It was the flying elbow heard round the world.

The NBA's face of the future Victor Wembanyama swung his wing and struck Minnesota Timberwolves forward Naz Reid in the throat, earning a "flagrant 2" foul and automatic ejection in the second quarter of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal. In the end, the absence of the 7'4 NBA MVP finalist for over two quarters may have cost the San Antonio Spurs the chance to go up 3-1 and close out the series in San Antonio in Tuesday's Game 5. But the Wolves made the clearer path to victory anything but a smooth journey in their 114-109 win at home. If anything, Wemby's ejection galvanized and catalyzed the Spurs more than the Wolves, who needed Anthony Edwards' fourth-quarter heroics to overcome an eight-point fourth-quarter deficit to secure the victory. Playing on two injured knees, Edwards scored 16 of his 36 points in the final two minutes. So, what does this all mean for the Wolves and the series going forward? Should Wolves fans be worried that Minnesota — like so many times in the regular season — played with its food and needed to flip the switch in crunch time in a game that appeared ripe for a blowout win once Wemby was dismissed? Or do the Spurs deserve credit for their spirited play and still-dangerous roster without Wemby? And has talented but expensive and erratic forward Julius Randle bumbled, stumbled, and loafed his way out of a spot on the Timberwolves roster after this season? Happy Hour's own local Sioux Falls panel of the Happy Hour host, University of Sioux Falls men's basketball coach Chris Johnson, and fellow die hard Jon Oppold (owner of Wolves watch bar, the Orion Pub) break it down.

The South Dakota Sports Lounge is a weekly show, produced by Midwest Sports Plus and hosted by Sioux Falls Live's John Gaskins, that showcases the best and/or most topical sports conversations from the daily sports shows in the Forum Communications family — Happy Hour with John Gaskins (Sioux Falls), Hot Mic with Dom Izzo (Fargo) and The Nate Brown Show (Rapid City). Most episodes also include at least one feature story about an athlete in the region. This week:

Happy Hour w/ John Gaskins: Augustana football coach on his program's NSIC title-contending consistency, being a "CEO" head coach, how Vikings' recruiting targets and results have evolved the last few years, how NIL and transfer portal have affected Augie in recent seasons. Plus, an emotional story about the last moments of the life of Jeff Fylling, the 40-year radio voice of the Vikings who died recently after a battle with cancer.

We start with the 38-point pummeling and where series is headed then move to flopping — how it hurts the NBA and all of basketball. But is the game overall better today than those glory years of the 80's and 90's so many pine? Enjoy a bigger picture Wolves & NBA chat.

On a Thirsty Thursday in Orion Pub, John Gaskins & Trent Singer react to South Dakota native Isaac Bruns choosing Southern California as his NIL landing spot for his final year of eligibility after a few prolific years at USD. Plus, what did a Miami Dolphins executive say about SDSU legend Mark Gronowski after signing the former Jackrabbit and Iowa Hawkeye to an undrafted free agent contract.

Tuesday is another big day for our team at Sioux Falls Live as we gear up to host a debate between the 5 candidates for Sioux Falls mayor. Happy Hour hosted Patrick Lalley, Sioux Falls Live's editor, to get a sneak peek at how the debate will take place.

Joe Batcheller, Christine Erickson, Greg Jamison, Jamie Smith, and David Zokaites will take part in a chat centered around public safety. It all gets underway at 6:00 pm, and live streams will be available on both Siouxfallslive.com and The Dakota Scout.

Lalley talked about why public safety is such an important conversation that needs to be had, and how he expects each candidate to make themselves stand out from the others.