NBA Weekend Winners & Losers | Bones Is The Wolves' Money, Durant's Scoring Milestone, Fights!

Summary

No Dunks – NBA Weekend Winners & Losers | Bones Is The Wolves' Money, Durant's Scoring Milestone, Fights!

Episode Date: March 23, 2026
Hosts: J. Skeets, Tas Melas, Trey Kirby, JD
Podcast: No Dunks by iHeartPodcasts

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Overview

This episode of No Dunks recaps a wild NBA weekend, spotlighting standout team and player performances, dramatic milestones, on-court altercations, and more. The hosts break down the league’s biggest storylines—from a resurgent Wolves squad and Kevin Durant’s scoring achievement to losing streaks and scuffles. Rife with banter, stats, and hilarious detours, the show is a fast-paced, knowledgeable recap for both NBA obsessives and casual fans.

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Key Sections & Discussion Points

1. March Madness Check-In

[05:34–08:47]

• Hosts briefly update their NCAA March Madness brackets ("Not bad, not great").
• Skeets laments the loss of a Final Four pick (Florida) and reflects on the difficulty of switching between NCAA and NBA viewing.
• Trey shouts out Keaton Wagler: “To me, the best guy that I’ve seen as a top 10 pick so far.” [06:44]
• Memorable Madness from the weekend: Kentucky vs. Santa Clara, Iowa’s upset over Florida.
• Hilarious riff on player names: "Fogelmeyer. Good to the last drop, they say about that guy." – Trey Kirby [08:39]

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2. NBA Weekend Winners: Minnesota Timberwolves & Bones Hyland

[08:47–13:49]

Wolves Snap Boston Drought

• Wolves beat Celtics in Boston for the first time in 21 years.
• Trey shares a broadcast moment: “It was Candy Shop by 50 Cent. Also—great song.” [09:21]
• Bones Hyland’s Breakout:
  • 23 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, +26 in 30 min (season-high tying performance).
  • Nationally-televised game: Hyland was “mugging to the camera... taunting Hugo Gonzalez...” [09:21]
  • “He was talking a lot of crap yesterday...” – Skeets [12:39]
  • IO Dosunmu also steps up (“Twin Turbo” duo impresses—combining for 40 points).

Timberwolves’ Double-Edged Identity

• “Catch them at the right time, you’re like, oh yeah, this is a conference finals team. Catch them at the wrong time... how are they even a playoff team?” — Skeets [13:08]
• Boston’s struggles: Tatum “had his worst couple games of the weekend, too.” — Tas [13:38]

Notable Quote

• “Tim Connolly said, Rob Dillingham, you get out of here. We’re trusting IO, we’re trusting Bones Hyland.” — Tas [11:47]

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3. NBA Weekend Winners: Houston Rockets & Reed Sheppard / Kevin Durant’s Historic Night

[14:26–22:19]

Rockets’ Rotation & Reed Sheppard’s Rise

• Rockets extend their win streak, start rookie Reed Sheppard for the first time (plus-game impact both nights).
• “He will be attacked on the other side... But... 14 assists, four steals, plus 17 in this game. He started the game, he finished the game...” — Tas [16:44]

Milestone Watch: Kevin Durant

• KD passes Michael Jordan for 5th all-time NBA points.
• Tas: “He said, ‘there’s four more people to pass, there’s four more to go.’” [17:33]
• Hosts debate the plausibility of KD reaching #1 (“another 10,000 points... I do not [think so].” — Trey [18:05])
• Skeets: “That does not take away anything from passing Michael Jordan, for crying out loud.” [18:21]
• Viral reference: Lee Ellis’ napkin math session with KD about the scoring record. [19:23]

Rockets’ Playoff Odds

• Reed Sheppard stats as a good-luck charm: “I believe the Rockets are 10 and 2 in Reed Sheppard starts.” — Skeets [21:14]

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4. NBA Weekend Winners: Denver Nuggets & Key Rotations

[27:02–30:24]

Nuggets’ Form & Injury Returns

• Nuggets beat Raptors and red-hot Blazers; Jokic posts another triple-double (35th of the season).
• Tim Hardaway Jr.: “Still shooting 40% plus from three on very high volume...” — Skeets [27:21]
• Peyton Watson returns after injury: “Scored 14 points in under 20 minutes... but he was super rusty.” — Trey [28:50]
• Cam Johnson “finding a bit of a rhythm... letting it fly a little bit more. Not thinking about it as much.” – Trey [28:50]
• “Classic Nuggets game... They don’t play incredible defense until they really, really desperately need to.” — Tas [29:43]

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5. NBA Weekend Winners: Lakers, The 'Nard Dog,' Plus Fights & Technicals

[30:38–36:41]

Lakers Pull Off a Wild Win

• Luke Kennard ('Nard Dog') hits game-winning three vs. Magic.
• Wild final sequence includes reviews, missed FTs, and Hawkeye review.
• “Shorts are part of the body.” — Trey, on the out-of-bounds review [32:28]
• Fans collectively baffled at all the lengthy reviews and the outcome.

Luka Doncic vs. Goga Bitadze Verbal Scuffle

• Technicals assessed, then Doncic’s rescinded after claims of family-themed trash talk in Serbian/Slovenian.
• “They nipped it in the bud too early. The bud hadn’t even started.” — Trey [36:12]
• Notable laugh: “He was going to [expletive] my whole family.” — Trey [35:47]

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6. NBA Weekend Winners: Ace Bailey, Detroit Pistons, Fun Stats & Fan Moments

[38:46–46:42]

Ace Bailey’s Breakout for Utah Jazz

• Five blocks, two-way highlights, and “double three on forehead” celebrations.
• “He’s averaging nearly 20 points per game in March here...” — Skeets [41:04]
• Both front office and fans excited by future potential.

Pistons Clinch Playoff Spot

• First in Eastern Conference to clinch this season.
• Two-year turnaround: “...to go from the worst to the best in your conference.” — Skeets [42:03]
• Jab at lack of “star power” in wins and Draymond’s scoreless homecoming.

Caleb Houstan’s First NBA Dunk

• “He was the tallest qualifying player... who had never dunked in a game.” — Skeets [42:51]
• Fun dunk trivia (including Steve Novak’s record).

Spurs' Hispanic Fans Respond to Viral Moment

• Fans rallied in custom T-shirts after a viral, disparaging text was caught on camera.
• “Just a hilarious way to approach this.” — Skeets [45:35]

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7. NBA Weekend Losers: Tanking, Troubles & Tussles

[51:01–63:11]

Pacers & Wizards: Tanking Hard

• Both teams reach 16-game losing streaks (franchise and league worsts).
• Pacers’ schedule makes “20 losses realistic.” — Trey [51:44]
• Discussion on tanking, injured stars (Anthony Davis “Will this guy wear a Wizards jersey this season?” [53:11]), and the quest for draft odds.

On-Court Fights: Thunder vs. Wizards

• Donnybrook between Justin Champagnie & AJ Mitchell.
• Tas: “A face mush. One of the most disrespectful things you can do in sports.” [58:12]
• Both get one-game suspensions. Tas calls out injustice: “Champagnie gets away with a face mush and gets the same suspension as AJ Mitchell.”

Fun Detours: Referee Deep Dive

• Extended, comic riff about referee Nate Green’s physique, jersey number, favorite meal (tagliatelle Bolognese), and movie (Coming to America). [61:02–62:19]

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8. NBA Weekend Losers: Phoenix Suns’ Struggles, Devin Booker’s Fourth Quarters

[67:38–71:43]

• Skeets highlights the Suns’ weekend, focusing on Booker's near-collapse vs. Bucks: “Everything he shot was long. Everything was hitting back rim.”
• Concern about Booker’s contract status and aging:
  • “He turns 30 years old at the start of next season... he’s making $57 million next year… a player option—$69 million... in 29-30.”
• Suns “stuck in seventh place,” unlikely to move up or down.
• Trey: “Booker needs somebody to help him shoulder the load in Phoenix.”
• Discuss Suns’ shorthandedness, but credit them for needed win vs. Raptors.

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9. Who Else Won & Lost This Weekend? Notables & Quick Hits

[73:17–74:44]

• Woah Boy: Karl-Anthony Towns (26 pts, 16 rebs in 25 minutes vs. Wizards).
• Draymond’s return to Atlanta, crowd reaction, and his witty comeback (“Let me see how many championship banners you have up here... that’s a pretty good response.” — Skeets [76:25])
• Kaminga’s underwhelming game against former team (played just “like his old self, that mid-range... I’m just gonna do my thing.”)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You catch them at the right time, you’re like, oh yeah, this is a conference final... you catch them at the wrong time, you’re like, how are they even a playoff team?” — J. Skeets on the Wolves and Rockets [13:08]
• “Face mush. One of the most disrespectful things you can do.” — Tas [58:12]
• “Hawkeye. How do they not say that was off his shorts? Shorts are part of the body.” — Trey [33:15]
• “He will be attacked on the other side... But... 14 assists, four steals, plus 17 in this game. He started the game, he finished the game...” — Tas on Reed Sheppard [16:44]
• “He had like 8 straight in the fourth quarter. Had a lefty hook. This guy looking like he plays college basketball and doesn’t have, you know, put it on the floor type of game.” — Tas on Nas Reid [11:21]
• “They mush their dogs.” — Trey quipping on the word ‘mush’ [59:25]

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Important Timestamps

| Segment | Description | Timestamp | |---------|-------------|-----------| | March Madness Recap | Brackets, best games, NCAA-to-NBA viewing | 05:34–08:47 | | Wolves/Celtics, Bones Hyland | First win in Boston in 21 years | 08:58–13:49 | | Houston Rockets & Durant Milestone | Reed Sheppard’s impact, KD passes MJ | 14:26–22:19 | | Nuggets’ Winning Weekend | Jokic, Hardaway, Peyton Watson | 27:02–30:24 | | Lakers' Wild Finish, Trash Talk | Kennard game-winner, Luka-Goga spat | 30:38–36:41 | | Ace Bailey/Jazz, Pistons’ Playoffs | Young stars, team turnarounds | 38:46–46:42 | | Pacers/Wizards Losing Streak | Tanking, injuries, suspensions | 51:01–56:25 | | Suns’ Fourth Quarters/Booker | Booker's contract/tough clutch play | 67:38–71:43 |

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a rich, energetic round-up of the NBA weekend, blending analysis, stats, and the show’s classic irreverent humor. It underscores the playoff races, celebrates breakout players, calls out both rookie and referee quirks, and doesn’t shy away from poking fun at the league’s odder moments.

