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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody. Welcome into another episode of Prophet Picks.

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If you are new, we always start this show by

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being transparent, and yesterday my top play was the Storm

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got a minus six and a half early. Didn't really

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matter what number you got. I think they closed eleven

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or something like that, but it was a blowout. Whatever

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your number you got was good. The two smaller plays

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which did make it a losing day where the Props

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Ari over four and a half assisted. She had two

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in the first quarter, and then they didn't put her

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back in and like she played seven minutes in the

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first half. For whatever reason, they decided to play sit well,

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Sid was playing her old team, so maybe they wanted

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to give her a little extra burn, but that's why

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they were losing at the end of the first half.

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And then Ari got her minutes in the second half

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and they ended up winning, So that was bad. And

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Rakia Jackson just didn't show up for real. So probably

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gonna leave the Props alone. I tweeted that out yesterday.

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I'm not happy with how the Props is gone lately. Bino,

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good to be back with you. Hopefully you did a

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little bit better than one and two yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we had a nice day yesday Ski too, and

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oh but that counts the Canadian Football League where we

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had the game under between Montreal and Toronto. No not Toronto,

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I can't remember now, but the Montreal game under forty

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forty nine landed on forty forty four. Calgary actually was

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oppllent there, but WNA I had the first half. Sparks

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connecticuts Son over eighty two got over fairly easily in

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that game. Everybody scored, so yeah, Connecticut's learning how to

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score points now, which helps because their defense is so

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bad that most of these things can end up getting

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over now until the odds makers have just and the

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Sparks just talking to you off air right before we

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came on Ski a little bit. That offense is crazy

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good right now. They just like we said yesterday, they're

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gonna try it out for you. Yesterday they did. They

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pulled away in the end, another one hundred plus point

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performance for them. So good day and all, and hopefully

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repeat that here today.

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Speaker 1: Let's try to do it again here today. Appreciate y'all.

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Just Josh reminding everybody to hit the like button definitely

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helps out the show. And then I am destro reposting

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the stream on next appreciate that too, help some other

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people maybe see what they're missing out on over here.

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All right, three games again, Robno, we'll go on rotation

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order like we always do. That means first up is

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six one six h two Aces and Links opened up

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minus ten and a half for Minnesota. It has come down.

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We're seeing nine and a half as a consensus number,

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even a nine over at at one book total open

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one fifty seven and a half and we've seen that

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all the way up to one sixty three. As far

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as the injury report, same two usual suspects for both teams,

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Griffin and Seyenne Parker Tyas both are going to be

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out for this one. The Aces did play last night,

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they lost to the Fever and the Links. Let's see

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the last time they come in with two days of rest,

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they beat up on Chicago and their first game out

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the break. Man. You know, I'll say, the first thing

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that comes to my mind is the Links. I mean,

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they had a lot of people over at all start.

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I know they came out and smashed on Chicago, but

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I mean it's players on the Links doing other things.

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And we've seen too, like coming out of the break.

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You just had a super long rest, you know what

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I'm saying. We saw it from the dream. I think

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we've seen it from a few teams so far. And

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the ass coming off of a loss, I believe they

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are either at five hundred now yeah, I think they're

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at five hundred or now, so you know they're motivated

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to try to get a win here. I can't help

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but think the Aces are competitive. The Links have been

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a team that sometimes take a little bit to get going.

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maybe they make adjustments or whatever it may be. But

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the Aces, they've been a team who's started out hot.

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So I think the Aces early and often in this game, Ravino,

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I agree with the market with the coming down. Are

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you looking at the side or are you looking more

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at the total?

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Speaker 2: You know, in Aces games, I would generally look towards

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the total. In the fact that they shot so poorly

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from three last night, you know how I am, I

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usually think that there will be some type of bounce

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back positive in this case, positive regression to what the

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Aces usually shoot from three. They both played really good

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defense as of late, and I think you hit on

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a point here where Minnes so to you know, playing

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great defense against Chicago not that big of a deal.

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Playing great defense against a banged up Phoenix team that

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didn't have soably didn't have Copper, et cetera, and then

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playing good defense the game before again against Chicago. I

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don't know what we make of those. Can Las Vegas

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dent this defense? Maybe they can't, But for the aces

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where side is concerned, I'm starting to believe that they

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can be just treated as a what we say in

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the business, like a yo yo team. If they lose,

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just bet them to win the next game.

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Speaker 1: Lose win, lose win.

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Speaker 2: It seems like every time they do something good ski

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and you get behind them, they do something bad, then

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you think, well they're not that good. They do something good.

