A Numbers Game | October 20, 2026 | Hour 2

Kelley Bydlon (0:00)

The numbers told the story, they always do.

Gill Alexander (0:02)

It's one of those idiots who believe in analytics.

SPEAKER_3 (0:05)

This is A Numbers Game with Gill Alexander on VSiN.

Gill Alexander (0:08)

Power number two of A Numbers Game at VSiN, the SportsBetting Network, vsin.com, Game Plus, iHeartRadio, YouTube TV, SiriusXM Channel 189, Gill Alexander, Kelley Bydlon. Who is prompting...

Kelley Bydlon (0:20)

No, I'm fighting with AI right now.

Gill Alexander (0:21)

Prompting the AI to give him some NBA thoughts, and what's the response you're getting?

Kelley Bydlon (0:25)

I wanted to weigh in on the November most wins, and most wins till the end of November. But starting where you typically start, which is let's gather all the games and go through them home and away, and AIs just tell them, hey, I've got all the games, but I don't know how to figure, sort it into home and away.

Gill Alexander (0:41)

Very lazy effort by AI right there.

Kelley Bydlon (0:44)

And then it gave me a link to go do it myself, basically.

Mark Borchard (0:47)

There you go, Kelley.

Gill Alexander (0:48)

Why don't you go do it yourself?

Kelley Bydlon (0:49)

These tables turned real quick, Gill. Real quick.

Gill Alexander (0:52)

I'm sure it'll be fine.

Manny Davison, Toronto has been underwhelming as a team so far, talking about the Leafs now, Matthews is behind only Krillen Conner and Goles this month. Vancouver under 11 and a half is looking like a rocking chair winner as well. Manny Davison, of course, shout out because he did our October month. So thank you for chiming in with the update, Manny Matthew Mayberry.

Kelley Bydlon (1:12)

Yeah. Yeah.

Gill Alexander (1:13)

Blake Griffin, whatever. Give us more Taylor Brooks, please.

I'm, I'm sure they will. Brian point Schaeffer. Doesn't Blake Griffin do wayfair commercials.

Kelley Bydlon (1:22)

He's been in some commercials.

Gill Alexander (1:25)

Brandon Webb. I second the Griffin being the funniest athlete tweets stumbled upon some YouTube videos of he and Deandre Jordan years ago. Watch their videos for hours. Absolute comedy.

Oh boy. I have a question. And Drew Dinsick is just before we get into Drew and football and his thoughts on the NBA, which tips off today with three games, including a day game. Last night, I had a skirt steak. What was the last time you had a skirt steak?

Kelley Bydlon (1:51)

That's a good question. I don't know. Not recently.

Gill Alexander (1:54)

OK, so I haven't had it many times in life, but every time I have had it, I have thought to myself, man, is this good. Why aren't there? Why isn't this offered more? Because everybody you know, I'm a filet guy, right? That's a filet guy.

And you usually tend to gravitate towards the the cut that you grew up on.

Kelley Bydlon (2:14)

Yeah, steak frites is usually a skirt steak, right? When you go to like the French restaurant.

Gill Alexander (2:19)

Is it? Yeah, I think that's I'm just talking about like a restaurant who specifically offer a steak.

I think we need to start a movement. This is that Drew Dinsick joins us now. Drew is a man of culture. He joins us from Long Beach, California. You can follow him on Twitter at Whale Capper. Of course, the co-host of the Deep Dive podcast, which he does with Andy Molitor. Drew, your thoughts on the skirt steak.

SPEAKER_3 (2:39)

Love the skirt steak.

Drew Dinsick (2:40)

That's my dad's favorite cut. That's the steak we had most often growing up. It's a little cheaper.

SPEAKER_3 (2:45)

It's flavorful.

Drew Dinsick (2:47)

It's thin, so you're not sitting there just going and going and going and going. It's smaller. You can cut it into smaller, delicious little bites.

SPEAKER_3 (2:57)

It's a great call.

Gill Alexander (2:58)

It feels underrated. Absolutely underrated.

Kelley Bydlon (3:00)

That was a go-to for my mother as well, would marry would marinate it in a teriyaki.

SPEAKER_3 (3:06)

Yeah, you can really you can really get the skirt steak to take. Yes, exactly. It'll take the flavor.

Gill Alexander (3:12)

Yes.

Drew Dinsick (3:12)

Yes.

Gill Alexander (3:13)

Part of the diaphragm. There's an outer skirt and there's an inner skirt. And the outer is the better, I believe. Yeah. OK. All right. But you don't need to tell me. Yeah. Yeah. Well, no, Drew, I do.

Kelley Bydlon (3:21)

I'm not.

Gill Alexander (3:22)

Believe me. Believe me, I would not disrespect you to think that I am telling you any of this.

Not a chance.

Kelley Bydlon (3:28)

All right.

Gill Alexander (3:29)

Let's start with basketball. You love basketball. Three games today, including a day game again.