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<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, it is the world famous Ben and Skin show,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is a MAVs game day, game night, MAVs

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<v Speaker 1>Kings happening tonight. The play in skin is happening, and

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<v Speaker 1>I can't help but wonder if the MAVs have anything

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<v Speaker 1>left in the tank emotionally. They've been so resilient all

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<v Speaker 1>season long. They've overcome things. But I feel like Jason

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<v Speaker 1>Kidd deserves a ton of credit for that. But I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like they've compartmentalized. They've been like, look, all that's noise.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just ignore the noise that's just out They're happening

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<v Speaker 1>in the universe. Let's focus on this game. But now

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<v Speaker 1>the noise is too loud to me. The noise was

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<v Speaker 1>so loud because Luka Doncris was crying in their own

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<v Speaker 1>arena watching a montage of his first six and a

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<v Speaker 1>half years with the MAVs, and then he went out

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<v Speaker 1>and put forty five on the MAVs. The whole stadium

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<v Speaker 1>cheering for Luca. That's got to be an odd sensation

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<v Speaker 1>for a team to go through, and like you can't

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<v Speaker 1>compartmentalize or hide from it at that point, like it's

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<v Speaker 1>in your face loud. And then even if they had

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<v Speaker 1>overcome that. Now, the biggest MAVs news in the universe

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<v Speaker 1>is the press conference from Nico and Rick Welts. So

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<v Speaker 1>again that's news at a high volume, and so it

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<v Speaker 1>would be totally understandable if emotionally the Mavericks were just

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<v Speaker 1>drained by Now, yeah, I think all of that is fair. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not gonna see until the ball is tipped in

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<v Speaker 1>the air, right, You're gonna know within the first quarter.

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<v Speaker 1>We're honestly within the first four or five minutes, if

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<v Speaker 1>the MAVs are up for this game, Like, I really

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<v Speaker 1>think you're going to know. I think everything you said

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<v Speaker 1>about the Lucas situation is accurate. But the one counter

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<v Speaker 1>I would put out to that is that then two

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<v Speaker 1>days later, Anthony Davis played probably his second best game

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<v Speaker 1>as a Maverick. However, he played it against a Toronto

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<v Speaker 1>team that was only playing seven guys and he was

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<v Speaker 1>covered by Scotty Barnes who's about three inches shorter than him. So, right,

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<v Speaker 1>there's levels to all of this. And then I thought, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so the Mavericks got that game, and then they rested

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<v Speaker 1>their guys, so that you go Friday, you go Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 1>You have four days for PJ. Washington Junior and Anthony

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<v Speaker 1>Davis and you know, Derek Lively the second and these

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<v Speaker 1>guys to kind of, you know, get there s ready

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<v Speaker 1>and get ready for a playoff game. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>ultimately yesterday was just another really poorly received Maverick move.

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<v Speaker 1>Really in the universe. We talked about this off the

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<v Speaker 1>start of the show. And so if you're a guy

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<v Speaker 1>on this team, you go to your hotel room, right

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<v Speaker 1>You're not gonna go out in Sacramento. You're gonna, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>have dinner with your team and your your family, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>or your team family, and then get ready for a

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<v Speaker 1>playoff game. And then you go back to your room

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<v Speaker 1>and you get on the internet. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>that I saw anything out there and on the Internet

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<v Speaker 1>that was supportive of what happened with the Mavericks yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>It just doubled and tripled down on all the negative

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<v Speaker 1>energy and all the angst that is surrounding this team's fandom.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what, honestly, if they were going to

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<v Speaker 1>put it all together, I think it's probably better that

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<v Speaker 1>they have to play this game on the road and

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<v Speaker 1>not in their own building, right, that's crazy? Crazy? Then

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<v Speaker 1>what a wild turn of events. So it's advantageous to

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<v Speaker 1>have a late start on the West Coast. I think

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<v Speaker 1>about how weird that is. I agree with you, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think ultimately, look, the MAVs are underdogs in this game.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not expected to win this game. They're not favored

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<v Speaker 1>in this game. The one way they would win this

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<v Speaker 1>game is if Anthony Davis goes ham. Yeah, he's the

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<v Speaker 1>best player in this game, right on either team, This

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<v Speaker 1>is the best player. How healthy is he? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Has he been playing hurt through all of this just

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<v Speaker 1>to try to help the cause? You know, that's that's possible.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if he's one hundred percent, but if

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<v Speaker 1>that would be the one caveat where I'd say, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>there may be something here. If he just goes straight,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the best player here mode. If he delivers the

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<v Speaker 1>game he delivered against Atlanta, I think they will win.

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<v Speaker 1>So long as everybody rides with him. That's a great unknown, right,

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<v Speaker 1>But I do think that if he plays the way

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<v Speaker 1>he played against Atlanta, I think his teammates will ride

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<v Speaker 1>with him. I think they'll feed off of that they

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<v Speaker 1>will feed off of Anthony Davis's excellence. And I also

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<v Speaker 1>think a guy like PJ. Washington Junior, you know, I was.

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<v Speaker 1>I went back yesterday and read the McMahon article from

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<v Speaker 1>the day that the Mavericks played the Lakers, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's different sublinks you can click on the previous stories,

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<v Speaker 1>and I forgot that when PJ. Washington Junior kind of

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<v Speaker 1>addressed the crowd through the media and just said, man,

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<v Speaker 1>can y'all not kill it with this fire Nico stuff

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<v Speaker 1>like we're here playing for y'all, Like, can y'all not

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<v Speaker 1>get with us? And I think about him, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think about standing on business, and I think the way

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<v Speaker 1>he goes about his stuff, and so I think if

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Davis shows up and is a big presence, I

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<v Speaker 1>think PJ. Washington Junior will feed off of that. I

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<v Speaker 1>think a guy like Spencer Dinwiddie, who's been through a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>will feed off of that. I think Derek Lively the

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<v Speaker 1>second is always going to be ready to play. I

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<v Speaker 1>think a guy like Caleb Martin man, he couldn't be

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<v Speaker 1>any more removed from all of the chaos of the Mavericks.

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<v Speaker 1>And the one more thing I would say, you know

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<v Speaker 1>who I thought played better against the Lakers than maybe

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<v Speaker 1>anybody was Max Christy. He had a great stretch in there.

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<v Speaker 1>So I could see a scenario where if Anthony Davis

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<v Speaker 1>shows up and is a big presence, guy's feet off

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<v Speaker 1>of that and then suddenly we have something. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think we're going to figure it out here the next

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<v Speaker 1>in the first four or five minutes of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>What the Mavericks have in that taint tonight? Right? I

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<v Speaker 1>worry about them not having enough playmaking from the point

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<v Speaker 1>guard position. That's there A lot of it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>come down to Dinwiddie And sometimes Dinwiddie looks like one

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<v Speaker 1>of the best players on the planet and sometimes he doesn't. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's you know, that's fair, I think. And which

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<v Speaker 1>which Dinwiddie are we going to get? All right? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the pregame is going to start tonight at eight thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>Is that right? But yeah, eight thirty pregame right here,

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