Speaker 1: The volume. Well, the surprise of the day, instant reaction,
Speaker 1: Minnesota dominating the Lakers from about the second quarter on
Speaker 1: and taking a one zero series lead. Uh, I mean,
Speaker 1: I thought it was really obvious. You saw this a
Speaker 1: lot today where the underdog Pistons come in with a
Speaker 1: ton of energy, outplay the next a little bit early,
Speaker 1: but eventually, you know, the favorites wake up, and that's
Speaker 1: that happens a lot in the playoffs. You know, watch
Speaker 1: Golden State's favorite over Houston. Watched Houston tomorrow night, come
Speaker 1: in with a ton of early energy, and you know, Minnesota,
Speaker 1: Minnesota reminds me a little bit of a more functional,
Speaker 1: better coach version of Memphis. We have a dominating defensive
Speaker 1: big size Rudy Gobert, Zach Edie like a like a
Speaker 1: you know, a really big rim protector. You got a
Speaker 1: lot of athletes. You got kind of a tough guy
Speaker 1: in Randall or Desmond Baine. You got a dynamic player
Speaker 1: Jahn Morant Aunt Edwards and obviously the better player right
Speaker 1: now and had a great year shooting the three. Minnesota's
Speaker 1: more well coached, but you got some length. You have
Speaker 1: some athletes and one really dynamic athlete but I thought
Speaker 1: the difference in the game was just the Lakers did
Speaker 1: not play with a lot of physicality and a lot
Speaker 1: of intensity. I didn't think they had any rhythm offensively,
Speaker 1: and that that can happen as a favorite in game one,
Speaker 1: but you figured by the third quarter, the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: they just never had it. They just didn't have it.
Speaker 1: And JJ Reddick complained about it. They had it maybe
Speaker 1: briefly in the third quarter, but I mean, did they
Speaker 1: have in this game? Did they have three straight possessions
Speaker 1: where you felt like the Lakers had a really good
Speaker 1: offensive rhythm. Certainly, I don't remember in the second half
Speaker 1: that happening. The play I think with a little bit
Speaker 1: more energy and physicality. But again, Minnesota here is all week,
Speaker 1: they're going to get beaten four or five games. They
Speaker 1: come out and they did a great job of attacking
Speaker 1: the basket, getting the ball out to open three point shooters,
Speaker 1: and they hit over fifty percent, and they just got
Speaker 1: a lot of good open looks from the perimeter, and
Speaker 1: they hit a Jaden McDaniels played really, really well, young
Speaker 1: kid for Minnesota, probably better than you would expect Ant's aunt.
Speaker 1: But I thought overall, I kept waiting for the Lakers'
Speaker 1: rhythm and the Lakers intensity kind of to taken next
Speaker 1: level pop and Austin Reeves didn't do anything. You know,
Speaker 1: Lucas scored a ton, but you know, Lebron was okay,
Speaker 1: but I just didn't feel it. I just did just
Speaker 1: one of those things. The favorite came in and got
Speaker 1: out played and now worked, and I thought, you know,
Speaker 1: Minnesota did not give up a lot of easy baskets
Speaker 1: and the Lakers did, so it happens, you know, Minnesota
Speaker 1: moving off Carl Anthony Towns for Julius Randall. My take
Speaker 1: is I don't love either in the postseason. Carl Anthony's
Speaker 1: a very gifted offensive player. Julius Randers a tough guy,
Speaker 1: a really hard worker. But both their ceilings. I mean,
Speaker 1: Carl Anthony town gets worked defensively and Julius Randall has
Speaker 1: a ceiling offensively. But they're a little bit like last
Speaker 1: year and where they're just a well coached team with
Speaker 1: some depth of athletes. And you know, if you don't
Speaker 1: come out to play in this league, I mean, listen
Speaker 1: to the Knicks. We're in a dog fight against Detroit, and
Speaker 1: then younger Detroit New York started hitting threes. New York
Speaker 1: started getting a lot of turnovers by the Pistons late.
Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, you know, the next transition
Speaker 1: game is in lockstep and they just blow him out.