Missed a stat, fight, or witty moment between games? This recap covers all the essentials—just as lively and informed as the No Dunks team themselves.

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[J. Skeets]

Good sweet world. And welcome to the no Dunks podcast presented by FanDuel. It's Monday, March 23rd, 2026. I'm J. Skeets here in the classic factory and alongside me, as always, Tas Melas.

[Tas Melas]

Podcast listeners, podcast lovers, this is for you.

[J. Skeets]

Next to him, it's my top shot, hot boy Trey Kirby Ayo Ayo. And last but not least, making the magic happen, super producer JD Hello. There he is. Here we are. Hello to everybody on YouTube. Hit the like button. Subscribe podcast listeners, five star ratings and reviews for your boys. We're going to get into our NBA weekend winners and losers, the best NBA recap podcast on the planet. But got to show you our updated no Dunks March Madness bracket. We're not doing as well as we were when we showed you this on Friday after one day of basketball March Madness. But we have 11 teams correctly throughout to the Sweet 16. Not bad, not great. You know, we're not at the top of our pool with everybody playing along. We lost one of our final four teams too, in Florida, so that's not good. But anyway, you know, did you watch a lot of NCAA March Madness over the weekend?

[Trey Kirby]

Oh, of course, of course. And I find it actually makes it hard to do our job switching back and forth from NCAA basketball to NBA basketball because these are different sports that we are watching and I enjoy both of them. But y we had some madness happening. I'll say our winter pick looks all right. Michigan's look pretty good in their first couple of games. Some of these draft guys, ups and downs. Keaton Wagler, to me, the best guy that I've seen as as like a top 10 pick so far.

[Tas Melas]

He looks good. I love his name. I love seeing that name. I would be disappointed if St. John's gets all the way to the Final Four because they're that one team. I look at every single year and say, oh yeah, that's the year. And then we didn't pick them.

[J. Skeets]

I know.

[Tas Melas]

And I went through picked them in the first round, you're right, not the next round. And I went through the stats because I do not track their teams throughout the year. But I saw that, you know, out of the top three seated teams, the three seeds in each Bracket. This team had a real shot, a good shot, a 9% shot of any team outside the top three seeded teams. I get excited. I saw St. John's come up on the TV yesterday, so. Yeah, that's my favorite Roman Catholic college out there. I back them, but they kind of stand out. But they do run into Duke, so. Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Who are starting to get it going after a little early scare first, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The craziest highlight that wasn't. Was the. Was that Vanderbilt, the deep bomb that went in and somehow went out. That was a fun game. Yeah. That thing was so close. That was close.

[Trey Kirby]

What was. What were the great madness moments we've had? Kentucky versus Santa Clara, right? Where it was like big layup, big three pointer, bank job to go into overtime. Kentucky wins it in overtime. That was cool. And then yesterday was Iowa knocking off Florida corner three from Fogel Meyer. What the dude's name was.

[Tas Melas]

Come on.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Fulgemeyer. Good to the last drop, they say about that guy.

[J. Skeets]

There's your March Madness.

[Trey Kirby]

There's an update.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Where you got to watch the NBA now for three straight days.

[J. Skeets]

That's right. That's right. So let's get into NBA weekend. Winners and losers. Usually more winners than losers. And that's the case here today. Trey, get us started. You're a big winner. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

It could be the Minnesota Timberwolves. They beat the Celtics in Boston for the first time in 21 years. Unbelievable stat. They're talking about it. I liked when who was Tariko, I guess was the guy on the broadcast. He said, I wonder what the number one song of all time was. And Jamal Crawford just offered up Meet me at the trap. It's going down, Young jock. I thought that was pretty funny. It wasn't.

[Tas Melas]

Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

It was candy shop by 50 cent. Also a great stop song bomb giving it to Bones Highland. He was getting so much love from Tarico, Reggie and Jamal in this one. He was mugging to the camera, doing his little flutter by three point celebration. He was taunting Hugo Gonzalez after just drawing a foul on him. Yeah, it's on you, buddy. 23 points, three rebounds, three assists for Bones. He tied his season high. He was a plus 26 and 30 minutes. And I thought he really flipped the game for the Timberwolves in the second quarter and then played pretty well down the stretch as well. No Anthony Edwards for this game. Julius Randall was struggling, but it was Basically Bones and IO Dumu 17. 8 and 6 for IO. I guess they call them Twin Turbo. Those two playing together. They got Their hair flapping in the breeze. They both play really fast, they push the tempo, and it definitely helps the Timberwolves get into some good action. So I thought those two were pretty impressive. Timberwolves needed to win. They had a bad loss to the Blazers on Friday, so winning on Sunday helped keep pace in the Western Conference. Houston is currently fourth by percentage points in the west, but they're all tied. Houston, Denver, Minnesota. Minnesota and Houston play on Wednesday. That's a huge game. Bones has been great for the Timberwolves this season. Tim Connolly really trusts this guy. He was part of the reason he was in Denver in the first place. Got lost in the wilderness for a while, but he has been exactly what the Timberwolves have needed. And I saw John Krasinski over at the Letic mentioned that in the games Anthony Edwards has missed this season, Bones is putting up 20 points per game. It's nice to just throw a guy in. He's going to shoot the ball. He's going to get his own for the most part. But I was impressed with the way he played yesterday.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, absolutely. Locked in this season looks like a different player, somebody that we all sort of questioned, is it going to be him? Is he going to be able to do it? Yeah, the celebration with the Wavies is cool. Nasrid, I thought coming back from missing a game, that Portland game was big. He had like eight straight in the fourth quarter.

[Trey Kirby]

Had a lefty hook.

[Tas Melas]

This guy looking like he plays college basketball and doesn't have, you know, put it on the floor type of game, but he was big in this one. Yeah. And these are the games that you can say, whoa, it's Timberwolves team. They can do this thing after a while. But we all, we all. We have to question them until it comes to the postseason. But Bones is absolutely locked in. I don't know who he was embracing after the game, where he was. He had like. He was getting serious. He was just like. You could tell.

[J. Skeets]

He.

[Tas Melas]

Mentally, he's in a different place. And that person who was talking to him, he, like, he, He. He helps him out, he puts him in his place, and he's. He's a new player since that Denver Nuggets run, that's for sure. And yeah, as you said, Tim Connolly said, Rob Dillingham, you get out of here. We're trusting IO, we're trusting Bowens island.

[J. Skeets]

IO's been awesome. He started in Anthony Edwards place a couple times here since St. Patrick's Day when. When Ant left the starting lineup. They're 3 and 1 after the win on Sunday, he's up to 13.2 points per game. Great shooting. Splits 52, 42, 87. He's played a lot. 18 games here now for Minnesota. 12 and 6 when IO plays. So he's been one of the best additions at the trade line. We said that the other day when we were going through a handful of guys like Kobe, White and IO, a couple former Chicago Bulls there, and both these guys helping these new teams. But he was awesome. And Bones, man, I love this guy. It's like he's like a character. Like, you know what I mean? Like, he plays.

[Trey Kirby]

His name is straight up Bones.

[J. Skeets]

Exactly, exactly. And he plays with a joy. And, yeah, he's had highs and lows already in a sort of a young NBA career, and he's on a high right now. And holy crap. Crap. He was talking a lot of crap yesterday in that nationally televised game. You know, he almost wondered, like, was a Celtic guy going to give him a little shove or tell him to shut up? But he just kept chirping and was feeling it, and he has helped. But Minnesota, man, like, a couple other teams. I know one we're going to get to in a second in the Rockets. It's like, you catch them at the right time, you're like, oh, yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Yep.

[J. Skeets]

This is a conference final. They maybe a secret run to the finals. You catch them at the wrong time, you're like, how are they even a playoff team? Both these teams, Jekyll and Hyde. So good win, though, to finally get one in 21 years. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

That was unbelievable.

[J. Skeets]

Nora heard the stat when I had it on. She's like, that can't be right. Well, they only play there once a season, so. There is that part. But I was like, 20 straight losses. I know. And I'm like, it's like, Minnesota's been good for a little bit here.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Boston hasn't been elite for 20 years straight. I'm like, it's strange. It is weird that. That streak.

[Tas Melas]

But, yeah, when Bones was told about it, he's like, I was five years old then. That was a long time ago, man. That was a long time ago. I thought Tatum kind of had his worst couple games of the weekend, too.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

Which is understandable. He was nine of 31. I thought he was better at the end of this game than he was against the Memphis Grizzlies. But anyways, those are gonna happen for. For Tatum and Jalen Brown, too. Poor game for him.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, they're gonna happen. But this we're seeing the rockiness of reintegrating Tatum because it was kind of slowdown mode, I thought for the Celtics in the fourth quarter quarter. Part of that is Timberwolves good defense, but also part of that is like trying to figure out the your turn, my turn of it all. So you would rather go through these bit of growing pains now than the playoffs, but they're going to have to figure out how to get their flow back for sure.

[J. Skeets]

All right, who do you have for a winner?

