... Show open and welcome ... episode #44 honors the great Jerry West who wore that number during his NBA career with the Lakers.

... Michael Freer has a story about discovering old movies of Jerry West in the University of West Virginia sports office.

... Bruce has a story about a chance encounter with West as a pre-teen at a shopping mall in Brockton, Massachusetts

... Bet Online messaging

... Bruce's Opening Tip on his frustrating Mother's Day when his car broke down and he had to listen to game 7 of Sixers/Celtics on the radio instead of watching it on TV.

... World B's Opening Tip on new Suns owner Mat Ishbia and his confrontations with Nikola Jokic and firing of head coach Monty Williams.

... Ross' Opening Tip takes MVP Joel Embiid to task for accepting only limited responsibility for the Sixers collapse against the Celtics in games 6 and 7.

... Celtics/Sixers game 7 recap with commentary on how Boston's defense was the key to beating Philly in the final two games.   Joel Embiid was worn down by the "Two Bigs" lineup of Al Horford and Robert Williams III.

... Bruce has a surprising fact about Jayson Tatum's scoring in the series.

... World B on what game 7 will be remembered for.

... The Sixers haven't made it to the conference finals since 2001

... Heat/Celtics Eastern Conference Finals Preview and Bam Adebayo's role.

... Can the Heat score enough points to beat Boston?

... The Celtics need to be careful with the ball against Miami since they were turnover prone against the Heat this season

... Heat/Celtics Predictions ...

... Lakers/Nuggets preview

... Bruce makes the case (yet again) for LeBron James as the greatest player of all time

... Ross mentions the reserves that will have key roles in the Lakers/Nuggets series.

... Bruce's number to watch is 5280 ... he will explain

... Ja Morant is in trouble again.  Bruce highly recommends Kwame Brown's twitter rant and it's attempt  to talk sense to Ja.

... Monty Williams got hosed in Phoenix by new owner Mat Ishbia

... The Julius Randle hatred in New York has reached epidemic proportions and Bruce thinks the people who are down on him are flat wrong.

...The crew has thoughts on Tuesday's Draft Lottery and where they'd like to see Victor Wembanyama end up.

...  World B only cares about the Draft Lottery if the Mavs slip out of the top 10 and the Knicks get their pick.

...Ross wants Wembanyama to go to the Spurs

... Ross' "Best Bets"

... Bruce's Closing Thought is is on a possible Lakers/Celtics Finals matchup

... World B remains impressed with Nikola Jokic and his playoff production

... Ross hammers Ben Simmons for his social media pettiness about the Sixers playoff loss