Speaker 1: And that game got ugly. In about a six minute
Speaker 1: five it burst, so you kind of felt you're like,
Speaker 1: come on, come on, ignite it, ignite it. And then
Speaker 1: the Knicks did defensive intensity, started turnovers. From the turnovers transition,
Speaker 1: they went on a run Nix went. I kept waiting
Speaker 1: for the Lakers to do that, but they just didn't
Speaker 1: have any defensive intensity. I just didn't sense it a
Speaker 1: little better than the third, but not good enough. So
Speaker 1: that's the upset of the day. Indiana one. I thought
Speaker 1: that would be the case Nicks one. I think the
Speaker 1: two series that are going to be well, now, the
Speaker 1: Lakers Minnesota is going to be interesting, but I think
Speaker 1: Nuggets Clippers feels very very even. Whereas the Nuggets have
Speaker 1: the best player and the Clippers have to me better, coach,
Speaker 1: better defense, So that series is going to go six
Speaker 1: or seven. And I think the Warriors and the NBA
Speaker 1: thinks this because they put it on Sunday night. The
Speaker 1: Warriors Rockets is going to be fantastic. I mean, just
Speaker 1: you know, diametrically opposed a small team with old KG
Speaker 1: veterans and a young team with athletes and length. That's
Speaker 1: just going to be a great series. But Minnesota and
Speaker 1: the Lakers, I mean, here's one of the things that happens.
Speaker 1: You really see this in a sport when you have
Speaker 1: a long series. Certainly in the NBA, Lakers are going
Speaker 1: to make some key adjustments and most notably, they're going
Speaker 1: to play with much more physicality. So in the home
Speaker 1: team in the playoffs usually gets the whistle. So expect
Speaker 1: the Lakers to come out in Game two of the
Speaker 1: series and be very physical and very aggressive and attacking
Speaker 1: the tea Wolves because they did not bring their fastball tonight.
Speaker 1: That was a weak home effort in Game one. You know,
Speaker 1: Austin Reeves has played really, really well since they acquired,
Speaker 1: but boy, Austin didn't. He didn't do a ton for
Speaker 1: me tonight. I thought, just the tempo of the game.
Speaker 1: The Timberwolves outscored the Lakers in transition twenty five to
Speaker 1: six and fast breakpoints. And if you thought to yourself,
Speaker 1: point Minnesota is scoring easily. Yeah, twenty five of their
Speaker 1: points were in transition, and they've got very good perimeter defenders.
Speaker 1: We've known this. Jaden McDaniels was like all defense last year,
Speaker 1: and so they're going to make Lebron and Reeves and
Speaker 1: Luca work for it. And then Dante di Vinentento is
Speaker 1: a athletic, very resilient defender. So their way to win.
Speaker 1: Minnesota's way to win is to be physical and play defense.
Speaker 1: That's their way to win. You know, it's funny about
Speaker 1: Julius Randall is that he clearly has an offensive ceiling,
Speaker 1: but he plays with great energy and a lot of
Speaker 1: that is because Julius Randall knows that's his game over
Speaker 1: the last five years. Listen to this stat three players
Speaker 1: of average at least twenty two to nine and five
Speaker 1: over the last five years, Jokich, Giannis and Julius Randall. Right,
Speaker 1: you wouldn't have guessed that. So, you know, I think
Speaker 1: you just look at a team in Minnesota. They know
Speaker 1: that they have to win with intensity and defense. They
Speaker 1: have to win the transition game. You know, they're generally
Speaker 1: they're not going to win a three point shooting contest
Speaker 1: or shootouts. They know what they are and Chris Finch,
Speaker 1: the coach, knows what they are and so sometimes in
Speaker 1: these playoff games, it's who plays their game. And when
Speaker 1: you watched Minnesota tonight, you felt like you were watching
Speaker 1: a smartly executed game plan, and when you watch the Lakers,
Speaker 1: you felt like it was low energy and they could
Speaker 1: never really get into sync. So and give Minnesota credit.
Speaker 1: Minnesota got the Lakers off their game, and they did
Speaker 1: it with intensity and defense. We've got to give Aunt
Speaker 1: Edwards a lot of credit. You can tell Minnesota has
Speaker 1: worked on his game, and Aunt Edwards has worked on
Speaker 1: his game. He's matured, his pacings better, his shooting's better
Speaker 1: when he gets doubled, and he works off the ball.
