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Now CBS Sports Radio headquarters is located in Lower Manhattan. I live in Northern New Jersey in some higher elevations. And so as I left my house to drive into work, I had previously cleaned off my windshield wipers from the snow that had frozen and was more crusty and icy. But I didn't clear off the entire windshield. I just freed my windshield wipers in both the front and the back.

So Princess Leia would be free to flick and float her windshield wipers. So partially, the windshield was still frozen. There was still ice on, I would say the top third of the windshield. In a 40-minute drive into the office, into the studio, in which I was going between 60 and 70 miles per hour most of the time, the top third of my windshield never thawed. It was ice when I left my house. It was still ice when I got to work, meaning the windshield wipers never, I was blowing the hot air on the windshield, the defogger, or as I used to call it when I was a kid, the defrogger, and it never melted. But here's what's even funnier. On the hood of Princess Leia, there is a leaf that is caught in a chunk of ice.

40-minute drive to work. The ice never melted. The leaf never blew away. It's still on the hood of my car. That's cold. Yeah.

40 minutes. I'm assuming Princess Leia warmed up. I mean, I didn't stick my face in the engine underneath the hood, but she warmed up enough that we had no trouble driving into work. And yet somehow, that chunk of ice never melted on the hood enough that the leaf was free to be, free to float or blow away. So yeah, that leaf is still currently frozen to the hood of Princess Leia. Is that a fossil at this point? It might be.

It might be something that should be dug out and turned into a science experiment. I know many of you are dealing with snow and cold, and honestly, I love the winter. I love snow.

I'm the girl who prays for snow. I'm also much happier in cold than I am in extreme heat. Any day I would take cold over the heat and humidity that comes in the northeast or really anywhere that you're on the water.

No, thank you. After the extreme heat and humidity in Texas in 2023 between multiple visits in the summertime because of the wedding planning and the long-distance relationship, I'll take winter any day and twice on Sunday. So I'm okay with winter.

Just it's funny to see that leaf that's still stuck to the hood of my vehicle. I hope you aren't completely freezing or if you are, you're staying inside underneath an electric blanket like the hubs would prefer to do. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio. You can find me on Twitter, ALawRadio. I haven't had a chance to log in yet, but let's see if I can do it while I'm talking to you. Boom! There it goes. If you're looking for the polls, well, they come from the show Twitter, After Hours, CBS. And right now, we still have a couple polls ongoing.

Number one, who would you rather have as your next head coach because we've had no decisions made, as in zero bleeps made so far this week? None of the, is it eight jobs? I think there's eight.

Oh, well, that's not true. The Patriots would be eight, right? And they're promoting Gerard Mayo. So we know the Patriots have done their due diligence and maybe this is why it was the right time for Bob Kraft to part ways with Bill Belichick because he believes that Gerard Mayo is ready to go as a head coach. So that means we have seven openings in the NBA.

None of the others have been filled. Now we've had multiple GMs speak. We've had a new one hired in Washington. What we have not had are any other coaching jobs filled. So we're asking you, and there's just about 15 minutes left in this poll, of the available experienced slash championship coaches, who would you rather have as your next head coach? Bill Belichick, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Vrabel, Pete Carroll. And the latest piece of news, the latest intel is that Jim Harbaugh has also interviewed in Atlanta. So Bill Belichick was Tuesday, no, Monday. Harbaugh, Tuesday. And all of these teams have a lot of candidates. Weirdly enough, though, the Panthers are not interested in Jim Harbaugh. I guess they've had enough of college coaches or David Tepper has. So Bill, Jim, Mike, Pete.

It could be another version of the YMCA. And so you can find that poll on Twitter, either mine or our show Twitter, After Hours CBS. And then you can also still vote for TD of the Week. We'll let you hear those candidates again coming up in just a few minutes.

It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio. Here's another reason why you want to flock. In fact, you can even crash the server if you want flock to our social media is because it's your chance to ask Amy anything. Now, producer Jay and I are thinking that we will do a video before the end of January to answer some of your marriage questions.

