Red-Hot Hornets Cool Off Heat in Play-In Victory Real Ones

Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck are back with another edition of Real Ones to react to the wild Tuesday night play-in games. The Hornets defeated the Heat in OT thanks to LaMelo Ball’s late-game bucket. What are the chances of the Hornets taking a team deep in the first round? Plus, the Suns fell to the Blazers in the Western Conference play-in. Should they consider trading Devin Booker? Plus, the mailbag!(0:00) Intro (1:14) Fan Duel ad break (2:38) Hornets-Heat (3:52) Lamelo Controversy (28:14) Amazon Prime ad break (28:45) Fan Duel ad break (29:54) Blazers-Suns presented by Ferrero (45:58) Mailbag Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard BeckProducers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford AugustinAdditional Production Support: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Hit the mailbag! ⁠realonesmailbag@gmail.com⁠The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out ⁠rg-help.com⁠ to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Order and it will come. Like today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This episode was published on Apr 15, 2026.

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