[Tas Melas]

Houston Rockets. For many reasons, they took on the Atlanta hawks and their 11 game win streak on Friday night. And Reed shepherd got his first start with one of their starters not being out due to injury this season. And Imadoka maybe turning a new page saying, Reed shepherd, you're going to start in this game. He was so good early on in this game. He had a bad turnover four minutes into it. Anya Kankongu on the other side went in for a fast break and looked like he was just going to get an easy dunk. He cocked it back, the big man cocked it back and Reed shepherd caught up to him with a great chase down block. And Kevin Durant said afterward, that really got us going. Reed shepherd is out there to space the floor, but man, the floaters he's taken in this game. It was a blowout. It was more like the Atlanta Hawks just couldn't get it going in this one. But he was a plus 23 in only 25 minutes. Four threes for Reed shepherd in this one. So I wanted to see what happened in their next game against the Miami Heat, but that one a true blow. Also, Tar Eason, who went to the bench for Reed shepherd, has to be a winner this weekend because he hadn't hit a three in seven straight games, 23 consecutive misses, and he even had his mom, who is a famous tweeter, go on and hit up Lethal Shooter and said, hey, Lethal Shooter, how do you get out of these slumps? Lethal Shooter responded, become addicted to improving yourself. Check mark. And she replied, hey, when are you going to be in Houston? I might need a favor. Brother. You're not going to need a favor because Tar Eason hit a shot. So all good. And then Saturday versus the Heat, R.E. shepherd again put into the starting lineup and he looked awesome in the first quarter. I mean, he was, he was taking it everywhere. Three threes, three steals, plus nine in the first quarter. As Houston ended that first quarter run against the Heat with a 216 run in that first quarter, the Heat players definitely win. Adam checking him defensively can you take this Myron Gardner going at him. Davion Mitchell going at him. But all in all, Reed shepherd had a really good game in this one. 23 points, the floaters again. He's super, super confident as he's out there just to provide space. He's the secondary playmaker or the secondary guy to get the ball. And when he gets it, he attacks and the floors again going down. Three is going down. He will be attacked on the other side. So we will see what, 14 assists, four steals, plus 17 in this game. He started the game, he finished the game, which was a wild ending. It looked like the Rockets had this thing, but the Heat just somehow made up a deficit. Simone Fontechio hit a three right in Reed Shepherd's eye in front of the Rockets bench. You could see Fred Van Vliet throws a hand up and put your hand up, my man. He didn't get his hand up fast enough. Then Pelly Larson hit a drive. So they're down one. But Shepard responded with a floater up three. And then somehow the Rockets had a four point possession. Essentially. Bam. Had a buy, hit a couple free throws and the Rocket just gave the ball away.

[Trey Kirby]

Tari Eason's mom's got to call. Lethal passer turnover.

[Tas Melas]

That was so weird.

[Trey Kirby]

What are you doing?

[Tas Melas]

They do so many weird things.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, they do a lot of weird stuff.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. So this, it can't be a sell as a championship contender. I know you're taking them, Skeets or he was your pick. He was your pick for, you know,

[J. Skeets]

it was a bold prediction that the Rockets would go to the finals.

[Tas Melas]

Yes, that's what the prediction was. Yeah, but with all these weird things, I mean it's hard to pick them. But anyway, Simone Fontechio another layup to give them the lead. But then when Thompson had the tip in of Kevin Durant's miss to win this game. And let's get to Kevin Durant, like we all want to talk about. He passed Michael Jordan for fifth on all time scoring. He said there's four more people to pass, there's four more to go. Do you guys think that Kevin Durant can lead the NBA in all time scoring eventually? We're talking 10,000 points.

[Trey Kirby]

I do not another 10,000 points.

[Tas Melas]

Yes, that's a lot of points he missed.

[J. Skeets]

Like, unfortunately he missed a couple seasons, you know, because of injury. So it'd be a lot closer if you give him those two seasons. Like let's say fully healthy or close to healthy. But I do not think he'll get there.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

But this is. That does not take away anything from passing Michael Jordan, for crying out loud, for points scored in a career. It's unbelievable.

[Tas Melas]

I hear you. It's doubtful.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

But I believe him more than Yanis De Campo saying it earlier this season.

[J. Skeets]

Yes.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

I can pass him in, like, five years. Mathematically, it didn't work. But for Kevin Durant, it's essentially going to be that, like, five years. You would have to of 2, 000 points per year. The way his body is holding up, it's kind of like the.

[Trey Kirby]

It's.

[Tas Melas]

It's almost believable with this guy, considering how healthy guys are these days, into their early 40s, that he wants to play. He's just such a basketball nerd. I mean, he essentially would be going into the LeBron, you know, age phase, like the early 40s.

[J. Skeets]

Well, the one problem is the guy number one is still playing, still adding

[Trey Kirby]

points, adding to the talent.

[J. Skeets]

Not maybe as much as Kevin Durant,

[Tas Melas]

but still, it's a part of it.

[J. Skeets]

Fairly equivalent. I mean. Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

So we can. We can keep the stat right. Now, will he pass this LeBron James number? I'll be checking that.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[Tas Melas]

This specific number, we'll see.

[J. Skeets]

Well, I was going to say, you saw the viral clip, I'm sure, of our guy Lee talking to Kevin Durant. Lee. Lee did all the.

[Tas Melas]

The number crunching on, like, a napkin.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, this was a while ago now. The idea of, like, could. Could you do it? And he basically presented the case, the numbers that Durant would have to do, how many he would have to score, how many games he'd have to play in a season. Even KD was like, come on, man. You know, like, that's a lot. You're asking a lot for me at this stage of my career. So, yeah, it was a pretty funny clip. Lee.

[Trey Kirby]

Lee.

[J. Skeets]

I was talking to Kevin Durant. It's a great duo, man. He seems really thorny with a lot of other people. He loves Lili, so I'll say no. But that's still amazing accomplishment. And the game winner from Almond Thompson was amazing.

[Trey Kirby]

Great tip. I mean, great defense. I thought, bam. And such a weird bounce on the rebound that it's hard to blame anybody on the Heat for, like, missing a bot a box out because it just bounced so many times. Tricks off to the right and a great follow by Amen Thompson. But you're right about Reed Shepherd. He's got good places to hide. Like, you're naming the guys that are attacking him. I think the Rockets Are fine if Myron Gardner and Simone Fontechi are going out of their way to attack this guy. So if there's a hiding place, Reed's got to be on the court because he's so important to their offense from a pushing the pace standpoint. Like people talk about. Styles make fights. Rockets and Heat play way different styles of basketball. The Rockets played the Heat style in this game. They were running up and down the court. And they're only able to do that because Reed shepherd pushes the pace. He's so good with his hit ahead. Passing. He's so good with like, making the easy play. They get so many more easy shots when shepherd is on the court just because he swings the ball from side to side or if somebody comes and helps, he's able to dish it off to the corner. Also spaces the floor. But the 14 assists I thought was huge. So there will be times in the playoffs when he can't play just because his matchup will be a scorer. That wasn't the case with the Heat. And when that's the case for the Rockets, they got to get him involved as much as possible.

[J. Skeets]

And I believe the rockets are 10 and 2 in Reed shepherd starts. So maybe my Rockets to the finals run.

[Tas Melas]

It ain't over.

[Trey Kirby]

It ain't over.

[J. Skeets]

Duncan has figured it out. Reed has to start. Van Vliet's not coming back. Let's go with this guy. And we'll try and hide him defensively because we're a better offensive team. But it's a hell of a stat.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

And you can see May Adoka puts him in for a few minutes, then he subs him out real quick. Like they've got rotations going and he takes advantage of those rotations. He can get take advantage of the other side of the Heat. Don't have Norman Powell or Andrew Wiggins in this game to really take advantage of him. But yeah, this is early in his start where again, he's starting for Tar Eason. In this case. Teams in a playoff series will definitely figure out. And we're going at that guy and getting him off the floor because he can't get pushed around.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. The Rockets were able to survive with Reed and Aaron Holiday playing like huge crunch time minutes. And they went on a 15 to 0 run with those guys on the court. And that was basically the game outside of the Amend tip. And Katie was awesome talking about his scoring afterwards and also just like really bigging up Amen Thompson for that rebound. That was a tough play.

[J. Skeets]

Yep.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. And cool for Reed to get the assist on the bucket that Kevin Durant passed. MJ MJ that's pretty cool.

[J. Skeets]

I had the assist.

[Tas Melas]

I gave it to him when he hit that shot. It's kind of cool.

[Trey Kirby]

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[J. Skeets]

All right, so we're sticking with the same teams here in the Western Conference are all lumped up together. You had the Wolves, you had the Rockets.

[Trey Kirby]

I'll go.

[J. Skeets]

Denver Nuggets as a winner of the weekend. Two quality home wins for Denver beat the Raptors and the Blazers Friday night. Jamal Murray scored 31. Jokic had a go ahead jumper with like 45 seconds to go. Nuggets held on for the 121, 115 victory. That was good. Tim Hardaway Jr. Awesome off the bench, 23 points, 7 of 10 from deep. This guy is still shooting 40% plus from three on very high volume this season. He's starting to finally show up in some six man of The Year Conversations. He's not going to win it, but fanduel has him on the board. I saw this morning. You can see Tim Hardaway Jr. S name now in the top five or six. He's plus 2500 to win six man. He's behind Jaime Hawkez Jr. Keldon Johnson, Nas Reed, Reed Shepherd, AJ Mitchell, then Tim Hardaway Jr. But Tim Hardaway Jr. Has hit five or more three pointers off the bench in 11 games this season, which is pretty impressive. And Denver's eight and three when he does such things. So they had another one of those wins on Friday. Then on Sunday the Blazers. Excuse me, the Nuggets beat the Blazers and Jokic another triple double. Ho Hum. His 35th triple double of the season. But Peyton Watson was back. This is the big news here. I want to get your opinions on this. He hadn't played since February 4th with the hamstring injury. Scored 14 points in under 20 minutes. One of seven guys for the Nuggets to score in double figures. So everybody was contributing. But first time Denver had Gordon Watson and Jokic in the same game since November 21st. So they're sort of finally healthy here and they got a win against a Blazers team who had been winning games. So this was a quality win and they need all these wins to to stay in the race with these other teams we're talking about. But what'd you think of Peyton Watson's return?

[Trey Kirby]

I thought he was super rusty. I think he had three air balls in this game and including his very first shot which was like a six footer that he shot four feet. Yeah, so he was rusty. But I thought it was interesting to see the way Jokic in particular was playing with him. He was basically playing as if he was Jamal Murray in the two man game. Dribble handoffs, pitching it back and forth, getting Watson attempts to get downhill. He couldn't hit a three pointer to save his life from above the break. Knocked one down from the corner. That's to be expected if you've missed six weeks or however long he's been out. But the fact that they are getting healthy at the right time is huge. And Cam Johnson is starting to feel himself. He had a really good game against the Trailblazers, hit five threes on seven attempts, 19 points. He's got 15 or more in six of his last seven games. Feels to me like he's actually finding a bit of a rhythm and understanding where his shots are going to come from and just letting it fly a little bit more. Not thinking about it as much.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. Hit his first four threes in this one. Yeah, super, super confident. That was a classic Nuggets game. Like it was 42, 40 after the first.

[J. Skeets]

Nobody could miss.

