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Cowboys Add Joey Porter Jr., Browns Win AFC North Thriller + WNBA Playoff Spotlight on Angel Reese and A’ja Wilson · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: So the Cowboys made a pretty substantial move on Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: acquiring former first-round pick Joey Porter Jr.
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  Speaker 2: From the Steelers.
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  Speaker 1: They gave up a 2027 sixth-round pick and a 2028
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  Speaker 1: second-rounder to acquire him, marking the third deal the organizations
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  Speaker 1: have made since May of 2025. So....
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  Speaker 2: They be coordinating with each other.
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  Speaker 1: Dallas also traded with Pittsburgh for George Pickens and Broderick Jones.
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  Speaker 1: And the Cowboys secondary has been demolished by injury. They
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  Speaker 1: pretty much need him to play right away. And they
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  Speaker 1: haven't been able to intercept a single pass through three games.
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  Speaker 1: So this was certainly an area of need. Porter has
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  Speaker 1: just three interceptions since 2023, and he is ranked 13th
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  Speaker 1: amongst defensive backs when targeted as the nearest defender, according
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  Speaker 1: to NextGenStats.com. He's also committed the most penalties by a
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  Speaker 1: defender in that span, but he's been in contract negotiations
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  Speaker 1: with the Steelers that never.
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  Speaker 1: He said it was a hard process, lots of ups
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  Speaker 1: and downs, definitely felt disrespected, definitely felt undervalued, but that's
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  Speaker 1: old news now. That's how I look at it. I'm
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  Speaker 1: on some new beginnings, new chapter. And like I said,
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  Speaker 1: I'm a cowboy. I'm in Dallas. I'm happy about that.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is a great move for the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 1: It makes a lot of sense. And if the Steelers
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  Speaker 1: were not going to pay him, let him go. Get
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  Speaker 1: some picks, move on, move on from the conversation. And
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  Speaker 1: this is a quality asset for cheap for the Cowboys
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  Speaker 1: that they absolutely need. So area of need, feel done.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is something that will really benefit the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to be a very motivated player. He said
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  Speaker 1: he wants to finish his career there. The Cowboys are
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  Speaker 1: 25th in points allowed, 30th in yards, and like I said,
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  Speaker 1: they do not have an interception.
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  Speaker 2: They're one of four teams without an interception.
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  Speaker 1: They have a lot of injuries to secondary, so this
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  Speaker 1: was a great, very smart move for the Cowboys. Again,
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  Speaker 1: a team that I don't think is going very far
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  Speaker 1: this year, but still a Can't putt of the season
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  Speaker 1: after three games in.
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  Speaker 2: So make a move, bolster the secondary, and.
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  Speaker 1: Try and fix this defense that's been a conversation around
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  Speaker 1: the Cowboys since forever. But the Steelers could have used
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  Speaker 1: Porter on Thursday night. The AFC North battle with the
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  Speaker 1: Browns was a very... interesting matchup. Cleveland looked in control
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  Speaker 1: for most of the game. Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy
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  Speaker 1: were caught MFing each other during a play call.
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  Speaker 2: Things were looking bad for Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 1: And then a late drive by Rodgers tied the game
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  Speaker 1: on a touchdown pass to Fryermuth.
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  Speaker 2: Browns offense went to work with a minute, little over
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  Speaker 2: a minute left.
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  Speaker 1: 55-yard field goal with 10 seconds left gave them the lead.
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  Speaker 1: And Aaron Rodgers was not able to do his miracle
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  Speaker 1: work that he usually does through an interception to end it.
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  Speaker 2: So now the Browns are 3-1.
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  Speaker 1: It's the first time that they have sat atop the
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  Speaker 1: division since November 9th, 2014. And it is their first
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  Speaker 1: 3-1 start since the 2021 season. I'm confused by the Browns.
