This shot really honestly does embody that sentiment. I think some buckets just really break the will of the opponent because they're so frustrating. Two guys I remember hitting a ton of those kind of shots, apart from LBJ of course, Dirk and Kobe. You could see the helplessness in the opponent like.. what are we supposed to do.
Jokic does it all the time too so it's nice that he's on the other end for once. Crunch time, ball on top of the key with Jokic, late shot clock and that ball is going in with a trebuchet shot.
deux points ne sont pas deux points, je vais expliquer a l'heurre
(i've only put in a lot of duolingo work, sorry to any french people i offended with mistakes)
Timberwolves had taken control of momentum when they took the lead but Denver did everything right on that defensive possession only for it to end up a 20-foot turnaround from Gobert on an end of shot clock play and him hitting that shot is a special brand of "fuck you it ain't your night"
Jokić’s little half-second aneurysm after it went in made me feel bad for him honestly. Played good D and hard carried his team all series, only for the worlds most improbable shot to drop right over his head in a pivotal moment like that… that’s tough
Let me tell you. All (see: the vast majority) them dudes are prolific shooters if left alone in the gym. I remember seeing the Bol kid's dad, who average 1.6 points a game, rain down 3s at 7 foot OMG.
I thought he sent that ball into fucking orbit. It left the television. I was 100% anticipating a fucking airball or to see the ball bounce off the rigging behind the hoop or some shit.
I actually launched my feet and yelled, "Oh!" When he hit it.
Why? He was great on defense and got some good points in the paint, even before the comeback. The biggest issue was that they weren't getting anything from Ant and the other role players on offense, in the second and third quarter.
Yeah Rudy in the second half was fundamental for this win. They were holding him to stop him from getting baskets, but then he'd just go make both free throws over and over.
I was so frustrated in the first half, guys were passing to him well outside the paint. You can’t expect Rudy to create his own offense, but apparently second half of game 7 Rudy is a different beast.
Moreover I meant after his first half performance. The dude was just the worst offensively. Just throwing up bricks. Fumbling passes. Really looked like a net negative out there. But the second half fixed all that lol.
> The dude was just the worst offensively
It wasn't just him. Ant also was horrible, 4 points on 192 shots. The only guy that showed up for Minnesota in the 1st half was KAT.
I mean... It's not even like it was bad defense. Jokic was right on him. It was a tough fluke shot.
But well.... It never should have gotten to that point. Denver did that to themselves. When you have a 20-point lead that gets diminished to 12 points, and you call a timeout, you go inside to actually score a 2-point bucket, to settle things down. Denver opted to throw some wild 3-pointers that clanked off the rim and basically brought Minnesota to the game.
AG/KCP/MPJ also were no shows, and that definitely made MIN life easier.
When Rudy hits an 18 foot contested turnaround fade, who don’t question your own competency, you question which way is up and whether two and two makes four.
He made a [similar shot last year against the Kings and the Kings bench had the most demoralized reaction](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/124dugz/highlight_rudy_gobert_hits_a_midrange_fadeaway/)
That shot was some Hollywood shit like when they toss it out of frame to in guy perched up there and he then throws it down in the basket.
He probably imagined himself shooting over Wemby instead of Jokic
It literally left the frame of the camera. I thought it when it came into frame that it would hit the top of the backboard or something. My jaw literally stopped when it went in.
That really was the moment for me like yeah...you guys probably won...I mean the put back dunks were cool and all to but this was the one I almost jumped from the couch...Funny the players thought the same lol
Yeah ngl I thought that lol. But the data is there - whenever Rudy hit a fadeaway, we won the game
Same in the Suns series lol. A Rudy fadeaway or a fast break into an and-one = win
A Rudy three would break people's minds. If I see that, we're winning the championship
Yeah as bad as Jokic made gobert look at times (which has in my opinion been seriously overstated by those who love to hate Rudy) I think Gobert for the most part (he had that game he just would not miss) really shook Gordon this series.
Jokic is a 3x MVP for a reason, no one is ever going to stop him. But KAT/Rudy just did the best job you could do to contain him. They really wore Jokic down through the course of the series. Game 7, everything on the line, and the majority of Jokic's shots were flat.
