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qy          A.1 utt1:  <Beep>  {D Well, } did you get a chance to watch any of the games? /  

nn          B.2 utt1:  {F Uh, } no,  /
sd^e          B.2 utt2: [ [ [ I, + I just kind of, ] + I, ] + I kind of ] watch them on the news  /
sd         B.2 utt3: {C and } that's about it. /  

bk          A.3 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay <laughter>. /  

qy^g          B.4 utt1:  {F Uh, } [ the, + Michael Jordan's ] on Chicago Bulls isn't he. /  

ny          A.5 utt1:  Yeah. /  

qy          B.6 utt1:  [ What, + ] did he get hurt last night  /
%          B.6 utt2: {C or, } -/  

nn          A.7 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          A.7 utt2: I don't think so  /
sd          A.7 utt3: {C because, } {F uh, } I saw just a little bit of the game today  /
sd          A.7 utt4: {C and } he was out there playing. /  

bk          B.8 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

sd          A.9 utt1:  Although, {F uh, } [ I, + what I ] saw was at the end of the first quarter,  /
sd          A.9 utt2: I think he only had {D like } [ eightch-, + eight ] points --   

b          B.10 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.11 utt1:  -- at the end of the first quarter,  /
sd          A.11 utt2: they thought that was big news. /  

b          B.12 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

h          A.13 utt1:  {C So, } I don't know,  /
sd          A.13 utt2: {C but } I don't know who won,  /
h          A.13 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, } I don't know,  /
qy          A.13 utt4: who do you normally pull for, [ the, + the ] Mavericks or, -/  

nn          B.14 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.14 utt2: I kind of feel [ like the, + about the ] Mavericks the way I do about the Cowboys now. /  

bh          A.15 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah? /  

ny^m          B.16 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd^e          B.16 utt2:  {F Uh, } just all this Roy Tarpley stuff  /
t1          B.16 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and, } ] {F uh, } what is it  /
sd          B.16 utt4: [ [ their, + {D you know, } he got, ] + he's ] in trouble again down in Houston  /
sd          B.16 utt5: [ {C and, } + {C and, } ] {F uh, } they said the other night his contract is so big that if anything happens to him, {D you know, } if they don't trade him, they'll have to pay him off, {D you know. }  /
sd          B.16 utt6:  {C So } they're rather have him, except that he gets in trouble all the time and falls off the wagon, [ [ and, + and, ] + and ] have some chance of him playing, {D you know, } earning his money. /  

ba          A.17 utt1:  {F Oh, } jeez.  /
%          A.17 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.17 utt3: {C because } that's just dollars right out of the franchise. /  

aa          B.18 utt1:  Sure is. /  

ba          A.19 utt1:  {F Oh, } man.  /
sd          A.19 utt2: {D Now } [ [ I, + {F uh, } I, ] + I've ] always been pulling for the Lakers for a long time. /  

b          B.20 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

sd          A.21 utt1:  And, {F uh, }    

sv          B.22 utt1:  # They're consistent. # /  

+          A.23 utt1:  # [ not just, + # not just ] because they always win,  /
sd          A.23 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, } when they had, {F uh, } Akeem --   

b          B.24 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.25 utt1:  -- anybody who was old as that playing that well, {D you know, } I just kind of had to go with them.  /
sv          A.25 utt2:  Now they kind of got caught up with a lot of the other players and, {F uh, } course, {F uh, } all the people that follow the Lakers and  everything out there [ in, + in ] California.  /
sv          A.25 utt3: {F Uh, } {C and } it also helps when they were winning <laughter>. /  

aa          B.26 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          B.26 utt2:  {D Well, } they play better as a team than anybody else, seems like. /  

sd          A.27 utt1:  [ I was, + {F uh, } I  (( always ))  wondered ] that, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.27 utt2: [ I, + ] I will take a look at the individual score, {D you know, } in the individual stance in the N B A -- /  

