About this episode

The episode discusses the 2011-12 NBA playoffs, highlighting key achievements and teams.

We discuss the 2011-12 playoffs. We note a major underachievement, a major overachievement, and talk about two "new classic" teams who reached the finals.

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Lowe

Topics covered

• 2011-12 playoffs
• Linsanity
• Miami Heat
• underachievement
• overachievement
• NBA finals
• classic teams

Keywords

• 2011-12 playoffs
• Linsanity
• Miami Heat
• NBA finals
• underachievement
• overachievement
• basketball

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heatles, Linsanity

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