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Ravens Win at the End in Brazil Against Cowboys, Broncos-Rams Thriller, and WNBA Playoffs Open with Veteran Dominance · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 2: the Ravens flew home from Rio with the win and
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  Speaker 2: the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 1: Had a really long flight.
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  Speaker 2: Baltimore won 34-31 in Brazil on a literal last-second field
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  Speaker 2: goal from Tyler Loop, despite a lot of concerns about
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  Speaker 2: the quality of the field and the distance that they
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  Speaker 2: had to travel to play in Brazil. Zach Prescott and
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  Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson played an amazing football game and treated the
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  Speaker 2: fans there to a thriller. Now, Baltimore outscored Dallas 10-3
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  Speaker 2: in the final two minutes to pull out the much-needed
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  Speaker 2: bounce-back win.
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  Speaker 1: And for the Cowboys, this has got to be a
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  Speaker 1: tough pill to swallow.
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  Speaker 2: Secondary injuries, And all of it really eventually undermines a
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  Speaker 2: really solid performance by Dak, CD, Javante Williams, and the
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  Speaker 2: rest of the Cowboys offense. And head coach Brian Schottenheimer
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  Speaker 2: took the loss hard. He said, I'm hurting.
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  Speaker 1: They're hurting.
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  Speaker 2: It's a long trip to Rio, but no one cares.
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  Speaker 2: We also have a long flight back. Same old story
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  Speaker 2: with the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 1: Coulda, shoulda, woulda.
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  Speaker 2: But this ending to this game, I think, is important
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  Speaker 2: for Baltimore. I think it's important for Lamar Jackson, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of the narratives that are around him. And I
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  Speaker 2: also think it is a good message to the league
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  Speaker 2: and to players that, you know, this is a good reminder.
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  Speaker 2: You have to play until all of the time is
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  Speaker 2: off the clock. Like this was a blown opportunity for
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  Speaker 2: the Cowboys in the worst way possible.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, seven seconds and, I always get into it.
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  Speaker 2: With people because they talk about how someone is struggling
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  Speaker 2: or someone's not good anymore or someone's a bum.
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  Speaker 1: These are the best players in the world.
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  Speaker 2: At any given time, they can have a spectacular, unbelievable
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  Speaker 2: moment and completely ruin.
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  Speaker 1: The other team's day. This is an example of that.
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  Speaker 2: Seven seconds should not be enough time for you to
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  Speaker 2: come back and win a game like this.
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  Speaker 1: And it was just enough. And it was off of
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  Speaker 1: a Cowboys poor decision to let the ball roll kick
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  Speaker 1: the ball off the way that they did and leave
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  Speaker 1: that time on the clock.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, you normally wouldn't be worried that this
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  Speaker 2: is possible, but it is. And the greats are able
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  Speaker 2: to take what time they have and what opportunity they
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  Speaker 2: have and pull it together in a moment. And everyone
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  Speaker 2: blocked the way they were supposed to. As Lamar said,
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  Speaker 2: everyone was on the same timing. The line did a
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  Speaker 2: good job protecting Zay and he got a great route and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he, he caught it and got down. Like, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Lamar called a timeout. All of these things have to
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  Speaker 2: come together, but.
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  Speaker 1: It also helps when you are elite. So, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a great lesson for everybody that you've
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  Speaker 2: got to play all the way through.
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  Speaker 1: And it's got to be an awful flight for the
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys on the way back.
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  Speaker 2: And just on another side note, I'm really sick of
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  Speaker 2: hearing about how these international games have bad fields. It's
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  Speaker 2: crazy to me that the NFL, a billion dollar industry,
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  Speaker 2: has the audacity to send their players who are worth
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  Speaker 2: millions and irreplaceable as talents to go play on subpar
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  Speaker 2: facilities for the sake of expanding the game. And these
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  Speaker 2: are regular season games that count. You're putting them on
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  Speaker 2: these crazy flights. tearing their bodies up. It is not
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  Speaker 2: an easy trip and their routines are disrupted. Everything is
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  Speaker 2: not as it should be. And then the field isn't right.
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  Speaker 2: Just what are we talking about? That's a given that
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  Speaker 2: the facilities have to be up to par for NFL football.
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  Speaker 1: Why is that a conversation? It drives me nuts.
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  Speaker 2: Staying in the NFL, the Sunday night game also came
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  Speaker 2: down to the final play. Two major playoff contenders with
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  Speaker 2: Super Bowl winning head coaches, Sean Payton and the Broncos
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  Speaker 2: and Sean McVay and the Rams in Denver. No puka
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  Speaker 2: for this one or Miles Garrett. It didn't seem to
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  Speaker 2: matter to start because Matthew Stafford and Devontae Adams connected
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  Speaker 2: for a touchdown in the first half. And....
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  Speaker 1: They also had three field goals.