b          B.28 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.29 utt1:  -- {C and, } {D you know, } [ they, + they ] have in the paper, {D you know, } {D like } fifteen different categories  /
sd          A.29 utt2: {C and } [ they'll have, {D like, } a individuals, + {F uh, } they'll have [ the, + the ] ] highest scorer, the top rebounders, {F uh, } assists, foul shooting percentages and all that,  /
sd          A.29 utt3: {C and } you go  (( down ))  through  /
sd          A.29 utt4: {C and } virtually every one of the categories there isn't, {F uh, } a Laker in the top ten  /
sd          A.29 utt5: usually hardly [ [ any, + any, ] + anybody ] in the top twenty except for, {D like, } Magic -- /  

b          B.30 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.31 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } yet the Lakers continue to win.  /
aa          A.31 utt2: {C So, } you're right,  /
sv          A.31 utt3: I think they do really play much better as a team than they do, {F uh, } {F uh, } each one, {D you know, } individually at their spot <<pause>>.  /
%          A.31 utt4: {C But, } {F uh, } -/  

aa          B.32 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.32 utt2: year in and year out, it's not like they have, {D you know, } <<pause>> - /
sv          B.32 utt3: a lot of teams [ [ will, + will, ] + will ] win in the playoffs  /
sv          B.32 utt4: {C and then } the next year [ they'll be all -- +   

b          A.33 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.34 utt1:  -- they'll be too ] busy doing their endorsements and stuff, [ to, + to ] concentrate on the game. /  

ba          A.35 utt1:  {D Well, } I understand that, {F uh, }  /
%          A.35 utt2: I guess Boston's really, {F uh, } giving, {F uh, } - /
qy          A.35 utt3: [ are, + aren't ] they playing Detroit? <<Pause>>  /
sd          A.35 utt4: I think Boston's playing Detroit  /
sv          A.35 utt5: {C and } I think they're really giving them a run for their money. /  

aa          B.36 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.36 utt2: except Larry Bird's hurt. /  

qy          A.37 utt1:  Did he get hurt again? /  

na          B.38 utt1:  [ He, + his ] back is bad all the time now, I think. /  

b          A.39 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          A.39 utt2: yeah.  /
^h          A.39 utt3:  I tell you what,  /
sv          A.39 utt4: I guess it's tough to play that many games and still stay healthy. /  

aa          B.40 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.40 utt2: they play two or three times a week.  {D Like, } {D you know, }  /
sd          B.40 utt3: {C and then } they go on road trips  /
sd          B.40 utt4: {C and } they do the same thing  /
sd          B.40 utt5: [ [ {C and, } + {C and then } ] they, + {C and then } they ] stay out for two or three weeks at a time.  /
%          B.40 utt6:  {C So, } it really gets, {D you know, } - /
sv          B.40 utt7: {E I mean } they're sleeping in different bed every night  /
sv          B.40 utt8: [ {C and } -- +   

b          A.41 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          A.41 utt2: yeah. /  

+          B.42 utt1:  -- {C and } ] I imagine that really helps his back. /  

sv          A.43 utt1:  <Laughter>  He ought to have his own bed come along with him, {D you know } <laughter>. /  

aa          B.44 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
aa          B.44 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.44 utt3: [ he said, + he said ] the other night on the news that he hadn't done any extra shooting for six weeks,  /
sd          B.44 utt4: [ {C so, } + {D you know, } {C and } ] he's the one that's always winning [ [ [ the, + {F uh, } the, ] + the outside, ] + the three point ] shot  /
sd          B.44 utt5: {C and } --   

b          A.45 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
b^r          A.45 utt2: yeah. /  

+          B.46 utt1:  -- he does that every year. /  

aa          A.47 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.47 utt2: matter of fact, I watched him, {F uh, } on T V, {D you know, } sink, I don't know a, - /
sd          A.47 utt3: jeez, it was {D like, } {F uh, } {F uh, } thirty five baskets in thirty seconds or  something like that from three point range. /  

b          B.48 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

fe          A.49 utt1:  Unbelievable. /  

b          B.50 utt1:  Yeah. /  

h          A.51 utt1:  <Laughter>  {F Oh, } I don't know,  /
qy          A.51 utt2: did you ever play much basketball? /  

ng          B.52 utt1:  Not much.  /
sd          B.52 utt2: [ [ Just, + {F uh, } just, ] + just ] playing horse and stuff like that. /  

b          A.53 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b^m          B.54 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.54 utt2: because [ it's, + it ] kind of a violent game. /  

