NBA Weekend Winners & Losers | Lakers Magic, HaWWWWWWWWWks, West Standings

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No Dunks Podcast – NBA Weekend Winners & Losers | Lakers Magic, HaWWWWWWWWWks, West Standings

Date: March 16, 2026
Hosts: J. Skeets, Taz Melas, Trey Kirby, JD (Producer)
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts / No Dunks

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Episode Overview

This energetic Monday edition dives into a packed NBA weekend, focusing on who came out on top (and bottom) in the playoff chase. The crew recaps wild clutch moments, the red-hot Lakers, sneaky shifts in the West, and two Eastern upstarts on serious streaks. There’s plenty of stat-geeking (including “wedgie” watch), classic banter, and even a bonus Oscars post-mortem.

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Wedgie Watch: Record Approaching!

Start: 02:38

• Three more wedgies over the weekend (those rare stuck-ball moments), bringing the season total to 62—just two away from an all-time NBA record.
  • Notables: Nolan Traore (Nets rookie) in Philly; Luka Doncic’s signature angle; VJ Edgecombe putback (also in Philly).
• Quote:
  • “We had like nine wedgies in like a seven-day span. Great week, great week.” – Trey Kirby (04:09)

Wedgie grades and full tracking on their Substack—link in show notes.

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NBA Weekend Winners

1. Los Angeles Lakers: The Clutchiest of Clutch

Segment: 04:55–12:19

• Thrilling OT victory over the Nuggets:
  • Key moments:
    • Austin Reaves intentionally missed FT, rebounded & scored to force OT.
    • Luka Doncic’s baseline drive sealed the win in OT.
  • Critical playoff implications: Lakers up to 3rd in the West, securing the tiebreaker over Denver.
• Marcus Smart’s Impact: 21 pts, 5 threes, 5 steals. “High ceiling, low floor” player, making a difference defensively and hitting crucial shots.
• LeBron’s leadership: “Rodman-like” hustle dives, letting teammates, especially Reaves and Luka, control the clutch offense.
• Quote:
  • “This felt like the clutchiest of clutch wins for the Lakers.” – Trey Kirby (04:55)
  • “He doesn’t seem to be asserting himself as much... If he’s given that kind of an effort, it makes everybody else step their games up.” – Trey Kirby on LeBron (09:15)
• Nuggets’ Perspective: Encouraging loss; Aaron Gordon's shooting, Jokic’s 26/16/14 line and two “best of the season” assists.

Timestamps: Lakers-Nuggets recap (04:55–13:38)

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2. Toronto Raptors: Turning Grit into Wins

13:38–20:55

• Back-to-back victories over Phoenix and Detroit.
  • Huge on offensive boards, with Jakob Poeltl (21 pts, 18 rebs, 9 OREBs) and Scottie Barnes (Elite “garbage man” play).
  • RJ Barrett and Brandon Ingram carried the scoring.
  • Key point: FINALLY closing out tight games—averting their season-long trend of late collapses.
• Physical Play: Out-muscled two of the league’s most physical teams, countering the “get bullied” narrative.
• Quote:
  • “There’s a good team in there, but it has to be from…the effort standpoint.” – J. Skeets (19:00)

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3. Philadelphia 76ers & Quinton Grimes: Short-Handed, Unstoppable

24:01–26:43

• Philly wins two games despite missing Embiid, Maxey, Paul George, Oubre, etc.
  • Quinton Grimes: season-high 28 (Saturday), then 31 (Sunday) – with 14 in Q4 vs. Portland.
  • Historically rare feat:
    • “A team won consecutive games despite making ten-plus fewer threes than their opponent in each game. First time in NBA history.” – J. Skeets (25:17)
  • Grimes thriving in the starting role – potentially earning another contract.

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4. Magic & Hawks: Southeast Showdown Hype

26:46–33:34

• Magic:
  • Snapped Miami's five-game win streak, going 5-0 vs. Heat this season.
  • Paolo Banchero: 27/8/7 vs. Miami.
  • Win moves Orlando to 5th in East.
• Hawks:
  • 9-game win streak (longest in NBA), remaining stuck in 9th due to rival win streaks.
  • Jalen Johnson: triple-double, CJ McCollum: 30 pts.
  • Notable stat: Onyeka Okongwu is now the fifth Hawk with a 25/10/5a/5 threes game.
• Quote:
  • “Nine straight wins and [the Hawks] are still in the same spot. That’s crazy.” – J. Skeets (29:38)

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5. Evan Mobley: March Mobley Ascending

33:35–36:51

• Cavs big man is thriving, especially with James Harden:
  • 20 PPG, 60% FG in March, with 72% of points in the paint.
  • Harden’s playmaking is unlocking Mobley, especially with Allen out.
• Question for the postseason:
  • Can the Allen/Mobley/Harden combo stay effective when everyone is healthy?
• Max Strus returns: Hits 6 threes in season debut (after foot injury).
• Quote:
  • “Playing with James Harden is awesome if you’re a big man — you’re getting the easiest shots of your life.” – Trey Kirby (35:36)

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Minor Winners Segment

40:03–44:23

• SGA: Extends 20+ point streak to 128 games, in tough battle vs. Minnesota.
• Victor Wembanyama: Returns after brief absence—32 pts, 12 reb, 8 ast, 4 blk, 2 stl vs. Hornets.
• John Wall: Demonstrates elite NBA “where’d he go to college” trivia skills—16/20 correct, even on obscure players.

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NBA Weekend Losers

1. Golden State Warriors: Running on Fumes

48:39–53:16

• Five straight losses, riddled with injuries (no Steph, Draymond, Seth).
  • Young, outmatched lineup fought hard but fell short (Pods, Santos, etc.).
  • Steph and Seth have not shared a minute on court all season.
• Quote:
  • “Warriors are just kind of puttering to the end of this season, hoping they can have enough people healthy.” – Trey Kirby (50:36)

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2. Minnesota Timberwolves: Slipping and Searching

53:17–57:55

• Recent cold streak: Now 3–4 over last seven, after finishing last year 17–4 ahead of playoffs.
• Weekend:
  • Beat depleted Warriors, but lack energy in loss to OKC (out-rebounded and out-hustled, 22 turnovers).
  • Bench production lopsided (outscored 61–22 by OKC).
  • Rudy Gobert—ineffective, minimal offense, obvious frustration.
• Quote:
  • “Every time I open my heart to the Timberwolves…they stab me right in the ventricles.” – Trey Kirby (56:22)

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3. Sacramento Kings Fans: Too Hot for Their Own Good

58:28–61:34

• Winning at the wrong time:
  • Four wins in last five drop Kings from 1st to 4th in lottery odds—risking a major slip in pick quality.
  • Doug Christie (coach) adamant about not tanking—playing vets like DeRozan (30 PPG over last stretch) big minutes.
  • Quote:
    • “As long as he’s in Sacramento, Kings will never tank. Every time they step on the floor they’re trying to win.” – Recapped from Doug Christie postgame and discussion (60:10)
  • Pick could now fall to #8; opponents are happy (“Demar, I see it, Demar, I like it”), as Kings win “pointless” games with DeRozan and Westbrook.

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Notable Quotes & Fun Moments

• On LeBron’s grit:
  • “Old guy over 40 hitting the floor not only once but twice over the last couple minutes…you gotta get encouraged by that if you’re a Lakers fan.” – Taz Melas (10:32)
• On Hawks’ stuck seeding:
  • “Nine straight wins and still in the same spot…That’s classic Hawks.” – J. Skeets (29:38)
• On Raptors’ turnaround:
  • “These are two of the most physical teams…and [the Raptors] fought back. They usually fall apart when it’s close, but they turned it around.” – J. Skeets (16:45)

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Key Timestamps to Jump To

• Wedgie Watch & Records: 02:53–04:55
• Lakers/Nuggets Clutch Recap: 04:55–13:38
• Raptors Bounce Back: 13:38–20:55
• Magic & Hawks Win Streaks: 26:46–33:34
• Evan Mobley/ Cavs Focus: 33:35–36:51
• Losers: Warriors/Minnesota/Kings: 48:39–61:34

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Oscar Talk & Lighthearted Closer

~71:31–80:40

• The hosts wrap with their takes on the Academy Awards, riffing on memorable moments (notably the “In Memoriam” and random bits), and debate the best presenters, running gags, and TV production quirks.

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Summary Takeaways

• Lakers are peaking at the right time with elite clutch performances and a healthy, synergistic roster.
• Raptors showing they CAN grind with elite teams, overcoming prior weaknesses.
• Hawks and Magic on long win streaks — but only one climbing the standings.
• Warriors and Wolves mirror each other’s struggles: health and inconsistency clouding playoff futures.
• Kings fans caught in the purgatory of winning too much to tank, not enough to matter.
• Bonus stats, trivia battles, and the ever-present joy of the “wedgie watch” keep No Dunks feeling like hanging with the NBA-obsessed friends you wish you had.

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For More

• Check out the No Dunks Substack for full Wedgie breakdowns.
• Tune in next episode for beach stepping (mailbag) and more standings analysis.
• Join their NCAA bracket pool (info in Wednesday’s show).

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“Embrace the day, people!” – J. Skeets (81:26)

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Transcript

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[J. Skeets]

Good morning sweet world and welcome to the no Dunks podcast presented by FanDuel. It's Monday, March 16, 2026. I'm J. Skeets here in the classic factory and alongside me as always, it's Taz melas.

[Taz Melas]

Podcast listeners, YouTube watchers, this is for you.

[J. Skeets]

Next to him, it's my top shot, hot boy Trey Kirby. And over yonder, making the magic happen, super producer jd Hello. There he is. Here we are. Hello to everybody on YouTube. Hello to all of our podcast listeners. Hit the like button. Subscribe five star ratings and reviews. We're gonna do NBA Weekend winners and losers. Maybe we'll talk a little bit about the Oscars. But first, we had three more wedgies and we are getting all so close to setting the all time record for wedgies in a season. Yeah, three more on the weekend. We had two on Saturday, one on Sunday. Start with Nets rookie Nolan Traore in Philly sticking the leaning wedgie in Philly as baby bird called it. Then a little later in the day, Luka Doncic hits his classic wedgie angle. That's the second time he's done that in a week as that was number 61. And then on Sunday, back to Philly we go. Look at this one. Vijay Edgecomb on the put back attempt. It was there for like not even half a second in the refs were like, yeah, that's a wedgie. We're trying to set a record here. Jump ball. So 62 wedgies, two away from setting the all time record, one away from tying it, two away from breaking it. Could happen on any night now in the association.

[Trey Kirby]

Wow.

[J. Skeets]

The way these are coming, we had like nine wedgies in like a seven day span. Eight day span.

[Trey Kirby]

Great week, great week.

[J. Skeets]

But that last one, even I was like, oh my God, you probably could have quick. He could have played. Barely stuck there.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. But I think the refs, you know, they want to do their job. So Ben says, hey, hey, hey.

