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🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Why are defenses defending stars so well? Why are rotations so short for some teams? We discuss the key themes and trends from the playoffs, from physicality to defensive coverages to the importance of versatile “playoff players” like Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges. Also, the best defensive game ever and is there a star who could beat the Thunder defense? Support atwww.patreon.com/thinkingbasketball Sign up at SportsBusinessClassroom.com with code THINKINGBASKETBALL for $300 off.
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0:00.0 | Thinking Basketball podcast. My name is Ben. Welcome back to what is just one of the craziest playoffs |
0:15.5 | that I can ever remember. It's been absolutely amazing. Although we were just talking |
0:20.3 | before recording |
0:21.3 | here about like, what do we start today's show with? Because there was a bunch of weird insanity |
0:28.8 | with the draft lottery last night that we don't really, I mean, we're into the playoffs. I don't |
0:33.5 | know about you, Cody. I'm not into the draft lottery right now. And then in the playoffs, |
0:37.4 | I think we have to start with the Celtics Nix, |
0:39.5 | but also as of recording this, we're just getting the official word on Jason Tatum's Achilles |
0:44.9 | injury. |
0:45.7 | And anytime that happens, I just hate injuries. |
0:48.7 | I just, I went through a lot of them when I played sports still, |
0:53.2 | when I could still move my body in high school. |
0:55.5 | And more than just anything, they're just psychologically so devastating. |
1:00.2 | So major injuries like that where you know you're going to have a star player basically |
1:04.5 | out of the league for at least a year. |
1:07.4 | Never fun. |
1:08.5 | And yet we're in the middle of this crazy fun series. |
1:12.1 | In the middle of what was a crazy game four. |
1:14.1 | The Celtics, as we said over the weekend, we recorded with Mike in another emergency episode |
1:19.7 | because these playoffs are just so crazy. |
1:22.3 | The Celtics had, I thought, a much better process in game three. |
1:26.1 | They came out in game four, continued to play with |
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