{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Upsets, comebacks and contract nightmares: Round One unpacked","description":"The first round of the NBA playoffs is delivering chaos across the board, and Mo and Brendan Suhr are breaking down every series . Jalen Duren is being outplayed by the fifth option on the Orlando Magic while his max contract talks stall. The Toronto Raptors shot 4-30 from three and won a playoff game. Jaden McDaniels talked his way into a feud with the entire Nuggets roster and then dunked on Nikola Jokic to back it up.\n\nMo and Brendan cover all eight first-round matchups in full, including the Spurs' historic second-half comeback from 17 down against Portland, Payton Pritchard's 32-point masterclass for Boston, and a big debate on whether the Houston Rockets front office set Ime Udoka up to fail. Plus, Brendan drops some genuine insider knowledge on concussion science that most coaches and fans don't know.\n\nAlso in this episode: Rudy Gobert gets his flowers after years of being the punchline in every Jokic highlight reel, the Pelicans coaching search throws up an eyebrow-raising name, and Mo and Brendan debate the NBA's so-called unwritten rules.\n\nListen or watch and catch up on everything happening in Round 1.\n\nTopics covered:\n\nPistons vs Magic: Jalen Duren's playoff disaster and what it means for his contract\nCavs vs Raptors: How Toronto won shooting 4-30 from three\nKnicks vs Hawks: Series reset after Atlanta missed their chance to go up 3-1\nCeltics vs Sixers: Payton Pritchard's 32 points and Boston's player development pipeline\nOKC vs Suns: The officiating debate and why it misses the point\nLakers vs Rockets: Marcus Smart's game-changing steal and the front office failures\nWolves vs Nuggets: Rudy Gobert's redemption, Jaden McDaniels, and the unwritten rules debate\nSpurs vs Blazers: Wemby, De'Aaron Fox, and one of the great second-half runs in recent memory\nPelicans coaching search: Sean Sweeney vs Rajon Rondo\nPost-concussion science: What the research says about lower extremity injury risk\n\n🎧 Listen to the full Hoop Genius Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & all platforms.\n📺 Subscribe for new episodes 2x a week.\n\nThis podcast is brought to you by NBA2K26:\nhttps://nba.2k.com/2k26/buy/","author_name":"The Hoop Genius Podcast","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5009963-the-hoop-genius-podcast","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43616605/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}