Tag: NBA podcast
Tues May 3: Playoffs Day 15 – Heat-Sixers & Suns-Mavs Game 1 Reactions + Doc Loves DeAndre Jordan & Kings Chasing Mark Jackson? (Ep 808)
A fascinating day 15 of the 2022 NBA playoffs, with our reactions to Game 1 of both Heat-Sixers and Suns-Mavs and what it tells us about each team & how the rest of the series could play out… hint: James Harden spending extended time in Miami could be a BAD thing… PLUS… the Kings coaching… Read more
Mon May 2: Playoffs Day 14-16 – 2nd Round Starts w/ Celtics vs Bucks & Grizz-Warriors, Joel Embiid is OUT + Jimmy Has Covid!? + WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Ep 807)
What an NBA weekend! We saw the last of the Wolves (hooray!) and got out first two games of the 2nd round, between Celtics and Bucks and then Grizzlies-Warriors… and both were absolutely FASCINATING. ALSO… Joel Embiid IS OUT with a fractured orbital socket, AND Jimmy got covid. Brutal scenes. Perfect for Weekend Winners &… Read more
Fri Apr 29: Playoffs Day 13 – TRIPLE ELIMINATION DAY – Raptors, Pelicans & Jazz Are Done + Chris Paul’s Going STRAIGHT To The Pool Room & 2nd Round Previews (Ep 806)
An absolutely AWESOME day 13 of the 2022 Playoffs, with a TRIPLE ELIMINATION DAY seeing three teams going home! The Sixers basically won the title by avoiding blowing a 3-0 lead & shellacked the Raptors, but the Suns-Pelicans and Mavs-Jazz games were unreal! Chris Paul’s PERFECT game alone is going STRAIGHT to the pool room.… Read more
Thur Apr 28: Playoffs Day 12 – Bulls & Nuggets Eliminated + Close-Out Game Giannis, Donovan Mitchell & Devin Booker to return? + Is Tatum A Top 5 Player? (Ep 805)
Bye bye Bulls & Nuggets… on Day 12 of the 2022 NBA playoffs we saw Chicago and Denver eliminated by Milwaukee and Golden State, with Close-Out Game Giannis delivering BIG time for the Bucks, and the Mitten – Gary Payton 2 – and Steph Curry closing out Joker’s Nuggs. One team copped injuries, the other… Read more
Wed Apr 27: Playoffs Day 11 – a Mikal Bridges Masterpiece + Wolves-Grizzlies Game-Winner & Heat Bounce Hawks (Ep 804)
Absolute CHAOS today, with Mikal Bridges painting his masterpiece against the Pelicans, an EPIC ending to Wolves-Grizzlies with an insane game-saver beaten by a game-winner, and the Heat mercifully bounced the Hawks, with Trae Young being wiped off the floor once again by Miami. Also, the latest on the Ben Simmons saga. Yikes. Wicked times!… Read more
Tues Apr 26: Playoffs Day 10 – Celtics Sweep Nets, a Mavs-Jazz Smashing + Can Sixers Blow a 3-0 Lead & Ja Morant Wins MIP (Ep 803)
Bye bye Brooklyn. The Celtics swept the Nets in a flurry of disinterested Kyrie Irving defense, Blake Griffin minutes and some incredible Tatum moments and Boston D… leaving the Nets wondering how a year they came in as title favourites could go so badly (hint: it’s a lot to do with Kyrie). ALSO: we saw… Read more
Mon Apr 25: Playoffs Day 7-9 – Ben Simmons Surprises Everyone By No-Showing Playoffs, Reeling Suns, Smoking Celtics & a GREAT 1st Round + ROTY, Hornets Fire Their Coach & WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Ep 802)
What a weekend! Ben Simmons is no-showing ANOTHER playoffs, the Suns are suddenly reeling, a SMOKING Celtics squad, the Heat are rolling, and we’ve have ourselves a GREAT 1st round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs… ALSO… We’ve got a ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner, and the Hornets fire their coach James Borrego! All that &… Read more
Thur Apr 21: Playoffs Day 5 – Sixers-Raptors OT Buzzer-Beater, Nets-Celtics Pantsing & a HUGE Bulls-Bucks Surprise + Ben Simmons Back & Meeting Josh Giddey! (Ep 800!!!!)
A drama-filled day 5 of the NBA Playoffs, with an INSANE OT buzzer-beater in Sixers-Raptors, Kris Middleton spraining his MCL & joining Devin Booker on the injured list — making a Finals rematch a bit unlikely!? — and delivering a HUGE surprise in Bulls-Bucks, while KD’s pantsing leaves the Nets-Celtics series a bit wonky. Also,… Read more
Wed Apr 20: Playoffs Day 4 – Jimmy Butler Goes HAM, Grizzlies Are Controlled Chaos & Devin Booker Hurt As Pelicans Pull Off A Stunner (Ep 799)
A wildly fun NBA playoffs day 4, with Jimmy Butler sizing up Atlanta and choosing VIOLENCE. Buter went HAM on the Hawks! Also, the Grizzlies-Wolves game was controlled chaos perfection and found KAT in a familiar spot, while in the Pelicans-Suns game, Devin Booker dropped 31 in the 1st half… then promptly got hurt and… Read more
Mon Apr 18: The 2022 NBA PLAYOFFS HAVE BEGUN! Maxey, Ant Man, Kyrie vs Boston, Celtics-Nets Thriller – All Game 1s Wrapped + Weekend Winners & Losers (Ep 797)
PLAYAWFS! PLAYOFFS! The 2022 NBA playoffs are here! SO! we’re wrapping ALL the Game 1s of the East & West 1st rounds, with a bunch of the young dudes like Ant Man, Maxey, Donny Mitchell, Poole & more stepping up BIG time (and CP3 showing up in the final Game 1 of the weekend to… Read more