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Speaker 1: On today's show, Give me seven games of Jazz Suns.

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Speaker 1: That battle did not disappoint. The Timberwolves continue to disappoint,

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Speaker 1: but Anthony Edwards postgame quote made up for it. The

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Speaker 1: Nets get Kevin Durant back on our setting an all

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Speaker 1: time NBA mark. And anytime a team goes off the backboard,

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Speaker 1: you are gonna see slash hear about it. Hey, I'm

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Speaker 1: Tasmelus and this is what you need to know in

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Speaker 1: the NBA for Thursday, April eight? What's off everybody? I

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Speaker 1: gotta admit my body clock is all out of whack.

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Speaker 1: We're approaching mid April here. This is when I get

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Speaker 1: excited for the postseason. So when I saw Utah Phoenix yesterday,

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Speaker 1: the top two teams go at it in the West

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Speaker 1: last night, I was prepared for the playoffs to be

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Speaker 1: only a week away because it was exciting watching these

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Speaker 1: two teams go at it. Give me seven games of that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's not the two LA teams everyone expects. No, not

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Speaker 1: even the Nuggets that have finished third the last couple

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Speaker 1: of years. But Phoenix and Utah? How good are these

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Speaker 1: Western Conference playoffs gonna be? I gotta slow my flow

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Speaker 1: a little bit. It's like five six weeks away. This

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Speaker 1: game went into overtime. We had Chris Paul the Master,

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Speaker 1: drinking his secret juice on the sideline. What's he drinking

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Speaker 1: in there? He had twenty nine points. He played the

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Speaker 1: entire fourth quarter. This old man is drinking the good stuff.

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Speaker 1: He had eleven points in the fourth quarter, added four

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Speaker 1: more in overtime, and he's leading a son's defense that

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Speaker 1: did a good job staying at home on the shooters.

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Speaker 1: They didn't let Mike Conley or Boyan Bogdanovich go off.

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Speaker 1: Although you can't stop Donovan Mitchell. His superstar powers in

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter were on points. He had thirteen in

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Speaker 1: that quarter. Let's take a quick second to talk about

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Ayton because earlier in the season he wasn't playing

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter minutes. Dario Sariz was playing those minutes. They

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Speaker 1: were trying to teach him to go hard, go at it.

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Speaker 1: He played every single fourth quarter minute in this one,

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Speaker 1: and to me was the difference for the Suns. He

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Speaker 1: had seven offensive rebounds overall, five in the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely scrapping for those boards, blocking shots, sprinting back on defense,

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Speaker 1: matching Rudy Gobert. Overall eighteen and twelve for eight and

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Speaker 1: three blocks, two steals, and forty one minutes played the

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Speaker 1: most important number for him. Talk earlier this season with

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Speaker 1: Chris Paul and DeAndre Ayton, you know, kind of being

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Speaker 1: like Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan back in the day,

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Speaker 1: maybe they wouldn't get along. But kudos to him and

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Speaker 1: to Monty Williams, who's probably the leader in the Coach

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Speaker 1: of the Year race for getting the most out of

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Speaker 1: eight and he has been maximized. He's playing his butt

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Speaker 1: off and that's why it was such a great game

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Speaker 1: going down to the wire when Mitchell tied it for

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Speaker 1: the Utah Jazz with ten seconds left. Booker couldn't win

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Speaker 1: it at the end of regulation for the Suns, but

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Speaker 1: Devin Booker took over in overtime. He led the Sons

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Speaker 1: with thirty five they get the victory. They are one

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Speaker 1: of the two hottest teams in the NBA, along with

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Speaker 1: the Denver Nuggets. Phoenix has won seven in a row

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Speaker 1: and so has Denver after they dismantled the Spurs. Denver

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Speaker 1: still perfect since acquiring Aaron Gordon. I've talked about how

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Speaker 1: consistent Michael Porter Junior has been for Denver only in

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Speaker 1: year two to help shoulder the load for Nicol Jokich

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Speaker 1: and Jamal Murray who sat with a bum knee. But

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Speaker 1: it's getting absurd. Michael Porter Junior, eighteen and ten Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: last twenty four games though nineteen and nine on fifty

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Speaker 1: eight percent, shooting fifty one percent from three thanks to

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Speaker 1: stat muse for that. What those numbers are ridiculous. Some

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Speaker 1: young guys who aren't doing it, who aren't getting it.

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Speaker 1: The Minnesota Timberwolves. Timberwolves defense was an absolute joke versus

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Speaker 1: Indiana on Wednesday. The Pacers shot fifty nine percent. They

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Speaker 1: didn't have Demanta Sabonis, Malcolm Brogen, Miles Turner, or TJ

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Speaker 1: Warren in the lineup, basically their entire starting lineup, But

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Speaker 1: it was all worth it for roocky. Anthony Edwards quote

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Speaker 1: after the game about it being on the players, he said, quote,

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Speaker 1: coach can't come on the floor. He can do shit,

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Speaker 1: but tell us what to do shit. He just saying words.

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Speaker 1: We got to go out there and do the shit.

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Speaker 1: Defense is effort shit, he just saying words. Does it

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Speaker 1: get any better than that? This rookie is quotatious, incredible stuff.