Here's the funny part. I'll just admit immediately marriage is very little like what I expected, as in almost nothing like what I expected. And don't ask me what I expected. But you know, you have these ideas about what it'll be like.

Nope, nothing like that. I'll just say right up front, it's a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. And that's OK, because I think anything worth having is worth sacrificing for, working for, compromising for. I'm not afraid of challenging or hard or difficult.

I've been in those types of situations my entire life, both personally and professionally. So hard does not scare me. Challenging does not scare me. But it is a lot more difficult. Challenging is the right word. It's a lot more challenging than what I expected, even in the first month.

And guess what? Wednesday is one month. One month.

Man, that went quickly. One month of adventures with countless more to come. In fact, we've been making some of our honeymoon arrangements. And so we're looking forward to getting to that point. And hopefully by then there'll be no more boxes in the house. Let's hope. Anyway, with one month down and many more to come, we were thinking about maybe doing a wedding edition.

No, I'm sorry. Not wedding. Post wedding edition of Ask Amy Anything for our YouTube channel.

Because Ask Amy Walks Down the Aisle parts 1, 2, and 3 are most popular videos really ever. So because you all enjoyed them so much and you continue to send questions about now post wedding into the marriage, many of you asking for photos. Now, those will come soon. But only on my blog. I will not be posting them on either Twitter or Facebook.

But I will have a few to share with you on my blog. So Bob and I have just finished going through both the wedding pictures and the photos from the reception officially from the photographer. We've marked the ones we like.

We started downloading them. We're organizing them into family and wedding slash reception. So there's, oh my gosh, the photos of us dancing. And I don't just mean me and Bob.

I mean the family and the group of us that was dancing. Hysterical. They are so much fun. And then there's a lot of sweet moments that I either didn't see myself or didn't realize were caught on camera.

So that's been fun. I think I actually like the reception photos even more than I do the wedding. Just because they've been surprises. We didn't know what the photographer would capture at the reception. So we're pretty excited about the photos after first blush. I will admit when I first saw the photos I didn't like them at all. Is that terrible? First of all, I thought, why are there so many photos of me?

Second, I know that's what Bob said. He said, you're the bride, dummy. Like there's supposed to be photos of you, but it just felt like every photo. You don't need 1100 photos of the bride for heaven's sake.

Anyway, I don't need that many. However, it's been fun. So we've done like a sneak peek with our families with a few different family members. And so that's been kind of fun to send them five or six photos and have them go, oh my gosh, can't wait to see more. So the photographers did a really good job because we told them we want candidates more than we want formal photos. And there's some really neat formal photos.

We want candidates. So as I say, there's a bunch of pictures that I didn't even know were happening or that happened at another place in the reception that I wasn't a part of. So it's kind of fun to relive the reception through those photos and also to see what what Bob was doing. You know, various like moments of dancing or interaction with other people. And some of the photos I say, where was I?

Because we were both being pulled by our friends or family members to say hello or to take personal photos. And so it was just neat to kind of go back and tell the stories. So there will be some photos. I've got to speak at a conference next week in Augusta, Georgia.

So I don't know that I'll get the photos up until after that, but hoping to have them up before the start of February, if possible. So, yes, we'll do early marriage questions. Jay, this is scary. I feel like I'm unqualified. You are. You're qualified. Well, I'm qualified to talk about ours, I suppose. But sometimes I'll just admit I felt like a really terrible wife. Like maybe this isn't for me.

No, I'm serious. I've apologized. Well, we're both pretty good at apologizing. But I think the challenge is that, you know, we were apart for our entire dating relationship.

And not only have we not lived in the same zip code, we've obviously never lived together until we got married. And so that's just been a huge adjustment. It's an adjustment.

I remember going back to the summer, my brother tried to tell me how much of an adjustment was going to be living with someone. And I was like, that's dumb. No, it's not. What do you mean? That'll be easy.

Boy, was I wrong. But you know what? We're OK with that. I mean, we'd rather have it be challenging, but be together. It's just that, right, if we didn't realize how much of an adjustment and dogs and a cat and, you know, he moved. And so it's all new for him. And there's winter and there's vehicles and there's working from home. And there's just it's different schedules.

