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Speaker 1: Readmatch. On today's show, we get Warriors Pelicans Part two.

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Speaker 1: Same goes for Nets Bucks and the Raptors. Fred Van

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Speaker 1: Vliet says, we're the best worst team of all time.

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Speaker 1: It's best to be known for something. I guess. Hey,

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Speaker 1: I'm Tasmellus and this is what you need to know

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Speaker 1: in the NBA for Wednesday fifth, Good morning. Everybody lots

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Speaker 1: to get to, including Serge Ibaka's fashion art or whatever

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Speaker 1: he's calling it these days. But we'll start with Warriors Pelicans,

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Speaker 1: second game on back to back nights between the two teams,

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Speaker 1: as the Pelicans continue their push to make the Play

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Speaker 1: In Tournament and the league continues to hope they make

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Speaker 1: it there. They won't say that, though. Andrew Wiggins in

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Speaker 1: one of those modes where he's locked in right now

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Speaker 1: for the Warriors. Twenty six points two nights in a row.

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Speaker 1: He's played well even beyond those two games. Can he

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Speaker 1: keep it up? Is there some Warriors magic that will

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Speaker 1: rub off on Wiggins Because he's playing with Stephan Curry

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Speaker 1: and Draymond Green right now. He's decisive and strong, the

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Speaker 1: ultimate X factor going into the Play In Tournament and

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Speaker 1: then as a potential road team versus the Suns or

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Speaker 1: Jazz in round one, and they desperately need him like

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Speaker 1: millions of suckers before me. I'm ready to buy some

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Speaker 1: property on Wiggins Island. Stephan Curry had thirty seven and

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Speaker 1: the Warriors still lost to New Orleans in this rematch,

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Speaker 1: in part because the Warriors don't have reliable scoring to

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Speaker 1: help ease the shot load for Curry, especially with the

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Speaker 1: Kelly Ubray eighty million dollar gamble not having worked out

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Speaker 1: to this point. Hopefully Ubre gets back healthy. It could

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Speaker 1: have been different if Wiggins got a foul call late,

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Speaker 1: as he should have. But the Pelicans did hang on

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Speaker 1: in this game, and I did wanted to use the

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Speaker 1: term hang on because Zion Williamson heard his fingers reaching

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Speaker 1: up for a rebound one to the back, everybody holding

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Speaker 1: their breath, but he was able to return. It looked

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Speaker 1: like Golden State was gonna hang on. Barry any hope

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Speaker 1: the Pelicans have of making the play in tournament. With

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Speaker 1: the way Draymond Green was playing defense on Zion Williamson,

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Speaker 1: especially late, this was mean, just ripping it from Zion.

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Speaker 1: Zion hit only one fourth quarter shot, but his teammate

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Speaker 1: Lonzo Ball came through like he said he would. After

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Speaker 1: a three of eighteen one of nine from three to

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Speaker 1: night in the opener of this set, Lonzo texted Zion

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Speaker 1: and said that won't happen again, and it didn't. Ball

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Speaker 1: had twelve points over the last three to twenty and

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Speaker 1: tied his career high with thirty three on seven made threes.

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Speaker 1: The Pelicans trailed the Spurs by two games for the

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Speaker 1: final play spot. With the Spurs hold the tiebreaker, saw

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Speaker 1: it's actually like a three game lead, only six games

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Speaker 1: left for the Pelicans to make it up. They go

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Speaker 1: out on a five game trip than home to the

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Speaker 1: Lakers to end the season. That's tough, but the Spurs

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Speaker 1: record is pretty tough the rest of the way. The

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Speaker 1: Spurs schedule, I should say, is pretty tough the rest

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Speaker 1: of the way as well. Dallas Miami the MAVs. Tim

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Speaker 1: Hardaway Junior has gotta love playing in Miami. Dad's jersey

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Speaker 1: hanging from the rafters there. He had thirty six ten

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Speaker 1: threes for Tim Hardaway Junior. He took eighteen threes on

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Speaker 1: the night, But I guess most people just love playing

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Speaker 1: in Miami. The good old son Hardaway got to start

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Speaker 1: because the MAVs are shorthanded, and just like last week

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Speaker 1: when he had a career high forty two, he came

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Speaker 1: through in the starting lineup for Dallas. Dallas is back

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Speaker 1: in a tie with the Lakers for the fifth seed,

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Speaker 1: with the Blazers back in seventh, just one game behind

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Speaker 1: those two teams, and a report from Adrian Wojnreski is

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Speaker 1: that Lebron James will sit the next two Lakers games,

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Speaker 1: one being versus the Blazers with that ankle injury. We'll

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Speaker 1: discuss whether the Lakers would actually rather drop to the

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Speaker 1: play in tournament and face the Jazz or Sons in

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Speaker 1: the first round if they got through the play tournament

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Speaker 1: rather than finished top six and play the Nuggets or

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Speaker 1: Clippers on our Beach step In podcast here on Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: We know the answer to that question, right anyways, tune

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Speaker 1: in the heat. We're missing their playmakers against the MAVs.

