Thunder take down Knicks in a thriller + Hornets on the rise
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🗓️ 5 March 2026
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Summary
Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Hornets dominant win over the Celtics and wonder about Charlotte’s success in the playoffs. Then, Fred Katz joins the show after the Knicks loss to the Thunder to breakdown the positives, their recent success, and whether their defense holds up in the playoffs.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Fred Katz
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily, presented by Amazon Prime for March 5th, |
| 0:13.8 | 2026. I'm Dave Before. Here was Zena Keda coming up, our Hornets. A game above 500 |
| 0:21.1 | after stomping the Celtics, |
| 0:22.7 | we're going to talk about them. |
| 0:23.7 | Then Fred Katz is here to go deep on the Knicks |
| 0:26.3 | in their loss against the thunder |
| 0:27.9 | and why he's hopeful about their defense. |
| 0:33.4 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:35.3 | What's up, Zena? |
| 0:36.9 | How about those Hornets? Oh, I just love the possessive our hornets. I mean, look, we're clear a possession. |
| 0:44.7 | I'm happy you have jumped into the bandwagon with me and you're seeing what my guys in North Carolina are up to. I'm obsessed right now with not only the fact that they're winning and they're |
| 0:57.0 | continuing to win and they bounce back from that little spell. |
| 0:59.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:00.0 | Right? |
| 1:00.3 | That's big. |
| 1:01.1 | But then it's how they're winning, Dave. |
| 1:03.0 | That's the biggest part. |
| 1:04.3 | Listen, they won their six straight last night. |
| 1:07.6 | Six games in a row that they've won by 15 or more points. |
| 1:11.2 | They beat the Celtics 118 to 89. |
| 1:14.9 | This was the sort of two-way game that we've been seeing from them. |
| 1:18.8 | High power offense, excellent defense. |
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