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Hello and welcome.

It's our number one.

Hour number one of the Ben Mer radio program recorded off commercial radio rebroadcast on the podcast with limited commercial interruption, but you already

knew that.

So we pull out the Mallor scale of panic here in hour, number one.

The Clippers losing to the Dallas Mavericks in game two, a four-point game in the final minutes.

But the Maverick backups doing the damage.

So where are we at on the Mather scale of panic?

You are about to find out a Marconi-worthy Mather monologue coming your way right now.

A Mavreck of a performance by the Clippers.

Welcome in the beginning of yet another edition of the Ben Mather show.

We are in the air everywhere as we stay ahead of the curve, hanging out here, border to

coast to coast and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from

the flight deck soaring on the red eye all night long hanging out here

at the Fox Sports Radio Studios.

Hope you are doing well.

Good to have you along for the red eye flight.

So our lead coming from Pro Bouncy Ball.

It was a game that ended not that long ago as the NBA playoffs continuing on a Tuesday night.

It was game two of the opening round of the post season.

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