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They've had that pattern all season long. So getting nine

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and a half to me is kind of appealing. Full

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game with Las Vegas here, I think that, you know,

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recently they've shown the ability to stop some teams. They

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had a good second half defensive effort against Atlanta the

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other night, granted that Atlanta didn't have Ryan Howard, but

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Atlanta bounced back the very next night against Phoenix and

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scored a ton of points, so their offense certainly is

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still capable. I like that last night, pretty solid defensive

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game against Indiana. I think if I had to play it,

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and I didn't because this one is probably the toughest

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time the schedule for me, But if I had to

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play it, I think I would be taking nine and

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a half with Las Vegas, even in a losing effort.

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They probably come closer than that. And we mentioned this

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earlier this week. It's crunch time to start stacking some

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wins if you want to make the playoffs, and the

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Aces are in that position where they got to have wins,

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so I'd expect a big effort out of them, even

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though it's a back to back travel situation. It's not

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that far Indiana and Minnesota. I'd probably look towards plus

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nine and a half.

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Speaker 1: All right, So we're in agreement there. There's some questions

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saying maybe Jackie Young might sit out tonight, or ask

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him if she'll be out any chance. I mean, it's

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a chance for anybody to be out on the second

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of it back to back. She is already banged up,

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but I mean I kind of agree with Casey's comment

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here says I think if I think if they won,

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she would have probably sat. But after losing, I think

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you're gonna play. You don't have the luxury arrest right now.

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And I agree with that comment. All right, let's keep

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it going here. Next on the list, Mercury and Liberty.

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I believe here six oh three, six oh four opened

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up minus five and a half for New York. See

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either six or six and a half depending where he shot.

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Total open one sixty nine and a half. And it's

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I mean, it keeps bouncing around, it's all over. I

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see a I see a one seventy one. I see

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a one seventy one seventy and a half. So make

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sure you line shop, which depends which way you like

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the game. As far as the injury report, I don't

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see anybody on there for Phoenix. For the Liberty, they

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won't get Emma Misiman, yet they will be without NAIs. Sadly,

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this is a chance for the Liberty to come and

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get a little bit of well not a little bit,

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a chance for them to get double revenge after losing

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to the Mercury twice so far this season. I'll start

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off with this. You know, Kyle Wright says, one seventy

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total is wild. The Liberty's offenses look really good. Two

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games in a row. They've come, you know, a bucket

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away from scoring one hundred points. They got John quot

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Jones back, I had another shooter. You know, everybody out

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on the court can shoot.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: Remember we talked about that a little while ago, and

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when she was out and Phoebich was out, they didn't

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have that anymore. So now they're getting back to you know, well,

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what makes their offense look great? For Phoenix? When I

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look at the starting lineup, they don't really have a

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true center like I feel like with the lineup they're

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throwing out there, it's got to be more up tempo

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running gun especially, you know, you don't want to face

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a set New York Liberty defense time and time again.

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So I can understand why the total is high here.

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I'm curious if you agree. If you agree with it

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being that high, you think there's some room that still

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get over and also do you think the Liberty get

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some revenge here?

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Speaker 2: You know what's interesting about the Liberty ski is they

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haven't been away from home all month. It's their seventh

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straight home game. Talk about being comfortable, Just say they've

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scored ninety eight and back to back games both were

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against Indiana, but they've been home since July. The third

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Phoenix is in the travel situation. But to answer your

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question directly, I played this thing right away and it

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was fairly simple for me to play up and over

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the total. I got one seventy. It's not one seventy

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and a half. We'll give you the reasons why A.

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You hit on it. Everybody's healthy here, even a Cole

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mccani's back from concussion protocol. So Phoenix's rotational depth extends

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about eight or nine deep with quality right now with

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everybody back and New York the same thing as Sobbily

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is out, which hurts them as far as backup center

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is concerned. I'm not so sure that it'll matter much

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where their points scoring is concerned here tonight, Phoenix two

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and zero. Those two games ski the final posted total.

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The closing number on those games were one sixty four

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and one sixty six and a half. Both of those

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games were injury laden. Each side had key components out

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in those games that closed one sixty four one sixty

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six and a half. They landed one seventy and one

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ninety seven for New York. You didn't have foebish in

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the first game, and that was the game where john

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Quell Jones reinjured her ankle. She played like eight minutes

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and left the game. Phoenix won that one in New

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York eighty nine to eighty one, one hundred and seventy.

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Then eight days later they played back in Phoenix. Phoenix

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scored one oh six one six ninety one. So much

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like I'm kind of using the same premise that I

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used for New York Indiana the other day. Two games

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played two games over, it's here same scenario, two games

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played two games over. These are the number one and

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number three pace teams in the league. As you mentioned,

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Phoenix much more suited to run with their lineup, and

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they're the number one and two teams in three point

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makes per game. You said it earlier, I'll just say

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it again. When all five Liberty starters are on the floor,

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all five can shoot the three Phoenix kind of the

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same way. A lot of shooters on that team. So

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all this stuff starts adding up to a bunch of offense.

