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Hello and welcome.

It's our number one.

Hour number one of today's podcast.

And before I tell you what's on the menu for today's show, a programming note for you.

We have a spin-off podcast called The Fifth Hour with Ben Mallor.

And today's podcast, my old buddy from Fox Sports Radio Past, the great Pat O'Brien, P-O-B.

It's on TV for years at CBS, NBA Finlay. The great Pat O'Brien, P-O-B.

It's on TV for years at CBS, NBA Finals, World Series, Super Bowl, Olympics, golf majors, the final four.

This man did every major sporting event on television, handling the pre-game post-game responsibilities.

He will be hanging out with us.

We'll tell some old stories about radio and television in the past.

We'll catch up with the great P.O.B.

On the fifth hour.

Now, this hour in hour number one of our podcast, the Lakers,

unfortunately take a three-to-one lead over the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals.

I will tell you why not LeBron and not A.D.

Neither one of those guys gets a game ball in my book.

I'll tell you who the three stars of this game are.

We'll get to that right now here in our number one.

Here it is.

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