May 26, 2023 • 38 mins
Ben Maller talks about the Boston Celtics dominating the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals to force a Game 6 in Miami, what went wrong for the Heat, how much trouble are they in, MLB Pick'em, and much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome. It's our name bar One, our one
of the radio show, and we are yapping all things
NBA Eastern Finals Game five, the Heat and the Celtics.
Boston ends up winning easily. They never trailed in Game five,
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and so there will be a Game six this weekend.
But who gets the stone Crabs of blame for the
Miami Heat? What the heck went wrong for the Heat
in this game is they came out with a clunker?
And how much trouble are the Heat in as they
head into Game six? They still just need one more
win and they will advance to the NBA Finals to
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play Denver. We'll talk about all that and more, and
plus don't forget today is Friday. The fifth Hour podcast
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we were the only network that one. And we'll have
a complete, thorough, in depth team coverage review of the
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to look forward to on the fifth Hour. But here
it is our number one of the Friday Friday radio
show in the podcast format. Here talking all things heat
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shuite and welcome into the audio dojo. As we were
back at our lead this hour, coming from the world
of pro bouncy ball. It was the Eastern Conference Finals,
Game five. Play the Hits, mall man, don't bury the lead,
all right, We're not gonna bear the lead. So Jimmy
Butler and the Heat looking to punch their ticket as
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he's squared up with Jason Tatum and the Celtics Miami.
The set up on this kind of obviously if you
pay attention here, Miami up three games to one, a
chance to close it out. Did you watch were you tuning? No,
you had other things going on. I understand you got
stuff going on in your life. So Jason Tatum was
not the leading scorer for Boston, but he did have
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twenty one points. It's eleven assists and eight rebounds, and
the Celtics eviscerated the Heat. The final score not indicative,
as the competitive nature of the game was a route
or route depending on where you grew up and how
your teachers taught you when you were a child. So
they Heat win the selis rather beat the Heat one
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ten ninety seven, so we get to use the term
that we only use in sports. The Celtics staving off elimination,
so they staved off the elimination. They had four Celtics
starters scored twenty or more points. Miami got boat raced
by the Celtics the old Harvard boat Race, led by
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as many as twenty four. Boston did game six. We'll
be back in South Florida. It is on like Donkey
Kong on Saturday Night. The better story though, for us,
is in the losing locker room. So that is where
we are going to start, and we have our laser
bullseye locked in on what the heck happened here to Miami.
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They were running rough shot over the Celtics and now
all of a sudden, here that's two games to go
and the Heat still have to win one. So let
us discuss the question who gets the stone crab of
blame the largest portion of the stone crab of blame? Oh,
I've got to know exactly for the Heat. So I've
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got DC Comics Boy George and Penitentiary and we will
tie all of these things together and we'll see what
sticks in our stomach is what we're gonna see. So A,
the answer to this is the same answer it was
after the last game for Miami. The Butler did it.
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In this case, the Butler didn't do it. You start
with Jimmy Butler, and that's at the very top of
the topic tree, and then you work your way to
all the different branches. But he's the spirit animal for
the Heat, the pace car for Miami basketball. And you
would have been better off. Well if you saw the
beginning of this game. You didn't really need to watch
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anything after halftime and really the end of the first quarter.
But if you saw the game, you know what I'm
talking about here. The Heat would have been better off
early in that game with Alfred Penniesworth that he would
have been better from DC comics Alfred the Butler as
Alfred the Butler would have been more efficient on both
sides of the ball. Batman's buddy there, Jimmy. We like him,
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We're a fan of his. But he was a step slow,
and not every game is going to be your masterpiece.
He did not assert his will early in that game.
That is a nice way of saying he sucked at
a time you cannot suck. Butler started the game one
to five from the floor. But it wasn't even so
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much the offense. It was a result of the lack
of defense that was also a problem result. The Heat
ended up playing uphill the entire day. How did that go?
Stuck behind the eight ball? Now, we also give a
large chunk of the stone crabs of blame to Bam.
Out of Bio, Bam, Bam Bam. He is the second option,
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second most talented player. I am told by those that
are smarter than me on the Miami Heat roster, and
Bam went bust. And again I go back to the
early part of the game, because the game was decided early.
It wasn't decided late, it was decidedly and out of
Bio had not one, not two, but three turnovers. He
didn't even play the entire first quarter. Boston outscored Miami
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ten nothing on points off turnovers. Kyle Lowry had a
bunch of turnovers also, and all of that helped jump
start the Celtics getting out to a fifteen point lead.
They were knocking down three point shots wide open and
they never looked back. So the second part of this
what went wrong from a team perspective for the Heat,
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So Miami, you always kind of knew what you were
gonna get. That's been the the mo on the Heat.
They're not gonna overwhelm you. That the most talented team
in the world, but you're gonna get the same effort
every game. There's a level of consistency with Miami. They
play lockdown defense that was not there. Boston was getting
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open looks. That defense was so bad for Miami. I
thought the Lakers were out there playing with all the
open looks the Celtics were getting, and what happened to
that Doberman defense. There was no Doberman defense with hands
in face and bodies on body. There was none of that.
Early in the game, Celtics made almost sixty percent of
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their three point shots in the first quarter. I'm surprised
they didn't shoot higher than that because they were all
wide open. I made seven of the twelve, that's fifty
eight percent from downtown and Miami was unraveling in the
first half. The Celtics taking advantage of that shoddy defense
from Miami, they outscored the Heat thirty three to twelve
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from three point range in the first half, thirteen to
nothing and second chance points and seventeen to nine and
points off turnover. That's called checkmate. And I thought of
an old an old musician from the previous generation, the
eighties there, boy George and Culture Club right, the Church
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of the Poisoned Mind. There were a lot of poisoned
minds with Miami there. And is it just me or
do you not hear about the heat culture? I say
that in air quotes Heat culture when they toss out
a clunker, Will anyone, anyone at all, any of the bloggers,
any of the prominent NBA media types write a Bleeding
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Heart blog post about the heat culture and how it's real.
We don't hear about that when they go out and
play like they did in the game on Thirdursday night,
only in victory to the basketball media slobber you know what,
Only only in victory do they go all out about
the heat culture. There's nothing to brag about here when
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you're crack, torn, scratched, and deformed, which is what happened.
And you give some credit to Boston, But I believe
this story here is Miami. That is the story, and
I understand it's a rig game, and I'm not saying
there was any funny business here. Miami came out flat
in this game. But the NBA definitely has a cheshire
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cat smile from ear to ear because they needed a
Game six, and they would also like to have a
game seven. Why to fill the gap. They've got a
cavity and they gotta fill the cavity. The Finals do
not start until Thursday, June first, so we still got
almost a full week to go. This being Friday or
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Friday show, so you gotta get to Thursday, June fi
The reason they start the finals on that date, no
matter what I was told by some big honky hank
at the NBA, the honky tonk man for the NBA.
That that is because so many international media from all
over Europe and Asia and random countries in between traveled
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to the States and they want to cover the finals.
So it's very expensive to fly from overseas, as you know,
and they have that as a courtesy, and they also
like to pump their chest out and brag about how
they're the goobel game and all that. But you need content.
You need content. You need games to keep the masses
engaged before the main event, which is Denver versus somebody
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else and we know one of the two teams in
the Eastern Finals will play. But anyway, that's the story there.
