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Donovan Mitchell & Evan Mobley Talk Cavs Being Eliminated _ 2025 NBA Playoffs · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: And Donovan Mitchell thirty five points average thirty four points
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  Speaker 1: per game. In the series, Calves lose four to one.
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  Speaker 2: They've been there. We had some mental lapses and they capitalized,
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  Speaker 2: and those can change the series. You lose game one,
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  Speaker 2: you're chasing the series. Game two happens.
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  Speaker 3: Chasing that.
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  Speaker 2: You give a lot of energy Game three and the
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  Speaker 2: game four, like, you know, find an uphill battle against
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  Speaker 2: the team that has.
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  Speaker 3: The fastest pace in league history. Yeah, I saw that.
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  Speaker 4: You went back out on the court a little bit
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  Speaker 4: after the final bluzzer.
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  Speaker 3: What was going through your mind? That definitely? What were
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  Speaker 3: your churning the process?
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  Speaker 2: Just couldn't believe it. They didn't want to believe it.
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  Speaker 2: Don't want to believe it. Still don't wanna believe it.
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  Speaker 3: It's tough.
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  Speaker 2: It's tough to win this league. Give them credit. We
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  Speaker 2: didn't do the things necessary. I love playing in that
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  Speaker 2: Frican arena, man, like that energy. That crowd rolled three
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  Speaker 2: at home, you know, let the city down, man, that's
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  Speaker 2: this place is special. This place is really special, and
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  Speaker 2: we didn't get it done. GRI's like this, especially at home.
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  Speaker 2: That's what hurts, you know. Yeah, I mean, I just
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  Speaker 2: feel like for us. We've had a lot of positives,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of but you know, I told you during
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  Speaker 2: the year, we're gonna be judging off this. There're gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a lot of talk. M that's what comes with it.
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  Speaker 2: And we we didn't capitalize. So now we gotta use this.
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  Speaker 2: It's a motivation. Everybody's gonna write us off, everybody in here.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's not personal. So what are we gonna
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  Speaker 2: do about it next year? And yeah, okay, I.
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  Speaker 3: Is black and white. But considering that you guys have
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  Speaker 3: these sixty four win season.
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  Speaker 5: And then have your season at the same game age.
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  Speaker 3: With last year, if you view this year as a successful.
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  Speaker 2: We took a step in the right direction, but we
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  Speaker 2: didn't win a championship and we didn't complete the young goal.
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  Speaker 2: So no, there's no moral victories here. We just didn't
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  Speaker 2: get the job done. There's really nothing else to be said. Jack, Sorry, good,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 5: What do you think needs to happen between right now
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  Speaker 5: when it's time next year to take that next stuff?
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  Speaker 3: Every one? M.
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  Speaker 2: I just feel like this is a lesson. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: winning is winning is tough. You gotta be winning, damn
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  Speaker 2: near die out there on the floor. Not to say
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  Speaker 2: we weren't, but for full forty eight minutes on a
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  Speaker 2: consistent basis, you gotta be that desperate.
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  Speaker 3: You can't have little mistakes.
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  Speaker 2: I can't get a steal and get momentum, go behind
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  Speaker 2: my back knowing everybody's behind me, and lose.
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  Speaker 3: The ball and then gets the ball right back to him.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying. I can't not Tyres has
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  Speaker 2: hit four threes. I can't not switch you up. He
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  Speaker 2: hits a fucking three from the logo like changes the game.
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  Speaker 2: I can't miss three free throws, like I don't give
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  Speaker 2: a damn how tired, I don't.
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  Speaker 3: Give here we are like you know what I mean? Yeah?
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  Speaker 6: Right, Toughness isn't just physical.
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  Speaker 7: It's there's a bunch of different components of a mental
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  Speaker 7: emotional business as part of it.
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  Speaker 3: Do you look at this grew that Do you think
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  Speaker 3: this screw is tough enough as it feel like to
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  Speaker 3: do too really dies and get Yeah? I think.
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  Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing is I mean, I've been
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  Speaker 2: doing this eight years, and I've been in the same
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  Speaker 2: round eight years. These things aren't easy. Just when you
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  Speaker 2: think you're gotten somewhere, there's another level. You know, what
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying, And I think to Danny's point, like it,
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  Speaker 2: to Danny's question, like we took a step, wasn't We
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  Speaker 2: didn't take two? We took one and getting beat down
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  Speaker 2: like this, and y'all gonna write some shit about us, man,
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  Speaker 2: and that's gonna be fuel, like you know, fuel for everybody.
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  Speaker 2: Y'all gonna say a lot of shit, y'all are, and
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  Speaker 2: that's what it takes. I've been here, so I understand,
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  Speaker 2: we understand, and now we just gotta use it as
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  Speaker 2: fuel for next years. Oh see, ye down.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think the zitty.
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  Speaker 2: Did you?
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  Speaker 3: Do you think this team lost.
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  Speaker 7: A little rhythm between the Miami series the week layoff
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  Speaker 7: when the slow started in this.
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  Speaker 2: Series, I think Game one set the tone. I don't
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  Speaker 2: think it was damn near the same week we had
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  Speaker 2: before we played Miami. Game one set the tone. And obviously,
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  Speaker 2: guys are our game two and like I said, you're
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  Speaker 2: fighting uphill battle. It's a different pace, it's a different
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's different. So I don't think it was
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  Speaker 2: a rhythm. I think we just.
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  Speaker 3: It's uh No, I don't think we got out.