Yeah, it's it's been a lot. But the good news is last week was better than the week before. This week is better than last week. So there you go. Yeah, it's just right.

Like I said, it's not like what I expected. I was thinking like, whoa, newlywed bliss. This'll be fun. Yeah.

What could possibly go wrong? Oh, dear Lord. So much. No, I think that we're doing the hard part now. And then once we get more acclimated. Otherwise, if the honeymoon's over after a week, I think we're that would be really disappointing. And actually, we haven't had our honeymoon yet. So anyway, you guys will, I think, appreciate some of the stories. It's I'll have to, of course, be careful that I don't expose any secrets that anyone doesn't want told. You know, like the dog, I wouldn't want to hurt her feelings or anything.

Can't do that. But yeah, we should do a an early marriage edition of Ask Amy Walks Down the Aisle. Because we've certainly gotten a lot of questions. They keep coming. They do. So if you have something that has nothing to do with wedding or marriage, well, then you can send those to art.

Or if you want to send your early marriage questions, you can send them to producer J at After Hours, CBS or on our Facebook page. So guess what? No Jerry Jones on Tuesday. No Stephen Jones this week on our Dallas affiliate 105.3 The Fan. Both of them are taking the week off. Both of them have decided that they are still licking their wounds.

I'm reading between the lines. Both of them took the week off. That's really all we know.

There's been no explanation given. Excuse me. Get me some oxygen. Get me some oxygen. But what we did have was a member of the Dallas Cowboys locker room dishing on what dear old Jerry said to the team after the loss.

Have you heard Jordan Lewis? This is interesting. It's a message, you know, we got to win. The Dallas Cowboys, man, we had everything to win. So we can't let this feeling keep going on.

So, I mean, it makes sense. Cowboys cornerback Jordan Lewis, part of the defense that got shivved. Exactly. Part of the defense that gave up so many points. Well, Dak Prescott gave up a pick six.

So one of those TVs was on him directly. But the Dallas defense had no answers for Jordan Love. And the game plan drawn up by the Packers coaching staff as in none.

So according to Jordan Lewis, this is his version. Does he expect changes in this offseason? I just feel like he just he wants to win right now. The urgency is now.

I mean, it was always that we always had that that on our shoulders. But, you know, he made it clear that that was the point. Huh? Well, the problem is you can't win right now because you're done for the year. So you you've got to wait another year. So I get the whole there's a sense of urgency, but you can't win now.

That's a fact. We haven't heard from Jarrah yet. We're gonna have to wait on Jarrah. He might be the most coveted interview in the country at this particular point next to maybe a tell all with Bill Belichick, who probably wouldn't tell all. And Sean and RJ auto Dallas affiliate one of five three, the fan will have that.

I'm hoping next week. What about Mike McCarthy? What about his impact in Dallas? Again, this is from Jordan Lewis.

So he's done a tremendous job. You know, everything that, you know, I guess all things, you know, in consideration, it's kind of hard. A lot of, you know, media. Oh, yes.

A lot of people against you all outside noise. And, you know, we kind of just just made sure that we you know, we stuck our arms around each other and stayed together. So, I mean, I think he did a really good job. I mean, he helped me a lot, you know, with my career.

And I feel like, you know, I learned a lot with him. Some high praise for Mike McCarthy. And there's no doubt he's made a positive impact on the organization. But is it enough?

According to many fans, it's not enough. And I think a lot of fans believe the grass is greener if they would get a Bill Belichick. That seems to be the working theory in Dallas that Jerry Jones would be able to lure Bill Belichick.

But what if that's not the case? Well, then do you stick with Mike McCarthy? Then is he a better option?

Tough questions. Jerry has certainly made changes or allowed changes over the last couple of years. He was committed to keeping Dan Quinn last season or last offseason into the 2023 campaign. And the defense was really good.

