Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

About this episode

The hosts discuss the NBA playoffs, focusing on the Pistons' struggles and Jokic's behavior, along with other playoff narratives.

Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck are back with another edition of Real Ones, and they get right into the playoff action. Are the Wolves in trouble now that Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo have been ruled out for the series? Has Nikola Jokic’s behavior during this series not been criticized enough? The Pistons are down 3-1 in the series and on the brink of elimination after falling to the eighth-seeded Magic on Monday. Is there any hope for a comeback? Should Joel Embiid have made a return to the series? Plus, the mailbag! (0:00) Intro (0:40) Fan Duel ad break (1:46) Nuggets-Wolves (9:48) Jokic’s confrontation with Jaden McDaniels (15:33) Fan Duel ad break (17:00) Magic-Pistons (34:12) McDonald’s ad break (34:42) Cooper Flagg wins ROTY (37:55) Joel Embiid and the Sixers (43:18) Mailbag Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard BeckProducers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford AugustinAdditional Video Support: Jeff ShearinProduction Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor NevinsGraphics: John RichterAdditional Production Support: Chris Wohlers The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan to learn more about the resources and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, Howard Beck

Topics covered

• NBA playoffs
• Pistons elimination
• Jokic behavior
• Joel Embiid
• mailbag

Keywords

• NBA playoffs
• Pistons
• Jokic
• Embiid
• mailbag
• Anthony Edwards
• Donte DiVincenzo

Sponsors

Fan Duel, McDonald’s

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pistons, Magic, The Ringer

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