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Welcome to the NBA Daily Ding on The Athletic NBA Show.

Ding, ding, ding.

How about we can just watch basketball?

I like that idea.

Good morning and welcome to the Daily Ding.

I'm your host, Mo DeKio, with me, IslauMauri.

We're going to recap what was probably some really bad basketball from Thursday night.

No way to sugarcoat it.

We're going to start with the Boston Celtics, completely

ripping the hearts out of Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans taking on the Joker list, Denver Nuggets,

and we'll talk playing. But before we get started, Law, how are you doing, man?

I feel better than the Milwaukee Bucks, that's sure. Well, I mean, there's no way to really kind of sugarcoat it from the very beginning of this game.

The Celtics just jumped all over Milwaukee.

They put up 140 on that, dude.

140 to 99 win, a 41 point just rubbing from the Boston Celtics in Milwaukee.

This was a pretty, this was a game I was very excited for, and I'm going to be honest, I'd like my money back. I'll tell you what. I actually thought the first quarter was all right for the most part. You know, like they, they went a little bit back and full for, I think, the first eight minutes of the game or so. And I think when the benches came in, that's when things got a little bit sideways

for the bucks.

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