Major Upsets Brewing in Round 1? Can Magic & Lakers Keep It Up + Early Playoff Headlines

About this episode

The episode discusses major upsets in the NBA Playoffs, focusing on the Magic and Lakers, along with key storylines and player performances.

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to an exciting opening weekend for the NBA Playoffs. The guys tackle a few major upsets including the Magic’s stunner in Detroit and if the Pistons are in real danger in this series. Next, the guys tackle if LeBron can lead the Lakers past the Rockets and discuss if KD will be back. Finally we talk Wemby's playoff debut and talk about the other major storylines you need to be watching. 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
• upsets
• Lakers
• Magic
• Pistons
• Wemby's debut
• storylines

Keywords

• NBA Playoffs
• upsets
• Magic
• Lakers
• Pistons
• LeBron
• KD
• Wemby

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESPN, Lakers, Rockets, Pistons

Places: Detroit

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