Pistons bounce back + J Dub injured in Thunder win
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
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Summary
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the Thunder win over the Suns, J Dub's injury, and look at the keys to Thursday's Game 3s. Then, Hunter Patterson joins the show after the Pistons take game 2 to discuss their halftime motivation, Jalen Duren's playoffs so far, and how the Pistons maintain their momentum.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni and Hunter Patterson
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 23rd, 2026. I'm Dave DeFore here with |
| 0:05.6 | Esperi coming up. The Thunder dominate the Suns, but they may have lost J-Dub. We're going to |
| 0:11.1 | talk about that a little bit. And Hunter Patterson is here. Talk about the Pistons bouncing back |
| 0:15.8 | against the Mad. |
| 0:23.9 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:25.4 | What is up? |
| 0:26.0 | S. |
| 0:26.5 | How are you? |
| 0:27.7 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:29.2 | I'm feeling good. |
| 0:30.7 | We're in the thick of things, man. |
| 0:32.6 | Only in two game night last night. |
| 0:34.7 | Yeah, feeling great. |
| 0:37.3 | Got the pistons bouncing back. |
| 0:38.9 | Big, big game out of them. |
| 0:46.5 | Although one of the ugliest halves of basketball that you're going to see all playoff long. |
| 0:49.4 | I mean, the magic just couldn't buy a shot all night. |
| 0:51.2 | Really rough game for them. |
| 0:52.8 | It felt like 2000s basketball. |
| 0:53.7 | It honestly did. |
| 0:59.3 | Listen, if it wasn't for that third quarter run by the Pistons, I don't know. |
| 1:01.3 | This game in the 80s, you know? |
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