Shai vs. Wemby for MVP?
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
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Summary
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the Thunder surviving against a shorthanded Pistons team and the SGA vs. Wemby MVP race. Then, Tony Jones stops by to talk about the 76ers loss to the Heat, Joel Embiid and Paul George returning to the lineup, and Philly's playoff hopes.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni and Tony Jones
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 March 31st, 2026. |
| 0:04.4 | I'm Dave Before here with Esparahenny. |
| 0:06.4 | Coming up, the Thunder barely survived the Pistons. |
| 0:09.8 | Wembe has another MVP night and we talked to Tony Jones about the Sixers. |
| 0:18.2 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:19.5 | What is up, S. |
| 0:21.3 | Man, what a game. |
| 0:23.5 | Wow. |
| 0:24.5 | How about those pistons, man? |
| 0:27.1 | The plucky pistons, super short-handed, had one starter in OKC. |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:34.2 | And they took the Thunder to overtime. |
| 0:35.7 | The Thunder win, 11, 14, 110. |
| 0:38.3 | I mean, what are you going to do? |
| 0:39.4 | A Sart Thompson fouls out at the end of regulation, and it was all downhill for the Pistons then. |
| 0:46.8 | But, man, they mounted a huge comeback in this game. |
| 0:49.8 | They were down 15 points. |
| 0:51.1 | At one point, had a seven point lead. |
| 0:52.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:53.3 | But the Thunder are just too tough, man. Shea had 15 points. At one point, had a seven point lead. Yeah. But the Thunder are just too tough, man. |
| 0:56.2 | She had 47 points and was called for a push-off on the potential game winner at the end of regulation. |
| 1:05.3 | Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
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