Welcome to the Saturday Slamin' Jam, hosted by Andrew Schlicht with Alex Spears.

How about we can just watch basketball?

That's a man's jam!

I like that idea.

Live from Oklahoma.

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With questions and participants from all around the world.

Anthony Edwards.

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Whether you're flipping your flapjacks, tending to your yard, or just sipping your coffee, get ready, sit back, relax. It's the Saturday Slamin' Jam. Back here's, I missed this shot. I'll walk away. I'm still a chunk. Here's Andrew. Welcome to the Saturday Slamman Jam.

I'm your host Andrew Schlect.

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We're about the playoffs, everybody.

Time to get on the train.

With me, as always, is my good friend Alex Spears.

Alex, tell us what happened in the NBA this week. Well, Andrew, it all started last Friday night with our first game of the week as Raptors fans, a matchup against the always reeling Lakers. Should be an easy win for the raps, right? Well, rookie of the year... Oh, no. Yeah, I know. Well, rookie of the year candidate, Scotty Barnes, did show up in a big way, scoring a season high 31 points, but it was the Lakers, and a player named Russell Westbrook, who went home with the win after Russ had a game tying three with time expiring and regulation to force overtime, where the Lakers closed it out. The Lakers looked decent this week. They also beat Cleveland and lost a close game to Philly.

Does the season start now, Andrew?

Season starts now.

We got to at least get a home game for the play in.

Like, that's what they're playing for right now.

On Saturday, the Charlotte Hornets, a team we haven't talked about in a while, had a nice win at home against the Red Hot Mavs, 129 to 108, since the All-Star break.

The Hornets have the fourth-ranked offense in the league, and that Dallas win came as part of a six-game winning streak that eventually ended at the hands of R.J. Barrett and the New York Knicks.

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