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lupica and bob ryan i am bob ryan of the boston globe and es p m i feel like i've known of my

whole life.

I'm Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, MLB.com.

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Sports Supporters podcast.

Mitch is not with us today.

He continues to do God's work at his orphanage in Haiti.

And we, of all the Mondays that we have had over the last five months of COVID,

this is probably the one where we've got the longest buffet table

and the one with the most to talk about on the field and on the court.

And Bobby, we'll start with the National Basketball Association,

starting last Thursday night, where lebron james

at the end of the lakers clips game uh did showed you all the things he can do to influence a

basketball game and he did him in the last minute um including bob deciding he was going to cover

basically the whole clippers team to get the Lakers a win.

Through the Rockets game last night, they have had a fascinating beginning of bubble ball.

And I'll say one more thing.

For all the hoops they've jumped through to get Zion into the playoffs and a first round matchup against the Lakers, Bob, they've got one small problem.

The pelicans suck.

Yeah, they do.

Mike, we have to make sure we leave time at the end for the Arsenal Chelsea F.A. Cup final game.

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