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Speaker 1: adding yet another piece. The Sacramento Kings literally can't get

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Speaker 1: out of their own way. Is there a coaching change

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Speaker 1: the first time in his NBA career. But it was

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Speaker 1: is what you need to know in the NBA for Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: March sixteen. Good morning, the Sacramento Kangs, stay the Kangs. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I know you've heard this before, but it is getting

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Speaker 1: a little ridiculous and almost unbelievable. It's like they're blocking themselves,

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Speaker 1: which Darren Fox literally did at the end of this game.

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Speaker 1: As the Hornets came back to take the leading on Sacramento,

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Speaker 1: Darreon Fox went up and hit the rim as he

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Speaker 1: tried to lay it in. This is a star player

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Speaker 1: who's having trouble scoring here on a layup attempt. I

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Speaker 1: know Bismack Biambo was after him, but that is going

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Speaker 1: to be a shocked in moment all over the place

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Speaker 1: this week, and someone's gonna pay for it. In Sacramento,

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Speaker 1: the King's led by fifteen in the third corner, the

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Speaker 1: Hornets fought back to win Luke Walton's head coaching job.

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Speaker 1: It's gotta be in jeopardy. I didn't buy it when

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Speaker 1: it came up a few weeks ago, but it is

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Speaker 1: getting out of hand. They need someone to bring this

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Speaker 1: thing together. Like Gordon Hayward's hair usually is together. Hayward, well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it became dislodged after a monstrous jam a minute thirty

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Speaker 1: left Gordon Hayward looking like Utah Gordon Hayward and the

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Speaker 1: so hard his hair messed up, but in the end

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Speaker 1: it doesn't even matter. Got my singing in for the morning.

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Speaker 1: Feels good. After the game, it was revealed that Kings

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Speaker 1: Marvin Bagley fractured his hand. It's getting worse and worse

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Speaker 1: in Sacramento. Good luck to Luke. On the other side

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Speaker 1: of the country, things are looking good. The Brooklyn Nets

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Speaker 1: are so good it's a little unfair. They played the

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Speaker 1: next Monday and they weren't getting enough stops in the

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Speaker 1: first half. This is what makes them so dangerous. They

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Speaker 1: could keep an offensive creator like Harden in the game,

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Speaker 1: get a little d around him. They're bringing guys like

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Speaker 1: Bruce Brown and Nick Klaxon to get the D going

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Speaker 1: and it worked. Throwing Kevin Durant when he comes back.

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Speaker 1: They've got too many weapons. Harden finished the game with

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Speaker 1: twenty one fifteen and fifteen. Kyrie had thirty four. The

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Speaker 1: game did end on a bit of a strange call

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Speaker 1: against Julius Randall, who went up for a three point shot.

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Speaker 1: and missed a three point shot, but Scott Foster called

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Speaker 1: I've never heard of that rule that Scott Foster said.

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Speaker 1: If it came a little bit loose, he could put

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Speaker 1: The Nets are half game back of Philly for first

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Speaker 1: With the trade deadline nine days away, the Nets are

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Speaker 1: rumored to want the Cavs Javail McGee. According to Yahoo's

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Speaker 1: Chris Haynes. That's three time champion Javail McGhee. They do

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Speaker 1: need a backup five. It makes sense he would be

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Speaker 1: Looks more and more like he'll be the backup four

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Speaker 1: ESPN's Milika Andrews. She asked him whether or not we

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Speaker 1: can still dug my question. What's the protocol with tissues

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Speaker 1: speaking of blowing the Lakers blew out the Warriors, wasn't close.

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Speaker 1: A disappointing national TV showing for the Dubs could have

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Speaker 1: The first involving Steph. He became the Warriors all time

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Speaker 1: it after the game's saying there must have been an earthquake.

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Speaker 1: about All Star Devin Booker is that he clearly has

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Speaker 1: has a lot of debts to pay for all the

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Speaker 1: losing the Suns have done over the years. But the

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Speaker 1: Sons aren't losing now. These current Sons like paying off

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Speaker 1: their losses too. They lost on Saturday. They got back

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Speaker 1: It's got to be a little that Chris Paul effect

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Speaker 1: angry after losses. They took it out on Memphis, holding

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Speaker 1: them to under one hundred. Phoenix has won six of

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Speaker 1: seven eighteen and four over their last twenty two. Good

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Speaker 1: for the Phoenix franchise. It's been a long time coming. Milwaukee, Washington.

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Speaker 1: thirty one. Bradley Beal had thirty seven for Washington, and

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Speaker 1: along with Beal's point total, Washington did score and score

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Speaker 1: they're still towards the top of the Eastern Conference, but

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Speaker 1: their D just ain't the same as the last couple

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Speaker 1: shore up with. Nine days before the trade deadline, here,

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Speaker 1: the Clippers were embarrassed the night before against the New

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Speaker 1: a new starting lineup. Tylud decided, Hmmm, let's put in

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Speaker 1: Nick Patomb for a little tued get a little attitude.

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Speaker 1: It worked. Seven Clippers in double figures. Clippers are seven

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Speaker 1: both teams. Even though Marcus Morris's scrappiness was in this game,

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Speaker 1: it was a quick one sixteen combined free throws. I

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Speaker 1: can't say that too often in the NBA. With all

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Speaker 1: the video reviews that are happening, this is going to

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Speaker 1: be a quick review of this game. Spurs Pistons. Spurs

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Speaker 1: handled the Pistons easily. This note just popped out at

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Speaker 1: me when I was watching this game. When Spurs rookie

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Speaker 1: Devin Vessel had a big jam, Spurs broadcaster Bill Land

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Speaker 1: yelled out, holy coyote. I can't get behind that, Bill,

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Speaker 1: I get it. The mascot for the Spurs is a coyote.

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Speaker 1: You're just saying, holy coyote. You know what? I like it.

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Speaker 1: I changed my mind. Spurs shot only five free throws

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Speaker 1: and won the game. They're still in the playoff picture.

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Speaker 1: The San Antonio Spurs will not Die. PACER's Nuggets start

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Speaker 1: was pushed back an hour because a snowstorm dropped twenty

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Speaker 1: the Pacers were still late. Well, they were there physically,

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Speaker 1: but the Nuggets took a big lead early and held

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Speaker 1: off any rally attempts. Join The Daily Show on Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: where we will take you through some trades that could

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Speaker 1: be a blast. Join us, then join me tomorrow. I'll

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Speaker 1: I possibly can. Thanks everybody,