Biggest Surprises From the NBA Season So Far

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 8 January 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Chris and Kevin take a look at how the COVID-19 protocols are working after Seth Curry’s positive test (5:07) and at the massive leak from the Hawks’ locker room reported by The Athletic (13:14). Then they get into the biggest surprises of the NBA season so far, including the Brogdon-and-Sabonis-led Pacers glow-up (31:43), Lou Dort’s stellar 3-point shooting (37:43), Julius Randle’s Knicks (47:14), and more. Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Kevin O'Connor on today's episode of the mismatch with Chris Vernon and I.
0:04.9	We hit on all the latest news, including some drama and Atlanta involving Tray Young,
0:10.2	a positive COVID test for Seth Curry and the Philadelphia 76ers.
0:13.6	And then we got some of the surprises across the league, including the Pacers being maybe
0:18.4	not just good, but a great team as well as Lodort shooting over 40% from three and a whole
0:24.4	bunch else like the Nix and the Magic really excelling early on the season.
0:28.6	All that's coming up next.
0:58.6	What's up, this Friday, first Friday showing a couple of weeks I miss seeing you twice a week.
1:03.0	I know it's been odd because of Chris Vincent because of the new year we have only been doing
1:07.5	one show a week, but we are back on this Friday.
1:11.9	After last night, I went to a basketball game.
1:14.7	I might have watched one of the worst basketball games I've ever seen in my life.
1:17.5	The Cavaliers versus the Grizzlies with none of their guys playing.
1:21.1	And I'm only mentioning this because we had joked in one of our shows, the who is that guy
1:27.0	and it was Nathan Knight from Atlanta.
1:30.0	And there's been a couple others, Mike Mulder when he comes in the game.
1:33.5	Last night, oh, I had two of them.
1:36.0	I had two of them.
1:37.0	I had to go.
1:38.0	You had to go to the program.
1:40.7	Dean Wade.
1:41.7	Oh, do you wait?
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