April 19, 2024 • 38 mins
Chris and Rob preview the upcoming NBA Playoffs with a keen eye specifically on the Boston Celtics and tell us why injuries to Zion Williamson and Jimmy Butler have put a big damper on the play-in tournament. Plus, the guys go head-to-head in a very special NBA Play-In edition of Teichert’s Tower of Trivia.
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Speaker 3 (01:21):
All right, Rob, let's go here.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Let's go to the Eastern Conference where the Boston Celtics
absolutely positively rob ran away from the field all right,
only the fifth team ever to win games by eleven
points or more. All the other four teams won championships,
(01:48):
not conference championships, league championships. They were sixty four and eighteen.
That was fourteen games better than the second seed New
York Knicks and Rob when you look at how things
are breaking for them, no pun intended, although it's accurate appropriate.
(02:13):
Jimmy Butler out, so they will either get the Chicago
Bulls or a Miami Heat team without Jimmy Butler in
the first round. Second round they will either get Cleveland
or Orlando, who just aren't.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
As good as them.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
And then in the West Eastern Conference finals they you
know who, They could get Milwaukee, they could get New
York Philadelphia. But right now, and things may change, But
right now, Yannis isn't even set to start the series
for Philadelphia, and Joe l Embiid is playing on like
(02:57):
one leg.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Who knows what is he seventy? I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
This sounds like a Warriors run to the championship without
Kevin Durant.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
I'm sorry, yeah, it actually doesn't. But I don't even
know what that means. There were a lot of guys
injured that year. Which one they won first one? Yeah,
I mean they beat Lebron. James wasn't injured. Yeah, yeah,
Lebron James wasn't injured, two best players on their team,
(03:26):
but Kyrie and Love were injured. Kyrie the best player
on the team.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Yeah, but still I can't remember the other day with other.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Pe Kyrie's not Giannis or in beat.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
I'm just saying, like it's just not It'd be like
if Dame was injured, then maybe that would be more fitting.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
But no. But anyway, Rob, I'm gonna say this now.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
I get I'm gonna leave room for nuance because if
Giannie comes back healthy and he and Dame and the
Bucks are clicking and and just start to play great,
you know that that might be far fed. But if
that happens, or if mbat suddenly looks spry and he
is playing like he was earlier in the season, then
(04:08):
the Sixers are legit. But as it stands right now, Rob,
when I'm looking at the Eastern Conference right now, I'm saying,
if the Boston Celtics don't get to the NBA Finals.
I'm not saying they have to win it, but if
they don't get to the NBA Finals, Joe Missoula should
(04:31):
be out of a job.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Now.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
I'm not saying again I'm leaving room for Nuance, but
right now, with all these players injured, if he can't
get them to the finals in this Eastern Conference, then
I mean they were in the finals before he got there,
and they took a step back last year in not
(04:54):
getting to the finals, and so that's what I think
should be on the line for the Boston selfies.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Yeah, but do you have a clause in there that
if one of their stars gets hurt?
Speaker 4 (05:05):
If I'm leaving room for new Ice, of course, I
mean yeah, of course.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
I mean everything you know is not black and white.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
But I'm just saying as it stands right now, absolutely,
because i mean, what do we wait for. I would
feel like they need a tougher coach, like a Email
dok or something.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
He's a great coach, he did great.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
With them, He's done well with Houston, and I would
need something like that. But look, I think the Celtics
will get to the finals, so I don't think it'll.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Come to that. But I'm just saying it's time to
show improve.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Of course they should. I mean with the regular season
that they had. I just they haven't even played yet.
I mean, I'm expecting them. I think it would be
a disaster Chris, if they don't get out of the
East and at least get to the finals. I think
the last year, first year when Missoula oil there, that
was that you know, that didn't it didn't work out
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to where they wanted it.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
But still, uh, this year, there's no.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Reason not to think that they will be there if
they get knocked off by somebody, even if it's in
the conference final, not not an early exit, you know,
first round. Obviously, if it's first round, that's disaster. But
you'd have to look at what happened in the Eastern
Conference finals, Chris and make an assessment. But yes, they
should be getting to the finals. I mean, I don't
(06:34):
think there's any other room.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Now.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Winning is a different story. Missoula gets them there, Chris,
and they lose, I don't.
Speaker 5 (06:42):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
If they lose to Denver, yeah, I'm not.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
It ain't tied on winning.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
You no, no, no, just get to the finals. Because
I agree like I think Denver my pick is Denver
over Boston.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
Rob.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I feel like if the Lakers one, if they win
this series against Denver, I in my mind, I don't
think most people's minds. In my mind, they become the
favorite because I think they would beat Boston.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
You think the Lakers.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
Now, they would be giving up a lot, you know,
a big gap in threes because Boston shoots them more
than anybody, and they shoot them at a high clip,
and the Lakers don't shoot a lot of threes, even
though they shoot them pretty well.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
And so you might be outscored there.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
But I think I think they would just be a
lot for Boston to handle inside. But you got Al Horford,
I mean it, it'd be interesting. But right now, I
think if the Lakers beat them, I think they would
be rolling.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Now.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
The question there, too, though, is that would it take
such a toll on the Lakers physically and emotionally, rob
and more so physically to beat Denver that if they
somehow got past Denver.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
They might not be able to finish their way through
the rest of the West.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Well, that's the issue. I just I don't see them
beating Denver. You said how many games? You said, Yeah,
I think that's more realistic. Last year, Chris, the sweep
was unexpected. I told you before that Game one when
a d had forty and they didn't win that game,
(08:34):
you know.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
That kind of was the beginning of the end. That's
the game they should have won.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
You know, sometimes when you go into on the road
the first game in the postseason, Chris, you could steal one.
Speaker 5 (08:43):
If you're going to steal one.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
You remember when Alan Iverson played the Lakers in the finals, right,
they won Game one in La. You remember that, and
that was it. That might you might get one. The
other team thinks that they're at home and they got
it together, and you go in and just go like,
we gotta give it all all but but but ultimately
you're not good enough. So that's why I was a
(09:05):
sweet But I'm with you. Five or six, the Lakers
will get a game or two. Uh, but I just
think that Denvil will win, and then the Lakers if
they do somehow Pully upset, it'll be it'll be shocking,
and then they have a shot depending on who else
is left.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
I don't know. I'm not I'm down on Phoenix.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
I think Dallas looks good now, Dallas, that's gonna be
a heck of a series with the Clippers.
Speaker 5 (09:33):
Yeah, oh yeah, that's gonna be.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
That is going to be a heck of a series.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
And again, I mean, to me, it's about I mean,
I'm not saying they that, uh Dallas couldn't beat them
with Kawhi. I'm picking the Clippers with Kawhi. But if
Kawhi is not himself, Rob, it's I mean.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
No, it's gonna be. But we all we've also seen
them win without them. But I'm but I'm with you,
it would be a tall order.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Yeah, they got talent, you know, Harden and Paul George,
but we you know when they went to the Western
Conference that year, he wasn't available, right still, they still
made it.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
And Tylerui, we praised him all the time, Chris, we
don't just crush coaches, right, Tylerui we think is a
tremendous coach and he's done a lot there and uh,
they just I just I just wish I could just
see one year when he has a healthy team and
the way he coaches, Chris, I just right, just once with.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Tyl Lou and with Tyl look when he had the
team in Cleveland, they won the championship, right, So, nah,
I hear you. It's just unfortunate. And Howard Beck brought
it up Rob a lot of these.
Speaker 5 (10:46):
He's my new favorite writer, Howard Beck.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
I just want you to know that, Oh really because
of Wimby, you would have done that to any Everyone.
Speaker 5 (10:53):
Knows it's whims No, Chris, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
That was a request by Howard Beck before the came on.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
He sounded like he had never heard Rob.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
G Can you tell Chris he asked for it.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Yeah, I'm gonna pull back the curtain America.
Speaker 7 (11:10):
So earlier today, when I was texting Howard Beck about
coming on the show, his first response was okay, but
only if Rob Parker admits he was wrong about Wemby,
like joking around for the last appearance. I'm like, actually we.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
Had this, what did you say about Wimby?
