Have We Discovered the Lakers’ Ceiling? Plus: The Rockets’ Identity, Murray’s Injury, and Predicting Entertaining Playoff Series.

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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(RECORDED BEFORE THE NEWS OF MICHAEL MALONE AND CALVIN BOOTH’S FIRING) Verno and Jacoby congratulate Florida on beating Houston in the NCAA basketball championship (01:10). Will fans remember this game or the Duke collapse more? Next, the guys discuss the Lakers’ impressive win against the Thunder and why they showcased their true ceiling in this huge win (07:25). They also discuss the Rockets’ win over the Thunder from Friday night and why they are poised to be a tough out in the playoffs (14:57). How far can the Nuggets really go without Jamal Murray, whose availability for the playoffs is now in doubt (29:33)? Lastly, the guys go through each conference and discuss which potential playoff matchups would be the most entertaining (40:05), as well as why Draymond Green isn’t a bona fide lock for Defensive Player of the Year (52:18). Leave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091 Walmart Express. Dinner, delivered in as fast as an hour The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Chris Vernon and David Jacoby Producers: Jessie Lopez and Tucker Tashjian Social: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.1	Welcome to The Mismatch. I'm Chris Vernon and joining me to see us every week from the ringer.com is Dave Jacoby. Jacoby. What's happening to Verno? So good to be outside of the house.
1:04.2	Yeah, well, the first thing we've got to get to is last night's NCAA National Championship game,
1:10.6	which everybody was focused on because it was a super light night in the NBA, though we have a huge week ahead.
1:17.0	Florida wins the national championship 65 to 63. I must say, I'm watching, I've watched a ton of this NCAA tournament, but as someone who watches NBA games on a regular
1:30.7	basis, though it was not pretty, though it was a totally different brand of basketball,
1:38.6	I got to tell you, I was super entertained by the game last night.
1:43.5	The whole Final Four has just been top-notch.
1:46.2	And again, when I say top-notch, I mean in terms of entertaining emotional little basketball.
1:51.8	Because the actual basketball is not even close to the NBA.
1:54.7	But put that aside is one of the things I asked myself last night, I want to ask you now is,
1:59.9	remember last year's NBA
2:01.0	finals, right? Celtics win, Mavs lost. I felt nothing towards the Mavericks players or
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