ODDBALL - Nikola Jokic and Donovan Mitchell Prove Stars Don't Win Championships Alone

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Dan Le Batard

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4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Jokic had another 40+ point night… and it still didn’t matter. The rest of the Nuggets forgot how to shoot and with help from everyone including their bench, the Thunder took advantage. Is Russell Westbrook’s immaturity causing problems in the locker room? Is David Adelman better than Mike Malone? Will Donovan Mitchell and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers ever make it past the second round, or are they too soft? Meanwhile, Jimmy Butler is choosing when he wants to play well, and without Steph the Warriors are struggling. And how should winning the Cooper Flagg lottery change the Mavericks plans for next season? Plus, Izzy and Amin Blind Rank number one picks to predict how good Cooper will be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.2	You're listening to Draft Kings Network.
0:49.5	Thank you. to Draft Kings Network. Welcome to Oddball.
0:50.8	I'm Amino Hassan.
0:51.8	That over there is Izzy Kateras.
0:53.0	We're coming to you from Miami, Florida, where I guess the Cleveland Cavaliers will be in any minute now. Go hang out.
1:01.8	12-3 South Beach.
1:03.1	Yeah. But before we do that, we got to talk about Nuggets and Thunder, the game of the night last night.
1:09.1	The Thunder gutted out of 112 to 105 win over the Nuggets.
1:13.0	They owe three, two in the series, Izzy one more, and they are done.
1:17.7	Big plays from both teams down the stretch.
1:19.8	Lou Dort hit a bunch of threes.
1:21.6	Nikolioch had some crazy weird one-legged buzzer-beater three over Chet Holmgren and of course SGA delivering the
1:30.9	Kletz three.
1:32.1	Yokic was incredible.
1:34.2	44 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and it just won't matter as it usually does because
1:39.6	apparently the nuggets, whenever he scores 40 points, that's a bad thing.
1:43.7	What a great game.
1:45.4	I think it was very, like, sort of encapsulates the series a little bit because they're
1:50.3	so close and it's just a matter of which team just, it's not even not letting go of the
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