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Knicks 4th Quarter Onslaught Stun Cavs at MSG; Mavs Fire Jason Kidd; WNBA’s Rickea Jackson Tears ACL · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: This is the Daily Play with Joy Taylor. Thanks so
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  Speaker 2: at the.
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  Speaker 1: Daily Play Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: Unbelievable start to the Conference finals. After that all time
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  Speaker 2: game by Wemby, the Eastern Conference Finals tipped off in
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  Speaker 2: Manhattan and it was nuts the Knicks one one fifteen,
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  Speaker 2: one oh four. But that is not representative of how
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  Speaker 2: the game went. So MSG was on fire to start
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  Speaker 2: the game and very quickly got very very very quiet
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  Speaker 2: because Cleveland was in control for the entirety of the game,
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  Speaker 2: up fourteen points to start the fourth, led every single quarter,
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  Speaker 2: but the Knicks stormed back outscoring the Cavs thirty two
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  Speaker 2: eighteen in the fourth and mostly off of the back
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  Speaker 2: of Jalen Brunson, who was just absolutely clutch led all
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  Speaker 2: scorers with thirty nine points, took over the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: When they needed in most.
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  Speaker 2: It was really really insane to watch how surgical he was,
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  Speaker 2: how Cleveland's defense that was smothering New York for the
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  Speaker 2: entirety of the game, making them look like they were
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  Speaker 2: completely dusty from their time off. They just shook it
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  Speaker 2: off and came alive, and the Garden matched it. The
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  Speaker 2: energy was up once they started hitting those shots, particularly Bruns,
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  Speaker 2: and he said after the game, we kept believing each other,
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  Speaker 2: kept getting stops and running. We can still learn from
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  Speaker 2: a win. We didn't play our best until the end.
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  Speaker 2: They sure didn't. They were awful throughout that game. The
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  Speaker 2: offense was nonsense. They couldn't hit free throws. Nothing was
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  Speaker 2: going their way. There was a lid on the bucket,
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  Speaker 2: and they just kept at it. I mean, I wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: have been surprised if Nicks fans had left the arena early.
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  Speaker 2: The way that it was looking, it seems as if
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  Speaker 2: it was over. I mean it was insurmountable. And then
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  Speaker 2: just a few shots and the energy shifted and the
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  Speaker 2: Calves just could not stop. The onslaught and just took
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  Speaker 2: some really ill advised shots, James Harden missing a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of threes.
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  Speaker 1: The Cavs had them, really wanted them.
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  Speaker 2: And what a huge, huge win that would have been
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  Speaker 2: for the Cavs coming off of the momentum of the Semis,
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  Speaker 2: the Knicks having all that time off to get that
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  Speaker 2: huge win and really put the Knicks on their heels
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  Speaker 2: at home.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how you recover from that.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I definitely think the Knicks will come out
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  Speaker 2: and play much better in Game two.
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  Speaker 1: So you're I mean, what I thought about this series?
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  Speaker 1: I don't even know, and I.
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  Speaker 2: Don't usually react this much to one game, but that
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  Speaker 2: kind of momentum shift is astonishing.
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  Speaker 1: It was wild to watch it.
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  Speaker 2: We've had an incredible start to the conference finals for
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  Speaker 2: the NBA Playoffs, and listen, I've loved this NBA Playoffs
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  Speaker 2: so far. I'm really impressed with games and the performances
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  Speaker 2: that we've got, and of course we've had some blowouts,
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  Speaker 2: but really the series have for the most part, been
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  Speaker 2: really interesting, and this start to the Western and Eastern
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  Speaker 2: Conference Finals has been tremendous. Before we get to the
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  Speaker 2: w there was major, major breaking, story breaking news in
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  Speaker 2: the NBA. The MAVs fired head coach Jason Kidd less
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  Speaker 2: than two years after he and Luka Dancic led Dallas
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  Speaker 2: to an NBA Finals appearance, and just months after he
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  Speaker 2: signed a very lucrative new contract extension. First, Nico Harrison
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  Speaker 2: infamously traded away Luca. Then the MAVs fired Nico, Then
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  Speaker 2: they got the first overall pick went to go on
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  Speaker 2: and win Rookie of the year in Cooper Flag, they
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  Speaker 2: traded away Anthony Davis and now they've hired former Raptors
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  Speaker 2: GM Masai UJII and they've now let go of coach Kid.
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  Speaker 2: He has four years left on his deal, so he's
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of money coming his way to not coach.
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  Speaker 1: From this new ownership group.
