Things We Are Tired Of and Eastern Conference Playoff Push

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Verno and Jacoby return to react to the Thunder-Pistons matchup, the logjam in the Eastern Conference playoffs race, and things they are tired of this season.Welcome to The Mismatch! (0:53) Top teams are jockeying for playoff position (2:45) Eastern Conference: Magic fighting, Hornets chasing (5:16) Western Conference: The Suns' good vibes (10:13) West teams battling for 4,5 and 6: Nuggets, Timberwolves, Rockets (16:21) The MVP Race: Wemby, SGA, Jokić, Dončić, Jaylen Brown (23:30) Things we are tired of: SGA’s free throw discourse (27:45) Things we are tired of: lack of respect for the Pistons (36:19) Things we are tired of: KAT unclear about his role (40:46) Things we are tired of: tanking teams and players you have never heard of (50:33) Things we are tired of: not having Anthony Edwards in our life (53:41) Things we are tired of: NBA floating ideas to the media about tanking (57:18) Things we are tired of: “If the 76ers are healthy” (59:04) Things we are tired of: doing a show with a guy who resents Wemby (1:01:53) “Monsieur Basket” Joins the Mismatch! Leave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091Hosts: Chris Vernon and David JacobyProducers: Stefan Anderson and Jeff ShearinSocial: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.1	Verno, the thunder and the pistons had me up past my bed tonight.
0:57.8	Once again.
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1:00.5	Last night.
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1:02.4	You had the Thunder and the Pistons.
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