Major Upsets Brewing in Round 1? Can Magic & Lakers Keep It Up + Early Playoff Headlines

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to an exciting opening weekend for the NBA Playoffs. The guys tackle a few major upsets starting with the Magic’s stunner in Detroit including if the Pistons are in real danger in this series. Next, the guys tackle if LeBron can lead the Lakers past the Rockets and discuss if KD will be back. Finally we talk Victor Wembanyama’s playoff debut and discuss the other major storylines you need to be watching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Major Upsets Brewing in Round 1? Can Magic & Lakers Keep It Up + Early Playoff Headlines is an episode from The Hoop Collective by ESPN.

This episode is 60:56 long.

This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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