Bucks Beat Down the Heat in Third Straight Win. Plus: Lakers and Nuggets Win Their Game 3s, and the Clippers Are Wretched

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Verno and KOC get together after Thursday night’s slate of playoff games to discuss the Bucks’ beatdown of the Heat to go up 3-0 (0:30), the Lakers’ defeat of the overheated Suns to go up 2-1 (19:15), and the Nuggets’ victory over the Trail Blazers to go up 2-1 (37:36). Then they get into the Clippers’ wretched performance this postseason (45:30), Ja Morant's incredible 47-point game Wednesday night (1:03:35), and the Knicks-Hawks series (1:16:05). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Associate Producer: Sasha Ashall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On R2C2, CCC Sabathea and Ryan Ruko guide listeners through everything going on in the MLB, NBA, and NFL.
0:06.9	They also talk to friends, athletes, and celebrities about the world of sports, and much more.
0:11.2	Check out R2C2 with CCC Sabathea and Ryan Ruko on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.2	Welcome to the mismatch. I'm Chris Varni, and joining me, he does every Friday from TheRinger.com.
0:35.4	It's Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Pomer, Kevin O'Camer, Kevin O'Conflict, Kevin O'Climber, Kevin O'Candyland, Kevin O'Blazerian, Kevin O'Killian, Kevin O'Vero.
0:44.8	What up? So we are actually recording on a late Thursday night as there were three games.
0:50.4	We're going to start with the games that took place tonight, and we'll just kind of go in order.
0:55.6	The first game of the night was the Milwaukee Bucks versus the Miami Heat. If we thought, if we bought
1:04.9	in to the old adage that a series does not start until a home team loses, well, the series started.
1:13.6	The series also. Yeah, and wow, that was quick, right? And it might have ended in the same night.
1:20.0	Because that was an ass beating by the Milwaukee Bucks, and for them to go in after, even if you just
1:31.2	want a very competitive game one, down to the wire, they shot fireballs in game two.
1:38.6	Just couldn't miss. Bryn Forbes is like something out of NBA jam in that first half, and it just
1:44.2	felt like everything was going right. But it's a different story when you have to go to the other
1:50.6	teams, home arena, a team and an organization that has shown over the years a lot of fight,
1:59.0	the heat culture, a lot of pride. And for the Bucks to go in there and bury them in the way that
2:07.2	they did, giving up 36 points in the first half of that game and really setting a tone was mega
2:17.4	impressive. Last year in the bubble, the heat with a tougher, grittier, meaner team. They had
2:26.7	that chip on their shoulder. They were the tougher team this season. The Bucks after adding
2:32.4	Drew holiday after trading for PJ Tucker and even having Bobby Porter's now coming off your bench.
2:39.6	Guys who are tough players, it feels like the whole personality of this Bucks team is so different
2:46.7	than what we saw last year in the bubble. All of last season, the Bucks now have become that
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