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Hostile takeover of the NBA finals. Welcome in the beginning of another week of the Ben Mather show.

We are together in the air everywhere as we eat the alphabet soup,

coast to coast, border to border and beyond on the vast and mighty 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 studio.

So our lead this hour coming from basketball.

There was no NBA finals game that was played on Sunday.

It was on Saturday.

An odd quirk in the schedule over the weekend.

Now, the Bucks rallying from 16 points down early to K.O.

The sons, Janis Edentacumbo, throwing it down.

And the alley-oop late in that game, the signature moment.

If you saw the game on Saturday, you know what I'm talking about. 32 points, 9 rebound,

six assists, and more importantly, the Almighty W as Drew Holiday of all people, playing

the rare and appropriate good game. He doesn't usually play that well. Drew Holiday, but he was very good.

Never heard of him.

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