Russillo runs through the most interesting first-round playoff matchups and shares some predictions along the way (1:10). Then, he’s joined by Frank Isola to dive deeper into the NBA playoffs, discussing how Houston will defend Steph, whether the refs will impact MIN-LAL, and hypothetical Knicks trades (23:15). Plus, Life Advice with Ceruti (1:09:16)! Is my wife a dick? Check us out on YouTube for exclusive clips, livestreams, and more at https://www.youtube.com/@RyenRussilloPodcast. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Frank Isola Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias Get anything delivered on Uber Eats. www.ubereats.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available at And listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Must be 21 plus and present in select states. A massive NBA playoff preview. I'll go through the series that I want to go into depth on and then pick those. And we have Frank Isola.
So we'll talk playoffs with him. We'll probably talk about a few other headlines, even a sneaky Knicks offseason transaction. And we've got full Wargon life advice. A lot to get to with the playoffs upon us here in the NBA. So I'll go through the series that I want to go through.
I have all sorts of notes in the play and stuff that I'm probably not going to get to any of it now because last night's games were disgusting. And I'm not going to do a breakdown of Golden State Memphis two days later. So, look, I did not like when the plan was announced because I just don't think teams, certainly this year, you have teams that are south of 40 wins getting another chance at this.
But then when the games are really good, it's like, hey, the game's really good. So it seemed like people like to play in games when they're good. It seems like people don't like playing games when they're good. not good games, crazy concept. As I've said the entire time, if it's a great game, I'm going to enjoy a great game. I may not like the system. Same thing with college football expansion.
It doesn't mean I don't love some of these home venues or just the overhead shot of the shoe going, wow, those Tennessee dudes look cold. All right. Um, It's just the principle of these things that a team like Dallas or Sacramento still has an outside chance of being able to get in. We also could start calling the play in when Atlanta plays. But let's talk about the teams that are in the playoffs.
Let's do that right now. All right, I'm going to run through the series. I'm going to give you a pick at the end of them. Random thoughts. Try to get this done before Saturday. Milwaukee Pacers. It's the better team versus the much better player. Certainly that you don't need me for that one. The Pacers at 1.35 and 28 finished on a 15-4 close, got the 50 wins. So you can look at some of the teams.
There's a lot of teams that seem to end with really nice records. It's like they're picking at the right time or their schedule was really easy, especially if you look at some of the teams in the East and West. Half the conference decided to kind of shut it down. But the Pacers have nice wins in there. They got Milwaukee twice. They got Minnesota twice.
They had the one-point loss to the Lakers, and LeBron made that shot. They beat Denver. Cleveland, those are wins, but Cleveland was sitting people in those. So there's at least some good stuff to look at there. After the All-Star break, the fifth-best record at 20-9, Oklahoma City 24-4, Boston 22-5, Cleveland 20-8, Golden State 20-7. So Pacers kind of in a nice group there.
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