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First Take

Hour 2 : Contender or Pretender

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Molly Qeirm and Stephen A Smith are joined by JJ Redick and Chris 'Mad Dog" Russo takes a deeper dive into the NBA as they debate what first round matchups would be worth watching. As we get closer to the NBA Playoffs we now begin to look at the impact on players careers, what a ring would mean, and who may have the easiest road to accomplish it all. This and more on First Take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Dog talk about the red hot race. One there 11 straight yesterday beating the red

0:04.3

socks. Seven to two they matched a major lead record in 29 homers 11 games and

0:08.6

they lead the lead in ERA. Dog will the race get back to the World Series this

0:13.0

year? Absolutely not. Let me throw cold water on it and they are only the 14 by

0:16.8

the way in baseball to start off 12 and 0 last or 11 or last thing to do with

0:21.2

the blurs in 87 and they lost 12 in a row in May didn't make a playoffs.

0:26.0

Rays of beat the Tigers that Matt's the athletics were a triple-a team and

0:33.0

the red socks will they always be 12 in a row in Tampa. I do not take them

0:38.0

seriously as a world championship team they win 90 games but I put a lot of

0:42.8

cold water on this winning streak the opponents that up beat the Yankees and

0:46.0

the Astros so no I don't make it big deal about it. All right done deal okay

0:50.6

here's tonight's NBA play in tournament games on ERA Spain and the

0:53.6

ad seven Eastern six central the Raptor toast the bulls in the Eastern

0:57.6

conference 910 game that it's the Western conference 910 game between the

1:00.9

Thunder and the Pelicans the losers their seasons over the winners play the

1:05.4

losers of the 7a our coverage begins with NBA countdown that's a 630 Eastern

1:10.3

in we have Stephen A's world and I heard JJ is going to make an appearance so

1:13.9

you can watch the game with those two. No yeah you know I was like eat on

1:18.0

stand with a privilege I don't know if I just roll up in my

1:21.0

liberty not got love for you you know based on your current condition I'm

1:25.2

feeling that I there may be a need for me to carry the show when I'm on true

1:30.1

story all right let's go guys the maker outlasts the T will no T during the

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