Major Upsets Brewing in Round 1? Can Magic & Lakers Keep It Up + Early Playoff Headlines
4/20/20261 hr 1 min
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to an exciting opening weekend for the NBA Playoffs. The guys tackle a few major upsets starting with the Magic’s stunner in Detroit including if the Pistons are in real danger in this series. Next, the guys tackle if LeBron can lead the Lakers past the Rockets and discuss if KD will be back. Finally we talk Victor Wembanyama’s playoff debut and discuss the other major storylines you need to be watching.
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First 90 secondsBrian Windhorst· Host0:00
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Tim Bontemps· Host1:06
I, I did not stay to cover the Boston Marathon. Um, though Hannah Storm is doing the telecast of it, and on Friday she asked me about what time the game was, and I asked if she was running the marathon, which she was very amused by. But she said she was gonna be in town for it. She said, "Nope, I'm just doing the TV. I, I definitely am not trying to run that." I said, "All right."
Brian Windhorst· Host1:25
Well, peop- not people know that Bontemps is a runner and ran cross country