NBA Playoffs Bold Predictions

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🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and Zena Keita wrap up the regular season by taking a look at the final standings and the playoff matchups. The gang takes a look at which series has the most potential for upset, who has the easiest path to the finals, and their bold predictions.

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Host: Dave DuFour

With: Es Baraheni and Zena Keita

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver

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0:00.0	Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for April 13th, 2026. I'm Dave Dufour here with
0:05.7	Zena Keda and Esperi. Coming up, the regular season is over the playoffs are set, and we're
0:11.9	going to talk some play-in action in addition to our bold predictions.
0:22.4	Good morning, everybody.
0:24.1	What is up, guys.
0:26.0	Congratulations to you.
0:29.6	Made it through another regular season.
0:30.6	82 games.
0:31.2	Too many.
0:32.1	Clearly.
0:33.0	Yeah.
0:33.9	It was long season.
0:35.0	I like the horns.
0:35.6	Can we do it?
0:37.1	Yeah, you can hit the horns.
0:37.6	Come on. Celebratory horns. Can we do it? Yeah, you can hit the horns. Come on.
0:38.8	Celebratory horns.
0:42.3	Oh, Zina, your horns were much better.
0:42.7	Damn.
0:48.6	182 players were listed as out on Sunday, guys.
0:50.5	What are we doing here?
0:52.0	How is that even possible?
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