Monday Night Revenge Games, Good-Vibe Lakers, Steve Ballmer Is Being Sued, and Just How Good Are the Bulls?

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Verno and Jacoby return to recap what was seemingly revenge night across the league yesterday. They discuss Myles Turner’s return to Indiana, Deandre Ayton taking control for the Lakers with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves both out, the latest on Ja Morant, and more. They next ask six questions about the NBA season so far. (00:00) Welcome to The Mismatch!(02:00) Myles Turner returns to Indiana, and Giannis beats the buzzer to win 117-115(10:45) Norman Powell and the Heat edge out the Clippers 120-119(12:26) Deandre Ayton dominates in his return to Portland as the Lakers beat the Blazers 123-115(15:02) What is going on with the Grizzlies’ Ja Morant?(27:30) The Jazz steal a win against the Celtics(29:45) A Knicks vibe check(34:48) Should we take the Lakers seriously?(41:39) Is it time we recalibrate the Bulls?(46:40) Where do the Pelicans go from here?(52:16) How much more does Pablo Torre know?(58:02) Can the Rockets stay this hot offensively?(01:05:16) What was Lester Jones thinking? The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Leave us a message on our Mismatch voicemail line! (323) 389-5091 Hosts: Chris Vernon and David JacobyProducers: Jessie Lopez and Stefan AndersonSocial: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the mismatch. I'm Chris Vernon and joining me as he does every week from
0:15.7	the ringer.com is Dave Jacoby. Jacoby.
0:18.5	Vern. Oh, a lot of news out of Memphis.
0:23.7	And I've noticed that you didn't really put it on the rundown.
0:26.6	I could, I mean, I look at the rundown, and I see very little Grizzlies talk on here,
0:32.7	which is interesting because it seems like everyone else is talking about the Grizzles.
0:36.6	We will get to it for starting with last night, which is Revenge night.
0:43.1	Grizzis played last night.
0:44.3	They did play last night.
0:45.7	I was there.
0:47.3	They lost.
0:49.1	We'll get to it.
0:50.5	We'll get to it.
0:52.1	Can we at least talk about some other things first? You're so sad. You're so sad today. Can we at least talk about some other things first? I'm worried about you. You're wearing a button up? I've never seen you in a button up in my whole entire life. Yes, you have. I've never seen it about it. I have on broadcasts, on broadcast. How dare you? On broadcasts.
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