Warriors waving the white flag? | Cavs bounce back
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🗓️ 15 January 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Donovan Mitchell poured in 35 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 127-117 win over the Indiana Pacers. Dave DuFour and Zena Keita breakdown Mitchell and the Cavs’ bounce back performance, Jamal Murray’s night in Dallas, and the weird vibe around the Golden State Warriors. Then, The Athletic’s Eric Nehm joins the show to discuss the Milwaukee Bucks’ identity, their up and down season, and their trade deadline prospects.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita & Eric Nehm
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for January 15th, 2025. |
| 0:11.6 | Coming up, we got Cavs Pacers Part 2. |
| 0:13.7 | The Cavs struck back, luckily, starting another win streak, I'm guessing. |
| 0:17.3 | We got some weird vibes with the Warriors, and I need Zena's opinion on this whole thing. |
| 0:21.9 | And then we got Eric Named to stop in and talk to us about the bucks after stopping the King's |
| 0:26.0 | Winstreet. |
| 0:34.4 | Good morning, everybody. Good morning, Zena. |
| 0:38.1 | Zina, you know what? |
| 0:39.5 | I was watching a lot of basketball this weekend. |
| 0:41.9 | And usually I will use social media to help steer the direction of the show for the week. |
| 0:47.8 | You know, what are the film guys watching? |
| 0:50.2 | What were the best clips from the weekend? |
| 0:52.1 | And I will be honest, I felt like this past weekend was just dominated by college football. |
| 1:00.3 | And I learned via osmosis, |
| 1:03.0 | because I didn't watch a single second, |
| 1:04.8 | but I learned that Ohio State and Notre Dame are in the national championship game. |
| 1:08.9 | Did you know that? |
| 1:09.4 | And that means you missed Jack Sawyer, big old boy from OSU scoop and score. |
| 1:16.6 | I mean, it was an exciting game. Texas versus OSU actually locked in on that one. |
| 1:21.5 | A lot of fun. |
| 1:22.3 | But OSU has had quite the journey to this championship game. |
| 1:26.4 | So it'll be fun to watch them take on Notre Dame. |
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