Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

Can the Rockets and Pistons Pull Off History? Plus, the Cavs Are Kinda Back and More Bad Lottery Reform.| Group Chat

Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann react to three different series going to 3-2. They start with the Pistons and Rockets saving their seasons against the Magic and Lakers. Then they talk about the Cavs taking the lead in their series against the Raptors. They wrap up by discussing potential lottery reform. (00:00) Intro (3:32) Fan Duel ad break (5:46) Pistons-Magic (23:04) Lakers-Rockets (45:05) Fan Duel ad break (46:33) Amazon Prime ad break (47:04) Cavaliers-Raptors (1:01:14) Lottery reform Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann Producers: Victoria Valencia and Isaiah Blakely Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Additional Production Support: John Richter and Chris Wohlers The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan [https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan] to learn more about the resources and helplines Order and it will come. Like today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck are back with another edition of Real Ones, and they get right into the playoff action. Are the Wolves in trouble now that Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo have been ruled out for the series? Has Nikola Jokic’s behavior during this series not been criticized enough? The Pistons are down 3-1 in the series and on the brink of elimination after falling to the eighth-seeded Magic on Monday. Is there any hope for a comeback? Should Joel Embiid have made a return to the series? Plus, the mailbag! (0:00) Intro (0:40) Fan Duel ad break (1:46) Nuggets-Wolves (9:48) Jokic’s confrontation with Jaden McDaniels (15:33) Fan Duel ad break (17:00) Magic-Pistons (34:12) McDonald’s ad break (34:42) Cooper Flagg wins ROTY (37:55) Joel Embiid and the Sixers (43:18) Mailbag Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck Producers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford Augustin Additional Video Support: Jeff Shearin Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Graphics: John Richter Additional Production Support: Chris Wohlers The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan [https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan] to learn more about the resources and helplines Get more value with the McValue menu at McDonald’s https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/download-app.html [https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/download-app.html] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Are the Spurs the Biggest Winner of a Chaotic First Round? | Group Chat

Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann open by recapping the Spurs' winning weekend in Portland. Then they break down the rest of this weekend’s playoffs matchups, including Jokic’s meltdown, the trust level of Eastern Conference teams, and the Pistons meeting their match in Orlando. (0:00) Intro (3:51) Fan Duel ad break (4:28) - Spurs-Blazers (28:09) Injuries Mounting in the Playoffs (30:55) - Is the door open for the Spurs to improbably win it all? (35:28) - Men’s Wearhouse ad break (36:10)- Jokic’s confrontation with Jaden McDaniels (42:16)- Is Jokic the greatest player of all time? (50:24) - Wolves’s playoff performance (54:52) - Cavs-Raptors (57:33) - Messiness in the East Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann Producers: Victoria Valencia and Stefan Anderson Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Additional Production Support: John Richter and Chris Wohlers The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com [http://www.rg-help.com/] to learn more about the resources and helplines available. When you need your fit to deliver, we’ve got you. Shop Men's Wearhouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

The Rockets fell to the Lakers in game three of the first round due to some late game blunders that had Logan Murdock, Raja Bell and Howard Beck puzzled. Why has the theme for the Rockets all season been the inability to close out games? Did they miss out on an opportunity to acquire a guard at the deadline to help with these issues? The Celtics defeated the Sixers in a close one in Philly to take the series lead 2-1. Is Jayson Tatum fully back? Has Rudy Gobert gotten the better end of his matchup against Nikola Jokic? What’s wrong with the Knicks offense down the stretch of games? Plus, Real One of the Week! (00:00) Intro (1:09) Fan Duel ad break (1:59) Lakers-Rockets (23:00) Celtics-Sixers (34:17) Amazon Prime ad break (34:49) Nuggets-Wolves (44:55) Hawks-Knicks (55:51) Real One of the Week Hosts: Logan Murdock, Howard Beck, and Raja Bell Producers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford Augustin Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Hit the mailbag! realonesmailbag@gmail.com The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out rg-help.com to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Order and it will come. Like today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Detroit Picks Itself Up Off the Mat, and OKC Survives. Plus, Things We Think We Know About the Playoffs So Far. | Group Chat

Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann are here right after the Wednesday night playoff games to first react to the Pistons' bounceback win in Game 2 over the Magic, and then the Thunder surviving a late push from the Suns to go up 2-0. Then, they each talk about something they think they know about these playoffs. (00:00) Intro (3:35) Fan Duel ad break (4:12) Pistons-Magic (21:37) Thunder-Suns (37:40) Fan Duel ad break (39:07) Amazon Prime ad break (39:37) What they think they know about these playoffs Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann Producers: Victoria Valencia and Isaiah Blakely Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Additional Production Support: John Richter and Chris Wohlers Social: Keith Fujimoto and Isaiah Blakely The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com [http://www.rg-help.com] to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Order and it will come. Like today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]