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And then I'll add in Sabrina Yenescu, if there's anybody

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who wants to come up big in this game. The

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two games against Phoenix when they needed her because they

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didn't have Jones, becase they didn't have Phoebish, she goes

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five to twenty five from the floor combined only twenty

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percent and two of twelve from three. Brianna Stewart did

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a lot of heavy lifting in those two games for them,

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the starting front court, even though it was outmanned, outmatched

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because Phoebish and Jones weren't there, they still managed to

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score forty three and thirty five points in those two games.

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And my potential points number both of those games Ski

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they had the chance to get to three seventy five

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if everything went through the hoop.

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Speaker 1: That's high.

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Speaker 2: It's about eighteen points higher than league average. To me,

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everybody's back now. They've shown that without key pieces they

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can get to one seventy, so why not with them

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and especially the way New York is on a roll offensively?

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I'm trying to think of the instance where we saw

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this I could I guess it could be Atlanta, a

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team that came out and maybe that Atlanta is not

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a good example. But worked new pieces into the lineup,

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which Phoenix did in their first game back didn't go

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so well. There's minute restrictions on Sobbly, minutes restriction on

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a copper LEXI held came back as well. But now

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the second game, with everybody back, even though it's a

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travel situation, I think they'll be better offensively here. A

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lot of pace, a lot of three point shooters series

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history this year tells us these games go over. I

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think one seventy is very doable.

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Speaker 1: I do too, And I think you know, like you said,

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that Mercury offense was out of rhythm in that first

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game there. I think they should look a little bit

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better here tonight. Mercury felt Claire eighty points in about

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four plus games. I do think they get there tonight though.

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And another thing we did jam Rock kicks minister here.

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But yeah, first of a back to back for the

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Liberty LUs defense he's asking, I would agree. I mean,

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and in general, they don't need to come out and

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cover or win by big margin. They'll be happy just

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getting away with the win and moving on to tomorrow too,

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So I do agree. Let's defense first. Of a back

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to back and also just don't think they have a

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whole lot of motivation to win by margin. So I

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like Mercury and I like over in this one. Rovino.

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All right, one more up there for today looks like

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Wings and Valkyrie's. This one opened up minus five and

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a half for Golden State. They're now down to four

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total open one sixty three and not a whole lot

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of movement there. As far as who's available, No, Mayausha

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Heinz Allen and Maddy Secers still out for the Wings.

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Maria c Kaitlin Thornton both out for the Valkyries. And

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this is the Valkyrie's first game since the break, so

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they've had quite a bit off. I think they've had

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eight days off since their last game. The Valkyries weren't

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playing their best basketball and it's the break. I want

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to say. They lost three of their last four games,

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and in general, the Valkyrie have been really great as underdogs.

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I don't know how much we want them as favorites

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for the Wings. They're a little bit better rhythm right now,

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They're not rusty. They just played the game as an

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underdog and went out right, so that shows they're a

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little bit better than where the market things they're at

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right now. And I mean Page and Rique, I mean,

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as much as I talk about them, Arique, I do

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think they both can do enough to keep this one close,

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if not winning the game. So I think it's too

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much rest for Golden to stay here. We don't lay

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with this team. Dallas Wings are the right side in

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my opinion. What do you think you know?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Dallas set a lot of the right things coming

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out of the break and then they went ahead. Now, granted,

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Skyler Diggins didn't play, and that second half offense looked

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a trocious not that the first half didn't. I mean

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the first half Dallas didn't play any offense either, but

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the second half was all Dallas all the time. How

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much we can take from that As far as Dallas

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defense is concerned, I'm not so sure. We always kind

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of land on the opinion that Dallas's defense is ass

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and until proven otherwise, I don't know how much we

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could take from that game.

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Speaker 1: But they did play better.

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Speaker 2: The first thing that jumps out of me is Golden

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State first half has just been an absolute moneymaker, sixteen

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to four in one against the spread first half, and

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like you said Ski, which does make a little bit

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of a difference here. A lot of that done as

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an underdog, whether it be short price underdog, large price underdogs.

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A lot of it's been done as an underdog. And

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can they win a first half straight up? But I

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tell you, even though they weren't winning games prior to

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the break, they're three to one in one straight up

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first half last five, so it seems like they're a

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first half team. Problem you run into with that bet

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is exactly what you said. It's the age old question.

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Are they going to be rusty coming out of the

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gate or are they going to be rested? We don't

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know until the halftime score is there. We really don't know.

