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You're tuned in to Heat Check with Trista Crick.

On this episode of the Heat Check, it's mid-season grade time, baby.

Part two. Time to go over the Western Conference.

A lot of teams are going to get grades that'll make their parents proud.

Other ones may want to pretend like the dog ate it.

Lots to cover, Nick.

So drop that generic ass fucking beat.

So we've reached the halfway point of the season.

It's time to give out these mid-semester grades.

Last episode, which was on Monday night, Tuesday for you, we covered the Eastern Conference,

so now we do the West. So let's break it down, division by division. My Portland Trailblazers in the Northwest Division have to go first. They were the first to come to mind.

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