The Heat Is On, FIxing the Sixers, Kyrie's Altered State, NBA Over?, Finals MVP is Silly
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🗓️ 8 October 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In this week's Point of Contention, Ethan Strauss and Marcus Thompson debate...hosted by Zach Harper.
Take 1: Is it over for Miami?
Take 2: Is Doc a good fit for the 76ers or does he need a break?
Take 3: How high was Kyrie?
Take 4: Will the NBA ever play again?
Take 5: Who will win Finals MVP and who cares?
Produced by Jade Hoye
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Athletic NBA show, Monday through Friday. |
| 0:03.3 | On the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:08.4 | I do have a take. |
| 0:09.8 | Point of contention. |
| 0:11.3 | A hero is more than a sandwich. |
| 0:13.6 | Welcome to point of contention. |
| 0:15.5 | POC, five subjects, five minutes, five points of contention. |
| 0:19.5 | Coming up on the show, it's the finals for maybe just one more game. We got Doc Rivers, we got Kyrie Irving, we've got MVP predictions. I'm Zach Harper, the host of POC. Jade Hoy's producing in this corner, the author of the victory machine. Bay Area Suburban resident, Ethan Strauss, Ethan, I think this is a typo in this script |
| 0:37.9 | because it asks, |
| 0:38.4 | can the Oakland A's |
| 0:39.2 | come back from this 2-0 deficit against the Dodgers? I think he meant to Astros, but can they come back against the Dodgers as well? They probably are balanced by the time you're listening to this. That's true. That is true. and in this corner, esteemed author, two-time book author, |
| 0:37.5 | Bay Area Legend, Marcus Thompson, Marcus. I need a rapid reaction to the Seattle Storm winning the WMBA Championship on Tuesday night. |
| 1:04.8 | Oh, my God. I hate the Seattle Storm. I can't stand them. I've hated them since Lauren Jackson ripped out Lisa Leslie's |
| 1:12.6 | ponytail. This is an old bitter rivalry. I'm rocking with the Houston Commons and Tina Thompson. |
| 1:18.4 | I'm rocking with Yolanda Griffith and Tisha Pena Chero, the Sacramento Monarchs, and now I'm rocking |
| 1:22.8 | with Diana Tarasi and the Phoenix Mercury. And every year along those lines, I have found a brewing hatred |
| 1:29.4 | for the Seattle Storm. Yes, Brianna Stewart is amazing. Suebert is a legend. Jewel Lloyd is a |
| 1:35.2 | monster and Natasha Howard is really good center, but I hate the Seattle Storm. I hate the |
| 1:40.3 | votes on the back of their neck. Wow, that is rude. Are we surprised that the Maloves couldn't afford to run a WMBA team? That's why the Monarchs folded. No, I am not surprised at all. I miss the Monarchs. The Monarchs need to come back, man. Come on. Nah, forget the Monarch. Bring them to Oakland. We got an open arena. That's true. Got one standing right there. All right, Jade, start the clock. The heat is on for take one. |
| 2:08.7 | The heat is on the Miami heat now as the Lakers took game four of the NBA finals on Wednesday, |
| 2:14.0 | putting Miami in a due or die game five tomorrow night. |
| 2:18.9 | Anthony Davis and LeBron James are both amazing. |
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