No gloss, no filter.

Just stories.

Spoken without fear.

Person who is not generous can not be an artist.

The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers.

Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Abhaw on the IHeart Radio app,

Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Come for the honesty.

Stay for the fire.

I think what's tough about it is had you guys lost to Boston, I know, just to call a spade

like going into the matchup, obviously you guys were underdogs, right? Like, had you lost to Boston, I don't think the majority of the fan base would have been like super surprised because, you know, they beat you guys four, four times starting the regular season. But you get past Boston and it's such like a, such an amazing feeling for Eastern Conference Finals in 25 years.

And then you lose to a team that is super beatable, right?

I think that's in a and sort of, and the tone is set from game one, right?

Which is obviously, you know, we could talk about.

But I think that's what's, you know, I don't know how you guys feel,

but I feel like that's, that's what's tough, right? It's like they're very, very beatable team, in my opinion.

I mean, I feel like everybody was beatable.

I mean, yeah, everybody's clearly beatable.

I just feel like when everyone, that's why when people always ask about, like, how do you

deal with like the highs and lows of like the season, certain situations, expectations. Like I always said, you got to keep a level ahead because, like, you can't really read the press when things are saying things are negative about you and then you can't read it when things are positive about you. And so when everyone, obviously, people were like, weren't picking us to be Boston and then you'd be Boston. It was like, oh, well, like, you guys are all haters, you guys all hate it, like, all that stuff.

And then when were the favorite to beat Indiana, everyone was like, oh, yeah, we got it, we're the favorite, we're the favorite.

And then we don't beat them.

...