Johnny not Johnny, mister Broom.

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Speaker 2: We'll just call him that. How's that. Mister Broom practiced

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Speaker 2: in full on Thursday, met with the media, said he's

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Speaker 2: going to be one hundred percent. He will play, so

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Speaker 2: we can remove all that. The line did not change

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Speaker 2: for what it's worth, all right, we'll get the best

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Speaker 2: bets at the end of the podcast. And as crappy

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Speaker 2: as it sounds, and this is honest, guys. I don't

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Speaker 2: totally gamble on baseball though. I saw my buddy at

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Speaker 2: the Lakers game and he's like, dude, I started betting

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers money line.

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Speaker 1: Oh.

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Speaker 2: It was like, oh, how they do tonight? And that

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Speaker 2: was last night and he's like, well, they didn't play,

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Speaker 2: so I bet the yank he said they won. So

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Speaker 2: I mean, listen, it's a favorites kind of year, right,

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Speaker 2: Maybe that's maybe that's a move, just money line rollover

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Speaker 2: bets on the Dodgers every night. I don't know, you know,

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Speaker 2: because after March Madness, I don't pack up my shop

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Speaker 2: and go home. I still will bet some NBA, but

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Speaker 2: not a lot. I just I don't really gamble on

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Speaker 2: baseball too many games you know, just too much that

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Speaker 2: goes into it. It's just I can't, so I just

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Speaker 1: Though.

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Speaker 2: There'll be some nice cashing out to be done here,

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Speaker 2: and I do have to go to go back to

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Speaker 2: Vegas cash the ticket. It's been a nice little run here,

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Speaker 2: although if the Lakers don't make the finals or the

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Speaker 2: Western Conference finals, I might have to rescind all that. Anyways,

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Speaker 2: let's get to that Laker game real quick. Warriors one

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Speaker 2: twenty three Lakers one sixteen. We'll start with the obvious.

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Speaker 2: The Lakers had beaten the Warriors three times this season.

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Speaker 2: Anthony Davis on the Lakers was a cheat code against

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Speaker 2: the Golden State Warriors. They had zero answer for him.

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Speaker 2: He would eat inside if you're interested. They played on Christmas.

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Speaker 2: That was the game. I think Austin ree said the

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Speaker 2: game winner. That's right, Anthony Davis got hurt in that one.

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Speaker 2: Lebron had thirty one, Austin Reeves had twenty six. Dalton

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Speaker 2: connect at thirteen, Max Christie starting play scored sixteen points.

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Speaker 2: That was a game that Yeah, Austin Reeds sat the

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Speaker 2: game winner. Warriors lost by two. So that was their

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Speaker 2: first meeting. Let's see second meeting was at the end

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Speaker 2: of January. Lakers rolled and Anthony Davis had thirty six points.

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Speaker 2: But again Andrew Wiggins was the leading scorer for the worst.

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Speaker 2: Game three early February, Lakers win by eight. Lebron had

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Speaker 2: forty two points forty two. Let's see, Anthony Davis did

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Speaker 2: not play in that, nor did Luca don Chic, but

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Speaker 2: the Lakers won anyway. So bottom line, the Lakers had

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Speaker 2: been rolling over the Warriors this season, and then the

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Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler trade happened, and Golden State's a totally different

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Speaker 2: team they are now when Curry and Butler plate nineteen

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Speaker 2: because he was not a huge factor on Thursday night.

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Speaker 2: He had eleven points, four boards, three steals. You know,

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Speaker 2: he played. He played good defense, obviously because that's his

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Speaker 2: had three steel like, you know, a non scoring Jimmy

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Speaker 2: Butler game. But without Anthony Davis, the Lakers had no

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Speaker 2: rim protection and the Warriors eight inside big time. And

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Speaker 2: then not only did they eat inside, but they hit

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Speaker 2: nineteen threes and nineteen and forty two. Is forty five

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Speaker 2: percent from deep. That's ridiculous. Now, I know Lakers fans

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Speaker 2: are gonna be calling into radio shows very angry today.

