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The Mismatch

NBA Cup Special: The Unbeatable Thunder, and Can the Knicks Get Over the Hump? Plus: Do the Spurs Need Giannis?

The Mismatch

The Ringer

Sports

4.75.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

It’s NBA Cup week! Verno and Jacoby preview the upcoming games, starting with the Eastern Conference. Can the Magic keep it going against the Heat without Franz Wagner? Can the Knicks finally get past the Cup quarterfinals against the Raptors? Next, they dive into the matchups in the Western Conference. Do the Suns stand any chance at defeating the Thunder? Will Victor Wembanyama return to lead the Spurs against Luka, LeBron, and the Lakers? Also, they guys continue to debate whether the Bucks should trade Giannis Antetokounmpo, and if the teams most interested actually need him. (00:00) Welcome to The Mismatch! (07:29) NBA Cup preview: Heat vs. Magic (21:57) NBA Cup Preview: Knicks vs. Raptors (36:12) NBA Cup preview: Suns vs. Thunder (53:48) NBA Cup preview: Spurs vs. LakersThe 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, Stefan Anderson, and Oscar De La LuzSocial: 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,

0:15.9

and Jordan meets he does every week from The Ringer.com is Dave Jacoby.

0:18.8

Jacoby.

0:20.6

So, Berno, we shot the first episode of Game Over with Max and Rich Paul, and it went swimmingly.

0:26.6

But one of the things that was discussed was, do you care about the NBA Cup?

0:31.9

And I do. I do. I do care. I do care. You taught me. I care if they care and they care. That's why. The stakes

0:41.4

have mattered to the players. And as I always say, the stakes have mattered. Yeah, the money

0:50.4

matters to them. The money. Yes. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, I don't think they, no, I don't think they are. They don't think they care about the championship or the banner. No, and I don't think there's going to be like 10 years later, they're welcoming back the cup team to whoever went. But I do think. 50th anniversary of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA Cup Championship.

1:11.2

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1:58.8

But I do think that money matters and I do think that the competition, the fact that you are

2:05.9

standalone with everyone watching you on national television with two games on Tuesday night

2:12.3

and two games on Wednesday night.

2:14.2

You know, as well as I do, that we don't have,

2:18.3

it used to be really like the Thursday night games

2:21.7

would be the only ones that you'd feel like

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