How Repeatable Is Playoff Chaos In The WNBA

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What's up, everybody?
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Look, today we're gonna talk about some WMBA updates.
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Now, we're gonna talk about the playoffs.
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Dream just beat the Mystics.
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They went on to advance, right?
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So currently we got the Lynx.
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No, sorry.
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Liberty.
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Dang, that's crazy work.
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And the dream going up against one another in the second round.
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They're waiting to see who wins the matchup between the Aces and Fever and the Valkyrie and Wings.
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I'm not gonna go in too much detail about teams, okay?
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I'm still trying to save a little bit.
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All I know and all I want to say is this.
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The dream looking kind of consistent right now.
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It's being a little scary.
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Second round is really gonna tell me something because if they can advance past the second round, I told y'all before, they are contenders.
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They're starting to look like it a little bit more.
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And it's kind of scary.
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Like they looked, all right.
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Washington, I got a couple things to note.
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One, the point guard play, we still gotta improve.
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We still gotta find that.
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Um no disrespect, George Romore.
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This is your rookie year.
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Technically, it's your sophomore year, but I'm counting it like your rookie because you got into your rookie year.
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That the point guard play is what we were missing.
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And then also Shakira Alston.
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You did not deliver for me in game two the way I wanted you to.
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Personally, okay, you could have done, could have done a little bit more.
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Kiki Ari Effen gave about 15 points, 16 rebounds, three assists.
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I'll take that.
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Sonny Satron, 25 points, seven rebounds, turnovers went a little crazy, but she's not a point guard, ladies and gentlemen.
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She's a defender, she's a two-way player.
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So I like that.
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Michaela Anuare played your game well, 12 points, did your job.
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Okay?
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Shakira and Georgia, you are the players that I'm looking at that need to perform well.
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Because Shakira, we got Lauren Betts off the bench.
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Now, did she play that much?
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No.
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But could she end up replacing your role?
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Yeah, she's about 6'7, so she could play center position.
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So I genuinely do think that I want to see Shakira Austin take another step next season.
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Remember, you got signed through your extension.
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Eyes are gonna be on you next season for sure.
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But it doesn't eclipse what you did for the season.
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Marvelous season for sure.
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But those are the two areas that I'm gonna be looking for with the Mystics next season to be improved upon.
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We got Fever versus Aces tonight.
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Valkyrie versus Wings tomorrow.
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I just gotta say this, ladies and gentlemen.
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Aces are gonna be home.
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I full-fledged expect them to win this game.
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Now, don't get me wrong.
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Fever have the talent to win the game and make the upset.
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Expectations should be for the Aces.
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They're the more professional team, they're the more experienced team.
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They have the better player on the floor.
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They have the best, they have the top, they have two of the top three players on the floor, in Asia Wilson and Jackie Young.
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And they have been looking remarkable, ladies and gentlemen, over this playoff series.
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Really over the year, over their careers, but specifically this playoff series, they both look solid.
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And they're gonna need an impactful and monumental game from both of them.
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But they also need Chelsea Gray to play well.
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They need Jewel Lloyd to play well, Cheyenne or Parker Tayus to play well.
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They're gonna need some of their role players to play well, ladies and gentlemen.
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Because it can't just be Asia and Jackie and Chelsea always getting the job done.
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Someone else is gonna need to step up.
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And that's why I'm looking at Jewel Lloyd.
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Because she has been the star of a team before, ladies and gentlemen.
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So if this Aces team wants to be viewed as a contender, could we get the Aces versus Liberty in the finals yet again?
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I think that would be pretty miraculous to watch.
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But we're gonna need someone else hooping.
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So again, Jewel, that's when you start to show up.
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Dana's out.
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You get me?
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And that's a big blow.
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Y'all already lost Kennedy Carter months ago.
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So this is where Jewel Lloyd's gonna have to make her money.
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Now on the fever's tip, though, ladies and gentlemen, listen, Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Mitchell, and Caitlin Clark all got 20 points last game.
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Will that happen again?
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I don't think so.
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Big three dropping 20 was crazy work.
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But here's the thing though.
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As long as as long as the fever outshoot the the aces like they did in game two, they got a shot.
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If it's a little closer though, expect the aces to win.
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Because they shoot more efficiently, plus they have better defense.
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And they get to the free throw line a good amount.
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So that's really what's gonna be the deciding factor.
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Are the fever offense, will the fever offense outshoot the aces by a large disparity?
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Because it was about 12 field goal attempts that the fever took more of, right?
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And they made 12 more field goal shots.
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You're not gonna win like that if you're the aces.
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So again, aces, y'all need to get a little closer.
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And again, the big three of the of the big three of the fever, I don't expect to get 20 points again.
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All three of them, efficiently too, I don't expect that to happen again.
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Personally.
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Kudos to Caitlin, right?