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Speaker 2: We need to get this, we need to change this.

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Speaker 2: This isn't gonna work. Luka, Doncic is lazy, blah blah blah.

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Speaker 2: The reality is Brandon Podzemski, the young kid, hit eight threes.

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Speaker 2: Not only did he just hit eight threes, he was

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Speaker 2: was four of eleven. Brandon Podzemski a career high eight threes. Folks,

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Speaker 2: that is a one off, unicorn kind of night for

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Speaker 2: Brandon Podzemski. He's never gonna hit eight threes in a

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Speaker 2: game again, especially not against the Lakers. Now, this is

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Speaker 2: what's interesting. Jonathan Kuminga played a hell of a game

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Speaker 2: coming off the bench eighteen and nine and four assists

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Speaker 2: made to three basically in Lebron's eye. Lebron was like,

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Speaker 2: I'll give you that. I actually said in my seat, oh,

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Speaker 2: we'll give you that, and then he hit it. But

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Speaker 2: the Warriors could not miss from deep. What really irked

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Speaker 2: me was they seemed to be hustling for every loose

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Speaker 2: ball they got fourteen offensive rebounds. The Lakers grabbed fourteen

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Speaker 2: to two, but it felt like the Lakers were grabbing

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Speaker 2: were in catch up mode because they were getting buried.

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Speaker 2: But it just it looks like all of a sudden, Listen,

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Speaker 2: the Lakers are a better team with Luca than Anthony Davis,

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Speaker 2: but not against the Golden State Warriors, at least based

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Speaker 2: on last night's performance, the Lakers have work to do.

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Speaker 2: And listen, obviously, you know, you can spin it any

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Speaker 2: in the world because the Lakers were humbled at home

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Speaker 2: this You know, I've been to like, I don't know,

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Speaker 2: five Laker games this season. They won all of them

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Speaker 2: those games where it's like, oh, okay, all right, we're

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Speaker 2: from your bench. You played Lebron and Austin Reevees forty minutes.

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Speaker 2: Luca played his worst game with the Lakers, and I'll

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Speaker 2: go off on Luca. Don't worry, listen, I keep it real. Guys.

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Speaker 2: You know that I'm a Luca guy. Throw and through.

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Speaker 2: I just got a Luca T shirt this week, or

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Speaker 2: to the game last night, I'm a Luca fan. He

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Speaker 2: had his worst game with the Lakers, undeniably last night.

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Speaker 2: I actually thought he was sick in like the third quarter.

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Speaker 2: And don't say that's the normal Luca. No, no, no,

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Speaker 2: he was getting cooked. Now, after the game, credit to Luca,

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Speaker 2: came out and said this performance by me is unacceptable.

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Speaker 2: So he's taking blame, which is good. Again, the scary

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Speaker 2: thing is Podzemski carried them early, just hit three after three.

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Speaker 2: I think he had nine in the first quarter, nine points.

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Speaker 2: He had a buzzer beating like half court three that

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Speaker 2: his life. Now, I don't think any of that is

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Speaker 2: can be duplicated. Can Curry go off again, certainly? Can

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Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler up his game? Definitely, But Jimmy Butler upping

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Speaker 2: his game is different from eight threes from Podzemsky. Okay,

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Speaker 2: So let's not totally panic Lakers fans. That being said,

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Speaker 2: I would definitely say that the Golden State Warriors are

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Speaker 2: not a great matchup for the Lakers. I thought it

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Speaker 2: would be vice versa because I've seen the Lakers steamroll

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Speaker 2: Anthony Davis trade. Without Davis, I mean, the Warriors ran

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Speaker 2: some great sets, They got amazing looks, they hustled better

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Speaker 2: on the offensive glass, and the lack of Anthony Davis

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Speaker 2: really really showed up in this one. It may and

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Speaker 2: other games. I thought Jackson Hayes would have a good game.

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Speaker 2: He had zero touch around the rim. He didn't want

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Speaker 2: to shoot it in close. It's like, bro, what lay

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Speaker 2: it up? Just toss it off the glass. You're the

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Speaker 2: biggest guy out there. He was a complete non factor

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Speaker 2: in fifteen minutes, and the Lakers, I don't think they

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Speaker 2: want to see. I'm going to readjust my rankings the teams.