Speaker 1: He's just Aunt Edwards. And again, when you're as talented
Speaker 1: as Aunt, you're not going to spend a lot of
Speaker 1: time in college. So you're going to come into this
Speaker 1: league and for the first couple of years, you're going
Speaker 1: to score, you're going to show off, but you really
Speaker 1: don't know how to play defense. You're shooting like Lebron.
Speaker 1: It's going to take a couple of years do you
Speaker 1: get it dialed in. But I can tell when I
Speaker 1: watch Ant Edwards, I can tell he's well coached and
Speaker 1: I can tell he really cares. And a lot of
Speaker 1: young players A Zion comes into the league and you know,
Speaker 1: can't get his weight under control, and Jaw comes into
Speaker 1: the league and is just immature. Ant comes into this
Speaker 1: league and it's a testament to the Tea Wolves and
Speaker 1: Aunt Edwards. He has put work into his game. That
Speaker 1: kid has put work into his game because he's athletic
Speaker 1: enough and dynamic enough to just drop twenty five a
Speaker 1: night and not give a rip about adding layers to
Speaker 1: his game. He's that talented. You can see the layers.
Speaker 1: I mean a shooting this year, obviously shooting the three ball,
Speaker 1: but you can just watch him off ball. You know,
Speaker 1: he paces himself better, plays off teammates better. And it's
Speaker 1: you know, that's the difference in this league. Like everybody's
Speaker 1: gonna get paid your top five or six picks. They've
Speaker 1: got a lot of talent. What do you want to
Speaker 1: do with the talent? And when I watch Aunt, I
Speaker 1: see somebody that has put time in. It's pretty obvious.
Speaker 1: And you know you saw it all season and you
Speaker 1: saw it tonight in Game one. But he's not somebody
Speaker 1: and it's not somebody that forces it. I mean the
Speaker 1: Timberwolves led by eleven at half and Aunt only had
Speaker 1: eight points. So he's not somebody he lets the game
Speaker 1: come to him, you know. Aunt also more patient letting
Speaker 1: the game come to him. T Wolves led by eleven
Speaker 1: and a half, he only had eight. He finished with twenty two.
Speaker 1: But you can just you can just see that a
Speaker 1: lot of times when young players come into the game,
Speaker 1: they force things like they they if they're have an
Speaker 1: off shooting night, they go into the tank. Ant's just
Speaker 1: become a really, really good player. And they won tonight comfortably,
Speaker 1: only twenty two points, So Lakers got some work to do.
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Speaker 1: An instant reaction as the Nuggets beat the Clippers one twelve,
Speaker 1: one ten in overtime. I'll be doing a lot of these,
Speaker 1: as you know. I do it in the NFL season,
Speaker 1: I do it in the NBA playoffs and sometimes after
Speaker 1: you know, big events, I do instant reactions. So this
Speaker 1: is you know, it's funny. My wife's like in Chicago
Speaker 1: and she's like, what are you doing this weekend? And
Speaker 1: I said, sitting on the couch watching NBA playoff basketball?
Speaker 1: And you know, I made my predictions on my social media.
Speaker 1: I had the Clippers winning this in six or seven.
Speaker 1: I just thought they were a much better defensive team
Speaker 1: and I thought tylu is worth a win in the series.
Speaker 1: This is a go either way game. In fact, for
Speaker 1: the first three quarters, I really thought the Clippers had momentum,
Speaker 1: playing very well. And then Denver's a very good come
Speaker 1: from behind team, a very good clutch team. You know,
Speaker 1: they've got a lot of veterans, and there's so many
Speaker 1: ways to talk about this game. First of all, I
Speaker 1: get kind of tired of fans complaining about officiating. It's
Speaker 1: why I don't like watching games with fans is that
Speaker 1: it's kind of a you problem if you don't understand
Speaker 1: that NBA playoff basketball is officiated differently it has been
Speaker 1: since I started watching in nineteen seventy two. They want
Speaker 1: the play the league wants, the coaches want the players,
Speaker 1: want the players to decide games. They're going to allow
Speaker 1: more contact. They're just going to you're not going to
Speaker 1: get the regular season whistle. And I think NBA playoff
Speaker 1: basketball is very, very hard to officiate. It's like a
Speaker 1: pass interference judgment call on every possession because a there's
Speaker 1: tons of intensity and nobody wants the league, the players,
Speaker 1: the fans a foul called on every play. You let
Speaker 1: players play, and that's why outside of the COVID year,
Speaker 1: the COVID bubble, when all the old married players were
Speaker 1: depressed and played like crap. Veteran NBA teams win in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. It's why I don't think Okc's gonna win.
