“Ball Up Top” is a weekly NBA video series where Andscape’s David Dennis Jr. talks about the hot topics in the league and pop culture with special guests and Andscape personalities.
In Episode 5, David is joined by producer Charles Abankwa to preview the most important games remaining in the NBA’s regular season.
David picks the Houston Rockets as the most fascinating team of the final games of the regular season, including compelling matchups against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors and L.A. Clippers (0:50), the Lakers vs. Thunder two-game set on April 6 and 8 (7:14), the New York Knicks with something to prove down the stretch against the Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers (12:52), two key Detroit Pistons games for playoff seeding (16:18), what’s at stake for the Grizzlies, Nuggets, Clippers and Warriors in the final week (18:43) and the Minnesota Timberwolves trending up (20:05).
Plus, David talks about two moments he can’t stop thinking about from this past week (21:05) including Ja Morant acting up and an unfortunate injury for an Atlanta Hawks fan.
Episode 5, April 4, 2025
Host: David Dennis Jr.
Guests: Charles Abankwa
Producers: Charles Abankwa, Rodney Davis
Archive
Episode 1 (March 7, 2025): Quentin Richardson on Phoenix Suns, his ‘Welcome to the NBA’ moment and beef with ‘Above the Rim’
Episode 2 (March 14, 2025): Plus/Minus! Nikola Jokic (not) MVP, who the Knicks and Lakers don’t want to see, Cooper Flagg questions
Episode 3 (March 21, 2025): Danny Green ranks his Western Conference contenders, all-time teammates
Episode 4 (March 28, 2025): Talking Heat Culture after blowout of Warriors, more PLUS/MINUS takes