sd          A.55 utt1:  It really is for a noncontact sport,   

%          B.56 utt1:  # {C And } they d-, # -/  

+          A.57 utt1:  # quote, unquote. # /  

aa          B.58 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.58 utt2: {C and } they don't wear any pads  ((   )) . /  

aa          A.59 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.59 utt2: really <laughter>. /  

sd          B.60 utt1:  I figured, /  

sv          A.61 utt1:  Some of those guys got pretty funny looking, {F uh, } eye wear. /  

aa          B.62 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.62 utt2:  They have to wear goggles because they get hit [ in the, + in the ] face with elbows all the time. /  

ba          A.63 utt1:  Man. /  

sd          B.64 utt1:  {D Well, } [ [ it's h-, + it's, ] + I ] was looking in the paper for something on it  /
sd          B.64 utt2: {C and } here's the top N B A draft prospects  /
sd          B.64 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, } {E I mean } they're all the size of football players, {D you know, } except they're just taller. /  

aa          A.65 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.65 utt2:  Several years ago when I was up in, {F uh, } Cleveland, I was staying at the Marriott  /
sd          A.65 utt3: {C and } the Cavaliers were playing somebody.  /
sd          A.65 utt4: I think it was {D like } Utah or somebody like that  /
sd          A.65 utt5: {C and, } {F uh, } I was down by the pool  /
sd          A.65 utt6: {C and } there was all these guys standing around about chest deep in water.  /
sd          A.65 utt7:  {D Now } I wear, {F uh, } contacts,  /
sd          A.65 utt8: {C and } [ I, + I ] had my glasses on  /
sd          A.65 utt9: {C and } I went down there [ and, + and ] just jumped into the water where they were  /
sd          A.65 utt10: {C and } it went right up over my head  /
sd          A.65 utt11: {C and } I came up spittering and sputtering for air  /
sd          A.65 utt12: {C and } they were all the basketball players there to play the Cavaliers -- /  

b          B.66 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.67 utt1:  -- they were all {D like, } {F uh, } {D like } six eight and, {F uh, } {D you know, } six ten,  /
sd          A.67 utt2: {C and } they were standing in water that was {D like } six foot,   

b^m          B.68 utt1:  # Six foot,  /
b          B.68 utt2: yeah. # /  

+          A.69 utt1:  # {D you know, }  /
sd       A.69 utt2: {C and } # [ it was, + {F uh, } it was ] funny, I tell you.  /
sd         A.69 utt3:  [ I saw, + I saw ] a guy,  /
sd          A.69 utt4: I don't remember what his name was,  /
sd          A.69 utt5: {C but } he got on the elevator  /
sd          A.69 utt6: {C and } he had his swimsuit on  /
sd          A.69 utt7: {C and, } {F uh, } he was just skin and bones, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.69 utt8: it looked like  something out of Africa -- /  

b          B.70 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.71 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } <laughter>  I made some comment  /
sd(^q)          A.71 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } he says, yeah,  /
sd(^q)          A.71 utt3: he says I weigh about, {F uh, } {F uh, } two hundred and forty pounds -- /  

b          B.72 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd(^q)          A.73 utt1:  -- {C but } he says it's not much when you stretch it over seven foot one. /  

aa          B.74 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.74 utt2: really. /  

aa          A.75 utt1:  {C So, } you're right,  /
%          A.75 utt2: those guys really, {D you know, } [ the, + the ] big ones, - /
sd          A.75 utt3: I don't even know how much Ewing weighs.  /
sv          A.75 utt4:  {C But, } {F uh, } he's got to be way up there. /  

aa          B.76 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah.  /
sd          B.76 utt2:  {D Well, } [ here's a, + here's a ] guy from L S U, Stanley Roberts,  /
sd          B.76 utt3: he's seven feet tall  /
sd          B.76 utt4: {C and } he weighs two hundred and eighty pounds.  /
%          B.76 utt5:  {C So, } -/  

sv          A.77 utt1:  God.  [ That's a, + that's a ] lot <laughter>. /  

b          B.78 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.79 utt1:  That's [ a lot of, + a lot of ] guy coming down on you. /  

b          B.80 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

fe          A.81 utt1:  Jeez.  /
sd          A.81 utt2:  I didn't even see,  /
qw          A.81 utt3: [ who's, + who's ] supposed to have [ [ the, + the, ] + {F uh, } the ] best, {F uh, } draft picks? /  