Now the last word. Time to update the Malard scale
of panic. How much trouble are they heating after they
went out and took a ride on the vomit comet
in Game five against the Celtics. So the Malard scale
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of panic one to ten, with ten being inbound a
cant coon. Last time we did this after the previous game,
we were at a four point five, which was mildly
distressing for the heat. On the Mallard scale of panic,
but we're gonna crank up the Malard scale of panic
again one to ten and big money, big money, no
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wami stop. And the Mallard scale of panic, which is
never wrong, is now up to a seven. So we
went from a four point five to a seven, which
is very intense. Now that said, I still expect Miami
to win, as I absolutely do. And we are not
living in a penitentiary meaning sorry, not sorry, We're not
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prisoners of the moment. Maybe you're a prison of the moment.
I understand a lot of how this works, and one
of the reasons the gambling world makes so much money
is because the low information fan, the idiot, and the media.
They react to what they just saw prisoner of the moment,
and they think that's going to continue. The reactionary media
gets whiplash as they jump off the Heat bandwagon thinking
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it's gonna crash into a wall and jump on the
Celtics wagon and they're like, oh, a heater over No,
But we know that momentum does not exist. If it did,
the Heat would have swept the Celtics. They'd won the
first two games, dominating. Right now, every game is its
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own entity entity, Every game is its own standalone entity.
Every quarter is its own standalone entity, and it's I
keep going back to whoever plays better in the moment.
The Heat will rebound in South Florida, and if not,
they still have Game seven in their back pocket. That's
why I can't go higher than a seven on the
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mallardscale of panic. The pressure remains on Bass. I know
that Charles Barkley and some of these other guys are like, oh,
it's all on the Heat now wrong, That's a bad take.
It doesn't change. The Celtics are not out of the
woods yet. They are prohibitive favorites. Before the series. They
have been inconsistent, which is being kind. They have shown
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up in spurts, a lot of peaks and a lot
of valleys. For the Celtics and the Heat, they just
have to play one good game. The Celtics have to
play two more good games. Now they've been able to
play two in a row and that's great. But it's
not like the Heat can't win in Boston. They already
did when the first two games in that gymnasium, so
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the Celtics have no margin for aerors. Still, the Heat
simply have to play well for one of the next
two games, and they will be eating nuggets, but not
chicken nuggets. Denver nuggets is what they will be eating.
It is the Ben Malors Show. We will play some audio,
will get some postgame flavor coming up, but we'll take
some calls eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox eight
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if you would like to be part of the program.
As clearly these Celtics have finally gotten the wake up
call after being on their last supper a couple of times.
It's like the governor has called in and given a
stay of execution for the Celtics so they get to
go on and play another day. We'll have more on that.
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We'll get some postgame flavor and the King the Kings
excuse makers are working over time. The Kings excuse makers
are working overtime. What the heck is that all about.
We'll get to it and we will do it next.
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Lame jokes coming up in hour three. I got a
couple of emails from joke writers saying what happened to
weed Man Hippie And the answer to that riddle, as
I understand now, weed Man Hippie is a vagrant. He
lives in Miami. He's a friend of the show, and
he only pops up for lame jokes. Here's the problem, though,
His Obama phone is broken, and that is the issue.
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So God only knows when he's going to fix it.
The man lost his teeth in his apartment in Miami,
so you can only imagine how long it's going to
take him to fix his phone. At least the culprit.
I have a feeling the phone works, and I think
all he does all day is watch Netflix. Pretty sure
that's all he does, so I'm guessing that part's working,
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But the actual phone part of the phone is not working.
And I had the same problem with Hollering James. When
I was in Minnesota over the weekend. I was talking
to hollering James. I lost my cable. He wanted me
to buy him a cable and in a mountain dew
and that whole thing. So anyway that that's the issue with.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Cable and mountain dew. Yes, did you at least get
him the mountain dew?
Speaker 1 (16:25):
He was even people were buying him o coode and stuff,
so I didn't need to do that. But yeah, James
quite the character. And I'm a little upset because I
posted it. I thought I was gonna be nice to
James and post a flattering photo and then people seemed
disappointed that I took a photo where he kind of
looked like he was in decent shape. But there's some
other photos I could post where he looks like job
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of the hut. But I wanted to be nice to
the guy. I didn't want to ruin the guy. He's
probably the only time people going to see hollering James,
and so I tried to be courteous because I don't
like when people post photos Eddie of me. When I
look bad. Not that you would ever do that, because
that would be inappropriate. I know you would never do
that as a friend. Honoring James is darker than me.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
All right, I would never do that, by the way, Yes,
you're right.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Ah, yeah, that would be wrong.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
All right.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Now, let's get some postgame flavor, the Miami heat. That's
the story. The Celtics staying alive, staying alive, Gotta win
two more games, though Boston played great last couple of games. Congratulations,
Where was that the first three games? Anyway? Here is
Eric Spolstra, and he is a believer of the malor
philosophy on sport. Here is a coach Spoe educating the
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dumb dumbs. It's a competitive series.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
You always expect, you know, things to be challenging. And
the conference finals, you know, one game doesn't lead to
the next game, based on all the experience that we've had.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Yeah, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 5 (17:58):
In the playoffs, it doesn't matter if you lose by whatever,
we beat them by whatever in game three. It just
doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
See, it doesn't matter. Take that those are in the
back of the room. It doesn't matter. All right. Here's
Jimmy Butler and I'm guessing Jimmy Butler exactly. Yeah, he's
gonna explain, Jimmy Butler that the Miami Heat are screwed.
They are up poop Creek without a paddle. They might
as well just plan their vacations. There's no chance of
them winning, Is that correct, Jimmy Butler. We just got
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to play better. I'll start the games off better.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
Hom starters make it more difficult for them. They're in
the rhythm since the beginning of the game. But we're
always going to stay positive knowing that we can and
we will win this series, and we'll just have to
close it.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Out at home. Oh be better if he said, ah,
we got no chance. Oh, they're better than us. Come on,
they got Jason Tatum. The Celtics have Jason Tatum, and
they've got Al Horford used to be good and Chile
and Brown and they're just better. And they got a
guy with green hair, Marcus Smart. I mean that the
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Celtics the team, the green team, and they got a
guy with with green hair their set. Yeah, anyway, we'll
take some calls. Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox
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Jason in Kansas City says ten out of ten on
the Mall monologue, the Heat should win the series, but
the Celtics have better offensive players and overall talent. He says,
Jason's going Celtics in seven. We did have the Celtics
winning prior to this, but I have flip flop that've
gone over to Miami, and I'm sticking with Miami and
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the key to the Miami Heat. A lot of people
don't know this. It's not coach Spa, it's Coach Carter,
former saddle back gaucho Anthony Carter, who's an assistant coach
for the Miami Heat. That is the key for Miami.
The Burner out rights In says Benjamin, I have exclusive news. Allegedly,
Jimmy Butler was out all night with his new best
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friend Shakira. They were drinking cocktails and belly dancing, and
his game suffered. Maybe he should take notes from the
great Mike Tyson. No legs, no jump shot, Jimmy, Come
on hey, Late night drug tester says, great recap of
the game. I did not get to watch. Hearing you
say the word stave makes me think it could be
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a candidate of word of the Week on the Fifth
Hour podcast. That's a good idea. I could investigate the
word stave because that's the kind of content that we
save for the Fifth Hour Podcast, which will be up
in fact later on Friday. We paid a lot of
money for the exclusive postgame coverage of the Malord meet
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and greet. Nobody else has that content and we're the
only one, and you can only hear that on the
Fifth Hour Podcast nowhere else. Jason writes and says on
the JBD he's the diamond Man JBD scale for a
Malard monologue. That one you just did gets an eleven
point five. It would have been lower until you dropped
a vomit comet. I did that just for you, Jason.
