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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Verno and Jacoby go through last night’s games, especially looking at teams that are either resting or full-on tanking (1:06). The guys debate how long the league will allow this to continue and what needs to change to prevent teams from tanking and resting starters who are healthy. They also discuss Tony Allen's jersey retirement ceremony over the weekend, the nonexistent Heat Culture, and the standings in both conferences (25:45). Next, the guys debut a new segment on the show called How Does That Sound?, where they each fire off a take and debate it. They discuss the Rockets' chances of reaching the 2-seed and whether Cooper Flagg will stay in college, and Jacoby details his idea for a new way to present the Larry O'Brien Trophy (45:40). Leave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091 The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Chris Vernon and David Jacoby Producers: Jessie Lopez and Tucker Tashjian Social: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Miss Match.
0:14.3	And joining me as he does every week from the Ringer.com is Dave Jacoby.
0:17.6	Jukobi.
0:19.0	What the hell happened last night, Ferno the hell happened last night, Ferno?
0:21.3	What happened last night, Bruno?
0:24.7	Well, look, you and I have been incredible proponents of the NBA.
0:33.2	We are true NBA fans.
0:35.9	We love to watch the NBA on a regular basis, and we are defenders of the NBA.
0:45.5	There is very little I can come up with to defend last night.
0:53.1	I will say, as a true NBA fan, I was absolutely mortified
0:58.8	by last night. Not that we were without good games, but I just thought as I was flipping around,
1:05.1	this is an absolutely toxic combination of resting stars and tanking teams.
1:13.0	Like up and down the line.
1:16.0	You flip to a game and you're not getting to see the team that we would see
1:21.2	in order to evaluate for playoff purposes.
1:24.8	Like over and over again, I'm not seeing that team for the good teams.
1:31.2	And then there are teams that have actively quit on the season, right?
1:36.7	The pelicans are getting beat by 40,000 points.
1:41.1	Miami has just totally quit on their season.
1:44.0	And so we've even added teams to the list
1:46.6	as these weeks have gone on. And I don't know what the answer is. I was trying to think about it
1:52.8	last night. Obviously, the resting stars thing, Adam Silver has come in and attempted to threaten
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