Speaker 7 (11:28):
This would have been early on in the season when Yeah,
something like that, right, because we haven't had Howard on,
you know, in months, And I said, you know, funny thing,
he actually has a new drop in our system where
he sings a song about Wemby and he laughs about
it whatever in the text, and I get him on
the phone before we get on the air. I wanted
to let you know we do have the song cute
(11:50):
up if you want to hear it. He's like, well,
I kind of need to hear it now at this point,
you know, we've been talking texting about it.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
How I kind of got to hear it.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
So we cuted it up to so it wasn't exactly
a request from Howard back.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
He had to hear it to feel better about.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
His hobby, but it wasn't like he knew about like
he came on talking about I want to hear this.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Hey the streets. You're talking about this?
Speaker 5 (12:13):
It's sweep of the nation.
Speaker 4 (12:15):
Nobody's heard that song, and I've never heard of the association.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
What do you mean I heard the association? I think
the NBA.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
They had the name first and Stuart Scott stole it
from the Association of Musical Group.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
I never heard of that group, did they? Was this
even a hit?
Speaker 5 (12:33):
Yes, Wimby, are you kiddy? It's windy, windy windy? W
I n D yet?
Speaker 3 (12:39):
When was that? Like the fifties?
Speaker 6 (12:40):
No?
Speaker 5 (12:40):
Sixties?
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Yeah? I never heard. It's all good, Chris.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
You know what you could be cultured, you know, you
could read other things other than the Bible.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
I'm just saying, oh I do, I'm very well read.
You come to my house.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
I've actually taken.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Teenagers in my house through my house, right said, tell
me what you notice in every single room.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
Their book including the kitchen.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Yes, books and Copra books because the house is so big,
no kidding, that's got to be like the most subtle
flex I've ever heard you so rich that I got
books in everyone.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
It's like, look, the importance of reading.
Speaker 5 (13:21):
I'll say this, Chris. One thing I will agree with you.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
If you go to somebody's house and they don't have
any books, that's a sign I'm that serious. I'm not
talking about a library off to the wing. But if
you don't see any books, that there's no reading going on.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
The thing that and we just have we do have
books in every room. But when it really was driven
home to me, Rob you know Ben Carson, who you
know was the great doctor or is the great doctor,
but he, you know, grew up in the hood in
Detroit and his mother worked for wealthy people cleaning their homes.
(13:59):
And she noticed that all of the wealthy people she
worked for, one of the things they had was books
all over the place. And Ben Carson was a poor student,
a bad terrible Stu's worse than his class as a
young kid, and she started making him and his brother
do book reports every week. Once she saw that, she said,
(14:21):
because I see this, there's a connection there, reading books
and wealth, and she had them start doing that.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
His grades changed.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
She obviously became incredibly smart and a great student.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
And you know the rest is history. So yeah, I mean, but.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
Books, books, books, Yes.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
All right, eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox you'll
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Speaker 7 (14:44):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
We went all over the place. But the Boston Celtics,
like I said, win the East and there's nuance. But
with Yanni's hurt, with m beat her, if they remained
like that, Jimmy Butler hurt and the Celtics remain heal,
there's no excuse not to win the East. And if
they don't win the East, then I think heads got
(15:07):
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Speaker 3 (17:10):
You're turning the way in on the Celtics.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
Is there any excuse for them not besides injury of course,
for them not to get to the NBA finals this year?
Speaker 5 (17:21):
Chris? Did you hear that song? Did you know that show?
Speaker 3 (17:25):
For you as much?
Speaker 7 (17:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
I could hear it.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
I guess, Alex, Alex?
Speaker 5 (17:31):
Did I not make this American Hero? Or No?
Speaker 1 (17:33):
That's a good guest, Chris, it's Perfect Strangers. Yes, you
know what I didn't watch that show? Is that Tom Hanks?
Speaker 3 (17:40):
I believe so I watched that.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Yeah, I didn't watch Perfect Perfect Strangers the same here
all right?
Speaker 5 (17:47):
Eight seven seven?
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Wait?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Was that when he lived he had the roommate he
had a room that was too Close for comy.
Speaker 5 (17:52):
No, no, no, that's Perfect Strangers.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
Us whitting there a show called Too Close for Coming.
Speaker 5 (17:56):
That was ten Knight though, wasn't it other different show? Oh?
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Then I remember, so it was him in his roommate.
Speaker 5 (18:02):
Right, and then after dressing drag or something.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Sometimes sometimes I did watch that.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Yeah, Perfect Strange sometimes yeah, yeah all right eight seven,
seven ninety nine on Fox on his TV theme song
Thursday dre in Massachusetts, You're in the odd couple of
Fox Sports Radio, one of the greatest sitcoms of all time.
Speaker 5 (18:20):
Based in Boston.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
What's up, Perfect Strangers?
Speaker 5 (18:24):
No, no, no, oh Cheers Cheers.
Speaker 6 (18:26):
Yeah, yeah, everybody knows your name.
Speaker 5 (18:31):
That's right.
Speaker 6 (18:32):
That would be great. You know when we used to
go there, they used to have the Cheers restaurant at
Logan Airport. So you're going there in the nostalgia and everything, but.
Speaker 5 (18:40):
The original place is in downtown.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
I've been there, Like, it doesn't look like the inside Chris,
but there's a Cheers bar am I right, drat that
tourists go to downtown.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
Yes, yes, yeah, Chris, Yeah, Cheers yep.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
Iconic and so you know, to the point, you know,
the connection is. You know, this Boston team is tasked
with being the bridge back to those glory days in
the eighties for the Celtics, and you know, in my view,
they're going to steamroll to the conference finals, to the
to the NBA Finals. My New York Knicks will meet
them in the Conference finals. I'm bullish on that. But
(19:18):
minus Julius Randall, the Knicks won't be able to give
them a serious run for their money. And people throwing
shade on my Knicks right now, this is not a
Knicks call. Yeah, but let's say that the team like Philly,
breaks through the fact that it's a fractured, fragmented Eastern
Conference without Milwaukee being who they are. Milwaukee's going as
(19:39):
I'm yeah, and so Philly, you know, and be Milwaukee
their issues and the upstart teams. You know, I'm picking
the Knicks as a fan, but they're not The Knicks
also are not healthy. And then the Indiana Pacers and
the Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic they're not there yet.
They're a year away. So the East is bar.
Speaker 10 (19:59):
To lose.
Speaker 6 (20:00):
I do think there there's gonna be uh there, They're
going to force fully make the NBA Finals. And the
difference between the Celtics team and the reason I'm picking
them to win the finals. Uh and and resounding fashion.
I think Drew Holliday is gonna be huge for them
and put everybody in the position to succeed. You're talking
about like a team.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
Do you agree that if they don't get to the finals, Missoula.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Has to go?
Speaker 6 (20:22):
You know, I don't think we'll.
Speaker 4 (20:25):
Borring injury or if Giannis or an NB remain injured.
Speaker 6 (20:29):
People in the Commonwealth will lose their minds if we
don't win, and Missoula will most certainly be the scapegoat.
But Chris, to your point, he has help that he
didn't have last year. Charles Lee who was a Bucks
chief assistant, Sam Cassell on the bench, a Miil Jefferson
who's coming in from doing n and Van Gundy in
that front office. So they have a brain trust to
give him the support that he needs. He's not going
(20:51):
to get out schemed like last year if it doesn't happen,
If you don't get it done, even more so than Missoula,
it'll probably be on Brad Stevens because they have every
reason that they need to succeed. And at least make
us the finals to face off against I think the Dennis.
Thank you for taking the call, all right, thank you.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
It ain't gonna be Brad Stevens. It's gonna be missooi, yeah,
because I mean they have the pieces. It's gonna be
Brad Stevens.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
And they and and they got me two years ago.
So it will be on the coach, all right.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
Uh, Tyser's Tower of Trivia's around the corner.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
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Speaker 9 (21:45):
This game is so easy for tight shirts.
Speaker 7 (21:48):
Tower of Trivia, that's right, it is Tyser's Tower at Trivia,
backed by popular demand. He was gonna take the whole
week off, and I said, no, Alex Rady's are slipping
a little bit.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Exactly what are you trying to do? Trying to hurt us?
Take FOODO out of our money, out.
Speaker 5 (22:03):
Of our pockets.
