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00:00Game sevens and maybe one of the series before it began, you said, you know what?
00:05Which series in the NBA round number one playoffs is going to go seven games that you can almost guarantee?
00:10Most would have said it's got to be the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers.
00:13This series, Joe Waniere opened up as a slight favorite to the Clippers, 115, minus 118, minus 120,
00:19depending on where you're shopping, which meant we expected this to be competitive.
00:22I was getting angrier and angrier in the series every time the Denver Nuggets would even up the series.
00:27No, no, no, no. It's still the Clippers series. They're still going to be favorites and continue to be favorites in the Denver Nuggets building.
00:33And finally, we built to a crescendo of game number seven and said, who would win that game?
00:38And still the Clippers were getting a ton of respect in that game. I said, it can't be.
00:42Denver in elevation, a one game playoff, essentially in game number seven, should be favored.
00:46It turns out they were at the closing number and also won that basketball game 120 to 101.
00:51But the focus before we get into the game itself, I just want to talk about the Clippers and how we got here.
00:56Overtime games, crazy finishes, you get it. But again, you need to rely on your superstars in the biggest moment.
01:03Game seven, James Harden, 35 minutes, eight shot attempts. He did a 13 assists, a minus 29 and only seven points.
01:13The man knows how to lose game number seven's Joe.
01:17Not just game seven, any elimination game. I mean, the last, whether he would, his team had an opportunity to close out a series or if it was a game seven, I mean, his last 13 elimination games, he has shot less than 40% from the field.
01:36His teams have gone two of 11 and his last five elimination games, including the game six, by the way, in which he kind of showed up out of nowhere.
01:47He's averaging 14 points a game. Like that is not a superstar showing up at the biggest moments for your organization.
01:55That is the opposite of superstar is what that is, Donnie.