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<v Speaker 1>And here's what you needed not.

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<v Speaker 2>The NBA season is over, but the work now begins

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<v Speaker 2>for Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton, reports confirming today that he

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<v Speaker 2>suffered a ruptured achilles tendon in his right leg in

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<v Speaker 2>last night's Game seven of the NBA Finals. Reports said

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<v Speaker 2>that he will undergo surgery for the injury later today.

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<v Speaker 2>According to odds and bet Online, the Thunder are the

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<v Speaker 2>favorites to repeat as NBA champions next season, sitting right

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<v Speaker 2>now with odds of five to two. The Rockets, with

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<v Speaker 2>the newly acquired Kevin Durant, have the second best odds

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<v Speaker 2>at eight to one. Nuggets are hiring Ben Tanzer as

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<v Speaker 2>the team's executive of basketball operations. They also named former

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<v Speaker 2>Timberwolves executive John Walla, says the Nuggets executive vice president

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<v Speaker 2>of player Personnel, and ESPN reports that Wizard swingman Chris

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<v Speaker 2>Middleton is expected to exercise his player option with more

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<v Speaker 2>than thirty three million dollars for next season. Aaron Judge

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<v Speaker 2>of the Yankees continues to lead all players in voting

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<v Speaker 2>for next month's All Star Game in Atlanta with more

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<v Speaker 2>than two points.

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<v Speaker 3>Broadcasting live from the ninety six nine at James studios.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to show in a song. Here's your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Brandon Kravitz.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, Welcome to the show. We are live on

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<v Speaker 3>ninety six to nine, the game streaming everywhere on the

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<v Speaker 3>iHeartRadio app. You are in the zone, the show of

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<v Speaker 3>the Orlando Sports Fan. Your host's Brandon Kravitz here joined

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<v Speaker 3>by my co host and producer. He is Sweet Tea

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<v Speaker 3>Tyler Karen. Hit us up on the Mills Air text line.

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<v Speaker 3>That's five zero eight five seven, also available on the

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<v Speaker 3>iHeartRadio talk back. Just tap that microphone icon and let

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<v Speaker 3>it fly. It is the first true day of the

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<v Speaker 3>NBA offseason, even though we've already seen wheels and deals

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<v Speaker 3>going down in the league, but first full day given

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<v Speaker 3>the fact that there is no more NBA action on

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<v Speaker 3>the court for a couple months now. Much to get to.

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<v Speaker 3>On that front, we did have a big time trade

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<v Speaker 3>this weekend. We have a low NBA team that continues

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<v Speaker 3>to climb the odds boards. Plus our best and worst

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<v Speaker 3>of the weekend. A lot of goodies there. Super relaxing

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<v Speaker 3>weekend for yours. Surely was able to sit back. I

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<v Speaker 3>consumed the full sports menu. I don't think there's anything

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't see this weekend, which even during the high

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<v Speaker 3>octane football season with college football on Saturday and NFL

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<v Speaker 3>on Sunday, I feel like I'm always missing something, some

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<v Speaker 3>little slice of the pie. But just absolutely no plans

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<v Speaker 3>this weekend. Shout out to LSU for taking home the

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<v Speaker 3>crown in the College World Series. Tyler. We have officially

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<v Speaker 3>hit that part of the year where once it's noon,

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<v Speaker 3>your plans better involve water or air conditioning because it

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<v Speaker 3>is rough out there. So especially with a five year

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<v Speaker 3>old at the house, I got a plan ahead. I

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<v Speaker 3>forget that twelve o'clo kind of sneaks up on you

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<v Speaker 3>and then all of a sudden, you know he's looking

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<v Speaker 3>at you like we just hanging around the house all day.

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<v Speaker 3>You've kind of run out of all the toys and

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<v Speaker 3>the shows, and you got to come up with a plan.

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<v Speaker 3>So this is definitely game plan season.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you got to get creative this time of year.

