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The Mavericks were stupid to wear their black jerseys in Game 1

I still think that the Mavs were stupid to wear these jerseys in game one. I don't know if they did that because Luca looked very slim to them. I was thinking blue. These jerseys feel like the jerseys you wear for Star Wars night in like early February.

This is a subjective aesthetic opinion about team uniforms.

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Jun 7, 2024
#25052
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When you are giving a 'have fun' speech at halftime of a finals game, you have already lost

It's a shame that Jason Kidd couldn't give another halftime speech where he said, everyone remember to have fun out there. When you're given the half fun speech, you lost. I don't think that you can come back with a a half fun speech.

The Mavericks lost Game 1 and eventually the series, making this a prescient critique of the team's energy and coaching approach.
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Jun 7, 2024
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The Celtics will beat the Mavericks in six games

Yeah, we're thinking Celtics and Six. The, the Mavs aren't gonna go away. They're gonna, they're gonna give us their best shot, but, but it's, it might be Celtics and five.

The Celtics won the NBA Finals in 5 games, not 6.
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Jun 7, 2024
#25053
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James strategically leaked the Dan Hurley news to overshadow Game 1 of the NBA Finals

The tradition of LeBron or his team looking to overshadow game one of the NBA finals continues... he really is the best at it... there's no doubt that he planned this whole Dan Hurley thing for having it all day on game one.

While the timing is suspicious, the intent is subjective and impossible to definitively prove, though Hurley did eventually turn down the job.

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Michigan was definitively the better team in the National Championship and it never felt like UConn was in danger of winning.

Michigan was the better team. We all saw it. It never felt like [the game] was in danger. Like the only moment that I was like, oh, UConn might have a chance, was when there was like maybe five and a half minutes left and Mullens missed that three to cut it to four.

The episode presents Michigan winning the 2026 National Championship as a fact within the show's timeline.
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Michigan was the best team all year — outside of Duke, who would have won the championship by a lot

They were the best team. They were the best team all year outside of Duke. 'Cause that actually was my other big takeaway — Duke just completely, Duke beat this Michigan team a month and a half ago.

Subjective comparison of team quality. Duke did beat Michigan during the regular season in 2025-26.
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Danny Hurley is 18-1 against the spread in his last four NCAA tournaments, which is insane

Danny Hurley remains 18 and one in the last four tournaments against the spread. How insane is that? Furman is the only one that they didn't cover. That was the first round this year.

This is a factual claim about Hurley's ATS record over the last four NCAA tournaments. Based on UConn's remarkable tournament run, this is plausible and presented as a known stat. Cannot fully verify exact record but the claim is stated as fact.

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