[Tas Melas]

Nobody could miss. Yeah. And they don't play incredible defense until they really, really desperately need to. But having Peyton Watson out there to do that if need be to play over Tim Hardaway or whoever. Tim Hardaway having his best shooting season of his career. High, high true shooting percentage for him. So yeah, they're, they're clicking. Even Donovan clinging was splashing. Threes. He had his first four threes. You don't see that very often.

[Trey Kirby]

He's shooting it now. He's clinging's good.

[J. Skeets]

Good.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, he's a good player.

[Tas Melas]

He is.

[J. Skeets]

So Nuggets a winner of the weekend along with the Rockets and the Wolves there. They're all bunched up quite tight. You can start figuring out tiebreakers if you want and all that. I mean, the Lakers, you know, a little separation there, but let's do another round of winners. So you got.

[Trey Kirby]

Well, speaking of the Lakers, I got a Laker. It could be LeBron for passing Robert Parish on the all time games played list. It could be Luka Doncic, 33, 5 and 8, making a late MVP case. He's at least in the top three right now. But I'm giving it to the Nard. Giving it to the Nard Dog. I almost put it on the lower third. I thought that was a little ridiculous.

[J. Skeets]

We're the only people that call because nobody knows.

[Trey Kirby]

I think only we call. There's only one guy you would call the Nard Dog in the entire NBA and it is Luke Kennard. Hit a game winner against the Magic on Saturday night and I don't not really sure how the Lakers won this game. They were down 5 with 50 seconds left. Austin Reeves hits the brakes, tough layup inside, cuts the Orlando lead to 3 8. And then gets a nice stop defensively on Desmond Bain on the other side of the court. Reeves misses a 38 and grabs an offensive rebound and goes to the line, makes the first one. Okay. He's going to miss the second one on purpose. We've seen this work out for the Lakers quite recently. Austin Reeves, the perfect miss. Not so for DeAndre Hayden. Missed it straight down into the ground. Easy rebound for Orlando. So Lakers are down two with four and a half seconds left. Orlando has the ball, they're trying to inbound it on the side, gets knocked out and we go Hawkeye mode. Yeah, it took him forever looking at this one ultimately they said no conclusive evidence to overturn the call. They called it Lakers ball immediately. It looks like Paolo touches it left last. But then maybe it brushes off LeBron shorts.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, it sure does.

[Trey Kirby]

That definitely look like it was on his shorts.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, but do you call it off a guy who's shorts are kind of, you know, they, they look, they look like they're sort of flaring in the wind like that. It's just the ball hitting the shorts and not the short and not the leg.

[Trey Kirby]

Yes, and so it's hard to overturn

[J. Skeets]

part of your body though.

[Trey Kirby]

Exactly. Even the Lakers broadcasters like shorts is part of the body.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, those are common thing. Those were fluttering. Although Sugg should have passed it to Balboa and Caro earlier.

[Trey Kirby]

Yes.

[Tas Melas]

He had so much time to give it to him, then he gave it to him way too late.

[Trey Kirby]

But I was so happy to see the Hawkeye camera getting S again. The only other time I remember is LeBron. Right, LeBron, exactly. They got all eyes on the Lakers, but Hawkeye said no, nothing. And then I guess the last two minute report actually confirmed the correct call on that one. Hey, I don't know.

[J. Skeets]

Well, the last two minute report cited three incorrect calls. Yes, all in favor of the Lakers.

[Trey Kirby]

Also true. Yes, also true.

[J. Skeets]

A team that's already next to impossible to beat in the clutch, helped out by the officials sort of calling things away.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, and Hawkeye. How do they not say that was off his shorts? Shorts are part of the body.

[J. Skeets]

Anyways.

[Trey Kirby]

The rakers then run a sideline to out of bounds play. LeBron is wide open underneath, gets blocked by Paolo. I guess that one went against the Lakers. Right? He could have gone to the free throw line for that. Nonetheless, the Lakers get to run a baseline out of bounds play. A lot of confusion up top. Marcus Smart finds Luke Kennard wide open. And every Lakers said, we knew it was going in as soon as he shot the ball. JJ's like, I knew it was going in. LeBron's like, I knew as soon as he touched it, it was going in.

[J. Skeets]

Luke was like he had enough time to like fix his shooting. He was so on his non shooting arm and then got it. Yeah, because Bane and Paolo both, they left him like nobody.

[Trey Kirby]

LeBron cut straight to the hoop right in front of Bane's face. I think Bane is probably supposed to switch out to canard on that one. But like if LeBron's cutting in front of your face, what are you supposed to do? Paolo was a step behind the play.

[Tas Melas]

Good pass.

[Trey Kirby]

By canard or by smart to find canard. Swishbomb.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. Don't leave the guy shooting 48 from 3. Don't leave him. Keep a. Keep a guy attached to him. Maybe. But yeah, they celebrated. They were pumped.

[Tas Melas]

They were.

[J. Skeets]

How the hell do we win this game?

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

And this took forever. The ending of this with all the reviews.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, that was a weird five seconds there. Fluttering shorts, Hawkeye on the sideline. I thought the Hawkeye just operated in the keep, but that those Hawks are everywhere. And yeah, Paula blocks Lebron and then did not cover the man who should have been covered.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

Whether it was him or Bane, he was wide open.

[J. Skeets]

Lakers win. And I believe they're two and a half. I want to say up on these teams that we just went through that are all chasing them there. So a little separation for the Lakers.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Nine straight wins. They got a little separation and they got the tiebreaker over Houston during this win streak. The other interesting stuff from this was Luka Doncic versus Goga Bataze.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, yes.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. A lot of trash talk between these two. Hit him with the double tech. That would have been Lucas 16th tech. But the Lakers went into crisis mode immediately after. After the game, they're like, no. Gogo was saying mean things about Lucas family, which surely happened because Goga admitted to it. But he said Lucas said it first. And I was just repeating what he said. Yeah, right.

[J. Skeets]

And it was in Slovenian too.

[Trey Kirby]

I thought it was in Serbian.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, sorry, Serbian. Yes. Okay. Yes. But go, go.

[Trey Kirby]

Guess what? He played in Serbia. So he knows the swear words.

[Tas Melas]

Right?

[J. Skeets]

Right. It's a bit of a he said, he said. It's like who. Who crossed the line or who said it first in all this we're never going to.

[Tas Melas]

So intriguing. I didn't see that. This is great just to hear you guys say that. He said, he said.

[J. Skeets]

Well, I didn't know they both have their own.

[Trey Kirby]

He was going to f my whole family.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, okay.

[Trey Kirby]

That's what they were saying to each other back and forth. And look, Boozela said the exact same thing about Luka. When the Bulls and the Lakers played. Luka started talking trash to me. So then I started talking trash back to him. I don't know. He's trying to add these people on. But he did get his 16 technical rescinded.

[J. Skeets]

That's right. So he can play tonight. So he can play tonight. Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. Our pick him game.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[Tas Melas]

Tonight.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. That was just funny. They just shouldn't have teed him up at all. They shouldn't have teed up either of the guys. They were drawing back and forth. But it wasn't like forehead to forehead or anything yet. No, they nipped it in the bud too early. The bud hadn't even started.

[J. Skeets]

Right.

[Trey Kirby]

To come up.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

And in Serbian. But they just say, hey, yeah, you didn't understand it.

[J. Skeets]

The officials don't even know what they're saying. This might be the second or third time Luca has had a 16th technical rescinded. This has happened before.

[Tas Melas]

It has.

[J. Skeets]

Where he's hit the mark, where he would lose or not be able to play in the next game, but then it's rescinded by the league. And I always wonder with this one in particular. And you're right. I mean, the whole thing was a bit of a joke. Did you really need to give either of them a Tech? It's his one game. It's the Lakers. One game in Detroit. I always think this too. Western Conference team coming to the Eastern Conference. And then, like, he could have missed it, but I wonder. They're like, that sort of sucks. All these people bought these tickets. These are expensive tickets with the Lakers in town. Troy's a good team. I don't know. Is this one on national television tonight? I'm not sure. I assume it is.

[Tas Melas]

I assume it is.

[J. Skeets]

So, yeah, take it away and let him play. You know, I'm just saying. And I'm not angry with it if that's the case because it should have never been probably a Tech in the first place.

[Tas Melas]

Oh, it's not on national tv.

[J. Skeets]

Wow.

[Tas Melas]

Lakers, Pistons, spurs, heat. Gets okay, gets the nod over.

[J. Skeets]

Fascinating.

[Trey Kirby]

Well, I mean, you got Wemby versus the second highest point total in NBA history. Bama. You can't keep that off tv.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

And no cade in that. Cade.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, okay. Well, they wouldn't have known that.

[Trey Kirby]

They flexed.

[Tas Melas]

They flexed it out. Yeah, no flex.

[J. Skeets]

All right. The Nard Dog.

[Trey Kirby]

Well, I'm glad you mentioned that because the Stream team here, we got Matthew coming in with a super chat, says, what about Andrew Nemhard? Does he get Nard Dog status? No, he Hard dog. You don't want to say that.

[J. Skeets]

No, no, no, no.

[Trey Kirby]

It's one of the.

[Tas Melas]

Andrew Nemhard, one of the few players that has ARD dog.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, we. For those that have no idea why we call him Nard Dog. It's. I mean. Well, obviously Nard is in his name, but I grew up with a guy named Jamie Lingard and we called him Narduck.

[Trey Kirby]

Well, see, that's more like Andrew now.

[J. Skeets]

That I say it out loud. It really is like Andrew Nevhardt, who's also Canadian, who is Canadian, as was Jamie Lingard. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just love Nard Dog for somebody. And I guess Nard Dog then became. Now this is like. This is high school. I mean, I'm old. But then Nard Dog became the. The nickname for one of the guys on the US Office. Is that right? Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Andy Bernard.

[J. Skeets]

Andy Bernard.

[Trey Kirby]

He's got a Luke Canard vibe to him.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, 100. 100. All right. Lakers Nard. They get a winner of the weekend. Who do you have?