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  Speaker 2: The Broncos were scoreless in the first half, but got
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  Speaker 2: it going in the third quarter. Not the best second
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  Speaker 2: half for Matthew Stafford. And they were able to climb
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  Speaker 2: back in it. Although Matthew Stafford became the first player
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  Speaker 2: to throw for 20,000 plus yards with two franchises for
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  Speaker 2: the night. And he also threw his all-time record 33rd
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  Speaker 2: pick six to give the Broncos the lead with just
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  Speaker 2: under five minutes to play. And then Stafford led a
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  Speaker 2: four play drive to lead, to take the lead with
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  Speaker 2: a little over a minute. The Broncos drove down and
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  Speaker 2: after some penalties, Bo Nix was able to barely reach
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  Speaker 2: the ball, the goal line to take the lead. And
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  Speaker 2: then Stafford drove the Rams down on a final play
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  Speaker 2: of the game through a second interception to Hufunga. And
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  Speaker 2: that was all she wrote. The last pick was on Matthew.
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  Speaker 2: There were some operational things. There were some picks and
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  Speaker 2: a really questionable decision pass interference call. There's going to
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  Speaker 2: be some conversation about the refs when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: this game. But yeah, the much-hyped Rams coming into the
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  Speaker 2: season have not had a great start. And they have
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  Speaker 2: at Philadelphia next, then Buffalo on Monday Night Football, and
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  Speaker 2: then Arizona. So they've got to figure this out and fast.
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  Speaker 2: And it's... I don't know what is going on this
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  Speaker 2: season with the injuries. Maybe I'm overreacting, but it just
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  Speaker 2: feels like there are so many injuries to everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Like no one is safe and it's getting kind of ridiculous.
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  Speaker 1: Like everybody is dealing with losing players.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what's happening, but every other play, it
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  Speaker 2: feels like somebody is going out and it's a scary
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  Speaker 2: thing to watch. But it's also why, you know, health
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  Speaker 2: obviously always plays a role in, seasons and postseason runs,
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  Speaker 2: but it's getting nasty out here. And I really think
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  Speaker 2: it's going to start influencing some of these teams that
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  Speaker 2: we did not think were going to be contenders because
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  Speaker 2: some of the top contenders are losing key players left
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  Speaker 2: and right. So it's going to be interesting to watch.
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  Speaker 2: And we've got to really pay attention to who is
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  Speaker 2: going to be available week to week, even quarter by quarter. Finally,
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  Speaker 2: the WNBA playoffs started last And the first night was
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  Speaker 2: all about the vets and all about experience. Three-time NBA
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  Speaker 2: champ Asia Wilson was unbelievable, completely dominating the fever, outscored
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  Speaker 2: Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell as Vegas blew out Indiana. Similarly,
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  Speaker 2: three-time NBA champion Brianna Stewart and a Liberty handled the
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  Speaker 2: Minnesota Lynx, who is the top seed. And Stewie became
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  Speaker 2: just the fourth player in league history to have 30 points,
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  Speaker 2: 10 rebounds and five assists in a WNBA playoff game.
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  Speaker 1: Incredible start to that series.
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  Speaker 2: Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream aren't necessarily vets, but
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  Speaker 2: they did knock off the Mystics, who affectionately nicknamed themselves
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  Speaker 2: Young Hoes. So Reese, Alicia Gray, Ryan Howard, and the
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  Speaker 2: newly signed Dewana Bonner all dropped double digits for.
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  Speaker 1: Atlanta in the Game 1 win. And finally, the.
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  Speaker 2: Nightcap two-time EuroLeague champion Gabby Williams and the Golden State
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  Speaker 2: Valkyries blew the doors off Paige.
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  Speaker 1: Beckers and the Dallas Wings.
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  Speaker 2: Dallas was tied for the worst record in the league
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  Speaker 2: last year, and they did lose AZ Fudd to an
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  Speaker 2: injury earlier this season, their number one overall pick. Making
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs and finishing fourth in the regular season, they're
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  Speaker 2: hoping to obviously get a game, but the Valkyries have
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  Speaker 2: their eyes set on later rounds. So my biggest takeaway
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  Speaker 2: from night one of the WNBA playoffs is that the
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  Speaker 2: experience led the way.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, these were all.
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  Speaker 2: Blowouts, and I'm sure the young teams will bounce back
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  Speaker 2: and it's going to get interesting again.
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  Speaker 1: As the series progresses.
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  Speaker 2: But you could see the nerves, particularly with Olivia Miles
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  Speaker 2: and the Lynx. And you could see how quickly the
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  Speaker 2: games got away from the younger teams. And the superstars
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  Speaker 2: were just absolutely dominating, particularly Asia and Brianna.
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  Speaker 1: And when you're looking at that.
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  Speaker 2: Aces-Fever series, I think it's going to have the potential
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  Speaker 2: to become very very interesting as far as conversations go
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  Speaker 2: the both of these teams have had a lot of
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  Speaker 2: conversation about them all.
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  Speaker 1: Season long and asia is playing.
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  Speaker 2: Incredible basketball so we're.
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  Speaker 1: Gonna have to watch and see how the fever bounced
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  Speaker 1: back from this but to have the aces and asia
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  Speaker 1: in round one is a tough draw.
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  Speaker 2: And it looked like it throughout that game got away
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  Speaker 2: from them very very quickly For more on this and
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