Shocking Upsets Change Playoff Seeding + An Interesting Message From Giannis

About this episode

Brian Windhorst and guests discuss shocking upsets affecting playoff seeding and Giannis' end of season messages.

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to the final day of the regular season including some shocking upsets with a huge impact on playoff seeding. Plus, we look ahead to some of the most interesting storylines for Round 1 of the NBA playoffs. Finally, we break down some curious end of season messages from Giannis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Brian Windhorst

Guests: Tim Bontemps, Tim MacMahon

Topics covered

• NBA playoffs
• playoff seeding
• shocking upsets
• Giannis messages
• basketball storylines

Keywords

• NBA
• playoffs
• upsets
• Giannis
• basketball
• seeding
• storylines

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Organizations: ESPN, Omaha Productions

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