NBA Playoff Takeaways That Keep Getting Hotter

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Dan and Grant discuss various playoff observations and trends in the NBA.

Dan and Grant run through as many bigger-picture playoff observations as they can in 90ish minutes—with their questions and takes getting increasingly hotter as they go. 0:00 - INTRO 1:05 - New York Knicks 16:43 - Houston Rockets 23:00 - Offensive trends 29:32 - Boston Celtics 33:01 - Denver Nuggets 41:55 - Minnesota Timberwolves 47:01 - Oklahoma City Thunder / West tiers / Ajay Mitchell 55:12 - Detroit Pistons 1:07:21 - Toronto Raptors / Collin Murray-Boyles 1:14:28 - San Antonio Spurs 1:15:51 - Thunder tangent 1:18:01 - San Antonio Spurs 1:22:26 - VJ Edgecombe SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH JOIN OUR DISCORD SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TikTok: @hardwoodknocks Twitter @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Dan's Bluesky: @danfavale Dan's Twitter: @danfavale Dan's IG: @danfavale Grant's Bluesky: @granthughes BUSINESS INQUIRES⬇️ hardwoodknocks@gmail.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan, Grant

Topics covered

• NBA Playoffs
• team analysis
• basketball trends
• player performance
• NBA teams
• hot takes

Keywords

• NBA Playoffs
• basketball
• team analysis
• hot takes
• player performance
• trends

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Organizations: New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors, San Antonio Spurs

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