NBA Apr. 28 | What You Need To Know

No Dunks

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Comedy, Basketball, Sports

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🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Can anyone stop the Nets? The Brooklyn Nets are the first Eastern Conference team in the playoffs — despite several obstacles — who will stop them from being the last team standing? The Bucks? The 76ers? Definitely not the Celtics. Boston lost to a team in OKC that's trying to lose, Minnesota and Houston battled it out for the NBA basement, and we're now all but guaranteed to see Steph Curry and the Warriors in the play-in tournament. Subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/NoDunksInc

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0:00.0	On today's show, the Brooklyn Nets are the first Eastern Conference team to clinch a playoff spot.
0:09.7	The Boston Celtics don't deserve one, just give it to the Raptors.
0:13.9	And Golden State's hopes of skipping the play in tournament seem to be dashed in just one night.
0:19.9	Hey, I'm Tasmelis, and this is what you need to know in the NBA for Wednesday, April 28.
0:30.4	Good morning, everybody.
0:32.6	Yes, the Brooklyn Nets, they're in, the first Eastern Conference team to earn a playoff berth. the first team in and probably the last one still standing when the finals start in July.
0:43.8	Because they have handled everything that's come their way.
0:46.5	New coach, in-season trades, injuries, tweets from players that just read,
0:51.2	Free me!
0:52.1	After being removed due to COVID-19 protocol.
0:55.3	And speaking of Kevin Durant, KD has played in only 26 games this season.
1:00.2	That's odd to say that out loud.
1:01.7	James Harden is likely to miss the last month plus of the season.
1:05.5	Spencer Dinwiddie has missed the entire year.
1:07.7	Oh yeah, remember him?
1:09.4	He's a pretty good player and he'll be around for the
1:12.1	playoffs. Not sure if he's going to play. That would just be bonkers. The only thing left to deal with
1:17.6	is adversity. And I kind of look at the 2011 Heat as a template for Brooklyn if they do falter. If you
1:24.1	remember the 2011 Heat, LeBron, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosch all got together. They made
1:28.5	the finals. The adversity was they just laid off LeBron. He couldn't hit a three-point shot,
1:35.9	the way he does now. They had that whole episode sort of mocking Dirk for being sick,
1:41.9	and they couldn't come back in the NBA finals. Now they came back the next year
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