Jalen Brunson had 29 points and the Knicks erased a 20-point deficit to take game 1 over the Boston Celtics. Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Knicks comeback win, discuss the Celtics awful shooting night, and Denver’s surprise win in Oklahoma City. Then, Andrew Schlecht joins the show after the crushing Thunder loss to talk about what went wrong against Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets.

Host: Dave DuFour

With: Zena Keita & Andrew Schlecht

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio Producer: Grayson Moody

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Buddy Hield poured in 33 points and made 9 threes to lead the Golden State Warriors to a game 7 series clinching win over the Houston Rockets. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni discuss the Pacers win over the Cavaliers, Andrew Nembhard as a playoff riser, and how the Nuggets stack up against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Then, Zena Keita joins the show to talk about Buddy Hield’s big night and how the Warriors stack up against the Timberwolves.

Host: Dave DuFour

With: Es Baraheni & Zena Keita

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio Producer: Grayson Moody

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Jalen Green scored 38 points in a bounce-back performance to lead the Rockets to a win in game 2 against the Warriors. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to Jimmy Butler’s injury, the Cavs and Celtics wins, and the physicality of the NBA playoffs. Then, the Athletic’s Kelly Iko joins the show to discuss the Rockets win and Jalen Green’s huge performance.

Host: Dave DuFour

With: Es Baraheni & Kelly Iko

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio Producer: Grayson Moody

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The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the New Orleans Pelicans thanks to Anthony Edwards’s 32 point performance. Dave DuFour and Zena Keita discuss the Edwards’ game, Zion’s return from injury, and the Suns’ terrible loss to Charlotte. Then, the Athletic’s Joe Vardon joins the show to discuss the huge showdown between the Cavaliers and Thunder, Cleveland’s path to success, and why this is the last regular season test for the Cavs.

Host: Dave DuFour

With: Zena Keita & Joe Vardon

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio Producer: Grayson Moody

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Andrew Schlecht and Law Murray discuss the Warriors big win in game 5 to end Denver's season, and the Bucks dismantling the Bulls and moving on to round 2.

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Is anyone really surprised? David Aldridge, Marcus Thompson and Sarah Kustok relive the magic that was the 2022 Brooklyn NETS!

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Jared Weiss and Mo Dakhil discuss the Grizzlies big win in game 5 against the Timberwolves, the Suns defeating the Pelicans, and the Heat putting the Hawks away and moving on to round 2.

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Sam Amick, Anthony Slater, and Fred Katz bounce around the NBA Playoffs including the Nets collapse, the Celtics brilliance, the Pelicans/Suns series, and much more

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Mark Schindler and Dave DuFour recap Monday nights playoff action. The Celtics finish off a 4 game sweep of the Nets in Brooklyn. The Raptors bring their series with the Sixers to 3-2. The Mavs dominate the Jazz to take a 3-2 series lead.

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The Basketball Buds, Zach Harper, Jay King, Mo Dakhil and Tray Edwards.

Rundown

— Ben Simmons not playing with Nets season on the line 

— Celtics dominating Nets

— Embiid’s injury

— Heat and Bucks ready to wrap up

— Suns worried?

— Grizzlies Vs Wolves roller coaster

— title Warriors back?

— Mavs-Jazz

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Keith Parish and Dave DuFour recap the second weekend of the opening round of the NBA playoffs.

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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are joined by Nekias Duncan to bounce around the NBA Playoffs and to do a Playoff Team Draft. 

In part 2 Dane Moore joins the show to discuss the Timberwolves' epic collapse, how they can change game 4, and then Dane plays a rousing edition of Andrew vs. the Beat!

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Danny Green and the Sixers

Marcus Smart DPOY

Being wrong and embracing it

Warriors/Nuggets

Wiggins game winning plays

James Borrego fired in Charlotte

New coach should say no to a Russ trade

Charlotte is a good entry level job

Identity and Adjustments

Dallas-Utah

Dallas sticks to their principles Mo edit 25:30 Seth Stat 26:48 Mo edit -

Utah’s defense stinks -

Utah has no curveball

Minnesota-Memphis

Memphis should find room for Adams

Dumb fouls on both sides

Minnesota attacks weaknesses

How do you stop Desmond Bane?