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Speaker 1: From Anthony Edwards. This is going to be a good

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Speaker 1: fifteen sixteen year career following that guy around. That is

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Speaker 1: phenomenal stuff. The Wolves were coming off a win, and

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Speaker 1: they haven't won two in a row since the first

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Speaker 1: two games of the season. That was Christmas, so a

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Speaker 1: loss was expected. Speaking of holidays, holiday brothers Aaron and

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Speaker 1: Justin had twenty two and twenty one respectively for Indiana.

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Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards nine straight to start the fourth quarter. Though.

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Speaker 1: He's a pleasure to watch on the offensive end. When

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Speaker 1: he gets it going, he's got that swagger, that fourth

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Speaker 1: that chemistry of him, D'Angelo Russell and Karl Anthony Towns.

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Speaker 1: Will it come along? Will they be able to push

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Speaker 1: each other because right now it's just about, hey, we'll

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Speaker 1: turn it on when we want. That's not how it works.

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Speaker 1: The Boston Celtics they're in a similar boat. They can't

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Speaker 1: turn it on when they want right now. They hosted

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Speaker 1: the New York Knicks. They squeaked out a win. Marcus

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Speaker 1: Smart had twelve fourth quarter points. I was big. This

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Speaker 1: Boston team still hasn't found the recipe for success. But

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Speaker 1: to me, it includes Tristan Thompson. He returned after nearly

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Speaker 1: a month to chip in with three blocks off the bench,

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Speaker 1: and when you have a foul, happy Robert Williams as

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Speaker 1: the starter, T top or double T or whatever those

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Speaker 1: Championship Cavs teams called him, will be needed. I know

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Speaker 1: everyone might not be a Tristan Thompson fan. They think

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Speaker 1: he may talk too much for a role player, and

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Speaker 1: or they might be a little oblivious to Tristan Thompson.

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Speaker 1: They think he might take a few too many shots

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Speaker 1: after carving out some space with that booty. But he's

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Speaker 1: got the confidence in him that a team needs in

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Speaker 1: a locker room. I'm a Tristan Thompson fan. Yeah, I'm Canadian,

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Speaker 1: and so is he. A team that is not lacking

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Speaker 1: confidence the Brooklyn Nets. They took on the Pelicans and

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Speaker 1: Kevin Durant returned after missing two plus months with a

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Speaker 1: hamstring injury. They have many stars. They didn't miss a

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Speaker 1: beat without KD. But they also play together. They do

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Speaker 1: not play io ball, some icele ball at the end

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Speaker 1: of games. But the reason they didn't miss KD is

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Speaker 1: because they get the most out of everyone Steve Nash

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Speaker 1: must be proud his team playing in his image a

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Speaker 1: little bit. They're toward the top of the league in assists.

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Speaker 1: They had seventy nine first half points versus the Pelicans.

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Speaker 1: What they scored over one hundred and thirty plus points

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Speaker 1: for the tenth time this season, the first team to

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Speaker 1: hit that mark. They'll have the best offensive rating in

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Speaker 1: NBA history when all is said and done this season.

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Speaker 1: That's where they are right now, the best mark in

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Speaker 1: NBA history. We'll see if an offensive team can win

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Speaker 1: a championship. What you also may have noticed in that

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Speaker 1: clip if you were paying attention here on YouTube, was

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Speaker 1: some very soft defense by the Pelicans. Watch stan Van

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Speaker 1: Gundy on another play here. I like to think he's

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Speaker 1: yelling at Jeff Green shooting in the corner, but he's

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Speaker 1: actually just yelling at his own defender to get out there.

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Speaker 1: Get out there. My god, stan Van Gundy is going

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Speaker 1: to injure himself on the sideline yelling at his team

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Speaker 1: because his defense is soft. Durant finished with seventeen points

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Speaker 1: on a five for five shooting night. Memphis Atlanta. Similarly,

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Speaker 1: the Hawks were out played by the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies

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Speaker 1: were going off the backboard to each other. Excuse me,

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Speaker 1: they were run off the floor in Atlanta. They're allowed

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Speaker 1: to have a bad game. Look check the bench there,

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Speaker 1: incredible reaction. Grayson Allen had thirty points in this one.

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Speaker 1: Grayson Allen for the Grizzlies, Him and Tree and got

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Speaker 1: a little thing going on. They do not like each other.

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Speaker 1: The Rockets did the same to the Mavericks, who had

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Speaker 1: won five in a row. They're allowed an off game.

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Speaker 1: The Rockets are the second worst team in the NBA.

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Speaker 1: I don't care give Steven Salas some Coach of the

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Speaker 1: Year votes. John Wall had thirty one points Washington Orlando.

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Speaker 1: The Wizards beat the Magic. Good to see Bradley Beal

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Speaker 1: and Cole Anthony out again. Bal returned to the lineup

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Speaker 1: after missing five games. He had twenty six. Bill revealed

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Speaker 1: he was dealing with nerve issues as a result of

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Speaker 1: his hip injury. And Charlotte beat Okay, see they had

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Speaker 1: seven guys in double figures. That's how you win without

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Speaker 1: Gordon Hayward and LaMelo Ball. That's it for me. Make

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Speaker 1: sure you check out the full Note Donks episode here

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Speaker 1: on Thursday. I'll be back on Friday to give you

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Speaker 1: the news as fast as I possibly can. I'll see

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