Hello and welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we're doing

slightly after midnight on Sunday night slash Monday morning. Joining us from New York City,

home of the New York Knicks, who are up 3-1 in their series with the Pistons, Tim Bontemps.

Hello, everybody. Luxuriating at 3-1 in their series with the Pistons, Tim Bontemps. Hello, everybody.

Luguriating at Home in Dallas.

The series between the Thunder and Grizzlies being done, while the rest of us are out here

on the road covering highly important series in Miami like I am.

It's Bann McMahon.

Howdy, partners.

Now, I would say your series is not that important, and Bontemps is not on the road.

So we're off to quite a fibbing start so far.

Well, there was a lot that went on this weekend in the NBA, and it's a somber note that we're going to start out with because the last game of the weekend had a big downer with a big implication

going forward. And that's Damien Lillard with what looks like a torn Achilles tendon in the

first half of the Pacers victory over the bucks. Chris Haynes reported first. Chris Haynes is a

long time acquaintance of Dame Willard.

First off, you saw the play.

All right.

It unfortunately had the hallmarks of a torn Achilles.

Non-contact guy going down while he was pushing off the leg.

So we'll wait for confirmation, but obviously... while he was pushing off the, off the leg.

So we'll wait for confirmation,

but obviously very difficult.

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