Until it wasn't. They let Kellen Moore go. Mike McCarthy took over play calling. Dak Prescott had his best year. Twelve more wins in NFC East title again for the second time since he's been there. And I know the playoff wins have not been there. But are you so sure, Cowboys fans, that had it been a different coach, they would have more playoff wins? See, that to me is it's quite a leap.

It's quite a leap. On Twitter, who would you rather have as a head coach? We've got the poll up now.

ALOL radio and then our Facebook page, too. I hope you're staying warm. We're happy to keep you company if you're under seven blankets. We've got a down comforter on our bed.

Down comforter, quilt and then some throw blankets as well. Just not the cat or the dog. That's now illegal in the house. I can't help it, though, if the cat gets up on the bed when I'm sleeping and I don't know. I mean, how am I supposed to know?

There'd be no way of knowing. Supposed to have a cat alarm? Might be under something there. As I look up, there's a cat on a girl's shoulder in an ad on TV. If only she had a cat alarm.

If only she had a cat alarm, that wouldn't happen. Oh, it's our hump show. I'm feeling a little bit goofy, a little bit loosey goosey. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence here on CBS Sports Radio. You are listening to the After Hours podcast. It's a touchdown Tuesday on After Hours. Firing for the end zone. Touchdown. Touchdown. Takes it himself to the pylon. Touchdown.

One man to beat ten. He's gone. They throw in the end zone. Touchdown.

Pay the guy a miss. He's inside the five. He's to the three, two, one. Tops the center resulting into the end zone. Touchdown.

To cast your vote for the TD of the week, head to at After Hours CBS on Twitter or give us a call at 855-212-4227. The Houston Texans. Down to 4.15 to go in the third quarter. Flacco operating out of the gun. Flacco looks. He throws. It is intercepted. Christian Harris down the left side.

Nobody's there. And it's Harris to the house. Touchdown Texans.

It's a pick party in Houston. Thirty-five yards. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers. David Moore swings in motion to the left from the 44-yard line. Mayfield throws the ball to the right side. Caught ball. And a broken tackle by Moore to the 40, to the 35, 30.

David, it's Trey Palmer. Palmer to the five. Touchdown Tampa Bay. Touchdown Buccaneers.

Fire the cannons. Trey Palmer does it. The Green Bay Packers.

C.D. Lamb motions to the left side. Prescott on the shotgun.

Pollard to his left. And he takes the snap. Fakes the handoff.

Tight pockets. It's intercepted. It's intercepted back the other way. It's going to be a pick six for Darnell Savage. Oh my goodness. Darnell Savage with his first interception of this season.

Wow. And the Cowboy fans are in shock. The Buffalo Bills. Here's the snap. Blitz coming. Allen steps up in the pocket. Going to take off and run. Has the first down and Moore. To the 40, to the 35, 30. Breaks away.

20, 10, 5. Touchdown Josh Allen. Yeah, give them a flex, Josh.

You just scrolled them with their back turned. For a huge touchdown run of 47 yards. It's 53 yards.

He was on his own side of the field. Faster than a speeding bullet. Those are the options for After Hours TD of the Week. And the poll's still ongoing for a couple more hours. So we'd love to hear from you on our show, Twitter After Hours CBS.

You can also send your questions for Ask Amy anything there or on Facebook. Running through the various options. Ian Eagle on Westwood won the Christian Harris pick six for a touchdown. Man, the Texans, you want to talk about flexing their muscles against the Cleveland Browns and Joe Flacco with a pair of pick sixes. Then you've got Gene Deckerhoff on Buccaneers radio. Baker.

These are his bucks. Three touchdown passes. Well over 300 yards. Including Trey Palmer who just got through that defense like every other receiver.

My goodness. Once the Buccaneers stopped dropping passes, they had no trouble with Eagles would be tacklers. 157 yards after catch for the Bucks receivers. In what was a lopsided affair to wrap Wild Card weekend. Wayne Larevy on Packers radio. Darnell Savage picked a perfect time for his first pick six of the year. That came in a playoff rout of the Cowboys.

And then finally, it may have been cold. Josh Allen doesn't care. He'll still truck you.

