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Speaker 1: say Clippers nets was the game of the year. Hey,

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

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Speaker 1: in the NBA for Wednesday, February third, Clippers nets did

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Speaker 1: not disappoint. I had the expectation that these two teams

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Speaker 1: wanted to see out of this game. I wanted to

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Speaker 1: see great ball being played because we don't want to

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Speaker 1: see the Lakers just walk to another championship. That's no fun.

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Speaker 1: And the Clippers so far have proven that they are

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Speaker 1: a different team than last year when there was just

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Speaker 1: They're relying on other guys more. Tylu hasn't playing team ball.

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Speaker 1: They were great in this one. And on the other side,

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Speaker 1: we have questions about the Brooklyn Nets. Can this trio

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Speaker 1: game was special first three and a half quarters going

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Speaker 1: it was this run in the middle of the fourth

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Speaker 1: type of run that really put the game away for them.

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Speaker 1: I'll take you through it. Midway through the fourth, the

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Speaker 1: Clippers are up five points, Brooklyn Nets come down. They

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Speaker 1: get Kevin Durant in a bit of an isolation, sort

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Speaker 1: I'll just kind of post up way away from the bucket.

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Speaker 1: Just give me the freaking ball like he always does,

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Speaker 1: and he can get a shot absolutely anywhere. The camera

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Speaker 1: He hits the shot. Nobody can stop that thing. It's

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Speaker 1: down to two or down to three points, I should say.

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Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving comes down, just steps into a three tie game.

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Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving comes down again, kind of in a semi transition.

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Speaker 1: He gets a euro step going reverse layup. Good time out.

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Speaker 1: We need to time out here, the Clippers say, out

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Speaker 1: of time. Oh. Kyrie steps into another three bang and

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Speaker 1: It's a thirteen oh run. They go from down five

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Speaker 1: to up eight. Don't tell Kevin Durant, but it felt

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Speaker 1: like a Warrior's Heyday run where they could just score

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Speaker 1: and score and score and score. And again, I don't

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Speaker 1: think there's another trio that can do this in the NBA.

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Speaker 1: That run. That was art. I'm a little reluctant to

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Speaker 1: I know Kyrie likes it. Kyrie likes saying that maybe

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Speaker 1: it was fitting there wearing the Jean Michelle basket at Jerseys,

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Speaker 1: and not all art is for everybody. My wife Danielle

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Speaker 1: I cannot stand this monochromatic, gray scale, black and white court. No,

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Speaker 1: she didn't say it that way, but I understand the

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Speaker 1: nets aren't for everybody. This Hey, your turn, miturn thing

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Speaker 1: that they got going on. I get it, but it's

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Speaker 1: glorious for me. I love it. I love watching them

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Speaker 1: the shots that he wanted in this game, and some

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Speaker 1: not gonna win like that. Twenty three shots for him

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Speaker 1: while Kevin Durant only had thirteen feels a little bit

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Speaker 1: I think they like each other. I think they truly do.

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Speaker 1: And I think Harden has no problem allowing Irving and

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Speaker 1: absolutely everything. So yeah, Irving thirty nine points on twenty

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Speaker 1: how Demarta Rozen, former Raptor and former franchise leader for

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Speaker 1: something like, come on, Fred, come get my fifty two

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Speaker 1: point record. Well, move over to Marta Rosen, move over

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Speaker 1: Congrats to Fred. Now, there were four other games in

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Speaker 1: the association, but I'm sorry they're not gonna get a

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Speaker 1: They missed rookie James Wiseman, who's out for several games

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Speaker 1: the win Portland Washington. The Wizards shot fifty five percent

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Speaker 1: and Rookies of the Month have been announced. Nicole Jokich

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