Daily Ding: Sixers outlast Celtics, Thunder strike Grizzlies, Jazz swat Hornets
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🗓️ 21 December 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Travonne Edwards and Dave DuFour breakdown the big games from December 20th in the NBA. Joel Embiid drops 41 as the Sixers beat the Celtics. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 23 as the Thunder shock the Grizzlies late. Rudy Gobert scores 23 points to go along with 21 rebounds as the Jazz hold off the Hornets.
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| 0:00.0 | He's having a blinder. He's clipped the post. He's looking formidable. Then... |
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| 0:32.1 | Ding ding! |
| 0:41.1 | How about we can just watch basketball? How about we can just watch basketball? |
| 0:46.3 | Hello and welcome to The Daily Ding on The Athletic InBA show. |
| 0:50.1 | I'm Dave DeFore here with Trevon Edwards for your Tuesday morning update. |
| 0:53.7 | Before we start, don't forget, if you aren't already a subscriber, you can get this podcast, |
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| 1:07.7 | Lots to get to, so we're going to jump right in. |
| 1:09.5 | And first, Steve Kerr has officially been named the head coach of the USA men's basketball team for the next summer Olympic cycle, which of course includes the 2023 World Cup in Japan, the Philippines and Malaysia, and the 2024 Olympics. |
| 1:25.4 | We kind of knew this was coming, Trey, and it seems like we'll get a little bit more business as usual since it's Steve Kerr taking over for Greg Popovich. |
| 1:34.6 | Yeah, I mean, he's been under the wing for a while, and it was kind of like just passing on. |
| 1:40.4 | And obviously, Pop has, you know, being a part of USA basketball for a while, |
| 1:47.8 | and he's ended his tenure and just kind of passing it on. And obviously, I think the same |
| 1:52.3 | situation would open up if San Antonio had had some vacancies he would probably go over there, too. |
| 1:58.5 | So Ker's the right person to hand it over to and then guys |
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