Worried about the Thunder? + Pistons smoke Knicks
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🗓️ 6 January 2026
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Summary
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni discuss the Thunder’s loss the Hornets and their recent skid, the Nuggets shorthanded win over the Sixers, and a review of Snoop Dogg’s broadcasting chops. Then, James Edwards joins the show to discuss the Knicks loss in Detroit, their recent struggles, and Cade Cunningham’s MVP case for the Pistons.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni and James Edwards
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. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm Dave DeFore here with Esperi. |
| 0:13.8 | Coming up, bunch of upsets, the Thunderloos again. |
| 0:17.1 | What the heck is going on? |
| 0:18.2 | And we're going to talk to James Edwards about the Knicks getting dusted by the Pistons. Good morning, everybody. What's up, S? What's up, Dave, man. |
| 0:28.7 | What a night in the NBA? Weird night in the NBA. Yeah, crazy Monday night. You know, |
| 0:33.7 | we're at that weird time of the season where it feels like all these injuries have popped up. |
| 0:37.9 | I mean, we'll get to the nuggets in a minute because how about the zombie nuggets last night? |
| 0:41.9 | But I think we got to start with those upstart, scrappy Charlotte Hornets. |
| 0:47.6 | What? |
| 0:49.2 | 124.97. |
| 0:51.1 | That was the final score. |
| 0:52.6 | That is not, I didn't have a typo in my notes today. 1.2497, the Hornets beat the Thunder last night. And as, honestly, the truth is the Hornets, it's one of those things, right? Maker Miss League. Oh, yeah. And they made everything. Lamello Ball had a couple of ridiculous shots. I mean, there's one where he's like falling out of bounds. I don't know. It's hard to lose. Brandon Miller was seven of ten from three. It felt like he could make anything he wanted to. The rim was this size. You know, I don't know if you can listen to me, but massive like an ocean. 50% from three. That's what the Hornet hornet shot tonight so yes it is a make or miss |
| 1:29.4 | league thunder are now six and six in their last 12 which you know we'll have some people |
| 1:35.9 | ringing the alarm bells i feel like this is pretty good for them though yeah it wasversity pretty |
| 1:42.2 | good i don't know about that because scoring 97 points against the horn is bad. I agree. Straight up. Even though, and we'll give them the schedule thing, okay? Like maybe this is a schedule loss. Second night of a back to back. They had to travel back to OKC after losing it on a buzzer beater to Devin Booker. You know, and look, it was a comeback too. |
| 2:02.7 | Like they collapsed in that fourth quarter. |
| 2:05.4 | So like that is part of this whole situation. |
| 2:08.9 | And I don't think anybody on the Thunder is going to give themselves any excuses either. |
| 2:12.2 | This is a championship organization for a reason. |
| 2:14.9 | But I think the fact that they are struggling right now is a good sign for June just |
| 2:22.3 | because, I mean, if I had to spin it that way. |
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