Hello, welcome to the Hoot Collective podcast.

We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Wednesday morning after a tremendous game

in Oklahoma City.

Joining me from New York City is Tim Bottoms.

A couple tremendous games tonight.

You forgot about a game involving a certain team in Cavs Corner.

And also, it's a tremendous night because this afternoon, we did part of this podcast

and I had to babysit two people.

I had to babysit Tim McMahon, for usual.

And I also had to babysit the young king who I had to watch while his mom went shopping

for the first time.

And so during the pod, he was sitting next to me. And

believe it or not, be no noise. He's a very good little boy. Yeah, if you want to, yeah, if you

want, I would say that McMahon would join us later, but technically, he'll be later in this

broadcast or whatever you want to call it. There'll be some time travel on the pod. But,

uh, it was actually done earlier while I was in Los Angeles.

Now I'm in Boston.

But he's in Oklahoma City right now talking to the folks after this game.

And we're going to start right there, Von Temps, not because Cavs Corner has collapsed,

but because the quality of this game was extraordinary. This was a vintage

playoff game between superstar players, throwing haymakers at each other, war in the trenches,

players going from goat to hero, high pressure, everything you could ask for a game, especially

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