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Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

Controversial & Chaotic Play-In Games - The Full LaMelo Experience

4/15/202652 min

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to a wild start to the NBA postseason starting with the wild and controversial ending between the Heat & Hornets. They guys break down the play everyone is talking about between Bam Adebayo and LaMelo Ball including if there could be ramifications moving forward and the epic final sequences that decided the game. Plus, we discuss the other fascinating ending between the Suns & Trailblazers before previewing the upcoming games this week.

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Clips

LaMelo trips Bam; chaos ensues
Spoelstra torches the no-call
LaMelo’s eyebrow-raising defense
LaMelo meltdown, then clutch FT
LaMelo’s redemption game-winner
Rookie of the Year ripple effects
Heat’s defense quietly cratered
Deni’s elite company night
League discipline tea leaves

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Brian Windhorst· Host0:00

    Thrivent believes money is more than numbers. It's a way to care for the people, causes, and community you love. That's why Thrivent brings together a unique combination of financial services and generosity programs, offering advice, investments, and insurance to help you plan your finances while creating opportunities to give back along the way. Through generosity programs that offer resources to fund service projects or to direct charitable funds, Thrivent makes it easier to turn your values into action and support what matters to you. With more than 120 years of experience and as a Fortune 500 company, Thrivent continues to serve individuals, families, and communities across the country. To learn more, visit thrivent.com. Thrivent, where money means more. [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we're doing after midnight on Wednesday morning in the wake of two highly entertaining and, uh, mildly controversial play-in games to kick off the NBA postseason. Asterisk, these games don't count for history.

  2. Tim MacMahon· Guest1:05

    [laughs] You, you can't find them.

  3. Brian Windhorst· Host1:07

    [laughs] If you wanna find out about these games, you gotta be g- going through the, the, uh, you know, corners of the internet. All right. Um, guess we'll start in Charlotte, where the Hornets won their biggest game in- Do an intro, Spro?

  4. Tim Bontemps· Guest1:24

    Nobody gets introduced?

  5. Brian Windhorst· Host1:26

    You're right. I'm sorry ...

  6. Tim Bontemps· Guest1:26

    it's just a windy pod and people chime in?

  7. Brian Windhorst· Host1:28

    I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

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