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler out with flu like symptoms. It sounds like

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Speaker 1: a Miami little bug there, and Tyler Hero has been

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Speaker 1: out for the last ten days. Let's get to that

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Speaker 1: other rematch. Brooklyn Bucks second half of their double header

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Speaker 1: game one two days earlier. Yanni Steph Gumpo had forty nine,

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Speaker 1: Kevin Durant had forty two, and it looked like we

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Speaker 1: were going to have a similar night. In the first half,

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Speaker 1: Yannis was banging home threes again. He hit four three

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Speaker 1: pointers in back to back games for the first time

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Speaker 1: in his career. According to ESPN Stats and Info. Durant

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Speaker 1: started hot two. He even got to guard Yannis a

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Speaker 1: little bit, and he's probably the best suited of all

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Speaker 1: their defenders to do so. And the Nets did slow

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Speaker 1: Yannis enough thirty six points for him. That is a

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Speaker 1: slow down. But it was Chris Middleton for the Bucks

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Speaker 1: who went six for six in the fourth to push

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Speaker 1: the Bucks across the line. Great sign for Milwaukee there

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Speaker 1: to see that and to see Drew Holiday chip in

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Speaker 1: with twenty three behind Yiannies, But in all honesty, the

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Speaker 1: Nets didn't truly feel like pushing themselves in this one.

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Speaker 1: The Bucks did want it a bit more. Dante DiVincenzo

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Speaker 1: had four offensive rebounds for Milwaukee in the fourth quarter

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Speaker 1: and Brooklyn missed ten free throws. Overall, good free throw

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Speaker 1: defense for Milwaukee. As my man Kelly Dwyer would say,

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Speaker 1: the Nets will wait for the playoffs when they should

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Speaker 1: have James Harden back. Yeah, they have James Harden on

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Speaker 1: the roster as well. Kyrie Irving had thirty eight points

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Speaker 1: Phoenix Cleveland. This game made me chuckle. Phoenix tried to

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Speaker 1: just put out enough effort to win through four quarters

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Speaker 1: by a point or two, but kavsrookie Isaacaccorro wouldn't let

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Speaker 1: that happen. He limped his way to thirty two points

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Speaker 1: and six assists, a great great effort on his part.

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Speaker 1: The game went to overtime and it was clear the

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Speaker 1: Suns were pissed that it had to go that long.

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Speaker 1: They came out of the huddle and gave the boots

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Speaker 1: to Cleveland, starting out a twelve ozho run outscoring them

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Speaker 1: twenty to four in the ot session overall and many

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Speaker 1: Williams was able to pull his starters with a minute

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Speaker 1: left in overtime. You don't see that very often. Charlotte Detroit.

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Speaker 1: Detroit's Hamadu Diallo big night for him, thirty five points,

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Speaker 1: a career high. But the young Pistons are gonna go

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Speaker 1: through some growing pains this season. Killian Hayes had a

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Speaker 1: chance to tie it with free throws with nine seconds left,

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Speaker 1: but he missed the first great tight slow mo of

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Speaker 1: Hayes's pain reaction by the Pistons broadcast crew. LaMelo Ball

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Speaker 1: had his best scoring nights since returning from his wrist

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Speaker 1: injury with twenty three points for Charlotte. They need LaMelo

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Speaker 1: Gordon Hayward's still out and now Miles Bridges will miss

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Speaker 1: most or all of the final twelve regular season nights

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Speaker 1: due to health and safety protocol. Couple games to wrap

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Speaker 1: up here Sacramento, Oka, See I'm not gonna talk about

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Speaker 1: this game. To note is that the Kings competent Nice Smiley,

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Speaker 1: wonderful rookie Tyrese Haliburton looks to have avoided a major

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Speaker 1: injury he sustained recently, but he'll be shut down for

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Speaker 1: the rest of the season. Their seasons done, just like

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Speaker 1: the Thunder season. For that matter, it's over Raptors Clippers.

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Speaker 1: The Clippers look to be ready to turn it on

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs because they turned on the defense in

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter to close out the Raps. They held

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Speaker 1: Toronto to seven of twenty one shooting in the final

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Speaker 1: quarter when it mattered, or maybe it was seeing their

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Speaker 1: old teammates serge of Baka that did the Raptors in

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Speaker 1: on the sideline, walking around in the fourth in all

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Speaker 1: leather that may have threw them off. Serge looking sharp. Actually,

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Speaker 1: after the loss the Raptors, Fred van Vliet said, we're

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Speaker 1: the best worst team of all time. We've been saying

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Speaker 1: that Fred Raptors. Writers on The Athletic have been saying

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Speaker 1: that Fred. It's entirely true. On that note, Happy birthday

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Speaker 1: to Blake Murphy of the Athletic. All right, I am done.

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Speaker 1: Make sure you check out the full Nodunks episode here

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday, and of course that Beach step in podcast

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Speaker 1: I mentioned as well. I'll be back on Thursday to

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Speaker 1: give you the news as fast as I possibly can

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Speaker 1: talk to you then