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Now, many, many of the mainstream media,

they assured us a couple weeks ago that the Milwaukee Bucks were going to go to the NBA final.

How did that work out?

Well, we'll get into it.

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So you're never supposed to put the cart ahead of the horse, but many did after the Bucks came out, won a close game one, and then blew the doors off the Raptors in game two

of the Eastern Finals. It was the presumptive favorite, Milwaukee. They're going to go to the

finals for the first time since 1974. How did that work out? Well, they had the lead, and then they vomited all over the court, losing the next four games.

And I recall the cinema, well, at Milwaukee, they're not going to lose two in a row.

Then they lost two in a row. Well, they're not going to lose three in a row.

They're not going to lose four in a row.

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