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Coming off a big weekend of basketball that just proves that the equilibrium in the NBA playoffs shifts greatly on performance, venue, and most of all health.

And the Brooklyn Nets, who looked like a sure thing to walk through Milwaukee after the 2-0 lead that they took,

suddenly find themselves possibly down to one superstar.

As Kyrie Irving has ankle problems, James Hardin is still not back.

The series is now tied.

Is Brooklyn in trouble?

Hey, guys.

Just one thing about them looking like, they had looked great in the first two games,

but this is the wisdom of Pat Riley passed on through Jeff Van Gundy, okay?

Bob, right, the series doesn't really start

until the road team wins the game. Yeah, I know that. I'm, I, actually, I think it was

Joe Gilmartin who said that. Okay. Anyway, so, so we had to see what it was going to look like.

And everybody has correctly pointed out that the nets were a couple of possessions away from going up three zip, but they did not.

And now Kyrie has, oh, wait, what did LeBron have that kept him down?

Oh, I know, an ankle, okay?

I don't know whether it's high ankle sprain or low ankle sprain, but ankle sprains are a big deal, especially at this time of year.

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