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We mentioned that last night's playoff game was the biggest of the career for Paul George.

People started making fun of playoff P as a nickname, and he became pandemic P.

He ends up having a spectacular night.

Like Paul George was, and look, credit Doc Rivers and also credit Kauai Leonard.

If you watch really that game, they wanted to get him going.

You know, guys are, and this goes against analytics, but I do believe there are certain guys.

I played with a great player in college, Desmond Mason.

If he got a dunk early in the game, he'd make shots he didn't normally make. He'd do things defensively. But if he was missing shots early in the game, sometimes he could get what's called his dober down. Dobber's a little bobber in the water when you fish. It's a southern expression. You have certain guys that if they hit a free throw, it gets their jump shot going.

They get a layup.

They get a dunk.

They get a take a charge.

Everybody's different.

You know, we told you kind of about the fallacy of analytics in that there's this belief that, you know, if you miss shots early, you're more likely to make shots.

You know, every shot you have the same percentage chance of making it.

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