May 2, 2025 • 40 mins
Ben Maller talks about the Clippers forcing a Game 7 against the Denver Nuggets and who gets the blame for the Nuggets loss, who gets the flowers for the Clippers, if the Nuggets have an insurmountable edge with Game 7 being at home, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
We go. Welcome. It's our name one, our number one
of the original Recipe podcast. Happy Friday to you. It's
the first Friday Pod in the month of May, as
we are hanging out with you in the Magic Audio Box.
A programming note, a new edition of The Fifth Hour
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to drop later today and we are scheduled to chat
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He was given the highest honor you can get. So
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tell a friend about that. But here in our Number one,
what went wrong for the Nicola Jokic nuggets. In Game six,
the People's team got it done. Who gets the flowers
for the Kawhi Leonard Clippers and do the Nicola Jokic
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nuggets They're favored have an insurmountable edge in game seven.
Being at home back in the altitude of Denver, we'll
talk about all of that and more right now, give
it up for our number one. Well, it turns out
the waters were not that turbulent. You told me they
were gonna be turbulent. They weren't turbut you lied to me.
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What do that? Well, come in the beginning of another
night of the Ben Malor Show.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
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Am monating live do it live from the Bob as
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Radio studios, which are approved by Jeff in Denver, who
I know is very sad right now because he thought
it was all over. It's all done there it say
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his team. All they had to do was show up
they were gonna win that date. That's all they had
to did you show up, you win the game. That's it,
that's all you have to do. Unfortunately, that was not
exactly the case, not quite work out that way. This portion,
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hour is from the hood in Inglewood. That is where
the joker was leading the Nuggets into so calh They
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were gonna win come one at all the momentum, all
the momentum right there in so Cal. Clippers, the People's
team La trying to force a game seven over the
weekend Denver looking to advance to play Oh Klahoma, Oh
Oklahoma City. There. Now, that was the nightcap on TNT,
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so we'll start with that. Charles Barkley was not working.
Bad job by him. Did he get suspended for ripping
the tennis coverage on TNT? I don't know, but we
were watching. He probably wasn't, but we were watching maybe
you were watching. I don't know if you were not.
That James Harden I mentioned he had gotten the stank
out of his system. In the previous game. Harden had
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twenty eight points. It's eight assists, big second quarter and
a big bounce back for Harden after he was riding
the vomit comet in the previous game, and Kawhi Leonard
the Silent Assassin twenty seven points. The Clippers brought down
the hammer and force a Game seven in that playoff series.
There they went by six over the Nuggets in Game six.
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Norman Powell twenty four points. The Clippers get it done
in the dome. The into a dome there and now
after a big second half, actually second and third quarter.
Game seven will be Saturday. Depending on your time zone,
it is five to thirty local time in the Mountain
time zone, four to thirty in the West, and if
you're on the East coast seven thirty. For your weekend
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planning purposes of their Clippers and Nuggets Game seven, Jamal Murray,
who had an out of body experience his previous game,
had twenty one points for the Nuggets. That the better
story is in the losing locker room, So we will
start out with that. Let us discuss the question what
went wrong? What went sideways for the Nikola jokicch Nuggets
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in game six. So I've got evil Twin, Shadah and
stones rules, and we will combine all of these things
together and we will be rough and ready. Rough and
ready is what we're going to be.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So a.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Listen, the Denver Nuggets. You can break it down ten
million ways, and we'll break down some of the ways here.
But they essentially choked on the sandwich that middle part
of the game, the meaty part of the game, the
second and the third quarters. The Clippers of my math
was right. I drotted this down on my notesapp on
my phone. The Clippers outscored the Nuggets by fourteen points
in the bridge over troubled waters there the second and
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third periods. That was enough. That was enough to get
it done. Now for individuals, I say, the man in
the mirror, the man in the mirror running the wrong
way on this particular night, Nikola Jokic who was done
in by his evil twin. You see, the Nikola Jokic
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that showed up in the second half was the guy
that was drafted in the second round while there was
a Taco bell commercial on television. The guy that played
in the second half. First half fine Jokic had twenty
points on nine of thirteen shooting. He shot sixty nine
percent in the first half. The problem at halftime, he
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went in there, he took some stupid pills and the
joker was a joke. The evil twin showed up in
the second half. Jokic shot twenty two point two percent
in the second and a half, only had five points, and
Ivatsa Zubats and Nick Batoom handcuffed the unguardable Jokic, three
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time MVP, all time great NBA player, was held with
his many points, as many points as you and I
had for eleven minutes in the third quarter, scoreless. For
an eleven minute stretch of the third quarter, Nikola Jokic
did not put up a single point and zoobots emasculating
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him with a block for the ages, and that was
a nasty block. And you are the franchise, you're the
face of the Nuggets and all that, and you suffered
a dereliction of duties is what you did there? And
how about the partner at KREP. Now, we tried to
explain this the other day. Some of you are so
stupid you can't understand it. But Jamal Murray suffered from
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a classic regression to the mean. It happens all the time.
Extreme outcomes are followed by more moderate ones, and Murray,
using malarmath, was fifty one percent worse from game to game.
From game five to game six, his performance went down
fifty one point from forty three points in a ridoculous
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game in game five to twenty one points. And then
the Russell west Brick showed up. Now, if you look
at the box score and look at the overall stats,
you're ah, he was fine. He was good. Then he
was good. Well, not when it mattered. West Brick showed
up late. He was two of seven shooting floor in
the fourth quarter, two of seven, and missed an absolute
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bunny in the final couple of seconds there that would
have brought Denver within four of a tie. You hate
to see it, unless you don't. I mean that, Just
have him shoot. I'd pray there's a close game in
game seven and the ball goes to Russell Westbrick to
make a shot. Let him shoot. If he beats you,
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that's fine. Let him shoot. Let him shoot. You'll be
smiling more times than that. Now, recent history is not
looking good for Denver either. They have started to have
issues with the fur ball in the throat. On Thursday,
they lost a potential series clinching playoff game for the
third time in four tries over the last couple of
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seasons there since they won that championship in twenty twenty three.
Denver also blowing it over Minnesota last year. They had
a three to two lead in that series and could
not get past the Timberwols who are advanced in this playoff.
That was in the second round last year. Now page
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two to the winner side of things. So who are
we going to give flowers to for the Kawhi Leonard Clippers,
So that the sound that should be played here for
the Clippers is some shot a smooth operators. They were
as clean as a whistle. They only had seven turnovers
in this game. There's a little shot day for it.
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Seven turnovers plus thirteen in points off turnovers. So smooth, unstoppable,
and they did their job. They did their job. James
Harden did not need a shave. He was fine. He
was good in stretches. There were a couple of points
I was yelling at my television. Kawhi Leonard did his thing.
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Harden was not as passive. He had storman Norman Powell
with twenty four points, nine to fifteen floor the rock
solid Zubots defense. They played with the proper amount of
intensity and hustle in this game. I know it's a
bad day for the haters. You were so excited. You
had all your things ready to go in draft mode
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on social media. I try to tell you, oh, you
see here you go, he Clippers sugger. You talk trash
about the Lakers. The Clippers lost. Okay, well you have
to wait another day for that. I know you're going
to hiding. You're all cowards. I got you all right now.
Last word here, do the Nikola Jokic Nuggets have an
insurmountable edge? Insurmountable edge in Game seven at home? They
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are favored in Game seven, as you might imagine the
pillars of the NBA community to answer the question, though,
do the Nicola Yugusnuggers have an insurmountable edge in game
seven at home? I am shaking my head no, And
I'm going very fast back and forth from right to left.