sd          B.82 utt1:  <<Pause>> <noise>  <<shuffling papers>>. It doesn't even say.  /
sd^r          B.82 utt2:  It doesn't say,  /
sd          B.82 utt3: here [ it says, + {F uh, } it says ] - /
sd          B.82 utt4: [ the under-, + this is for underclassmen ] for June twenty-six -- /  

b          A.83 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.84 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } [ I guess, + I guess ] [ [ [ they don't, + they have, ] + they, ] + they, {F uh, } have ] a lottery on it.  /
sd          B.84 utt2:  They pick numbers  /
sd          B.84 utt3: {C and } that's how they take them in order. /  

bh          A.85 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah? /  

sd          B.86 utt1:  It must not be according to [ their, + how they ] did during the year. /  

sd          A.87 utt1:  I used to go down to Reunion Arena, {F uh, }  /
sd          A.87 utt2: went down there a couple years on the day of the draft -- /  

b          B.88 utt1:  Uh-uh. /  

sd          A.89 utt1:  -- {C and } that was really pretty interesting.  /
sd          A.89 utt2:  They usually have, {F uh, } {F uh, } {D you know, } a video, {F uh, } highlights of the season, {D you know, } and basically kind of walks you through what happened to the Mavs and who they traded for and how they did and a lot of good footage, both the good and the bad -- /  

b          B.90 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

h          A.91 utt1:  -- [ I, + I ] don't know,  /
sd          A.91 utt2: [ I haven't, + I didn't ] go down there last year,  /
sd          A.91 utt3: {C but, } {F uh, } [ it, + it ] was only {D like } a couple dollars to get in  /
sd          A.91 utt4: {C and } it was really kind of interesting <<pause>>.  /
qw          A.91 utt5: [ {C But, } + {F uh, } {C so } ] who do you thinks going to win the playoffs? /  

no          B.92 utt1:  I don't know,  /
qw          B.92 utt2: who's going,  /
qy          B.92 utt3: is it Chicago and, -/  

na          A.93 utt1:  Chicago, {F uh, } and, let's see, {F uh, } Golden State and the Lakers and, Chicago and Philadelphia,  /
sd          A.93 utt2: think Chicago's playing Philadelphia  /
%          A.93 utt3: {C and then } the, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.93 utt4: shoot, I can't remember them all now. /  

sd          B.94 utt1:  Utah, Portland, Boston and Detroit. /  

aa          A.95 utt1:  Right.  /
aa          A.95 utt2:  Yeah,  /
aa^r          A.95 utt3: yeah. /  

b          B.96 utt1:  Okay.  /
qy          B.96 utt2: That's the N B A? /  

na^m         A.97 utt1:  N B A playoffs,  /
sd          A.97 utt2: Philadelphia was, {F uh, } favored by one point over Chicago and  the Lakers one point over Golden State, and Detroit by five over, {F uh, } Boston <<pause>>.  /
fe          A.97 utt3: Jeez. /  

sv          B.98 utt1:  I think [ Boston, + Boston ] will win. /  

bh          A.99 utt1:  Think so? /  

ny          B.100 utt1:  Yeah. /  

^h          A.101 utt1:  I tell you what,  /
sv          A.101 utt2: those guys really hang tough. /  

b          B.102 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.103 utt1:  {D Now, } [ I, + I'd ] like to see them back up there again.  /
sv          A.103 utt2:  [ They really, + {F uh, } they really ] gave [ some, + some ] really good years [ of, + {F uh, } {F uh, } of ] enjoyment and fun and  everything.  /
qy          A.103 utt3:  Have you ever been up there to Boston Garden? /  

nn          B.104 utt1:  {F Oh, } no,  /
%          B.104 utt2: {F uh, } -/  

h          A.105 utt1:  {D Well, } I don't know  /
%          A.105 utt2: is that in, - /
sd          A.105 utt3: [ I, + I ] haven't really gone to a lot of games live,  /
sd          A.105 utt4: {C but } boy I'd sure like to.  /
sv          A.105 utt5: Basketball's gotten to be a lot of fun. /  

b          B.106 utt1:  Uh-huh. / 