[Tas Melas]

I've got Ace Bailey of the Utah Jazz. Utah Jazz fans are enjoying this tanking, man, because Ace Bailey is balling out, looking good. They lose to the Philadelphia 76ers this weekend, but that's all right. He is a guy who is absolutely loved by fans and his teammates because he's out there splashing threes. He hits those above the break threes, not just a corner three guy. He's a no dip three guy as well. Splashing them out there. Also. His teammates love him so much, they pull out the celebration for him. Even when that shot is in the air. They've got a. A double three on their forehead celebration.

[J. Skeets]

It's like.

[Tas Melas]

It's simple. It's just three fingers out. But that's what they do for. For him. He looks great. Five blocks in this game, which was the most important part for me. Playing great defense, playing one on one D. Great timing. And the fantastic one where he did a snatch block that was so great. And he was able to go fast break on the other end and throw down an alley oop on the same play. I thought he was gonna pull a Gerald Green and windmill that alley oop. It didn't happen. He just got up so high. It reminded me of Gerald Green. How high he got up. But five blocks for this guy, tied for most by a rookie this season. That's a lot of blocks for. For him. He had a reverse dunk in this game again, I think this is great for everybody. Fans, teammates, front office, even. Just keep losing. We'll get fined once. But I think it's. Everything is working out for Ace Bailey. He looks great.

[J. Skeets]

He does. He's having good.

[Tas Melas]

I was anti ace to start the season just because I hadn't seen it. I got to see it. I don't watch college basketball. And they. They slow played it a little bit. Oh, yeah, Bring him off the bench a little bit. But now he's playing a ton and he's starting to. And he looks good.

[J. Skeets]

He's getting reps here in Mickey Mouse March, no doubt. But he's averaging nearly 20 points per game in March here, which is like we're nearing the end of March. Four boards, couple assists and great shooting percentages. 40% from three getting to the line a little bit. So high usage percentage, obviously, because they're like, go nuts. It looks good, though. I'm with you. I mean, it's got to at least be promising for the future here for the Jazz. I mean, this was a very bad team last year and they fell to fifth right in the draft lottery. But get him. So maybe it works out in their favor. He looks good. That guy's a big boy.

[Trey Kirby]

He's a big boy.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, yeah, he's 6 9, but he looks way bigger to me.

[Tas Melas]

And if he's shooting those above the break threes, you can see it. An offense with Jaren Jackson Jr. Making it happen in the paint or Larry Markin and with those C cuts off the baseline cutting into the paint, or Counte George making plays and throwing it up to Ace Billy to splash those threes, he doesn't have to be taking up space down low or in the corner. He looks awesome.

[J. Skeets]

Few more winners. Let's give a winner of the weekend to the Pistons. Because they became the first team in the Eastern Conference to clinch a playoff spot, they beat the warriors over the weekend to do so. This is a remarkable rapid two year turnaround for this Detroit team. Two seasons ago, the Pistons were 14 and 68. They had lost 28 straight games. They fired Monty Williams, who didn't want to be there in the first place. Brought in Bickerstaff, and last year they won 44 games, which was a 30 win improvement. Put up a fight in the first round, and now this year they're even better. And like I said, clinch the playoffs.

[Tas Melas]

What?

[J. Skeets]

That's pretty damn impressive in a two year span to go from the worst to the best in your conference. So kudos to them. Any thoughts there on the Pistons? I mean, I'm sure from the game itself, but their season here?

[Trey Kirby]

No. I thought it was pretty funny that the headline for Pistons vs Warriors was like, Pistons clinch playoff bid in game Lacking star power.

[J. Skeets]

Damn.

[Trey Kirby]

Dis. Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Wow.

[Trey Kirby]

But hey, to win without Cade I think is good.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

And like you said, they clinched and completely flipped their team in two years.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

And Draymond Green, zero points in his return to his hometown. Yeah. Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Didn't see that. How about a winner of the weekend to Hawks small Forward Caleb Houston because he got his first NBA dunk. That's right. This guy's 6 foot 8.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, he's big.

[J. Skeets]

He's a big guy. I know he's a shooter, I get it. But he was the tallest qualifying player. Qualifying having played over 500 minutes, let's say, in an NBA career. So a little bit of minutes out there who was currently in the NBA, who had never dunked in a game, he led that list. That was a fun list going around last year. I remember Owen Phillips of F5 had that list because it said no dunks on it and everybody was tagging us. I'm pretty sure that Nets power forward Jalen Wilson is the new clubhouse leader. For guys to have played a bunch of minutes and be the tallest without dunking in an NBA career. He's played over 3,000 minutes across three seasons in Brooklyn. Zero dunks. Guy's six' six. He's a power forward, you know, not as tall as Caleb Houston, but still. Though dunk data only goes back to 96, 97 season. And our all time leader according again to the F5, Steve Novak.

[Trey Kirby]

Oh, nice.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. That's tallest player who I would have guessed 6, 10. Yeah. No recorded dunks in an NBA game. He played over 5,000 minutes. Steve Novak. So good on Caleb Houston. It was, you know, game over situation. Although somebody tried to block him right at the end, but he quick dunked it to hand. Wasn't special. But prove that he can dunk, which

[Trey Kirby]

he can do it.

[J. Skeets]

He had dunked in a, in a G league game and he had dunked in college. Like the guy can dunk, he can dunk. So.

[Tas Melas]

But he's a three point shooter, so it sort of makes sense. Like Novak, it makes sense. Jalen Wilson, little less sense. He saw three, but not. Yeah, not like those.

[J. Skeets]

A little surprising. Yeah, I couldn't believe that they still didn't have a dunk to his name, but yeah. Anyway, Caliph, he said, you're off that list.

[Trey Kirby]

Congratulations.

[J. Skeets]

No dunks list. And finally, winner of the weekend to spurs fans. And here's why. Last week a woman went viral for having a readable text message showing her typing in the largest font you've ever seen. Because she's an old woman. A lot of crazy Hispanic fans, how can they afford it? And she was texting this to somebody while she's at the spurs home game. Spurs put out a statement, obviously, like, you know, this is. This is brutal. Darren Fox, he spoke on the incident, I thought pretty eloquently, but the best Response came from. Directly from spurs fans who showed up to the next game Saturday. Custom made T shirts that said, crazy Hispanic fans. So many of them. So many Mexican and Puerto Rican flags. And like, quite an atmosphere. Like, just a hilarious way to approach this. And it was. They obviously got the victory. And they're some of the best. They're one of the best fan bases out there and probably have been for a very long time. Obviously had a lull there where they were not a winning franchise after all the championships. But they're back and they're gonna try and make a run now with Wemby. But, man, pretty funny, the crazy Hispanic shirts everywhere.

[Trey Kirby]

Very funny.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

I thought Wemby may get a winner having his first tech of the season just because he pushed. Who did he push? Either way, he shows. He doesn't need to just cry. He can also show his force on the floor. But cool, cool moment for all the Hispanic fans in San Antonio who are always just great fans.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, my God.

[Tas Melas]

Period.

[J. Skeets]

The Jackals, who we saw up close and personal. Spurs. Nacho. Our guy. Yes.

[Trey Kirby]

Guy with a dog head. We saw some characters.

[J. Skeets]

We sure did. We sure did. All right, so those are our winners of the NBA weekend.

[Tas Melas]

Carl Makovich. That 360 alley Oop.

[J. Skeets]

That was nice.

[Tas Melas]

Carl Mackovich, he can jump.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, he's got some dunks in his career, actually.

[J. Skeets]

Sneaky hops on him.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. Yeah. Like to see that. And Carl dropping. Yeah. Carlo Matkovich. I don't know what to call him. Carl.

[Trey Kirby]

Carl.

[Tas Melas]

I'm not a Matkovich guy. I don't know. It doesn't roll off my tongue. But anyway. Darius Garland also had 41 for the Clippers.

[J. Skeets]

He did. I had him running here, too.

[Tas Melas]

That was good for the them.

[J. Skeets]

Let's take a quick break. And we come back, NBA weekend losers.

[Tas Melas]

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[Trey Kirby]

I wonder what you're going in your pocket for here.

[Tas Melas]

Why is it so deep in my pocket?

[Trey Kirby]

Where are you?

[Tas Melas]

Do I have holes in my pocket? There it is. So I'm gonna try and flip a token. As I read this. As I read this. Let's see how it works. I knew it wasn't gonna work. Yeah. Place a tournament bet using the token, and if it doesn't win, you'll get up to $300 back in bonus bets every single day.

[J. Skeets]

There we go.

[Trey Kirby]

It's flipping every single time.

[J. Skeets]

No, it wasn't. The last two didn't.

[Tas Melas]

No, come on.

[J. Skeets]

The last two didn't.

[Trey Kirby]

We gotta check the. We gotta check the Hawkeye cameras.

[Tas Melas]

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[Trey Kirby]

No, look, that was a nice one.

[Tas Melas]

I'm still trying to read. However you want to fill your bracket. This is a real token, Skis. I know you're getting that close.

[J. Skeets]

I was curious what it was. It looks like a toonie. But I knew it wasn't because I didn't see the gold.

[Tas Melas]

That's for a little kid's playground. If you want to ride on the Euro Games mini cars, you get to throw this in there. But now they're useless because they're done. The Euro Games mini cars. They're done. They just close shop. Anyways, however you want to fill your bracket. FanDuel makes it easy to stay in the action day after day. So visit the FanDuel Sportsbook app today. FanDuel, it's time to dance.

[J. Skeets]

There it is. And came up Euro car. Yeah. Or whatever you said. What was it called?

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, Euro cars.

[Trey Kirby]

That one came up 29R24.

[Tas Melas]

It was a mini playground, but they had these Euro mini cars as part of it. Like the whole playground was.

[Trey Kirby]

It's a nice token.

[Tas Melas]

Had nothing to do with Euro Games itself.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[Tas Melas]

If that really interests anybody. No, but anyways, I was just floating. I just like.

[J. Skeets]

That was nice. Does it have weight to it? Looks like it does. Sounds good.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, you can have it. Yeah, yeah, you can have. Gets me nothing these days.

[J. Skeets]

That was legit. A nice token.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. So.

[Trey Kirby]

So they bankrupted themselves by making these.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. They wasted money on this. Anyways, if you want to use this for fanduel, you can't.