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I know you're a fan of the vomit comet. Chip
in the ques rites since says a plus on the
mal Of monologue, my sports talk hating coworker broke his
thumb and will be out of work for a month.
Nobody knows exactly how it happened, but I suspect it
was because someone kicked him in the ass. Okay, look
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at that very nice there. I love that lad. You're
getting along so well, Boso, the district Discinery says is
weed man hippie back. I thought he was banned, well, Boso.
He's been part of the show for one segment every
Thursday into Friday for a while. Now, bad job by you.
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You are outing yourself for not listening at the beginning
part or the end part of the show. Rather Berg
Doog writes in from so Kelly says Ben, how come
the Shamrocks are able to fight their way back into
the series after falling into an three deficit while the
same situation the Lakers are zero for nine all time.
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Is it because the Lakers have no heart or is
it something else? Well, I think that diagnosis makes a
lot of sense. That they just don't have the intestinal
fortitude the Lakers they don't have, that they're lacking that area.
I believe that is the absolute case. They're one.
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The Mariners beat the A's three to two ty France,
a couple of homers helping Seattle get the four game
series sweep. Oakland has lost eight in a row. They've
been swept in seven series this season, and with an
overall record of ten and forty two, they have tied
the nineteen thirty two Boston Red Sox for the worst
start in baseball history. Congratulate fifty two games.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Yeah, hit the road, Jack, Hit the road. Jack, Get
over to Vegas. Can they leave Oakland now? Maybe they
can play in between the Bay Area and Vegas. They
can stop somewhere in the middle.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
There where any suggestions.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
That rose zzz X row whatever Hysics Road six Road
that's more from Soco, though, I don't know what's in between.
If I've never driven from the northern California to Vegas,
do you just drive south and then cross over. Do
you have to go through do you go over to
Reno and then go down through Nevada? I don't know,
but I'm sure there's some small place in the middle
of nowhere they could play their games, and I recommend it.
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I think the people vocal would like to see that.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
I'm sure that they wouldn't mind since they suck so bad.
So we got a little I say, we the the
the the news folks here at.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
The news department, Yes, the news rule.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
We got a We got a memo from our guy,
Dan Bayer.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Who's Tiger Tiger Woods story.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
Is a big golf fan.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Tiger Woods took the bow movement and a truck stop
on the Jersey Turnpike and here with details.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Eddie Garcia, Well, no, it's not about Tiger Woods. It's
about Michael Block.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Now.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
I don't know if you know because you were at
the Mallor meet and great, maybe you didn't follow this,
but the PGA Championship was last weekend and this guy was.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
Michael was not a professional.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Yes, yes, the club pro from down in your neck
of the woods there in mission Villeo, California.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
That's right in your saddleback College.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
Yeah, tied for fifteenth. You had that amazing won and
got a lot of publicity, and so we got a
note say, hey, let's to make sure we report on
what this guy does because a lot of people were
interested in him, which is true. Well, he's dead last
at the Charles schwab Challenge, shot a first round eighty one.
Now in his defense, and I don't blame him one
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damn bit. He was on every show imaginable. He was
on Good Morning America. He was on I mean like
any show that had anything to do with it, you know,
like good, feel good stories. That guy was making the round.
So maybe a little worn out from all the stuff
he was doing. I'm sure a lot of people were
slapping him on the back, buying him drinks, having a
good time. Enjoy it while you can. But yeah, Michael
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Block dead last right now at the Charles Schwapshaw.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Well, the bad news is he's dead last. The good
news is if he never we never hear from this
guy again that has movie written all over. Does that
not have a book movie deal? Like the guy that
for one weekend out of nowhere became a big name
and then vanished in the thin air?
Speaker 7 (26:00):
Do it.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
That's a little bit too much, though, what are you
talking about?
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Said he would have to win it to have the movie.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
No, but you know the great thing about these days,
you don't have to win. You know when that started,
that started with Danika Patrick. She never won anything, but
people got all excited for Dank and I was like, hey,
we're danic can finishing it. So she never won, never
winner in the United States anyway, and so that from
that point forward. It's been a few years. So hey,
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you know winning who cares? Don't have to win? It
is the Ben Malord Show. As we continue on my
fun fact of the hour, and this is putting the
f in fun. The Lakers just got swept by the
Denver Nuggets. Now, the Lakers averaged six and a half
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more foul shot attempts per game than Denver. Shocking.
Speaker 7 (26:53):
I know.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
That is the first time since the ABA NBA merger
that a team ended up getting swept in a best
of seven series when they had that large a foul
shot differential. So that's how much better the Nuggets were
than the Lakers despite the foul shooting. And somewhere Klay
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Thompson at a tropical resorts probably kicking himself because if
he had just made those wide open three point shots,
the Warriors would have beaten the Lakers also in the
round earlier. We could go down that rabbit hole and
the King's excuse makers are out that Sham Sharania NBA insider.
I have nothing against Sham Sharania, but he works for
an agency who is run The agency is run by
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Rich Paul, who is a friend of Lebron James. So
for many in the NBA, they just assume whatever comes
out of Sham Sharania is from Rich Paul and that
he is just repeating insider information that he gets from
Rich Paul. Now do I know that to be true.
I don't know that to be true. I'm just telling
you what the the popular opinion is of Sham Sharani's work.
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So he's been planting the story that Lebron played several
months in the NBA season at the end of the
season with a torn tendon in his foot and could surgery,
and so they're planning the excuse that that's why the
Lakers got swept and Lebron he's such a gladiator, Lebron James,
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that he played with a partially torn tended. Now, just
between me and you, do you think there's a possibility
that the doctor said, it's a minor tear, You're not
going to injure it anymore. Just keep playing, You're fine
and you can take care of it after the season.
Do you think that conversation took place or do you
think the conversation was, Oh my god, this could be
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a career ending injury. You really need to have the operation,
Lebron said, No, I need to play in the first
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to the phones, and we'll say hello to Chris in Houston. Christopher, Hello, Christopher.
Speaker 7 (29:13):
Yes, sir, the man, the myth, the legend. Chris and
Houston back at it to cow the man.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Be that I don't know that we wouldn't go legend.
The man that took the money he got that big
free agent money that big contract to go to the
dreaded day shift.
Speaker 7 (29:31):
Hey, hey, hey, look at that dredded day shift. Got
me days off. I got four day weekend.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
Really, oh yeah, I know I'll be in here. I'll
be barking all weekend.
Speaker 7 (29:41):
Well well, it was really a three day weekend, but
it turned to it four because my gradulations to my daughter.
She's graduating today.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
So no, you know, congratulations, that's wonderful.
Speaker 7 (29:51):
Yeah, we're getting old, we're getting over. But gets who
else getting no old? Man? Dang, did you see I'm
trying to chug jug down at dog old Street, down
at court.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Uh well yeah, every game in the fourth quarter he
got progressively worse. It was outstanding.
Speaker 7 (30:05):
But that last one, that last one, oh my god.
It was like he was trying to put push turbo
and you know when the button gets stuck and he
couldn't really get it going.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
Well, the signature, now you remember I think it was
on Was it on Saturday? I think it was on
Saturday when Lebron might have been earlier in the series.
