The Drop | Thunder, Pistons Secure 2-0 Leads & Wild NBA Playoff Takes
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Podcast listeners, this is for you. Welcome to No Dunks presented by FanDuel. This is The Drop here in the Classic Factory. I'm Tess Mellis. With me, it's the man in the middle, Trey Kirby.
Heyo! Heyo!
Trey just seems like he just woke up. And our man making the magic happen. It's JD. Hello. What's going on, JD? What's up? Usually, I'm the one who's a little sleepy weepy.
I was doing a Brent Berry.
Oh.
Hey, where's my camera? Where's my camera? No, no, I've been awake for a long time. Got up early this morning to just get my shot blocked and turn the ball over for two straight hours. It was a great morning run. Damn. Yeah, it do be like that sometimes. Big man blocking your shots? You know, people were kind of just taking their turn this morning. It happened a lot.
Here, I'll make you feel better. I went to a court to shoot five free throws. I worked out that I went to the court just to hit five free throws. It probably took me 18 shots, I think. Nice. Okay, good. There, there you go. We got lots to get to in this show. We're going to drop some hot playoff takes. Yeah, baby. We got a rapid fire front, of course. We'll get to the Lakers and Thunder, but let's start with the Cavs and Pistons. Pistons got a 2-0 lead here in round two, Trey. Taking care of business both games at home. Where do you want to start? Is it the Pistons side or is it the stinky Cavs side?
Well, that's the thing. The big news coming out of this one, what everybody's talking about is the Cavs' disappointment, the poor play of James Harden and Evan Mobley first and foremost. I got Lucy footballed once again. I guaranteed on yesterday's show that he would have more field goals made than assists, and he couldn't do it. Evan Mobley played 35 minutes. He had one rebound.
Yeah. I'd say Harden was way worse than Mobley, though, because Mobley did a good job defensively.
Yes, sure. Yeah, I agree. But, I mean, I would say the problem is that the Cavs are basically hosting their own disappointing players draft. Sure. And they got maybe three guys who would be first-round picks, because I would even throw Donovan Mitchell into the mix, despite him having a nice scoring game. What did he end up with? 31 points. Really? I believe, but just two for eight in the fourth quarters. These have been two winnable games for the Cavs, and Mitchell is shooting four for 14 in these fourth quarters, getting outplayed by Cade Cunningham.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–10:52
2
What are the key playoff performances from Cade Cunningham and the Pistons?
10:52–11:13
3
How did James Harden and Evan Mobley perform in Game 2?
11:13–33:52
4
What are the implications for the Cavs moving forward in the playoffs?
33:52–52:30
5
What makes LeBron James an underrated player in the playoffs?
52:30–53:03
6
How has LeBron's performance compared to past seasons?
53:03–54:24
7
What are the implications of LeBron's potential return to the Lakers?
54:24–56:20
8
What are the latest playoff predictions and celebrity rec league team picks?
56:20–1:43:15
Speakers
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