[Trey Kirby]

We got to stop the call.

[Taz Melas]

We got to stop this thing. We got to stop. Let's go everyone. Unique though, Nolan Tror, young guy at the end of the shot clock.

[Trey Kirby]

Hard for that one.

[J. Skeets]

You don't think the refs are trying to goose the numbers a little bit?

[Trey Kirby]

They're in on it. Yeah, they're in on it for sure.

[J. Skeets]

We're close. So great stuff when it comes to wedgies. Had some fun grading all the wedgies on our substack page. That link in the show notes if you want to check out how we graded last week's wedgies on obviously have VJ edge combs to add to the mix now, okay? NBA weekend winners and losers. We always start with. Well, we usually start with winners here on no dunks. TK get us started.

[Trey Kirby]

The Los Angeles Lakers are a winner of the weekend. The Los Angeles Wakers beat the Nuggets on Saturday. It was a thriller. We've talked a lot about the Lakers in the clutch this season and they made two incredible clutch plays in this one. Right at the end of regulation, Austin Reaves gets fouled. The Nuggets do the foul up three thing, makes the first free throw cool. That's the first part of it. You got to do that. You got to do that. And then the second one, a perfectly missed free throw to himself off the left side of the rim on the front. Bounces right to him. 8 and kind of like pushes Jokic down underneath the hoop. Perfectly placed. Missed by Austin Reaves. He hits a little floater to send it into overtime. And then in overtime, Luka Doncic just runs away from a double team. Bruce Brown coming to join Spencer Jones. They're kind of on the left wing. Luka goes baseline left, gets a little body on Spencer Jones finishes over the top of them to give the Lakers a win. They have won a ton of clutch games this season and this felt like the clutchiest of clutch wins for the Lakers. So which to you guys, which was the more impressive of those plays? The Reeves missed to himself or Luka just getting to it and winning the game?

[Taz Melas]

I think it's Austin Reese because JJ Redick puts in deandre Ayton on that block for the free throw for the purpose of just pushing Nikola Jokic. Yes, he had an opportunity to stick his hand up and maybe touch the ball as it went past his head and go to Austin Reeves. But it was just executed so perfectly. Put it off the left side to the guy who shot the free throw. It was perfect. I mean, yeah, everything was perfect.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, absolutely. I think that's is the answer. Lakers first overtime game of the year. Made it a good one and oh yeah, made it a good one. This is could be like a very sneaky important game or result here because the Lakers went from fourth to third in the west and more importantly gave them the season tiebreaker over the Nuggets. They're done playing. They had one of these three game season series. So LA takes it to one. So if they end up with identical records, which is a very real possibility in this Western Conference, the Lakers get the higher seed. That could be the difference between earning the number three seed and staying out of the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder side of the bracket could be. That obviously could determine a home court advantage in a 4, 5 matchup between said team. So, yeah, this was an important, important victory for a number of reasons and it was an entertaining game.

[Taz Melas]

It's also fun to say was Angeles Wakers because it was. Yeah, feels good. Yeah. Because it could have gone either way. Obviously. I thought this was a win for the Denver Nuggets too, because Aaron Gordon absolutely balling to see how he stroked five threes in this game. Three in the fourth quarter, one and no dip, three and then one where he created it on his own in overtime to go crossover. I mean, that looks so nice. So him and Cam Johnson, nine combined threes. Jokic obviously being spectacular. Jokic. But Jamal Murray only had five points. So to go to overtime and almost win this game, Aaron Gordon, if you hit a free throw, not like an Austin Reeves miss, but you miss a free throw in the last minute, this game could have been over. So it was awesome on both sides. This wasn't easily the game of the weekend.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, I definitely thought another encouraging loss for the Nuggets. You would like to see him come out on top of one of these. They just lost to the Thunder in a similar way, but at least they are playing these teams really competitively. And it's coming down to basically the last shot. That's a toss up and we'll see how it goes in the playoffs. And like you're saying if Murray plays a better game, he had more fouls than points in this one. Maybe it goes the other way, but I don't know.

[JD]

I'm.

[Trey Kirby]

I wouldn't say I'm totally talking myself into the Lakers right now, but I'm at least like willing to elevate them to dark horse status. Cause Smart has been good. He was awesome in this one. 21 points, five threes. He had five steals, including when he picked Aaron Gordon's pocket with about a minute left in the fourth quarter after Jamal Murray beat LeBron for a jump ball. That was just a weird play all around. Great play by Smart. Finishes the layup like he is such a high ceiling, low floor kind of player. I think it was five for 12 from three, but like five threes, that's nice. And the defense is great too. And then LeBron seems to be picking his spots really well here, Including a Dennis Rodman like dive. That was unbelievable.

[J. Skeets]

Really hit the floor for that one.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, but you can tell he's bought into the team. He doesn't seem to Be asserting himself as much on the offensive end, willing to let the game come to him and let Reaves and Luka make all the plays. If he's given that kind of an effort, it makes everybody else step their games up a little bit as well. And the Lakers play pretty solid defense here against the Nuggets. I think they would need a good path of matchups, maybe some health benefits or health advantages in the playoffs to really advance and make some noise. But they can win any close game. Their defense looks better right now and they at least know who they want to play.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, they're on a heater right now. They've won eight of their last nine. They've beaten pretty good teams in the mix there.

[JD]

Wolves.

[J. Skeets]

The Knicks beat the Nuggets since the All Star break. They have the 12th best defense in the league, obviously better than the overall season. 5th offense still over that time as well. And Luka, I mean he's just playing the best. He's played as a Laker like he is putting up some monsters numbers. This is the best he's looked against since the trade from the Mavericks. You got Reeves obviously rounding into form here after his like sort of injury concerns early on. And yeah, LeBron doing the dirty work with all these other guys that are just like locking in defensively. Be it smart, Aiden again, Ayton like does good things, does some like head scratching things. But yeah, right now, sure. And being a third seed is going to help their chances to obviously advance too the higher they are at least.

[Taz Melas]

What I mean, yeah, if you got the old guy who's over 40 hitting the floor not only once but twice over the last couple minutes, he's literally diving to the floor. You gotta get encouraged by that. If you're a Lakers fan and also if you're one of those sort of deeper bench guys or deeper rotation guys. Anybody, anybody who hits the floor has got to put forth lots of effort and you see it from Marcus Smart all the time because he is Marcus Smart. But you need those with this type of rotation because they are so top heavy. You need those guys to play. Marcus Smart has literally played more games this season than he has or than he had in the past two seasons combined. He's playing a lot and he's playing hard and he those steals, that one from, from Aaron Gordon, four overall in this game and he hit five threes. So he can just stand out there and let. Whether it's Austin Reese who now has three games of 30 or more consecutively now or it's Lebron or it's Luca and Smart can hit those shots. I mean, that. That just makes you think, like, okay, maybe there's a chance if that all works out.

[J. Skeets]

The refs say they blew one in that game though. If you guys saw the NBA's last two minute report that got released on Sunday, I guess about that Saturday game. With like nine or 10 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets were up three. Austin Reeves headed to the free throw line following a foul by Spencer Jones immediately after the ball was inbounded. But according to the report, they said no. Jones clearly dislodged the ball away from Reaves in what should have been a clean strip with the ball going out of bounds. And again, instead, Reeves went to the. To the free throw line. That was before the. Obviously the, the fouling up three and the missed free throw and all that. But yeah, the last two minute report says. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Not that it changes anything.

[Trey Kirby]

No, but the ball was dislodged.

[J. Skeets]

Yes. I love the word dislodged. So Lakers hot. A great winner of the weekend to get us started.

[Taz Melas]

One other thing, I think it was a winner of the weekend for Luca. Luca just taking a photo, I thought makes him a winner. Him and Maria Sharapova, old tennis player I thought produced the biggest smile I've ever seen on Lucas face.

[J. Skeets]

He was grinning.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, that was real authentic grin. It wasn't even a championship grin. You know, he had the beer in his hand when he went to the finals. Like maybe he was tired or whatever, but I, I don't remember smiles like that. That was just a real smile.

[Trey Kirby]

He was really grinning.

[J. Skeets]

Big tennis fan.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, huge tennis fan. Also, Jokic had 26, 16, and 14 and two awesome dimes. He had the over the head pass to Tim Hardaway Jr. Who made it look cooler with the hanging layup. I thought that was pretty impressive. And then another Tim Hardaway assist when Jokic found him in the deep corner from like the right wing and threw it over everybody. And it just barely gets to Tim Hardaway and he knocked down the three. Pretty good passer, this guy.

[J. Skeets]

Stop.

[Trey Kirby]

He's okay. Yeah, I thought those were like in the mix for his best assist of the season, certainly the over the head one. I feel like we used to get Jokic passes like that quite regularly. Now he's just smart about it and sets it up before he needs to make a crazy play. But that one was very cool.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, yeah. And the one, yeah, the one to the corner just had a great camera angle.

[J. Skeets]

That One angle. It's like how do you even see that? Yeah, you just know he's there. Yeah, exactly. All right, so Lakers win of the weekend. What about you?

[Taz Melas]

Let's run rafters, baby. Oh boy.

[J. Skeets]

They're back.

[Taz Melas]

They are back.

[J. Skeets]

What a week for the Raptors.

[Taz Melas]

All it took was just a little situation where their team didn't come together with Dejounte Murray around Jamal's shed. But now they are to together. Darko Reakovich called his team out and and let's just dump jump to the the second win because it doesn't matter if you lose. After the first win against the Phoenix Suns that they had on Friday, the the second one matters more. That was their biggest win of the season against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. The effort, woohoo. Out of the gate. They have 20 offensive boards in this game. Season high in second chance points with 31. I was still worried though watching this game. Up five, three minutes left, I thought here comes that offense that happens at the end of games when the other team is able to blow up a pin down on one side and then you just end up some mid range type of jumper where it's just ISO ball that doesn't go down and then they get deflated. But here, three minutes left, I thought, oh, there's 10 seconds left on the shot clock, this ain't working out well. But then Scotty Barnes went right past Kate Cunningham, whips it to the corner. Pass. Pass Brandon Ingham 3. Next possession, another one started really late. 8 seconds left with the shock lock. Still happened beautifully in that RJ Barrett drove two feet in the key just like Scotty Barnes before him, which is important for the Toronto Raptors. He missed a shot but Yaka Purdle, offensive rebound, who was huge in this game. Nine offensive rebounds for that guy alone. 18 boards overall to go with his 21 points. And more importantly played 36 minutes season high for that guy. You could hear Brandon Ingram after the game. Yeah, we need that guy. And I just like the effort again from buzzer to buzzer. End of this game was ended with Scotty Barnes making a steal up 11. He didn't have to do that, but he got a steal with one second left. He fell hard on his back, he went to the bench and his man RJ Barrett was right beside him to go console him. How's your back dude? To be there with him? He had three blocks in this game. Scotty did five offensive boards, 2210 overall. I thought RJ Barrett was big again to go along with Brandon Ingram, who led the scoring with 34, Barrett had 27. And I thought he was big on Friday when in the fourth quarter, they turned this game around with the Phoenix. On the Phoenix Suns, a 13. 2 run. I thought RJ Barrett's drives were important. 22 points for that guy. And you saw Scotty big block on jalen green with 45 seconds left.

