Knicks' Huge Win Sets the Tone for Potential Collision Course with the Celtics, Plus Loves and Loathes

About this episode

Jacoby and Verno discuss the Knicks' victory over the Celtics and its implications for the playoffs, along with their loves and loathes in the current NBA landscape.

Jacoby and Verno fire up their mics immediately after the Knicks defeat the Celtics and discuss how this matchup could be one to look forward to in the playoffs. (0:17) Welcome to The Mismatch! (0:48) Josh Hart saves the show with monster 3s in a Knicks win (5:44) Celtics-Knicks destined to meet again in the playoffs (12:09) Eastern Conference playoff picture still a mess (17:21) Loves and Loathes (19:12) Verno Loves: Cade Cunningham coming back (23:12) Jacoby Loves: Teams at full strength for the playoffs (25:10) Verno Loathes: First round of the West playoffs will be a dud (30:12) Jacoby Loathes: 76ers’ Joel Embiid has surgery for appendicitis (35:15) Verno Loves: ROY award is back and forth between Flagg and Knueppel (37:26) Jacoby Loves: 1.4 million 10-game runs by only one player, Nikola Jokić (41:06) Verno Loathes: “No way in hell they wanna see us” by Dillon Brooks (47:28) Jacoby Loathes: Giannis incentivized to play because of his shoes (51:45) Verno Loves: Kings’ Doug Christie making a tactical error instead of tanking (57:18) Jacoby Loves: Carter Bryant guarding the big men (1:00:21) Verno Loathes: AD upset for not getting a Pelicans tribute video (1:03:53) Jacoby…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Vernon, David Jacoby

Topics covered

• NBA playoffs
• Knicks vs Celtics
• player performances
• Eastern Conference
• loves and loathes
• basketball analysis

Keywords

• Knicks
• Celtics
• playoffs
• Josh Hart
• Cade Cunningham
• Nikola Jokić
• Dillon Brooks
• Giannis
• loves and loathes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Ringer, 76ers, Pelicans, Kings, Celtics, Knicks

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