But he went down for a windmill dunk and he
fumbled the ball out of bounds like.
Speaker 7 (30:27):
He was foot. Yeah, yeah, foot got to him. You know,
must have been messing with especially when he tried to
try to super Super Dunky when Aaron Gordon hit him
and he fell on the ground. You know that was
that old man ball. You know, like give him a
minute to be gathering myself, like, come on, come on,
it's over man, father time has won.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
It's not over. He's gonna play. He'll play two more years.
Bronnie James will spend one year at SC and then
he'll go to the NBA and Lebrono and lebron set
up his contract. He totally set up. He's got one
more year with the Lakers. Then he's got a player option,
which means if Bronnie James ends up on the Lakers,
will stay with the Lakers for two more years. If not,
he'll opt out of the contract and sign with whatever
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team Bronnie James gets to, as long as it's not
Oklahoma City or Sacramento.
Speaker 7 (31:15):
Well, I got two more things being okay, First of all,
before I say my two things, I'll be out there
two weeks. I say, hellok see you guys. If you
want me to come by, I'll come by. If not, hey,
look here, I'm not a worm. I'm not trying to
get in or you fit in. You know. I'm just
letting you guys know, I'll be in there of you, brother,
you know, to see you. All right.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Well, we'll see if we can have you in. Well,
we'll see if the schedule works out. So that's why
it's a mid we're looking at mid June here. What
are we looking at?
Speaker 7 (31:40):
Yeah, June June tenth.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
Very good.
Speaker 7 (31:44):
Yeah, and my first thing, okay in sports. And you
know I haven't been on the mic in a long time.
I don't want that. Choke card is nowhere near Houston,
please people, Okay.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
Now he's coming back. He's coming. What about what about
the strippers? What about the strippers? Christ the economy you are?
Speaker 7 (32:01):
The dance almost made me curse being ok.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
No, No, the dancers, the ballet dancers in Houston. James
Harden is a Hall of famer at the club.
Speaker 5 (32:10):
Right.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Didn't they retire his jersey there? That's how prolific he is.
He's a legend in Houston.
Speaker 7 (32:15):
I quit the club a long time ago. I need wins.
I don't need clubs. I don't need choke cartis and
two is a quiet experiment over in Clipperland. What's wrong
with your Clippers, Well, the championship, the.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Problem with the Clippers, chrism Clippers. Maybe I might be
busy in a couple of weeks. I don't know if
we can have you internet. I think I'm something getting
busy better, I know. I mean, Kawhi doesn't want to
play and he loves basketball. He doesn't love playing unless
he's one hundred percent, which is problematic because you're never
going to be one hundred percent by the time the
(32:50):
playoffs come around, even if you play fifty games, which
is what Kawhi does, but fifty games a year.
Speaker 7 (32:55):
So you know, if you was compared to a car
buying a car, what kind of car that you buy?
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Well, you bought a Maserati, but you can only drive
it on Sunday and you can't drive it any other
day other than Sunday.
Speaker 7 (33:10):
More like a Hugo engine.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
But it looks good, it's look it's a solid. I
get out. I'm done with you. I can't get rid
of I won't leave. I can't get rid of you.
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Game?
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Here we go. We'll do football, We'll do the MLB pick.
But here's a football Who am I? G I was
a sixth round pick. I played my entire career with
an ACL missing in one of my knees and another
ACL badly stapled together in my other knee. Still, I
managed to play ten seasons as a linebacker. I had
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over fIF fifty sachs, over seven hundred tackles, thirty five
forced fumbles, and ten interceptions. And that was one of
the best linebackers of my era. Who am I? That
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It's Ben Malor and here is the who am I? Game?
A blatant attempt to get you to listen a little
bit longer. I was a sixth round pick. I played
my entire career with an ACO missing in one of
my knees and the other ACL was stapled together poorly
in my other knee. I still played ten seasons as
a linebacker. I had over fifty sacks, over seven hundred tackles,
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thirty five forced fumbles, and ten interceptions. One of the
top linebackers of my era. Who am I? That is
the question? And what is the answer. Let's see does
anyone know the answer? Robin Vegas says Tory Wilson. The
answer Jeff in Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma, going with former Fox
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Sports radio broadcaster Kirk Morrison. Ray Nichi from the Palm
Desert rat Gene Simmons, tossed out by the Cowboy Killer
Midnight Walker says Vikings legend. Jeff Simeon is the answer.
Rulan Jones of the Broncos, The Late Night Drug tester
Miguel on Fire says you are Steve Zabin the Zabe
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former Fox Sports Radio Morning Guy and Milwaukee Y radio legend.
Who else do we have? Page down Scott and Rhode
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LeVar Arrington Our Collie Shane from Des Moines going with
Seahawks Diva, Joey Galloway, Blind Sea Bass from the Philly
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rob Tribute to carry what happened to Blind Sea Bass?
That guy disappeared? Martina Navratalova from matthe Warrior Raider fan
no longer an A's fan. Big Greg and Iowa says
it is the jumbo tron outside the Mermaid event Center.
One hundred percent, one hundred percent. That's right, Eddie. Do
you have an answer? Eddie? Do you have an answer?
Speaker 3 (36:40):
I do. It's the field mouse, Sam.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
Mills, Sam Mills A fine answer, but not the right answer, Eddie.
That's bad stealer knowledge by you. I just who am
I game? Answer? Greg Lloyd number ninety five in your program,
but number one in your.
Speaker 3 (36:57):
Heart the first jersey I ever purchased as a young man.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Still okay, Fort Valley State out of Georgia. Well, you're
very You and him are very similar to the style
of play as a football player, very very similar. There
your technique. Right now, it is time for the m
LB Peckham Daily Fantasy Baseball and whoever gets the most
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Fantasy points will be declared the winner and the champion
of the world for the day and the Kopa loop.
You are up for yes, thank you, Logan Gilbert who
Seattle Pitcher that I picked? But with my first pick
today one? Come on, Coop, we don't have all night, Coop,
(37:49):
we don't have all night. Just pick I guess. Oh
that's a bad pick. That is a bad pick. Roberto,
you are up. Roberto will take Let's see here, what
kind of meaning was? Oh my god, come on, Justin
Mitch Keller.
Speaker 3 (38:07):
Mitch Keller.
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Boo, yeah, Mitch Keller. He's a good picture.
Speaker 7 (38:10):
You have him.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
I'm gonna take Aaron Judge, Eddie in last place, Eddie,
Let's go with Justin Steele and right, Oh done, Scarcia,
my cousin, you're gonna have him. I'll take the great
Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers, Roberto, I will take Peter
a Lonzo, Peter Alonzo, the Metropolitans Koober Loop. The back
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to back one goes Bronald Dakona Junior and Michael Trout.
Oh yeah, I remember when he used to be good.
What about you, Roberto.
Speaker 2 (38:40):
The best catcher in baseball this year Will Smith.
Speaker 1 (38:42):
Maybe Will Smith, and you should have picked your pitcher
George Kirby of the Mariners. I got Kirby, Eddie.
Speaker 3 (38:49):
All right, we're gonna lose Matt Olson of the Braves.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
Eddie, you gotta go quick.
Hello and welcome. It's our name bar One, our one
of the radio show, and we are yapping all things
NBA Eastern Finals Game five, the Heat and the Celtics.
Boston ends up winning easily. They never trailed in Game five,
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and so there will be a Game six this weekend.
