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I know you want to talk more about the NBA finals, and we will get to some Washington

football team news, including something Kevin Durant said about his favorite football team.

But I'll start with, if Halliburton doesn't get hurt, what do you think happens last night?

You know, I mean, look, obviously you don't know.

Indian needed to get, if India had gotten that game to the fourth quarter, tight game, from what we have seen, I would, I would like their chances for sure against Oklahoma City team that's the youngest in the league and that has shown, you know,

moments of being, you know, not so serious or not being, been sure enough.

A particular game six where they just get walloped from the start with everything on the

line. And, you know, other than SGA, the other guys all felt like, you know, they needed

momentum on their side to be able to step up in the big, in the big moments.

On the other hand, you know, the game to play that last night that was still basically, you know, tied, give or take at halftime, even though Hall Burton was out, I was like, the first five minutes of the second half is going to dictate who wins this game.

It's a thunder come out and do what they have done all year, dominate on

defense, create turnovers, it would turn those into fast breaks, and they get like a 10-point lead,

I don't know that Indiana has enough to come back this time without Halliburton. And essentially,

that's the way it played out. So I, look, I think that I'd like to think that Indiana would

have had a chance to win, but, you know, I don't know.

I don't want to be like to say, I don't know what to tell you, but like, yeah, I kind of don't know what to say.

The same result could have happened in the exact same way, but obviously Indiana's chances for success would have been much greater.

Yeah, I mean, before the game, I gave Indiana a shot.

I mean, I did a 180 on this series in the middle of it.

I loved Oklahoma City big and easy like all the odds makers did before the series

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