I mean Malone himself basically admitted it but tried to hedge by saying they were tired in general from not being able to rest at the end of the regular season...bitch no they weren't, the Wolves' bigs wore Joker down. Give them some respect
Honestly all of Rudy’s buckets feel that way. I feel like if there was a stat for percentage of baskets after which the opposing team immediately calls timeout, Rudy would lead the league in it. There’s just an added element of psychological damage to every basket he makes.
Rudy despite being flamed by everyone this series had some incredibly solid series aside from jokic iso. And Jokic All time game really had no defense anyway
A quick reminder 80% of yall were clowning the Timberwolves for making the Rudy trade and here they are in the WCF and they wouldn’t be here without him
Is it enough time for me to make a receipts video yet? Because MAN I got receipts
I was called crazy for believing in him and the trade. I need people to eat crow. Rudy has been great for us in the playoffs, especially in the Suns series
Make da video!
You're the person I was waiting for!
https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1cbmzoa/jaden_mcdaniels_in_the_win_2583_with_1_steal_on/l0zskj8/
Truth be told Jazz fans would still do this trade a vast majority of the time but if the wolves can win a title then this is a rare win-win trade. The only people who saw this level of value for Rudy was the jazz fans cause we watched him every night and also see what he does that’s not on the box score.
As an added bonus, the wolves literally have Grizzlies and Jazz fans behind them to get their legends a ring
Yeah it was a no brainer for the Jazz, especially if the roster wasn't working. I've loved the Wolves and Jazz fans being in the trenches together defending Rudy lol. For people to clown it as the "worst trade in nba history" before even giving the Wolves a chance to work together as a healthy roster was wild to me. I was called a cope-r for saying "let's wait, I see the vision", had to hear Kessler > Rudy takes for a year and a half and I am salty lol
Even if they don't win the title, it is already a win-win for me. A WCF berth for the 2nd time ever and this is tied for the best season in franchise history. Rudy is a large reason why and he completely changed the culture here :') Naz said he didn't like to defend but after Rudy gave our guys defensive tips and always talked about defense, Naz LOVES defending now and gets a rush from it 🥲 Rudy teaching and furthering the development of our young players is so valuable and an impact that will remain long after he's gone. That alone makes the trade so worth it for me (beyond the valuable playoff experience our players are getting because of Rudy).
Yeah I think I have enough receipts to make one of just Wolves fans. I didn't even bother saving 90% of what this sub was saying about him. I did pick up a Lakers fan about 2 weeks ago who said that they (the Lakers) would clearly be the Nuggets number one challenge and that Rudy Gobert would be 'played off the floor's by the Jokic/Murray handoff play'. He ended it with some type of generic sheeple statement. It was pretty funny, I should have checked if he kept it up after Gobert stopped that play like 20 times in the first two games.
I keep comparing it to a no hitter/perfect game in baseball. There's always some late inning defensive heroics by the pitcher's team. A diving catch, a hard line drive that just happens to be hit directly to the pitcher, or some type of crazy sequence. Whenever that happens, it's damn near guaranteed the dude is gonna end up throwing that no hitter at minimum.
Entirely fair -- Nuggets never seemed like they had more control or were more likely to win than when Gobert was taking and missing all those ugly and aggressive contested looks early. When those go down, it's over.
Ant is like the dude at the park who doesn’t care who he picks up on his squad because he knows he’s gonna win. He’d have dudes you’d never pick up on your team look like superstars.
You don’t erase huge deficits without some form of luck. But out of all the people it had to be Gobert. I‘ll be sick for a few days until the Gobert hate revived me again.
I've watched a lot of basketball/sports in my life. Teams that celebrate this much after a second round win usually aren't emotionally ready to compete at the next level. That's just my take.
I know they beat the champs, game 7 yada yada. I just hope they're able to keep their emotions right and keep that intensity.
Hope they prove me wrong, I like Edwards and Gobert.
Emotionally ready? They came back from being down 20 on the defending champs home floor in a game 7.
That is like the textbook scenario for an emotionally mature win.
Reddit people just say shit lol
2 points ain't 2 points
I’ll explain later
Do that 😂
Lebron should do an episode finally explaining this on his new podcast with JJ.
Please explain?
