NBA Podcast: Checking in on half of the 1st round matchups

Welcome to the latest edition of "Pound the Rock," an NBA podcast hosted by Joseph Casciaro and Joe Wolfond.

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Topics for this episode include:

• Checking in on four first-round series in progress
• How did the Heat snatch Game 1 in Milwaukee, and how likely are they to keep winning?
• Is Austin Reaves playing himself into a (limited) max contract?
• How Reaves, Anthony Davis, Rui Hachimura, the Grizzlies' depleted frontcourt, and Ja Morant's injury combined to swing Game 1 to the Lakers, and how Memphis can punch back, if at all
• The Nets are fighting hard in the face of certain doom against the 76ers
• How Joel Embiid and the Sixers are handling Brooklyn's constant double teams
• Should we be worried about the state of James Harden's scoring?
• Draymond Green again fails to exercise restraint in a pivotal playoff moment
• How the Kings' relentlessness in transition and on the offensive glass has put them in the driver's seat against Golden State
• Can the Warriors get even back at home?
• Why banning the charge isn't the answer
• Is Embiid trying to neg Nick Nurse into coaching the Sixers?