KAT needs more shots

Boston-Brooklyn

Ben Simmons or Robert Williams better addition?

How to get KD going offensively

Steve Nash needs to coach

Bucks-Bulls

Middleton Injury

Bucks hitting a wall

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1. grizz comeback, desmond bane gret, KAT a ghost
2. Warriors pushing Nuggets to brink, New Splash bros as poole makes it rain with steph and klay, jokic bad defense making us question if he’s an MVP?
3. Mavs handle Jazz, Jalen Brunson and Dinwiddie have been amazing without Luka, Jazz look like they dont want to be out there together anymore, small lineup without Gobert

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The Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a 19-point deficit as Anthony Edwards poured in 37 points en route to a 108-106 victory of the Los Angeles Clippers. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni discuss the Wolves big lineup change, Edwards’ night, and Kyrie Irving’s injury. Then, Sam Cooper, from the Timeline Podcast about the Phoenix Suns, stops by to discuss the Suns’ win over Philadelphia, Bradley Beal coming off the bench, and if a trade can save Phoenix’s season. Then, Es and Dave throw a party for the Pistons as they make it to 18-18 and wonder if Cade Cunningham is going to make All-NBA.

Host: Dave DuFour

With: Es Baraheni & Sam Cooper

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio Producer: Grayson Moody

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In this week's Point of Contention Marcus Thompson and Jay King debate! Hosted by Zach Harper

Take 1: Don’t Booker that trip to the Finals just yet.

Take 2: Aint Ducking No Smoke (Grizz-Wolves)

Take 3: Death Lineup version 2.0?

Take 4: Luka Back! but does it even matter?

Take 5: Losing Time

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Andrew Schlecht and Law Murray discuss the big games from Wednesday night including Embiid's game-winning 3 in overtime, the Celtics defense stepping up and KD and Kyrie stepping down, and DeMar DeRozan putting on a show in Milwaukee 

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Jared Weiss and Mo Dahkil break down the top NBA Playoff games and stories from Tuesday, April 19th. The guys talk about the Pelicans upsetting the Suns in Phoenix, Jimmy Butler leads the Heat to a big win vs Atlanta and the Grizzlies dominate the T-Wolves to tie the series.

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David Aldridge and Marcus Thompson catch up with Timberwolves reporter Jon Krawczynski prior to Game 2's tip-off between Minnesota and Memphis.

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Sam Amick, Anthony Slater, and Fred Katz discuss the NBA Playoffs including the Warriors' dominance, Jordan Poole's rise, Jokic, and the Nuggets, DPOY discourse on Gobert, and much more. 

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Mark Schindler and Dave DuFour recap NBA playoff action. The Mavericks shock the Jazz thanks to 41 points from Jalen Brunson. The Sixers cruise to a win over the Raptors. The Warriors blast the Nuggets thanks to 34 points off the bench from Steph Curry.

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The Basketball Buds. Zach Harper, Jay King, Mo Dakhil and Tray Edwards recap the action packed first weekend of the NBA Playoffs.

Rundown:

Nets vs Celtics, the crazy finish and Kyrie the Villain. Did the Celtics save their season?

Timberwolves shock the Grizzlies, Memphis in trouble? Does anyone think the Wolves can pull out series?

Mavs vs Jazz, no Doncic no problem for Utah.

Bucks vs Bulls, an ugly, boring game got interesting late. DeMar not good.

Nuggets vs Warriors. Dubs drain Jokic. Where is Murray?

Raptors vs 76ers. Philly playing fast.

Suns vs Pelicans | Hawks vs Heat

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Keith Parish and Dave DuFour recap an action packed opening weekend in the NBA playoffs. The Celtics take game one in their series against the Nets thanks to a Jayson Tatum buzzer beater. The Timberwolves house the Grizzlies on the back of 36 from Anthony Edwards in his playoff debut.

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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers preview the 4 playoff series in the East starting with the Heat and Hawks then followed by the Bucks and Bulls. 

Then oh boy... we get to the juicy matchups, and with those juicy matchups, we have some juicy guests. 

Tas Melas of No Dunks joins to talk Raptors, and Trill Bro Dude of the You Know Ball podcast joins to talk 76ers. 

