‘Heat Check’ — Basketball Doesn’t Stop (Ep. 165)

The Ringer NBA Show

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🗓️ 20 November 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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The Ringer’s Juliet Litman and John Gonzalez review the Celtics’ continuing win streak (0:49), marvel at the Warriors’ effortless dominance (3:31), and tout the young 76ers’ impressive recent performance (9:45). Then, they play "Real or Not Real?" with the sinking Los Angeles Clippers (16:33), check in on James Harden and Lonzo Ball (22:50), and preview the holiday weekend’s slate of games (27:52). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:11.0	Welcome to the Monday Heat Check on the Ringer NBA Show. I'm Juliette Litman.
0:15.0	I'm John Gonzalez.
0:16.2	We have a really fun week at basketball ahead and we're coming off a really fun few days as well.
0:20.8	It turns out that basketball does not stop.
0:22.8	Basketball doesn't stop. You know, I think that Nike is underrated for that ad campaign from the lockout.
0:28.5	Yeah.
0:29.0	It's like the best one ever. Basketball doesn't never stop.
0:31.6	It really doesn't. I went out. I realized I went out way too fast during the preseason.
0:36.2	Too much summer league, too much preseason.
0:39.4	Forgot that it's a marathon. You got to take your time. But we're using into it.
0:42.7	It's not even a marathon anymore. It's just like a constant cross-country trek.
0:46.2	Yes. Because it's all the time.
0:47.2	It's never ending. It's an ultra marathon.
0:48.8	But right now it's particularly fun. And it's particularly fun if you're a Boston Celtics fan.
0:53.0	I really want to apologize to everybody who's not a Celtics fan because we have
0:56.6	we have managed to almost lead every single pod with them.
1:00.8	But it's unavoidable, Juliet. They're really good. They've won 15 games in a row.
1:05.1	And on top of that, they beat the Golden State Warriors
1:08.9	without Gordon Hayward in their own gym. This was the team that we thought, like,
1:12.8	what are the Celtics going to look like after the last quarter?
1:15.2	What do they look like? They look amazing.
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