[J. Skeets]

That was a highlight block.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, that was huge. And when Matt Devlin said, give him the defensive player of the year on that block, I mean, yeah, you can. You can create some awesome highlight reels. Just Scotty blocks, especially because they come late. And I believe Matt when he said that it may go to that guy, Scotty Barnes. Ingram had 36 in this game, so they started really well again, those two games were the ones right after the whole incident. Yeah, but the Phoenix one, a great fourth quarter, but I needed a second one to really buy into it. But, yeah, even though they got down in that Phoenix game, something. Something sparked them. And here they are.

[J. Skeets]

Look, they beat teams that are good.

[Trey Kirby]

They beat teams.

[J. Skeets]

Two teams that are good. Phoenix Suns are a good team. And obviously the Pistons, they didn't have,

[Taz Melas]

you know, they didn't have. I know they were short Dylan Brooks, Mark Williams. So it's.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, but here's the other thing, okay? One thing is the Raptors haven't been able to beat good teams. Okay, there's that. The other thing is they usually get bullied. We saw it. We saw it with our own eyes and called them out with the Pelicans and the Dejounte Murray. But that's been sort of a trend all season long at times. And these are two of the most physical teams, I think we'd agree, whether who's playing or who's not from the Suns and the Pistons. So that's good. They fought back. And then the third thing is, yeah, they usually fall apart when it's a close game and their offense just jams up and it's like, what are we doing? Yeah, and they really, especially in that Pistons one, I thought that was impressive. And the comeback versus Sun. So, yeah, they turned it around from what sort of had been these trends all season long to, you know, bounce back here with two wins and try and like, you know, stay close to trying to be. Well, I guess they are back into the playoff picture. After Bill Simmons said, where are the Toronto Raptors? He waited until they had slipped to seventh for one game, but they're back in there. So, look, these are important here, and it's just good against quality Opponents is the biggest thing.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

I like to see the big boys against the Pistons. 18 boards for Purdle, 10 boards for Scotty Barnes. Barnes is like an elite garbage man, but he's too good to be a garbage man. But guess what? He's great at being a garbage man. And I thought, would they have 14 offensive rebounds between the two of them against a good rebounding team and good player in Jalen Duran? What was going on, though, with Barnes in the headband? Wore a headband for a long time.

[Taz Melas]

Three quarters of the game.

[Trey Kirby]

I thought he was playing okay. Not enough that he needed to take it off in the fourth, but he did. But it was also kind of weird to see him in a headband. But they pulled it out.

[Taz Melas]

That was a.

[Trey Kirby]

That was a huge win for the Raptors.

[JD]

Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. Just. Again, it's about getting into the lane. In those last few minutes, they just become like, they don't know what to do. They're on their back heels. Like, we are not penetrating to be able to do the swing, swing, drive and kick. They just don't have that in their point guard. It's not Emmanuel Quickley's thing. He doesn't get two feet in the lane now. They started going with Jamal Shed to lead that fourth quarter run against the Pistons, but Emmanuel quickly took over and as I mentioned, it was a lot of Scotty Barnes, a lot of RJ Barrett, just to get into the lane to start those. The possession, just start our scheme. That's what they need to do. So that was great to see.

[J. Skeets]

This is very infuriating, though, like, because we know they have talent when they play their, like, when they play hard and play like a team that isn't just going to coast by on said talent. Yeah, they're a formidable bunch. But, you know, then they. We saw what happened at the Rockets, obviously, the Pelicans game. I mean, it looked bad. It's like, you're not that good. You have to play hard and you should be standing up for your guys and all that, like, to send a bit of a message. So that's why I've gone on like two or three rants about this team this year. I'm like, it's not because I'm like, oh, they're just complete garbage. It's like, that's a whole other thing. If they were. That they're not. They are. There's a good team in there, but it has to be from, like, the effort sort of standpoint.

[Taz Melas]

Would you bring it for me? It's A difficult decision to make. Would I rather see them in the play in where they can actually win something, you know, make the playoffs because they win a game, or would you rather see them in a potential like 3, 6, where they are right now up against the New York Knicks, a team they haven't beat this season, or, you know, they haven't beat the Boston Celtics this season. And this was their first win against one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference. Although they beat the Cavs in November is when they beat them. When the Cavs just weren't the Cavs. It was a different version of the Cavs. That's the only team they've really beat in the Eastern Conference. So sometimes I think you want to

[J. Skeets]

see seven, eight Hawks.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, give me the, give me the Miami Heat. That's a. That's an accomplishment. Or the Atlanta Hawks. I mean, I'd rather make the playoffs. You know, home money. No, no. Well, you win home money if you win the plan and then get in there. But ticket money is what I mean. But you know, whatever. I can't tell. I can't tell what I want with this team.

[J. Skeets]

Okay, well, we got a lot of time to figure it out here.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. Because really, what's the ideal situation? What's the ideal team for them to play in an actual playoff series? Like they could go four or five against the Cavs because they're only a half game back of the magic right now.

[J. Skeets]

Sure, I think, I guess it's the Cavs. I guess if you have to a realistic matchup. Yeah, yeah, Cavs. Because it's not the Knicks and it's not the Celtics and it's. They're not pro. Well, I guess they could play the Pistons.

[Taz Melas]

They just need them.

[J. Skeets]

Maybe it is the Pistons.

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[J. Skeets]

All right, so Raptors get a win of the weekend. I'll keep it going here. Another Eastern Conference team Winner of the weekend and Quinton Grimes and the shorthanded 76ers. They won two games this weekend despite missing Dwell, Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Paul George, of course, Kelly Oubre Jr. Among others. Very shorthanded team. But on Saturday Grimes season high 28 points and a win over the Nets. Sunday, Grimes 14 of his new season high 31 points in the fourth quarter as Philly beat the Blazers 109, 103. And I thought Justin Edwards and Vijay Edgecombe were pretty fantastic in that Blazers win, but these are big wins, keeps Philly in the 78 play in spot. They got a half a game on the Hawks still and they're still within distance of the Magic and the Raptors and the Heat teams, two of those teams in the actual playoffs. So they needed these, but this is why I wanted to bring them up. Habistro shared this on Twitter over the weekend. The Sixers did something pretty crazy this weekend. According to Stat Head, a team won consecutive games despite making 10 plus fewer threes than their opponent in each game. First time in NBA history that's happened. Philly shot 10 of 50 from three point land over the weekend, 7 of 25 and 3 of 25 in their two games. But they still got the victories.

[Taz Melas]

Wow.

[Trey Kirby]

Which is actually very impressive.

[J. Skeets]

Remarkable. 10 fewer three pointers at least and still got it done.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, Quentin Graham's getting it done this year even though his three point percentage has dropped off a little bit. But he's doing way better Inside the arc shooting 58% on twos and you saw him both these games season high in shots per game and 22 for each of them. So it was an increased role obviously with maxed out Maxi out but coming through and it's contract season. Man, go get those dollars.

[Trey Kirby]

The exact same thing you did last year. Nobody, nobody was playing for the Sixers as they were trying to tank and keep their pick. Last year I think they were top six protected. So they did the Caleb Martin trade and they said, Quentin, just go crazy, you're playing for a contract. He went crazy. He's put up 40 points per game in a couple of those last March and then now we got nobody healthy. Quentin, you're playing for a contract.

[J. Skeets]

Go out and see what you can do.

[Trey Kirby]

We'll see where he actually ends up. There wasn't much of a market for him last season, but he was restricted. Now he's an unrestricted guy so he doesn't have to go to the 76ers, but with the Jared McCain trade maybe they are now interested in keeping him around because he's a good like spot starter, third guard. To have emergency guy like this when everybody is down, he can go out and can score. He's very high risk, high reward, not, not the same as Marcus smart. But like you're not necessarily knowing what you're getting from Quentin Grimes every single night. But when he has it, he really has it.

[J. Skeets]

Let's do another round of weekend winners. Who you got?

[Trey Kirby]

I'm giving a winner of the weekend a Magic City Monday. Which I know what you're thinking. Monday is not part of the weekend.

[J. Skeets]

Right.

[Trey Kirby]

In fact, it's the first day that's not part of the weekend if you ask me. But the Magic and the Hawks both played really well over the weekend and they play tonight in the Magic City game. Actually they just play in a normal game.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, it's Monday. It's a Monday game Monday.

[Trey Kirby]

So simple. Atlanta Monday. Rainy Monday in Atlanta. But the Hawks and the Magic, two of the hottest teams in the league. Nine game win streak for the Hawks. Seven game win streak for the Magic. I thought the Magic had a better win over the weekend. They beat the Heat on Saturday night in Miami. 27, 8 and 7 for Paolo Bonchero. He was setting the table all night. I thought that was kind of his strength was his playmaking though. A good efficient scoring night as well. 21, 4 and 4 for Bain. They snapped the heats five game win streak and. And somehow went five and oh against Miami this season.

[J. Skeets]

Oh wow.

[Trey Kirby]

The rare five and the rare five and oh. Cause you know NBA cup schedules and all this kind of stuff. But a big win pushes Orlando up to fifth in the Eastern Conference. Also of note, Norm Powell came back for the Heat. Came off the bench but closed the game against Orlando alongside Hero, Hawkes, Larson and bam. So we'll see how they end up playing that. As Norm gets his legs under him, I imagine he'll continue to come off the bench. Bench. Because like him and Hawkes together, that's a nice twosome coming off the bench. And then you figure out who's going to close depending on who's playing well. So fine with me. The Hawks also beat the Bucks on Saturday. No Giannis in this one. It was a second half blowout for Atlanta. They forced 23 turnovers. Three of their starters went for 20 or more including CJ McCollum had 30, Jalen Johnson 23, 10 and 12 and Nikhil Alexander. Walker hit 20. Thing for the Hawks though is when they started this nine game win Streak. They were in ninth place. They've gone nine and O and they are still in ninth place.

[J. Skeets]

That's unbelievable.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. Orlando obviously winning a lot. Miami winning a lot right now, but they cannot move up. But it does set up for a pretty big game tonight here in Atlanta. No podcast, no hoodies, Just a good old Southeast Division showdown.

[J. Skeets]

That's right. That's right. And a good halftime performance. Yes.

[Trey Kirby]

Bring them out.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, that's right.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Don't bring out the wings.

[Taz Melas]

Don't.