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Here I'm shaking my head off. Now, low information fan,
the uneducated fan, the knuckle dragging fan, will say Denvers
guaranteed to win. They're at home, all right, Altitude championship pedigree,
all that mumbo jumbo, But follow Stone's rules. Political pundit
Roger Stone who famously said the past is effing prologue. Now,
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I have an unpopular opinion, and my unpopular opinion here
is that the matchups do not matter. The film does
not matter, The home court advantage does not matter. Injuries,
who gives a crap, right, All that matters is who
does better in the moment. And as the iconic Dick
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Stockton taught me, stat's to tell you what has happened,
not what's going to happen. And if you're a great player,
but you play like an average Joe in this particular game,
it doesn't matter. Now, playoff Harden got his hiccup game
out of the way. We did the math. He's bad
for ten percent of playoff games. He's fine or good
for ninety percent, So that means he's good for another
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eight games or so based on the odds, before he
has another clunker. So you're okay there. And as far
as the home court advantage, and there was a point
years ago where if you were the home team, you
always won Game seven. Spoiler alert, not the case. Fun fact.
Fun fact, Malard fun fact on Game seven home court advantage.
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It turns out there is none since the bubble pop
goes the babble. Since twenty twenty one, road teams have
won eight of the last eleven game sevens. So you're
actually better off being on the road than you are
at home. Since the pandemic, you're better and that does
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not include the pandemic. There was no home court. That's
why that was the easiest playoff of all time. Some
of you dumb dumbs don't understand that, but the road
team has done better. Since twenty twenty one, eight of
eleven Game sevens have gone the way of the road team.
That'll be nine out of twelve of following the game
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there on Saturday night. But we'll take your thoughts on that.
We do have some postgame reaction as the Clippers get
to win there. And now the Denver Nuggets they decided
to fire their coach right before the playoffs, and how's
that working out with they're about to lose in the
first round of the playoffs. I don't think that's particularly good.
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But they haven't lost. Yeah, so technically they haven't lost
since Michael Malone was given his walking papers. But they
did hire the NETPO coach to take over this David
Adelman character. And here is a David Aptam. He just
looks like they got him out of like nerd Army
or something like that. Anyway, here's Adalman commenting on the adjustment.
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So I love these comments. It's talking about the Clippers adjustments.
Let's take a list.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
And I also on the third quarter, we played good defense.
We never ever came up with the fifty to fifty ball,
and that's just such a backbreaking feeling to do everything
right and don't come up with the ball. So we
gave him a lot of extra possessions. You know, that
quarter absolutely killed. It's not the rest of the game
was very even. We played a really really good fourth
quarter with a lot of effort. We got to be
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better throughout the whole game.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Isn't an embarrassing when a professional coach talks about effort?
Why would you even mention it? The only way why
would you mention seriously, The only way you would mention
it is if your team I didn't give effort. Her
team's a bunch of dogs, and you have to compliment
them because they actually give effort in a playoff game,
not some random Thursday night in December when no one's watching. Anyway. Yeah,
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here's one more from the son of Rick Adelman, David
Adelman here and commenting about the Game seven at home,
which the Nuggets are about to lose.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
He talked about, you know, after the game, and he
win those last three games not just to stay out
of the plan, but to get the home court in
Game seven, bottom line, And we earned it. And that's
why I told him in there, You've earned this opportunity.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
He earned the.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Opportunity tonight to try to close it out because of
the way you played in the series to get to
three to two. But now you have the opportunity to
go home in front of your home fans and advance,
and so you know, you play all year for that.
We got that opportunity and we're very, very excited to
go back out there.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
And play again.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Keep in mind, the Nuggets and Clippers had the same
exact record during the regular season, and the Nuggets earned it.
They did so much good work during the season and
the players got their coach fired before the playoffs. They
really earned it, my fat ass, they earned it. You
gotta be kidding me. Anyway, it is the Ben Mallard Show.
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on what, blame it on? What are you talking about.
We'll get to all that and we will do it.
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Well that's right, Well we didn't go anywhere. Not going
back to the show. There you go. Uh, let's see.
King Ry writes and says, why do the Clippers hate
the environment? Do you know how many pollutants they will
flood Mother Earth with when they go back to Denver
and all those Nugget fans are crying after the Clippers
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exterminate exterminate the nuggets from the play, I know there'll
be people be okay, though, they'll be all right, have
a good time. They'll get over it. Late night drug tester. Right,
Since it's easy to see why Nicole Joakic struggled, since
he is a known horseman, he has too many busy
pregame activity. I think there's a word missing here, too busy. Oh,
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he's too busy pregame getting his Kentucky Derby picks in.
By the way, who does the crew like in the
run for the Roses. I was thinking about bringing back
the equine pick em. We haven't done that in a
long time. I don't know and would support that. But
we could do the equine pick them. Okay, all right,
well why don't we do it this out or do
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the equin tickam. We'll tell you who we like. We'll
go by order of tenure on the show, and we'll
do that. Well that's the case, though, that's great news.
That's bet all your money on the Clippers. The Kentucky
Derby is on Saturday, right, so the Derby's on Saturday.
Jo Kicic is going to be distracted. He won't be
ready to play the game. He will not be ready
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to advantage Clippers. Jokich will be distracted. If the horse
he wanted to win doesn't win, he'll be distracted if
the horse he wanted to win win, so he'll also
be distracted. There's no way around it. Berg Dog writes
in he says the wall was electric. The basketball torch
of La has officially been handed to the Clippers. Good
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riddance to the horribly run Lakers, and they are few
remaining fans. Well, the Lakers are like old money. People
like the new thing. You know the Clippers are like
Crypto is what they are. They got that new vibe
to him and all that. That's the way they go.
Aileen writes In says, I suspect the Nuggets will win
the series five games to three. Okay, you keep you
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should bet on that, Eileen. It seems good, absolutely yes,
all right? What else do we have? This is here
a page nine. Let's see here. Mister nice guy says
you're being covered up by bird chirping, club swooshes and
golf collaps. Well, mister nice guy, if certain places make
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of the show. You never miss a second. Nature Boy
writes In, says, usually after a first round loss, they
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can the coach. Any updates on Doc Rivers or JJ,
we will do a post more on the Lakers. There
were some wild comments coming out of there. JJ Reddick
has lost it. Holy crap, he is so not aware.
I mean, my god, JJ Reddick, what a disaster, What
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an embarrassment, that that represents your team, and seriously, but
it's I guess it's appropriate because Laker historians are a
holes and JJ Reddick's an a hole, so I guess
it kind of they go together. Uh Man Tacoma. Drew
rites in says, a game seven to be played, Ben
just enough time for James Harden to hijack a jet
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and find a dancing rhino in Las Vegas and choke
the game away. All right, Drew, Well, we tried to
point that out. I know you. Maybe you need to
go to the year doctor, go to Costco get a
hearing aid. He had his bad game in game five.
He got that out of his system. He's good to go.
He is good to go, nothing to worry about, no concerns. Now,
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I had other plans. I want you. I had other
plans on Saturday.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
I did.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
But I'm changing my plans because that's how confident I
am in the people's team getting her done in game seven.
And I know a lot of you're upset and you're
disappointed and all that. It's fine, it'd be okay. You
know the haters out there. I got you. I got
you anyway. Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox is
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sixty nine if you would like to be part of
the program. Well, the sins of the Father. Remember the
other night we did a rant and we talked about
Tyrese Haliburton. It looked like satire. He had hit the
game winning layup for Indiana to eliminate the Milwaukee Bucks.
He's standing on the scorers table like he's conducting the
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Boston Pops, and he's he's moving his arms, gyrating his
arms back and forth. Behind him. His father is getting
into a confrontation with Giannis a dent to Coombo. On
the court, mind you, on the court, it was it
was wonderful. It was so stupid, it was wonderful. Well, anyway,
now the rest of the story, as the old radio
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man from back in the day, Paul Harvey would say,
you know, the news is, but now the rest of
the story, Well, now we have come to learn. Did
you see this, By the way, No, tyres Celiburton's daddy
John has been banned. No bouncy ball for you. Bye
bye daddy, Bye bye daddy. You're out here. Yeah, banned
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from attending Pacers games for the foreseeable future. What does
that even mean? What is that, laraindo? What does foreseeable
future mean? Does that mean like tomorrow?
