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<v Speaker 1>Final score Houston one thirty one, Golden State one sixteen.

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<v Speaker 1>There tomorrow, there is tomorrow. How about that a rocket's

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<v Speaker 1>able to take care of business last night? You heard

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<v Speaker 1>Matt Thomas just give you the final score. And with

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<v Speaker 1>all that we say away we go in good morning

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<v Speaker 1>here on the Sean Salisbury Show. Sean much better. We

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<v Speaker 1>like that version much.

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<v Speaker 2>Better, well do we? You know? I personally it looked

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<v Speaker 2>to me like Golden State was preparing for game six.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, it just did. Now. Part of that Dan

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<v Speaker 2>has got to be the the way the Rockets jumped

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<v Speaker 2>out to put it on him early. I actually think

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<v Speaker 2>it was one of those kind of test games you

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<v Speaker 2>saw the minutes and the rest of it. One of

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<v Speaker 2>those test games. Let's see how we start and see

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<v Speaker 2>how this thing goes, and then we'll get our guys fresh.

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<v Speaker 2>We won't zue too much energy after we get our

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<v Speaker 2>ass handed to us. Had they come out and been

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<v Speaker 2>up by the way the Rockets played against them, it

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<v Speaker 2>might have been a different story. But it almost felt

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<v Speaker 2>to me like, okay, let's test it. Well, tonight's not

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<v Speaker 2>our night, let's not wear it out. And then the

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<v Speaker 2>Rockets put it on them and put their foot down.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's without Jalen Green dominating, and it's with Van

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<v Speaker 2>Vliet and the whole group doing their thing last night.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm gonna tell you, look at the free throws.

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<v Speaker 2>Just look at the free throws.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, massive difference there.

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<v Speaker 2>They shot almost forty of them and made what thirty

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<v Speaker 2>two or thirty three? If I remember going to bed

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<v Speaker 2>last night, two there you go, thirty two or what

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<v Speaker 2>thirty eight?

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<v Speaker 1>That's it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's gonna win, that's gonna win games. It's it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's not it's not a whole you know, there's other

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<v Speaker 2>things that go along with it, not letting Butler and

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<v Speaker 2>Steph Curry dominate a game and getting production from you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of people. And Fred looked like a you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a top notch player in the NBA last night. It

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<v Speaker 2>looked like a guy with playoff experience. But they they

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<v Speaker 2>gave Golden State everything, they everything that they needed last night.

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<v Speaker 2>And I had, you know, we talked about it yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>and we were leaving the building about you know, and

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the show and throughout about the

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<v Speaker 2>Rockets and that we felt that they'd win this ballgame

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<v Speaker 2>and head back and it was one of those that

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<v Speaker 2>Golden State got a pretty good feel early on that

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<v Speaker 2>the Rockets came to play and they were sharp from

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<v Speaker 2>the free throw line. See, it goes to show when

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<v Speaker 2>you do this. Now it's the teaser. You can't give

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<v Speaker 2>us the fact that, well, you know, they're just not

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<v Speaker 2>a good free throw shooting team, whether it's concentration or focus. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot more that goes into this game. But

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<v Speaker 2>it isn't it uncanny how you say, okay, even if

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't watch going in, the first thing you did

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<v Speaker 2>was say, okay, look at Butler and Curry's line, and

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<v Speaker 2>then how they play shooting free throws. The you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the unforced air Can you go to the line, make

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<v Speaker 2>them or miss them? What's that damage due to either

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<v Speaker 2>you or the other team if you're good or you're

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<v Speaker 2>not at the line, And that'll tell you the story

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<v Speaker 2>of the game. It definitely just and it did. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we just did.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it definitely did. And you know a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>things of what you just mentioned right there. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>one is you know, the the good what you mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>with the free throws thirty two of thirty eight, fifty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent from the field, for the night.

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<v Speaker 2>That was the next thing that might have even been

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<v Speaker 2>just as important the way they shot it. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>to interrupt you, Dan, was their their ability to knock

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<v Speaker 2>down high percentage of shots from a lot of different

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<v Speaker 2>places last night.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that was massive. And you know the other part

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<v Speaker 1>of it too, is you mentioned I mean, I do

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<v Speaker 1>see what you're saying about Steve Kerr saying, hey, look

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<v Speaker 1>we've got a lifeline here. This night's just not going.