Speaker 9 (22:06):
Guys. I've been escapading through the greatness of California, adventuring
into hot springs, beaches, longboarding and you know, tanning so
I can finally make it. Well, I did do that too, Chris, Rob.
Have you guys ever skinny dipped in your life? No, No,
that's unfortunate, very.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Free skinny dipping.
Speaker 9 (22:24):
Yes, that a hot spring was actually a good time
hot Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:28):
I don't really think that's something brothers do. No am
I Rob Am I a natural hot spring.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
Yeah, I don't know about that. You're right, Chris. We
gotta keep off. We gotta keep our trunks on.
Speaker 9 (22:40):
Oh you know what I'm saying that makes more sense.
Speaker 5 (22:43):
Yeah, I'm just saying. I'm smiling when you say that.
I'm trying to keep my job. Okay, I avoided Chris.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
In the old days, I would be suspended by now
you know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
They would have been dragging you out for exactly. Yes, Yes,
I'm I've been through all that. I'm an older guy now,
I'm more mature and with the way things are done now.
Speaker 7 (23:06):
And if you know this, if we report Rob to HR,
all we do is get email back to ourselves exactly
clearly contacting HR.
Speaker 5 (23:12):
That's it. Somebody would get in touch. Hey, hey.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
When Chris and I started this show almost six years ago,
as agent said, I don't know how long Rob's gonna last.
Speaker 5 (23:20):
But Chris, just stay away, don't be dragged down with them.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
He's like, are you sure you want to tie your contract?
Speaker 5 (23:26):
Exactly? That's all good, Chris.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
I held up my end of the bar for now.
We'll see, we'll see. We've still got more time left.
All right, here we go.
Speaker 7 (23:37):
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Speaker 5 (23:46):
Dust in the business. I keep telling me, question.
Speaker 7 (23:49):
Gets question number one? You know the rules, no cheating
talking to you Chris me, yes, you.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
The only day he goes into the stud Yeah, but
I can see.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
One reason he does it. I can see so I
know he's not.
Speaker 5 (24:05):
It's not so I don't have school on Thursdays.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
I always come in on and I want to see
Alex and I love to watch him make a smoothie.
Speaker 9 (24:13):
So that's a high day. That is true, the true
barista back then, that's what Steve walks by. He always says,
the Stor's open, all.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Right, all right, here we go, all right, Chris.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
The Sixers beat the heat last night to clinch at
the seventh seed in the East, and they, of course
are led by their head coach, Nick Blank.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Oh Luke, you're real.
Speaker 8 (24:33):
Oh god, I.
Speaker 9 (24:34):
Thought it was Chris's turn. What are you doing right now?
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Rob? All right, here we go out.
Speaker 9 (24:38):
Oh I'm ready, Chris, Thank.
Speaker 10 (24:38):
You, doctor doctor doctor. He already gave the clue. Stopist, Robbie,
what was the question again?
Speaker 7 (24:52):
We're looking for the head coach of the Philadelphia seventy
six ers. His name is Nick Blank, doctor.
Speaker 9 (24:59):
Nick doctor, Nick doctor, Nick nurse.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
Yeah, baby, clue, that's the clue.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
And now he and I was just gonna say what, Oh, well,
that's where Robbie.
Speaker 7 (25:19):
You know that we got a bet going in the
back whether or not you'll make it to June first.
Speaker 9 (25:24):
Too, did you did?
Speaker 3 (25:26):
All right? Here we go, the better.
Speaker 5 (25:28):
I'm gonna keep my mouth quiet just to swipe both.
Speaker 9 (25:31):
That's not nice, alright you level number two. Back to
Rob Parker.
Speaker 7 (25:35):
Rob Trey Young talking about in the show he's the
NBA's all time leader in playing scoring.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
Somebody did the math. Young for now at least plays
for the Atlanta.
Speaker 9 (25:46):
Blank, good for him. I'd like to see our young
kings out there. When that's right, shouts creams the king.
Speaker 5 (25:53):
Brad uh, all right a, let's here you go. How
you doing good?
Speaker 9 (25:58):
It's good to see her. Are you read beautiful?
Speaker 10 (26:01):
Rob?
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Don't don't go over, don't cross the line.
Speaker 9 (26:03):
Okay, I'm ready. Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (26:06):
This is easy for you?
Speaker 9 (26:06):
Okay, perfect, here we go. That makes me feel more comfortable.
Speaker 5 (26:10):
Tony Hawk.
Speaker 9 (26:14):
One to baby.
Speaker 11 (26:15):
You didn't say the tiger he knew.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
Never rain the son in California.
Speaker 5 (26:24):
That's right, but it's t O n E, t O
N Y and t O n I.
Speaker 9 (26:28):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
To level number three, Christmas.
Speaker 5 (26:31):
Sorry, that's like the Thompson twins. How many and the
Thompson twin three?
Speaker 3 (26:35):
There there's three Thompson twins.
Speaker 5 (26:37):
Did you know that?
Speaker 7 (26:38):
Yes?
Speaker 5 (26:38):
In the group Toms and twins.
Speaker 7 (26:40):
That's why would they be called the twins? It should
be the triplets, right, that's their name, But it makes
no sense.
Speaker 9 (26:45):
Maybe the third one wasn't sure, so they just went
the safe route at first.
Speaker 7 (26:48):
All right here, level number three back to Chris. If
they went on Friday Night, the Blank Bulls would statistically
be the worst team to make the playoffs in a decade.
Speaker 9 (27:00):
Oh that sucks.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Wow, all right, Alex, here we go.
Speaker 9 (27:03):
I'm ready to see Jordan.
Speaker 3 (27:09):
Was the blank Bulls?
Speaker 9 (27:12):
Would be Jordan? Chicago's right?
Speaker 5 (27:13):
Yeah, let's go a terrible drops some clue. Let's go,
it's a terrible clue.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
What's better? What would have been better?
Speaker 9 (27:21):
Who could? I?
Speaker 3 (27:22):
Could? I have said? Shy town? No?
Speaker 9 (27:24):
No, two words? Is that two words?
Speaker 3 (27:29):
But it has shy? Isn't there?
Speaker 11 (27:31):
Right?
Speaker 5 (27:32):
Alice? Do you know Chicago to band speakiful band? That's
what Rob would have said, flash background.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
No, I would have thought, wouldn't have got it?
Speaker 5 (27:40):
I might have said cargo.
Speaker 4 (27:44):
Oprah might have said he wouldn't have got it?
Speaker 11 (27:48):
All right, Windy, everyone knows it's Wendy Gosh. All right?
Speaker 7 (27:54):
Level number four Back to Rock Parker. Perfect game going
so far this time of year. Jimmy Butler is known
as playoff jim but on a night in, night out basis.
His nickname across the league is just Jimmy Blank.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
Jimmy.
Speaker 11 (28:09):
All right, Alex you ready, I'm ready not to be
confused with all Right, here we go, Alex, Robert you ready,
Jimmy Butler, Jimmy tuckets. All right, here you go like buffalo.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Bill uh ready, I'm ready, Pale, think about it.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
That don't do that? Don't you do that?
Speaker 9 (28:40):
Hand right there? Rob, What are you trying to do?
Speaker 3 (28:42):
Is holding something?
Speaker 9 (28:43):
What is that hold on? Give you a question.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
I don't stop, I said, Pale. Jimmy, you as the commissioner,
Jimmy Blank, I'm just saying down a pun My hand
is down.
Speaker 5 (28:59):
Alex the clue. Can I say the clue again?
Speaker 9 (29:02):
Pale?
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Pale?
Speaker 3 (29:03):
Say it the way he said it the first time, Pale,
little hand up?
Speaker 9 (29:07):
Okay, Pale, what do you do?
Speaker 10 (29:10):
Oh?
Speaker 9 (29:10):
Buckets?
Speaker 3 (29:13):
That count? We don't punish the packers for playing in
cold weather.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Hey, Chris, when you cut on the plane here, yeah,
money and get here there next.
Speaker 9 (29:26):
Week, Chris, I'm flying and bob By robson wings to
go again. We need it, we need it, hey.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
Rob said, he's hungry. That's right. All right, here we go,
level number five, back to Chris. Another perfect game going.