Speaker 6 (24:27):
No, that means for forever until we decide.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Not to really, Oh man, this guy's screwed. So his
name's John. He went on the court after the Pacers game,
as we said, there got into it was taunting Adan
to Coombo. You know, yes, Coop, you you would not
You don't want to see his dad banned from going
to NBA games.
Speaker 6 (24:47):
I think what the dad did was stupid and completely
uncalled for. And I agree with the honest completely, but
banning him from the games, Like, I'm just don't, don't
put him courtside, put him like, what are you gonna do?
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Well, here, here's what I would do, exactly. I would
give him the worst possible Yes I would. I would
find at the very last row at the top.
Speaker 6 (25:09):
Of the he's not going to make it down to
the court from there, and.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
Make him wear a dunce cap. How about that? So
not only does he have to sit in the very
last row and he's looking down near the pearly gates,
but he's got to wear a dunce cap. That's the answer.
Why didn't they do that? And who would recognize him anyway?
Does anyone know? I mean, I guess we saw him
on TV.
Speaker 6 (25:30):
So you know what now, pictures to all the ticket takers.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
Like if John Halliburton was at the next Pacer Cabs game,
you think anyone's oh wait a minute, I'll recognize you.
What are you doing here? Anyway? So they say he
will not attend the Pacers home or road games. After
a discussion with the team's front office. You think that
was a two way discussion or a one way discussion?
Do you think that was I'm gonna guess that was
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a one sided conversation. And yeah, just going out, going
out a limb. I remember when Lebron was a rookie
with the Cavaliers, his mom used to show up to
practice and would heckle some of the players. There was
a legendary story, this is twenty years ago whatever, but
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his mom was such an alpha mom that she would
show up and he would advise the Cavs a They
had a terrible roster when Lebron was a rookie, and
his mom would would like yell at Lebron not to
pass to certain certain people on the team. Well, it
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was very awkward. It was very it was very, very awkward. Anyway,
all right, let's go to the phones, and let's start
out now with a man who I think guaranteed victory
the other day and I mean, I'm looking here and
says that I'm looking at my phone. It says the Clippers. One.
Let's go to Jeff in Denver. Hello, Jeff, welcome.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
Hello man. I didn't guarantee nothing tonight. I'm just but
have you watched much basketball? Actually watched the game?
Speaker 1 (27:07):
No, I'm actually blind. I've never watched that.
Speaker 4 (27:10):
Okay, no, I'm no, I'm just talking. Watch the game.
Know what's a foul? That's not a foul? Oh?
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Here wait, hold let me get my violin out. Hold
on a second, Hold on, I mean a the world's
smallest violin. Here, here we go.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
Can you be objective and admit that joker got hammered
tonight and only shot two free throws. That's got to
change a little bit, I mean, be fair, be.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Fair it a little more. Come on, Jeff, come on, yeah,
keep going. Yeah, it's sad. It's a Greek tragedy.
Speaker 4 (27:41):
Bro, you don't think that's a little odd.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Yeah, the NBA is looking after the Clippers that's right.
They always my entire life. The Clippers have gotten all
the calls. Yes, that is correct.
Speaker 4 (27:52):
It was still a six point game. They've been close,
pretty close the whole series.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
But for Joe, the last game was game wasn't closed.
The previous game wasn't close.
Speaker 4 (28:02):
Well still, but for Joker only get two free throws
as much as he gets feed up. That's got to
change a little bit.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
I mean, be fair, may next year it'll change you.
Speaker 4 (28:14):
I wouldn't place any faith in that guy. You've talked
about him before. He chokes in the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Yeah, he chow. We did the math. Thanks for listening.
We did the math. Ten Can I explain somebody, sir,
his entire career in the playoffs, ten percent of the
time he's useless. Ninety percent he's either fine or good.
He's a ninety ten player. The ten stands out like
a sore thumb. So he's already got the bad game.
(28:41):
He had the clunker. That was the game where he
seemed like he didn't want to be there in Denver
the other day, and then I'm guessing he'll be fine.
He's in one out of ten. He's bad. He had
the one, so he should be good for the next
He just had a good, good game, so he should
have eight more good.
Speaker 6 (28:55):
That's not how math works.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
But that's okay, that's malor math. I'm not I don't
care about your math. That's my math, and my math
is the way I'm doing it.
Speaker 4 (29:02):
What I think you're short on the ten percent? I
think he's good for more.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Look it up. I did. I literally did the math
on this. I literally crunched the number. I went to
Basketball Reference and one other NERD website. I typed in
all the numbers and I did the math. If you
want me to go back and I'll check my nose,
I can give you my notes if you want.
Speaker 6 (29:24):
What were your parameters? I would like to know that.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
You were here when I did the monologue. Cooper is
not listening.
Speaker 6 (29:31):
Yes, I was not listening to get details.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
You just said.
Speaker 6 (29:36):
You just said you looked at all of his playoff
games and the times he's.
Speaker 5 (29:41):
Good.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
You're gonna make me go to the nest.
Speaker 6 (29:42):
I want to know.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
I will go to the nose. Okay, I will. I will.
I don't have them right now, I will lock them in.
I will have them by the end of this hour.
I will have the notes.
Speaker 4 (29:53):
What else do you have, Jeff, I would not place
any faith in Harden.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
You've already said that you're repeating yourself. Why would you
repeat yourself, Jeff? Why would you repeat yourself? Nobody wants
to hear you repeat yourself out there. You you've already
made that point.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
You stated earlier that you think Harden's going to be
good again.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
I told you the ninety ten rule, the ninety ten rule.
Ninety percent, he's either fine or good. Ten percent he's terrible,
he's useless. He's got the useless game out of his system.
It's out of his system.
Speaker 4 (30:26):
What defined fine? It's fine?
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Twenty points, Yes, twenty points effective shooting. I can get
the numbers here and say anything else? Are you? Are
you done?
Speaker 4 (30:40):
No? I'm just I'm just saying that you really think
that that's that Denver's done?
Speaker 1 (30:44):
But it doesn't matter. I mean, you do understand even
if he was terrible one hundred percent of the time,
that's what he has done, not what he's going to do.
Like you do understand that it's irrelevant that whatever has
happened will have no bearing on what happens on Saturday exactly.
Speaker 6 (31:03):
So he could put up a complete stinker.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Yes, and he can go out there and lead the
way for the people's team and lead them to the
second round of the playoffs to take down Oklahoma City.
So either one of those outcomes as possible, that is correct.
Speaker 6 (31:18):
I'm betting on the stinker.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
When's the next Laker game? Do we know? I think
it's in Bakersfield?
Speaker 6 (31:24):
Actually, I know that's a bummer. You're not going to
be able to talk about them for a long time.
It's your favorite monologue topic.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
We'll beat them into the ground.
Speaker 6 (31:31):
Oh that's right, that's right. You are going to talk
about them because they're the team that everybody cares about.
Nobody cares about the Clippers.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Well, I don't know. I mean, got a full bank
of calls. Everyone wants to talk Clipper basketball. They're the
hottest team. Don't people sending me nasty?
Speaker 6 (31:41):
None of these people want to talk Clippers.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
They all want to talk Clippers. The clip. It's you
know why Coop hip the clip? That is why it
is hip two clip. That's why right there, bear the beard,
Bear the beard. That's it.