Chris Brown on Bill's radio. Yeah, there were four touchdowns for Josh Allen. But that one, the most dazzling, explosive and powerful. He's a monster. He's a machine. Those are compliments, of course, and he's got some speed too.

And I guess his teammates were telling him to slide, but he decided that he wouldn't that time anyway. So those are your candidates. Again, you can find the poll on Twitter or on Facebook.

It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio. Now, we had been talking in the wake of some of these playoff exits from Saturday, Sunday, Monday about the various coaches. I don't happen to think that there are changes required in either Dallas or Philadelphia. In fact, I think those changes at head coach anyway might be counterproductive.

However, there's a lot of sound and fury. What about for Pittsburgh? Again, fans, I rate because Mike Tomlin's not that good. He's not a good fit for the Steelers.

They only have never had a losing record under him. But, you know, what's that mean anyway? It is a pebble in my shoe. But mostly people are talking because of the moment where a reporter postgame on Monday brought up his contract. And Tomlin exited stage left, his left, our right.

Do we have that particular moment? There's really nothing to it, honestly. She starts talking and he just walks off the dais and heads into the bowels of the stadium. So leaves the press room and all you see is his backside. That's what he thinks of your line of questioning before she even got to her question, actually. She never really asked anything. She just got to.

So your contract, you're left in your contract. Anyway, it was members of the Steelers defense doing their exit interviews on Tuesday. And Kim Hayward was asked about Mike Tomlin walking away from any questions about his contract. Why would he answer a question like that? He's worried about trying to win a playoff game. And then last night, you know, we just lost a big playoff game. Why does he need to address that now?

That's not the time or the place. And I appreciate the question, but I just think for him in general, you know, Coach T's earned that to just, you know, be single, singly focused on one goal. And, you know, we've asked this question week in and week out. It's just not fair to the process.

Kim, agree with that. Why would he answer the question? Even if the question is legitimate and he does have a year left on his contract, they did make the playoffs despite starting three different quarterbacks. I still don't understand why the grass is so much greener for the Steelers. I get that winning a Super Bowl is the ultimate goal, but you had an aging Hall of Fame quarterback. Maybe he hung around too long.

Maybe he didn't. But the fact that there was no real run game to speak of in the last couple of years with Ben Roethlisberger. And he was hurt again.

That was kind of the end of that era. Now they're trying to find their quarterback. The draft Kenny Pickett. OK, he spent a good portion of this year being hurt. So not a lot of consistency there.

Still run game takes forever to get warmed up this season. They make a coaching change or make a coordinator change, I should say, firing Matt Canada. And yet they still finish in the AFC North in a wildcard spot. So to me, that's milking the positive out of what could largely have been a disaster. That's just my opinion. I happen to think that there's more to a coach in his tenure and the decision than wins and losses. But I understand Super Bowls are the goal. This whole thing about him only having one year left on his contract doesn't make any sense to me. So if you only have one year, that means that you don't have any job security.

I kind of understand because it's a bit of a rat race that players always want that extra money and players always want that guarantee. But I'm not sure you could add more job security than Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh. It's about one of the most secure jobs in the entire league. But there's been some talk that maybe Tomlin will walk away and pull a Sean Payton, so to speak, where he takes a year off because he's burnt out or it's old and stale in Pittsburgh. And they also ask Cam Hayward about that on Tuesday. Why are we so concerned with somebody who has a year on their contract, has been locked in, and has wanted to just play coach football?

We don't ask anybody else if they need to come back for another year or anything else. I just think it's doing him a disservice. This guy's been locked in from the very get-go, but yet we're worried about if he's coming back or not. He's been locked in, and I appreciate it because that's only created more dissension for players and coaches.

We just want to focus on one goal. He just wants to focus on one goal, and I just think that's fair to hope. I do know that the reports out there indicate that Tomlin plans to coach in 2024.