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<v Speaker 4>The other angle to it as well, is you got

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<v Speaker 4>to try to factor in that weather. Because I just

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<v Speaker 4>mentioned to you that this weekend, I did exactly that

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<v Speaker 4>noon hit, and I was pulside with a refresher in hand,

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<v Speaker 4>and I got a nice little tan to show for it. However,

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<v Speaker 4>leading up to that, in the summer months here in Florida,

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<v Speaker 4>you never know what the weather is going to get you.

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<v Speaker 4>You will get ten minutes of absolute beauty, followed by

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<v Speaker 4>thirty minutes of them on soon followed by four hours

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<v Speaker 4>of absolutely beautiful. I tried to time up my run

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<v Speaker 4>down in South Florida over the weekend. It was a

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<v Speaker 4>little rainy early on, like eight thirty to nine thirty,

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<v Speaker 4>and then you know, have some coffee, sit around, talk

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<v Speaker 4>to the fam, and all right, I'm gonna try to

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<v Speaker 4>go and get a couple of miles in beautiful and half.

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<v Speaker 4>I was half a mile from the house, and then

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<v Speaker 4>the rain came and it came hard, So I did

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<v Speaker 4>not get the three miles in I was going for.

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<v Speaker 4>But I had one of the fastest miles I've ever

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<v Speaker 4>run in my life because I was hauling but back

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<v Speaker 4>to the front door. And then it seems as soon

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<v Speaker 4>as I dry off from the rain, that's when the

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<v Speaker 4>sun was out. That's where I give up on the run.

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<v Speaker 4>I say, you know what I tried, and that's where

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<v Speaker 4>you hit the pool. So you got a factor in

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of different things this time of year, the

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<v Speaker 4>rain doesn't slow you down. I wouldn't know this. I

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<v Speaker 4>detest running. If you ever see me running in public,

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<v Speaker 4>just assume that something is chasing me. I would think

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<v Speaker 4>the rain halts the progress, even if you want to

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<v Speaker 4>go faster. It kind of it depends. It certainly depends

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<v Speaker 4>on what your mindset is. How hard the rain is coming.

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<v Speaker 4>A nice little drizzle isn't really a problem. It's actually

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<v Speaker 4>kind of refreshing opposed to the ninety five degree heat

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<v Speaker 4>that we get this time of year. However, when it's

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<v Speaker 4>raining that hard, then it comes to less of myself

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<v Speaker 4>because it's impossible to stay in the runner's mindset when

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<v Speaker 4>you're getting rain, cold rain on you. But then it's

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<v Speaker 4>also the electronics come to mind. I run with my

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<v Speaker 4>phone in hand, so the phone is exposed to any weather.

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<v Speaker 4>My headphones are exposed to any weather. So that's where

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<v Speaker 4>is it worth it to push through this? Or can

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<v Speaker 4>I say, you know what I tried, We'll try again

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<v Speaker 4>tomorrow and get back to the house still feel okay

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<v Speaker 4>about myself, so and not have to hit up Best

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<v Speaker 4>Buy or anywhere else to try to repair any damage

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<v Speaker 4>to the electronics. So that's kind of the give and

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<v Speaker 4>take a nice little sprinkle is actually preferable. But if

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<v Speaker 4>it gets beyond that, then then you got to look

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<v Speaker 4>out for things bigger than yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>BK, I understand. I well, I wanted to really go

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<v Speaker 3>off on a tangent here about how Tyler is a

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<v Speaker 3>phone fumbler that is just one of his personality quirks. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I worry about you holding the phone in your hand,

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<v Speaker 3>but we don't have time to get into.

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<v Speaker 1>It onto game seven.

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<v Speaker 3>It is. It's obviously unfortunate what happened to Tyrese Haliburton,

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<v Speaker 3>and we're going to cover this in all sorts of

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<v Speaker 3>directions throughout the course of the afternoon, but I just

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<v Speaker 3>want to get my take on how this went down

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<v Speaker 3>and how OKC plays into it and the championship that

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<v Speaker 3>they won as the night went along, you look at

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<v Speaker 3>the way that this game started. If you were of

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<v Speaker 3>the belief that the Pacers were going to win this

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<v Speaker 3>game with him out there, I am not going to

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<v Speaker 3>be able to talk you out of it. I just disagree.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like the thunder performance that we saw in

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<v Speaker 3>the third quarter was going to happen with or without

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<v Speaker 3>Tyrese Halliburton. It's not like the Pacers couldn't score at all.

