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NBA on TNT Crew Reacts to Luka Doncic Winning His First Game vs. Mavericks · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: First and foremost the other side of the trade, Anthony
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  Speaker 1: Davis getting a tribute after the first time out, and
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  Speaker 1: Luca and Kyrie irving no love is lost there, those
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  Speaker 1: guys still having an immense respect for each other.
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  Speaker 2: And Kyrie really showed out. And listen, Kyrie came. I said, hey,
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  Speaker 2: I know y'all talking about Luca. He thinks this is
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  Speaker 2: his game. But I am Kyrie IRVS And I do
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  Speaker 2: what I did. When Luca hit this three right here,
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  Speaker 2: look back at the bench, I was like, oh, the bench,
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  Speaker 2: here we go. I thought he was going to.
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  Speaker 3: Vote at the bench.
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  Speaker 1: They have been looking slightly higher in the crowd. Executive
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  Speaker 1: Sis Austin Reeves all the game for Austin Reeves as well,
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  Speaker 1: twenty points.
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  Speaker 4: Over the head, most of it in the first half
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  Speaker 4: on the laces, and I think.
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  Speaker 2: The others for the Lakers did a great job of
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  Speaker 2: making Luca look good. It's right here, pass like that.
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  Speaker 2: You got to make the shine. Austin Reid knocks it down.
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  Speaker 1: We were getting worried at this point of the game. Man,
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  Speaker 1: are the Lakers going to run away with this?
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  Speaker 5: Is this going to get ugly?
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  Speaker 1: And then Dallas finishes the half on a twelve to
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  Speaker 1: four run, making it just an eight point death at halftime.
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  Speaker 1: Fifty nine fifty one. Then Kennis it got really spicy.
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  Speaker 2: Here comes Luca. Oh stop on a dime, pushing a
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  Speaker 2: big dough.
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  Speaker 1: What a game for Kyrie. Thirty five points, seven rebounds
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  Speaker 1: for Kyrie forty one. Watch this, Oh what athletic play.
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  Speaker 4: This is forty right there.
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  Speaker 1: But they were not out of it.
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  Speaker 4: Lay Thompson knocking down three streight threes five of ten
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  Speaker 4: from beyond the arc.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty two for Clay This one man step back to
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  Speaker 1: the left and yellow when Clay gets angry, Yeah, that's
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  Speaker 1: when you want to see Clay too much. At the end,
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  Speaker 1: Lebron James scoring a lot of Oh well that was
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  Speaker 1: a shockdown.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and then Luca can't get it all. Lebron with
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  Speaker 2: the foot.
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  Speaker 1: Back again twenty seven and twelve for him. Lakers with
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  Speaker 1: this one one o seven to ninety nine. Lakers have
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  Speaker 1: been on quite a tear. I mean, this was a
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  Speaker 1: mass team that had won five of seven, but the
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  Speaker 1: Lakers keep going. Luca nineteen fifteen and twelve, the eighth
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  Speaker 1: player to record a triple double in his first game
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  Speaker 1: against this former team, and we just caught up with
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  Speaker 1: Luca after the win. Luca, so much has been made
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  Speaker 1: about this game. Thank you so much for joining the
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  Speaker 1: TNT postgame show. I just got to ask you man emotionally,
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  Speaker 1: what was going into this game with so much anticipation
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  Speaker 1: from all of us and I'm sure yourself and.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know how to explain it. I think in
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  Speaker 3: first quarter, second, I don't know what was happening. It
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  Speaker 3: was just different. I can't even explain how I felt.
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  Speaker 2: Looka, you are a prolific scorer. When you hit that
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  Speaker 2: three and look back at the bench, did you say
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  Speaker 2: to yourself, Okay, I'm high right now. Now it's time
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  Speaker 2: to go to go for like forty or fifty points.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I was ht you know how it is. But
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  Speaker 3: I could have made nothing today. I'm just glad we
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  Speaker 3: got to win.
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  Speaker 4: Jay Kid was out there throwing different defenses, you putting
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  Speaker 4: two on the ball on the first half especially, it
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  Speaker 4: seemed like every single time down the floor you were
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  Speaker 4: making the correct play. What was your strategy as you
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  Speaker 4: were kind of playing chess against your former coach.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, just like SAPT what the difference difference give you?
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  Speaker 3: No matter who it is, no matter who we play.
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  Speaker 5: You know, sometimes they're.
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  Speaker 3: Gonna double sometimes no, So just trying to read the.
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  Speaker 5: Game look of VC. I've been in a situation like
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  Speaker 5: this before. Explain to us how did you settle in?
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  Speaker 2: Like?
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  Speaker 5: What was it someone said something to you to settle in?
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  Speaker 5: You have a breeding technique? What process did you go
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  Speaker 5: through to actually settle in to play the game? And
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  Speaker 5: once you settle in you were able just to pick
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  Speaker 5: the Mavericks apart?
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  Speaker 3: Just go through my routine, nothing special. You know, I
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  Speaker 3: tried some different stuff. It ain't working. They didn't work
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  Speaker 3: in this game. But you know, it's trying to go
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  Speaker 3: to my routine and enjoy the game.
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  Speaker 1: Nice Luca, how does it feel being over?
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  Speaker 2: Great?
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  Speaker 5: Man, I can't wait to go to slip.
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  Speaker 1: Honestly, you have earned a beautiful night's rest. Congrats on
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  Speaker 1: the win, Luca.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: People reacting Armanos Luca and Kyrie Irving after the game.