Speaker 7 (29:39):
The Warriors maybe would still be alive in the playing
tournament if their resident sharpshooter Blank Thompson hadn't shot oh
for ten from the field against Sacramento.
Speaker 9 (29:49):
Terrible future Laker by Oh for ten, I could make
one at least. Wow read it again, Rob, Oh yeah please.
Speaker 7 (29:59):
Warrior Shorter, Blank Thompson went over ten against.
Speaker 9 (30:03):
The King, Blank Thompson. Are you still playing future Laker?
Speaker 3 (30:07):
No, they're out.
Speaker 9 (30:07):
You want a future Laker that's owned ten.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
That's right.
Speaker 7 (30:10):
We always get him. We don't get him at the
prime of their career. Sometimes that's all you know.
Speaker 9 (30:14):
There's not gonna be another bubble of tournaments.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
Shout out Westbrook, Okay, here we go, Here we go out.
Speaker 9 (30:18):
Okay, I'm ready.
Speaker 7 (30:19):
Shout out Dwight Howard Steph terrible clue free that is incorrect.
The game is over. We can now talk about it.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
Don't be jumping on my clue either. Ride Okay we
go here we go really.
Speaker 9 (30:36):
Really easy, Okay, I like when you call me Blank Travis,
Oh Clay Travis Yeah.
Speaker 12 (30:45):
Right music Actually twenty nine to twenty about Clay Travis.
Speaker 5 (30:57):
Yeah, I never miss Clay t.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
Me And I was worring the show for a hot second.
Speaker 5 (31:03):
We did really and then they were like, oh no.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
No, yeah.
Speaker 9 (31:07):
When we came to we came to the copy passion
that one bad Chris.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
I would give you Rob if you get this. It's over.
No pressure, he will. Speaking of the Warriors. The Kings
beat him on Thursday.
Speaker 7 (31:20):
After the game, they did what they always do after
winning a home game by lighting the blank.
Speaker 5 (31:27):
Okay, Alex, here we go. There we got, Alex. Where
are you?
Speaker 9 (31:32):
I'm right here? Where are there?
Speaker 2 (31:34):
We go?
Speaker 9 (31:34):
I'm right here?
Speaker 3 (31:34):
Rob?
Speaker 5 (31:35):
All right?
Speaker 9 (31:38):
What is that?
Speaker 3 (31:38):
What is that parade?
Speaker 5 (31:40):
Okay? Here we go?
Speaker 9 (31:41):
Okay, Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
High only high? What was he standing on his chair?
Something unbelievable?
Speaker 4 (31:54):
What unfreaking believable, Robber?
Speaker 3 (31:58):
I blame that.
Speaker 5 (31:59):
He's not saying anything.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
Chris, it's an audio medialy soever, Hi, I'm running a muck.
Speaker 7 (32:09):
Rob is driving a hoopdie while pointing high bean.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
Yes like the beam Fox Sports Radio. This is a travesty.
This is a travisty.
Speaker 9 (32:27):
All you do is win.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
I want a new commissioner. No, Rob, g You're fired.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
The clinic, Alex, you are genius?
Speaker 5 (32:41):
What a clinic? Because yeah, this is a because I've
been winning too much.
Speaker 9 (32:45):
That's it. He's a new commissioner. He baby.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Odd Couple
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Speaker 4 (33:00):
It is the Odd Couple. Chris Brussa Rob Parker.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Wrapping up a TV theme song Thursday. I must say that.
Speaker 4 (33:12):
I am doing this last segment under protest.
Speaker 3 (33:20):
Rob Parker has.
Speaker 4 (33:21):
Cheated one too many times on Tyshon's Tower of Trivia,
and Rob G, you have got to get control of
your league. You are you? You are a terrible commissioner.
Rob Parker is running a muck with the cheating, and
(33:44):
you are just sitting there doing You're sitting there watching it, laughing, chuckling,
giggling about it while I paid the price N and L.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Rob G is h Roger Goodell. He collect and fifty
million dollars in not doing anything. He's a great commission
looks man.
Speaker 7 (34:05):
I get paid by the owners like Roger Goodell, So
why would I ever turn on my people?
Speaker 5 (34:10):
Exactly?
Speaker 4 (34:12):
Oh my gosh, all right, I think this topic as
I look at the rundown, had to be a Rob
Parker idea. R here's the topic terrible that injuries ruined
marquee games again.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
That had to be robbed?
Speaker 5 (34:28):
Is that my topic?
Speaker 4 (34:29):
Rob G? It has to be who else is coming
up with it is look, I mean terrible. Look, we've
seen injuries in the playoffs before many times.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
But let's see who do we have.
Speaker 4 (34:44):
What are some of the injuries we got Zion out
in the play in, Jimmy Butler out in the play
in Sacramento. Sacramento is missing Malik Monk and Kevin Herder.
It's just disappointed goes without Zach Levine.
Speaker 5 (35:01):
Don't you just want to see I just want to
see what god the players play, That's all.
Speaker 4 (35:06):
It's interesting because again, look injuries day back before low management.
But Rob Antonio, Daniel's friend of the show, NBA Champion,
his theory, which I agree with.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
I like this. I think this is part of.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
It is that the guys don't play enough. They don't
build their bodies up to withstand you know, the pressure
on your bodies, your joints, your muscles that you're going
to endure withstand, you know, in an NBA season, And
though so that guys get hurt a lot more. I
(35:41):
don't know if it's I don't know the numbers, but Rob,
there's a lot of guys that we talked about the
Eastern Conference. While Boston does have a cake Walk, Joe
Lmbad's banged up, Janni's Ante Dikupo out for the beginning
of the series. It looks like against Indiana, Julius Handle
out for the Knicks, they're gotta who we miss who else?
Speaker 3 (36:06):
Let's see in the West.
Speaker 4 (36:09):
You know, Denver's fine, Okay, see it's fine. Minnesota, they're
just getting Karl Anthony Towns back.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
That's good.
Speaker 4 (36:16):
The Clippers, of course, Kawhi that's a big one, that's huge.
Dallas is fine, Phoenix is fine for now. I mean
they've had injury problems all year with Bradley Beal.
Speaker 3 (36:29):
Seven. Yeah, you got the Lakers, Uh, they're fine.
Speaker 4 (36:32):
They you know, Vanderbilt, Jared Vanderbilt has been out, you know,
pretty much most.
Speaker 3 (36:37):
Of the year.
Speaker 11 (36:38):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (36:39):
And then who see, like we said, Sacramento and in
New Orleans. So yeah, Rob, I mean it is what
it is. It's still gonna be a great playoffs. But yeah,
it's tough.
Speaker 3 (36:51):
When you just see the injuries.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
It's just because it's it's like you just want to
see the best and see who can win, and you
don't want to look back and go man out. Could
have been an even better series. Chris if everybody played
or what would have happened if this happened. It just
seems and I know it's I don't want to be
the prison of the moment because we always talk about
this and gods used to be hurt before, Chris, but
(37:13):
it just seems like it's more now than ever before.
Speaker 5 (37:18):
Right, Yeah, like gods used to be hurt. I'm not
sitting here acting like no one ever got hurt.
Speaker 4 (37:23):
Right, I'm watching the highlights from the nineteen eighty finals
when Game six, when Kareem you know, missed Game six
because of an ankle injury. So yeah, it's not new.
But Rob, I will say this, I do think it
was better this year with the low management. I think
the sixty five game rule we can argue about. It's
unfortunate that they had to put that in.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Right, That's the point. I do think it. Yeah, I
do think it.
Speaker 4 (37:47):
It was it wore dividends and guys tried to play,
and then some of the guys are just older, Rob
and they're getting injured. I think Kawhi and Joe l
Embiid are just I mean, I don't really even blame them.
I think they work hard, but their bodies at this point,
just don't seem to be able to handle the strain
(38:10):
you know of an eighty two game season and playoffs.
Speaker 3 (38:13):
Crazy, So yeah, we'll see with Kawhi. All right, it
is the odd couple Chris Bruce, Rob Parker signing off
on the TV themes on Thursday, but keep it locked
because Jason Smith and Mike Harmon their next and Alex
they bring what
Speaker 9 (38:28):
Chris they bring Absolute fire, that's right, fire
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Speaker 3 (01:21):
All right, Rob, let's go here.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Let's go to the Eastern Conference where the Boston Celtics
absolutely positively rob ran away from the field all right,
only the fifth team ever to win games by eleven
points or more. All the other four teams won championships,
(01:48):
not conference championships, league championships. They were sixty four and eighteen.
