Play-in Previews, Plus Surprises and Disappointments from This Season from The Mismatch

Play-in Previews, Plus Surprises and Disappointments from This Season

1 hour 19 minutes Posted Apr 14, 2026 at 7:00 am.

Previewing the Play-in Tournament

Heat-Hornets: Heat are a tough out, Hornets are young

Blazers-Suns: Next round vs. Spurs favors the Trail Blazers

Magic-76ers: Will this be a revenge game for Philly?

Warriors-Clippers: Warriors stumbling into matchup

Knicks-Hawks: Initial thoughts for the matchup

Rockets-Lakers: Luka has to be available to beat the Rockets

Wolves-Nuggets: The underdog has been a problem for Denver in the past

Verno’s Surprises: The Spurs' huge leap from the lottery

Jacoby’s Surprises: How much better the Celtics were going into the season

Verno’s Disappointments: How reckless tanking has become in the NBA

Jacoby’s Disappointments: The NBA turning into a law firm

Verno’s Surprises: The statistical greatness of Nikola Jokić

Jacoby’s Surprises: 2025 draft class was really impactful

Verno’s Disappointments: Doc Rivers and the disaster of the Bucks

Jacoby’s Disappointments: NBC selling us Michael Jordan and not delivering

Verno’s Surprises: The Clippers recovering from their bad start

Jacoby’s Surprises: Clippers sending CP3 into retirement

Jacoby’s Disappointments: Chauncey Billups in a federal indictment

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Verno and Jacoby return to react to the final weekend of the NBA regular season, take a look at the 2026 Play-in Tournament, and break down the playoff matchups. Then, they give their biggest surprises and disappointments from the regular season.

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