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Fellas,

playoffs have been pretty good so far.

They've been great, man.

I've enjoyed them.

I don't know about anybody else.

I love them.

I'm more out.

Really? Yeah. I mean, it's, you know, it's, a lot of, especially that, that, I think the Raptor Celtics game six, like, was so intense for

so long that it kind of rung me out like a sponge a little bit.

I'm worn out from the referees, and we did our rant last week, but, you know, that game between Boston and Toronto should be an all-timer, but in the back of my mind, I'm always

going to think about those late game calls that just just did not a didn't need to be made like

the the flagrant on tatum i don't want to sit here and relitigate it but the flagrant on tatum

kind of just feels so extreme kemba walker not getting a foul call and i don't care who wins

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