
Tom Ziller


Can you fire a coach during a playoff series?
Good morning. Tom Thibodeau welcomes the Knicks to the bad place. Plus: Playoff Jamal Murray is finally back and the Bucks say goodbye with a tribute to the Pacers. Let's basketball.

Hail Dame
Good morning. We start with the unfortunate injury news about Damian Lillard before checking in with how the recently separated Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler are doing. Let's basketball.

Where we stand 1 week into the playoffs
Good morning. Every series featured Game 3 or 4 this weekend, so let's check in with where we stand. Or in the case of Memphis, where we sit. On a plane to Cancun. Let's basketball.

The Wolves' electric touch
Good morning. Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels rekindle what was special about Minnesota's run last season to fell the Lakers. Plus, Gary Trent Jr. Day is Wisconsin's newest holiday. Let's basketball.

Grrrevenge denied
Good morning. In a fun twist, the Grizzlies led the Thunder by 29. (OKC still won.) Also, the Clutch Player of the Year lived up to the title and the Clippers asserted their dominance. Let's basketball.

Rockets don't flinch
Good morning. Game 2 of Rockets vs. Warriors was a veritable bloodbath. Ironically, a different game featured an unsettling amount of blood. Let's basketball.

Are the Bucks ever going to do something about the Pacers?
Good morning. Milwaukee talks more smack during the game, but still loses to Indiana. Meanwhile, the Grizzlies are not playing the same game as the Thunder. Let's basketball. Something that's been consistent about the Milwaukee Bucks over the past two seasons is that they want to

KaWTF
Kawhi Leonard started Game 2 of the Clippers' series against the Nuggets red hot, but the thing about Kawhi Leonard is that he forces very little. Leonard's not quite a reluctant scorer – no one who averages 25 points per game multiple times can be classified as such

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Nuggets vs. Clippers is beyond human comprehension
Have you ever watched something for two-and-a-half hours only to have you have no earthly idea what you just witnessed? Perhaps it's a carefully crafted Christopher Nolan film, or it's a chaotic Twitch stream, or it's an older sitcom in reruns, or it'

How's it going to be
Things are pretty uncertain going into the NBA playoffs, unless they aren't. Same as it always is. Let's predict what will go down. But first ... The Davion Mitchell Game I don't mean to make everything about the Kings but did you see this s--t?