[Trey Kirby]

Don't bring out the wings, don't bring out the hoodies, and do not bring out the microphones because we ain't podcasting.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. I wonder if people who have purchased the hoodies have received them. No way.

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[J. Skeets]

What is this breakingtea.com?

[Taz Melas]

give me a break.

[J. Skeets]

No. Yeah, not a chance.

[Taz Melas]

Because. Because they would be walking into.

[J. Skeets]

In fact, I know people that bought them and they don't have them.

[Trey Kirby]

I haven't seen one online yet.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, yeah, that's true.

[J. Skeets]

Now you can get a bootleg one outside of State Farm Arena, I'm sure. No problem. So maybe they'll have to boot.

[Taz Melas]

Super weird, that. Yeah. They won nine straight and are still in the same spot. I mean, that's how bad the. Frankly, the 9th and 10th place teams were in the Eastern Conference are that far back that they couldn't make up for it being the Hawks. The Hornets, really?

[J. Skeets]

I. I'll admit I thought that was a fake tweet when I first saw it. That's crazy because I'm like, oh, it's just making fun of like classic Hawks being 500 over the last 5,000 games or something. I thought it was an extension of that. And I'm like, oh, wait, hold on.

[Trey Kirby]

No, it's true.

[J. Skeets]

That's true. That's crazy. How do you straight. Casey haven't moved up.

[Trey Kirby]

The only thing Philly. Yeah, Philly's dropping. Yes, you. Up until this weekend, they were losing quite a bit. But right now, the Eastern Conference five through nine is separated by two and a half games. That's Atlanta and Orlando. Atlanta is 36 and 31. Orlando 38 and 28. So huge one tonight, seating wise. And then the Hornets, they're two and a half back of Atlanta, they're in 10th right now. They play Miami tomorrow on Tuesday. So that's also a big game if you're a seating watcher.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Love looking at seatings and standings.

[J. Skeets]

This is the. This right now, when you consider the NBA and the races. And then of course, March Madness, the Men's and women's brackets. Like, we don't talk about seeding more than this moment right here. It's a great rest of the year. Maybe outside of gardening and even that's right around the corner, but.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, exactly. That's when you want to be getting those seeds in the ground.

[Taz Melas]

That's a good point.

[Trey Kirby]

Big seeding week for everyone.

[Taz Melas]

Let me mention, I don't know if you saw this crazy wild Hawk. Stat.

[JD]

Okay.

[Taz Melas]

Anyaka Kangwu. He is the fifth Atlanta Hawk to have a 25.10 board five assist, five made threes in one game. The other four are amazing.

[J. Skeets]

Really?

[Taz Melas]

Yes.

[J. Skeets]

Like, very difficult to get or.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, like Paul Mil, maybe? No, but the three of them are hard to get. Okay, okay, I. I'll start giving hands. No, it's not even Josh Smith. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Albert.

[Taz Melas]

Albert Horford.

[Trey Kirby]

Alfred Horford.

[Taz Melas]

No, no. Five made threes is a lot. So it's a guy. Guys. Who?

[Trey Kirby]

Joe Johnson?

[Taz Melas]

No. Not even a joke.

[J. Skeets]

What about Jalen Johnson?

[Taz Melas]

No.

[J. Skeets]

Nikhil Alexander Walker?

[Taz Melas]

No.

[Trey Kirby]

Trey Young?

[Taz Melas]

No.

[Trey Kirby]

I mean Dominique Wilkins?

[Taz Melas]

No.

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[Taz Melas]

So a guy who just made his debut really weird. For the Atlanta Hawks very recently. No, another guy.

[Trey Kirby]

Jock Landale.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, wow.

[Taz Melas]

The guy who drove here from Memphis, Right?

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

He got a haircut. Jock did. Buzzed off the curls.

[J. Skeets]

He did.

[Taz Melas]

One guy you never think. Well, maybe two guys you don't think of as Atlanta Hawks, but this one guy you think of as another team because that's where he played. But he liked to get those threes up. Oh, he liked to get those threes.

[J. Skeets]

Antoine Walker.

[Taz Melas]

Antoine Walker, yeah. Played 53 games for the Hawks. Another guy who barely played for the Hawks,

[Trey Kirby]

Rashid Wallace.

[Taz Melas]

No, he had that one game. He was a big dog.

[Trey Kirby]

Glenn Robinson.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

I don't even remember him. Really?

[Trey Kirby]

That's the blatant hit.

[JD]

Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

I had to go for it. It can't be here all day. And another guy who had just a quick run for the Atlanta Hawks. Was it two seasons? No, no. Just left before this. Oh, sorry. Before last season.

[Trey Kirby]

Dejounte Murray.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, wow.

[Trey Kirby]

Okay. Yeah, he can put up big numbers.

[Taz Melas]

Let me throw.

[J. Skeets]

Zingis. Never did it.

[Taz Melas]

No, no, just Jock Landale. Dejounte Murray. Antoine Walker and Glenn Robinson. And since you mentioned Dyson. Dyson Daniels. I gotta mention this. It's a handpicked stat, but he's the fourth youngest to total 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 1,000 assists and 450 steals in NBA history.

[JD]

Wow.

[Taz Melas]

Fourth youngest.

[J. Skeets]

Fourth youngest.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. Fourth. Fourth.

[J. Skeets]

Awesome.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. And the guys in front of them. Make it super awesome.

[J. Skeets]

Did Iverson do it?

[Taz Melas]

No. LeBron, Magic and Chris Paul.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, damn.

[Taz Melas]

At 22 years old, that's a good bunch. Yeah, Dyson's gonna make the hall of Fame.

[J. Skeets]

Great Hawk stats all around there.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, really great Hawks.

[Taz Melas]

Great hot sets. We could have done a podcast. Hire us to do a podcast. We do one at State Farm. Well, no, at State Farm.

[Trey Kirby]

You think we should just fill in tonight? Yeah, it's podcasting Monday, not Magic City.

[J. Skeets]

All right.

[Trey Kirby]

Says Classic City on the shirts.

[Taz Melas]

We can do a collab with.

[J. Skeets]

Sounds good.

[Taz Melas]

Jeff Teague doesn't Jeff. Oh, no. Jeff T. Doesn't do it here in Atlanta, but he's done it before.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. All right, who do you have as your second winner?

[Taz Melas]

Evan Mobley. Evan Mobley is having his best month of the season. The question is, will March Mobley continue into April? Because watching him play here specifically with James Harden has been different. Mobley, he's averaging 20 points, nearly 60 field goal percentage from the floor in March. And more Importantly, I think 72% of his points have been in the paint. That's high. 14 points. I can't even. I always look at this stat. 14 points in the paint each game, and that's way more than each other month because of James Harden, really. And it's mostly without Jared Allen, but it's even with him. And I think hopefully for them that they can. They can merge both of them along with James Harden. But he's just so much of the target when it's just James, when it's without Jared Allen and it's just him and James Harden. He had 29 on Friday against the Dallas Mavericks. 12 of 15, which is, you know, very good. Obviously he tied a season high with those 29 points. And it's about Harden finding him. It isn't just about the pick and rolls. It's about, here's Evan Mobley just. Just whether or not he's posting up, just finding him. So again, the points in the paint that have increased, and so that's just the mobile you need. It's not the mid range stuff. As I said, 72% of his points in the paint. It's just getting him down low. And going forward into the postseason, if they don't execute, that's when Kobe Altman in the front office has to say, okay, we may have to move on with this Mobley Allen tandem in the front court. So March Mobley. We'll see what happens. Also, Max Sch played his first game of the season he did this weekend.

[J. Skeets]

No, they lost. They lost.

[Trey Kirby]

Welcome back.

[J. Skeets]

It's the unfortunate part.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, yeah. They played Dallas twice. They beat him the first time and they lost the second time. And so didn't matter to me as far as in the second. They did 70 points. I think they did. Yeah. Coupe. Coupe looked good.

[J. Skeets]

Coupe looked good. But Mobley, you're right. Highest usage percentage in the month of March compared to all the other months. So that's a good sign that he's obviously being incorporated a little bit more. Big part of it, I'm sure, is Harden, so.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, exactly. I mean, playing with James Harden is awesome. If you're a big man, you're getting the easiest shots of your life. Unfortunately, like Taz said, that was the case for Jared Allen as well. Mobley was out at the trade deadline. When Harden gets there, Jared Allen went like 90% from the field for two straight weeks. He's missed the last five games for Cleveland and now it's Mobley going crazy inside. The question is going to be how do they both operate inside? Because guess what? They can't. So they're going to have to figure out a way to stagger these guys. And for Mobley, he's the one that does have to stretch out a little bit. He does have to hit some mid rangers and some three pointers but you get, you give him a better chance than Alan does. But they need Alan to come back quickly so that they can figure out how those four quotes just on the court together.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, it'll probably be both of them, you know, starting together, but I see more and more Mobley finishing games with Allen on the bench most likely. But you know, we'll. We'll see what. Yeah, it is about them merging, but the three point shot ain't. No, he's not a shooter. Yeah, we all thought maybe it's Kevin, he'll hit one a game, but that's about it.

[J. Skeets]

But good timing to have Streuss back at least for three point shooting because I mean, the guy comes back from the broken foot. He hadn't played all season, you said, right?

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. This was his first game.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. He hit what, six threes? I mean he hit a couple right away. So he had a good game. 24 points overall.

[Taz Melas]

His first three.

[J. Skeets]

First three.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. Yeah, it was hot.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

And a new hairstyle. What do you, what do you think, Trey? His hairstyle is long. It's long.

[Trey Kirby]

Yes.

[J. Skeets]

Got the flow.

[Trey Kirby]

I'm glad that we like Jaime. Hawk has. His hair is getting shorter. So we need a Long hair guy. I think it's good. Max Drew. I think he would play in a baseball hat if he could.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. I was gonna say he's got baseball hair.

[Trey Kirby]

Yes, he does.

[Taz Melas]

For sure.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, man. For sure. You should be allowed to play in a baseball hat.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Why not? Like a team issued hat?

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. Sell them in the story.

[Taz Melas]

Right? Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Any hat that's available in the store,

[J. Skeets]

you should be able to play. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Anything you can find in the team store you should wear on the court.

[J. Skeets]

Sure.

[JD]

Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

Because he is tying it back into a ponytail now. He's not just wearing it flowing under a headband like he did last year. But I will say, I mean, there's. It's receding a little bit. Oh. No disrespect to Max. Truth. But the hat.

[J. Skeets]

How old is Max?

[Taz Melas]

That could be beneficial in that. It could cover for that. Although, you know, you've always said 29.

[J. Skeets]

Wow, he's older than I thought. Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

You've always said that you hate guys playing in hats. Oh, yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Absolutely hate it.

[JD]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

I can't.

[Taz Melas]

You're okay with it in the basketball

[J. Skeets]

space, playing in a hat? If we're playing in a. Like, more than any sort of like, semi competitive game. And guys do it, don't get me wrong. And guys kick ass wearing hats. But there's something about it I do not like.

