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Speaker 1: their full, last full season's worth of games. Uh. They've

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Speaker 1: also won three playoff series during that span, and they

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Speaker 1: the NBA Finals. So the question will I will Boston

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Speaker 1: the stame point of the regular season. I think they're

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Speaker 1: their recent schedule in the way that they've played. The

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Speaker 1: Celtics are just eight and seven in their last fifteen games,

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Speaker 1: but they have massively impressive wins over that stretch. They

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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Clippers, they beat the Dallas Mavericks, demoralize

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Speaker 1: the Mavericks, um, and they beat that Bulls team the

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Speaker 1: other night that was playing extremely well. Um, So I

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Speaker 1: which is fine. For the record, Like, nothing could change

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Speaker 1: my opinion of Boston either way. Like, they could lose

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Speaker 1: they're just messing around. You know. They could win twenty

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Speaker 1: but can they do it against the Warriors, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean? So, Like, Boston to me is purely established.

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Speaker 1: All of this is just dress rehearsal for the late

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Speaker 1: and their ability to execute on the offensive end when

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Speaker 1: the stakes are highest. And the only way that they

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Speaker 1: can prove that is to overcome those shortcomings at the

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Speaker 1: highest level in the NBA Finals. Um, I think they're

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Speaker 1: That's the type of talent that they have on the roster.

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Speaker 1: It's right there. They just have to go do it,

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Speaker 1: all right, guys, that is all I have for today.

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Speaker 1: As always, I sincerely appreciate your support. I hope you

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Speaker 1: guys enjoyed the rest of the weekend and I will

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Speaker 1: be back on Monday. The volume