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

And the game that got a fair amount of attention,

considering the amount of suckage that the Los Angeles,

Lakers and the 76ers, two franchises that used to be proud franchise.

At one point in the history of the NBA,

these two teams were a big deal, right?

They were both great.

Hadman that way for a long time, a long time.

They got together, and there's nothing marketing people love more than hyping up the future.

You can always sell the future.

It's one of the things we bring up a lot in these parts and selling the future of young players. The assumption is young players are always going to

get better and better and better and better. Of course, it doesn't always work out that way.

But Philadelphia has been throwing away seasons for years, right? They've made it their

franchise charter to suck.

And now this year is supposed to be different, supposed to be different,

and it's all going to come together.

The stars were out, those that haven't yet been caught as perverts.

We're at Staples Center to watch this activity there.

And sure enough, we had a high-scoring game, we had an exciting game, and we had a game

where one guy stole the show.

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