[J. Skeets]

Before we get two weekend losers, you straight up cannot. I gotta read you something that I just saw from the bounce Harper. This is just fun. I'm just going to share a fact with you guys. The last time we had an NBA game with a team not making a single three pointer was February 5, 2016. The Heat went 0 for 9 against the Hornets. Gerald Green was over four from deep off the bench. But the Heat won 98, 95. Just to add more weirdness to the game, Hassan Whiteside had a 10 point, 10 rebound, 10 block triple double off the bench. Why is that relevant? It's not, but I looked it up. So there you go. Okay. I'm glad you did, Zach. I love crap like that.

[Trey Kirby]

I do. Remember White. Did he only have one triple double? I don't know, but I remember him having a triple.

[J. Skeets]

So do I. I think we probably put him on a thumbnail again at one point. But anyway, you got to go back to 2016.

[Trey Kirby]

Four triple doubles in his career.

[Tas Melas]

Oh, wow.

[J. Skeets]

Maybe the only one. Was that the only one with blocks though?

[Trey Kirby]

No, they were all with blocks.

[J. Skeets]

Jesus, son. Whiteside, he got paid.

[Trey Kirby]

Yes, he did.

[J. Skeets]

He did indeed.

[Tas Melas]

I had this random stat involving three point makes this weekend as well. So I gotta say it now that you said that one. The Orlando Magic have four games. They've made five or fewer threes this season. Just. Just four games. And they've won them all. You don't see that very often. 5 of 26 game against the Hawks. A 5 of 25 game against the Hornets. A 4 of 30 game and then a 5 of 21 game this weekend against the Warriors.

[J. Skeets]

Weird.

[Tas Melas]

And they won all four. Just couldn't believe it.

[J. Skeets]

We're just sharing facts right now. Cool.

[Trey Kirby]

3.5.

[Tas Melas]

I didn't say the third team they played because I wrote down Orlando. But I don't think they played themselves on March 1. That was the Pistons. That was the Pistons win. Cool stepper.

[J. Skeets]

All right, NBA weekend losers. Trey, get us started.

[Trey Kirby]

I got losers. Not one, but two teams are currently on 16 game losing streaks. You can't believe it until you look at the standings and you see L16 down at the bottom. The Pacers lost to the spurs on Saturday, extended their franchise worst streak to 16. The Wizards, they doubled up. They got smoked by the Thunder on Saturday. Knicks on Sunday extended their streak to 16 straight games that tied their franchise worst, which they've now done five times. They've lost 16 exactly five times, including twice last year. They also have a 14 game losing streak this season. These two teams have a combined 31 wins and are on a combined 32 game losing streak right now. Yeah, that's bad.

[J. Skeets]

They don't play each other though, do they?

[Trey Kirby]

They. I don't think they play each other. No, from here on out. But they both have tied the Kings for the longest losing streak this season. At 16, I think the Pacers is more likely to extend. They've got the Magic next, followed by the Lakers, Clippers, Heat, and then the Bulls as their next winnable game. So I think 20 is pretty realistic.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, God, yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

For the Pacers, the Wizards have the Jazz on Wednesday. That's a big game. Big game because after that it's Warriors, Blazers, Lakers, Sixers, Heat, and then the Nets. So, yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to see the pacers get to 20. I don't have much to say about them. They just shut down Zubots for the season. Operation keep the Pick, I believe is the surgery he's having. The Wizards, though, did have an eventful weekend. They had their two losses and then got in a straight up donnybrook versus the Thunder. Justin Champagne got mixed up. We'll talk about AJ Mitchell in a second here. I think it's mostly Champagne's fault, but Champagne got tossed and was out of the game for Sunday against the Knicks. Trey Young probably done for the season. He's got a bruised leg and they're like, by the way, his back still hurts. Don't worry about that. It's. He's got a lot of problems here, but he came back, played a little bit. You at least got to see Trey Young in a Wizards jersey. Not the same though, for Anthony Davis. The report over the weekend is that he's going to be out through at least the end of March and then we will reevaluate, see if he wants to play like three games for the Wizards. Will this guy wear a Wizards jersey this season? Just give us a little Anthony Davis taste?

[Tas Melas]

No, yeah, the, the whole point would be if you want to deal them, I guess, opposing teams just see like, oh, yeah, that guy plays basketball. We, we can, we can trade for him, but it's unlikely that they do anyway. They're going to keep him around, I imagine for next year. But yeah, it's odd to think he's on the Washington Wizards. As simple as that.

[Trey Kirby]

Yes.

[J. Skeets]

Remember when we were debating how many games Trey Young was going to play for the Washington Wizards too?

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

I hope you took the under on that one. He didn't get up to too many.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, yeah.

[J. Skeets]

We were like, I think the line was at 20 or something. I remember us talking about it.

[Trey Kirby]

Five games. That's not very many. He's played 15 games this season. Wow.

[Tas Melas]

I had blind faith and said, oh, yeah, they're gonna do it. Yeah. Like it leg though, man, he's got a contusion on his leg.

[Trey Kirby]

Ouchy A Charlie Horse. Yeah, I got a Charlie Horses out for the season.

[Tas Melas]

Wow.

[Trey Kirby]

So these teams are tanking hard.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. I'm just thinking surprise.

[Tas Melas]

Pascal Siak. I'm still playing.

[Trey Kirby]

I can't believe it.

[Tas Melas]

I know. And they're that bad.

[J. Skeets]

Questionable. Ton.

[Tas Melas]

And he's playing all the time.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

So they don't play each other. Facts. Wizards. Pacers. And I guess they can't because of there's just not enough games left in the regular season eclipse the Pistons streak which we brought up when we were talking about how great they are now of 20. What did I say? 28 game losing streak.

[Trey Kirby]

Right.

[J. Skeets]

A couple years ago when they were very, very bad. But they can't get there. Not this season. They can't get there.

[Trey Kirby]

Who they could only get to be short 27. Huh. For the Pacers.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Too bad.

[J. Skeets]

Which I mean it's possible they could lose every single game.

[Trey Kirby]

Oh yeah.

[J. Skeets]

But obviously can't get the 28. Sad. Yeah, I know. I know. You will not have that record.

[Trey Kirby]

It'd be 27 for each of them.

[Tas Melas]

Wow.

[Trey Kirby]

That'd be it. That actually be an awesome. Like last Sunday. If they both go into the season finale with 26 game losing streaks, can

[J. Skeets]

they pull it off or do they

[Trey Kirby]

get one win go into the summer as winners?

[J. Skeets]

Right.

[Trey Kirby]

Which would you rather it be? You would rather win.

[J. Skeets]

You'd rather win because it doesn't hurt your obviously your lottery odds. I mean you're. You're going to have the same problem percentage to. To keep. To win the number one pick there.

[Tas Melas]

Okay, this is me being dumb about the. The draft. If you are technically second worst. Like even if they have the same odds at winning the number one. Right. One is rated one and one is rated two. That's how it works.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, but they both have the same top four and number one overall odds. Top three do.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, but they can't. One can't be more likely to drop to six because you can drop four spots that you can only drop four spots right from where you are. So can if you're second. You know, because they do whatever Tiebreakers there.

[J. Skeets]

What is the tiebreaker? I guess head to head.

[Tas Melas]

Well, it's head to head, but it could be one. They could be one to one and then it could be conference record, divisional record. Somebody has to be two. So one team could drop to six versus one could drop to five in a worst case scenario. Got to get technical, man.

[Trey Kirby]

The Wizards beat the. The Wizards beat the Pacers three times this season.

[J. Skeets]

Okay, so that's good.

[Trey Kirby]

And the Wizards are going to get a win here at the end of the season eventually. They play the Jazz, Nets and Bulls. They played the Bulls twice, so they got four chances at wins at least. Okay, I think they'll get one.

[J. Skeets]

There'll be some more wins. Yeah, for these teams. But 16 game losing streaks, definitely losers of the weekend. Who do you have?

[Tas Melas]

I have the Thunders AJ Mitchell as a loser. Trey mentioned there was a bit of a Donnie Brooke, a bit of a brouhaha between the Wizards and the Thunder. Now what really happened was Jalen Williams of the Thunder just wanted to take the ball out of bounds after the Wizards scored. And he ran in to Justin Champeny. And Justin Champen got in his face a little bit. But that's when AJ Mitchell came over and Justin Champeny mushed AJ Mitchell's face. He gave him a. He gave him a mush. And as A.J. mitchell's, you know, understandably getting into his face, everybody sort of rode on AJ Mitchell's back. Everything went into the front few rows and yeah, AJ Mitchell like literally just crushed in terms of just being. Having all the weight on him. You saw a fan in the front row filming everything, but that fan was also getting crushed. And I, I guess that is why AJ Mitchell got the one game suspension because he just can't go into the crowd. And it wasn't like he took them into the crowd. It was like everybody else took him into the crowd. But because he did that, you get a game. So did Justin Champen. They each got a game. But I call him a loser because Justin Champagne gets away with a face mush and gets the same suspension as AJ Mitchell. So maybe Justin Champagne is a winner. I don't know. Because he only got one game, but they each just got one game. And you know, Jalen Williams I thought was, was great, he could be a winner too because he didn't get a suspension. But he was defending his guy A.J. mitchell by shoving Anthony Gill of the Wizards like a thousand times. It looked like just like 1000 pushes. But again, a face mush. Like just an open handed, almost look like a heel hit, you know. It wasn't a slap, it was like a push.

[J. Skeets]

One of the most disrespectful things you can do.

[Tas Melas]

Exactly.

[J. Skeets]

In sports, especially in the NBA. The mush. Yeah, the mush triggers people.

[Tas Melas]

It does.

[Trey Kirby]

I never use the word mush in any other format except for a guy specifically. A basketball player is pushing each other specifically in the face. If it's below the neck, it's a push.

[Tas Melas]

Yes, that's right.

[J. Skeets]

Totally to the face.

[Tas Melas]

It's a mush.

[Trey Kirby]

Yep. And if it's a football player hitting a guy in the helmet, it's a punch. But if it's basketball guys, it's a mush. The only other time is in the Iditarod, of course.

[J. Skeets]

That's right. That's right. Which Matt Austin won four times.

[Trey Kirby]

Yes.

[J. Skeets]

He was very good at Wikipedia. Say that.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, he's nice. He's nice with the sticks, whatever. They used to mush those guys. But yeah, A.J. mitchell, he's got to get a loser because the Thunder were actually going to be like, fully healthy and have their whole team tonight. Monday, because Jalen Williams, J Dub coming back and now. No. Pretty funny.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. Great news for Thunder to get Jello Williams back. Hopefully the hammy's all right and he's ready to go.

