What We Love From the First Month of the Season, Jokic’s Nonchalant Performance, Cade’s Superstar Status, and Are the Wolves in Trouble?

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Verno and Jacoby return as they go over the Monday-night slate of basketball, including the Raptors and Pistons' win streaks, Nikola Jokic’s nonchalant impact in the Nuggets' win over the Grizzlies, the Wolves' collapse against the Heat, and more. They also discuss the viral moment between Klay Thompson and Ja Morant over the weekend. Next, the guys share four things they’ve loved about the first month of the NBA season. (00:00) Welcome to The Mismatch! (00:24) We were right about the Raptors (06:48) The Pistons keep on winning (13 straight wins) (12:50) Rockets cool down the Suns (15:00) Nikola Jokic nets triple-double in win against Grizzlies (21:52) Wolves collapse again, lose to the Kings in OT (29:22) Heat edge out Mavs in Tyler Herro's return (33:54) Klay Thompson and Ja Morant's viral moment over the weekend (41:50) First month love no. 1: New broadcasts (46:33) First month love no. 2: ‘On the Radar’ players (49:51) First month love no. 3: Diverse offenses (56:40) First month love no. 4: Steph, KD, and LeBron still got it The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Leave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091 Hosts: Chris Vernon and David Jacoby Producers: Jessie Lopez and Stefan Anderson Social: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Harry.
0:00.7	Hello mate.
0:01.5	Got any tips for the football?
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0:23.3	18 plus opt in and bet on any football marketing at odds of evens or greater no, cash out seven-day expiry terms and conditions apply at gamblerware.org. Welcome to the Miss Match.
0:43.3	I'm Chris Vernon and join me as he does every week from the ringer.com is Dave
0:46.4	Jacoby. Jacoby.
0:48.6	Ferno.
0:50.1	I hate it when you're right.
0:51.8	But you might be right about the Raptors.
0:53.6	You might be right about the Raptors. You might be right about the Raptors.
0:55.9	Well, we had this clip that was going around earlier the week,
0:59.3	and I told you that after I watched them and my man Matt Devlin was doing the whole notorious B.I.3,
1:07.6	I said, look at their schedule.
1:10.1	This isn't slowing down anytime soon, right?
1:13.4	This is going to be a thing.
1:15.5	And it is now officially a thing.
1:19.0	They have pushed it to now eight games in a row that they have won.
1:23.8	In those eight games, they have the third ranked offense behind the Nuggets
1:31.1	and the Rockets.
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