Speaker 6 (31:56):
Hip to clip sounds like a smoking slogan.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Does it? You want to say? Yeah, you probably do
want to smoke something. But I don't get it.
Speaker 6 (32:04):
Why you guys don't think that sounds like a what
about it? A clipper like a clipper, lighter hip to clip? No,
just me?
Speaker 1 (32:12):
All right, yeah, anyway, all right, it is the Ben
Mahlord Show as we are working our way through the overnight,
and we'll take some more of these amazing, riveting phone calls,
so so great, so amazing, these these phone calls at
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nine nine six six three sixty nine. If you'd like
to be part, we'll get those those numbers. Playoff Harden,
which did you get ten percent of the time? An issue?
The other part of it not so much, not a problem. Anyway,
we'll take your calls eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox,
also on X at Ben Mallard time. Now for the
who Am I? Game? The Clippers Nick but Tom became
(32:57):
the first player since me to have five or more points,
five or more rebounds, five or more assists, two or
more steals, two or more blocks off the bench in
a playoff game. Who am I? That is the question?
The answer. We'll get to it. We'll do it next.
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All right, now, it is I Bill, Ben and we'll
get to the payoff on the who Am I game?
But first we got to have the play of the night.
And oh what a play of the night it was.
And it's the tire Iraq Play of the Night. We
taken out to downtown Detroit late Stages, knicker Bockers and
the Pistons and Jalen Brunson taking things into his own hands.
(34:31):
Take a listen, backing down to start Tompson at the
logo plenty of time left. We're tied at one thirteen.
Here in game six, Brunson between the legs triple gets
rid of Thompson, walk up free.
Speaker 5 (34:41):
Porter Pike got it.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
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I don't know who edited that, but they shouldn't let
the cut breathe a little bit. That was that didn't
really breathe. That was way too short.
Speaker 6 (35:17):
We have a lot of comments for editing team.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Oh really, okay, Now I did start. I was an editor.
When I started. You had to do like updates and
editing and talk show hosts and like the whole thing,
but like certain sound bites, and you need to let
it breathe, Like if it's a game winning basket for
the Knicks, you might want to leave a little extra
on the end.
Speaker 6 (35:37):
I'm just saying, according to Google, that is Tyler Murray.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Tyler Murray, I have no idea who that is, but okay,
good for him. Where have you gone, Marv Albert? Anyway?
All right, now, let's pay off the Let's pay off
the who am I?
Speaker 5 (35:55):
Game?
Speaker 1 (35:55):
And this is where I pretend to be somebody else.
So the Clippers Nick but Toom became the first since
me to have five plus points, five plus rebounds, five
plus assists, two or more steals, two or more blocks
off the bench, all of that off the bench in
a playoff game. Who am I asked the question? Scrooge says, Clippers,
and seven is the answer. Who else do we have?
(36:16):
The Great Kawhi from Andy and Lino Lakes unless last
night it brock Osweiler from Shane and de Moine, the
Great Dutch, the Clutch from Scrooge? Who else? Charlie Lee
Brant from mister nice guy. King Roy says the Phoenix Suns.
Gorilla is the answer. Quasi Moto from Donkey Sausage. Page down,
(36:41):
You are Jerome's favorite. Pat McAfee, who's thirty eight today?
From Late Night Drug Tester Rajan Rondo from Jason Eddy
Guardado Misspelled by Robbie the Mariner Fan. Who else do
you have? Pagdown? Ravishing Rick Rude from courtesy Flusher, Shorty McMillan,
tossed out by Milkman Mike and Colorado, Robert the Chief
(37:02):
Parish from Larry d Nick van Exel on his way
to King Kum from the Nature Boy Darius Miles Tossed
out by our friend Slim Tim a proud cheesehead who's
back listening to us on the Overnight Show Live, Kelly,
thank you for listening. Kelly. Tripuca, who always puked from
Mark truck Stop Fungus Boys is back. That's a big night.
(37:25):
Aunt Chemima is his answer. I think she got canceled.
Who else do we have? Page down? Page down? Robbie
the marin of Fan says fun fact. Malis said, if
the Clippers ever win the championship, he'll smoke a bowl.
That was I think that was like six years ago,
I said, that I believe back back in the day.
All Right, do you have an answer, Laraya, do you
(37:47):
have an answer? Yes?
Speaker 6 (37:48):
My guess was going to be Maui the Demi God.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
All right, is it Maui the Demi God? It's Andre.
Let's go back to the folds quickly, Andre, Andre in
the commonweal, Hello, Andre, welcome.
Speaker 7 (38:10):
Ben, how are you doing? Thanks you taking the call?
Far be it for me to be putting next to
Andrea Goadala, the NBA champion in the finals MVP over
Steph Curry that year. I believe that with the twenty
fifteen championship, even though many of us feel that really
should have been Steph's MVP, but they give it to
the all around blue guy Agadala. Ben, this situation, I'm
the world that we have the sixth suit me, the
(38:32):
Clippers and the Nuggets that going to a seventh claim game.
Nuggets had their opportunity. The game was kind of nip
and tucked, particularly Russell westbrook Man. They cut it to
six points. He misses the layup, then it could have
been a four point game. What happens on the next possession,
Norman Powell up fakes, the guy comes over hits the three.
That's a five point swing. They weren't able to cut
the gap. Here's what it comes down to for me.
Denver as happy A well, I don't know about happy. But
(38:54):
you get Jamal Murray back, you know they're playing much better.
I can't get over the fact you fire an NBA
championship winning coach. Okay, So I got no love for
him in Game seven on Saturn, Okay, even though yeah,
I just I just I'm Clippers all the way. I'm
Daddy wore Bucks. Steve Bomber to be at the game.
He'll be standing up and down, sweating profusely, you know
what I mean, and just have So we want the Clippers, okay,
because they do it the right way. You know what
(39:15):
I mean? You don't you know that's right?
Speaker 1 (39:17):
I said that out Clippers do it the right way.
Speaker 6 (39:20):
What does that mean? Andre?
Speaker 1 (39:22):
That don't question Andre? Andre knows more about basketball than
all ever.
Speaker 7 (39:28):
No, come on, no, he has one hundred percent right
ability to question me.
Speaker 1 (39:32):
I can't.
Speaker 7 (39:32):
Why would you fire a coach with eight games left
in the season. They're playing better?
Speaker 4 (39:36):
Yes, because Jamal Murray is back.
Speaker 7 (39:38):
Had Mike Malone had Mike Malone had his old team.
They wouldn't have been on that skip. So I just
can't get over it. You know, this whole new wave
and we just get rid of players and coaches because
somebody got offended and you didn't, you know, say hello to.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
Me when you always listen. Leave it there. I agree
with you, Andre, it seems rather ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (39:55):
I agree with that.
Speaker 1 (39:55):
That's fine. I fire coaches in the offseason or whatever,
but you dance with the one who brought you, even
if they didn't bring you all that far. But this
new coach of the Nuggets, what a nerd? This new guy.
I don't like that guy.
We go. Welcome. It's our name one, our number one
of the original Recipe podcast. Happy Friday to you. It's
the first Friday Pod in the month of May, as
we are hanging out with you in the Magic Audio Box.
A programming note, a new edition of The Fifth Hour
(00:22):
with Me, Ben Maler and Danny g Radio is going
to drop later today and we are scheduled to chat
with a bleeping' godfather of sports talk radio, part of
the Fox Sports Radio Alumni Association. If you're a fan
of talk radio, you gotta love this guy, Mike North
from Chicago. He was our morning guy here at Fox
(00:44):
Sports Radio for a number of years. He has just
been given a Lifetime Achievement award in radio. I saw
this the other day. I gotta talk to my guy,
Mike North. This is a lifetime achievement in sports talk radio.