[J. Skeets]

Sorry. I'm seeing if Matt Austin's Wikipedia page still has that weird fact that was

[Tas Melas]

on the starters page.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, I'm looking at. I think it got taken out. Somebody edited it. Oh, man.

[Trey Kirby]

They checked the results.

[J. Skeets]

Disappointing. I always liked that that was there.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. So they mush their dogs.

[Trey Kirby]

They mush their dogs.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

With sticks, like people are mentioning. You can mush up some vegetables, peas.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, if you have a baby, I guess. Yeah, yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

But like as a verb,

[J. Skeets]

mushtum. But yeah, you're right. Just to go through that. AJ Mitchell, Justin Champagne, one game suspension. Then Jalen Williams find 50,000. Casen Wallace and Anthony Gill find $35,000 for their role in the altercation. There's a bunch of objections in the actual game, but I'm with you. I think a big part of it was it went into the seating area. Boys, do not do that. You're gonna mushroom mush at center court. Don't mush baseline. Because then we're spilling into these seats. I mean, they're on top of people.

[Trey Kirby]

Definitely.

[J. Skeets]

Things can happen.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. The referee who broke it up and got into Champagne's face, Nate Green, did a great job.

[J. Skeets]

Big boy.

[Tas Melas]

He broke it up. He's wide.

[J. Skeets]

He's a big guy.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. You want to read his profile? I don't.

[J. Skeets]

Before you got in here, I was

[Tas Melas]

like, that's what we often do when we start saying referees names. Go ahead.

[J. Skeets]

It's so funny. Before you got into the classic factor, I brought it up. I was rewatching it. I'm like, yeah, that guy is. That's a big ref. Who is that? I'm like, I think it's Nate Green. But then the number 41 was tricking me because I think on his official biography page, he's another number. Ken Maurer used to be 41. I thought they retired that number. I thought that was hanging in the rafters somewhere, but now Nate has it. Yeah. So that was. I was very confused with that, but it's him.

[Tas Melas]

Wikipedia did well there. They've got the correct number and 41 for.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, good. Okay.

[Tas Melas]

They don't have the Iditarod stats for Matthew Austin, but. But they've got it, right? Yeah. So let's get the.

[J. Skeets]

Let's get the trivia now.

[Trey Kirby]

What's his favorite meal?

[J. Skeets]

Mush. Mush. Peas.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Fair meal. Kilo steak. He's a big guy.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. Pasta. A pasta we often get.

[Trey Kirby]

You nailed it. You nailed it. Tagliatelle. Bolognese.

[Tas Melas]

Oh, bolognese.

[Trey Kirby]

A meaty pasta.

[Tas Melas]

Taglia.

[J. Skeets]

Okay. Okay. Favorite movie.

[Trey Kirby]

80s comedy.

[J. Skeets]

80s comedy. Caddyshack.

[Trey Kirby]

No, not. Not bad, but not that.

[J. Skeets]

Wayne's World. That's 90s.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. A little earlier, but it is a. It does star a Saturday Night Live legend.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, okay, so I'm in Chevy Chase National Limp. Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

Caddy's right.

[Tas Melas]

Ghostbusters.

[Trey Kirby]

No. Nice stripes.

[J. Skeets]

Nice.

[Trey Kirby]

No, no, no, no. That's 80s. 80s, okay, early 80s. This is a movie about somebody coming to America.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, coming.

[Trey Kirby]

That's right.

[J. Skeets]

Damn it.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, that's. Okay, and last one. Favorite app.

[J. Skeets]

And that's.

[Trey Kirby]

It's not. It's not bread dipped in olive oil. If you're thinking that's what he's eating with his tagliate.

[J. Skeets]

He likes movies. Netflix.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, baby.

[J. Skeets]

Netflix.

[Trey Kirby]

Nate, he gives that one two thumbs up because he loves it.

[J. Skeets]

All right, there's some. Nate green.

[Trey Kirby]

He's number 41 now. Okay.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, yeah. Why. Why do they have numbers?

[Trey Kirby]

Why? So we can look them up.

[J. Skeets]

Like, I guess I was thinking maybe. Is it just for the broadcast?

[Trey Kirby]

Probably.

[J. Skeets]

Maybe a part of it. And then maybe, like, I don't know, there's some other official. That is, like, they do officiate, the officials. Right. Like, they watch the game tape. Just easier to keep track of them. Maybe.

[Tas Melas]

Like, probably.

[Trey Kirby]

It's probably all positioning.

[J. Skeets]

I don't know. Otherwise, why do they have numbers? It should have. He should have, like, a Netflix app

[Trey Kirby]

on his back and, like, a QR code.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

If you. If you scan the back of his code, it goes straight to his, like, most recent watches, his favorites.

[J. Skeets]

That'd be. We could use that for heckling purposes. That'd be really good.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, they're calling him Nate Flicks in this dream team.

[Tas Melas]

Nice. Really well done. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Get your head out of the apps, Nate.

[J. Skeets]

Call a game. Yeah, exactly. Right?

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. I didn't know who Nate Green was. No, you said, you said. I thought you said you knew his name.

[J. Skeets]

No. I mean, no, no, no, no. I was like, that's a big guy. Who is that? Then I went down the rabbit hole.

[Tas Melas]

I guess it's transparency too, right? Like the whole, like, we know who's making these calls.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, that's what I mean. That's what I'm saying. Keeps track of them.

[Trey Kirby]

Get to know Nate.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

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[Tas Melas]

What's that smell? Oh, it's spring. I know it's early, but I am ready. I can smell it. I'm ready to elevate my space. It's time to go to Wayfair. I love deciding what I'm going to change this year. It's a carpet. Getting it out of there, grabbing my leaf blower and just blowing around all the dust in my house, I usually put a mask on so I don't inhale all of it. Wayfair does make it easy to decide what you want to refresh because it has everything your home needs this season. While I was surfing, I was thinking maybe a nice Chesterfield or an ottoman. Oh, yeah. The fluffy faux fur ottoman is a nice footrest. I need one for my living room. I only have a table and my feet do get sore. Looks super soft. It's nice and white. I can yell at my kids if they get it dirty. I love it. Get organized, refreshed and back on track this new year. For way less, head to Wayfair.com right now to shop all things home. That's W A Y-F-A-I-R.com Wayfair Every style, every home.

[J. Skeets]

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[Trey Kirby]

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[J. Skeets]

All right, I got one more. Loser of the weekend. I'll be honest here. I had this before. Going into last night's game where they got a win. This is the Phoenix Suns. They beat the Raptors. Raptors could be a loser of the weekend. Lost a couple, played brutal against Phoenix. Phoenix got a much needed win. Suns are desperately still missing Dylan Brooks, Mark Williams, couple of veteran wings. So they're shorthanded. But they lost to the Bucks. They put up a fight, but they lost to the Bucks earlier in the weekend. Did themselves no favor at the free throw line. They were garbage at the free throw line. Missed eight free throws in a close game. You know, just over 50%. But I want to talk about Booker, who I thought looked out of it for the entirety of that game. Looked Better against the Raptors, but he played really bad down the stretch against Milwaukee. He had one play where he hit a four point play, hit a three, got fouled. Besides that, he couldn't buy a bucket. Everything he shot was long. Everything was hitting back rim. He had a really bad turnover late. He chucked the ball out of bounds trying to find Gillespie in the corner. It was sloppy, it was gross. And heading into last night's game versus the Raptors, Booker's last five fourth quarters had been God awful. He was shooting 30% from the field in the final frame. He'd only hit that one three pointer which was that four point play. He had more turnovers and assists. I mean, I think a part of it, like I know he's had injury concerns this year, he's missing guys, but like this guy's paid the big bucks and wasn't really coming through. And when I say he's paid the big bucks, holy crap, man. I had to remind myself, he turns 30 years old at the start of next season. He's making $57 million next year, 61 million after that, 64 million after that, and then a player option which I think he's going to pick up. 69 million. Very nice. In 2930, extremely talented player. I love Devin Booker. I don't know where you have him in the league. Top 20, probably around there. Some as high as 15, probably low as 25 or 30. But I'm just a little concerned if his athleticism is waning here a little bit as he gets up there in age. Some concern. But they got to win against the rap, so it sort of diminished this whole point as a loser. The weekend they needed it. They really needed it and they got took care of business.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, they need it. They don't need it. At the same time, they're like they are stuck in seventh place. I think Fred Katz had a second stat that they've been in specifically seventh place since like November 29th or something like that.

[Tas Melas]

Wild. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

They can't catch the teams ahead of them and the teams behind them can't catch them. They're like, they're like whatever the fourth place team in Formula one is, we're like, we're not as fast as those guys, but we're faster than all those losers back there.

[J. Skeets]

That's true.

[Trey Kirby]

And that's what the Suns and Booker are right now. Booker needs a second guy. His three point percentage has been down this season, down last season. He takes a lot of really tough threes and I think that's why his percentage is so bad. But he needs somebody to help him shoulder the load in Phoenix because he's putting up some big scoring numbers in general during this like last third of the season. But it's taking him a ton of shots to get there because he has so much responsibility on the offensive end.

[Tas Melas]

And yeah, you're right.

[Trey Kirby]

I mean he's getting up there in age. He'll be 30 quite soon. And yeah, he probably will be picking up that player option because the. Well, I mean he, he says he wants to be a one team guy. Everybody says that. He's a Kobe acolyte, so I can understand why he would want to be. But also an extension at age 34 is something scary to think about. That's a long way down the line.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

But yeah, Suns are weird. At least they got a win. They needed one for sure. And they had hit quite a tough patch with no Mark out there.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. And that was a dominant victory over the Raps. I mean they led from start to finish. That was an ass kicking. So that was good. That was really good. But they like this is a team that's sort of overachieved relative to preseason expectations but and a big part because these injuries to main guys. Dylan Brooks is important. Have drifted back toward a team that maybe a lot of people thought they'd be more like heading into the season. But during the seventh seed, you're right, this is good. This is a good year. And they'll get a couple cracks at least trying to make the postseason where you know they're going to be outclassed, I think by the Thunder or the spurs no matter who they play.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, as you guys said, Mark Williams will be coming back. Important to have their best big. Dylan Brooks will be coming back. Just a little fracture in his hand. So I imagine he will be back soonish, you know, the next couple of weeks. So those are two important players on this team that helped Dylan or excuse me, that helped Devin. Sometimes you see Dylan and Devin, you get them swapped. But Dylan, Devin, Colin and Mark are pretty important guys. I mean it kind of sucks for them. You mentioned all the money. They're also paying Bradley Beal forever. So they don't really have a way along with Jalen Green, you know, who's playing fine. They're all kind of tied up with their, with their money going forward for, for next season.