That was fourteen games better than the second seed New
York Knicks and Rob when you look at how things
are breaking for them, no pun intended, although it's accurate appropriate.
(02:13):
Jimmy Butler out, so they will either get the Chicago
Bulls or a Miami Heat team without Jimmy Butler in
the first round. Second round they will either get Cleveland
or Orlando, who just aren't.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
As good as them.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
And then in the West Eastern Conference finals they you
know who, They could get Milwaukee, they could get New
York Philadelphia. But right now, and things may change, But
right now, Yannis isn't even set to start the series
for Philadelphia, and Joe l Embiid is playing on like
(02:57):
one leg.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Who knows what is he seventy? I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
This sounds like a Warriors run to the championship without
Kevin Durant.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
I'm sorry, yeah, it actually doesn't. But I don't even
know what that means. There were a lot of guys
injured that year. Which one they won first one? Yeah,
I mean they beat Lebron. James wasn't injured. Yeah, yeah,
Lebron James wasn't injured, two best players on their team,
(03:26):
but Kyrie and Love were injured. Kyrie the best player
on the team.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Yeah, but still I can't remember the other day with other.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Pe Kyrie's not Giannis or in beat.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
I'm just saying, like it's just not It'd be like
if Dame was injured, then maybe that would be more fitting.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
But no. But anyway, Rob, I'm gonna say this now.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
I get I'm gonna leave room for nuance because if
Giannie comes back healthy and he and Dame and the
Bucks are clicking and and just start to play great,
you know that that might be far fed. But if
that happens, or if mbat suddenly looks spry and he
is playing like he was earlier in the season, then
(04:08):
the Sixers are legit. But as it stands right now, Rob,
when I'm looking at the Eastern Conference right now, I'm saying,
if the Boston Celtics don't get to the NBA Finals.
I'm not saying they have to win it, but if
they don't get to the NBA Finals, Joe Missoula should
(04:31):
be out of a job.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Now.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
I'm not saying again I'm leaving room for Nuance, but
right now, with all these players injured, if he can't
get them to the finals in this Eastern Conference, then
I mean they were in the finals before he got there,
and they took a step back last year in not
(04:54):
getting to the finals, and so that's what I think
should be on the line for the Boston selfies.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Yeah, but do you have a clause in there that
if one of their stars gets hurt?
Speaker 4 (05:05):
If I'm leaving room for new Ice, of course, I
mean yeah, of course.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
I mean everything you know is not black and white.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
But I'm just saying as it stands right now, absolutely,
because i mean, what do we wait for. I would
feel like they need a tougher coach, like a Email
dok or something.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
He's a great coach, he did great.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
With them, He's done well with Houston, and I would
need something like that. But look, I think the Celtics
will get to the finals, so I don't think it'll.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Come to that. But I'm just saying it's time to
show improve.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Of course they should. I mean with the regular season
that they had. I just they haven't even played yet.
I mean, I'm expecting them. I think it would be
a disaster Chris, if they don't get out of the
East and at least get to the finals. I think
the last year, first year when Missoula oil there, that
was that you know, that didn't it didn't work out
(06:09):
to where they wanted it.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
But still, uh, this year, there's no.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Reason not to think that they will be there if
they get knocked off by somebody, even if it's in
the conference final, not not an early exit, you know,
first round. Obviously, if it's first round, that's disaster. But
you'd have to look at what happened in the Eastern
Conference finals, Chris and make an assessment. But yes, they
should be getting to the finals. I mean, I don't
(06:34):
think there's any other room.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Now.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Winning is a different story. Missoula gets them there, Chris,
and they lose, I don't.
Speaker 5 (06:42):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
If they lose to Denver, yeah, I'm not.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
It ain't tied on winning.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
You no, no, no, just get to the finals. Because
I agree like I think Denver my pick is Denver
over Boston.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
Rob.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I feel like if the Lakers one, if they win
this series against Denver, I in my mind, I don't
think most people's minds. In my mind, they become the
favorite because I think they would beat Boston.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
You think the Lakers.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
Now, they would be giving up a lot, you know,
a big gap in threes because Boston shoots them more
than anybody, and they shoot them at a high clip,
and the Lakers don't shoot a lot of threes, even
though they shoot them pretty well.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
And so you might be outscored there.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
But I think I think they would just be a
lot for Boston to handle inside. But you got Al Horford,
I mean it, it'd be interesting. But right now, I
think if the Lakers beat them, I think they would
be rolling.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Now.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
The question there, too, though, is that would it take
such a toll on the Lakers physically and emotionally, rob
and more so physically to beat Denver that if they
somehow got past Denver.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
They might not be able to finish their way through
the rest of the West.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Well, that's the issue. I just I don't see them
beating Denver. You said how many games? You said, Yeah,
I think that's more realistic. Last year, Chris, the sweep
was unexpected. I told you before that Game one when
a d had forty and they didn't win that game,
(08:34):
you know.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
That kind of was the beginning of the end. That's
the game they should have won.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
You know, sometimes when you go into on the road
the first game in the postseason, Chris, you could steal one.
Speaker 5 (08:43):
If you're going to steal one.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
You remember when Alan Iverson played the Lakers in the finals, right,
they won Game one in La. You remember that, and
that was it. That might you might get one. The
other team thinks that they're at home and they got
it together, and you go in and just go like,
we gotta give it all all but but but ultimately
you're not good enough. So that's why I was a
(09:05):
sweet But I'm with you. Five or six, the Lakers
will get a game or two. Uh, but I just
think that Denvil will win, and then the Lakers if
they do somehow Pully upset, it'll be it'll be shocking,
and then they have a shot depending on who else
is left.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
I don't know. I'm not I'm down on Phoenix.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
I think Dallas looks good now, Dallas, that's gonna be
a heck of a series with the Clippers.
Speaker 5 (09:33):
Yeah, oh yeah, that's gonna be.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
That is going to be a heck of a series.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
And again, I mean, to me, it's about I mean,
I'm not saying they that, uh Dallas couldn't beat them
with Kawhi. I'm picking the Clippers with Kawhi. But if
Kawhi is not himself, Rob, it's I mean.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
No, it's gonna be. But we all we've also seen
them win without them. But I'm but I'm with you,
it would be a tall order.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Yeah, they got talent, you know, Harden and Paul George,
but we you know when they went to the Western
Conference that year, he wasn't available, right still, they still
made it.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
And Tylerui, we praised him all the time, Chris, we
don't just crush coaches, right, Tylerui we think is a
tremendous coach and he's done a lot there and uh,
they just I just I just wish I could just
see one year when he has a healthy team and
the way he coaches, Chris, I just right, just once with.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Tyl Lou and with Tyl look when he had the
team in Cleveland, they won the championship, right, So, nah,
I hear you. It's just unfortunate. And Howard Beck brought
it up Rob a lot of these.
Speaker 5 (10:46):
He's my new favorite writer, Howard Beck.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
I just want you to know that, Oh really because
of Wimby, you would have done that to any Everyone.
Speaker 5 (10:53):
Knows it's whims No, Chris, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
That was a request by Howard Beck before the came on.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
He sounded like he had never heard Rob.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
G Can you tell Chris he asked for it.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Yeah, I'm gonna pull back the curtain America.
Speaker 7 (11:10):
So earlier today, when I was texting Howard Beck about
coming on the show, his first response was okay, but
only if Rob Parker admits he was wrong about Wemby,
like joking around for the last appearance. I'm like, actually we.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
Had this, what did you say about Wimby?
Speaker 7 (11:28):
This would have been early on in the season when Yeah,
something like that, right, because we haven't had Howard on,
you know, in months, And I said, you know, funny thing,
he actually has a new drop in our system where
he sings a song about Wemby and he laughs about
it whatever in the text, and I get him on
the phone before we get on the air. I wanted
to let you know we do have the song cute
(11:50):
up if you want to hear it. He's like, well,
I kind of need to hear it now at this point,
you know, we've been talking texting about it.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
How I kind of got to hear it.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
So we cuted it up to so it wasn't exactly
a request from Howard back.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
He had to hear it to feel better about.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
His hobby, but it wasn't like he knew about like
he came on talking about I want to hear this.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Hey the streets. You're talking about this?
