The Keys to Clippers vs. Nuggets and Celtics vs. Heat and the Future for the Raptors and Rockets | The Mismatch

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🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor discuss the importance of Kawhi Leonard and Nikola Jokic in Game 7 of the Clippers-Nuggets series (0:43) and what to look for in the Eastern Conference finals between the Celtics and Heat (32:22). They then touch on the future of the Raptors (48:44), the head coach shuffle around the league (61:17), and what might be next for Russell Westbrook (69:19). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the Ringer NBA show is brought to you by Heineken. Heineken original
0:04.2	vloggers made with pure malt and their famous Aease, which makes Heineken and all season
0:09.6	all the time kind of beer. We got the conference finals coming up y'all. It's the best time of
0:16.0	year in football is happening too. We all sports happening right now. It's the perfect time
0:21.2	to enjoy Heineken while you're watching the playoffs, watching all your favorite sports.
0:25.9	Pick up a pack or have it delivered today and drink responsibly.
0:43.3	Welcome to the Ringer NBA show. I'm Chris Vernon. Joining me is he does every Tuesday from
0:47.4	the wringer.com. It's Kevin O'Connor, aka Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Bomer, Kevin O'Camer,
0:51.9	Kevin O'Candyland, Kevin O'Conflick, Kevin O'Climor, Kevin O'Blerian, Kevin O'Vero. We got big
1:00.6	games tonight. If you want to talk about the most unexpected shows that we have done, this may be
1:09.1	right up there at the very top and we could go all the way back several weeks, Kevin.
1:15.6	I think we did a show after game three of the Denver Utah series that saw the nuggets lose
1:25.3	124 to 87. Then they lost again after that and they looked completely dead to rights and we're
1:34.4	talking about what are you going to do from here? What happens with Malone? What happens with
1:39.2	Jamal Murray? What happens with Yochich? Their defense is abhorrent and then they come back
1:46.8	and they win that Utah series. Then they look completely dead again against the Clippers.
1:54.2	Down three to one, it's just a matter of time. I think we talked about this and I said a zero percent
2:00.0	chance. Then honestly, even within the contexts of the game, they're down 19. They're down 16.
2:12.1	They look completely dead again even in the middle of these games. Then in the second halves of games
2:19.8	five and six, we have just unbelievable shocking collapses by this Clippers team that now is
2:30.8	playing into game seven with I feel like a tremendous amount of pressure for a game seven. It's
2:39.0	a veteran-laden team, but a lot of pressure. I can't even believe we're talking about a Clippers
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