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FILENAME:	3796_1490_1476
TOPIC#:		319
DATE:		920119
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qy          A.1 utt1:  {F Uh, } did you watch the Bulls this morning? /  

o          B.2 utt1:  You know what,  /
sd          B.2 utt2: I watched a little bit  [ of, + {F uh, } of ] the Bulls game  /
sd          B.2 utt3: {C and } I, {F uh, } had to leave.  /
sd          B.2 utt4: {F Uh, } in fact [ I, + I ]  think the Bulls were ahead [ when I, + {F uh, } when I ] left.  /
qw          B.2 utt5: Who won the game? /  

sd          A.3 utt1:  They won in a squeaker.  /
sd          A.3 utt2: [ They won by -- +   

bh          B.4 utt1:  Is that right? /  

+          A.5 utt1:  -- they won by ] two points.  /
sd          A.5 utt2: {F Uh, }   they were behind as they headed into each quarter  /
sd          A.5 utt3: {C and then } they came back in the second half  /
sd          A.5 utt4:  {C and } at the end, I think  [ [ they were, + {F uh, } looked, ] + they looked ]  like they were closing it out  /
sd          A.5 utt5: {C and then } Detroit kept coming back  /
sd          A.5 utt6: {C and } --   

b          B.6 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.7 utt1:  -- {F uh, } Isaiah missed a three point attempt,    

x          B.8 utt1:  <Cough>.   

+          A.9 utt1:  at the end  /
sd          A.9 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } I think the Bulls won by two. /  

qy@         B.10 utt1:  <Lipsmack> Wow,  [ they've got the, +  don't they have the ] best record now? /  *[[ Shouldn't the "Wow" be an independent slash unit? ]]

na          A.11 utt1:  I think they do, as a matter of fact. /  

b          B.12 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.13 utt1:  One of the, {F uh, } commentators said that  they expected that the Bulls would, {F uh, } if they continued at their current pace,  {F uh, } set an N B A record for seventy wins in a season. /  

ba          B.14 utt1:  Wow. /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.15 utt2: they looked real good  /
%          A.15 utt3: {C and, } -/  

aa          B.16 utt1:  [ They, + they ] do,  /
%          B.16 utt2: {C and } they, {D you know, } - /
sv          B.16 utt3:  I think [ by, + {F uh, } by ] relieving some of the pressure off [ of, + {F uh, } of, ] {F uh, } <lipsmack>  {F uh, } - /
sv          B.16 utt4: Michael Jordan really helped them out.  /
sv          B.16 utt5: {D You know, } [ he doesn't have, +  they don't have ] to rely on him to score [ ev-, + ] {D you know, } thirty or forty points # [ at every # -- +   

b          A.17 utt1:  # Right. # /  

+          B.18 utt1:  -- at every ] game  /
%          B.18 utt2: {C so, } -/  

b          A.19 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.19 utt2: {D well, } [ [ they, + they're, ] +  they're ] balancing their attack  /
sd@          A.19 utt3: {C and } I think they look like, {F uh, } they'll repeat, although, {F uh, }  here in the Bay Area people are real impressed with what Don Nelson's done with the Warriors. / *[[ Should "although" start a new slash unit? ]]

aa          B.20 utt1:  {F Oh, } I know,  /
%          B.20 utt2:  I'm, - /
%          B.20 utt3: yeah,  /
sd          B.20 utt4:  [ I saw the w-, + <laughter> I saw  [ the Warriors, + {F uh, } just a little bit of the highlights of the  Warriors, ] {F uh, } Dallas game. /  

sd          A.21 utt1:  I saw [ the, + the ] second half of the  game last night  /
sd          A.21 utt2: {C and } they were impressive. /  

sv          B.22 utt1:  They look good. /  

sd          A.23 utt1:  Billy Owens looks like he was, - /
sv          A.23 utt2:  that was a good move for the Warriors to trade for him. /  

aa          B.24 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd           B.24 utt2: {D now, } [ I don't, + {F uh, } I haven't ]  kept up with what was going on [ with, + {F uh, } with ] the, -/  