Speaker 1: I think they're too young. I thought Cleveland the last
Speaker 1: two years was really good, but too young in spots.
Speaker 1: And what made this game tough to officiate Denver and
Speaker 1: the Clippers are that's a veteran team. I mean, Zubat's
Speaker 1: been in the league ten years, and Kawhi Leonard and
Speaker 1: James Harden and Batoom and then you've got on the
Speaker 1: other side, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon's been around more than
Speaker 1: a few minutes. Yo Kich has been around. So you've
Speaker 1: got these veteran players who are physical. They've been in
Speaker 1: NBA weight rooms on weight programs for ten years, and
Speaker 1: they're gonna they're going to bang around in there. Those rebounds,
Speaker 1: they're all sorts of contact. You don't want for the
Speaker 1: esthetics of the league to be at the free throw
Speaker 1: line for the last five minutes of the game, and
Speaker 1: so they let more contact go. Kawhi Leonard was complaining
Speaker 1: about a non call on an inbounds play. I watched it,
Speaker 1: and I'm like, no, in the playoffs, you're not calling that.
Speaker 1: You're just not calling that. So you just you have
Speaker 1: to deal with it. That's up to you as a
Speaker 1: coaching staff and players. You've got to deal with it.
Speaker 1: I mean, I picked the Clippers in that series. Kawhi
Speaker 1: can complain, you're not that. You're not getting that call
Speaker 1: in the playoffs very infrequently, so I think it's very
Speaker 1: hard to officiate it. And these are veteran teams with
Speaker 1: guys who have been around the block, and they're going
Speaker 1: to push the refs. They're gonna be more physical than
Speaker 1: they're going to be in the regular season because they
Speaker 1: know they're going to be allowed to be more physical.
Speaker 1: So everybody likes to bang in officials these playoff games.
Speaker 1: It's like a pass interference call. You could call so
Speaker 1: many more than you do in the NFL, but you
Speaker 1: got to let players play. You're gonna let hand to
Speaker 1: hand combat go, especially in big playoff games in the NFL.
Speaker 1: And so my other take is Russell Westbrook. I mean,
Speaker 1: you get the full Russell Westbrook experience when he plays. Listen,
Speaker 1: he gives you incredible energy, He's one of the best
Speaker 1: rebounding guards in a long time. He's a physical player.
Speaker 1: I mean sometimes situationally, circumstantially he's got blinders on. Then
Speaker 1: they have a ton of self awareness. I love that
Speaker 1: he hit that big three. There was a reason he
Speaker 1: was wide open. You're gonna give him that. But Westbrook
Speaker 1: was key rebounding, extending possessions. But you get the full
Speaker 1: Westbrook experience that he's you know, he's going a thousand
Speaker 1: miles an hour and sometimes you just want him to downshift,
Speaker 1: put on the governor, slow down, and that's just not
Speaker 1: the way he plays. And then you make a decision
Speaker 1: when you put Westbrook in laden games. But I'll tell
Speaker 1: you this, he's a veteran and he plays with great energy,
Speaker 1: and I'll take him. And that was one of the
Speaker 1: things that you know, Malone wanted Westbrook on the floor reportedly,
Speaker 1: and you know the GM during the regular season wanted
Speaker 1: to play some younger guys. It's like, no, this playoff basketball.
Speaker 1: I want the old, strong, physical veterans on the floor.
Speaker 1: And Westbrook made several huge, huge plays. Forget just the
Speaker 1: three pointer, rebound, extra possessions, hustle plays. He was great
Speaker 1: I've been a critic of Westbrook forever, and you know
Speaker 1: he's now kind of a bounce around the league guy.
Speaker 1: But hey man, you can't deny how valuable he was.
Speaker 1: And now he's a much different player than Gordon, but
Speaker 1: he can extend possessions. He's just got an energy. Gordon's
Speaker 1: the same way. Gordon's got great length, but just extends opportunities.
