Jokić does it again | Confusing Lakers blast Celtics
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🗓️ 24 January 2025
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Nikola Jokić recorded his fifth straight triple-double to lead the Denver Nuggets to a win over the Sacramento Kings. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to Jokić’s 70 foot buzzer beater and box score, the Lakers ability to be good or bad depending on the night, and the biggest name snubbed as an All Star starter. Then, the Athletic’s Joe Vardon joins the show from Paris to talk about the awesome Victor Wembanyama show, the hum of the arena, and possible NBA expansion to Europe.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni & Joe Vardon
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for January 24th, 2025. |
| 0:11.9 | Coming up, Nicola Yokic, still the best player in the world. |
| 0:15.4 | The Lakers just totally demolished their rivals, the Celtics. |
| 0:19.2 | And we got Joe Varton to stay up late in Paris because he went to watch Wembe. |
| 0:27.0 | Bonjour and be onvenu, everybody. |
| 0:33.3 | Hey, good morning, everybody. |
| 0:34.4 | Good morning. |
| 0:35.0 | S. |
| 0:35.3 | He told me to throw some French in there. |
| 0:36.9 | Bonjour. |
| 0:37.8 | There we go. Make it easy. We got a big French theme. No, not morning, everybody. Good morning. S. He told me to throw some French in there. Bonjour. There we go. |
| 0:38.3 | Make it easy. |
| 0:39.1 | We got a big French theme. No, not really. We just talked to Joe Farden, but that'll be after the break. That Paris game is pretty fun. Man, I really like that court. You know, it's funny. They didn't go too garish with it. Like we've gotten used to with like the NBA Cup courts. |
| 0:36.1 | You know, the little design inside the three point line was nice. |
| 0:38.6 | Sleak design. |
| 0:39.3 | I liked it. Like we've gotten used to with like the NBA Cup courts. |
| 0:54.5 | Yeah. You know, the little design inside the three point line was nice. |
| 0:56.7 | Sleak design. I liked it. I liked it. Nice presentation. Yeah, it was. The lighting was nice. I don't know. We could go on and on. Yeah. The best group award, I guess. Someone there is going to win a nice award for the lighting. Speaking of awards, Nicole Yokic, |
| 1:10.9 | I think is still like making a very strong case for MVP. |
| 1:15.1 | I think I know that we have even said here, |
| 1:17.7 | maybe that Shea Gilgis Alexander has wrapped up. |
| 1:20.9 | You know, |
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