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Hello and welcome.

It's our number one, hour number one of our radio program.

And we relish on the podcast here, the Lakers doors blown off.

They were publicly panced by the Phoenix Suns.

LeBron James had implied that he was going to put the Lakers on his shoulders with Anthony

Davis out.

And boy, did LeBron ever deliver on that promise.

The Lakers losing by 30 points.

So how humiliating is that loss?

The Lakers now on the brink of elimination.

We take a look.

We'll get to it right now.

Here it is our number one.

Burned by the Phoenix.

Welcome in the beginning of another edition of the Ben Mather Show.

Here we are together again in the air everywhere as we jump into the fray,

coast to coast, border to border and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones

of FSR emanating live from the flight deck as we soar on the red eye all night long

hanging out here at the Fox Sports Radio Studios.

And I think if you've listened to this show it all over the years,

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