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So there's guests work involved. But sixteen four and one

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is a very very strong number, and especially we know

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about this team at home on a Friday night, the

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crowd is probably gonna be huge and it'll help them

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a little bit. We'll see if Dallas can avoid turnover problems.

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It's their biggest I think in their case, the biggest

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problem that that team has still is turnovers. They rebound

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like crazy. I'm trying to check. I noted these rebound

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numbers the other night against Seattle. Yeah, forty eight to

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thirty four rebound advantage plus fourteen on the boards for

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the Wings, who constantly get a ton of field goal

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attempts in their games. Shot at seventy one times against Seattle.

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Seattle shot at seventy five times. That's a lot of

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chances at the rim. Neither team shot well, didn't get

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over the number here. I'm kind of torn again. I'd

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like to believe in Dallas second half and maybe get

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behind them before the odds makers catch up if they're

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going to be better. But I'm not so sure that

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I could play against Golden State at home here again.

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That rest thing really is difficult coming out of the break.

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Golden State didn't have trying to think here. They didn't

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have a bunch of participants during All Star break, so

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it could have been more of practice rather than party

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in their case, which would help. I didn't play. I'd

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like to lean under, tell you the truth, if I hadn't,

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if I have any opinion at all, If I could

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say that right, any opinion at all, it would probably

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be under the total in this game. Because Golden State,

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if nothing else, they can lean on their defense and

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Dallas if what we saw the other night has any

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truth to it shutting Seattle down, then it should be

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an under.

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Speaker 1: All, right, you know, looking a little bit more at

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the total, I will be looking at the side there,

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and that's three games for today. We did a pretty

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good time a little bit under twenty minutes. Now, actually,

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before we get to best bets, let's go ahead and

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throw this back up there. I got to watch out

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for Casey, so I gotta watch what I say. But yeah,

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you can get both Rob's WNBA season and my WNBA

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season for just about three dollars a day. I think

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that's what it comes down to with this deal. So

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if you want to rock with both of us at

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WNBA goes all the way throughout or until I think

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mid October. So it's a way to roll with us

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through the entire summer pretty much. Because I'm not touching baseball,

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I'm letting you know right now, Ve No, No, I don't

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know if baseball will ever get you. Maybe in the playoffs,

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but that regular season, I think I'm hanging it up.

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Is there anything else you would like to promote? And

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if you have a best bet for the show, we

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would love to hear it. If you don't. It's okay

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because I'm giving plenty today.

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Speaker 2: I would say, real quick, it was funny how quick

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Ronald Hugh Capper came out the other day to disagree

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with the comment of how you and he look alike

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with you in that photo. It's not close. I'm on

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your side, Ronald. I don't know where that comparison comes

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into play. Let's get right to best bed here, Ski.

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Because it was easy for me this morning to make

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the play, it's easy to give it as a best

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bet here. I do think New York and Phoenix get

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over the total. The two are designed. The matchup is

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just designed to breed points in this case. So they've

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shown you that they can get to one seventy and

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one ninety seven already without every starting player on the floor,

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and now they have everybody back rotationally. Like I say,

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except for Sobbly, everybody's there. Pace will be there. I

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think the shooting will be there. Give me over one

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seventy and a half tonight in the Mercury Liberty Game

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as the best bet for today.

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Speaker 1: I like that too. And yeah, I'm going to share

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all of my players here today, or at least the

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ones that I've made so far. I'm pretty sure I'm

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going to join on that with Rob. You know. I

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like the Aces first half plus five and a half,

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Aces plus ten and a half on the game. I

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like the Mercury plus six and a half. Like I said,

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I like the over in that game, and I like

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the Wings plus four and a half. I think they

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can even win the game outright. So that's what I'm

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looking at as my car for today. I said on Twitter,

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I was gonna give it out on the show. I'm

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a man of my word. And if you guys make

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some money, you guys know where to come find me

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and find some more winners tomorrow. Good stuff here, Veno.

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End of the week. It's been great doing these shows

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and rocking with you. Would start back again. I'm not

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sure if we have games on Monday, but if we do,

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we'll be right back here with you guys. And if

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we don't, then we will be right back on Tuesday.

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Best of luck to everybody. Let me shout out the chat.

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Actually it was a lot of good people, A lot

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of usual suspects by Kyle Wright, b Man, Dropping Dimes,

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Titan CT, A lot of usual suspects, Jam Rock Kicks,

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We appreciate all of you tuning in. You guys all

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help make the show what it is, and people out

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there on kick x, Twitch, Apple, Spotify, YouTube, shorts, whatever

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it may be. We appreciate you guys supporting the show

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as well. So, like I said, best of luck this weekend.

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We'll catch you again next week