Speaker 1: And you're just looking for extra possessions. And again, Denver's
Speaker 1: a very good team in these clutch moments. You know.
Speaker 1: The other thing is I watched this guy. I mean
Speaker 1: I wrote down about six different moments in the last
Speaker 1: five minutes alone. In that it's a pretty easy series
Speaker 1: to look at. I mean, it's gonna be really close.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be offensively, it's gonna be Jamal Murray and Jokic.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be it for the Nuggets. If they hit
Speaker 1: big baskets, Jamal Murray hit a big shot late, it
Speaker 1: goes their way. It's going to be Leonard, Kawhi, Leonard
Speaker 1: and Harden taking the big shots for the Clippers late,
Speaker 1: and so you kind of know what you're getting. All
Speaker 1: these guys have been around the block. I do think
Speaker 1: the Clippers are a much better defensive team, and I
Speaker 1: think that will over the course of a series, pay dividends.
Speaker 1: But that was a fantastic first game of a playoff series,
Speaker 1: and you know, I was thinking about watching it. How
Speaker 1: so much I love playoff basketball is that it's a
Speaker 1: different sport. Like you have to in hockey or in football,
Speaker 1: you got to play hard all the timer. You'll get hurt.
Speaker 1: In baseball, it's so much about pitcher and hitter, and
Speaker 1: you know, guys don't want to be embarrassed. So I mean,
Speaker 1: you certainly manage differently in postseason baseball. But in NBA basketball,
Speaker 1: it's a long season. There's a lot of wear and
Speaker 1: tearing your body. Most people are not six foot nine
Speaker 1: inches tall. That's a lot. I mean, it's life's harder
Speaker 1: at six'. Nine you can make a lot of money
Speaker 1: if you're a pro basketball but it beats up your.
Speaker 1: Body i've seen so many OLDER, nba FORMER nba guys six,' ten.
Speaker 1: Six eleven. They're. Hobbling man it's it's rough on. The
Speaker 1: body and so there are times guys play at a.
Speaker 1: Different level and you saw it in the second half
Speaker 1: of this game that every possession. WAS huge i thought
Speaker 1: it was interesting that of all these great, veteran players
Speaker 1: it Was A christian Brown, from kansas the young guy
Speaker 1: who made that save as the ball was going at
Speaker 1: a bounds and then he came back and hit a.
Speaker 1: HUGE jumper i thought, that was, you know as important
Speaker 1: as any two possessions late in. The GAME but i
Speaker 1: think what you're watching is in, this series these are
Speaker 1: going to be close games with a lot. Of veterans
Speaker 1: they're going to be. Physical games you're going to get
Speaker 1: some complaining. About Physicality, you're denver you're gonna Get that
Speaker 1: kawhi non call. At home you probably don't get It In.
Speaker 1: Los angeles it is a you problem at this point
Speaker 1: if you can't figure that, Out right like that's THE
Speaker 1: way nba playoff basketball. War works it was just so
Speaker 1: much fun, to watch and, You know yokich is a.
Speaker 1: FASCINATING player i thought he played better defense in the.
Speaker 1: Second half, you know in the, FIRST half i watched
Speaker 1: hard and fly by him about. Four times he's the
Speaker 1: second Best center i've ever seen play in terms of.
Speaker 1: Overall skill the Best is kareem and he. Loves BASKETBALL
Speaker 1: he's i think one of the things that happens IN. The,
Speaker 1: nba now the athletes are better. Than ever there's no,
Speaker 1: hand checking and if you're a big, you know he
Speaker 1: uses his size to his, advantage offensively and sometimes his
Speaker 1: size is a. Disadvantage DEFENSIVELY but i do think in he,
Speaker 1: is situationally he can be an. Okay defender he's just.
Speaker 1: So BIG and, i think, you know in the end of,
Speaker 1: the game in the last, TEN possessions i thought he
Speaker 1: made a good effort in the. First half, you know
Speaker 1: it's a long, basketball game and he's handling the ball.
Speaker 1: So often on the, offensive end, you know it's, defenses work,
Speaker 1: defensive effort, offensive skill and so what you watched in
Speaker 1: the last five minutes of, this game everybody was all.
