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00:00I don't know how many wins we predicted for the Celtics this year, Turk, but the number was low.

00:03The number was 58 and a half, right?

00:04I wish I didn't bet that. I don't know why.

00:06That was free money.

00:07Yeah.

00:07Seriously.

00:08You can win 60 games in a sleep.

00:0958 and a half?

00:10I'm not trying to bet a lot of minus 110, but that's what I should have bet.

00:13Even if you moved it up a little bit, you can get it at plus money, probably like 59, 60.

00:18Maybe.

00:18Yeah, it's free.

00:19Go a few hams. Go five hams.

00:20Oh, yeah.

00:21Five hams.

00:22Increase the units.

00:24I'm not patient enough for the future bet.

00:25Increase the payout.

00:26I'm not patient enough.

00:27I'm not a big future guy either.

00:28I'm like, oh, wait.

00:29Oh, so I can lose it in six months?

00:31I can lose it tonight.

00:32Yeah, what are you doing with my money in the meantime?

00:33What are you, a bank?

00:34What are you doing with my money?

00:35Exactly.

00:35Yeah, yeah.

00:36That's a good move.

00:36I'll jam it in the mattress somewhere.

00:38So they look pretty good, huh, Turk?

00:39Yeah, I'd say so.

00:40And the biggest thing that stuck out to me in a couple of these wins is just their ability to

00:44go on these long runs that just demoralize a team.

00:47Like, you look at the Detroit game.

00:50They were down by six with 5-12 left, rattled off an 18-6 run, just were flawless on both

00:56ends of the floor.

00:56Then you look in Milwaukee, that third quarter, 11-2 run capped off by a Pritchard step-back,

01:0226 feet at the buzzer beater that just broke Doc Rivers.

01:05And then Washington, and they had the 54.

01:07It was 54-52.

01:08They went on a 58-24 run.

01:10It's just their ability to just take over a game like that.

01:13It's just, it's incredible.

01:14So I think I found the Peyton Pritchard comp.

01:16You guys ready for the Peyton Pritchard comp?

01:17Yes.

01:17I came up with one yesterday, and I promised that I'd have one.

01:21Toronto Raptors championship team, Fred Van Fleet.

01:25That's too high, too low, right in the middle.

01:26Like, Fred Van Fleet got better after Kawhi left, and he became more of a go-to guy.

01:31And he got paid by Houston last year.

01:33But at that time, he was a guy coming off the bench that could get hot and could get

01:37going.

01:37I feel like Pritchard, every year, has gotten better.

01:40And now you're looking at him, you're like, I don't know, he could be like sixth man of

01:43the year candidate, couldn't he?

01:44Yeah, I mean, that really heated up during the preseason as well, just how well he played.

01:48And with him, too, it's just his confidence.

01:50He shot one of 10 from the field on opening night.

01:53And since then, he hasn't been able to miss.

01:56It's insane.

01:56But I like that.

01:57I like that he can kind of heat up off the bench.

01:59Because he's useful, and he helps this team.

02:01He is the kind of guy that they need.

02:03Because their starting lineup is so good.

02:06And when you don't have poor Zingas, and you have to start Horford, you're like, all right,

02:12well, who's going to come off the bench?

02:13Who's going to give him a minute, especially in the regular season?

02:14And Peyton Pritchard's been able to do that.

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