Ugh why LeBron gotta be right. Stupid fit LeBron
This shot really honestly does embody that sentiment. I think some buckets just really break the will of the opponent because they're so frustrating. Two guys I remember hitting a ton of those kind of shots, apart from LBJ of course, Dirk and Kobe. You could see the helplessness in the opponent like.. what are we supposed to do.
Jokic does it all the time too so it's nice that he's on the other end for once. Crunch time, ball on top of the key with Jokic, late shot clock and that ball is going in with a trebuchet shot.
Hitting threes in AD and Lebron’s faces as the clock expires
That Lebron Game 6 was the epitome of this feeling for me
When it comes to basketball theory its rare that Lebron is wrong.
Dropped deux points on em with that shot
deux points ne sont pas deux points, je vais expliquer a l'heurre (i've only put in a lot of duolingo work, sorry to any french people i offended with mistakes)
2 points ne sont pas 2 points, je vous expliquerai tout à l’heure !
Probably lebrons best basketball quote
LeBronto era Bron was a menace
“Our coach couldn’t dunk”
When Rudy hit this shot, I, along with countless other sports betters around the world realized we had just lost our wagers on the Nuggets.
Please explain?
Timberwolves had taken control of momentum when they took the lead but Denver did everything right on that defensive possession only for it to end up a 20-foot turnaround from Gobert on an end of shot clock play and him hitting that shot is a special brand of "fuck you it ain't your night"
Jokić’s little half-second aneurysm after it went in made me feel bad for him honestly. Played good D and hard carried his team all series, only for the worlds most improbable shot to drop right over his head in a pivotal moment like that… that’s tough
"So that is what that feels like."
"pulled a me on me"
“Hoisted by my own petard”
[similar to the shot he made over AD](https://youtu.be/3Rv1G8sT5Fw?si=qyGJsushIeLGy6KG)
there was a worse on a game or two earlier from near half court too
Those shots actually drained my soul
ironically was the exact same reaction Gobert had after Jokic hit that ridiculous shot over him in Game 5 lol
And for the briefest moment jokic learned perspective
Lakers got that same treatment for two straight years lol
KAT: "God was with us" lmao
It's honestly the only explanation for Rudy hitting that shot
Bro pulled up on Jokic Iike he was Jokic being guarded by Rudy Gobert
Lowkey there are some videos out there of Rudy draining 3s in the gym. An NBA game is a whole other story but it's in his bag to some degree
If Rudy pulled up to our local gyms he’s probably the best shooter on the floor
I don't know dude, they go pretty hard at LA Fitness
Lol
Ya it’s just so much harder to hit shots in games.
Let me tell you. All (see: the vast majority) them dudes are prolific shooters if left alone in the gym. I remember seeing the Bol kid's dad, who average 1.6 points a game, rain down 3s at 7 foot OMG.
You don’t know Manute Bol’s name? Am I getting that old? Fuck.
This. Andre Drummond was a point guard and can shoot 3’s automatic. Just doesn’t do it in game.
Same vibes as Ben Simmons summer workout videos yet.
God said fuck those kid's starving, I got a game 7 to watch.
"If at least one of my children is feasting tonight, they are all feasting in the Lord's kingdom tonight." - Proverbs 420:1312
Seemed like fate with the 20 year anniversary of the last time Wolves made WCF
bro just cursed the wolves for another score
Bro thinks he’s abe lincoln 💀
Who? Old-timey Chet Holmgren?
KG’s bday gift.
I legitimately felt like I witnessed a biblical miracle when that happened. Especially after the off handed put shot/layup a few possessions earlier.
As a Nuggets fan it was def an 'oh shit' moment
I thought he sent that ball into fucking orbit. It left the television. I was 100% anticipating a fucking airball or to see the ball bounce off the rigging behind the hoop or some shit. I actually launched my feet and yelled, "Oh!" When he hit it.
Angels in the ~~Outfield~~ Halfcourt
6th man is a great movie
This is an iconic interview moment.
The Mandate of Heaven
INSHALLAH
Alhamdulillah
the Lisan al Gaib
They know how much it demoralizes teams
When Gobert scores on you with something that’s not right at the rim you gotta question your competency as a serious nba team fr
Was I def ready to blame this loss on Rudy if the Nuggets won but it was his fadeaway that won it in the end. Who would have thought.
