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‘Heat Check’: The Bucks Stop There, Pelicans Down for the Count, and Drake Is Still Weird

News from around the league, including the end of the Bucks’ win streak and another suspension for Dion Waiters

By John Gonzalez, Haley O'Shaughnessy, Dan Devine, and Micah Peters
Dallas Mavericks v Milwaukee Bucks Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images

Instant Replay (03:24): News from around the league, including the end of the Bucks’ win streak, Dion Waiters’s latest suspension, the excellent clapbacks from CJ McCollum, and more.

The Main Event (18:32): Micah Peters stops in to talk to the gang about the absolute mess the Pelicans are in, and whether Zion and all the team’s missing parts can even fix it.

Good Call/Bad Call (30:11): Drake is being really weird again, gambling for 3-point shots, and we get Cubas mixed up.

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