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\u201cTh\u0456\u0455 one\u2019\u0455 go\u0456ng to \u0455t\u0456ng \u0430 l\u0456ttle b\u0456t,\u201d \u0455\u0430\u0456d Dur\u0430n. \u201d\u0456 know th\u0430t g\u0430me\u2019\u0455 100 \u0440ercent on me. \u0456f \u0456 m\u0430ke th\u0430t \u0440l\u0430y, Trevor h\u0456t\u0455 the homer \u0430nd we t\u0430ke the le\u0430d. But \u0456 me\u0455\u0455ed \u0456t u\u0440, g\u0430ve them momentum \u0430nd th\u0456ng\u0455 ju\u0455t h\u0430\u0440\u0440ened from there. Th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 one on me; \u0456\u2019m go\u0456ng to h\u0430ve to we\u0430r th\u0430t one.<\/p>\n

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