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I'm Tony East to host host of Lockton Pacers,

filling in for West Goldberg today,

who is out and unable to go.

And Adam Morris, who's also on here on Friday,

also out on unable to go.

So with me today from Lockdown lockdown Lakers Andy Kim Manetsky the 2000 NBA finals was Pacers Lakers neither those teams are good this year

So we're talking about this year's playoffs today.

I remember where I was when the Lakers beat the Pacers in the six game 2000 finals.

I was bartending at the time at a UCLA bar in Westwood and it was I believe on a Monday night and I remember this because it was the most money I ever made on a non weekend night. It was insane. It was like five or

six hundred dollars on a random Monday night because it happened to be the night the Lakers clenched and you know. a lot of people

of people believe otherwise but Laker fans are really there it's not the fair

weather reputation that they often have. They are out there in droves and they were

stoked to see Kobe and Shaq win the first of three. Meanwhile, when the Pacers lost, I was five years old I finished and have a tough day of a

right Tony I hate you how far we've come since that today we're talking non-finals

warriors beat the mabs handily the game looks close but I would not say the game was

close based on the flow of the game. We'll talk about that game the Warriors upcoming finals who they would prefer to play

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