[Trey Kirby]

I'm coming around. I used to be anti shorts with pockets, and then now I can't imagine a short pair of shorts without pockets.

[Taz Melas]

Wow.

[Trey Kirby]

And it's kind of the same with hats. Like, I used to be like, no way that hat's on my court. And now I'm fine. Hey, look, any headwear.

[J. Skeets]

I'm a bit of a hypocrite. I thought you were gonna say this. I am talking about a baseball cap. I want to make that very clear. I just don't. I don't love how it looks on a basketball court, but I've definitely played a game or two on a cold night here in Atlanta in a pickup run with TK and the guys wearing the beanie or wearing the toque as us Canadians beaned up. I'll wear that for a game or two until my head gets warm. So, you know, look, I'm like, I'm a hypocrite, man. I'm a hat.

[Trey Kirby]

A critic. Right?

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. And I will say, yeah, the. The Cavs broadcast featured. Featured Max dress's hair. Yeah. Great title. The locks of Max. It looks like he hasn't cut his hair in no three plus years. Like, he just keeps it flowing. And he. They did. They showed yesterday's new hairstyle. You know, outside of this graphic, which is still long here, he's become more and more handsome.

[J. Skeets]

Okay, I'm alone on that change.

[Trey Kirby]

I would say he's become grumpier, just according to his head shots here. Oh, yeah, he was cheesing in 2023.

[Taz Melas]

All of our mouths know he's going

[J. Skeets]

to be hanging around at that point.

[Taz Melas]

Now he's established four for 64. Right.

[Trey Kirby]

Big contract. He looks like less like unit though now.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, yeah. Somebody used to say, yeah, with the stylish hair. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

More like Chris Katan.

[J. Skeets]

You should grow your hair.

[Taz Melas]

I do. I do need to grow my hair. I'm going to wear it like the kids real quick. Yesterday I did have my hair washed, just slicked back, but it was just like all over the place like kids have, you know, like, they're just like, here, here's my hair. It's just around. So that's what I'm going to do.

[J. Skeets]

No. Oh, you have more flop. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A couple other minor winners of the weekend, SGA extended his record streak of games with at least 20 points to 128. This was a game on Sunday. I know we're going to talk a little bit from the wolves side of things, maybe as a loser of the weekend, but it was looking like it was done, you know, like they had done a good job. SJ is making the right play. All that, you know, Anthony Edwards was doing. He was trying his ass off. I think he wanted to really stop this streak or have a small part in it. But he had 10 points when he like checked back in there in the fourth quarter. Yeah, but he got there.

[Trey Kirby]

He got there.

[J. Skeets]

And people were saying it was pretty damn ethical. You know, it wasn't really like seeking it out. Like, I've got to get there. I mean, what got him there was a hell of a shot over. Was that one over ant 2 or got the N1. Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

On the base and fouled him.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

And it was 19 points going to the free throw line. So if it doesn't foul him, may not get it.

[J. Skeets]

Exactly, exactly. Anyway, he got there, so streak extended. I'll tell you who was pumped about that. Doris Burke was very, very pumped about SGA doing it. Ethically getting to the 20 points. Anyway, that was a minor winner. Wembanyama returned. He did miss one game, had a little absence, but came back against Hornets on Saturday. He looked good. 32 points, 12 boards, 8 assists, 4 blocks 2 steals.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. Looking good.

[J. Skeets]

Ho hum. No problem. Talked about wanting to win DPOI and mvp, too, and he doesn't have many more games he can miss. If Scotty Barnes going to win defensive Player of the Year, he's going to need Wemby to miss a couple more games. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

But right now he's got two absences allowed. I think we're allowed absences. Then he's got to get a doctor's note.

[J. Skeets]

That's right. But my final one. Winner of the weekend. I don't know if you guys saw this. I hope you didn't, because I wanted to do a little trivia with it, but. John Wall, winner of the weekend for showing off his elite ball knowledge. Over the weekend, Amazon prime crew played a game of Where'd he Go to School? Which was basically like a next level version of who he played for. And they were challenging Wall to name the college programs of some very random NBA guys. These were not, you know, notable, really, NBA guys. He was killing it. I mean, he got 16 out of 20.

[Trey Kirby]

That's pretty good.

[J. Skeets]

And I'll be honest, I'm playing along. I'm. I'm not good at this part of the NBA world, like naming college programs. I'll get a few, but yeah, 16 out of 20. And these guys that he was naming.

[Taz Melas]

Whoo.

[J. Skeets]

Impressive stuff. So quite opposite from Chuck, not knowing who even plays in the NBA. John Wall is locked in.

[Taz Melas]

Wow.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. Did you. Did you watch the club?

[Taz Melas]

I did not.

[J. Skeets]

No. Trey, did you? No. Oh, okay. Let me give you just the first couple because they're tough names. Trey is sort of good at this. You and I maybe struggle a little bit more with the college part, but I definitely do. Durant, Holmes ii. Dayton. Correct.

[Taz Melas]

Nice.

[J. Skeets]

De Anthony Melton. That's your guy. Oh, come on. That's your guy, man.

[Trey Kirby]

Oh, he's Memphis.

[Taz Melas]

No, I know it's high school, but I don't know.

[J. Skeets]

California.

[Trey Kirby]

I know he's ucla.

[J. Skeets]

No, I don't know. Starts with a U. Usc.

[Taz Melas]

Usc.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Okay.

[J. Skeets]

Jake Laravia.

[Trey Kirby]

Jake Laravia is Wake Forest.

[J. Skeets]

Nice.

[Taz Melas]

Wow.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, we were just talking about this guy when we went on a weird LSG tangent. Anthony Gill.

[Trey Kirby]

Anthony Gill. Virginia.

[J. Skeets]

Nice poll.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Aaron Wiggins.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Maryland.

[J. Skeets]

Okay. Ben Shepard. I want to say John Wall did not get this one. This was the first one he didn't get.

[Trey Kirby]

Ben Shepard.

[J. Skeets]

I had no clue.

[Trey Kirby]

Providence.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. Do you have one, too?

[Taz Melas]

Why did you guess Providence?

[J. Skeets]

Who knows?

[Taz Melas]

Okay, here, I'm going to give you

[J. Skeets]

a guess and you can jump into cigarettes.

[Trey Kirby]

Winston. No, he went to Parliament.

[J. Skeets]

Horse racing.

[Taz Melas]

Kentucky. What

[J. Skeets]

cigarettes? Belmont. Anyway, that's very difficult. John Wall. Crush it. Man. It's nice to see these guys know their. It's a cool clip. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

They should go head to head with Pierre.

[J. Skeets]

Yes, that's right. He's extremely good at it. Hey, you're not bad, you know, Slouch.

[Taz Melas]

You're great.

[J. Skeets]

That was really good.

[Taz Melas]

I mean, that's.

[Trey Kirby]

I know some guys. I pay attention during the dress.

[J. Skeets]

I didn't know any of those guys.

[Taz Melas]

I did not either. I didn't even know the Anthony Melton. That's.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

Disrespectful. I'll never forget now, usc. I thought the segment, you know, the in arena segments that they do in every arena that Milwaukee did was more in my. My, My alley, my lane.

[J. Skeets]

What are you talking about?

[Taz Melas]

It was. It was. Can you name college schools faster than Bobby Porsche? You just literally named colleges or is

[J. Skeets]

it like one of those total things? Like name as many as you can.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, yeah.

[J. Skeets]

And then we go to the club.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, it's like literally naming colleges.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, yeah.

[Taz Melas]

Just name colleges.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, for sure.

[J. Skeets]

By the way, while we're talking colleges, the plan is for us to fill out our million dollar winning bracket on Wednesday together. We do it collectively here on the show. We do it live. That'll be almost the entire show. We'll talk a little bit about the NBA games and news from the night before. But Wednesday, all right, that's when we here at no Dunks will lock it in. Are we doing a pool, too? We're gonna do that.

[Trey Kirby]

I'm sure we have an. I think.

[J. Skeets]

What do we use again?

[Trey Kirby]

CBS makes it so that if you do a pool once in your life, that pool is active every day it comes back. So surely there's a no dunks pool out there.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

Can you beat us? Probably.

[J. Skeets]

We'll run that. We'll run that back on Wednesday. Yeah, you gotta try and beat us. That's the. That's always the goal. It's not usually that hard.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, it's pretty easy.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. All right, let's take a break. When we come back, we'll do Weekend Losers.

[Taz Melas]

Right now.

[Trey Kirby]

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[Taz Melas]

Yeah, it's great.

[Trey Kirby]

You want to name a college.

[Taz Melas]

Let me think if I can name a college.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, you got one.

[Taz Melas]

Every state has a state. Florida State.

[Trey Kirby]

That's why you literally just need.

[J. Skeets]

You think that's true?

[Taz Melas]

No, probably. I don't think Alaska, but most of them do.

[Trey Kirby]

Maybe Alaska State University.

[J. Skeets]

Georgia State.

[Taz Melas]

That's. That's. You should just name 50 states.

[J. Skeets]

It's a good call.

[Taz Melas]

Try and win.

[Trey Kirby]

That's a good strategy.

[J. Skeets]

It is a good strategy.

[Trey Kirby]

Indiana State. Yeah, that's a state.

[Taz Melas]

There you go. Colorado State. Montana.

[J. Skeets]

North Dakota State. Is it? Yeah, it is.

[Taz Melas]

Sure, they got it.

[Trey Kirby]

South Dakota.

[J. Skeets]

South Dakota State. That's our jack rabbits.

[Taz Melas]

Of course.

[Trey Kirby]

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[Taz Melas]

Oh, yeah.

[J. Skeets]

We're dancing.

[Trey Kirby]

We're dancing.

[J. Skeets]

It's time starts, I guess. Tomorrow night, right? Tuesday night or.

[Trey Kirby]

Who's even in the first four?

[J. Skeets]

Who's in the first four?

[Trey Kirby]

Who's in THE first four?

[J. Skeets]

Are undefeated.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Miami, Ohio RedHawks. The disrespect.

[Taz Melas]

Got him. That's Tom.

[J. Skeets]

They're like, okay, cool. You won 31 straight games. Let's see if you go in 32 to get into the actual thing.

[JD]

Wow.

[J. Skeets]

And they're going to.

[Taz Melas]

They're not top 64.

[J. Skeets]

I know. I mean, they don't play good teams. I guess I get that. But come on, they must be good.

[Trey Kirby]

They must be. They're going for the 11 weird 216 matchups and two 11 matchups. I think they. I think they got to do that to give a little interest in watching because the. Texas is another team. Texas versus NC State is the other first four matchup. Yeah, like, those are big.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. North Carolina was in it last year.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Tune in for something.

[J. Skeets]

They want to give you something to get you pumped for true TV or whatever it is on.