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<v Speaker 3>TJ McConnell went nuclear in the third quarter. The Thunder

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<v Speaker 3>got back to playing that swarming defense that was their

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<v Speaker 3>trademark all season long. Eighteen points off of turnovers. They

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<v Speaker 3>took eleven more shot attempts in the quarter, and that

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<v Speaker 3>was the difference in the game. Now, keep in mind,

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<v Speaker 3>and this is something that I think was completely glossed

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<v Speaker 3>over by seemingly everybody in the NBA media going into

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<v Speaker 3>Game seven, Tyrese Halliburton was hampered. I know that he

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<v Speaker 3>knocked down a few threes and it looked like he

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<v Speaker 3>was gonna have a good game, and he was certainly

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<v Speaker 3>in empt up for it. But he was clearly limited

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<v Speaker 3>in his full skill set, and we saw that on

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<v Speaker 3>full display in game five when he really struggled. Then

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<v Speaker 3>in Game six, he played well, but you could tell

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<v Speaker 3>that he wasn't one hundred percent. Then he plays in

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<v Speaker 3>game seven, and it wasn't even a storyline going into

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<v Speaker 3>game six, it was is he gonna play?

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<v Speaker 1>Is he gonna play well?

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<v Speaker 3>I had my tiered hierarchy of how this could possibly

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<v Speaker 3>look and how it could play for the Indiana Pacers

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<v Speaker 3>if he plays, But doesn't play well, or if he

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't play and it's TJ McConnell, or what if this

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<v Speaker 3>is all just not that big of a deal and

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<v Speaker 3>he plays great, We're breaking it all down. Then going

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<v Speaker 3>into game seven, it was like, well, he played in

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<v Speaker 3>game six, so he's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Calf strains don't just go away.

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<v Speaker 3>So even if Tyrese Haliburton hadn't busted his achilles in

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<v Speaker 3>the first quarter, you still didn't have a Tyrese Haliburton

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<v Speaker 3>that was one hundred percent. I think if you wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to play the game of if Tyrese Haliburton wasn't hurt

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<v Speaker 3>at all, is Indiana actually a better team than OKC.

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<v Speaker 3>I still don't think that, but it certainly looked like

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<v Speaker 3>it was a lot closer than the perception going into

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<v Speaker 3>this series. Either way, I think the better team was

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<v Speaker 3>always going to win. It took them seven games to

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<v Speaker 3>do it. You give Indiana credit for pushing them. There

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<v Speaker 3>take nothing away from OKAC that is a worthy, rightful

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<v Speaker 3>champion and Tyler, I think they would have won the

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<v Speaker 3>game no matter what.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I tend to agree with you, And you know,

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<v Speaker 4>this is where the conversation goes into the what if

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<v Speaker 4>and You can take all of those what ifs to

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<v Speaker 4>the grave, you can carry it with you.

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<v Speaker 1>But at the end of the day, what is is

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<v Speaker 1>what is.

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<v Speaker 4>And what happened last night is what happened in the

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<v Speaker 4>Oklahoma City Thunder are your champions. It's this team lost

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<v Speaker 4>fourteen games in the regular season, and yes, they were

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<v Speaker 4>tested throughout the postseason. It wasn't a cakewalk as many

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<v Speaker 4>predicted it would be for or Oklahoma City, whether it

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<v Speaker 4>be through the Western Conference or whether it be heading

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<v Speaker 4>into the finals where they were one of the most

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<v Speaker 4>lopsided finals favorites that we've seen in recent history in

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<v Speaker 4>the NBA. Indiana was able to push them. But at

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<v Speaker 4>the end of the day, there's a reason why the

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<v Speaker 4>NBA has it set so this series can go to seven.

