Playoff Matchups That Should Have Celtics, Thunder, Other Contenders Worried | ALL NBA PODCAST
Adam Mares and Jason Timpf break down the biggest NBA games and storylines, starting with the Minnesota Timberwolves taking down the Boston Celtics without Anthony Edwards and what it reveals about Minnesotaâs depth and defense. They highlight Bones Hylandâs performance as a potential X-factor and discuss how the Wolves forced Boston into tough isolation possessions, along with concerns about Jayson Tatumâs struggles and the Celticsâ depth. The episode then shifts to playoff projections, including potential first-round upsets, full Western Conference and Eastern Conference matchups, and a look ahead to the second round. They wrap with thoughts on March Madness and top college prospects. A must-watch for NBA fans tracking contenders, playoff predictions, and key performances shaping the postseason.
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00:00 – Intro
02:54 Timberwolves take down the Celtics without Ant Edwards
03:40 Bones Hyland has a huge game
08:08 Wolves forced Boston into bad ISO possessions
12:57 Bones is an X Factor
14:55 Bad loss for Boston + Tatumâs struggles
21:51 Celticâs depth concerns?
30:45 Potential playoff upsets
33:33 Western Conference first round
40:20 Eastern Conference
47:15 Western Conference second round
54:30 March Madness thoughts
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49:25 As a Thunder fan, I'd rather see Wolves/Rockets as the 4/5, but I'm not that worried about anyone other than the Spurs, so if Nuggets/Lakers end up in the 4/5 it is what it is. For the Spurs, I kind of want that series in the WCF, just so OKC can come out of top and we can stop seeing "4-1 by Spurs this season" in every video comment section, but I certainly agree they are the toughest opponent in the West.
Great show with good talks on the wolves and the Celtics. Although the Celtics have a poor record against the best teams, I'm not that concerned yet, we had close losses to the pistons where we were right there. We could've beaten the spurs and okc back to back if not for ejections, last second missed shots. However if we don't show up against OKC in our next game, I'll be in line with Jason.
Great show with good talks on the wolves and the Celtics. Although the Celtics have a poor record against the best teams, I'm not that concerned yet, we had close losses to the pistons where we were right there. We could've beaten the spurs and okc back to back if not for ejections, last second missed shots. However if we don't show up against OKC in our next game, I'll be in line with Jason.
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Hey Jason, watching you from the start, really happy for you that you are now everywhere even on Herd đ pozdrav iz Slovenije
This is almost unwatchable with all the ads.
The funniest thing about all these "Spurs counters" is that they are all "be physical" as if the Spurs are not one of the most physical teams in the league. Like the solutions for them are never basketball, they are just "play harder against the clearly better team" and that's basically the plan for any team
Legler just couldn't bring himself to give Ant and the Wolves any at all đđđ
For reference, the Suns beat the Spurs last in Nov 23, 2025. That was early in the year, the Spurs were not fully healthy or fully ready to be this team. Then the Spurs beat the Suns in Feb and March (Feb they demolished them) and March they had a terrible shooting game but still won. The Clippers lost to the Spurs twice in March and will probably lose to them again in April. So this "bad playoff matchup for the Spurs" teams are going to be 0-5 vs the Spurs in the year 2026 going into the playoffs and they need to beat them 4 times to win the series. Seems like a reach
to answer your Q, Adam: as a Thunder fan, we definitely don't want to play Denver again đđ not that we couldn't win, but we would be miserable and horrified throughout. it may not even be rational, i think it's just trauma from last year.
As a Thunder fan, only one that makes me uneasy is Jokic. Thats it. I am never gonna count out a team led by Jokic. I disagree with you guys putting the Spurs above Denver. Spurs are a year or two too early. They have no meaningful playoff experience besides Barnes and they dont have that unstoppable superstar offense level player like Shai, Jokic, Durant, Ant that can get you a bucket at any time. Wemby is also too inconsistent and we still need to see if his body can hold up the brutal physicality of the playoffs.. Also, I think its just homerism putting the Lakers in a tier above Minnesota. Lakers defense is absolute trash and Minnesota has a proven, battle tested team that has been playing together for a while and made the West Finals the last 2 years.
Jason we really disguising Boston defense ? They couldnât score man. They will have no problems on defense in playoffs
Twolves need a starting pg everything else is secondary. Gobert is 4 on 5 Randle canât shoot consistently mcdaniels low volume and DDV canât dribble.
Hauser/Queta are average at Offensively at best. Tatum also just not himself
Cavs fan here. Harden n mitchell defense are passable. We want all our other guards to lock down along with our bigs
This might be the first time i agree with Jason on the topic of the Western conference… The Spurs will be a first round exit most likely, second round is possible but they are primed to be an upset.