Speaker 1: In defensively AND again i circle back to these are
Speaker 1: hard games. To officiate you're going to get those little
Speaker 1: go either. Way calls maybe, at home you're not going
Speaker 1: to get him on. The road and in, the end
Speaker 1: all these extra Possessions, for denver, You know westbrook grabbing,
Speaker 1: A Rebound gordon jokic keeping. Balls alive you just get.
Speaker 1: Extra possessions that is. The key THAT'S why I like
Speaker 1: houston To Beat. GOLDEN state I think they're going to
Speaker 1: get so many extra possessions because they're a, much bigger
Speaker 1: longer athletic TEAM that I think houston is just going
Speaker 1: to get more possessions and in, playoff basketball that is.
Speaker 1: So crucial but this was about as entertaining as a
Speaker 1: game one. CAN be i just enjoyed the hell out.
Speaker 1: Of it and, you know my other Takeaway Is kawhi
Speaker 1: leonard is such an all time. UNIQUE player, i mean he's.
Speaker 1: Literally nonverbal he's really. Really GOOD but i think like
Speaker 1: when you ask him to be sort of, the leader
Speaker 1: it's weird when you ask him to just, be great Like,
Speaker 1: in toronto. He's Fantastic san antonio wanted him to be
Speaker 1: more of a leader as all the, you know the
Speaker 1: legends aged and With, the clippers You, Know Tylu, James Harden, Kawhi,
Speaker 1: Leonard batoom zubats like. You got you've got a lot
Speaker 1: of guys who have. Been around it's it's they played
Speaker 1: so well late in the SEASON and i do think.
Speaker 1: THEY'LL rebound I think game two is going to be fantastic.
Speaker 1: AS well i think eventually over the course of, this
Speaker 1: series coaching, and DEFENSE and i KNOW the nba is An,
Speaker 1: offensive LEAGUE but i just Like the clippers coaching, and
Speaker 1: DEFENSE and i think it may, go SEVEN but i
Speaker 1: Think the clippers style will work. OVER time i just
Speaker 1: think over the course of, SEVEN games i give them
Speaker 1: a very. Slight EDGE now i Picked the pacers to Beat.
Speaker 1: The bucks they blew them Out in. GAME one I think,
Speaker 1: indiana's better younger. AND better i think the two. Best
Speaker 1: series one of them is. This one the other one
Speaker 1: will Be the Dubs, and rockets so and. In both
Speaker 1: you know with this one that's this is an. Old
Speaker 1: series these are old veteran players And the warriors And
Speaker 1: the rockets, young team. OLD team i almost always take the,
Speaker 1: older Team But golden state is. REDEFINING old, i mean everybody,
Speaker 1: feels like, you know all their, Big, Buckets draymond butler
Speaker 1: and staff are all. Mid thirties that's. Too old and
Speaker 1: they down the stretch they looked. Too old and now
Speaker 1: that the comingas, you know in and out of THE.
Speaker 1: ROTATION dnps i don't think they Can beat houston over
Speaker 1: six or, seven GAMES but i hope You enjoyed. GAME
Speaker 1: one i get all my. Notes here It is westbrook
Speaker 1: can drive, you crazy, BUT god i have six different
Speaker 1: TIMES here I write westbrook in my NOTES and i
Speaker 1: Only have jokic a couple of. THEM late, I mean
Speaker 1: westbrook was just, that energy you know when he when
Speaker 1: he WENT to ucla and came into, the league nobody
Speaker 1: quite knew what to do. With him is he a?
Speaker 1: Point guard he's not a good enough shooter to be a.
Speaker 1: TOO energy, i mean if if you've Never seen westbrook
Speaker 1: play and somebody said what's, he like, you'd, say well for,
Speaker 1: a guard he's not a very. Good, shooter, physical, rebounding, production.
Speaker 1: Hustle Energy When russell westbrook's on, the floor. He pops
Speaker 1: he can be the smallest guy on the floor and
Speaker 1: you can. SEE him i mean he IS always i
Speaker 1: always felt like that was, my knock, you Know On.
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum sometimes, i'm Like is tatum on? The floor
Speaker 1: like aggressive wins and aggressive. Is, important westbrook there's, an
Speaker 1: argument is as aggressive as any player under six four in.
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