Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On Monday’s show (June 11, 2018), Neil, Kyle and Chris debrief after the 2018 NBA Finals, in which the Golden State Warriors again prevailed over the Cleveland Cavaliers. They talk about why this Warriors dynasty feels different, where the Warriors rank relative to other dynasties, and how this […]
Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On Thursday’s show (June 7, 2018), Neil, Kyle and Chris catch up after Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals. They talk about what a sweep would mean for this Warriors “dynasty” and for LeBron James’s legacy, debate whether LeBron is partly to blame for how his team […]
Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On Monday’s show (June 4, 2018), Neil and Kyle discuss the state of the NBA Finals, which the Golden State Warriors lead 2-0. They ask whether the Warriors’ Stephen Curry is finally going to get a finals MVP award, analyze why the Cavaliers are losing even though they’re […]
Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On Friday’s show (June 1, 2018), Neil and Kyle discuss the controversial end to Game 1 of the NBA Finals, whether this series is more competitive than pundits thought it would be, and what more LeBron James has to do for his team to win. The Lab will […]
Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On Tuesday’s show (May 29, 2018), Neil, Kyle and Chris discuss the end of the conference finals and preview a familiar NBA Finals. They cover the similarities between the collapses by Boston and Houston, discuss what to make of Houston’s season now that it’s over and ask whether […]