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Speaker 2: The Lakers do not want to see in the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna put the Golden State Warriors one. I will

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Speaker 2: put Nicola Jokic two, and then the OKC Thunder three.

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Speaker 2: That's my new hierarchy of who I don't want to

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Speaker 2: Live now the positives for the Lakers. Austin Reeves was

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Speaker 2: in frickin credible nine threes, thirty one points. He kept

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Speaker 2: was pretty fantastic thirty three, nine assists, five rebounds, hit

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Speaker 2: five threes, eight of nine free throws. Had a very

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Speaker 2: very good game, very good game. Luka, Doncis let the

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Speaker 2: Lakers down. I didn't realize Ruey had twenty four. You know,

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Speaker 2: had some dunks, awful easy Lebron passes. It was a

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Speaker 2: quiet twenty four, if that's possible. But what killed the

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Speaker 2: Lakers was their bench. And this is where I need

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Speaker 2: to criticize JJ Reddick for a moment. So I have

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Speaker 2: said numerous times how good JJ Reddick is. I think

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Speaker 2: he's been a phenomenal coach. I thought I was Coach

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Speaker 2: of the Year this year. He's pushed all the right buttons.

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Speaker 2: I love the rotations. I've loved everything. And for some reason,

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Speaker 2: I didn't like the fact that he had Dalton Connect

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Speaker 2: play zero minutes. Now I had to ask my buddies, like,

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Speaker 2: why is he in the doghouse? Is he heard? Is

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Speaker 2: he what's going on? And nobody had an answer. Now,

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Speaker 2: I did then call up Dalton Connect's game log, and

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Speaker 2: in recent weeks he ain't playing much. He had a

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Speaker 2: stretch when Reeves and Lebron were hurt. He had thirty

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Speaker 2: two against Denver, he had thirteen against San Antonio, twelve

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Speaker 2: against Denver, seventeen against Milwaukee. Since that game, he's played

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Speaker 2: seven minutes, five minutes, five minutes, twelve minutes, five minutes,

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Speaker 2: four minutes. That's it. And he played zero in a

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Speaker 2: high level game. Now, maybe it's that he's a rookie,

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Speaker 2: maybe it's that he doesn't offer much defensively, but I'll

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Speaker 2: say this, the Lakers kept getting open threes. I mean,

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Speaker 2: the Warriors made a pretty clear decision. Hey, we know

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Speaker 2: gave Vince again get hot. We're gonna play the averages

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Speaker 2: and gave Vincent had good looks. Doroyan Finney Smith he

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Speaker 2: also had good looks, Jared. They're not guarding those guys.

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Speaker 2: Luca missed his, and it's like, you watch these guys

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Speaker 2: missing shots. You saw the Warriors go zone twice. Now

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Speaker 2: it looked like a one to three one again. I

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Speaker 2: don't know the telecast on, so I don't exactly know

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Speaker 2: what it was, but it appeared to be some sort

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Speaker 2: against the zone. You need a zone buster. Get Dalton

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Speaker 2: connect on the freaking court. What are we doing? And again, listen,

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Speaker 2: I'm not saying Dalton Connects a complete game changer, but

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Speaker 2: I do have a busy weekend ahead, and obviously I

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Speaker 2: I've hit and fired on is two team Parlay Duke

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Speaker 2: minus four, and that's with one nineteen juice. This was

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Speaker 2: made I think Saturday Sunday Duke minus four of Florida

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Speaker 2: Houston's defense the best defense Duke has played since they

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Speaker 2: not teasing basketball. It is not smart. Long term, you

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Speaker 2: will not win. I tease Duke to plus one, meaning, hey, listen,

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Speaker 2: And then I teased Auburn up to eight. I don't

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Speaker 2: surprised if Kelvin Samson threw some major wrinkles at Cooper

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Speaker 2: and then Monday would be a big one. If Duke

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