[Trey Kirby]

Exactly.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

They're like, we got more than just impractical jokers reruns.

[J. Skeets]

That's true. But they have a lot.

[Trey Kirby]

We got NC State as well.

[J. Skeets]

There you go.

[Trey Kirby]

That's Another state.

[Taz Melas]

Oh, so many states.

[Trey Kirby]

North Carolina State.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. Now I want to think of states that don't have it.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, that'd be harder.

[J. Skeets]

Nevada State.

[Trey Kirby]

Don't ask me.

[Taz Melas]

New Hampshire State. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Once you get into the teenies, it's weird. New York State.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

Oh, there's got to be New York City. Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

So many schools. Okay, NBA weekend losers. Back to the NBA. Trey, get us started.

[Trey Kirby]

Oh, here's another state. The Golden State Warriors. Sorry. Outside of the Tankaronis, the Warriors are maybe the coldest team in the league right now. Straight losses. Lost to the Timberwolves on Friday. We know. No, Steph, no. Jimmy Draymond was a late scratch. They lost Al Horford and Seth Curry during this game, though they had Porzingis and Melton both in the lineup. Unfortunately, they were both due to rest on Sunday for maintenance. Ant went for 42. Warriors lose on Sunday in a game against the Knicks, seven of the warriors top eight scorers were out. They found Omar Yurt. Seven.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Played his first game of the season. I didn't even know he was back. And some of these guys playing big minutes, they played pretty well, I thought. Actually the warriors did. Between pods and GI Santos, they had a chance to win against New York, but pods missed the three pointer from the top of the key bit of a Chuck is open. Did a nice little step back, got his shot off. But it was very early in the shot clock. It was like, I don't know, there's maybe 24 seconds left. He shot it with 22.

[Taz Melas]

Right. Right.

[Trey Kirby]

And like, could they get that shot at any time during that possession? Probably. But also he was open. He just missed it. Nonetheless, fifth straight loss for the Warriors. The only good thing for them is that Portland hasn't really been able to seize the opportunity and jump them for the ninth seed. But it looks like Golden State is probably going to be in the ninth seed. And there was just some sad news, I thought during that Knicks game, Steph Curry mentioned that him and Seth haven't played a minute together the entire season.

[Taz Melas]

Oh, my goodness.

[Trey Kirby]

He called them to the. He called him and his brother, the rehab brothers.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, like, oh, damn.

[Trey Kirby]

He was excited to play with his brother. He's like 13 years in the NBA. Seth has, and finally we get to play together and then they can't actually get back on the court. Steve Kerr said that they expect Curry to come back and that he's trending in the right direction, but it's been a tricky injury and they don't know if it's going to be a week or two or whatever. It's a day to day process. He's like, I think he'll be back.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

But it seemed a little up in the air to me on if Curry's actually going to come back. So warriors are just kind of puttering to the end of this season, hoping they can have enough people healthy. It is good for a guy like Pods who has a lot of confidence and he wants to be the number one guy there. So he's getting his shots up. I think GI Santos got a contract out of it this year. He's a good player.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

But he's not your number two guy. He's like your number six through eight guy or something like that. So he's definitely overtasked. So just a bummer last month of the season, I feel like for Golden State.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, Steve Kerr got pissed with Will Richard. You see that for, you know, he sort of like he tried to save the ball from going out of bounds, like a fast break situation or sort of semi fast break situation. Podiumski threw it. It was a bad pass. It's always the passer's fault.

[JD]

Okay.

[J. Skeets]

It's always the pastor's fault. I'm sorry. It is. That was a rule we had in high school and I live and die by it. But he got pissed with Will Richard even though Podzemski threw it away ahead. And Will Richard, like, could he have gotten to it and just saved it? Because that's what Kerr was like, keep possession of the ball like the ball is important. And he just like tried to chuck it behind his back and he threw it off Podiumski's foot and all that. But, like, to me, that was Podiumski's fault. What are you doing, man? Give him a better pass. Put him in a tough spot.

[Trey Kirby]

Pods.

[J. Skeets]

Anyway, my only final thought on the warriors is like, when you see that graphic going around Twitter of like the starting lineup and it'll be one of those that is maybe shared a couple years from now, hopefully when the warriors are maybe back to being good or being maybe a contender. Because it's pretty wild to see the graphic where it's Guy Santos, Quinton Post, Brandon Podemski, Will Richard, and then Malavi Leon. Like, you look at that graphic.

[Trey Kirby]

Holy crap.

[J. Skeets]

What is going on here? I always, I always pop when those graphics make their way around of like starting lineups of said teams.

[Trey Kirby]

I'll remember that.

[Taz Melas]

That.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, yeah, it's pretty funny. So, yeah, that's a pretty obvious loser there. Warriors. Just nobody's Playing.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. And they're on a road trip, so, you know, you gotta hope you can win a game here or there. But they got another five games on the road and they're not gonna have Al Horford and Seth Curry for those games because they're both. Well, Seth Curry is gonna be reevaluated in a week after leaving that game on Friday. So I guess on Sunday when Seth was being interviewed about it, he said, whoa, he's not going to be around for a week. We're running out of weeks here. I may not be able to play with my bro at all. Horford. It's understandable. He gets injured. So. Yeah, they don't have a lot of guys hooping. He was. He was.

[Trey Kirby]

Was that a career high? I think 22.

[J. Skeets]

Is it? Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

The handle. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

He put a headband on now.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. It looks different.

[Trey Kirby]

He looks way different.

[Taz Melas]

I think. I didn't recognize him. Honestly, I thought, who was starting for center for these guys?

[J. Skeets]

Who do you have as a loser?

[Taz Melas]

Well, the Timberwolves, I just can't buy in last season, they ended the regular season going 17 and 4 in their last 21 games. Fantastic finish before going to the conference finals in the playoffs this year to start that 21 game span, they're now 3 and 4. Not so good through their first seven games that for over the weekend they did win, they did beat Golden State as Trey was talking about. They snapped a three game losing streak. But again they're playing no Steph, no Jimmy, no Draymond. Horford and Seth left the game so ant look good scoring 42. But the game against OKC, I just couldn't. I couldn't buy into this Minnesota team that started slowly. I don't know how you start slowly against okc. That way they go down nine zip and he just can't win games like that. And IO came off the bench and sparked this team and they looked really, really good. He was 7 for 9. Julius Randall looked good overall. But you give up so many offensive rebounds to the other team when you should be the bigger team. Minnesota should be the bigger team. 15, 8. They lost the offensive rebound battle. And again, it's just one of those games where we're just going to turn it over to OKC, who's dominant on that side. 22 turnovers from Minnesota that resulted in 29 points. They shot the ball 77 times. OKC shot at 101. You know, you can say, okay, they're going to lose against okc, but you drop down now to the sixth spot in the standings when your team just doesn't come ready to play. And that's more worrisome than the actual result. To me, they got destroyed in the bench 61, 22. They let Shea get to 20 points with the foul. It just. Overall, I can't buy in. I like to buy in. But I think they go get Kyle Anderson on the waivers and they go get Mike Conley back again to try and rally the bunch in the locker room. And sometimes I think Anthony Edwards is just that guy who will spark in the playoffs and spark his team. And that might be true, but this ain't the same season as it was last year to end the season. So it's kind of hard to get my motivation. Anyways, I'm not sure how you guys feel about Minnesota.

[J. Skeets]

No. They lose Sunday to okc. Okay, it was competitive for most of the game, but then the Thunder did their classic little run there. The Friday win against the warriors, who we just talked about as a loser, was pretty, pretty close. A little closer than expected, or maybe you would hope for if you're a Wolves fan. And then they had lopsided losses against, yeah, the Magic, the Lakers and the Clippers. They're not looking great right now. Rudy Gobert looked like garbage on Sunday. That was one of the worst Rudy games I've seen in a while. I mean, he did nothing. He was getting blocked left and right. I mean, well, fouled on that one play that they showed the replay and Doris was saying, what a great block. That was a foul. But they didn't call it. But he was like a minus 23. And obviously he's not out there score as it is, but barely did anything.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, two points on four shots. And when you don't get on the ball, he doesn't want to play defense. Understandable. But he. He gets scapegoated for a lot of their problems. They're just so inconsistent. I do feel like every time I open my heart to the Timberwolves. Yeah, they stab me right in the ventricles.

[J. Skeets]

You know what's going to be an impossible series if they match up? It's like Rockets, Wolves or even Lakers Wolves. It's like, oh, my God. God, I don't know. How are you going to pick a series with, like, teams that are like Jekyll and Hyde? Yes, I know. Lakers playing great right now and the Wolves are not. But, like, it flips in a hurry with some of these squads.

[Taz Melas]

And Rudy Gobert had a quote that made you believe he was going to come out and play against okc before the game, he said, I think OKC is actually a great example of what we want to be. And then he got into, you know, trying harder. He didn't do that. And you're right, he's got to touch the ball more.

[J. Skeets]

And there was one play where he was wide open and he has hands up like this, like right near the rim for a while. And I don't know if Ant didn't. I don't know if Ant saw him or not, but he. He could have passed him the ball and he was like, I'm gonna take this instead. You're gonna get blocked or do something stupid. I thought, I'm reading into it, but I could see maybe why. Yeah, his energy level dropped a little bit after that. He was wide open.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

He was like, going like this.

[Taz Melas]

And that's the same story with Rudy Gobert and Anthony Edwards the last couple years. There's a lot of, hey, over here. Then you can say, well, they went to two straight conference finals, so maybe they're all right.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

But again, they ended the season last year with a nice run of 17 and four. And here it's the opposite three and four in their last seven as they get 14 games remaining for them. So I don't know, can they just turn around the last 14? I. I guess that's a chance because Anthony Edwards is a great leader. Air quotes leader. But you got to do it all season long. That's what MJ says.

[J. Skeets]

Any other Wolves thoughts from that game or their weekend?

[Trey Kirby]

Not much. They've got some winnable games coming up. I think they got the Suns and the Jazz next on the schedule. Their next big game is against the Celtics in Boston in a little next week. So that'll be a huge one to tune into. But I feel like even the little games for Minnesota are just as important to see the motivation and see can you actually come out and put forth the effort required to win. That's the thing. That's why they turn it around in the playoffs. Every game is big.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

And so they play it like it's a big game, but very upsy downsy.

