Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck are back with another edition of Real Ones, and they get right into the playoff action. Are the Wolves in trouble now that Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo have been ruled out for the series? Has Nikola Jokic’s behavior during this series not been criticized enough? The Pistons are down 3-1 in the series and on the brink of elimination after falling to the eighth-seeded Magic on Monday. Is there any hope for a comeback? Should Joel Embiid have made a return to the series? Plus, the mailbag! (0:00) Intro (0:40) Fan Duel ad break (1:46) Nuggets-Wolves (9:48) Jokic’s confrontation with Jaden McDaniels (15:33) Fan Duel ad break (17:00) Magic-Pistons (34:12) McDonald’s ad break (34:42) Cooper Flagg wins ROTY (37:55) Joel Embiid and the Sixers (43:18) Mailbag Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard BeckProducers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford AugustinAdditional Video Support: Jeff ShearinProduction Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor NevinsGraphics: John RichterAdditional Production Support: Chris Wohlers The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan to learn more about the resources and helplines Get more value with the McValue menu at McDonald’s https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/download-app.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.3	Howard Beck and Roger Bell in a second.
0:40.7	We talk about the weekend that was in the NBA playoffs.
0:44.9	What's going on with the Nuggets?
0:46.8	Can the Wolf still win this series?
0:48.1	I think they can.
0:49.5	What's going on with the Pistons?
0:51.3	Does Jalen Duren need to step up?
0:53.5	What is the magic going to be? What does it say about the magic that they are up in this series? And then we get to your mailbag questions. We're talking about a little Cooper flag. We talk a little KD. That was fun. Talk a little warriors. Talk a lot of stuff. Real action-packed episode. Cliff, play the theme music.
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