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Hello, welcome the Hoop Collective podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we're doing after midnight on Friday morning.

We playoffs are cooking and a crackling, and we got all kinds of stuff to talk about.

Joining us from New York City, where the fans are wailing in the streets because the Knicks are down to one to Atlanta Hawks is Timontemps.

Hello, fellas.

We've got maximum chaos here in New York City.

It's going to be an interesting couple of days.

We'll be talking about that in a few minutes when Vinnie Goodwill will be joining us from Atlanta.

But in the meantime, joining us from Dallas, Texas, a little respite in the Phoenix, Oklahoma City series.

This is Bad McMahon.

Howdy, partners, taking a little break from covering WWE and sat on a couch tonight and watch some NBA.

You know, I know he's been doing it for a few, I don't know if it's been a few months or a few weeks, but this Dylan Brooks pregame stare thing.

It's been his career. He's been doing this for years. Has he really? I didn't, how come I've never noticed? Forever. Yeah, I don't know if he's a, he's a fairly intense guy and kind of a character, so. Yeah. I don't, I don't ever remember it being like this. It's definitely a thing.

Yeah.

All right.

Anyway, to the game that literally just ended here from Minneapolis, the Wolves take a two-one lead with an alarmingly clean win over the Denver Nuggets.

And what do we like to say here on the podcast?

Well, it's one of our credos.

Actions over words?

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