sd          A.25 utt1:  {D Well, } they traded away, {F uh, }   Mitch Richmond,  /
t1          A.25 utt2: {C or } is it Tim Hardaway.  /
sd          A.25 utt3: One of the two, {F uh, } who, along with, {F uh, } Chris Mullen  was, {D you know, } - /
sv          A.25 utt4: though   three were three of the best in the N B A,  /
sv          A.25 utt5: [ {C and } -- +   

b          B.26 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

+          A.27 utt1:  -- {C and, } ]  they made a heck of a threesome  /
sd          A.27 utt2:  {C and } they traded either Richmond or  Hardaway to Sacramento for Billy Owens  /
%          A.27 utt3: {C and, }  {F uh, } -/  

sv          B.28 utt1:  Good move. /  

aa          A.29 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.29 utt2: {F oh, } yeah,  /
sv          A.29 utt3: he's really worked out well.  /
sv          A.29 utt4:  [ They've got + [ th-, + the ] Warriors have got ] a team, {F uh, }  /
sv          A.29 utt5:  {C and, }  {F uh, } I think that will be real interesting to see what they can do.  /
sd          A.29 utt6: They're ahead,  /
sd          A.29 utt7:  {C and } the Lakers are down, I guess in fourth, {F uh, } position in the west  /
h          A.29 utt8: {C and } --   

b          B.30 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.31 utt1:  -- I don't know,  /
sd          A.31 utt2: in the east, I don't know, {F uh, }  /
qy          A.31 utt3: is it Boston in, {F uh, } first place? /  

na          B.32 utt1:  {F Uh, } I think Boston's in first.  /
sd          B.32 utt2:  {F Uh, } <lipsmack> [ I, + {D you know, } I ] haven't kept up with any of the other, {F uh, } teams.  /
sd          B.32 utt3:  I'm so  depressed with the Dallas Mavericks, {D you know. } /  

fe          A.33 utt1:  Boy,  /
sv          A.33 utt2: they've had a hard time.  /
sd          A.33 utt3:  They said --   

ba          B.34 utt1:  # {F Oh, } man! # /  

+          A.35 utt1:  -- # they've lost a lot of # squeakers. /  

%          B.36 utt1:  That, - /
b          B.36 utt2: {D well, }  yeah,  /
sv          B.36 utt3: {C but, }   {E I mean, } just this whole year has been just disastrous for them  /
sd           B.36 utt4: {C and, }  {F uh, } {D you know, }  [ they're going, + [ I, + I ] think they're going ] for an all time record of how many [ l-, + {D you know, }  losses ] in a row <laughter> [ [ they can, + they c-, ] + they can, ] {F uh, } pull out. /  

b          A.37 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.38 utt1:  It's unbelievable. /  

qw          A.39 utt1:  How do people in Texas deal with Dallas, Houston  and San Antonio.  /
qy          A.39 utt2:  Do you, for example, like San --   

%          B.40 utt1:  # {F Uh, } # /  

+          A.41 utt1:  -- # Antonio # in Dallas? /  

sd          B.42 utt1:  {D Well, } [ actually, + actually, ]  [ [ the, + the, ] + the ] Dallas area here, {F uh, } pulls for Dallas.  /
sd          B.42 utt2: {F Uh, } San Antonio pulls for San Antonio,  /
sd          B.42 utt3:  {C and } Houston pulls [ for, + for ] the Rockets. /  

bf          A.43 utt1:  {C So } there isn't much crossover, {F huh, }  /
%          A.43 utt2: y-, -/  

%          B.44 utt1:  There really, - /
sd          B.44 utt2: {E I mean, } not a whole lot.    {D You know, }  /
sd          B.44 utt3: {E I mean, } [ d-, + ] you [ find them, + [ they're, + ] find them ] [ be, + to be ]  pretty loyal, {F uh, } [ in, + with ] the local teams. /  

b          A.45 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.46 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D you know, } [ it's kind of, +  I guess it's kind of ] like, {F uh, } there in the Bay area, {D you know, } you don't find a whole lot  [ of, + {F uh, } of ] Sacramento fans. /  

aa          A.47 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.47 utt2: it's true,  /
qy^g          A.47 utt3: {C because }  [ s-, + San ] Antonio isn't that close to you, are they? /  