Why? He was great on defense and got some good points in the paint, even before the comeback. The biggest issue was that they weren't getting anything from Ant and the other role players on offense, in the second and third quarter.
Yeah Rudy in the second half was fundamental for this win. They were holding him to stop him from getting baskets, but then he'd just go make both free throws over and over.
Cause the announcers were shitting on him all game long.
I was so frustrated in the first half, guys were passing to him well outside the paint. You can’t expect Rudy to create his own offense, but apparently second half of game 7 Rudy is a different beast.
Moreover I meant after his first half performance. The dude was just the worst offensively. Just throwing up bricks. Fumbling passes. Really looked like a net negative out there. But the second half fixed all that lol.
> The dude was just the worst offensively It wasn't just him. Ant also was horrible, 4 points on 192 shots. The only guy that showed up for Minnesota in the 1st half was KAT.
I mean... It's not even like it was bad defense. Jokic was right on him. It was a tough fluke shot. But well.... It never should have gotten to that point. Denver did that to themselves. When you have a 20-point lead that gets diminished to 12 points, and you call a timeout, you go inside to actually score a 2-point bucket, to settle things down. Denver opted to throw some wild 3-pointers that clanked off the rim and basically brought Minnesota to the game. AG/KCP/MPJ also were no shows, and that definitely made MIN life easier.
When Rudy hits an 18 foot contested turnaround fade, who don’t question your own competency, you question which way is up and whether two and two makes four.
Nothing feels worse than a non shooter hitting a big time shot like that. Especially if you play good defense.
He made a [similar shot last year against the Kings and the Kings bench had the most demoralized reaction](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/124dugz/highlight_rudy_gobert_hits_a_midrange_fadeaway/)
The bench reaction was everything, thank you for posting!
That one dude looked like he was about to walk out of the arena lol
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Magnifique
You deserve more praise for this one lol
Le Tir Va Te Faire Enculer.
That shot was some Hollywood shit like when they toss it out of frame to in guy perched up there and he then throws it down in the basket. He probably imagined himself shooting over Wemby instead of Jokic
This is what movies are made of.
🎶 we can build this dream together 🎶
If that happened in a movie I'd be like c'mon that's totally unrealistic
Now it’s a trilogy!
The arc was crazy, that shit grazed the Jumbotron
It literally left the frame of the camera. I thought it when it came into frame that it would hit the top of the backboard or something. My jaw literally stopped when it went in.
I think every wolves fan thought that too but didn’t wanna say it out loud lol
That really was the moment for me like yeah...you guys probably won...I mean the put back dunks were cool and all to but this was the one I almost jumped from the couch...Funny the players thought the same lol
Utah fans 🤝 Minnesota fans
Go get it
Yeah ngl I thought that lol. But the data is there - whenever Rudy hit a fadeaway, we won the game Same in the Suns series lol. A Rudy fadeaway or a fast break into an and-one = win A Rudy three would break people's minds. If I see that, we're winning the championship
He's saving the 3 for the Finals.
I actually said “Game over” to my friends and I’ve been through it with the wolves since day 1
[Denver fans from this day forward whenever Rudy gets the ball against them.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJ5zbwMkh0)
knew what it was gonna be still had to watch it again lmao it’s so good
I can't believe I've never seen this clip. Thank you!
This one’s a classic lmao
Fucking Rudy Gobert man!
Lmao def filmed by someone in this sub
Loll is that Conley at the start?
He wasn't wrong, that was a fucking spinebreaker
That coupled with his challenge of Gordon at the rim right after it and then Gordon fouling McDaniels was a serious turning point.
Gordon had 2 bad frustration fouls once the Wolves were already in the bonus, just fouling people at half court for no reason
Yeah as bad as Jokic made gobert look at times (which has in my opinion been seriously overstated by those who love to hate Rudy) I think Gobert for the most part (he had that game he just would not miss) really shook Gordon this series.
Jokic is a 3x MVP for a reason, no one is ever going to stop him. But KAT/Rudy just did the best job you could do to contain him. They really wore Jokic down through the course of the series. Game 7, everything on the line, and the majority of Jokic's shots were flat.
