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Hello and welcome.

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

And the focus this hour on pro bouncy ball, we watched the NBA finals game one, so you wouldn't have to.

And our big takeaways, Janice Edentacumbo, a decoy for the bucks.

He did play, but he took by by his standards, a handful of shots.

Also, Mike Breen slobbering all over CP3.

The NBA marketing department thinks that

Chris Paul is going to save the NBA

finals ratings.

We disagree. That and more.

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

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.

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