ng          B.48 utt1:  Really isn't,  /
nn          B.48 utt2: uh-uh. /  

aa          A.49 utt1:  No. /  

sd          B.50 utt1:  [ [ It's, + {D you know, } it's, ] + it's ]  about the [ same, + {F uh, } same ] distance from here [ to s-, + to San ] Antonio as it is --   

bh          A.51 utt1:  Is it? /  

+          B.52 utt1:  --  from there to Sacramento. /  

b          A.53 utt1:  Yeah,  /
bf          A.53 utt2: {C so } it's not something you'd drive, /  

sd          B.54 utt1:  {C So } [ it's, + {D yeah, } it's ]  not really a local, {D you know, } -/  

b          A.55 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.55 utt2: I was thinking maybe David Robinson  made a bit of a difference with kids and that sort of thing. /  

sd          B.56 utt1:  {F Uh, } he does a lot of local stuff there  in San Antonio  /
sd          B.56 utt2: {C and } [ they, + {E I mean, } they ] have got a great club.  {D You know. } /  

sv          A.57 utt1:  They've done a good job.  /
sv          A.57 utt2:  {E I mean, }  of course, drafting a franchise like him certainly, -/  

b          B.58 utt1:  Yeah <laughter>. /  

x          A.59 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

aa          B.60 utt1:  Yeah  /
sv          B.60 utt2: that always makes a big difference. /  

aa          A.61 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.61 utt2: {E I mean, } that's -- /  

%          B.62 utt1:  {D So, } -/  

sv          A.63 utt1:  -- [ I think the way it, + {F uh, }  I think that's the way it ] works now in basketball.  /
sd          A.63 utt2: {D [ You, + you ] know } Magic was a  franchise for the Lakers --   

b          B.64 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.65 utt1:  -- and, {D you know, } {F uh, } Bird  [ for the, + for the, ] {F uh, } Celtics  /
%          A.65 utt2: {C and, } -/  

sd          B.66 utt1:  {C And, } {D you know, } {F uh, }  {D you know, } I used to think  [ that, + that ] [ one, + one ] player really doesn't make a club,  /
sv          B.66 utt2: {C but } it really does, {D you know. } /  

%          A.67 utt1:  {D Well, } it  ((   )) , -/  

sv          B.68 utt1:  You get somebody like Magic  /
sv          B.68 utt2:  {C and } you can see the decline in that team. /  

b          A.69 utt1:  {D Well, } yeah. /  

sv          B.70 utt1:  Once he left, {D you know, } [ [ it's, + it's ]  just not the same, + {F uh, } it's not the same ] team.  /
sv          B.70 utt2:  There's not the leadership there that  they used to rely on him for. /  

aa          A.71 utt1:  {D Well, } I think you're right  /
sv          A.71 utt2:  {C and } I think Isaiah Thomas would fit in Detroit  /
sv          A.71 utt3: {C and } I think those things do make a difference  /
sv          A.71 utt4:  {C and } there are marquee players.  /
sv          A.71 utt5: {C And } # [ I think # -- +   

b          B.72 utt1:  # {F Oh, } yeah. # /  

+          A.73 utt1:  -- I think ] Jordan [ and the, + and the ]  Bulls have to be, {F uh, } considered the likely favorites.  /
sd          A.73 utt2: I don't know who would meet them in the west.  /
sd          A.73 utt3:   {F Uh, } I don't know how good Portland will turn out to be by the end of the year.  /
sv          A.73 utt4:   They were so disap-, -/  

qw          B.74 utt1:  Who won that Portland game? /  

sd          A.75 utt1:  {D You know, } [ I wasn't, + [ [ I, + I d-, ]  + I ] watched ] only a few minutes of it  /
sd          A.75 utt2: {C and } I wasn't paying attention.  /
sd          A.75 utt3: {F Uh, } {C and so } I don't know, {F uh, } /  

%          B.76 utt1:  {F Uh, } /  

sv          A.77 utt1:  {C But } [ Phoenix, + {D you know, } Phoenix ] and  Portland have both been very good clubs  /
%          A.77 utt2: {C and, } -/ 
