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🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Logan Murdock, Raja Bell and Howard Beck are back with another edition of Real Ones and get right into the Orlando Magic historically bad second half against the Detroit Pistons in Game 6 of their series. What impressed the guys the most about Cade Cunningham’s stellar performance? The Toronto Raptors forced a Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers thanks to RJ Barrett’s game-winning jumper. What’s next for the Rockets and specifically Kevin Durant following their first round exit where he was out with an injury for the entire series? Can the Sixers possibly pull off the comeback in Boston? Which Minnesota Timberwolves player made the All-Raja team? Plus, Real One of the Week! (00:00) Welcome Back to Real Ones (1:26) Fan Duel ad break (3:32) Magical Collapse (19:24) Amazon Prime ad break (19:58) Toronto Forces Game 7 (28:53) Lakers def. Rockets (43:32) Sixers-Celtics (53:25) Real One of the Week (55:32) Wolves bounce Nuggets Host: Logan Murdock, Howard Beck, and Raja Bell Producers: Victoria Valencia, Clifford Augustin, and Jeff Shearin Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan to learn more about the resources and helplines. Order and it will come. Like today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.2	Logan Redock here. Raj Bell and Howard Beck in a second. Real Ones. Logan Murdoch here.
0:38.4	Raj Bell and Howard Beck in a second.
0:40.4	Real ones after dark.
0:42.9	We get into your Friday slate.
0:44.7	Talk about the Lakers, beating the Rockets.
0:47.0	Man, what an embarrassment for the Houston Rockets.
0:49.2	What a hard season that they've had.
0:50.9	We talk to get into all of that.
0:52.5	That's a little later in the show.
0:53.7	But then we talk about Orlando, Detroit. Speaking of embarrassing, Orlando, losing a must-win game at home. Now they have to go back to Detroit to see if they can figure it out. Palo Bencaro? What's going on with him? How's that working out? That's crazy work. Then we talk a little bit about Cleveland, Toronto. I think we know how the story is going to end, right? We know how the story is going to end in Cleveland. But, you know, Cleveland fans, they're new to James Hardin and Mitchell experience as them as a tandem, but they know what time it is. It's going to be tough. And then we get into a little bit of our real one of the week. Talk a little bit about Detroit and Minnesota. And yeah, as we get here, you know what's next Tuesday show. Real onesmailbag at gmail.com. Real onesmailbag at gmail.com. Real onesmailbag at gmail.com. We got a lot of questions coming in right now. Make sure you get yours in so we can answer them right on the podcast. All right. I'm going to go to sleep now. So enjoy the show. Cliff, Victoria, play the themes. The Ringer NBA show is brought to you by Fandul. It's been a wild playoff run, but it's not over yet. And Fanduil wants to bring you
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