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  Speaker 1: Their defense looked really good in this game. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the pass protection for the Steelers was awful. They sacked
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  Speaker 1: Rodgers five times and intercepted him twice. So while Cleveland's
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  Speaker 1: offense at times was really, really clicking, they were also
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  Speaker 1: very messy. 17 total penalties, second straight game with at
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  Speaker 1: least 14 infractions. They've been called for the second most
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  Speaker 1: penalties in the NFL, so incredibly sloppy. Then you've also
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  Speaker 1: got Deshaun Watson turning the ball over twice. But then
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  Speaker 1: he had two straight game-winning drives. It's very confusing what's
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  Speaker 1: going on with the Browns. A little less confusing for
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  Speaker 1: what's going on with the Steelers. I want to say
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  Speaker 1: that the Browns are figuring it out.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they are 3-1.
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  Speaker 1: So while it has been sloppy and has been weird
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  Speaker 1: and it has been a offensive surge and then disaster,
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  Speaker 1: but then they pull it off. I don't know. I,
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  Speaker 1: I don't have a lot of faith in them as
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  Speaker 1: I never do with Cleveland, but at times it really
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  Speaker 1: does look like Watson is figuring out what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: They also are running. They ran the ball much better.
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  Speaker 1: They had a combined 131 yards in the first two games.
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  Speaker 1: They ran for 112 yards on Thursday night. That's the
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  Speaker 1: second time they have had back-to-back 100 yard rushing efforts.
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  Speaker 1: So that's important as well. They did run the ball well.
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  Speaker 1: And they are getting more consistent with that. They have
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  Speaker 1: at the New York Jets next, Baltimore, and then at Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: And the Steelers have Indy, Tampa Bay, and New Orleans
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  Speaker 1: in Paris. I said before the season started, I wasn't
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  Speaker 1: really that interested in what the Steelers were doing this year.
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  Speaker 1: I think they essentially punted on the season with this
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers situation. And it's really starting to look very ugly,
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  Speaker 1: very fast. I mean, Aaron is at the end of
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  Speaker 1: his career, an incredible all-time player. But this was a
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  Speaker 1: Hail Mary, for lack of a better term, when it
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  Speaker 1: came to the Steelers season. And it's starting to look
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  Speaker 1: like it's playing out that way. So the WNBA playoffs
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  Speaker 1: are in full swing. It's been a great week for
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  Speaker 1: Angel Reese. She had 15.7 rebounds in three blocks as
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  Speaker 1: the Dream swept the Mystics, clinching their spot in the
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  Speaker 1: WNBA semifinals. And then she was awarded Defensive Player of
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  Speaker 1: the Year by her mother in a surprise ceremony in
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  Speaker 1: front of her Atlanta teammates. If you haven't seen the video,
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  Speaker 1: it's very sweet. She said, I told my coaches early
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  Speaker 1: in the season I'm going to be Defensive Player of
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  Speaker 1: the Year. I don't know if it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: this year. I don't know if it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: next year, but I'm challenging myself and I want You
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  Speaker 1: guys challenge me every day to be that. And here
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  Speaker 1: it is. I always think team success leads to individual success.
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  Speaker 1: I've always been a great defender, but I knew coming
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  Speaker 1: to Atlanta was going to be on me to be
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  Speaker 1: a bigger stage and to lead to wins. Angel is
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  Speaker 1: a massive star on and off the court. If you've
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  Speaker 1: been listening to me or following me at all, you
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  Speaker 1: know that I have been early and often to the
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  Speaker 1: Angel Reese hype train, mainly because, and I will stand
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  Speaker 1: 10 toes on this because this is actually what happened.
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  Speaker 1: Angel and Caitlyn equally played a role in the massive
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  Speaker 1: explosion of coverage, growth, and conversation around women's sports, particularly
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  Speaker 1: around women's basketball. There is no Caitlyn without Angel Reese,
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  Speaker 1: and that has nothing to do with her talents and
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  Speaker 1: everything to do with the moment, the moment that Angel
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  Speaker 1: Reese and Caitlyn Clark had in that championship game in college.
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  Speaker 1: That was the magic bird moment. And since then, it
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  Speaker 1: has been nothing but conversation about the two of them.
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  Speaker 1: The comparisons between the two of them on the court
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  Speaker 1: is never and has never been what I was talking about.
