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Feb 2025
59m 35s

The Definitive Western Conference Finals...

ESPN, NBA, Brian Windhorst
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Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to dish out the teams that truly have a chance to get to the NBA Finals from the Western Conference, break down and interesting statement from Gregg Popovich and preview a potentially telling matchup between the Cavs & Celtics. Then, renowned journalist & author Armen Keteyian joins to talk his new book 'Legends and Soles: The Memoir of an American Original' on the legendary Sonny Vaccaro including some wild stories about LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

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