But who gets the stone Crabs of blame for the
Miami Heat? What the heck went wrong for the Heat
in this game is they came out with a clunker?
And how much trouble are the Heat in as they
head into Game six? They still just need one more
win and they will advance to the NBA Finals to
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play Denver. We'll talk about all that and more, and
plus don't forget today is Friday. The fifth Hour podcast
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back at our lead this hour, coming from the world
of pro bouncy ball. It was the Eastern Conference Finals,
Game five. Play the Hits, mall man, don't bury the lead,
all right, We're not gonna bear the lead. So Jimmy
Butler and the Heat looking to punch their ticket as
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he's squared up with Jason Tatum and the Celtics Miami.
The set up on this kind of obviously if you
pay attention here, Miami up three games to one, a
chance to close it out. Did you watch were you tuning? No,
you had other things going on. I understand you got
stuff going on in your life. So Jason Tatum was
not the leading scorer for Boston, but he did have
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twenty one points. It's eleven assists and eight rebounds, and
the Celtics eviscerated the Heat. The final score not indicative,
as the competitive nature of the game was a route
or route depending on where you grew up and how
your teachers taught you when you were a child. So
they Heat win the selis rather beat the Heat one
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ten ninety seven, so we get to use the term
that we only use in sports. The Celtics staving off elimination,
so they staved off the elimination. They had four Celtics
starters scored twenty or more points. Miami got boat raced
by the Celtics the old Harvard boat Race, led by
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as many as twenty four. Boston did game six. We'll
be back in South Florida. It is on like Donkey
Kong on Saturday Night. The better story though, for us,
is in the losing locker room. So that is where
we are going to start, and we have our laser
bullseye locked in on what the heck happened here to Miami.
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They were running rough shot over the Celtics and now
all of a sudden, here that's two games to go
and the Heat still have to win one. So let
us discuss the question who gets the stone crab of
blame the largest portion of the stone crab of blame? Oh,
I've got to know exactly for the Heat. So I've
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got DC Comics Boy George and Penitentiary and we will
tie all of these things together and we'll see what
sticks in our stomach is what we're gonna see. So A,
the answer to this is the same answer it was
after the last game for Miami. The Butler did it.
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In this case, the Butler didn't do it. You start
with Jimmy Butler, and that's at the very top of
the topic tree, and then you work your way to
all the different branches. But he's the spirit animal for
the Heat, the pace car for Miami basketball. And you
would have been better off. Well if you saw the
beginning of this game. You didn't really need to watch
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anything after halftime and really the end of the first quarter.
But if you saw the game, you know what I'm
talking about here. The Heat would have been better off
early in that game with Alfred Penniesworth that he would
have been better from DC comics Alfred the Butler as
Alfred the Butler would have been more efficient on both
sides of the ball. Batman's buddy there, Jimmy. We like him,
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We're a fan of his. But he was a step slow,
and not every game is going to be your masterpiece.
He did not assert his will early in that game.
That is a nice way of saying he sucked at
a time you cannot suck. Butler started the game one
to five from the floor. But it wasn't even so
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much the offense. It was a result of the lack
of defense that was also a problem result. The Heat
ended up playing uphill the entire day. How did that go?
Stuck behind the eight ball? Now, we also give a
large chunk of the stone crabs of blame to Bam.
Out of Bio, Bam, Bam Bam. He is the second option,
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second most talented player. I am told by those that
are smarter than me on the Miami Heat roster, and
Bam went bust. And again I go back to the
early part of the game, because the game was decided early.
It wasn't decided late, it was decidedly and out of
Bio had not one, not two, but three turnovers. He
didn't even play the entire first quarter. Boston outscored Miami
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ten nothing on points off turnovers. Kyle Lowry had a
bunch of turnovers also, and all of that helped jump
start the Celtics getting out to a fifteen point lead.
They were knocking down three point shots wide open and
they never looked back. So the second part of this
what went wrong from a team perspective for the Heat,
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So Miami, you always kind of knew what you were
gonna get. That's been the the mo on the Heat.
They're not gonna overwhelm you. That the most talented team
in the world, but you're gonna get the same effort
every game. There's a level of consistency with Miami. They
play lockdown defense that was not there. Boston was getting
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open looks. That defense was so bad for Miami. I
thought the Lakers were out there playing with all the
open looks the Celtics were getting, and what happened to
that Doberman defense. There was no Doberman defense with hands
in face and bodies on body. There was none of that.
Early in the game, Celtics made almost sixty percent of
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their three point shots in the first quarter. I'm surprised
they didn't shoot higher than that because they were all
wide open. I made seven of the twelve, that's fifty
eight percent from downtown and Miami was unraveling in the
first half. The Celtics taking advantage of that shoddy defense
from Miami, they outscored the Heat thirty three to twelve
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from three point range in the first half, thirteen to
nothing and second chance points and seventeen to nine and
points off turnover. That's called checkmate. And I thought of
an old an old musician from the previous generation, the
eighties there, boy George and Culture Club right, the Church
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of the Poisoned Mind. There were a lot of poisoned
minds with Miami there. And is it just me or
do you not hear about the heat culture? I say
that in air quotes Heat culture when they toss out
a clunker, Will anyone, anyone at all, any of the bloggers,
any of the prominent NBA media types write a Bleeding
(08:51):
Heart blog post about the heat culture and how it's real.
We don't hear about that when they go out and
play like they did in the game on Thirdursday night,
only in victory to the basketball media slobber you know what,
Only only in victory do they go all out about
the heat culture. There's nothing to brag about here when
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you're crack, torn, scratched, and deformed, which is what happened.
And you give some credit to Boston, But I believe
this story here is Miami. That is the story, and
I understand it's a rig game, and I'm not saying
there was any funny business here. Miami came out flat
in this game. But the NBA definitely has a cheshire
(09:36):
cat smile from ear to ear because they needed a
Game six, and they would also like to have a
game seven. Why to fill the gap. They've got a
cavity and they gotta fill the cavity. The Finals do
not start until Thursday, June first, so we still got
almost a full week to go. This being Friday or
(09:57):
Friday show, so you gotta get to Thursday, June fi
The reason they start the finals on that date, no
matter what I was told by some big honky hank
at the NBA, the honky tonk man for the NBA.
That that is because so many international media from all
over Europe and Asia and random countries in between traveled
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to the States and they want to cover the finals.
So it's very expensive to fly from overseas, as you know,
and they have that as a courtesy, and they also
like to pump their chest out and brag about how
they're the goobel game and all that. But you need content.
You need content. You need games to keep the masses
engaged before the main event, which is Denver versus somebody
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else and we know one of the two teams in
the Eastern Finals will play. But anyway, that's the story there.
Now the last word. Time to update the Malard scale
of panic. How much trouble are they heating after they
went out and took a ride on the vomit comet
in Game five against the Celtics. So the Malard scale
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of panic one to ten, with ten being inbound a
cant coon. Last time we did this after the previous game,
we were at a four point five, which was mildly
distressing for the heat. On the Mallard scale of panic,
but we're gonna crank up the Malard scale of panic
again one to ten and big money, big money, no
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wami stop. And the Mallard scale of panic, which is
never wrong, is now up to a seven. So we
went from a four point five to a seven, which
is very intense. Now that said, I still expect Miami
to win, as I absolutely do. And we are not
living in a penitentiary meaning sorry, not sorry, We're not
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prisoners of the moment. Maybe you're a prison of the moment.