[J. Skeets]

My final loser of the weekend here. To wrap this up, I'll go with Kings fans as a loser of the weekend. I have honestly no idea what the Kings are doing as a franchise here. It's genuinely impressive. Sacramento won two games over the weekend. That's right. They won two games over the weekend. Why are you giving them a loser? Well, after winning four of their last five games, the Kings have fallen from first to fourth in the lottery odds, so that opens now the possibility of their first round pick dropping all the way to number eight. Doug Christie is just like he wants to win right now and he is playing Demar DeRozan a whole bunch of minutes and DeRozan is cooking and is helping them pull some of these out. He's averaging 37 minutes per game over this little stretch. He missed one of the wins against the Bulls, but otherwise he's playing a lot and he's scoring 30 points per game on like 60% shooting. DeRozan is. So he's on fire. I saw a comment over the weekend from obviously a Nets fan that said, as a Nets fan, demar. I see it, demar. I like it because these other tanking teams are going, yeah, come on, Kings, go nuts. Get some pointless wins here at the end. After the game, head coach Doug Christie doubled down on his stance about tanking. He says as long as he's in Sacramento, Kings will never tank. Every time they step on the floor, they're trying to win. And he says tanking hurts young players on your team. And also pointed out that Dallas won the lottery last year after beating the Kings in the play in. So that's right to defend Doug a little bit. I mean, they're starting two rookies in Maxime Renault and Clifford. And then it's precious Achua Killian Hayes, who is there with the Kings, are signed a deal and Mr. Midrange himself. DeRozan, like this is. That was the game on the. In the last victory, the game before, Westbrook played great triple double against Clippers. But it is sort of. I mean, it has to be a little infuriating if you're a Kings fan right now.

[Trey Kirby]

Why not?

[J. Skeets]

It's like, what is going on? Why now? You're just like hurting our odds and chances to keep a really high pick.

[Taz Melas]

Although the odds aren't hurt that much as far as winning the number one pick. Right. Because that's what the whole point of flattening odds was.

[J. Skeets]

Sure.

[Taz Melas]

They were in that number one spot, as you said, which is only 14 compared to 12 and a half percent now. Not a big drop.

[J. Skeets]

I think the more concern is that the fact you could slip so far. Yeah, down, down, down. Especially in a draft that is like, you know, loaded at the top, top, maybe four or five guys deeper.

[Taz Melas]

So you can drop, you can drop four spots no matter where you end. So if you're first, you'd only drop to fifth. So. Yeah, that is true.

[J. Skeets]

It's just amazing.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

They've got the Nets twice more.

[J. Skeets]

I know.

[Trey Kirby]

They haven't played yet. Those are huge games.

[J. Skeets]

And one of those wins against the Jazz. I mean, the Jazz are ahead of them in wins, but yeah, if, if two more wins for the Kings there and suddenly maybe they jump the Utah Jazz too, who are not obviously doing any, you know, effort in trying to win games with the lineups they're rolling out there. Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah. Doug should have done this earlier. You know, Maxi Reynolds should have played more.

[J. Skeets]

Well, I know. That's the thing.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, they're, they're playing better. They're getting them reps. I get that part. But it's like DeRozan and Westbrook are winning the games.

[Trey Kirby]

They gotta, they gotta find out some

[J. Skeets]

surgeries for the I know.

[Trey Kirby]

Earlobe reattachment surger.

[J. Skeets]

I know. So those are our losers and our winners earlier from the NBA weekend. Tell us who we missed. Let us know in the comments. As you are in the stream team, let us know below. Tweet at us at no dunksync Support

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Why?

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[J. Skeets]

Of the night. Sponsored by Ultimate Autographs. We got legit real sponsor here today, Monday, March 15, Ultimate Autographs is running a live mystery. Box breaks for certified autograph sports memorabilia. Think like sports and sports talk memorabilia meets qvc. My favorite in like a sort of raffle type thing. So huge 32 box basketball series dropping today starting in the morning. I got a promo code for you, RIP. 15 for 15% off $20. Store credit link to Ultimate Autographs below as they sponsored Whoa boy. Here we love to see it. You know I just made fun of the Kings. Why are you winning now? But DeMar DeRozan gets whoa boy.

[Trey Kirby]

Hey.

[J. Skeets]

Season high 41 points over the Jazz, 11 to 21 from the field, 18 to 21 at the line, four boards, 11 assists. Game high three steals. Way to go, DeMar DeRozan. You still got it just racking up points still, man, as he climbs. Leaderboards all time. Leaderboards.

[Trey Kirby]

What'd you say it was? 18 for 21 at the free throw?

[J. Skeets]

I think so.

[Trey Kirby]

That's good.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. That's a lot of free throws.

[Trey Kirby]

A lot of free throws.

[J. Skeets]

So demar gets it.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

That's got to be his first here of the year.

[Taz Melas]

Whoa.

[J. Skeets]

Whoa, boy. No, no. Whoa, man.

[Taz Melas]

When it comes to Demar Rosen and Ultimate Autographs is live right now. If you want to jump on over there. Yeah, the. The person who hit us up, Richard. He's a host of the.

[J. Skeets]

Of the break.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[Taz Melas]

Of Richard Camilucci. And since he said it's. Yeah. Like Sports Talk memorabilia meets qvc meets an eight spot raffle. I mean, I thought maybe you'd want to get involved because it's kind of like qvc. And since you like qvc.

[J. Skeets]

I do like qvc.

[Taz Melas]

I mean, I'm attaching. This is like three degrees of separation. It's not really. It's not really the same thing, but, you know.

[J. Skeets]

Well, there was a clip that went viral this weekend about the qvc. I shared it with you guys and I'm trying to tell people, for months now, Tennessee is the best comedy on television. All you gotta do is turn it on, watch 10 minutes, I guarantee you'll laugh two or three times. It's so, so insane. And so, yeah, that clip went viral. I literally commented, basically what I just said. Like, I've been trying to tell you, QVC is like the best comedy on TV. I have like 800 likes on this comment. It's like my number one comment I've ever had online. So I don't know what's going on.

[Trey Kirby]

Good stuff.

[J. Skeets]

People like qvc. Hey, I've said it before. I'll say it again. I would like to do a guest host on qvc. I could talk with the best of them. I could bullshit with anyone. Let's go. What do you want me to sell, some Spanx? Let's talk about it. So maybe there's some synergy there.

[Taz Melas]

Is it always the customer who calls in? That's the funny part that does. In that.

[J. Skeets]

That takes it to the next level for sure.

[Taz Melas]

Because that's what that one was.

[J. Skeets]

That was. That one. Yes. About tassels. But then, I mean, pretty good comedy from one of the hosts went and lied down on the couch, like, couldn't believe it. Yeah, that's good. That's live comedy.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

They got the guts to do it live on kvc. They do.

[JD]

How?

[J. Skeets]

Not many Podcasts do we do? Few others do, but they. They do it every day.

[Trey Kirby]

How long are they live?

[J. Skeets]

All day.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, but I mean, same posts.

[J. Skeets]

No, they rotate.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, but I like. Like I have a shift.

[Taz Melas]

There are hours.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, some of them are hours. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

That's an impressive skill.

[J. Skeets]

I honestly can't answer that because I only watch it in 10 minute increments. Because more than that, you should not be watching qvc. But yeah, it was great.

[Trey Kirby]

You want to pitch me on one of their big deals today? Egg Harbor, 90 count, Japanese style fried shrimp.

[J. Skeets]

The Shrimpinator will be.

[Trey Kirby]

You want to beat Jerry?

[J. Skeets]

Hold on. You're saying on qvc they're selling bags of shrimp?

[Trey Kirby]

I guess so. I don't know, man.

[J. Skeets]

I would love to. We have so much in this classic factory.

[Taz Melas]

You know what?

[J. Skeets]

We don't need QVC. I just realized, J.D. we are QVC. Let's do hell. Maybe it's a pick and payoff. We do a QVC show.

[JD]

Sure.

[J. Skeets]

I don't know how we got the technology, like the live bidding portion. Maybe we gotta talk to Ultimate Autographs, but that'd be fun. Just like grab a bunch of crap in here and sell it.

[JD]

Sell it. How long are we talking? Four hour live stream.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, four hour live stream until everything is sold.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll take it. We'll find 100 items in here and. And sell them.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, we have a lot of our old stuff.

[J. Skeets]

There's so much crap in here.

[JD]

I have some household items I need to get ready.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, that's what I mean. Everything must go. All right. We got. Yeah, the, the part, the bidding part would be the technology part.

[JD]

That's a tricky.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, yeah, we'll get there. Pick them tasks. Where are we going tonight? I did pick up a win on Friday night, did I not? Yeah, I did. I did. So I'm three and seven. You guys are seven and three.

[Taz Melas]

We're staying here in Atlanta. All right. For the Magic City game. The non Magic City. Magic City game. Orlando coming to visit. Hawks are favored by two and a half. Should be a great battle.

[Trey Kirby]

Should be a great battle.

[Taz Melas]

Great teams train. I think the Magic can win in Atlanta. Skeets are rolling with the Hawks.

[J. Skeets]

Hell, yeah. Maybe we're adding a 10th W to the Hawks tonight. Now, will they win by three or more? That's the question.

[Trey Kirby]

That was the question.

[J. Skeets]

I got to some points that they got to cover there, but yeah, these are great teams right now. And you know, come on, there's gonna be a vibe in that arena tonight.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, People know.

[J. Skeets]

Yes.

[Trey Kirby]

It's Magic City, even if you don't say so.

[J. Skeets]

Exactly. Exactly.

[Trey Kirby]

Get some wingies. How many. How would you pronounce Hawks with 10 W's.

[J. Skeets]

Hawks.

[Trey Kirby]

Yep, that's right.

[J. Skeets]

Count them. That was nine actually. Interesting.

[Taz Melas]

Give me that. Yeah. So you know how many woes?

[J. Skeets]

We'll find out tonight. Hawks. Magic. Good game on the Magic City. Game on the Cock.

[Trey Kirby]

The talk of the Hawk.

[J. Skeets]

Jeez, man.

[Trey Kirby]

Hawk of the Cock.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

They got a triple header tonight. Is that right on Peacock? Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

How?

[J. Skeets]

Why?

[Trey Kirby]

I don't know. I don't know. Then they have Lakers, Houston and oh, Spurs.

[J. Skeets]

Clippers as well is the late, late one. So some of those will be.

[Trey Kirby]

One's a nine, 31's a 10 o' clock start.

[J. Skeets]

Coast to coast type thing or whatever. All right, well, hopefully it's a close one, but the Hawksman by three for me to get. Try and get back in it for the month of March here.

[Taz Melas]

So that other game is on NBC, SN Extra. Like that's a. It looks like a different station. Maybe all three are on Pico.

[Trey Kirby]

They're all three on Pika.

[Taz Melas]

Yes, yes. But a different NBC. Okay.

[J. Skeets]

We will be breaking down those games tonight and we will also be probably hitting the beach tomorrow. If you have a question, you want to get in. No Dunks Inc.mail.com to email it in. I think we'll hit the beach a little bit. Before we go. Can I get some Oscars takeaways from the two movie Men in JD And TK did well, first off, did you watch any of it?

[Trey Kirby]

I watched a little bit of it. I was. Felt like a vintage experience for me switching between Nick's warriors and the Oscars broadcast. I saw the woman who won for cinematography, first woman to ever win cinematography. That was pretty cool.

