The Basics are back from a month long hiatus and kick the pod off with discussing the latest FIBA exhibition games and the USA Men's Team (2:18). Grace recaps the USA Woman's Team vs WNBA All-Star Team game (11:16) followed by her famous segment, "Insta Beef with Liz Cambage" (14:25).  She finishes off the news with the latest from the NZNBL (20:52). To run through all things Suns v Bucks, Bella hits Grace with some burning questions including best meme from game 5, biggest surprise of the series and pick for finals MVP  (22:48). They finish off the pod with the "Final Whistle" chatting what brought them joy this week (52:08).

The Basics start the pod discussing Bucks v Nets game 5, their NBA brackets and Jayson Tatum's 50 point game (1:22). Grace kicks off the WNBA round-up running through the current standings (5:57), before discussing the record-breaking Mystics v Sparks game (7:38) and finishes up by explaining the leagues week of "beef" (8:46). They touch on the poor spectator behaviour in the first round of the playoffs (17:35) before moving on to discuss the conference semifinals matchups (21:48). To recap the past weeks of playoff action and to give a shout out to their favourite players, the basics list their M.V.P.s of the playoffs so far for this weeks starting five segment (38:05).  They finish the pod with what brought them joy this week in the final whistle (1:00:37).

The basics start the pod with a shout out to their fallen Play-In teams, the Pacers and Hornets (2:22). Grace kicks off the week's news with WNBA highlights (5:34) before Bella recaps the NBA Play-In tournament results (11:27).  They then run through the first two days of playoff basketball (20:50).  As is tradition, the basics compare NBA playoff brackets (30:24) and go on to finish the show with the final whistle (55:40).