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Bucks Beat Down the Heat in Third Straight Win. Plus: Lakers and Nuggets Win Their Game 3s, and the Clippers Are Wretched.

Verno and KOC also break down Ja Morant’s incredible 47-point game Wednesday night and the Knicks-Hawks series

By Chris Vernon and Kevin O'Connor
Milwaukee Bucks v Miami Heat - Game Three Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images


Verno and KOC get together after Thursday night’s slate of playoff games to discuss the Bucks’ beatdown of the Heat to go up 3-0 (0:30), the Lakers’ defeat of the overheated Suns to go up 2-1 (19:15), and the Nuggets’ victory over the Trail Blazers to go up 2-1 (37:36). Then they get into the Clippers’ wretched performance this postseason (45:30), Ja Morant’s incredible 47-point game Wednesday night (1:03:35), and the Knicks-Hawks series (1:16:05).

Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor
Associate Producer: Sasha Ashall

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