The Bucks Force a Game 7. Plus: The Sixers Blow a 26-Point Lead and Major Coaching Changes

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Verno and KOC discuss Game 6 of the Bucks and Nets series and look forward to Game 7 (1:07), the Sixers blowing a 26 point lead to the Hawks (11:12) and Paul George stepping up for the Clippers (37:32). Then they get into the latest NBA news with Chris Paul potentially missing games (53:07), Rick Carlisle’s resignation (54:57), the Pelicans firing Stan Van Gundy (1:07:27) and the Wizards parting ways with Scott Brooks (1:16:47). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O'Connor Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What if the Lin-Bias story hosted by Jordan Ritter-Con
0:03.1	is the ringer's latest narrative podcast?
0:05.6	You can find new episodes every Wednesday on the Book of Basketball 2.0 feed.
0:09.8	Here's a quick trailer.
0:12.8	You've heard his name, Lin-Bias,
0:15.7	1980s phenom, second pick in the NBA draft,
0:20.1	and then cocaine, tragedy.
0:23.6	One of the most shocking deaths in sports history.
0:26.2	35 years later, bias's legacy is still making an impact.
0:31.6	From Spotify and the ringer podcast network, this is What If, the Lin-Bias story.
0:37.0	I'm Jordan Ritter-Con.
0:59.4	Welcome to the mismatch. I'm Chris Vernon. Jordan M.C. does every Friday from the ringer.com.
1:26.7	Kevin O'Connor, A.K.A. Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Candy,
1:32.9	Laine, Kevin O'Killian, Kevin O'Kinez, Kevin O'Cantrarian, Kevin O'Canabas, Kevin O'Vero.
1:39.9	What's up? Well, we're recording this late on the Thursday night.
1:43.1	We have just gotten done watching the Milwaukee Bucks versus the Brooklyn Net.
1:48.8	And we are, in fact, going to get at minimum one game seven.
1:54.3	In this playoff round. 104 to 89, the Bucks are able to beat the nets. 89 is a rather incredible
2:07.0	number to be able to hold the nets too. And that has kind of been commonplace in this series.
2:12.7	When the Bucks, though everybody focuses on their offense and Janis and what they may or may not be
2:18.6	doing, these games that they have been able to beat Brooklyn, they've been able to make them
2:24.9	very uncomfortable, grind it down, get the game in the mud a little bit, and really hold
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