Steph MVP!?, Suns Risen, TV Ratings, Title Odds + Injuries Injuries Injuries
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🗓️ 22 April 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this week's Point of Contention, Marcus Thompson and Ethan Strauss debate! Hosted by Zach Harper.
Take 1 - Five years after he revolutionized the game of basketball, the baby faced assassin, Steph Curry is back-back, playing the best basketball of his career.
Take 2 - Fellas it is April 21 and the Phoenix Suns are now 41-6 sitting in second in the West beyond the Jazz
Take 3 - TV Ratings Coverup?
Take 4 - Wait a minute what’s this? Wow!!! I just found $500 bucks right here sitting on my desk. My lord, what a day.
Take 5 - LeBron, Giannis, LaMelo, A.D., K.D. Harden, Jamal Murray. What’s going on???
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| 1:12.0 | Point of contention. |
| 1:14.1 | What are y'all talking about? |
| 1:15.9 | Y'all hate. |
| 1:17.2 | Stop, hey. |
| 1:19.0 | The Philadelphia accent feels like a practical joke. |
| 1:22.4 | They don't actually talk like that, but they actually do talk like that. |
| 1:25.6 | I feel the same way about the Baltimore accent. |
| 1:27.4 | I don't think the Baltimore accent's real. |
| 1:29.0 | It's very similar, those two accents. Yeah. Because it's got that a ewe. Let's go and eat a haugi and drink a cave. He's like, you guys talk like that? Hugie. How do you even do that? That doesn't make sense. No. It seems pointless. Yeah. speaking of pointless. |
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| 1:28.0 | Five subjects. |
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