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On this episode of the Heat Check, the first weekend of the NBA playoffs are here, and they did not disappoint.

We got upsets in Milwaukee and Phoenix.

We got blowouts in Denver and Philly.

And, of course, we have drama, baby, between our doves and the Bean Team, the Sacramento Kings.

I'm here to break it all down for you.

So Nick, my man, drop that generic ass beat.

This should be Rihanna.

So the first weekend of the playoffs has come and gone, and we have some storylines already that are brewing.

What I'm going to give you is my three things that I found interesting from each of the series, beginning out west, ending with my breakdown of the

Warriors and the Kings, because as you know, I'm in the grind and I am in Sacramento. But I did

want to get you caught up first. So let's start out West, where three of the four series got

interesting really fast. Let's start in memphis lakers grizzlies fascinating game

fascinating game full of good bad and mostly ugly for the grizzlies uh they end up losing to

the lakers a 128, 112.

So it was a blowout, folks.

They pull out a row win.

They steal home court from the number two team in the West.

And yeah, I think a lot of people saw that coming, right?

I think a lot of people said the matchups don't favor the Grizzlies because there's no Stephen Adams.

There's no Brandon Clark.

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