Episode 17: Biggest Takeaways From Weekend 1 of the NBA Playoffs
Mostly Hoops with Mark Titus and Co.
Barstool Sports
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2023
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
Another absolute banger of a set of NBA playoff games has come and gone, as the first round is firing on all cylinders. We have people arguing that charges should be banned, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura are playing like the prime Showtime Lakers. Russell Westbrook is charging at fans inside of luxury suites. Playoff NBA really is the best. Mark breaks it all down, plus some life updates, an investigation into the relentless Dr. Pimple Popper commercials, as well as a look at some drama happening in Chinese basketball. We'll be back with a new episode Thursday as we continue our offseason schedule of Tuesday/Thursday uploads. Thanks to our sponsors: Astroflav: Visit https://Astroflav.com/barstool for a FREE 2 Week Trial. Just pay shipping. Gametime: Download the Gametime app or go to https://barstool.link/GametimeApp, enter your email, and redeem code TITUS for $20 off your first purchase (terms apply). Coors Light: Get Coors Light in the new look delivered straight to your door with Drizly or Instacart by going to https://barstool.link/CoorsLightTitus Barstool Sportsbook: Must be 21+ Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER Follow the show on all socials @MarkTitusShow
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| 0:00.0 | Hey barstool listeners, you can find every episode of this show on Apple podcasts, Spotify |
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| 0:08.3 | On today's episode of the Mark Titus show, the NBA playoffs are officially underway, and |
| 0:12.6 | I have the brightest basketball mind. |
| 0:14.5 | I know joining me on the show today to talk about all the action from the weekend myself. |
| 0:19.6 | I will be talking with myself, um, a handful of takeaways from opening weekend. |
| 0:24.1 | Number one, the band charges movement that I was on almost a decade ago, I don't have |
| 0:28.8 | a big enough ego quite yet to, uh, quite yet, give it time, um, to, to say that I was the |
| 0:35.6 | man who started this movement, uh, but I was one of the early voices. |
| 0:40.3 | I have the receipts. |
| 0:41.5 | You can go back and look. |
| 0:42.5 | I was writing articles, uh, many lifetime, I've had like seven iterations of different shows |
| 0:47.6 | of different career paths, everything else since I wrote an article saying get charges |
| 0:52.3 | out of basketball. |
| 0:53.3 | They're disgusting. |
| 0:54.3 | I hate them. |
| 0:55.3 | And now all of a sudden, would you look at that? |
| 0:57.4 | The basketball discourse has all caught up, caught up to me. |
| 1:01.1 | And they're all talking about shit. |
| 1:02.1 | I was talking about like a decade ago, um, but I'm going to talk about it today on the |
| 1:05.3 | show. |
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