15 in 60 (Eastern Conference 1.12.25)

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Nate Duncan

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🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Our bi-weekly look at the Eastern conference! NYK vs MIL: Jalen Brunson came out firing and Karl-Anthony Towns again caused huge problems for Milwaukee TOR vs DET: Scottie Barnes got shut down by…Tobias Harris? And THJ and Malik Beasley have changed Detroit’s offense. 14:01 IND: The Pacers are back behind Andrew Nembhard. 28:19 CHA: Taking stock of Brandon Miller in his 2nd season. 40:34 ORL: Paolo is back. 48:44 PHI: The Sixers have been injured, but they’ve struggled even with Embiid. 59:25 WAS: Is Kyshawn George as bad as his stats? 1:07:33 ATL: Is Zaccharie Risacher as bad as his stats? 1:16:39 BKN: Noah Clowney has been a unique player in his second season. 1:22:56 BOS: Is the Celtics’ recent 7-6 malaise cause for concern? 1:32:25 CHI: The Bulls are a fast break machine. 1:38:30 MIA: Is young rim-protector Kel’el Ware Kryptonite for drivers? 1:46:49 CLE: How the hell is Ty Jerome doing it? 1:54:39

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0:00.0	Welcome on to the 15 and 60 here on Dunkton.
0:03.6	And for those of you who are listening on the free feed,
0:06.3	I want to remind you that you can sign up for our free newsletter twice week.
0:10.1	We get Dan Feldman's Daily Dunks wrapping up all of the biggest news during a given day with some analysis as well.
0:16.6	I think it is the best daily column that is out there, keeping up with the latest news.
0:21.6	So you can get that for free.
0:22.8	Link to that is in the show notes.
0:25.0	Let us begin here, Danny, by talking about a game that took place today.
0:29.7	Nix versus Bucks, both these teams have been up and down of late.
0:35.3	Nix got destroyed by Oklahoma City earlier in the weekend. Bucks have definitely been up and down of late. Nix got destroyed by Oklahoma City earlier in the weekend.
0:39.0	Bucks have definitely been up and down since the NBA Cup.
0:42.3	What took place here?
0:44.0	And we can start with the NICS fundamentals.
0:46.3	They are 26 and 14, 8 and 4 in their last 12, despite their 3-point shooting not being
0:52.7	that great over this period. 8.3 net rating fourth
0:55.8	in the NBA, second on offense, 14th on defense. And interestingly, something that we will get to,
1:01.6	despite being 26 and 14, they only project for 48 wins. That would still be the three-seat,
1:05.8	though, in the Sclerotic East 99% chance of making the playoffs so we'll talk about their strength of schedule
1:12.0	well yeah i guess let's talk about that now because then we'll get into the game in tradition
1:15.2	yeah i happen to take a look um just as just the basic remaining strength of schedule on tag
1:20.5	athon i didn't go i didn't go into anything more nuanced than that but i was intrigued that the new
1:25.2	york nix have the hardest remaining strength of schedule in the league.
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