Play-In Madness and Things We Care About in the First Round

About this episode

Verno and Jacoby discuss the play-in tournament and preview the NBA playoffs.

Verno and Jacoby return to react to the opening games of the play-in tournament and preview the final games on Friday. Then, they discuss the things they care about heading into the opening round of the NBA playoffs. Welcome to The Mismatch! (0:30) Play-in tournament recap (2:03) Hornets-Heat: The game was wildly entertaining (7:06) Magic-76ers: Magic fans would rather watch Hornets-Pistons (11:29) Warriors-Clippers: Vintage masterpiece by Steph and Green (24:15) Blazers-Suns: Devin Booker will be front and center vs. the Warriors (28:48) Things we care about going into the playoffs (29:09) Things we care about: Wings vs. bigs in the Cavs-Toronto matchup (32:34) Things we care about: What if the Cavs lose? (38:11) Things we care about: Last run for this iteration of the Wolves (43:05) Things we care about: Nuggets must close quick (47:48) Things we care about: Can the Knicks run with the Hawks? (49:43) Things we care about: The Knicks' transition defense (53:28) Things we care about: Mitchell Robinson’s free throw shooting (1:00:06) Things we care about: Can the Celtics' regular-season success carry into the playoffs? (1:03:19) Things we care about: Is effort the Moneyball of the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Verno, Jacoby

Topics covered

• NBA playoffs
• play-in tournament
• team matchups
• player performances
• basketball strategy

Keywords

• NBA
• play-in tournament
• Hornets
• Warriors
• Cavs
• Knicks
• Celtics
• Tyrese Maxey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hornets, Heat, Magic, 76ers, Warriors, Clippers, Blazers, Suns, Cavs, Toronto

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