Speaker 5 (12:13):
It's sweep of the nation.
Speaker 4 (12:15):
Nobody's heard that song, and I've never heard of the association.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
What do you mean I heard the association? I think
the NBA.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
They had the name first and Stuart Scott stole it
from the Association of Musical Group.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
I never heard of that group, did they? Was this
even a hit?
Speaker 5 (12:33):
Yes, Wimby, are you kiddy? It's windy, windy windy? W
I n D yet?
Speaker 3 (12:39):
When was that? Like the fifties?
Speaker 6 (12:40):
No?
Speaker 5 (12:40):
Sixties?
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Yeah? I never heard. It's all good, Chris.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
You know what you could be cultured, you know, you
could read other things other than the Bible.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
I'm just saying, oh I do, I'm very well read.
You come to my house.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
I've actually taken.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Teenagers in my house through my house, right said, tell
me what you notice in every single room.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
Their book including the kitchen.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Yes, books and Copra books because the house is so big,
no kidding, that's got to be like the most subtle
flex I've ever heard you so rich that I got
books in everyone.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
It's like, look, the importance of reading.
Speaker 5 (13:21):
I'll say this, Chris. One thing I will agree with you.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
If you go to somebody's house and they don't have
any books, that's a sign I'm that serious. I'm not
talking about a library off to the wing. But if
you don't see any books, that there's no reading going on.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
The thing that and we just have we do have
books in every room. But when it really was driven
home to me, Rob you know Ben Carson, who you
know was the great doctor or is the great doctor,
but he, you know, grew up in the hood in
Detroit and his mother worked for wealthy people cleaning their homes.
(13:59):
And she noticed that all of the wealthy people she
worked for, one of the things they had was books
all over the place. And Ben Carson was a poor student,
a bad terrible Stu's worse than his class as a
young kid, and she started making him and his brother
do book reports every week. Once she saw that, she said,
(14:21):
because I see this, there's a connection there, reading books
and wealth, and she had them start doing that.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
His grades changed.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
She obviously became incredibly smart and a great student.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
And you know the rest is history. So yeah, I mean, but.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
Books, books, books, Yes.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
All right, eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox you'll
turn the way in.
Speaker 7 (14:44):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
We went all over the place. But the Boston Celtics,
like I said, win the East and there's nuance. But
with Yanni's hurt, with m beat her, if they remained
like that, Jimmy Butler hurt and the Celtics remain heal,
there's no excuse not to win the East. And if
they don't win the East, then I think heads got
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Speaker 3 (17:10):
You're turning the way in on the Celtics.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
Is there any excuse for them not besides injury of course,
for them not to get to the NBA finals this year?
Speaker 5 (17:21):
Chris? Did you hear that song? Did you know that show?
Speaker 3 (17:25):
For you as much?
Speaker 7 (17:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
I could hear it.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
I guess, Alex, Alex?
Speaker 5 (17:31):
Did I not make this American Hero? Or No?
Speaker 1 (17:33):
That's a good guest, Chris, it's Perfect Strangers. Yes, you
know what I didn't watch that show? Is that Tom Hanks?
Speaker 3 (17:40):
I believe so I watched that.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Yeah, I didn't watch Perfect Perfect Strangers the same here
all right?
Speaker 5 (17:47):
Eight seven seven?
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Wait?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Was that when he lived he had the roommate he
had a room that was too Close for comy.
Speaker 5 (17:52):
No, no, no, that's Perfect Strangers.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
Us whitting there a show called Too Close for Coming.
Speaker 5 (17:56):
That was ten Knight though, wasn't it other different show? Oh?
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Then I remember, so it was him in his roommate.
Speaker 5 (18:02):
Right, and then after dressing drag or something.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Sometimes sometimes I did watch that.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Yeah, Perfect Strange sometimes yeah, yeah all right eight seven,
seven ninety nine on Fox on his TV theme song
Thursday dre in Massachusetts, You're in the odd couple of
Fox Sports Radio, one of the greatest sitcoms of all time.
Speaker 5 (18:20):
Based in Boston.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
What's up, Perfect Strangers?
Speaker 5 (18:24):
No, no, no, oh Cheers Cheers.
Speaker 6 (18:26):
Yeah, yeah, everybody knows your name.
Speaker 5 (18:31):
That's right.
Speaker 6 (18:32):
That would be great. You know when we used to
go there, they used to have the Cheers restaurant at
Logan Airport. So you're going there in the nostalgia and everything, but.
Speaker 5 (18:40):
The original place is in downtown.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
I've been there, Like, it doesn't look like the inside Chris,
but there's a Cheers bar am I right, drat that
tourists go to downtown.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
Yes, yes, yeah, Chris, Yeah, Cheers yep.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
Iconic and so you know, to the point, you know,
the connection is. You know, this Boston team is tasked
with being the bridge back to those glory days in
the eighties for the Celtics, and you know, in my view,
they're going to steamroll to the conference finals, to the
to the NBA Finals. My New York Knicks will meet
them in the Conference finals. I'm bullish on that. But
(19:18):
minus Julius Randall, the Knicks won't be able to give
them a serious run for their money. And people throwing
shade on my Knicks right now, this is not a
Knicks call. Yeah, but let's say that the team like Philly,
breaks through the fact that it's a fractured, fragmented Eastern
Conference without Milwaukee being who they are. Milwaukee's going as
(19:39):
I'm yeah, and so Philly, you know, and be Milwaukee
their issues and the upstart teams. You know, I'm picking
the Knicks as a fan, but they're not The Knicks
also are not healthy. And then the Indiana Pacers and
the Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic they're not there yet.
They're a year away. So the East is bar.
Speaker 10 (19:59):
To lose.
Speaker 6 (20:00):
I do think there there's gonna be uh there, They're
going to force fully make the NBA Finals. And the
difference between the Celtics team and the reason I'm picking
them to win the finals. Uh and and resounding fashion.
I think Drew Holliday is gonna be huge for them
and put everybody in the position to succeed. You're talking
about like a team.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
Do you agree that if they don't get to the finals, Missoula.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Has to go?
Speaker 6 (20:22):
You know, I don't think we'll.
Speaker 4 (20:25):
Borring injury or if Giannis or an NB remain injured.
Speaker 6 (20:29):
People in the Commonwealth will lose their minds if we
don't win, and Missoula will most certainly be the scapegoat.
But Chris, to your point, he has help that he
didn't have last year. Charles Lee who was a Bucks
chief assistant, Sam Cassell on the bench, a Miil Jefferson
who's coming in from doing n and Van Gundy in
that front office. So they have a brain trust to
give him the support that he needs. He's not going
(20:51):
to get out schemed like last year if it doesn't happen,
If you don't get it done, even more so than Missoula,
it'll probably be on Brad Stevens because they have every
reason that they need to succeed. And at least make
us the finals to face off against I think the Dennis.
Thank you for taking the call, all right, thank you.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
It ain't gonna be Brad Stevens. It's gonna be missooi, yeah,
because I mean they have the pieces. It's gonna be
Brad Stevens.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
And they and and they got me two years ago.
So it will be on the coach, all right.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
Uh, Tyser's Tower of Trivia's around the corner.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
But first, be sure to catch live editions of The
Odd Couple with Chris Brussard and Rob Parker weekdays at
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Speaker 9 (21:45):
This game is so easy for tight shirts.
Speaker 7 (21:48):
Tower of Trivia, that's right, it is Tyser's Tower at Trivia,
backed by popular demand. He was gonna take the whole
week off, and I said, no, Alex Rady's are slipping
a little bit.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Exactly what are you trying to do? Trying to hurt us?
Take FOODO out of our money, out.
Speaker 5 (22:03):
Of our pockets.
Speaker 9 (22:06):
Guys. I've been escapading through the greatness of California, adventuring
into hot springs, beaches, longboarding and you know, tanning so
I can finally make it. Well, I did do that too, Chris, Rob.
