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It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here?

Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn. In our first season,

Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election,

which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.

So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore.

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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

Following the game one, annihilation, which was really just a first half annihilation by the Rockets,

it certainly seemed like the Utah Jazz would not be much of an obstacle for the Rockets.

It was a mess of a first half. But we pointed out in a previous edition of the Ben Mather show that despite that splatter

that came out of the Utah Jazz in Game 1, they did settle down in the second after

falling behind by a gazillion points and actually outscored the Rockets in game in that game

one in the third and fourth quarter.

And people say, well, it doesn't really matter.

It's a blowout.

Who cares?

Well, clearly the Jazz parlaying that with some other adjustments in series adjustments.

And they came out and they were the dominant team outscutscoring the Rockets, three out of four quarters, controlling the game.

The game was played at a high pace.

The Jazz got 116 points.

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