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Ten minutes I'll never forget. I watched only the second half, but my God, it was full of stars. I watched alone in a foreign country, at work in the morning, and screamed so loudly for so long that my voice imploded for the rest of the day. This ain't saying much, frankly, since it goes out for no reason at all sometimes...but this was the best reason I've ever had for losing my voice. Jumped so much my feet hurt. My one or two coworkers who heard me thought I'd gone insane but luckily the building was 99% empty during lunch for some special reason that day.

We're so lucky to have seen this live. If I had a time machine this would be one of my favorite stops.

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Nice to relive the memories of that game with your excellent video and comments. Cheers.

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I am at work now but can't wait to watch the video. What a moment to relive!

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Jan 23, 2020Liked by Eric Apricot

I love Dray's comment at the end of the video. Like, you just caught a glimpse into basketball nirvana and the traditional presser is just wholly inadequate for addressing the moment. The irony is there were a bunch of insightful things mentioned that made it earlier into the video.

I also like how the video notes that the ridiculously good defense is the key to unlocking the moment. Those stretches of basketball nirvana where the team just becomes unstoppable have been the best part of this Warriors dynasty. Like, there are shootout quarters where neither side has any consideration for the defense (that one Q1 against the Mavs this year!) but nothing beats those moments when the opposing team just gets crushed by a suffocating, prescient defense and all those stops turn into momentum-building transition buckets.

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Jan 23, 2020Liked by Eric Apricot

I remember insisting on watching that game at some friends' after dinner. Their TV was tiny compared to mine and I had to sit up close and personal to hear Fitz & JB whilst everyone else was still chit chatting, post-gastronome. Out of the corner of their eyes they slowly started to notice the ridiculous history being made (my loud cheering could've contributed, who can say?). Folks began to stand around the diminutive television set. And they became True Believers after that. Later, I re-watched the game on my large TV. So, happy ending...and happy beginnings. Da Bay and the world, it seemed, caught hot, HOT Dubs fever after that...I guess word got around. ;-)

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