Missing the Point

The NBA Finals can feel like a chess match, but sometimes it’s simpler than that: can you survive 48 minutes against a 7'4 alien who bends every possession. We break down Spurs vs Knicks with the two storylines that actually decide the series: what “stopping” Victor Wembanyama really looks like in playoff basketball, and whether New York can win without turning the game into a parade of foul trouble and desperation threes. We ...

The playoffs always expose what a team really is, and we get into the version of that truth that Celtics fans do not want to hear. We break down Boston’s exit with an unfiltered coaching conversation, from predictable offence to the difference between “shoot more threes” and having real counters when a series tightens. If you have strong takes on leadership, max contracts, or what “easy to play against” actually looks like, you wil...

The New England Patriots are entering one of the most important seasons of the post-Tom Brady era, and Missing the Point is breaking down every major storyline surrounding Foxborough.

On this episode of Missing the Point, Mike Marcangelo is joined by Zachary Gray for a full New England Patriots 2025 offseason preview, covering Drake Maye’s year three expectations, the Patriots’ offensive line concerns, A.J. Brown trade rumors, Stefo...

The NBA Playoffs are rolling on, and Missing the Point is back to break down a second round that has been weird, brutal, frustrating, and occasionally incredible.

Dave Clarke and Mike Marcangelo start with the Oklahoma City Thunder looking less like a fun young team and more like the NBA’s next inevitable monster. OKC’s defense, depth, pace, and ridiculous two-way pressure have overwhelmed the Los Angeles Lakers, even with LeBron Ja...

A 3-1 lead should be a victory lap. For Boston, it became a slow-motion wreck, ending with a Game 7 loss at home that felt less like bad luck and more like a team choosing the wrong answers on purpose. I’m joined by Mike Marcangelo, and we go straight at the uncomfortable stuff: the Celtics’ late-game panic, the empty possessions, and the stretch where attacking the rim is working… right before they drift back into cold, contested ...

A 13-point lead vanishes, the threes stop falling, and suddenly every old Celtics fear feels brand new again. We start by taking a quick lap around the NBA playoffs, but the real goal is to figure out what actually wins in May: habits, matchups, and coaching choices that hold up when the game turns tight. 

We hit the big league storylines first, including OKC embarrassing Phoenix and what that does to the Devin Booker conv...

We run a full first-round mock draft and keep circling the same question: do NFL teams win by taking the “best player” or by building a plan that matches their timeline. We debate rookie quarterback patience, roster value, and why the league’s biggest weekends sometimes feel like the least fun. 
• Mendoza as the clear No. 1 pick and whether he should sit behind a veteran 
• why rookie QB development often jumps in year two ...

The NBA playoffs don’t ease you in, they dare you to overreact. We’re coming off opening weekend with the takes turned up: Cleveland looking every bit like an Eastern Conference problem, Denver reminding everyone why “never panic” is a skill, and New York winning with that ugly, physical identity their fans swear they’ve always had. We talk Cavs vs Raptors through the lens of shot creation, depth, and defensive game plans that actu...

WrestleMania 42 has the kind of card that should be a guaranteed sellout, so why does it feel like the biggest fight is happening at the ticket window? We get real about Las Vegas, TKO-era pricing, and how WWE can brag about the highest gate while regular fans get pushed farther from the ring. If the product is hot but the building isn’t full, the vibe changes, and wrestling lives and dies on vibe.

Then we go match by matc...

The Celtics spent years flirting with greatness and letting teams hang around. Now they’re doing the one thing that changes everything in the NBA playoffs: they stop the bleeding fast, they answer runs with force, and they look calm while doing it. We’re back on Missing The Point to unpack how Boston turned a season that started wobbly into a legitimate Eastern Conference contender, and why that “champions don’t panic” vibe is star...

We stop treating the Celtics like a fun regular season story and start asking the only question that matters: what survives a seven game series. We argue through Joe Mazzulla’s biggest pressure points, then map out how Boston can score in more than one way when the matchups get ugly. 
• regular season success versus playoff chaos as the real test 
• concerns about Mazzulla sticking to Plan A too long 
• expectation shif...

Your phone buzzes with a blockbuster NFL alert. You start imagining the perfect fit. Then the entire move disappears.

That is the story of the latest episode of Missing the Point as we break down the chaos of NFL Free Agency 2026. The conversation starts with the stunning Maxx Crosby trade that was rescinded after a failed physical. What actually happened behind the scenes? How much do medicals really matter in massive deals like th...

March turns into a sports crossroads, and we lean right into it. We open on the Celtics’ post‑All‑Star surge and ask the real question: is Boston’s depth finally built to travel through four rounds? From Keta’s 27 and 17 against Philly to Hugo’s two‑way punch, we break down how unexpected minutes are reshaping matchups, why the Lakers beatdown meant more than the score, and how to reintroduce Tatum without tripping the rhythm that’...

The 2026 NBA Playoffs are wide open, and the Boston Celtics are right in the middle of the championship conversation. In this episode, we deliver a deep dive into the Celtics’ playoff outlook, Jayson Tatum’s injury return timeline, and what it means for Boston’s pursuit of Banner 19.

We start with Jaylen Brown’s continued rise as a primary scorer. Brown has elevated his shot creation, attacked switches, and embraced late game respon...

A four man rush should not end a season. But it did in Super Bowl 60 when the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13.

In this full Patriots Super Bowl 60 recap, we break down how Seattle’s defense overwhelmed Drake Maye, why the fourth-and-one punt changed the tone of the game, and how protection failures derailed New England’s offense on the biggest stage in the NFL.

This loss was not about one mistake. It was abou...

A trivia brawl to start, a chess match to finish. We kick off with a fast, penalty-happy Super Bowl quiz that forces us to relive the moments that define February football—record throws in losses, special-teams heroics, blackout delays, and the painful beauty of split-second decisions. After crowning a champion, we pivot hard into a grounded preview of Patriots vs Seahawks, and the conversation quickly narrows to where big games ar...

January football doesn’t hand out free passes, and this week proved it. We open with Buffalo’s exit and the myth that turnovers don’t belong to star quarterbacks. You can praise Josh Allen’s jaw-dropping talent and still say four giveaways are a losing script, especially when the defense keeps giving up 28-plus in the playoffs. That pattern, and the roster’s wide receiver neglect, finally came due. From there, we walk through the N...

Heartbreak has a shape, and tonight it looked like a perfect throw to Cole Kmet that deserved a different ending. We sit with the loss to the Rams and refuse to look away from the fine print: Caleb Williams was electric, the drops were brutal, and the fourth-quarter edges weren’t sharp enough. Pride is real, so is frustration, and both can push a team forward if you translate emotion into habits.

We dig into the sequence t...

Missing the Point Podcast is back with a Wild Card Weekend instant reaction — and it starts in Foxborough with the New England Patriots’ 16–3 playoff win over the Los Angeles Chargers, their first postseason victory since 2018. Hosts Mike Marca...