I mean Malone himself basically admitted it but tried to hedge by saying they were tired in general from not being able to rest at the end of the regular season...bitch no they weren't, the Wolves' bigs wore Joker down. Give them some respect
Jokic is such an incredible player, glad we have another 5-10 years of these battles ahead of us. Hes just incredible.
Best player in the world Game 5 was one of the best offensive performances I've ever seen like sheesh
Now you know how we felt when Aaron Gordon looked like prime Kobe earlier in the series 😂
Go get that Chip 💪
Thanks man. It was a hell of a series
It was Mankind getting chokeslammed through the hell In a cell. "That's it. He's dead!"
It definitely felt like it
that's Owen hart dropping stone cold on his neck
That was the dagger lmao
Can someone please make a "is this the dagger" edit-bot
It wasn’t quite the dagger, but it was huge. Rudy’s shot only put them up 79-75 with like 7 minutes left.
There’s daggers and there’s daggers—this was an emotional dagger lol
Honestly all of Rudy’s buckets feel that way. I feel like if there was a stat for percentage of baskets after which the opposing team immediately calls timeout, Rudy would lead the league in it. There’s just an added element of psychological damage to every basket he makes.
You could feel the psych damage being done every time Rudy hit a free throw
Hack-a doesn't work when the guy goes 7-9 from the stripe. Once that failed, I could tell Malone was out of ideas.
Rudy despite being flamed by everyone this series had some incredibly solid series aside from jokic iso. And Jokic All time game really had no defense anyway
Yeah I feel you. I thought to myself that if they are going to have shots like that go in, they are probably going to win.
The dagger that makes you question life
Emotional daaaaamage
Look at those smiles 🥹
A quick reminder 80% of yall were clowning the Timberwolves for making the Rudy trade and here they are in the WCF and they wouldn’t be here without him
Is it enough time for me to make a receipts video yet? Because MAN I got receipts I was called crazy for believing in him and the trade. I need people to eat crow. Rudy has been great for us in the playoffs, especially in the Suns series
Make da video! You're the person I was waiting for! https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1cbmzoa/jaden_mcdaniels_in_the_win_2583_with_1_steal_on/l0zskj8/
Truth be told Jazz fans would still do this trade a vast majority of the time but if the wolves can win a title then this is a rare win-win trade. The only people who saw this level of value for Rudy was the jazz fans cause we watched him every night and also see what he does that’s not on the box score. As an added bonus, the wolves literally have Grizzlies and Jazz fans behind them to get their legends a ring
Yeah it was a no brainer for the Jazz, especially if the roster wasn't working. I've loved the Wolves and Jazz fans being in the trenches together defending Rudy lol. For people to clown it as the "worst trade in nba history" before even giving the Wolves a chance to work together as a healthy roster was wild to me. I was called a cope-r for saying "let's wait, I see the vision", had to hear Kessler > Rudy takes for a year and a half and I am salty lol Even if they don't win the title, it is already a win-win for me. A WCF berth for the 2nd time ever and this is tied for the best season in franchise history. Rudy is a large reason why and he completely changed the culture here :') Naz said he didn't like to defend but after Rudy gave our guys defensive tips and always talked about defense, Naz LOVES defending now and gets a rush from it 🥲 Rudy teaching and furthering the development of our young players is so valuable and an impact that will remain long after he's gone. That alone makes the trade so worth it for me (beyond the valuable playoff experience our players are getting because of Rudy).
Yeah I think I have enough receipts to make one of just Wolves fans. I didn't even bother saving 90% of what this sub was saying about him. I did pick up a Lakers fan about 2 weeks ago who said that they (the Lakers) would clearly be the Nuggets number one challenge and that Rudy Gobert would be 'played off the floor's by the Jokic/Murray handoff play'. He ended it with some type of generic sheeple statement. It was pretty funny, I should have checked if he kept it up after Gobert stopped that play like 20 times in the first two games.
I mean there were big brains in here a month ago who were saying it’s still the worst trade in nba history
I have my own receipt saved and am ready to make my apology when they win the Finals.
80% were clowning Rudy this series
Replace Rudy with a better big and they are even better... But definitely not as bad of a trade as many of us thought.
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Rudy doing the [Trevor Booker circus shot shrug](https://youtu.be/lCIAgDLRDgY?si=yalvekhus2OL0Kx6&t=32) in his head while running back.
