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Bridewin Horse here we are on the Cusp of the NBA playoffs, beginning with a plan around tonight.

And what it means is that from now until late June, we will have high stakes basketball,

essentially, every single night.

What's the life of Bridewin Horse going to be like the next two months?

Well, you like prepare, you like say, okay, I have to get clothes ready, get toiletries,

armed, say you're goodbyes to your family, because I live at a non-BNBA city,

so there's no home games for me.

But that's me for the NBA fan.

You probably have eight to nine weeks of a lot of drama.

And this year, there's a lot of teams that are hugely invested in hitting the Grand Slam this season.

I mean, every team to a certain extent has a lot, you know, on the line when you get into a

postseason setting. But there's not enough success to go around just by pure mathematics.

There must be failures and potential fallout that comes along with that.

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