Have you guys ever skinny dipped in your life? No, No,
that's unfortunate, very.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Free skinny dipping.
Speaker 9 (22:24):
Yes, that a hot spring was actually a good time
hot Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:28):
I don't really think that's something brothers do. No am
I Rob Am I a natural hot spring.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
Yeah, I don't know about that. You're right, Chris. We
gotta keep off. We gotta keep our trunks on.
Speaker 9 (22:40):
Oh you know what I'm saying that makes more sense.
Speaker 5 (22:43):
Yeah, I'm just saying. I'm smiling when you say that.
I'm trying to keep my job. Okay, I avoided Chris.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
In the old days, I would be suspended by now
you know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
They would have been dragging you out for exactly. Yes, Yes,
I'm I've been through all that. I'm an older guy now,
I'm more mature and with the way things are done now.
Speaker 7 (23:06):
And if you know this, if we report Rob to HR,
all we do is get email back to ourselves exactly
clearly contacting HR.
Speaker 5 (23:12):
That's it. Somebody would get in touch. Hey, hey.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
When Chris and I started this show almost six years ago,
as agent said, I don't know how long Rob's gonna last.
Speaker 5 (23:20):
But Chris, just stay away, don't be dragged down with them.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
He's like, are you sure you want to tie your contract?
Speaker 5 (23:26):
Exactly? That's all good, Chris.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
I held up my end of the bar for now.
We'll see, we'll see. We've still got more time left.
All right, here we go.
Speaker 7 (23:37):
It is the Tysus Tower of Trivia, the NBA Playing Edition.
It's a big deal going on this week. Flip a
coin during Steve's fantastic update and.
Speaker 5 (23:46):
Dust in the business. I keep telling me, question.
Speaker 7 (23:49):
Gets question number one? You know the rules, no cheating
talking to you Chris me, yes, you.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
The only day he goes into the stud Yeah, but
I can see.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
One reason he does it. I can see so I
know he's not.
Speaker 5 (24:05):
It's not so I don't have school on Thursdays.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
I always come in on and I want to see
Alex and I love to watch him make a smoothie.
Speaker 9 (24:13):
So that's a high day. That is true, the true
barista back then, that's what Steve walks by. He always says,
the Stor's open, all.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Right, all right, here we go, all right, Chris.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
The Sixers beat the heat last night to clinch at
the seventh seed in the East, and they, of course
are led by their head coach, Nick Blank.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Oh Luke, you're real.
Speaker 8 (24:33):
Oh god, I.
Speaker 9 (24:34):
Thought it was Chris's turn. What are you doing right now?
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Rob? All right, here we go out.
Speaker 9 (24:38):
Oh I'm ready, Chris, Thank.
Speaker 10 (24:38):
You, doctor doctor doctor. He already gave the clue. Stopist, Robbie,
what was the question again?
Speaker 7 (24:52):
We're looking for the head coach of the Philadelphia seventy
six ers. His name is Nick Blank, doctor.
Speaker 9 (24:59):
Nick doctor, Nick doctor, Nick nurse.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
Yeah, baby, clue, that's the clue.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
And now he and I was just gonna say what, Oh, well,
that's where Robbie.
Speaker 7 (25:19):
You know that we got a bet going in the
back whether or not you'll make it to June first.
Speaker 9 (25:24):
Too, did you did?
Speaker 3 (25:26):
All right? Here we go, the better.
Speaker 5 (25:28):
I'm gonna keep my mouth quiet just to swipe both.
Speaker 9 (25:31):
That's not nice, alright you level number two. Back to
Rob Parker.
Speaker 7 (25:35):
Rob Trey Young talking about in the show he's the
NBA's all time leader in playing scoring.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
Somebody did the math. Young for now at least plays
for the Atlanta.
Speaker 9 (25:46):
Blank, good for him. I'd like to see our young
kings out there. When that's right, shouts creams the king.
Speaker 5 (25:53):
Brad uh, all right a, let's here you go. How
you doing good?
Speaker 9 (25:58):
It's good to see her. Are you read beautiful?
Speaker 10 (26:01):
Rob?
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Don't don't go over, don't cross the line.
Speaker 9 (26:03):
Okay, I'm ready. Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (26:06):
This is easy for you?
Speaker 9 (26:06):
Okay, perfect, here we go. That makes me feel more comfortable.
Speaker 5 (26:10):
Tony Hawk.
Speaker 9 (26:14):
One to baby.
Speaker 11 (26:15):
You didn't say the tiger he knew.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
Never rain the son in California.
Speaker 5 (26:24):
That's right, but it's t O n E, t O
N Y and t O n I.
Speaker 9 (26:28):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
To level number three, Christmas.
Speaker 5 (26:31):
Sorry, that's like the Thompson twins. How many and the
Thompson twin three?
Speaker 3 (26:35):
There there's three Thompson twins.
Speaker 5 (26:37):
Did you know that?
Speaker 7 (26:38):
Yes?
Speaker 5 (26:38):
In the group Toms and twins.
Speaker 7 (26:40):
That's why would they be called the twins? It should
be the triplets, right, that's their name, But it makes
no sense.
Speaker 9 (26:45):
Maybe the third one wasn't sure, so they just went
the safe route at first.
Speaker 7 (26:48):
All right here, level number three back to Chris. If
they went on Friday Night, the Blank Bulls would statistically
be the worst team to make the playoffs in a decade.
Speaker 9 (27:00):
Oh that sucks.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Wow, all right, Alex, here we go.
Speaker 9 (27:03):
I'm ready to see Jordan.
Speaker 3 (27:09):
Was the blank Bulls?
Speaker 9 (27:12):
Would be Jordan? Chicago's right?
Speaker 5 (27:13):
Yeah, let's go a terrible drops some clue. Let's go,
it's a terrible clue.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
What's better? What would have been better?
Speaker 9 (27:21):
Who could? I?
Speaker 3 (27:22):
Could? I have said? Shy town? No?
Speaker 9 (27:24):
No, two words? Is that two words?
Speaker 3 (27:29):
But it has shy? Isn't there?
Speaker 11 (27:31):
Right?
Speaker 5 (27:32):
Alice? Do you know Chicago to band speakiful band? That's
what Rob would have said, flash background.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
No, I would have thought, wouldn't have got it?
Speaker 5 (27:40):
I might have said cargo.
Speaker 4 (27:44):
Oprah might have said he wouldn't have got it?
Speaker 11 (27:48):
All right, Windy, everyone knows it's Wendy Gosh. All right?
Speaker 7 (27:54):
Level number four Back to Rock Parker. Perfect game going
so far this time of year. Jimmy Butler is known
as playoff jim but on a night in, night out basis.
His nickname across the league is just Jimmy Blank.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
Jimmy.
Speaker 11 (28:09):
All right, Alex you ready, I'm ready not to be
confused with all Right, here we go, Alex, Robert you ready,
Jimmy Butler, Jimmy tuckets. All right, here you go like buffalo.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Bill uh ready, I'm ready, Pale, think about it.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
That don't do that? Don't you do that?
Speaker 9 (28:40):
Hand right there? Rob, What are you trying to do?
Speaker 3 (28:42):
Is holding something?
Speaker 9 (28:43):
What is that hold on? Give you a question.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
I don't stop, I said, Pale. Jimmy, you as the commissioner,
Jimmy Blank, I'm just saying down a pun My hand
is down.
Speaker 5 (28:59):
Alex the clue. Can I say the clue again?
Speaker 9 (29:02):
Pale?
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Pale?
Speaker 3 (29:03):
Say it the way he said it the first time, Pale,
little hand up?
Speaker 9 (29:07):
Okay, Pale, what do you do?
Speaker 10 (29:10):
Oh?
Speaker 9 (29:10):
Buckets?
Speaker 3 (29:13):
That count? We don't punish the packers for playing in
cold weather.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Hey, Chris, when you cut on the plane here, yeah,
money and get here there next.
Speaker 9 (29:26):
Week, Chris, I'm flying and bob By robson wings to
go again. We need it, we need it, hey.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
Rob said, he's hungry. That's right. All right, here we go,
level number five, back to Chris. Another perfect game going.