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  Speaker 7: A rhythm last four o taen O last year talked
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  Speaker 7: about the core four and then you be this unit together.
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  Speaker 2: There was a lot of questions and you guys stayed
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  Speaker 2: confident in it.
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  Speaker 7: Is that what you would go to bath or keeping
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  Speaker 7: this team as a whole.
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  Speaker 2: I go to bath for every guy in that locker room,
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  Speaker 2: like willing to die out there for those guys we
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  Speaker 2: offer each other. I mean, we get so like, winning
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  Speaker 2: is not easy. Some things have to go right. So
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  Speaker 2: you gotta play well. You know, you gotta capitalize on opportunities,
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  Speaker 2: like you know, I'm obviously you know you you you
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  Speaker 2: look at around the league like it's just you know,
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  Speaker 2: you gotta capitalizing. We have a window with this group.
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  Speaker 2: I believe in everybody in here. We believe in each other.
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  Speaker 2: That's what sucks, man, It's just we're a good team
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  Speaker 2: and for five four games, three games, we didn't show,
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  Speaker 2: you know, what we're capable of, and ultimately that's what
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  Speaker 2: we're judged them. So get in the gym, weight room, nutrition,
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  Speaker 2: whatever the hell it is, and can get back at
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  Speaker 2: it because y'all going right us the fuck off, man,
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  Speaker 2: But we'll be back. They let sit city down, letting
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  Speaker 2: each other down. Holl be back.
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  Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the year, Evan Mobley twenty four points
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  Speaker 1: and eleven rebounds in the elimination game for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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  Speaker 4: Haven't really happened, and a lot of things going through
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  Speaker 4: your mind. Yeah, I just take it moment, my moment
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  Speaker 4: right now.
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  Speaker 5: Kenny said that he thought like individuals improved this season,
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  Speaker 5: but you guys didn't make the jump he wanted to,
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  Speaker 5: and you're not celebrating the season because of that. Do
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  Speaker 5: you view this as a a big disappointment, under achieving
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  Speaker 5: and how how do you describe it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? I think.
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  Speaker 4: Definitely wanted to go further, That's the main thing. Had
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  Speaker 4: a good season, guys definitely improved. I feel like I've
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  Speaker 4: definitely improved. You just gotta go back to the drawing
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  Speaker 4: board see what, uh we can do better next year.
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  Speaker 4: But yeah, the main thing is we wanted to make
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  Speaker 4: a jump into playoffs. We didn't really care too much
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  Speaker 4: about regular season.
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  Speaker 7: Uh.
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  Speaker 4: It's definitely a positive. Definitely took steps towards the right direction,
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  Speaker 4: and I think it's just more experience. So we gonna
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  Speaker 4: look at the bright side of that and next year
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  Speaker 4: go further.
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  Speaker 7: Sure, Well, how much do you think injuries influence this series?
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  Speaker 4: Good amount Uh, but that's just the playoffs. Everyone gets hurt. Yeahs,
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  Speaker 4: you just gotta find a way to win certain games
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  Speaker 4: that you're supposed to win. You gotta win. Look back
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  Speaker 4: to game two when you're up twenty, like, you gotta
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  Speaker 4: just finish games out and the series just looks a
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  Speaker 4: lot different.
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  Speaker 7: Can you step that there's another mental jump for this
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  Speaker 7: team needs to take? What is that next jump?
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  Speaker 4: I think just mental fortitude. I mean it's strong in
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  Speaker 4: these big moments and then just in the visually, I'm
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  Speaker 4: mentally just have more preparation being ready from the jump.
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  Speaker 4: Uh of this series. I feel like we didn't start
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  Speaker 4: off the best uh the game one, and then uh,
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  Speaker 4: from there kind of we got hurt and you know,
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  Speaker 4: things just went downhill. But you just gotta be more
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  Speaker 4: mentally ready from from the jump.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, and then t you guys went tonight. You make
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  Speaker 6: it a a series again, and you were in control
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  Speaker 6: in that first quarter. So let's switched after that first quarter.
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  Speaker 4: Gotta go back and watch the film. I'm not sure
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  Speaker 4: right now.
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  Speaker 6: I mean when they they were one of ten on
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  Speaker 6: threes in that first quarter and then they started hitting.
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  Speaker 6: Did but it's something they did or did you guys.
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  Speaker 3: I think it was us.
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  Speaker 4: I think Tyrese had a few threes that uh quarter
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  Speaker 4: that really got 'em going, And uh that's on us,
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  Speaker 4: like we gotta be better and pressing the ball and
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  Speaker 4: not let 'em even get those shots. And that's partly
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  Speaker 4: like the mental part of that we were talking about earlier.
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  Speaker 4: Just uh, no mistakes and and big moments like that.
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  Speaker 6: Okay, other series.
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  Speaker 7: Won five games, you win game three and two of
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  Speaker 7: the games you lost, they had nineteen and twenty point leats.
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  Speaker 7: What was it that they did where you couldn't deliver
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  Speaker 7: the the knockout punch they seemed to to respond. Can
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  Speaker 7: you put your finger on that?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it was It's a lot of different things
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  Speaker 4: that happened in the game, So it's not just one
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  Speaker 4: particular thing that uh you could just say. But in
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  Speaker 4: those games, like I said, you gotta have to win
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  Speaker 4: the ones that you can and when you're up twenty,
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  Speaker 4: you gotta come out with that win. Uh, And we
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  Speaker 4: did it multiple times, and we gotta come out the
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  Speaker 4: w with the wins that uh well capable of winning.