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Jul 2021
54 m

History of NBA Finals Game 5 + Offseason...

THE ATHLETIC
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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the history of Game 5 in the NBA Finals, if this is the beginning of many Finals runs for Giannis and Booker, and then Sam Amick joins to discuss the Finals, if the Blazers will make big changes this offseason, whether Ben Simmons will be part of the Sixers moving forward and then we do some NBA Finals Trivia.

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