Four topics from beat writer Dave Matter that Mizzou fans should be discussing:
1. Porter takes his lumps - and learns
It’s been one eventful bubble for Michael Porter Jr.
It seems like another lifetime ago when Mizzou’s 53-minute man was pontificating about the coronavirus as population control, but the NBA rookie has since become an integral chess piece in the NBA Western Conference semifinals, a series that concludes with tonight’s Game 7.
It’s Porter’s Denver Nuggets against the Los Angeles Clippers, with the winner getting LeBron James and the Lakers in the Western Finals.