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Speaker 1: So Lakers just keep winning. Friday night, the eliminated the

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Speaker 1: How are you, James Worthy?

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Ryan, how are you man?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing well. Thanks. So I feel like you motivate

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Speaker 2: You know? I I golfed early in the morning. I

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Speaker 2: with you. My brother.

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Speaker 3: Sacrifice O good boy.

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Speaker 2: I Lakers versus the Nuggets. So but I get my

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Speaker 2: tranquility from golf. I motivate myself by just you know,

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Speaker 1: Well, you sound balanced, and I appreciate you taking a

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Speaker 2: Well, it's going to be their biggest task thus far.

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Speaker 2: I mean to start where they started, uh, you know,

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Speaker 2: But everyone knows the key is how do you defend

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Speaker 2: So that's going to be a big task for Anthony Davis,

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Speaker 1: James Worthy with us. Now, what happens just the human

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Speaker 1: side of this, James, you've been there. What happens to

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, it's the biggest stage of the year.

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Speaker 2: take the nay off, you're traveling. It's easier to be successful.

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Speaker 2: But when you get one team for seven games, you

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Speaker 2: From game to game, they're gonna take something away from you.

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Speaker 2: Game two, they're gonna take a little bit away from you.

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Speaker 2: Game three, they're gonna take you away. So it all

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Speaker 1: golf for all of this wisdom, you should know. Hey,

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Speaker 1: What do you know, is it soon the end?

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Speaker 1: All right, we'll watch for that. Now, you want to

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Speaker 2: I'll say the Lakers is gonna take seven? I do

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Speaker 2: I think all the teams will win their home games

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Speaker 1: That's in Denver, Game seven, in Denver, Big Game. James Worthy, James,

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Speaker 2: You got it, brother, all right?

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Speaker 3: But we always want that home win, you know, we

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Speaker 1: I think James Worthy just called you out. You called

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Speaker 3: We don't want it back in number.

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Speaker 3: You want it here in six.

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Speaker 1: Six is at Crypto.

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Speaker 3: Lakers in six Lakers in six, Yeah, you don't go.

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Speaker 1: It actually made it. Friday night. We were like that's

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