Thunder save their season + Cavs in big trouble
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🗓️ 12 May 2025
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Summary
The Thunder get a big win in Denver to put the series at 2-2 heading back to OKC, and Dave DuFour, Zena Keita and Es Baraheni are here to break it down. They discuss how the Thunder finally closed a game in the clutch, and what adjustments the Nuggets can make going back to OKC. They also discuss the Pacers pushing the Cavs to brink and if the Cavs have any hope in this series. Then they preview Warriors/Wolves and Celtics/Knicks and make their picks. Finally, they preview the NBA Draft lottery that will take place tonight.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Es Baraheni
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. |
| 0:08.8 | Coming up, the Cavs might be done. |
| 0:11.4 | They're down 3-1. |
| 0:12.8 | Thunder Nuggets is giving us a rock fight of a series, |
| 0:15.8 | and we're going to make our picks for tomorrow night's games. |
| 0:22.4 | Good morning, everybody. Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:23.7 | Good morning, guys. |
| 0:24.9 | Kind of a crazy weekend. |
| 0:26.6 | I hope you guys enjoyed the playoffs. |
| 0:29.9 | Of course. |
| 0:31.1 | Absolutely. Yeah, always. |
| 0:31.9 | I'm always enjoying it. |
| 0:32.6 | What, where are you guys right now after watching this weekend where we got low scores, we got blowouts, we got tight games? |
| 0:44.0 | How are you guys feeling about the general vibe of the playoffs? |
| 0:47.9 | Second round has been a bit of a letdown, I think, just because of the injuries. |
| 0:52.7 | You know, you think of the the Wolves Warriors series and Steph being taken out of that one. And then obviously with this Cavs Pacer series, the injuries looming big for Cleveland. It's just, it's kind of taking the life out of the second round a little bit. Especially at the same time, the hoops have been good. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. |
| 1:11.6 | But that's what I, to your point as I feel as if I almost expected it because of how hard |
| 1:17.3 | the first round went, right? |
| 1:18.9 | And how hard everyone went. |
| 1:20.3 | You think about that Denver Clipper series was crazy and now you're seeing them look so tired |
| 1:27.1 | against OKC. |
| 1:28.1 | And it's a direct result of that first series, right? |
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