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<v Speaker 4>It is so that the underdog still has a chance.

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<v Speaker 4>But you want to see the most worthy champion, and

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<v Speaker 4>in seven games, when it gets there, oftentimes the most

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<v Speaker 4>worthy champion plays out. And to your point about ty

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<v Speaker 4>Reeves being hampered in even Game six, it was an

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<v Speaker 4>Indiana blowout. OKAC seemed like that they knew they had

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<v Speaker 4>another game to play with, so they were okay with

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<v Speaker 4>kind of packing it in and all right, well, you

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<v Speaker 4>don't get in Indiana, you get to close it out

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<v Speaker 4>in game seven in front of your home crowd. Tyre's

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<v Speaker 4>Haliburton in that game, because you could see early on

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<v Speaker 4>that he was a step slower than normal, but he

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<v Speaker 4>was still able to kind of go through his normal motions,

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<v Speaker 4>just maybe not to the degree that we're used to seeing.

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<v Speaker 1>But he only played in twenty three minutes in that game,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's.

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<v Speaker 4>Very difficul cult to see and to say confidently that, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>he's fine, he's back.

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<v Speaker 1>The calf wasn't holding him back at all.

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<v Speaker 4>He was able to play in the short stints in Indiana,

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<v Speaker 4>got so far ahead so early that he was able

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<v Speaker 4>to pack it in the fourth quarter of the game

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<v Speaker 4>and not really have to be a big factor in it.

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<v Speaker 1>Play under twenty five minutes.

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<v Speaker 4>So if we were saying, all right, well he's good

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<v Speaker 4>in game six, he's going to be good to go

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<v Speaker 4>for Game seven, it was certainly something that was still

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<v Speaker 4>and the injury is just it's unfortunate.

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<v Speaker 1>You never want to.

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<v Speaker 4>See anything like that for any athlete at any point

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<v Speaker 4>throughout the season. Albeit in Game seven, of an NBA Finals,

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<v Speaker 4>the wall that Oklahoma City was going to be crown

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<v Speaker 4>champion in Game seven.

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<v Speaker 1>The home away splits.

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<v Speaker 4>Although Indian was able to get some games on the

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<v Speaker 4>road in the finals, the home away splits were just

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<v Speaker 4>too lopsided in Okaysees. In Okayse's favor, the youth showed

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<v Speaker 4>for the thunder throughout the playoffs. Generally, young teams are

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<v Speaker 4>and the home away swits numbers and okay See having

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<v Speaker 4>through the postseason run as a whole is a sign

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<v Speaker 4>of that. So Indiana, it was a valiant effort. You

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<v Speaker 4>gave us a great NBA Finals. Tyrese Haliburton to thank

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<v Speaker 4>you for all the moments that you created along the

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<v Speaker 4>way and even in the finals, and shout out to

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<v Speaker 4>the entire Indiana Pacers team that has given hope to

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<v Speaker 4>every team in the Eastern Conference heading into next season

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<v Speaker 4>that you have a shot to get there, regardless of

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<v Speaker 4>where you come from, regardless of how you start the

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<v Speaker 4>season as long as you click at the right time.

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<v Speaker 4>All in all, it was a great finals and I

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<v Speaker 4>think that we got the best champion.

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<v Speaker 3>Got the best champion, and I would have celebrated a

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<v Speaker 3>Pacers championship. It would have been a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 3>But the NBA is that sport, that is the league

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<v Speaker 3>where we like to see the worthy champion get crowned.

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<v Speaker 3>And Oka se was the best team all year long.

