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Keith Parish and Dave DuFour recap an elimination filled weekend in the NBA playoffs. The Dallas Mavericks stun the Suns in a blowout game 7 to advance to the Western Conference Finals. The Golden State Warriors finished off the Memphis Grizzlies 4 games to 2. The Boston Celtics pick up back to back elimination game victories to end the Milwaukee Bucks' quest for a second consecutive championship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode two of the Future of Sports series, The Athletic's Mike Smeltz looks at how the team experience may change in the future: increased use of technology in gameplay, robotic umpires and the unique initiatives of a startup sports league. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Nerder, She Wrote The Ringer's Kyle Mann joins Dave and Mo to talk culture.RundownMiami’s ability to find a guyGood culture on display in playoffsBuilt not boughtBrooklyn issuesLakers rant from MoSixers post mortemEmbiid speaking his mind about the teamWhat now with Harden?Is there room in the league for Matissse Thybulle?What went right?Suns/Mavs G7Suns turnoversChris Paul strugglesJason Kidd’s coachingAyton too soft?Luka in game 7 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Point of Contention.. Jay King and Marcus Thompson debate. Hosted by Zach Harper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jared Weiss and Will Guillory break down the top NBA Playoff games and stories from Thursday, May 12th. The guys talk about Jimmy Butler leading the Heat to a Game 6 win to eliminate the 76ers and the Mavericks win Game 6 to force a Game 7 vs the Suns in Phoenix on Sunday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Law Murray and Dave DuFour recap Wednesday night in the NBA playoffs. The Milwaukee Bucks take a 3 games to 2 lead over the Boston Celtics thanks to late game defensive heroics from Jrue Holiday. The Memphis Grizzlies stay alive with a 134-95 drubbing of the Golden State Warriors to force a Game 6. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Hoops Adjacent David Aldridge is joined by Law Murray and Sam Vecenie to talk about the playoffs thus far, injuries, why DA voted for Jokic for MVP and a preview of the NBA Draft with the guru Vecenie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Schlecht is joined by Dave DuFour and Keith Parish to do a second round player draft where each person chooses a starting 5 to win 1 game. Then the guys compete in a round of Keith vs. the Beat where Dave and Keith face off in a game of trivia on the Playoffs so far. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode one of the Future of Sports series, The Athletic's Mike Smeltz looks at how the fan experience may change: how going to games, watching games at home and how memorabilia is shifting from physical to digital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jared Weiss and Mo Dahkil break down the top NBA Playoff games and stories from Tuesday, May 10th. They talk about the Heat dominating the 76ers & the Suns crush the Mavericks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.