Spurs beat rival Thunder again
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🗓️ 24 December 2025
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Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to Cooper Flagg's huge night against the Nuggets, Cam Johnson's injury, and whether the Hawks have a Trae Young problem. Then, Jared Weiss joins the show after the Spurs handed the Thunder their third loss in five games to discuss their rivalry, San Antonio's ceiling, and if they've figured out OKC.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni and Jared Weiss
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for December 24th, 2025. |
| 0:12.1 | I'm Dave DeFore here with Esper Henney. |
| 0:14.0 | Coming up, Christmas tomorrow. |
| 0:17.0 | Merry Christmas, everybody. |
| 0:18.6 | We're going to talk about Cooper Flag, beating the nuggets. |
| 0:21.2 | And we've got Jared Weiss to talk about the Spurs, owning the Thunder. |
| 0:28.8 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:30.3 | Merry Christmas. |
| 0:31.5 | Happy Christmas Eve. |
| 0:32.8 | What's up, S? |
| 0:34.0 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:34.9 | Ho, ho, ho, everybody. |
| 0:36.6 | Hope you guys are doing well. Enjoy the Christmas. Is Ho, ho, ho aho-ho, everybody. Hope you guys are doing well. Is Ho-ho-ho-ho? Is it a common greeting? Is that... Where does that come from? What do you mean? It's Santa. Of course. Yeah. I've even got the hat in my hand. I can... I'm putting it on my shoulder like one of those guys who sweat, you know, and they've just put the towel on the shoulder. Anyways, hello, everybody goes. Merry Christmas. Being a guy who sweats and is from the South, I resent that comment. Also a guy who sweats. Cooper Flagg put into work last night. The Mavericks going against the Nuggets, look, second night of a back-to-back, like we can make a lot of excuses, but you still got to play the game. |
| 1:14.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:14.8 | Mavericks pick up what I have to say is an impressive win for a team that has, |
| 1:19.7 | looks like it's kind of finding its footing a little bit since AD has come back and |
| 1:24.7 | they put Cooper Flagg in, in my opinion, in a better role where he's playing with, |
| 1:30.0 | with other, you know, with guards, |
| 1:31.6 | guys who can handle and pass. |
| 1:33.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:33.7 | All of a sudden, this team looks like a real basketball team. |
| 1:36.6 | And, you know, tip of the cap to Nico, |
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