Sixers refuse to tank | Kawhi & Clippers are back
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🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Houston Rockets on Saturday to drop their third game in a row. Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, and Es Baraheni react to Cleveland’s losing streak, the Sixers trying to compete, and Rivalry Week’s conclusion. Then, the gang talks about some things nobody is talking about like the Clippers since Kawhi returned, Jaren Jackson Jr. and the Grizzlies winning ways, and Kel’el Ware’s ascension up the rookie ladder.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni & Zena Keita
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
Read David Aldridge’s story on the Sixers: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6087167/2025/01/26/joel-embiid-76ers-committed-draft-josh-harris/
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for January 27th, 2025. |
| 0:11.0 | Coming up, are we worried about the calves? |
| 0:14.0 | Maybe they're on their way down a little bit. |
| 0:16.0 | The Sixers have decided they are not going to tank. |
| 0:18.8 | And we're going to talk about some things that nobody is talking about. |
| 0:30.5 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:32.0 | Good morning, guys. |
| 0:33.7 | How's it going? |
| 0:35.0 | Morning. |
| 0:35.5 | Pretty good weekend. |
| 0:37.0 | Do you guys have a nice time Saturday watching these rivalry games? |
| 0:41.8 | Yes. |
| 0:42.3 | How cool was it? |
| 0:43.4 | Oh, well, you were working. |
| 0:44.4 | Zena, the busiest person in sports. |
| 0:46.5 | Yes, absolutely. |
| 0:47.5 | No question. |
| 0:48.0 | Tell me what you guys like. |
| 0:50.0 | I want to like. |
| 0:51.2 | You know the meme of Jimmy Butler, like lying down on the floor? |
| 0:55.6 | That is, you know, with the amount of, yeah, it's amazing. |
| 0:59.7 | So Saturday, you know, we had the rivalry games, you know, I guess this was a culmination of rivalry week. |
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