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

Why don't we start with the association?

Now, when you get down to one game, one game a night in the NBA playoffs, you know what that means, right?

You're down to one game.

That means somebody's butt hole is going to one game. That means somebody's

butthole is going to pucker. It is tight butthole time. That means we are deep enough into

the postseason. Thank you, Alvi. We are deep enough into the postseason that every single

game is massive. Everybody is beat up.

Everybody is gripping hard.

Just ask the thunder.

Just ask the Knicks.

Get a grip.

Because the pressure is way up on both of them right now.

However, before we get into that,

I want to take a moment and I want to acknowledge the Nuggets because that's a tough

team. That is a really tough team. Yes, they got their head coach and GM fired with only

three games left in the season. But I've got to admit, their response since then has been pretty

incredible. Even if I hated the idea of them running my guy Michael Malone into a chipper

a week before the playoffs, because that made so much sense at the time.

Now, I hate to say it because I love Michael Malone. I do. And I hate to say this because I love

Michael Malone. But I'm not sure they're here right now unless they make that decision.

And while I thought at the time, it was one of the most jacked up things I had ever seen,

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