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The Denver Nuggets showed their quality in two massive wins in Minnesota. What truly changed in this series; was it Denver playing better or the Wolves playing worse, and what does it all mean for Game 5 and beyond.Indiana played a fantastic game against New York, who look as though all the miles are finally catching up to them. How can they turn it in Game 5?Finally what does the lottery outcome do to the state of the league? And should we really be declaring the Pistons unlucky?  Four more episodes with Nate & Danny per week are available exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, plus it’s the only place to hear John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMPlus, subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

The Mavs even up in OKC behind a rejuvenated Luka Doncic and a killer night from downtown.Was Cleveland’s victory simply the result of outshooting Boston from 3, or does Boston have more to be concerned about?We also take listener questions on the games and discuss the apparently impending hire of Mike Budenholzer in Phoenix. Four more episodes with Nate & Danny per week are available exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, plus it’s the only place to hear John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMPlus, subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

The Cavaliers overcame injuries and atrocious first-half shooting to persevere and author the largest Game 7 comeback in the play-by-play era.Now that they’ve escaped the dreaded first round, how do they match up with a Boston team that hit on all cylinders against Miami?The Mavericks summarily dispatched the Clippers in round one, but they face a fresh Thunder team that’s an entirely different kind of challenge altogether in round two. Four more episodes with Nate & Danny per week are available exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, plus it’s the only place to hear John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMPlus, subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Jalen Brunson leads the brawny Knicks to the second round in yet another classic game in a classic series.The Pacers finally play to their capabilities to finish off a wounded Bucks team at home. What is next for a Milwaukee team that hasn’t made it out of the first round the last two years?  Four more episodes with Nate & Danny per week are available exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, plus it’s the only place to hear John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMPlus, subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

New York takes command in another war of a Game 4, Paul George and James Harden provide virtuoso performances to knot up their series with Dallas, Milwaukee fought gamely but ultimately succumbed to Myles Turner and the Pacers, while the Lakers finally played harder than the Nuggets to avert a sweep.What can we take away from 3 blowouts Saturday, and where do we see the Cleveland Orlando series heading?Plus, what we think the new TV deal details that are slowly emerging may mean for the league and its fans.  Four more episodes with Nate & Danny per week are available exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, plus it’s the only place to hear John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMPlus, subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Joel Embiid had the first great playoff game of his career to will the Sixers back into the series against the Knicks. Orlando showed up for the first time, at the same time that the Cavs didn’t.The Lakers gave it all they had, but again ran out of gas against a younger, deeper, more complete Nuggets team. Four more episodes with Nate & Danny per week are available exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, plus it’s the only place to hear John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMPlus, subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

OKC and New Orleans gave us our only really good game of the day, but there were plenty of portents elsewhere.Two potential road favorites failed to show up in Milwaukee and Los Angeles, while Boston was unperturbed in Game 1 against Miami.On day one, the higher seeds served notice that upsets may not be so easy to come by in the first round. Four more episodes with Nate & Danny per week are available exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, plus it’s the only place to hear John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMPlus, subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Is there a reason to think this year’s Denver/Lakers series will go better for LA than last year’s?What strengths and weaknesses do the playoff newcomers from Orlando bring to challenge the Cavs?The Suns are favored in this series, should they be? What specific matchup problems do they cause for the Wolves?Luka vs Kawhi is perhaps the best matchup of the first round.Plus, the news that Jontay Porter is banned from the NBA and Zion Williamson will be out weeks with his hamstring issue. Four more episodes with Nate & Danny per week are available exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, plus it’s the only place to hear John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMPlus, subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

A fascinating final day of action unfolds, with huge games between Orlando and Milwaukee, Phoenix and Minnesota, and LA and New Orleans overshadowed by….Cleveland and Charlotte? Why JB Bickerstaff’s closing lineup will go down in tanking lore.Plus, the Knicks’ fascinating decision (which they may not even have considered) of whether to win against Chicago, the Bulls’ curious decision to go for it against New York, and whether the Lakers should actually consider losing the 7 vs 8 game to avoid the Nuggets. Four more episodes with Nate & Danny per week are available exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, plus it’s the only place to hear John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMPlus, subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

It’s time to take stock of how we did on our preseason over/under picks and analyze what went right and what went wrong for our preseason predictions, and also see who will be crowned the over/under king this season. Four more episodes with Nate & Danny per week are available exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, plus it’s the only place to hear John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMPlus, subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.