Rugged Timberwolves, Soaring Rockets,Sizzling 76ers, Fizzling Clippers

0:00 ... Opening Animation and Welcome

0:24 ... Episode #76 honors Shawn Bradley, who wore that number during his career

0:39 ... Bet Online live commercial read

1:16 ... Bruce's opening tip on James Harden and the tough start to his Clippers career

2:47 ... World B's opening tip is on Stephen Curry, who is playing great ball but needs some help

4:10... Ross' opening tip is a question to Bruce and World B on how they felt about Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla's challenge against the Raptors when his team was leading by 27 points with 3:00 left last Saturday. Everyone thought it was kind of lame.

6:46 ... World B's Team of the Week is the Dallas Mavericks, who are winning close games and exceeding expectations

7:46 ... Bruce's Team of the Week is the Houston Rockets, who have won 6 straight games behind center Alperin Sengun

8:59 ... Ross' Team of the Week is the Portland Trailblazers who are remaining competitive despite playing a lot of guys with "zero" name recognition and without their two starting guards.

10:36 ... Bruce's Team of the WEAK is the LA Clippers, who are having major chemistry issues

11:32 ... World B's Team of the WEAK is the Washington Wizards, who are just dreadful on defense and on the boards.

13:30... Ross's Team of the WEAK is Milwaukee, who are driving Ross to pull the old panic button out of his desk drawer.

14:50 ... Bruce is concerned about Khris Middleton, who is playing fewer minutes and struggling offensively.

16:24 ... The Minnesota Timberwolves are rampaging through some very good teams behind Anthony Edwards and a very rugged defense.

23:12 ... The Philadelphia 76ers are rolling in the east behind Tyrese Maxey and reigning MVP Joel Embiid. World B feels they're the best team in the league.

25:01 ... Maxey has been unleashed since Harden moved west ...

32:07 ... We start the "Three Man Weave" with the odd situation where the Golden State Warriors are struggling at home but crushing it on the road. This is in stark contrast to last year's team that was 33-8 at home and 11-30 on the road.

38:10 ... The next element in the Three Man Weave concerns Tim Hardaway Junior's candidacy for the 6th Man of the Year Award in Dallas. He's tied for 3rd in the league with 3.5 "threes" per game.

40:30 ... The final element in the Three Man Weave is on CJ McCollum and how his absence has hurt the New Orleans Pelicans in the area of leadership as well as scoring.

43:38 ... Ross' "Best Bets" features underdogs who are good bets to cover the point spread on any given night.

45:12 ... Bruce's final thought is on Kelly Oubre Junior and how angry hs is that Oubre was injured by a hit and run driver.

46:42 ... World B's final thought is on the Chicago Bulls and head coach Billy Donovan ... World B wonders if his preseason prediction on Donovan's job status will come to pass.

48:24 ... Ross takes aim at Zion Williamson in his final thought and thinks Zion needs to start "buying in" and not complaining about the situation he thinks he is in.

49:19 ... Bye until next time

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