There's this thing on one two, my check went to. And then the communication, that's your glue. Man, this is our city. This is our city, man. We did it, man. It's unbelievable. Feel like black Jesus. We've seen the story before. We've seen the story before. Welcome to the Athletic NBA show. Monday. On the Athletic Podcast Network. Welcome to Pied Africa. No, let me stop by Zach. Let me stop my Zach impersonation.

We need to keep that in.

I do have a take.

Here's what happens.

Since it's Steph Curry, you have to be chasing him over the screen.

So you're going over that guy that you're switching on to,

which means when you switch onto him, you're on his back.

And all of the warrior screeners, whether it's Auto Porter or Andrew Wiggins or Jordan Poole, whoever,

are really good at saying, okay, you switch, you're onood dip to the rim back door cut so you can't just say switch that switch that switch that switch that switch that switch that switch that switch that

Yeah, but welcome to point of contention.

Five subjects, five minutes, five points of contention coming up on the show.

It's the finals, folks, plus Quinn Snyder, maybe trying to get out of there.

And who should Kevin Durant be rooting for?

Today, June 2nd. Happy leave the office early

day. You have my permission.

No matter where you are, you get to

leave your office early.

Plus it's NBA finals. You got to get out of there

get your setup. On this day in

2007, Cleveland Cavaliers

punched a ticket to the first ever

NBA finals for them with 9882 victory in game six of the Eastern Conference finals against the Detroit Pistons. A 22-year-old LeBron James led the way. He finished with 20 points, 14 rebounds, which was a game high. Eight assists, which was a game high, two steals and two blocks. He played 44 minutes there. I always told my team, I'm going to try to do my best to try to bring it home. Man, for one for this fans. These fans here, man, this is special. This is very, this is big. This is the biggest thing I ever done. There's your attention, LeBron James, for the playoffs in the NBA finals, which you will be seeking on Twitter this entire time.

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