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It's been an energetic couple of hours and now we have one of our great friends. We love them.

We miss him when he's not around, but he will be on national television tomorrow for game three of the NBA finalries and now tied at a game of peace.

And he is the Emmy award winning play by play man for ESPN's NBA coverage, Mike Brain. Hi Mike.

So energetic start to the show so the energy is going to come to a screeching halt right now.

No, because you give great guests. You know you do.

Now what's your take on Jacob DeGromm getting Tommy John surgery?

It pains my heart. He's such a great pitcher. And even though I wish he was still with the meds.

You know, if he's somebody of his caliber, have to deal with the other another injury, it's hard breaking because he's a special, you know, he's one of the special ones.

So you always say to see that.

And I know that you love watching a pitch as I did as well. Let's get to the NBA.

It's funny, Mike, how people's opinions change from moment to moment. So Denver wins game one.

It was going to be a walk over. It's going to be easy. Then Miami wins game two and all of a sudden, hey, Miami could actually win.

Where does this series stand in your mind right now?

It's an annual tradition to over react to a single playoff victory or single playoff loss of the series.

It happened every year. It's what we all do. And you just can't. That's why it's a seven game series. And you know, I thought it would be a long series.

You know, certainly then for the favorite going in by how all they're playing. I mean, they had one seven in a row.

I think it took to win seven games in a row in the playoffs. That's not an easy thing to do.

And they were playing great ball. But Miami, there's just, there's something unique about this, this team.

It's almost like they thrive on that. You know, you hear that all the time. I'll chip on the shoulder of that stuff.

But they seem to thrive on any time people don't believe in them.

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