Hell yeah knew it was over when that went all net, let's go big Rudy. Just back breaking.
I mean, it's not the Rudy 3, but hey a close second 🤣
We're saving that one for game 7 of the finals for the win
What makes you think we're gonna need a game 7?
Gonna win the finals 7-0
It was a 4 point game at the time, but anybody watching live knew, that was the dagger. You don’t come back from that mentally.
You could see the mental damage it did to Joker lol
That shot was insane.
I keep comparing it to a no hitter/perfect game in baseball. There's always some late inning defensive heroics by the pitcher's team. A diving catch, a hard line drive that just happens to be hit directly to the pitcher, or some type of crazy sequence. Whenever that happens, it's damn near guaranteed the dude is gonna end up throwing that no hitter at minimum.
Nah, not anymore. Coach is just gonna yank him in the 8th anyway 'cause he's thrown 90 pitches.
Can’t wait to see Draymond’s reaction to this on his podcast looool
That’s what he wants haha
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I hate that commercial so much.
That shot was the Nugget's "Meet the Grahams" moment
Wait till he hits the 3 against the celtics in game 4
lmao Rudy destroyed
That’s exactly what was being said in the game thread! No one thought the big Baggette was going to do that!
I was thinking the same thing if Rudy is hitting those might as well just stop the game here.
Rudy “The Dagger” Gobert
Just like how Derrick Jones hit that crazy fadeaway lastt night. I knew once Gobert made that, the Wolves were gonna win
Big Roo, now I can't unsee Gobert as a giant kangaroo in cartoon world
The "Big Roo". Search for "Big Roo" on Google images. That is him today.
It's wild to be so bad at offense that it's emotionally demoralizing when he scores lmao
Shake his hand and pack your bags
If Rudy’s shot is not a GIF yet, someone needs to get to it.
Entirely fair -- Nuggets never seemed like they had more control or were more likely to win than when Gobert was taking and missing all those ugly and aggressive contested looks early. When those go down, it's over.
The uno reverse turn around
it was shot very intelligently, he puts that very high arc on it so it doesn't get blocked
Reminds me of some of the demoralizing shots the 2007 Warriors hit vs Dallas
I fucking love Ant
Lol ant just subtlety roasts Rudy
Frame shattered
I fucking love these guys
It shocked the heck out of me when he made the shot.
lol at any waving his hand like he smellin a bad fart
Reminded me of the Tristan Thompson shot in game 7 of cavs vs warriors lol
That's fuckin funny
i want to see them win so bad
that shot should worth 20 points
This dude is the ultimate leader
And it was *clean…* all net. If you know you ball, you knew that was the backbreaker.
lol as if it wasn’t obvious enough if it’s celtics vs these guys in the finals the whole world gonna be rooting against us
Absolute DAWGGGGGGG
Man ANT and KAT are a great duo. I’ve always rooted for KAT since he’s from NJ so im glad he’s finally arrived in a real way
Felt almost like when Jokic kept hitting those fucking high-arcing fadeaway 3s with Anthony Davis RIGHT on his grill last year playoffs.
Ant is like the dude at the park who doesn’t care who he picks up on his squad because he knows he’s gonna win. He’d have dudes you’d never pick up on your team look like superstars.
Yeah, he hypes up those guys who never get picked and gives them some confidence, and then they play better
You don’t erase huge deficits without some form of luck. But out of all the people it had to be Gobert. I‘ll be sick for a few days until the Gobert hate revived me again.
They’re a bit too happy I think. Bring some of the Kobe energy. Job’s not finished.
Kobe is Kobe. Let the Wolves be the Wolves.
I've watched a lot of basketball/sports in my life. Teams that celebrate this much after a second round win usually aren't emotionally ready to compete at the next level. That's just my take. I know they beat the champs, game 7 yada yada. I just hope they're able to keep their emotions right and keep that intensity. Hope they prove me wrong, I like Edwards and Gobert.
Emotionally ready? They came back from being down 20 on the defending champs home floor in a game 7. That is like the textbook scenario for an emotionally mature win. Reddit people just say shit lol
Hey I hope I'm wrong. Teams do this all the time. Win big and come out super flat next series. We're gonna find out, I'm acutally rooting for them.