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<v Speaker 1>It kind of reminded me of there was a regular

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<v Speaker 1>season game, I think it was the second to last

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<v Speaker 1>meeting these two teams had, and it was the shoe

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<v Speaker 1>was on the other foot. The Rockets were the ones

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<v Speaker 1>that the starter is just getting blown out. Imidoka said,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, why don't you guys take the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of the night off. And then you've got Jay, Shawn Taate,

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<v Speaker 1>Nate Williams and Jock Landale and all these guys nearly

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<v Speaker 1>leading the Rockets back. And we kind of saw that too.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the Rockets up by I mean what was

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<v Speaker 1>their largest lead, thirty thirty one something like that, and

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<v Speaker 1>there with about nine minutes left to go, it's down

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<v Speaker 1>to like twelve, and you're kind of like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>they're gonna have to sweat this thing out. I've never

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<v Speaker 1>seen the white flag waved. And the other team says, okay, well,

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<v Speaker 1>if they're taking their guys out, we can take cars too.

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<v Speaker 1>But then need me don't gad to quickly go back

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<v Speaker 1>to his guys and say, hey, heat pads, ice bags,

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<v Speaker 1>don't put them on just yet. You're going back out there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I do. I think it was I swear

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<v Speaker 2>going in. I think it was a field game. I

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<v Speaker 2>think he was gonna cur was going to judge energy

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<v Speaker 2>wise and how they were playing and what you were

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<v Speaker 2>getting out of Houston and your team and how it

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<v Speaker 2>was played out, and you saw a playout and then

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<v Speaker 2>you're just going, okay, just stay on reserve and we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see how it felt to me. And that's not taking

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<v Speaker 2>angway from the way the Rockets put it on them.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they were saying, Okay, yeah, obviously they came

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<v Speaker 2>in to win. You try to get out of a series,

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<v Speaker 2>you you won't rest. You're trying to get out of

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<v Speaker 2>a series as quickly as possible. But once it started

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<v Speaker 2>to flow the way the Rockets had intended, I think

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<v Speaker 2>Steve Kerr was not going to over exert, especially down

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<v Speaker 2>thirty plus. You aren't going to say the energy it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to take to get us back in with our

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<v Speaker 2>starters and win this game on the road for a

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<v Speaker 2>team that we handled it, you know, we got the

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<v Speaker 2>series in control, and what it would have taken for

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<v Speaker 2>And think about it. Now, they've they've got a few

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<v Speaker 2>veterans to get a little long in the tooth. Qualified players,

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<v Speaker 2>but long in the tooth. So let's test this thing

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<v Speaker 2>and see what it is. Hey man, if you're in

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<v Speaker 2>a four hundred meter race and you're at the three

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<v Speaker 2>hundred meter mark and the guy's got you by forty meters,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to suggest that's right, and it's the quality,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's a qualifying heat and you just got to

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<v Speaker 2>get to the final run. You ain't trying to win

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<v Speaker 2>the race at that point in time. You're just getting

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<v Speaker 2>in safe and healthy so you have a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>run in the final. Were your last eight runners? Now,

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<v Speaker 2>four hundred meet, I got that extra burst the energy.

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<v Speaker 2>You try to go too much, you still qualify, but

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<v Speaker 2>you finished the second qualifying and you'd sent that last

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<v Speaker 2>under me is just out of pride and ego trying

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<v Speaker 2>to chase the guy down and now you've exerted everything.

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<v Speaker 2>So when you get to the final, you finished sixth.

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<v Speaker 2>It looked him And maybe I'm wrong from somebody else's

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<v Speaker 2>vantage point, and I think it had to do with

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<v Speaker 2>the Rockets putting it on him early. They don't misunderstand me.