He was given the highest honor you can get. So
we'll talk to Mike North about that. At the state
of his time in sports radio, he's actually still working
(01:04):
in sports radio. So Mike North on the Fifth Hour
podcast today. It is a must listen, so please download
tell a friend about that. But here in our Number one,
what went wrong for the Nicola Jokic nuggets. In Game six,
the People's team got it done. Who gets the flowers
for the Kawhi Leonard Clippers and do the Nicola Jokic
(01:26):
nuggets They're favored have an insurmountable edge in game seven.
Being at home back in the altitude of Denver, we'll
talk about all of that and more right now, give
it up for our number one. Well, it turns out
the waters were not that turbulent. You told me they
were gonna be turbulent. They weren't turbut you lied to me.
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What do that? Well, come in the beginning of another
night of the Ben Malor Show.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
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we are hustling and bustling coast, the coast, border, the
border and beyond on the mast and universally powerful microphones
of FSR.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Am monating live do it live from the Bob as
we bob and weave audio haymakers from the Fox Sports
Radio studios, which are approved by Jeff in Denver, who
I know is very sad right now because he thought
it was all over. It's all done there it say
(02:34):
his team. All they had to do was show up
they were gonna win that date. That's all they had
to did you show up, you win the game. That's it,
that's all you have to do. Unfortunately, that was not
exactly the case, not quite work out that way. This portion,
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hour is from the hood in Inglewood. That is where
the joker was leading the Nuggets into so calh They
(03:17):
were gonna win come one at all the momentum, all
the momentum right there in so Cal. Clippers, the People's
team La trying to force a game seven over the
weekend Denver looking to advance to play Oh Klahoma, Oh
Oklahoma City. There. Now, that was the nightcap on TNT,
(03:38):
so we'll start with that. Charles Barkley was not working.
Bad job by him. Did he get suspended for ripping
the tennis coverage on TNT? I don't know, but we
were watching. He probably wasn't, but we were watching maybe
you were watching. I don't know if you were not.
That James Harden I mentioned he had gotten the stank
out of his system. In the previous game. Harden had
(03:59):
twenty eight points. It's eight assists, big second quarter and
a big bounce back for Harden after he was riding
the vomit comet in the previous game, and Kawhi Leonard
the Silent Assassin twenty seven points. The Clippers brought down
the hammer and force a Game seven in that playoff series.
There they went by six over the Nuggets in Game six.
(04:24):
Norman Powell twenty four points. The Clippers get it done
in the dome. The into a dome there and now
after a big second half, actually second and third quarter.
Game seven will be Saturday. Depending on your time zone,
it is five to thirty local time in the Mountain
time zone, four to thirty in the West, and if
you're on the East coast seven thirty. For your weekend
(04:45):
planning purposes of their Clippers and Nuggets Game seven, Jamal Murray,
who had an out of body experience his previous game,
had twenty one points for the Nuggets. That the better
story is in the losing locker room, So we will
start out with that. Let us discuss the question what
went wrong? What went sideways for the Nikola jokicch Nuggets
(05:06):
in game six. So I've got evil Twin, Shadah and
stones rules, and we will combine all of these things
together and we will be rough and ready. Rough and
ready is what we're going to be.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So a.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Listen, the Denver Nuggets. You can break it down ten
million ways, and we'll break down some of the ways here.
But they essentially choked on the sandwich that middle part
of the game, the meaty part of the game, the
second and the third quarters. The Clippers of my math
was right. I drotted this down on my notesapp on
my phone. The Clippers outscored the Nuggets by fourteen points
in the bridge over troubled waters there the second and
(05:47):
third periods. That was enough. That was enough to get
it done. Now for individuals, I say, the man in
the mirror, the man in the mirror running the wrong
way on this particular night, Nikola Jokic who was done
in by his evil twin. You see, the Nikola Jokic
(06:09):
that showed up in the second half was the guy
that was drafted in the second round while there was
a Taco bell commercial on television. The guy that played
in the second half. First half fine Jokic had twenty
points on nine of thirteen shooting. He shot sixty nine
percent in the first half. The problem at halftime, he
(06:31):
went in there, he took some stupid pills and the
joker was a joke. The evil twin showed up in
the second half. Jokic shot twenty two point two percent
in the second and a half, only had five points, and
Ivatsa Zubats and Nick Batoom handcuffed the unguardable Jokic, three
(06:54):
time MVP, all time great NBA player, was held with
his many points, as many points as you and I
had for eleven minutes in the third quarter, scoreless. For
an eleven minute stretch of the third quarter, Nikola Jokic
did not put up a single point and zoobots emasculating
(07:16):
him with a block for the ages, and that was
a nasty block. And you are the franchise, you're the
face of the Nuggets and all that, and you suffered
a dereliction of duties is what you did there? And
how about the partner at KREP. Now, we tried to
explain this the other day. Some of you are so
stupid you can't understand it. But Jamal Murray suffered from
(07:40):
a classic regression to the mean. It happens all the time.
Extreme outcomes are followed by more moderate ones, and Murray,
using malarmath, was fifty one percent worse from game to game.
From game five to game six, his performance went down
fifty one point from forty three points in a ridoculous
(08:03):
game in game five to twenty one points. And then
the Russell west Brick showed up. Now, if you look
at the box score and look at the overall stats,
you're ah, he was fine. He was good. Then he
was good. Well, not when it mattered. West Brick showed
up late. He was two of seven shooting floor in
the fourth quarter, two of seven, and missed an absolute
(08:27):
bunny in the final couple of seconds there that would
have brought Denver within four of a tie. You hate
to see it, unless you don't. I mean that, Just
have him shoot. I'd pray there's a close game in
game seven and the ball goes to Russell Westbrick to
make a shot. Let him shoot. If he beats you,
(08:48):
that's fine. Let him shoot. Let him shoot. You'll be
smiling more times than that. Now, recent history is not
looking good for Denver either. They have started to have
issues with the fur ball in the throat. On Thursday,
they lost a potential series clinching playoff game for the
third time in four tries over the last couple of
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seasons there since they won that championship in twenty twenty three.
Denver also blowing it over Minnesota last year. They had
a three to two lead in that series and could
not get past the Timberwols who are advanced in this playoff.
That was in the second round last year. Now page
(09:29):
two to the winner side of things. So who are
we going to give flowers to for the Kawhi Leonard Clippers,
So that the sound that should be played here for
the Clippers is some shot a smooth operators. They were
as clean as a whistle. They only had seven turnovers
in this game. There's a little shot day for it.
(09:51):
Seven turnovers plus thirteen in points off turnovers. So smooth, unstoppable,
and they did their job. They did their job. James
Harden did not need a shave. He was fine. He
was good in stretches. There were a couple of points
I was yelling at my television. Kawhi Leonard did his thing.
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Harden was not as passive. He had storman Norman Powell
with twenty four points, nine to fifteen floor the rock
solid Zubots defense. They played with the proper amount of
intensity and hustle in this game. I know it's a
bad day for the haters. You were so excited. You
had all your things ready to go in draft mode
(10:33):
on social media. I try to tell you, oh, you
see here you go, he Clippers sugger. You talk trash
about the Lakers. The Clippers lost. Okay, well you have
to wait another day for that. I know you're going
to hiding. You're all cowards. I got you all right now.
Last word here, do the Nikola Jokic Nuggets have an
insurmountable edge? Insurmountable edge in Game seven at home? They
(11:00):
are favored in Game seven, as you might imagine the
pillars of the NBA community to answer the question, though,
do the Nicola Yugusnuggers have an insurmountable edge in game
seven at home? I am shaking my head no, And
I'm going very fast back and forth from right to left.
