Bernstein & Holmes Show Audacy

The Bulls beat the Hawks 131-116 on on Wednesday in the NBA play-in tournament. Chicago will face Miami Friday with a trip to the playoffs on the line. Dan Bernstein and Laurence Holmes pondered what it would mean if the Bulls beat the Heat.

Dan Bernstein, Laurence Holmes and Leila Rahimi opened their show by discussing Cubs veteran right-hander Kyle Hendricks continuing to struggle this season. Hendricks allowed seven runs on five hits and three walks across 4 1/3 innings in Chicago's 12-11 loss at Arizona in 10 innings Tuesday. Bernstein then explained why he believes it's time for the Cubs to give Hendricks a break as he has given up five or more runs in each of his four starts this season. Later, Bernstein, Holmes and Rahimi discussed a couple of new profile stories that dropped on Bears president Kevin Warren on the one-year anniversary of his official start with the organization.

In the second hour, Dan Bernstein, Laurence Holmes and Leila Rahimi were joined by South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley to discuss the Sky selecting Gamecocks center Kamilla Cardoso with the No. 3 overall pick in the WNBA Draft, Iowa star and No. 1 overall draft pick Caitlin Clark's impact on women's basketball, what it was like to lead her program to a third national championship in eight years and more. Bernstein, Holmes and Rahimi then reacted to Pelicans forward Zion Williamson being ruled out of a play-in tournament elimination game against the Kings on Friday with a left hamstring strain. Later, during the High Noon segment, they listened and reacted to former Bulls star Joakim Noah explain the real motivation for his rant about Cleveland in 2010.

In the third hour, Dan Bernstein, Laurence Holmes and Leila Rahimi were joined by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk to discuss the Bears hiring Ted Crews as a chief administrative officer and special advisor to president Kevin Warren. Crews was the executive vice president of communications for the Chiefs for the last 12 seasons. Florio also reacted to the latest conspiracy theory peddled by Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and discussed more of the top storylines from around the league. Audacy NBA insider Nick Friedell then joined the show to discuss the mediocre state of the Bulls ahead of the team's play-in game against the Hawks on Wednesday night at the United Center. Friedell also explained why he doesn't think the Warriors dynasty is over and discussed more of the latest NBA storylines. Later, Bernstein, Holmes and Rahimi discussed new women's basketball fans being shocked to learn of Iowa star and No. 1 overall draft pick Caitlin Clark's low starting salary.

In the final hour, Dan Bernstein, Laurence Holmes and Leila Rahimi listened and reacted to Bulls coach Billy Donovan discuss the team finding itself in clutch situations all season. Sky general manager Jeff Pagliocca then joined the show to discuss the team selecting South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso with the No. 3 overall pick and LSU forward Angel Reese with the No. 7 overall pick in the WNBA Draft. Pagliocca also discussed the state of the team's rebuild, guard Diamond DeShields' return and more. Later, Bernstein and Holmes reacted to the NBA barring former Raptors forward Jontay Porter from the league for betting, marking the league’s first gambling ban in 70 years.