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<v Speaker 2>If Golden State's up fourteen, they're playing there, guys, you're

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<v Speaker 2>getting they're getting minutes, and they're going to go try

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<v Speaker 2>to close this thing out. But the way the game

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<v Speaker 2>shaped up, and you could see pretty early what was

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<v Speaker 2>happening with the way that the Rockets were playing and

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<v Speaker 2>knocking down free throws and the way they were shooting

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<v Speaker 2>the basketball and playing on the defensive end, they did

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<v Speaker 2>a hell of a job of it, especially early in

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<v Speaker 2>the game. And to get that lead at that point

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<v Speaker 2>in time, I think Steve Kurb made that decision of Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>this gets in within six or eight. Maybe it's a

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<v Speaker 2>different story, but and you're right in the fourth quarter,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sitting there watching thinking, okay, it's started to close

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<v Speaker 2>down a little bit. But they were able to stave

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<v Speaker 2>it off. But I don't think that they were in

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<v Speaker 2>there at a huddle at a time out at the

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of the fourth quarter or in the third saying

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<v Speaker 2>all right, everybody back in, we're going to go try

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<v Speaker 2>to win this thing. Not saying they quit, but they

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<v Speaker 2>paced themselves late after the Rockets had put their foot

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<v Speaker 2>on their throat early, and it got to the point

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<v Speaker 2>where saying we're waiting for the you know, the final race,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're not. We're not. We're not meaning you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I qualified for this. Now we'll go back to game

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<v Speaker 2>six and deal with you in our building with a

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<v Speaker 2>full amount of energy. Not did we over exceeded to

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<v Speaker 2>still lose by seven if that would have been the case.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that was a whether you like it or not,

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<v Speaker 2>it was. It was I think absolutely part of what

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<v Speaker 2>they were trying to do. Once they knew you're down

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<v Speaker 2>thirty plus, that's a lot of energy to get back

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<v Speaker 2>into it. Even if you say, well, the games are

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<v Speaker 2>never over, but imagine exerting all that energy, Dan, and

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<v Speaker 2>then the game's too You still get beat and now

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<v Speaker 2>you've got to go back and deal with game six,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's like, okay, man, it took a lot of effort,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it just did so Rockets. I mean it

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<v Speaker 2>was because of them, but I got news for you.

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<v Speaker 2>At Golden State, they'll be fresh legged ready to go

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<v Speaker 2>after that ass whoop. And it was for the most

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<v Speaker 2>part last night. And now you got to go back

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<v Speaker 2>in their building and see how it is. But impressive

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<v Speaker 2>effort shooting the basketball and the when they got free opportunities,

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<v Speaker 2>they knocked him out. Now they knocked free throws down

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<v Speaker 2>and that was a huge That's what I was watching

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<v Speaker 2>for him. How are you how's Jalen going to play?

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<v Speaker 2>And they were still able to overcome. But look what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>He did not He's had four or three not real

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<v Speaker 2>good games. Last night was I mean, he got them.

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<v Speaker 2>He got himself about seven eight rebounds, so he played decent.

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<v Speaker 2>He was in the plus category in the game. He

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<v Speaker 2>just didn't score like you used to. And they still want,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, handsomely why because the other things we just

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<v Speaker 2>talked about. They played defense, they shot the basketball well,

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<v Speaker 2>very well, and they knocked down free throws and free opportunities,

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<v Speaker 2>which thirty two of their points came into free throw line.

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<v Speaker 2>That's at thirty eight you know opportunities. So that was it,

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<v Speaker 2>and then Golden State decides, well you know that decision

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<v Speaker 2>was made in the third quarter. I believe that I

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see in games.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, but for the good that the Rockets did.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned the defensive part of it, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>that's something we can talk about too as the show

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<v Speaker 1>goes along. I mean, that was the nice thing to see.

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<v Speaker 1>I just I thought that we saw a more free

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<v Speaker 1>flowing team last night. Like I think that we saw

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<v Speaker 1>the team that we saw fifty two times this year

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<v Speaker 1>be able to play really good basketball and be the

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<v Speaker 1>team that's the number two team in the West. So

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<v Speaker 1>it was nice to see that version as opposed to

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<v Speaker 1>the h we're in the playoffs. This is different type

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<v Speaker 1>of version that I think we had seen for at

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<v Speaker 2>So what Dan it looked to me also just talking

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<v Speaker 2>about that, you know, we went into this saying, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>they got a couple veterans that have been in the

