Alex Speers

which means the Clippers are now only a half game out of being the worst team in the Western Conference.

The other surprising win was the Hornets getting the win over the Hawks, 133-126.

Now, maybe the win itself isn't that surprising, but it's how the Hornets did it.

Charlotte tied an NBA record with 18 three-pointers in the first half, including seven from LaMelo Ball in his return from an ankle injury.

Lamello finished with 28.

Con Canipa had 28.

Brandon Miller had 26.

The game was also Trey Young's return to the lineup, who only played 20 minutes in the loss.

And those were the top stories this week.

It was a great time.

Is this your third NBA Cup?

Have you been there since the beginning?

I have been to every single NBA Cup.

geez louise i mean i mean you're setting yourself up for like 30 years you could be the nba cup is the preeminent nba cup i could be i could be the cup expert that could be like that your thing golly i've been looking for a thing for a while this is it this is the thing quit the athletics start your own podcast just about the nba cup 12 months out of the year

multiple times per week i'll have to just change my last name to cups andrew cups that'd be cool uh andrew speaking of the cup we're going to talk about some things we like this week some things we didn't like and some things that left us a little confused in the segment we call good bad what so andrew what was your good this week

Zero.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, and the big question now is just how many of these guys are you going to be able to play in the playoffs?

How many of Jordan Clarkson, Tyler Kolek, Yabusele, how many of those guys are you going to be confident in once you get to the playoffs?

And you're probably not going to find out until the playoffs, which is why I have heard talks about the Knicks maybe trying to make a move for just one more depth piece.