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Mike, are you excited?

Yeah, you know what I'm going to talk to you about?

Yeah. I can just tell by the excitement. Yeah. Battlecourt semifinal. Tonight, who's going to be there?

No, none of you. It's not open to the public. Unlike our Miller Light event happening at Vivo Miami and Dolphins.

Wait, it's not? Well, technically, our friends could come. Yeah, you.

Can go to battlecourt.

Oh, you guys are going?

Yeah, we know the owners.

We have a double header today. We have a 5:00 PM playoff matchup where we hope to punch our ticket to the final this Friday. Then right after that, we're going to head to the watch party.

It could be the first franchise in battlecourt history to make it to three battlecourt finals.

It's a lot on the line tonight.

I know what you want to say. Mike, aren't there 4-5 teams in Battlecourt? To which I respond, so.

No one else has.

Done it. Right, we can make history. This has been a really fun season. It's great to have some of the players back into the.

Fold:.

Cada.

Geddon. I feel like we finally get it. I feel like we've been faking it for a few seasons just like, because we're new to this sport.

We know how.

To talent evaluate. Now we're starting to feel ourselves as owners.

A little bit. We're going to get freezing cold take if we lose because we're going up against pretty good to hot a devil team tonight. You can follow along on the action on ESPN. It's on Watch ESPN plus app. What is the difference there? It's on ESBN 3. The players hang out in the ESBN 3 lounge, which I get mad when I see ESBN 3 because this sport is so much better than the number three. I mean, two at the worst. It's an ESBN 2 type of product. But you can follow along and support the Cessna cyclones because if we do win today, we go to the final against Udonis Haslem's Robote Renegades, and that will be free and open to the public at the Magic City Casino.

They already punched their.

Ticket to the final? Yeah, the first place team in the Sandings gets an automatic buy to the final, where number two, us, and number three, the Dehata Devils battle it out for the opportunity to face off with the Robote Renegades in the final. That would be history if we make it to the final because we'd crowned our first ever two-time champion because the Renegades have won previously and we've won. Right now, it's been spread, distributed throughout several of the teams, except for one pretty lousy one in the.

Wall warrior. Can we all grab hands and close our eyes for Manu's quad? Yeah. Manu's been trying to come back from a quad injury. We're hoping.

That he's-It's all inside information. We don't want to move lines.

Why are you telling people this? It's pretty known. I mean, people that follow the sport know. I don't think anyone knows.

This will impact where I place my free bets. I thank God you didn't say he follows the sport, which I would have been mad at. But plenty of people. Everyone's been everywhere.

I go. All 48 people that.

Really follow this sport. I went to a grocery store the other day and someone asked me, Hey, how's Manu's squad?

I'm like-Manu is the...

-the best backcourt player in the world.

-okay.

But the one Dan makes fun of.

-the guy with great posture.

-yeah. -very straight back. -the Portly fellow.

Portly is, yeah. I mean, he's next to Tonard Davis.

-i guess he's the.

Portly man. -he's one of these things where we look at athletes and we think like, Oh, I look better than them. But if you see Manu without a shirt on, he looks good.

Yes. We make him take his shirt off every day.

It's part of the evaluation.

You shouldn't make your.

Players or employees. It's progress because that's our strength and conditioning program. We installed it during COVID, which we couldn't actually be there. Lift up your shirt. Good to go. -and we just now have just continued with the belly selfies.

Show me your belly button.

We've been told that we should change this, but you can't mess with a good thing because we're.

Getting results. If it ain't broke.

Are you favored to win today?

Some have said- We don't need to dive into that. -i don't pay attention to lines. We just play what's in front of us. Let's look at the lines. No, we don't have to look at the lines. I don't want to be influenced by that because there's one rule to follow in battle court, and that is don't bet on your own team, even though no one's told me not to do that. Really?

Yeah. What about the monopoly money they give you? Can you bet that on your own team?

I do. Just like, okay, here's a little... This goes to the victory beers. To help the sport. Yeah, help it grow.

But all in.

All- I don't like us in match three.

I feel good, Billy. That's what I'll say.

I feel good. I'm nervous. I'm going to be super nervous today. We're going to be there before our Miller Light event. Again, if you take anything from this segment is that don't talk to me whatsoever at all. If you see me and try to take a picture, no, don't do that. What about selfies? No? No?

No? But what if the clones win?

I'll be in a good mood. Maybe have a Miller Light or two.

This is a good fit on you, by the way. It looks like Match Three is the only one where you're not favored to win.

All right, yeah, but you still got to handle it. There have been plenty of upsets in battle court this season. We've fallen a handful of times as a big favorite. That's why we play the games. That's why they play the games at front on. But again, don't talk to me today.

Okay.