We also had heard, now it's not been confirmed by the team or the ownership, we had heard the Rooney's had offered him a contract extension. Maybe he wants to coach out the string and then decide what to do. But to a man who's had a microphone in front of his face, they seem to think either A, he doesn't want to go anywhere, or B, they don't want to change, like T.J. Watt. I want to play for Mike T. It was huge in my contract talks. I don't want to play for anybody other than Mike T. You guys understand and see in the way that I talk about how much I respect and appreciate him as a coach, as a man, as a leader.

And that's my endorsement for him. That is quite an endorsement from one of the best defensive players in the league. T.J. Watt says, I don't want to play for anybody else. How much do you think that resonates with the Rooney family? You want to keep T.J. Watt under contract? You want to keep him in Pittsburgh? And those guys who are two of the leaders on the defense, Cam Hayward, the captain, does not sound like they think this is the coach's fault. Similar to in Dallas. So far, nobody publicly, not that they would say anything publicly, but no one's rumbling about how this is on Mike McCarthy.

And I would think that'd be a major cop out. If you're Micah Parsons and you dare blame this on your coaching staff, are you kidding me? I would think their egos would be too big to be blaming it on coaches. Although I guess Justin Fields did that earlier in the season, so.

All right. Which of these coaches would you prefer? We know that now Mike Tomlin reportedly going to coach out the string, if you will. Mike T. Is he lame duck? Is he a lame duck coach?

That's interesting. Again, we we've heard the Rooney family wants him to stay. So far, other than New England, still open season for head coaches. Oh, man. When is the news going to drop? I can feel the buildup, the anticipation. I suppose you could call this week boring after last week.

What? No more Hall of Famers retiring or stepping down or leaving their posts? I mean, are we spoiled rotten as sports fans?

I think we are. Coming up, it was a twenty two point lead for the Kings in the fourth quarter. Oh, huh. And also Nicola Jokic and Joelle Embiid having a moment after the Nuggets and the Sixers tipped off. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence.

You are listening to the After Hours podcast. Field bounces to Allen and up fake gets harder to fly by. Steps left, shoots a three and hits nine threes on the night for Grayson Allen.

Twenty nine points and it's one thirteen to ninety nine. Grayson Allen open gets it up. Fake then feeds Gordon out to Durant for three. He got it. Single digit game with four ten left to play. Kevin Durant has twenty on the night. It's one thirteen to one oh four. Gordon for three.

He got it. Gordon lights it up and knocks it down. That cuts the lead in half. One fifteen, one twelve. Kings on top with a minute twenty left to go. Durant right corner it's Gordon wide open three. He got it and we're tied at one fifteen. The Suns have come all the way back from down twenty two. Forty seconds left to play. Getting you to the good half of your week. It's the Hump Show on After Hours.

You hear the adage, that phrase over and over again. There's no lead that's safe in the NBA. The lead is never big enough in the NBA and how often do we see that proven but this was quite a doozy. The Suns trailed the Kings.

Now this is in Phoenix. This is the kind of game that got Monty Williams fired last year. The Suns trailed the Kings on their own court by twenty two points in the fourth quarter. But as you hear on Suns radio, Grayson Allen got hot. Ultimately finished with nine threes. Scored nearly thirty for the Suns. And as they're storming up and down the court, they're steadily chipping away and chipping away. They finished the game on a twenty three to four run.

So the Kings left that door wide open. Ten seconds to go. Beal on the dribble. Gets shoved by Fox. Dives it over to Durant.

Down to five. KD on the drive. Stops left elbow. Jumper up.

Nobody's found. Darren Fox got a piece of Kevin Durant with one point six seconds on the clock. KD will go back to the line. First free throw up and good. KD eight for eight at the line tonight. Twenty six points. Durant bends his knees. Shoots and hits. One nineteen.

One seventeen. Suns on top. Timeout Kings. It wasn't even like they had the entire fourth quarter.

To cut through the noise and rally from twenty two. Now the Kings were up twenty two with just over eight minutes to go. Of twenty two points with just over eight minutes to go. This is like having a twenty seven nothing lead in an NFL playoff game.