[J. Skeets]

For Sinner.

[Trey Kirby]

Yep. For Sinners. I saw Michael B. Jordan's acceptance speech.

[Taz Melas]

Yes.

[Trey Kirby]

I saw maybe half of the In Memoriam. I didn't see Gene Hackman mentioned. So I.

[JD]

It wasn't mentioned.

[Trey Kirby]

What?

[JD]

I think he was mentioned last year because he died like a couple of days before.

[Trey Kirby]

Robert Duvall style.

[J. Skeets]

I did. I did think the Immemorial was pretty well done.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, for sure.

[J. Skeets]

Because they had huge notable names to address and then they sort of like had people talk about them.

[Taz Melas]

Yep.

[J. Skeets]

Yep. I thought that was pretty good. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Barbra Streisand singing.

[JD]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah. I could have done without that last part, but. But yeah, it was nice.

[Taz Melas]

She tried.

[JD]

She was the weakest one.

[J. Skeets]

She was Rachel McAdams talking about Catherine

[JD]

and she mentioned. Yes, O' Hara as well.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

And Michael B. Jordan giving his speech was pretty good as well.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Yep.

[JD]

Okay, agreed.

[J. Skeets]

And so I guess one battle after another. One six, two sinners. Four. Fairly evenly split. Close.

[JD]

I would like to know how close we came to a tie for the best picture because we had a tie last night and this was pretty amazing. But yeah, it felt like everybody got their flowers. Really. Coogler. Great to see Coogler and Michael B. Jordan. And then it was great to see PTA up there as well. So. I don't know. All in all, great show. I mean, there was.

[J. Skeets]

You upset Sean Penn wasn't there.

[JD]

I was upset that he won and I was upset that he wasn't there.

[J. Skeets]

You didn't think it was the most. I wanted a performance from a supporting actor. Look, he was doing, basically people said he was doing, I guess RFK Jr meets Vince McMahon.

[JD]

Yeah, yeah, true. Yeah, he's good. Yeah, for sure. But I thought Delroy was better and I think it would have been a better moment. It was just a nothing moment because,

[J. Skeets]

you know, he wasn't there, so. That's true.

[JD]

Yeah, whatever.

[J. Skeets]

Okay. And what about Conan?

[JD]

I love Conan.

[J. Skeets]

It.

[JD]

I am a captive audience for Conan. Like he can do no wrong. I thought the Anklettis thing off the top was. That's just my. My wheelhouse. I love that shit. Like, it's awesome. His monologue was not as funny as last year, I don't think. But I don't know. I laughed, you know?

[J. Skeets]

Any other favorite bits? Were you a big Grogu fan?

[Trey Kirby]

No, I only saw Casablanca.

[JD]

That was funny. I liked it.

[J. Skeets]

I thought that was funny.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[JD]

I missed the Jane lynch thing because I don't want to get into it, but Hulu me anyways.

[J. Skeets]

You always are having problems with these streaming services.

[JD]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. I'm just gonna. I'm gonna get an antenna and then that's it.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, you could have got it. Could have had it last year.

[JD]

I know.

[J. Skeets]

ABC baby.

[Trey Kirby]

Not next year.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

It's on YouTube next year following a couple.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Oh, good.

[JD]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Two years of use out of that antenna.

[J. Skeets]

Did you watch any Oscars?

[Taz Melas]

Oh, for sure.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Huntrics See hun perform like the lights everybody's light.

[J. Skeets]

Super 955 live on the east Coast. Why wouldn't you put that on early for the kiddos?

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, sure.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Switch the. Switch the two performances which were both fun performances. The. The K Pop Demon Hunter song and then the Sinner song. Just swap them.

[JD]

They're too California centric. That's the problem. They don't. They're not thinking about us. East Coast, I guess, like, it's 6:00pm yeah, for them it's like right before the kids go to bed. I guess.

[Taz Melas]

So, like, whatever. Well, they do. When they cut off the once beach. They cut off that one speech. Right. I think that was the only one. Like, you're done. Get out of here. Yeah, we got to. We got to go. That is very tough. That was very tough. He didn't get a word in.

[J. Skeets]

No, I know.

[Taz Melas]

Not one.

[J. Skeets]

Do you think, though, when. Do you think when. When a team, let's say two, three, even more. Win an Oscar, they should have to elect one person to talk for said team. I sort of do too, because, yeah,

[Taz Melas]

most of them do.

[J. Skeets]

It feels like most of them do. But, you know, I also understand you've all won an Oscar. You want to say something, it's your big moment. But like, at a certain point, it's like, we're going to be here forever, man.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, yeah.

[J. Skeets]

But then again, maybe just cut out the bits. Some of the bits. When. I mean, the presenting bits, like cut back on those.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, presenting bits shouldn't happen. They should just get straight to it.

[JD]

Yeah, well, but when they hit, they hit like, yeah, Njani was hilarious all the way through. And the way he handled the tie,

[J. Skeets]

do you think he knew?

[JD]

I don't.

[J. Skeets]

Unless he handled that on the spot.

[JD]

If that's pretty impressive, give him an Emmy for best acting. Because he seemed legit surprised, but then handled it beautifully.

[J. Skeets]

He's an actor.

[JD]

Exactly. But, yeah, you're right.

[J. Skeets]

No, but I do wonder, did they give. Did they tip him, like, hey, man, this is a tie and here's what you should do. Or did he just. Because if he did that on the fly, that's amazing. Because he was like, we got a tie. Here's what we're gonna do. You're coming up, then we're gonna do it again. You come up.

[JD]

Yeah, don't panic.

[Taz Melas]

It was great.

[JD]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

I don't know, but what was the worst presenter?

[JD]

It was Downey Jr. And Evans.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah, that was.

[JD]

That was rough.

[Trey Kirby]

What about when he came back with the thong?

[JD]

Tatum was the best part of that.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, yeah.

[JD]

You know, he almost saved it, but it was.

[J. Skeets]

It was crickets.

[JD]

It was. Oh, man, it was bad.

[Trey Kirby]

14 year anniversary of the Avengers.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, a synergy, baby. 14 years, okay, remember 14 years, me,

[Trey Kirby]

you and Matt, we went and saw Avengers.

[Taz Melas]

I remember.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[JD]

It's good.

[J. Skeets]

Times. And Avengers 4 is around the corner.

[Trey Kirby]

And Robert's back.

[JD]

That's why they're there.

[Trey Kirby]

But he's.

[J. Skeets]

I know, I know, but how close? I mean, like. Like, I understand the Devil Wears product. Like, that's. That's coming out six weeks from now. I get that. When the hell is Avengers?

[JD]

It's coming out. It's supposed to come on dunesday.

[J. Skeets]

What?

[Taz Melas]

Dune.

[JD]

Well, here's the thing.

[J. Skeets]

Doomsday or Doomsday?

[JD]

Dune 3 and Doomsday are supposed to come out on the same day.

[Trey Kirby]

Wow.

[J. Skeets]

Wow.

[JD]

The movies are bad, but that's not gonna happen. They're gonna push. They're gonna push Avengers.

[J. Skeets]

I think afraid of dude.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[JD]

I think Dune also has. They have exclusive access to imax, of course. So they're gonna go. I think we should release later. So we may be looking at spring of like, over a year from now, but I don't know.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[JD]

But then they're trying to make a thing about if it's Doomsday like Barbenheimer or. Yeah, we're all gonna go see both. I'm not seeing even me. I'm not seeing Dune and Avengers on the same day.

[Trey Kirby]

Six hours in the theater, easily at least too much.

[J. Skeets]

That's a lot.

[JD]

I saw Hoppers and the Bride on the same day, and that was fine. Or two different movies, you know?

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, it is kind of similar.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, it's.

[JD]

It's a lot of.

[J. Skeets]

You want more movie talk, go check out some more JD's movie podcast.

[JD]

Yeah, we'll be breaking down. We'll do our Academy Awards reaction with Dan. Dan, the pie man's coming back on.

[J. Skeets]

Oh, I like. Good, good.

[JD]

Yeah, he's great.

[Trey Kirby]

You know what his name is. On December 18, 2026.

[J. Skeets]

Okay, that was good.

[Trey Kirby]

I'm glad I said it. Should write for the Oscars.

[J. Skeets]

I was gonna say that would have been the third best bit last night because, like, let's be honest, I love them as comedians. The bridesmaid bit, that was brutal. Stellan Skarsgard, the note bit. Oh, man, that was brutal.

[JD]

It doesn't help that McCarthy was wearing, like, a turtleneck and her mic was buried.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah, bad audio. Bad audio.

[JD]

Bad audio in general.

[J. Skeets]

It was horrible.

[Taz Melas]

Especially McCarthy. McCarthy, especially McCarthy. The other four bridesmaids, fine. They're. They're mics.

[JD]

Yeah, that was fine, but it was a. It was a brutal, like, really, really long.

[Taz Melas]

It was too long.

[JD]

It was way too long. Barbra Streisand, though, her. She had probably the worst audio. But then she has a mic. She had a handheld mic. Like just hold the mic the whole time for your speech.

[J. Skeets]

Well, she had notes, maybe that was. Yeah, she didn't really look at them much, but. Well, then the mic went away at one point. That was funny.

[Taz Melas]

Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Conan's like, bring it back.

[JD]

That was great cutaway. An unintentional cutaway too.

[J. Skeets]

Yeah.

[JD]

Conan watching this guy get cut off

[Taz Melas]

and the mic, he's just laughing.

[JD]

It's like this just funny.

[J. Skeets]

But that mic in particular, like, yeah, I don't know, it sounded bad. The audio mix was bad. And then these guys, then they were like, eat the mic.

[JD]

Yeah. I don't know what was going on there.

[J. Skeets]

All right, but how would you grade it overall?

[JD]

I'm gonna give it a B minus.

[Taz Melas]

Okay. Yeah.

[J. Skeets]

Good, good, good, good.

[JD]

Which is very good for an Oscars. I think this is the first time I've watched it all the way through in about 10 years.

[J. Skeets]

Okay.

[JD]

Yeah.

[Taz Melas]

So locked in.

[J. Skeets]

I mean, you gotta, you got a podcast. You gotta talk about it. Yeah, that's true. Big part of it. All right, we'll call it there back tomorrow. Like I said, probably some beach stepping. We'll talk about tonight's games. Some big ones on, maybe some news. So join us at at 10am Eastern. Hit the like button. Subscribe five star ratings and reviews. Clipper Bros. You heard it here first.

[Trey Kirby]

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

[Taz Melas]

Thanks for joining us. And remember, Skyrizzy is a medication, is a medication to heal so many things. I thought that was the best part of the Oscars seeing that ad for that medication. Skyriz. That wasn't the best part of the Oscars, but it was pretty funny. What a name. What a name.

[J. Skeets]

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