Speaker 7 (29:39):
The Warriors maybe would still be alive in the playing
tournament if their resident sharpshooter Blank Thompson hadn't shot oh
for ten from the field against Sacramento.
Speaker 9 (29:49):
Terrible future Laker by Oh for ten, I could make
one at least. Wow read it again, Rob, Oh yeah please.
Speaker 7 (29:59):
Warrior Shorter, Blank Thompson went over ten against.
Speaker 9 (30:03):
The King, Blank Thompson. Are you still playing future Laker?
Speaker 3 (30:07):
No, they're out.
Speaker 9 (30:07):
You want a future Laker that's owned ten.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
That's right.
Speaker 7 (30:10):
We always get him. We don't get him at the
prime of their career. Sometimes that's all you know.
Speaker 9 (30:14):
There's not gonna be another bubble of tournaments.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
Shout out Westbrook, Okay, here we go, Here we go out.
Speaker 9 (30:18):
Okay, I'm ready.
Speaker 7 (30:19):
Shout out Dwight Howard Steph terrible clue free that is incorrect.
The game is over. We can now talk about it.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
Don't be jumping on my clue either. Ride Okay we
go here we go really.
Speaker 9 (30:36):
Really easy, Okay, I like when you call me Blank Travis,
Oh Clay Travis Yeah.
Speaker 12 (30:45):
Right music Actually twenty nine to twenty about Clay Travis.
Speaker 5 (30:57):
Yeah, I never miss Clay t.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
Me And I was worring the show for a hot second.
Speaker 5 (31:03):
We did really and then they were like, oh no.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
No, yeah.
Speaker 9 (31:07):
When we came to we came to the copy passion
that one bad Chris.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
I would give you Rob if you get this. It's over.
No pressure, he will. Speaking of the Warriors. The Kings
beat him on Thursday.
Speaker 7 (31:20):
After the game, they did what they always do after
winning a home game by lighting the blank.
Speaker 5 (31:27):
Okay, Alex, here we go. There we got, Alex. Where
are you?
Speaker 9 (31:32):
I'm right here? Where are there?
Speaker 2 (31:34):
We go?
Speaker 9 (31:34):
I'm right here?
Speaker 3 (31:34):
Rob?
Speaker 5 (31:35):
All right?
Speaker 9 (31:38):
What is that?
Speaker 3 (31:38):
What is that parade?
Speaker 5 (31:40):
Okay? Here we go?
Speaker 9 (31:41):
Okay, Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
High only high? What was he standing on his chair?
Something unbelievable?
Speaker 4 (31:54):
What unfreaking believable, Robber?
Speaker 3 (31:58):
I blame that.
Speaker 5 (31:59):
He's not saying anything.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
Chris, it's an audio medialy soever, Hi, I'm running a muck.
Speaker 7 (32:09):
Rob is driving a hoopdie while pointing high bean.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
Yes like the beam Fox Sports Radio. This is a travesty.
This is a travisty.
Speaker 9 (32:27):
All you do is win.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
I want a new commissioner. No, Rob, g You're fired.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
The clinic, Alex, you are genius?
Speaker 5 (32:41):
What a clinic? Because yeah, this is a because I've
been winning too much.
Speaker 9 (32:45):
That's it. He's a new commissioner. He baby.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Odd Couple
with Chris Brussard and Rob Parker weekdays at seven pm
Eastern four pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the
iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 4 (33:00):
It is the Odd Couple. Chris Brussa Rob Parker.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Wrapping up a TV theme song Thursday. I must say that.
Speaker 4 (33:12):
I am doing this last segment under protest.
Speaker 3 (33:20):
Rob Parker has.
Speaker 4 (33:21):
Cheated one too many times on Tyshon's Tower of Trivia,
and Rob G, you have got to get control of
your league. You are you? You are a terrible commissioner.
Rob Parker is running a muck with the cheating, and
(33:44):
you are just sitting there doing You're sitting there watching it, laughing, chuckling,
giggling about it while I paid the price N and L.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Rob G is h Roger Goodell. He collect and fifty
million dollars in not doing anything. He's a great commission
looks man.
Speaker 7 (34:05):
I get paid by the owners like Roger Goodell, So
why would I ever turn on my people?
Speaker 5 (34:10):
Exactly?
Speaker 4 (34:12):
Oh my gosh, all right, I think this topic as
I look at the rundown, had to be a Rob
Parker idea. R here's the topic terrible that injuries ruined
marquee games again.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
That had to be robbed?
Speaker 5 (34:28):
Is that my topic?
Speaker 4 (34:29):
Rob G? It has to be who else is coming
up with it is look, I mean terrible. Look, we've
seen injuries in the playoffs before many times.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
But let's see who do we have.
Speaker 4 (34:44):
What are some of the injuries we got Zion out
in the play in, Jimmy Butler out in the play
in Sacramento. Sacramento is missing Malik Monk and Kevin Herder.
It's just disappointed goes without Zach Levine.
Speaker 5 (35:01):
Don't you just want to see I just want to
see what god the players play, That's all.
Speaker 4 (35:06):
It's interesting because again, look injuries day back before low management.
But Rob Antonio, Daniel's friend of the show, NBA Champion,
his theory, which I agree with.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
I like this. I think this is part of.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
It is that the guys don't play enough. They don't
build their bodies up to withstand you know, the pressure
on your bodies, your joints, your muscles that you're going
to endure withstand, you know, in an NBA season, And
though so that guys get hurt a lot more. I
(35:41):
don't know if it's I don't know the numbers, but Rob,
there's a lot of guys that we talked about the
Eastern Conference. While Boston does have a cake Walk, Joe
Lmbad's banged up, Janni's Ante Dikupo out for the beginning
of the series. It looks like against Indiana, Julius Handle
out for the Knicks, they're gotta who we miss who else?
Speaker 3 (36:06):
Let's see in the West.
Speaker 4 (36:09):
You know, Denver's fine, Okay, see it's fine. Minnesota, they're
just getting Karl Anthony Towns back.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
That's good.
Speaker 4 (36:16):
The Clippers, of course, Kawhi that's a big one, that's huge.
Dallas is fine, Phoenix is fine for now. I mean
they've had injury problems all year with Bradley Beal.
Speaker 3 (36:29):
Seven. Yeah, you got the Lakers, Uh, they're fine.
Speaker 4 (36:32):
They you know, Vanderbilt, Jared Vanderbilt has been out, you know,
pretty much most.
Speaker 3 (36:37):
Of the year.
Speaker 11 (36:38):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (36:39):
And then who see, like we said, Sacramento and in
New Orleans. So yeah, Rob, I mean it is what
it is. It's still gonna be a great playoffs. But yeah,
it's tough.
Speaker 3 (36:51):
When you just see the injuries.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
It's just because it's it's like you just want to
see the best and see who can win, and you
don't want to look back and go man out. Could
have been an even better series. Chris if everybody played
or what would have happened if this happened. It just
seems and I know it's I don't want to be
the prison of the moment because we always talk about
this and gods used to be hurt before, Chris, but
(37:13):
it just seems like it's more now than ever before.
Speaker 5 (37:18):
Right, Yeah, like gods used to be hurt. I'm not
sitting here acting like no one ever got hurt.
Speaker 4 (37:23):
Right, I'm watching the highlights from the nineteen eighty finals
when Game six, when Kareem you know, missed Game six
because of an ankle injury. So yeah, it's not new.
But Rob, I will say this, I do think it
was better this year with the low management. I think
the sixty five game rule we can argue about. It's
unfortunate that they had to put that in.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Right, That's the point. I do think it. Yeah, I
do think it.
Speaker 4 (37:47):
It was it wore dividends and guys tried to play,
and then some of the guys are just older, Rob
and they're getting injured. I think Kawhi and Joe l
Embiid are just I mean, I don't really even blame them.
I think they work hard, but their bodies at this point,
just don't seem to be able to handle the strain
(38:10):
you know of an eighty two game season and playoffs.
Speaker 3 (38:13):
Crazy, So yeah, we'll see with Kawhi. All right, it
is the odd couple Chris Bruce, Rob Parker signing off
on the TV themes on Thursday, but keep it locked
because Jason Smith and Mike Harmon their next and Alex
they bring what
Speaker 9 (38:28):
Chris they bring Absolute fire, that's right, fire
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