Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA Basketball NBA Title Odds , and our players, stats and quotes of the week. Then they are joined by Matthew Tynan to discuss the San Antonio Spurs and Wemby's future, Stephon Castles rookie seaosn, and what the expectations look like for the Spurs future. Then the boys play a fun edition of Andrew vs. the Beat, a trivia game where Andrew is pitted against a beat writer.Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex SpeersWith: Matthew TynanExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio/Video Editor: Jake Kleinberg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to the Saturday Slammin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. On today's show, we're talking title odds. Our players of the week and Matthew Tynan joins us to talk about the San Antonio Spurs. But to start off, Al, tell me about the top stories this week.
Andrew, the top story this week was March madness. I'm not talking about college basketball, Andrew. I'm talking about the month every year when the NBA completely loses its marbles. Dude, March is the NBA's version of the purge, where for 31 days, there are no laws. Anything is possible. And teams and players conspire to create the most insane headlines.
Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets getting swept by the Washington Wizards? Sure. Those same Nuggets without Jokic and Murray beating the Warriors on the road, the hottest team in the league? As long as it's March, you can do that. Quinton Grimes averaging over 31 points per game in his last six, including a career-high 46 against Houston? Anything is possible.
Like Sandro Mamuchelishvili scoring 34 points in 19 minutes against the Knicks. Even for March, that's a little much. The Chicago Bulls championship banners getting damaged because of pyrotechnics at the Disturbed concert, the band best known for their famous lyric, that doesn't happen in February. Only in March. Suffice to say, it was a strange weekend.
The Cleveland Cavaliers' 16-game winning streak not only came to an end at the hands of the Orlando Magic, the Cavs would go on to lose their next two games as well to the Clippers and the Kings, tying their longest losing streak of the season. Those losses opened the door for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who without J-Dub won four in a row, including road wins over Boston, Detroit, and Milwaukee.
Their final win of the week came over the Sixers, who announced this week that Paul George would be out for the rest of the season. But it's not that big of a loss when you consider this stat. Mike O'Connor tweeted out that Quinton Grimes has had three games of 35 plus points for the Sixers this season.
That is the same number as Tobias Harris had in his entire run as a Sixer and three more than Paul George has had as a Sixer. Now, it's been a rough season for Paul George, but at least the Sixers now have a legit shot to keep their own pick. Another team that has a shot at keeping their own pick but may not be as excited about it is the Miami Heat.
The Heat are currently on a nine game losing streak after Cade Cunningham banked in a game winning three in their most recent game. The losing streak is the longest of Eric Spolstra's coaching career and the longest for the Heat as a franchise since the 07-08 season. The Heat are now the 10th seed in the East, a half game back of Chicago.
Something like, hey, remember when I made my bold prediction that Chicago is going to be the nine seed? Yeah. They're trying. Something I keep bringing up because it always sounds unbelievable when I say it.
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