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27 points, seven rebounds, 15 assists.
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Hell of a game.
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Tip of the cap to you, sweetie.
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That was a good game for sure.
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Kelsey Mitchell, 26 points, good game.
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Aliyah Bolson, 22 points, four rebounds, five assists, a steal in a block.
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Good game.
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Is it repeatable?
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I don't think so.
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If it is, this fever team could be really scary.
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But let's see what happens, though.
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Now let's go to the Valkyries versus the Wings.
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Because again, I told you I'm favoring the Aces to win this matchup.
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Yeah, the Fever, I mean the Valkyries versus the Wings, that one was good, right?
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The Wings won in overtime, which was very interesting.
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Because game one, yeah, they got that tail beat, right?
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This one's gonna come down to whether or not Ricky Agumbawale shows up or not.
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We understand that Paige Beckers is gonna show up again.
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Okay, game one, she had a 20-piece, nine of ten from the field.
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Didn't really do as well the next game.
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3-13, that's bad.
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But she at least performed in other areas like playmaking, right?
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Gave us four assists, one turnover.
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Not the most, but a four-to-one assist turnover ratio is not bad either.
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That shows good decision making, even when you having a porous shooting night.
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But Enrique Agumawale, 45 points.
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Can't be mad at that at all whatsoever, ladies and gentlemen.
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But here's where it really got tricky.
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Because yeah, we can talk about 12-23 from the field, five of eight from the three-point line, 16 of 18 from the free throw line.
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Putting that much pressure on the Valkyries, can we do it again?
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Can we do that again?
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If so, this series is going to be real interesting.
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Because seeing the top two seeds knocked out in the playoffs, that's never happened.
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In the first round, that's never happened in the WNBA's history.
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So, imagining if this could happen again, is this repeatable?
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Is this way to win a game repeatable?
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I don't think so.
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And that that concerns me for the Wings.
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Because it took a lot for them to get here.
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Don't get me wrong, again, Paige Becker had a terrible game.
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So we could say if both of them averaging 25 in this next game, there's a chance that the Wings end up winning the next game.
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Which, okay, cool, I hear that.
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But we got to remember, ladies and gentlemen, Gabby Williams herself played a phenomenal game.
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36 points.
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Again, 12 of 23 from the field on her end.
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Not 5 of 8 from 3, but 5 of 12 from 3.
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That's not bad.
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7 of 7 from the free throw line.
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So we're missing about eight free throw attempts in comparison to Arike Agumbawale.
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So there's another player on the opposition that can do similar work to what Arique does or just did.
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And then we still got to talk about Veronica Burton, who is no slouch.
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Again, ladies and gentlemen, she had a good game: 11 points, 5 assists, one turnover, two steals, and a block.
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She's a complete player.
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We got Kayla Thornton.
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We got Janelle Salon, Kayla Charles, or Kayla Charles, we got Cecilia Zandeling.
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We got players on this Valkyrie squad, ladies and gentlemen.
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Jessica Shepard still has not had a good game yet for the wings.
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She was an all-star starter this very season.
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I'm kind of concerned for the wings winning against the Valkyrie.
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Now, could they win?
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Again, they are a good offensive squad when playing at their capabilities.
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I can't even say experience lean the wings, because I mean the Valkyrie, because it's a new organization.
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How much experience do they really have?
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This is their second year in the league.
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Not the playoffs.
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Well, technically the playoffs, too.
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But the league, ladies and gentlemen, experience isn't really there, although they have experienced players for sure.
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But ladies and gentlemen, I gotta say again, how these two teams won their games, the Valkyrie's way is more repeatable.
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Gotta say that.
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But I'm curious, ladies and gentlemen, what do you all think?
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Who do you all think is gonna win these next games?
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Because second round coming up very soon.
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We already know that the dream are gonna play the Liberty, which is gonna be a hell of a series.
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Who's gonna go against them on the opposite on the opposite side of the bracket?
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Will it be the fever?
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Will it be the aces?
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Will it be the Valkyrie?
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Will it be the wings?
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That's what we're waiting to see.
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But I personally expect to see Aces versus Valkyrie in the next round.
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The next series will be pretty interesting.
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I ain't gonna lie to you.
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That will be pretty smooth.
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Because if the Valkyries lose that second that second round, there's nothing to scoff at.
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You lost to the Aces, they're defending champs.
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And the Aces, if you lose to the Valkyrie, well, they've had a hell of a season.
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So maybe that just proves that they are contenders, in fact.
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But that would be a wonderful matchup to watch.
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If you watch the fever or the wings, I think they're overachieved just a little bit personally.
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But let's see what happens.
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But I'm curious, ladies and gentlemen, what are your thoughts?
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Who do y'all think is going to advance?
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Let me know in the comment section below.
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But, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, that does conclude the end of the episode.
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