Daily Ding: Embiid dominates in OT, Bulls win without DeMar, Giannis comes back to beat Cavs
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🗓️ 7 December 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Mo Dakhil and Dave DuFour breakdown the highlights from an overloaded Monday night in the NBA. Joel Embiid scores 43 to lead the Sixers over a depleted Hornets team in overtime. The Bulls win against the Nuggets in spite of star DeMar DeRozan entering the league's health and safety protocols. Chris Paul puts on a crunch time clinic as the Suns hold off the Spurs.
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| 0:00.0 | Ding ding! |
| 0:03.0 | How about we can just watch basketball? |
| 0:08.8 | How about we can just watch basketball? |
| 0:14.0 | Hello and welcome to The Daily Ding on the Athletic NBA show. |
| 0:18.2 | I'm Dave DeFort here with Mo DeKille for your Tuesday morning update. |
| 0:23.3 | Before we start, don't forget, folks, if you aren't already a subscriber, you can get this podcast ad-free, along with all the great journalism that we offer over at the athletic by going to theathletic.com slash NBA show. |
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| 0:37.7 | Tell them we sent you, support the show. |
| 0:40.1 | Let's get to it. |
| 0:41.2 | Lots to get to, Mo. |
| 0:43.1 | This was a huge Monday night. |
| 0:45.0 | And we got to start with a wild one in Charlotte that kicked off tonight. |
| 0:49.0 | Mo, we got overtime in this first game between the Charlotte Hornets and the 76ers. |
| 0:54.0 | The Hornets came into Monday night with five players in the health and safety protocols, |
| 1:00.0 | including starters Lamello Ball, Terry Rozier, and Mason Plumley. |
| 1:04.5 | But this team, they pulled themselves together and led by 35 points and six threes from, |
| 1:10.3 | and stop me if you heard this one before, |
| 1:12.8 | Kelly Ubre Jr. |
| 1:14.8 | Look, the Hornets made this a freaking game, Mo. |
| 1:20.2 | But Joel Embed ultimately just too much. |
| 1:23.3 | Not only did he hit the game time basket |
| 1:25.2 | to send the game into overtime. |
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