(11:21):
Here I'm shaking my head off. Now, low information fan,
the uneducated fan, the knuckle dragging fan, will say Denvers
guaranteed to win. They're at home, all right, Altitude championship pedigree,
all that mumbo jumbo, But follow Stone's rules. Political pundit
Roger Stone who famously said the past is effing prologue. Now,
(11:45):
I have an unpopular opinion, and my unpopular opinion here
is that the matchups do not matter. The film does
not matter, The home court advantage does not matter. Injuries,
who gives a crap, right, All that matters is who
does better in the moment. And as the iconic Dick
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Stockton taught me, stat's to tell you what has happened,
not what's going to happen. And if you're a great player,
but you play like an average Joe in this particular game,
it doesn't matter. Now, playoff Harden got his hiccup game
out of the way. We did the math. He's bad
for ten percent of playoff games. He's fine or good
for ninety percent, So that means he's good for another
(12:30):
eight games or so based on the odds, before he
has another clunker. So you're okay there. And as far
as the home court advantage, and there was a point
years ago where if you were the home team, you
always won Game seven. Spoiler alert, not the case. Fun fact.
Fun fact, Malard fun fact on Game seven home court advantage.
(12:54):
It turns out there is none since the bubble pop
goes the babble. Since twenty twenty one, road teams have
won eight of the last eleven game sevens. So you're
actually better off being on the road than you are
at home. Since the pandemic, you're better and that does
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not include the pandemic. There was no home court. That's
why that was the easiest playoff of all time. Some
of you dumb dumbs don't understand that, but the road
team has done better. Since twenty twenty one, eight of
eleven Game sevens have gone the way of the road team.
That'll be nine out of twelve of following the game
(13:37):
there on Saturday night. But we'll take your thoughts on that.
We do have some postgame reaction as the Clippers get
to win there. And now the Denver Nuggets they decided
to fire their coach right before the playoffs, and how's
that working out with they're about to lose in the
first round of the playoffs. I don't think that's particularly good.
(13:59):
But they haven't lost. Yeah, so technically they haven't lost
since Michael Malone was given his walking papers. But they
did hire the NETPO coach to take over this David
Adelman character. And here is a David Aptam. He just
looks like they got him out of like nerd Army
or something like that. Anyway, here's Adalman commenting on the adjustment.
(14:22):
So I love these comments. It's talking about the Clippers adjustments.
Let's take a list.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
And I also on the third quarter, we played good defense.
We never ever came up with the fifty to fifty ball,
and that's just such a backbreaking feeling to do everything
right and don't come up with the ball. So we
gave him a lot of extra possessions. You know, that
quarter absolutely killed. It's not the rest of the game
was very even. We played a really really good fourth
quarter with a lot of effort. We got to be
(14:48):
better throughout the whole game.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Isn't an embarrassing when a professional coach talks about effort?
Why would you even mention it? The only way why
would you mention seriously, The only way you would mention
it is if your team I didn't give effort. Her
team's a bunch of dogs, and you have to compliment
them because they actually give effort in a playoff game,
not some random Thursday night in December when no one's watching. Anyway. Yeah,
(15:13):
here's one more from the son of Rick Adelman, David
Adelman here and commenting about the Game seven at home,
which the Nuggets are about to lose.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
He talked about, you know, after the game, and he
win those last three games not just to stay out
of the plan, but to get the home court in
Game seven, bottom line, And we earned it. And that's
why I told him in there, You've earned this opportunity.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
He earned the.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Opportunity tonight to try to close it out because of
the way you played in the series to get to
three to two. But now you have the opportunity to
go home in front of your home fans and advance,
and so you know, you play all year for that.
We got that opportunity and we're very, very excited to
go back out there.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
And play again.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Keep in mind, the Nuggets and Clippers had the same
exact record during the regular season, and the Nuggets earned it.
They did so much good work during the season and
the players got their coach fired before the playoffs. They
really earned it, my fat ass, they earned it. You
gotta be kidding me. Anyway, it is the Ben Mallard Show.
We are just warming up the band right now, and
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(17:14):
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Well that's right, Well we didn't go anywhere. Not going
back to the show. There you go. Uh, let's see.
King Ry writes and says, why do the Clippers hate
the environment? Do you know how many pollutants they will
flood Mother Earth with when they go back to Denver
and all those Nugget fans are crying after the Clippers
(19:07):
exterminate exterminate the nuggets from the play, I know there'll
be people be okay, though, they'll be all right, have
a good time. They'll get over it. Late night drug tester. Right,
Since it's easy to see why Nicole Joakic struggled, since
he is a known horseman, he has too many busy
pregame activity. I think there's a word missing here, too busy. Oh,
(19:30):
he's too busy pregame getting his Kentucky Derby picks in.
By the way, who does the crew like in the
run for the Roses. I was thinking about bringing back
the equine pick em. We haven't done that in a
long time. I don't know and would support that. But
we could do the equine pick them. Okay, all right,
well why don't we do it this out or do
(19:50):
the equin tickam. We'll tell you who we like. We'll
go by order of tenure on the show, and we'll
do that. Well that's the case, though, that's great news.
That's bet all your money on the Clippers. The Kentucky
Derby is on Saturday, right, so the Derby's on Saturday.
Jo Kicic is going to be distracted. He won't be
ready to play the game. He will not be ready
(20:11):
to advantage Clippers. Jokich will be distracted. If the horse
he wanted to win doesn't win, he'll be distracted if
the horse he wanted to win win, so he'll also
be distracted. There's no way around it. Berg Dog writes
in he says the wall was electric. The basketball torch
of La has officially been handed to the Clippers. Good
(20:32):
riddance to the horribly run Lakers, and they are few
remaining fans. Well, the Lakers are like old money. People
like the new thing. You know the Clippers are like
Crypto is what they are. They got that new vibe
to him and all that. That's the way they go.
Aileen writes In says, I suspect the Nuggets will win
the series five games to three. Okay, you keep you
(20:54):
should bet on that, Eileen. It seems good, absolutely yes,
all right? What else do we have? This is here
a page nine. Let's see here. Mister nice guy says
you're being covered up by bird chirping, club swooshes and
golf collaps. Well, mister nice guy, if certain places make
(21:15):
programming mistakes, I recommend you move over to the iHeartRadio app,
where we are never covered up, ever covered up. That's
why you should always have the iHeart app at least
as a backup option, so you never miss a second
of the show. You never miss a second. Nature Boy
writes In, says, usually after a first round loss, they
(21:36):
can the coach. Any updates on Doc Rivers or JJ,
we will do a post more on the Lakers. There
were some wild comments coming out of there. JJ Reddick
has lost it. Holy crap, he is so not aware.
I mean, my god, JJ Reddick, what a disaster, What
(21:59):
an embarrassment, that that represents your team, and seriously, but
it's I guess it's appropriate because Laker historians are a
holes and JJ Reddick's an a hole, so I guess
it kind of they go together. Uh Man Tacoma. Drew
rites in says, a game seven to be played, Ben
just enough time for James Harden to hijack a jet
(22:19):
and find a dancing rhino in Las Vegas and choke
the game away. All right, Drew, Well, we tried to
point that out. I know you. Maybe you need to
go to the year doctor, go to Costco get a
hearing aid. He had his bad game in game five.
He got that out of his system. He's good to go.
He is good to go, nothing to worry about, no concerns. Now,
(22:42):
I had other plans. I want you. I had other
plans on Saturday.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
I did.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
But I'm changing my plans because that's how confident I
am in the people's team getting her done in game seven.
And I know a lot of you're upset and you're
disappointed and all that. It's fine, it'd be okay. You
know the haters out there. I got you. I got
you anyway. Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox is
the number eight seven, seven, nine, nine, six, six three
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sixty nine if you would like to be part of
the program. Well, the sins of the Father. Remember the
other night we did a rant and we talked about
Tyrese Haliburton. It looked like satire. He had hit the
game winning layup for Indiana to eliminate the Milwaukee Bucks.
