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welcome back to the herd joy taylor alex curry

in for colin cowherd all week as he is touring

italy he is in rome right now

go check out his Insta.

Yeah, we'll give you a peek of,

don't go check it out now, watch the show,

but we'll give you a peek of Collins' Instagram posted a little bit here on the show.

He's enjoying his vacation.

NBA playoffs are in full swing,

and they have been really, really fun and really competitive. The ratings are up 23 percent, so the fans are enjoying it as well, not just making this up. It's very important

to remind everyone that there are, you know, people still like the NBA. It's important.

Amina Smith is joining us. She is the host and reporter for NBC Sports Boston who had a huge win last night,

a must win game. And not only did they, they pull it off, look at this Al Horford, you know,

one time for the old heads. What's going on? He had an incredible game. How impressed are

you with Al Horford's 30-point performance in game four? I mean, I'm so impressed with Al Horford,

a career high 30 points in the playoffs. But I want people to understand that Al Horford has

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