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

Painfully slow night in the NBA,

no good teams playing.

There's only one game.

So thank God for the gift that was Ray Allen.

Oh, my hell, Bill Miller.

No, well, listen, hey, I just play the hits here.

And this was a gift.

The Thanksgiving Week surprise, if you will. Now, I

moonlighted. I did a little radio in Boston earlier and we talked a lot about this particular

story and I feel like we need to go down this highway to start the Ben Mallor show because

it's just a wonderful story.

And if you've not been keeping up on the gossipy stuff, boy, this is good.

Even if you don't usually like gossipy stuff, you can't help but be dragged it. Because I would think the younger demo, the prime

18 to 34 demographic,

you've been in a situation where you

could have been involved in something like this.

You could have been involved in something like this.

We're talking about Ray Allen, Ray Ray, Ray.

Jesus Shuttle's Worth.

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