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The Lakers are steaming after dropping Game two to the Thunder, and JJ Redick isn't holding back. The first-year head coach went after the officiating hard in his postgame remarks, with Austin Reaves echoing the frustration from the locker room. When your coach and your players are aligned in their anger, you know the temperature in that building is rising fast.
Across the Atlantic, the transfer window is already generating serious electricity. Manchester City are reportedly circling Vinicius Junior, Real Madrid's Brazilian superstar, as a contract standoff between the winger and the Spanish giants creates an opening. If City make that move, we're talking about one of the most seismic transfers in Premier League history, full stop.
And Chelsea head into Anfield this weekend looking anything but ready. Reece James, Levi Colwill, injuries and fitness doubts piling up ahead of one of the most demanding fixtures on the calendar. Liverpool at home is brutal under any circumstances, and Chelsea right now are carrying wounds they simply cannot afford going into that kind of atmosphere.
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