Wizards Win Game 3 on a Buzzer Beater, Without John Wall (Mother's Day Edition)

Today on ZardCast, CT, Dave and Duncan convene to discuss a wild night in the Phone Booth as the John Wall-less Washington Wizards take game three against the Atlanta Hawks, dominating most of the game and winning on a Paul Pierce buzzer-beater after blowing a 21 point lead in the fourth quarter. Topics discussed include: Come to ZardCast for basketball talk, stay for numbers Duncan, CT and Max go to game three, Max sits with a random older woman, gets to sit courtside  Paul Pierce hits a buzzer-beater to beat the Hawks in game three, 103-101 Replaying the call of Pierce hitting the shot Dave thought they had it the whole time, CT was expecting a letdown, Duncan was blown away that the Wizards dominated for three quarters Nene is like the weather and Saturday was a perfect spring evening for him Duncan’s reasoning for going to the game was low-risk, high-reward if the Wizards get blown out or play well — That pays off and the Phone Booth was live CT thinks this performance most resembled a regular season Wizards game Will Bynum sighting! He played well too! There was a Hawks fan in CT and Duncan’s section yelling “Let’s go Hawk!” — Purposefully singular The guys are still baffled by Drew Gooden, love when he’s playing well Reflecting on the “rappers representing teams” conversation on a previous pod, Duncan notes Kanye West was hyping up the Chicago Bulls. Wale nowhere to be found this playoffs, could use some national spotlight shine Dennis Schroder calls Pierce’s shot “lucky”  Playing the Randy Wittman audio of him yelling at Michael Lee The guys defend Michael Lee, Wittman sounds like he’s arguing with his significant other — “I don’t lie! I just don’t tell you everything!” Any chance John Wall comes back this series? Would he come back for the Eastern Conference finals CT not feeling confident on the Wizards taking this series, Dave and Duncan are on the other end of the spectrum The immediate post-game interview with Pierce and in the locker room later on was gold Monumental Sports gripe session: They need to show more replays during the game and allow people to use digital barcodes instead of waiting in line to print tickets at the box office The guys tried to start an X-Men, social commentary podcast called “The X-Files” but apparently that name has been taken Mother’s Day shoutout to Khaleesi, mother of dragons, and Duncan’s mom and stepmom The podcast gets a little dark, the guys discuss what they’d do if one of them died Come for the Wizards talk, stay for the math, grammar, foreign language and economics Playing the John Wall clip