It's time to take stock of the beginning of the NBA Playoffs! Ben and Mike discuss why the Clippers' defense strategy is working and bodes well for a future series against the Warriors(1:50); groundhog day with the Thunder after an awful Game 2 loss to Dallas (14:52); the amazing Rick Carlisle and Wesley Matthews (25:00); Steve Clifford's comments about adjustments and the media being ignorant in the Heat-Hornets series (27:10); LeBron as the queen of the chess board(37:40); and how being a good shooting team in the regular season means something different than being a good shooting team in the playoffs (44:20)

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