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Texans’ Shocking 0-4 Start + WNBA Semifinals Openers · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me. Make sure you hit
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  Speaker 1: Joy Taylor. Before we get to the podcast, letting you
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  Speaker 1: know that I will be on the One Voyage cruise
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  Speaker 1: October 26th through November 1st, sailing out of Miami on
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  Speaker 1: Virgin Voyage's Resilient Lady, Six Days at Sea, Bahamas, and
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  Speaker 1: Bimini in a lineup of artists, performances, a portion of
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  Speaker 1: Every Cabin, and It goes to scholarships for HBCU students,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll be hosting episodes of Two Personal and The
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  Speaker 1: Daily Play, watch parties, and throw in my Halloween party
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  Speaker 1: at sea. So if you want to join us, go
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  Speaker 1: to OneVoyageCruise.com and use the code JOY. So the early
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  Speaker 1: window of games was mostly hideous. It was a very
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  Speaker 1: strange Sunday with a lot of up and downs, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm kind of just going to run through the league
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  Speaker 1: and some of the things that really stuck out to me.
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  Speaker 1: like the Eagles going 0 for 12 on third downs.
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  Speaker 1: They gave up a 10-point lead with four minutes left
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  Speaker 1: to play in a loss to the Rams, who also
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  Speaker 1: looked crazy. Matthew Stafford threw the ball more than 50 times.
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  Speaker 1: Kyron Williams was great, punched into late fourth quarter touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: The Rams got out of there with a win, 24
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  Speaker 1: to 20 in Philly. Again, the Philadelphia offense cannot get
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  Speaker 1: its bearings. This has been an ongoing conversation about Philly.
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  Speaker 1: One year they're in it, one year they're not. Throughout
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  Speaker 1: the season, it's drama. It's always very weird there, and
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  Speaker 1: they don't seem like they've got it figured out yet.
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  Speaker 1: The Patriots, another team that has really looked wild this season,
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  Speaker 1: found some motion in Buffalo, holding Josh Holland to the
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  Speaker 1: bills to see the lows in yards and first downs.
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  Speaker 1: Both teams were a little careless with the football, and
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  Speaker 1: Drake May made up for it with three total touchdowns
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  Speaker 1: and three touchdowns. touchdown passes Josh Allen's one interception ended
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  Speaker 1: the game on an ill-advised deep ball on second down
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  Speaker 1: with over a minute left to play Trevor Lawrence beat
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  Speaker 1: the Bengals for the first time in his career he
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  Speaker 1: was 0-3 against Cincinnati heading into this game Jacksonville's success
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  Speaker 1: comes largely from their defense which picked off Joe Burrow
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  Speaker 1: twice in the game Joe Burrow looked like lost for
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  Speaker 1: a while in this game and then got their bearings
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  Speaker 1: for a little bit. But the Jags now have interception
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  Speaker 1: in nine straight games. It's the longest streak in franchise
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  Speaker 1: history and the longest active streak in the NFL. So
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  Speaker 1: they certainly have their defense figured out, which I think
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  Speaker 1: is very important, particularly for a warm weather team. The
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  Speaker 1: Ravens beat the Titans. Derrick Henry scored against his former team,
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  Speaker 1: but Lamar Jackson left the 24-18 win in Nashville with
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  Speaker 1: an ankle injury. He did throw two touchdowns before getting hurt,
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  Speaker 1: but thankfully he is already reportedly day-to-day and it's not
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  Speaker 1: a long-term injury because the injuries around the league are
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  Speaker 1: stacking up like crazy. It is horrifying how many injuries
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  Speaker 1: there have been through the first four games of the season.
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  Speaker 1: The Packers barely beat the Bucs 17-14. They were starting
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  Speaker 1: an undrafted rookie. Jalen Daniels were the Bucs. Now they're
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  Speaker 1: 0-4 to start the season. Disaster for them. Only one
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  Speaker 1: team has ever dug themselves out of an 0-4 hole
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  Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. So the odds are not in
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  Speaker 1: their favor. Speaking of 0-4 teams, probably the most shocking
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  Speaker 1: one goes to Houston. They lost what essentially was a
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  Speaker 1: muscling game to the Cowboys. Dak Prescott and CJ Stroud
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  Speaker 1: both threw for over 300 yards. 34-30 shootout win goes
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  Speaker 1: to the Cowboys. The Texans were up 10 and a half,
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  Speaker 1: but Dallas doubled them up 14-7 for both quarters in
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  Speaker 1: the second half, essentially ending the Texan season. This is
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  Speaker 1: very surprising to me. This is a season where C.J.
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  Speaker 1: Stroud was in a proven year. It's a horrid start,
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  Speaker 1: kind of unexplainable. And they're not bad. Just can't get
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  Speaker 1: it done. And it's just, they look awful. But they
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  Speaker 1: don't look awful. I don't know. I don't know what's
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  Speaker 1: going on with the Texans. But 0-4 to start the
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  Speaker 1: season with the expectations that they had coming in is wild.
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  Speaker 1: So there's going to be a lot of discussions about
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  Speaker 1: what they're going to do and what this means for
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  Speaker 1: CJ Stroud. And as I said, only one team has
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  Speaker 1: ever come out of an 0-4 deficit to start the
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  Speaker 1: season and made the playoffs. So unless they can pull
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  Speaker 1: off a miracle, it's going to be a lot of
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  Speaker 1: rough conversations for the Texans moving forward. Jameis Winston got
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  Speaker 1: a win for the Giants over the Cardinals. So now
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  Speaker 1: New York holds the lead in the NFC East at 3-1.
