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Hello and welcome.

It's our number one.

Hour number one of our radio program.

We kick off a new week of programming here on the Ben Mather show.

Hope you had a great weekend and heard the fifth hour podcast, which was broadcast all weekend long.

Well, here in our number one, our reaction to the big game seven, it's the monologue you've been waiting for but didn't know you needed.

The Clippers, K.O. the Mavericks in the NBA postseason game seven will dust off the

Mallor's scale of joy and also mention how the NBA media Kool-Aid drinkers, their storyline, went to

hell in a handbasket.

That and more.

It's coming your way right now in our number one.

A lot of broken takes, many of them, people jumping off the ship and now trying to swim back on the good ship clipper.

Welcome in the beginning of another week of the Ben Mallor show.

We are in the air everywhere as we hit the ground running 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 here at the very comfortable Fox Sports Radio Studios.

Hope all is well with you.

I think we know what we're going to lead with on this show.

Kupaloup was really hoping for this monologue.

I know Eddie wanted to see the Clippers win on Friday to get this monologue.

Roberto was nodding his head in agreement.

So here we are.

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