Welcome back to the four-season show by Bala's Life.

I am Ryan Mogdosh.

I'm sitting here with Zach Noble, and the NBA finals are finally here after COVID, after quarantining.

It feels good.

It's a panic.

It's kind of weird that it's upon us. It made it.

Kind of weird that it's going to be playing in October, but absolutely better than nothing.

Let's hope it's as electric as October baseball.

I don't know if you guys know much about October baseball, but I like playoffs in any sport, and baseball is electric in October.

I'm not going to wish that the NBA is more like the MLB in any circumstance.

Yeah, we've always talked about how much we've hated baseball, but October baseball isn't normal baseball.

I understand what you're trying to say.

We did get some randomness.

A little differentiator like you were talking about from the beginning due to the bubble.

We got a five seed.

Oh, boy.

Is this what you're expecting?

Is this kind of what you had in mind from the beginning? Absolutely. That was my first little note, boy. Is this what you're expecting? Is this kind of what you had in mind from the beginning?

Absolutely.

That was my first little note jot down.

We got Heat versus Lakers, and I said, it's going to be somebody weird that's just going to be hanging around and going to find themselves contending for a championship.

And when we watch it play out, it doesn't seem weird.

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