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  Speaker 1: Your guess is as good as mine. The Colts win
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  Speaker 1: over the Commanders in London with Jonathan Taylor, but Washington
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  Speaker 1: was down to a third quarterback after Marcus Mariota was
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  Speaker 1: knocked out of that one in the second drive with
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  Speaker 1: a knee injury. And the Bears benched Case Keenum to
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  Speaker 1: start Tyson Bajan and beat the Jets 23-12. So very,
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  Speaker 1: very interesting, very strange early window for the NFL. In
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  Speaker 1: the afternoon games, though, things got a little more normal. Raiders, who,
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  Speaker 1: everyone's behind. Everyone's really excited about the Raiders. This Kirk
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  Speaker 1: Cousins-led Raiders, kind of rooting for them to go 4-0,
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  Speaker 1: but they did not. They lost to Kansas City in
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  Speaker 1: what was a really good game. Again, Kansas City, just
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  Speaker 1: absolutely venomous, being able to score back-to-back like that, but
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  Speaker 1: they're still the big dog in the AFC West, and
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  Speaker 1: it looks like Vegas is going to give Denver a
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  Speaker 1: run for that second wildcard spot, which is really impressive.
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  Speaker 1: I'm very impressive with what the Raiders have been able
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  Speaker 1: to do. I had absolutely zero faith, I will be honest.
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  Speaker 1: I know Kirk Cousins is a stabilizing factor, but the
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  Speaker 1: Raiders every single year have some drama, have some level
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  Speaker 1: of expectations that fall apart. But Clint Kubiak and Kirk
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  Speaker 1: Cousins seem to be building a little bit of stability there.
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  Speaker 1: Fernando Mendoza is learning the right way, which is fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: It was just crazy. Maybe this is the Tom Brady effect.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. But it's working. And even though this
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  Speaker 1: was a really tough loss to the Chiefs, I like
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  Speaker 1: what they're building there. Speaking of the AFC West, the
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  Speaker 1: Broncos lost to the Niners. And the Niners, a team
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  Speaker 1: that I thought would be struggling this year and has
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  Speaker 1: a ton of injuries, has looked really good. And I
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  Speaker 1: have to say, I'm really impressed with them. On a...
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  Speaker 1: Day that Kyle Shanahan passed the great Bill Walsh for
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  Speaker 1: the most games coached in Niners history. Banged up team,
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  Speaker 1: able to piece together a win. And they've been very
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  Speaker 1: consistent in a division with the Seahawks and the preseason
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  Speaker 1: favorite Rams. They haven't lost and they sit atop the
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  Speaker 1: NFC West. So pretty impressive stuff. Able to do that
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  Speaker 1: with the bets that they have. I think George Kittle
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  Speaker 1: being healthy has played an incredible role So if they
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  Speaker 1: can keep their squad together, which obviously is always a
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  Speaker 1: question for the Niners, they are going to prove me very,
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  Speaker 1: very wrong. The Vikings beat the Dolphins on field goals.
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  Speaker 1: Just weird. But keeping pace with the Chiefs and Niners
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  Speaker 1: as the third and most unlikely undefeated team in the league.
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  Speaker 1: And the Chargers lost again. Dug themselves in a deep
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  Speaker 1: hole and then asked Justin Herbert to throw them out
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  Speaker 1: of it. He did not. And once again, we think
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  Speaker 1: the Chargers have put it together, and they come up short.
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  Speaker 1: So don't know what to make of it this year,
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  Speaker 1: but it was a very wonky day, wonky Sunday in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL. Finally, the WNBA semifinals tipped off on Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: and the Atlanta Dream stayed hot. Beat the Liberty 92-82.
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Canada, my dog, and new addition Dewana Bonner led
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  Speaker 1: the way. getting the dream the win despite a second
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  Speaker 1: quarter injury to star guard Alicia Gray. Canada said everyone
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  Speaker 1: stepped up and that's what we need. She scored 20
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  Speaker 1: of her 25 points in the second half. Did Jordan.
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  Speaker 1: Next man up mentality. I just try to do what
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  Speaker 1: I do best. Try to be aggressive, find my shots
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  Speaker 1: and take my shots with confidence. I love how Jordan
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  Speaker 1: is playing with the dream this year. New York trimmed
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  Speaker 1: a 16 point deficit down to five in the closing minutes,
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  Speaker 1: but Jordan hit a clutch three pointer. right before the
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  Speaker 1: Shot Clock buzzer, followed by another transition layup. And Sabrina
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  Speaker 1: Nesko led Liberty with 27 points. Brandon Stewart added 19.
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  Speaker 1: Game two is in Atlanta on Wednesday. In the second game,
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  Speaker 1: the Valkyries, who had an unbelievable ending to their first
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  Speaker 1: round series. Just so fun. Valhalla looks lit. Like, I
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  Speaker 1: have to get to a game there. It looks so fun.
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  Speaker 1: I love what they built there, the energy there. There's
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  Speaker 1: sold-out crowds. It's just an unbelievable watch to end that series.
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  Speaker 1: But they also got the win. So they closed out
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  Speaker 1: the wings. Their head coach, Natalie Nakase, fainted. Closed out
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  Speaker 1: the wings. They have this game against the Aces and
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  Speaker 1: play great. The Aces did not play great. 71-60. That's
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  Speaker 1: just score alone to tell you how they played. Gaffey
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  Speaker 1: Williams led all scorers with 25 in AFC. had 24.
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  Speaker 1: Game two is also on Wednesday in the Bay Area.
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  Speaker 1: So looking forward to that. Thanks for joining us. Make
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