Playoff Madness: Wolves Shock Nuggets, Sixers Force Game 7 & Knicks Finals Hopes
Heat Check with Trysta Krick
The 8 Side
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🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The NBA Playoffs are delivering, and Trysta is here to break it all down. She reacts to the Timberwolves’ huge series win over Denver, what it means for Nikola Jokic’s legacy, and previews a fascinating Wolves-Spurs matchup featuring the Rudy Gobert–Victor Wembanyama connection.
Plus, can the Knicks reach the Finals, the surprising Sixers forcing Game 7, why Detroit still may not have enough against Orlando, and whether the Rockets can pull off the first-ever 3-0 comeback against the Lakers.
Trysta also checks in on Cavs-Raptors, the Pelicans’ coaching search, and ranks the best NBA cameos in Your Friends and Neighbors. All that and more on Heat Check.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | On this episode of the E-check, we've got three wild game sixes with three completely different endings. |
| 0:12.4 | And we get into all of the series in the first round as it winds down. |
| 0:17.1 | Do me a favor, Wyatt, and drop that motherfucking beat that should be Rihanna. |
| 0:27.9 | You're listening to. Da, the hottest, NBA podcast out. |
| 0:29.4 | Yeah, I said what I said. |
| 0:30.5 | She's heating up. |
| 0:31.6 | It's the heat check. |
| 0:32.4 | The heat check. With Trista Crick. |
| 0:35.1 | All right, so, let's just start out with saying I had some predictions. |
| 0:41.3 | I had, I had predictions for this first round series. |
| 0:46.6 | I thought it was going to be 4-2 Nix. |
| 0:51.1 | That's correct. |
| 0:52.6 | I thought it was going to be 4-0 celtics that was not correct we've now |
| 0:58.3 | got a a game seven coming i thought that the minnesota timber wolves were cooked they were not |
| 1:05.0 | cooked i mean there's just a lot of predictions that were wrong this has been an insane first round |
| 1:09.0 | awesome first round. Holy shit, |
| 1:11.5 | the Celtics are on the ropes as I had them 8 to 1 to win the East, and now maybe the Sixers |
| 1:16.1 | could end up being a finals team for the first time. I thought that the Pistons would sweep the magic. |
| 1:23.6 | That didn't happen. We got a close-out game happening tonight in Orlando. |
| 1:29.3 | So let's get into it, producer Zeeke. |
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