Live from Southern California, this is the Jim Rome show.

If you want to talk about an all-time example of a nice, swift, ass kicking.

Nice, swift, ass kicking.

It's Pat Tillman.

Or if you prefer, a curb stomping, or a hospital job, or a mugging,

look no further than the absolute carnage in the ATL last night.

Yo, Atlanta.

Are you even still standing right now?

Yo, Atlanta.

This is a wellness check.

Somebody from the ATL reach out.

Stat, let us know that the ATL, in fact, is still standing

after that gory, bloody beatdown and that the entire city was not burned to the ground burning by the way nix

holy crap didn't even know you had it in you seriously i didn't know that the nicks were even possible

of doing anything or even had that in them to do something that epic, that

violent.

Like, I can't even believe it.

Yes, I bet on the team last night.

Even though clearly they are the better, more talented team, I still did not expect New York

to show up in an elimination game like that on the road and turn that into the most lopsided blowout in NBA history.

Even though just saying it out loud feels all wrong, right?

They did do it.

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