NBA Playoffs opening weekend recap

About this episode

The episode recaps the opening weekend of the NBA Playoffs, highlighting key performances and games.

Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and Zena Keita react to the opening game of every playoff series, the playoff debut of Victor Wembanyama, and LeBron James dictating the pace of the Lakers win over the Rockets. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/eme2tPcUM2 Host: Dave DuFour With: Zena Keita and Tony Jones Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Dave DuFour

Guest: Zena Keita

Topics covered

• NBA Playoffs
• game recap
• basketball analysis
• sports commentary
• player performance

Keywords

• NBA Playoffs
• game recap
• Victor Wembanyama
• LeBron James
• basketball

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Organizations: Lakers, Rockets, The Athletic, Acast

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