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<v Speaker 3>Love the fact that they got pushed, but we have

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<v Speaker 3>the right champion at end of the year, and then

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<v Speaker 3>they had to earn it. You know, they went to

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<v Speaker 3>game seven against Denver, they went to a game seven

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<v Speaker 3>here against the Indiana Pacers, but they were fantastic. Which

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<v Speaker 3>should scare the league is that it still feels like

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<v Speaker 3>age wise they are will ahead of schedule. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>you look at chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, two of their

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<v Speaker 3>best three players. Those guys aren't even twenty five years

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<v Speaker 3>old yet, Shake Gill just Alexander still in the thick

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<v Speaker 3>of the early part of his prime. They aren't losing

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<v Speaker 3>anybody in free agency that you have heard of, and

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<v Speaker 3>they have a lottery pick that they haven't even played

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<v Speaker 3>yet in nicoleo topich and they've got like eighteen draft

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<v Speaker 3>picks still over the next couple of years. This team

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<v Speaker 3>is incredibly dangerous. They're not going anywhere. The thing is, though, Tyler,

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<v Speaker 3>you have a different champion every seven years for the

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<v Speaker 3>last seven years. Can OKC be the team that bucks

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<v Speaker 3>that trend? It feels like the way that they're built

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<v Speaker 3>and given the timeline that they're on, we no longer

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<v Speaker 3>worry about them. Are they gonna shrink in the moment whatever?

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<v Speaker 3>They won a championship, so those questions are out the window.

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<v Speaker 3>If you had to pick it right now, and we've

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<v Speaker 3>got plenty of time to change our minds on this

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<v Speaker 3>is okay, see your champion in twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna say no, just because I have the luxury

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<v Speaker 4>of taking the field and those odds are much better

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<v Speaker 4>than just taking Oklahoma City.

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<v Speaker 1>However they should.

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<v Speaker 4>I believe that they are the betting favorite to win

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<v Speaker 4>the NBA Championship next year, as they should be for

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<v Speaker 4>all the reasons that you laid out, even being a

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<v Speaker 4>young team throughout the postseason, even with chet Holmgren. One

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<v Speaker 4>thing I'm surprised about in this series was there was

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<v Speaker 4>where Chet, where Chet was unbelievable and you're like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>Has so much room to grow.

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<v Speaker 3>Even I feel like it was actually game seven. I

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<v Speaker 3>feel like that was even though you get eighteen, which

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't it doesn't it's not even twenty, it doesn't jump

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<v Speaker 3>off the page.

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<v Speaker 1>It was easily the best game.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah yeah, I mean it looked like it came easy

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<v Speaker 3>to but it was the five block shots and the

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<v Speaker 3>steel that did it for me. That's what makes him

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<v Speaker 3>so dangerous is that he can score, but he is

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<v Speaker 3>He is a lockdown defender, defender around the rim. And

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<v Speaker 3>I thought that was his best game.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, easily his best performance coming in game seven. I

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<v Speaker 4>just think guy as a hole. And throughout the playoffs

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<v Speaker 4>you kind of were left wanting more from the pick,

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<v Speaker 4>the player that was considered to be taken number one

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<v Speaker 1>Still has room to grow.

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<v Speaker 4>However, we have seen not just with Tyre Salivert and

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<v Speaker 4>last nine, you know, injuries aside. Okay, se should be

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<v Speaker 4>the favorite, but you just never know what can happen

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<v Speaker 4>through the NBA regular season and through these playoffs. With

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<v Speaker 4>all the stars that you have seen go down in

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<v Speaker 4>this postseason alone, it just is a reminder that you

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<v Speaker 4>truly never know what can happen in Game eighty to

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<v Speaker 4>him beyond of the NBA season. So, yes, Okay See

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<v Speaker 4>should be the favorite heading into next year. However, I

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<v Speaker 4>am not so confident in them still in a loaded

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<v Speaker 4>West that got shuffled around a little bit over the weekend,

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<v Speaker 4>and we'll touch on that that I can confidently say

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<v Speaker 4>that Oklahoma City is the best team heading into next

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<v Speaker 3>At this point, if you had injury luck one year,

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<v Speaker 3>the next. Even for Indiana that was relatively healthy a

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<v Speaker 3>year ago, made it to the Eastern Conference finals and

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<v Speaker 3>ultimately took them out. Up next, our best and worst

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<v Speaker 3>from the weekend. Don't miss it.