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

So there's a couple ways to look at this.

Golden State, an overwhelming favorite to beat Cleveland.

We had an exclusive on this show this week that they were 1,000-point favorites.

My guy Eddie reporting that, that the Warriors were favored by 1,000 points over the Cavaliers.

And Cleveland covered the spread.

They did.

I don't know if you listened yesterday to the show.

Maybe you didn't.

You might get back and heard the podcast.

But at the very end, I told you that my degenerate gambling friend said the smart money,

the historic money, the trends rather indicate that you bet on Cleveland

because these big favorites game one of the finals.

Usually you take the underdog, you do pretty well, and Cleveland covered the spread.

And for 48 minutes, back and forth, they traded punches, dead Eve.

You know, the Bron James worshippers, their God, their deity played very well.

He had 51 points.

They can slobber all over LeBron James.

Good for them, right?

And it's good for us because J.R. Smith is alive and well, and part of a team.

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