The Suns Could Nab the 1-seed in the West From the Jazz. Plus: The Timberwolves’ Future Remains Murky and the Trail Blazers’ Defense Is Historically Bad.

The Mismatch

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4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Verno and KOC get into the odd phenomenon of the Minnesota Timberwolves sweeping the Utah Jazz this season and where the Timberwolves can go with their roster (0:30). Then they talk about Kevin Love phoning it in for $31 million (15:27), the Phoenix Suns snapping the Knicks’ winning streak (23:13), and Western Conference playoff seeding (29:33). Finally, they talk about the Trail Blazers’ disappointing season, historically bad defense, and what, if anything, the team can do in the future to remake its roster (36:10). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Associate Producer: Sasha Ashall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On R2C2, C.C. Sabatia and Ryan Ruko guide listeners through everything going on in the MLB, NBA, and NFL.
0:06.9	They also talk to friends, athletes, and celebrities about the world of sports, and much more.
0:11.2	Check out R2C2 with C.C. Sabatia and Ryan Ruko on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
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1:39.2	Kevin O'Candyland, Kevin O'Climber, Kevin O'Climber, how you doing?
1:45.2	We're down to the home stretch.
1:47.2	We've got, what, most teams got about 12 games, 13 games at most left.
1:53.2	It's flown by.
1:55.2	It really has.
1:57.2	Everything has. It's already April 27th.
1:59.2	That's because there's games every single day.
2:01.2	Yeah.
2:03.2	And some of these teams are playing like six games and eight days, nine games and 12 days.
2:09.2	It's really, it's really very difficult to keep up with the schedules.
2:13.2	And you always have, at the tail end of the season, strange scores come across the bottom line.
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