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On The Ball with Ric Bucher
Draymond & Dillon: Cut from the Same Cloth
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Ric examines the circumstances leading to the flagrant fouls and ejections of Draymond Green and Dillon Brooks in the first two games of the Warriors-Grizzlies second-round playoff series.
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