Live from Southern California, this is the Jim Rome show.

Let me start with this. Turns out the NBA product. Actually, it's pretty damn good.

Pretty damn good when all the teams involved actually care, actually try, actually play, actually want to win. Turns out the NBA can be a pretty damn

entertaining product when the teams are actually playing all their best players and all their

players are actually out to win. I mean, what a concept. Right, powder? The final weekend of the

regular season was a complete joke.

It was the worst of what the association has to offer these days with over one-third.

I said one-third of the league sitting out.

But I've got to give it to you, Powder.

Last night was essentially the opposite of that.

That was pretty much the best of what the league has to offer

with two incredibly competitive, entertaining games that came right down to the wire.

So without any further delay, let's get right to it.

Let's get right to the action, the overtime action last night in Charlotte, where you had

desperate Hornet fan holding his, their collective breath, hoping to keep the dream alive of

seeing their Hornets finally make the playoffs for the first time in a decade.

So once again, let us go live right now to Charlotte where the Hornets had a three-point lead in the final minute of OT.

XCR, if you're still there, go ahead and roll it.

Charlotte's been a great NBA city. it just went dormant for a while

absolutely and you see the fan support here and look oh waiting Oh-oh! Oh! Waiting.

Where's the game?

Is it my TV?

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