Favorite Playoff Matchups + The Jokic Bump

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Nikola Jokic is the best player in the NBA and we have our national writer at the Athletic Fred Katz to discuss some nuances in his approach and game. Dave DuFour and Zena Keita discuss Fred’s article on Nikola Jokic and what other players in the NBA are saying about his game. In part 2 Fred sticks around and the crew discusses their favorite Playoff matchups including Nuggets/Clippers, Wolves/Lakers and the return of Damian Lillard. Host: Dave DuFour With: Zena Keita and Fred Katz Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht Audio Producer: Grayson Moody https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6276862/2025/04/16/nikola-jokic-christian-braun-mentorship-nba-mvp-denver-nuggets/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.2	Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily.
1:08.4	Coming up, it's the playoffs.
1:10.2	Fred Katz is here to talk about
1:11.4	the yokech bump and we're going to break down some of the pivotal series as we march toward the
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