WINGFLATION: WINGS IN 3

W- Arike Ogunbowale, dude, like-

Not, not just, like, a win.

History.

Oh, man.

We witnessed history.

Yeah.

The most points ever scored in a playoff game-

And-

...

in league history.

I just had this thought too, like, she also has the record for most All-Star game points, [laughs] I think also, in a single All-Star game.

So like, and again, that's the, obviously not the same thing, but it's just like she's the kind of player who, just like when the, when the, when the lights are bright, when, when the stage is big, when, when it, you're playing against the best, it really does bring out the best in her.

She wasn't good in game one, just two for seven from the floor.

Nobody was good in game one.

Mm-hmm.

You know? Like, uh, like, except Paige, who we'll get to her.

Right.

But, uh, she just, she, apart from the absolutely fucking batshit shot-making, which, uh, which is just like, you know, that's...

We've talked about this on the show and, and we've, you and me throughout this entire podcast, we basically started this podcast right at the point where Arike started picking up her play and, and kind of rounding into this new version of herself that has been so effective.

And throughout this entire time, she's, she's ha- y- you, you could see th- th- she was building to this.

And, and, and even, you know, even with the new role she was taking, we still asked her a lot of times to bail us out late clock to-

Mm-hmm

... you know, break down a defense one on one and just make a crazy shot.

Those are things that, like, are always gonna be part of what makes Arike Arike.

And tonight, not only did she hit those shots, it just seeming like every time we needed them, but her entire process on both ends of-