Then for the Celtics Nets series, we are joined by Brian Eagan of the Glue Guys and Sam Jam Packard of Anything is Poddable to help us break down those series.

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Nerder, She Wrote with Dave DuFour, Seth Partnow and Mo Dakhil. With Ben Thompson ~ Thinking Basketball.

Memphis/Minnesota What’s up with Towns? Jaren is the X Factor Grizzlies weaknesses on the perimeter Who guards Ja? Pat Bev vs Dillon Brooks 27 ish Warriors / Is Steph healthy? Are the Warriors more talented than the Nuggets? Can the Nuggets win? After Looney, who? Can the Mavs win without Luka? Good matchup for Dinwiddie and Brunson. How does Utah counter if they lose game 1 without Luka?. Donovan Mitchell’s struggles. Much more.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder won their 15th straight game while holding the Boston Celtics to 27 2nd half points. Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, and Es Baraheni discuss the Thunder as the best team in basketball, their recent stretch of games, and their upcoming showdown with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Then, the gang discusses Kawhi Leonard’s comeback, Victor Wembanyama vs Nikola Jokić, the Bucks woes, and their favorite landing spots for Jimmy Butler.

Host: Dave DuFour

With: Zena Keita, Es Baraheni

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio Producer: Grayson Moody

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Andrew Schlecht and Mark Schindler break down night 2 of the play in tournament where the Hawks beat the Hornets and the Pelicans stayed strong and beat the Spurs. 

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In this week's Point of Contention James Edwards III and Jay King debate! Hosted by Marcus Thompson.

Take 1: Is KD right to not want to stoke the Celtics? 

Take 2: How much is Phoenix hoping Luka doesn’t get healthy and the Mavericks don’t advance? 

Take 3: Do the Lakers need a motivator, a tactician, someone who can

help decide on personnel? And who fits that bill? 

Take 4: Grizz v Wolves Petty Wars

Take 5: Lack of Vax Raptor'cussions

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Jared Weiss and Mo Dakhil. Timberwolves rally late after KAT fouls out to clinch playoff berth plus Kyrie and KD lead Nets past Cavs to earn the seventh seed in the East.

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Mark Schindler and Dave DuFour preview the 7 seed vs 8 seed play in games. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Karl-Anthony Towns take on the Los Angeles Clippers led by Paul George. Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets go up against Darius Garland and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Sam Amick, Fred Katz and Anthony Slater discuss the wild end of season for the Lakers including how they handled the firing of Frank Vogel, and then they dive deep on the play in games and give predictions.

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The Basketball Buds. Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Tray Edwards

Rundown: 

— Teams ducking the Nets or just resting?

— Ben Simmons coming back?

— Play-In set in the East 

— Preview Play-In the West too 

— Donte DiVincenzo mad at Kings 

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Keith Parish and Dave DuFour recap the final weekend of the NBA regular season and set the scene for the playoffs.

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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers hand out their annual NBA end of the season awards with the Slammies. Here are the categories:

1. Raise the Roof Award
2. Lost in Translation Award
3. Stat of the Year Award
4. “Get Off My Lawn” NBA Twitter Complaint of the Year
5. “New to Us” NBA Media Person of the Year
6. Best Take of the Year
7. Worst Take of the Year
8. Team of the Year Award

In Part 2, Josh Robbins of the Athletic joins to discuss the Washington Wizards, the Beal situation, and much more + another fun edition of Andrew Vs. the Beat!

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Last week of the season no better time for a end of season Mailbag. Dave, Seth and Mo answer listener questions.

Rundown:

NCAA tournament and college basketball thoughts

Young teams in the NBA playing well

Detroit vs New York best future?

Best rookies + Cade’s development during the season

British food or basketball?

Who can beat the Suns?

Memphis with and without Ja

Can the Clippers make the conference finals? Is Paul George underrated?

Upset alert for Miami and Philly!

Breakout players in the playoffs?

Can Utah make a run?

Why are the Lakers? (Mo rant!)

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Jared Weiss and Mo Dahkil break down the top NBA games and stories from Thursday, April 7th. The guys break down the Bucks beating the Celtics, the Raptors beat the 76ers & Jokic leads the Nuggets to a win over the Grizzlies.

