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Speaker 1: price guaranteed. All right, let's talk some basketball. So it's

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Speaker 1: funny I as I'm prepping for these shows, I especially

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Speaker 1: zero in NBA history, Ryan, if you don't mind doing

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Speaker 1: me a favor, can you pull the line for Game seven.

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Speaker 1: I'd love to see that. I bet you it's like

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Speaker 1: you you're gonna get other worldly play from him three

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Speaker 1: or four times in a series, but those other games

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Speaker 1: But this is you know, they've three of the last

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Speaker 1: and in three of the last four years he's kind

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Speaker 1: of fatigued on his way to getting eliminated and had

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Speaker 1: some rough games in there. It's become part of the

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler experience, which again goes to show you, like

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Speaker 1: as we kind of zoom out from this, because as

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Speaker 1: we look at Game seven, I like, Boston's probably going

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Speaker 1: to win. They're an eight point favorite, which is what

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Speaker 1: I had predicted. Obviously, Miami can win. Boston is an

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Speaker 1: arrogant team. Don't be surprised if they mess around and

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Speaker 1: then it's a close game late and Miami steals it

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Speaker 1: certainly on the table, but I think Boston will probably win,

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Speaker 1: and either even if Miami does win, I don't think

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Speaker 1: against Denver, and so at a certain point, as you're

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Speaker 1: looking out from this, Jimmy Butler clearly is not capable

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Speaker 1: of doing this all by himself. You know, bam Adebayo

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Speaker 1: is a fantastic player, but he's not gonna go blow

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Speaker 1: for blow with another team star for a seven game

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Speaker 1: series at this stage. Right, Eric Spolstra is the best

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Speaker 1: coach in the league, but he can only do so

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Speaker 1: much with the amount of talent that he has on

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Speaker 1: the roster. At what point does Miami put a more functional,

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Speaker 1: compete in these environments. Because you've got a certain point,

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Speaker 1: look at how good Eric Spolstra is and how good

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler is in these late game situations, and be

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Speaker 1: like man, we are one legitimate shot creator away and

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Speaker 1: another forward and athletic forward away from being a team

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Speaker 1: that can legitimately win the whole thing. But right now

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Speaker 1: they're just like squeezing every last drop out of the sponge,

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Speaker 1: and the sponge is completely dry when they get eliminated

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Speaker 1: in some late round of the playoffs, and so at

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Speaker 1: a certain point you need to give them a bigger sponge,

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Speaker 1: so to speak. All Right, so I do expect Boston

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Speaker 1: to win Game seven. This seems like anything the scare

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Speaker 1: there down the stretch will inspire them to bring the

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Speaker 1: requisite effort. Certainly, give Miami a chance. I would never

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Speaker 1: give them less than a thirty forty percent chance to

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Speaker 1: win a game like this with the amount of faith

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Speaker 1: that I have in Eric Spoelstra and Jammie Butler and

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Speaker 1: vam Adebayo. But I do think Boston will win, and

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Speaker 1: I do think for all of this basketball fans that's

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Speaker 1: better because I think Boston's gonna give Denver a much

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Speaker 1: better fight in the finals should we get to that point.

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, that is all we have for right now.

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Speaker 1: We are taking tomorrow off. I will see you guys

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Speaker 1: on Monday night for Game seven in the Eastern Conference Finals.

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Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you guys rocking with us and

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Speaker 1: we'll see you. Then the volume