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Aug 2024
1h 12m

Where Steph’s Epic Olympic 3s Rank, and ...

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Austin and Pausha take one last look at Team USA’s Olympic run, starting with the close call against Serbia (16:10). Then, they hit on the gold medal game against France (22:13) and address the top five takeaways from the games, including Steph’s ridiculous 3s, LeBron adding to his GOAT résumé, the Jayson Tatum controversy, and more (34:54)! Later, they play a game of Whose Career Would You Rather Have: Jrue Holiday vs. Damian Lillard edition (56:36).


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Hosts: Austin Rivers and Pausha Haghighi


Producers: Erika Cervantes and Ben Cruz


Social: Keith Fujimoto

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