Do the Wizards Have a Chance at the Playoffs? Plus: the Timberwolves’ Future, All-Star Reserves, and More

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Verno and KOC are back this Tuesday getting into the Wizards’ overtime win over the Lakers and five-game winning streak that raises the question of whether the team’s newfound success will last (0:30). Then they talk about what the Timberwolves can do to salvage this season and their future (17:00), whether Houston should rebuild or try for the playoffs (25:30), their picks for All-Star reserves (37:00), 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	Football season is never over.
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0:04.8	covered from free agency to the draft and so much more.
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0:26.0	Welcome to the Miss Match of Chris Vernon.
0:28.0	Joining me is he does every Tuesday from the ringer.com is Kevin O'Connor aka Kevin O'Bomer
0:31.7	Kevin O'Connor Kevin O'Blazerian Kevin O'Connor Kevin O'Canabins Kevin O'Candyland
0:36.3	Kevin O'Kinez Kevin O'Connor.
0:38.6	Where'd he go? What up?
0:41.1	Here come the Wizards Kevin.
0:43.3	Here they come.
0:44.4	The ride on the left straight baby.
0:46.8	We waited on them but now after a big win in overtime against Los Angeles Lakers last night
0:54.8	they have won five games in a row and you look at that.
1:00.1	It's wild to look at the Easter conference standings.
1:02.6	You know, even when you see Miami who just went, I believe, four and three on their road trip but
1:09.6	you know, been better than they have then they had been to start the season.
1:13.6	Like these teams are you're like never more than three or four games out from like being a
1:20.4	home court advantage team in the Eastern Conference and so certainly was not too late
1:27.0	for Washington. We'll see how many they can win out of 10. How many they can win in a row.
1:33.5	But you know, we were much higher than they have performed.
1:38.6	We were much higher on them than they have performed this year and you know, I think this is
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