He's standing on the scorers table like he's conducting the
(23:30):
Boston Pops, and he's he's moving his arms, gyrating his
arms back and forth. Behind him. His father is getting
into a confrontation with Giannis a dent to Coombo. On
the court, mind you, on the court, it was it
was wonderful. It was so stupid, it was wonderful. Well, anyway,
now the rest of the story, as the old radio
(23:55):
man from back in the day, Paul Harvey would say,
you know, the news is, but now the rest of
the story, Well, now we have come to learn. Did
you see this, By the way, No, tyres Celiburton's daddy
John has been banned. No bouncy ball for you. Bye
bye daddy, Bye bye daddy. You're out here. Yeah, banned
(24:15):
from attending Pacers games for the foreseeable future. What does
that even mean? What is that, laraindo? What does foreseeable
future mean? Does that mean like tomorrow?
Speaker 6 (24:27):
No, that means for forever until we decide.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Not to really, Oh man, this guy's screwed. So his
name's John. He went on the court after the Pacers game,
as we said, there got into it was taunting Adan
to Coombo. You know, yes, Coop, you you would not
You don't want to see his dad banned from going
to NBA games.
Speaker 6 (24:47):
I think what the dad did was stupid and completely
uncalled for. And I agree with the honest completely, but
banning him from the games, Like, I'm just don't, don't
put him courtside, put him like, what are you gonna do?
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Well, here, here's what I would do, exactly. I would
give him the worst possible Yes I would. I would
find at the very last row at the top.
Speaker 6 (25:09):
Of the he's not going to make it down to
the court from there, and.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
Make him wear a dunce cap. How about that? So
not only does he have to sit in the very
last row and he's looking down near the pearly gates,
but he's got to wear a dunce cap. That's the answer.
Why didn't they do that? And who would recognize him anyway?
Does anyone know? I mean, I guess we saw him
on TV.
Speaker 6 (25:30):
So you know what now, pictures to all the ticket takers.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
Like if John Halliburton was at the next Pacer Cabs game,
you think anyone's oh wait a minute, I'll recognize you.
What are you doing here? Anyway? So they say he
will not attend the Pacers home or road games. After
a discussion with the team's front office. You think that
was a two way discussion or a one way discussion?
Do you think that was I'm gonna guess that was
(25:56):
a one sided conversation. And yeah, just going out, going
out a limb. I remember when Lebron was a rookie
with the Cavaliers, his mom used to show up to
practice and would heckle some of the players. There was
a legendary story, this is twenty years ago whatever, but
(26:17):
his mom was such an alpha mom that she would
show up and he would advise the Cavs a They
had a terrible roster when Lebron was a rookie, and
his mom would would like yell at Lebron not to
pass to certain certain people on the team. Well, it
(26:37):
was very awkward. It was very it was very, very awkward. Anyway,
all right, let's go to the phones, and let's start
out now with a man who I think guaranteed victory
the other day and I mean, I'm looking here and
says that I'm looking at my phone. It says the Clippers. One.
Let's go to Jeff in Denver. Hello, Jeff, welcome.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
Hello man. I didn't guarantee nothing tonight. I'm just but
have you watched much basketball? Actually watched the game?
Speaker 1 (27:07):
No, I'm actually blind. I've never watched that.
Speaker 4 (27:10):
Okay, no, I'm no, I'm just talking. Watch the game.
Know what's a foul? That's not a foul? Oh?
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Here wait, hold let me get my violin out. Hold
on a second, Hold on, I mean a the world's
smallest violin. Here, here we go.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
Can you be objective and admit that joker got hammered
tonight and only shot two free throws. That's got to
change a little bit, I mean, be fair, be.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Fair it a little more. Come on, Jeff, come on, yeah,
keep going. Yeah, it's sad. It's a Greek tragedy.
Speaker 4 (27:41):
Bro, you don't think that's a little odd.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Yeah, the NBA is looking after the Clippers that's right.
They always my entire life. The Clippers have gotten all
the calls. Yes, that is correct.
Speaker 4 (27:52):
It was still a six point game. They've been close,
pretty close the whole series.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
But for Joe, the last game was game wasn't closed.
The previous game wasn't close.
Speaker 4 (28:02):
Well still, but for Joker only get two free throws
as much as he gets feed up. That's got to
change a little bit.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
I mean, be fair, may next year it'll change you.
Speaker 4 (28:14):
I wouldn't place any faith in that guy. You've talked
about him before. He chokes in the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Yeah, he chow. We did the math. Thanks for listening.
We did the math. Ten Can I explain somebody, sir,
his entire career in the playoffs, ten percent of the
time he's useless. Ninety percent he's either fine or good.
He's a ninety ten player. The ten stands out like
a sore thumb. So he's already got the bad game.
(28:41):
He had the clunker. That was the game where he
seemed like he didn't want to be there in Denver
the other day, and then I'm guessing he'll be fine.
He's in one out of ten. He's bad. He had
the one, so he should be good for the next
He just had a good, good game, so he should
have eight more good.
Speaker 6 (28:55):
That's not how math works.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
But that's okay, that's malor math. I'm not I don't
care about your math. That's my math, and my math
is the way I'm doing it.
Speaker 4 (29:02):
What I think you're short on the ten percent? I
think he's good for more.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Look it up. I did. I literally did the math
on this. I literally crunched the number. I went to
Basketball Reference and one other NERD website. I typed in
all the numbers and I did the math. If you
want me to go back and I'll check my nose,
I can give you my notes if you want.
Speaker 6 (29:24):
What were your parameters? I would like to know that.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
You were here when I did the monologue. Cooper is
not listening.
Speaker 6 (29:31):
Yes, I was not listening to get details.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
You just said.
Speaker 6 (29:36):
You just said you looked at all of his playoff
games and the times he's.
Speaker 5 (29:41):
Good.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
You're gonna make me go to the nest.
Speaker 6 (29:42):
I want to know.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
I will go to the nose. Okay, I will. I will.
I don't have them right now, I will lock them in.
I will have them by the end of this hour.
I will have the notes.
Speaker 4 (29:53):
What else do you have, Jeff, I would not place
any faith in Harden.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
You've already said that you're repeating yourself. Why would you
repeat yourself, Jeff? Why would you repeat yourself? Nobody wants
to hear you repeat yourself out there. You you've already
made that point.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
You stated earlier that you think Harden's going to be
good again.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
I told you the ninety ten rule, the ninety ten rule.
Ninety percent, he's either fine or good. Ten percent he's terrible,
he's useless. He's got the useless game out of his system.
It's out of his system.
Speaker 4 (30:26):
What defined fine? It's fine?
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Twenty points, Yes, twenty points effective shooting. I can get
the numbers here and say anything else? Are you? Are
you done?
Speaker 4 (30:40):
No? I'm just I'm just saying that you really think
that that's that Denver's done?
Speaker 1 (30:44):
But it doesn't matter. I mean, you do understand even
if he was terrible one hundred percent of the time,
that's what he has done, not what he's going to do.
Like you do understand that it's irrelevant that whatever has
happened will have no bearing on what happens on Saturday exactly.
Speaker 6 (31:03):
So he could put up a complete stinker.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Yes, and he can go out there and lead the
way for the people's team and lead them to the
second round of the playoffs to take down Oklahoma City.
So either one of those outcomes as possible, that is correct.
Speaker 6 (31:18):
I'm betting on the stinker.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
When's the next Laker game? Do we know? I think
it's in Bakersfield?
Speaker 6 (31:24):
Actually, I know that's a bummer. You're not going to
be able to talk about them for a long time.
It's your favorite monologue topic.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
We'll beat them into the ground.
Speaker 6 (31:31):
Oh that's right, that's right. You are going to talk
about them because they're the team that everybody cares about.
