{"id":586530,"date":"2026-04-15T22:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/586530\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T22:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:12:09","slug":"showdown-between-deni-and-wemby-a-thriller-in-charlotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/586530\/","title":{"rendered":"Showdown between Deni and Wemby + a thriller in Charlotte"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (1) celebrates with guard Coby White after scoring against the Miami Heat during the second half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo\/Nell Redmond)<\/p>\n

(Neil Redmond)<\/p>\n

On today\u2019s Big Number, Tom Haberstroh and Dan Devine cover the two terrific Tuesday games that kicked off the NBA playoffs, the Charlotte Hornets vs the Miami Heat & the Portland Trail Blazers vs the Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n

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Do Deni Avdija and the Trail Blazers stand a chance against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs?<\/p>\n

What will happen to LaMelo Ball following the dirty play made on Bam Adebayo? Those questions and more, answered on the show!<\/p>\n

01:54 How will Deni Avdija matchup vs Victor Wembanyama?<\/p>\n

24:15 How long has it been since Deni and Victor started against each other?<\/p>\n

28:33 The Blazers struggle on jumpers<\/p>\n

32:39 Will turn overs effect this series?<\/p>\n

43:25 Thriller in Charlotte between the Hornets and Heat<\/p>\n

49:35 Should Lamelo Ball be punished for tripping Bam Adebayo<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f Watch this full episode on the Yahoo Sports NBA YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out all episodes of The Big Number<\/a> and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https:\/\/apple.co\/3zEuTQj<\/a> or at yahoosports.tv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Subscribe to The Big Number Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (1) celebrates with guard Coby White after scoring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[8910,11949,19802,25170,25179,8173,355,6415,6406,2116,99,32090,9280],"class_list":{"0":"post-586530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-bam-adebayo","9":"tag-charlotte-hornets","10":"tag-coby-white","11":"tag-deni-avdija","12":"tag-lamelo-ball","13":"tag-miami-heat","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-phoenix-suns","16":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","17":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-victor-wembanyama","20":"tag-youtube"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}