[J. Skeets]

All right, those are our losers of the weekend. Tell us who we missed. Let us know there in the stream team as you are and leave them in the comments. Too. We'll bite of the night sponsored by No1 Pure Clean Woah boy here today unsullied by sponsorship. I could have gone Jokic, who had a triple double. It's like how many is this guy? He's nearing 200 career triple levels. I won't go him though. I'm gonna go Carl Anthony Towns, who did a lot in limited minutes. He had 26.16 boards as the Knicks destroyed the Wizards. Very efficient. 9:13 from the field, 7:7 at the line, 3 assists, 1 steal. He only played like 25, 26 minutes. So we put up these numbers. If you're a big man, you are eaten versus the Wizards right now.

[Tas Melas]

Yep.

[J. Skeets]

Good job. Carl Anthony. Tass is the only guy that calls him Carl.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, that's funny. I call him Carl, but I don't call Carlo Matkovich Carlos.

[J. Skeets]

Very weird.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. It's so strange with me, so I'm just gonna.

[Trey Kirby]

Carlo.

[Tas Melas]

Carlo.

[J. Skeets]

Do you think Carl Anthony Townes is. Feels disrespected when you call him Carl or do you think he cares at

[Tas Melas]

all as far as when I call him or just people when he's obviously doesn't care what I call him? I think he's cool with people calling him Carl.

[Trey Kirby]

You'll get. You'll get a Carl Towns every now and then when people talk about him.

[J. Skeets]

For sure.

[Tas Melas]

Trust drop the Anthony. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Okay.

[J. Skeets]

Just curious.

[Trey Kirby]

I don't know.

[J. Skeets]

I mean it's. I hope he's interesting name. Carl Anthony.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Pick him tonight, Tass. You already said it. We are looking at Lakers, Pistons. What's the line?

[Tas Melas]

The line. Kind of puzzling. The Lakers are favored just by 2 1/2 in Detroit. I think maybe it would be a little bit more without Kate Cunningham, but that's it. The Pistons can lose by two or fewer while the Lakers got to win by three or more. Trey is riding the Lakers. Skeets and I are taking the Pistons.

[J. Skeets]

I originally had the Lakers and then I saw Trey had the Lakers. I was like, well, I better switch this one up. I gotta try and get back into this.

[Tas Melas]

Oh, you want to get to Trey?

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

Three back of him.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melas]

With. What is it?

[J. Skeets]

There's not a ton.

[Tas Melas]

Man. Sick.

[Trey Kirby]

This whole week.

[J. Skeets]

Seven.

[Tas Melas]

Seven Total.

[J. Skeets]

Total. Yeah. Yeah. I mean I saw an opportunity here. This is a good team in the Pistons, but Yeah. Lakers are on this road trip. I keep pulling these wins out of their ass, but they're hot too, so I don't know. Yeah. And I just swerved on it.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah. And I was in a Great position because you guys picked two both first before I did. And I said, okay, well, I want to stay four games ahead of Skeets. Let's all pick the same team. Done and done.

[J. Skeets]

Pick. Pick who you want, man. Don't look at me.

[Tas Melas]

Nope. Smart. That's the advantage.

[J. Skeets]

You're always good. That's. That's you. You can try and play it. But we got three of us, so that makes it better. And now we have the rule that we all can't pick the same team, so there's that as well. Yep.

[Tas Melas]

One other loser I should have mentioned.

[J. Skeets]

We're.

[Tas Melas]

We're losers for not mentioning Jonathan Kaminga playing against his old team. Playing against Golden State for the first time. Only had two points, you know.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, you'd think you'd.

[Tas Melas]

He want to do some stuff.

[J. Skeets]

They still want.

[Trey Kirby]

Do some stuff.

[Tas Melas]

They still won, but there was a couple possessions were. Oh, Kaminga was back to his old self, that mid range. I'm just gonna do my. My thing.

[J. Skeets]

He wanted to have a good game against the warriors. For sure.

[Tas Melas]

He did.

[J. Skeets]

And then, you know, Draymond had a pretty. Did you see the crowd? The Hawks, I guess I should say, like the Hawks fan support section. They do the whole. You know, they're pretty good at getting on the opposing team's players. They're vocal, they're mocking Draymond Green.

[Trey Kirby]

They're one of our most slanderous six men out there, I think.

[J. Skeets]

Yes, they are. In a good way. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And. But Draymond had a pretty good response because he heard it. That's the other thing. You can sort of hear it sometimes in Atlanta. And he did the whole.

[Tas Melas]

Oh, let me.

[J. Skeets]

Let me see how many championship banners you have up here. Let me try and find. Let me try and count. Yeah, that's pretty good response. What else are you gonna do? Yell back?

[Trey Kirby]

It's like the ultimate scoreboard.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. Yeah. So good on him.

[Trey Kirby]

No respect for Bob Petit, though. He hung that 59 banner in St. Louis they brought it with. That counts, no?

[J. Skeets]

I guess. Yeah. All right, so that's tonight's WO Boy. Tonight's. Pick him and we will be back. Well, no, not we. You guys will be back tomorrow. I'm not going to be here tomorrow, but much better than Skeets being here. Spencer Jones is joining you guys. Hey, not here in the classic factory. Join us by way of technology, but Spencer Jones of the Nuggets. You guys got questions for Spencer?

[Tas Melas]

Yeah, we'll ask him a few.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[Tas Melas]

We're not. We're not gonna force him to just sit there in silence. We'll ask him some questions.

[Trey Kirby]

Let's just do the whole show with him just hanging out.

[J. Skeets]

He just put up a great thing on LinkedIn. The one guy that posts on LinkedIn.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

About like getting game winners hit in his face because he recently had two being on the opposite end of these photos and superstar players.

[Trey Kirby]

We'll ask about that.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

And we'll ask him why LinkedIn is his go to social media.

[Tas Melas]

Absolutely. Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

I'm excited to watch and listen.

[Tas Melas]

I hope he can read some of his LinkedIn posts to us while we're on air.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[Tas Melas]

Gonna talk about that. Yeah, maybe. Maybe J.D. will throw in a little music bed behind him as he reads like it's an audiobook. One particular post? No, just one particular post. We'll get into it. We'll get into his shoe brand that he's a part of.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, yes, yes. The Indians.

[Tas Melas]

There's lots to talk about.

[J. Skeets]

And of course his team is a title contender tonight.

[Tas Melas]

Guaranteed contract he just signed.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[Tas Melas]

His shooting form.

[J. Skeets]

Spencer Jones on no dunks tomorrow. I'll be watching. I'll be listening. Hopefully you will as well. Hit the like button. Subscribe five star ratings and reviews. Till then, Clipper Bros. You heard it here first.

[Trey Kirby]

Have a great time. Turn up. Love you guys.

[J. Skeets]

Awesome.

[Tas Melas]

Thanks for joining us. And remember Grayson Allen, also not playing for the Phoenix Suns recently.

[J. Skeets]

You know, just gotta mention that I said vet wings.

[Tas Melas]

Okay.

[J. Skeets]

Bryce o' Neill too.

[Trey Kirby]

Vet wings.

[J. Skeets]

I think he's not playing.

[Tas Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Did he play last night?

[Tas Melas]

Grayson's.

[J. Skeets]

He was missing time. Oh yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Grayson.

[J. Skeets]

Both guys are. They're short guys. They're short guys.

[Tas Melas]

Like not short in height.

[J. Skeets]

No, no, no.

[Tas Melas]

Boys, how tall you think Grayson Allen is?

[Trey Kirby]

6.

[J. Skeets]

5.

[Tas Melas]

Listed at 6. 3 is a short guy.

[J. Skeets]

He's a short NBA guy for sure. Maybe that's why he's hurt.

[Trey Kirby]

Picture this. It's late at night and you're scrolling through your feeds when all of a sudden you see it. That one product that you've been looking for. You click on the link, add to cart, maybe even shop around a little more before finally hitting checkout. As you're filling in your address, you realize you don't have your card anywhere near you. And that's when you see it. That purple pay button that has all of your information saved, making checking out as simple as a simple tap of your screen. Shopify is the commerce platform behind millions of businesses around the world and 10% of all E commerce in the United States. From household brands like Aloe Yoga and Momo Fuku to brands just getting started. With hundreds of ready to use templates, Shopify helps you build a beautiful online store that matches your brand's style. Accelerate your efficiency Whether you're uploading new products or trying to improve existing ones, Shopify is packed with helpful AI tools that write product descriptions, page headlines, and even enhance your product photography. Get the word out like you have a marketing team behind you. Easily create email and social media campaigns wherever your customers are scrolling or strolling. Best yet, Shopify is your commerce expert with world class expertise in everything from managing inventory to international shipping to processing returns and beyond. Start your business today with the industry's best business partner, Shopify and start hearing. Sign up for your $1 per month trial today at shopify.com no dunks go to shopify.com no dunks that's shopify.com no dunks

[Tas Melas]

what's that smell? Oh, it's spring. I know it's early, but I am ready. I can smell it. I'm ready to elevate my space. It's time to go to Wayfair. I love deciding what I'm gonna change this year. It's a carpet. Getting it out of there, grabbing my leaf blower and just blowing around all the dust. In my house. I usually put a mask on so I don't inhale all of it. Wayfair does make it easy to decide what you want to refresh because it has everything your home needs this season. While I was surfing, I was thinking maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman. Oh yeah, the fluffy faux fur ottoman is a nice footrest. I need one for my living room. I only have a table and my feet do get sore. Looks super soft. It's nice and white. I can yell at my kids if they get it dirty. I love it. Get organized, refreshed and back on track this new year. For way less, head to Wayfair.com right now to shop all things home. That's W-A-Y-F-A-I-R.com Wayfair Every style, every Home

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