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We just watched basketball games.

Yeah. Yeah.

Basketball. It's great.

So we are recording this on Thursday night at the conclusion of the Lakers Clippers game.

So we get to instantly react to what we just saw.

My first reaction was, you know, you and I both agreed that we think this is very probably going to be the Western Conference finals.

If that is the case, I will sign up for that because I mean, I don't know what we thought about the quality of basketball and what it would be like the intensity of basketball and what it would be like.

I think there's just so many unknowns after taking so long of a time off. But look, we're going to get to the first game in a little bit.

Both of the games that I just got done watching that went all the way down to the wire had every bit of intensity and everything I missed, you know, like the NBA could not have scripted this any better for the two games that they put on for the world to see as they returned to basketball.

Both of these are great. And especially that second game between two the two top seeds in the Western Conference going down to the last minutes and then the last shots.

I mean, that was everything I could have expected and more.

It was a special special night of basketball, you know, just to give the scores for people waking up early.

Lakers one one all three one over the Clippers and jazz one one all six one all four over the pelicans, which like he said, we'll get to later.

That's the second game, man, like if if this is a preview of what a conference final series would look like between those teams like sign me up, man, like that could be a series for the ages between those two teams.

And you know what? I mean, there were times I felt tonight watching both these teams that like they're not even playing the best they level they can.

These teams can both be better Clippers obviously missing Lou will and Harold and then on the other I mean also I barely come in and cold here not a lot of practice time getting back and then the Lakers couldn't shoot the ball all game long.

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