And ultimately not able to protect it. It's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio. So you had Kevin Durant hitting a couple threes. You had Eric Gordon hitting some threes. Grayson Allen. They just got hot.

Though the Kings still had an opportunity in the waning stages. The last few seconds. Barnes will inbound far sideline.

He gets it from James Williams. Slaps the ball. Looking.

Still looking. Gets it to Malik Monk. He's going to shoot a three at the buzzer.

He missed it. And the Suns win. Suns win it. One nineteen.

One seventeen. The final score. Their biggest comeback win of the season. Down twenty two. They rally.

Fight all the way back and get their first win of the year against the Sacramento Kings. I usually know how the game is flowing but I felt like this was a blur. I felt like I looked up. We was down six.

I look up again. It's a tie game, you know. So everything happened so fast. I guess we all were in the zone and just locked in.

I think once we went small and was able to switch all the actions. Their team that likes to, you know, play a free flowing movement offense. So when you could disrupt that, you know, they turned into a whole different team. We've seen firsthand that the modern NBA team's never out of a game. We've lost a few, you know, and that was the sort of the messaging throughout the game is we're going to keep changing the game.

And we just got to stay in the fight. Frank Vogel and Kevin Durant. This is the type of win that could spur a team. That can really spark a team to feel like we have something worth playing for here. As much as there's no safe lead in the NBA. The Suns are just the second team in the last twenty five seasons to do this. Come back for more than twenty down in eight minutes. And the Kings have got to feel like they got kicked in the groin or punched in the gut.

I'm not sure which one is more desirable. Twenty two points. You've got to check out the highlights if you didn't see the game. It's pretty impressive. They finish it on a twenty three to four run.

What was that, Jay? That's the peanut gallery. They're still cheering. They're still cheering in Phoenix. They're just so happy.

They're just so happy in Phoenix. Have you voted yet for the TD of the week? If not, you can find that on our show Twitter after our CBS. Or as I say, you can also check it out on our Facebook page and then send your questions for Ask Amy anything. It is the hump show. Your chance to ask Amy anything except who's going to win the Super Bowl. Why do I keep seeing that question?

Oh, dear. So let's talk about the matchup of championship quality big men. I say that because there I should just go with MVPs.

Yes. Nicole Yogić and the Nuggets are the reigning champions. I feel like Joel Embiid has played championship like. But of course, the Sixers haven't gotten past the second round.

So that was more of a misleading type of a qualification. We'll just go back to MVPs. They're MVPs and they were on the court together in Philly. Here's Jackson on a drive. Embiid right there. Wild shot by Jackson. Embiid with a D. Here's Maxie to Embiid. Joel in the lane. Gets around Yogić and he laid it up and good.

He pulled the Euro on Yogić. So I suppose this can give you a feather in your cap. I don't know. It's not a playoff game. It's a victory over the defending champions. And yes, Joel scored forty one. Nicole Yogić and Joel likely to be involved in the MVP races again. So what did Joel say to Nicole? He actually said that he told him something about how he was the best player in the league. Blah, blah, blah.

I think that's what I saw. Anyway, the two of them completely different. Obviously, they're not the same type of player, but it is cool to see them dominate in the paint or even take their game and spread it. Spread it out and be on the perimeter and just what they can do with the ball in their hands and creating shots for themselves. I don't think I care what, you know, people, you know, decide who's the best. I know, you know, I want to be the best and I'm knowing I'm going to do whatever it takes to be the best.

You know, but, you know, sometimes, you know, it's not about, you know, just individuals. So you got to be able to win as a team and, you know, so you got to do the best shot possible to make sure that, you know, you put yourself in the team in the best position possible to win. And it seems like, you know, if you want to be the best, you got to win. No matter what's around and no matter who's around, you got to find a way to win.

So that's my goal. He's a really good player. He's playing historic right now.

He's averaging 30-something points every night and that's extremely hard to do, especially every night. But, I mean, I'm not playing against him. I'm playing against Philadelphia. So, you know, it was a good matchup probably. It was. It was a close game. But Joel with 10 straight points, so a 10-nothing run of his own in the fourth quarter.

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