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Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we are doing in stages in this particular episode, because we've got all kinds of different people spread out all over the country with games overlapping each other multiple times. And we're all adapting to the changing situations of how these playoffs are being presented. But as we talk to you at this exact moment, the Cleveland Cavaliers just got beat by the Detroit Pistons in game one of that playoff series.

Joining us from New York to talk about it, our two gentlemen who know a little bit about the Eastern Conference.

First up, Timbont Temps.

Hello, everybody.

I'm just glad we got the IQ of the pod raised, and we got somebody to come here and lay

the smack down on Cavs Corner from my favorite guy from Detroit.

So much, much improved for the normal people around.

Are you talking about yourself?

No, talking about our awesome guests.

Joining me, who is also covering the series in New York right now between the Knicks and Pistons, I'm Nix and 76ers, but a long-time Detroit resident who knows a lot about the Pistons is Vince Goodwell.

I'll give you the Detroit greeting. Wendy, what up, though?

Yeah, I wanted to say the Pistons were slight favorites

coming into this series. Honestly, I mean, like, I was like, sure. I mean, I had no idea who

really should be favored in this series. Detroit, obviously, ended the last series on a pretty

strong heater, led by Kate Cunningham, and Cavs sort of limped into into this round.

However, that's kind of how it played out.

The Pistons were the vastly better team in the first half of game one.

The Cavs were the better team in the second half of game one until the and what we what we ended up having vince

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