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I am Jared Weiss.

I'm joined by Trayvon Edwards.

We have Brian Smith on the boards for this one.

And Trey, I'm from fucking memphis asshole

john moran leading it for the grizzlies 116 to 108 just an epic jaw evening jaw he said i'm him

he is he's arrived i mean there was questions whether he was going to be an all-star this season

i think he stamped, solidified.

I mean, Steph had a triple double, but it wasn't the best night.

And the Warriors looked kind of out of sync without Dre out there early on.

And, you know, they could fallback and, you know, I had a chance to make it a game.

But, you know, Jive had a couple of layups down the stretch. And man, he's, he's must see TV. Yeah, I mean, what makes Jaws special is very end of the game, I feel like we're used to a lot of guys throughout the league, they get to jumpers at the end of the game. And, you know, they're just kind of catching hot from three. They're getting to their mid-range. Jha, when he closes out the game, it's like the most incredible acrobatic layups. The one he had at the end where he jumps early off the wrong foot, is holding off a defender with his right hand and just has that big scoop layup with the left hand that ended up being basically the clincher. The degree of difficulty in the shots that he's hitting, it's almost LeBron-esque. It was kind of like reminiscent of when LeBron every single time or Russ when he was still efficient and good, it's like every time they would close out the game, it would be them just driving through a triple team and there's nothing the defense can do to stop them.

Yeah, I mean, once he gets this going, good luck, you know, and Steph made a comment about like,

it's been a joy to watch the rise of John Morant. You know what I mean? Like, he's continued to

get better against every team. And this Memphis team is very scrappy.

If you don't get on them, they'll punch you in the mouth.

And they stay consistent.

They, you know, if this was a year or two ago, they're fighting to stay alive.

They're not keeping leads.

This team is just going to continue to be getting better.

And not only if they're going to be like a tough first round matchup, they're going to win a series.

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