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Greg & His Friends Talk Sports ... with Jake Dunn (2.232.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_02]: Welcome Central Indian Esports fans to the Central Indian Esports Report for my new podcast Greg and his friend Scott Sports.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm your host Greg Mingle and every weekday afternoon my friends and I are talking about whatever Central Indian Esports fans are talking about.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Quick format update going forward on this show.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We're going to start every show with a sports update.
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[SPEAKER_02]: made specifically for Central Indian sports fans, and five minutes or less, then we'll get to my friends with their opinions on the news of the day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Also, we may be returning to seven days a week, most weeks of course.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll take a few days off here in there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Hope you enjoy the new format.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think it's going to be really cool.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Coming up after the day layup date today, Wednesday April 15, 2026,
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[SPEAKER_02]: I hope you got your taxes done.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I spoke with our Purdue guy, Jake Dunn, who lives in Charlotte before we did this week's Purdue report.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Released earlier this morning, we talked about the Upstart Charlotte Hornets and a fantastic first day of the NBA playing round.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thank you so much for joining us.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Don't forget my friends and I will be back tomorrow.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And here's your daily sports update, tailored specifically for Central Indian sports fans.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We start today with some colds news and it's some surprising news.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Just a couple of days after announcing that they would seek a trade for veteran Kenny Moore, and losing Nick Cross to Washington.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The goals have signed former Charger Safety Monsieur Adderley.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Outerly was a second-round draft pick of the Chargers in 2019, but missed the last two years after retirey.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He says he is now completely healthy and just missed the too much.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Darren DeVries and the Indiana Hoosiers added a fourth player through the transfer portal on Tuesday.
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[SPEAKER_02]: former Turkish professional and SMU star, Samat Igato-Lu, a 7-2, 270-pound incoming junior who averaged 10.7 points, 9 7.9 rebounded 1.3 blocks while shooting 64% for the 20 and 14 Mustangs last year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: 24 7 sports now ranks the Hoosiers Porto class the second best in the country behind Louisville, obviously.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The only other team in the big tin in the top 20 is UCLA at number 8.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Colin McMahon of on three sports tweeted Wednesday that Colorado transfers the Bastion Ranchick, a native of Slovakia, canceled his scheduled visit to IU.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Tons of portal news on Tuesday both men's and women, former Jeffersonville star Michael Cooper will transfer from Wright State to Calacording on three sports.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Who averaged 18.3 points and 8.3 rebounds and was a big south player of the year last year at Winthrop.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Gabe Cups who played for IU a couple of years ago is committed to UIC in Chicago after spending last year at Ohio State.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In Women's College of Basketball, Terry Morn and the IU women have added Aussie Jessica Petrie, who formerly played for Nebraska.
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[SPEAKER_02]: On Instagram, former
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[SPEAKER_02]: Noblesville star Reggin Wilson announced she's moving from Iowa State to Toledo, Super Sam Frick tweeted Tuesday that Columbia City's Addison Baxter's transferring from Butler to Miami, Ohio.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And former Hamilton Heights star Cameron runner will play at Colorado State next year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: She averaged 18.2 points as the sophomore last season at Evansville.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Portland Trailblazers in the 13th team to punch their ticket to the NBA playoffs,
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[SPEAKER_02]: scored 41 points including the Goahead 3 point play with 16 seconds left and also at 12 assists in Portland's first postseason win since 2021.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They will face 2 seed San Antonio and a best of 7 series starting Sunday at 9 p.m.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The sons will now face either the Warriors or Clippers at home on Friday for the 8 seed in the West.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Warriors and Clippers start tonight at 10 on
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[SPEAKER_02]: taking the 7-seed and will face the Boston Celtics in the opening round of the playoffs.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And the losers get the Charlotte Hornets who advanced to Friday's win or go home, final play and game in either Philadelphia or Orlando by beating Miami 127-126 and overtime on La Mello Balls drive with 4.7 seconds left.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My friend Jake Dunn is in Charlotte and he and I talk sub Hornets coming up right after this recap.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In Major League Baseball, Brady Singer, Grim, Ashcraft, Tony Santion, Emilio Pagon, Salstor, and Spencer Steer came up, big in the Reds to nothing win over the Angels on Tuesday.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The rest of the teams sucked.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It just cannot hit.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But they're now 10 and 7 in time with the pirates in, first place in the enough Central.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Cardinals are a game back after a 10 ending 6-5 walk off when over Cleveland, and the Cubs and Brewers are two games back after the Brewers lost their 6th straight on Tuesday and the Cubs beat the Philly's 10-4, and Philadelphia behind three RBIs, each from Nico Horner, Alex Bredman, and Carson Kelly.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Kelly Homer and the Ninth is first of the year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Also in the National League, the Diamond Bask to beat the Orioles 4-3, the Braves are 11 and 7 after beating my amy 6-5.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Padres defeated the Mariners 4-1 and the Dodgers beat the Mets 2-1.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And the AL, the Tigers beat Kansas City 2-1.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Make Abel shutdown the Red Sox for a 6-nothing win for the Twins.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Azer above 500 after beating the Rangers 2-1.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And it was Angel 7 Yankees 1.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Yankees have about lost 6 of their last 7.
