ODDBALL - NBA Cup Opening Night Recap: Steph Spoils Klay's Return, Spoelstra Chokes, Hawks Upset Celtics, Embiid's Season Debut

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Dan Le Batard

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4.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Amin is back, and basketball is better than ever! The Emirates NBA Cup is underway and has already won over fans, including Amin and Charlotte. Splash Brother Klay Thompson made his highly anticipated return during the tournament, but the Warriors quickly turned up the intensity. Meanwhile, the defending champion Boston Celtics suffered a shocking loss to the Hawks—the same Hawks who’ve lost to the Wizards twice this season! The Pistons edged out the Heat in a wild finish that saw Erik Spoelstra make one of basketball’s biggest blunders. Joel Embiid finally debuted this season but fell short of expectations. Plus, all the latest NBA Cup action and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.0	Welcome to Oddball. I'm Charlotte Wilder. That's Amin Alhastin. He's back. I mean, did you miss us?
1:12.0	I did not. I was in Puerto Rico. Oh my God. Did I miss you guys? No, I was drinking
1:18.0	rum runners with waves crashing on me. Wow. Sounds amazing. Well, we were here talking about
1:23.9	basketball and we're going to keep doing that. It was the NBA Cup. The NBA Cup finally started last night.
1:30.7	Eight games, four of eight came down to the final possession of me.
1:34.3	I was so locked in.
1:35.4	There were two big upsets, unfortunately.
1:37.6	As a Celtics fan, the Hawks beat the Celtics 117 to 116.
1:42.7	And the Portland Trailblazers beat the Timberwolves 122 to 101.
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