The Bucks Respect the Cup | Zach LaVine to Denver?
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🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Giannis and Lillard deliver an NBA Cup Championship to Milwaukee, how did they do it? Why was OKC so flat on offense, and much more. Dave DuFour, Zena Keita and Es Baraheni discuss the NBA Cup, the vibes in Vegas, and what they can do to change it next year. Then breakfast club breaks and talks about the new format for the All Star Game, and if the Denver Nuggets for trade for Zach LaVine.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Es Baraheni
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:00.0 | He's having a blinder. He's clipped the post. He's looking formidable. Then... |
| 0:09.0 | His game might be over, but yours isn't. |
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| 0:42.2 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for December 18th, |
| 0:42.8 | 2020. |
| 0:45.8 | Coming up, we're here to respect the cup. |
| 0:48.8 | And we're going to talk about some news. |
| 0:50.2 | Zach Levine might be on the move. |
| 0:56.1 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:57.0 | Good evening. As Zena, we are wrapping up the NBA Cup. |
| 1:01.5 | The Bucks did not stop. |
| 1:04.6 | The Bucks rolled. |
| 1:05.5 | Darwin Ham, 14 and O in NBA Cup play as a coach. |
| 1:08.4 | Tori and Prince too. |
| 1:09.5 | Tori and Prince also undefeated. All right, guys, let's jump into it. The Bucks, they win this game kind of running away. Yeah. And I think I want to get to the Thunder and what their problems were. But let's start with the Bucks. We got to celebrate the champs. And I think when we do that, Zina, we got to start. You big on bigs. Janus was huge. |
| 1:29.2 | Johnis bulldozed his way to this win. It was surreal watching him just put his head down. |
| 1:34.5 | We've seen this all season. But tonight, the Yokic came out. And I don't like to, you know, |
| 1:39.9 | try and compare too much. But the precision passing from Janus in transition, being able to find his teammates, |
| 1:46.4 | it was incredibly impressive. |
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