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<v Speaker 2>league for a minute, got a ring, meaning I mean

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<v Speaker 2>Fred van Vliet with his ring. My thought was, and

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<v Speaker 2>we talked about it, don't don't play not to lose

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<v Speaker 2>and too cute and okay, that's that naive thing that

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of young players who've not been in a

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<v Speaker 2>playoff situation, like I don't know what this is supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to look like. So to me, it's just another basketball

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<v Speaker 2>game at the gym, or series, should I say and

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<v Speaker 2>just go let it rip? Well, I think they've been

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<v Speaker 2>tentative at times in this series. It's Golden State, it's

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<v Speaker 2>oh my gosh, it's you know, we're in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>We haven't been in this situation a while. We're the

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<v Speaker 2>two seed, so it can be overwhelming. And also to

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<v Speaker 2>the point where you're playing not to lose. You're getting

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<v Speaker 2>really fine and cute, which you want to do, but

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want to be thinking about that. You just

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<v Speaker 2>want that to be natural. And we said going into

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<v Speaker 2>last night, let it rip. Man, you're not getting it

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<v Speaker 2>done by, you know, trying to methodically and overthinking everything

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<v Speaker 2>and standing at the free throw line and bricking shots

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<v Speaker 2>up and going nineteen to thirty one. Last night, it

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<v Speaker 2>looked like a team that said, you know what, if

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<v Speaker 2>we're going home, we're going home on the terms that

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<v Speaker 2>we are just letting it rip and playing like a

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<v Speaker 2>team that's got it. It's relaxed and has the three

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<v Speaker 2>to one lead. And it showed last night. They looked

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<v Speaker 2>like a young, energetic team with some proper veteran leadership

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<v Speaker 2>that did their thing and got a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>into it on the defensive offensive end. And even when

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<v Speaker 2>one of your top scores again for the five games

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<v Speaker 2>is hovering around double digits, you know, eight nine, what'd

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<v Speaker 2>he get eleven or something last night? Whatever it was,

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<v Speaker 2>so and then everybody else did their job, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you shot free throw. So yeah, I thought last night

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<v Speaker 2>not just free flowing. I thought last night looked a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more relaxed. Whether that means you were in your building,

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<v Speaker 2>but you've got to bring that same energy and that

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<v Speaker 2>same I don't want to say you don't care about

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<v Speaker 2>the result, but there's something to be said for I

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<v Speaker 2>don't care about the result. It's it's the journey. Just

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy along the way. The result will take care of itself.

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<v Speaker 2>We do that, and it will take care of itself

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<v Speaker 2>at Golden State too. If they do the same thing,

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<v Speaker 2>play like they did last night, they can go into

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<v Speaker 2>Golden State and win in that building. And now and

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<v Speaker 2>now it's a whole different We're looking a whole different

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<v Speaker 2>coming back for game seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, and that that was the other part

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<v Speaker 1>of it too, I mean, just you know, being able

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<v Speaker 1>to play the way that they did last night. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, more importantly, Sean, you didn't get knocked out

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<v Speaker 1>in five. I mean it's like I said, there's two

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<v Speaker 1>scenarios that are embarrassing for you in a playoff series.

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<v Speaker 1>You get swept or you lose in five. And the

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<v Speaker 1>Lakers can't say that because they got knocked out last night.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul Bracito whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, what do you think about their performance?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it wasn't necessarily the performance. It was their head coach.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's something we're going to get into as the

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<v Speaker 1>show goes along, because I am all the way out

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<v Speaker 1>on that guy. I have been, but this completely pushed

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<v Speaker 1>me off the edge last night.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're out on JJ Red.

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<v Speaker 1>He is such a d dude, Like I just I

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<v Speaker 1>can't deal with them, And you can take whatever interpretation

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<v Speaker 1>of d that is, and we'll let you hear from

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<v Speaker 1>him as the show continues. Well, also get into some astros.

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<v Speaker 1>They're off today, but they lost just a seven four

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<v Speaker 1>to the Tigers. So all of these things at your disposal,

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<v Speaker 1>John on the Northwest Side, to see you right there.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get to you here and we'll continue here on

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<v Speaker 1>The Sean Salisbury Show.