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[SPEAKER_02]: going to have to make this 10 minutes or less because I'm not going to make it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I use softball scored eight times in the fourth, including Alex Cooper's grand slam and won it's fifth straight.
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[SPEAKER_02]: 11 to 1 over Notre Dame and five innings Tuesday in Bloomington.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The 32 and 10 Hoosiers are at 34 and 9 Louis today.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In college baseball, IU overcame an early 5-nothing deficit and be Indiana State 17-12.
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[SPEAKER_02]: There were 11 home runs in the game, including two each-by-IU's Kale of Koski and Indiana States next summer.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My removal Hio ended produced 5-game winning streak with an 11-ending 5-3 win in West Lafayette and Butler beat Ball State 8-5 in Indianapolis.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Some local news and notes, Logan's poor as hired Hayden Deaton as its new boy's basketball coach according to Bo Wicker's of the Farrow's Tribune.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The 27-year-old Deaton was the J.B. coach at Logan's port the last five years and is a former McCutchen and Grace Star.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Warren Central Girls basketball coach Lenny Krebs has resigned his position after going 162 and 58 in nine seasons there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: On Tuesday's Zion's Viltide in Theo shot, maybe the state's most coveted high school junior, tweeted that he visited IU and, quote, can't wait to get back.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And IU, all American Shesky, has signed a training camp deal with the Phoenix Mercury.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Some high school sports news, the 2026 Madison County Girls tennis tournament kicks off today at five with Pinnacle tonight to get Sanderson, Alexander against Madison Grant and Frank Dunlipel.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And Elwood Softball is five and oh after a walk off 98 win over Clinton Prairie, Kindly Nolan with the game winning single.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They play five and oh and fourth rank, Yorktown at Yorktown today at five thirty in the battle of Unbeaten's.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And we will have all of Wednesday's results on Thursday's
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[SPEAKER_02]: addition of Greg and his friend stock sports.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Please stay tuned for my friend, Jake Dunn.
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[SPEAKER_02]: On his thoughts on the Hornets win over the Miami Heat on Tuesday night in the NBA Play Entertainment.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Join now by our Purdue Guy Jake Dunn.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Jake and I are recording the Purdue Report.
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[SPEAKER_01]: For this week, please go check that out.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We're going to be talking a little basketball, some spring football.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But Jake the model on this podcast is we're talking about what Central Indiana sports fans are talking about and Jake one thing Central Indiana fans definitely love is the NBA playoff and Jake the hornets are one of the best stories in the NBA this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: What's it like they're in Charlotte and the hive is alive that's for sure this
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[SPEAKER_00]: the first time since I've been here in my almost four years that the horns have actually really been worth anything.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I can remember the days where you don't go into games, tickets were like a dollar.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There was nobody there and the team just was not good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it's good to have some playoff basketball here and Charlotte.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think whenever the team is good, the crowd is around it, and do it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's from the best environments and the NBA.
