Knicks + Nuggets choke, Raptors stay alive
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
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Summary
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the Raptors blowout win over the Cavs, the Timberwolves dismantling of the Nuggets, and Nikola Jokić vs. Rudy Gobert. Then, Fred Katz joins the show after the Hawks shock the Knicks to take a 2-1 series lead to discuss the Knicks defensive problems, lineup changes, and the Hawks point-of-attack defense.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni and Fred Katz
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for April 24th, 2026. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Dave Dufour here with Esperi. |
| 0:06.0 | Coming up, we had some surprises last night. |
| 0:10.0 | We're going to get into all the playoff games. |
| 0:12.0 | Then Fred Katz joins to talk about the Knicks' loss in game three to the Hawks. |
| 0:24.7 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:27.2 | Good playoffs, s. Man, this was an incredible night of postseason action. |
| 0:31.4 | If you, we've been waiting. |
| 0:33.7 | I mean, we've had a lot of good playoff games, but this night really solidified it. Between the Knicks, Hawks, the crazy. You notice how happy. Everyone notices how happy S is. Listen, the Raptors blow out the Cavs in the fourth quarter of that game. And S is just on top of the world right now. That's awesome. What can I say? Jameson Battle Basketball. It not enough. Anyways, we can wait. You want to start? Let's start with the raptors went over the |
| 0:58.9 | Cavs. Okay. You were in the building for that. You know, it was to say it was surprising, I think is |
| 1:06.6 | kind of underselling it. The game was tied at half. It was a two-point game going into the fourth quarter. |
| 1:12.9 | And then we wind up with a massive blowout. |
| 1:18.8 | What was the secret for the Raptors in the fourth quarter, man? |
| 1:22.6 | Man, well, the secret in the fourth quarter was Jameson Battle. |
| 1:25.7 | He went perfect from the field, knocked down a bunch of his shots. |
| 1:29.3 | By the way, Jameson Battle has not missed a three against the Cleveland Cavaliers this season, |
| 1:33.7 | which is just a wild stat that you might have to. |
| 1:36.6 | How many is he made? |
| 1:37.8 | He's made, I think, 11 at this point. |
| 1:39.7 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:40.1 | All right. |
| 1:40.7 | He had a seven for seven game back in November. |
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