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  Speaker 2: UJII has been tasked with fixing what has been a
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  Speaker 2: really up and down organization. Despite the NBA Finals appearance,
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  Speaker 2: he said Jason has had a meaningful.
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  Speaker 1: Impact on the Dallas Mavericks, both as.
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  Speaker 2: A Hall of Fame player and as a head coach
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  Speaker 2: who helped lead this franchise back to the NBA Finals.
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  Speaker 2: Were thankful for Jason's leadership, his professionalism, and his commitment
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  Speaker 2: to the team. In my short time here, I've developed
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  Speaker 2: an enormous amount of respect for what he has built.
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  Speaker 1: He will always be an important part of the MAVs family.
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  Speaker 2: Look, Jerry has been brought in to shape up and
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  Speaker 2: change the direction of the MAVs, and he wants to
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  Speaker 2: bring in his people, tales old as time. I'm a
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  Speaker 2: little surprised by this because Kid shouldered a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the blame and how to answer a lot of hard
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  Speaker 2: questions because of what Nico and the new ownership did
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  Speaker 2: trading away Luca. Obviously he has deep ties to the organization,
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  Speaker 2: being a key player for the title in twenty eleven.
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  Speaker 1: It's a lot of money involved.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, from a basketball perspective, they've left with
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  Speaker 2: a two of five to a five regular season record
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  Speaker 2: with him there, They've had an, like I said, an
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  Speaker 2: up and down experience, whether it's through injuries, losing Luca
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  Speaker 2: Kyrie twenty six to fifty six finish this season, So.
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  Speaker 1: There's not a whole lot to hang your hat on
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  Speaker 1: right now.
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  Speaker 2: Jason Kidd is a great coach and he will get
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  Speaker 2: another job immediately if that's what he wants. If he
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  Speaker 2: wants to take some time off, I'm sure he probably
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't mind doing that either. But he's going to have
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  Speaker 2: another opportunity for sure, and he has a multi year
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  Speaker 2: contract to get paid out if he wants to take
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  Speaker 2: some time or going to TV or whatever else. But
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  Speaker 2: I don't think he's done coaching, and I think he
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  Speaker 2: will definitely get another opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: And this is a great job.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they have a really nice roster, they have
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  Speaker 2: young stars, and I think if they make the right decision.
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  Speaker 2: They will be a team that's going to be competing
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  Speaker 2: very soon with a few more moves, and I trust
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  Speaker 2: a Jerry, He's done it before. Finally, one of the
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  Speaker 2: WNBA's brightest stars will miss the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Very sad news.
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  Speaker 2: Rakia Jackson, who was having a great start to the
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  Speaker 2: season after joining the Chicago Sky in the off season,
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  Speaker 2: has suffered in ACL injury, and according to the Skies
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  Speaker 2: general manager, he said that we were devastated Rakia suffered
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  Speaker 2: this injury.
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  Speaker 1: We're confident she'll make a full recovery.
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  Speaker 2: She was playing in an All Star in all defensive level
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  Speaker 2: earlier in the season. We're certain she was primed for
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  Speaker 2: a career year. Our world class medical staff will work
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  Speaker 2: hard with Rakiya, who's one of the toughest players in
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  Speaker 2: the league, to get her back on the court.
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  Speaker 1: Really really really tough. This sucks.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a big Rakia fan and she's a six foot
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  Speaker 2: two forward, number four pick in twenty twenty four, she
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  Speaker 2: was out of Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: She was acquired.
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  Speaker 2: In April trade from the Sparks, and she was averaged
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  Speaker 2: fourteen point seven points three point two rebounds in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty five with the Sparks, who were up the slow
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  Speaker 2: start at one in three, but she had been one
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  Speaker 2: of the top off season additions and she entered Sundays
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  Speaker 2: as This Guy's leading scorer at twenty two points per game.
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  Speaker 2: They have a revamps roster including Rakia Skyler Diggins, Gabriella Hakez,
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  Speaker 2: and Natasha Cloud, and they are tied with the New
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  Speaker 2: York Liberty with a second best record in the league
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  Speaker 2: at three and one to start the season. They're dealing
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  Speaker 2: with a lot of other injuries as well, so this
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  Speaker 2: is disappointing news for Chicago and obviously Rakiya, So we
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  Speaker 2: hope she gets back healthy soon. And it's just frustrating
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  Speaker 2: when you have a player move with you know, so
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  Speaker 2: much promise and start the season so well to have
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  Speaker 2: a season ending injury. But hopefully she recovers quickly and
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  Speaker 2: we get to see her at that level again next year.
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