Nobody cares about the Clippers.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Well, I don't know. I mean, got a full bank
of calls. Everyone wants to talk Clipper basketball. They're the
hottest team. Don't people sending me nasty?
Speaker 6 (31:41):
None of these people want to talk Clippers.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
They all want to talk Clippers. The clip. It's you
know why Coop hip the clip? That is why it
is hip two clip. That's why right there, bear the beard,
Bear the beard. That's it.
Speaker 6 (31:56):
Hip to clip sounds like a smoking slogan.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Does it? You want to say? Yeah, you probably do
want to smoke something. But I don't get it.
Speaker 6 (32:04):
Why you guys don't think that sounds like a what
about it? A clipper like a clipper, lighter hip to clip? No,
just me?
Speaker 1 (32:12):
All right, yeah, anyway, all right, it is the Ben
Mahlord Show as we are working our way through the overnight,
and we'll take some more of these amazing, riveting phone calls,
so so great, so amazing, these these phone calls at
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(32:34):
nine nine six six three sixty nine. If you'd like
to be part, we'll get those those numbers. Playoff Harden,
which did you get ten percent of the time? An issue?
The other part of it not so much, not a problem. Anyway,
we'll take your calls eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox,
also on X at Ben Mallard time. Now for the
who Am I? Game? The Clippers Nick but Tom became
(32:57):
the first player since me to have five or more points,
five or more rebounds, five or more assists, two or
more steals, two or more blocks off the bench in
a playoff game. Who am I? That is the question?
The answer. We'll get to it. We'll do it next.
Speaker 5 (33:15):
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(33:43):
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All right, now, it is I Bill, Ben and we'll
get to the payoff on the who Am I game?
But first we got to have the play of the night.
And oh what a play of the night it was.
And it's the tire Iraq Play of the Night. We
taken out to downtown Detroit late Stages, knicker Bockers and
the Pistons and Jalen Brunson taking things into his own hands.
(34:31):
Take a listen, backing down to start Tompson at the
logo plenty of time left. We're tied at one thirteen.
Here in game six, Brunson between the legs triple gets
rid of Thompson, walk up free.
Speaker 5 (34:41):
Porter Pike got it.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
The clutch Player of the Year will not be to
night there it is Knicks Radio. I have no idea
who that is, but that was the game winning basket
for Jalen Brunson's the tire Raq Play of the Night.
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with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation, tire ract
dot com. The way tire bond should be. I'm surprised.
I don't know who edited that, but they shouldn't let
the cut breathe a little bit. That was that didn't
really breathe. That was way too short.
Speaker 6 (35:17):
We have a lot of comments for editing team.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Oh really, okay, Now I did start. I was an editor.
When I started. You had to do like updates and
editing and talk show hosts and like the whole thing,
but like certain sound bites, and you need to let
it breathe, Like if it's a game winning basket for
the Knicks, you might want to leave a little extra
on the end.
Speaker 6 (35:37):
I'm just saying, according to Google, that is Tyler Murray.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Tyler Murray, I have no idea who that is, but okay,
good for him. Where have you gone, Marv Albert? Anyway?
All right, now, let's pay off the Let's pay off
the who am I?
Speaker 5 (35:55):
Game?
Speaker 1 (35:55):
And this is where I pretend to be somebody else.
So the Clippers Nick but Toom became the first since
me to have five plus points, five plus rebounds, five
plus assists, two or more steals, two or more blocks
off the bench, all of that off the bench in
a playoff game. Who am I asked the question? Scrooge says, Clippers,
and seven is the answer. Who else do we have?
(36:16):
The Great Kawhi from Andy and Lino Lakes unless last
night it brock Osweiler from Shane and de Moine, the
Great Dutch, the Clutch from Scrooge? Who else? Charlie Lee
Brant from mister nice guy. King Roy says the Phoenix Suns.
Gorilla is the answer. Quasi Moto from Donkey Sausage. Page down,
(36:41):
You are Jerome's favorite. Pat McAfee, who's thirty eight today?
From Late Night Drug Tester Rajan Rondo from Jason Eddy
Guardado Misspelled by Robbie the Mariner Fan. Who else do
you have? Pagdown? Ravishing Rick Rude from courtesy Flusher, Shorty McMillan,
tossed out by Milkman Mike and Colorado, Robert the Chief
(37:02):
Parish from Larry d Nick van Exel on his way
to King Kum from the Nature Boy Darius Miles Tossed
out by our friend Slim Tim a proud cheesehead who's
back listening to us on the Overnight Show Live, Kelly,
thank you for listening. Kelly. Tripuca, who always puked from
Mark truck Stop Fungus Boys is back. That's a big night.
(37:25):
Aunt Chemima is his answer. I think she got canceled.
Who else do we have? Page down? Page down? Robbie
the marin of Fan says fun fact. Malis said, if
the Clippers ever win the championship, he'll smoke a bowl.
That was I think that was like six years ago,
I said, that I believe back back in the day.
All Right, do you have an answer, Laraya, do you
(37:47):
have an answer? Yes?
Speaker 6 (37:48):
My guess was going to be Maui the Demi God.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
All right, is it Maui the Demi God? It's Andre.
Let's go back to the folds quickly, Andre, Andre in
the commonweal, Hello, Andre, welcome.
Speaker 7 (38:10):
Ben, how are you doing? Thanks you taking the call?
Far be it for me to be putting next to
Andrea Goadala, the NBA champion in the finals MVP over
Steph Curry that year. I believe that with the twenty
fifteen championship, even though many of us feel that really
should have been Steph's MVP, but they give it to
the all around blue guy Agadala. Ben, this situation, I'm
the world that we have the sixth suit me, the
(38:32):
Clippers and the Nuggets that going to a seventh claim game.
Nuggets had their opportunity. The game was kind of nip
and tucked, particularly Russell westbrook Man. They cut it to
six points. He misses the layup, then it could have
been a four point game. What happens on the next possession,
Norman Powell up fakes, the guy comes over hits the three.
That's a five point swing. They weren't able to cut
the gap. Here's what it comes down to for me.
Denver as happy A well, I don't know about happy. But
(38:54):
you get Jamal Murray back, you know they're playing much better.
I can't get over the fact you fire an NBA
championship winning coach. Okay, So I got no love for
him in Game seven on Saturn, Okay, even though yeah,
I just I just I'm Clippers all the way. I'm
Daddy wore Bucks. Steve Bomber to be at the game.
He'll be standing up and down, sweating profusely, you know
what I mean, and just have So we want the Clippers, okay,
because they do it the right way. You know what
(39:15):
I mean? You don't you know that's right?
Speaker 1 (39:17):
I said that out Clippers do it the right way.
Speaker 6 (39:20):
What does that mean? Andre?
Speaker 1 (39:22):
That don't question Andre? Andre knows more about basketball than
all ever.
Speaker 7 (39:28):
No, come on, no, he has one hundred percent right
ability to question me.
Speaker 1 (39:32):
I can't.
Speaker 7 (39:32):
Why would you fire a coach with eight games left
in the season. They're playing better?
Speaker 4 (39:36):
Yes, because Jamal Murray is back.
Speaker 7 (39:38):
Had Mike Malone had Mike Malone had his old team.
They wouldn't have been on that skip. So I just
can't get over it. You know, this whole new wave
and we just get rid of players and coaches because
somebody got offended and you didn't, you know, say hello to.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
Me when you always listen. Leave it there. I agree
with you, Andre, it seems rather ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (39:55):
I agree with that.
Speaker 1 (39:55):
That's fine. I fire coaches in the offseason or whatever,
but you dance with the one who brought you, even
if they didn't bring you all that far. But this
new coach of the Nuggets, what a nerd? This new guy.
I don't like that guy.
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I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!