I understand a lot of how this works, and one
of the reasons the gambling world makes so much money
is because the low information fan, the idiot, and the media.
They react to what they just saw prisoner of the moment,
and they think that's going to continue. The reactionary media
gets whiplash as they jump off the Heat bandwagon thinking
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it's gonna crash into a wall and jump on the
Celtics wagon and they're like, oh, a heater over No,
But we know that momentum does not exist. If it did,
the Heat would have swept the Celtics. They'd won the
first two games, dominating. Right now, every game is its
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own entity entity, Every game is its own standalone entity.
Every quarter is its own standalone entity, and it's I
keep going back to whoever plays better in the moment.
The Heat will rebound in South Florida, and if not,
they still have Game seven in their back pocket. That's
why I can't go higher than a seven on the
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mallardscale of panic. The pressure remains on Bass. I know
that Charles Barkley and some of these other guys are like, oh,
it's all on the Heat now wrong, That's a bad take.
It doesn't change. The Celtics are not out of the
woods yet. They are prohibitive favorites. Before the series. They
have been inconsistent, which is being kind. They have shown
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up in spurts, a lot of peaks and a lot
of valleys. For the Celtics and the Heat, they just
have to play one good game. The Celtics have to
play two more good games. Now they've been able to
play two in a row and that's great. But it's
not like the Heat can't win in Boston. They already
did when the first two games in that gymnasium, so
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the Celtics have no margin for aerors. Still, the Heat
simply have to play well for one of the next
two games, and they will be eating nuggets, but not
chicken nuggets. Denver nuggets is what they will be eating.
It is the Ben Malors Show. We will play some audio,
will get some postgame flavor coming up, but we'll take
some calls eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox eight
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seven seven nine nine six six three six ' nine
if you would like to be part of the program.
As clearly these Celtics have finally gotten the wake up
call after being on their last supper a couple of times.
It's like the governor has called in and given a
stay of execution for the Celtics so they get to
go on and play another day. We'll have more on that.
(14:24):
We'll get some postgame flavor and the King the Kings
excuse makers are working over time. The Kings excuse makers
are working overtime. What the heck is that all about.
We'll get to it and we will do it next.
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Speaker 1 (15:17):
Lame jokes coming up in hour three. I got a
couple of emails from joke writers saying what happened to
weed Man Hippie And the answer to that riddle, as
I understand now, weed Man Hippie is a vagrant. He
lives in Miami. He's a friend of the show, and
he only pops up for lame jokes. Here's the problem, though,
His Obama phone is broken, and that is the issue.
(15:41):
So God only knows when he's going to fix it.
The man lost his teeth in his apartment in Miami,
so you can only imagine how long it's going to
take him to fix his phone. At least the culprit.
I have a feeling the phone works, and I think
all he does all day is watch Netflix. Pretty sure
that's all he does, so I'm guessing that part's working,
(16:03):
But the actual phone part of the phone is not working.
And I had the same problem with Hollering James. When
I was in Minnesota over the weekend. I was talking
to hollering James. I lost my cable. He wanted me
to buy him a cable and in a mountain dew
and that whole thing. So anyway that that's the issue with.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Cable and mountain dew. Yes, did you at least get
him the mountain dew?
Speaker 1 (16:25):
He was even people were buying him o coode and stuff,
so I didn't need to do that. But yeah, James
quite the character. And I'm a little upset because I
posted it. I thought I was gonna be nice to
James and post a flattering photo and then people seemed
disappointed that I took a photo where he kind of
looked like he was in decent shape. But there's some
other photos I could post where he looks like job
(16:47):
of the hut. But I wanted to be nice to
the guy. I didn't want to ruin the guy. He's
probably the only time people going to see hollering James,
and so I tried to be courteous because I don't
like when people post photos Eddie of me. When I
look bad. Not that you would ever do that, because
that would be inappropriate. I know you would never do
that as a friend. Honoring James is darker than me.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
All right, I would never do that, by the way, Yes,
you're right.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Ah, yeah, that would be wrong.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
All right.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Now, let's get some postgame flavor, the Miami heat. That's
the story. The Celtics staying alive, staying alive, Gotta win
two more games, though Boston played great last couple of games. Congratulations,
Where was that the first three games? Anyway? Here is
Eric Spolstra, and he is a believer of the malor
philosophy on sport. Here is a coach Spoe educating the
(17:41):
dumb dumbs. It's a competitive series.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
You always expect, you know, things to be challenging. And
the conference finals, you know, one game doesn't lead to
the next game, based on all the experience that we've had.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Yeah, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 5 (17:58):
In the playoffs, it doesn't matter if you lose by whatever,
we beat them by whatever in game three. It just
doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
See, it doesn't matter. Take that those are in the
back of the room. It doesn't matter. All right. Here's
Jimmy Butler and I'm guessing Jimmy Butler exactly. Yeah, he's
gonna explain, Jimmy Butler that the Miami Heat are screwed.
They are up poop Creek without a paddle. They might
as well just plan their vacations. There's no chance of
them winning, Is that correct, Jimmy Butler. We just got
(18:27):
to play better. I'll start the games off better.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
Hom starters make it more difficult for them. They're in
the rhythm since the beginning of the game. But we're
always going to stay positive knowing that we can and
we will win this series, and we'll just have to
close it.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Out at home. Oh be better if he said, ah,
we got no chance. Oh, they're better than us. Come on,
they got Jason Tatum. The Celtics have Jason Tatum, and
they've got Al Horford used to be good and Chile
and Brown and they're just better. And they got a
guy with green hair, Marcus Smart. I mean that the
(19:03):
Celtics the team, the green team, and they got a
guy with with green hair their set. Yeah, anyway, we'll
take some calls. Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox
is the call in number. If you would like to
be part of the program and join the fun, at
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Jason in Kansas City says ten out of ten on
the Mall monologue, the Heat should win the series, but
the Celtics have better offensive players and overall talent. He says,
Jason's going Celtics in seven. We did have the Celtics
winning prior to this, but I have flip flop that've
gone over to Miami, and I'm sticking with Miami and
(19:47):
the key to the Miami Heat. A lot of people
don't know this. It's not coach Spa, it's Coach Carter,
former saddle back gaucho Anthony Carter, who's an assistant coach
for the Miami Heat. That is the key for Miami.
The Burner out rights In says Benjamin, I have exclusive news. Allegedly,
Jimmy Butler was out all night with his new best
(20:08):
friend Shakira. They were drinking cocktails and belly dancing, and
his game suffered. Maybe he should take notes from the
great Mike Tyson. No legs, no jump shot, Jimmy, Come
on hey, Late night drug tester says, great recap of
the game. I did not get to watch. Hearing you
say the word stave makes me think it could be
(20:34):
a candidate of word of the Week on the Fifth
Hour podcast. That's a good idea. I could investigate the
word stave because that's the kind of content that we
save for the Fifth Hour Podcast, which will be up
in fact later on Friday. We paid a lot of
money for the exclusive postgame coverage of the Malord meet
(20:56):
and greet. Nobody else has that content and we're the
only one, and you can only hear that on the
Fifth Hour Podcast nowhere else. Jason writes and says on
the JBD he's the diamond Man JBD scale for a
Malard monologue. That one you just did gets an eleven
point five. It would have been lower until you dropped
a vomit comet. I did that just for you, Jason.
