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Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

Cavs Down Knicks + Spurs Expose Pistons? OKC’s Depth Showing Finals Repeat Chances?

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

ESPN

Sports, Basketball

3.94K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to the Cavs getting a big home win over the Knicks including a breakdown of what this game says about each team. Plus, the Spurs make a statement in Detroit in a fashion that raises questions about the Pistons’ ability to make a deep playoff run, in part due to San Antonio having two elite defenders. The guys then tackle the injured Thunder continuing to get the job done and how that could potentially impact the future of the franchise. Finally, the guys settle if Jaylen Brown is underrated or properly rated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Whoop Collective podcast.

0:05.9

We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Tuesday evening, joining me from New York City,

0:11.7

which is under ungodly amounts of snow.

0:15.1

Tim Bontemps.

0:16.2

Hello, everybody.

0:17.3

This is actually, the snow is all pretty much melted.

0:19.9

Over here at Barclay Center. It's all melted. In town. Yeah, the snow is all pretty much melted. Over here at Barclay Center.

0:21.4

It's all melted.

0:22.2

Yeah.

0:23.4

The streets are all clear.

0:24.8

The sidewalks are all clear.

0:26.5

It's all back to normal.

0:28.0

Did you take up arms like your mayor requested and take up a shovel and help clear the path?

0:34.8

I did not.

0:35.5

I sat in my apartment with the cinder block who's got got his first cold, and we looked outside at the snow, and we watched it. We didn't do anything else. That's the way to go. And in the magic of New York City, it was all gone by the time I need to go outside. Joining us from Dallas, Texas, where if they get a half inch of snow, it's a big time problem. I've been

0:57.0

there when it happens, is Ban McMahon. Howdy, partners. I'm just glad they got that Mavs and Nets game in

1:02.7

tonight. Don't know what would have done without that kind of entertainment. The Mavs has been

1:08.1

a rough road trip, travel delays, and they won two straight games. All sorts of reunions today. Kyrie Irving was in the building. You had all sorts of fans trying to get autographs home after the game. Jason Kidd back here at Barclay Center where he once had intentionally spilled a Coke on the floor. You know, all kinds of memories. I think it was water. I think it was water. No, it was a Diet Coke.

1:29.5

Was it really? I covered the game. It was a Coke. Trust me. So in case our viewers and listeners

1:34.2

haven't told the story, you can tell that story because it's a good one. I'll tell the story very

1:38.6

fast. I don't remember the specific context of the situation, but he needed a timeout. Yes, I meant the rest of the situation, but the Nets didn't have a time out. Jason wanted to try to stop the game. And so he had Tyshaun Taylor, who went to Kansas. I was a young guard, I think in his second year at the time, bumped into him and spilled a Coke all over there. No, he pulled him.

2:02.1

He pulled him into him.

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