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The Athletic
Start your day with The Athletic NBA Daily – a fast, entertaining recap of the most important games and stories from the world of professional basketball with new episodes dropping Monday through Friday. Hosted by Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, and Esfandiar Baraheni with regular appearances by The Athletic’s award-winning NBA reporters. Andrew Schlecht and Alex Spears cap the week with the full-length Saturday Slam n’ Jam episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Apr 21, 2022 • 25min
Daily Ding: Embiid for the Win! Celtics Battle Back + DeMar Takover
Andrew Schlecht and Law Murray discuss the big games from Wednesday night including Embiid's game-winning 3 in overtime, the Celtics defense stepping up and KD and Kyrie stepping down, and DeMar DeRozan putting on a show in Milwaukee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 20, 2022 • 14min
Daily Ding: Pelicans Upset Suns, Butler Leads Heat & Grizzlies Dominate Timberwolves
Jared Weiss and Mo Dahkil break down the top NBA Playoff games and stories from Tuesday, April 19th. The guys talk about the Pelicans upsetting the Suns in Phoenix, Jimmy Butler leads the Heat to a big win vs Atlanta and the Grizzlies dominate the T-Wolves to tie the series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 19, 2022 • 43min
'We Got You' Wolves x Culture with Jon Krawczynski
David Aldridge and Marcus Thompson catch up with Timberwolves reporter Jon Krawczynski prior to Game 2's tip-off between Minnesota and Memphis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 19, 2022 • 1h 2min
Gobert Discourse + Poole on the Rise
Sam Amick, Anthony Slater, and Fred Katz discuss the NBA Playoffs including the Warriors' dominance, Jordan Poole's rise, Jokic, and the Nuggets, DPOY discourse on Gobert, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 19, 2022 • 17min
Daily Ding: Jazz fall to Mavs, Sixers cruise, Poole party continues for Warriors!
Mark Schindler and Dave DuFour recap NBA playoff action. The Mavericks shock the Jazz thanks to 41 points from Jalen Brunson. The Sixers cruise to a win over the Raptors. The Warriors blast the Nuggets thanks to 34 points off the bench from Steph Curry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 18, 2022 • 57min
C's Save Season, Wolves Stun Grizz + No Doncic Dilemma & Dubs drain Jokic
The Basketball Buds. Zach Harper, Jay King, Mo Dakhil and Tray Edwards recap the action packed first weekend of the NBA Playoffs.Rundown:Nets vs Celtics, the crazy finish and Kyrie the Villain. Did the Celtics save their season?Timberwolves shock the Grizzlies, Memphis in trouble? Does anyone think the Wolves can pull out series?Mavs vs Jazz, no Doncic no problem for Utah.Bucks vs Bulls, an ugly, boring game got interesting late. DeMar not good.Nuggets vs Warriors. Dubs drain Jokic. Where is Murray?Raptors vs 76ers. Philly playing fast.Suns vs Pelicans | Hawks vs Heat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 18, 2022 • 28min
Daily Ding: Playoffs! Celtics over Nets at buzzer, Wolves shock Grizzlies
Keith Parish and Dave DuFour recap an action packed opening weekend in the NBA playoffs. The Celtics take game one in their series against the Nets thanks to a Jayson Tatum buzzer beater. The Timberwolves house the Grizzlies on the back of 36 from Anthony Edwards in his playoff debut. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 16, 2022 • 1h 23min
Eastern Conference Playoff Preview
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers preview the 4 playoff series in the East starting with the Heat and Hawks then followed by the Bucks and Bulls. Then oh boy... we get to the juicy matchups, and with those juicy matchups, we have some juicy guests. Tas Melas of No Dunks joins to talk Raptors, and Trill Bro Dude of the You Know Ball podcast joins to talk 76ers. Then for the Celtics Nets series, we are joined by Brian Eagan of the Glue Guys and Sam Jam Packard of Anything is Poddable to help us break down those series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 15, 2022 • 1h 3min
The 8bit Western Conference Playoff Picture
Nerder, She Wrote with Dave DuFour, Seth Partnow and Mo Dakhil. With Ben Thompson ~ Thinking Basketball.Memphis/Minnesota What’s up with Towns? Jaren is the X Factor Grizzlies weaknesses on the perimeter Who guards Ja? Pat Bev vs Dillon Brooks 27 ish Warriors / Is Steph healthy? Are the Warriors more talented than the Nuggets? Can the Nuggets win? After Looney, who? Can the Mavs win without Luka? Good matchup for Dinwiddie and Brunson. How does Utah counter if they lose game 1 without Luka?. Donovan Mitchell’s struggles. Much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 14, 2022 • 14min
Daily Ding: Bird Night - Hawks and Pelicans Prevail in the Play In
Andrew Schlecht and Mark Schindler break down night 2 of the play in tournament where the Hawks beat the Hornets and the Pelicans stayed strong and beat the Spurs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


