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Hello and welcome to this special edition of the Hoop Collective podcast.

We talk about the NBA, specifically Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, which is an instant classic.

Joining me from about 40 blocks uptown here in New York City is Tim Bontemps.

The phrase instant classic is throwing around a lot.

That was an instant classic game won us first time.

Yeah, I was almost sad that one team had to lose because I just appreciated so much the effort level that was going into the game.

But it's an absolutely historic game. It'll be

remembered for a long time. I don't know if it'll be the best game in the series, but the excitement

is that it's only game one of the series. Victor Wimbunyama's stat line in this game, Bontems,

is, you know, pretty iconic.

First off, he played 49 minutes.

He's never played that much in a game in his life.

I've ventured a guess.

He scored 41 points, had 24 rebounds, three block shots,

but most importantly, in the second overtime of the game,

and, you know, we could spend 25 minutes just detailing all of his, his exploits in this game,

primarily, you know, clutch plays. But in the second overtime of this game, when I thought that he's just not going to have any juice left, any gas left,

he scored nine points and had four rebounds in a block in that five minutes.

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