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  Speaker 1: And Angel, as a player, now has something that she
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  Speaker 1: can safely hang her hat on. And she's going to
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  Speaker 1: have haters because that is what comes with that kind
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  Speaker 1: of controversy. But she had an incredibly impactful defensive year,
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  Speaker 1: which is why she is the defensive player of the year,
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  Speaker 1: record-setting season player. 500 rebounds, most rebounds in a single
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  Speaker 1: game against the Sparks with 26. She also set a
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  Speaker 1: WNBA single season record with 32 double doubles and finished
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  Speaker 1: the regular season averaging 12.3 rebounds per game, which was
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  Speaker 1: a league best. So really happy for her. She, she
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  Speaker 1: deserves this. Obviously she had an incredible season, the dream
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  Speaker 1: or having an incredible season as a team, the third
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  Speaker 1: best in the league.
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  Speaker 2: This next season, Matching up.
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  Speaker 1: Between the Liberty is going to be a battle, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what becomes of it. But this
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  Speaker 1: was a special moment for Angel. a big moment in
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  Speaker 1: her career, and I expect that she will have more
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  Speaker 1: of these and continue to grow and develop as a player.
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  Speaker 1: But there can be a lot of critiques about young players' games,
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  Speaker 1: and she is still a young player in this league,
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  Speaker 1: but she was focused and determined on a goal, and
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  Speaker 1: she hit that. And I think it's incredible for her,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm excited to see what the Dream do for
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the postseason.
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  Speaker 2: Sticking with the WNBA.
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  Speaker 1: The Aces were able to beat the Fever 94-83, hanging
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  Speaker 1: on and knocking off Kaitlyn Clark and Kelsey Mitchell. They
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  Speaker 1: are out of the playoffs for the second straight year
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  Speaker 1: at the hands of the Las Vegas Aces. Last year,
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  Speaker 1: Clark was not available and Mitchell got injured during the game.
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  Speaker 1: And this year, Kaitlyn Clark did take an elbow to
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  Speaker 1: her teeth late in the game, bloodied her mouth, only
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  Speaker 1: shot 3 of 12 for 3. That bloody mouth moment
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  Speaker 1: was way late in the game. Asia Wilson led all scorers,
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  Speaker 1: 36-point double-double, playing with an absolute fury. This was an
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  Speaker 1: incredible game.
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  Speaker 2: It was a great battle down to the ends.
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  Speaker 1: The Aces really kept the momentum. Every time that the
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  Speaker 1: fever tried to surge, the Aces were right there with
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  Speaker 1: a big shot.
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  Speaker 2: And Asia led the way. And this is how I
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  Speaker 2: expected this.
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  Speaker 1: Game to go after all of the controversy from the
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  Speaker 1: last game with Asia and the technical and the fan
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  Speaker 1: and the Indiana crowd and Sophie and Caitlin. And it's like,
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  Speaker 1: all right, it's enough. There's no excuse this time. Everyone
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  Speaker 1: was there. Caitlin was there. She didn't get hit until
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  Speaker 1: late in the game. Kelsey Mitchell has had an MVP-level season.
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  Speaker 1: Aaliyah Boston is an incredible player. The Aces are just
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  Speaker 1: built at a championship level, and they have the best
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  Speaker 1: player in the game in Asia Wilson, who, when she's
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  Speaker 1: playing like that, is almost impossible to stop and is
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  Speaker 1: a mismatch for anyone in the league.
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  Speaker 2: So....
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I expect to see the Aces in
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  Speaker 1: the finals again this year, and they are going to
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  Speaker 1: be an incredibly tough out.
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  Speaker 2: So drama aside, went how I expected it to.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, I would have loved to see a few more
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  Speaker 1: games in this series, and I want them to expand
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  Speaker 1: this ASAP. But, you know, look, we want to see
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  Speaker 1: the best players in the postseason for longer. Would I
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  Speaker 1: like to see the Fever and Caitlyn playing more games?
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  Speaker 2: Of course.
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  Speaker 1: But that's how the playoffs go. And it's a very
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  Speaker 1: short series. And you pull the Aces off the jump.
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  Speaker 1: And that's a tough, tough, tough out.
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  Speaker 2: And look, they played well.
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  Speaker 1: But.
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  Speaker 2: Faces are just better.
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  Speaker 1: And they have the best player on the planet in
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  Speaker 1: Asia Wilson, who will probably win her fifth MVP this year.
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