10 Things With 10 Games Left, and the Lakers' Streak Ends at Nine

About this episode

Verno and Jacoby discuss the end of the Lakers' win streak and highlight 10 key developments as the NBA regular season approaches its conclusion.

Verno and Jacoby return to react to last night’s matchups, including the Lakers' win streak ending in Detroit. Then they look at 10 important things happening in the remainder of the regular season, and the Prospector returns.Welcome to The Mismatch!(0:40) Pistons end the red-hot Lakers' win streak: No Luka magic (8:23) 10 things with 10 games left (8:55) What stands out in the East standings? (9:05) What are the Bucks doing?: The Cam Thomas dilemma (11:36) Cavs playoff chances: Payroll is in win-now mode (16:20) The regression is real for the Orlando Magic (20:42) What stands out in the West standings? (26:09) Lakers desperate and scary: Luka MVP, LeBron breaking records (35:40) Thunder-Wizards fight: The Wizards are ruining the NBA (40:35) Knicks are sending Jacoby to therapy (44:45) Kevin Durant passes MJ: Fifth all time on scoring list (59:40) The Prospector is back with an NCAA tournament update Leave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091Hosts: Chris Vernon and David JacobyProducers: Stefan Anderson and Jeff ShearinSocial: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Vernon, David Jacoby

Topics covered

• Lakers win streak
• NBA standings
• playoff chances
• NCAA tournament
• player performances

Keywords

• Lakers
• Pistons
• NBA
• playoffs
• Kevin Durant
• LeBron
• Cavs
• Orlando Magic
• NCAA tournament

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lakers, Pistons, Bucks, Cavs, Orlando Magic, Thunder, Wizards, Knicks, NCAA

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