Kevin Durant's Dominant 49-Point Game Gives the Nets a 3-2 Series Lead. Plus: Chris Paul's Playoff Run with the Suns and Young Players Adjusting in the Playoffs

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Verno and KOC get together late Tuesday night to discuss the Nets win over the Bucks in which Kevin Durant played all 48 minutes and scored 49 points (1:08). Then they get into the adjustments Trae Young needs to make moving forward in the Hawks and Sixers series (26:35), the success of Chris Paul and the Suns (39:40), and the Jazz and Clippers' tied series (56:45). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O'Connor Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What if the Len Bias story hosted by Jordan Ritterconn is the ringer's latest narrative podcast?
0:05.6	You can find new episodes every Wednesday on the Book of Basketball 2.0 feed.
0:09.9	Here's a quick trailer.
0:12.8	You've heard his name, Len Bias, 1980's Fienon, second pick in the NBA draft.
0:20.1	And then, cocaine, tragedy. One of the most shocking deaths in sports history.
0:26.2	35 years later, Bias' legacy is still making an impact.
0:31.6	From Spotify and the ringer podcast network, this is What If, the Len Bias story.
0:37.2	I'm Jordan Ritterconn.
0:39.4	Welcome to the Miss Madjumpers, joining the BZDES. Every Tuesday from theRinger.com is Kevin
0:59.7	O'Connor, aka Kevin O'Bomer, Kevin O'Camer, Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Camer, Kevin O'Candy,
1:03.6	Kevin O'Plazerian, Kevin O'Kindish, Kevin O'Bomer.
2:03.6	I get it. I get it.
2:06.7	It's seasons on the line. I get it. It's a big game.
2:09.6	But I mean, this is a guy that has logged a tremendous amount of minutes and had what we
2:14.8	thought at one point was going to be more than likely a career altering injury.
2:21.4	No.
2:22.0	And it has not altered that career at all.
2:26.3	This was his masterpiece.
2:30.8	You could tell at the very beginning of this game very quickly that James Harden is going to give it a
2:39.6	go. He played in 46 minutes.
2:43.1	And he was a decoy for 46 minutes, a decoy that the Bucks didn't attack enough when he was on
2:49.2	defense and they had drowling a on him when he was on offense. What a waste.
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