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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Seerat and Michael get together to share their collective shock at witnessing the Sacramento Kings take a 2-0 lead over the Golden State Warriors in their first-round series. They dissect the Draymond Green stomp on Domantas Sabonis, marvel at De’Aaron Fox’s performance down the stretch of the game, and discuss the adjustments Steve Kerr should make going forward (4:05). Next, they break down the 76ers' victory over the Nets and conclude that Joel Embiid’s talent and skill set may be too much for Brooklyn to overcome (28:45). Hosts: Seerat Sohi and Michael Pina Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Benjamin Cruz and Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mac Jones is ripped. Matt Patricia is calling plays. The Celtics are title favorites.
0:06.0	And the ringer has a new Boston show.
0:08.0	I'm Brian Barrett, host of Off the Pike, the show covering all things Boston sports.
0:12.0	I'll have shows multiple times a week covering your favorite teams and with your favorite
0:16.0	ringer and local guests. Plus, maybe Bill will stop by to rant about the socks.
0:20.0	Follow Off the Pike with me, Brian Barrett, now on Spotify.
0:30.0	Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to a special Monday night edition of the ringer. I'm
0:38.0	Seer at Sohe. I'm here with Michael Pina and my God, the Sacramento Kings lighting the beam twice.
0:46.0	Twice and one playoff series did not see that coming up to oh against the Golden State Warriors.
0:52.0	We're going to get into this right away. One of the single worst performances I've seen from the Warriors.
0:58.0	For the season though, a lot to get into Mike. What did you think? I'm processing my initial shock right now.
1:04.0	I'm just a little flabbergasted by this game.
1:07.0	Shock is a terrific word for it. Processing another great way. I don't even know where to begin.
1:15.0	I'm stunned that they lost this game. It was there for there was like a typical quintessential warriors have the
1:24.0	things where they want them. They were down three with like three minutes to go. I just expected Steph Curry and Clay Thompson hit two
1:31.0	huge threes. They tied the game. Dremon was injected. It just it the vibes felt like the Warriors were going to win.
1:40.0	They just had to win. This was the game, the type of game that they always have won throughout their entire
1:44.0	domestic run. For them to lose, I just don't even know what NBA is this. What world is this?
1:51.0	The Sacramento Kings are up to nothing. Playoff series against the Golden State Warriors. I don't even know what to make of it.
1:56.0	Maybe we should have seen this coming. Maybe we should have taken the fact that they have the highest
2:01.0	even with the Warriors basically in struggling to play 500 basketball season, especially on the road.
2:07.0	Maybe we should have taken that as a hint. But it's hard because I think we go down hard with it with a
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