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Slam N Jam

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA Basketball, Who will win the Pacific Division, the dominance of the Cavs and Thunder, Jimmy Butler Trade destinations and more. Then they are joined by Brian Geisinger to discuss the Charlotte Hornets and if their recent play is a sign of things to come. Then the boys play a fun edition of Andrew vs. the Beat, a trivia game where Andrew is pitted against a beat writer.

Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers

With: Brian Geisinger

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio/Video Editor: Jake Kleinberg

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In this week's Point of Contention. Zach Harper | Marcus Thompson | Jay King |

Take 1: Depreciate LeBron?

Take 2: The Mighty Quin

Take 3: We the North Sleeper

Take 4: Klay calls out Bandwagoneers

Take 5: The Embiid Double Standard

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Andrew Schlecht and Keith Parish discuss the Nets big win at MSG, the Hawks winning in ATL, and the playoff/play in implications from Wednesday, April 6th.

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LA Times Lakers reporter Brad Turner drops by to talk with David and Marcus about his awkward exchange with Russell Westbrook, and what went wrong with the 2022 LA Lakers. Also some thoughts on the Clippers. Also thoughts on the HBO series 'Winning Time.'

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Jared Weiss and Mo Dahkil break down the top NBA games and stories from Tuesday, April 5th. The guys break down the Lakers being eliminated by the Suns, the Jazz beat the Grizz in OT and a Playoff seeding update

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Sam Amick, Fred Katz and Anthony Slater discuss all the teams that will not make the playoffs or play-in tournament this post season, what their offseason priorities are, and what is next. During the Thunder portion they are joined by producer Andrew Schlecht.

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The Basketball Buds, Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Tray Edwards. The Lakers are just about finished, what happens next? Also, the Pelicans success behind CJ McCollum has New Orleans looking bright in the playoffs perhaps vs the Spurs. Timberwolves vs Clippers playin? Looking forward in the West, how big a concern is Ja Morant's knee issue? The terrible Jazz. The very surprising Mavs. In the East, are the Nets as good as we think they are? Much more.

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Keith Parish and Dave DuFour recap the weekend in the NBA.

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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA Basketball, how much finishing strong matters for the playoffs, Harden flipping the narrative, and then they bring on Trevor Lane to discuss the disastrous season from the Lakers

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JE Skeets and Leigh Ellis face off against Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow in the first ever April Fools Trivia Battle. Hosted by Dave DuFour. Also why Dave loves Jose Alvarado.

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Jared Weiss and Mo Dahkil break down the top NBA games and stories from Thursday, March 31st. The guys break down the Bucks beating the Nets in OT, DeRozan drops 50 in the Bulls OT win vs the Clippers & the Pistons stun the 76ers.

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Stephen Curry was perfect in 8 attempts from behind the three-point line as the Golden State Warriors cruised to a blowout win over Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers. Dave DuFour and Zena discuss all of the action from Thursday night including Tyrese Haliburton’s big game, Jimmy Butler’s postgame comments, and the Celtics big win over the Timberwolves. Then, the Athletic’s Marcus Thompson joins the show to breakdown Steph Curry and Joel Embiid’s matchup, Jonathan Kuminga as the number two option, and Paul George’s fit in Philadelphia. Then, Zena and Dave take a look at the first results in All-Star game fan voting and what stands out.

Host: Dave DuFour

With: Zena Keita, Marcus Thompson

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio Producer: Grayson Moody

Submit your questions to The Athletic NBA Daily mailbag: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5939460/2024/11/25/nba-podcast-mailbag-athletic-daily/

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In this week's Point of Contention Marcus Thompson and Jared Weiss debate! Hosted by Zach Harper.

Take 1: The Defending NBA Champions Milwaukee Bucks. In case you forgot.

Take 2: Paul George Back! Clippers dangerous playoff team?

Take 3: The Case for Cade

Take 4: Rehab Time Lord, Celtics done?

Take 5: MVP Straw Poll Rocks Vegas

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Andrew Schlecht and Mark Schindler break down the night of NBA basketball from Wednesday, March 30th including the Heats win in Boston, the Suns beating the Warriors in San Fran, and then bouncing around the rest of the league. 

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