(21:18):
I know you're a fan of the vomit comet. Chip
in the ques rites since says a plus on the
mal Of monologue, my sports talk hating coworker broke his
thumb and will be out of work for a month.
Nobody knows exactly how it happened, but I suspect it
was because someone kicked him in the ass. Okay, look
(21:40):
at that very nice there. I love that lad. You're
getting along so well, Boso, the district Discinery says is
weed man hippie back. I thought he was banned, well, Boso.
He's been part of the show for one segment every
Thursday into Friday for a while. Now, bad job by you.
(22:01):
You are outing yourself for not listening at the beginning
part or the end part of the show. Rather Berg
Doog writes in from so Kelly says Ben, how come
the Shamrocks are able to fight their way back into
the series after falling into an three deficit while the
same situation the Lakers are zero for nine all time.
(22:23):
Is it because the Lakers have no heart or is
it something else? Well, I think that diagnosis makes a
lot of sense. That they just don't have the intestinal
fortitude the Lakers they don't have, that they're lacking that area.
I believe that is the absolute case. They're one.
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Speaker 3 (23:14):
The Mariners beat the A's three to two ty France,
a couple of homers helping Seattle get the four game
series sweep. Oakland has lost eight in a row. They've
been swept in seven series this season, and with an
overall record of ten and forty two, they have tied
the nineteen thirty two Boston Red Sox for the worst
start in baseball history. Congratulate fifty two games.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Yeah, hit the road, Jack, Hit the road. Jack, Get
over to Vegas. Can they leave Oakland now? Maybe they
can play in between the Bay Area and Vegas. They
can stop somewhere in the middle.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
There where any suggestions.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
That rose zzz X row whatever Hysics Road six Road
that's more from Soco, though, I don't know what's in between.
If I've never driven from the northern California to Vegas,
do you just drive south and then cross over. Do
you have to go through do you go over to
Reno and then go down through Nevada? I don't know,
but I'm sure there's some small place in the middle
of nowhere they could play their games, and I recommend it.
(24:12):
I think the people vocal would like to see that.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
I'm sure that they wouldn't mind since they suck so bad.
So we got a little I say, we the the
the the news folks here at.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
The news department, Yes, the news rule.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
We got a We got a memo from our guy,
Dan Bayer.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Who's Tiger Tiger Woods story.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
Is a big golf fan.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Tiger Woods took the bow movement and a truck stop
on the Jersey Turnpike and here with details.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Eddie Garcia, Well, no, it's not about Tiger Woods. It's
about Michael Block.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Now.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
I don't know if you know because you were at
the Mallor meet and great, maybe you didn't follow this,
but the PGA Championship was last weekend and this guy was.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
Michael was not a professional.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Yes, yes, the club pro from down in your neck
of the woods there in mission Villeo, California.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
That's right in your saddleback College.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
Yeah, tied for fifteenth. You had that amazing won and
got a lot of publicity, and so we got a
note say, hey, let's to make sure we report on
what this guy does because a lot of people were
interested in him, which is true. Well, he's dead last
at the Charles schwab Challenge, shot a first round eighty one.
Now in his defense, and I don't blame him one
(25:17):
damn bit. He was on every show imaginable. He was
on Good Morning America. He was on I mean like
any show that had anything to do with it, you know,
like good, feel good stories. That guy was making the round.
So maybe a little worn out from all the stuff
he was doing. I'm sure a lot of people were
slapping him on the back, buying him drinks, having a
good time. Enjoy it while you can. But yeah, Michael
(25:37):
Block dead last right now at the Charles Schwapshaw.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Well, the bad news is he's dead last. The good
news is if he never we never hear from this
guy again that has movie written all over. Does that
not have a book movie deal? Like the guy that
for one weekend out of nowhere became a big name
and then vanished in the thin air?
Speaker 7 (26:00):
Do it.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
That's a little bit too much, though, what are you
talking about?
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Said he would have to win it to have the movie.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
No, but you know the great thing about these days,
you don't have to win. You know when that started,
that started with Danika Patrick. She never won anything, but
people got all excited for Dank and I was like, hey,
we're danic can finishing it. So she never won, never
winner in the United States anyway, and so that from
that point forward. It's been a few years. So hey,
(26:28):
you know winning who cares? Don't have to win? It
is the Ben Malord Show. As we continue on my
fun fact of the hour, and this is putting the
f in fun. The Lakers just got swept by the
Denver Nuggets. Now, the Lakers averaged six and a half
(26:49):
more foul shot attempts per game than Denver. Shocking.
Speaker 7 (26:53):
I know.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
That is the first time since the ABA NBA merger
that a team ended up getting swept in a best
of seven series when they had that large a foul
shot differential. So that's how much better the Nuggets were
than the Lakers despite the foul shooting. And somewhere Klay
(27:14):
Thompson at a tropical resorts probably kicking himself because if
he had just made those wide open three point shots,
the Warriors would have beaten the Lakers also in the
round earlier. We could go down that rabbit hole and
the King's excuse makers are out that Sham Sharania NBA insider.
I have nothing against Sham Sharania, but he works for
an agency who is run The agency is run by
(27:35):
Rich Paul, who is a friend of Lebron James. So
for many in the NBA, they just assume whatever comes
out of Sham Sharania is from Rich Paul and that
he is just repeating insider information that he gets from
Rich Paul. Now do I know that to be true.
I don't know that to be true. I'm just telling
you what the the popular opinion is of Sham Sharani's work.
(27:55):
So he's been planting the story that Lebron played several
months in the NBA season at the end of the
season with a torn tendon in his foot and could surgery,
and so they're planning the excuse that that's why the
Lakers got swept and Lebron he's such a gladiator, Lebron James,
(28:17):
that he played with a partially torn tended. Now, just
between me and you, do you think there's a possibility
that the doctor said, it's a minor tear, You're not
going to injure it anymore. Just keep playing, You're fine
and you can take care of it after the season.
Do you think that conversation took place or do you
think the conversation was, Oh my god, this could be
(28:38):
a career ending injury. You really need to have the operation,
Lebron said, No, I need to play in the first
round of the playoffs and all that, the playing tournament
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to the phones, and we'll say hello to Chris in Houston. Christopher, Hello, Christopher.
Speaker 7 (29:13):
Yes, sir, the man, the myth, the legend. Chris and
Houston back at it to cow the man.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Be that I don't know that we wouldn't go legend.
The man that took the money he got that big
free agent money that big contract to go to the
dreaded day shift.
Speaker 7 (29:31):
Hey, hey, hey, look at that dredded day shift. Got
me days off. I got four day weekend.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
Really, oh yeah, I know I'll be in here. I'll
be barking all weekend.
Speaker 7 (29:41):
Well well, it was really a three day weekend, but
it turned to it four because my gradulations to my daughter.
She's graduating today.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
So no, you know, congratulations, that's wonderful.
Speaker 7 (29:51):
Yeah, we're getting old, we're getting over. But gets who
else getting no old? Man? Dang, did you see I'm
trying to chug jug down at dog old Street, down
at court.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Uh well yeah, every game in the fourth quarter he
got progressively worse. It was outstanding.
Speaker 7 (30:05):
But that last one, that last one, oh my god.
It was like he was trying to put push turbo
and you know when the button gets stuck and he
couldn't really get it going.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
Well, the signature, now you remember I think it was
on Was it on Saturday? I think it was on
Saturday when Lebron might have been earlier in the series.
