Will the Celtics Make History? Plus, LeBron's Injury, Coaching Scuttlebutt, and Ja's Cryptic Social Posts.

The Mismatch

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4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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The Celtics stay alive, and Verno and KOC discuss how they blew out the Heat to remain in the Eastern Conference finals (01:05). No one believes LeBron James is going to retire, but the news of his injury will definitely affect how the Lakers will handle the upcoming offseason and will determine how they keep LeBron healthy deep into the playoffs (29:30). Next, the guys discuss the latest head-coaching rumors and debate what type of coach would best utilize Joel Embiid’s talents (37:36). Also, the NBA is finally looking into penalizing flopping, and the guys discuss Ja Morant’s cryptic Instagram post (56:35). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Producer: Jessie Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You may find this hard to believe, but 60 saws that explain the 90s.
0:04.4	America's favorite poorly named music podcast is back with 30 more songs than 120 songs total.
0:11.9	I'm your host Rob Harbilla, here to bring you more true musical analysis,
0:15.9	poignant nostalgic reveries, crude personal anecdotes, and rad special guests,
0:21.4	all with even less restraint than usual.
0:24.8	Join us once more on 60 saws that explain the 90s every Wednesday on Spotify.
0:44.7	Welcome to the mismatch. I'm Chris Vernon, and joining me see does every Thursday night from the
0:49.5	ringer.com is Kevin O'Connor aka Kevin Obama, Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Climin, Kevin O'Candyland,
0:55.3	Kevin O'Camer, Kevin O'Caractors, Kevin O'Burnow! Wow, oh my god, game six?
1:05.2	This might happen. So now what? We already buried the Celtics. What show do we do?
1:11.1	Oh, time to dig him back up, man, because Chris, this is a different level defense.
1:20.8	Like one thing that's the same as game four after we talked about that one is shooting over 40%.
1:27.4	What are they now 38 and two when they shoot 40% or better on the season, right?
1:31.5	Season and playoffs. 30 and two. You have to look at it.
1:34.7	Yeah, that's one stat, but their defense still though.
1:38.5	Their defense is different forcing the heat to have 16 turnovers in the game, timely help
1:45.2	defense, especially out of pick and roll on the side from Miami, helping in the gaps, handsy,
1:52.1	on drives to the basket once again. Robert Williams looks more like the guy we saw last season.
1:57.2	The Celtics in general look more like the defense that we saw last season when they were at their
2:02.0	peaks, not like the more, you know, they're good, but not amazing defense that we saw this season
2:08.7	throughout the playoffs. And Jason Tatum, 11 assists tonight, granted some of those were very
2:13.2	generous. But 11 assists tonight, the playmaking at a high level on a pick and roll, making great
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