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Taking down a three-legged deer.

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

We are together in the air everywhere as we lumber along coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the flight deck as we saw on the red eye all night long here hanging out at the Fox Sports Radio Studio.

So Paul is well with you.

We do thank you for choosing this show to listen to.

There are other options.

Not good options, but there

are other options. So our lead this hour coming from Pro Bouncy Ball, without much fanfare,

without much buildup, there was no buzz at all for the 2021 NBA finals, but they did play them.

They did. Trust me, they did. The Milwaukee Bucks and the Phoenix Suns in game one,

the storyline coming in was about the health of Milwaukee star Janice Edentacumbo.

When I had gone to bed after the overnight show in the previous episode, he was listed

as doubtful. By the time he woke up, by the time I woke up,

he had also woken up and the status had improved. And did he play in a surprise? Yes.

The Greek freak was out there. He hyper-extended his left knee a week ago. And the way that

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