But he went down for a windmill dunk and he
fumbled the ball out of bounds like.
Speaker 7 (30:27):
He was foot. Yeah, yeah, foot got to him. You know,
must have been messing with especially when he tried to
try to super Super Dunky when Aaron Gordon hit him
and he fell on the ground. You know that was
that old man ball. You know, like give him a
minute to be gathering myself, like, come on, come on,
it's over man, father time has won.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
It's not over. He's gonna play. He'll play two more years.
Bronnie James will spend one year at SC and then
he'll go to the NBA and Lebrono and lebron set
up his contract. He totally set up. He's got one
more year with the Lakers. Then he's got a player option,
which means if Bronnie James ends up on the Lakers,
will stay with the Lakers for two more years. If not,
he'll opt out of the contract and sign with whatever
(31:11):
team Bronnie James gets to, as long as it's not
Oklahoma City or Sacramento.
Speaker 7 (31:15):
Well, I got two more things being okay, First of all,
before I say my two things, I'll be out there
two weeks. I say, hellok see you guys. If you
want me to come by, I'll come by. If not, hey,
look here, I'm not a worm. I'm not trying to
get in or you fit in. You know. I'm just
letting you guys know, I'll be in there of you, brother,
you know, to see you. All right.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Well, we'll see if we can have you in. Well,
we'll see if the schedule works out. So that's why
it's a mid we're looking at mid June here. What
are we looking at?
Speaker 7 (31:40):
Yeah, June June tenth.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
Very good.
Speaker 7 (31:44):
Yeah, and my first thing, okay in sports. And you
know I haven't been on the mic in a long time.
I don't want that. Choke card is nowhere near Houston,
please people, Okay.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
Now he's coming back. He's coming. What about what about
the strippers? What about the strippers? Christ the economy you are?
Speaker 7 (32:01):
The dance almost made me curse being ok.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
No, No, the dancers, the ballet dancers in Houston. James
Harden is a Hall of famer at the club.
Speaker 5 (32:10):
Right.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Didn't they retire his jersey there? That's how prolific he is.
He's a legend in Houston.
Speaker 7 (32:15):
I quit the club a long time ago. I need wins.
I don't need clubs. I don't need choke cartis and
two is a quiet experiment over in Clipperland. What's wrong
with your Clippers, Well, the championship, the.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Problem with the Clippers, chrism Clippers. Maybe I might be
busy in a couple of weeks. I don't know if
we can have you internet. I think I'm something getting
busy better, I know. I mean, Kawhi doesn't want to
play and he loves basketball. He doesn't love playing unless
he's one hundred percent, which is problematic because you're never
going to be one hundred percent by the time the
(32:50):
playoffs come around, even if you play fifty games, which
is what Kawhi does, but fifty games a year.
Speaker 7 (32:55):
So you know, if you was compared to a car
buying a car, what kind of car that you buy?
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Well, you bought a Maserati, but you can only drive
it on Sunday and you can't drive it any other
day other than Sunday.
Speaker 7 (33:10):
More like a Hugo engine.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
But it looks good, it's look it's a solid. I
get out. I'm done with you. I can't get rid
of I won't leave. I can't get rid of you.
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who am I?
Speaker 7 (33:37):
Game?
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Here we go. We'll do football, We'll do the MLB pick.
But here's a football Who am I? G I was
a sixth round pick. I played my entire career with
an ACL missing in one of my knees and another
ACL badly stapled together in my other knee. Still, I
managed to play ten seasons as a linebacker. I had
(33:59):
over fIF fifty sachs, over seven hundred tackles, thirty five
forced fumbles, and ten interceptions. And that was one of
the best linebackers of my era. Who am I? That
is the question? The answer next.
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Speaker 1 (34:48):
It's Ben Malor and here is the who am I? Game?
A blatant attempt to get you to listen a little
bit longer. I was a sixth round pick. I played
my entire career with an ACO missing in one of
my knees and the other ACL was stapled together poorly
in my other knee. I still played ten seasons as
a linebacker. I had over fifty sacks, over seven hundred tackles,
(35:11):
thirty five forced fumbles, and ten interceptions. One of the
top linebackers of my era. Who am I? That is
the question? And what is the answer. Let's see does
anyone know the answer? Robin Vegas says Tory Wilson. The
answer Jeff in Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma, going with former Fox
(35:35):
Sports radio broadcaster Kirk Morrison. Ray Nichi from the Palm
Desert rat Gene Simmons, tossed out by the Cowboy Killer
Midnight Walker says Vikings legend. Jeff Simeon is the answer.
Rulan Jones of the Broncos, The Late Night Drug tester
Miguel on Fire says you are Steve Zabin the Zabe
(35:57):
former Fox Sports Radio Morning Guy and Milwaukee Y radio legend.
Who else do we have? Page down Scott and Rhode
Island's going with Bill Clinton? Jay Dot in Utah says
LeVar Arrington Our Collie Shane from Des Moines going with
Seahawks Diva, Joey Galloway, Blind Sea Bass from the Philly
(36:18):
rob Tribute to carry what happened to Blind Sea Bass?
That guy disappeared? Martina Navratalova from matthe Warrior Raider fan
no longer an A's fan. Big Greg and Iowa says
it is the jumbo tron outside the Mermaid event Center.
One hundred percent, one hundred percent. That's right, Eddie. Do
you have an answer? Eddie? Do you have an answer?
Speaker 3 (36:40):
I do. It's the field mouse, Sam.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
Mills, Sam Mills A fine answer, but not the right answer, Eddie.
That's bad stealer knowledge by you. I just who am
I game? Answer? Greg Lloyd number ninety five in your program,
but number one in your.
Speaker 3 (36:57):
Heart the first jersey I ever purchased as a young man.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Still okay, Fort Valley State out of Georgia. Well, you're
very You and him are very similar to the style
of play as a football player, very very similar. There
your technique. Right now, it is time for the m
LB Peckham Daily Fantasy Baseball and whoever gets the most
(37:25):
Fantasy points will be declared the winner and the champion
of the world for the day and the Kopa loop.
You are up for yes, thank you, Logan Gilbert who
Seattle Pitcher that I picked? But with my first pick
today one? Come on, Coop, we don't have all night, Coop,
(37:49):
we don't have all night. Just pick I guess. Oh
that's a bad pick. That is a bad pick. Roberto,
you are up. Roberto will take Let's see here, what
kind of meaning was? Oh my god, come on, Justin
Mitch Keller.
Speaker 3 (38:07):
Mitch Keller.
Speaker 1 (38:08):
Boo, yeah, Mitch Keller. He's a good picture.
Speaker 7 (38:10):
You have him.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
I'm gonna take Aaron Judge, Eddie in last place, Eddie,
Let's go with Justin Steele and right, Oh done, Scarcia,
my cousin, you're gonna have him. I'll take the great
Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers, Roberto, I will take Peter
a Lonzo, Peter Alonzo, the Metropolitans Koober Loop. The back
(38:31):
to back one goes Bronald Dakona Junior and Michael Trout.
Oh yeah, I remember when he used to be good.
What about you, Roberto.
Speaker 2 (38:40):
The best catcher in baseball this year Will Smith.
Speaker 1 (38:42):
Maybe Will Smith, and you should have picked your pitcher
George Kirby of the Mariners. I got Kirby, Eddie.
Speaker 3 (38:49):
All right, we're gonna lose Matt Olson of the Braves.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
Eddie, you gotta go quick.
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