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[SPEAKER_00]: whatever the team is good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And yes, the first time is since I think the Pacers blew them out for some they've been in the playoffs since then.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's a great story.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I see a lot of people online saying that, you know, this Hornet's team is the, is you know, the Pacers of last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if I don't know if I necessarily believe that, but I think the distance may have something to say about that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think certainly a fun team to watch, but I think that Pacers comparisons a little bit of a stretch there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Here's what I'll say about the Pacers is, I think that the Hornets and Pacers may have some playoff series in their future.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm still here and show it at the time.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I have to happen to go on and and I'd share the Pacers while they're here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But this game here tonight, not one that I think the
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Hornets probably should have wanted you to take a look at the stats here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They shot 32% from three, which is not terrible, but not great.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And that's with their two stars, you know, that the two leading three point shooters in terms of makes conchanical and lamellable.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They were combined two of 22 for this game from three.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's just something that, you know, if you're two best players who are also your two best three point shooters, if they're not, you know, if they're not making shots, probably don't expect to win the game, but they're helped out by Miles Bridges and Brandon Miller.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They were both five and ten from three.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Also, Moose Diabate, he's been really a revelation here for this team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He used to, for the past year or two, since he had more of a, you know,
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[SPEAKER_00]: factor here for this team, but you finish the game with 15 rebounds.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's always fighting on the offensive glass and just a guy that kind of was pretty mad somebody like that could could go out and just dominate the glass like that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But the paces could use somebody like that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I was thinking about that tonight.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Also we should mention Kobe White.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He hit the, um, I mean, it was a prayer.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was not really much of a
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[SPEAKER_00]: Um, but it was a prayer that he threw up there towards the end of regulation that that tied the game and then he'd go down and tell her here on Mrs. a shot to to to go into overtime.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So that absolutely crazy finish there at the hive and wish I would have been there in person by.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure Lamello Ball's already the most popular person in Charlotte, but after this, it's going to be a whole different level.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's even crazier that, you know, we, he himself went to of 16 from three, but still finished with 30 points.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, pretty, pretty crazy, stat line there, but then 10 assists and 5 rebounds to go one with his 30 points.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And you get a love that he, he wanted the ball and he was the only one that touched it on the last position.
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[SPEAKER_00]: myself and in other troll owner fans were kind of thinking that he may not be a guy who's capable of leading a team to an NBA championship as a leader.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it's so might be true, but it is good to see him lead the team here to a some of you know don't want to call the plan playoffs.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm kind of in that camp, but yeah, it's a good way to put a postseason win and I think
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[SPEAKER_02]: Anyway, whatever they play next, I don't know if the Hornows will be favorites, but neither of those teams is playing very well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So the Hornows would travel to one of those places to play them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think they can certainly beat one of those teams to your point.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're not playing particularly well right now, and I think that would set up for a really interesting series with the pistons.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was at the game where there was a big brawl between those two teams earlier in the season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They don't really like each other.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They actually played at this past Thursday.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They was close game until the pisses and it's kind of pulled away late.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The teams didn't shake hands after the game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I heard that Tobias Harris kind of told.
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[SPEAKER_00]: the coach for the systems that hey, hey, we're not shaking these guys to hands and coaches like, okay, and they just went back to a locker after the game after winning by a team I believe was.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So they don't really like each other.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think that would make for a pretty interesting series here of previous two teams.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And even that aside, if you ask me which of these teams do you want to see in the playoffs, the Hornets, the 76ers of the magic, it's not close.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Hornets are by far the most entertaining of those
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[SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I believe agree.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Certainly hope they can make the playoffs.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But it would be cool year for the for the city, painters, you know, they've had their their first playoff parents and in a few years, some of the horns are the first time in the playoffs and in the end fully years.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So the Charlotte Sports scene is kind of on the upswing, which is definitely a change from
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[SPEAKER_01]: Everybody got to check out the Purdue Report released earlier Wednesday morning appreciate your time, Jake.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thanks so much to Jake for joining me and to you for listening.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We'll be back tomorrow with more sports news and more friends to talk about it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Coming up this week on the Central Indian Sports Report, we will have an indie car report for you first thing Thursday morning.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Greg versus Will versus the world on Friday, also working on putting together a cultural report for Friday as well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Then please join us for the Fever Report on Sunday and the Paces Report on Monday.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I, you want to stay Purdue on Wednesday every week on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thanks again.
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