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  Speaker 1: Great performance from both of those stars. It's this is
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  Speaker 1: a Lakers team now that has won thirteen of sixteen.
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  Speaker 1: A lot would be talked about Luca's offense. They held
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  Speaker 1: Dallas to ninety nine. This is a consistent performance from
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  Speaker 1: a Lakers defense, but as we sit here now with
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  Speaker 1: this big moment over. How do you process it?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Luca played well. I know he would have
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  Speaker 2: liked to shoot the ball better. But you know, when
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  Speaker 2: you go back against your former team, you want to
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  Speaker 2: be the first to win. He didn't play great, but
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  Speaker 2: he had a triple double. They won. It's over now now,
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  Speaker 2: Vince made the statement early. When they go back to
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  Speaker 2: Dallas and they're fully healthy, that's a difference. Second week
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  Speaker 2: of ab yes, that's the real game right there. But
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  Speaker 2: this firston's over. Oh he didn't play great, but you won.
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  Speaker 2: Now you cannot play great and a win and everything
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  Speaker 2: will be okay. It's crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Nineteen fifteen and twelve didn't play great because he didn't
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  Speaker 1: shoot well from the outside one of seven.
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  Speaker 5: But the Lakers did what they're supposed to do, take
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  Speaker 5: care of business at home a MAVs team that is
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  Speaker 5: under man but still they have Kyrie who's playing well.
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  Speaker 5: This is a rivalry game, and I mean this is
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  Speaker 5: a big game. Anything can happen, But the Lakers took
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  Speaker 5: care of business and got the win.
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  Speaker 1: Man, you saw that right there, one to seven to three.
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  Speaker 1: Though my other question is this we after the Denver game,
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  Speaker 1: this weekend, people went, oh, Lucas back, you factor in
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  Speaker 1: that game and this game.
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  Speaker 2: Where is this.
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  Speaker 1: Lakers team in your mind? Can this because look, the
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  Speaker 1: two seed is very much within reach for this Lakers team.
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  Speaker 4: Well, the two seeds very much within reach. But I
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  Speaker 4: think you look at how they're playing, and to me,
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  Speaker 4: I think of past the Lakers sometimes allowed the other
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  Speaker 4: end to be a factor, and I see the other
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  Speaker 4: end on the defensive end, it seems like they're locking up.
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  Speaker 4: They're playing deliberate basketball, They're buying into JJ Reddick's system,
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  Speaker 4: and I think as a result, they're able to work
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  Speaker 4: with things with Luca coming along, Like they don't need
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  Speaker 4: Luca to go out and be the Luca of Dallas
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  Speaker 4: every single night where he's dropping thirty ten to ten.
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  Speaker 4: I think they're able to bring him along slowly and
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  Speaker 4: have games like this where he doesn't shoot well, but
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  Speaker 4: they're still able to have contributions from Austin Reeves, They're
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  Speaker 4: still able to have contributions from Rude, Jared Vanderbilt and
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  Speaker 4: Goodwin coming off the bench. So I think it's those
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  Speaker 4: guys that are going to benefit because you're going to
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  Speaker 4: generate open shots. Now. I think it's concerned you shoot
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  Speaker 4: twenty seven percent, yeah from three on some of these nights.
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  Speaker 4: You need guys that are consistently knocked down threes. But
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  Speaker 4: Luca's going to generate great looks because the defense has
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  Speaker 4: to change around him. You can't give him the same
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  Speaker 4: look consistently over the game.
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  Speaker 1: And this is also Kyrie doing what he's done in
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  Speaker 1: the absence of Luca. Another thirty plus point game in
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  Speaker 1: this recent run, and again no Anthony Davis and a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the bigs missing, but Kyrie's showing you if
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  Speaker 1: you want to put that one spot on me, I
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  Speaker 1: can help carry a team.
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  Speaker 2: Listen. Kyrie is similar to look, a big shot taking
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  Speaker 2: shot maker right here can make these shots all the time,
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  Speaker 2: but he can also get his guys involved playing defense
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  Speaker 2: right here, and listen, tonight he said, hey, what about me?
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  Speaker 2: Then when he hit two threes in row in the game, Listen,
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  Speaker 2: nobody can guard this man one on one. So now
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  Speaker 2: that he has a triple green light and he doesn't
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  Speaker 2: have to look for a counterpart to pass it too,
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  Speaker 2: he's gonna get a lot of thirty.
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  Speaker 1: That is thirty or more. And four of the last
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  Speaker 1: five Klay Thompson coming alive again. When the big guys
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  Speaker 1: get there will be great. This big guy we talked
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  Speaker 1: a lot about placing the former team. We do have
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  Speaker 1: the footage. Would you like to see you against Orlando?
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  Speaker 5: No?
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  Speaker 1: Roll the don't listen.
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  Speaker 2: That thirty years ago.
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  Speaker 4: No, dang, you are old dense.
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  Speaker 2: Kids know me as Uncle Shack. They don't know me
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  Speaker 2: as this guy. You roll the tape, Yeah, roll the tape.
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  Speaker 2: That was a I'll bet you they quadruple me though,
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  Speaker 2: double team.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, you doing up and under shot?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, find out talking about I just thought you went
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  Speaker 1: through people.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't realize you're faked. You're talking about figure. Just
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  Speaker 2: see that.
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  Speaker 5: Oh so good past beat out?
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  Speaker 2: Feel good. No, it doesn't holl thing
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  Speaker 4: I've ever seen Shag doing up and under